“Today, we’ll bring attention to presence.
今天，我们来关注一下临在（回到当下）。
Now what is presence?
那么什么是临在呢？
Of course, all these definitions somehow merge into each other.
当然，关于临在有很多定义，它们可以彼此融合。
But somehow getting clear sense is helpful to kind of look at different unique elements in our inner transformation.
弄清这一点能够帮助我们看清内在蜕变中各种不同的独特要素。
And one very important element as I said is presence.
其中的一个要点就是我所说的临在。
So what is presence?
那么临在是什么呢？
We could say when we’re fully here and now with all our senses, we are present.
我们可以说，当我们带着全然的觉知回到此时此地时，我们就是临在的。
Presence creates a certain energy field that is very satisfying, very fulfilling, that includes subtle sense of joy and satisfaction and very often a sense of love.
临在会创造出一个特别的能量场，它充溢着满足感、充实感、愉悦感，乃至爱的感受。
How do we know that?
我们如何得知呢？
If you have a connection to animals, every animal is completely present, they don’t have a mind.
如果你有和小动物们连接的经验，每一个小动物都是全然临在的，它们没有思维。
They don’t think about tomorrow or what they have been eating yesterday.
他们不会想着明天或者昨天吃了什么。
They are right here and now.
他们只是在此时此地。
That is the attraction when you look into the eyes of a horse, the eyes of a dog, the eyes of a cat.
当你看进一匹马的眼睛，狗狗的眼睛，猫咪的眼睛，你会觉得被深深的吸引。
Why do we feel so attracted.
为什么你会被它们吸引？
Because we’re resonating with the presence of these animals.
因为你和动物们的临在产生了共鸣。
Now it is becoming more attractive with human beings when you meet a human being that is very present and that is here with you, which is of course a very important element in relationship.
当你遇到一个非常临在的人，他们与你完全同在时，你会更加觉得被吸引。临在的品质在关系也非常重要。
Can you be present to your partner?
你是否能与你的伴侣同在？
Can you be present in this moment, experiencing your partner and yourself or you’re mentally thinking how the other should or should not be?
你是否能够完全活在当下，感受你和你的伴侣？还是在头脑中想着对方应该如何或不应该如何？
So that you can feel at ease.
这样你会感觉更加自在。
These conflicts in relationship have a lot to do with no presence, with that situation where one or both partners are somehow lost in thought processes. And these thought processes are usually habitual. They are usually from the past. They are never your own thoughts. They are past that are repeating themselves again and again.
关系中的冲突与没办法临在有关，当这种情况出现时，伴侣中的一方或双方都迷失在自己的思维当中。我们的思维过程是习惯性的。他们往往来自于过去。它们不属于你，而是过去的思维惯性在做自我重复。
Then we are not present.
然后我们就不在当下了。
So presence is very beautiful state and I also call it a very beautiful energy field because when we are fully present to the now, we are here and we are receiving the impulses of the universe every moment through our senses.
所以临在是一种非常美的状态。我会把它称之为一种非常美的能量场。当我们临在于当下的时候，我们就在此地，通过敞开的感官，在每一个当下接收来自宇宙的脉动。
That gives us a feeling of belonging, gives us a feeling of being here, and being satisfied with the now.
这会给我们一种归属感，一种在此地的感受，和一种对当下片刻的满足。
So in relationship, presence is very asked for in any kind of relationship, not just with your partner, but also with your work and colleagues and with your boss.
任何的关系都需要临在的品质，这不仅限于你与伴侣的关系，还包括你在工作中与同事和老板的关系。
When you can be really fully here, there’s a filed that both of you share. And in that sharing, there’s a satisfaction and a certain contentment.
当你可以全然在当下时，你们会有一个共享的能量场。在这个共享的能量场中，会有一种满足和充实的感受。
So for you to understand very practically what presence is, I would like to give you a little homework.
为了让你们实际的领会临在感，我会给到大家一些作业。
You maybe take a little notebook with you and write down the times or notice of the times when you are fully here.
随身携带一个小小的笔记本，记录下那些你完全在当下的时刻。
You’ll notice it’s not very often. Very often, you’re either in the past or in the future, or you’re hoping for a better next moment later that never comes because there’s only ever this moment.
你会留意到你不会总是活在当下。你常常会回到过去或去到未来，你总是会期待下一个时刻会更好，而事实上下一刻永远不会到来，你所拥有的，只是这个片刻。
You can also note down when you’re stressed. Because stress is non-presence.
当你感受到压力时，也记录下来。因为压力意味着不在当下。
Why can I say that?
我为什么能这么说呢？
Very simply, stress is the gap between what is here and where we want to be in next moment.
原因很简单，压力是此刻和我们想要去到的下一刻之间的鸿沟。
So the next moment somehow promises an illusionary better moment than this one.
下一个时刻向我们承诺了一个虚幻的，看似更好的瞬间。
So we want to quickly be in the next moment and we forget what is here.
所以我们想要快速进入下一个瞬间，忘掉此时此地。
And when presence comes in and we are fully here, everything changes. Our experience changes, we are more relaxed. We are more responsive.
当我们能够回到当下，全然在此时此地，所有的事情都会发生变化。我们的经验发生了改变，我们会感觉更加放松。我们能够更好的回应外在发生的事情。
We become more intelligent because the highest intelligence is the spontaneous, creative response to now, so it needs our being now, it needs our presence.
我们会变得更有智慧，因为最高形式的智慧是对当下发生自动自发和充满创造力的回应。所以它需要我们活在当下，它需要一种临在感。
So please enjoy, don’t be hard on yourself when you realize that you’re very little present.
所以享受这个过程，当你发现自己不在当下时，不要对自己太苛刻。
Nowadays if you watch people on the road and walk a lot in China and in Japan and Taiwan and Korea and in the eastern countries, but in the west, it’s the same.
现在当你看到人们走在街上，可能是在中国、日本、台湾、韩国和其他的一些东方国家，在西方也是如此。
Everybody is on the mobile phone.
每个人都在看手机。
Are you present then? Are you actually watching yourself while watching the screen? Probably not.
你在当下吗？你是否在关注屏幕时对自己有觉察？很可能没有。
Probably you’re lost in some facebook messages, or some videos, or some Utube videos and you are not here.
你很可能迷失在脸书的信息里，迷失在游戏里，迷失在视频网站里，而没有在当下。
So as you see, many people pump into lamp posts on the road as they walk on their phone. Then there’s no presence.
正如我们看到的，很多人会因为专注手机而撞到路边的路灯杆子上。因为他们不在当下。
And with our the inputs these days, with social media and all the TV and movies and sensory overload, it’s very challenging to be present.
当今的社会有太多的输入信息，社交媒体、电视和电影让我们的感官超负荷工作，所以保持临在变得非常挑战。
But I’ll tell you as you practice presence, as you’re more and more here now, you’ll feel more and more content and happy and satisfied.
但是我要告诉你的是，随着你越来越多的练习回到当下，你会越来越临在于此刻，你会感觉到越来越多的满足、快乐和幸福。
So I’m looking forward to seeing you soon for the next session. Be well for now. Thank you!
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