These are the thoughts and fantasies that we'd rather didn't appear in the mind, whether they're exciting, violent, vengeful or maybe even sadistic in nature.

這些是我們寧願它們不存在的想法或幻想，不論是刺激的、暴力的、報復性的，或者藏在本性中的虐待傾向。

We might think we shouldn't be experiencing them.

我們可能認為自己不應該有這種想法存在。

But these thoughts are perfectly natural and there's obviously no need to act on them.

但擁有這些想法是正常的，且顯然地，我們不用依據它們來行動。

But why do they seem to appear more often once we begin to meditate?

但為什麼它們在我們冥想時出現得更頻繁呢？

Well typically, we go through our day with quite a heavy filter on the mind, blocking out these thoughts we don't like, either habitually or intentionally.

通常，不論是習慣性或是故意地，當我們度過每一天時，腦海裡都有一個巨大的過濾器，阻擋這些我們不喜歡的想法出現。

When we block them out habitually, we're unaware that it's even taking place.

當我們是習慣性阻擋這些想法，我們並不會注意到它們的存在。

We're just so caught up in our day-to-day thinking.

因為我們身陷在日常思考之中。

But by meditating, we're creating more space in the mind.

但透過冥想，我們在腦中為這些想法創造了更多空間。

So it's not that there are more of these thoughts, we just see them more clearly.

所以並不是冥想時，會出現更多這樣的想法，僅僅只是我們看得更清楚了。

But when we're blocking them out intentionally, we already see the thoughts clearly.

當我們是故意阻擋這些想法出現，我們早就看得很清楚了。

But we're resisting them, perhaps fearful of what they say about us as a person.

但我們卻抗拒著它們，大概是因為害怕它們對我們這個人的評價。

What meditation shows us is that we're not our thoughts, so there's no need to judge them, to identify with them.

冥想教會我們，我們並非想法本身，所以沒有必要去評斷它、認同它。

We see that they don't make us a mean person, a terrible person, a twisted person.

我們領會到它們並沒有讓我們變成刻薄、糟糕或怪異的人。

And it's through this process that we discover peace of mind.

而通過這個歷程，我們才能發現心靈的平靜。

Allowing thoughts to come and go, at ease with the mind, exactly as it is.

讓這些想法來了再走，輕鬆應對，如同它的本質一樣。