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I was in Congo in February,
二月份的時候我在剛果，
dancing and celebrating with women who've survived the destruction of their selves in literally unthinkable ways
與那些自我曾遭受難以想象的毀滅的女人們一起跳舞慶祝，
destroyed because other brutalized, psychopathic selves all over that beautiful land are fueling our selves' addiction to iPods, Pads, and bling,
因為在那片美麗的土地上，那些被殘酷對待的心理變態的自我正不斷滿足我們對于iPod以及iPad等光鮮事物的癮，
which further disconnect ourselves from ever feeling their pain, their suffering, their death.
這些更進一步阻礙我們去感受她們的痛苦，她們的遭遇，她們的死亡。
Because, hey, if we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.
因為當我們都活在自己的世界里并以為這就是生活，那我們就是在貶低生活的價值，并且變得越來越遲鈍。
And in that disconnected state, yeah, we can build factory farms with no windows,
在那樣一個被隔斷的狀態里，我們可以建造沒有窗戶的工廠，
destroy marine life and use rape as a weapon of war.
破壞海洋生命，把強奸視為戰爭的一種武器。
So here's a note to self: The cracks have started to show in our constructed world,
這有一個對自我的建議：在我們這個被構造的世界里已經開始出現裂縫，
and oceans will continue to surge through the cracks, and oil and blood, rivers of it.
海水將持續不斷從裂縫中涌出，石油和鮮血匯流成河。
Crucially, we haven't been figuring out how to live in oneness with the Earth and every other living thing.
關鍵在于我們尚未找出怎樣與地球和萬物一起生活在同一性中。
We've just been insanely trying to figure out how to live with each other -- billions of each other.
我們一直在瘋狂地尋找怎樣和數十億的其他人一起生活。
Only we're not living with each other; our crazy selves are living with each other and perpetuating an epidemic of disconnection.
只是我們并非和其他人一起生活，是我們瘋狂的自我和其他人一起生活，與他人的隔斷也如同傳染病一般蔓延。
Let's live with each other and take it a breath at a time.
讓我們生活在一起，歇一口氣，慢慢來。
If we can get under that heavy self, light a torch of awareness,
如果我們能進入那沉重的自我，點燃一支覺察的火炬，
and find our essence, our connection to the infinite and every other living thing.
尋找我們的本源，我們和永恒以及萬物的聯系。
We knew it from the day we were born. Let's not be freaked out by our bountiful nothingness.
我們從出生那天就知道的聯系。我們無須因為大量的空虛而慌張。
It's more a reality than the ones our selves have created.
相比于我們創造出的那些，這空虛更加真實。
Imagine what kind of existence we can have if we honor inevitable death of self,
想像我們能有怎樣的存在方式，當我們正視自我不可避免的死亡，
appreciate the privilege of life and marvel at what comes next.
感恩生命的權利，驚異于即將到來的事物。
Simple awareness is where it begins. Thank you for listening.
這些都來自于簡單的覺察。感謝聆聽。
