The things you can see only when you slow down

 

作者： Haemin Sunim

初版： 2012

一位韓國籍的作者，接受西方教育，佛家禪修學者，信眾遍世界並經常巡迴講學和分享°

本書從書名就已經令人平靜下來，尤其自己過著每天爭分奪秒的生活，慢下來是一種奢侈行為，但其實只是一種慣性和焦急的心理态度，本質跟「貪」是相關的，主要是貪婪完成更多更多的東西。

作者叫大家慢下來，不單指行為，其實更重要的是思緒。因此我也懷著平靜的思緒去細讀此書，發現很多有啟發的字句，籍此記錄並分享。

- Wisdom is not something we have to acquire.  Rather, it raises naturally as we slow down and notice what is already there.

- Reality exists because our minds exist.

- Pure attention without judgement is not only the highest form of human intelligence, but also the expression of love.

- Being right isn’t really as important as being happy together.

- Maturity is that we should not take our thoughts too seriously, and must learn to curb our ego and see the bigger picture.

- If you consider only your side, you are no different from a child.

- Happiness means finding a moment of joy in those ordinary hours.

- It is not always a good thing to get what you want.  If it always happens, it is easy to become lazy and arrogant.  You may lose ability to empathise with people having difficulties.

生活在城市步伐特別快，加上網絡發達，心緒不容易平靜下來，很多時沒有注視到心深處的呼喚，所以我們失去覺醒、失去自省、失去關係、更失去智慧。十分感謝作者提醒我們。