霍尼韦尔招聘:对于因果关系的快速思考

对我来讲，生活知识一系列的因果关系。我的意思是说某一投入必然产生某一产出。比如，如果你每天吃10个麦当劳的巨无霸（原因），你差不多必然会变得肥胖并患有许多疾病（效果）。我觉得有趣的是，我们生活中所经历的喜悦的量，可归结为我们经常经历的事的效果。如果你所经历的效果是低能量、无金钱、无热情地，那么生活=地狱。如果你所经历地效果是具有活力的、收益丰厚的，并且情绪上有热情的，那么生活=天堂。

So how can we optimize the effects or outputs we experience in life? Simple. Optimize the causes or inputs. This is the law of cause and effect or the science of causality. “Causality is the relationship between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is understood as a consequence of the first.”

我们怎样才能优化我们生活中所经历的效果或产出呢？非常简单。优化原因或输入。这是原因与结果的法则或是因果关系的学说。“因果关系是一件事（原因）和第二件事（结果）之间的关联，其中第二件事被认为是由于第一件事所产生的结果。”

Experiencing the most out of life comes down to US. We, as free-willed human beings, have the ability to make decisions. We have the ability to educate ourselves, to learn, to grow, to expand, to use consciousness to create ourselves and our lives however we want them to be. This is beautiful, but it requires effort and practice. This ability is a muscle; The more you train it, the stronger it gets, the more you neglect it, the more atrophied it becomes. 

我们的生活经历大多发生于美国（这句不太会翻），我们作为具有自由意志的人类，有能力作出决定。我们有能力教育自己，进行学习，不断成长，扩充认识，能够有意识地按照我们所希望的去改造我们自己、创造自己的生活。越多地去培养，结果就会更好；越是忽略结果，结果就会更糟。

This is the root of my love for life. Creating heaven for yourself can be done, right here right now. This may be idealistic. However, I firmly believe it to be true. It’s all about altering the causes or inputs. I like to call this “how you conduct yourself.” We are the conductors. If we conduct our actions, perceptions, habits, and modes for evaluating life in a way that is ‘aligned’ with spiritual truth, life can be heaven. But again, the opposite is also true. If we conduct our actions, perceptions, habits, and modes for evaluating life in a way that is not ‘aligned’ with spiritual truth, life can be hell.

这是我热爱生活的根源所在。为自己创造天堂是可以实现的事情，就在这里，就是现在。这可能是理想化的，但是我坚决相信它会是真的。所需要的就是改变原因或者说是投入。我喜欢把这叫做“怎样管理自己”。我们都是执行者。如果我们以与精神真谛相对应的方式评估生活，来管理自己的行为、观念、习惯以及行为方式，那么生活就是天堂。话又说回来，相反的也是真的。如果我们以与精神真谛相对立的方式评估生活，来管理自己的行为、观念、习惯以及行为方式，那么生活就是地狱。

“The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune, and chance. Seeing a man grow rich, they say, “How lucky he is!” Observing another become intellectual, they exclaim, “How highly favoured he is!” And noting the saintly character and wide influence of another, they remark, “How chance aids him at every turn!” They do not see the trials and failures and struggles which these men have voluntarily encountered in order to gain their experience; have no knowledge of the sacrifices they have made, of the undaunted efforts they have put forth, of the faith they have exercised, that they might overcome the apparently insurmountable, and realize the Vision of their heart. They do not know the darkness and the heartaches; they only see the light and joy, and call it “luck”. They do not see the long and arduous journey, but only behold the pleasant goal, and call it “good fortune,” do not understand the process, but only perceive the result, and call it chance.” – James Allen

“轻率的，无知的，懒惰的，只看事情表面的结果而不是事情本身，就会归功于运气、命运、和巧合。他们看到一个人很富有，就会说‘他多么幸运啊！’看到另一个人变得富有智慧，他们就高喊‘他多么受眷顾啊！’注意到另一个人有高尚的品质和广泛的影响，他们就评论道‘每次都是运气帮了他的忙’他们没有看到这些人为获得这些经历所自愿遭受的尝试、失败和努力，不知道这些人所作的牺牲，不知道这些人所付出的无谓努力，不知道这些认所坚信的克服表面上看无法超越的困难、最终实现心中梦想的信念。他们不知道其中的黑暗和心痛，他们只看到了光明和喜悦，并称之为‘幸运’。他们没有看到漫长而险峻的旅途，只注意到令人喜悦的结果，并称之为‘好运’，他们不理解过程而只看到结果，并称之为‘侥幸’”。——James Allen