06 A FAITHFUL FRIEND

【忠实的朋友】

在日常生活中，我们呼吸着，却常常忘记自己正在呼吸。虽然我们的身体在一个地方，但我们的心思往往游离在别处。关注我们的吸气和呼气，可以让心回到身体上。突然间，我们便能完全存在于此时此刻。这就是所谓的“正念呼吸”或“有意识的呼吸”。它非常简单，但效果可能极其显著。

我们不需要去控制自己的呼吸，而是感受呼吸本来的样子。它可能是长的或短的，深的或浅的。不论我们内心的“天气”如何——无论是我们的思绪、情感还是知觉——呼吸始终陪伴着我们，像一位忠实的朋友一样。

[A FAITHFUL FRIEND]

In our daily life, we breathe, but we forget that we’re breathing. Although our body is in one place, our mind is often in another. Paying attention to our in-breath and out-breath brings our mind back to our body. And suddenly we are there, fully present in the here and the now. This is called mindfulness of breathing, or conscious breathing. It’s very simple, but the effect can be very great.

We don’t need to control our breath. We feel the breath as it actually is. It may be long or short, deep or shallow. Regardless of our internal weather—our thoughts, emotions, and perceptions—our breathing is always with us, like a faithful friend.