愛薇塔的英文閱讀筆記

艾薇塔的英文閱讀筆記
愛薇塔的英文閱讀筆記

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  1. 28/03/2022

    Think Like A Monk#14 Routine-1

    上了英文字幕的影片版會在Youtube頻道唷 Follow我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita ---直接點 Follow我的臉書專頁: https://www.facebook.com/EvitaELC YT收看影片版: https://youtu.be/qUqpmoqhf5Y 小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/user/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n/comments ?本集內容(Chapter 6 Routine p.124-126) “It wasn’t always that easy. ” “Every morning my brain, desperate to remain shut down just a little bit longer, thought of a different excuse for why I should sleep in.” “But I pushed myself to adopt this new routine because I was committed to the process.” “The fact that it was hard was an important part of the journey.” “Eventually, I learned the one infallible trick to successfully getting up earlier: I had to go to sleep earlier.” “I’d spent my entire life pushing the limits of each day, sacrificing tomorrow because I didn’t want to miss out on today.” “But once I finally let that go and started going to sleep earlier, waking up at four became easier and easier.” “And as it became easier, I found that I could do it without the help of anyone or anything besides my own body and the natural world around it.” “This was a revelatory experience for me.” revelatory (adj.) 啟示性的 “At last I came to understand the value in it.” “The point of waking up early wasn’t to torture us - it was to start the day off with peace and tranquility.” “Birds. A gong. The sound of flowing water.” “And our morning routine never varied.” “The simplicity and structure of ashram mornings spared us from the stressful complexity of decisions and variation.” “Starting our days so simply was like a mental shower.” “It cleansed us of the challenges of the previous day, giving us the space and energy to transform greed into generosity, anger into compassion, loss into love.” “Finally, it gave us resolve, a sense of purpose to carry out into the day.” “Unfortunately, our productivity-driven society encourages us to live like this.” “We tend to wear our ability to get by on little sleep as some sort of badge of honor that validates our work ethic.” “But what it is a profound failure of self-respect and of priorities.” “Then, once we’ve woken up after too little sleep, nearly a quarter of us do something else that starts us out on the second wrong foot of the day - we reach for our cell phones within one minute of waking up.” “A majority of people go from out cold to processing mountains of information within minutes every morning.” “There are only six cars that can go from zero to sixty miles per hour in under two seconds.” “Like most cars, humans are not built for that kind of sudden transition, mentally or physically.” “And the last thing you need to do when you’ve just woken up is to stumble straight into tragedy and pain courtesy of news headlines or friends venting about gridlock on their commute.” “Looking at your phone first thing in the morning is like inviting one hundred chatty strangers into your bedroom before you’ve showered, brushed your teeth, fixed your hair.” “Between the alarm clock and the world inside your phone, you’re immediately overwhelmed with stress, pressure, anxiety.” “Do you really expect yourself to emerge from that state and have a pleasant, productive day?” Powered by Firstory Hosting

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  2. 13/03/2022

    Think Like A Monk#13 Purpose

    小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/story/cl0pcqy5m162g0859yo88jvuf?m=comment 上了英文字幕的影片版會在Youtube頻道唷 Follow我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita ---直接點 Follow我的臉書專頁: https://www.facebook.com/EvitaELC YT收看影片版: https://youtu.be/PY51-tDv3_M Chapter 5 (p.93-94) “In fact, the asceticism was less a goal than it was a means to an end.” “Letting go opened our minds.” “It took some work for me to truly see all activities as equal.” “We were told to see society as the organs of a body.” “If something, like cleaning up after the cows, made me uncomfortable, instead of turning away, I pushed myself to understand the feelings that lay at the root of my discomfort.” “I quickly identified my hatred for some of the most mundane chores as an ego issue.” “I thought them a waste of time when I could be learning.” “Once I admitted this to myself, I could explore whether cleaning had anything to offer me.” “Could I learn from a mop?” “I observed that mop heads need to be completely flexible in order to get into every space and corner.” “Not every task is best served by something sturdy like a broom.” “To my monk mind, there was a worthwhile lesson in that: We need flexibility in order to access every corner of study and growth.” “Exploring our strengths and weaknesses in the self-contained universe of the ashram helped lead each of us to our dharma.” “My definition of dharma is an effort to make it practical to our lives today.” “I see dharma as the combination of Verna and seva.” “Think of Verna as passion and skills.” “Seva is understanding the world’s needs and selflessly serving others.” “When your natural talents and passions(verna) connect with what the universe needs(seva) and become your purpose, you are living in your dharma.” “When you spend your time and energy living in your dharma, you have the satisfaction of using your best abilities and doing something that matters to the world.” “Living in your dharma is a certain route to fulfillment.” “Two monks were washing their feet in a river when one of them realized that a scorpion was drowning in the water.” “He immediately picked it up and set it upon the bank.” “Though he was quick, the scorpion strung his hand.” “He resumed washing his feet.” “The other monk said, “Hey, look. That foolish fell right back in.”” “The first monk leaned over, saved the scorpion again, and was again stung.” “The other monk asked him,“Brother, why do you rescue the scorpion when you know its nature is to sting?”” “Because to save it is my nature.” The monk answered. “The monk is modeling humility - he does not value his own pain above the scorpion’s life.” “But the more relevant lesson here is that “to save”is so essential to this monk’s nature that he is compelled and content to do it even knowing the scorpion will sting him.” “The monk has so much faith in his dharma that he is willing to suffer in order to fulfill it.” p.97 “Passion+ Expertise+ Usefulness = Dharma” “If we’re only excited when people say nice things about our work, it’s a sign that we’re not passionate about the work itself.” “If we indulge our interests and skills, but nobody responds to them, then our passion is without purpose.” “If either piece is missing , we’re not living our dharma.” p.98 “There are two lies some of us hear when we’re growing up.” “You’ll never amount to anything.” “The second is “You can be anything you want to be.”” “You can’t be anything you want.” “But you can be everything you are.” “A monk is a traveler, bu

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  3. 28/02/2022

    Think Like A Monk #12 Breathe

    小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/story/cl06uhcgi0bu508060an3vj30?m=comment 上了英文字幕的影片版會在Youtube頻道唷 Follow我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita ---直接點 Follow我的臉書專頁: https://www.facebook.com/EvitaELC YT影片版: https://youtu.be/po7Sj_jGipQ (p.84) The physical nature of breathwork helps drive distractions from your head.  Breathwork is calming, but it isn’t always easy.  In fact, the challenges it brings are part of the process.  I’m sitting on a floor of dried cow dung, which is surprisingly cool.  It’s not comfortable, but it’s not difficult. My ankles hurt. God, I hate this, it’s so difficult. I can’t keep my back straight.  God, I hate this, it’s so difficult.  It’s been twenty minutes and I still haven’t cleared my mind.  I’m supposed to bringing awareness to my breath, but I’m thinking about friends back in London. I sneak a peek at the monk closest to me.  He’s sitting up so straight. He’s nailing this meditation thing. “Find your breath,” the leader is saying. I take a breath. It’s slow, beautiful, calm. (p.85) My first trip to the ashram was two weeks long, and I spent it meditating with Gauranga Das every morning for two hours. Sitting for that long, often much longer, is uncomfortable and tiring and sometimes boring.  What’s worse, unwanted thoughts and feelings started drifting into my head.  I worried that I wasn’t sitting properly and that the monks would judge me.  In my frustration, my ego spoke up: I wanted to be the best meditator, the smartest person at the ashram, the one who made an impact. These weren’t monk-like thoughts.  Meditation definitely wasn’t working the way I had thought it would.  It was turning me into a bad person! ——————————————————————————————————————————— I was shocked and, to be frank, disappointed to see all the unresolved negativity inside myself. Meditation was only showing me ego, anger, lust, pain - things I didn’t like about myself.  Was this a problem … or was it a point? ——————————————————————————————————————————— I asked my teachers if I was doing something wrong.  One of them told me that every year the monks meticulously cleaned the Gundicha Temple in Puri, checking every corner, and that when they did it, they visualized cleaning their hearts.  He said that by the time they finished, the temple was already getting dirty again.  That, he explained, is the feeling of meditation.  It was work, and it never done. ——————————————————————————————————————————— Meditation wasn’t making me a bad person.  I had to face an equally unappealing reality.  In all that stillness and quiet, it was amplifying what was already inside me. In the dark room of my mind, meditation had turned on the lights.  In getting you where you want to be, meditation may show you what you don’t want to see. (P.86) Breathwork For The Body Mind As you’ve probably noticed, your breathing changes with your emotions. We hold our breath when we’re concentrating, and we take shallow breaths when we’re nervous or anxious.  But these responses are instinctive rather than helpful, meaning that to hold your breath doesn’t really help your concentration, and shallow breathing actually makes the symptoms of anxiety worse.  Controlled breathing, on the other hand, is an immediate way to steady yourself, a portable tool you can use to shift your energy on the fly. —

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  4. 10/02/2022

    Think Like A Monk #11 Live Your Intention

    ✉️想與我分享你的感想,歡迎來信! evita1500@gmail.com 上了英文字幕的影片版會在Youtube頻道唷 Follow我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita ---直接點 Follow我的臉書專頁: https://www.facebook.com/EvitaELC YT收看影片版: https://youtu.be/Xrisf-gYhqA 小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/story/ckzh4wrol1qby09809bf98elz?m=comment 請我一杯咖啡,讓我持續創作吧! https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n ?本集內容 Chapter 4 Intention (p.77-83) Live Your Intentions “Of course, simply having intentions isn’t enough.” “We have to take action to help those seeds grow.” “I don’t believe in wishful “manifesting,” the idea that if you simply believe something will happen, it will.” “We can’t sit around with true intentions expecting that what we want will fall into our laps.” “Nor can we expect someone to find us, discover how amazing we are, and hand us our place in the world.” “Nobody is going to create our lives for us.” “Martin Luther King said: “Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”  “When people come to me seeking guidance, I constantly hear,” “I wish….I wish…I wish…” “I wish my partner would be more attentive.” “I wish I could have the same job but make more money. ” “I wish my relationship were more serious.” “We never say,”  “I wish I could be more organized and focused and could do the hard work to get that.” “We don’t vocalize what it would actually take to get what we want.” “I wish is a code for “I don’t want to do anything differently.” “There’s an apocryphal story about Picasso that perfectly illustrates how we fail to recognize the work and perseverance behind achievement.” “As the tale goes, a woman sees Picasso in a market.” “She goes up to him and says, “Would you mind drawing something for me?” “Sure,” he says, and thirty seconds later he hands her a remarkably beautiful little sketch. “That will be thirty thousand dollars,” he says. “But Mr. Picasso, ”the woman says, “how can you charge me so much?” “This drawing only took you thirty seconds!” “It took me thirty years.” “The effort behind it is invisible.” “The monk in my ashram who could easily recite all the scriptures put years into memorizing them.” “I needed to consider that investment, the life it required, before making it my goal.” “When asked who we are, we resort to stating what we do:” “I’m an accountant.” “I’m a lawyer.” “I’m a housewife/househusband.” “I’m an athlete.” “I’m a teacher.” “Sometimes this is just a useful way to jump-start a conversation with someone you’ve just met.” “But life is more meaningful when we define ourselves by our intentions rather than our achievements.” “If you truly define yourself by your job, then what happens when you lose your job? ” ”If you define yourself as an athlete, then an injury ends your career, you don’t know who you are.” “Losing a job shouldn’t destroy our identities, but often it does.” “Instead, if we live intentionally, we sustain a sense of purpose and meaning that isn’t tied to what we accomplish but who we are.” “If your intention is to help people, you have to embody that intention by being kind, openhearted, and innovative, by recognizing people’s strengths, supporting their weakness, listening, helping them grow, reading what they need from you, and noticing when it changes.” “When you identify your intentions, they reveal your values.” “Living your intention means having it permeate your behavior.”

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  5. 23/12/2021

    Think Like A Monk #10 External Intention VS Internal Intention

    ✉️想與我分享你的感想,歡迎來信! evita1500@gmail.com 這集也有上了英文字幕的影片版唷~ 我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita https://youtu.be/JJTiScS_kCQ 小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/story/ckxikgskf07fl0966orqpmjn6?m=comment 請我一杯咖啡,讓我持續創作吧! https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n ?本集內容 Chapter 4 Intention (p.75-76)  “As monks, we learned to clarify our intentions through the analogy of seeds and weeds.” “When you plant a seed, it can grow into and expansive tree that provides fruit and shelter for everyone.” “That’s what a broad intention, like love, compassion, or service, can do.” “The purity of your intention has nothing to do with what career you choose.” “A traffic officer can give a speeding ticket making a show of his power, he can instruct you not to speed with the same compassion a parent would have when telling a child not to play with fire.”  “You can be a bank teller and execute a simple transaction with warmth.” “But if our intentions are vengeful or self-motivated, we grow weeds.” “Weeds usually grow from ego, greed, envy, anger, pride, competition, or stress.” “These might look like normal plants to begin with, but they will never grow into something wonderful.” “If you start going to the gym to build a revenge body so your ex regrets breaking up with you, you’re planting a weed.” “You haven’t properly addressed what you want(most likely to feel understood and loved, which would clearly require a different approach)” “You’ll get strong, and reap the health benefits of working out, but the stakes of your success are tied to external factors - provoking your ex.” “If your ex doesn’t notice or care, you’ll still feel the same frustration and loneliness.“ “However, if you start going to the gym because you want to feel physically strong after your breakup, or if, in the course of working out, your intention shifts to this, you’ll get in shape and feel emotionally satisfied.“ “Another example of a weed is when a good intention gets attached to the wrong goal.” “Say my intention is to build my confidence, and I decide that getting a promotion is the best way to do it.” “I work hard, impress my boss, and move up a level, but when I get there, I realize there’s another level, and I still feel insecure.” “External goals cannot fill internal voids.” “No external labels or accomplishments can give me true confidence.” “I have to find it in myself.” Powered by Firstory Hosting

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  6. 26/11/2021

    Think Like A Monk #9 What Is Your Motivation?(Fear, Desire, Duty or Love?)

    ✉️想與我分享你的感想,歡迎來信! evita1500@gmail.com 這集也有上了英文字幕的影片版唷~ 我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL7H9Ya1YJ5OWDpox_u78xQ 小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/story/ckwgeecfn1bn40854c3v4j32a?m=comment 請我一杯咖啡,讓我持續創作吧! https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n ?本集內容 Chapter 4 Intention p. 65 “In our heads we have an image of an ideal life: our relationships, how we spend our time in work and leisure, what we want to achieve. “ “Even without the noise of external influences, certain goals captivate us, and we design our lives around achieving them because we think they will make us happy. “ “But now we will figure out what drives these ambitions, whether they are likely to make us truly happy, and whether happiness is even the right target.” p.66  “As we walk, the senior monk mentions the achievements of some of the monks we pass.” “He points out one who can meditate for eight hours straight.” “A few minutes later he gestures to another: ” “He fasts for seven days in a row.” “Further along, he points.” “Do you see the man sitting under that tree? He can recite every verse from the scripture.” “Impressed, I say,” “I wish I could do that.” “The monk pauses and turns to look at me. He asks,” “Do you wish you could do that, or do you wish you could learn to do that?” “What do you mean?” “I know by now that some of my favorite lessons come not in the classroom, but in moments like this.” “He says,” “Think about your motivations.” “Do you want to memorize all of the scripture because it’s an impressive achievement, or do you want the experience of having studied it?” “In the first, all you want is the outcome.” “In the second, you are curious about what you might learn from the process.” ------ “This was a new concept for me, and it blew my mind.” “Desiring an outcome had always seemed reasonable to me.” “The monk was telling me to question why I wanted to do what was necessary to reach that outcome.” The Four Motivations “Fear- being driven by sickness, poverty, fear of hell or fear of death.” “Desire- seeking personal gratification through success, wealth, and pleasure.” “Duty- motivated by gratitude, responsibility, and the desire to do the right thing.” “Love- compelled by care for others and the urge to help them.” “These four motivations drive everything we do.” “We make choices, for example, because we’re scared of losing our job, wanting to win the admiration of our friends, hoping to fulfill our parents’ expectations, or wanting to help others live a better life.” Fear Is Not Sustainable “The problem with fear is that it’s not sustainable.” “When we operate in fear for a long time, we can’t work to the best of our abilities.” “We are too worried about getting the wrong result.” “We become frantic or paralyzed and are unable to evaluate our situations objectively or to take risks.” The Maya of Success “The second motivation is desire.” “This is when we chase personal gratification.” “Our path to adventures, pleasures, and comforts often takes the form of material goals.” “I want a million-dollar home.” “I want financial freedom.” “I want an amazing wedding.” p.68 “When I ask people to write down their goals, they often give answers describing what most people think of as success.” “We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.” “The Sanskrit word for illusion is Maya, which means believing in that which

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  7. 24/10/2021

    Think Like A Monk #8 Managing Fears

    想與我分享你的感想,歡迎來信! evita1500@gmail.com 這集順便試做了影片版(預計2021-10-31上片) 記得YT頻道先訂閱起來,可以看看影片版唷~~ 我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL7H9Ya1YJ5OWDpox_u78xQ 小額贊助支持本節目: https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法: https://open.firstory.me/story/ckv53a7xxacrl0851c359eu16?m=comment 請我一杯咖啡,讓我持續創作吧! https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n ?本集內容 Managing Short-Term Fears(p.57) “Detaching from your fears allows you to address them.” “Jobs are security, and we are all naturally attached to the idea of putting food on the table.” “Right away, my friend went into panic mode.” “Where are we going to get money? I’m never going to get hired again.” “Not only did he make grim predictions about the future, he started questioning the past.” “I should have been better at my work. I should have worked harder and longer hours!” “When you panic, you start to anticipate outcomes that have not yet come to pass.” “Fear makes us fiction writers.” “We start with a premise, an idea, a fear - what will happen if…” “When we anticipate future outcomes, fear holds us back, imprisoning us in our imaginations.” “Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than reality.” P.58 寓言故事(parable) “There’s an old Taoist parable about a farmer whose horse ran away.” “How unlucky!”his brother tells him. “The farmer shrugs.” “Good thing, bad thing, who knows,” he says. “A week later, the wayward horse finds its way home, and with it is a beautiful wild mare.” “That’s amazing!” “The farmer is unmoved.” “Good thing, bad thing, who knows,” “A few days later, the farmer’s son climbs up on the mare, hoping to tame the wild beast, but the horse bucks and rears, and the boy, hurled to the ground, breaks a leg.” “How unlucky!” “Good thing, bad thing, who knows,” “The next day, the young men of the village are called into military service, but because the son’s leg is broken, he is excused from the draft.” “His brother tells the farmer that this, surely, is the best news of all.” “Good thing, bad thing, who knows,” The farmer in this story didn’t get lost in “WHAT IF” but instead focused on “WHAT IS”. “DON’T JUDGE THE MOMENT.” “It’s hard to not judge the moment, and remain open to opportunity when the unknown future spins like a whirlwind through your body and brain.” “Sometimes our panic or freeze responses rush ahead of us and make it difficult to suspend judgement.” “Fear motivates us. Sometimes it motivates us toward what we want, but sometimes, if we aren’t careful, it limits us with what we think will keep us safe.” Think Like A Monk(Jay Shetty) Powered by Firstory Hosting

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  8. 21/09/2021

    Think Like A Monk #7 The Cure For Fear

    想與我分享你的感想,歡迎來信! evita1500@gmail.com 我的Youtube頻道: The Reader Evita https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL7H9Ya1YJ5OWDpox_u78xQ 請我一杯咖啡,讓我持續創作吧! https://open.firstory.me/join/ckqovuxw9e42r0818h8tmvk4n ?本集內容 THE CAUSE OF FEAR: ATTACHMENT. THE CURE FOR FEAR: DETACHMENT(p.55) “Though we are developing intimacy with our fear, we want to see it as its own entity, separate from us.” “When we talk about our emotions, we usually say we are that emotion. ” “I am angry.” “I am sad.” “I am afraid.” “Talking to our fear separates it from us and helps us understand that the fear is not us, it is just something we’re experiencing.” “When you meet someone who gives off a negative vibe, you feel it, but you don’t think that vibe is you.” “It’s the same thing with our emotions - they are something we’re feeling, but they are not us.” “Try shifting from I am angry to I feel angry.” “I feel sad.” “I feel afraid.” “A simple change, but a profound one because it puts our emotions in their rightful place.”  “Having this perspective calms down our initial reactions and give us the space to examine our fear and the situation around it without judgement.” ***examine 音檔裡沒有正確發音examine後面的 “mine” /min/  “When we track our fears back to their source, most of us find that they’re closely related to attachment - our need to own and control things.” “We hold on to ideas we have about ourselves, to the material possessions and standard of living that we think define us, to the relationships we want to be one thing even if they are clearly another.”   “Clinging to temporary things gives them power over us, and they become sources of pain and fear.” “But when we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.” “Even the most permanent of possessions, belonging to the most wealthy and powerful, don’t actually belong to them.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Our teacher made a distinction between useful and hurtful fears.” “They told us that a useful fear alerts us to a situation we can change.” p.56 “There’s a common misconception about detachment that I’d like to address.” “People often equate detachment with indifference.” “Detachment is the ultimate practice in minimizing fear.” “Once I identified my anxiety about disappointing my parents, I was able to detach from it.” “I realized I had to take responsibility for my life.” “My parents might be upset, they might not- I had no control over that.” “I could only make decisions based on my own values.” Practice- Audit your attachments Ask yourself:”What am I afraid of losing?”  Start with the externals: Is it your car, your house, your looks?  Write down everything you think of.  Now think about the internals: your reputation, your status, your sense of belonging? Now start thinking about changing your mental relationship with those things so that you are less attached to them. This is a lifelong practice, but as you become more and more accepting of the fact that we don’t truly own or control anything, you’ll find yourself actually enjoying and valuing people, things, and experiences more, and being more thoughtful about which one’s you choose to include in your life. Think Like A Monk(Jay Shetty) Powered by Firstory Hosting

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