*** 從有形到無形------兼談普祭 ***
在霎哈嘉你們都必須了解一個簡單的真理：你是一個靈(Spirit)，不是靈的部分都不是真正的你自己。
我們可以將靈和太陽類比，太陽會被烏雲所遮蓋，即太陽的外表會有一些烏雲添加上去，但是太陽仍然是原本的太陽。你不能去照亮太陽，它是會自己發光的。當這些烏雲被去除時，這些外在的附加物就被除掉了，太陽就在天空中光芒四射。同樣的，我們的靈也被無明(ignorance)額外添加了許多烏雲，只要有這些附加上去的烏雲，你就看不見靈的真面貌。縱使少數的烏雲不見了，(若)仍然有一些烏雲殘留，(我們依舊看不見靈的亮光)。我們必須有一個很清澈的天空，才能看到靈的光芒四射。
有很多方法可以來去除這些烏雲，首要的是你必須有真正的信心(faith)來接受這個事實：你是一個靈，除此之外都是額外添加上去的。
你必須在你的内裡來接受它，即(現在已是一個靈的)你和以前的你已大不相同了。這並不是一個盲目的信心，這信心是來自你的經驗，所以你的頭腦心智不應該去挑戰這個信心。假如你的頭腦來挑戰它，而且你接受你腦袋的想法，那麼你又會再度沉淪。科學家只瞥見天空中的星光一閃，他們就相信有一顆星星，所以同樣的，假如你只在你的自覺中瞥見靈光一閃，你應該至少要相信你也是一個靈。假如你持續盯住你這個經驗，也將你的注意力放在你是一個靈這個事實，並告訴你的腦袋不要再欺騙你了，那麼你就可以將你的腦袋轉向，如此你的腦袋就開始為靈體來工作。這就是我所謂的信心，信心就是代表提升到真正、純粹的知識。
當你將烏雲去除到一個程度，但是仍會有一些殘留，此時你就必須用聖靈的涼風(Wind
of Holy Ghost)來除去這些雲。有許多方法來利用這個涼風的幫忙，這涼風來自其他的源頭，來自聖靈、你的昆達里尼，也來自太初靈量(Primordial
Kundalini)。你們都親身看到太初靈量顯現在你們面前，和以前的求道者相比，你們是非常幸運。因為以前的求道者只能崇拜神像(vigraha)，縱使他們崇拜一尊來自母親大地、有能量的雕像，仍然會有很大的障礙。他們往往是做一種叫Savikalpa
Samadhi 的冥想，集中注意力在這個散發能量的神像，持續凝視這尊神像來試圖提升昆達里尼。一般而言，昆達里尼只上升到額輪而已，但是要抵達頂輪之上是一個不可能的任務，因為此時這個修行者必須從有形象(的崇拜)躍升到無形象(的崇拜)(from
form to formless)， 走出原先所崇拜的形象過渡到無形象是非常困難的。或許有人會試著直接來專注在一個抽象、無形的對象，回教徒即是如此做，但這同樣是一個不可能的任務。
所以在這種情況下，必須將這些無形賦予一個形象，所以修行者才不會遭遇種種的困難。只要你集中注意力在這個具體形象上，你就融入無形之中。正如同將冰放在你前面，一旦你開始去觸摸冰，冰雖然融化掉，但是你就可以感覺到(這無形的)涼意，如此就可以輕易解決這個有形無形的問題。普祭(puja)就是一種好的方法，可以讓你將有形激發出無形。你的輪穴都是能量中心，但輪穴上都有坐著指導的神衹，這些神祇可以說是從無形(的特質)變成(具體的)有形。當你做普祭時，這些有形(的神祇)融化成無形的能量，然後這些無形的能量就開始流動，如此就產生吹動的涼風，然後那些在靈表面的錯誤的認同、額外附加的烏雲就會被去除。
你們不能去思考普祭，普祭的效果是在超越思考的領域來運作，所以你必須了解到你不能從理性的角度來研究普祭。你應該要在普祭中讓你的輪穴獲得最大的效益，要如何做呢？你必須只是完全集中注意力在普祭上，及專心在看涼風是如何吹動。這風會自動去吹散所有的烏雲，所以你的工作只需要專心在普祭，去靜觀這一切，你只是一個seer
(靜觀者)。Seer有雙重的意義，其一是你只是去觀看，其二是你沒有任何思緒、沒有任何反應，而只是靜觀，自動、自然而然地去吸收能量。這就是做普祭的最好方式。
對我而言普祭有時候是一種負擔，因為你們和神衹之間必須旗鼓相當，且必須有一些平衡，當你唸所有的口訣時，神衹就被喚醒了，但是有些人卻不想從內心來接受這些能量，結果就是我必須儲存這些從(我的)身體產生的多餘能量。所以最好是保持你們的心敞開，你們就靜觀普祭，不要去想什麼。
註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri
Mataji在女神普祭(Devi
Puja) 之前的談話1983-06-18。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。
In Sahaja Yoga you all have to understand one simple thing —
that you are the spirit. And whatever is not the spirit is not yourself. We can
compare spirit with the sun. The sun can be covered with the clouds, there
could be superimpositions on the sun, but sun remains as it is, at its point.
You cannot enlighten the sun. It is illumined by itself. Now, when the clouds
are removed, the superimpositions are removed, the sun shines through the
atmosphere. So, our spirit is also is superimposed by ignorance.
As long as there is superimposition, you can’t see the
spirit. And even when few clouds disappear the superimposition exists. One has
to have a clear sky to see the light of the spirit shining through. There are
many ways by which we can try to remove the clouds. The first and the foremost
thing is the assumption, the faith that you are the spirit and that the rest is
superimposition. You have to assume that within yourself — after Realization it
should become very easy — that you are something much more, something very
different from what you have known so far. So, now the new situation arises —
that you do not have a blind faith, but you have a faith that has come out of
an experience. So your intellect should not fight it. It should not try to
challenge you – it. If it challenges and if you’re ill to your intellect,
you’ll again go down.
Even if you get the glimpse of a star in the sky, then the
scientists believe that there is a star. So, in the same manner, even if you
get the glimpse of your Realization, you have to at least believe that you are
also a spirit. You go on sticking on to that experience and keeping your
attention on the fact that you are the spirit. Tell your intellect not to cheat
you anymore. You can turn the face of your intellect by this. Now your
intellect will start working for the pursuit of the spirit. This is what faith
means. Faith gives rise to pure intelligence. Now, when you are seeing clouds
removed to a great extent, still there are clouds. So you have to use the wind
to remove the clouds.
Wind of the Holy Ghost. And that… you know, there are many
ways of taking advantage of the wind. I hope the Italians understand. So the
wind comes from some other source, that is the source of the Holy Ghost, your
own Kundalini. And also you have in person the Primordial Kundalini before you.
Compared to many other seekers who came before you, I must say, you are very
fortunate. Because worshipping any vigraha, any… even a statue of self-created
vibrations from the Mother Earth, people had big problems. They had to, first
of all, do a meditation which was called as Savikalpa Samadhi. That means, in
that state you had to concentrate on such a statue, vigraha. Vigraha means the
one which is a vibrating statue.
And then, go on looking at that statue and trying to raise your
Kundalini. And Kundalini used to come up to Agnya. But the jumping beyond the
Sahastrara was an impossible task, because one had to go from form to formless,
and it was so difficult, to get out of form to formless. And even to
concentrate on abstract or formless was another impossible task as the Muslim
did, or many other people tried to do. Under these circumstances it was
necessary that the formless had to take a form, so there was no more
complication to you. As soon as you concentrated on the form, you became
formless. Like if you have ice before you, and as soon as you start touching
the ice, it melts away, and you start feeling the cool. So the problem is very
easily solved now. Puja is one of the things by which you can excite the forms
into formless. Now, your centers are the centers of energies.
But they, too, have a guiding deity sitting on all these
chakras. They are also the formless made into forms. And when you do the puja,
the forms melt into formless energy, and this formless energy then starts
flowing, and that, then blows the wind. And that’s how this misidentification,
superimpositions on the spirit are removed. Now, you cannot think about the
puja. The whole thing happens in a realm which is beyond thinking. So, you have
to understand that you cannot rationalize the puja. You should have the maximum
advantage on your chakras. For that you must fully just concentrate on the puja
and how the wind is blowing. And the wind will see to it, that they drive out
all the clouds.
So your only work is, or your only method is — just to
concentrate on the puja, and witness. You are a seer. Seer has double meaning.
The one who sees only, just sees, and is only knowledge — is a seer. Without
any thought, without any reaction, just sees and absorb, automatically,
spontaneously — is the seer. And so, that is the best way to perform a puja.
For Me sometimes it’s burdensome, because there should be some parity between
you and the deities. Some balance must be there. Here you are saying all the
mantras and the deities are awakened, and there you are, who do not want to
receive anything within your heart. So I am the one who has to store up all the
extra energy that is produced in the body.
So it would be better if you all keep your hearts open and
watch the puja without thinking about it.
