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And you know, we have a society, a world,
你知道，我們的社會，這個世界，
that is paralyzed by fear.
已經在恐懼中麻痹。
And in that paralysis, of course,
當然在這麻痹之中，
our capacity for compassion is also paralyzed.
我們的慈悲心也受到麻痹。
The very word terror is global.
恐怖是全球性的。
The very feeling of terror is global.
這種恐怖感是全球性的。
So our work, in a certain way,
某種程度上我們的工作，
is to address this imago,
是要闡明這種意象，
this kind of archetype that has pervaded the psyche of our entire globe.
這種原型這已經毒害了整個世界的心靈。
Now we know from neuroscience that compassion has some very extraordinary qualities.
我們從神經科學得知慈悲有些非凡的特性。
For example:
比如：
A person who is cultivating compassion,
一個人正在修習慈悲，
when they are in the presence of suffering,
當他們身處苦難存在之處，
they feel that suffering a lot more than many other people do.
他們覺得比別人受難更多。
However,
然而，
they return to baseline a lot sooner.
他們能很快恢復常態。
This is called resilience.
這是彈性。
Many of us think that compassion drains us,
很多人認為慈悲會讓自己枯竭，
but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.
但我保證它是真正啟發我們的東西。
Another thing about compassion is that it really enhances what's called neural integration.
另一個特性是它可以增強神經整合。
It hooks up all parts of the brain.
它使腦部的每個部分都聯接起來。
Another, which has been discovered by various researchers at Emory and at Davis and so on,
另外，埃默里和戴維斯和其他一些研究者發現了，
is that compassion enhances our immune system.
慈悲會增強免疫力。
Hey, we live in a very noxious world.
嗨，我們生活在充滿毒素的世界。
Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons,
我們很多人經歷這個世界上的心理社會性的或肉體上的毒害，
of the toxins of our world.
于是漸漸凋零。
