亞歷山大與彿佗的區別在於——亞歷山大想要佔有整個世界，而彿佗衹想成爲他自己

亞歷山大與彿佗的區別在哪？亞歷山大想要與衆不同，想要佔有整個世界，想要成爲那個不可替代的。彿佗呢？——彿佗衹想成爲他自己。不需要去任何地方，根本不需要去成爲什麽。不需要未來，不需要時間。

What is the difference between Alexander and a Buddha? Alexander wants to be special, wants to possess the whole world, wants to be unique. And Buddha? -- Buddha simply wants to be himself. There is no need to go anywhere, there is no need to become at all. No future is needed. No time is required.

彿佗在這個儅下就能是他想是的，因爲他已經是了。但對於亞歷山大，哪怕幾百萬世都不夠。他的旅程永遠都不會完整，他永遠無法了結。這是一個惡性循環。他會一再一再地被挫敗，由於挫敗他會創造更大的幻象，更強的幻覺。是的，他需要更大的幻象和更強的幻覺。

Buddha can be this very moment what he wants to be because he already is that. But for Alexander, even millions of lives will not be enough. His journey will remain incomplete; he will never be able to bring it to a conclusion. It is a vicious circle. He will be frustrated again and again, and out of frustration he will create bigger illusions, stronger illusions. He will need bigger illusions and stronger illusions.

這就像毒品，我再重申一次。如果你吸食毒品，任何毒品，或遲或早你會對它産生耐受性。

It is like a drug, I say again. If you take a drug, any drug, sooner or later you become accustomed to it.

之後，你會需要更大的量，更多的刺激，越來越甚。小的幻覺沒用，一旦你適應了它，就會需要更強烈的幻覺。

Then you need more quantities of it, stronger doses of it, and so on and so forth. Small illusions won't do; Once you have become accustomed to them, you will need greater illusions.

人就是這樣變瘋的。一個瘋子就是完全用幻象觝觸現實的人，現在他衹活在自己的幻覺裡——甚至沒有一個縫隙能夠如其所是地看見現實，一個片刻都沒有。他就是完全地活在他的幻象裡，這就是瘋子。別人可能瘋的沒這麽厲害，但瘋狂也是有的。衹是程度上的不同，是量而不是質。

This is how people become mad. A madman is one whose illusions have gone completely contrary to reality. Now he lives only in his illusions -- there are not even intervals when he sees reality as it is, not even moments of truth. He simply lives in his illusions. He is a madman. And what others are may be a lesser madness, but the madness is there. The difference is only of degree, quantity, but not of quality.

除非你準備好如你所是地放松在自己的存在裡，否則你不會正常。

Unless you are ready to relax into your being as you are, you are not sane.

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