Naval Ravikant的冥想箴言——简单、再简单

今天，在推特上看到Naval Ravikant的冥想箴言，看到比那些啥各种冥想大师的要简单多了。别被其他所谓高级的忽悠了，凡事简单才是真谛。靠着几句蹩脚的英语，翻译了一次，是分享也是记录留存。

正好想起武志红心理学课讲到他的冥想，身体扫描方法，也相当简单，用者自会吧，在文末。

另外，Naval Ravikant 2018年的how to get rich (without getting lucky)一文，火遍了中国，当年还是币圈**嫩模甚嚣尘上的时候。Naval Ravikant也是加密货币的支持者和持有者。

于是在推特上关注了他。

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Meditation is your birthright. It's your natural state.

冥想是你与生俱来的权利，是你的自然境界。

It requires no one, needs no thing, and has no technique.

它不需要人、不需要物、不需要技术。

If something requires a guru, a mantra, or a teaching, it isn't universal, and it won't free you.

如果一件事需要大师、咒语、传授，它就不是普世的，也不会让你自由。

We say that we want peace of mind but what we really want is peace from mind.

我们想给心灵以平静，而事实是我们从心灵中获得安宁。

“No technique of the mind will free you from the mind.”

任何头脑的技巧都无法让你从心灵中获得解脱。

All chases, whether flow, drugs, beauty, thrills, orgasm, or devotion, are attempts to escape from the mind.

所有的追逐，无论是心流，毒品，美貌，刺激，高潮，或奉献，都是试图逃离心灵。

Meditation is the direct path.

冥想才是直接之径。

In an age of mental gluttony, meditation is fasting for the mind.

这个时代精神浮躁，冥想才是心灵的良药。

Before paying a therapist to listen to you, listen to yourself.

不要花钱让治疗师听你倾述，倾听你自己。

Before clearing your inbox, clear your mind.

清空邮箱之前，清空你的心灵。

Just as the sky rains when the clouds are heavy, and the body sleeps when the limbs are tired, meditation arrives when the mind is calm.

云积雨自来，身疲入睡香，心静冥想就会抵达。

Prepare for meditation by sitting quietly in the morning, with eyes closed and back upright, in any comfortable position that will minimize movement.

在清晨，找个舒适的位置坐好，后背挺直，合上眼睛，准备冥想。

Sixty minutes are easier than thirty, as it takes time for the mind to settle down.

六十分钟比三十分钟容易，因为头脑需要时间才能安定下来。

Sixty consecutive days are needed, just as it takes time for the body to go from unfit to fit.

需要六十天持续，身体需要时间从不适应到适应。

Realize that at this moment, you are the only person in the world and there is no one to instruct you, praise you, or judge you.

觉知到此时此刻，世间只有你一人，没人命令你，赞美你，评判你。

Make no effort for or against anything.

不用为任何事情努力或者反对何事。

Whatever happens, happens.

天道自然。

Surrender to yourself in the moment.

此刻，拥抱你自己。

Resist nothing and reject nothing, including the urge to resist and reject.

不抗拒、不拒绝、包括抗拒和拒绝的冲动。

Meditation is not going through thoughts but rather letting thoughts go through you.

放空一切，让所有想法穿透你。

The thought “I am meditating” is also a thought.

我在冥想这个想法也要放空。

Meditation isn’t holy or spiritual or magical. It’s literally nothing.

冥想不是神圣的、精神的或神奇的，是一无所有。

No focus, no mantra, no dharma, no chakras, no Buddhas, no gurus, no gratitude, no scripture, no temple, no music, no gadgets, no apps are required.

没有焦点，没有咒语，没有佛法，没有经轮，没有佛陀，没有大师，没有感激，没有经文，没有圣殿，没有音乐，没有工具，没有app。

Some may be helpful, but eventually all will have to be left behind. Start simply, because that's where this all ends.

那些东西可能会有所帮助，但最终一切都会被抛在脑后。简单开始，归于简单。

There are many meditation methods, but "no effort" is the universal method. Every creature at all times can choose to do nothing.

有许多冥想方法，但是“不努力”才是普世方法。

There's no need to get up to record a thought. If the idea was good, it’ll come back. If it doesn’t come back, it wasn’t that good.

没必要在冥想时记录一个想法，如果这个想法好，它自然会回来，如果它没有回来，就不是一个好想法。

Meditation is a single player game. There is no point in comparing to other meditators or to even your own previous meditations.

冥想时一个人的游戏，没必要和其他冥想者甚至你自己之前的冥想比较。

If meditation was easy, you’d do nothing else.

如果冥想容易，那你也没什么好做的。

The point of meditation is not to become "a meditator" - in reality, there's no such thing. If it doesn’t bring lasting and effortless change, drop it, before it becomes another struggle and another chase.

冥想的关键是不要成为一个“冥想者”，事实上，这根本就不存在。在它成为另一个挣扎和追逐之前，如果不能带来持续且毫不费力的改变，就扬弃它。

There is nothing to say and nothing on offer. No one is taking you anywhere, selling you anything, or making you promises. Reading or talking about meditation will do nothing for you.

不用说，不用做，没有营销，没有承诺，阅读或者谈论冥想与你皆虚无。

You cannot fail at meditation.

你不可能在冥想上失败。

Ignore all advice on meditation, including this thread.

忽略对于冥想的所有建议，包括本篇。

武志红的心理学课中提到的冥想扫描身体方法：

我的方法非常简单，就是扫描身体。我曾去福建南禅寺学习内观，待了十天，方法就是以打坐的方式，一遍遍扫描身体，从头到脚，从脚到头。打坐的姿势不必严格，端正就好。

早在这之前，我就从埃克哈特·托利的书《当下的力量》中看到了这个方法并开始使用，晚上睡觉或早上醒来时，平躺在床上，扫描身体，一点一点，越细致越好。

现在，我每天至少会做三遍这个练习。原来做不到扫描，只能是大概地一点点移动注意力，一大块一大块地感知，而且很容易走神，现在基本能做到像扫描仪一帧一帧扫描身体一样，让注意力比较平缓细密地移动。

不过必须要说一下，我是从2008年到现在，一直在做这个练习，所以做好它不容易。同时，这个练习有巨大的好处，否则我也坚持不了这么久。