从心智中寻找宁静
从心智中寻找宁静
从心智中寻找宁静
心智应是仆人，而非主人
Naval：
让我们谈谈宁静，然后我们会讨论真理以及它们如何与幸福相关联。
当我说你想要快乐时，我实际上是在说你想要找到宁静。我们说的是内心的平静，但我们真正想要的是从心智中获得宁静。
在最愉悦的时刻心智会安静下来
在你最愉悦的时刻——无论你是在吸毒、达到性高潮、在风筝冲浪中找到极限、与朋友欢笑还是观看壮丽的日落——你的心智会安静下来。它平静下来，你脑海中的声音会沉寂。你获得了一种敬畏感，你也可以称之为美、极乐或喜悦。
我们都追求这个。我们都追逐它。内心深处，我们真正寻找的是从心智中获得宁静。
不知何时，心智变成了主人
我不是把心智描绘成敌人。它是一个非常有用的工具。但不知何时，它变得无法控制。心智变成了主人而不是仆人。
我们的心智进化得偏执、恐惧和愤怒。人类是曾经行走在地球上最偏执和愤怒的生物。我们是顶级掠食者，通过杀戮、征服或驯化这个星球上的所有其他物种来统治食物链。我们通过恐惧、暴力，当然还有合作做到了这一点。
自然是残酷的。打开任何自然纪录片，你会看到：A吃B；B吃C；C吃D；D吃E。自然是血淋淋的弱肉强食。我们源自暴力和血腥。
我们的环境奖励悲观和偏执
现代社会要安全得多，也和平得多。保持谨慎、维持一些偏执并偶尔生气仍然有意义——但不像我们天生那样多。把它调低一些是可以的。
威胁程度没有我们的基因认为的那么高。如果你在1000年前穿过树林，听到灌木丛中有沙沙声，你偏执是对的。假设十次中有九次是灌木丛中的兔子，十次中一次是老虎。乐观主义者十次中有九次会抓到兔子，第十次会被老虎吃掉。悲观主义者每次都幸存下来。
我们进化出的天性奖励悲观主义。但我们生活在更安全的时代，所以我们必须找到超越这一点的方法，并朝着宁静努力。
Finding Peace from Mind
Finding Peace from Mind
The mind should be a servant, not a master
Naval:
Let’s talk about peace, and then we’ll talk about truth and how they relate to happiness.
When I say you want to be happy, what I’m actually saying is you want to find peace. We say peace of mind, but what we really want is peace from mind.
The mind goes quiet during the moments of greatest pleasure
During your moments of greatest pleasure—whether you’re doing a drug, having an orgasm, finding your edge kite-surfing, laughing with a friend or looking at an incredible sunset—your mind goes quiet. It calms down, and that voice in your head goes silent. You achieve a sense of awe, which you might also call beauty, bliss or joy.
We all seek this. We all chase it. Deep down, what we’re actually looking for is peace from mind.
Somewhere along the way, the mind became a master
I’m not making the mind out to be an enemy. It’s a very useful tool. But somewhere along the way, it became uncontrollable. The mind became the master rather than a servant.
Our mind evolved to be paranoid, fearful and angry. Humans are the most paranoid and angry creatures to ever walk the earth. We are apex predators who dominated the food chain by killing, subjugating or domesticating every other species on this planet. We did it through fear, violence and, of course, cooperation.
Nature is brutal. Turn on any nature documentary and you’ll see: A eats B; B eats C; C eats D; D eats E. Nature is red in tooth and claw. We are derived from violence and blood.
Our environment rewards pessimism and paranoia
Modern society’s a lot safer and more peaceful. It still makes sense to be careful, maintain some paranoia and occasionally to get angry—but not as much as we’re hardwired to do. It’s okay to dial it down.
The threat level is not as high as our genes think. If you were walking through the woods 1,000 years ago and heard something rustling in the bushes, you’d be right to be paranoid. Let’s say nine out of 10 times it’s a rabbit in the bushes, and one out of 10 times it’s a tiger. The optimist would catch a rabbit nine out of 10 times and get eaten by a tiger the 10th. The pessimist survives every time.
Our evolved nature rewards pessimism. But we live in much safer times, so we must find ways past that and work towards peace.