Last summer I picked up The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle for the first time, and at once something clicked. With incredibly lucid（明晰的）, unadorned（朴素的） prose, he describes exactly how we perpetuate our own suffering in our minds, keeping our pain and worry alive with our repetitive thoughts
The key word he used was nonresistance. Which meant neither running away from discomfort nor fighting it. Instead of immediately commencing the usual struggle, he recommended that we allow the feeling, and give it no more attention than nonjudgmental observation. I honestly didn't know if I could I sit still and just be with an experience, even when the experience was wholly unpleasant, but it was worth a try. Could I refrain from jumping on the thought train and turning everything into a major issue? Could I break a lifelong, ingrained, unconscious habit?
The answer turned out to be yes — when I'm paying attention! I'm a lot more conscious of my unconscious reactions now than I was, so when the intense anxiety possesses me, as it did when I was in the midst of packing for my latest move, I can sometimes catch myself in the act of resistance.
I was in the car with an old and dear friend, on the way to what I had hoped would be a lovely Sunday brunch, when it seized me, violently, like a blindsided hostage. I was seasick with dread; my stomach knotted and my heart raced. The downtown streets looked ugly, squalid, and hostile. At first I tried to fight the feeling, then despaired at the thought that our outing was ruined.
Suddenly I remembered Tolle's words: resist nothing.
I relaxed into my discomfort. As if it were the most normal thing in the world. Okay, I decided, so I'm going to feel like this right now. I neither battled nor ignored the sensations, but simply allowed them to blow through my system like a minor typhoon, as my friend continued to tell me
Who woulda thought it? Certainly not me. But that's the beauty of not thinking.
相关单词：lucid
lucid解释：adj.明白易懂的，清晰的，头脑清楚的
lucid例句：
His explanation was lucid and to the point.他的解释扼要易懂。
He wasn't very lucid,he didn't quite know where he was.他神志不是很清醒，不太知道自己在哪里。
相关单词：perpetuate
perpetuate解释：v.使永存，使永记不忘
perpetuate例句：
This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of the national hero.这个纪念碑建造的意义在于纪念民族英雄永垂不朽。
We must perpetuate the system.我们必须将此制度永久保持。
相关单词：expend
expend解释：vt.花费，消费，消耗
expend例句：
Don't expend all your time on such a useless job.不要把时间消耗在这种无用的工作上。
They expend all their strength in trying to climb out.他们费尽全力想爬出来。
相关单词：awareness
awareness解释：n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智
awareness例句：
There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
相关单词：Buddhist
Buddhist解释：adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒
Buddhist例句：
The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
相关单词：discomfort
discomfort解释：n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便
discomfort例句：
One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
相关单词：brunch
brunch解释：n.早午餐
brunch例句：
They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？
相关单词：seasick
seasick解释：adj.晕船的
seasick例句：
When I get seasick,I throw up my food.我一晕船就呕吐。
He got seasick during the voyage.在航行中他晕船。
相关单词：dread
dread解释：vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧
dread例句：
We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
相关单词：decided
decided解释：adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
decided例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
相关单词：minor
minor解释：adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
minor例句：
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
相关单词：ebbing
ebbing解释：（指潮水）退( ebb的现在分词 )； 落； 减少； 衰落
ebbing例句：
The pain was ebbing. 疼痛逐渐减轻了。
There are indications that his esoteric popularity may be ebbing. 有迹象表明，他神秘的声望可能正在下降。
