純真與正法

*** 純真與正法 ***

從物質(matter)到活生生的植物，再到動物，再往上到人類，都有錫呂格涅沙的能量(energy)在運作，在物質的層次，有人把這能量叫電磁力(electromagnetic)，其實從潛在面來講，這電磁力就是錫呂格涅沙的能量。這能量也會往上演化、成長，即在更上層的植物、動物或人類，各有不同層次的能量。

在人類身上，這能量是以吉祥(auspiciousness)、純潔(purity)來存在，或應該說它主要是純真(innocence)，所以這純真的力量是一個引導的因子。純真並非無知(ignorance)，純真和無知是不同的。假如你是純真的，那麼對你而言，除了愛之外，什麼都不重要。對一個純真的人，他没有什麼制約，他也不會有很大的自我，他也不是所謂成熟世故的人，他只了解愛，他不在乎財富、權力等，他只在乎別人純粹的愛，這是他感受得到的。在他的認知裏，不論是他接受愛或給予愛，他從沒有想到從愛中來獲取什麼。

純真是所有正法的基礎，假如你没有純真，那麼你無法(真正)去遵循正法。縱使你(看起來)是那麼遵守正法，那可能也只是一種心智上的態度，或是一種來自自我，或是因為你出生在一個宗教的家庭，或是有人告訴你應該如此，這些都是非常表面的。除非這些遵循正法的行為是基植於純真的特質，否則這種正法是没有任何意義的。在(真正)遵循正法的狀態中，你不是想到這是該做的正法，你已完全超越這種想法，也超越任何理智的推論。就是如此自然而然地去遵循正法，你無法去做違反正法的事。

道德本身就好像是純真的外顯一樣，一旦(你内裏的)錫呂格涅沙被喚醒，假如你尊敬祂-----只需要尊敬祂，那麼自動地你會發展出一種道德感，我不必再叮嚀你，不用再向你解釋(為何應該要這樣做)，你(自然而然)變成有道德感。外面的人看到(這樣子的)你，都會很驚訝的說："為什麼他們的眼神如此穩定、如此純真，没有任何的情慾與貪婪"。因為這是從後額輪而來的錫呂格涅沙之光，或可說是從額輪而來的耶穌基督之光，耶穌基督正是錫呂格涅沙的轉世再現。

註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂格涅沙普祭(Shri Ganesha Puja)  的談話1993-09-19. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

Now from matter, you move, say, to living plants, then to animals, then to human beings and everywhere His energy works. At the level of matter, they might call it ‘electromagnetic’ but potentially it is the energy of Shri Ganesh, which is electromagnetic at that point. Then it starts evolving, growing. That’s how we have different stratas of energies that we see in different growth of the evolution.

In the human being it exists, as you know, as auspiciousness, as purity, mainly the innocence. So the power of innocence is such a guiding factor. There’s a difference between ignorance and innocence. If you are innocent then, to you, nothing is important except for love. For an innocent person – who is not conditioned, who is not egoistical, who is not so-called matured – it is the love that it understands. It doesn’t care for any wealth, any power, anything but the love that it can feel, the pure love of a person.

Innocent person has no understanding of gaining anything out of the love he receives or he gives; no sense at all. Innocence is the basis of all the dharmas. If you have no innocence you cannot follow dharma because if you are dharmic it is maybe your mental attitude, maybe egoistical, maybe because you are born in a religion or because somebody has told you about it. It’s going to be very superficial. Unless and until it is embedded in the quality of innocence dharma has no meaning. In that state you are dharmic. You are beyond any thinking about it, of any deductions about it. But you are dharmic. You cannot be adharmic. You cannot be. As if the manifestation of innocence is morality.

Once Shri Ganesha is awakened — I hope He has been awakened in all of you — and if you respect Him, just respect Him, then automatically you develop a sense of morality. I don’t have to tell you. I don’t have to explain to you. You just become moral. People who have seen you are quite amazed and said that, “How is it that their eyes are fixed, so innocent, without any lust and greed?” It’s the light of Shri Ganesha from the Back Agnya, Front Agnya; the Jesus Christ, who is the manifestation of Shri Ganesha.

純真與儀式主義

*** 純真與儀式主義 ***

我們應該要注意我們的制約(conditioning)是如何來影響、取代我們的純真，制約會讓你變得極端的儀式化(ritualistic)。縱使在霎哈嘉裏，我也看到、聽說有些練習者非常堅持儀式應如何進行，這些儀式主義(ritualism)者就像這樣：你必須説什麼3次或7次等等，就像被綁住手腳的人。

我們應該了解禮法(protocol)和儀式主義的差別，一個純真的小孩(自然)知道什麼是禮法。我記得有一次一位小男孩來Oxted看我，我說我們上樓去，那樓梯只是一個小木梯，他說："什麼？母親要走這没有紅毯子的小樓梯？"，這個念頭就從他的腦袋跑出來！所以對純真的小孩而言，崇拜及其種種都不是一個儀式，而是一種真情的流露。不論是如何去崇拜，或如何去表現你的愛，都是從你的内心深處的自然表現。一個純真的人來做這些，是讓人有十分甜美的感覺；但是一個守著儀軌的人，他甚至會打另一個做錯儀式的人，他會叫道："你為什麼如此做？你不應該將樟腦放在裏面！爲什麼你將樟腦加在裏面？這是非常錯誤的！"。没有什麼是錯的！假如你從你的内心----純真的心來做這些儀式，怎麼做都是可以的。惟一需要的是用你的心來做這些儀式，而不是没有投入你的心。

你現在是處在上帝的國度裏，在這裏是没有這些種種的規定及儀式主義。

註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂格涅沙普祭(Shri Ganesha Puja)  的談話1993-09-19. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

First of all, we should see how our conditioning takes over our innocence. It makes you extremely ritualistic. Even in Sahaja Yoga, I have seen – I have heard also – that people are extremely ritualistic. Now the ritualism is like this: that you have to say something three times, you say it three times, seven times like tied up people. I have seen some some Sahaja Yogis like that. .........

So one should understand a difference between a protocol and ritualism. An innocent child knows the protocol. I remember there was a child who came to see me in Oxted and I said, “Let’s go upstairs!” So it was a small, little staircase of wood. He said, “What? Is She going to go up without a red carpet?” This came into his head! So for children, innocent children, the worship, everything is not ritualistic, it is heartfelt. You feel it from the heart: how to do the worship, how to show your love. It’s very sweet [the] way an innocent person does it, while a person who is very ritualistic, he may even beat another person because, “Why did you do this? You should not have put camphor in it? Why did you put the camphor? So, it’s very wrong.” There’s nothing wrong. If you do it with your heart, with your open heart, innocently – anything is all right. It is the open heart which is necessary, not the closed heart – “Why did you do it? Why didn’t you do it. Where did you sit? What happened?” Nothing!

Now you are in the kingdom of God and here there are no such rules and regulations that you should be ritualistic.

錫呂克里希納與正法及懲罰

*** 錫呂克里希納與正法及懲罰 ***

錫呂克里希納(Shri Krishna)是我們内裏非常重要的神祇，因為祂是毗濕奴(Vishnu)(的轉世)，毗濕奴是駐在幻海(Void)、臍輪(Nabhi)，正是祂(譯者：應該是指錫呂毗濕奴)產生我們内裏的正法(dharma)。假如錫呂毗濕奴被喚醒，祂會帶給你光，去除你的無明，去除你的黑暗面，你會開始看清楚任何帶給你毀滅的行為，就是這樣來建立(你内在的)正法。當然正法也是由十大導師(Ten Gurus)所建立，十大導師是以先知的身份來到地球，來教人們正法。所以錫呂毗濕奴加上十大導師，就是來建立人們内在的正法。

但是當正法衰敗時，錫呂克里希納就降世在地球，來毀滅那些造成正法衰敗的人們，這就為什麼祂說："當正法沒落時，我就降世地球"。祂也說："我保護聖人，而且我殺掉所有的魔鬼、撒旦及所有帶來毀滅的人"，這些可以説是祂以錫呂克里希納的身份，在遠古以前所做的承諾。做為毗濕奴時，祂主要是扮演正法的給予者，但是祂的所有潛在特質，是在祂以錫呂克里希納的身份降世時才真正表現出來。

錫呂克里希納的前半生是張顯出祂美麗的特質，即祂說你要像一個靜觀者(witness)來看外在世界的這齣戲(drama)。但是接下來，祂也殺掉那些壞人---那些試圖帶給上帝快樂子女麻煩的壞人，祂確定是一個會保護(好人)及殺掉邪惡力量的神祇。在祂當上國王之後，祂甚至殺掉祂的親舅舅，因為他舅舅是一個很壞的人。所以祂並不相信"寬恕"，基督及許多聖人都說要寬恕，錫呂克里希納是唯一說："我必須要懲罰(壞人)"。

濕婆神(Shiva)在過去甚至出於祂的純真，而給予惡魔(rakshasas)愛，給予他們祝福。但是錫呂克里希納一點都不相信寬恕，因為這也是重要的，必須有一個嚴苛的角色，有著嚴苛與堅決的信念，來主張：魔鬼就是魔鬼！魔鬼必須被殺掉！

錫呂克里希納的一生殺了許多人，但這並不表示人們有權力去殺其他人。祂是錫呂克里希納，我們並不是，做為人類的我們必須去寬恕。一旦我們(選擇)寬恕，那麼我們的憤怒及報復的心態都交給了錫呂克里希納，祂會接手去處理。一旦你說："我原諒"，那麼祂就接手了！因為祂不會原諒，所以假如確實應該去懲罰，祂就會接手處罰那些迫害聖人、毀滅正法的人。

註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂克里希納普祭(Shri Krishna Puja)的談話1993-08-15. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

We have to understand clearly that Shri Krishna is a very, very important deity within us because He is the Vishnu, who resides in the Void, in the Nabhi. He is the one who generates dharma within us.   ...............

He is in the Void and if He is awakened He brings you to the light, removes your ignorance, removes your darkness, and you start seeing that whatever you were doing was destructive for you, and that’s how the dharma is established. Of course, the dharma was established also by all the ten Gurus who came on this earth, the prophets, who taught us about dharma.

So this combination of Shri Vishnu and the ten Gurus is to establish dharma within us.   ........

But Shri Krishna is the one who says that “I come on this earth when there is a glani, means demise, of dharma.” When the dharma becomes weak then He comes on this Earth, and then He destroys the people who are responsible for bringing dharma to this level of doom. The second thing He says, that “I protect the saints. I protect the saints and I kill all those who are devils or who are satanic, who are destructive.” These are His promises which He gave long time back as Shri Krishna. As Vishnu we know Him only as the one who is the giver of dharma, mainly. But all His potent qualities really were expressed when He came as Shri Krishna.   .........

So Shri Krishna’s first half of His life He spent in Gokul and Vrindavan where He showed His beautiful expression of His character, as He made it, what He calls as leela, leeladhara, the one who said that you become a witness; you witness the whole world like a drama, sakshi swarupa. And then once you see the whole world as just a child watches, in a child-like mirth and joy, you enjoy life. That has happened to you people that you have become like citizens of Vrindavan and Gokul, the way you are enjoying yourself, enjoying each other’s company, enjoying the bliss of God. Then He showed also by killing Kaliya, by killing Putana and other people, that if anybody tries to trouble such joyous children of God, He is the one who will definitely protect and kill all such evil forces which are troublesome.

But later on He becomes the king, and when He becomes the king He uses His powers in a different way. First of all, if you see His own uncle, His own relation, His own uncle, mother’s brother, was Kansa, and was such a bad man. So Shri Krishna didn’t spare him, He killed him. He killed so many people. Before becoming the king, He killed so many people. Now what does that mean, that His own uncle He killed? One quality that He has, which Christ had, we can say, or so many saints had, is forgiveness. He did not believe in forgiveness. He’s the only one who said that, “I have to punish.” We have to have somebody who should punish also.

If you are like Shiva, then Shiva used to even love rakshasas and in His innocence He used to give them also blessings. But Shri Krishna did not believe in forgiveness at all because it was important that there should be somebody with a very stern mind, with such a stern understanding that a devil is a devil, and devil must be killed.

He has done in His lifetime, if you see, killing of so many people. That doesn’t mean that we have right to kill anybody. He was Shri Krishna; we are not. We have to forgive because we are human beings. Once we forgive we transfer all our anger, all our attitude of taking revenge, to Shri Krishna. He takes over. Once you say that “I forgive,” then He takes over, because He does not forgive. He will immediately take over from you and if it is justifiable, if it is necessary He will punish the people who are torturing saints, who are destroying the dharma.

覺醒的愛與愛的力量

***** 覺醒的愛與愛的力量 *****

在我們的裏面有許多力量(powers) ，如摩訶迦利(Mahakali), 摩訶莎娃斯娃蒂(Mahasaraswati), 摩訶拉希什米(Mahalakshmi), 昆達里尼 (Kundalini)等的力量。這些力量都是用來幫助我們昇進。假如適當使用及了解這些力量，則你的昇進就可以持久。一旦你得到自覺並進入上帝的王國，所有這些力量就會被照亮覺醒(enlightened)，而這些覺醒的力量是完全充滿愛。我們必須了解這一點，即我們是經由愛而獲致完全的覺醒，所以在自覺開悟之後，我們只用一個力量，那就是愛。一旦你得到自覺後，你會體會到你的愛變成一個如此美麗的喜樂海洋。

這個愛是不同於自覺前的愛，在自覺之後，它轉化成另一種形式，它是屬於另一個向度(dimension)。在自覺之前，你最愛的是你自己(身體、自我......)，你可能因為對自己身體的依戀，導致你吃得太多或不吃或運動太多，或追求某一種身材等；但當你得到自覺之後，你對身體的愛會變得不一樣了，你知道你的身體是神的殿堂，所以你會保持身體的清潔，你會避免所有可能毀壞身體的東西與行為。

在自覺之前，你們也有另一種的依戀(attachment)，可以說是一種非常侷限的愛，即愛自己的家人、小孩、妻子(丈夫)。你們可能因此寵壞小孩及妻子(丈夫)，也可能因為自我中心及狹隘的目光，為幫助自己的家人而犧牲他人；得到自覺後，你會發現你原本所做所為對自己、對家人都不是有益的。你開始從群體的角度來思考，(而不是只考慮自己)，對於你自己的家人，你開始思考什麼才是對他們真正有益的，立即你會變成關心他們的問題及毀滅因子。

正因為這種内在的覺醒，你不再有執着與依戀，這種來自無執的愛是最有力量的。就像樹木的汁液，它來自母親大地，一路上升至樹葉的細部，它不會只流到一朶它喜愛的花或葉子，它會滋養樹木的每一個部分。它没有任何執着與偏好。試想假如樹汁只依戀某一朶花、或某一片樹葉，這整棵樹及這朶花、這片葉都會凋零死亡。所以這汁液就如同無執的愛，只求付出給予，而不企求任何回饋，所以汁液帶給樹木的只是繁榮與益處。同樣地，一個成為聖人的霎哈嘉瑜伽士，他對他的家人、朋友及所有的一切的行事態度，也會如同汁液對待樹木一般。

人類至今只是用"仇恨"的力量，尤其是在政治上。某些國家相信他們必須去仇視另一個國家，生來即是應當如此，只因為數百年前彼此有些爭端或發生過戰爭，所以他們的子孫還必須彼此爭鬥。其實"愛"的力量才是最大的力量，而且在得到自覺之後，我們只需要使用愛的力量。這是我們所擁有的、最有效的、最強力的武器，因為這是上天的愛，我們從這泉源-----無所不在的力量(或言：上帝的愛)-----獲得了這上天的愛。

有人說上帝是全能的(Almighty)，那麼誰可以比上帝更有能力呢？但假如我們可以和全能的上帝連結，那麼誰可以比我們更有能力呢？在祂的愛中，祂保護我們，給我們所需要的一切，祂祝福我們，也讓我們享受自己，祂的王國是最快速、最有效率的。

在這短短的談話中，我無法一一去談發生過的種種奇蹟，但你自己會在生活中發現，知道這愛的力量一直在保護你，這愛的力量其實也存在於你的心中。我看過脾氣非常壞的人，就是那種會讓別人的日子變得很悲慘的人，他們在自覺後，可以變成非常美麗、親切的人！一旦你點燃愛的亮光時，你會以正確的方式來愛自己，你會放棄所有錯的、不道德的行為。這愛是恆久的，是強而有力的，會讓你對人類的集合體有一份信心。因為正是内在的靈(Spirit)來點亮了你所有的力量，這靈正是人類的愛與集體性的來源。

註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂力量普祭(Shri Shakti Puja)的談話1993-08-03. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

You know within us there are many powers of Maha Kali, Maha Saraswati, Maha Lakshmi, Kundalini.

All these powers are there for us to ascent. If these powers are properly used and understood, then your ascent can be permanent. Once you achieve your ascent and enter into the kingdom of God, all these powers get enlightened. And these powers which are enlightened are absolutely filled with Love. Enlightenment, we have to understand that we get completely enlightened by Love. So after enlightenment, after realisation we use only one power which is of Love. .....

But once you get your enlightenment you realise that your love becomes a beautiful ocean of joy for yourself.

This love is not the same which you had before enlightenment. It’s transformed into a new dimension, into a new form. Before enlightenment you are attached to yourself, first of all, very much: to your body, to your mind, to your conditionings, to your intellect, to your ego. And that is how you develop darkness of many horrible things within yourself. If you are too much attached to your body then you may eat too much or you may not eat at all or you may exercise too much or you may work it out for a particular form of your figure. But when you become enlightened and you understand that your body is the temple of God, then you keep your body clean and also you try to avoid all that is destructive for your body.

The another attachment we have is very limited, say for your own family, for your children, for your wife, for your husband, something like that. Despite that a human being can be extremely selfish and could only bother about himself and first of all him and then the rest. Also he may spoil his children or spoil her husband or his wife in any way just to pamper their ego. Some people might indulge into alcoholism or drugs or all kinds of things. Also to help their families they may draw(drop?) other people because they are very self-centered and their vision is very narrow.  ......

Then there’s enlightenment and they see for themselves that whatever I’m doing is neither good for me nor for my family, nor my relations. After enlightenment you think collectively. Also when you think about your wife and your children, your family, you think what is the right thing for them to do. Immediately you become attentive to their problems and to their destructiveness.  .......

Because of the enlightenment there’s detachment. And the power of detached love is the greatest. It’s like the sap in the trees which rises from the Mother Earth, goes up into the smallest of leaves and then it is either evaporated or goes back to the Mother Earth. It doesn’t stay in one flower because it likes it or in one leaf because it likes it. It nourishes every part of the tree, whatever is need, and is not attached. But supposing it gets entangled or involved in one flower or in one leaf, the tree will die and that leaf or that flower will also die.

So detached love only gives, doesn’t expect anything. It is complete prosperity and the goodness of the tree. In the same way a saintly person, who is a Sahaja Yogi, behaves towards his family, towards his friends, towards everything.
We have used only the power of hatred so far. In the politics, especially, one country believes that they must hate another country, they are born for that. Because hundred years back some quarrel took place or a war took place, so the children are still fighting among themselves.   ........

This power of Love is the greatest power and after Sahaja Yoga we have to use only our power of Love. It’s the most powerful, effective weapon that we have. Because this is Divine Love. We are getting the source of Divine Love from the all pervading power of God’s Love.
They say that God is Almighty. Then who can be more powerful than God? And if we are connected with God Almighty, who could be mightier than us? In His Love He protects us, He gives us whatever we want, He blesses us and He makes us enjoy ourselves. His government is the most efficient one and is very quick and very fast.  ..........

There are so many miracles that in this short speech I won’t be able to tell you all of them. But you’ll find it in your life itself, how this power of Love, that you have within your heart, has protected you. I have seen people who are very hot tempered, who are angry type and who are all the time making other’s life miserable, become extremely beautiful, nice people. With this Light of Love you love yourself in the right way and give up all that is wrong, all that is immoral. This Love is eternal, is very powerful and gives you a confidence in the collectivity of human beings. Because it’s the Spirit which enlightens all your power. And the Spirit is the source of collectivity and love for every human being in the world. ......

太初之母

*****太初之母*****

什麼是太初之母(Adi Shakti)呢？它(註一)是全能的上帝(God Almighty, 或用 Sadashiva)的純粹的願望(Pure Desire)，我們可以說太初之母是上帝的"神聖的愛"(或說：上帝的"純粹的愛")的具體化。在上帝的愛裏，祂有什麼願望呢？祂希望祂應該創造人類，創造非常恭順、莊嚴的人類，像天使般的人類。遠古時代創造亞當及夏娃就是祂的想法。

試想一下，當天父(Father, 譯者：即指全能的上帝)將祂所有的愛放到一個個體(譯者：即太初之母)，那麼祂剩下的(幾乎)是空無一物(nothing)，祂只剩下靜觀的心(watching)，祂只是觀看這一齣源自祂的願望(或說：祂的愛)而產生的戲，祂只是觀賞著這齣戲，看這齣戲如何進行。當祂看著這齣戲時，祂是非常謹慎，因為祂知道：" 從我所產生出來的個體(譯者：即太初之母)，全然只是愛與慈悲(love and compassion)"，而這慈悲本身是如此地高尚，所以祂不能忍受任何人來對這慈悲做挑戰、找麻煩，或眨抑它，或侮辱它。對於這一點，祂保持非常高的警戒之心，所以祂非常留意地觀看這齣戲。

或許我們應該如此說，在全能上帝和太初之母(即祂的愛的願望)之間，產生了一個裂縫(rift)，(因為)由這個愛的願望所構成的個體(即太初之母)也被授予一個人格，即所謂的自我(ego)。這個自我必須自主來行事，可以說太初之母有一個獨立的人格，它可以自由地去做它想做的事。在這個新生的美麗裂縫，太初之母決定要去改變全能上帝原先的計劃。原本上帝創造的亞當及夏娃是如同天使，天使是没有自由的，他們是被固定為如此，是不會改變的，他們也不知道為何自己會如此行事。在這一點上，動物也是如此，牠們不知道為什麼牠們會去做某些事。牠們的行為是來自牠們的天性，牠們是完全受全能上帝掌控的。動物是不會有後悔之心，牠們没有自我，牠們不會去想：這樣做是對的或是錯的。因為牠們没有自我，所以牠們也没有造業的問題(karma problem)，這都是歸因於牠們原本就没有自由意志。太初之母認為："亞當夏娃只不過是另一種動物或天使而已，這没有太大的意義。"，太初之母認為人類必須要知道他們在做什麼、為什麼他們會做此事，他們必須有自由去了解什麼是知識(knowledge)，所以她用她自主的權力，在精心盤算下，太初之母以靈蛇(serpent)的形象現身，告訴亞當夏娃：你們去品嚐知識的禁果(the fruit of knowledge)。

其實太初之母化身的靈蛇是去告訴夏娃，而不是亞當，因為婦女本來就是比較容易去接受(各種事物)，甚至她會去接受亡魂(bhoots)，或甚至一些荒謬的想法，因為婦女本原就是接受者；但是男人就不容易接受，他們會去爭論、討論。這就是為什麼太初之母會先去告訴夏娃。或許我應該如此説，太初之母所代表的聖靈(Holy Ghost)本身就是一個女性力量(feminine)，是比較近似婦女。在告訴夏娃之後，才由她去說服她的丈夫，因為婦女知道如何去說服丈夫。由於亞當對他太太有完全的信心，所以他們在聖靈的指引下，去品嚐知識的禁果。這聖靈其實就是上帝的女性特質的那一部分。

註一：此處"它"的原文是 it，用"它"表示太初之母完全沒有不尊敬的意思。

註二：在知識的禁果這部分，可同時參考另一譯文："石頭、動物、原始人與知識的禁果" （ http://sahajataiwan.blogspot.co.nz/2017/08/innocent-matter-cunning-manipulating.html ）
註三： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂太初之母普祭(Shri Adi Shakti Puja)的談話1993-06-06. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

Now, one has to know very clearly what is Adi Shakti.
As we say, it is the Pure Desire of God Almighty, of Sadashiva. But what is the pure desire of God Almighty?  .........

So Adi Shakti is the embodiment of God’s Divine Love, is God’s pure love, and in his love what did He desire? He desired that He should create human beings, who would be very obedient, would be sublime, would be like angels. And that was His idea: to create Adam and Eve.

So, angels have no freedom, angels are made like that. They are fixed, they don’t know why they do it. Animals also don’t know why they do certain things, they just do it because they are bound by nature, they are bound by God Almighty. They say Shiva is Pashupati, means He controls all the animals, he is Pashupati. He controls all the animals, So all the desires from animals come in, but they don’t repent, they don’t have ego, they don’t think that: “This is wrong or that is good”. They have no karma problem, because they have no ego, because they have no freedom.

At this point, Adi Shakti, which was pure love…, so think of a Father who has put all His love into one personality, then what is left in Him is nothing! He is just watching. Then what does He think? He is just watching the play of His desire, of His love. He is watching it, how it is working out. And when he is watching that, then he is very careful, because he knows that; “This personality that I have created is nothing but love and compassion”. And compassion itself is of such a noble variety that he cannot bear anybody challenging that compassion, troubling that compassion, or also in any way demeaning it, lowering it, insulting it. He is so alert on that part, and He is very watchful. So a rift has taken place, we should say, from Him, from His own desire of love. Now this desire of love was also given a personality, means ego, and this ego has to act on its own. It became sort of a very independent personality, which was free to do whatever it liked.   .........

And in that beautiful rift Adi Shakti decided to change His plans. She is known for Her Sankalpa Vikalpa Karoth: anything you try to decide too much, She will make it break, like today’s eleven o’clock Puja. So when this Adam and Eve business started, She thought that “They will be just the other animals or angels… what’s the use? They must know what they are doing, they must know why they are doing it, they must have the freedom to understand what is the Knowledge. Fixed machine like life that animals are having, why should they nave?”. So in Her arbitrary power, which was considered of course, She is the one who came as a serpent, and told them that “You taste the fruit of knowledge”. Now, for people who are not Sahaja Yogis, you cannot tell this, they’ll be shocked, But this serpent (that) came to test them and then to tell them that “You better taste this fruit”.

This serpent told the woman, not the man, because woman is supposed to accept things easily. She may even accept bhoots, she may even accept nonsense, but she is the one who accepts. While the man doesn’t accept easily, he argues, he discusses. That’s why She came and told the woman…
SHE came and told the woman, I should say: this Holy Ghost actually is a feminine, and so nearer to a woman. This feminine force came as a serpent and told that: “Better you taste the fruit of knowledge”. Now it was the job of the lady, Eve, to convince her husband, because women know how to do that.    ...................

So, he had all faith in his wife, believed in it and they tasted the fruit of knowledge, under the guidance of this  Holy Ghost, who was a feminine personality of God.

請靜坐，請每天靜坐

----請靜坐，請每天靜坐----

在公開的演講並大規模給自覺時，我必須提升我的昆達里尼，此時在我的昆達里尼裏，我會感染(現場)觀眾的所有問題，這是十分痛苦的，這就是為什麼普祭之後，我有一段時間會變得像石頭一樣，因為我吸收了所有你們内在的負面東西，好像我必須將你們放在我身體内似的。你們都是我身體的一部分，我的每一個細胞都是為了你、為了讓你在我體內居住。當你們要去做一些霎哈嘉的工作，如開創一個新的靜室(ashram)等等，我立即都會知道，為什麼呢？因為你們是在我裏面！

雖然大多數的事我可以很清楚知道，但是有一些事我則不是那麼清楚，這是因為你們不靜坐。你們和我之間的關係是非常親近，因為你們應該是在我的身體之內。但假如你不靜坐，那麼我們之間就没有任何關係。若你不靜坐，那你也不是我的親戚，你也没有任何權利對我要求什麼，或來質疑我，如問我："為什麼這種(不幸)事情發生在我身上？"。這就是為什麼我常開口閉口都是說你們要靜坐。假如你不靜坐，那我和你没有任何關係、没有任何連結，那麼對我而言，你就如同路人一般。

你可以宣稱自己是霎哈嘉瑜伽士，但是假如你不早晚靜坐，那麼你就不在錫呂瑪塔吉的領域之內(譯者：此處談話原文就是"錫呂瑪塔吉"，而不是"我")，因為我們的連結只經由靜坐。我知道有些不靜坐的練習者，他們遭受了一些苦楚，他們的孩子也遇到了一些困難，然後又發生了某些事，他們就跑來問我為什麼，我很清楚可以知道他並未靜坐，我和他没有任何關係，他没有權利來要求我做什麼。

當然在靜坐之初，你需要一段時間來進入狀況，一旦你體悟到什麼是靜坐、知道如何來享受和母親在一起、如何和母親合而為一、如何和母親有一種關連，此時你和母親之間，就不需要藉由其他的溝通方式，如寫信給我等等，只要靜坐就完全足夠了！在靜坐中你會成長，你的靈性會昇進。當你在霎哈嘉中達到一個成熟的狀態時，你就不會放棄你的靜坐，因為那時你已完全和我爲一了。

我指的並不是你應該(一天)靜坐3、4個鐘頭，重點在於你和我之間的強度，而不是時間。假如是這樣，那麼我會對你、對你的小孩負責。我會照顧你的昇進，會保護你，會負責將你從你所有的負面力量中拯救出來。我和你之間的關係並不像父子，父親可能會(因你不這樣做)直接處罰你；但我的方式是："(假如你不靜坐)，那麼我們就没有任何關係。"。我無法強迫你去做，我只會變成和你没關係。

我一再說："請靜坐，請每天靜坐！" ，但人們仍是不了解它的重要性，像有些不靜坐的人對我說："母親，我已是自覺的靈，為什麼要靜坐呢？"，就像我前面的麥克風，它已是完美的工具，但假如它沒有一直連接到電源，那它有什麼用處呢？在靜坐中，你將會感受到愛、上天的愛、上天大愛的美麗，這將會是完全的改變，一個靜坐的人會有非常不一樣的態度及氣質，非常不一樣的生命，而且會在生活中對自己有完全的滿足感。

在霎哈嘉中，你不應該只滿足於一些小成就、一些小奇蹟，你應該追求和神聖的大能(Divine)合而為一，完全合而為一。而這只能經由一個很簡單的途徑來達成，即真正的靜坐。

在剛開始靜坐，有人像度日如年，有人一直想著某事，有人急著要看手錶，有這個問題、那個問題。這都無妨，這只是開端，慢慢地你會上軌道，漸漸地你會掌握靜坐的要領，而進入靜坐的殿堂，此時你就不會再喜歡那些無聊、没意義的事情。要達到你内在的美麗、光輝及你自己偉大的特質，你唯一要做的只是：真正地、虔誠地去靜坐。不要去找任何藉口，如我没有時間、我有工作要完成等，没有人想知道你的藉口，這是你自己的事，是為了你自己的好處。

做爲一個霎哈嘉練習者，不論你是否認為自己已經到達一個很高的階段，唯一最重要的態度即是：你必須謙虚來面對靜坐這件功課！當靜坐一段時日後，你會知道你唯一追求的連結，就是你和錫呂瑪塔吉的連結(譯者：此處談話原文就是"錫呂瑪塔吉"，而不是"我")。

此外，許多練習者也忘記了這一點，即集體靜坐。大部份人可以認真地自己靜坐，這是不錯的，但是他們却很少在一起集體靜坐。你們必須(也)集體一起靜坐，因為我是你們所有練習者的集合體，如果你們集體靜坐，你們會真正地非常接近我。所以有任何聚會活動時，必須將集體靜坐當成重點。你們可以唱歌等等，但當所有的項目都做完時，你們就可以一起靜坐。

假如我一直強調某事，你應該知道這必是真理，必是重要的基礎，縱使它看似很普通的，但這表示它非常非常重要！

註一： 江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂太初之母普祭(Shri Adi Shakti Puja)的談話1993-06-06. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

 

Now for that I have to raise my own Kundalini like that: every time in a public program I raise mine also. And in my Kundalini itself I catch all your problems. It is painful, that is why after Puja I become very, sort of… like a atone I should say, for a while. (The) reason is I’m absorbing all that is within you, like I have put you all in my body. You are part and parcel of my body. Every cell that I have is for you, for your abode, and you have to be that subtle to understand that if we own something or if we have something to be done about Sahaja Yoga, anything, if we want to start an ashram, or anything, immediately I know. flow do I know is because you are inside Me.

Most of the things I know very clearly, but some of these things T do not know that clearly because of one thing: the relationship between you and Me is of course very intimate, that you should be in my body. But if you people are not meditating – it is very mundane thing, I must tell you – dhyana gamya, if you are not meditating then I have no relationship with you. You are not my relation, you have no right to me, you have no question to be asked “Why is this happening, why is that happening?”. So, if you do not meditate – I always say “Meditate, meditate”- I have nothing to do with you, you are no more there for me. There is no connection with you, then you are like all other people.

You may be Sahaja Yogis, you might have got your Sahaja Yoga degree from your leaders, maybe, I don’t know and maybe (that) you are regarded as something very great, but if you do not do your meditation every day, evening, morning or evening, you will be really not any more in the realm of Shri Mataji. Because the connection is only through dhyana, through meditation. I know people who do not do meditation, then they suffer, their children suffer, then something happens, then they start coming and telling me… but I see clearly that the person is not meditating, I’ve no relationship with him, he has no right to ask me anything.

In the beginning of course meditation take some time, but once you (will) know what meditation is, how you enjoy my company, how you are one with me, how we can have a rapport with each other, there is no need to have anything else in between like writing letters or maybe some sort of a special connection, nothing of that kind. Only thing that is needed is the meditation. In meditation you grow, in that spiritually you become higher, and when that happens you start In a way, I would say that… when you reach a state of that, I should say, maturity in Sahara Yoga, then you do not to give up your meditation, because at that time you are absolutely One with Me.

That does not mean that for three or four hours you should do meditation. How much intensely you are with Me is important, now, it is not how much time you are with Me. Then I am responsible for you, for your children, for everyone. I am responsible for your ascent, for your protection, to save you from all your negativity. So it’s not like a father who will directly punish you. It is not that, but it is just “Alright, you are not my relation, I am out”. That is the only thing that can happen- If you ace not meditating, alright, I cannot force you, I have nothing to do with you.  ........

I have been telling all of you “Please meditate, please meditate every day”. But I think people also do not understand the importance of what I am saying, because they tell me “Mother, we don’t meditate”. “Why?” “Now we are realized souls, so why should we meditate?’’. Now this instrument is fully made, but if it is not all the time connected to the mains, what’s the use of having it? In that meditation you will feel the love, the Divine love, the beauty of that Divine love.

A complete panorama changes, A meditative person has a very different attitude, a very different temperament, a very different life, and he lives always In complete satisfaction with himself.    ..........

You should not just get satisfied with one, we can say, one nice drama, one this thing, one that, but you should have a full oneness with the Divine, full oneness, and that is possible only if you really meditate, which is quite an easy thing to do, to meditate.

Some people say “Mother, we cannot get overtime”, “We are all the time thinking something”, or “At that time we want to see the watch”. In the beginning you may have a little, little problem, I am not saying you may not have, you may have, but that’s only in the beginning. But gradually you will be alright, gradually you will master it, gradually you will know it so well that you would not like to have anything else of a cheaper type, you wouldn’t care for such things. You see, so to get to your beauty, to get to your glory, to get to your own great personality, which is now exposed, the only thing you have to do really, religiously is to meditate. That is not that “Tonight I came very late so I did not meditate, tomorrow, you see, I have to go for work so I cannot meditate”. Nobody wants to know the excuses, it is between you and yourself. It is your gain, nobody else’s. It is for your gain everything is happening.   .......

the first and foremost thing is that whatever you may be, you may consider yourself to be a very high-class Sahara Yogi, you have to be humble about meditation. This meditative quality even when I am talking to you I am just getting into it, it is so joy-giving, you just jump into the ocean of joy. First It will be difficult, but after some time you will know that this connection that you have with Shri Mataji is the only connection that you are looking for.

Also there is another point people get lost with, which I have seen very common with some people who get lost. They meditate individually very much, it is very correct. Individually they will meditate. And they will sit down, meditate, will do Puja but collectively they will not meditate. So this is another point one has to remember, that you have to be collectively meditating, because I am a collective being of all (of you), and when you meditate collectively you are really very close to He. So even if you have a program or something, you must do some meditation: always have meditation as the priority for any program. You sing the songs. It is over, everything is done, then you meditate. If I’m insisting on something you must know that this must be the truth I am telling you, absolutely the basis of it, though it looks rather mundane, but it is very important.