圖像化過程

Visualising the Process

1/17

請讓我們來實際練習這個任務,假設你的主要目標是致富。你試著圖像化一個裝滿鈔票的手提箱,並依照第三種圖像化方式的所有規則,持之以恆地練習很長一段時間。那麼這項練習最終會帶來什麼結果?又何時顯現?

Let us practice this task a little and imagine that your main goal is to get rich. In an attempt to reach this goal you practice visualising a suitcase stuffed full of notes. You do the exercise according to all the rules of the third visualisation type over a relatively long period of time. What will the result be from this practice and when will it show itself?


2/17

答案是,這樣的練習永遠不會帶來實際成果。你可以每天進行這個練習,但最壞的結果也只是在影片中偶爾看到手提箱裡塞滿更多的鈔票。你中獎或中樂透的機率非常低,畢竟有誰願意依賴機運?

The answer is that there will never be any result. You can practice this exercise every day for the rest of your life and at best you will see suitcases crammed pull of money a little more often, most probably in films. Your chances of finding the treasure or winning the lottery are very slim and who wants to rely on chance?


3/17

你可能會疑惑:既然你每天都在腦中打開手提箱、取出鈔票、重新排列和撫摸它們,甚至差不多要把它們吞下去,為何這樣的圖像化仍無效?如果第三種圖像化方式不僅僅只是一部影片,那問題究竟出在哪裡?那全能的外在意圖 (Outer intention) 又扮演了什麼角色?

You will wonder why this is, after all, in your thoughts you constantly open the case, take out the money, rearrange the notes, stroke them and all but eat them! If the third type of visualisation is more than just a film what is the problem? And what about that all-powerful outer intention?


4/17

根據 Transurfing 的觀點,有兩個錯誤會破壞上述圖像化的效果。第一,你真正的目標並不是一個裝滿金錢的手提箱。金錢只是一種特性,而非手段,更絕非最終目標。(個人目標的探討我們稍後再談。)第二,單純將注意力集中在最終目標並不會推動你朝那個目標前進,除非你已經離它只有一步之遙。當然,你的舒適區 (Comfort zone) 會因此拓展,外在意圖 (Outer intention) 也會逐步發揮作用,但你必須至少採取一個實際步驟。儘管視覺化和行動並重不是這裡的重點(我們仍在探討圖像化的練習),但你必須實際動起來。

From the point of view of Transurfing there are two mistakes than undermine the example of visualisation shown above. The first is that your true goal is not really a suitcase filled with money. Money is an attribute, not a means and certainly not a goal. We will talk more about personal goals later. For now we will push ahead. The second mistake is that concentrating attention on the end goal will not move you towards that goal unless you are already just one step away from achieving it. Of course, your comfort zone will be widened and outer intention will gradually take effect but you are not helping it. You have to at least put one foot in front of the other. And yet, the fact that you have to act as well as visualise is not the point here as we are still discussing the practice of visualisation.


5/17

到目前為止,你可能一直認為,要實現某事,就必須將全部思想和努力都集中在目標上。但現在,你必須摒棄這種想法。如我在開始時所承諾,Transurfing 無疑能奏效,但你必須放棄那些普遍的觀念,接受那些從傳統角度看可能有些難以置信的新觀念。

Until now experience has told you that if you want to achieve something you have to focus all your thoughts and efforts on your goal. Now you have to forget this idea. As I promised in the beginning, Transurfing undoubtedly works but you have to let go of commonly held ideas and embrace new ones that may seem a little incredible from a more conventional standpoint.


6/17

接下來,我們將解釋 Transurfing 中的圖像化到底與其他圖像化技術有何根本不同。如你所知,慾望就是將注意力集中在目標上;而意圖 (Intention) 則是將注意力集中在邁向目標的運動過程上。驅動任何行動的力量正是意圖 (Intention),而非慾望。因此,推動你前進的,應該是圖像化那個達成目標過程的過程,而非僅僅去沉思那個目標本身。意圖 (Intention) 得以實現是一個過程,而並非只固守在一個靜止的畫面(當然,這並不意味著目標不能成為心中圖景的一部分)。目標的形象應該僅作為背景,而核心焦點則應放在如何邁向目標的過程上。

We will explain how visualisation in Transurfing is fundamentally different to other visualisation techniques. As you know, desire is the concentration of attention on a goal. Intention is the concentration of attention on movement towards the goal. The driving force behind any action is intention and not desire. Hence what moves you towards the goal is to visualise the process of moving towards the goal rather than to contemplate the goal itself. Intention becoming realized is a process, not a fixation on one single frame, although of course, that does not mean that the goal cannot be part of the mental picture. The mental picture of the goal should serve as the background to the central focus which is the process.


7/17

過程的圖像化與目標的圖像化,就如同意圖 (Intention) 與慾望之間的區別一樣。慾望無法帶來實際效果。我們再以舉手為例:想像你想抬起手來。首先,你想到自己想要抬手以及那抬起手的結果——即抬起的手。但此時,只是慾望強烈,什麼也沒發生;僅僅是對慾望的陳述和心中那幅靜止的抬手圖像。到了第二階段,意圖 (Intention) 正在發揮作用,持續影響著你,使得你的手長時間保持抬起。這個過程中,雖然目標被理解為最終形象,但你必須把注意力具體放在達成目標的過程上。最終,僅僅想像自己身處於理想狀態或目的地在初期固然足夠,但要進一步推進,你必須採取行動,執行具體的過程。

Visualisation of the process differs from visualisation of the goal in the same way that intention differs from desire. Desire is ineffective. We return once again to the example of lifting your arm. Imagine that you want to raise your arm. First think about the fact that you want to raise your arm and the result of that desire, i.e. the arm in a raised position. Now lift up your arm. At the first stage desire is strong but nothing happens. There is simply a statement of the fact of the desire and a mental picture of the goal – the raised arm. At the second stage intention is in action and continues to take effect for the whole time the arm remains in a raised position. During this process the goal is understood to be the final image towards which one strives but attention must be concentrated specifically on the process of achieving the goal. Finally, to desire something, to imagine oneself at the desired destination is sufficient in the early stages but to progress any further you have to move and carry out a concrete process.


8/17

以上的評論或許看似微不足道,但它們引導我們得出一個結論:僅僅圖像化目標,只代表慾望的作用,而這不會讓你比現在更接近目標。你的圖像化其實只不過是一個預演。

These comments might seem trivial but look at the conclusion they prompt us to make: visualisation of your goals is the work of desire which will not bring you a single step closer to your goal. Your visualisation will effectively be a dummy run.


9/17

在 Transurfing 中,圖像化練習包括根據「意圖 (Intention) 必然會起作用」的原則,想像出一幅自己正朝向目標前進過程的心象。雖然在清醒狀態下,前進的速度不如夢境中那般迅速,但前進的感覺依然真實可感。如果你研讀「向過去前進」那一章,甚至能學會觀察生命線 (Life line) 上的移動。

In Transurfing the visualisation practice involves imagining a mental picture of the process of moving towards your goal based on the principle that the goal must be reached sooner or later because the power of intention is working. Movement towards the goal does not take place in waking as quickly as it does in dreams but there is tangible movement nonetheless. If you study the chapter “Forward to the Past” you will even learn to see movement along life lines.


10/17

無論你身處何種情境,只要涉及一個漫長的過程,圖像化這個過程都會有所幫助。這種圖像化方法對創作工作尤為有益,因為最終目標可能尚未呈現出明確輪廓。在這種情境下,圖像化過程意味著什麼?也許你正在創作一件藝術品,對它該傳達的整體氣質有所概念,但卻不確定其具體呈現。當你休息一下時,試著想像你所創作的作品正不斷進步:今天你完成某些細節,明天打算添上新的點綴。對自己想像,你的創作正在逐步轉化,你不斷賦予它全新的特質,眼前的作品也逐漸成為藝術傑作。你會感到滿意,全情投入於創造的過程,彷彿看著自己的孩子一同成長。這樣,你便會自然而然地知道在任何情況下該如何圖像化。秘密在於超越對作品本質的思索,轉而去想像其誕生、發展與完善的整個過程。不要以為在你的心象中,創作會自動完成;你才是那位創作者,作品將在你的手中達到完美。藝術家總是同時創造並欣賞自己的作品。

Whatever you are doing, if it involves a lengthy process, visualising the process will help. This type of visualisation method is particularly helpful in creative work where the end goal may not yet have acquired distinct contours. What should be understood by visualisation of the process in this context? You might be working on a piece of artwork and have an idea of the general qualities you wish the piece to convey but not yet know how exactly it will turn out. When you take a break from your work, imagine that the piece you are creating is constantly improving. Today you complete certain details; tomorrow you plan to add a few new touches. Imagine to yourself that your creation is becoming all the more transformed. You give it ever new qualities and it becomes a work of art in front of your very eyes. You are content; engrossed in the creative process watching your baby grow with you. You will automatically know what to visualise in any situation. The secret is to go beyond contemplating the nature of your piece to imagining the very process of its birth, development and perfection. There is no point in assuming that in your mental picture the creation or artistic piece will paint, sculpt or construct itself. You are the one creating it and the piece will reach its perfection in your hands. An artist creates and admires their work simultaneously.


11/17

一個完美的例子,就是母親如何照顧她成長中的孩子。母親餵食、哄睡自己的孩子,同時心中不斷憧憬著孩子隨著每一天的成長。她一邊照顧孩子,一邊不斷確認自己對孩子美麗天賦的讚賞。母親與孩子相處、給予指導,並且預見孩子即將展開的學習旅程。正如你所見,母親並非僅僅在意最終結果,而是在不斷地創造並圖像化一個持續進行的過程。她不只是旁觀孩子的成長,而是全程參與其中,並且始終在心中描繪著孩子的發展和未來將成為怎樣的人。

A perfect example of this is how a mother cares for her child when it is growing up. A mother feeds her child, puts it to bed and imagines her tiny tot continuing to grow with each passing day. She takes care of her child at the same time as constantly confirming her admiration of its beauty. The mother plays with her child, constantly giving it instruction. She contemplates her child’s intellectual development anticipating the onset of schooling. As you can see, in relation to her child, the mother is not focusing on an end result so much as simultaneously creating and visualising an ongoing process. The mother does not simply observe her child’s growth. She takes part in it, all the time imagining the child’s development and the kind of person they will become.


12/17

如果你正在創作的事物是一個電腦程式,每天當你下班時,試著在心中想像這個程式正在漸漸變得更高效、更易於使用,而隔天你將以全新的改進驚豔所有人。

If what you are creating is a computer program, every day when you finish work imagine that the program is gradually becoming more effective and easier to use and how the next day you will impress everyone with new enhancements.


13/17

如果你正在做一項商業專案,請在心中想像各種創新的點子突然降臨,每天你都能提出獨特的提案。觀察這個專案的成長,並給自己足夠的信心,堅信它正逐步轉化為符合最佳專業標準的典範。

If on the other hand you are working on a business project, imagine that innovative ideas suddenly occur to you and that every day you introduce unique proposals. Observe the growth of your project and give yourself permission to feel assured that it is being transformed into an example of best professional standards.


14/17

若你正致力於調整自己的身體,就像母親呵護孩子一般關愛它。想像你的身體正逐步塑造出完美的形態,好好照顧、鍛鍊,並進一步想像自己逐漸增強肌肉,使身體看起來更加結實。

If you are working with your body nourish it, as a mother does her child. Imagine that your body is gradually acquiring perfect form. Look after it, train it and then imagine that you are building more muscle making your body look more toned.


15/17

無論聚焦於何處,務必圖像化這個過程。想像你的專案是如何以各種手段最終達到完成的狀態。沉思最終成果雖能拓展你的舒適區 (Comfort zone) 極限,但更能迅速推動外在意圖 (Outer intention) 發揮作用的,正是你對邁向目標過程的圖像化。

Whatever the focus, visualise the process. Visualise the means by which your project will reach completion. Contemplating the end result will expand the limits of your comfort zone and so in this sense it has its value, but visualising the process of moving towards your goal will significantly quicken the work of outer intention.


16/17

別擔心如今你還不知道如何實現目標,繼續平靜而有系統地圖像化你的幻燈片 (Slide);只要目標能輕易融入你的舒適區 (Comfort zone),外在意圖 (Outer intention) 自會為你呈現實現目標的方法。無需急於煩惱如何找到達成目標的捷徑,放下「重要性」(Importance) 的攀附,信任替代流程 (Alternatives flow) 的運作。只需密切關注幻燈片 (Slide),全情投入其中,你自會採取正確的行動。

Do not worry if you do not yet know how your goal can be realized. Continue to visualise your slide calmly and systematically. Once the goal fits easily within the limits of your comfort zone outer intention will present you with a means. There is no need to rush about stressing over how to find a way of achieving your goal. Do away with importance and trust the alternatives flow. Watch the slide; live it and you will automatically take the right type of action.


17/17

此方法並不僅止於圖像化過程。替代空間 (Alternatives space) 的物質實現 (Material realisation) 如同未固化的樹脂,除非你擁有近乎救世主般的外在意圖 (Outer intention) 控制力,否則轉變必須是漸進的。這裡的「漸進的」不僅意味著持續不斷,也意味著層層遞進。這正是 Transurfing 中圖像化另一個奧秘所在。

The method does not stop at visualising the process either. The material realisation of the alternatives space is inert, like resin, which is why, unless you have a messiah’s mastery of outer intention, the transition has to occur gradually. Gradually not only means continually but also progressively. Herein lies the secret of another aspect of visualisation in Transurfing.


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