43 SITTING IS A PRACTICE AND A LUXURY

【坐是一种修行和一种奢侈】

坐是一种修行。我们习惯于为了在电脑前工作、参加会议或在屏幕前发呆而坐。所以，我们需要练习坐下来，只是与自己相处，没有干扰。在我们这个时代，在我们的文明中，坐着什么都不做被认为是一种奢侈或浪费时间。但是坐下来可以给我们带来最滋养的平静和喜悦，我们都可以抽出一些时间来坐着。坐着什么都不做，多么美好啊！

[SITTING IS A PRACTICE AND A LUXURY]

Sitting is a practice. The kind of sitting we’re used to doing is sitting in order to work at our computers, to be in meetings, or to space out in front of a screen. So we have to practice sitting just to be with ourselves without distractions. In our time, in our civilization, sitting and doing nothing is considered either to be a luxury or a waste of time. But sitting can produce the most nourishing calm and joy and we can all afford some time to sit. How wonderful to sit and do nothing.