帶著意識生活——解決環境問題的唯一辦法

June 5 is celebrated as Environment Day every year. In this article, Sadhguru explains why we should appreciate our planet and shift from compulsiveness to a conscious way of living.

每年的6月5日都會慶祝世界環境日。在這篇文章中，薩古魯解釋了為什麼我們要感謝我們的星球以及為什麼要從強迫性的生活方式轉變為有意識的生活方式。

Question:Sadhguru, why do we spend billions of dollars looking for life on other planets, while spending trillions of dollars destroying life on earth? What is wrong with us?

問：薩古魯，為什麼我們花費數十億美元在其他星球上尋找生命，卻又花費數萬億美元破壞地球上的生命？我們錯在哪裡？

Sadhguru:What is wrong is, we are looking for boundless expansion through physical means. You want to go to the moon but you are on a bullock cart thrashing the bulls. You may kill the bulls but you will not make it this way. This is the fundamental flaw.

薩古魯：錯在，我們正在通過物質的手段尋求無限的擴張。你想要去月球，但是你卻在牛車上鞭打著牛。你可能會把牛打死，但是通過這種方式你不會成功。這是根本性的錯誤。

People are thinking of harnessing some other planet. But destroying that planet is also just a question of time.

人們正在考慮利用另一個星球。但是毀掉那個星球也只是個時間問題。

A human being is constantly longing to be something more than what he is right now. If he knows only money, he is thinking of a little more money; if he knows power, a little more power; if he knows love, a little more love. There is something within him that will not settle for who he is. In whatever way you know best, you are trying to be a little more. But if you apply your awareness and look at it, you can clearly see that you are not seeking money, property, love or pleasure. What you are seeking is expansion. How much expansion would settle you for good? If you look at this, you can clearly see that you are looking for infinite expansion. Every human being wants to expand in a limitless way. But right now, we are trying to become infinite through installments of conquest, by capturing the world, or shopping. The longing to expand is finding expression in so many ways, which are all physical.

人總是渴望變得比他現在更多。如果他只知道錢，他就會想要更多一點錢；如果他知道權力，就會想要更多一點權力；如果他知道愛，就會想要更多一點愛。他的內在有某種東西，不滿足於他所是的樣子。不管你認為最好的是什麼，你都試圖想要更多一點。但如果你帶著意識去看，你就能清楚地看到，你並不是在尋求金錢、財產、愛或快樂。你所尋求的是擴張。多大程度的擴張會讓你就此滿足？如果你看這個，就能清楚地看到，你是在尋找無限的擴張。每個人都想以無限的方式擴張。但現在，我們正試圖通過一步步的征服、通過佔領世界或購物來變得無限。對擴張的渴望在如此多的方面找到了表達方式，卻都是物質上的。

The physical realm, however large it may seem to you, is a limited realm. Right now, our very economies are built like this: it is all about more, more and more. Every country is talking about growth rate. This means everyone has to buy more and use more. But where is that 「more」? So people are thinking of harnessing some other planet. But destroying that planet is also just a question of time.

物質領域，不管在你看來有多大，都是一個有限的領域。現在，我們的經濟是像這樣建立的：它總是關於更多，更多，更多。每個國家都在談論增長率。這意味著每個人都必須購買更多，並使用更多（的東西）。但是那個「更多」在哪裡？所以人們正在考慮利用另一個星球。但是摧毀那個星球也只是個時間問題。

Our Fantastic Planet

我們奇妙的星球

This is a fantastic planet – it has nurtured not one or two life forms, but millions. The sheer variety of life, of animals, birds, plants, insects, worms and microbes that we have on this planet is mindboggling. Though we have discovered a few million life forms, even today, every year, over 10,000 new species are being found. But we think things will be better somewhere else.

這是一個奇妙的星球，它孕育了不是一兩種生命形式，而是幾百萬種。我們在這個星球上所擁有的動物、鳥類、植物、昆蟲、蠕蟲和微生物的多樣性是不可思議的。儘管我們已經發現了幾百萬種生命形式，但即使是在今天，每年仍有超過1萬種新物種被發現。而我們卻認為，在其他地方，情況會更好。

Because we have largely exploited everything we can over here, and we know it is going to come to an end, people are looking for another place to exploit.

因為在這裡我們已經極大地利用了我們所能利用的一切，而且我們知道將要走到盡頭了，所以人們正在尋找另一個可以利用的地方。

The longing to expand is compulsive. Because we have not found any other vehicle through which we can expand, we naturally think exploiting physical resources is the only way. This is what our idea of science has become unfortunately. If scientific research is going on into some aspect, you can be assured that when they find something about it, they are going to look at how to exploit that. We exploited the land and oceans, now we want to exploit what is beyond. Our idea of life has become exploitation. People are making proteins out of microbes. They don』t even spare the damn bacteria!

我們對擴張的渴望是強迫性的。因為我們尚未找到任何其他可以進行擴張的工具，所以我們自然而然地認為利用物質資源是唯一的途徑。不幸的是，我們的科學觀念已經變成了這樣。如果科學研究繼續進入到某個方面，你可以放心，當他們發現關於它的某樣東西時，他們將會去看如何利用這個。我們利用了陸地和海洋，現在我們想要利用陸地和海洋之外的東西。我們關於生命的觀念已經變成了利用。人們正在從微生物中製造蛋白質。他們甚至都沒有放過細菌！

It has come to a point where every creature is in need of protection. A fierce animal like a tiger needs protection! Just the word 「tiger」 is supposed to terrify you but now the poor thing has to be protected.

已經到了每個生物都需要保護的程度。像老虎這樣兇猛的動物竟需要保護！單憑「老虎」這個詞就本該讓你感到恐懼，但現在這可憐的生物竟淪落到得被保護。

Because we have largely exploited everything we can over here, and we know it is going to come to an end, people are looking for another place to exploit. The moment they find such a planet – I hope they will not – you can imagine nations going to war with each other out there. Even if we make a movie, if we say 「stars」, they say 「wars」!

因為在這裡我們已經極大地利用了我們所能利用的一切，而且我們知道將要走到盡頭了，所以人們正在尋找另一個可以利用的地方。當他們找到這樣一個星球的一刻——我希望他們不會——你們可以想像，國家之間將會在那裡開戰。即使我們拍一部電影，如果我們說拍「星星」，他們會說拍「戰爭」！

A Dark Environmental Age

一個環境的黑暗時代

We are in this exploitative mode not by choice, but by compulsiveness. The only solution for this is consciousness. When humanity begins to operate out of consciousness, compulsiveness will not rule us, and we will do just what is needed, nothing more, nothing less. If this does not happen, India will be among the first countries to be hit big time by the environmental disaster that is evolving. The rivers in India are in a serious condition. On an average, all rivers in India are depleting approximately 8% every year. So in fifteen years, most rivers will be gone. Most rivers already do not reach the ocean for most months of the year. This depletion is seen right across.

我們處於這種利用的模式，不是出於自身的選擇，而是出於強迫性。唯一的解決辦法是意識。當人類開始出於意識進行運作時，強迫性就不會統治我們，我們將只做所需要的，不多，不少。如果這沒有發生，印度將成為最先受到正在演變的環境災難大範圍襲擊的國家之一。印度河流的狀況很嚴重。印度所有河流每年平均消耗約8%。因此，在15年里，大部分河流將會消失。大部分河流在一年的大部分月份里都已經到不了海洋了。這種耗竭已經近在眼前。

Today, if you look at the potable water per person in this country, we have only 25% of (water/person) that we had in 1947. By 2050 they say we』ll have only 18%. It』s time to get ready for bottle baths – you must be able to have a bath with one bottle! This is a very serious issue. If people on the street do not have water to drink, let no one fool themselves that our lives will be safe and well.

今天，如果你看看這個國家的人均飲用水，我們只有1947年的25%。到2050年，他們說我們將只有18%。是時候準備好用一瓶水來洗澡了——你必須要能用一瓶水來洗澡！這是一個非常嚴重的問題。如果街上的人都沒有水喝，那就不要自欺欺人地認為我們的生活會是安好的。

Raising River Awareness

提升保護河流的意識

One thing that needs to be done is to create a catchment area for a kilometer on either side of the river, all along its course. There should be no ploughing and agriculture there. If it is government land, plant forest trees, if it is private land, plant horticultural trees. Distribute free saplings with subsidies for a few years till the trees yield. We have to do whatever is needed to ensure there are trees, not ploughed land with heavy fertilizers next to the river. I have been pushing for this for almost ten years and now the leadership in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have taken this suggestion seriously.

一件需要做的事是在河流兩邊建立一個一公里（寬）的集水區，全部沿著河道。那裡不應該有耕作和農業。如果是政府的土地，就種植森林，如果是私有的土地，就種植園藝樹。發放免費樹苗，補貼幾年，直到樹木產生收益。我們必須採取一切必要措施來確保河流邊上有樹木，而不是施用大量肥料的耕地。近十年來，我一直在推動這項工作，現在，安得拉邦和中央邦的領導層已經認真地採納了這一建議。

The farmer is just working for his livelihood. He does not know anything about the unfolding ecological disaster. So we need to create a movement and make people realize this is necessary, and then make some policy decisions.

農民只是在為他的生計而工作。他對這場正在上演的生態災難一無所知。因此，我們需要製造一場運動，讓人們意識到這是必要的，然後做出一些政策決定。

To do this, in Madhya Pradesh, on November 10th, we are launching a movement where 100 people will walk down the river, creating awareness. It is nearly 1400 kilometers and they will cover this distance in 90 days. Along the way, more people can join for a day or two. Meetings will be held in every village as they go. The Chief Minister will be there at least for a few days, and I am planning to be there for a few days too. All the young people should go and walk!

為此，11月10日，在中央邦，我們將發起一場運動，100人將沿著河流向下游徒步，以提升人們的意識。將近1400公里，他們將在90天內走完這段距離。途中，更多的人可以加入一到兩天。會議將在他們所走過的每個村莊舉行。首席部長至少會在那裡呆幾天，我也計劃在那裡呆幾天。所有的年輕人都應該去徒步！

We want to make this into a national movement, so that we can stretch the life of our rivers a little more. This is not a solution, but this will at least slow things down. But the ultimate solution is that people start living consciously. This is the only way.

我們想把這個變成一個全國性的運動，這樣我們就可以稍微延長我們的河流的壽命。這不是一個解決方案，但這至少會減緩河流枯竭的速度。但最終的解決辦法是人們開始有意識地生活。這是唯一的辦法。

Love&Grace,

Sadhguru

愛與恩典

薩古魯

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