幸福是运动中的平静Happiness Is Peace in Motion
Naval：从某些方面来说，现代生活比史前时代更加忙碌。我们的压力来源更加慢性化。
我们先给压力下个定义。从物理学的角度讲，当某样东西想同时处于两个地方时，压力就产生了。如果我给一根铁梁的两端同时施加压力，我就会在铁梁上制造应力，因为一端想往北，另一端想往南。
压力是无法决定什么才是重要的
从心理的角度讲，压力是无法决定什么才是重要的。你同时想要两件互不相容的东西。我想放松，但我需要工作。现在我处于压力之下。
当你放弃某样东西时，它就不再让你有压力。当你接受某件事不在你掌控之中时，就没有必要再为它焦虑。
内心不断制造压力，让你比实际情况所需要的更加偏执或愤怒。
你想要的是摆脱内心的平和。你并不是要关掉自己的大脑。你无法压制内心，也无法强迫它做任何事。如果我说"别去想一头白象"，你就会想到一头白象。相反，你要做的是开发一些工具，让你的内心自己平静下来。然后，压力就会自然消失。
你该怎么做？怎样才能拥有一颗更加平和的心？
平和是静止的幸福
我喜欢一句话："平和是静止的幸福；幸福是流动的平和。"一个静止时平和的人，在做某件事时最终会感到幸福；而一个闲坐着的幸福之人会是平和的。终极目标不是幸福——尽管我们经常使用这个词——目标是平和。
于是问题变成了：你怎样才能获得平和？
获得平和的第一个难题是，没有任何活动能让你到达那里。从根本上说，平和就是无所事事；它是一种"一切都好"的感觉。
如果一切都好，你就不会做任何身体或精神上的活动去改变它。你也不会希望自己正在做点什么去改变它，因为那会制造压力。
你无法朝着平和努力，只能朝着理解努力
你无法直接获得平和，甚至无法朝着它努力。相反，你可以朝着理解努力。有一句古老的锡克教谚语："神的名字就是真理。"当你理解了某些东西，让它们成为你的一部分，你自然会变成一个更加平和的人。
Naval: In some ways, modern life is more hectic than prehistoric times. Our sources of stress are more chronic.
Let’s define stress. In physical terms, stress happens when something wants to be in two places at one time. If I apply pressure to both ends of an iron beam, I create stress on the beam because one part wants to be north and the other part wants to be south.
Stress is an inability to decide what’s important
In mental terms, stress is an inability to decide what’s important. You want two incompatible things at once. I want to relax, but I need to work. Now I’m under stress.
When you give up on something, it’s no longer stressful. When you accept that something’s out of your control, there’s no point in getting stressed about it.
The mind constantly creates stress, making you more paranoid or angry than situations warrant.
You want to find peace from mind. You aren’t turning off your brain. You can’t suppress the mind or force it to do anything. If I say, “Don’t think of a white elephant,” you’ll think of a white elephant. Rather, you want to develop tools so your mind can calm down on its own. Then, stress will go away naturally.
How do you do that? How do you end up with a more peaceful mind?
Peace is happiness at rest
Here’s a phrase I like: “Peace is happiness at rest; happiness is peace in motion.” Someone who’s peaceful at rest will end up happy when they do an activity. While a happy person sitting idle will be peaceful. The ultimate goal is not happiness, even though we use that term a lot. The goal is peace.
So the question becomes: How do you get to peace?
The first problem with attaining peace is that no activity will get you there. Fundamentally, peace is inactivity; it’s a sense that everything is fine.
If everything is fine, you’re not doing any physical or mental activity to change it. You’re also not wishing you were doing something to change it, because that creates stress.
You cannot work toward peace, only understanding
You cannot achieve peace directly or even work toward it. Rather, you can work toward understanding. There’s an old Sikh saying, “The name of God is truth.” When you understand certain things and they become a part of you, you naturally become a more peaceful person.