Who are you? Its the most elemental question in the world, but one that is not always easy to answer. We tend to answer this question by naming roles that we fulfill, which were writer, boyfriend, son, entrepreneur, etc. 你是谁?这是世界上最基本的,但又总是难回答的问题。我们试图凭借清数自己扮演的角色来回答这个问题,如作家,男友,儿子,企业家等等。 It makes sense, because these are the roles that others see us fulfilling every day. In the world we operate in, we need to market ourselves as this or that role so that others know how to relate to us. But these are actually things that we do rather than what we are. 这点似乎合情合理,因为我们每天都在履行这些角色,别人都看在眼里。在我们经营的世界里,我们需要以这种或那种角色将自己推销出去,以便别人知晓如何与我们产生联系。这些确实是我们在做的事情,然而这些却无法诠释我们究竟是谁。 Most religions and spiritual belief systems teach that we are not our bodies, though we inhabit them and identify with them through the course of a lifetime. Nor are we our minds, though we use our minds and intelligence to guide us in our daily interactions. 大多数宗教和精神理念体系教诲我们不属于肉体,尽管我们以肉体形式存在,且终其一生都与肉体剪不断理还乱。我们也不属于思想,尽管我们使用思想和智慧指导日常交往。 |