生命的沉浮

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刘 鹏 朱一童 编译

During my first year in Japan I took a hitchhiking trip and went to numerous fishing villages on the west coast of Japan.

In one village I had the privilege of meeting a very special man. He was in his sixties and walked with a noticeable limp. He told me that as a youth he was very involved in karate（空手道）, but that at the age of twenty-five he was injured while working on his father’s fishing boat, and he had been limping ever since.

We sat out on a small wooden dock one night as he told me about his life. He said once he realized he would no longer be able to actively take part in karate, he made a firm commitment to use his life as a fisherman to further his martial arts studies. He read various martial arts books and then applied what he read to his work life.

“One of the most important things I have learned,” he said, “Is to create a rhythm（节律，节奏） with your presence, movements, and breathing, that matches the rhythm of nature.” “This is a phrase numerous martial arts masters wrote about in the books I have read.

As we sat by the water, he invited me to notice the ebb and flow of the ocean.... and the sounds of the tide lapping against the pilings of the pier（桥墩,木桩）. “You can sense the movement and sounds of the ocean .... As you also notice your movements and breathing .... And realize how you go IN ... and OUT ... of rhythm with this flow.”

I began to do as he suggested, and I quickly felt I was being drawn into a parallel world, that I was somehow usually ignoring, or simply not noticing.

“Feel the life force of the ocean,” he said, “and breathe with the ocean.” “Feel the life force of the ocean, and without doing anything, allow yourself to move with the ocean ... Breathe, move, and feel your heartbeat ...” “Invite your heartbeat to synchronize（同步） with the heartbeat of the ocean.

Now you are becoming one with the water, and the fluid inside your body begins to become a tiny powerful ocean that ebbs and flows throughout your system.

Now, like the ocean you can begin to feel the power of flowing without resisting. Flowing without fighting against.

The water surrounds and moves past all obstacles. There is no forcing, and no need for strength. “Only flow .... The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant（顺从） and soft.” “No one drop of water is powerful on its own.”

We sat there together for a while. The man, myself, and the ocean. I felt the power and presence of the ocean, myself, and the fisherman. Not separate, but together. And I knew very clearly that all this power was really One.

The one tiny drop of water that you are.

The ebb and flow of your life mirrors the ebb and flow of all life. When you calm yourself, slow down, and become one with your surroundings, you realize that nature offers you a parallel understanding of life. The tiny drop of water known as “me” is an integral part of the ocean of life, and your power manifests most gracefully when you join your individual spirit with the spirit of all creation.

Breathe deeply, calm yourself, and begin to notice and appreciate the ebb and flow of the world around you ... You will discover the power of the universe is the power that feeds your life.

在日本的第一年，我曾搭便车旅行，到过西海岸的很多渔村。

在一个小村子里，有幸遇见了一个很特别的人。他60多岁，腿瘸得很厉害。他告诉我自己年轻时曾热衷于空手道，但是25岁那年，在父亲的渔船上干活时不慎受伤，从此成了瘸子。

一天夜里，我们坐在外面的小木码头上，他向我讲起了自己的人生。他说，当意识到自己再也不能积极参加空手道运动时，便下定决心，为了进一步研究武术，此生甘愿做个渔民。他阅读了各种各样的武学书籍，并将学到的知识运用到工作生活中。

他说：“我学到的最重要的一样东西是创造一种与大自然的节律相协调的自身存在、运动和呼吸的节律。我读过的书中许多武术大师都提到过节律这个词。”

我们坐在水边，他邀我关注潮涨潮落，聆听潮水拍打木桩的声音。“就像关注你自己的运动和呼吸那样，去感受大海的运动和声音，体会如何与潮汐的节律相协调。”

我开始按他的建议去做，很到自己正被引入一个常常被忽视或根本没有注意过的相似的世界。

他说：“感受大海的生命力，与大海一起呼吸。感受大海的生命力，不做任何事，让自己与大海一起运动。呼吸，运动，感受自己的心跳。让自己的心跳与大海的心跳同步。”

现在你渐渐与海水融为一体，体内的液体开始变成很微小却能量巨大的海洋，起伏遍及你周身的系统。

现在就像大海一样，你能感受到没有抵抗的流动的力量，感受到没有斗争的流动的力量。

海水包围并通过了所有障碍。没有靠强力，也无须强力。“只是流动，力量就在流动中，每一滴水都是顺从的，柔软的。没有哪滴水自身是强大的。

我们在一起坐了一会儿，老人、我和大海。我感受到了大海、我自己和老渔夫的力量和存在。我们不是分散开的，而是合而为一。我非常清楚地知道所有的力量实际上都是一体的。

你就是那微小的水滴。

你的生命沉浮能反映出所有生命的沉浮。当你平静下来，放慢节奏，与周围环境融为一体的时候，就会认识到大自然对于生命的看法是相似的。可看做“我”的小水滴是生命海洋中不可缺少的一部分。当个人的精神同宇宙万物的精神结合在一起的时候，你的力量才会最完美地展示出来。

深呼吸，平静下来，开始关注并欣赏周围世界的沉浮，你会发现宇宙的力量正是滋养你生命的力量。

（责编：张楚武）