放下 3 Detachment or Letting Go 3

So to me, this is what it all means. To empirically understand anattā means to have the ability to control the intensity and duration of emotions.

所以對我來說，體會「無我」能啟發控制情緒的能力。

But the ability to control emotions is merely a mechanical tools. What is important is to also to have the wisdom to know the appropriate intensity and duration for a given situation.

但控制情緒的能力只是一個工具。
最重要的是也要有智慧，才能知道在某一個情況下，
什麼是適當的情緒、適當的強度和情緒要維持多久。

If someone is bullying you, and you can raise your anger or meanness to a level surpass that of the attacker, would you not be able to scare the attacker away?

如果有人在欺負您，可以增強您的憤怒、兇惡來超越攻擊者，
難道他不會被嚇跑嗎？

If a con-man is trying to elicit your greed, and you can shorten your greedy instinct to nano-seconds, would you fall for this person con?

如果騙子想要引起您的貪婪，
但您能縮短貪性在剎那（那一秒）裡，
您還會落入這個人的騙局？

If you see a pleasing appearance, would your lust hang around long enough and strong enough for you to get into trouble?

如果您看到一個賞心悅目的外觀，
慾望會在您的心裡強到、久到而產生麻煩嗎？

Would you ever need to let your level of compassion because you are losing motivation or are burning out?

您會讓慈悲心消弱，因為您失去動力嗎？

If you have the ability to control your emotions, and the wisdom to apply them, can you imagine what type of person you will be? You will know when to raise your emotions and when to extinguish them. You will know when to laugh and when to cry; when to be angry and when to be compassion.

You past emotions will no longer be a baggage that you have to carry around, because you have already seen the inside and throw away anything you no longer need.

如果您有能力去控制自己的情緒，也有智慧知道如何應用，
您能想像您會是什麼樣的人嗎？
您會知道什麼時候需要提高情緒，及何時會消滅。
您會知道什麼時候要笑，要哭， 要生氣，要同情。
您過去所有的情緒不再是一個包袱，
因為您已經知道裡面有什麼東西，也已扔掉不再需要的東西了。

Would you not have control of your own life?

您不會有能力控制自己的生活嗎？

This is the ultimate implication of anattā; 
to live a fuller life than anyone else.
Laugh when you want to. Cry when you want to, 
and be angry when you want to as well.
You won't create "The Dark Side" because of runaway emotions.
And once the emotion pass, it goes away forever.
You no longer need to live with the emotion of the past, 
you can live in here and now.

這是「無我」的終極影響：活個最充實的生活。
要笑就笑，要哭就哭，要生氣就生氣。
不會因為情緒，而產生黑暗面。
情緒過了，就沒有了。
不再活在過去情緒裡，只活在當下。

How do you start? As we keep repeating, you start by understanding yourself.

該如何開始呢？正如我們不斷重複的，從了解自己開始。

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