模仿技法

The imitation technique

親愛的夥伴們，你們可能開始懷疑，透過這些方法，你們是不是最終會變成一個機械式的模型？別擔心，我的小毛躁們；與其成為一個沒有自主思考的傀儡，不如成為一個擁有好習慣的上弦模型。

You are probably beginning to think, dear ones, that with all these methods, you could end up being a clockwork mannequin? Don’t worry, my little fidgets; it is better to be a wind-up mannequin with good habits than a puppet of no sound mind.

新模型（mannequin）是通過三重行動創造出來的：推動現實、推動你自己、以及從內在前行。

New mannequins are created via triple action: propel reality, propel yourself, propel from within.

利用辮編（plait）技法構築一個全新的你，在新的現實中呈現。

Use the plait to compose a new you in a new reality.

思想要放得開，但同時要確保你的目標 是切實可行的。

Think big, but make sure your goals are realistic.

很快，你會開始做那些過去你從未認為自己能做到的事情。

Soon, you’ll be doing things that you didn’t previously think yourself capable of doing.

在新的電影膠卷上，新的能力將逐步顯現並成長。

New abilities appear and develop on new film rolls.

實現你構思的方法和途徑也會自動呈現出來。

The ways and means of realising your idea will automatically present themselves.

***反覆閱讀講解如何「推動你自己」的章節會對你大有幫助。

It can be helpful to repeat the chapters that explain what it means to ‘propel yourself’.

在上一課的結尾，我們提到模仿技法可以使你獲得尚未擁有的品質。回想我們設定的目標：擁有一副美麗的身體、轉變成一個魅力四射、各方面都令人愉悅的人，並成為一個高薪專業人士。儘管你現在可能還沒有這些，但你可以先虛擬出擁有它們的狀態。正如你已經知道的那樣，現實會找出方式，將你在物質層面上創造的幻像實現出來。

At the end of our last lesson, we said that the imitation technique will enable you to acquire qualities that you don’t yet have. Let’s recall the objectives we set: acquire a beautiful body, transform yourself into a charming personality, pleasant in all regards, and become a highly paid professional. Even though you might not yet have all this right now, you can fake having it right now. Then, as you already know, reality will find a way of manifesting the illusion you have created on the physical plane.

你應該真切地想像，儘管目前你只是在「假裝」這一切、僅把它當作一場遊戲，你已經擁有所有這些正面特質。觀察那些擁有這些特質的人，剛開始時，如果你自己還沒有明確的形象，可先模仿他們的舉止。對於初稿而言，模仿他人的經驗也是可以的；隨著時間推移，你的個性會逐漸展現得更加鮮明。

You should literally imagine that you already have all these positive things despite the fact that, so far at least, you’re faking it and it is just a game. Observe other people, who have these things. Initially, copy how they hold themselves, especially if you don’t have your own image of what this might look like. For your draft version, the experience of others will do. Later, your individuality will begin to show itself more strongly.

記住觀察你欣賞別人哪些特質，不論他們是否與你處於同一領域。你總能從卓越中學到東西。我做某件事的方式，就如同某某那般出色；如果你欣賞某人的某種特質，你會希望能做到同樣的事，並為自己創造出同樣美好的生活。吸收那些你覺得極具魅力的精緻技巧，並將其投射到你的生活中。用辮編技法（plait）宣示你的這一意圖。你只需捕捉那份閃耀的投射，而不必在細節上事事模仿。關鍵在於那份投射，而非特定的形式。

Take note of what you admire in other people. Irrespective of whether they work in the same field as you. You can always learn from brilliance. I do such and such just as brilliantly as so and so does. Is there something you admire? I want to be able to do the same, and can create the same wonderful life for myself. Soak up the finesse that you find so attractive and adapt it to your life, as a projection. Declare this intention using the plait. You only need to capture a projection of brilliance rather than trying to copy it in every detail. What is essential is the projection, not the specific form it takes.

我想強調的是，你不需要完全複製一個範例，只需捕捉那個人的狀態、他們的自我感覺以及整體氣質。採用一種讓你覺得自我愉悅的狀態：你擁有一副美麗的身體；你有著迷人的個性；你是一位高薪專業人士。如果真是如此，你會有何感受？你所體驗到的情感狀態，就是這次練習中你必須捕捉的狀態。一旦你確定了這個情緒狀態，就請按那狀態行事，彷彿你已經擁有你所追求的一切。

I want to emphasise, that you don’t need to copy an entire example, just the person’s state, their sense of self and general air. Adopt a state that makes you feel good about yourself: you have a beautiful body; you have a charming personality; you are a highly paid professional. How would you feel if this were the case? What you would feel is the required state you must capture for this exercise. What you have determined the emotional state, behave as if you already had what you are striving for.

以你的思緒創造一個虛擬現實，並時常以辮編（plait）技法為那視覺化增光添彩。更頻繁地回憶你的願景，讓它在背景中不斷運行，保持一致。即便你的肉體及其它一切遠未臻完美，你仍能體驗並習慣那份感受──哪怕先是模仿著實現它。

Create a virtual reality with your thoughts. Illuminate that visualisation with the plait from time to time. Recall your vision more frequently; run it in the background, be consistent. Even if your physical body and everything else about you is far from being perfect, you can still live the feeling; fake it; become accustomed to it.

這算是在抄襲嗎？是的，毫無疑問這就是完全的模仿；但若你的方法足夠認真且持之以恆，現實將會極為認真地對待。現實不會容忍非它所創造的幻象，所以你創造的幻像要麼會在物質層顯現，要麼就會消失。別擔心，我親愛的，只要你不去自找麻煩或過度冒險，後者發生的可能性極低；即使是孩子也知道遊戲終歸只是遊戲，必須在真實的界限之內行事。

Is this copying? Yes, it is out and out copying, but if your approach is serious and consistent, reality will take it very seriously indeed. Reality will not tolerate an illusion that is not of its own making so the illusions that you create will either be manifest in the physical plane or destroyed. Don’t worry, my darlings, the latter is highly unlikely, as long as you don’t go looking for trouble or push things too far. Even children know that a game is a game and keep within the limits of what is real.

在你的遊戲中，你將輕易感知到現實的局限性。扮演一個迷人個性的角色完全在你能力範圍之內，尤其當你掌握了圖像構築法後。如果你從未嘗試過在芭蕾舞台上表演或在曲棍球場上以專業形象行走，自然難以達到那必須的電影膠卷階段。然而，這並不會削弱你的模仿效果；一切都需耐心等待，這正是第三重行動的目的。

You will easily sense the limits of reality in your own game. Playing the role of a charming personality is totally within your capacity especially when you are equipped with the image composition method. You naturally won’t be able to take the stage at a ballet or walk out onto a hockey pitch and behave like a professional if you’ve never done it before, because you have not yet reached the necessary film roll. However, your imitation game will be no less effective because of it. All in good time. This is what the third action is for.

三：推動你自己 重要的是要現實並理解僅靠沙發形而上學是不夠的。我們生活在一個雙重世界中，所以你必須採取與物質層面相當的行動。在當前幀中盡一切可能實現你的目標，並塑造新的自我。你需要不僅通過辮子的幫助來改善自己，還需要通過具體的鍛煉、學習、改善飲食和生活方式的步驟來實現。這一要求是無法改變的。

3. Propel yourself It is important to be realistic and understand that sofa metaphysics alone are not enough. We live in a dual world, so you have to take action equivalent to the material plane. Do everything you can to achieve your goal within the current frame, and shape your new self. You need to improve yourself not only with the help of the plait, but also physically, by means of concrete exercises, study, steps to improve your diet and lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to change this requirement.

一旦你走上自我提升的道路，自然會明白該如何行動，所需的信息也將自動湧來。尤其要意識到，在這條自我成長的路上，你的人生宗旨將會逐漸顯現。你或許會千方百計地探尋：我的人生宗旨究竟是什麼？它包含了哪些意涵？該如何尋找？但當你設定目標去推動自己，而非任由劇本牽引時，所有這些疑問的答案便會自然而然地浮現。

Once you embark on the path of self-improvement, you will know what to do and how. The information will find its way to you. It is also particularly important to be aware that on the path of self-development, your life purpose will be revealed to you. You can puzzle over questions such as, what your life purpose is, what it will involve, and how to find it as much as you like, but once you set the goal to propel yourself rather than be directed entirely by the script, the answers to all these questions will appear organically.

你也無需擔心實現人生宗旨的方式與途徑。那些方法存在於你尚未抵達的其他電影膠卷上，你目前無法想像而已。只要你同時啟動所有三種行動，毫無疑問你終將到達。你擁有巨大優勢，因為競爭對手通常只採取其中一種行動（第三重行動），即便他們投入極大精力，其效果卻常常大打折扣。

There is no need to worry about the ways and means of realising your life purpose either. You can’t imagine what the ways and means will be because they lie on other film rolls that you still need to reach. There is no doubt that you will reach them if you initiate all three types of action. You have a huge advantage because your competitors usually only use one type of action, the third. Many put a huge amount of effort into this but to no great effect.

第一、第二或第三重行動哪一種最有效？這全靠具體狀況而定。通常，它們大致同等有效，但若你將這三者結合起來，而非單獨練習，結果將百分之百保證。總之，這三重行動能調整你現實的方向，最終使你生活中的各個層面都會自有條理。

Which works most effectively, the first, second or third action? It all depends. On average, they are all roughly equally effective, but if you integrate all three rather than practicing them individually, the results are one hundred percent guaranteed. In any case, the triple action rights the course your reality is taking and things sort themselves out in all areas of your life.

需要多長時間？答案是永遠，因為正如你所知，人生始終處於進步或衰退之中。

How much time will it take? The answer is forever because, as you know, in life there is always either development or deterioration.

模仿技術

The imitation technique

你們可能開始想，我親愛的，這麼多方法下，你會不會變成一個發條模特？別擔心，我的小不安分；成為一個有好習慣的發條模特總比成為一個沒有理智的木偶要好。

You are probably beginning to think, dear ones, that with all these methods, you could end up being a clockwork mannequin? Don’t worry, my little fidgets; it is better to be a wind-up mannequin with good habits than a puppet of no sound mind.

新的模特是通過三重行動創造的：推動現實，推動自己，從內在推動。

New mannequins are created via triple action: propel reality, propel yourself, propel from within.

使用辮子在新的現實中創造一個新的你。

Use the plait to compose a new you in a new reality.

大膽設想，但要確保你的目標是現實的。

Think big, but make sure your goals are realistic.

很快，你會做一些以前認為自己無法做到的事情。

Soon, you’ll be doing things that you didn’t previously think yourself capable of doing.

新的能力會在新的膠卷上出現和發展。

New abilities appear and develop on new film rolls.

實現你想法的方法和手段會自動呈現。

The ways and means of realising your idea will automatically present themselves.

重複解釋“推動自己”含義的章節會很有幫助。

It can be helpful to repeat the chapters that explain what it means to ‘propel yourself’.

在我們上一課的結尾，我們說模仿技術將使你獲得尚未擁有的品質。讓我們回顧一下我們設定的目標：獲得美麗的身體，將自己轉變為一個迷人的個性，在各方面都令人愉悅，並成為一個高薪專業人士。即使你現在可能還沒有擁有這一切，你可以現在就假裝擁有。然後，正如你已經知道的，現實會找到一種方法將你創造的幻覺在物理層面上實現。

At the end of our last lesson, we said that the imitation technique will enable you to acquire qualities that you don’t yet have. Let’s recall the objectives we set: acquire a beautiful body, transform yourself into a charming personality, pleasant in all regards, and become a highly paid professional. Even though you might not yet have all this right now, you can fake having it right now. Then, as you already know, reality will find a way of manifesting the illusion you have created on the physical plane.

你應該字面上想像自己已經擁有所有這些積極的東西，儘管到目前為止至少你是在假裝，這只是一場遊戲。觀察那些擁有這些東西的人。最初，模仿他們的姿態，特別是如果你自己沒有這方面的形象。對於你的草稿版本，別人的經驗就足夠了。後來，你的個性會更強烈地展現出來。

You should literally imagine that you already have all these positive things despite the fact that, so far at least, you’re faking it and it is just a game. Observe other people, who have these things. Initially, copy how they hold themselves, especially if you don’t have your own image of what this might look like. For your draft version, the experience of others will do. Later, your individuality will begin to show itself more strongly.

注意你在其他人身上欽佩的東西。不管他們是否在與你相同的領域工作。你總是可以從出色中學習。我做某事就像某某一樣出色。是否有你欽佩的東西？我想能夠做到同樣的事情，並為自己創造同樣美好的生活。吸收你覺得有吸引力的精妙之處，並將其作為投射適應到你的生活中。使用辮子宣告這個意圖。你只需要捕捉出色的投射，而不是試圖在每個細節中複製它。關鍵是投射，而不是它所採取的具體形式。

Take note of what you admire in other people. Irrespective of whether they work in the same field as you. You can always learn from brilliance. I do such and such just as brilliantly as so and so does. Is there something you admire? I want to be able to do the same, and can create the same wonderful life for myself. Soak up the finesse that you find so attractive and adapt it to your life, as a projection. Declare this intention using the plait. You only need to capture a projection of brilliance rather than trying to copy it in every detail. What is essential is the projection, not the specific form it takes.

我要強調的是，你不需要複製整個例子，只需複製那個人的狀態、他們的自我感覺和整體氣質。採用一種讓你對自己感覺良好的狀態：你有一個美麗的身體；你有一個迷人的個性；你是一個高薪專業人士。如果是這樣，你會有什麼感覺？你所感受到的就是這次練習所需捕捉的狀態。當你確定了情感狀態後，表現得好像你已經擁有了你所追求的東西。

I want to emphasise, that you don’t need to copy an entire example, just the person’s state, their sense of self and general air. Adopt a state that makes you feel good about yourself: you have a beautiful body; you have a charming personality; you are a highly paid professional. How would you feel if this were the case? What you would feel is the required state you must capture for this exercise. What you have determined the emotional state, behave as if you already had what you are striving for.

用你的思想創造一個虛擬現實。時不時用辮子照亮那個視覺化。更頻繁地回想你的願景；在背景中運行它，保持一致。即使你的身體和其他一切都遠非完美，你仍然可以體驗那種感覺；假裝它；習慣它。

Create a virtual reality with your thoughts. Illuminate that visualisation with the plait from time to time. Recall your vision more frequently; run it in the background, be consistent. Even if your physical body and everything else about you is far from being perfect, you can still live the feeling; fake it; become accustomed to it.

這是複製嗎？是的，這是徹底的複製，但如果你的方法是認真且一致的，現實會非常認真地對待它。現實不會容忍不是自己創造的幻覺，所以你創造的幻覺要麼在物理層面上實現，要麼被摧毀。別擔心，我的親愛的，只要你不自找麻煩或推得太遠，後者是極不可能的。即使孩子們也知道遊戲就是遊戲，並保持在現實的範圍內。

Is this copying? Yes, it is out and out copying, but if your approach is serious and consistent, reality will take it very seriously indeed. Reality will not tolerate an illusion that is not of its own making so the illusions that you create will either be manifest in the physical plane or destroyed. Don’t worry, my darlings, the latter is highly unlikely, as long as you don’t go looking for trouble or push things too far. Even children know that a game is a game and keep within the limits of what is real.

你會很容易感受到自己遊戲中現實的界限。扮演一個迷人的角色完全在你的能力範圍內，特別是當你掌握了圖像創作方法時。你自然無法在芭蕾舞台上或冰球場上表現得像個專業人士，如果你從未這樣做過，因為你尚未達到必要的膠卷。然而，這並不會減少你的模仿遊戲的效果。所有的事情都需要時間。這就是第三個行動的目的。

You will easily sense the limits of reality in your own game. Playing the role of a charming personality is totally within your capacity especially when you are equipped with the image composition method. You naturally won’t be able to take the stage at a ballet or walk out onto a hockey pitch and behave like a professional if you’ve never done it before, because you have not yet reached the necessary film roll. However, your imitation game will be no less effective because of it. All in good time. This is what the third action is for.

三：推動自己 重要的是要現實並理解僅靠沙發形而上學是不夠的。我們生活在一個雙重世界中，所以你必須採取與物質層面相當的行動。在當前幀中盡一切可能實現你的目標，並塑造新的自我。你需要不僅通過辮子的幫助來改善自己，還需要通過具體的鍛煉、學習、改善飲食和生活方式的步驟來實現。這一要求是無法改變的。

3. Propel yourself It is important to be realistic and understand that sofa metaphysics alone are not enough. We live in a dual world, so you have to take action equivalent to the material plane. Do everything you can to achieve your goal within the current frame, and shape your new self. You need to improve yourself not only with the help of the plait, but also physically, by means of concrete exercises, study, steps to improve your diet and lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to change this requirement.

一旦你踏上自我提升的道路，你就會知道該做什麼以及如何做。信息會找到它的路來到你身邊。特別重要的是要意識到，在自我發展的道路上，你的人生目標將會揭示給你。你可以思考諸如你的人生目標是什麼、它將涉及什麼以及如何找到它這樣的問題，但一旦你設定了推動自己的目標，而不是完全受劇本指導，所有這些問題的答案將會自然地出現。

Once you embark on the path of self-improvement, you will know what to do and how. The information will find its way to you. It is also particularly important to be aware that on the path of self-development, your life purpose will be revealed to you. You can puzzle over questions such as, what your life purpose is, what it will involve, and how to find it as much as you like, but once you set the goal to propel yourself rather than be directed entirely by the script, the answers to all these questions will appear organically.

你也不需要擔心實現人生目標的方法和途徑。你無法想像這些方法和途徑會是什麼，因為它們位於你尚需到達的其他膠卷上。毫無疑問，如果你啟動所有三種類型的行動，你將會到達它們。你擁有巨大的優勢，因為你的競爭者通常只使用第三種行動。許多人在這方面投入了大量精力，但效果不佳。

There is no need to worry about the ways and means of realising your life purpose either. You can’t imagine what the ways and means will be because they lie on other film rolls that you still need to reach. There is no doubt that you will reach them if you initiate all three types of action. You have a huge advantage because your competitors usually only use one type of action, the third. Many put a huge amount of effort into this but to no great effect.

哪一種行動最有效，第一、第二還是第三？這要視情況而定。平均來看，它們大致同樣有效，但如果你整合三者而不是單獨練習，結果是百分之百保證的。無論如何，三重行動會糾正你現實的方向，並使你生活的各個方面自行調整。

Which works most effectively, the first, second or third action? It all depends. On average, they are all roughly equally effective, but if you integrate all three rather than practicing them individually, the results are one hundred percent guaranteed. In any case, the triple action rights the course your reality is taking and things sort themselves out in all areas of your life.

需要多長時間？答案是永遠，因為如你所知，生活中總是要麼發展，要麼退化。

How much time will it take? The answer is forever because, as you know, in life there is always either development or deterioration.