從智力到直覺|
由Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar的談話彙編而成。
真相在科學和靈性中的探索，通常被假想成是彼此互不相關的。
在一個靈性探詢中，兩者都找到了基礎。
現代科學是客觀(外在的objective)分析，而靈性是主觀(個人的subjective)理解。
「這是什麼？」這個提問是科學從一系列問題來探討外在世界的開始，「這個世界到底是什麼？」，然而靈性從「我是誰？」的問題開啟。
在過去的古代，這兩種形式的知識並沒有衝突，但被理解的是：它們之間存在著深刻而微妙的聯繫。人類對自己自我的知識互補了對宇宙的了解，並形成了為活著的創造界壯大且健康關係的基礎。現今全球社會所面臨的許多挑戰，正是這兩種知識之間脫節（失去聯繫）所導致的。
古代智慧描述了人類有五個層面的經驗：環境、身體、心靈、直覺、我們的自我或靈性。
我們所獲得的訊息分為三種類型的知識。
第一種是透過五種感官所獲得的知識：
我們大部分的知識都是通過這五種感官獲得的。
你看、你聽，你得到一些知識，你聞、你品嚐、你觸摸，
你獲得訊息，這是第一種知識。
第二種是透過智力。
通過智力獲得的知識優於從感官所獲得的知識。
科學是通過智力而獲得的知識。
你用眼睛看到的是太陽下山，但你從科學中學到的是太陽並沒有降落。地球圍繞著太陽轉動。從五種感官，你沒有看到地球轉動，但通過智力，你明白地球是圍繞著太陽旋轉。這種透過智力而獲得的知識優於透過感官所獲得的知識。
就像燒杯中的水，你放了一支筆，你看到的筆是彎曲的。
這是感知，但智力說：「不，它不是彎曲的，那是一種光學錯覺」，這是透過智力的知識。現在，這兩個層面的知識遠遠不如第三層面的知識。
第三層面的知識是直覺知識。
這知識是從靈性而來;是從靜默而來。
它無法透過感覺或智力來驗證。
知識來自於超越前兩個層次的知識。因此，當我們挖掘這一層面的知識水平，生命就開始了。直到那時，那是「存在」。
現在，將如何挖掘進入這一層面的知識？
這層面的知識不是通過感官或是透過智力？
為此，你必須停止由感官而來的渴求和厭惡，放下它。
我們所有的渴求和厭惡都是關於五種感官的認知。
它們不可能超越那。
有一段時間你說：「現在! 我不想看任何東西，我不想聽任何東西，我不想聞到任何東西，我不想品嚐任何東西，我不想觸摸或是知道任何事情」，我只是臨在。
然後，對所有知識的概念、評斷、決定，你可以說：「我甚至不需要知道任何事情，我什麼都不在乎！」
放下所有的概念是第二步。這應該怎麼樣？那應該怎麼樣？
事情應該是這樣的，事情應該是那樣的，等等等等(叭叭叭)......所有這些智力上的看法！
或者，「我做對了嗎？」「我在正確的道路上嗎？」
「我走在正確的道上嗎？」「我走在正確的軌道上」？
「我應該繼續嗎？」....，當你放下所有這些，
然後沉默出現曙光，當沉默開始時，
那麼來自第三層面的知識就會初露曙光。
來自智力之外的真正知識就是「直覺知識」。
每個人都有這種能力，你已經體驗過生命知識來自某個地方的這種直覺，你無法真正弄清楚它是什麼。在某個地方，你會覺得，「這就對了」，並在肚子有一些感覺。那知識在那個時間點出現了，但我們不尊重它。很多時候，我們堅持智力或感官的認知。
有時，你的理智會說：「我在做什麼錯事啊」，但你不聽從理智。你持續在做錯的事。你堅持感官，忽視理智的知識。
有時你越過自己的理智。你的理智正在說些什麼，但你內心的直覺是在說別的。而你的感覺卻說：「不! 有些不同，還有更多些」。而你卻忽略了這一點，你堅持理智。
那就是有多少次你都有錯誤的評斷。
但，有時你已經看到了你超越判斷，並採取了一步，你對此感到高興。儘管你的理智說「不」，但有時說「是」，有信心時會發生，某些東西被觸動了。有時候你的頭腦會說：「現在，我想放棄做所有靈性實踐的練習，我不關心那，我不在乎希望」。許多人試圖戒菸，但內在心靈深處有過去的印象amskaras，一些好的業力karmas，只是讓你想去，然後又回到正軌上。然後你很高興。你覺得「還好，我沒有去做，我沒有按照我的衝動去行動」。
那些超越你智力的東西在那時刻已經接管並運作。
在一開始生活的藝術時，當時，我可以看到數百萬人將會走上這條道路。我那時只有22或23歲，幾乎沒有十幾歲。我說：「不，我不想開始！」。我的理智會說「不」，那又怎樣？
「其它的人會出現，做同樣的事情並照顧每一個人」，我沒有野心，也沒有渴望要開始任何運動。我很開心，現在也很快樂，但我想，「為什麼我會頭疼，我不想！」我也有點害羞，但我的理智總是說：「我不要！」但是隨後，一切的事都持續在發生。當超覺靜坐T M運動很受歡迎時，T M友人他們非常想讓我待在那裡。他們都非常友好。所以，我很難說：「不！」對我的朋友，以及那些與我有點聯繫的所有前輩。我說：「不！我不想開始生活的藝術！」
我擁有一切，我不缺任何東西。我沒有匱乏。那些日子我乘坐直升機飛來飛去。在那些日子裡，我見過所能看到的財富。還有，如果我不得不從頭開始，理智就說：「不！」。但是，有那超越理智的總是說：「是的！」我在胡布利Hubli附近的火車站，月台上有兩列火車，一列往南走，另一列往北走。如果我坐火車到南方，就意味著，我不會開始這一切；我站在月台上，一邊是這列火車，另一邊是另一列火車。我有兩張票！我已經承諾在北方開展一項計劃。如果我去了北方，我確信我會繼續並開始這「生活的藝術」所有一切。那是最令人困惑的時期，對我而言是一個與自我相衝突的時間，上這列火車或那火車進退兩難的困境。然後，我跳進了往北行的火車，然後讓車駛向北方，放開過去，為了那沒有顯著的收穫。並不是我從未想過我會從中獲得什麼。
沒有！事實上，我想，「我不會得到任何東西。我正是在收集更多的問題，麻煩。」「在那裡，我可以像一個王子，非常舒服，有人為我做一切」為什麼我要說這一些。
因為這是知識的層面，但我的直覺知識超出了智力。
那個時期，認識我的人都認為我瘋了、瘋狂。在這，我即將成為一個成功者或龐大組織/帝國/那裡所有一切的繼承人，我只是把它全部沖刷掉，然後繼續去做一些沒有形式的事情。
那裡，甚至連一個組織都沒有、沒有任何東西。只有，我有200個孩子要照顧，還有一所學校。我沒有錢;沒有資源，沒有。我從來沒有工作，我沒有技能。還有，這些天，人們發現一個家要照顧兩個孩子都顯得困難。那些日子，印度經歷了很多危機。許多類型的危機，在這裡我有200個孩子(或250個孩子)需要來養活他們和讓他們接受教育;所有這些責任。
理智上的知識，它對任何人都有意義，甚至會考慮一下。
但是，還有另一層面的知識，當時的我完全尊重和信賴它，於是我邁出了第一步。否則，我們無法擁有蒙特婁(加拿大)靜心所，也不會和你坐在一起並與你交談！
所以，這是第三層次的知識，即直覺或直覺知識。
現在，很多時候，你有自己的情緒，你想到自己的渴望和厭惡，「哦！這是我的感覺，這是我的知識」。這是叫哦！這是「maya」、「yogamaya」。不要進入那個！
你何時能夠尊重靈性或靈魂的知識呢？
就是當你完全如如不動(靜止)的時候。
所以，一開始為什麼它(如如不動)對別人管用但對你不管用，因為你有一些渴望，一些厭惡。你總有一些渴望、厭惡，會令你感到困惑。你(在進階課程)所做的空空洞洞靜心是非常非常有用的，可以讓你達到這種知識水平。
那超越了感官，超越了智力!
現在，你怎麼能向任何人解釋這個？這是一個很大的麻煩，很難告訴別人，哦，很難告訴別人，「哦，有一個超出了邏輯層面的知識」如果你這麼說，人們會認為你瘋了或者會否認你的智力，但它都不是。
既不是你瘋了，也不是你否認智力。你只需再往向跨越一步，就能認出一些美。這是整個宇宙運作的區域。宇宙中的所有知識都存在呈現在那裡。每個發明都發生在這個範疇中。
最初的直覺發明來自「那個」。然後智力在其上發揮並進一步發展。每一個偉大的音樂或詩歌作品都來自「那個」地區：他們每個人！
所以現在，所有這一切的一個實際好處是「你明白你的智力只是判斷力，你不應該過分依賴它」，其中一個步驟是:「哦！是的，我的想法！它繼續說些什麼，我不在乎！」不要進入這些心智的遊戲;你成了這些心智的遊戲的見證人。在家裡，當有一些爭論時，發生一些事情。那時，你退後一步然後說：「哦！少來了吧！我已見識過無數了。我不會讓它影響到我」，這是一個朝向「那」( 它)的逐步發展。 正是這種覺知-它發生在每個人的生命中 ，將會發生得更快速。
憑直覺，你不會坐著並且在那裡計算。直覺意味著超越理由、單純的出現。阿基米德想啊!想的，都沒有用！但是，當他放鬆時，他突然發現了「阿基米德原理」。
From Intellect to Intuition|
compiled from a discourse by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The realities explored in
science and spirituality are often assumed to be unrelated to each another.
Both find their basis in a Spirit of Inquiry.
Modern science is
objective analysis, while spirituality is subjective understanding.
Science explores the outer world with a series of questions beginning with the
basic query, “What is this? What is this world all about?’ While spirituality
begins with the question.” Who am I”.
In the ancient world, these two forms of
knowledge were not in conflict but it was understood that there was a deep and
subtle connection between them. Mans knowledge of himself complemented his
understanding of the universe and formed the basis for a strong and healthy
relationship with the creation in which he lived. It is the disconnect between
these two types of knowledge that causing many of the challenges that we face
as a global community today.
Ancient
wisdom describes human beings ashaving five layers of experience: The
environment, the physical body, the mind, the intuition and our self or spirit.
There are three type of knowledge or information that we get.
The first is through the five senses.
Most of our knowledge is gained by these five senses. You see and you get some
knowledge, you listen and you get knowledge, you smell and you get information,
through taste you get information, and through touch. Now this is one type of
knowledge.
The second is through the intellect.
The knowledge gained through intellect is superior to knowledge gained through
the senses. Science is knowledge gained through intellect. What you see with
your eyes is the sun setting, but what you learn through science is that the
sun doesn’t set.
The earth revolves round the sun. You have not seen the earth revolving through
any of the five senses, but through the intellect, you understand that the
earth is revolving around the sun. This intellectual knowledge is superior to
the knowledge through senses.
Like in a breaker of water, you keep a pen, you see that the pen is bent. That
is perception, but the intellect says, “No, it is not bent, it is an optical illusion”
This is knowledge through the intellect. Now, these two levels of knowledge are
far inferior to the third level of knowledge.
The third level of knowledge is intuitive knowledge.
This knowledge from the spirit; com from silence. It cannot be verified by the
sense or the I intellect. Knowledge which comes through beyond these two is
another level of knowledge. So, life begins when we tap into that level of
knowledge. Till that time it is Existence.
Now, how would you tap into this level of knowledge? The level of knowledge
which is not through the senses or through the intellect? For that, you have to
let go of the cravings and aversions gained through the senses stop. All our
cravings and aversions are about the five sensory perceptions. It cannot be
anything beyond that.
For some
time you say ” Now, I don’t want to see anything, I don’t want to hear
anything, I don’ want to smell anything, I don’t want to taste anything, I don’t
want to touch or know anything: I’m just to be” Then, to all the intellectual
concepts, judgements, decisions. you can say,” I don’t even need to know
anything. I don’t care for anything!
Letting
go of concepts is the second step. How should this be? How should that be?
Things should be like this and things should be like that, blah blah blah…’ all
these intellectual perceptions!
Or, “Am I doing the right thing? Am I on the right path? Am I on the right
path? Am I on the right track? Should I go on?”When You drop all these things,
then silence dawns and when silence begins, then the knowledge from the third
level dawns and that knowledge. The true knowledge that comes from beyond the
intellect is the intuitive knowledge.
Everyone
has got this ability and you have experienced this gut feeling in your
life-knowledge that comes from somewhere, which you cannot really make out what
it is all about. Somewhere you feel,” This is the right thing to do”, and
something happens in your tummy. That knowledge comes up at that time, but we
don’t honour it. Many times we stick on to the intellect or sensory perceptions.
Sometimes,
your intellect says,” What I am doing is wrong”, but you don’t listen to the
intellect. You keep doing the wrong things. You stick on to the sensory and
ignore the intellectual knowledge.
You sometimes go beyond your intellect. Your intellect is saying something but
your inner gut feeling is saying something else. And your feeling says.” No.
There is something different, something more. And you ignore that and you stick
on to the intellect. That’s how many a times your judgments are found to be
wrong.
But sometimes you have seen beyond your judgements and taken a step and you
have been happy about it.
In spite of your intellect saying” No”, something says” yes” something else
triggers and that is what happens when there is faith. Sometimes your mind
says, “ Now, I want to quit doing all these spiritual practices, I don’t care
for that, I don’t care for hopes”. Many people try to quit smoking but something deep
inside, the impressions, samskaras, some good karmas, just keep you going and
then you are back on the track. And then you are happy. You feel, “ Good thing,
I didn’t do it, I didn’t work on my impulse”. Those are the moments when
something beyond your intellect has taken over and worked.
In the very beginning, when we started the Art of Living, I could see that
millions of people would be coming on this path. I was just 22 or 23 years,
hardly out of my teens. I said” No, I don’t want to start!”. My intellect would
say” No, so what? Someone else would come, do the same thing and take care of
everybody” I had no ambition, no desire to start any movement at all. I was
happy, I’m happy now also, but I thought, “ Why would I take this headache, I
don’t want to!” I was also a little shy but my intellect was always saying, “Om
no!” But then, everything kept happening. When The T M movement was popular,
they very much wanted me to be there. And they were all very friendly. So, it was
difficult for me to say. “No!” to my friends, and all the elders there with
whom I was sort of attached. I said, “No, I don’t want to start the Art of
living!”
I had everything, I didn’t need anything.
I had no Lack. I was flying around in helicopters in those days. I had seen all
the wealth I could see those days. And,
if I had to start something from scratch, the intellect was saying” No”. But,
something beyond that was saying, “yes”! I was at the railway station, it was
somewhere in Hubli. There were two trains, one going towards south and the
other going towards north. If I took the train to south, it meant, I would not
start this, I was on the platform, on one side was this train and on another
side, the other train. I had tickets for both! I had committed for a program in
the north. If I went north, I was sure that I would continue with the Art of
Living and start this whole thing. That was the most confusing time, a
conflicting time for me, the dilemma of getting on to this train or that train.
Then, I jumped into the train which was north-bound, and let the train which
was north-bound, and let go of the past for no apparent gain. It’s not that I
never thought what I would gain from this. No! In fact, I thought, “ I am not
gaining anything. I am collecting more problems, troubles. There I could just
be like a prince, very comfortable, somebody does everything for me” Why am I saying
all this.
Because this is the level of knowledge, the Intuitive knowledge which is beyond
the intellect. Everyone who knew me those days thought I had gone mad, crazy.
Here I was going to be made as a successor or heir to a huge organization,
empire/ Everything was there, and I was just washing it all off and getting on
to something which had no form. Not even an organization was there, nothing was
there. Only, I had 200 kids to take care of and a school which would go with
me. I had no money; no resource, nothing. I had never worked and I had no
skills. And, these days’ people find it difficult to take care of two children
in a house. Those days, India was undergoing a lot of crisis. Many type of
crises, and here I land up with 200 kids or 250kids to feed and to educated;
all these responsibilities. Intellectually it was completely for anyone
with some sense, even to think about it. But, there was another knowledge,
which I totally honored and depended upon and I took the step. Otherwise, there
was no way that we would be having a Montreal ashram, and I would be sitting
with you and talking to you!
So, this is the third level of knowledge, that gut feeling, or intuitive
knowledge. Now, many times, with your emotions, with your own cravings and
aversions you can think, “oh! This is my gut feeling, this is my knowledge”.
This is call maya ”yogamaya”. Don’t get into that!
When can you honor the knowledge of the spirit or the soul? It is when you are
absolutely still.
So, In the beginning why it works for others and doesn’t work for you is
because there are some cravings, some aversions in you always. Some cravings,
some aversions and you may get confused. The hollow and empty meditations you
do are all are very, very useful in getting to that level of knowledge. Which
is beyond the senses and beyond the intellect? Now, how can you explain this to
anybody? That’s big trouble, very difficult to tell somebody,” oh, there is
very difficult to tell somebody, “Oh, there is one level that’s beyond your
logic” If you say that, people will think that you are crazy or denying your
intellect, but it is neither.
Neither are you crazy nor are you denying the intellect. You simply go one step
beyond and recognize something beautiful. This is the area where the entire
cosmos works. All the knowledge in the cosmos is present there. Every invention
has happened from this area.
The
initial intuitive invention comes from that.Then the intellect plays on it and
develops it further. Every one of the great music or poetry pieces has come
from that area:; every one of them! So now, one practical benefit from all this
is “you understand your intellect is judgmental and you should not depend on it
too much” One of the steps is “Oh yes, my mind! It goes on saying something or
the other and I don’t care, I don’t mind that” don’t get swept into these mind games;
You become a witness to them. At home, when there is some argument, something
happens. Sometimes, you take one step back and say” Oh, come on! I have seen
much of this. It’s not going to let this affect me” This is a gradual
progression towards that, but is happening in everyone’s life-just this
awareness, will happen even faster.
In
intuition, you do not sit and calculate. Intuition means that which simply
comes up beyond reason. Archimedes was thinking and thinking, it didn’t work!
But, when he relaxed, suddenly he discovered the Archimedes principle.
~Sri Sri 2017~
