There is a drunkenness from the
power that we give ourselves over
things. This drunkenness leads us to
stop controlling our appetites. We want
more and still more. Instead of quelling
the fire, we reignite it. Instead of
seeking inner disarmament, the only
kind that counts, we multiply our tools
of conquest. And we even forget to
check whether the fulfillment of our
desire is really the one we had
wished for.
我們迷醉在對於
萬物予取予求的能力裡.
這種迷醉導致我們
不試著控制自己的欲望.
我們想要更多, 還要更多.
不去控制火勢之外,
我們還一再點燃它.
不去尋求那唯一真正有效的方法
-- 從內在解除武裝,
反而倍增我們攻略的武器.
甚至忘了檢查我們汲汲營營的願望,
是不是自己真心所求的.