Overthinker — Alan Watts

过度思考者

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts

一个终日思考的人除了思想以外，想不到其他东西

So, he loses touch with reality

因此，他失去了与现实的接触

And lives in a world of illusions

居于一个幻想中的世界里

By thoughts I mean specifically, Chatter in the skull

我所说的思想，是特指“脑海里的喋喋不休”

Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words

不间断地、强迫性地

Reckoning and calculating

重复着预估与计算

I'm not saying that thinking is bad

我并不是说，思考是不好的

Like everything else

就像其他任何事物一样

It's useful in moderation

适度的思考是十分有用的

A good servant, but a bad master

思考可以成为一个好的仆从，却是坏的主人

And all so-called civilized peoples

所有文明、教化的人类

Have increasingly become crazy and self-destructive

正在日渐倾向疯狂与自我毁灭

Because through excessive thinking

因为，通过过度的思考

They have lost touch with reality

他们失去了与现实的接触

That's to say...

换句话说……

We confuse signs with the real world

我们正在将符号与现实世界相混淆

Most of us would have rather money than tangible wealth

我们中的大多数人比起真正的财富，更想要金钱

And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed

而一个伟大的时刻，如果没有被拍摄下来，对我们而言就如变质了一般

And to read about it the next day in the newspaper is oddly more fun for us than the original event

在第二天，当我们从报纸上读到这件事，又觉得这新闻比最初的事件有更多古怪的乐趣

This is a disaster

这是一场灾难

For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs

作为将真实的自然世界与仅仅的符号相混淆的结果

We are destroying nature

我们正在摧毁自然

We are so tied up in our minds that we've lost our senses

我们被自己的意识所束缚，以至于失去了我们的感受能力

Time to wake up

到该醒来的时候了

What is reality?

现实是什么？

Obviously,no one can say

显然，没有人可以说明白

Because it isn't words

因为现实并不是话语

It isn't material, that's just an idea

也不是有形的实质，它只是一个想法

Reality is...

现实是……

It's an expression of you as you are

这是你的一种表达，自然得就如你是你一样

One must live

一个人必须生存

We need to survive to go on

我们需要生存下来，并继续前进

We must go on

我们必须前进