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I guess we all deal with stress in different ways.
我想我們應(yīng)對(duì)壓力都有不同的方式。
Some people will bury themselves in work, grateful for the distraction.
有些人會(huì)把自己埋頭到工作中，用以分心不去想。
Others will turn to their friends, their family, looking for support.
另一些人則會(huì)從朋友和家庭中尋求幫助。
Some people hit the bottle, start taking medication.
還有些人酗酒，或開(kāi)始使用藥品。
My own way of dealing with it was to become a monk.
我自己當(dāng)時(shí)的方式則是成為一名僧侶。
So I quit my degree, I headed off to the Himalayas, I became a monk, and I started studying meditation.
因此我退了學(xué)，去了喜馬拉雅山，我成為了一名僧侶，并開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)冥想。
People often ask me what I learned from that time.
人們常會(huì)問(wèn)我從這段經(jīng)歷里學(xué)到了什么。
Well, obviously it changed things. Let's face it, becoming a celibate monk is going to change a number of things.
嗯，很顯然它改變了很多事情。面對(duì)這個(gè)事實(shí)，成為一名修行禁欲的僧侶能夠改變很多事情。
But it was more than that. It taught me — it gave me a greater appreciation, an understanding for the present moment.
但不僅如此這個(gè)經(jīng)歷還教會(huì)我—-使得我更能感悟“現(xiàn)在”，對(duì)于“現(xiàn)在”這個(gè)時(shí)刻的有了更深的理解。
By that I mean not being lost in thought, not being distracted, not being overwhelmed by difficult emotions,
我指的是不迷失于思緒中，不被分心，不被各種復(fù)雜的感情弄得不知所措，
but instead learning how to be in the here and now, how to be mindful, how to be present.
相反地，我學(xué)會(huì)了如何感悟此地與此時(shí)，如何變得專心，如何活在“現(xiàn)在”。
I think the present moment is so underrated.
我認(rèn)為“現(xiàn)在”這個(gè)時(shí)刻是被嚴(yán)重低估了。
It sounds so ordinary, and yet we spend so little time in the present moment that it's anything but ordinary.
它聽(tīng)起來(lái)如此平常，所以我們只花那么少時(shí)間來(lái)對(duì)待“現(xiàn)在”，但是這個(gè)詞絕對(duì)不“平凡”。
There was a research paper that came out of Harvard, just recently, that said on average,
就在最近，哈佛有一個(gè)調(diào)查的結(jié)果顯示，
our minds are lost in thought almost 47 percent of the time. 47 percent.
我們的大腦（心靈）平均有將近47%的時(shí)間是迷失在各種思緒中。百分之47。
At the same time, this sort of constant mind-wandering is also a direct cause of unhappiness.
同時(shí)，這種持續(xù)的“大腦（心靈）徘徊”也是導(dǎo)致人類(lèi)不幸福的直接原因。
