*** 耶穌將水變成酒？ ***
聖經中提到耶穌將水變成酒(註一)，這是完全錯誤的，而且是荒謬的說法！祂所做的是將水變成有葡萄汁味道的飲料。在希伯來文中''酒''(wine)這個字不只代表''酒精'' (alcohol)，也代表''葡萄汁''，(而葡萄汁是當時大家常喝的飲料)。但是你無法瞬間製造出酒精，酒精的形成需要時間，必須經過腐爛發酵、再腐爛發酵的過程，如此才能變成酒精。假如耶穌是以如此快速、自然而然的方式，如何能製造出使人昏醉的酒精呢？
許多人，尤其是基督教人士，(因為此段聖經)相信耶穌將酒聖名化，這是完全錯誤的，祂從未給予''酒精''神聖的地位，祂只是將水變成有葡萄汁味道！以前我碰到Romano
Battaglia(註二)，他說："母親，請您給我自覺"，我說："好，去拿一些水來！"。他弄一些水來，我將我的手指放入水中，然後他嚐一口說："這水的味道像酒！"，我說："沒有錯！這就是當年耶穌基督所做的''
(註三)。所以(耶穌在世上)並未將酒精神聖化，你如何能想像耶穌去做這種事呢？酒是會使人的覺知能力(awareness)徹底的毀壞！耶穌怎麼可能給酒正名呢？我們都知道那些喝了酒的人並不正常，(喝酒之後)他們的腦袋都有一些狀況，若去開車會出大問題的。當他們(酒醉後)講話，你可以分辨出他們是不太正常。喝酒後他們會試圖表現出很神勇的樣子，有時候則可能像很沒落消極的樣子，但是大部分會變得很有攻擊性，行事完全不像一個人類應有的樣子。
所以你們必須了解，這個經過長久發酵的酒是非常不好的，對人的靈性生命也是非常不利的。所有將酒精視為神聖的國家都會產生很大的問題。酒和錫呂格涅沙(Shri
Ganesha )是完全抵觸的，酒和純真是完全相反的，喝酒的人可能會變得十分狡猾、鬼靈精和非常想主宰他人，所有厄運及壞事也都會跟隨而來。人們是無法去信任一個酒鬼，酒鬼會責罵攻擊他的妻子、小孩及任何周遭的人，會試圖去破壞他們的生活，因為他知道自己已完全被毀壞了。
所以人必須要了解：純真是不會容許你去喝這種破壞你的覺知能力的東西，人類的覺知能力是非常重要的，這覺知能力必須被尊重。任何損壞你的覺知、你的健康的東西都是不好的，對霎哈嘉練習者更是如此！你必須保持你的健康，要避免所有這些破壞你健康的東西。
註一：聖經原文如下：第三日，在加利利的迦拿有娶親的筵席，耶穌的母親在那裡。耶穌和他的門徒也被請去赴席。酒用盡了，耶穌的母親對他說：「他們沒有酒了。」耶穌說：「母親（原文是婦人），我與你有甚麼相干？我的時候還沒有到。」他母親對用人說：「他告訴你們甚麼，你們就做甚麼。」照猶太人潔淨的規矩，有六口石缸擺在那裡，每口可以盛兩三桶水。耶穌對用人說：「把缸倒滿了水。」他們就倒滿了，直到缸口。耶穌又說：「現在可以舀出來，送給管筵席的。他們就送了去。」管筵席的嘗了那水變的酒，並不知道是那裡來的，只有舀水的用人知道。管筵席的便叫新郎來，對他說：「人都是先擺上好酒，等客喝足了，才擺上次的，你倒把好酒留到如今！」這是耶穌所行的頭一件神蹟，是在加利利的迦拿行的，顯出他的榮耀來；他的門徒就信他了。（約翰福音2：1-12）
註二：Romano Battaglia 在成為霎哈嘉練習者之前，是一位義大利知名的編輯與作家。從1986開始他連續多年邀請Shri Mataji到義大利的公開推廣介紹會。
註三：Shri Mataji 在其他的談話說耶穌基督只是將水能量化(vibrated)而已，如此水就會有如葡萄汁一般的甜味。Shri
Mataji 說這並不難，她也可以做得到。Shri Mataji 認為假藉耶穌之名將喝酒合理化，是人類一貫的弱點。(見1988-12-20及Meta Modern Era)
註四：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 在錫呂格涅沙普祭(Shri
Ganesha Puja)談話2000-09-16，也參考1994-11-13、2001-08-31、1988-12-20、2001-12-25 及 Meta
Modern Era的談話。Shri Mataji 在談話中澄清聖經的誤譯，及批評人類自我毀滅的喝酒行為，可謂是不下數十次。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。
But it’s absolutely wrong and nonsense that He created alcohol.
What He did was to change the water into the taste of grape juice.
Alcohol is called as ‘grape juice’ in Hebrew language. I mean, you can say it
is not called, but ‘wine’ means ‘alcohol’ as well as ‘grape juice’. But
it cannot be, because instantly you cannot create alcohol. Alcohol takes
time, it has to rot and rot and rot, then it becomes an alcohol. But if
Christ has made it in such a sahaj manner, spontaneously, how can it be
an alcohol that intoxicates?
So, many people, specially in Christian religion, believe that
Christ sanctified wine, which is absolutely wrong. He never
sanctified alcohol. He changed the water into wine (grape) taste. The other
day, I happened to meet a person, as you know him, Romano Battaglia. And he
said, “Mother, You give me Realisation!” I said, “Alright, get me some water!”
He brought some water, I put my fingers into it and then he tasted and
said, “Mother, it tastes like wine!” I said, “That’s it! That’s what Christ has
done.” So, there is no sanctity of alcohol. How can you expect Christ to do
something like that, by which your awareness absolutely goes wrong.
Those people who drink – you know are not normal people. Something goes wrong
with their brains. When they drive, they create problems. When they are talking
to somebody you can make out that they are not normal. They try to be
very aggressive. Sometimes they can be very passive also. Mostly they are very
aggressive and very much behaving in a manner that doesn’t behove a human
being.
So, we must understand that this wine, so-called, which is being
fermented for days together, is very wrong and against the spiritual
life. All those countries where alcohol is accepted as a very sanctified thing
are just going to dogs. It is against Shri Ganesh. It’s against innocence. And
so such a person can become very cunning, very shrewd, very dominating – all
kinds of bad things can come through him. And one cannot trust a person who
drinks and becomes a drunkard. He can get after his wife, his children, anybody,
and try to destroy their lives because he knows he is himself destroyed.
So the one thing one has to understand: innocence doesn’t allow
you to have anything like that, that goes against your awareness. Your
human awareness is very important. That must be respected. Anything that you
take that spoils your awareness or spoils your health is all wrong, specially
for Sahaj Yogis. You have to keep your health alright. How do you keep your
health alright? By avoiding all such things which destroy your
health.(2000-09-16)
Now what Christians say, that Christ went to attend a wedding
and there He made water into wine. So among Christians it is not sinful to
drink wine – very nice, you see. (Laughter,
Shri Mataji laughs) That may be the reason Mohammed Sahib has said,
‘No wine, no alcohol.’
Now, I, I had an interview, in Italy, and the gentleman is a
very famous man, who interviewed Me, and he said, ‘Mother, first You give me
realization, then I’ll interview You”. Romano Battaglia his
name is. I said, ‘Alright, get some water,’ and I put My hand in it. He drank
it, he said, ‘This tastes like wine!’ I said ‘That’s what Christ did.’ Wine,
which is described in the Bible, is the grape juice – fresh grape juice. In
Hebrew, in Hebrew language, it’s called wine.
Now, you can’t
make alcohol instantaneously, can you? It has to rot, rot, and rot. The more it
rots, the better it is. The more it smells, the better it is.(1994-11-13)
First time,
when I went to Romano, in his office, he told Me: “First you give me my
Self-realisation”. I said: “Alright. Bring some water”. And I put My hand in
the water. And I said: “You drink it now”.
He said: “Mother, this tastes like wine!”.
I said: “This is what Christ did. It is not wine, it is like the grape juice.
You cannot make alcohol spontaneously like that. Alcohol has to rot, rot, rot.
And the more it rots, the better and more expensive.
So it happens just spontaneously. Even when He had gone for the wedding, it was
just spontaneous. It was not alcohol, it was just grape juice. But still, you
see, I don’t know why everybody believes that He made alcohol. How can He make
alcohol, when alcohol goes against your awareness? This is a very wrong
understanding about Christ.(2001-08-31)
So now this one was that, she says, that it was draksharas. And
actually the thing is that, at that time everybody was drinking this
draksharas, meaning the grape juice. And there was less grape juice, so He converted water into grape juice. It’s very easy. I can do it also. I have done
it already. So He did it. And that grape juice was taken by
people. But to make it a funny stuff, they say that it was alcohol. Now you
must know the alcohol only can be created only if it is made to rot and rot and
rot for days together. Otherwise, you cannot make an alcohol. It is a simple
fact. So how could he have made alcohol in one second? Cannot. But nobody wants
to listen to this argument. They say, “No, alcohol was given by Christ to
everyone to drink to get drunk and die and create pubs.”
So as, see
everybody has used the great faiths and great incarnations for their own
convenience, for their own weaknesses.(1988-12-20)
One priest
came to Sahaja Yoga, I was very happy. But he said, “I’ll come to Sahaj, but I
will not give up drinking.” I said “Why?” “Because it’s written in the Bible,
that you must drink.” “Atcha! I didn’t know! How could it be? How could Christ
say that you should drink? He was not only a Realised Self, but He was
Realisation himself!” He said, “He has said it. Whatever You may say, He has
said it.” “Where?” He said, “He went to one wedding,” “All right.” “In that
wedding, He made wine for the people.” “But He did not. He went there and in
such a short time He just put his hand in the water and it started tasting like
grape juice. And grape juice has the same
word as ‘wine’ in Hebrew language.” I said, “I can do that”. That doesn’t mean
I like people to drink. I mean, who can say such a nonsense! It is awareness,
it is important, chetana, is important. And if you spoil your awareness, how
can you be Sahaja Yogis?(2001-12-25)
Even in churches, for “holy” communion, they
give the worshippers rotten, fermented wine for their spiritual welfare. Their
explanation is that Christ made wine out of water for the wedding feast at
Cana. Of course you can make grape juice out of water
with Divine vibrations, but how could those Divine vibrations create something which destroys your
consciousness and pulls you down to subhuman level?
( Chapter1:Modernism And Rationality,
Meta Modern Era - Book by Shri Mataji)
