濕婆神與濕婆神的崇拜者(上)

*** 濕婆神與濕婆神的崇拜者(上) ***

今天我們聚集在這裡來做濕婆神的普祭(Shri Shiva Puja)。只有內心潔淨的人才可以做濕婆神的普祭，那些內心不潔淨的人是不能做濕婆神普祭，這是最簡單的濕婆神原理。

動物對上天力量(Divine force) 的理解是遠比人類來的好，因為動物有一顆潔淨的心，它們原本有什麼天性，它們就繼續根據此天性來進行。在動物的心中，沒有惡意、沒有忌妒，也沒有哪些居心不良的種種想法。他們會這樣，因為它們本來就是如此。

濕婆神住在喜馬拉雅山，你只要看祂所穿、所吃的，(你就知道)祂對任何東西都沒有慾求，因為祂是完整無缺的、祂是完美的。這就是濕婆神的特質！假如你崇拜祂，你應該去檢視你的內心還有那些(不良的)感覺，還有那些帶著惡意的想法。

濕婆神和太初之母(Shakti)的整個態度是有大不同，因為濕婆神有一個完全自由、解放的特質，祂完全不在意外界會如何。假如人們沉溺於錯誤的事物，祂就將這整個世界毀滅、結束掉。祂並不會想去拯救人們，祂不會想去改善世界，祂都不會有這些想法；但對於太初之母而言，這世界是重要的，因為這世界、這宇宙都是她的小孩，這些都是她所創造的。所以自然地她會去擔心，她也不喜歡人們去做卑劣或荒謬的事，(而把這個世界帶向毀滅)。

濕婆神(會)尊重一個有良好品行的人，假如一個人有不良的品性，或沈溺在錯誤的事物，濕婆神是不會放過他們。所以是太初之母創造、保護、照顧及養育人類。但是濕婆神只是坐在那邊(看)，(若世界走到錯誤的方向)，祂只是去毀滅而已，但是這個毀滅的工作也非常重要。太初之母並沒有這些特質，或許她會摧毀一些惡魔，但是濕婆神是會摧毀一個又一個的國家。

是誰來摧毀人類所有的自我(ego)呢？正也是濕婆神！祂坐在你的頂輪，是在所有的輪穴之上。......什麼是Ekadasha？就是濕婆神十一個(毀滅的)力量，它們就在此處(譯者：Shri Mataji 手指著額輪紅點上面的前額)累積，然後給你各式各樣的疾病，其中最嚴重的就是癌症。......這十一個力量會作用在一般人，也會作用在不遵守霎哈嘉原理的霎哈嘉練習者。濕婆神看著每一件事，祂靜靜地觀看你的生命中的每一個細節，看你如何行事、你做什麼、你的正法，衪監視所有這些。(歷史上有)許多聖人已經警告過人類，許多降世神祇也已經警告過人類，我可以告訴你們假如你們不聽這些聖人、神祇(的規範指示)，那麼濕婆神也不會聽(任何人或神的請求)，祂是不會聽任何人的！假如祂生氣了，那就是真的生氣了，這時就非常難說服祂："請放過這個人，應該可以原諒他(一次)"。你們或許很難想像祂最基本的特質即是原諒，但是假如祂不原諒，那麼你是徹底完蛋了！或許祂可以原諒到一個程度，但是之後就是一個非常非常困難的局面了，(我也無能為力了)。

註一：Shri Mataji在此談話中談到有關濕婆神的種種，前後有一些重複，本譯文摘譯其中的片段。文長所以分成上下。請也參考另一相關譯文："濕婆神" ( https://sahajataiwan.blogspot.com/2017/11/ )

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在Shri Shivaratri Puja的談話2002-03-17。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

Tonight we have gathered here to do Shri Shiva Puja. Those people who have a clean heart can only do Shiva Puja. Those whose heart is not clean cannot do Shiva Puja. It’s a simple principle of Shri Shivaratri. ......

But I must say that animals understand Divine force much better than human beings, much better. Because they have a clean heart. Whatever is their lifestyle built by nature, they carry on with it. But there’s no malice, there’s no jealousy, there’s not all these mean things in their heart. They do it because it is supposed to be. ......

You see how Shiva lives. He lives in the Himalayas. See what clothes He wears, what He eats. He has no demand for anything because He is complete, He is perfect. Such a personality is Shiva’s. And if you are worshipping Him, you should find out within your heart what sort of feelings you have, what sort of malice you nurture. ......

There is such a difference between Shiva and Shakti. In their whole attitude. Because Shiva is absolutely a liberated personality, he’s not bothered. If the people are indulging into wrong things, he’ll destroy – finished! He doesn’t want to cure, He doesn’t want to improve, nothing of the kind. But for the Shakti it is important, because this is Her child, this universe is Her child. All this is created by Her, so naturally She is worried and She doesn’t like people who try to take to mean things and nonsense. ......

Another thing is that Shiva respects a person who has a good character; a person with a good character. And if anyone is a bad character or indulges into bad things, Shiva won’t spare them. So the Shakti creates, protects, looks after them, brings them up. But Shiva is sitting there, just to destroy! Very important, this destruction is very important. The Shakti doesn’t show those qualities. She may destroy some rakshasas, but He can destroy nations after nations.

First of all the ego you have – who will destroy that? That too Shiva. Shiva is in your Sahastrara. He is sitting in the Sahastrara; now remember, on top of everything. ......What is Ekadasha is nothing but the eleven powers of Shiva. They build up here and give you all kinds of diseases; the worst of all is cancer. ...... Now these powers start working on people, even on Sahaja Yogis, if they do not follow the principle of Sahaja Yoga. He is, I should say, watching everything. Every part of your life He watches. How you behave, what you do, what is your dharma – He watches all that. And so many saints have warned you, so many incarnations have warned you; but I tell you if don’t listen to them, then Shiva is not going to listen. He doesn’t listen to anyone. If he’s angry, he’s angry. Whatever it is, very difficult to convince Him that ‘Please spare this person, it’s alright. Forgive.’ But his basic quality is forgiveness, can you imagine. His basic quality is forgiveness. But if He doesn’t forgive, then you are finished. Up to a point maybe He might forgive, but after that .. It’s a very, very difficult situation. ......

滿足感

*** 滿足感 ***

我剛剛談的(註一)就是一個霎哈嘉練習者應該有什麼樣的感覺，他應該是一個感到滿足的人。最重要的是你必須是滿足的！你觀察你自己的內在，你滿足與否？你已經得到(人生)最高的(自覺)，這是你過去累世所追求的，你已經獲得平靜、喜樂及所有來自上天的祝福。儘管如此，假如你仍是不滿足，你仍然想做一些有的沒有的、造成困擾的事，例如總是有人想在我面前炫耀，想到前面來表現.....。例如很多練習者認為我必須去他的家(譯者：這裏尤其指印度人)，為什麼你沒有想過你做了什麼(偉大的事)，所以我必須去你的家呢？或是一定要來我的房子(看我)呢？無論我在什麼地方，你都應該不要來干擾我的平靜。截至目前為止，你並未做過什麼(偉大的事)，你應該讓上述這種欲念留在心中就好，也想想(得到自覺的)你已處在什麼地位，為什麼你(還)會有這樣的欲念呢？這些會帶給母親(許多)麻煩！......假如你在霎哈嘉裡沒有真正的滿足(samadhan)，那麼你是沒有用的！"無論我在那裡，母親都與我同在"------在你的内裡應該要有這種滿足才對，處在這種心態之下你將會成長。

假如你心中不滿足，隨時都在眾練習者之前爭出頭、搶表現，那你又獲得了什麼呢？假如你內心滿足，那母親無時不刻都和你在一起！當你可以如此想時，你才是一個霎哈嘉瑜伽士。(在普祭、談話時)你坐在那裏都可以，對霎哈嘉瑜伽士而言，是沒有必要坐到前面、坐到台上來。我認識你們每一個人，假如你內心可以有滿足感，而且也達到那個深度，那麼在那深度之中你就可以遇見我，(所以你根本不必一定要見我)。現在你們應該(試圖)去達到這個深度。你應該是不論做什麼，你都可以得到滿足。你應該是要挺身來傳播霎哈嘉、為霎哈嘉工作，那麼你就會獲得真正的滿足，你就不會再想擠到前面來告訴我這個那個。(其實)大部分的時候，那些太過想出頭、太想到我前面的人，(往往)是不誠實的人或是小偷。而那些內心純淨、享受愛的人，往往消融在他們内裡的愛與享受之中，(而不會一直想擠到前頭)。

再舉一個例子，許多女練習者想結婚，但是在配婚群中，女生是男生的四、五倍。假如她們沒有(被配到對象來)結婚，為此她們就感到很不高興。這是不重要的事！妳現在已連結到上帝！婚姻(也)未必都是一個很大的祝福。相反的，它可能是一種非常大的束縛，它可能帶來很多麻煩，所以最好不要因未配到對象而感到沮喪。無法給人自覺才是應該感到沮喪的事！妳應該想想妳已經給多少人自覺了？假如妳無時不刻就如同常人一般，只是想著婚姻，只想著這個那個，這樣子對妳不會有幫助。妳是非常特殊的人，(妳有沒有想過)妳的特殊之處在那裡？妳又用它來做什麼呢？

註一： 在這個談話Shri Mataji 先用印度語講，下半場才用英語，兩部分都有談到"滿足" 這個話題。本譯文翻譯英文談話的部分，但也納入印度文談話的相關片段。

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在除夕普祭(New Year's Eve Puja)的談話2001-12-31。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

I’m telling them that how a Sahaja Yogi should feel. You should be satisfied people. Firstly and foremost you have to be satisfied. You just see within yourself if you are satisfied or not. You’ve got the highest that you wanted, you have got the peace, you’ve got the joy, and all the blessings of the Divine. Despite that, if you are dissatisfied, you want to do something always that is disturbing. Always some people want to show Me off, want to come forward – or they want to escape Sahaja Yoga.  ....... (English speech)

Second thing which I have seen in Sahaj Yoga is that everyone wants that I must visit their houses. Why don’t you understand that what have you done that I should come to your house? Or … whomever you see wants to come to My house. Wherever I go, you should leave Me peaceful. You have not done anything till now. You should leave this kind of desire in your mind and think that what is your aukat [status]? Why do you desire such a thing, which can give trouble to your Mother? Why to do such things like…. I come from somewhere and they stand in front of me. Not to do like this. If you don’t have samadhan [ultimate satisfaction] in Sahaj Yoga, then you are of no use. ‘Wherever I am, Mother is with me.’ Such kind of samadhan should be within you. You will grow with this.

Anything which grows in this world is all absorbed in samadhan. If you are not samadhani and keep running in front of everyone all the time, what is the gain from that? With samadhan, Mother is there where you are. When you think like this then you will be considered a Sahaj Yogi. Wherever you are sitting…coming in front of Me … coming on stage … it is not required for a Sahaj Yogi.

I know about everyone. Samadhan is such a thing that in the depth of it you can meet Me and now the time has come where you should achieve samadhan. You should see that whatever you are doing, you should get satisfaction. You should come forward to spread Sahaj Yoga and work for Sahaj Yoga, you will see that you will achieve the samadhan. You will not feel like coming in front of Me and telling Me everything. Most of the time, I have seen that all those who come too much forward and in front of Me are either dishonest or thieves…[short pause]. Those who are clean in heart and are enjoying the love are lost in the joy of love within.  ...... (translation from Hindi)

Now for example, so many girls wanted to marry. There are four times more, five times more than all the boys put together. But if they are not married, they feel very unhappy about it. Doesn’t matter! You are now connected to God! Marriage is not always a very great blessing, I tell you, it’s not. On the contrary, it can be very binding, it could be very troublesome. So better not feel bad. You should feel bad when you cannot give Realisations to others.
How many people have I given Realisation? Just think about it. All the time, like all the ordinary people, thinking about marriage, and this and that. It’s not going to help you. You are something special. And what speciality do you have? What are you doing about it? (English speech)

關於純真的種種

*** 關於純真的種種 ***

 

人類的最大同情心出現在(小孩子及他人的)純真(innocence)受到侵犯時，這是人類內在就有的，在人類的内裡有這個力量(power)------來自錫呂格涅沙(Shri Ganesha) 的力量，這個力量會給你這種感覺、能力來知道你必須去保護純真、純真的小孩、純真的人。而且整個世界都會挺身而出來反對那些屠殺純真人民的壞蛋，這是毫無疑問的！若有人不會反對、批評此種對純真人民的攻擊，那麼他們就是尚未進化到人類的階段。最高貴的人可以犧牲任何東西，可以放棄任何東西，但他們無法放下捨棄他們必須對純真負責的感覺，這是非常奇特的！人們並不了解人的内裡對純真的喜愛及保護心是猶如海洋之深廣。當人們看到純真的人、純真的小孩受到攻擊，是會引發最大的意志力，這就是人類的美麗之處！

 

假如你無法愛小孩子，那麼你也無法愛任何的人或物。至今為止我仍未碰過宣稱不喜歡小孩的人。或許有人會說："我們喜歡花朵"，為什麼？為什麼你喜歡花朵？因為花朵就是純真的，因為純真的美麗就顯現在花朵裡面。為什麼你愛大自然？因為大自然就是純真的。

 

國家是會被摧毀的，但是純真的力量是無法被摧毀的，你必須對此有信心，你必須對你的真我有完全的信心，你的真我其實就是純真！有人可能會說純真的人往往被人欺騙，但是沒有人可以騙走純真，因為純真是有永恆價值的寶貴東西。他們或許會騙走你的錢，或是在一些(世俗的)東西上欺騙你，但是你最永恆存在的是你的純真，(他們是無法騙走的)。假如你是完全的純真，而且持續照顧你的純真，那麼你將是生命中最成功的人。如同前面提到的，純真是絕對不可能被摧毀的，它可能被你不好的想法、不好的行為所遮蓋，只是暫時被遮蓋。但是假如你可以將純真天空上的烏雲去除，那麼毫無疑問的，你會贏得全世界的尊敬！

 

如何變得純真呢？你要做什麼呢？首先你可以自己觀察你的內心如何運作？它在做什麼呢？它對外界如何反應呢？這些是你必須去觀察的，這就是我所說的"反省"(introspection)。你的內心都在盤算什麼？它認為什麼是最好的呢？在這些你內心的思考、思緒中，什麼是觀察你自己的重點呢？最重要的部分就是要去知道：你對他人是如何來做反應？是一種純真的反應嗎？或是一種有報復心的反應呢？

 

現在你們都是霎哈嘉練習者，應該很容易來觀察你自己，當有人對你有攻擊性的侵犯時，你可以觀察你自己是有什麼樣的反應，當任何的麻煩降臨你，你又如何來反應呢？你會有什麼行為呢？假如你是一個擁有大能的人，那麼你的行為會是你毫不在意，你自己知道這只是一個笨蛋在對你做這些事，是完全愚蠢的行為！既然他們在做這些蠢事，那麼我們又何必去在意呢！

 

我們應該知道必須來尊崇(worship)我們的純真，有時候有人會覺得他就是因為(太)純真而被他人控制指揮，而會有一些沮喪："為什麼我被如此對待呢？"，這些想法可能會來到你的腦袋裡，但是假如你尊崇你的純真，那麼你會經常都是一個快樂的人、親切的人，也是一個謙虛的人。

 

每一個人都必須小心，你是你自己的摧毀者，就是你摧毀了你自己！以希特勒為例，他摧毀了他自己，沒有人摧毀他。當然每一個人遲早都會死，所以希特勒也會死，但是將希特勒澈底摧毀殺死的是他自己！所以你可能殺了自己，但是假如你是純真的，藉著純真你可以拯救你自己，而且可以變得十分光輝亮麗！要對純真的力量有信心！

 

最重要的是：在你的生命中你如何展現出純真的力量？如何對待他人？這就是所謂的"愛"。除非你對自己是如此，否則你是不可能有真正的慈悲、親切。或許你暫時可以有這些感覺，但是只有在你的人格中有持續的純真流動時，這種永久的、真正的慈悲的特質才會降臨你身上。

 

說明：這個談話完全針對純真，其中有許多非常精微、引人深思的片段，譯者特別將這些集中起來翻譯，有興趣的人可以去看整個談話。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在錫呂格涅沙普祭(Shri Ganesha Puja)的談話2001-09-22。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

The greatest sympathy comes when innocence is being challenged. That’s what human beings have. Within themselves they have the power, power of Shri Ganesha, which gives you that feeling, that capacity, that understanding that you have to protect innocent (the innocent/innocence), innocent children, innocent people. And the whole world can rise against all such people who are trying to kill the innocent. There cannot be any doubt. If they cannot oppose such an attack, or criticise such a thing, then they are not yet human beings, I would say.

The highest personality can sacrifice anything and can give up anything, but they cannot give up the feeling they have for innocence. It’s very remarkable. We don’t realise how much there is this ocean of protection and love for the innocent. What attracts the greatest strength is when we see an innocent person, innocent children, are under attack. That’s the beauty of human beings.  .......

If you cannot love children, you cannot love anything. I have not come across anyone so far who says that they don’t love children – luckily! But maybe some might say “We love flowers”. Why? Why do you love flowers? Because they are innocent. Because that beauty of innocence is within them. You love nature – why? Because it is innocent.   .......

Nations after nations can be destroyed, but the power of innocence cannot be destroyed. Have faith in that. You have to have complete faith in yourself, and that ‘yourself’ is nothing but innocence. You may say that ‘innocent people get cheated’. Nobody can cheat innocence, because that is something of very eternal value.

They might cheat you in money, might cheat you in something, but the thing that is the most eternal is your innocence. And you will be the most successful person in life when you are absolutely innocent and your are looking after your innocence.
As I have told you, that innocence never gets destroyed. It can be covered by your ill thoughts, by ill doing, it might be covered for the time being. But if you can take out the clouds away from the sky of innocence, the whole thing becomes so obvious that you have won the whole world.   ......

To be innocent – (child crying and Shri Mataji says: “What’s the matter?) – so to be innocent, what do you do? People will say, “Mother, what do we do to be innocent?” Firstly, you can see for yourself how your mind works. What does it do? How it reacts. This is what one has to watch, which I call as ‘introspection’. What sort of plans your mind takes to? What does it think is the best? In that thinking, thought process, what is the most important way to look at yourself? The first and the foremost is that you should know how you react to someone. Is it an innocent reaction? Or it is a vindictive reaction.

It is very easy to see yourself, because now you are all Sahaja Yogi. You can see for yourself how is your reaction to any aggression on you, or any kind of a trouble coming on you. How do you react to that? What is your behaviour? If you are a very powerful person, then your behaviour is – for that you are not bothered. You see for yourself its just a stupid thing people are doing to you. Absolutely stupid. And when they are doing stupid things, why should we bother about them?   .......

In this way we should know that we have to worship our innocence. I know sometimes one feels that you are dominated because of that. Sometimes one feels sad that ‘Why you are put to this kind of a treatment by others’. All kinds of things come to your mind. But if you worship your innocence, then you will be always a happy person, always a kind person, always be humble person. So, one has to be careful. You are your own destroyer! You are the one who kills, you see (? – the sense seems to be this). What do you say to Hitler? Hitler destroyed himself; who has destroyed him? I mean in any way, everybody has to die so he would have been dead. But who has destroyed it forever is himself. So, you kill yourself – through this you can save yourself and become very glorified if you are innocent. Have faith in the power of innocence.

What is important is, how you show in your own life the power of innocence, how you behave towards each other, and that is what is what, is what I call ‘the love’. You cannot be compassionate unless and until you have this attitude towards yourself. You cannot be kind. Temporarily you might feel this, but a permanently compassionate temperament comes only through the permanent flowing of innocence through your character.

喉輪與眼睛、舌頭、喉嚨

*** 喉輪與眼睛、舌頭、喉嚨  ***

 

眼睛(的能量)也是由喉輪(Vishuddhi Chakra)所供應，所以當你注視某物時，應該是要以非常純潔的目光。目光越純潔，則越能享受一切。假如你的目光不純潔，而是到處飄移，從這裡又到那裡，從那裡又轉到另一處，那麼你是違反你的正法(Dharma)，也違反你的演化流程(註一)。久而久之，有一天你可能會失明，你可能會有白內障，你可能會產生多種眼疾。對此，你們是要非常注意。

喉輪也連結到舌頭(tongue)，舌頭是被喉輪照顧的。有些人有一種很不好的習慣，如突然間講一些不好聽的話、用一些不好的言語、用很不好的字眼來批評他人等等，這些行為對舌頭都非常不好，這些都是錫呂克里希納(Shri Krishna)不喜歡的。假如你用你的舌頭來對別人說嚴厲的話、冷嘲熱諷、用辱罵性的字眼等等，有一天你的舌頭會有一些狀況，我也不知道它會如何，它可能會變厚、可能會無法移動、可能會往內縮等等，這只有神知道(會發生什麼後果)。

上述的問題都是生理方面，但是也可能會有精神方面的惡果，如你會不知道你在講什麼，或是你想如此說但卻講成其他的，這些都可能發生在你的舌頭，也極可能你會無法講話。假如你用你的舌頭來做這些壞事，用在錯誤的目的，任何惡果都可能發生。舌頭並不是要用來侮辱他人及種種的壞事。另外有一些人會試圖表現得特別親切、和善，又是這個那個的，而只是為了達成一些目的，這種行徑對舌頭而言也是非常危險的，你的舌頭可能會產生水泡，這些人和那些講嚴苛話語的人都可能導致癌症。

有些人認為忍受一切就是好的，其實這是不好的！假如有人試圖欺压你，絕對不要隱忍，必須將它踢開，因為如果你忍受一切，你可能會跑到左脈，如此可能會得到可怕的疾病，如癌症。這樣子的人是可能得到癌症的！那些咄咄逼人、有攻擊性的人(當然)也會產生一些疾病，但是這些過度忍受型的人也會有麻煩的。

所以你應該是處在中間平衡的狀態，不要去接受這些(压制)，假如有人辱罵你，你只要保持安靜，靜靜地看著對方，只要這樣就好。你知道他是一個笨蛋，但不必去接受這些責罵。假如你接受了，又成天在那邊為此哭泣流淚，那麼你是可能癌症上身的。面對這種人、這種辱罵，你應該要知道對方是一個傻瓜，你只需遠離他，那麼就不會有任何不好的事發生在你身上。

喉嚨(throat)是非常重要的，我們應該要照顧它。那些大吼、嘶喊的人最終可能會失去說話的能力，可能因為喉嚨的問題而變得狂亂。喉嚨尤其會造成一些可怕的疾病，如脖子腫脹讓你難以呼吸的疾病。

當你對人講話時，應該用一種甜美的方式清晰地講出來，不要對人吼叫，絕對不要！也不要在你話語中表現出你的怒氣，假如你動怒，那麼癌症就可能悄悄地開始發展。所以這兩方面你都要小心。做為一個霎哈嘉練習者，你必須有這方面的知識，你不要去忍受任何荒謬的批評或責駡，即你不必去接受這些。有人要講這些，那沒有什麼大不了，但是有時候你也要駁斥他："你所說的並不正確"。最重要的是不要去忍受，或因此受苦，你不是耶穌基督，你沒有祂的大能。假如你去忍受，你是可能癌症上身的。

所以試著去處在中脈，靜觀外在的一切。不必因他人的咄咄逼人，就委屈退讓；但也不要去壓迫他人、折磨他人、坐在他人的頭上，這些對你的喉嚨都非常危險，你的喉嚨可能會因此招致很可怕的疾病。

 

說明：在此談話的後半段，Shri Mataji 談到喉輪和眼、舌、喉、鼻、耳等的關連，可能是因為時間的關係，她只對眼、舌、喉談得比較多，本譯文就翻譯這部分。

註一：譯者：Shri Mataji指這是不好的。

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在錫呂克里希納普祭(Shri Krishna Puja)談話2001-07-29。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

 

Apart from that, eyes are supplied by this Chakra also. So, when you look at something, it should be very pure glance. The purer it is, the better you will enjoy. But if the glance is not pure, is shifty, going from here to there, there to there, then you are actually going against your Dharma, against your evolutionary process. And one day will come when you might become blind. You might develop cataracts, you might develop all kinds of diseases of the eyes, which are ‘very’ important to pay attention to.

Then this connection also goes to the tongue. The tongue is looked after. But those people have a very bad habit of suddenly saying horrible things, of suddenly saying very bad words, or sometimes getting after somebody with the very bad remarks. All such things are very bad for the tongue and this is what Shri Krishna doesn’t like. In case you use your tongue for saying harsh things to others, being sarcastic, being harsh on others, using abusive word, your tongue, one day, I don’t know how it will react. It will react in different ways. God knows, it might become thick. It won’t move. God knows, it might be sucked inside.

That’s the physical side of it, but also mental side of it, that you won’t know what you are talking about. If you say something, you’ll say something else. It’s possible with your tongue. It’s quite possible that we may not be able to talk, may not be able to say anything. Anything is possible if you try to trouble your tongue like that, using it for wrong purposes. Tongue is not for being used for abusive things, as well as for… Some people try to be extra kind and gentle and this and that, to achieve some ends. This kind of thing also is very, very much—is dangerous for the tongue and you might develop blisters on your tongue, to such an extent that people who even go on saying harsh things to others and all that can develop a kind of a cancer.

Some people think that, if you bear up, everything is good. Is not. If somebody is trying to oppress you, don’t try to bear it. Throw it away, because, if you bear also, you can move to the left and you can get horrible things like cancer. You can get cancer. Those who are aggressive, they can get also diseases and those who are very much, I should say, bearing type also get into trouble.

So you should be in a balanced state, should not accept anything. Supposing anybody calls you names, just keep quiet, look at that person—that’s all. Know that he’s a stupid fool. But don’t accept it. If you accept it and go on crying about it and weeping about it, then you can get cancer. But supposing somebody says something, you should know he is a stupid fool, just keep out of it, then nothing can happen. So, both ways, one has to be careful, because Krishna is playing around and He sees how far you can go.

Now throat—throat is very important. We should look after it. Those people who shout, scream, ultimately can lose their power of speech, can become frantic with their problems of the throat. Specially throat can develop horrible disease by which you just—neck can just get swollen up. We call it snake disease and you feel suffocated.

So when you talk to someone, talk clearly, in a sweet manner, but don’t shout at the person, never! Neither you try to show peevishness in your speech. If you are peevish, then cancer can set in. So, both ways, you have to be careful. As you are Sahaja Yogis, you have to have this knowledge, that you will not do, bear anything nonsensical if somebody speaks—means, you should not accept it. One may say something to you. It’s all right. And sometimes you should tell him off that: “You were saying like this, it’s not so.” It’s best, is not to bear it up and to suffer. You’re not Christ. You don’t have His powers. Because if you do that, you’ll develop cancer.

So try to be, in a way, just in the centre, watching everything, if there’s aggression or if there’s reception—one of the two things—you must not give in to any of these attitudes, but develop an attitude of standing very firmly on your own grounds.  ........

So that’s what is the character you should have. Is not to bend to something, because somebody is aggressive and also not to aggress others, not to torture other, not to sit on somebody’s head. It’s very, very dangerous for your throat and such a throat will always, will always be in danger of getting some horrible diseases.

精微的能量 (Vibration)

***  精微的能量 (Vibration)  ***

昆達里尼(Kundalini)捲曲成三圏半，潛藏在被稱為薦骨(Sacrum)的三角形骨頭中，當昆達里尼從三角骨升起，往上穿過上面的輪穴，當她穿過(三角骨上面)第六個輪穴，即"頂輪"(Sahastrara)，此時她把你和''無所不在的神聖的愛的力量''(All-pervading Power of Divine Love)連結起來。

什麼是這個神聖的愛呢？這力量又做什麼呢？它是母親的能量(the energy of the Mother)，我們可以說它是太初之母(Adi Shakti)的能量，它無所不在，它經由vibrations來運作，vibrations又是什麼呢？它是一種非常精微的能量，(在打開頂輪之後)，它開始流經你的頂輪，頂輪的一千朵花瓣都慢慢地被點亮喚醒(enlightened)，它也會開始流過遍佈你的身體、你的手腳。而且當你的注意力越集中在頂輪，它就運行得越快。

當這個能量流動時，它會起作用，會在每一個方向、每一個向度(dimension) 起作用，例如它會在生理上起作用，假如你有生理的病痛，(你會得到治療)。你們都看過許多人在我出現的場合就得到醫治，單單只是因為我的在場，而且我並不需要對他們做什麼。當我看到某人，我立即知道他是什麼病痛，同樣的這也是因為我和這個神聖力量(Divine)的連結，它告訴我這個人有什麼問題、該如何去治療，而且這些毛病可以立即被治好。這些都自然而然發生，我不必去問任何問題、不必試圖去發現、不必去分析，它就直接說：''如此去做''，或是它也不說，它直接就去運作，它就自動去成就。

實在是非常難以(向你們)解釋這個能量是如何運作，但是所有得到自覺的你們也可以去了解、運作你自己的能量，如何做呢？藉著釋放出能量、藉著去感覺能量、藉著將能量給予他人、藉著去試驗(能量)。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji  在頂輪普祭 (Sahastrara Puja)談話2001-05-06。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

We just know about the Kundalini, that She’s coiled up in three and a half, and She’s lying in the triangular bone known as Sacrum. But we don’t know what She works, how She works, what happens to us. She rises in six centres and breaks the seventh…I should say She breaks the sixth centre, because Ganesha’s centre doesn’t play any role. So when She breaks the sixth centre, which is the Sahastrara, then She connects you to the All-pervading Power of Divine Love.

But what is this Divine Love? What does this do? It is the energy of the Mother. We can say it is the energy of Adi Shakti, which is all over, works through vibrations. But what are these vibrations? It’s a very subtle energy that starts flowing through your Sahastrara. All the thousand petals of the Sahastrara get slowly enlightened and it starts flowing throughout your body, throughout your hands, feet, throughout your body. And the more you are… I mean your attention is, on the Sahastrara, the more it works faster.  .......

Now this energy, when it flows, as you have seen yourself, it works. It works in every direction, in every dimension. For example it works physically. Supposing you have some physical ailment, you have seen many people get cured in My presence – just in My presence. I need not do anything to them. Or also, as soon as I see somebody, I know what he is suffering from. That’s also, I must say, My connection with the Divine, and that tells Me what’s wrong with what person and what should be done. And it can be cured in no time because that also comes to Me just like that. I mean, I don’t ask any questions, I don’t try to find out, I do not analyse, but it just says: “Do like this.” or, it also doesn’t say, it just does! It just works automatically. It is very difficult to explain how this energy works.

But all of you who have got Realisation can also work out your own energies. How? By releasing it, by feeling it, by giving it to others, by experimenting.

純真與無思慮的靜觀

*** 純真與無思慮的靜觀  ***

純真(innocence)是一種特質，這種特質是天生的，人無法強制來變得純真，也不能經訓練而獲得它，它是人內在的一種原本的特質。當人變成錫呂格涅沙(Shri Ganesha) 的門徒時，他就變成一個純真的人。

或許你會說純真的人會被奸詐、有侵略性的人所欺負，但是純真有其偉大之處，它是無法被摧毀的。它是靈(Spirit)的一種特質，當你內在的靈被喚醒時，你就獲得源自純真的力量，藉著這個力量，你可以克服所有對你的成長、對你理解靈性會有妨害的負面力量及錯誤觀念。

要假裝成純真是不可能的，你必須是原本就是純真才可能表現出純真，而這會發生在你獲得霎哈嘉瑜伽的自覺之後。

假如你說："我可以來發展出(我的)純真"，那是無法做到的！那麼要用什麼方法來變得純真呢？在霎哈嘉中我們有一個好的方法來達到，就是經由我們的無思慮的靜觀(thoughtless awareness)來達成。當你處在無思慮靜觀的狀態時，什麼會發生呢？此時你不會(對外物)有反應，你不會陷入任何的錯誤之中，你不會陷入任何的討論、爭論等等，你只是靜觀著外在的一切，此時你內在的純真將油然而生，如同蓮花一般從汚泥中優美地伸展出來。

所以無論周遭是什麼狀況，只要你處在無思慮的靜觀狀態，你就不會有反應，這就是純真的一種表徵。而且不會隨時起反應的人會保持年輕，不會顯出衰老，因為對外物反應並不是一件好事，那只會讓你介入其他人(的事務)。但假如你不起反應，假如你只是靜觀，當一個旁觀者，那麼你不會捲入任何事，你會遠離這些紛爭，如此你的純真就會成長，而且你會對它有十足的信心 。

假如有人對你說一些不好的話，你應該只是純真地來面對，此時純真的力量就會展現出來，不論他是想掌控你或是給你麻煩，你的純真會讓他了解到他的不對，而且他自己會了解到："我對此人做這些事，(但)這位我想掌控的人似乎對此毫不在意"，如此他就會感到自己的軟弱無力，他會認為他沒有力量來掌控你。

許多人說："母親，我們無法做到無思慮的靜觀！"，為什麼你無法達到無思慮的靜觀呢？因為平常無論你看到什麼，你總是想去反應。假如經由你自己的反省，及自己去觀察自己，你逐漸開始去停止你的反應行為， (如此你將逐步可以做到)。如果你仍是常常會有反應，則你要告訴你的頭腦好好自我約束一下。一旦仍有一些反應，則(試著)不要講任何話，就保持安靜，如此慢慢地你會驚訝地發現你自己已變成可以無思慮的靜觀，你會驚訝這是何等優美的事！任何接觸到你的人會發覺你是有特殊之處，是和一般人不太一樣！

註一 ：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji  在錫呂格涅沙普祭(Shri Ganesha Puja)談話2000-09-16。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

 

Innocence is a quality, which is innate, which cannot be forced, which cannot be trained into. It’s just a quality, innate quality, within a human being. When he becomes Shri Ganesha’s disciple, he becomes a innocent person.

Maybe you say that innocent persons are attacked by the cunning, by the aggressive, but innocence is such a great thing that it cannot be destroyed. It’s the quality of the Spirit. Innocence is the quality of the Spirit; and when this Spirit within you is awakened, you get the power of innocence, by which you overcome all that is negative, all that is wrong, all that is detrimental to your growth, spiritual understanding.

So to be innocent is not possible. You have to be innocent, in the sense that you are innately innocent. This happens after Sahaja Yoga, after Realisation.   ......

Now, if you say, “We can develop innocence, Mother”, you cannot. Which is the way to become innocent? In Sahaja Yoga we have a proper method how we can become innocent. It happens through our thoughtless awareness. If you are in the state of thoughtless awareness then, what happens [is], you do not react, you do not get involved into wrong things, you do not get involved into any discussions, arguments, but you just watch and the innocence within you rises beautifully, like a lotus rises out of a dirty pond.

So whatever may be the circumstances, when you are in thoughtless awareness, you do not react. That is the sign of innocence. And people who do not react keep young. They will never show their age, they keep young. Because to react is not a very good thing, which makes you get involved into another person. But if you don’t react, if you are just watching, and you are a witness, then you don’t get involved into anything, you are away from it. And that’s how your innocence grows and you get very confident of it.  ......

If anybody says anything to you, you should just be innocent. At that time your power of innocence will show that this person, who is trying to dominate you, to trouble you, is very much in the wrong. And the person himself might realise that, “I am doing all these things and this fellow, the one on whom I am trying to dominate is not taking any note of it!” So he feels very weak. He thinks he has no power to dominate a person.  ......

Many people say, “Mother, we cannot become thoughtless!” Why? Why can’t you become thoughtless? Because all the time, whatever you see, you want to react. If you gradually start stopping reaction – introspect yourself. See for yourself. If you are all the time trying to react tell your mind to behave itself. If there’s any reaction you just don’t say anything. Keep quiet. Gradually, you will be amazed and surprised how you become thoughtlessly aware, how beautiful you become. And everybody who sees you will know that you are something different, you are not like the normal person.