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冥想如何改变了我的人生【TED演讲】

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P1冥想如何改变了我的人生【TED演讲】 中英双语15:18
P2冥想如何改变了我的人生【TED演讲】 英文字幕(中文外挂)15:18
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P1 · 冥想如何改变了我的人生【TED演讲】 p01 中英双语 (P1)

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0:01Meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.自从我记起 冥想一直是我人生的一部分
0:05I personally我个人
0:05have been practicing meditation for the last five and a half years and I've been过去五年半来一直在练习冥想
0:09a trainer for the last eight months but I'll get into that a little bit later.过去八个月的训练员 但我待会再谈
0:13My college career has been unconventional to say the least.我的大学生涯是非常规的
0:18I started我开始
0:18out as pre-med and got halfway through my freshman year of college before在大学大一毕业时
0:21{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}意识到这真的不适合我 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我换了四次主修课
0:25before finally landing on international studies and eventually choosing public最终进入国际研究 并最终选择公开
0:29health.卫生。
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1Meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.自从我记起 冥想一直是我人生的一部分
2I personally我个人
3have been practicing meditation for the last five and a half years and I've been过去五年半来一直在练习冥想
4a trainer for the last eight months but I'll get into that a little bit later.过去八个月的训练员 但我待会再谈
5My college career has been unconventional to say the least.我的大学生涯是非常规的
6I started我开始
7out as pre-med and got halfway through my freshman year of college before在大学大一毕业时
8{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}意识到这真的不适合我 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我换了四次主修课
9before finally landing on international studies and eventually choosing public最终进入国际研究 并最终选择公开
10health.卫生。
11And I think it took me a really long time to figure out what I wanted to我想我花了很长的时间 才知道我想做什么
12do with my life for a few reasons.和我的生活做一些原因。
13One, I had always struggled with第一,我一直挣扎着
14self-confidence and I would set my standards for myself so high that any自信,我会为自己设定标准 如此高,任何
15{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我没能找到他们 或者我觉得自己没有做我该做的事
16to be doing, instead of finding strength from that situation I would beat myself而不是从那里找到力量 我会打败自己
17up and falter.向上摇摆
18And two, my idea of success and happiness and satisfaction up until第二,我对成功、幸福和满足的想法,直到
19recently were completely misguided.最近被完全误导了
20We live in a world that encourages this我们生活在一个鼓励
21idea that in order to be internally satisfied we have to rely on external为了在内部满意,我们必须依靠外部
22circumstances.环境。
23And this is an idea that's been hammered into our heads这个想法被敲碎了
24probably since we could understand what happiness and success and satisfaction也许因为我们能理解什么是幸福、成功和满足
25were.曾经是。
26And obviously these are concepts that are different for different people显然这些概念对不同的人来说是不同的
27at different times.在不同的时间。
28So it could be the little things like spending time with所以,这可能是小事情 像花时间在一起
29friends and family or curling up with a good book.朋友和家人 或者用一本好书卷起来
30Or it could be getting good也可能越来越好
31grades, getting the job you want, finding the person you're meant to spend the rest分数,获得你想要的工作, 找到你注定要花的人
32of your life with.与你共度一生
33While all of these things are great things, we're still虽然这些东西都是伟大的,但我们还是
34relying on things outside of ourselves to make us happy.依靠我们之外的东西 让我们快乐。
35And this idea of这个想法
36external substantiation has been magnified with the increases in technology随着技术的增加,外部证据得到了扩大
37and the advent of social media.以及社交媒体的出现。
38We can't really exist without our devices anymore.没有设备,我们就无法生存
39It's almost like our phones have become other body organs that we can't live就像我们的手机变成其他器官 我们无法生存
40without.没有。
41And with no offense to anybody in this room, but I can guarantee that无意冒犯这里的任何人 但我可以保证
42the second I'm done talking, the majority of you will probably subconsciously reach我一说完,你们多数人 可能会潜意识中达到
43for your phone to check your texts.让你的手机检查你的短信。
44And social media.和社交媒体.
45Social media has created社会媒体已经创建
46this idea of false happiness and satisfaction.这个错误的幸福和满足的想法。
47Nobody wants to share bad没有人想分享坏消息
48moments in their lives.他们生命中的时刻
49No one wants to share their mistakes or their没有人想分享自己的错误或错误
50failures.失败
51So social media has made it seem that everyone is always successful所以,社交媒体 似乎每个人都是成功的
52and happy and satisfied all the time.和快乐和满足 所有的时间。
53But what if things don't go our way?但如果事情不走我们的方式呢?
54What if we don't get the grade we want?如果我们得不到我们想要的等级呢?
55The person we thought we were going我们以为要去的人
56to spend the rest of our lives with breaks up with us.与我们分手的余生
57Or we do get the job或者我们得到这份工作
58we want, but there's some sort of negative aspect to it, like our boss sucks我们想要,但有 某种负面的一面, 像我们的老板烂
59or we have a horrible coworker.或者我们有一个可怕的同事。
60Suddenly, the concept that was providing us突然间,这个概念为我们提供了
61with internal satisfaction externally is now negative.外部的满意程度是负面的。
62So what I'm realizing所以我才意识到
63more and more is that not only is our success temporary, but our happiness越来越多的是,不仅我们的成功是暂时的,而且我们的幸福
64is conditional.是有条件的。
65We're only happy or satisfied because something outside我们只是高兴或满意 因为外面的东西
66of ourselves is making us happy and satisfied.我们的幸福和满足。
67We're never truly satisfied我们从来没有真正满足
68for the sake of being satisfied.为了满足
69And that's where I realized I was going我意识到我要去的地方
70wrong.错
71So let me back up a little bit.让我倒过来一点
72Anybody who knows me knows that认识我的人都知道
73my entire life, I had been on a one way path to becoming a doctor.我一辈子都在做医生
74My whole family is filled with medical professionals and at the age of我全家都是医护人员 年纪大了
75five, I declared that I was going to be just like them.5,我宣布我会像他们一样
76And of course,当然
77my incredible Indian parents let out a huge sigh of relief because they我不可思议的印度父母 释放出巨大的安慰,因为他们
78didn't have to convince me to go into medicine.不用说服我进药房
79And for a long time,长久以来
80that's what I wanted to do until I started learning more about myself这正是我想做的 直到我开始学习更多的自我
81and my passions and my interests.还有我的激情和兴趣
82And suddenly, becoming a doctor was less突然间,成为医生就更少了
83of what I wanted to do and more of what I felt obligated to do.更多我感到有义务做的事
84Because my entire life, I had been taught that in order to be successful,因为我的一生, 我被教导,为了成功,
85you have to be a doctor.你必须做医生。
86And I was always a weirdly compliant kid.我总是一个奇怪的顺从的孩子。
87I always knew my parents knew what was best for me.我一直知道我父母知道什么对我最好
88So instead of finding所以没有找到
89the confidence in myself to stand up for myself, I went along with it.我对自己有信心 为自己辩护 我同意了
90{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我读大一的时候很痛苦 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我
91I was taking classes that I hated and I was doing poorly in them.我在上课,我讨厌, 我做不好在他们。
92The person that I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with broke那个我以为要和破碎的
93up with me the second he went to college and I was still living at home.他一上大学 我就还住在家里
94So I felt like I wasn't having the normal college experience.所以我觉得自己没有正常的大学经历.
95And after years of having a plan and a direction for my life,经过多年的计划和人生方向
96all of a sudden I was lost.突然间我迷路了
97And when you go through hard times,当你经历困难的时候,
98when you go through a breakup or whatever, everybody tells you to get out当你经历了分手什么的, 每个人都叫你出去
99of the house, do things for yourself.房子,为你自己做事。
100And I did.我这样做了。
101I would hang out with friends.我会和朋友一起玩
102I would go curl up with a book at a bookstore.我会和书店的书一起卷起来
103I joined our Bollywood fusion dance team at school.我在学校加入了宝莱坞核聚变舞蹈队
104I would get a massage.我会得到按摩。
105But those were temporary satisfactions.但这只是暂时的满足。
106I would still come home and still feel internally dissatisfied with myself.我仍然会回家, 仍然感到内部不满自己。
107And social media became the bait of my existence.社交媒体成了我存在的诱饵
108I would see my friends and my ex and all my classmates posting pictures我会看到我的朋友,我的前女友 和所有同学张贴图片
109of their new college adventures, their dorm rooms, their new friends,他们的新大学历险 他们的宿舍 他们的新朋友
110all these new things.所有这些新事物。
111And I felt like a failure for a couple of reasons.我觉得失败的原因有几个。
112One, I didn't have anything to share on social media.第一,我没有在社交媒体上分享任何东西。
113I was still living at home.我当时还住在家里
114I didn't feel like I was having the conventional college experience.我没有感觉自己有 传统的大学经验。
115And two, as an Indian, I wasn't meeting the standard of success第二,作为一个印度人,我没有达到成功的标准
116that had been dictated for me.这是为我注定的
117I wasn't doing well to become a doctor.我做医生不好
118But because that was all I knew as success, I stuck with it.但因为这是我所知道的 成功,我坚持它。
119And my GPA and my self-esteem failed as a reason.我的GPA和自尊作为一个原因失败了
120So how did I change this?我怎么改变的?
121How did I turn my life around?我如何改变我的生活?
122Like I said, meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.就像我说过的 冥想一直是我生命的一部分 自从我记得
123My dad has been practicing a form of meditation called Raja yoga我爸爸一直在练习一种叫拉贾瑜伽的冥想
124or yoga of the mind for over 35 years.或35年来的心灵瑜伽
125And my mom started shortly after they got married.我妈妈在他们结婚后不久就开始了
126So just like people go to church or temple or synagogue,所以就像人们去教堂、庙会或犹太会堂一样
127meditation is my way of life.冥想是我的生活方式。
128It's all I've ever known.悉皆如来.
129And I always knew that I was going to start practicing meditation at some point.我一直都知道,我会开始 练习冥想的某个时候。
130And I tried it a couple of times my freshman year of college.我大学大一的时候也试过几次
131But anything at that point that my parents thought would be good for me但那时候我父母认为对我有帮助的
132or would help me get out of the rut that I was in, I was completely rebellious against.或者帮助我走出我所处困境 我完全反抗
133Thankfully for me and very luckily, I have incredible friends谢天谢地,我很幸运,我有难以置信的朋友
134and I have to show off pictures of these guys because they are my whole world.我不得不展示这些家伙的照片 因为他们是我的整个世界。
135I was very lucky to have friends who were not only starting their college careers我很幸运有朋友 不仅开始他们的大学生涯
136or they were halfway through their college careers,或者是他们大学生涯的中途
137but they were going through similar things that I was.但他们也经历了和我一样的事
138And they hadn't built up the resistance to meditation that I had.他们没有建立 我冥想的抵抗力。
139And one of my friends convinced me to go to a meditation retreat one week.我的一个朋友说服我去冥想休息一周
140And at first, I cribbed and I fussed and I wanted to stay in my own little bubble一开始,我蹲床,大惊小怪 我想留在自己的小泡泡里
141of self-pity misery.自我怜悯的痛苦
142But in the end, I'm so glad I went because it was probably the best thing但最后,我很高兴我走了 因为这可能是最好的事情
143that could have happened to me.这可能会发生在我身上。
144So what is meditation?冥想是什麽?
145I'm sure everybody here has a general idea in their head of what it is.我敢肯定,这里的每个人都有一个总的想法 在他们的想法是什么。
146But just to give a few more definitions,但为了给更多的定义
147meditation is an exercise that trains your mind to regulate itself.冥想是训练你自我调节的练习
148It's the ability to focus on one thing continuously without break.即能不断专注于一件事而不中断.
149And if practiced properly and diligently,如果训练得当而且勤奋
150it's a consistent reconnection with your true inner self.它与你真正的内心内在的连结
151And a lot of people brush the concept of meditation aside很多人都把冥想的概念放在一边
152because we think, how do we function without our thoughts?因为我们想,我们如何运作 没有我们的想法?
153How do we get through our day without thinking?我们如何度过我们的一天 不思考?
154And another thing that people don't realize is just like our bodies还有一件人们没意识到的事情 就像我们的身体一样
155require physical activity to keep it strong and healthy and active,要求身体活动保持强健、健康和活跃,
156our minds are muscles that also require exercise and regulation我们的大脑是肌肉 也需要锻炼和调节
157to keep it strong and happy and healthy and active.保持其坚固,快乐,健康,活跃.
158And a lot of times people neglect their minds because they forget this point.而很多时候人们会因为忘记这一点而忽视自己的思想.
159And if you think meditation is hard, you are absolutely right.如果你认为冥想很困难 你绝对是对的
160It's very difficult to get your brain to shut up for longer than five seconds很难让你的大脑闭嘴超过5秒
161and not think about something else.别再想别的事了
162And that's another reason why people don't try it out.而这也是人们不尝试的原因.
163The first time I sat down to meditate, it felt like every single thought我第一次坐下来冥想 感觉就像每一个想法
164I'd ever had in my then 18 years of experience, existence,我曾经有过18年的经验,存在,
165decided to come into my head at that exact moment.那时我决定进入我的脑海
166And no matter how many times I try to push them away or ignore my thoughts不管我多少次试图把他们推开 或无视我的想法
167or try to get into a state of thoughtlessness, they kept coming back.或试图陷入无智状态, 他们不断回来。
168And I remember thinking, why am I doing this?我记得我在想 我为什么要这么做?
169Here's yet another thing in life that I'm failing at.我生命中还有一件事失败了
170Why am I even trying?我为什么要试?
171The second time I sat down to meditate during that retreat,第二次我坐下来冥想 在那一次撤退,
172my thoughts decreased by a quarter.我的想法减少了四分之一。
173The third time I sat down to meditate during that retreat,第三次我坐到冥想中 在那个撤退,
174they decreased by half.他们减少了一半。
175And gradually, it was as though I was starting to see the world in high definition.渐渐地,我仿佛开始以高度的定义看待世界。
176Not only could I see my external circumstances very clearly,我不仅能清楚地看到外部环境
177but I was finally starting to see my true inner self但我终于开始看到 我真正的内心
178with the objectivity and clarity that I had not had ever before.以我从未有过的客观性和清晰度。
179And the practice of meditation that I am a part of prescribes冥想的实践规定
180meditating twice a day for one hour each time.每天冥想两次,每次一小时。
181So once in the morning for an hour and once in the evening for an hour.因此,在早晨一次一小时,晚上一次一小时。
182And I'll be totally honest with you guys, it took me a very long time我对你们说实话,我花了很长时间
183to get to a point where I was consistent with this.以达到我符合这一点。
184Some days I was doing a really great job.有些时候我干得很好
185I'd get up in the morning and meditate.我早上起来冥想
186I'd go to bed and I'd meditate before.我睡前会冥想
187Before I went to bed, I would meditate and I'd be fine.在睡觉之前,我会冥想,我会没事的
188But other days, more bad days than good days, I would just be downright lazy但其他的日子,比好的日子更糟糕, 我只会直接懒惰
189and I would choose to stay up all night watching Ellen videos and then, you know,我会选择熬夜看艾伦的视频 然后 你知道
190wake up late the next morning instead of meditating.第二天早上醒来 而不是冥想
191And my rationale for this was like, yeah, I'm young.我的理由就像,是啊,我还年轻。
192I got the rest of my life to work on my meditation practice.我余生都在练习冥想
193I don't have more time to watch Ellen videos.我没时间看艾伦的视频了
194But I think it took me a long time to connect with my meditation practice但我想我花了很长一段时间 才和我的冥想练习联系起来
195because I wasn't accustomed to the silence that came with meditation.因为我不习惯冥想的沉默
196I think as humans, we thrive on noise我认为作为人类,我们靠噪音而兴旺
197because it makes us feel as though we're doing something.因为它让我们觉得好像在做一些事情
198And so I'd sit to meditate and about five to 10 minutes in,所以我会坐着冥想 大约5到10分钟
199I would realize I was craving noise.我会意识到我渴望的噪音。
200I needed some sort of distraction.我需要某种分心。
201So I'd give up on meditating and I'd immediately reach for my phone or for my laptop.所以我会放弃冥想 立刻找到手机或笔记本电脑
202And what this taught me was I'd come to a point where I hated silence.我所学到的就是 我走到了讨厌沉默的地步
203And this also taught me how loud my world was.这还教会了我我的世界有多响亮。
204And noise is not just sound or cacophony.而噪音不仅仅是声音或焦燥。
205Noise is the frustration you feel with a family member or a friend.噪音是你对家人或朋友的挫折感
206It's writer's block.这是作家的街区。
207It's not understanding a concept at school.它不是在学校理解一个概念。
208Anything is noise if it's loud enough to distract us.如果声音足够大 足以分散我们的注意力 任何事都是噪音
209And when so I realized that I'd come to hate silence,当我意识到我恨死沉默
210it made me examine my routine and I realized I couldn't get it它让我检查我的常规 我意识到我不能得到它
211without sound or noise or distractions of some sort.没有声音或声音 或某种分心。
212I would wake up in the morning and I would meditate halfheartedly我早上醒来 半心半意地冥想
213before giving up because it got too hard.在放弃之前 因为它变得太难。
214And I'd immediately reach for my phone or for my laptop.我会立刻找到我的手机或笔记本电脑
215And I would play music and videos while I was getting ready for school我会在准备上学的时候 播放音乐和录像
216or while I was eating breakfast.或者我吃早餐的时候
217I would drive to school with music on.我会开着音乐开车去学校
218I would get to class and I'd be fine.我会去上课,我会很好。
219And then about halfway through class, I'd zone out过了一半的课,我就离开
220thinking about the video I watched that morning.想起我早上看的录像
221And there'd be so much chaos coming around me and in me我身边和我的内心会充满混乱
222because of my thoughts and all these distractions that I'd come home因为我的思绪 和所有这些分心 我回家
223and feel frustrated and let out that frustration on my family members并且感到沮丧 并释放出这种挫折 对我的家人
224because I didn't know what to do with it.因为我不知道该怎么做
225And I'd start my homework and feel frustrated我会开始做功课 感到沮丧
226because I wasn't understanding the concepts.因为我不明白这些概念
227But that's because I had music on in the background.那是因为我在背景里有音乐
228And then I'd try to sit down and meditate at the end of the day.然后我会试着坐下来冥想
229And I'd give up again because there was so much going on in my head.我会再次放弃 因为我脑子里有太多事情发生
230And I get annoyed when I couldn't fall asleep.我睡不着时很生气
231And then I'd get frustrated然后我会很沮丧
232because I felt like I wasn't progressing in my meditation practice.因为我觉得自己在冥想练习上没有进展
233So what this taught me was that in order to create a true connection因此,我学到的是,为了创造真正的联系
234with my inner self, I had to learn how to love silence.内心深处,我不得不学会如何爱沉默
235And in order to learn how to love silence,为了学会如何爱着沉默
236I had to really use my willpower and commit to my meditation practice.我不得不真正使用我的意志力 并致力于我的冥想练习。
237And in order to sustain the love for silence that I had cultivated internally,为了保持我内心对沉默的热爱
238my internal environment had to interact with my external environment.我的内部环境 不得不与外部环境互动。
239And so the more and more I meditated,于是我思念得越多
240the more I started to learn how to love silence internally,我越是开始学会如何在内心爱着沉默
241the more my internal environment began to reflect my external environment.我的内在环境越能反映我的外在环境
242And that's when I started to see the changes in myself that I wanted to see.那时我开始看到自己想要看到的变化。
243So here are a few.这里有一些。
244How meditation creates interaction with the internal, with the external.冥想如何与内部,外部产生互动.
245Confidence.信心无碍.
246Like I said earlier, I've always lacked in self-confidence,我之前说过,我一直缺乏自信
247but creating a consistent reconnection with my inner self但与我内心的内在联系
248drove that fear of confidence away.驱使对信心的恐惧消失。
249I suddenly I was able to stand up for myself.忽然能自拥护.
250I was feeling more confident within myself.我内心更有信心
251And it gave me the courage to eventually switch my major to international studies这让我有勇气 最终将我的专业转到国际研究
252and eventually get rid of this idea that in order to be successful,最终摆脱这个想法 为了成功
253I had to do something big, replacing the positive with the negative.我不得不做一些大的事, 用负的代替正的。
254Like I said before, we may get the job that we want,就像我之前说过的 我们可能会得到我们想要的工作
255but there's always going to be some sort of aspect about it但总会有某种方面
256that ends up becoming negative or something that we don't want to deal with.最终变成负面的 或者我们不想处理的事
257And all of a sudden, the entire environment becomes negative.突然间,整个环境变得消极。
258Cultivating a connection with my internal self through meditation通过冥想培养与我内心的联系
259has allowed me to see that the positive in any situation, regardless of what it is.允许我看到,无论情况如何,在任何情况下都是积极的。
260Exercise, not just exercise of the mind, but exercise of the body.锻炼,不仅锻炼心灵,而且锻炼身体.
261When you're taking care of yourself internally,当你照顾自己内部,
262you're given the ability to take care of yourself externally as well.你也有照顾自己的能力
263Communication, I seem like I talk a lot up here,沟通,我好像在这里说了很多话
264but I'm actually pretty non-assertive most of the time.但我大部分时候都挺不自信的
265And so by creating a connection with myself through meditation constantly,所以通过不断的冥想来建立与我自己的联系,
266I was able to say the things I needed to say, speak up for myself when I needed to.我能够说出我需要说的话 当我需要的时候 为自己说话
267Minimizing stress and anxiety,尽量减少压力和焦虑,
268being able to create confidence in myself能够建立对自己的信心
269made me take on challenges without any worry or fear.让我毫无顾虑和恐惧地迎接挑战
270And staying in the present moment,并停留在目前的时刻,
271it's easier to live in the past.过去生活比较容易
272It's more fun to live in the future, but it's better to stay in the moment.未来生活更有趣,但最好留在眼前.
273And that's what meditation does for you.这就是冥想对你的作用
274Compassion, tolerance, acceptance,同情、宽容、接受、
275being able to see everyone as their true selves能够将每个人视为真正的自己
276because of reconnecting with myself and willpower.因为与我和意志力重合
277Meditation is hard.冥想难.
278But if you create the willpower to stop your brain from thinking long enough,但如果你创造出意志力 阻止你的大脑思考足够长的时间
279you can pretty much create the willpower to do just about anything.你几乎可以创造出意志力 做任何事情。
280And the capacity to love, as corny as this sounds,和爱的能力, 像这听起来的粗俗,
281the more and more I was able to love myself,我越来越爱自己
282the more I was able to love everything around me.我越爱周围的一切
283There was only one time in my life that I really strayed away我生命中只有一次 我真的迷路了
284from my meditation practice,从我的冥想练习,
285and that was when I was working on President Obama's reelection campaign.当时我正致力于奥巴马总统的连任竞选。
286This is the day my dad and President Obama went public with their bromance.我爸爸和奥巴马总统今天公开了他们的气质
287Anybody knows anything about a campaign knows that the energy there is so strong有谁知道竞选的事 就知道有这么强大的能量
288that you really don't need much of anything else to sustain you.你真的不需要什么来支撑你
289And I realized that I was trying to take the energy from this from this campaign我意识到我试图从这场运动中汲取能量
290and use it in my daily life.并用在我的日常生活中。
291But once again, I was relying on external circumstances但是,我再一次依赖外部环境
292to make me feel good internally.让我觉得内在好。
293I got to do a lot of really cool things.我必须做很多很酷的事
294My senior year of college, I got to go on a study abroad trip to Europe大学三年级,我要去欧洲留学
295to study human rights, got to be on our right States accredited Model United在研究人权方面,必须加入我们正确的国家认可
296Nations team.联合国国家工作队。
297But it became less about the big things that I was doing但事情变得不那么重要了
298and more about committing to my meditation practice,更多关于致力于我的冥想练习,
299committing to my internal self and making sure that all the values致力于我内部的自我 并确保所有的价值
300that I created within myself were expressed in everything I did我内心所创造的一切
301so that I did what I was supposed to do to the best of my abilities.这样我就能尽我所能去做我应该做的事了
302And when I was very fortunate to get the internship with the United Nations,当我非常幸运得到 在联合国实习,
303I carried that same mentality with me.我带着同样的心态
304So what I'm learning more and more is that we shouldn't have to rely所以我越来越了解的是 我们不应该依赖
305on external circumstances to make ourselves internally satisfied.外部环境让我们在内部满意。
306True success comes when you take the time every single day当你每天抽时间的时候 真正的成功就来了
307to work on yourself internally and cultivate the values培养自己的价值
308that you want to see in yourself internally.你想在内心看到。
309And then being able to hold on to those values然后能够坚持这些价值观
310and express them in any external circumstance, whether they be positive并在任何外在的情况下表达,无论他们是积极的,
311or negative.或负数。
312One of my best friends, she actually just recently我最好的朋友之一, 她其实只是最近
313wrote a blog post about this.写了一篇关于此事的博客文章。
314We think that change is going to come to us as we get older.我们认为,随着年龄的增长,变革将降临我们。
315We think we'll learn how to cook when we move out.我们搬出去后会学烹饪
316We think we'll exercise more when we really need it.我们认为,当我们真的需要它的时候,我们会锻炼得更多.
317But that's not the case.但事实并非如此。
318We will learn how to cook when we choose to learn how to cook.当我们选择学习烹饪时,我们会学习烹饪方法.
319We will learn to work out and exercise when we choose to learn当我们选择学习时,我们会学会学习和锻炼
320to work out and exercise.锻炼和锻炼
321My internal sense of self didn't change until I made the choice我内心的自我意识没有改变 直到我做出了选择
322to change my internal sense of self.改变我内心的自我意识
323And to me, true success is being able to learn about myself对我来说,真正的成功是能够了解自己
324more and more every single day with my meditation practice我每天都在冥想
325and using that and expressing it in any situation that I'm put in.用它来表达我的想法
326Thank you.谢谢
327Thank you. Thank you.谢谢 谢谢
328Thank you. And thank you.谢谢 谢谢
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0:01Meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.自从我记起 冥想一直是我人生的一部分
0:05I personally我个人
0:05have been practicing meditation for the last five and a half years and I've been过去五年半来一直在练习冥想
0:09a trainer for the last eight months but I'll get into that a little bit later.过去八个月的训练员 但我待会再谈
0:13My college career has been unconventional to say the least.我的大学生涯是非常规的
0:18I started我开始
0:18out as pre-med and got halfway through my freshman year of college before在大学大一毕业时
0:21{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}意识到这真的不适合我 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我换了四次主修课
0:25before finally landing on international studies and eventually choosing public最终进入国际研究 并最终选择公开
0:29health.卫生。
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1Meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.自从我记起 冥想一直是我人生的一部分
2I personally我个人
3have been practicing meditation for the last five and a half years and I've been过去五年半来一直在练习冥想
4a trainer for the last eight months but I'll get into that a little bit later.过去八个月的训练员 但我待会再谈
5My college career has been unconventional to say the least.我的大学生涯是非常规的
6I started我开始
7out as pre-med and got halfway through my freshman year of college before在大学大一毕业时
8{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}意识到这真的不适合我 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我换了四次主修课
9before finally landing on international studies and eventually choosing public最终进入国际研究 并最终选择公开
10health.卫生。
11And I think it took me a really long time to figure out what I wanted to我想我花了很长的时间 才知道我想做什么
12do with my life for a few reasons.和我的生活做一些原因。
13One, I had always struggled with第一,我一直挣扎着
14self-confidence and I would set my standards for myself so high that any自信,我会为自己设定标准 如此高,任何
15{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我没能找到他们 或者我觉得自己没有做我该做的事
16to be doing, instead of finding strength from that situation I would beat myself而不是从那里找到力量 我会打败自己
17up and falter.向上摇摆
18And two, my idea of success and happiness and satisfaction up until第二,我对成功、幸福和满足的想法,直到
19recently were completely misguided.最近被完全误导了
20We live in a world that encourages this我们生活在一个鼓励
21idea that in order to be internally satisfied we have to rely on external为了在内部满意,我们必须依靠外部
22circumstances.环境。
23And this is an idea that's been hammered into our heads这个想法被敲碎了
24probably since we could understand what happiness and success and satisfaction也许因为我们能理解什么是幸福、成功和满足
25were.曾经是。
26And obviously these are concepts that are different for different people显然这些概念对不同的人来说是不同的
27at different times.在不同的时间。
28So it could be the little things like spending time with所以,这可能是小事情 像花时间在一起
29friends and family or curling up with a good book.朋友和家人 或者用一本好书卷起来
30Or it could be getting good也可能越来越好
31grades, getting the job you want, finding the person you're meant to spend the rest分数,获得你想要的工作, 找到你注定要花的人
32of your life with.与你共度一生
33While all of these things are great things, we're still虽然这些东西都是伟大的,但我们还是
34relying on things outside of ourselves to make us happy.依靠我们之外的东西 让我们快乐。
35And this idea of这个想法
36external substantiation has been magnified with the increases in technology随着技术的增加,外部证据得到了扩大
37and the advent of social media.以及社交媒体的出现。
38We can't really exist without our devices anymore.没有设备,我们就无法生存
39It's almost like our phones have become other body organs that we can't live就像我们的手机变成其他器官 我们无法生存
40without.没有。
41And with no offense to anybody in this room, but I can guarantee that无意冒犯这里的任何人 但我可以保证
42the second I'm done talking, the majority of you will probably subconsciously reach我一说完,你们多数人 可能会潜意识中达到
43for your phone to check your texts.让你的手机检查你的短信。
44And social media.和社交媒体.
45Social media has created社会媒体已经创建
46this idea of false happiness and satisfaction.这个错误的幸福和满足的想法。
47Nobody wants to share bad没有人想分享坏消息
48moments in their lives.他们生命中的时刻
49No one wants to share their mistakes or their没有人想分享自己的错误或错误
50failures.失败
51So social media has made it seem that everyone is always successful所以,社交媒体 似乎每个人都是成功的
52and happy and satisfied all the time.和快乐和满足 所有的时间。
53But what if things don't go our way?但如果事情不走我们的方式呢?
54What if we don't get the grade we want?如果我们得不到我们想要的等级呢?
55The person we thought we were going我们以为要去的人
56to spend the rest of our lives with breaks up with us.与我们分手的余生
57Or we do get the job或者我们得到这份工作
58we want, but there's some sort of negative aspect to it, like our boss sucks我们想要,但有 某种负面的一面, 像我们的老板烂
59or we have a horrible coworker.或者我们有一个可怕的同事。
60Suddenly, the concept that was providing us突然间,这个概念为我们提供了
61with internal satisfaction externally is now negative.外部的满意程度是负面的。
62So what I'm realizing所以我才意识到
63more and more is that not only is our success temporary, but our happiness越来越多的是,不仅我们的成功是暂时的,而且我们的幸福
64is conditional.是有条件的。
65We're only happy or satisfied because something outside我们只是高兴或满意 因为外面的东西
66of ourselves is making us happy and satisfied.我们的幸福和满足。
67We're never truly satisfied我们从来没有真正满足
68for the sake of being satisfied.为了满足
69And that's where I realized I was going我意识到我要去的地方
70wrong.错
71So let me back up a little bit.让我倒过来一点
72Anybody who knows me knows that认识我的人都知道
73my entire life, I had been on a one way path to becoming a doctor.我一辈子都在做医生
74My whole family is filled with medical professionals and at the age of我全家都是医护人员 年纪大了
75five, I declared that I was going to be just like them.5,我宣布我会像他们一样
76And of course,当然
77my incredible Indian parents let out a huge sigh of relief because they我不可思议的印度父母 释放出巨大的安慰,因为他们
78didn't have to convince me to go into medicine.不用说服我进药房
79And for a long time,长久以来
80that's what I wanted to do until I started learning more about myself这正是我想做的 直到我开始学习更多的自我
81and my passions and my interests.还有我的激情和兴趣
82And suddenly, becoming a doctor was less突然间,成为医生就更少了
83of what I wanted to do and more of what I felt obligated to do.更多我感到有义务做的事
84Because my entire life, I had been taught that in order to be successful,因为我的一生, 我被教导,为了成功,
85you have to be a doctor.你必须做医生。
86And I was always a weirdly compliant kid.我总是一个奇怪的顺从的孩子。
87I always knew my parents knew what was best for me.我一直知道我父母知道什么对我最好
88So instead of finding所以没有找到
89the confidence in myself to stand up for myself, I went along with it.我对自己有信心 为自己辩护 我同意了
90{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我读大一的时候很痛苦 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我
91I was taking classes that I hated and I was doing poorly in them.我在上课,我讨厌, 我做不好在他们。
92The person that I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with broke那个我以为要和破碎的
93up with me the second he went to college and I was still living at home.他一上大学 我就还住在家里
94So I felt like I wasn't having the normal college experience.所以我觉得自己没有正常的大学经历.
95And after years of having a plan and a direction for my life,经过多年的计划和人生方向
96all of a sudden I was lost.突然间我迷路了
97And when you go through hard times,当你经历困难的时候,
98when you go through a breakup or whatever, everybody tells you to get out当你经历了分手什么的, 每个人都叫你出去
99of the house, do things for yourself.房子,为你自己做事。
100And I did.我这样做了。
101I would hang out with friends.我会和朋友一起玩
102I would go curl up with a book at a bookstore.我会和书店的书一起卷起来
103I joined our Bollywood fusion dance team at school.我在学校加入了宝莱坞核聚变舞蹈队
104I would get a massage.我会得到按摩。
105But those were temporary satisfactions.但这只是暂时的满足。
106I would still come home and still feel internally dissatisfied with myself.我仍然会回家, 仍然感到内部不满自己。
107And social media became the bait of my existence.社交媒体成了我存在的诱饵
108I would see my friends and my ex and all my classmates posting pictures我会看到我的朋友,我的前女友 和所有同学张贴图片
109of their new college adventures, their dorm rooms, their new friends,他们的新大学历险 他们的宿舍 他们的新朋友
110all these new things.所有这些新事物。
111And I felt like a failure for a couple of reasons.我觉得失败的原因有几个。
112One, I didn't have anything to share on social media.第一,我没有在社交媒体上分享任何东西。
113I was still living at home.我当时还住在家里
114I didn't feel like I was having the conventional college experience.我没有感觉自己有 传统的大学经验。
115And two, as an Indian, I wasn't meeting the standard of success第二,作为一个印度人,我没有达到成功的标准
116that had been dictated for me.这是为我注定的
117I wasn't doing well to become a doctor.我做医生不好
118But because that was all I knew as success, I stuck with it.但因为这是我所知道的 成功,我坚持它。
119And my GPA and my self-esteem failed as a reason.我的GPA和自尊作为一个原因失败了
120So how did I change this?我怎么改变的?
121How did I turn my life around?我如何改变我的生活?
122Like I said, meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.就像我说过的 冥想一直是我生命的一部分 自从我记得
123My dad has been practicing a form of meditation called Raja yoga我爸爸一直在练习一种叫拉贾瑜伽的冥想
124or yoga of the mind for over 35 years.或35年来的心灵瑜伽
125And my mom started shortly after they got married.我妈妈在他们结婚后不久就开始了
126So just like people go to church or temple or synagogue,所以就像人们去教堂、庙会或犹太会堂一样
127meditation is my way of life.冥想是我的生活方式。
128It's all I've ever known.悉皆如来.
129And I always knew that I was going to start practicing meditation at some point.我一直都知道,我会开始 练习冥想的某个时候。
130And I tried it a couple of times my freshman year of college.我大学大一的时候也试过几次
131But anything at that point that my parents thought would be good for me但那时候我父母认为对我有帮助的
132or would help me get out of the rut that I was in, I was completely rebellious against.或者帮助我走出我所处困境 我完全反抗
133Thankfully for me and very luckily, I have incredible friends谢天谢地,我很幸运,我有难以置信的朋友
134and I have to show off pictures of these guys because they are my whole world.我不得不展示这些家伙的照片 因为他们是我的整个世界。
135I was very lucky to have friends who were not only starting their college careers我很幸运有朋友 不仅开始他们的大学生涯
136or they were halfway through their college careers,或者是他们大学生涯的中途
137but they were going through similar things that I was.但他们也经历了和我一样的事
138And they hadn't built up the resistance to meditation that I had.他们没有建立 我冥想的抵抗力。
139And one of my friends convinced me to go to a meditation retreat one week.我的一个朋友说服我去冥想休息一周
140And at first, I cribbed and I fussed and I wanted to stay in my own little bubble一开始,我蹲床,大惊小怪 我想留在自己的小泡泡里
141of self-pity misery.自我怜悯的痛苦
142But in the end, I'm so glad I went because it was probably the best thing但最后,我很高兴我走了 因为这可能是最好的事情
143that could have happened to me.这可能会发生在我身上。
144So what is meditation?冥想是什麽?
145I'm sure everybody here has a general idea in their head of what it is.我敢肯定,这里的每个人都有一个总的想法 在他们的想法是什么。
146But just to give a few more definitions,但为了给更多的定义
147meditation is an exercise that trains your mind to regulate itself.冥想是训练你自我调节的练习
148It's the ability to focus on one thing continuously without break.即能不断专注于一件事而不中断.
149And if practiced properly and diligently,如果训练得当而且勤奋
150it's a consistent reconnection with your true inner self.它与你真正的内心内在的连结
151And a lot of people brush the concept of meditation aside很多人都把冥想的概念放在一边
152because we think, how do we function without our thoughts?因为我们想,我们如何运作 没有我们的想法?
153How do we get through our day without thinking?我们如何度过我们的一天 不思考?
154And another thing that people don't realize is just like our bodies还有一件人们没意识到的事情 就像我们的身体一样
155require physical activity to keep it strong and healthy and active,要求身体活动保持强健、健康和活跃,
156our minds are muscles that also require exercise and regulation我们的大脑是肌肉 也需要锻炼和调节
157to keep it strong and happy and healthy and active.保持其坚固,快乐,健康,活跃.
158And a lot of times people neglect their minds because they forget this point.而很多时候人们会因为忘记这一点而忽视自己的思想.
159And if you think meditation is hard, you are absolutely right.如果你认为冥想很困难 你绝对是对的
160It's very difficult to get your brain to shut up for longer than five seconds很难让你的大脑闭嘴超过5秒
161and not think about something else.别再想别的事了
162And that's another reason why people don't try it out.而这也是人们不尝试的原因.
163The first time I sat down to meditate, it felt like every single thought我第一次坐下来冥想 感觉就像每一个想法
164I'd ever had in my then 18 years of experience, existence,我曾经有过18年的经验,存在,
165decided to come into my head at that exact moment.那时我决定进入我的脑海
166And no matter how many times I try to push them away or ignore my thoughts不管我多少次试图把他们推开 或无视我的想法
167or try to get into a state of thoughtlessness, they kept coming back.或试图陷入无智状态, 他们不断回来。
168And I remember thinking, why am I doing this?我记得我在想 我为什么要这么做?
169Here's yet another thing in life that I'm failing at.我生命中还有一件事失败了
170Why am I even trying?我为什么要试?
171The second time I sat down to meditate during that retreat,第二次我坐下来冥想 在那一次撤退,
172my thoughts decreased by a quarter.我的想法减少了四分之一。
173The third time I sat down to meditate during that retreat,第三次我坐到冥想中 在那个撤退,
174they decreased by half.他们减少了一半。
175And gradually, it was as though I was starting to see the world in high definition.渐渐地,我仿佛开始以高度的定义看待世界。
176Not only could I see my external circumstances very clearly,我不仅能清楚地看到外部环境
177but I was finally starting to see my true inner self但我终于开始看到 我真正的内心
178with the objectivity and clarity that I had not had ever before.以我从未有过的客观性和清晰度。
179And the practice of meditation that I am a part of prescribes冥想的实践规定
180meditating twice a day for one hour each time.每天冥想两次,每次一小时。
181So once in the morning for an hour and once in the evening for an hour.因此,在早晨一次一小时,晚上一次一小时。
182And I'll be totally honest with you guys, it took me a very long time我对你们说实话,我花了很长时间
183to get to a point where I was consistent with this.以达到我符合这一点。
184Some days I was doing a really great job.有些时候我干得很好
185I'd get up in the morning and meditate.我早上起来冥想
186I'd go to bed and I'd meditate before.我睡前会冥想
187Before I went to bed, I would meditate and I'd be fine.在睡觉之前,我会冥想,我会没事的
188But other days, more bad days than good days, I would just be downright lazy但其他的日子,比好的日子更糟糕, 我只会直接懒惰
189and I would choose to stay up all night watching Ellen videos and then, you know,我会选择熬夜看艾伦的视频 然后 你知道
190wake up late the next morning instead of meditating.第二天早上醒来 而不是冥想
191And my rationale for this was like, yeah, I'm young.我的理由就像,是啊,我还年轻。
192I got the rest of my life to work on my meditation practice.我余生都在练习冥想
193I don't have more time to watch Ellen videos.我没时间看艾伦的视频了
194But I think it took me a long time to connect with my meditation practice但我想我花了很长一段时间 才和我的冥想练习联系起来
195because I wasn't accustomed to the silence that came with meditation.因为我不习惯冥想的沉默
196I think as humans, we thrive on noise我认为作为人类,我们靠噪音而兴旺
197because it makes us feel as though we're doing something.因为它让我们觉得好像在做一些事情
198And so I'd sit to meditate and about five to 10 minutes in,所以我会坐着冥想 大约5到10分钟
199I would realize I was craving noise.我会意识到我渴望的噪音。
200I needed some sort of distraction.我需要某种分心。
201So I'd give up on meditating and I'd immediately reach for my phone or for my laptop.所以我会放弃冥想 立刻找到手机或笔记本电脑
202And what this taught me was I'd come to a point where I hated silence.我所学到的就是 我走到了讨厌沉默的地步
203And this also taught me how loud my world was.这还教会了我我的世界有多响亮。
204And noise is not just sound or cacophony.而噪音不仅仅是声音或焦燥。
205Noise is the frustration you feel with a family member or a friend.噪音是你对家人或朋友的挫折感
206It's writer's block.这是作家的街区。
207It's not understanding a concept at school.它不是在学校理解一个概念。
208Anything is noise if it's loud enough to distract us.如果声音足够大 足以分散我们的注意力 任何事都是噪音
209And when so I realized that I'd come to hate silence,当我意识到我恨死沉默
210it made me examine my routine and I realized I couldn't get it它让我检查我的常规 我意识到我不能得到它
211without sound or noise or distractions of some sort.没有声音或声音 或某种分心。
212I would wake up in the morning and I would meditate halfheartedly我早上醒来 半心半意地冥想
213before giving up because it got too hard.在放弃之前 因为它变得太难。
214And I'd immediately reach for my phone or for my laptop.我会立刻找到我的手机或笔记本电脑
215And I would play music and videos while I was getting ready for school我会在准备上学的时候 播放音乐和录像
216or while I was eating breakfast.或者我吃早餐的时候
217I would drive to school with music on.我会开着音乐开车去学校
218I would get to class and I'd be fine.我会去上课,我会很好。
219And then about halfway through class, I'd zone out过了一半的课,我就离开
220thinking about the video I watched that morning.想起我早上看的录像
221And there'd be so much chaos coming around me and in me我身边和我的内心会充满混乱
222because of my thoughts and all these distractions that I'd come home因为我的思绪 和所有这些分心 我回家
223and feel frustrated and let out that frustration on my family members并且感到沮丧 并释放出这种挫折 对我的家人
224because I didn't know what to do with it.因为我不知道该怎么做
225And I'd start my homework and feel frustrated我会开始做功课 感到沮丧
226because I wasn't understanding the concepts.因为我不明白这些概念
227But that's because I had music on in the background.那是因为我在背景里有音乐
228And then I'd try to sit down and meditate at the end of the day.然后我会试着坐下来冥想
229And I'd give up again because there was so much going on in my head.我会再次放弃 因为我脑子里有太多事情发生
230And I get annoyed when I couldn't fall asleep.我睡不着时很生气
231And then I'd get frustrated然后我会很沮丧
232because I felt like I wasn't progressing in my meditation practice.因为我觉得自己在冥想练习上没有进展
233So what this taught me was that in order to create a true connection因此,我学到的是,为了创造真正的联系
234with my inner self, I had to learn how to love silence.内心深处,我不得不学会如何爱沉默
235And in order to learn how to love silence,为了学会如何爱着沉默
236I had to really use my willpower and commit to my meditation practice.我不得不真正使用我的意志力 并致力于我的冥想练习。
237And in order to sustain the love for silence that I had cultivated internally,为了保持我内心对沉默的热爱
238my internal environment had to interact with my external environment.我的内部环境 不得不与外部环境互动。
239And so the more and more I meditated,于是我思念得越多
240the more I started to learn how to love silence internally,我越是开始学会如何在内心爱着沉默
241the more my internal environment began to reflect my external environment.我的内在环境越能反映我的外在环境
242And that's when I started to see the changes in myself that I wanted to see.那时我开始看到自己想要看到的变化。
243So here are a few.这里有一些。
244How meditation creates interaction with the internal, with the external.冥想如何与内部,外部产生互动.
245Confidence.信心无碍.
246Like I said earlier, I've always lacked in self-confidence,我之前说过,我一直缺乏自信
247but creating a consistent reconnection with my inner self但与我内心的内在联系
248drove that fear of confidence away.驱使对信心的恐惧消失。
249I suddenly I was able to stand up for myself.忽然能自拥护.
250I was feeling more confident within myself.我内心更有信心
251And it gave me the courage to eventually switch my major to international studies这让我有勇气 最终将我的专业转到国际研究
252and eventually get rid of this idea that in order to be successful,最终摆脱这个想法 为了成功
253I had to do something big, replacing the positive with the negative.我不得不做一些大的事, 用负的代替正的。
254Like I said before, we may get the job that we want,就像我之前说过的 我们可能会得到我们想要的工作
255but there's always going to be some sort of aspect about it但总会有某种方面
256that ends up becoming negative or something that we don't want to deal with.最终变成负面的 或者我们不想处理的事
257And all of a sudden, the entire environment becomes negative.突然间,整个环境变得消极。
258Cultivating a connection with my internal self through meditation通过冥想培养与我内心的联系
259has allowed me to see that the positive in any situation, regardless of what it is.允许我看到,无论情况如何,在任何情况下都是积极的。
260Exercise, not just exercise of the mind, but exercise of the body.锻炼,不仅锻炼心灵,而且锻炼身体.
261When you're taking care of yourself internally,当你照顾自己内部,
262you're given the ability to take care of yourself externally as well.你也有照顾自己的能力
263Communication, I seem like I talk a lot up here,沟通,我好像在这里说了很多话
264but I'm actually pretty non-assertive most of the time.但我大部分时候都挺不自信的
265And so by creating a connection with myself through meditation constantly,所以通过不断的冥想来建立与我自己的联系,
266I was able to say the things I needed to say, speak up for myself when I needed to.我能够说出我需要说的话 当我需要的时候 为自己说话
267Minimizing stress and anxiety,尽量减少压力和焦虑,
268being able to create confidence in myself能够建立对自己的信心
269made me take on challenges without any worry or fear.让我毫无顾虑和恐惧地迎接挑战
270And staying in the present moment,并停留在目前的时刻,
271it's easier to live in the past.过去生活比较容易
272It's more fun to live in the future, but it's better to stay in the moment.未来生活更有趣,但最好留在眼前.
273And that's what meditation does for you.这就是冥想对你的作用
274Compassion, tolerance, acceptance,同情、宽容、接受、
275being able to see everyone as their true selves能够将每个人视为真正的自己
276because of reconnecting with myself and willpower.因为与我和意志力重合
277Meditation is hard.冥想难.
278But if you create the willpower to stop your brain from thinking long enough,但如果你创造出意志力 阻止你的大脑思考足够长的时间
279you can pretty much create the willpower to do just about anything.你几乎可以创造出意志力 做任何事情。
280And the capacity to love, as corny as this sounds,和爱的能力, 像这听起来的粗俗,
281the more and more I was able to love myself,我越来越爱自己
282the more I was able to love everything around me.我越爱周围的一切
283There was only one time in my life that I really strayed away我生命中只有一次 我真的迷路了
284from my meditation practice,从我的冥想练习,
285and that was when I was working on President Obama's reelection campaign.当时我正致力于奥巴马总统的连任竞选。
286This is the day my dad and President Obama went public with their bromance.我爸爸和奥巴马总统今天公开了他们的气质
287Anybody knows anything about a campaign knows that the energy there is so strong有谁知道竞选的事 就知道有这么强大的能量
288that you really don't need much of anything else to sustain you.你真的不需要什么来支撑你
289And I realized that I was trying to take the energy from this from this campaign我意识到我试图从这场运动中汲取能量
290and use it in my daily life.并用在我的日常生活中。
291But once again, I was relying on external circumstances但是,我再一次依赖外部环境
292to make me feel good internally.让我觉得内在好。
293I got to do a lot of really cool things.我必须做很多很酷的事
294My senior year of college, I got to go on a study abroad trip to Europe大学三年级,我要去欧洲留学
295to study human rights, got to be on our right States accredited Model United在研究人权方面,必须加入我们正确的国家认可
296Nations team.联合国国家工作队。
297But it became less about the big things that I was doing但事情变得不那么重要了
298and more about committing to my meditation practice,更多关于致力于我的冥想练习,
299committing to my internal self and making sure that all the values致力于我内部的自我 并确保所有的价值
300that I created within myself were expressed in everything I did我内心所创造的一切
301so that I did what I was supposed to do to the best of my abilities.这样我就能尽我所能去做我应该做的事了
302And when I was very fortunate to get the internship with the United Nations,当我非常幸运得到 在联合国实习,
303I carried that same mentality with me.我带着同样的心态
304So what I'm learning more and more is that we shouldn't have to rely所以我越来越了解的是 我们不应该依赖
305on external circumstances to make ourselves internally satisfied.外部环境让我们在内部满意。
306True success comes when you take the time every single day当你每天抽时间的时候 真正的成功就来了
307to work on yourself internally and cultivate the values培养自己的价值
308that you want to see in yourself internally.你想在内心看到。
309And then being able to hold on to those values然后能够坚持这些价值观
310and express them in any external circumstance, whether they be positive并在任何外在的情况下表达,无论他们是积极的,
311or negative.或负数。
312One of my best friends, she actually just recently我最好的朋友之一, 她其实只是最近
313wrote a blog post about this.写了一篇关于此事的博客文章。
314We think that change is going to come to us as we get older.我们认为,随着年龄的增长,变革将降临我们。
315We think we'll learn how to cook when we move out.我们搬出去后会学烹饪
316We think we'll exercise more when we really need it.我们认为,当我们真的需要它的时候,我们会锻炼得更多.
317But that's not the case.但事实并非如此。
318We will learn how to cook when we choose to learn how to cook.当我们选择学习烹饪时,我们会学习烹饪方法.
319We will learn to work out and exercise when we choose to learn当我们选择学习时,我们会学会学习和锻炼
320to work out and exercise.锻炼和锻炼
321My internal sense of self didn't change until I made the choice我内心的自我意识没有改变 直到我做出了选择
322to change my internal sense of self.改变我内心的自我意识
323And to me, true success对我来说,真正的成功
324is being able to learn about myself more and more every single day每天都能越来越了解自己
325with my meditation practice, and using that and expressing it我用冥想练习,用它来表达
326in any situation that I'm put in.任何情况下,我被设置。
327Thank you.谢谢
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0:01Meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.自从我记起 冥想一直是我人生的一部分
0:05I personally我个人
0:05have been practicing meditation for the last five and a half years and I've been过去五年半来一直在练习冥想
0:09a trainer for the last eight months but I'll get into that a little bit later.过去八个月的训练员 但我待会再谈
0:13My college career has been unconventional to say the least.我的大学生涯是非常规的
0:18I started我开始
0:18out as pre-med and got halfway through my freshman year of college before在大学大一毕业时
0:21{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}意识到这真的不适合我 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我换了四次主修课
0:25before finally landing on international studies and eventually choosing public最终进入国际研究 并最终选择公开
0:29health.卫生。
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1Meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.自从我记起 冥想一直是我人生的一部分
2I personally我个人
3have been practicing meditation for the last five and a half years and I've been过去五年半来一直在练习冥想
4a trainer for the last eight months but I'll get into that a little bit later.过去八个月的训练员 但我待会再谈
5My college career has been unconventional to say the least.我的大学生涯是非常规的
6I started我开始
7out as pre-med and got halfway through my freshman year of college before在大学大一毕业时
8{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}意识到这真的不适合我 {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我换了四次主修课
9before finally landing on international studies and eventually choosing public最终进入国际研究 并最终选择公开
10health.卫生。
11And I think it took me a really long time to figure out what I wanted to我想我花了很长的时间 才知道我想做什么
12do with my life for a few reasons.和我的生活做一些原因。
13One, I had always struggled with第一,我一直挣扎着
14self-confidence and I would set my standards for myself so high that any自信,我会为自己设定标准 如此高,任何
15{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}我没能找到他们 或者我觉得自己没有做我该做的事
16to be doing, instead of finding strength from that situation I would beat myself而不是从那里找到力量 我会打败自己
17up and falter.向上摇摆
18And two, my idea of success and happiness and satisfaction up until第二,我对成功、幸福和满足的想法,直到
19recently were completely misguided.最近被完全误导了
20We live in a world that encourages this我们生活在一个鼓励
21idea that in order to be internally satisfied we have to rely on external为了在内部满意,我们必须依靠外部
22circumstances.环境。
23And this is an idea that's been hammered into our heads这个想法被敲碎了
24probably since we could understand what happiness and success and satisfaction也许因为我们能理解什么是幸福、成功和满足
25were.曾经是。
26And obviously these are concepts that are different for different people显然这些概念对不同的人来说是不同的
27at different times.在不同的时间。
28So it could be the little things like spending time with所以,这可能是小事情 像花时间在一起
29friends and family or curling up with a good book.朋友和家人 或者用一本好书卷起来
30Or it could be getting good也可能越来越好
31grades, getting the job you want, finding the person you're meant to spend the rest分数,获得你想要的工作, 找到你注定要花的人
32of your life with.与你共度一生
33While all of these things are great things, we're still虽然这些东西都是伟大的,但我们还是
34relying on things outside of ourselves to make us happy.依靠我们之外的东西 让我们快乐。
35And this idea of这个想法
36external substantiation has been magnified with the increases in technology随着技术的增加,外部证据得到了扩大
37and the advent of social media.以及社交媒体的出现。
38We can't really exist without our devices anymore.没有设备,我们就无法生存
39It's almost like our phones have become other body organs that we can't live就像我们的手机变成其他器官 我们无法生存
40without.没有。
41And with no offense to anybody in this room, but I can guarantee that无意冒犯这里的任何人 但我可以保证
42the second I'm done talking, the majority of you will probably subconsciously reach我一说完,你们多数人 可能会潜意识中达到
43for your phone to check your texts.让你的手机检查你的短信。
44And social media.和社交媒体.
45Social media has created社会媒体已经创建
46this idea of false happiness and satisfaction.这个错误的幸福和满足的想法。
47Nobody wants to share bad没有人想分享坏消息
48moments in their lives.他们生命中的时刻
49No one wants to share their mistakes or their没有人想分享自己的错误或错误
50failures.失败
51So social media has made it seem that everyone is always successful所以,社交媒体 似乎每个人都是成功的
52and happy and satisfied all the time.和快乐和满足 所有的时间。
53But what if things don't go our way?但如果事情不走我们的方式呢?
54What if we don't get the grade we want?如果我们得不到我们想要的等级呢?
55The person we thought we were going我们以为要去的人
56to spend the rest of our lives with breaks up with us.与我们分手的余生
57Or we do get the job或者我们得到这份工作
58we want, but there's some sort of negative aspect to it, like our boss sucks我们想要,但有 某种负面的一面, 像我们的老板烂
59or we have a horrible coworker.或者我们有一个可怕的同事。
60Suddenly, the concept that was providing us突然间,这个概念为我们提供了
61with internal satisfaction externally is now negative.外部的满意程度是负面的。
62So what I'm realizing所以我才意识到
63more and more is that not only is our success temporary, but our happiness越来越多的是,不仅我们的成功是暂时的,而且我们的幸福
64is conditional.是有条件的。
65We're only happy or satisfied because something outside我们只是高兴或满意 因为外面的东西
66of ourselves is making us happy and satisfied.我们的幸福和满足。
67We're never truly satisfied我们从来没有真正满足
68for the sake of being satisfied.为了满足
69And that's where I realized I was going我意识到我要去的地方
70wrong.错
71So let me back up a little bit.让我倒过来一点
72Anybody who knows me knows that认识我的人都知道
73my entire life, I had been on a one way path to becoming a doctor.我一辈子都在做医生
74My whole family is filled with medical professionals and at the age of我全家都是医护人员 年纪大了
75five, I declared that I was going to be just like them.5,我宣布我会像他们一样
76And of course,当然
77my incredible Indian parents let out a huge sigh of relief because they我不可思议的印度父母 释放出巨大的安慰,因为他们
78didn't have to convince me to go into medicine.不用说服我进药房
79And for a long time,长久以来
80that's what I wanted to do until I started learning more about myself这正是我想做的 直到我开始学习更多的自我
81and my passions and my interests.还有我的激情和兴趣
82And suddenly, becoming a doctor was less突然间,成为医生就更少了
83of what I wanted to do and more of what I felt obligated to do.更多我感到有义务做的事
84Because my entire life, I had been taught that in order to be successful,因为我的一生, 我被教导,为了成功,
85you have to be a doctor.你必须做医生。
86And I was always a weirdly compliant kid.我总是一个奇怪的顺从的孩子。
87I always knew my parents knew what was best for me.我一直知道我父母知道什么对我最好
88So instead of finding所以没有找到
89the confidence in myself to stand up for myself, I went along with it.我对自己有信心 为自己辩护 我同意了
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91I was taking classes that I hated and I was doing poorly in them.我在上课,我讨厌, 我做不好在他们。
92The person that I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with broke那个我以为要和破碎的
93up with me the second he went to college and I was still living at home.他一上大学 我就还住在家里
94So I felt like I wasn't having the normal college experience.所以我觉得自己没有正常的大学经历.
95And after years of having a plan and a direction for my life,经过多年的计划和人生方向
96all of a sudden I was lost.突然间我迷路了
97And when you go through hard times,当你经历困难的时候,
98when you go through a breakup or whatever, everybody tells you to get out当你经历了分手什么的, 每个人都叫你出去
99of the house, do things for yourself.房子,为你自己做事。
100And I did.我这样做了。
101I would hang out with friends.我会和朋友一起玩
102I would go curl up with a book at a bookstore.我会和书店的书一起卷起来
103I joined our Bollywood fusion dance team at school.我在学校加入了宝莱坞核聚变舞蹈队
104I would get a massage.我会得到按摩。
105But those were temporary satisfactions.但这只是暂时的满足。
106I would still come home and still feel internally dissatisfied with myself.我仍然会回家, 仍然感到内部不满自己。
107And social media became the bait of my existence.社交媒体成了我存在的诱饵
108I would see my friends and my ex and all my classmates posting pictures我会看到我的朋友,我的前女友 和所有同学张贴图片
109of their new college adventures, their dorm rooms, their new friends,他们的新大学历险 他们的宿舍 他们的新朋友
110all these new things.所有这些新事物。
111And I felt like a failure for a couple of reasons.我觉得失败的原因有几个。
112One, I didn't have anything to share on social media.第一,我没有在社交媒体上分享任何东西。
113I was still living at home.我当时还住在家里
114I didn't feel like I was having the conventional college experience.我没有感觉自己有 传统的大学经验。
115And two, as an Indian, I wasn't meeting the standard of success第二,作为一个印度人,我没有达到成功的标准
116that had been dictated for me.这是为我注定的
117I wasn't doing well to become a doctor.我做医生不好
118But because that was all I knew as success, I stuck with it.但因为这是我所知道的 成功,我坚持它。
119And my GPA and my self-esteem failed as a reason.我的GPA和自尊作为一个原因失败了
120So how did I change this?我怎么改变的?
121How did I turn my life around?我如何改变我的生活?
122Like I said, meditation has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.就像我说过的 冥想一直是我生命的一部分 自从我记得
123My dad has been practicing a form of meditation called Raja yoga我爸爸一直在练习一种叫拉贾瑜伽的冥想
124or yoga of the mind for over 35 years.或35年来的心灵瑜伽
125And my mom started shortly after they got married.我妈妈在他们结婚后不久就开始了
126So just like people go to church or temple or synagogue,所以就像人们去教堂、庙会或犹太会堂一样
127meditation is my way of life.冥想是我的生活方式。
128It's all I've ever known.悉皆如来.
129And I always knew that I was going to start practicing meditation at some point.我一直都知道,我会开始 练习冥想的某个时候。
130And I tried it a couple of times my freshman year of college.我大学大一的时候也试过几次
131But anything at that point that my parents thought would be good for me但那时候我父母认为对我有帮助的
132or would help me get out of the rut that I was in, I was completely rebellious against.或者帮助我走出我所处困境 我完全反抗
133Thankfully for me and very luckily, I have incredible friends谢天谢地,我很幸运,我有难以置信的朋友
134and I have to show off pictures of these guys because they are my whole world.我不得不展示这些家伙的照片 因为他们是我的整个世界。
135I was very lucky to have friends who were not only starting their college careers我很幸运有朋友 不仅开始他们的大学生涯
136or they were halfway through their college careers,或者是他们大学生涯的中途
137but they were going through similar things that I was.但他们也经历了和我一样的事
138And they hadn't built up the resistance to meditation that I had.他们没有建立 我冥想的抵抗力。
139And one of my friends convinced me to go to a meditation retreat one week.我的一个朋友说服我去冥想休息一周
140And at first, I cribbed and I fussed and I wanted to stay in my own little bubble一开始,我蹲床,大惊小怪 我想留在自己的小泡泡里
141of self-pity misery.自我怜悯的痛苦
142But in the end, I'm so glad I went because it was probably the best thing但最后,我很高兴我走了 因为这可能是最好的事情
143that could have happened to me.这可能会发生在我身上。
144So what is meditation?冥想是什麽?
145I'm sure everybody here has a general idea in their head of what it is.我敢肯定,这里的每个人都有一个总的想法 在他们的想法是什么。
146But just to give a few more definitions,但为了给更多的定义
147meditation is an exercise that trains your mind to regulate itself.冥想是训练你自我调节的练习
148It's the ability to focus on one thing continuously without break.即能不断专注于一件事而不中断.
149And if practiced properly and diligently,如果训练得当而且勤奋
150it's a consistent reconnection with your true inner self.它与你真正的内心内在的连结
151And a lot of people brush the concept of meditation aside很多人都把冥想的概念放在一边
152because we think, how do we function without our thoughts?因为我们想,我们如何运作 没有我们的想法?
153How do we get through our day without thinking?我们如何度过我们的一天 不思考?
154And another thing that people don't realize is just like our bodies还有一件人们没意识到的事情 就像我们的身体一样
155require physical activity to keep it strong and healthy and active,要求身体活动保持强健、健康和活跃,
156our minds are muscles that also require exercise and regulation我们的大脑是肌肉 也需要锻炼和调节
157to keep it strong and happy and healthy and active.保持其坚固,快乐,健康,活跃.
158And a lot of times people neglect their minds because they forget this point.而很多时候人们会因为忘记这一点而忽视自己的思想.
159And if you think meditation is hard, you are absolutely right.如果你认为冥想很困难 你绝对是对的
160It's very difficult to get your brain to shut up for longer than five seconds很难让你的大脑闭嘴超过5秒
161and not think about something else.别再想别的事了
162And that's another reason why people don't try it out.而这也是人们不尝试的原因.
163The first time I sat down to meditate, it felt like every single thought我第一次坐下来冥想 感觉就像每一个想法
164I'd ever had in my then 18 years of experience, existence,我曾经有过18年的经验,存在,
165decided to come into my head at that exact moment.那时我决定进入我的脑海
166And no matter how many times I try to push them away or ignore my thoughts不管我多少次试图把他们推开 或无视我的想法
167or try to get into a state of thoughtlessness, they kept coming back.或试图陷入无智状态, 他们不断回来。
168And I remember thinking, why am I doing this?我记得我在想 我为什么要这么做?
169Here's yet another thing in life that I'm failing at.我生命中还有一件事失败了
170Why am I even trying?我为什么要试?
171The second time I sat down to meditate during that retreat,第二次我坐下来冥想 在那一次撤退,
172my thoughts decreased by a quarter.我的想法减少了四分之一。
173The third time I sat down to meditate during that retreat,第三次我坐到冥想中 在那个撤退,
174they decreased by half.他们减少了一半。
175And gradually, it was as though I was starting to see the world in high definition.渐渐地,我仿佛开始以高度的定义看待世界。
176Not only could I see my external circumstances very clearly,我不仅能清楚地看到外部环境
177but I was finally starting to see my true inner self但我终于开始看到 我真正的内心
178with the objectivity and clarity that I had not had ever before.以我从未有过的客观性和清晰度。
179And the practice of meditation that I am a part of prescribes冥想的实践规定
180meditating twice a day for one hour each time.每天冥想两次,每次一小时。
181So once in the morning for an hour and once in the evening for an hour.因此,在早晨一次一小时,晚上一次一小时。
182And I'll be totally honest with you guys, it took me a very long time我对你们说实话,我花了很长时间
183to get to a point where I was consistent with this.以达到我符合这一点。
184Some days I was doing a really great job.有些时候我干得很好
185I'd get up in the morning and meditate.我早上起来冥想
186I'd go to bed and I'd meditate before.我睡前会冥想
187Before I went to bed, I would meditate and I'd be fine.在睡觉之前,我会冥想,我会没事的
188But other days, more bad days than good days, I would just be downright lazy但其他的日子,比好的日子更糟糕, 我只会直接懒惰
189and I would choose to stay up all night watching Ellen videos and then, you know,我会选择熬夜看艾伦的视频 然后 你知道
190wake up late the next morning instead of meditating.第二天早上醒来 而不是冥想
191And my rationale for this was like, yeah, I'm young.我的理由就像,是啊,我还年轻。
192I got the rest of my life to work on my meditation practice.我余生都在练习冥想
193I don't have more time to watch Ellen videos.我没时间看艾伦的视频了
194But I think it took me a long time to connect with my meditation practice但我想我花了很长一段时间 才和我的冥想练习联系起来
195because I wasn't accustomed to the silence that came with meditation.因为我不习惯冥想的沉默
196I think as humans, we thrive on noise我认为作为人类,我们靠噪音而兴旺
197because it makes us feel as though we're doing something.因为它让我们觉得好像在做一些事情
198And so I'd sit to meditate and about five to 10 minutes in,所以我会坐着冥想 大约5到10分钟
199I would realize I was craving noise.我会意识到我渴望的噪音。
200I needed some sort of distraction.我需要某种分心。
201So I'd give up on meditating and I'd immediately reach for my phone or for my laptop.所以我会放弃冥想 立刻找到手机或笔记本电脑
202And what this taught me was I'd come to a point where I hated silence.我所学到的就是 我走到了讨厌沉默的地步
203And this also taught me how loud my world was.这还教会了我我的世界有多响亮。
204And noise is not just sound or cacophony.而噪音不仅仅是声音或焦燥。
205Noise is the frustration you feel with a family member or a friend.噪音是你对家人或朋友的挫折感
206It's writer's block.这是作家的街区。
207It's not understanding a concept at school.它不是在学校理解一个概念。
208Anything is noise if it's loud enough to distract us.如果声音足够大 足以分散我们的注意力 任何事都是噪音
209And when so I realized that I'd come to hate silence,当我意识到我恨死沉默
210it made me examine my routine and I realized I couldn't get it它让我检查我的常规 我意识到我不能得到它
211without sound or noise or distractions of some sort.没有声音或声音 或某种分心。
212I would wake up in the morning and I would meditate halfheartedly我早上醒来 半心半意地冥想
213before giving up because it got too hard.在放弃之前 因为它变得太难。
214And I'd immediately reach for my phone or for my laptop.我会立刻找到我的手机或笔记本电脑
215And I would play music and videos while I was getting ready for school我会在准备上学的时候 播放音乐和录像
216or while I was eating breakfast.或者我吃早餐的时候
217I would drive to school with music on.我会开着音乐开车去学校
218I would get to class and I'd be fine.我会去上课,我会很好。
219And then about halfway through class, I'd zone out过了一半的课,我就离开
220thinking about the video I watched that morning.想起我早上看的录像
221And there'd be so much chaos coming around me and in me我身边和我的内心会充满混乱
222because of my thoughts and all these distractions that I'd come home因为我的思绪 和所有这些分心 我回家
223and feel frustrated and let out that frustration on my family members并且感到沮丧 并释放出这种挫折 对我的家人
224because I didn't know what to do with it.因为我不知道该怎么做
225And I'd start my homework and feel frustrated我会开始做功课 感到沮丧
226because I wasn't understanding the concepts.因为我不明白这些概念
227But that's because I had music on in the background.那是因为我在背景里有音乐
228And then I'd try to sit down and meditate at the end of the day.然后我会试着坐下来冥想
229And I'd give up again because there was so much going on in my head.我会再次放弃 因为我脑子里有太多事情发生
230And I get annoyed when I couldn't fall asleep.我睡不着时很生气
231And then I'd get frustrated然后我会很沮丧
232because I felt like I wasn't progressing in my meditation practice.因为我觉得自己在冥想练习上没有进展
233So what this taught me was that in order to create a true connection因此,我学到的是,为了创造真正的联系
234with my inner self, I had to learn how to love silence.内心深处,我不得不学会如何爱沉默
235And in order to learn how to love silence,为了学会如何爱着沉默
236I had to really use my willpower and commit to my meditation practice.我不得不真正使用我的意志力 并致力于我的冥想练习。
237And in order to sustain the love for silence that I had cultivated internally,为了保持我内心对沉默的热爱
238my internal environment had to interact with my external environment.我的内部环境 不得不与外部环境互动。
239And so the more and more I meditated,于是我思念得越多
240the more I started to learn how to love silence internally,我越是开始学会如何在内心爱着沉默
241the more my internal environment began to reflect my external environment.我的内在环境越能反映我的外在环境
242And that's when I started to see the changes in myself that I wanted to see.那时我开始看到自己想要看到的变化。
243So here are a few.这里有一些。
244How meditation creates interaction with the internal, with the external.冥想如何与内部,外部产生互动.
245Confidence.信心无碍.
246Like I said earlier, I've always lacked in self-confidence,我之前说过,我一直缺乏自信
247but creating a consistent reconnection with my inner self但与我内心的内在联系
248drove that fear of confidence away.驱使对信心的恐惧消失。
249I suddenly I was able to stand up for myself.忽然能自拥护.
250I was feeling more confident within myself.我内心更有信心
251And it gave me the courage to eventually switch my major to international studies这让我有勇气 最终将我的专业转到国际研究
252and eventually get rid of this idea that in order to be successful,最终摆脱这个想法 为了成功
253I had to do something big, replacing the positive with the negative.我不得不做一些大的事, 用负的代替正的。
254Like I said before, we may get the job that we want,就像我之前说过的 我们可能会得到我们想要的工作
255but there's always going to be some sort of aspect about it但总会有某种方面
256that ends up becoming negative or something that we don't want to deal with.最终变成负面的 或者我们不想处理的事
257And all of a sudden, the entire environment becomes negative.突然间,整个环境变得消极。
258Cultivating a connection with my internal self through meditation通过冥想培养与我内心的联系
259has allowed me to see that the positive in any situation, regardless of what it is.允许我看到,无论情况如何,在任何情况下都是积极的。
260Exercise, not just exercise of the mind, but exercise of the body.锻炼,不仅锻炼心灵,而且锻炼身体.
261When you're taking care of yourself internally,当你照顾自己内部,
262you're given the ability to take care of yourself externally as well.你也有照顾自己的能力
263Communication, I seem like I talk a lot up here,沟通,我好像在这里说了很多话
264but I'm actually pretty non-assertive most of the time.但我大部分时候都挺不自信的
265And so by creating a connection with myself through meditation constantly,所以通过不断的冥想来建立与我自己的联系,
266I was able to say the things I needed to say, speak up for myself when I needed to.我能够说出我需要说的话 当我需要的时候 为自己说话
267Minimizing stress and anxiety,尽量减少压力和焦虑,
268being able to create confidence in myself能够建立对自己的信心
269made me take on challenges without any worry or fear.让我毫无顾虑和恐惧地迎接挑战
270And staying in the present moment,并停留在目前的时刻,
271it's easier to live in the past.过去生活比较容易
272It's more fun to live in the future, but it's better to stay in the moment.未来生活更有趣,但最好留在眼前.
273And that's what meditation does for you.这就是冥想对你的作用
274Compassion, tolerance, acceptance,同情、宽容、接受、
275being able to see everyone as their true selves能够将每个人视为真正的自己
276because of reconnecting with myself and willpower.因为与我和意志力重合
277Meditation is hard.冥想难.
278But if you create the willpower to stop your brain from thinking long enough,但如果你创造出意志力 阻止你的大脑思考足够长的时间
279you can pretty much create the willpower to do just about anything.你几乎可以创造出意志力 做任何事情。
280And the capacity to love, as corny as this sounds,和爱的能力, 像这听起来的粗俗,
281the more and more I was able to love myself,我越来越爱自己
282the more I was able to love everything around me.我越爱周围的一切
283There was only one time in my life that I really strayed away我生命中只有一次 我真的迷路了
284from my meditation practice,从我的冥想练习,
285and that was when I was working on President Obama's reelection campaign.当时我正致力于奥巴马总统的连任竞选。
286This is the day my dad and President Obama went public with their bromance.我爸爸和奥巴马总统今天公开了他们的气质
287Anybody knows anything about a campaign knows that the energy there is so strong有谁知道竞选的事 就知道有这么强大的能量
288that you really don't need much of anything else to sustain you.你真的不需要什么来支撑你
289And I realized that I was trying to take the energy from this from this campaign我意识到我试图从这场运动中汲取能量
290and use it in my daily life.并用在我的日常生活中。
291But once again, I was relying on external circumstances但是,我再一次依赖外部环境
292to make me feel good internally.让我觉得内在好。
293I got to do a lot of really cool things.我必须做很多很酷的事
294My senior year of college, I got to go on a study abroad trip to Europe大学三年级,我要去欧洲留学
295to study human rights, got to be on our right States accredited Model United在研究人权方面,必须加入我们正确的国家认可
296Nations team.联合国国家工作队。
297But it became less about the big things that I was doing但事情变得不那么重要了
298and more about committing to my meditation practice,更多关于致力于我的冥想练习,
299committing to my internal self and making sure that all the values致力于我内部的自我 并确保所有的价值
300that I created within myself were expressed in everything I did我内心所创造的一切
301so that I did what I was supposed to do to the best of my abilities.这样我就能尽我所能去做我应该做的事了
302And when I was very fortunate to get the internship with the United Nations,当我非常幸运得到 在联合国实习,
303I carried that same mentality with me.我带着同样的心态
304So what I'm learning more and more is that we shouldn't have to rely所以我越来越了解的是 我们不应该依赖
305on external circumstances to make ourselves internally satisfied.外部环境让我们在内部满意。
306True success comes when you take the time every single day当你每天抽时间的时候 真正的成功就来了
307to work on yourself internally and cultivate the values培养自己的价值
308that you want to see in yourself internally.你想在内心看到。
309And then being able to hold on to those values然后能够坚持这些价值观
310and express them in any external circumstance, whether they be positive并在任何外在的情况下表达,无论他们是积极的,
311or negative.或负数。
312One of my best friends, she actually just recently我最好的朋友之一, 她其实只是最近
313wrote a blog post about this.写了一篇关于此事的博客文章。
314We think that change is going to come to us as we get older.我们认为,随着年龄的增长,变革将降临我们。
315We think we'll learn how to cook when we move out.我们搬出去后会学烹饪
316We think we'll exercise more when we really need it.我们认为,当我们真的需要它的时候,我们会锻炼得更多.
317But that's not the case.但事实并非如此。
318We will learn how to cook when we choose to learn how to cook.当我们选择学习烹饪时,我们会学习烹饪方法.
319We will learn to work out and exercise when we choose to learn当我们选择学习时,我们会学会学习和锻炼
320to work out and exercise.锻炼和锻炼
321My internal sense of self didn't change until I made the choice我内心的自我意识没有改变 直到我做出了选择
322to change my internal sense of self.改变我内心的自我意识
323And to me, true success is being able to learn about myself对我来说,真正的成功是能够了解自己
324more and more every single day with my meditation practice我每天都在冥想
325and using that and expressing it in any situation that I'm put in.用它来表达我的想法
326Thank you.谢谢
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