78 PRESENT MOMENT, WONDERFUL MOMENT

【此刻即是美妙时刻】

我们的呼吸是连接身体和心灵的纽带。有时我们的心在想着一件事，而身体在做着另一件事，心和身体并没有统一在一起。通过专注于呼吸，我们可以让身体和心灵重新结合，恢复完整。

呼吸是我不能错过的喜悦。每天，我都练习有意识的呼吸。我曾用书法写下“呼吸，你活着”这句话，挂在我的小冥想室的墙上。仅仅是呼吸和微笑就能让我们非常快乐，因为通过有意识地呼吸，我们能够完全恢复自己，并在当下遇见生活。

在我们忙碌的社会中，时不时地练习有意识的呼吸是一种极大的幸运。无论我们在哪里，一天中的任何时间都可以进行这种练习。为了帮助自己，我们可以在呼吸时默默念诵这四句：

吸气时，我让身体平静。
呼气时，我微笑。
安住在当下，
我知道这是一个美妙的时刻！

“吸气时，我让身体平静。”念诵这句时，就像在炎热的日子里喝了一杯凉水——你可以感受到清凉渗透全身。当我吸气并念诵这句时，我确实感觉到我的呼吸在平静我的身心。

“呼气时，我微笑。”你知道一个微笑可以放松脸上数百块肌肉。微笑是你掌控自己的象征。

“安住在当下。”当我坐在这里时，我什么都不再想。我确切地知道自己在哪里。

“我知道这是一个美妙的时刻。”坐着，稳定且自在地回归我们的呼吸、微笑和真实的本性，这是一种喜悦。我们与生命的约定就在此刻。如果我们现在没有和平与喜悦，那什么时候会有呢？是什么阻止了我们此刻的幸福呢？随着我们用意识跟随呼吸，我们可以默默地说：

平静。
微笑。
当下。
美妙的时刻。

[PRESENT MOMENT, WONDERFUL MOMENT]

Our breathing is the link between our body and our mind. Sometimes our mind is thinking of one thing and our body is doing another, and mind and body are not unified. By concentrating on our breathing, we bring body and mind back together, and become whole again.

Breathing is a joy I cannot miss. Every day, I practice conscious breathing. I have written in calligraphy the sentence “Breathe, you are alive.” and it hangs on the wall in my small meditation room. Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because breathing with awareness, we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.

In our busy society, it is a great fortune to practice conscious breathing from time to time. We can do this wherever we are, at any time throughout the day. To help us, we can recite these four lines silently as we breathe in and out:

Breathing in, I calm my body.
Breathing out, I smile.
Dwelling in the present moment,
I know this is a wonderful moment!

“Breathing in, I calm my body.” Reciting this line is like drinking a glass of cool water on a hot day—you can feel the coolness permeate your body. When I breathe in and recite this line, I actually feel my breath calming my body and mind.

“Breathing out, I smile.” You know a smile can relax hundreds of muscles in your face. A smile is a sign that you are master of yourself.

“Dwelling in the present moment.” While I sit here, I don’t think of anything else. I know exactly where I am.

“I know this is a wonderful moment.” It is a joy to sit, stable and at ease, and return to our breathing, our smiling, our true nature. Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we have peace and joy? What is preventing us from being happy right now? As we follow our breathing with our awareness, we can say silently,

Calming.
Smiling.
Present moment.
Wonderful moment.