高级班第六课： 冥想的作用（一）

高级班： 冥想的作用（一） A mind filled with fear and bad thoughts is an unquiet mind. 内心充满恐惧和不良想法是一种焦虑。 When you are worried, it can be hard to direct your attention on even a minor problem. 当你焦虑时，即使是在小事情上也可能很难控制你的注意力。 It could lead to a serious mental disorder. 这可能会导致严重的精神障碍。 People who suffer from anxiety, a nervous disorder, have unreasonable thoughts and fears about the future. 患有焦虑这种神经障碍的人们对未来有不合理的想法和恐惧。 Often they are unable to control these thoughts. 通常他们无法控制这些想法 They are also less able to deal with stress. 也不太能够应付压力 Two recent studies found that doing mindful meditation exercises can reduce signs of stress in people suffering from anxiety and make them more productive. 最近的两项研究发现，正念冥想可以减轻焦虑症患者的压力迹象，使他们更富效率。 The studies also showed that mindful meditation can lower a person's stress levels. 研究还表明，正念冥想可以降低一个人的压力水平 Meditation is a simple, low-cost way to help calm an unquiet brain. 冥想是帮助安抚大脑焦虑的一种简单的、低成本的办法。 We can define mindful meditation as thinking quietly about what is going on in the present. 我们定义正念冥想为静下心来思考当前正在发生的事情， You don't think about the past or the future. 不去想过去和未来。 You think only about your own breathing and what you sense around you. 你只想着自己的呼吸和感觉。