為什麼 Shakti (力量) 是最重要的

------為什麼  Shakti  (力量) 是最重要的-------

在印度的古籍經典裏，Shakti (力量) 是最重要的。我們應該來了解爲什麼Shakti 這麼重要。就以"火"為例，什麼是火的力量呢？火可以給你光，可以燃燒東西，這就是火的力量。假如火没有這些力量，火變成不重要的東西了！ 誰會在乎火呢？同樣地，一個人若没有靈 (Spirit) 的力量，雖然他内在有靈，但也没有什麼用處。因為我們(原本)並没有靈的力量，所以我們首先必須要先喚醒内在這個 Shakti(力量)，而這唯一的方法即是得到你的自覺。我們内在的這個力量是如同媽媽的力量，媽媽和孩子之間是最親愛的關係，所有的愛都經由此關係表現出來。這就爲什麼 Shakti 就如同一位母親一樣。一般媽媽對孩子的感情、愛及耐心，Shakti全部都有。這也為什麼你内在的 Shakti 絕對不會傷害你，因為你是如同祂的小孩。

在所有這些力量( Shakti )中，最高的是昆達里尼 ( Kundalini )，因為没有她，你無法獲得自覺。但是我們可以説比昆達里尼更高的力量，或言互補的力量，即是摩訶拉希什米的力量( Mahalakshmi power )。若没有摩訶拉希什米，你没辦法往上升進。摩訶拉希什米是昆達里尼力量往上升起的階梯，所以這兩個力量都非常重要，彼此也非常相關。

摩訶拉希什米原理是在我們完成拉希什米 ( Lakshmi ) 原理之後才展開了，就像西方世界的人們在物質豐盛、財富滿盈之後開始覺得有所不足，他們開始想：我們真正獲得了什麼？我們現在有一大堆問題、有很多不平衡，我們應如何做呢？我們應該再回到平衡的生活，但是如何做呢？
我們必須有靈的真正知識 (aadhyatma)，要知道這知識，你的昆達里尼必須先被喚醒，如此你才能連接到這無所不在的力量 ( all-pervading Power )。一旦你連接上了，你就與這能量合而爲一，你的内在也會得到轉換。（之後）因為你的内在有光，在這光照之下，你能看到你所有的問題、所有的缺陷，而且你知道如何去改正它。所以霎哈嘉瑜伽是最容易的途徑來達到轉變與昇進。

基督教把摩訶拉希什米轉世的聖母瑪利亞( Mary )當成一個女人(woman)而已，這對女神 (Goddess) 是很大的侮辱。除非你接受 Shakti或母親是唯一介在上天( Divinity )和你之間的溝通者，你的靈性成長是没有可能的。

印度人有很大的祝福，因為他們敬重母親為Shakti 。他們知道宇宙萬事皆經由 Shakti 的動作、Shakti的思考、Shakti的協調、Shakti的理解與計劃而完成的，並不是經由全能的上帝而完成的。全能的上帝只是一個旁觀者，是 Shakti 做所有的事。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在摩訶拉希什米普祭(Shri Mahalakshmi Puja)的談話1990-12-21。  JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

So, one has to realize that in Indian shastras, scriptures, Shakti is the most important thing. It is to be understood why.

Because, say now, if you have a light or if you have fire, what is the power of fire? The power of fire can be that it can give you light, it can burn away things, but supposing it does not have its power, then who’ll care for fire? Nothing. So anybody who hasn’t got the power of being the Spirit, it is useless.
So this power, this Shakti, has to be awakened within us, because we do not have the power of the Spirit. We have to have the power of the Spirit. That’s only possible if you get your Self Realization. That is the reason it is very important that we should pay attention to our power. Now this power is made as the power of a Mother. Mother is the most loving relationship, and through that relationship all the love is expressed.
That is why the Shakti is that of a Mother, and the affection, the love, the patience that Mother has for Her children, the Shakti too has the same powers, you see, and that is how this Shakti never can harm you.
Out of all these Shaktis, all these powers, highest of all is what we call as the Kundalini, because without Her you cannot get Realization. But also we can say, higher than that, or complementary to that, is Mahalakshmi power.
Without the Mahalakshmi you cannot rise. This is the ladder through which this power of Kundalini can rise. So both the powers are very important and very much related to each other. Mahalakshmi principle starts when we have finished with Lakshmi principle.
Like in the West, people are fed up with affluence, fed up with all the riches and all that, so they are thinking: “What have we achieved? We have gone into imbalances, so what should we do? We have to balance ourselves.” So how do we balance ourselves?
We have to have the knowledge of the Spirit. That is called as aadhyatma. You have to know what is the knowledge of the Spirit, and to know the knowledge of the Spirit Kundalini has to be awakened, and that you are to be connected to this all-pervading Power. Once that happens, you just become one with that energy and you get transformation within yourself, because there is light and in the light you can see all your problems, all your defects; and also if you know how to correct it, is the easiest thing to do is to get transformation in Sahaja Yoga.

But despite all that, the Motherhood has not been respected that should have been, in the Bible, which is a very wrong thing, while Mahalakshmi Herself incarnated as Mother Mary Herself. And to say about Mahalakshmi as “a woman”, I think is a great insult.
And where women are insulted like this, where the Goddesses are insulted, we cannot expect any spiritual growth unless and until you accept that it’s the Shakti, is the Mother who, who is the only thing that’s the communication between us and the Divinity.

So this is a very big blessing in India, that they respect Mother as the Shakti, and that the whole thing is done by the movement of the Shakti, by the thinking of the Shakti, by the coordination and the understanding and the planning of the Shakti only. It’s not done by God Almighty, He’s just a spectator. She does everything.( 1990-12-21  )

大象的尾巴(下)

------大象的尾巴(下)------

有一些藝術家本質上是非常單純(simple)，像 Ravi Shankar，還有他的導師。他是一個真誠且單純的人，而且他知道我是誰，從一開始他就叫我"母親"。

有一天他抱了一隻出生不久的小鹿來給我，我説："這是幹什麼！"

他說："這隻小鹿哀嚎不停，所以我將它帶來給你。"

"為什麼？為什麼是我？"

"請母親抱抱它、愛撫它，它就會感到母愛。"

你看，如此一位大藝術家，行為舉止就像一位小孩子！是令我非常驚訝，他是一位如此單純的人！你如果觀察小孩子在表示他們的關愛，他們是何等地真誠，何等地想幫助他人。

同樣這個地方，也有一個小男孩很喜歡我。有一天他打算送我一個南瓜，我看他拿了一個南瓜來，然後對我説："等一下。"，   人又不見了，一會兒又回來了，手上又抱著一個南瓜，如此來回，總共搬了九個南瓜來。我問他："爲什麼搬了九個南瓜來呢？"，"因為我不知道妳喜歡那一個？所以我將它們全部都帶來了。"，你看這是如何地感人！如何地觸動你的心！

所以我們應該要使自己變得更單純。我們應該用簡潔單純的方

式，而不是複雜的方式來交談。要用簡單的方式、甜蜜的方

式。這樣子我們才可以創造一個美麗的世界。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji的談話1990-12-14. JSM ! 敬請 Sahaja 兄弟姊妹們指正.

Even some artists were extremely simple by nature. Like Ravi Shankar, you know, and his guru, he has got Alla Raka and Ali Akbar; all these were his disciples. Such a great genius man, such a simple man, I tell you. And he knew Me very well. He used to call Me “Ma”; he used to call Me “Mother” from the very beginning. And one day he brought one little deer, a baby deer, brought it to Me. I said, “What’s the matter?” He said, “See, this deer was crying too much. So I brought it to You.” But I said, “For, why for Me?” “So, You see, he will feel the love of his Mother. So You just caress him.” Imagine, such a great artist coming like a little baby to Me, making that. I was so surprised at him. Look at him; such a simple man. He’s doing that. And you see, if you see the children when they love, how genuine they are, how they work it out.

The same place there was a child. He was very fond of Me. And one day he decided to bring some pumpkins for Me. So he brought one to Me. I saw him bringing in the thing. He said, “All right, just wait.” Then there was, he went back, and there was another one kept little further. He brought that. He had put nine of them in different places. One by one he was bringing them. He brought nine pumpkins to give Me. So sweet. But I said, “Why did you bring nine?” “Because I don’t know which one you like so I brought all of them.” So simple and so touching; I mean, just [touch/touches/tears/turns] your heart.

So we have to be simple people. We have to talk to each other in a simple way, not in a complicated way, in a very simple, sweet manner. That’s how we are going to create a beautiful world. (1990-12-14)

大象的尾巴(上)

-------大象的尾巴(上)-------

有一次我和我女兒、女婿外出旅遊，我們去Palitana，它是以漂亮的地形著名的。我們必須徒步上山，我記得一路往上的山路約有五公里之多，直至山頂有一座寺廟，其他人都喊累要休息，我們就停下了喘口氣。才剛停下來，我就看到那些在頭頂圓形天花板上面美麗的大象雕刻，我就對我的女婿說："你看那些大象！它們的小尾巴的捲曲都不一樣！" ，他回答道："母親！我們都累死了！你如何有精力來欣賞那些小尾巴呢？" ，我說："因為我看見了那些可愛的小尾巴，所以我一點都不累。這是關鍵，因為我看到了一條條小尾巴的美麗之處！" 

你看，縱使是很普通的萬事萬物都有它們美麗之處。即使是很平凡的人，你也可以發覺許多可愛之處，可能是他們描述事情的方式，或像小孩子一般的率直談話，或他們很簡單的幾句話。你會發覺這些簡單的話語絕非膚淺，而是有很深的内涵。真正有深度的、有内涵的說詞必然是很簡單的字句(Whatever is deep is simple.)。而這些簡單的素材以多樣的排列組合呈現在外，則有種種不同的風味與情趣。

再談到這間房子(譯者：指母親在Pratishthan 蓋的大宅)，在整個建造過程我一點都沒有什麼压力。其實我一點都不在意，我很輕易地找到所有合適的建材，並將它們運送到此地。我從沒想到有什麼压力。每一個人看到這房子都說："好奇特的設計與創作！"，但是我從未有任何的構思，我根本不知道什麼是設計。對我而言，這房子根本是不足為道(nothing great)，外在的美麗世界才是令人賞心悅目、令人着迷的。這個世界及所有的一切之所以被創造，只是上帝的一個小小的想法。這個想法即是要你們進入上帝的國去享受，就只是這樣！上帝創造了一個如此美麗的世界，祂創造了所有的事物來將你帶到人類的階段，現在只剩下一個簡單的步驟，即進入上帝的王國。你不必把自己弄得太複雜，一旦你如此做(註一)，你會驚訝到你可以創造(成就)許多美麗的事物。

註一：譯者認為是指：簡單及進入上帝的王國。

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji的談話1990-12-14, 亦參考1996-03-03有關大象雕刻的描述. JSM ! 敬請 Sahaja 兄弟姊妹們指正.

For example, as I have told you once I was travelling and we went to a place called Palitana known to be a very beautiful, beautifully carved place. And we had to walk, I don’t know, for three miles at least, climbing up or something like that. With Me was My daughter and My son-in-law. Went up and there was a little temple. They wanted to rest. And also we laid down ourselves there. And as soon as I saw all these beautiful elephants were there, so I told My son-in-law, “Look at these elephants. All their tails are twisted differently.” He said, “Mummy, we are so fed up. How do you have energy to see the tails?” I said, “Because I see the tails I don’t feel tired. That’s the point. Because I see the beauty of these tails, I — ”. So you see, even in simple things there is so much of beauty. In very, very ordinary persons you’ll find that they have a very beautiful things and very nice way of saying things, very simple talks of children like that, it’s so simple, so straightforward, and whatever they say it’s so deep. So whatever is deep is simple, but when it is expressed outside it can have lots of permutations and combinations and it can work out in a beautiful way.

I must tell you, I had no strain in making this house, nothing. I was not bothered at all. I found everything so easily; I brought it here, put it down here, I never even thought there’s strain or anything. Everybody says, “What a concept.” But I never conceived anything. I mean, I just don’t know. What is a concept is there; I just told, “To Me is nothing great.” The whole world is there for us to see and to be fascinated. But behind all that, all this world and everything is created with the very little, simple idea of God, that you all have to enter into the Kingdom of God. That’s all; such a simple idea. So He’s created such a beautiful world, then he created all kinds of things to bring you to the human level, and now just simple thing is to enter into the Kingdom of God. You should not complicate yourself too much and once you do that you will be surprised how beautifully you will be able to produce. (1990-12-14)

不要糟蹋未來的聖人

------不要糟蹋未來的聖人------

在西方世界中，有些父母對他們的孩子非常依戀(attachment )，這令我非常驚訝。每個人都有小孩，有小孩子有什麼偉大特殊的地方嗎？你有什麼樣的小孩才是值得一提。在集體之中，有些父母很不喜歡他人指正他的小孩。當你如此保護(看重)你的小孩，你如何能教他什麼呢？你可以教他犧牲奉獻嗎？你有教他要和別人共享(不要獨自佔有)嗎？你有教他要容忍、要原諒嗎？別人只稍微糾正你的小孩，你就不高興，那就更不用談給小孩子一些處罰了！這樣子的小孩未來會變成霎哈嘉很大的麻煩。

你必須了解到：你是否容許你的小孩長成一棵大樹？他是否慷慨大方？他是否像一個聖人？他是否有美麗的人格特質？他對別人講話時是什麼樣的口氣與態度？他是否有信心呢？他們將是未來霎哈嘉的領導者，只有小孩的母親才可以讓小孩子成為偉大的聖人。

假如你只是成天抓住(譯者：指掛念依戀)你的小孩，小孩也成天纏住母親，那麼這是一種自殺的行為，毁了你也毁了小孩。

霎哈嘉的父母是有義務讓你的小孩長成一棵大樹，成為偉大的人，比你還更偉大！他們將來必須照顧這整個世界。當你和小孩子在一起時，你要用愛來塑造他們、滋養他們，要教導他們以愛待人。他們的行為應該讓周遭的人可以感受到愛，否則他們會變成像Ravana(註一)一樣的惡魔。Ravana 也是一個天生自覺的靈，但是被他的媽媽寵壞而變成一個惡魔。假如你不想讓你的小孩變成惡魔，首先你要了解到他是我(指Shri Mataji)的小孩，他只是暫時交給你代管而已！你的職責不是把小孩變得更狹隘、更渺小。我必須警告你，你對小孩子的執着依戀也是一種誘惑(temptation)。你應該讓小孩子成為光，燃燒自己照亮別人的光，而不是只為自己的人。

讓你的小孩接觸好的事物，告訴他們什麼是善，告訴他們如何待人以善心，告訴他們如何照顧別人，如何觸摸別人的腳以示尊敬，如何整理自己的儀容，如何將食物分享他人，教他們如何餵鳥，如何澆花等等。絕對不要把他們變成小器皿。經由你們而來的小孩有些是非常有潛力的偉大聖人，但是你的許多做為都糟蹋了他，我必須警告你！

假如你發現你的小孩固執或小氣，或不知道和他人分享，或非常霸道，你必須要立即糾正制止他。小孩子是非常非常聰明，當他們體察到他們會失去你的愛時，他們馬上會改正他們的行為。

註一：Ravana 就是被羅摩(Shri Rama) 殺死的有十個頭的惡魔。

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在Diwali Puja的談話1990-10-21. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

If anybody says anything to the children, people don’t like it. I’ve got reports from Switzerland that if anybody says anything to the children, the parents don’t like it. No. Nobody should say anything to their children. Here She gives Her child to be crucified for the emancipation of humanity. I can’t even look at the cross. While we are so much attached to our children, what are we teaching them? Are we teaching them any sacrifices? Are we teaching them any sharing? Are we teaching them any tolerance? Are we teaching them forgiveness? On the contrary, if anybody says anything to the child we don’t like it, leave alone crucifixion, leave alone even little punishment. The child has now become the biggest ordeal for Sahaja yogis. I can tell you, I can see it so clearly.
The attachment to children is so great in the West that I am surprised. Everybody gets children, what’s so great about it? The greatness is what kind of children you are.

So we must understand. Are we allowing our children to grow big? Are they generous? Are they saints? Are they beautiful? How do they talk to others? Are they confident? Tomorrow they are going to be the leaders of Sahaja yogis. Like Shivaji’s mother, like Jijamata, how she made the son great! It’s the mother who makes the children great, and if she wants all the time to sort of a, grab the child and the child to grab the mother, then it is suicidal, suicidal for you and suicidal for the children. What have we done about our children?
Is duty of every Sahaja yogi to see that their children grow, grow as great people, greater than you. They have to look after the world. If you spend time with your children, see that you mould them, you nourish them with love and tell them that they should give love to others. That they should behave in such a manner that everybody should feel that love through them. Otherwise they will become devils like Ravana. Ravana was a realized soul and spoilt by his mother, became a devil.
If you don’t want your children to be devils, first of all understand that they are not your children, they are My children, under your trust. And you are not to make your children dwarfish and smalls. This is a new temptation I find in Sahaja Yoga people are developing, so be careful. I wanted to warn you because we have to make our children like lights. Light burns for others, not for itself.

We talk of lights, Diwali, all right, but these lights are burning for others every moment. Do we learn from them? Are we burning for others? Are our children going to burn for the others? You are making them so selfish. So thousands and thousands of children are going to come. And even when they are born realized, I’ve seen you spoil them. I mean, if you take a diamond and put it in a gutter it will be lost. It’s like that. Even if you have the best children, you can ruin them by this kind of stupid idea that, “That’s my child, this is mine.”
Expose your children to good things. Tell them what is good. Tell them how to be good to others, tell them to look after them, tell them how to press the feet of others, how to comb the hair, how to give food to others. Teach them! Let them carry little trays and feed others, to the birds, let them give water to the flowers. Don’t make them small. Some of the children are really dynamic, great saints born to you, but you are ruining them and I have to warn you about it

If you find your child is obstinate, if you find your child is miserly, if you find your child he doesn’t know how to share love with others or dominating, try to curb it down immediately. Children are very clever, extremely clever. The moment they realize that they will lose your love, they behave themselves. (1990-10-21)

拉希什米(Lakshmi) 與保護

------拉希什米(Lakshmi) 與保護------

拉希什米的另一隻手就像如此(註一)，這表示祂給你保護。對霎哈嘉練習者而言，你們首先要照顧你們的小孩(即給他們保護)，照顧他們的需要，養育他們，給他們指引，但不要寵壞他們。一旦他們長大結婚有他們自己的小孩之後，就不要試圖去佔有(掌控)他們及他們的妻子小孩。

拉希什米的保護是一種像媽媽的保護。不論你的工作是在辦公室或医院或工廠，所有你的下屬都像是你的小孩，你必須照顧他們，讓他們有家庭的感覺，讓他們有被照顧的感受。像以前我先生的辦公室員工一早從加爾各答搭飛機來，甚至是早上五點鐘，我都親自為他們煮早餐。他們只是一般的辦事員而已！因為經由這像的保護、照顧與愛，你可以讓他們變得非常有活力，也使他們的拉希什米力量增強。否則職場上就容易有罷工和各種爭鬥。

註一：Shri Mataji 向前伸出右手，右手掌向前。
註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在Diwali Puja的談話1990-10-21. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

The another hand is like this. That means She gives you protection. If you don’t feel protected with money, throw it away. Just run away from it. Headache. But also She gives protection to others. A person who has Lakshmi, he has family, he has children, he has everyone. The worst thing I’ve seen [is] that in the West the parents don’t give any money to their children when they grow up. Then don’t look after them but they are so possessive! On the contrary, in India we give all our lives to our children and we are least possessive. And they are even possessive of the grandchildren. That’s why the families are like this here.
So the whole system has gone in a funny way, chaotic. So it is important for Sahaja yogis to understand that they will first of all look after their children, give them whatever they need, nourish them, give them guidance, don’t spoil them. And, secondly, once they are married and have children they will not try to possess them and possess their children, their wives.
And this protection that is given is the protection of a mother. Say you are working in an office, you’re working in a hospital, you’re working in a factory, anywhere you are working, all other people who are working under you are your children, are to be treated like that and they are to feel like that. They have to feel it’s a family. Try this!
My husband, I told him that, “You treat your office as your family.” So early in the morning they used to arrive from Calcutta, about say five o’clock, by plane. And I would Myself cook their breakfast and give it to them. They were just ordinary clerks. Because this is how through the protection, through the care, through the love you can make them so dynamic and that is how the Lakshmi tattwa will increase. Otherwise there will be strikes, there will be fights. This is the enlightenment! (1990-10-21)