人生的终极真谛是什么？

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What is the ultimate truth of life?

人生的终极真谛是什么？

Rizwan Aseem

我二十多岁的时候我厌恶身边的所有事情……我厌恶工作，厌恶家庭，厌恶邻居……我厌恶我的人生。
我那时总是幻想未来我的生活会出现哪些变化，我将会做什么，我会去哪儿，以及我将会如何抚养我的孩子。
后来我突然发现了一个秘密， 这给我的生活带来了戏剧性的变化。
从此以后，我能够做我想做的事，过着我想要的人生，建立起我想要拥有的那些人际关系。

但是在我告诉你这条人生的终极真谛之前我要提醒你……
这个真谛如此简单，以至于大多数人完全将其忽略，而去寻找其他更好、更高大上、更难做到但是听起来很有道理的真谛……这样做的目的是，即使真理在现实生活中践行起来十分困难，它也可以用来当做与朋友们茶余饭后的有趣话题。我过去常常这样做，寻找些冠冕堂皇的托词，与朋友们聊些哲学的意义或是人生的真谛之类的话题。
但是当我终于发现了生命的终极真谛后，它彻底改变了我。

生命的终极真谛就是：
生命仅仅由“今天”构成，而“今天”又仅仅由“此时此刻”构成。
没有明天。
没有昨天。
你所拥有的仅仅是——此时此刻。
没有明天。
没有昨天。
没有早一些，晚一些，只有当下。
你在生活中做的每一件事，你人生中的每次思考，你生活中的每个计划——都要立刻去做。
你不可能做未来的事，你也不能计划过去，你只能计划今天，最重要的是你要充分利用今天。
所以不管你在人生中想做什么，你都必须今天就做手去做，且必须从今天的此时此刻开始。
明天将不会来到，昨天也不曾逝去。
你不能做明天的事，也不能改变昨天已经发生过的事。
你能做的仅仅是此时此刻就开始着手。
这个道理听起来很简单，但是执行起来却比做生命中很多事情都要困难。

如何利用这个真谛让你生活得更好？
由于你不能改变过去——那就别再想如何改变过去，忘记它。过去的就让它过去。
继续前进。
由于你不能做明天的事，那么就现在开始着手。
想要变得更健康——现在就开始运动。如果你真的很缺乏锻炼，那么从几个俯卧撑开始。
想要变得更富有——今天存1美元。立刻从钱包里拿出这一块钱放到存钱罐里。
想当一个作家？——今天就写1000词。
不要计划着明天开始写作，现在就开始。
不知道如何写？围绕你可以写的事物开始，写100个词。
想要有个性感美丽的女朋友？——与你喜欢的女孩张口聊天。
不要等待“最佳时机”，此时此刻就是最佳时机。
没有其他的机会，所以现在就去和她说“Hi”吧。

然而我的那些人生计划不可能样样都立刻去做就能做完，怎么办？
你的确不能做到这样，这也是人生的一个障碍。
我们总是高估我们今天想要完成的事，低估我们一年所能完成的事。
所以，无论你想在人生中成就什么，都立刻写下来。
花5分钟时间，假设纸张是有魔力的，假设你所写下来的都会成真。
写下你的人生目标，3年目标，1年目标以及3个月的目标。
花不超过5分钟时间写下这些内容。
再花一分钟圈出四个目标中都含有的一个目标，这即是让你生活出现重大改变的目标。
再花5分钟写下你要完成这一目标的3个月计划。
接着将这些计划分配在你的日常事务中。
然后做第一个任务，也是最重要的任务，能够让你离目标更近的任务，现在就去做。
这样你就可以完成你的人生目标。

你每天早上起床，立刻去做那些能够帮助实现人生目标的重要任务。
在你认识到这一点前，你就已经在实现人生目标的途中，你只需要今天立刻采取行动去实现它，不是明天，不是下星期，不是来年。
今天就立刻行动，这将会让你过上你想要的生活。
当你回顾昨天，你将会发现这一人生目标是你生活中一直在做的一件事而已。
你的一生都将与你的人生目标同在。
此时此刻就去试一试。
我知道你想要停下来说，我等下再做——没有“等下”。
只有现在。
现在就去做。
或者3年以后，当你独处时想到过去的这些年——你将会想起这个答案，你本可以做到却没有去做的那些目标。
做出决定后就去实现它。
当你在采取行动的过程中，还有一件重要的事情在发生，那就是“此时此刻”。
你不用去担心明天，你也不用去为自己找借口，你不需要考虑挽回脸面的事情。
因为你现在就在行动。
你很棒。
当你完成它们以后——可与朋友一同闲逛时不会再有负罪感，你可以心情舒畅地与他们在一起，如果你愿意，还可以来杯啤酒。或者仅仅是休息下，不需要担心明天的事。
但是在你能够这样之前，你今天必须采取行动来实现目标，立刻开始。

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Rizwan Aseem

When I was in my twenties I hated everything... I hated my work, I hated my house, I hated the neighbourhood... I hated my life.

I would dream up ways of how I would have it different in the future, what I would do, where I would go and how I would raise my kids.

Then I discovered the single biggest secret that changed my life dramatically.

I was able to do the things that I wanted to do, live the life that I desired for myself and have the relationships in my life that I wanted to have.

But before I tell you this ultimate truth of life I must warn you...

This truth is so simple that most people will ignore this entirely and keep looking for something better... for something more elegant... for something that is hard to do in real life yet sexy to talk about with friends...

I used to be like that. Looking for sexy explanations, talking with my friends about philosophical meanings, and truths of life.

But when I finally discovered the ultimate truth in life it completely changed me.

Here Is The Ultimate Truth Of Life

Life consists of only 'today'... and in that today, it consists of only 'right now'...

There is no tomorrow...

There is no yesterday.

The only TIME you get to live in - is RIGHT NOW.

There's no tomorrow.

There's no yesterday.

There's no earlier, no later, but right now.

Everything that you do in your life, that you think in your life, that you plan in your life - is done right now.

You can't do things in the future... and you can't plan in the past... you have to plan today... but more importantly you have to execute today.

So whatever you want to do in life... you must do it today... and in today you must do it right now.

You can try doing something tomorrow - but it won't work. Because when you do it - you will be doing it right now...

Tomorrow never comes, and yesterday never leaves.

You can't do things in tomorrow and you can't change things in yesterday.

You can only do them in the RIGHT NOW.

This is easier than it sounds, but harder to execute than most anything in life...

How Do You Use This Information To Help You Live Better

Since you can't change yesterday - stop thinking about it. Forget it. What's been done has been done.

Move on.

Since you can't do anything tomorrow, do it RIGHT NOW.

Want to become healthier - workout right now. Do a few pushups if you're really lazy.

Want to become rich - save $1 today. Take it out of your wallet and put it in a sealed jar right now.

Want to become an excellent writer - write 1,000 words right now.

Don't schedule to write it tomorrow, do it right now.

Don't know what to write? Write 100 words on things you could write about.

Want to have a gorgeous girlfriend - talk to the girl that you like.

Don't wait until the time is 'right'. Time is only RIGHT, now.

There is no other time. So go say 'Hi' to her now.

But What About My Life-Time Goals - I Can't Achieve Them ALL Right Now?

No, you can't. But here's the big rub about life.

We overestimate the things that we want to achieve today and under-estimate things that we can achieve in a year.

So, whatever you want to achieve in 'life' - write it down RIGHT NOW.

Take 5 minutes and pretend that the paper is magical and whatever you write will come true.

Write your lifetime goals, your 3 year, 1 year and 3 months goals.

Write them all in 5 minutes no more than that.

Then take another minute and circle the one goal from each of these 4 categories. This is the goal that will make the most difference in your life.

Then take another 5 minutes and write down all the steps you need to take to achieve this 3 month goal.

Then break those steps into daily tasks.

Then take the first task, the most important task, the one task that will help you move towards this goal most, and do that task RIGHT NOW.

There you just achieved your lifetime goal.

When you wake up everyday, do the most important task from your life time goal RIGHT NOW.

Before you know it you will be living your lifetime goal, and you'll only have taken action on it today. Never tomorrow, never next week, never for a year.

Taking action TODAY will let you live the life that you want to live.

And when you look back at yesterday, you will see that this lifetime goal is some thing that you've always done in your life.

That you've been living your lifetime goal - all your life.

Try it. RIGHT NOW.

I know you want to stop and say, I'll do it later - there is no later.

There is only now.

Do it now.

Or 3 years later, when you are sitting by yourself wondering where the years went - you'll be reminded of this answer where you could've achieved your goals but chose not to.

Make the choice and do it.

Do it Right Now.

But there's another great thing that happens when you do things, RIGHT NOW.

You don't have to worry about them for tomorrow. You don't have to think about excuses to tell yourself. You don't have to worry about saving face.

You've done it already.

You're good.

After you've done it - you can hang out with friends without feeling guilty, spend time with them and have a beer if you want without feeling bad, or just kick back and relax without stressing about tomorrow.

But before you can do that, you have to take action on your goals today... right now.