第七辑 心灵能量层级 Volume 7: Energy Levels in Spiritual Practice
圣雄甘地曾是个律师，耶稣曾是个木匠，佛祖曾是个王子，我们都得从某处开始。
Mahatma Gandhi was once a lawyer, Jesus was once a carpenter, and Buddha was once a prince. We all have to start somewhere.
有时你在闪现的灵光中会领悟到事情该变一变了，但当你陷入较低的层次时，那种记忆又会变得混沌。
Sometimes, in a moment of inspiration, you may realize that things need to change, but when you are stuck in a lower level, that memory may become chaotic again.
你有所领悟，觉得自己可以提升的时候，那时偶尔会闪现一下；但是你状态不好的时候，又处在自己混沌的状态里了，又忘记了领悟到的好的境界，又模糊、忘失、混沌了。
When you have some realization and feel that you can improve, this idea may flash in your mind. However, when you are in a bad state, you may forget the positive realizations, becoming lost and confused again.
所以说我们真的需要善知识，特别是道友之间的帮助。当你混沌的时候，有师父或者道友来帮你点拨一下，
So, we really need good spiritual friends, especially help from fellow practitioners. When you are in a bad state, the guidance from your spiritual teacher or fellow practitioners can make a difference.
根基好的人点一下就好了；根基差的人骂两下；根基再差的人直接让你回到社会上受苦去，这样的人只能去受苦，不受苦他是不会回头的。
For those with sharp faculties, a little reminder is enough; for those with dull faculties, a bit of scolding may be needed; but for those with the dullest faculties, they need to experience hardships in the secular world, otherwise they won't change.
我们道场也有很多这样的，来的时候挺好，过一段时间不行了，能量越来越低了，谁也帮不了他了，让他再回到社会里去，让他去受苦。什么时候他苦受够了，说不定他又想提升了。只有当苦来了的时候，他才会恐惧，不然他不知道苦。
We have also seen many such cases in our meditation center. Initially, they were quite good; but after a while, their energy became lower and lower, and no one could help them anymore. The only way is to let them return to the secular world and let them suffer. When they have suffered enough, perhaps they will think about elevating themselves again. Only when they have suffered will they feel fear. Otherwise, they won't understand what suffering is.
你看皇宫里的人，享受着人天福报，但是他们的烦恼很重。为什么呢？因为他忘记了，他不知道这些都是他自己修来的，他应该珍惜，应该去提升。他不去受苦啊，他就忘记了原先苦难的时候。
Look at those in the palace who enjoy worldly blessings but have strong vexations. Why? Because they have forgotten and don't realize that all these blessings are the result of their own cultivation, and they should cherish and elevate themselves. Without going through suffering, they forget previous hardships.
打比方，有一个人二三十年都在做乞丐，突然有一天到宫里去生活了，从丑小鸭，从原来非常苦难的一个环境下，到一个好的环境，他就会一直保持一个感恩的心态，那么他就不会那么差。
For example, if a person spent two or three decades living as a beggar and suddenly got a chance to live in the palace, transitioning from an ugly duckling in a very difficult environment to a better one, they would remain grateful all the time and wouldn't become too negative.
不管人家怎么刁难他啊，或者害他啊，他都不会特别地在意。因为他太苦了，他就会珍惜现有的福报，就像我们现在在一个好的僧团里。
No matter how others might treat or hurt them, they wouldn't care too much. Because they had experienced too much suffering before, they would cherish the current blessings, like the good monastic community we have now.
有些人不懂得珍惜，忘记了他原来有多苦，原来有多烂，原来的能量场有多低，在这里他不珍惜，他有一些负面的，主要是慢心、自卑心，这个是最可怕的东西。
However, some people don't cherish what they have in the here and now. They forget how much suffering and negativity they had in the past, and how low their energy level used to be. They harbor negative mentalities, mainly arrogance and inferiority complex, which are the most terrifying.
在一个高能量的场里，你的自卑心和嫉妒心、傲慢心是唯一让你离开这个团队的原因。
In a high-energy environment, your inferiority complex, jealousy, and arrogance are the only reasons that could lead you to leave the team.
你要是保持一个感恩的心、利他的心，怎么会离开呢？就是因为你开始嫉妒其他的人了，完蛋了！
If you remain grateful and altruistic, how could you ever leave? Whereas, when you start to envy others, you are hopeless!
这个僧团里本来是互相帮助的，保持感恩，你对师父的感恩，对道友的一种强烈的感恩心，你不可能会降下去的。
In this monastic community, we are supposed to help each other. If you maintain a strong sense of gratitude toward your spiritual teacher and fellow practitioners, you won't fall.
没有了感恩心，你就开始嫉妒道友，然后对道友开始生气、嗔恨。嫉妒完了就会嗔恨，这个道友没满你的意，你就嗔恨他。
Without gratitude, you start to envy your fellow practitioners and get angry with them. After envy comes anger. If a fellow practitioner doesn't meet your expectations, you get angry with them.
那个时候你会降得比世间人还要快得多，因为你嫉妒这些能量高的人，或者是嗔恨，人家来帮你，你还生气，你的能量一下子就降到200以下了，比普通世间的人还要差。
At that point, you will fall much faster than worldly people, because you envy or resent those with high energy levels. When you get angry with those who come to help you, your energy level instantly drops below 200, which is even lower than average worldly people.
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