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Part1 Questing Inward
第一部分 探尋內心
"On my head pour only the sweet waters of serenity. Give me the gift of the Untroubled Mind."
"只在我頭上灌注寧靜的蜜露，賜予我一份不受干擾的心境。"
Once, as a young man full of exuberant fancy, I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged "goods" of life. As other men sometimes tabulate lists of properties they own or would like to own, I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, beauty, talent, power, riches, and fame.
曾經，當我還是個充滿豐富幻想的年輕人時，我著手起草了一份被公認為人生"幸福"的目錄。就像別人有時會將他們所擁有或想要擁有的財產列成表，我將世人皆求之物列成表：健康、愛情、美麗、權利、才智、財富和名譽。
When my inventory was completed I proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the mentor and spiritual model of my youth. Perhaps I was trying to impress him with my precocious wisdom. Anyway, I handed him the list. "This", I told him confidently, "is the sum of mortal goods. Could a man possess them all, he would be as a god."
當我完成清單后，我自豪地將它交給一個睿智的長者，他曾是我少年時代的良師和精神楷模。或許我是想盡力地在他面前展現我早熟的睿智。無論如何，我把單子遞給了他，我充滿自信地對他說："這是人類幸福的總和。一個人若能擁有這些，就和神差不多了。"
At the corners of my friend's old eyes, I saw wrinkles of amusement gathering in a patien net. An excellent list," he said, pondering it thoughtfully. "well digested in content and set down in not-unreasonable order. But it appears, my young friend, that you have omitted the most important element of all. You have forgotten the one ingredient, lacking which each possession becomes a hideous torment."
在我朋友沉淀著歲月印記的眼角處，我看到愉悅的皺紋匯聚成一張耐心的網。"是一張出色的表單，"他深思熟慮后說。"內容分類清晰，順序排列合理。但是，我的年輕朋友，好像你忽略了最重要的一個要素。你忘記了那個要素，如果缺少了它，每一次擁有都變成可怕的折磨。"
"And what,"I asked, peppering my voice with truculence,"is that missing ingredient?
我問道，言語間充滿著急躁和不滿："那么，我遺漏的要素是什么？"
" With a pencil stub he crossed out my entire schedule. Then, having demolished my adolescent dream structure at a single stroke, he wrote down three syllables: peace of mind. "This is the gift that God reserves for His special Proteges," he said.
他用一小節鉛筆劃掉了我的整張表格，一拳擊碎了我的少年美夢。緊接著寫下了三個字：心之靜。"這是上帝為他特別的子民保留的禮物。"他說道。
Talent and beauty He gives to many. Wealth is commonplace, fame not rare. But peace of mind-that is His final guerdon of approval, the fondest insignia of His love. He bestows it charily. Most men are never blessed with it: others wait all their lives-yes, far into advanced age-for this gift to descend upon them."
"上帝賦子許多人才能和美麗。財富司空見慣，名望并非稀有。但心靈的寧靜才是他允諾最終賞賜，是他愛的最佳象征。他施予它的時候很謹慎，多數人從未享受過，有些人則等待了一生--是的，一直到暮年，才等到賞賜降臨他們身上。"
