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濕婆神 ***
錫呂濕婆神(Shri Shiva)是至高濕婆神(Sada Shiva)在我們内裏的反映。至高濕婆神就是全能的上帝(God Almighty)，正是祂靜靜地觀賞太初之母(Adi Shakti)所主導的這一齣戲。祂是天父(Father)，祂仔細地注視著祂的每一個創造(His Creation)，或說她(即太初之母)的創造(Her Creation)。
祂對太初之母是全力支持的，祂對太初之母的能力也毫不懷疑的。但是當祂發現在太初之母的這齣戲裏，這些人或這個世界是嘗試騷擾太初之母，或是破壞她的工作，此時祂會變成充滿憤怒的狀態，祂會毀滅這些人，或甚至可能毀滅整個世界。
毫無疑問在某一方面，祂會是充滿憤怒；但在另一方面，祂(猶如)是慈悲與喜樂的海洋。這就為什麼，當祂反映在人們身上，人們就獲得自覺、人們得到靈的光、人們進入這喜樂的海洋。而且祂也是知識(knowledge)的海洋，所以那些得到自覺的人也會獲得上天(Divine)力量的知識。這上天的力量是非常精微，它滲透到每一個原子和分子。
在祂的慈悲裏，祂甚至原諒非常殘忍的惡魔(rakshasas)，只要他們對祂虔誠奉獻即可，這是祂的行事風格，因為祂的慈悲是没有極限，所以甚至那些來騷擾太初之母的崇拜者的惡魔，有時候也會被衪祝福。其實這只是要創造出一齣戲劇、一個事件，因為除非有一些戲劇，否則人們無法了解(真理)。(所以)我們必須有Ramayana、Mahabharata等惡魔，我們會有耶穌基督被釘上十字架、有穆罕默德被迫害等戲碼在歷史上出現，因為若没有這些事件，人類是會遺忘而無法記住(remember)。所以在人類的靈性歷史裏，人們已看過許多濕婆神的祝福與太初之母的大能之間(爭鬥)的戲碼。
註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在Mahashivaratri Puja的談話1996-03-03. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.
Today
we are going to do puja to Shiva, Shri Shiva. As you know, Shri Shiva is the
reflection of Sadashiva within us.
I’ve
already told about the reflection. Sadashiva is the God Almighty, the one who
sees the play of Adi Shakti. But He is the Father who is watching each one of
His Creation or Her Creation.
His
support to Adi Shakti is entirely, fully strengthening. There’s no doubt in His
mind about the capability of the Adi Shakti. But when He finds that in the play
of Adi Shakti, the people or the world as such, try to disturb Her, or to spoil
Her work, then He gets into His wrathful mood, and He destroys all such people,
and maybe, He destroys the whole world.
On
one side He’s wrathful, no doubt, on the other side, He is the ocean of
compassion and joy. That’s why, when He is reflected within us, we get our
Self-Realization, we get the light of our Spirit and we get into the ocean of
joy.
Also He is the ocean of knowledge, so those who get Self-Realized get the knowledge of the Divine, which is very subtle, permeating into every atom and molecule, the power of this knowledge is there.
Also He is the ocean of knowledge, so those who get Self-Realized get the knowledge of the Divine, which is very subtle, permeating into every atom and molecule, the power of this knowledge is there.
His
style is such that, in his compassion, He forgives even very cruel rakshasas,
if they dedicate themselves to Him. Because His compassion has no limits and
sometimes the same people who are blessed by Him try to trouble the devotees of
Adi Shakti – but it is just to create a drama, an event. Unless and until there
is some drama, people won’t understand. We had to have Ramayana, we had
to have Mahabharata, we had to have Christ being crucified, we had to
have Mohammed being tortured. All that drama was there because without events,
people don’t remember.
So
in the spiritual life of human beings, they have seen lots of dramas between
the blessings of Shiva and the powers of the Adi Shakti.
