*** 純真與儀式主義 ***
我們應該要注意我們的制約(conditioning)是如何來影響、取代我們的純真，制約會讓你變得極端的儀式化(ritualistic)。縱使在霎哈嘉裏，我也看到、聽說有些練習者非常堅持儀式應如何進行，這些儀式主義(ritualism)者就像這樣：你必須説什麼3次或7次等等，就像被綁住手腳的人。
我們應該了解禮法(protocol)和儀式主義的差別，一個純真的小孩(自然)知道什麼是禮法。我記得有一次一位小男孩來Oxted看我，我說我們上樓去，那樓梯只是一個小木梯，他說："什麼？母親要走這没有紅毯子的小樓梯？"，這個念頭就從他的腦袋跑出來！所以對純真的小孩而言，崇拜及其種種都不是一個儀式，而是一種真情的流露。不論是如何去崇拜，或如何去表現你的愛，都是從你的内心深處的自然表現。一個純真的人來做這些，是讓人有十分甜美的感覺；但是一個守著儀軌的人，他甚至會打另一個做錯儀式的人，他會叫道："你為什麼如此做？你不應該將樟腦放在裏面！爲什麼你將樟腦加在裏面？這是非常錯誤的！"。没有什麼是錯的！假如你從你的内心----純真的心來做這些儀式，怎麼做都是可以的。惟一需要的是用你的心來做這些儀式，而不是没有投入你的心。
你現在是處在上帝的國度裏，在這裏是没有這些種種的規定及儀式主義。
註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂格涅沙普祭(Shri Ganesha
Puja)
的談話1993-09-19. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。
First of all, we should see how our
conditioning takes over our innocence. It makes you extremely
ritualistic. Even in Sahaja Yoga, I have seen – I have heard also – that people
are extremely ritualistic. Now the ritualism is like this: that you have
to say something three times, you say it three times, seven times like
tied up people. I have seen some some Sahaja Yogis like that. .........
So
one should understand a difference between a protocol and ritualism. An
innocent child knows the protocol. I remember there was a child who came
to see me in Oxted and I said, “Let’s go upstairs!” So it was a small, little
staircase of wood. He said, “What? Is She going to go up without a red carpet?”
This came into his head! So for children, innocent children, the worship,
everything is not ritualistic, it is heartfelt. You feel it from the heart: how
to do the worship, how to show your love. It’s very sweet [the] way an
innocent person does it, while a person who is very ritualistic, he may even
beat another person because, “Why did you do this? You should not have put
camphor in it? Why did you put the camphor? So, it’s very wrong.” There’s
nothing wrong. If you do it with your heart, with your open heart, innocently
– anything is all right. It is the open heart which is
necessary, not the closed heart – “Why did you do it? Why didn’t you do it.
Where did you sit? What happened?” Nothing!
Now you are in the kingdom of God and here
there are no such rules and regulations that you should be ritualistic.
