正念幫助我們解決生活問題

　　Mindfulness helps us deal with our life

　　亞洲新聞國際，2011年2月25 ANI, Feb 25, 2011

　　智悲翻譯中心

　　譯者：慧靈

　　校對：圓唐

　　印度新德裏——一位專家建議，處理生活抛給我們的某些挑戰的棘手問題——包括疼痛、遭受痛苦、疾病、悲痛和損失——就是真正地欣賞人生的積極方面，而不是簡單地關注消極方面。

　　承認挫折是很重要的，但是對事物將會向好的方向發展，需要給予同等的注意力和認定。這是美國加州的精神健康洛杉矶分部的凱倫·希爾斯伯格，給出的基于佛陀教法的生活課程。

　　她的活動、個人的解釋描述了正念——或者是一種特別的覺察意識，該覺察意識留意和親切處理生活中的每一刻——如何幫助她應對她丈夫的癌症，如何幫助她處理他的疾病和死亡對她自己及她年輕的家庭的影響。

　　這樣嚴格的正念練習，主要通過每日冥想、每周的佛教團體(僧衆)聚會、和每日深度放松，幫助希爾斯伯格誠實和客觀地對待她生活中發生的一切。

　　正念教會她一些有價值的應付策略和生活中的課程，幫助她往遠看且活在當下。她學著去從別人那裏尋求幫助；由于精神上和倫理道德上的支持她不再孤單。無論如何，看起來難以忍受的生活經曆都不會再持續了。

　　“正念的練習，教學和僧寶都鼓勵我，繼續不斷的用自己的現實生活經曆，去尋找當下的平和。爲了我自己，我已經學會了平和不取決于外在的條件。我真正的平靜，僅僅來自我的內心。生活不斷地繼續—我們活著並且呼吸著，這就是一個奇迹，”海瑟琳總結說。

　　New Delhi, India -- An expert has suggested that the key to dealing with some of the challenges life throws at us - including pain, suffering, illness, grief and loss - is to truly appreciate the positive aspects of life, and not simply focus on the negative.

　　It is important to acknowledge the setbacks, but equal attention and value need to be given to what is going well. This lesson in living, based on the teachings of Buddha, has been given by Karen Hilsberg, from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health in California in the US.

　　Her moving, personal account describes how mindfulness - or a special kind of awareness that is attentive and warmly engaged with each moment of life - helped her cope with her husband”s cancer, and the impact of his illness and death on both herself and her young family. The rigorous practice of mindfulness through daily meditation, weekly Buddhist group (sangha) meetings, and daily deep relaxation helped Hilsberg to be honest and objective about what was happening in her life.

　　Mindfulness taught her some valuable coping strategies and lessons in living, helping her to put things into perspective and stay grounded in the present. She learned to ask for help from others; she was no longer alone due to the moral and ethical support she received. However seemingly unbearable her experiences were, they would not last.

　　The practice of mindfulness, the teachings and the sangha have encouraged me to continually use the realities of my own life experiences to find peace in the present moment. I have learned for myself that peace does not come from outside conditions, but that my true serenity can only come from within me. And life goes on and on - we are alive and breathing, and this is a miracle, Hilsberg concluded.

　　The article has been published online in Springer”s journal, Mindfulness.