Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Prepare Yourself to Serve the Age of Aquarius
Yogi Bhajan演講：讓你自己做好準備為寶瓶時代服務
摘自Yogi Bhajan於1997年12月20日及2001年6月21日所做的演講，演講內容已集結成《成功與靈性：通往豐盛的寶瓶之路》(Success and the Spirit: An Aquarian Path to Abundance)一書出版。
生命是基於觸動的。我們用眼睛觸動彼此，用耳朵觸動彼此，也用歌曲和話語觸動彼此。我們用肢體觸動。我們的碰觸可以致死，我們的觸動也可以誕育生命。如果你仔細觀察人生的整個層次範圍，就會發現：生命無它，無非是觸動而已。如果你想知悉大師的觸動，那麼就得遵照Nanak的這些話而活：
「Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhee sach, Naanak hosee bhee sach.
最初的話語是真實的，整個時代的話語是真實的，現在的話語是真實的，Nanak說這將永遠是真實的。」
這就是觸動的定義，而這個定義應該成為你的觸動。沒有什麼比這更有效的了。我不是在教你們哲學或宗教，而是在教你們真實。這就是你將如何以領導人的身分進入寶瓶時代——你會成為富有、快樂、健康、有創造力、有意識、值得信賴和有價值的人。
觸動一個人，擁抱一個人，然後提攜一個人。你不能拖累任何人，也不能倚靠任何人。提攜他們，簡單而真實地。那麼，使提攜變得有尊嚴的話語是什麼呢？你能跟著我複述嗎？「我與你同在。」就這麼簡單。就一句話：「我與你同在。」
你知道當人們詛咒我時我怎麼辦嗎？我坐在那裡，持續十五到四十五分鐘，一切取決於人的能力。你知道我會說什麼嗎？「我與你同在，別擔心。不會發生什麼事的。回家吧，享受生命。」就這麼簡單。
你問我為什麼？人體分子中變成巨大形式的身心頻率，可以轉成α、β和θ，這是就聲音的簡單意義來說。這是大自然必須遵守的法則。這不是人們可以用精微的方式所理解的東西，但卻是力量之所在。這就是話語的力量。沒有人可以打敗它，但你必須說：「我與你同在。」
一個人最老練、最勇敢、最虔誠的行為，就是和另一個人在一起，因為我們就像天上的星星，在一個時間和空間裡出生，以便成為我們自己。每個人都是與我們聯繫的鄰居。我們所要做的就是說：「我與你同在。」當你開始與每個人融為一體時，那麼你實際上是與神在一起，因為如果你不能在所有人身上看到神，就根本看不到神。
不要誤解Guru Nanak。Nanak的整個生命就是幫助別人。他步行，他說話，他參訪了一些地方，進行了不可能的旅行，他從年輕時就開始了。打從第一天起，他的工作就是幫助別人。
從象徵意義上講，當你幫助別人時，Nanak就會出現在你身上。不要呼喚他，他會在那裡。忘記你是誰，盡心幫助別人。Nanak會在你的生命中、在你的家庭生活中、在你的周圍環境裡，在任何事情上關照一切。
但你必須做一件事：忘記你自己。如果你只看到一個詞，並理解它的含義，Ang Sang Wahe Guru，就不必再學習其他東西了。Nanak將穿越你，Guru Ram Das只不過是個活生生的奇蹟。
如果你的觸動或臨在，或你短短的幾句話，就能奇蹟般地關照到另一個人，你在那個人的回憶中會有多美？他還會忘記你嗎？我想說的是，三千年來，人類一直被教導說他們是罪人，他們犯了錯，他們就是這樣，他們都很邪惡。這是一部分。
第二部分是，他們需要天堂。我們現在需要有個舒適的時間。死後要有天堂，那個東西之後要有這個東西。其實你不需要這個，你所需要做的就是忘記你是誰，盡心幫助另一個人。伸出援手。這就是生活。「向Guru Ram Das致敬，療癒世界。」記住，當你療癒某人的問題時，自己的問題也將在你面前消失。你會愛上這種感覺。我的問題，你的問題，我們的問題之所以會存在，只因我們不去關照他人。你明白嗎？婚姻破裂，孩子誤入歧途，鄰居打架。這並不意味著什麼。寶瓶時代就是要關照他人。
你就是你。但當你在外面打交道時，要用靈魂的渴望去觸動每個人。這可以豐富你的靈魂，這就是為什麼Guru Nanak只下了一個命令：Jap。它的意思是重複。只有一條戒律，非常武斷：就是Jap。那我們重複什麼呢？
Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhee sach, Naanak hosee bhee sach.
如果你堅持相信這一點，那麼大自然母親會賜予你一個地方，你的遺產將在那裡永存。
沒有恩典的人類將不會進入寶瓶時代。我不確定你們不會經歷一個又一個的悲劇，因為地球軸心的身心頻率、磁場、太陽的光耀變成月亮的創造力和反射，都已經發生了變化。
Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhee sach, Naanak hosee bhee sach.
你可能很快會要求贖罪日，想躺在棺材裡，這樣就可以閉上眼睛。這顯示在寶瓶時代開始前的幾年裡，情況會有多糟。這些年是充斥挑戰的年份。挑戰是什麼呢？你必須來擁抱真理，你必須來體驗真理，你必須來成為真理。就像Aad sach一樣，它曾經是。所以你就是Aad sach。
無論你感覺如何，都要維持你的薩達那。不要覺得有人比你更好或更差。如果你繼續做薩達那，最終的結果是寶瓶時代將會需要你。試著理解你是多麼幸運。我們正在經歷一個時代的變化，我們正參與其中。並不是說將發生什麼巨大的災難，人們才會看到這個時代正在改變。如果你看一下晚間新聞，就會發現災難的發生無所不在。但是你正在改變。你正在改變，以挑戰終極挑戰——即幫助人類度過難關。
當你沒有耐心的時候，那麼就沒有了自己。這是一種最懦弱的行為。當你大發脾氣，雷霆震怒，做盡所有惡作劇時，你一文不值，令人厭惡。這不是你。堅持你的立場，仔細看清楚。每一天都是你的，只會是你的，不會是別人的。看哪，生命的氣息是你的，這個生命是你的，你是你的。你們中有多少人是你們的？有多少人把自己交給了自己？你是什麼樣的愛人？多麼愚蠢的行為——愛所有人，卻不愛自己。
Paaras是哲學家的試金石。當它觸碰到任何東西，就會使它變成黃金。然後所有的循環，生命的循環就結束了。我們現在必須這樣做。世界將緊緊抓住我們。如果我們不準備好面對它，可能就會成為失敗者。
人們對我們說：「你看起來很美。幫幫我吧。」他們不想跟你說個故事，他們不想花時間。你必須幫助他們。你不能躲在這種無稽之談下，躲在你的神經質生活下。「哦，我是個律師。我是個醫生。我是個主管。我很成功。」人們不會關心你是誰。人們會圍攻你。他們會向你尋求幫助。他們會喜歡你的能量；他們會想要觸動。如果你知道如何觸動人心，就會變得很好。你將是積極的。我還能告訴你什麼？它就在我們身上。它正在到來。我們已經為自己準備了三十年。沒有人可以告訴你該怎麼做。你必須真誠地進入自己的心靈中，說：「我是光芒四射的。我是一個現實。我有自己的敬意。」讓人們知道你是個優雅的現實，有著對勇氣的崇敬。你必須保護自己的敬畏之心，沒有人可以替你保護它。
現在我已經完成了我的工作。我正在離開的路上。我已經來了，履行了我創造教師的承諾。教師是那些將在現實中實踐教導的人。如果沒有經驗，就去取得經驗。現在時間已經到了，你們應該成為教師，代替我。我已經代替了你們。我來到這裡不是為了學生，我來到這裡是為了創造教師。我已經默默地做了我的工作，在羞恥中，在痛苦中，在誹謗中，在讚美中，在欣賞中，在服務中，在災難中。這並不重要，因為這些對立並不會影響到瑜伽士。我已經給了你所有你需要的東西。為了你，請實踐它，體驗它，這樣你就可以與人分享，人們會成群結隊地撲向你身上。
非常感謝你們。願你們都被賜福，被賜福，被賜福，願Guru Ram Das永遠祝福你們。現在是你們自我宣示的時候了。你們是教師，即使你們一直是最懶惰、最差勁、最臥床不起的人，也要站出來，只管觸動人們。剩下的就交給上帝吧。要善良、要慈悲、要有愛心。只要觸動就好。每個人都有厭惡和熱情，也都有與之相等的慈悲和恩典。因此，並不缺乏積極的自然能力。我們將以寶瓶教師的身分，在這個地球上演出最大的一齣戲——有史以來最偉大的一齣戲，這就是你們所有人的身分。
善良是不會被擊垮的。關懷是沒有盡頭的。而觸動一個人的心，是上帝所知的唯一語言。我希望上帝和Guru會在這段時間內保佑你們，此時此地和從今往後。
Excerpts from lectures by Yogi Bhajan on December 20, 1997 and June 21, 2001, as published in “Success and the Spirit: An Aquarian Path to Abundance.
Life is based on touch. We touch each other with our eyes. We touch each other with our ears. We touch each other with songs and words. We touch physically. We touch to kill. We touch to give birth. If you look at the whole spectrum of life, it’s nothing but touch. And if you want to know the Master’s touch, then you should live by these words of Nanak: Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhee sach, Naanak hosee bhee sach. The word in the beginning was true, word throughout time is true, word now is true, Nanak says this shall always be true. That’s the definition of touch. And that definition should become your touch. Nothing less than that will work. I am not teaching you philosophy or religion. I am teaching you reality. This is how you will enter the Age of Aquarius as leaders—rich, happy, healthy, creative, conscious, trustworthy, and worthy. Touch a person, hold a person and then carry a person. You can’t drag anybody. You can’t lean on anybody. Carry them, simply and truthfully. And what are the words that dignify the carrying? Can you repeat after me? “I am with you.” That’s all. One line, “I am with you.” You know what I do when people curse at me? I sit there. It lasts from fifteen to forty-five minutes, depending on the capacity of the person. And you know what I say? “I am with you, don’t worry. Nothing is going to happen. Go home, enjoy life.” That’s all. You ask me why? The psychosomatic frequency in the molecule into the mega form can be changed into alpha, beta, and theta, in the simple sense of the voice. That’s a law nature must obey. It’s not something people understand in a subtle way. But that’s what the power is. That is the power of the word. Nobody can beat it. But you have to say, “I am with you.” The most veteran, courageous, and pious act of a human is to be with another human, because we are like stars in the sky, born at one time and space, to be ourselves. Everybody is our coherent neighbor. All we have to do is say, “I am with you.” When you start being one with everybody, then you are actually with God, because if you cannot see God in all, you cannot see God at all. Do not misunderstand Guru Nanak. The whole life of Nanak is to help others. He walked, he talked, he visited places, he undertook impossible journeys, he started young. From the very first day, his job was to help others. Symbolically, when you help others, Nanak comes in you. Don’t call on him. He will be there. Forget who you are and help others. Nanak will take care of it in your life, in your family life, in your surroundings, in anything. But one thing you have to do: forget yourself. If you see only one word and understand the meaning of it, Ang Sang Wahe Guru, you don’t have to learn anything else. Nanak shall come through and Guru Ram Das is nothing but a living miracle. How beautiful will you be in the memory of another person if your very touch or presence or your few words can miraculously take care of the other person? Will he ever forget you? What I am saying is that for three thousand years, mankind has been taught that they are sinners, they are wrong, they are this, they are evil. That’s one part. The second part is that they need heaven. We need to have a comfortable time now. Heaven after death and this thing after that thing you don’t need that. All you need to do is to forget who you are and help another person. Reach out. This is life. “Hail Guru Ram Das and heal the world.”And remember when you heal somebody’s problem, your problem will disappear right under your own presence. You will love it. My problem, your problem, our problems are only there when we are not taking care of others. Do you understand? Marriages break, children go astray, neighbors fight. It doesn’t mean anything. The Age of Aquarius is taking care of others. You are you. But when you deal outside, touch everybody with the longing of the soul. That enriches your soul. That’s why Guru Nanak gave only one order: Jap. It means repeat. There is one commandment, very martial: Jap. And what do we repeat? Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhee sach, Naanak hosee bhee sach. If you just believe that, then Mother Nature will give you a place where your legacy will live forever. The human race without grace shall not enter the Age of Aquarius. I am not sure that you will not experience tragedy after tragedy, because the psychosomatics of the earth’s axle, the magnetic field, and the flare of the sun into the creativity and reflection of the moon have already changed. Soon you might ask for a day of atonement and want to lie down in a coffin, so you can close your eyes. That’s how bad it can be in the years before the Aquarian Age begins. These years are the years of challenge. And what is the challenge? You must come to embrace the truth. You must come and experience the truth. You must come and be the truth. Like Aad sach it was. So you are Aad sach. Keep your sadhana regardless of how you feel about it. Do not feel somebody is better or worse than you. If you continue your sadhana, the end result will be that you will be needed by the Age of Aquarius. Try to understand how lucky you are. We are going through a change of age and we are participating in it. It is not that a huge disaster should happen and only then will people see the age is changing. If you look at the evening news you will find that disasters are happening everywhere. But you are changing. You are changing to challenge the ultimate challenge—to help humanity through it. When you don’t have patience, then you don’t have yourself. It’s a most cowardly act. When you lash out and flash out and do all that mischief, you are cheap and you are a creep. It’s not you. Hold your ground and behold. Every day is yours and yours alone. It is not anybody else’s. Behold, the breath of life is yours. This life is yours. You are yours. How many of you are yours? How many have given themselves to themselves? What kind of lover are you? What an idiotic thing to do—to love everybody, but not yourself. Paaras is the philosopher’s stone. When it touches anything, it makes it gold. Then all the cycles, the circle of life is finished. We have to do that now. The world is going to hold onto us. If we will not prepare ourselves to face it, we may become failures. People say to us, “You look beautiful. Help me.” They don’t want to tell you a story, they don’t want to take time. You have to help them. You can’t hide under this nonsense, under your neurotic life. “Oh, I am an attorney. I am a doctor. I am an executive. I am successful.” People won’t care who you are. People will mob you. They will ask for help. They will like your energy; they will want the touch. If you know how to touch the heart, you will be great. You will be positive. What more I can tell you? It’s on us. It is coming. We have prepared ourselves for thirty years. Nobody can tell you what to do. You have to go sincerely inside your psyche and say ,”I am radiant. I am a reality. I have my own reverence.” Let people know you are a graceful reality, with reverence of courage. You have to protect your own reverence. Nobody can protect it for you. Now I have done my job. I am on my way out. I have come, lived my promise to create teachers. Teachers are those who will practice the teachings in reality. If there is no experience, get the experience. The time has come now that you should become teachers and cover me. I have covered you. I did not come here for students. I came here to create teachers. I have done my job silently, in shame, in pain, in slander, in praise, in appreciation, in service, and in disaster. It didn’t matter because the pair of opposites does not affect a yogi. I have given you all that you need. For your sake, practice it and experience it so you can share with people who will fall on you like hordes. Thank you very much. May you all be blessed, blessed, blessed and may Guru Ram Das bless you forever. This is the time for you to declare yourself. You are teachers and even if you have been the most lazy, lousy, bedridden, nonsense, come out and just touch people. Leave the rest to God. Be kind, compassionate and caring. And just touch. Everybody has obnoxiousness and passion and everybody has compassion and grace equal to it. So, there is no dearth of natural faculties to be positive. We are going to play the biggest show on this Earth—the greatest show of all time—as Aquarian teachers and that’s what you all are. Kindness knows no defeat. Caring has no end. And touching a person’s heart is the only language God knows. I hope God and Guru will bless you throughout this time, here and hereafter.