that:【对话录】你必须做自己的明灯


北京联盟_本文原题:【对话录】你必须做自己的明灯
that:【对话录】你必须做自己的明灯
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‘I’m going to be nineteen, sir. My grandmother has left me something when I am twenty-one and perhaps before I go to the university I can travel and look around. But I will always carry this question with me wherever I am, whatever my future. I may marry, probably I will, and have children, and so the great question arises—what is their future? I am somewhat aware of what the politicians are doing right throughout the world.
“我就要19岁了 , 先生 。 我的祖母留给了我一些财产 , 当我到了21岁 , 或者在我上大学之前 , 我可以去旅行 , 然后四处看看 。 但是无论到了哪里 , 我始终会带着这个问题:我的未来究竟会如何 。 我也许会结婚 , 很可能会 , 然后生儿育女 , 然后这个大问题就会出现——他们的未来会如何?我或多或少知道全世界的政客都在做些什么 。
‘It is an ugly business as far as I am concerned, so I think I won’t be a politician. I’m pretty sure of that but I want a good job. I’d like to work with my hands and with my brain but the question will be how not to become a mediocre person like ninety-nine per cent of the world. So, sir, what am I to do? Oh, yes I am aware of churches and temples and all that; I am not attracted to them. I rather revolt against all that—the priests and the hierarchy of authority, but how am I going to prevent myself becoming an ordinary, average, mediocre person?’
“在我看来 , 那是一件丑陋的勾当 , 所以我想我不会成为一个政客 。 这一点我很清楚 , 但我想得到一份好工作 。 我想用我的双手和头脑去工作 , 但问题是 , 如何才能不像世上90%的人那样成为一个庸人 。 所以 , 先生 , 我该怎么办?噢 , 是的 , 我明白教堂和寺庙的那一套;它们对我没有吸引力 。 我相当反感那一切——教士和权威的等级体系 , 但我要如何才能防止自己成为一个普通的、寻常的、平庸的人呢?”
If I may suggest, never under any circumstances ask “how”. When you use the word “how” you really want someone to tell you what to do, some guide, some system, somebody to lead you by the hand so that you lose your freedom, your capacity to observe, your own activities, your own thoughts, your own way of life.
如果我可以提议的话 , 请无论怎样都不要问“如何” 。 当你使用“如何”一词 , 你实际上是想让别人来告诉你该怎么办 , 让某个向导、某套体系或某个人手把手地引领你 , 那样的话 , 你就失去了观察的自由和能力 , 失去了你自己的行动、思想和生活之道 。
When you ask “how” you really become a second-hand human being; you lose integrity and also the innate honesty to look at yourself, to be what you are and to go beyond and above what you are. Never, never ask the question “how”. We are talking psychologically, of course. You have to ask “how” when you want to put a motor together or build a computer. You have to learn something about it from somebody.
当你问“如何” , 你就变成了二手的人类 , 你就丧失了完整性 , 也失去了本有的诚实 , 无法诚实地看待自己、做真实的自己 , 也无法超越你实际的样子 。 所以 , 永远不要问“如何”这个问题 。 当然 , 我们现在讨论的是心理上的问题 。 当你要组装一辆汽车或制造一台电脑时 , 你需要问“如何” 。 这时你不得不向别人学习有关的知识 。


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