-------最重要的是看顧自己-------
對霎哈嘉練習者來講，最重要的是看顧(watch)自己，而不是注意到別人是如何，尤其當你還沒有昇進到某一個程度。霎哈嘉的大門是對所有人開放，所以一些有負面能量的人也會進來，他們可能仍然在霎哈嘉的邊緣遊走。當你看到這種人，你可能會想：" 這怎麼可能？霎哈嘉裏面怎麼會有這種人？這個人的行為是如此如此，他怎麼會是一個霎哈嘉練習者呢？"。其實當你看到一個練習者的行為達不到標準，或他的行事和一般世俗大眾無異，或甚至更糟糕，這時只有一點是確定的，那即是：他並不是一個霎哈嘉練習者！他的行為舉止是和霎哈嘉無關！
但是他是他，你是你，你必須當一個霎哈嘉練習者。不要以這些人的行為來衡量、來論斷霎哈嘉！你應該以你自己的昇進、以你自己的自覺(enlightment)來衡量霎哈嘉。當你内在沒有光、還没有自覺時，你無法看清楚外界的種種。甚至當你内在只有一絲絲光，但並未完全自覺時，你只會看見別人的問題。你應該看顧自己，而不是去看顧別人。你來霎哈嘉是為了你自己的昇進，而不是為了別人的昇進。當你學會看顧自己，你會慢慢變得更有覺知、更清醒。當這覺知更進一步成長，真理就會如其所如地呈現在你的眼前。
這些只注意到別人的練習者，其實他們的注意力是有問題的。他們的注意力放在這裏、那裏，他們試圖發現出什麼，然後他們就開始論東論西。他們會結成一個小羣体，他們講的都是一些流言(gossip)，他們正是耶穌基督講的成日東家長西家短的靈魂(murmuring souls)。這些人不只在集體内會造成一些問題，他們也會樂於毀滅你的自覺，因為這是他們無法達到的。有時他們也會以一種方式來和你談話，造成你開始懷疑自己、懷疑霎哈嘉。或是他們對别人談論你，從而給你製造一些麻煩。這就是為什麼耶穌基督兩千年前就警告我們：" 小心這些東家長西家短的靈魂(Beware of the murmuring souls !)"。
註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 的談話1988-07-27. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。
You can be
quite deceived about it because we have all kinds of people in Sahaja Yoga. The
door is open to everyone. We get many negative people also. They are still
lingering on the periphery. And you are also on the periphery, then you meet
those people, and you think, “How can that be? This person was so bad. He says
he’s a Sahaja Yogi, but he’s like this, like this, like this.” That shows one
thing for definite, that if you see somebody of that kind, of that mentality,
which is not Sahaja, if you see someone who is not up to the mark, and who
behaves in a very mundane manner, or may be in a very ridiculous manner, know
that that person is not a Sahaja Yogi.
But you have to
be Sahaja Yogi. Don’t judge Sahaja Yoga by other people. You judge it by your
own ascent and by your own enlightenment. If you are not enlightened you cannot
see anything. Even if you are slightly enlightened and not enlightened fully,
then you see other people. Don’t see other people. See yourself. Seeing
yourself, you will become more aware and more conscious. And once this
awareness grows, you start seeing the truth as it exists. So for Sahaja Yogis
it is important, first of all to watch themselves.
Now we
discovered that, you see, in the groups that will form a collective and when we
start living together, see some of the old style things still linger on. The
common thing is the gossip. This is, Christ has called then, “Beware of the
murmuring souls.” He knew that these will be coming back on the stage again
when I will be here to tell you about Sahaja Yoga. So He already told that,
“Beware of the murmuring souls.”
And these
murmuring souls, first of all their attention is not all right. Their attention
is here and there and they’re trying to find out something. And then they start
talking about things. Then they start creating problems. And they are somehow,
like to destroy your Realization. They want that you should not achieve what
you are achieving because they cannot achieve it. So then they see that somehow
you should be destroyed, so they talk to you in a manner that you start
doubting yourself. You start doubting Sahaja Yoga. Or else, they start talking
about others and try to create a problem for you.
