英文原文
Lost at midlife? It’s normal, welcome to the Liminal Space. Midlife can often be accompanied with a horrible sense of feeling lost. As a psychologist, I understand this as a person being in the ‘liminal space’. The word liminality, is derived from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold. The Liminal Space is a transitory space, the space a person occupies as they change from one situation or perspective to another – it is the threshold betwixt and between. There is no simple passage here, but there is the provision of new possibilities. The liminal space can be frightening and challenging as within it, a person is neither part of the old nor part of the new and almost suspended in time. They find themselves underdeveloped and unformed. Entering a midlife crisis where old identities no longer fit, and a new identity has yet to be formed creates a void that leaves an emptiness and a ‘not knowing’ that requires you to look inward in order to move through it. Many people can’t tolerate the betwixt and between of the liminal space and the not knowing, the lack of identity and quickly jump out of it into a new job, new relationship or new project but these are merely distractions and once the novelty has worn off, you will find yourself back in the liminal space going through the whole experience again. The liminal space is an emergent, unstable space in which the person may oscillate between hanging onto old identities because of the comfort they provide even though they feel outdated and reaching out into an unknown new space which is yet to be fully formed. It can feel like you are back at 16 years old, on the threshold of adulthood and having to let go of the comfort, protection and lack of responsibility of childhood, yet wanting to reach out and explore something new. Liminality provides the spark of creation, the opportunity for ultimate freedom and a space which allows deep healing and transformation to take place. You don’t have to traverse the liminal space alone; my blogs will guide you.
中文翻译
中年迷失?这很正常,欢迎来到阈限空间。中年常常伴随着一种可怕的迷失感。作为一名心理学家,我将此理解为一个人处于“阈限空间”。阈限性这个词源自拉丁语limen,意为门槛。阈限空间是一个过渡空间,当一个人从一种情境或视角转变到另一种时,所占据的空间——它是介于两者之间的门槛。这里没有简单的通道,但提供了新的可能性。阈限空间可能令人恐惧和充满挑战,因为在这个空间里,一个人既不属于旧的部分,也不属于新的部分,几乎悬停在时间中。他们发现自己尚未发展成形。进入中年危机时,旧的身份不再适合,而新的身份尚未形成,这创造了一个空虚,留下一种“不知道”的感觉,需要你向内看才能度过。许多人无法忍受阈限空间的介于两者之间和不知道、缺乏身份,并迅速跳入新工作、新关系或新项目,但这些仅仅是分散注意力,一旦新鲜感消失,你会发现自己又回到阈限空间,再次经历整个过程。阈限空间是一个新兴、不稳定的空间,人们可能因为旧身份提供的舒适感而摇摆不定,即使它们感觉过时,同时伸手探索尚未完全形成的未知新空间。这可能感觉像是回到16岁,站在成年的门槛上,不得不放弃童年的舒适、保护和缺乏责任,却又想伸手探索新事物。阈限性提供了创造的火花、终极自由的机会,以及允许深度疗愈和转变发生的空间。你不必独自穿越阈限空间;我的博客将指导你。
文章概要
本文探讨了中年身份转变中的“阈限空间”概念,源自拉丁语“limen”(门槛),指从旧身份到新身份的过渡阶段。文章指出,中年危机常伴随迷失感,旧身份不再适用,新身份尚未形成,导致空虚和“不知道”的状态。阈限空间虽令人恐惧和不稳定,但提供了创造、自由和转变的机会。许多人因无法忍受这种不确定性而寻求外部改变,但这只是暂时分散注意力。文章强调向内看的重要性,并鼓励人们将阈限空间视为深度疗愈和成长的契机,而非需要逃避的问题。
高德明老师的评价
用12岁初中生可以听懂的语音来重复翻译的内容:想象一下,你长大了,到了中年,就像从小学升到初中一样,突然觉得有点迷茫,不知道自己是小学生还是初中生了。这时候,你站在一个中间地带,既不是小孩子,也不是大人,心里空空的,不知道该怎么办。但别担心,这很正常!这个中间地带就像一扇门,虽然有点吓人,但走过去就能发现新世界,让你变得更强大。所以,不要急着跑开,好好看看自己的内心,慢慢来,你会找到新方向的。
佛学的各个宗派视角评价,突出《显密圆通成佛心要集》的视角:从佛学视角看,中年身份转变中的“空性”概念与佛教的“空”有深刻共鸣。在显宗如禅宗和天台宗中,空性指一切现象无自性,中年危机中的空虚感正是放下执着、观照本心的契机。密宗如藏传佛教强调即身成佛,阈限空间可视为修行中的“中阴”状态,是转化烦恼为智慧的良机。《显密圆通成佛心要集》融合显密,主张“圆通”修行,中年身份转变的空虚可视为“心要”显现,通过准提法等修持,能直接契入空性,实现身份超越。准提法作为显密圆通的法门,特别适合在阈限空间中应用,其咒语和观想能帮助稳定心念,从空性中生出妙有,促进身份的自然转化。
在修行实践上可以应用的和可以解决人们的十个问题:在修行实践上,准提法可应用于中年身份转变,解决以下十个问题:1. 迷失感,通过持咒培养正念,找到内在方向;2. 空虚感,观想准提佛母,充实心灵空间;3. 恐惧情绪,修习慈悲观,转化恐惧为勇气;4. 身份执着,运用空性智慧,放下旧身份认同;5. 不确定性,禅定修持,增强内心稳定;6. 逃避倾向,精进修法,直面阈限挑战;7. 缺乏动力,发菩提心,激发成长愿力;8. 关系困扰,修习忍辱,改善人际互动;9. 健康问题,结合养生,提升身心活力;10. 生命意义,体悟佛性,发现终极目标。准提法简单易行,适合现代人,能快速带来平静和洞察,帮助从空性中创造新身份。