规律的练习可以重塑大脑(尤迦南达)

What I want to know from you is, "what can thou?"
我想从你这里听到的是,“你能做什么?”
He said "Well, do you smoke?"
他说,“你吸烟吗?”
I said "yes".
我说,“吸”
He said "you may continue"
他说,“你可以继续吸”
"Do you drink?"
“你喝酒吗?”
"Alcohol?" I said "yes".
我说,“喝”
He said "you may continue."
“你可以继续喝”
"Do you enjoy the opposite sex promiscuously?"
“你是否 享受与异性的自由性关系?”
"Yes"
“享受啊”
"Well you may continue."
“那么你可以继续享受”
I said, "Wait a minute, you mean that i can come upon this hill here, in this good place with all these wonderful people, your disciples and devotees and brothers up here, and… and… and studied these teachings and i can go back down there and… and do all these things?"
我说,“等一下,你是说,我到这里来,来到这么漂亮的山上,和这么多美好的人们,你的弟子和信徒们一起,和这些兄弟们一起,学了这些教导之后——我仍然可以下山,去做所有这些事?”
"Absolutely, but I will not promise you, that as you continue to study these teachings, that the desire to do these things will not fall away from you."
“当然可以,但我无法向你保证,如果你继续学习这些教导,你做这些事情的欲望还会留在你身上。”
——尤迦南达