每日翻译：倾听自己‖《How to fight》一行禅师

倾听自己

有时候，当我们试图倾听别人的时候，我们听不到他们的声音，因为我们没有先倾听自己的声音。

我们自己强烈的情感和想法在我们的内心和头脑中如此响亮，大声呼喊着我们的注意力，以至于我们听不到别人的声音。在我们倾听别人之前，我们需要花时间倾听自己。

我们可以和自己坐在一起，回到自己的家中，倾听情绪的产生，而不去评判或打断它们。我们也可以倾听出现的任何想法，然后让它们过去，而不是抓住它们不放。

然后，当我们花一些时间倾听自己，我们就能倾听周围的人。

LISTENING TO OURSELVES

Sometimes when we attempt to listen to another person, we can’t hear them because we haven’t listened to ourselves first. Our own strong emotions and thoughts are so loud in our heart and in our head, crying out for our attention, that we can’t hear the other person. Before we listen to another, we need to spend time listening to ourselves. We can sit with ourselves, come home to ourselves, and listen to what emotions rise up, without judging or interrupting them. We can listen to whatever thoughts come up as well, and then let them pass without holding on to them. Then, when we’ve spent some time listening to ourselves, we are able to listen to those around us.