有一个人来问我关于前世的问题，说他常常在梦里梦见自己的前世，他问我：“前世真的存在吗？”

Someone asked me about the existence of a past life. He said he often dreamt about his past life. “Do we have really a past life？” he asked.

前世真的存在吗？我不能回答。

I wasn’t able to answer his question.

我告诉他：“我可以确定的是，昨天的我是今天的我的前世，明天的我就是今天的我的来生。我们的前世已经来不及参加了，让它去吧！我们希望有什么样的来生，就掌握今天吧！1”

“What I do know is，” I told him， “Yesterday’s me is my past life， and tomorrow’s me is my future life， in the eyes of today’s me. It’s no longer possible for me to participate in any activity in my past life. Let bygones be bygones！ What my future life will be like depends on how I spend today.”

前世或来生看起来遥远而深奥，但我总是相信，一个人只要有很好的领悟力2，就能找到一些过去与未来的消息。

While the idea of a past or future life may seem distant and abstruse， I always believe that as long as we have a well-oiled working mind， we’re able to establish some kind of link to our past and our future.

就好像，我们如果愿意承认自己的坏习惯与坏思想，就会发现自己在过去是走了多么偏斜的道路3。我们如果愿意去测量、去描绘心灵的地图4，也会发现心灵的力量推动我们的未来5。

If we’re ready to acknowledge what’s bad about our old habits and ideas， we’ll discover how far we’ve gone careening off course. If we’re ready to explore our minds and embark on an inner journey， we’ll be able to find what we can tap in our minds to power our future.

因此，一个人只要很努力，就可以预见未来的路，但再大的努力也无法回到过去。