一个简单的方式戒掉坏习惯（英语精读笔记）｜DAY 7

What does curiosity feel like? It feels good.And what happens when we get curious? We start to notice that cravings are simply made up of body sensations — oh, there’s tightness,there’s tension, there’s restlessness — and that these body sensations come and go.These are bite-size pieces of experiences that we can manage from moment to moment rather than getting clobbered by this huge,scary craving that we choke on.

好奇的感觉是怎样的呢？感觉很好。我们感到好奇的时候会发生什么事情呢？我们会开始察觉到，瘟念其实单就是从身体的感官所造成-噢,那里很紧张，那边有压力那边烦躁不安-这些身体的感觉来来去去。这些都是我们时时刻刻都可以处理好的小体验，而不是被这巨大可怕的瘾念所击倒。

In other words, when we get curious, we step out of our old, fear-based, reactive habit patterns, and we step into being. We become this inner scientist where we’re eagerly awaiting that next data point.

换句话说，当我们感到好奇时，我们就走出旧有的、恐惧为本的、回应式的习惯模式，我们从而踏进了当下。我们成为了热切地期待着下一个数据点的内心科学家。

Now, this might sound too simplistic to affect behavior. But in one study, we found that mindfulness training was twice as good as gold standard therapy at helping people quit smoking. So it actually works.

这听起来，好像没那容易可以影响行为。但在一份研究报告里面，我们发现冥想的训练，在帮助人们戒烟的这事情上，比黄金标准治疗法好2倍,所以冥想真的有效。

And when we studied the brains of experienced meditators, we found that parts of a neural network of self-referential processing called the default mode network were at play.

当我们研究资深冥想者的大脑时，我们发现了神经网络里面「自我指认流程」的部分被称为「预设模式的网络]正在产生引响。