*** 舌頭在靈性演化的角色 ***
我以前說過要同時是一個母親及導師是非常困難的，因為這兩者的功能有相當的衝突。尤其是對一個想救贖你們的人，即Moksha Dayini，這是非常困難的。因為這(求道的)路上是如此精微與變幻莫測，以至於你們必須自己走過來。假如你們掉到這一邊或那一邊，對你們都會有很大的災難。我以母親的心與用著導師的手，我注視著你們往上爬，我看你們一路上來。當我瞥見有人掉下去時，我試著告訴他們"上來"，有時候我是用叫喊的，有時候我拉他們上來，有時候我給他們關愛、照顧他們。你們可以在你們的内裡自行評斷，我在你們身上花了多少功夫，我有多愛你們。但是你們愛你們自己多少才是重點！
我告訴過你們，對一個霎哈嘉瑜伽士而言，最重要的關鍵是靜觀的力量，這靜觀的力量是安靜的，它不會出聲。假如你是一個非常愛講話的人，那麼這種個性是不會對你有多大的幫助，你必須回到平衡。在我這次的來世，我是第一次開始用談話的方式，我是碰到了一些困難，因為我還不習慣這種談話方式。對你們而言，應該(盡量)不要說話，除非是覺得非說不可，而且要儘量用較少的句子，且要用結論性的說詞。
如同我以前告訴過你們，舌頭是造成所有器官注意力分散的主要來源，假如你可以掌控你的舌頭 ，那麼你便可以某種程度掌控所有的器官。因為所有的事物都必須是令人愉快的，(如此你才可能去做)。譬如你看到一個女人，假如她不會令人感到愉快，或許她可能長得漂亮，但是你不會想再看她一眼。就是舌頭來決定一個人(的許多作為)。假如你想吃某些食物，但若是它看起來不是美味的、不令人愉快的，那麼你不會想吃那個食物，它必須是令人感到愉悅的。再者，一個想法也是如此，一個想法必須是令人愉悅的，假如它不會令人愉快的，你不會想擁有它，所以這決定的因素是舌頭。舌根直抵喉輪，喉輪控制你的自我(ego)及超我(superego)，或你可以說舌頭以某種方式反映自我及超我。經由你的舌頭，當你說話的時候，他人可以分辨出你是否處在自我或超我的領域，舌頭會表達出這些，舌頭會決定一切。
假如你了解舌頭，那麼你就知道如何控制它，它是你的朋友，而且Sarasvati就住在你的舌頭内。假如你知道如何控制你的舌頭，那麼霎哈嘉瑜伽可以升到很高的境地，因為當人們碰到你這個霎哈嘉瑜伽士，他們也會看到你講話的方式，你吃東西的方式，及你待人處事的愉悅心態。
是舌頭決定一切，假如你真正已經相當進化，你會驚訝到假如你在某地吃到一些食物，你的舌頭立即將它吐出來，假如這是有問題的食物，它不會容許這些食物進入體內。假如某些"prasad"的食物給你，而它們是來自某些不對勁的人，你的舌頭會立即將它們吐出來，是不可能吃進去的。縱使你吃下去了，硬將食物吞到胃裡，這個舌頭仍然會通知大腦："將它吐出來"，然後大腦會通知胃："將它吐出來"，(當然)這(嘔吐)會是一個令人不快的經驗。所以這個在胃裡來自喉輪的反應，來自錫呂克里希納的行動，我的意思是這兩者是相同的，都是由你的舌頭所判斷的。所以你必須知道你的舌頭應該要達到何等的純潔及聖潔！尤其當你用這個舌頭來唸誦你的母親的名號時，你應該知道它必須是神聖中的最神聖。
如何使用你的舌頭是非常重要的，那些直言不諱和甜美說話的人都是一樣的：是你的意圖造成這些話從你(的嘴巴)跑出來！
如我所說的，舌頭控制自我及超我，甚至霎哈嘉練習者都了解靜觀也是來自喉輪，所以你的靜觀力量也會根據你的舌頭來增加或減少。
當然，喉輪控制16瓣的次神經叢，它控制眼睛的肌肉，它控制所有這些肌肉，它控制顎，它控制牙齒，它控制耳朵。但是你用耳朵來聽聲音，你是不能控制這個作用，但是你可以控制你的舌頭，因為舌頭是釋放的功能，它會向外給出；用耳朵則不能給他人任何東西，耳朵只是單向的。舌頭則是雙向的：你可以吃進東西，也可以吐出去。它有兩種功能，它是一個非常重要的器官，這就是為什麼我們必須照顧好我們的舌頭。
註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji在印度德里的談話1976-04-02。JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。
I was telling about how difficult it is to be a Mother and a
Guru, because both are very contradictory functions. And specially for a person
who wants to be in charge of your salvation, to be the Moksha Dayini, it is
extremely difficult. Because the path is so delicate and so treacherous that
all of you have to come yourself, walk across. And if you fall this side or
that side there is disaster for you. I am watching your climbing, and I see you
coming up, with a Mother’s heart and a Guru’s hand. And then I get the glimpses
of people falling. I try to tell them, “Come up”. Sometimes I shout, sometimes
I pull them up, sometimes I love them, caress them. You can yourself judge,
within yourself, how much I have worked on you, how much I have loved you. But
how much do you love yourself is the point.
I have told you that, for a Sahaja Yogi, the whole thing should
be decided by the witnessing power. Now the witnessing power is silent, it
doesn’t talk. If you are a very talkative person, then it’s not going to help
you much. You have to come in balance. For the first time in this incarnation I
have started talking, and I get so troubled because I am not used to this kind
of talking. So, for you people, it is necessary that you should not talk unless
and until you feel like talking. And very few sentences, conclusive.
As I told you before, the tongue is the master of all the organs
of distractions. If you could master your tongue you have mastered all of them,
in a way. Because everything has to be palatable. For example, you look at a
woman: if she is not palatable, then she may be beautiful but you don’t want to
look at her. She decides, the tongue decides, about a person.
If you want to eat some food, if it is not palatable, then you
don’t want to eat that food. It has to be palatable.
Then a thought also. A thought has to be palatable. If it is not
palatable, you are not going to have it.
So, the deciding factor is the tongue. The root of the tongue
goes up to the Vishuddhi chakra, which controls your ego and superego. Or you
can say that the tongue is reflected in superego and ego in a way. Through your
tongue, when you speak, one can make out whether you are in the realm of ego or
superego. She expresses, she decides.
But if you understand her, then you know how to handle her. She
is your friend. And Sarasvati Herself resides in your tongue.
If you know how to handle your tongue then Sahaja Yoga can rise
very high up. Because when others meet you, as Sahaja Yogis, they also see the
way you talk, the way you eat, the way that things are palatable to you.
It is the tongue that decides. If you are really very much
evolved, you will be amazed that, if you eat some food somewhere, immediately
the tongue will immediately throw it out. It won’t have it if it is something
wrong.
If some “prasad”, so-called, is given to you, which is given by
some wrong type of a man, immediately your tongue will throw it away. It won’t
be able to take it in. And even if you take, somehow or other, and it’s forced
down in the stomach, still the tongue will inform the brain that, “Throw it
out!” and the brain will inform the stomach that, “Throw it out!” It will be unpalatable.
So, the reaction of Vishnu in the stomach, up to the action of
Shri Krishna – I mean, the same personality – is all judged by your tongue. So,
you must know how pure, holy, your tongue should be. But when you take the name
of your Mother with this tongue, you must know it has to be the holiest of
holy.
It is very important how you use your tongue. Those who talk
very bluntly are just the same [as] those who talk very sweetly: to get
something out of you is the intention.
As I have told you, it controls ego and superego. Even the
Sahaja Yogis understand that The Witness is also here at the Vishuddhi chakra:
so your witnessing power will increase and decrease according to your tongue.
Of course, it controls sixteen sub-plexuses. It also controls
the muscles of the eyes, it controls all these muscles, it controls the palate,
it controls the teeth. It controls the ears. But [with] ears, you hear
something [but] you cannot control it. With tongue you can, because that is the
thing which releases, which goes out. With the ear you cannot give anything to
others, that is just one way. This [tongue] is double way thing: you take in
something and also can throw out something. It has a double purpose. It is a
very important organ and that’s why we have to look after our tongues.
