"Religion is not an imposition of understanding upon reality, but a conscious and willing surrender of any attempt at understanding ultimate reality in the face of the impossibility of the task - 'a surrender of reason to faith'. It is a buffer against a potentially catastrophic conflict between man's fundamental drive to understand and the essentially incomprehensible nature of reality."
(Marcus Aurelius The Dialogues by Alen Stedall)
Mindfulness
將注意集中於當下的事物以提高自我覺察的領悟力
Guide to Wrecking your Life through Religion:
摧殘人生的宗教指南：
1. 以你有一些無可救藥且無法治癒的罪孽或不潔為前提。
1. Start with the premise that you have some incurable uncleanness or sin.
2. 相信你的人性是一種需要寬恕的罪，一種需要治癒的疾病，一種令人恐懼的怪物，一種需要壓抑的邪惡。
2. Believe that your human nature is a sin that needs to be forgiven, a disease that needs to be cured, a frightening monster, and an evil that needs to be suppressed.
3. 把希望寄託在來世，不要關心今生。
3. Pin your hopes on the next life and don't care about this life.
4. 拒絕接受自己內心的聲音和直覺的引導。
4. Refuse to accept the guidance of your own inner voice or intuition.
5. 賦予他人權力和權威來決定你的信仰、價值觀、目標、願望和觀點。
5. Give others power and authority to determine your beliefs, values, goals, wishes and opinions.
6. 懼怕、拒絕、譴責並遠離任何未經上述“權威”認可的人或事物。
6. Fear, reject, condemn and avoid any person or thing that is not approved by the above-mentioned "authority".
7. 專注於行為矯正、反省項目清單、該做什麼和不該做什麼、服從和遵守規則。
7. Focus on behavior modification, introspection item lists, dos and don'ts, and obeying and following the rules.
8. 放棄或扼殺你正常的需要、慾望、興趣和抱負，作為"靈性成熟"的標誌，並稱之為“扼殺自我的私慾”。
8. As a sign of "spiritual maturity", give up or stifle your legitimate needs, desires, interests, and ambitions, and call it "suppressing selfish desires."
9. 確保生活中的每件事物和每個人都被貼上清楚的標籤。
9. Ensure that everything and everyone in your life is clearly labeled.
10. 認為科學、心理學和哲學是“世俗的”、“肉體的”或“魔鬼的工具”，並遠離它們。
10. Regard science, psychology, and philosophy as "secular," "fleshly," or "tools of the Devil", and avoid them at all costs.
11. 在“神聖”和“世俗”之間劃一條清晰的界限，並相應地劃分你的世界。
11. Draw a clear line between "sacred" and "secular", and divide your world accordingly.
12. 把人類分為“我們”和“他們”，遠離“他們”，並判定“他們”為惡者。
12. Divide all human beings into "us" and "them", stay away from "them", and judge "them" as evil.
13. 用黑白思想看生活中的一切，不允許有灰色地帶。
13. Think about everything in life in black and white terms, with no grey areas permitted.
14. 竭盡全力來維持宗教團體要求你表現的形象，並小心隱藏任何不符合的傾向。為了取悅團體中其他的人, 投資很多時間和精神在培養這種膚淺的人格.
14. Do your utmost to maintain the image that the religious group requires you to display, carefully hiding any inconsistent tendencies. Invest much time and energy in cultivating this superficial personality in order to please others in the group.
15. 不要提出問題，不要質疑, 不要挑戰權威，不要為自己思考，不要傾聽內心的聲音。即使違背了你內心最深處的信念，繼續盲信和聽話。
15. Don't ask questions, don't air any suspicions, don't challenge authority, don't think for yourself, don't listen to your inner voice. Even if you have to run contrary to your deepest convictions, continue to believe and obey blindly.
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