當下，瑜伽 |“責任”是指“迴應的能力”

It is time to reclaim for ourselves the extraordinary transformative power of this single word：responsibility。Apply it to your life，and watch the magic unfold。

Let us settle what we mean by the word，at the start。“Responsibility”is a much misunderstood term。It has been used so widely and indiscriminately that it has lost much of its inner voltage。Responsibility does not mean taking on the burdens of the world。It does not mean accepting blame for things you have done or not done。It does not mean living in a state of perpetual guilt。

“責任”這個單一的詞彙具有非凡的轉化力量，而現在該是我們重新收回這個力量的時機。把它應用在生活中，看著不可思議的奇妙因而開展。

讓我們先決定“責任”這個詞彙的意義。它的意義常常遭到誤解，人們是如此廣泛且不加思考地使用它，使得它大大喪失了內在的力量。“責任”不表示我們要承擔世界的重擔，也不意味著你為了曾經做過或未做的事情而承受責難，更非表示我們要活在一個老是覺得愧疚的狀態之中。

Responsibility simply means your ability to respond。If you decide，“I am not responsible”，you will not have the ability to respond。It is as simple as that。All it requires is for you to realize that you are responsible for all that you are and all that you are not，all that may happen to you and all that may not happen to you。

This is not a mind game。This is not a self-help strategy for easy living。This is not a philosophical theory。This is a reality。Your physical existence is possible only because of your body‘s seamless ability to respond to the entire universe。If your body wasn’t responding，you wouldn‘t be able to exist for a moment。Do you see that？

“責任”（responsibility）純粹是指“迴應的能力”（ability to respond）。如果你決定“我有責任”，你將會擁有迴應的能力；如果你決定“我沒有責任”，你將不會擁有迴應的能力，它就是如此簡單。它唯一要求你做的事情是，去了解要為自己所有的“是”和“不是”、所有可能會發生和不會發生在你身上的事情負責。

這不是一場鬥智遊戲，也不是為了輕易過活的自救策略。這不是一個哲學理論，而是一個實相。你的身體之所以能夠存在，那時因為它具有天衣無縫地迴應整個宇宙的能力；如果身體不迴應，你就連一剎那都無法存在。你瞭解嗎？

What the trees around you are exhaling，you are inhaling right now；what you are exhaling，the trees are inhaling at this very moment。This transaction is ongoing。Whether you are aware of it or not，one half of your pulmonary system is hanging up there right now on a tree！You have never experienced this interdependence；you have probably，at the most，thought about it intellectually。But if you had experienced this connection，would anyone have to tell you，“Plant trees，protect the forests，save the world”？Would it even be necessary？

此時此刻，你正在吸入身邊的樹木所撥出的空氣，而樹木也正在吸入你撥出的空氣；這個交易和互動持續不斷。不論你是否覺知到它，你的肺系統有一半正掛在一棵樹上！你從未體驗過這種相互依存的關係，你最多可能在智力上有過這樣的思考。如果你曾經體驗過這種連結，那麼，還需要有人告訴你“種樹，保護森林，拯救世界”嗎？有這個必要嗎？

Taking responsibility is not a convenient philosophy to reconcile you to the way things are。It is simply waking up to reality。This ability to respond to the entire universe is already a physical reality。It is your thoughts and emotions that need to become conscious of the fact。

“負責任”不是一個讓你心甘情願地接受事物之真實面貌的方便哲學，它純粹只使我們開始意識到實相。這種迴應整個宇宙的能力，已經是一個具體的實相。只不過，你的思想和情感需要覺察到這個事實。

Suppose something goes wrong in your office。Perhaps you think it was due to a particular colleague’s ineptitude。You could haul up，lose your temper，fire her。Your blood pressure is likely to rise；the office atmosphere will be vitiated；the aftereffects of your rage will probably be felt by you and your fellow workers for days and weeks after the incident；you will probably have to work particularly hard at restoring the peace and reestablishing a situation of mutual trust。

假設你的辦公室裡出了差錯，而你可能會認為這是源於某個同事的笨拙無能。你可能審問她，或對他大發雷霆，並且開除她。你的血壓可能升高，辦公室的氣氛可能受損變僵。在發生這個不愉快的事件之後數天和數星期裡，你和同事都可能還會感受到那股暴怒餘波，你可能必須費勁心思地修復辦公室的和平寧靜，並且重建互信。

There is another choice。You could simply see the situation the way it is and take responsibility for it。Taking responsibility is not accepting blame instead of assigning it。It simply means consciously responding to the situation。Once you take responsibility，you will invariably start exploring ways to address the situation。You will look for solutions。

這裡有另一個選擇。你可以如實地看待情況，並且負起責任。“負責任”並非不推卸責任地接受責難，它純粹是指“有意識地迴應情況”。一旦你負起責任，你將會不停地探索處理這個情況的方法，並且尋找解決方案。

If you are frequently in this mode，your ability to craft your life situations will keep enhancing itself。With this enhanced competence to deal with life and its multiple complexities，you begin to rise to positions of possibility and power。If you assume absolute responsibility within yourself for all that is around you，you will become the center of any situation at home，work，or even the universe。Since you become indispensable to these situations，there is no sense of insecurity or incompleteness within you anymore。

如果你經常採取這種作法，你打造生活情境的能力將會持續增強。你運用這種強化的才能去處理生活極其錯綜複雜眾多情況，成功地應對各種可能性，並且能因此而得勢。如果你為周遭的一切負起絕對的責任，你將會成為家庭、工作的中心，甚或宇宙的中心。一旦你變成不可或缺，內心就不會再有不安全感或不完全感。