只談知識;
在衝突中尋找安適
只談知識,不要轉述別人告訴你關於其他人的壞話。同時當有人向你報告“某某人說你這樣,
說你那樣”時不要聽進去。當有人前來告訴你這類事情時,不要鼓勵他們,不要相信那些話。
如果有人當著面罵你,不要相信他們所說的話,只要明白他們是在取走你的惡業並隨它去,同時假如你是上師親近的門徒之一 · 你將會面帶微笑去承受全世界的指責。
當你責備某人時,
你就承受了他的惡業;
當你讚美某人時,
你就承受了他的善業;
將善業與惡業
全都交托給神——然後感到輕鬆自在。
衝突是世間的本質;而安適是本我(Self)的本質 · 在衝突中尋找安適。
當你對衝突與世間的遊戲感到厭倦時,就進入本我的安適中吧!當你厭倦了安適時,再進入世間的遊戲吧! 假如你是上師親近的門徒之一 · 你會兩者同時進行。
神活在世間,世代以來一直容忍衝突的不斷發生。假如神能容忍一切衝突,你也能。當你願意與衝突並存,衝突就消失了。
喜愛安寧的人不想爭吵,而爭吵的人不會得到安寧。我們所需要的是,內在祥和再去爭吵 · 僅是想要結束衝突會加長衝突的時間。與其如此,去面對衝突的同時尋求本我的安適。
這聽來熟悉嗎?這就是薄伽梵歌(BhagavadGita)所要傳達的全部訊息:克裡希納告訴阿朱那穩定于安寧之中而同時起身作戰。
老天爺活躍於人間,千古以來一直忍受著一切的衝突。假如上帝能夠忍受這一切衝突的話,你也可以。而一旦你同意處於衝突之中,那對你來說就不再是個衝突了。
這個世間的一個特質是,另一個衝突就會出現。舉個例子而言,蘇俄的問題解決了,波西尼亞就有麻煩了;或者你感冒了,接著你感覺好一些,但是你的背就痛了,接著背又好些了。而當你的身體沒問題時,心裡就有了事情。世間的一切難道不就是這樣的嗎?
就算沒有半點居心,誤會也會出現,衝突就產生了。要解決這些問題並非你所能決定的,只要與這一切共處,活出自己就好了
July 4, 1995
Torottto, Ontario, Canada
04/07/1995 加拿大,多倫多,渥太華
ONLY SPEAK KNOWLEDGE ; FIND COMFORT IN CONFLICTS
Only speak Knowledge. Don't repeat anything bad that someone tells you about someone, And don'⋯⋯
If someone blames you directly, don't believe in what they say. Just know that they are taking away your bad karma and let it go. And if you're one of the Master's close ones, you will take all the blame of the world with a smile.
When you blame someone,
you take on their bad karma ;
When you praise someone,
you take on their good karma ;
surrender both good and bad karma to the Divine-and be f'ree.
Conflict is the nature of the world ; comfort is the nature of the Self. Amidst conflict, find the comfort.
When you are tired of conflicts and the games of the world, get into the comforts of the Self. When you are bored with comfort, get into the games of the world. If you are one of the Master's close ones, you do both simultaneously.
People who love peace do not want to fight, and those who fight do not have peace. What is needed is to be peaceful within and then fight. Just trying to end a conflict only prolongs it.
Instead, face the conflict while seeking the comfort of the Self. Does this ring a bell? This is the whole message of the Bhagavad Gita-Krishna tells Arjuna to be centred in peace and to fight at the same time.
God is alive in the world and has been putting up with all conflicts throughout the ages. If God can put up with all these conflicts, you can too. And the moment you agree to be with a conflict, it no longer appears as a conflict to you.
The nature of this world is that once you resolve one conflict, another arises. For example, Russia is solved and then Bosnia is in trouble. Or you get a cold, then you get better-then your back hurts, then it gets better. And when your body is fine, then the mind goes. Things in this world run this way, don't they?
Without any intention, misunderstandings simply happen and conflicts arise. It's not up to you to resolve them. Just be with them and be alive!