when everything seemed perfect.

一切似乎都很完美。

Everywhere I went, I felt at home.

我到處哪裡，都覺得像在家裡般舒服。

Everyone I met,

我遇見每個人，

I felt I knew them for as long as I could remember.

我都覺得我跟他們認識了很久。

And I want to share with you how I came to that place

而我想與大家分享的是我如何來達到那個狀況，

and what I've learned since I left it.

以及從我離開那個狀況之後學到什麼。

This is where it began.

這就是開始。

And it raises an existential question,

它提出了一個存在性的問題，

which is, if I'm having this experience of complete connection and full consciousness,

那就是，如果我當時是有完整的連接系統和全意識，

why am I not visible in the photograph,

為什麼在照片看不到我，

and where is this time and place?

以及這是什麼時間和地點？

This is Los Angeles, California, where I live.

這是美國加利福尼亞州的洛杉磯，我居住的地方。

This is a police photo. That's actually my car.

這是一張警方的照片。那實際上是我的車。

We're less than a mile from one of the largest hospitals in Los Angeles,

我們距離洛杉磯的最大的醫院之一不到一英里，

called Cedars-Sinai.

那家醫院稱為雪松•西奈半島醫療中心。

And the situation is that a car full of paramedics

而情況是，一輛汽車載滿剛下班

on their way home from the hospital after work

在回家路上的醫護人員

have run across the wreckage,

遇上這事故後的汽車殘骸，

and they've advised the police

他們已經通知警方，

that there were no survivors inside the car,

車內沒有任何倖存者，

that the driver's dead, that I'm dead.

那司機已經死了，那我已死了。

And the police are waiting for the fire department to arrive

而警方正在等待消防局的人到達

to cut apart the vehicle

來分割車身

to extract the body of the driver.

來搬出司機的屍體。

And when they do, they find that behind the glass,

而當他們這樣做後，他們在玻璃的後面，

they find me.

他們發現我 --

And my skull's crushed and my collar bone is crushed;

我的頭骨粉碎，我的鎖骨粉碎，

all but two of my ribs,

除了我的兩個肋骨，

my pelvis and both arms --

骨盆和我的雙臂。

they're all crushed, but there is still a pulse.

他們都被壓碎，但我仍有脈搏。

And they get me to that nearby hospital,

他們讓我進入那附近的醫院，

Cedars-Sinai,

雪松•西奈半島醫療中心,

where that night I receive, because of my internal bleeding,

因為我的內部出血，那天晚上我接受了

45 units of blood --

45個單位的血液 --

which means full replacements of all the blood in me --

這意味著完全替換我所有的血液 --

before they're able to staunch the flow.

他們才能夠止住血流。

I'm put on full life support,

他們將我放入於生命維持系統，

and I have a massive stroke,

而我又嚴重中風，

and my brain drops into a coma.

而且我的大腦陷入昏迷。

Now comas are measured

現在, 昏迷的測量指數，

on a scale from 15 down to three.

其規模從15分至到3分。

Fifteen is a mild coma. Three is the deepest.

15分是一種溫和的昏迷。3分是最深層的。

And if you look, you'll see that there's only one way you can score three.

如果你看，你會知道只有一個方法可以成為3分。

It's essentially there's no sign of life

基本上就是從外表來看

from outside at all.

沒有任何生命跡象。

I spent more than a month in a Glasgow Coma Scale three,

我花了一個多月處於格拉斯哥昏迷指數表3分的狀態，

and it is inside that deepest level of coma,

在這最深層的昏迷裡面，

on the rim between my life and my death,

在我的生死在輪輞之間，

that I'm experiencing the full connection and full consciousness

我當時體驗了內部層次

of inner space.

完整的連接和全意識

From my family looking in from outside,

從我的家人從外面看，

what they're trying to figure out

他們正在試圖找出

is a different kind of existential question,

是另一種的生存問題，

which is, how far is it going to be possible to bridge

也就是，從他們能將看得到、處於昏睡狀態的的大腦

from the comatose potential mind that they're looking at

到一個真正的大腦之間，

to an actual mind,

我們能夠做到多少程度的連結？

which I define simply

我簡單地定義它為

as the functioning of the brain

當時還在殘存於我頭部裡的

that is remaining inside my head.

大腦功能。

Now to put this into a broader context,

現在, 從一個更廣泛的角度來看，

I want you to imagine that you are an eternal alien

我要你想像你是一個外來的外星人

watching the Earth from outer space,

從外太空看地球，

and your favorite show on intergalactic satellite television

而你最喜歡的太空電視頻道是

is the Earth channel,

是「地球頻道」，

and your favorite show is the Human Show.

你最喜歡的是有關人類的節目。

And the reason I think it would be so interesting to you

而我之所以認為你會對這個那麼有興趣，

is because consciousness is so interesting.

是因為意識自覺是如此的有趣，

It's so unpredictable

它是如此變幻莫測，

and so fragile.

如此脆弱。

And this is how we began.

這就是我們如何開始的。

We all began in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia.

我們開始於埃塞俄比亞的阿瓦什河谷中。

The show began with tremendous special effects,

節目開始有著巨大的特殊效果，

because there were catastrophic climate shifts --

是因為有災難性的氣候變化 --

which sort of sounds interesting as a parallel to today.

這聽起來有點有趣，因為這變化與今天可並行對比。

Because of the Earth tilting on its axis

由於地球上的傾斜軸

and those catastrophic climate shifts,

和那些災難性的氣候變化，

we had to figure out how to find better food,

我們必須弄清楚如何找到更好的食物，

and we had to learn -- there's Lucy; that's how we all began --

我們必須學習 -- 當時出現露西(南方古猿)，這就是我們大家的起源 --

we had to learn how to crack open animal bones,

我們必須學會如何破開動物骨骼，

use tools to do that, to feed on the marrow,

使用工具來做到以食用其骨髓，

to grow our brains more.

來發展我們的大腦。

So we actually grew our consciousness

因此，實際上我們對這全球威脅的反應

in response to this global threat.

增長了我們的意識知覺。

Now you also continue to watch

現在你繼續看著

as consciousness evolved to the point

意識知覺發展到這地步，

that here in India, in Madhya Pradesh,

這裡在印度，中央邦，

there's one of the two oldest known pieces of rock art found.

擁有兩個現今最古老的岩畫之一。

It's a cupule that took 40 to 50,000 blows with a stone tool to create,

這是一個用石頭工具、花了40至50,000次打擊打造出來的吸盤，

and it's the first known expression of art

而且它是在這個星球上第一個

on the planet.

現今已知的表達藝術。

And the reason it connects us with consciousness today

而今天它之所以能將我們與意識做連結的原因是

is that all of us still today,

直至今日，

the very first shape we draw as a child

我們身為一個嬰孩時，繪畫出的第一個形狀

is a circle.

仍然是個圓形。

And then the next thing we do is we put a dot in the center of the circle.

然後接下來我們就會在圓心中畫一點。

We create an eye --

我們創造一隻眼 --

and the eye that evolves through all of our history.

而這隻眼經過我們歷史有所進化。

There's the Egyptian god Horus,

有埃及神賀拉斯，

which symbolizes prosperity, wisdom and health.

祂象徵著繁榮、智慧和健康。

And that comes down right way to the present

而且以這種方式傳承至現在

with the dollar bill in the United States,

的美元紙鈔，

which has on it an eye of providence.

上面有普羅維登斯神的眼睛。

So watching all of this show from outer space,

因此，從太空看著這一切，

you think we get it, we understand

你覺得我們會明白，

that the most precious resource on the blue planet

在這藍星球最寶貴的資源

is our consciousness.

是我們的意識知覺。

Because it's the first thing we draw;

因為這是我們一開始便繪製的東西，

we surround ourselves with images of it;

我們便會將它的圖像環繞着自己，

it's probably the most common image on the planet.

它可能是在這個星球上最常見的圖像。

But we don't. We take our consciousness for granted.

但我們沒有這樣做。我們把意識知覺性視為理所當然的事。

While I was producing in Los Angeles, I never thought about it for a second.

雖然我在洛杉磯製片的時候，我從來沒有花一秒鐘想過它。

Until it was stripped from me, I never thought about it.

直到它從我身上被剝奪走之前，我從來沒有想過這個問題。

And what I've learned since that event

我從這事件和

and during my recovery

我的復原中所學到的是

is that consciousness is under threat on this planet

在這個星球上，意識知覺性是受到

in ways it's never been under threat before.

以前從來沒有受到的威脅。

These are just some examples.

這只是一些例子。

And the reason I'm so honored to be here

而我之所以如此榮幸能

to talk today in India

在印度這裡演講

is because India has the sad distinction

是因為印度在世界裡不幸地是

of being the head injury capital of the world.

頭部受傷的首要國都。

That statistic is so sad.

統計數字令人傷心。

There is no more drastic and sudden gap created

沒有任何事情能比嚴重腦部創傷

between potential and actual mind

在實際大腦及潛在大腦之間造成更大的

than a severe head injury.

落差。

Each one can entail up to a decade of rehabilitation,

每個受傷意味著高達十年的康復時間，

which means that India, unless something changes,

除非有所變化,

is accumulating a need

否則印度是正在積累需要

for millennia of rehabilitation.

幾千年的康復時間。

What you find in the United States

在美國每20秒

is an injury every 20 seconds -- that's one and a half million every year --

會發生一次受傷 -- 這即是每年150萬次 --

stroke every 40 seconds,

每40秒發生一次中風，

Alzheimer's disease, every 70 seconds somebody succumbs to that.

每70秒會有人患有阿茲海默病 (老年痴呆症)。

All of these represent gaps

這些都代表着潛在大腦

between potential mind and actual mind.

和實際大腦之間的落差。

And here are some of the other categories, if you look at the whole planet.

如果你看看整個地球, 這裡還有一些其他類別。

The World Health Organization tells us

世界衛生組織告訴我們，

that depression is the number one disease on Earth

抑鬱症是地球上第一名的殘疾

in terms of years lived with disability.

就患有疾病的年歲數而言。

We find that the number two source of disability

我們發現從15至44的年齡組別

is depression in the age group

排名第二的殘疾來源

of 15 to 44.

是抑鬱症。

Our children are becoming depressed

我們的孩子現時以驚人的速度

at an alarming rate.

變得抑鬱。

I discovered during my recovery

在我恢復過程的期間中

the third leading cause of death amongst teenagers

我發現青少第三大死亡原因之一

is suicide.

是自殺。

If you look at some of these other items -- concussions.

如果你看看些其他項目便是腦震盪。

Half of E.R. admissions from adolescents

急診室接診的半數青少年

are for concussions.

是由於腦震盪。

If I talk about migraine,

如果我談談偏頭痛，

40 percent of the population

40％的人口

suffer episodic headaches.

患有發作性頭痛。

Fifteen percent suffer migraines

15％患有的偏頭痛

that wipe them out for days on end.

令他們受苦好幾天。

All of this is leading -- computer addiction,

這所有一切是會導致對電腦成癮。

just to cover that: the most frequent thing we do

說到這點, 我們最常做的事，

is use digital devices.

是使用數位設備。

The average teenager

每一位青少年平均每個月

sends 3,300 texts every [month].

發送3,300則短訊。

We're talking about a society that is retreating

我們談論的是當我們可能面臨

into depression and disassociation

下一個巨大災難性的氣候變化時,

when we are potentially confronting

整個社會正在衰退到

the next great catastrophic climate shift.

抑鬱症和人際關係疏離。

So what you'd be wondering, watching the Human Show,

那麼你想想，看着人類的節目，

is are we going to confront and address

要面對和解決

the catastrophic climate shift that may be heading our way

的災難性氣候的轉變，

by growing our consciousness,

我們是會發展我們的意識?

or are we going to continue to retreat?

還是我們將繼續撤退？

And that then might lead you

而這可能導致你

to watch an episode one day

會一天看一集

of Cedars-Sinai medical center

雪松•西奈醫學中心

and a consideration of the difference between potential mind and actual mind.

以及深思潛在大腦和實際大腦之間的差異。

This is a dense array EEG MRI

這是MRI跟踪156渠道的信息

tracking 156 channels of information.

的一個密集陣腦電圖 。

It's not my EEG at Cedars;

這不是我在雪松醫學中心的腦電圖;

it's your EEG tonight and last night.

這是你昨晚和今晚的腦電圖。

It's the what our minds do every night

這是我們每晚在腦海裡的活動

to digest the day

消化白天的一切

and to prepare to bridge from the potential mind when we're asleep

和準備從在睡著的潛在大腦

to the actual mind when we awaken the following morning.

連接至到當我們第二天早上醒來的實際知覺大腦。

This is how I was when I returned from the hospital

這就是我4個月後

after nearly four months.

從醫院回來的樣子。

The horseshoe shape you can see on my skull

你可以看到在我頭骨的馬蹄形狀

is where they operated and went inside my brain

就是他們為了搶救我生命

to do the surgeries they needed to do to rescue my life.

需要做的大腦手術的部位。

But if you look into the eye of consciousness, that single eye you can see,

但如果你看看意識的眼睛，你可以看到那單一隻眼睛，

I'm looking down,

我在向下看，

but let me tell you how I felt at that point.

但讓我告訴你我當時的感受。

I didn't feel empty; I felt everything simultaneously.

我沒有感到空虛，我在同時感覺到所有一切。

I felt empty and full, hot and cold,

我感到空和滿，冷和熱，

euphoric and depressed

欣快和鬱悶。

because the brain is the world's first

因為大腦是世界上第一個

fully functional quantum computer;

全功能的量子電腦，

it can occupy multiple states at the same time.

它可以同一時間佔用多個狀態。

And with all the internal regulators of my brain damaged,

並由於我的大腦所有內部監管受損，

I felt everything simultaneously.

我在同時感覺到一切。

But let's swivel around and look at me frontally.

但讓我們旋轉，從正面看我。

This is now flash-forward to the point in time

這是當我

where I've been discharged by the health system.

已經被從醫療保健系統移除之後的時候。

Look into those eyes. I'm not able to focus those eyes.

看看那雙眼睛。我不能集中我那些的眼睛。

I'm not able to follow a line of text in a book.

我不能跟着書的一行文字。

But the system has moved me on

但系統已將我釋放出來，

because, as my family started to discover,

因為，我的家人開始發現，

there is no long-term concept

醫療保健系統裡

in the health care system.

是沒有「長期」的概念。

Neurological damage, 10 years of rehab,

神經損傷，10年的復健歷程，

requires a long-term perspective.

需要以一個長期的角度來看待。

But let's take a look behind my eyes.

但讓我們一起來從我眼睛的後來來看，

This is a gamma radiation spec scan

這是一個伽瑪射線掃描圖片，

that uses gamma radiation

使用伽瑪輻射

to map three-dimensional function within the brain.

到在大腦功能的三維地圖。

It requires a laboratory to see it in three dimension,

要看到三維需要一個實驗室，

but in two dimensions I think you can see

但在二維我認為你都可以看到

the beautiful symmetry and illumination

一個正常頭腦有著

of a normal mind at work.

美麗和發亮的對稱性。

Here's my brain.

這是我的大腦。

That is the consequence of more than a third of the right side of my brain

這便是我的大腦右側超過三分之一

being destroyed by the stroke.

被中風破壞的結果。

So my family, as we moved forward

所以我的家人，

and discovered that the health care system had moved us by,

在因為我們發現被醫療制度向前推進，

had to try to find solutions and answers.

不得不設法尋找解決辦法和答案。

And during that process -- it took many years --

而在這個過程 -- 它花了很多年 --

one of the doctors said that my recovery, my degree of advance,

一個醫生說我的恢復，尤其是因為頭部受傷的地步,

since the amount of head injury I'd suffered,

我進步的程度

was miraculous.

是奇蹟。

And that was when I started to write a book,

而這時候我正開始寫一本書，

because I didn't think it was miraculous.

因為我不認為這是奇蹟。

I thought there were miraculous elements,

我當然認為有奇蹟的元素，

but I also didn't think it was right

但我也想到在我們的社會

that one should have to struggle and search for answers

沒有理由我們為一個大流行的問題

when this is a pandemic within our society.

要奮力搜索才能找到答案。

So from this experience of my recovery,

因此從我恢復的這個經驗，

I want to share four particular aspects --

我想從四個特別層面來分享 --

I call them the four C's of consciousness --

我稱它們為意識的四個C --

that helped me grow my potential mind

它們幫助我的潛在大腦都每都增長

back towards the actual mind that I work with every day.

並發展至我每天用到的實際大腦。

The first C is cognitive training.

第一個C是認知訓練。

Unlike the smashed glass of my car,

跟那些被砸碎的車子玻璃不同的是，

plasticity of the brain

大腦的可塑性

means that there was always a possibility, with treatment,

意味著一種治療訓練大腦的可能性，

to train the brain