双语文章|拒绝做金钱的奴隶

时间：2017-10-30 16:31:59  作者：suki

信息时代，人们追求的东西越来越多，满足感越来越差，为了达到现在理想的追求和更高的阶梯，对金钱的欲望也越来越大。长期以往，很容易误入歧途，变成金钱的奴隶！金钱，本就是一种消费交换的工具，我们应该用平常的心态去对待它，“足够就好”本就是对获取金钱的定义，人生的理想应该是丰富多彩的，不该把追逐金钱列为唯一方向，真正睿智、见过世面的人，更多的致力于奉献社会，承担社会责任，做金钱的主人。

Don't be too concerned about money, because all it will do is distracting you from achieving happiness. And the irony of ironies is that people think they will be happy when they have money. Money has nothing to do with happiness. If you are happy and you have money, you can use it for happiness.

不要太在意金钱，因为金钱只会对你追寻幸福的过程造成干扰。最讽刺的是，人们以为自己拥有金钱就会幸福。事实上金钱与幸福毫不相干。如果你感到幸福，同时又拥有金钱，你可以用金钱来换取幸福。

If you are unhappy and you have money, you will use that money for more unhappiness. Because money is simply a neutral force.

然而如果你没有感到幸福，却拥有金钱，那么你的金钱只能换来更多的不幸。因为金钱只是一种中性的作用力。

Don't misinterpret me: I am not against money. I am not against anything. Money is a means. Your money will enhance your pattern, whatsoever it is.

请别误会：我并非反对金钱。我没有反对任何东西。但是金钱仅仅是一种手段。金钱会让你按照已有的生活模式向前迈进，无论你此时的生活模式是好是坏。

But people keep looking for money as if money is going to bring happiness.  People are ready, at any moment, to change their pattern, to change their ways, if more money is available somewhere else.

可是人们还是不停地寻求金钱，似乎金钱能带给他们幸福似的。任何时候，如果他们发现在生活之路的另一个岔路口上可以找到金钱，他们就会立刻扭转自己的生活模式，改变自己的生活道路。

Once the money is there, then suddenly you are no longer yourself; you are ready to change.

可是这些人一旦找到了金钱，却会立刻迷失自我，因为他们已经准备好了为金钱而改变自己。

This is the way of the worldly man. Remember, I don't call a person worldly because he or she has money. I call them worldly if they change their motives for money. This applies to people with no money as well - they may simply be poor. Just being poor is not equivalent to being spiritual; and just being rich is not equivalent to being a materialist. The materialistic pattern of life is one in which money predominates over everything.

这就是世俗中芸芸众生的生活方式。记住，我称其世俗并非因为他们拥有金钱，而是因为他们为了金钱而改变了自己的生活目标。对一文不名的人来说同样如此——或许他们仅仅是贫穷。贫穷并不等于精神高尚，而富贵也并不等于拜金主义。真正的拜金主义生活方式是让金钱凌驾于一切之上。

The non-materialistic life is one in which money is just a means: happiness predominates, joy predominates, your own individuality predominates. You know who you are and where you are going, and you are not distracted.

而非拜金主义的生活方式，是将金钱仅仅视作一种手段：幸福、快乐和你的个体尊严都是高于金钱的。你知道自己是谁，知道自己的目标在何处，你不会受到旁骛的干扰。

Then suddenly you will see your life has a meditative quality to it.

能够如此，你就会发现，你的生活忽然有了一种禅意。

自平和英语村创建以来，一直提倡一种奉献社会、回馈社会的生活方式，“用感恩的心做有利于社会的事”这是平和的老师Tom的生活感悟。人的一生这么短，为什么要把时间浪费在急功近利地寻求金钱上呢？拥有金钱却不一定拥有幸福、快乐，所以，从今天起，更关注自己喜欢什么，想做什么，做一个真正有追求的人，过一个由自己把控的人生！