你的想法與觀念都是虚構的(上)

*** 你的想法與觀念都是虚構的(上)  ***

 

前言：這是一個重要的談話，Shri Mataji 多次談及此，但以1996-03-21講得最詳盡。本談話較長，譯者嘗試譯其大要，做為大家看全文或影帶的參考。文長，分成上下。

 

譯文：

一般人並不了解人的心智及其產生的觀念、想法 ( mind, 請務必看註一 )，而只是活在這些觀念及想法當中。對霎哈嘉的練習者而言，應該是很容易了解到：人類就是容易反應的動物，習慣性地對外界的種種作出反應。因為人類的腦袋裡有兩個氣球，就是''自我''(ego)及''非我''(superego, 或譯"超我"，指的是人的制約，即人被訓練而養成的習慣)。這兩個氣球會使人有反應的傾向，即人類的自我及非我無時不刻在對外界做出反應，這個反應的機制是內建在人類的裡面。人類的思維、想法等即是這個反應機制下的產物，它們隨時轟炸你的頭腦，你也不知道它們從何而來。也正因為這個反應的動作及這些思維想法，使人類無法看到外在事物的實相(reality)。當人類倚靠其心智產生的種種觀念及想法時，他就沒有了解好壞對錯的明辨力，這些人們創造的觀念及想法往往是各種罪惡的根源，帶來爭端、衝突、佔有，最後甚至造成戰爭。

 

這些觀念與想法只是人的心智虚構出來的東西，它們並沒有和實相有任何的連結，（即它們並不是真理），但是人們卻依憑這些想法來行事，說：''我的心裏就是這樣想，這就是我想要、想做的''。這些並非真理、完全來自虛構的的想法觀念就帶人走到各種錯誤的途徑。

 

人們往往以為人的心智頭腦可以創造出各種發明，這是完全錯誤的概念，不論是愛因斯坦的相對論，或是牛頓的萬有引力，或是盤尼西林的發明，並不是因為人們心智頭腦的探索研究而發現的，而是經由一些未知的力量進入他們的腦袋，其實他們當中的大部分人知道這個事實。愛因斯坦是在花園玩肥皂泡沫時，突然間不知從何而來，相對論的概念降臨他腦袋。牛頓也曾經說過：'' 這個（萬有引力的）概念是從我所未知的來源而來的''。我們霎哈嘉練習者都知道這個來源就是''神聖力量''(Divine Power)，即無所不在的力量(Paramchaitanya)。你們是知道這個力量，因為你們可以感覺到它，你們知道它在那裏，所以你們應該要知道：你們必須超越你們的心智的種種想法(beyond your mind)，來達到無思慮的覺知狀態(thoughtless awareness)。

 

在這種狀態之下，你就不會對外界反應，你變成一個靜觀者(witness)，是外在這齣戲的靜觀者，此時你完全處在放鬆和諧的狀態，你只是看著外物，你變成一個旁觀者，外在的一切並不會激起你任何反應。在此狀態下，你可以看到的整個事件的實相，而非被你的心智想法所扭曲的幻相。這就是為什麼我一直告訴你們要靜坐！要靜坐！因為只有靜坐可以帶你到無思慮的覺知狀態。

 

註一：mind這個字並不容易找到合適的中譯。譯者以為Shri  Mataji所講的mind最接近"想法、觀念"，有時候也代表 "頭腦心智" (即產生"想法、觀念"的主體)。譯者嘗試列出一些Shri  Mataji曾提過的 "人類的想法" (即人的腦袋心智虛構出來的錯誤想法)，以恊助讀者明瞭mind。例如：科學能証明的才是真的；神是不存在的；曰耳曼民族是最優秀的種族；人應該不要受任何拘束來做任何他想做的事；真正的自由就是做任何我喜歡的事；收費超高的導師才可能教上乘的法門；女人也可以做男人做的任何事，這才叫男女平等；人要拚命賺錢；流行就是對的；人類社會就要追求經濟成長。

Today, I’m going to talk about the mind. People don’t know what is this mind is. It is very easy to understand for Sahaja Yogis that we are the ones who react, react to everything that is outside. The reason is we have two horrible tendencies, one which is an ego, and another tendency is that we are being trained that way, or we can call it the superego or the conditionings.
So, both the things, our ego and conditionings, are all the time acting outside. This reaction, which is built-in within us, is just like bubbles in the ocean. And these bubbles keep us away from reality. These bubbles are of thoughts, and they just blast you all the time in your head, and you don’t know why they are coming.
When you depend on this artificial mind of yours then you have no discretion as to understand what is good and what is bad. This mind is the one where all kinds of evil things start, all kinds of quarrels, fights and – possessiveness, lastly the war also comes there.
It is in this mind only, which is nothing but a myth, all these concrete, destructive ideas, somehow or other come up, and then they start growing and growing. Then you find people whom you can impress also, put ideas into their heads – by reading, they learn, or by their lectures, or by mesmerism, whatever kinds of things they can do. They put your mind into such a frame that you accept these destructive ideas, for yourself individually, or maybe for the collective. So this mind is just a myth and we are working through this mind. We are all the time satisfying ourselves by saying, “Oh, that’s my mind, my mind wants it.”
You see, like one Indian Sahaja Yogi went to America, and he told Me that, “Americans are maneuverer.” Maneuverer means they are mad after their mind. I said, “What do you mean?” He said, “I gave money to my wife to buy one bush shirt for me. She went and bought some skirts. And she has many skirts, but she bought some skirts. So I asked her, ‘Why did you buy the skirts?’ (Shri Mataji laughing) So she said, ‘My mind said that, “you should buy the skirts”, so I bought skirts’.”
So, this is what it is, that the mind can take you to all kinds of wrong things because it has no connection with reality, firstly, and secondly it is a mythical thing, absolutely mythical.
You see, people think that whatever they have created, it is out of their mind. Is a wrong idea, absolutely wrong idea. All great scientists, say – Einstein has said that, “I was tired trying to find out the Theory of Relativity, very tired.” He had some concept, like all scientists take up some sort of a concept, and they tried to build up their research on that, “And then I thought, it’s a wrong concept that I have taken up. Suddenly”, he said, “I went into the garden, I said let’s try and play with the soap bubbles.” He was playing with the soap bubbles like a small child, “and suddenly, from somewhere unknown”, he says, the Theory of Relativity dawned upon him. Many scientists have said that – that they don’t know from where they get this idea. From where did they get it? It has a special – study now people are doing to find out how these scientists got these things.

And in a very Sahaj manner, even the way penicillin was discovered, or anything was discovered by these people, was not through the probing or manipulation of the mind, but through some unknown force it came into their mind, and that’s what they thought, that this was from their mind, some – some. But most of them realized, even Newton realized that, “It is coming from something, some source which I am not aware of.”
As Sahaja Yogis you know it is the Source of the Divine Power, which is all-pervading, the Paramchaitanya. You know, because you can feel it, you know it is there. But, even when you know, you must know you have to go beyond your mind into thoughtless awareness, minimum. Always I tell you, “Meditate, meditate”, because you should be in thoughtless awareness, where you do not react. So, what happens, you become a witness, you become the witness of the whole drama, of the whole scene, and you are absolutely at ease with yourself, no problem. And what you are doing that you become an instrument of this Paramachaitanya, of this all-pervading power. You are just watching, you are a witness, and as watching everything, you realize that whatever you watch cannot react on you. But you know what it is, and this is what is the state in which you understand the reality of the whole situation.