我們怎樣認出靈魂的内在聲音呢？ How can we recognise the voice of our soul?

就是那麽地有趣，昨天Sobana才問起我這個問題：我們怎樣認出靈魂的内在聲音呢？

我的回答是：只要我們做的決定内心感覺是開心自在舒服的，那就是我們的内在聲音，靈魂給與的指示。我是以這個做準則，如果我真的無法決定，我會先放下它，讓自己放輕鬆，有一天我會漸漸聼見它（内在聲音）。

今天早上，無意中看到 Vivekanand分享Swamiji回答的答案，哈哈，你看，Sobana，Swamiji解答了我們的疑惑。太妙了！感恩！

Question : Sometimes we are placed in situations where we can’t understand which is the voice of our soul. We receive guidance about several people at the same time, so how can we recognise the voice of our soul?

Answer : It’s not like that. If you have surrendered to one Guru only – the word for it is infinite faith – then you’ll never hear ten different voices. The fact that you can hear several voices means that your chitta is divided. It is divided in 10 different places; we believe in 10 ten different people. It means that we are connected to 10 different places, and we are absorbing energy from 10 different places. Thus if you behave like this, what will happen is that you won’t get a whole rupee from any place. We place surrender worth 10 paisa (1/10th rupee) in all places and expect one rupee’s worth in return. How will that be possible? You will get one rupee’s worth when you make an offering of one rupee at some place.

Similarly, when we concentrate everything we possess only in one place, we’ll get 100% results; otherwise you’ll keep on getting such voices. Then you’ll continue to get confused about whether this is right or that is right. Therefore get connected to one collectivity only with a feeling of full concentration. Look! You can get connected to any medium; but get connected to that completely, to any one place. You get connected to 10 different places and then you get disturbed and it does not yield any results.

Sadguru Shree Shivkrupanand Swamiji

* God has given us so many good things but we do not realize it. Why do we keep complaining about sorrows?

* Learn to appreciate the God’s gifts in your life. This will give you a positive outlook.

* Spiritual progress gets adversely affected if we keep complaining.

* However do not loose your mental peace (balance) at any cost.
You should not allow small incidents, minor discords to disturb Your peace of mind. You must remain balanced.
Peace of mind will result in state of spiritual balance and as a result everything will be all right.

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剛剛Rajnee和我在Whatsapp聊到這話題。她在Goa也曾經問swamiji這個問題，以下是她的分享，很棒！

要和自己的靈魂先建立好關係，内在聲音要比自我的聲音更大聲。内在聲音永遠都是和諧的。

神性確實豐富一個已經臣服整個生命的人

問題：大部分師父開始時的生活像普通人一樣，但之後他們逐漸走向奢侈和享受的生活。這是爲什麽呢？

答案：即使是普通人都過著奢侈和舒適的生活；因此神性確實豐富一個已經臣服整個生命的人。首先尋求神性，之後傳授知識給每一個人，你會輕易獲得舒適的最佳工具，無論你是住在森林或是在社會裏。

即使在森林，我經常很容易就得到最好的水果，在社會時也同樣收到最好的。這是因爲門徒相信斯瓦米吉（Swamiji）應該先獲得生命裏最好的，然後這最好的應該也會降臨到他們的身上。

我的生活擁有很好的奢侈品，但是我不執著它們。不管它們存在與否，對我來説沒有差別。即使到今天我依然想返回喜馬拉雅山的懷抱。豐富和富裕只是靜心的副產品。聖人擁有豐富和富裕，但他們卻不屬於這些東西。


Question : Most Gurus begin life like ordinary persons, and then they move towards luxuries and enjoyment in life. Why is this so?

Answer : Even an ordinary human obtains luxuries and comforts in his life; therefore Paramatma will surely make the remaining portion of the life of a person who has surrendered his entire life - first of all in quest of Paramatma, and then in conveying the knowledge to each and every human being, very much easier with the best instruments of comfort, whether he lives in the jungle or in society.
I used to obtain the best fruits even in the jungle quite easily, and I receive the best even in society because sadhaks believe that Swamiji should first receive whatever is the best in life and then it should come to them.
I live with all these excellent luxurious articles and yet I’m not in them. It makes no difference to me whether they are present or not. Even today I wish to return into the lap of the Himalayas. Wealth and riches is a by-product of meditation. The saint has wealth and riches but he is not present in them.

所有的聖賢在神性裏減少合一的質量，而創造出自己的靈修運動。爲什麽會出現這樣的情況呢？

問題：所有的聖賢在神性裏減少合一的質量，而創造出自己的靈修運動。爲什麽會出現這樣的情況呢？

答案：師父是一個媒介，他持續下降到社會當時所需求的時間點，然後根據門徒的層次，引導他们走向正確的道路。所有靈魂的靈性層次都不一樣，這取決於他的口味和喜好，也是根據這他們被引向師父元素的方向。但是所有師父元素的終點都是達到神性，即使是透過不同的途徑。我希望把所有的門徒都喚醒，讓他們可以成爲自己的師父，這樣他們才不會依賴任何人。

Question : All saints and sages reduce the quality of oneness in Paramatma and create their own spiritual movements. Why does this happen?

Answer : The Guru is a medium who keeps on descending into society according to the demands of time, and guides his disciples on the right path according to their state. The spiritual state of all souls is not the same. Each one’s state depends on his tastes and liking, and accordingly he is pulled in the direction of his Guru-Element. But the destination of all Guru-Element is to achieve Paramatma, even though the paths may differ. I wish to make all sadhaks their own Gurus so that they won’t be dependent on anyone.

靜心是否總是吸引一個人走向苦修？

問題：靜心是否總是吸引一個人走向苦修？

答案：靜心和苦修是有差別的。經常靜心教導一個人，在家庭，社會以及這個世界生活的藝術，也讓他體驗到神性。静心使靈性的花朵，如蓮花般綻放在生命的海洋中。

Question : Does meditation always draw a person towards asceticism?

Answer : There is a difference between meditation and asceticism. Regular meditation teaches a person the art of living in his family, in society, and in this world, and bestows the spiritual experience of Paramatma on him. It makes the flower of spirituality bloom in the ocean of life, like the lotus.

爲什麽需要一個師父？

問題：爲什麽需要一個師父？

答案：如果說不需要一個師父，那也就不需要有學校了。每一個人可以買書籍閲讀就好。一個人可以透過閲讀學習到如何認識一些東西，但是卻不能學到如何去吸取知識。瑜伽姿勢（體位法），呼吸技巧（與整體一起呼吸）以及靜心都是不同的。一個人可以透過靜心達到無念狀態，也可以透過靜心控制意識。親近師父是一條可以輕易地達到神性的途徑，那麽他就不需要到處徘徊尋找，因爲往往在徘徊當中，生命就結束了。

Question : What is the need for a Guru?

Answer : If there was no need for a Guru then there would be no need to have schools either. Everyone would buy books and read them. By reading books one learns how to recognize something, but one doesn’t receive the knowledge of how to obtain it. Yogic postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayam), and meditation are all different. One can reach a thoughtless state through meditation, and one can control one’s chitta through meditation. The path to reach Paramatma is facilitated in the proximity of the Guru; and one doesn’t have to wander here and there in search of it, as sometimes one’s life comes to an end as one wanders around.

如何把全然臣服的感覺融入我們的生活裏？

問題：斯瓦米吉，如何把全然臣服的感覺融入我們的生活裏？

答案：我曾告訴你，將你的整個過去托付予我，我會讓你有個金色未來。沙瑪版這個字的意思很簡單。在古時候人們通常都習慣用擺鐘，擺鐘從一側擺動到另一側。同樣的我們的意識會回到過去的事件，然後在很短的時間，以同樣的速度進入未來。它不斷搖擺在過去和未來之間。由於這樣，你一半的能量浪費在想關於未來的事，也就沒有留下多少能量來做目前的事，那樣你做任何事情都不會成功。當我要求你臣服，“沙瑪版” 'Samarpan' 意味著你不應該有任何關於過去的思想。當你達到那個狀態，你的意識就會變得強大起來。如果你沒有關於過去的思想，自然的你也不會有關於未來的想法。結果是你的意識將保持在當下，這樣無論你執行任何任務都會很成功。

當你沒有過去或未來的念頭，這種狀態我稱之為“沙瑪版” 'Samarpan'。當你達到這個狀態的那一天，你可說是完全臣服了。完全放下你的過去，舊疾，往日不好的事件及人。當你成功的將過去的毒素掃除，你會完全成爲空的。你有權利在你内在的甕裝滿甘露，你將會體驗到它的芬芳，但首先你必須要移除你内在的毒素。沙瑪版意味著你不應該有任何過去的念頭。

Question: Swamiji, my question is how can we bring a sense of complete surrender in our lives?

Answer: I have told you to give up your entire past to me and I will give you a golden future in return. The meaning of the word samarpan is very simple. IN the olden days people used to have pendulum clocks where the pendulum would be swinging from one side to another. Similarly when our chitta goes back to the incidents of our past then after a short time it goes into the future with the same speed that it goes into the past. And it keeps on oscillating between the past and the future. Due to this, half of your energy is wasted in thinking about the future and when you work in present, you will not have any energy left. We will not be successful in whatever we do. When I ask you to surrender, the meaning of 'samarpan' is that you should not get a single thought about the past, and when you reach such a state then your chitta will become strong. When you don't get thoughts about the past, then you automatically not get thoughts about the future. The result will be that your chitta will remain in the present. Whatever task you undertake by remaining in the present will be supremely successful.
I call 'Samarpan' that state when you have no thoughts either of the past or the future. The day you reach such a state, you will have total 'samarpan'. You will be free of surrendering your past, past illnesses, bad incidents and bad people of the past. When you succeed in wiping out the poison of your past, you will be completely empty. The urn filed with nectar is right within you and you will experience its scent. First of all it is necessary to remove the poison within you. The meaning of 'Samarpan' is that you should not get any thoughts of past.

每次靜心時我都會睡着，我應該怎麽辦？

問題：斯瓦米吉，每次靜心時我都會睡着，我應該怎麽辦？

答案：一些人也有同樣的問題。這發生的原因是那個人的生活很有壓力，導致他的右側變弱。其次是我們的内在從過去生活中累積了大量的垃圾，導致右側疲弱。只要這些垃圾沒有被釋放，我們將在靜心時睡着。靜心一段時間後，這樣的情况就不會再發生。

Question: Swamiji, whenever I meditate, I fall asleep. What should I do?

Answer: Several people have the same problem. What happens is that people lead stressful lives and as a result their right side becomes weak. Secondly, there is a lot of garbage from our past lives within us and as a result, the left side is weakened. As long as that is not removed, a person will fall asleep during meditation. This will not happen at a later stage.

如何單獨靜心時，也一樣能獲得團體靜心的利益。

問題：斯瓦米吉，我們無法常常參加集體靜心，請你指示我們一些方法，讓我們在單獨靜心時，也一樣能獲得團體靜心的利益。

答案：你應該在早上洗澡，然後坐在我的靈妙體照片前面。想象我就坐在你面前，正面能量就會自動從你内在創造出來。你應該花半小時聼我演説的錄音帶，然後才進行你的日常活動。當你聼錄音帶時，你將會得到之前我給四萬人演説的集體能量。當你聆聽時，你會逐漸的參與這四萬人，你的存在也會慢慢地被忽略。在連續聼了三天後，你就已經習慣了聼錄音帶的演説，你的頭腦將會平靜下來。甚至當錄音帶結束時，你的頭腦還不願意醒來。你將會感覺輕盈和放鬆，因爲你的存在感知已經融入集體裏。當這樣的情況發生時，你將會是處在適合靜心的狀態中。首先必須讓你的身體适應靜心。我曾經在拉傑果(Rajkot)遇到一位收藏家，我給了他一套他所要求的錄音帶，他問我是否可以在開車時聼。我的回答是不能，當你聼錄音帶時會進入靜心狀態，但你的行駛狀況怎麽辦呢？所以你應該安靜地坐下來聼演説錄音帶，這樣才能完全得到它的利益。

Question: Swamiji, we don’t always get the opportunity to meditate in collectivity. Please show us some way by which we can get the benefit of group meditation even when we meditate on our own.

Answer: You should have a bath in the morning and then sit in front of the photograph of my subtle body, and imagine that I am sitting in front of you. Then positive energy will automatically get created within you. You should listen to the audio cassette of my discourse for half an hour and then carry on with your daily activities. When you listen to that cassette, you will get the collectivity of those 40 thousand people before whom I had given the discourse. As you listen, you will slowly join those 40 thousand people and your existence will slowly be negated. On the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd day, as you get into this habit of listening to the discourse, your mind will calm down. Even when the cassette comes to an end, your mind will not be willing to wake up. You will feel very light and relaxed because you will merge your sense of existence in the collectivity. When this happens, you will be in a suitable state for meditation. It is necessary to first make your body fit for meditation. I had been to Rajkot where I met the Collector. He asked for a set of cassettes and I gave it to him. Then he asked me whether he could listen to them in a moving car. I said :no, you will go into meditation while listening but what about your driver’s condition? You should therefore sit quietly and then listen to the pravachan (discourse) cassette, in order to get the full benefit.

 

 

靜心時,注意力應該要放在哪裏？

問題：斯瓦米吉，靜心時, 我们的注意力應該要放在哪裏？

答案：你一定有見過一個新出生嬰兒頭頂上的悸動，靜心時我們就是把意識專注在頭頂的那個位置。隨著年齡的增長，頭頂柔軟的部位開始被填滿而變得堅硬。我們的注意力必須是在頭頂的那個地方。如果我們把雙手放在膝蓋，我們的注意力就會移向那裏；如果我們把雙手放在胸口，我們的注意力就會在胸口。因此不管我們把手放在哪裏，意識都會跟隨。這是我們身體的正常反應。當你將你的雙手放在頭頂，你的注意力就會集中在那裏，也就是達薩哈拉脈輪（頂輪）。靜心時你的注意力必須集中在頭頂。

Question: Swamiji, my question is where should our chitta (attention) be during meditation?

Answer: You must have seen how the top portion of a new born child’s head palpitates. We have to concentrate and put our chitta on that part of the head during meditation. As we grow older, the soft portion on the top of the head starts filling up and hardens. Our attention should be at that place. If we place our hands on the knees, our attention veers there; if we place our hands on our chest, our attention will be on the chest. Thus our attention will be centered wherever we place our hands. This is generally how our body behaves. When you place your hand on the top of your head, your attention will go there, that is, it will be centered on the Sahastrar chakra. You should concentrate on the top of your head during meditation.

何時靜心能達到最好的效果？

問題：
何時靜心能達到最好的效果？早晨或是傍晚？
我們应该洗澡後才靜心嗎？
在靜心時，我們應該睜開眼睛或是把眼睛閉上呢？

答案：
洗澡讓一個人達到平靜和平衡，也能促進血液循環，同時會讓人感覺乾淨且清新。
最適合靜心的時間是日出之前的三點半到早上九點之間。這段時間的氣氛很寧靜以及較少的思想污染，因此靜心時專注力最好。靜心之後，散佈在你身體的能量，可以幫助你執行一整日的活動。傍晚十五到三十分鐘的静心，让你釋放一整天的思緒，使頭腦變得平靜和穩定。静心後你會感覺輕鬆及快樂，而且可以睡得安穩。
静心時閉上眼睛，頭腦會移向内在，這比較容易讓你的頭腦遠離外在之物。但是如果你的頭腦遊蕩在戲院，巴士站，朋友，其他人或地方，那麽睜開眼睛凝望火焰，這樣做能消除你的思想。

問題：我有很多負面思想，我應該怎麽做呢？ Question: I get many negative thoughts. What should I do ?

問題：我有很多負面思想，我應該怎麽做呢？

回答：靜心是唯一可以控制負面思想的方法。每當你有負面思想時，保持警醒並告訴頭腦，斯瓦米吉不是告訴過我不要去想負面的嗎？如果你切斷最初的念頭，念頭的環鏈就不會增長。否則就會創造出第二個念頭的空間，接著就是第三個念頭。。。最後你會被過去的念頭抓住長達半個小時以上。就如馬拉提語作家曾經寫過，當一杯酒出現在你面前，如果你能夠阻止自己不喝，那就沒問題；但是如果你喝下第一杯酒，你對第二杯酒的自製能力就會減低，慢慢的你的頭腦就會變得脆弱，最後就變成一個酒鬼。同樣的，如果你能停止第一個負面念頭，第二個念頭就不會浮現。即使念頭來了，你知道你必須小心不被念頭抓住。但是如果你的頭腦是脆弱的話，就會很難控制它。這樣的話，你應該向你的師父祈祷。你必須保持警醒，以及專注于師父所教導的。如果師父没有做出特定的舉止，信徒也無法這麽做。在這樣的情况下，你的注意力將會集中在師父身上，只有這樣你才能避免這個負面思想。

Question: I get many negative thoughts. What should I do ?

Answer: Meditation is the only way to control negative thoughts. Whenever you get any negative thoughts, alert yourself and tell your mind that Swamiji has told me not to think negatively, hasn't he ? If you cut off the very first thought, then the chain of thoughts will not develop. If you don't cut off the first thought then it will create a space for the second thought. And then the third .. .. .. and in the end you will be caught in thoughts of the past for more than half an hour. As a Marathi writer has written, when the first glass of liquor comes before you, if you stop yourself, then it is alright. But if you drink that first glass, then your self-control for the second glass will lessen and slowly your mind will become weak. And you will become a drunkard. In the same way if you stop the first negative thought, the second will not appear. And even if it comes, you will realize that you have to be aware and not get caught in it. But if your mind weakens then it will be difficult to control it. For that you have to pray to your Guru. You have to be alert and keep your mind on what your Guru teaches. If the Guru does not act in a particular way, the disciple will also not be able to do so. In this way, your attention will be on the Guru. Only then will you avoid these things.

女人在月經期靜心是否適當？ Is it proper for women to meditate during their monthly periods ?

問題：女人在月經期靜心是否適當？

答案：是的。女人甚至在月經期也可以靜心，因爲我談的都是跟靈魂有關的，這並沒有男女的差異，而月經只是肉體的特质。這就是我在演説前稱呼大家為神聖靈魂的原因。靜心時，一個人的意識須從肉身轉移到靈妙体，這並沒有性別之分。

Question: Is it proper for women to meditate during their monthly periods ?

Answer: Yes. You can meditate even during monthly periods because I am talking about the soul, where there is no difference between male and female. And this is a quality of the physical body. That is why before I begin my discourse I address all of you as Punyatmas (Sacred Souls). In meditation one has to proceed from the physical to the subtle body in which there is no distinction of gender.

是否可以教導小孩靜心？Can small children be taught to meditate ?

問題：是否可以教導小孩靜心？
答案：當然可以。如果小孩可以經常坐下來靜心，從童年開始每天花十五分鐘靜心，他會從中獲益良多。首先他的專注力會提升，心理層面會更穩定，也同時能也減少躁動。他可以完全專注于他所做的每一件事情，不管是學習或玩樂。因此在學習上用較少的努力就可以表現得更好，也能幫助他提高記憶力。他會經常感到快樂和滿足。他不會因爲一些小事就哭閙和悲傷，他滿足于所擁有的並且很快樂。如果家庭裏的每一個成員都能靜心的話，就不需要到外面的廟宇去膜拜了，因爲家本身就會轉變成廟宇。家的能量會突然提升。全家人都会經驗到喜悅，平安和快樂。

Question: Can small children be taught to meditate ?
Answer: Certainly. If the child can sit regularly (and practise meditation), daily for 15 minutes right from his childhood, he will benefit more. His level of concentration will increase. He will be mentally stable and his restlessness will decrease. He will be able to concentrate fully on whatever he is doing, be it study or play. Thus he will perform better in studies with less effort and will improve his memory. He will always be cheerful and content. He will not cry and be upset over little things. He will be satisfied and happy with whatever he gets. If all the members of the family meditate, then there will not be any need to visit any (outside) temple as the home itself will turn into a temple. The vibrations in the house will suddenly improve. The whole family will experience joy, peace and happiness.

我們是否可以同時擁有生命裏所有的快樂？Can we get all the joys of life together ?

問題：當我們在生命中得到一种快樂，另外的快樂就會離開我們。我們是否可以同時擁有生命裏所有的快樂？我們是否可以透過靜心得到一切？

答案：在生命中正面與負面的思想同時存在，思想不可能是完全正面或是完全負面。每一個人的生命裏不会一直都處在不好的狀態，快樂和悲傷是生命的兩面。透過靜心，你的頭腦常常都会集中在正面思考上，負面思想也逐漸減少，這樣一來悲傷也会隨之減少。當你的負面素質減少，它們對生活的影響也會削弱。你開始在每一個情況下尋找快樂。你的頭腦開始注意到每一個人的優點。你不會受其他人或任何狀況所影響。經常的靜心会帶給你正面的思想並讓你快樂。

Question: When we get one joy in life, another leaves us.
Can we get all the joys of life together ? Can we get everything by doing meditation ?

Answer: In life both positive and negative thoughts exist together. Thoughts cannot be totally positive or totally negative. Every person does not have bad times always in his life. Happiness and sorrow are two faces of life. But by doing meditation, the mind always stays on positive thoughts and hence negative thoughts are reduced and sorrow also slowly decreases. The negativity in you becomes less and its effect on your life also weakens. You start looking for happiness in all circumstances. Your mind starts noticing good qualities in everyone. You are not troubled by people or situations. Regular meditation brings about positive thoughts in your mind which makes you happy.