根據美(měi)國(guó)焦慮和(hé)抑郁協會(huì)調查顯示，焦慮症是(shì)美(měi)國(guó)最常見( jiàn)的(de)心理(lǐ)疾病，4000萬成年(nián)人(rén)深受其影(yǐng)響。這(zhè)占美(mě☆i)國(guó)總人(rén)口的(de)18%！我們怎會(huì)如(rú)此深陷恐懼和(hé)焦慮之中？這(zhè)篇文(wén)章(zhāng)中，薩古魯討(tǎ→o)論了(le)産生(shēng)焦慮的(de)基礎，以及我們如(rú)何打開(kāi)自(zì)己，獲得(de)超越恐懼的(de)可(kě)能(néng)性。

Sadhguru: There is fear of just about everything. People are even afraid of being< too happy. In different human beings, fear is at different le§vels. In some, fear is very apparent. In others, it ≈is subdued and hidden, but it is there. So, what is the b¥asis of fear?

Sadhguru（薩古魯）：什(shén)麽都(dōu)會(huì)讓人(rén)恐懼。人(rén)們甚至害怕自(zì)己太過幸福。不(bù)同的(de)人(rén)恐懼的(γde)程度不(bù)同。有(yǒu)些(xiē)人(rén)的(de)恐懼很(hěn)明(míng)顯。有(yǒu)些(xiē)人(rén)的(de)恐懼被抑制(zhì)，埋藏 得(de)很(hěn)深，但(dàn)是(shì)恐懼還(hái)是(shì)存在在那(nà)裡(lǐ)。那(nà)麽≠，産生(shēng)恐懼的(de)基礎是(shì)什(shén)麽？

One day, two men from the gas company were taking meter readings. They parked their truck at one→ end of the alley and started working through toward the other end. One &was a senior employee; the other was a young recruit. When they reached the last house, t£hey checked the meter while the woman in the house watched them th≈rough the window. After they finished, the senior man said, “Now, just to prove ☆that age won’t stop me from running faster than you, let’s race to the truck. Let&rsq±uo;s see who will make it first.” They ran full blast, and when they just rea‍ched the truck, they stopped. Right behind them the woman c♣ame huffing and puffing, trying to keep up with them. The¶y looked back at her and asked, “Why are you running behind us?” She said, &ldq→uo;I was watching you take the reading of my meter. When two gas men run so® desperately, I thought I’d better run too.”

一(yī)天，天然氣公司的(de)兩個(gè)工(gōng)人(rén)去(qù)抄表。他(tā)們把卡車(chē)停在巷子(zǐ)口，就(jiù)開(kāi)始沿著≈(zhe)小(xiǎo)巷挨家(jiā)挨戶抄表。兩人(rén)中一(yī)個(gè)是(shì)資深雇工(gōng)，另一(yī)個(gè)是(shì)新聘的(de)年<(nián)輕人(rén)。他(tā)們走到(dào)巷尾的(de)最後一(yī)戶，一(yī)個(gè)女(nǚ)人(rén)在屋子(z×ǐ)裡(lǐ)隔著(zhe)窗(chuāng)戶看(kàn)著(zhe)他(tā)們抄表。他(tā)們抄完表，年(nián)長(cháng)的(de)人(rén)說(shuō)，“現(x<iàn)在，為(wèi)了(le)證明(míng)年(nián)齡不(bù)會(huì)妨礙我跑得(de)比你(nǐ)快(kuài)，我們賽跑回¶到(dào)卡車(chē)那(nà)邊吧(ba)。看(kàn)看(kàn)誰先到(dào)。”他(tΩā)們就(jiù)開(kāi)足馬力地(dì)跑起來(lái)，等他(tā)們到(dào)了(le)£停卡車(chē)的(de)地(dì)方，停了(le)下(xià)來(lái)。就(jiù)在他(tā)們背後，那(nà)個(gè)女(nǚ) 人(rén)上(shàng)氣不(bù)接下(xià)氣地(dì)跑過來(lái)，看(kàn)起來(lái)想努力追上(shàng)他(tā)們。二人(rén)回頭看(kàn)她(tāπ)，問(wèn)道(dào)，“你(nǐ)為(wèi)什(shén)麽追著(zhe)我們跑？”她(tā)說(shuō)，&ldquεo;我剛在看(kàn)你(nǐ)們抄我家(jiā)的(de)表。看(kàn)到(dào)兩個(gè)燃氣工(gōng)人(₽rén)這(zhè)麽不(bù)要(yào)命地(dì)跑，我覺得(de)我最好(hǎo)也(yě)跑吧(ba)。”

One aspect of fear is that it is cultural. It is just conta∞gious; it grows among people. But even for that to happen, fear has to ignite in a human be®ing first. Suppose you were the first human being o↓n this planet. Obviously, there would be no buildings and no heating systems. Suddenly it becom♥es cold, it starts raining and you are all wet. Then thunder comes, lightening, forest fir♣es and wind — you don’t know what is happening, where everything is coming fr≈om and where it is going. The first thing that arises¥ in you is fear, because you do not know the beginning or the end of what is happening.

恐懼的(de)一(yī)個(gè)面向是(shì)它是(shì)被培養出來(lái)的(de)。它是(shδì)傳染性的(de)，它在人(rén)群中滋長(cháng)。但(dàn)是(shì)即便要(yào)讓它在人(rén)群中滋長(cháng)，首先也(yě)得(de)在一(yī)個(gè≈)人(rén)的(de)內(nèi)在點燃它。假設你(nǐ)是(shì)地(dì)球上(shàng)第一(yī)個(gè)人(≥rén)。顯而易見(jiàn)，那(nà)時(shí)候沒有(yǒu)建築物(wù)也(yě)沒有(yǒu)供暖系統。突然之間(jiān)，天•氣變冷(lěng)，開(kāi)始下(xià)雨(yǔ)，你(nǐ)全身(shēn)濕透。然後又(yòu)電(diàn)閃雷鳴、森(sēn)林(lín)大(dγà)火(huǒ)、狂風(fēng)大(dà)作(zuò)——你(nǐ)不(bù)知(zhī)道(dào)發生(shēng)了(le)什(shén)麽，不(bù)知(z♠hī)道(dào)這(zhè)一(yī)切從(cóng)何而來(lái)，将去(qù)何處。這(zhè)時(shí)候在你(nǐ)內(nèi)在出現(xiàn)的(de)第一(yī♣)樣東(dōng)西(xī)就(jiù)是(shì)恐懼，因為(wèi)你(nǐ)不(bù)知(zhī)道(dào)發生(shēng)±的(de)這(zhè)些(xiē)事(shì)的(de)始末。

Even now, it is the same reality. The existence andφ survival of your tiny body in this vast existence is constantly under threat every moment.→ That is one level of fear, physical survival. But the existence of your personality — ♦you as a person — is also constantly threatened by the social situations in which y​ou live. Not just out on the street, but even in your hous>e.

即便現(xiàn)在，現(xiàn)實依然如(rú)此。你(nǐ)這(zhè)具渺小(xiǎo)身(shēn)軀存活在這(zhè)廣大(dà)的(de)存在★中，時(shí)時(shí)刻刻處在威脅之中。這(zhè)是(shì)一(yī)種層面的(de)恐懼，是(shì)物≥(wù)質身(shēn)的(de)存活。但(dàn)是(shì)你(nǐ)個(gè)性的(de)存在——你(nǐ)作(zuò)為(wèi)一(yī)個(gè)人≠(rén)——也(yě)總是(shì)被你(nǐ)所處的(de)各種社會(hu¥ì)環境威脅。這(zhè)些(xiē)威脅不(bù)僅在大(dà)街(jiē)上(shàng)，也(yě)存在在你(nǐ)家(jiā)中。

In your family, somebody is always stepping on you; maybeδ not physically, but in so many other ways. Physically, you are so s mall that you may be ignored, but personality-wise, you are quite bi™g. In your workplace or in your family, you have spread yourself wide and people keep' stepping on you, so there is constantly a fear of≠ extinction or damage. So the personality is even more threatened than the l≥ittle body. The little body being threatened can be managed if you create reasonably safe physica>l situations, but your personality being under threat is always on.

在家(jiā)裡(lǐ)，有(yǒu)人(rén)總是(shì)踩到(dào)你(nǐ)，也(yě)許不(bù×)是(shì)實實在在踩到(dào)你(nǐ)的(de)身(shēn)體(tǐ)，但(dàn)是(shì)會(huì)以很(hěn)多(duō)其他(tā)方式踩到(dào)你(nǐ)。α你(nǐ)的(de)物(wù)質身(shēn)體(tǐ)如(rú)此渺小(xiǎo)，也(yě)許會₹(huì)被忽視(shì)，但(dàn)從(cóng)個(gè)性來(lái)講，你(nǐ)是(shì)相(xiàng)當龐大(dà)的(®de)。在工(gōng)作(zuò)場(chǎng)合，或者在家(jiā)裡(lǐ)，你(nǐ)把自(φzì)己擴展開(kāi)來(lái)，人(rén)們總是(shì)踩到(dào)你(nǐ)，所以你(nǐ)總是(shì)處在被消滅或者被損害的(de)恐懼中。所以個(gè)'性受到(dào)的(de)威脅比這(zhè)具小(xiǎo)小(xiǎo)的(de)身(shēn)體(tǐ)更多(du¶ō)。如(rú)果你(nǐ)可(kě)以創造一(yī)些(xiē)相(xiàng)當安全的(de)物(wù)質環境，這(zhè)具受威脅的(de)小(xiǎ≥o)小(xiǎo)身(shēn)體(tǐ)可(kě)以得(de)到(dào)妥善照(zhào)顧，但(♣dàn)你(nǐ)的(de)個(gè)性一(yī)直處在威脅之中。

The root of your fear is just that whichever way you exist — as a physical being> or as a personality — you exist as a limited human× being. When you exist as a limitation, there is always a po↔ssibility that somebody will prick the bubble. Spirituality means you want to prick the ₹bubble yourself. You don’t want to wait for your boss to  do it, your mother-in-law to do it, your neighbor to do it, or the devil to₹ do it; you want to do it yourself. If you burst the bubble, if ®you stop experiencing yourself as a limited person or a limited body, if your¶ experience extends beyond that, you will see the basis of fear has bee n taken away from you. Absence of fear naturally lea¶ds to a blissful existence.

恐懼的(de)根源隻是(shì)你(nǐ)以哪種方式存在——作(zuò)為(wèi)一(yī)個(gè)物(wù)質存在或是(shì)作(z"uò)為(wèi)一(yī)種個(gè)性存在——你(nǐ)都(dōu)是(shì)作(zuò)為(wèi)一>(yī)個(gè)局限的(de)人(rén)而存在。當你(nǐ)作(zuò)為(wèi)一(yī)種局限而存在，有(yǒu)人(rén)會(huì)戳破這(zhèσ)個(gè)肥皂泡——這(zhè)種可(kě)能(néng)性始終存在。靈性修行(xíng)，意味σ著(zhe)你(nǐ)自(zì)己來(lái)戳破這(zhè)個(gè)肥皂泡。你(nǐ)可(kě)不(bù)想等你(nǐ)的(de)老(lǎo)闆來(lá♥i)戳破，等你(nǐ)的(de)嶽母來(lái)戳破，等你(nǐ)的(de)鄰居來(lái)戳破，或者等著(zhe)魔鬼來(lái)戳破；你(nǐ)想要(yào)自(zì)己戳破它。如(→rú)果你(nǐ)突破這(zhè)個(gè)肥皂泡，如(rú)果你(nǐ)不(bù)再把自(zì)己作(zuò)為(wèi)一(yī)個 (gè)有(yǒu)限的(de)人(rén)或有(yǒu)限的(de)身(shēn)體(tǐ)來(lái)體(tǐ)驗，如(rú)果你(nǐ)¶的(de)體(tǐ)驗可(kě)以延伸，超越這(zhè)個(gè)局限，你(nǐ)會(huì)發現(xiàn)産生(shēng)恐懼的(de)基礎就(jiù)被消™除了(le)。恐懼消失了(le)，自(zì)然就(jiù)會(huì)成為(wèi)一(yī)個(gè)喜悅的(de)存在®。

Love&Grace,

Sadhguru

愛(ài)與恩典

薩古魯