修行的第一步 2 The First Step 2

Often, when our emotion flares, we don't know why. We may know the reason superficially, like, "I am angry because he's too loud." But we really don't know why "he's loud" made us angry at that moment. Because, after all, if it is noise itself that cause anger, we would be angry all the time in any place with a lot of people.

通常，我們都不知道為什麼情緒會莫名的發生。 我們也許知道表面上的理由，「我很生氣，因為他很吵。」 但是為什麼他很吵就會讓我生氣呢？ 如果是聲音的大小而造成「我」的憤怒，那「我」應該在其他一樣吵的場合也會生氣。

Our emotion is caused by our Nidānas at that moment in time. The senses we that received through our body, interacts with our Nidānas in our subconscious, result in the emotion.

我們的情緒是被當下的「因缘」所造成的。 而感官所接收到的感覺與我們潛意識裡的「因缘」互動產生了那當下的情緒。

We cannot eliminate sensory inputs, but we can understand and change Nidānas within us, in order to control our emotions. To do so, we need to understand oneself. How do you go about understanding yourself? That's is easy, all you have to do is to ask.

若想要控制我們的情緒，只能透過了解和改變內在的「因缘」，「放下」我們的感官並不是好方法。 我們需要了解自己。 您要怎樣了解自己呢？ 只有不斷的向內問自己。

Anytime you feel an emotion rising, you can ask yourself “Why do I feel this way?” (For example, “Why am I jealous?”) If the answer to this question is pointing to someone else, such as “Because of him.” (For example, “Because he is wealthier.”) then you need to rephrase the question to “Why does he make me feel this way.” (For example, “Why am I been affected by his wealth?”) Keep doing this until you cannot answer the question and then keep searching for the answer in the subconscious.

每當您感覺情緒上升，您可以問問自己「為什麼我有這個感覺呢？」（例如，「為什麼我會忌妒？」）如果這個問題的答案，是指向別人，如：「因為他如何如何」（例如，「因為他很有錢。」），那麼您需要追問自己「為什麼他如何如何會讓我有這樣的感覺？」（例如，「為什麼他有錢會讓我忌妒？」）這樣不停的追問，直到您無法回答，然後不斷的在潛意識裡尋找答案。

If you cannot control your emotion at the time of the event to ask the question, you can always ask yourself when you are calm and away from the event.

如果您無法在當下控制您的情緒，您可以冷靜過後再自我反省。

During this process, you might feel a lot of physical or mental discomfort from asking the question. Keep trying for as long as you can. If the discomfort becomes unbearable, you can take a break and do something else. The more discomfort a question is, the more you will need to keep probing for answers.

在此自我反省的過程中，您也許會感受很多身體或心理的不適。 請不要理會身體或心理的不適感，繼續在潛意識裡尋找答案。 如果不適感變得難以忍受，請休息一下，做別的事情。 請您記住：若不適感愈來愈強烈，表示您愈需要向內不斷尋問。

You might not ever get any answer from your subconscious. But you will know you have improved when you respond to a situation in a different manner than a previous encounter of the same situation.

您可能永遠不會從你的潛意識裡得到任何答案。 但當下次面對同樣的情況，而您有不同的反應時，就會知道自己有進步了。

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