Imagine your mind is like a glass of muddy water (混濁的水). When you shake it, you cannot see through it — that is a busy, worried mind. But if you hold it still, or move it very slowly, the mud settles to the bottom and the water becomes clear again.
想像你的頭腦像一杯混濁的泥水(混濁的水)。當你搖晃它,你沒辦法看穿它——那是一個忙碌、煩惱的心。但如果你把它靜靜放著,或非常緩慢地移動它,泥沙就會沉到底部,水又變得清澈。
This week we practice moving meditation. Like gentle Tai Chi (太極), we put a hand on the heart, a hand on the mind (the head), and we draw slow circles around our body to feel the energy. We are not just sitting — we are shaping our energy with our hands, and shaping a little more peace in the room.
這週我們練習動禪(moving meditation)。就像溫和的太極(Tai Chi,太極),我們把一隻手放在心(heart)上,一隻手放在頭腦(mind,頭部)上,然後在身體周圍慢慢畫圓,去感受那股能量(energy)。我們不只是坐著——我們正在用雙手塑造(shaping)我們的能量,也在這個空間裡塑造出多一點點的平靜。
Best of all, this medicine belongs to you. No one else can make your heart calm — that is your own responsibility. When you choose to breathe, to move slowly, and to say “I am responsible for my peace,” you become your own gentle doctor.
最棒的是,這帖良藥屬於你自己。沒有別人能讓你的心平靜下來——那是你自己的責任(responsibility)。當你選擇呼吸、選擇慢慢移動,並說出「I am responsible for my peace.(我為自己的平靜負責。)」你就成了自己溫柔的醫生。