意圖 (Intention)

Intention 1

1/11

我相信,若你曾花時間選定屬於自己的目標與門扉 (Goals and doors),這正顯示出你擁有意圖 (Intention)。正是意圖 (Intention) 令慾望轉化為目標;無意圖者,其慾望永難實現,夢想也不會成真。目標與夢想之間的差異,就如同意圖 (Intention) 與慾望之別。當你擁有明確意圖後,夢想便具體化為明確的目標。空洞的夢想與空中樓閣無濟於事,只有意圖 (Intention)——即擁有與行動的決心——能真正改變你的生活。

I believe that if you have taken the time to choose the goal and door for you it shows that you have intention. Intention is what transforms a desire into a goal. Without intention, desires are never realized and dreams do not come true. A goal is different to a dream in the same way that intention is different to desire. When you have intent your dream becomes a specific goal. Empty dreams and castles in the air will not change anything in life. Only intention i.e. the will to have and act can change your life.


2/11

假設你已成功界定了目標,且充滿達成目標所需的意志,你正迫不及待地想展開行動。此刻正是放開執著的時刻。降低圍繞在目標周圍的「重要性」(Importance),拋棄對達成目標的執著,讓剩下的只有純粹的意圖 (Intention)。接著,你只需在這種純淨意圖的指引下行動——完成一切人們期望你做到的事,而不執著於最終的結果。

Let us suppose that you have managed to define your goal and are full of the will essential to achieving it. You are burning with impatience to get going. This is the moment to release the grip. Reduce the importance surrounding your goal and abandon any attachment to reaching it, so that all that is left is intent. All that remains, then, is to act within the context of purified intention i.e. to do everything that is expected of you, without desiring or pushing for the end result.


3/11

阻礙你在通往目標道路上前進的唯一因素,就是給自己加上過多的責任負擔、投入過多的努力、極端的勤奮或強制性行動。以傳統觀念看,這可能聽起來既陌生又荒謬;然而,我希望你此刻不會覺得這個概念荒唐或不切實際。現在,讓我們徹底顛覆這一切。

The only thing that can spoil your progress along the path to your goal is taking on the burden of excessive responsibility, making excessive effort, extreme diligence or coercion. In the context of the conventional worldview this may sound strange and unfamiliar. However, I hope that by now, you at least will not find the idea absurd or hair-brained. Now we are going to turn everything on its head.


4/11

當你正從正確的門扉 (Goals and doors) 前行走向目標時,無需付出過多努力,也無需強迫自己去做任何事。若你發現情況正好相反,那麼你要麼選錯了目標,要麼選錯了門。心智習慣於奮鬥與克服障礙,但它往往因賦予過多意義而自行製造問題,並與替代流 (Alternatives flow) 抗爭。只要你不過分依賴「重要性」(Importance),你的理想生命線 (Life line) 將布滿最少障礙。

When you are moving towards your goal through the right door there is no need to apply excessive effort. Nor should you have to force yourself to do anything. If you find the opposite it true you have either chosen the wrong goal or the wrong door. The mind is accustomed to struggle and having to overcome obstacles and yet the mind creates all these problems itself by attributing excessive meaning and fighting against the alternatives flow. Your ideal life line will contain minimal obstacles as long as you do not lean too hard on importance.


5/11

追求目標的方式,正如你去信箱取信一樣自然。如果你將意圖 (Intention) 淨化,去除了所有「重要性」(Importance)與慾望,那剩下的只會是那份擁有的意志,以及一步接一步前行的需求。別再將取信視為難題,而只需一腳接著一腳地向著信箱前進。不要思考困難;行動起來,產生動力,無論結果如何,問題自然會在過程中迎刃而解。

Go after your goal in the same way that you go to get the post from the letterbox. What will remain of intention if you purify it of importance and desire? All that will remain is the will to have and the need to place one foot in front of the other. Stop imagining the post to be a problem and simply put one foot in front of the other in the direction of the letter box. Do not think about the problem; act, create momentum, irrespective of how things might turn out, and then the problem will be resolved in the process.


6/11

內在意圖有時會驅使你四處拍打水面,大聲喊道:「我堅持這樣那樣必須發生……」而外在意圖的運作方式則截然不同,它表現為:「結果竟然就是這樣發生了……」當你不停地強求某事發生、施加壓力時,其實是在阻礙外在意圖與替代流 (Alternatives flow) 協同推動你的目標;心智怎能精確知道目標究竟該如何實現?

Inner intention of the mind will urge you to slap your hands about in the water: “I insist that such and such happen….” Outer intention functions entirely differently to internal intention: “It turns out that such and such has happened…” All the time that you are insisting on something, pressuring for something to happen, you are preventing outer intention from realizing your goal in harmony with the alternatives flow; for how can the mind know exactly how the goal should be realized?


7/11

走向真正目標,且踏入屬於你的那扇門扉 (Goals and doors) ,就像行走在一條廣為人知的康莊大道上。只要你保持「重要性」(Importance) 在最低層次,不與替代流 (Alternatives flow) 抗爭,便無人或事能阻擋你。因為你正走在自己的真實道路上,即使期間偶生逆境,你也無需過度憂慮。允許自己享受生活,接受一切降臨於你的禮物;當你感覺原本假日般的心情逐漸陰霾時,試著察覺自己在哪裡提高了「重要性」(Importance)。答案往往很簡單:你可能正在逼迫自己做某事;或是你過於急切想達成目標;又或者你賦予某事物過高的「重要性」(Importance)。放鬆你的執著,讓一切重歸自然。

Moving towards a true goal through the door that is meant for you is like passing along a well-trodden road. No-one and nothing can stop you if importance as long as importance is kept at a minimal level and you refrain from fighting against the alternatives flow. Because you are walking your true path you have nothing to worry about, even if difficulties temporarily arise. Give yourself permission to enjoy life and accept everything that comes to you as a gift. As soon as you feel a cloud forming over your holiday, try to discern where you have increased importance. What is it that is preying on your mind? There is a ready answer to this question: you are forcing yourself to do something; you are overly impatient to achieve your goal; or you are attributing something excessive importance. Relax your grip.


8/11

壓迫性的想法和感受可能源自於一個狹隘的舒適區。例如,當你預計達成目標後會獲得一大筆錢時,各種焦慮情緒可能會突然浮現:該把錢存在哪裡?應該如何投資?如果我把錢丟了怎麼辦?又該如何最明智地運用它?萬一有人奪回錢呢?在這種心態下,顯然你尚未準備好擁有這筆錢。當夢想的實現充斥著這些疑慮時,內在的抑制必然會產生,而潛意識則會努力解救你脫離這種原因。此時,外在意圖 (Outer intention) 就會與你對立,阻礙你的前進。

Oppressive thoughts and feelings can arise as a result of a narrow comfort zone. For example, if as a result of achieving your goal you plan to receive a large sum of money, a whole range of anxious thoughts may instantly pop up. Where should you keep it? How should you invest it? What if I lose it? How should I spend it most wisely? What if they take it back? With this state of mind you are not ready to have the money. When the realization of the dream is fraught with these kinds of issues, inner inhibitions will inevitably arise and with it the subconscious striving to free yourself of the cause. In this case outer intention will work against you.


9/11

擁有的意志必須時刻保持,雖然你不需要整天在腦海中運行目標「幻燈片」 (Slide)。思考你所渴望的目標本身就是件愉悅之事,因此無需使勸服或強迫成為必需。你可以嘗試自我說服,但永遠無法勉強自己。與自我暗示不同,當你確定了意圖 (Intention) 後,決定已經作出,且不可更改。毫無疑問,目標一定會達成;所有疑慮會隨著你不斷擴大舒適區的邊界而自動消散。

The will to have must be constantly maintained although it is not essential to be picturing the target slide in your mind all the time. It is a pleasant thing to think about the goal you desire and so you do not have to use persuasion and coercion. You can try and convince yourself of something until the cows come home but you will never be successful. Unlike auto-suggestion, with intention the decision has been made and the decision is final. Nothing is open to discussion. The goal will be reached. That is self-evident. Any doubts will fall away of their own accord as you continue widening the limits of your comfort zone.


10/11

我想提醒你避免一個重大錯誤:還有一種虛假的刻板印象需要警惕。這種刻板印象促使你只用積極心態看待事情,並僅檢視成功的潛在結果。聽起來再奇怪不過,事實上這確實是一個虛假的刻板印象,而且種類繁多!你以為你能完全限制自己的思維只考慮成功的結果嗎?根本不可能。如果你刻意排除負面結果,那不會奏效,因為幾乎無法讓心智相信一切都會如此順利。心智能夠充當演員,假裝相信你所描述的情境,但深處你的心中依然會存有疑慮,因為心智本身就在懷疑。內心毫無疑問會遇到那些負面替代方案,就如同心智把它們塞進了壁櫥一般。

I wish to warn you against making a major mistake. There is one more false stereotype to be aware of. This stereotype encourages you to think positively and only examine successful potential outcomes. However strange it sounds, this is indeed a false stereotype and there are so many! Do you think you could manage to limit your thinking exclusively to successful outcomes? Hardly. If you strive to exclude negative potential outcomes from your script it will not work because it is almost impossible to convince the mind that everything could go so smoothly. The mind is perfectly capable of acting the part, pretending that is believes the scenario you are presenting, but deep in your heart you will still have doubts because the mind is doubting. The heart will unquestionably come across the negative alternative where the mind has chucked in the closet.


11/11

在你的目標「幻燈片」 (Slide) 中,不必加入任何展示你正在實現目標的情境。這幅「幻燈片」只需呈現出當目標達成後,你生活的最終畫面,彷彿你已經擁有了它。重點在於,你必須享受觀看這幅「幻燈片」的過程,並在純淨內在意圖的幫助下,一步步前行。對於過程的視覺化,不在於強調一切都會順利發生,而在於灌輸一種觀念:一切已然順利。當你用視覺化的方式呈現當下聯結於轉變鏈 (Transfer chain) 中的環節時,要與你目前正在做的,以及僅在下一步即將做的事保持同步。假如你試圖讓自己相信一切都將收穫良好果實,那你就仍在緊握那致命的控制感。放手吧,別去考慮尚未發生的問題;只需平靜地順著替代流 (Alternatives flow) 前行。

You do not need to include any scenarios in your target slide that depict you in the act of achieving your goal. The target slide must simply depict a final picture of what life looks like to you once the goal has already been achieved as if you already have it. All that is required is that you take pleasure in watching the slide and that you put one foot in front of the other with the help of purified inner intention. Visualisation of the process involves working on the scenery but in a completely different way. You convince the mind not that everything will go smoothly but that everything is already going smoothly. Visualisation of the current link in the transfer chain should keep pace with what you are doing now and what you will be doing just one step ahead of that. In convincing yourself that everything will come to favourable fruition you continue to hold the deadly grip of control. Relax the grip. Do not think about problems that have not happened yet; just go calmly with the alternatives flow.


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