巴夏：小我的职责

问：

小我是必要的吗？

有很多不同的观点，就像有些人说，消除小我，等等……

巴夏：

这个好笑，我们先笑一会儿

问：

我知道。

因为，没了小我，我们就无法存活于世，也无法体验人生

巴夏：

The ego is simply the physical personality that allows you the opportunity to experience yourself as a physical being.

小我，只不过是物质化的人格结构，让你们可以体验到自己是一个物质的生命体

仅此而已。

就像我们曾比喻的那样，小我，就像潜水镜一样。

当你决定到海里潜水时，如果你想在海底看得清清楚楚，而不是模模糊糊。

那么，你就需要戴一个潜水镜，才能做到。

这就是小我。

Now you can let go and not experience the negative ego. But you can’t let go of the ego as long as you are physical.

你可以放手，不再经历到负面的小我，但是，只要你还有一具身体，你就无法放下小我。

问：

正面小我和负面小我，还是有区别的，是吧？

巴夏：

是的。

The positive ego just has one function to allow you to experience physical reality as clearly as possible.

正面小我，只有一个功能，就是让你尽可能清晰地体验物质世界。

It’s just the structure you call the physical mind that allows you to know yourself as a physical being.

它的结构，就是你们所谓的物质心智，其目的，就是为了让你知道你是一个肉身实体。

The negative ego is what happens when you give the positive ego too much to do beyond what it’s designed to do.

负面小我，之所以会出现，那是因为你给正面小我太多工作要做，超出了它原本的工作量。

You make it think it has to control everything

你让它认为，它必须掌控一切。

That would be as silly as saying that the diving mask should have the job of telling you where to go and what to look at.

这种情况，就像是傻傻地认为，你佩戴的潜水镜有职责告诉你：你要去哪里，你该看什么。

No.

不是的。

It’s just that when you decide where to go and what to look at, the diving mask gives you a clear vision of it.

而是当你决定要去哪里，要看什么的时候，潜水镜能让你看得清清楚楚。

It doesn’t have the responsibility of figuring out what you should do and when you should do it.

它没有责任弄清楚：你该做什么，或你该什么时候做。

But when you think that your physical mind has those responsibilities that it has to control everything every single moment,

但是，如果你认为你的物质心智（小我），有这些职责，并且它必须每时每刻，掌控一切。

then it becomes over burdened and it becomes the negative ego that thinks it’s more than it needs to be.

那么，它就会负担过重，而变成了负面的小我，认为它必须做那些超过它职责范围的事情。

But the ego is just a device to allow you to experience yourself as a physical being.

但本质上，小我只是一个“设备”，让你可以体验到自己是个肉身实体。

That’s all it is.

仅此而已。