true self in the pursuit of living, like a bird forgetting its own danger in pursuit of a mantis which again forgets its own danger in pursuit of another.
1.\t一切中国的哲学家在不知不觉中认为唯一重要的问题是：我们要怎样享受人生？谁最会享受人生？我们不追求十全十美的理想，我们不寻找那些得不到的东西，我们不要求知道那些不得而知的东西；我们只认识不完美的、会死的人类的本性，那么我们要怎样调整我们的人生，使我们可以和平地工作着，旷达地忍耐着，幸福地生活着呢?
2.\t我们是谁呢？这是第一个问题。这个问题几乎是无法答复的。可是我们都承认在我们日常活动中那么忙碌的自我，并不完全是真正的自我；我们相信我们在生活的追求中已经失掉了一些东西。当我们看见一个人在一片田野里跑来跑去在寻找东西时，智者可以弄出一个难题给一切旁观者去解答：那个人失掉了什么东西呢？有的人猜是一只表；有人猜是一支钻石胸针；其他人则作着其他的猜测。智者委实也不知道那个人在寻找什么东西，可是当大家都猜不中的时候，他会对大家说：“我告诉你们吧。他失掉了一些气息了。” 没有人会否认他的话是对的。所以我们在生活的追求中常常忘掉了真正的自我，像庄子在一个美妙的譬喻里所讲的那只鸟那样，为了要捕捉一只螳螂而忘掉自身的危险，而那只螳螂又为了要捕捉一只蝉而忘掉自身的危险。
Redefine Yourself重新界定你自己
1.\tHow do you define yourself? A mother, daughter,wife,friend,husband,son,teacher,student,lawyer,accountant,or any one a myriad different titles? Or do you define yourself by others’ perception of you? Do any of theses come close to your own knowledge, your personal experience of who you really are?
2.\tIn your quiet moments, in times of inexplicable joy, have you had the overwhelming and yet clear and lucid feeling of total invincibility—a feeling that nothing can hold you down, that you CAN accomplish ANYTHING and everything if you put your mind to it? Well, that feeling is not a random one.
3.\tWhat is it that gets in the way of your exquisite power?
4.\tConsider for a moment an iron bar that has magnetic power inherently in it. It will attract or repel things based on its own intrinsic magnetism. Over time, if this bar begins to rust, its power will begin to diminish. The oxidative damage from the environment that the magnet has not been able to resist will render it in effective, eventually. This in no way means the iron bar is not capable of its latent, original power. All it needs to do is shed its rust. Or, consider if you will, a light bulb that is lit, but covered with soot. As long as the soot remains, it will be unable to fulfill the very purpose it w