Chapter 12

Chapter 12 I dropped Sokka off, and Appa and I kept going till we reached the Eastern Air Temple. As we descended through the mist at sunset, I spotted a small man sitting and meditating among the overgrown gardens and ruined buildings. He told me he was Guru Pathik, and that he could teach me how to control the Avatar state. He also said he knew my old teacher, Monk Gyatso. That's all I needed to hear. I was totally ready to learn from this guy. Guru Pathik took me to a cave deep inside a mountain and we began. He started out by explaining that controlling the Avatar state involves finding a balance between the mind, spirit, and body. Then he explained that energy flows through the body like water in a stream, and that the body contains seven chakras. These are pools of spiraling energy. When the chakras get blocked, the energy can't flow and my power as the Avatar is weakened. So my job is to open my seven chakras. Doesn't sound too tough! "First we will open the Earth Chakra. It deals with survival and is blocked by fear," Guru Pathik

第十二章我让索卡下车，我和阿柏继续往前走，一直走到东气寺。 当我们在日落时穿过薄雾下山时，我看到一个小个子男人坐在杂草丛生的花园和废墟中沉思。 他告诉我他是帕提克大师，他可以教我如何控制神通状态。 他还说他认识我以前的老师，嘉措和尚。 这就是我想听到的。 我已经准备好向他学习了。 帕提克大师把我带到了山深处的一个山洞里，我们开始了。 他首先解释了控制神通状态需要在思想、精神和身体之间找到平衡。 然后他解释说，能量像溪流中的水一样流经身体，身体包含七个脉轮。 这些是螺旋能量池。 当脉轮被阻塞时，能量就无法流动我作为神通的力量就会减弱。 所以我的工作就是打开我的七个脉轮。 听起来不太难！“首先，我们将打开地球脉轮。 它与生存有关，却被恐惧所阻碍。

explained. "What are you most afraid of?" he asked. "Let your fears become clear to you." I closed my eyes and began meditating. Visions and memories rushed into my mind—the Blue Spirit attacking me with swords, Katara being buried in rock by General Fong—and then, suddenly, Guru Pathik was gone and the Fire Lord himself was right in front of me! He filled the cave with flames. I've failed on my first attempt! And I'm responsible for bringing the Fire Lord here to destroy the sacred temple, to kill Guru Pathik. Then a calm voice cut through my panic and fear. "Aang, your vision is not real." I opened my eyes and saw Guru Pathik. No Fire Lord. No flames. It was all in my head. My hands shook and sweat poured down my face. "You fear for your survival, but you must surrender these fears. Your spirit can never die." "But Roku told me that if I'm killed in the Avatar state, the Avatar cycle will end!" "Once your chakras are clear, you'll be able to control the Avatar state so that you won't need to worry about that." Well, that makes me feel a whole lot better! Since

解释说。“你最害怕什么？”他问。 “让你的恐惧变得清晰。” 我闭上眼睛开始沉思。 幻象和记忆涌进我的脑海——蓝灵用剑攻击我，卡塔拉被方将军埋在岩石里——然后，突然间，帕西克大师不见了，烈火王本人就在我面前！他在山洞里燃起火焰。 我第一次尝试就失败了！我要负责把烈火王带到这里来摧毁圣殿，杀死帕提克大师。 然后一个平静的声音打破了我的恐慌和恐惧。 “安昂，你的幻象不是真的。” 我睁开眼睛，看到了帕提克大师。 没有烈火王。没有火焰。都是我想象出来的。 我的双手颤抖着，汗水从我脸上流下来。 “你担心自己的生存，但你必须放弃这些恐惧。 你的精神永远不会消亡。” “但罗库告诉我，如果我在神通状态下被杀，神通的轮回就会结束！”“一旦你的脉轮畅通，你就能控制神通状态，这样你就不用担心了。” 这让我感觉好多了！自

Roku told me about the Avatar spirit, I've lived in fear of the Avatar state. I don't want to be the one to end the Avatar spirit's cycle. But since I won't have to worry about that anymore, let's try this again. I closed my eyes and the Fire Lord stood before me. "Let your fears flow down the creek," Guru Pathik said softly. I don't fear you, Fire Lord. In fact, soon YOU'RE going to have to fear me. So go away. Get out of my head! Wow! It worked. The flames in the cave are flickering out, and the Fire Lord is vanishing into the shadows on the walls. "You have opened your Earth Chakra." Next came the Water Chakra, which deals with pleasure and is blocked by guilt. Again I began to meditate. "Look at all the guilt which burdens you. What do you blame yourself for?" My mind flooded with images of me running away from the Air Nomads when I should have stayed to complete my studies; of me screaming at Toph, blaming her when Appa was taken; and then, most powerful of all, of everyone I hurt and scared when I was out of control in the Avatar state. I hurt so many

罗库跟我说过神通之魂，我一直生活在对神通状态的恐惧中。 我不想成为终结神通灵魂轮回的人。 但既然我不用再担心这个了，我们再试一次。 我闭上眼睛，烈火王站在我面前。 “让你的恐惧顺着小溪流淌，”帕西克大师温柔地说。 我不怕你，烈火王。 事实上，很快你就得害怕我了。 所以走开。滚出我的脑袋！哇!它工作。 洞穴里的火焰闪烁着，烈火王消失在墙壁上的阴影中。 “你已经打开了你的地球脉轮。” 接下来是水脉轮，它处理快乐，并被内疚所阻塞。 我又开始冥想。 “看看你背负的罪恶感吧。 你有什么好自责的？”我的脑海里充斥着我逃离空中游牧民族的画面，而我本应该留下来完成学业的；我对着拓芙尖叫，在阿柏被带走时责怪她；然后，最强大的是，当我在神通状态下失去控制时，我伤害和害怕的所有人。 我伤害了那么多人

people. I don't deserve to be the Avatar. "Accept that these things have happened, but do not let them poison your energy. If you are to be a positive influence on the world, you need to forgive yourself." He's right. I can't change what I've done in the past, but I can try do better in the future—I hope. "Remember how alive you felt at the moments of your greatest pleasure." Immediately Katara's beautiful face filled my vision and I was back in the Cave of Two Lovers.… "Well, I sense that chakra just opened up like a dam!" Guru Pathik said. Me too. I do forgive myself and I am ready to move on. I also can't wait to see Katara again! Next came the Fire Chakra. It deals with willpower and is blocked by shame. "What are you ashamed of? What are your biggest disappointments in yourself?" the guru asked. I instantly saw myself struggling to learn Earthbending. Then my mind filled with my clumsy attempt at Firebending and how I burned Katara. It's clear to me now—I can't ever Firebend again. I can't risk hurting Katara or anyone else. But when I told this to Guru Pathik, he told me I

人。我不配当神通。 “接受这些事情已经发生的事实，但不要让它们毒害你的能量。 如果你想对世界产生积极的影响，你需要原谅自己。” 他是对的。我不能改变我过去所做的，但我可以试着在未来做得更好——我希望。 “记住，在你最快乐的时刻，你是多么有活力。” 卡塔拉美丽的脸庞立刻映入我的眼帘，我又回到了双恋人的洞穴。“嗯，我感觉脉轮像水坝一样打开了！”帕提克大师说。 我也是。我原谅我自己，我已经准备好继续前进了。 我也迫不及待地想再见到卡塔拉！接下来是火脉轮。 它与意志力有关，被羞耻所阻碍。 “你有什么羞耻的？”你对自己最大的失望是什么？”大师问。 我立刻看到自己在努力学习御土术。 然后我满脑子都是我笨拙的御火术以及我如何烧了卡塔拉。 现在我明白了，我再也不能御火术了。 我不能冒险伤害卡塔拉或其他人。 但当我把这些告诉帕提克大师时，他告诉我

was wrong. "You cannot deny this part of your life, Aang. You are the Avatar, and therefore you ARE a Firebender." Right. I have to learn Firebending. There's no way around it. I took a deep breath and pictured myself easily controlling fire—no shame, no disappointment, just the strong will to get it right. Then I let out a burp. "That chakra opened like a burping bison!" he remarked. The fourth chakra was the Air Chakra. It deals with love and is blocked by grief. Should be a piece of cake for a natural Airbender like me! "Lay all your grief out in front of you." Happy memories of when I was a little kid at the temple flooded my mind: when I first met Appa, when I started learning from Gyatso. Then, suddenly, Gyatso's laughing face melted into a bony skeleton. The grief bubbled up from deep inside, and tears streamed down my face. Don't block the grief. Let it flow out. Suddenly I was floating on a cloud in the sky surrounded by all the Air Nomads I knew growing

是错误的。“你不能否认你生命中的这一部分，安昂。 你是神通，所以你是御火师。” 正确的。我得学御火术。 没有别的办法。我深吸了一口气，想象着自己轻松地控制着火——没有羞耻，没有失望，只有把火控制好的坚强意志。 然后我打了个嗝。“那个脉轮像一头打嗝的野牛一样打开了！”他说。 第四个脉轮是空气脉轮。 它处理的是爱，却被悲伤所阻挡。 对我这种天生的气宗来说应该是小菜一碟！“把你所有的悲伤都摆在你面前。” 小时候在寺庙里的快乐回忆充斥着我的脑海：当我第一次见到阿柏，当我开始向嘉措学习。 然后，嘉措的笑脸突然化为一具骷髅。 悲伤从内心深处涌上心头，泪水顺着我的脸流了下来。 不要压抑悲伤。让它流出来。 突然间，我漂浮在天空中的一朵云上，周围都是我认识的空气游牧民族