允許

允許

近日,我常常想到一句話:允許一切發生。 這句話聽起來很平靜,甚至有一點像什麼都接受,有一點算了,就這樣吧的感受。但慢慢練習之後,我覺得「允許」其實並不是消極,也不是要求自己對所有事情都沒有感覺。相反地,它更像是在事情發生之後,先讓自己看清楚眼前的事實,不急著抗拒,也不急著加上太多解釋。 前一陣子,有朋友剛搬到夏威夷。知道他們人生正處在一個新的階段,我們自然想多幫一點忙。先生甚至特別空出幾乎一整天,開車陪他們到不同的地方處理事情。對我們來說,那只是一份很自然的心意。能幫忙的時候,就幫一點。...
Another Beginning

Another Beginning

The 201st Reflection Completing the Meditation Teacher Program feels both meaningful and a little difficult to put into words. There is happiness, gratitude, and a gentle sense of accomplishment, but beneath all of that is something quieter: the recognition that this...
A Quiet Map Within

A Quiet Map Within

一旦真正感受過那份平靜,心裡就像多了一張小小的地圖。即使後來又被生活帶遠了,我們還是會知道,那條回去的路一直都在,也可以一次又一次,慢慢地走回來。 Stillness does not always arrive when life becomes quiet. Sometimes, it appears in the middle of an ordinary day, perhaps while looking out a window, listening to the rain, walking under the...