----導師與無思慮(之一)----
如何達到導師(Guru)的狀態(state)呢？當然首先你要成為自己的主人(master)，這是毫無疑問的，你都不是自己的主人，那如何當別人的導師呢？
要達到導師的狀態，首先你們必須要培養一些能力(faculties)，第一個能力是你可以達到無思慮(thoughtless)的狀態。(最初)在靜坐時你可以進入無思慮的狀態一小段時間，慢慢地，這短暫的時間應該可以逐步增長，即你可以有一段時間是沒有任何思緒的，我們可以說這是一種狀態。如何達到這種狀態呢？人們總以為必須要很努力做一些事才可以達成某一狀態，他們不知道事情有時是可以自然而然地發生。在霎哈嘉裏，我們有一個很簡單的口訣(mantra)來讓你自然而然達到無思慮的狀態，即 "Nirvichara"。所以當你看(外在的)任何事物時，你唸頌此口訣 "Aum Twamewa Sakshat Nirvichara"，然後你就可以開始只是單純地看著，如旁觀者(witness)一般，靜靜地看，而沒有任何的思緒。這單純的看的本身就會在內裏創造出這種無思慮的狀態，這是非常的重要的，此時你變成一個旁觀者。當你是一個旁觀者時，你會看到這個的標的物的全貌，既看到内在精微的部分，也看到外觀粗糙的部分。你不只看到了它，也知道了它，做為一個霎哈嘉瑜伽士，它變成了你的知識(knowledge)。
記得有一次我旅行經過Sangamner一帶，我看到一些紅色的石頭。後來我告訴他們可以採集一些紅色的石頭做為我們在Pratishtan的建築之用，他們卻回答說："在整個Maharashtra都没有紅色石頭！"，我説："你們去靠近Sangamner的那一帶就可找到。"，"我們常經過那一帶，但我們從未看過紅色的石頭！"，"我不曉得你們看到什麼、注意到什麼，但是那裏確定是有！"。結果他們去那裏，果然看到一山又一山的紅石頭，這些都是他們以前未曾注意到的！
所以當你無思慮靜觀外界時，就没有任何思緒來阻礙你完全看到這外界的全部，來吸收外界的的知識(譯者：即此例中的"紅石頭")。此時由於没有思緒的干擾，百分之百完全吸收就自然而然地發生。然後在適當的時機，它就展現出來(譯者：在此例中就以你的知識展現出來："那裏有紅石頭")。這就是當你進入無思慮的狀態時，上天的力量(Divine Power) 如何在你内裏運作的方式。這也是我很少會忘記事情的原因，很多人都應該注意到我有這個特點。
用當代的術語來說，當你(没有思慮)看著外物，外在的一切就如同錄影帶般記錄在你的心智(mind)裏，然後它再以知識或喜樂或愛心的方式展現出來(註一)。(在得到自覺後)你會有不同的向度(dimensions)的能力，這些向度是你們必須去發展的。
同樣地，若你現在去面對一個難應付的人，他一直說話，不停地說，此時你只要進入無思慮的狀態，你猜往下會發生什麼事呢？首先，他那些如炸彈般、不止歇的話語再也無法接近你，因為你已完全處在另一個不同的國度，在這無思慮的國度裏，你的能力(power，或譯：大能)就開始展現出來，它可能會使講個不停的對方冷靜下來，或甚至令他嘴巴閉起來，或是可能讓他感受到源源不斷的大愛。
註二：請見1979-11-18的談話，其中有唸頌Nirvichara口訣.
註三： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在導師普祭(Guru Puja)的談話1992-07-19. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.
Yesterday, you
had asked me for the status of a Guru. It’s a state, It is not a status because
status is external, can be bestowed upon anyone, and anybody can say that, “This
is your status.” For something external merit, or something, you can give a
status to a person. It is a state. ‘State’ means the innate being, evolved to
that level that you become the master. Of course, you have to be
your own master to begin with. No doubt about it. If you are not even your own
master then how you can achieve that state?
Now as I say it
is innate; then one starts thinking, “If it is innate, in a Sahaj way, how
do we achieve it?” There are certain faculties which we have to develop to
begin with.
The first
faculty is if we can become thoughtless. In meditation you can become
thoughtless for a short time. Gradually this short time should go on increasing
– that you are without any thought. This happens also as we can say is a state,
but how do we achieve that, again? Because human beings cannot understand that
anything can happen spontaneously it has to be done some…something has
to be done. For that, in Sahaj, we have something very, very simple, that you
have got a mantra as ‘nirvichara’.
So now you
watch anything saying the mantra, “Aum Twameva sakshat nirvichara,” then
you’ll start seeing that, witnessing that, without thinking. Just
see, witness. Just seeing itself creates that state within us the first state,
is very important, that you become the witness, the sakshi. As soon as
you become a sakshi, the whole thing whatever you are seeing gives you a
complete idea, subtle as well as gross, of that thing. You see it and you know
it and, as a Sahaja Yogi, it becomes your knowledge. We can say, in the modern
terminology, that you see something, it gets recorded in your mind and it
manifests joy, it manifests knowledge, it manifests compassion, whatever may
[be] the situation. Because now you have many dimensions which you have to
develop, these dimensions are to be developed.
Now supposing
you go and meet someone with whom you have to deal. He’s talking, talking,
talking. Just become thoughtless. So now, what is the thing that will
happen as soon as you become thoughtless? First his thoughts, his bombardment,
will not touch you because you are in a different realm altogether. But in that
realm your power will manifest: it may cool him down, it may shut him
down or maybe he may just feel tremendous love for you............
So many people
must have noticed that I seldom forget things. Like once I was travelling and I
saw some red stones near Sangamner, and when I said that why not we have
some red stones for Pratishtan. They said, “But there are no red
stones in the whole of Maharashtra.” I said, “There are.” “Where?” I
said, “Go on the way of…you’ll find them near Sangamner.” They said, “We
have travelled so much that way, we’ve never seen it.” I said, “I don’t
know what you are seeing, you know, what you are watching, I have definitely
seen.” When they went there they saw mountains and mountains
of these red stones and they never noticed it even!
So now, when
you start witnessing something without thought there’s no obstruction for
absorbing the knowledge about that thing because there’s no thought. It’s
complete absorption takes place. And then it manifests. This is how the
Divine Power works within us.
