每天說英文挑戰 (2022.03.13)

Morning everyone,

I revisited one of my favorite books, The Book of Joy, last night, and I would like to share two short paragraphs from the book today.

““Mental immunity,” the Dalai Lama explained, “is just learning to avoid the destructive emotions and to develop the positive ones. First, we must understand the mind—there are so many different states of mind—the diverse thoughts and emotions we experience on a daily basis. Some of these thoughts and emotions are harmful, even toxic, while others are healthy and healing. The former disturb our mind and cause much mental pain. The latter bring us true joyfulness.”

““When we understand this reality, it is much easier to deal with the mind and to take preventive measures. This is how we develop mental immunity. And just as a healthy immune system and healthy constitution protects your body against potentially hazardous viruses and bacteria, mental immunity creates a healthy disposition of the mind so that it will be less susceptible to negative thoughts and feelings.”

中譯：

大家早安，

昨晚重讀了我最喜歡的其中一本書「最後一次相遇，我們只談喜悅」 （原文版購書連結），今天我想分享書中的兩小段內容。

『「精神免疫力，」達賴喇嘛解釋說：「其實就是學習如何避免毀滅性情緒，進而培養正面的情緒。首先，我們必須瞭解心智，其中有非常多不同的心境，也必須認識每天體驗到的不同想法和情緒。這些想法和情緒有些對人有害，甚至會荼毒人心，另一些則是健康的而且有療癒作用。前者讓我們心神不寧，給精神帶來許多痛苦，後者則帶給我們真正的喜悅。

明白這項事實以後，針對不同心境採取預防措施就容易多了。這就是培養精神免疫力的方法。如同健康的免疫系統和健康的體質可以保護身體，免受潛伏的病毒和細菌侵擾，同樣地，精神免疫力能為心境養成健康穩定的性情，比較不容易受負面的想法與感受影響。』