◆ 從改變自己開始

最近在讀一本書，裡頭有些很有意思的話：

… as your perception changes, so does your perception of the self change,
and as your perception of the self changes, so does the self change, and as
the self changes, so does the world of the self change. But this also means
that unless you can change your perception, you will never have the power to
change yourself, and much less the world around.you. In other words, unless
you can change your perception, you are powerless, and therefore to all intents
and purposes a victim and a slave of your own perception. The truth is that
no-one is disempowering you, except you yourself.

翻譯：

『 當你（對外）的認知改變時，你對自己的認知也會改變；
當你對自己的認知改變時，你自己也會改變；
而當你自己改變時，環繞在你身邊的世界也會跟著改變。

但這也意味著：除非你能改變自己的認知，否則你永遠也不
可能有能力去改變你自己，當然更別說去改變身邊的人事物。

也就是說，如果你不能改變你自己的認知，你將是無能的，
因此不管碰到什麼狀況，你都會個受害者，都會是自己認知
的奴隸。

事實就是：沒有任何人能夠使你無能，除非你自己。』

這本書是：

Shadows of Wolf Fire
— The toltec Teachings - volume four
by Theun Mares, 2002
page 19