瑜伽體式的真正意義——掌管自己的生命

Sadhguru looks at how yogasanas are a powerful process to enhance perception, and create a chemistry of health, joy and blissfulness.

這篇博文中，薩古魯講到了瑜伽體式。作為一種強大的修行方式，它能有效地提升覺知，並在體內創造一個健康的的化學環境，為人們帶來幸福和喜悅。

Sadhguru: Right now, when you are trying to do hatha yoga, the biggest barrier is the limitations of your body. In fact, whatever human beings want to do, the biggest barrier is their body and mind. What should have been a stepping stone has turned into an obstacle, simply because they have not explored it considerably.

薩古魯：現在，當你試去做哈他瑜伽，最大的障礙就是你身體的局限性。事實上，不論人們想要做什麼，最大的障礙就是他們的身體和頭腦。本應成為我們墊腳石的身體卻變成了一個障礙，只是因為我們從未充分地探索過它。基於對人體系統深入透徹的探索，瑜伽體式將84個體式作為瑜伽體式。通過這84個體式，你能將你的身心轉化成通往終極幸福的巨大可能性。

After a profound and thorough exploration of the human system, the yogic system identified 84 asanas as yogasanas, 84 postures through which you can transform your body and mind into a great possibility for your ultimate wellbeing. Most other spiritual processes talk about putting down the body because the body is an obstacle. If you want to sit and meditate, your legs tell you, 「I need to stretch. I need to walk.」 When we ask you in the morning to stretch your body, you say, 「No, I want to rest.」 If you do an asana and we ask you to stretch, you say, 「No, I don』t want to stretch.」

很多其它靈性修行方法都在談論放下身體，因為他們認為身體是一種阻礙。如果你坐下冥想，你的腿會告訴你：「我需要伸展。我需要走動。」當我們在清晨叫你去伸展身體，你說：「不，我想要休息。」如果你做一個體式，然後我們叫你去伸展肢體，你說：「不，我不想伸展。」

But if we ask you to sit unmoving, your body wants to stretch. Likewise, it has to eat, it has to sleep, it has to relieve itself – the body needs so many things.

但如果我們叫你靜坐不動，你的身體會想要伸展。同樣地，身體需要進食，需要睡覺，需要排泄——身體需要很多很多東西。

The body is a constant manifestation of various levels of compulsiveness, depending upon the type of information that has gone into the system. The information that is imprinted upon your physiological system is what we refer to as the karmic body. This information determines how much compulsiveness you suffer from, and how much freedom you naturally enjoy within yourself. In hatha yoga, we are not concerned about who our fathers and forefathers were, what kind of genetics and karmic substance we received from them, and what we have imbibed in the process of living. It does not matter what has happened until this moment – we have decided to take charge of our life.

取決於進入系統的信息類型，身體是各種層面的強迫驅動的不斷的顯化。這些印刻在你生理系統上的信息，就是我們所談及的業力身。這些訊息決定了你經歷多少強迫性的本能驅動，也決定你在內在享受多少的自由。在哈他瑜伽中，我們不關心我們的父輩祖輩們是誰，我們從他們那裡繼承了何種遺傳物質，也不關心我們在生命進程中吸收了什麼。在此之前發生的一切都不重要——因為我們決定掌管自己的生活。

This is what a yogasana means – you are taking charge of your life. You are transforming your body and mind into a possibility in your life.

這就是瑜伽體式的真正意義——你正掌管著你的生命。你正將你的身心轉化成你生命中的的一種可能性。

In the Indian tradition, if you are a serious practitioner of yoga, no astrologer will want to make a prediction for you, because even he understands that you have taken charge of your life. This is what a yogasana means – you are taking charge of your life. You are transforming your body and mind into a possibility in your life. It is becoming a passage, not a block.

在印度傳統中，如果你是個嚴格的瑜伽修行者，沒有一個占星家會想為你占卜預言。因為甚至連他也懂得，你已經掌管了自己的生命。這就是瑜伽體式的真正意義——你正掌管著你的生命。你正將你的身心轉化成你生命中的的一種可能性。身心變成了一條通道，而不是一個阻礙。

The process of transforming the body, changing the texture of the body, changing the fundamental information in the body, which makes it go in certain compulsive patterns, needs a certain determination, forcefulness, and adamancy. You are not willing to give in to the cycles of compulsiveness. You go the way you want to go.

轉化身體，改變身體結構，改變體內讓身體以強迫性模式運行的基本信息——－這個過程需要某種程度的決心，毅力及堅韌。你不願屈服於強迫性的循環之中。你要走自己真正想走的路。

Creating the right atmosphere營造良好的氛圍

Ha and tha describe sun and moon. Hatha is about bringing a balance between the two. If these two dimensions are balanced within you, naturally, the body becomes a conducive place to live in for your being. If you mess up the place around you, you can move elsewhere. But if you mess up the body from within, you cannot go elsewhere until you die. As long as you live in this life, the body is the abode of your existence.

哈(ha)代表太陽，他(tha)代表月亮。哈他（hatha）是關於帶來這兩者之間的平衡。如果你內在這兩個維度達到了平衡，身體會自然變成一個有助於你的本體存在的地方。如果你把你周圍弄得一團糟，你可以移居別處。但如果你從內在把身體弄得一團糟，那麼直到你死之前，你哪兒都去不了。只要你還活在這一世，這個身體就是你存在的住所。

You must decide what purpose your body should serve. We will do the appropriate yoga for that.It is important that an atmosphere is conducive rather than being compulsive. If your home is a very compulsive place, you will feel suffocated. Every situation, every atmosphere is set up for a certain purpose. Your home may be set up for one kind of purpose. The ashram may be set up for another kind of purpose. An industry or a business may be set up for a different kind of purpose. Every atmosphere should serve the purpose that we have set it up for.

你必須決定你身體需要服務什麼。我們將會為此練習相應的瑜伽。一個有益的而非強迫性的氛圍是很重要的。如果你家是一個極具強迫性的地方，你將會感到窒息。每個情境，每種氛圍都是為特定目標而設置的。你家或許為某種目的而安置的。靜修中心是為另一種目的而設置的。一間工廠或一間公司也應為各自不同的目的而設置。每種氛圍都應服務於我們創造它的目的。

You must decide what purpose your body should serve. We will do the appropriate yoga for that. If your idea of a good life is being one step ahead of others, we will do one type of yoga. If you do not compare yourself to others, but you want to find your ultimate potential in terms of activity, we will do another kind of yoga. If all you want to do is dissolve into the ultimate nature of existence, we will do yet another kind of yoga. We can practice yoga in different ways.

你必須決定你身體服務於什麼目標。然後我們為此練習適合的瑜伽。如果你認為的美好生活就是先人一步，我們會練習特定的瑜伽。 如果你不與別人比較，但你想通過行動挖掘出自己最大的潛力，我們有另一種瑜伽。如果你的全部渴望，就是融入存在的終極本性，那我們會以不同的方式去練習瑜伽。

Enhancing perception提升覺知

An individual human being becomes who he or she is only because of what he or she perceives. You are who you are right now only because of what you have perceived in your life until now, and you will be who you will be only because of what you will perceive in future. The whole system of yoga is about enhancing perception.

一個人成為誰只是因為他所覺察到的。你成為現在的你，僅僅是因為你至今為止所覺察到的，並且將來你會成為什麼樣，也完全取決於未來你將覺察到的。整個瑜伽系統就是關於提升你的覺知。

The 84 yogasanas represent 84 alignments, because existence as we know it now is seen as the 84th creation.

這84個瑜伽體式代表著84種形式，因為正如我們所知，存在被視為第84個創造。

If you hold the posture right, if your alignment is right, it matches with the cosmic alignment in some way. The 84 yogasanas represent 84 alignments, because existence as we know it now is seen as the 84th creation. The memory of these 84 creations is reflected in our body. We are trying to release and activate this memory. If one gets into these 84 postures, or if one masters a single posture and approaches the remaining 83 through that, one can know everything that has happened in creation until now, because the memory of that is within one』s system in a codified way. If this memory touches another dimension outside of yourself, it can be activated and ignited.

如果你保持正確的體式，如果你正確地調準，它能使你以某種方式與宇宙精確聯結。這84個瑜伽體式代表著84種校準，因為正如我們所知，存在被視作第84個創造。這84個創造的記憶反映在我們體內。我們試圖去釋放和激活這份記憶。如果某人練習這84個體式，或者他精通其中一個並籍此走近其餘83個體式，那麼他能了解迄今為止在創造中發生的一切。因為這份記憶以特定的方式存在於每個人的系統之中。如果這份記憶觸碰到了於你之外的另一個維度，那麼它將被激活跟點燃。

Yogasanas are a powerful means to connect. Do not forget, yoga means union. Union means two have become one. There are only two in existence – you and the rest of existence. In the rest of existence you may identify individual entities, but essentially, there are only two – you and the rest of existence – because there are only two dimensions of experience within you. You do not know what is up and down in this cosmos. You do not know what is forward and backward. These are all things that we have made up for convenience. Essentially, there are only two dimensions of experience – inner experiences and outer experiences.

瑜伽體式是一個帶你走向聯結的強大工具。別忘了，瑜伽意味著合一。合一意味著二變成一。在存在中只有兩個——你和其他存在。在其他存在中，你可能會辨別許多不同的獨立個體。 但本質上，只存在兩個——你和其他存在——因為你的內在體驗只有兩個維度。你不知道在這宇宙之中，什麼在上什麼在下。你也不知道什麼在前什麼在後。這些全都是我們為了方便而構建的。本質上來說，體驗只有兩個維度——內在的和外在的體驗。

Yoga is about creating a union between these two dimensions – inner and outer, you and the rest, you and the other. When there is no 「you」 and 「the other,」 when there is just 「you」 and 「you,」 that is yoga. Asanas are a physical form of approaching this ultimate union, because the physical body is the easiest thing to work with. If you try to come to this union with your mind, it will play too many tricks. With the body, at least you know whether it is doing it right or not, whether it is cooperating or not. If you push the mind too hard, it will make you believe all kinds of things and dump you the next day. The body is a more reliable factor. If you work with it sensibly, the yogasanas can definitely lead to ultimate union.

瑜伽是關於在兩個維度之間創造合一——內在和外在之間，你和其他事物之間，你和其他人之間。當不再存在「你」和「其他」，只有「你」和「你」的時候，那就是瑜伽。體式就是接近這種終極合一的身體形式。因為你的物質身是最容易合作的。如果你試圖藉由你的心智達到這成合一，它會跟你耍很多很多的花招。藉由身體，至少你能知道它是否在做，是否與你合作。如果你強硬地逼迫心智，它會讓你相信各種事物，接著又在第二天將你推翻。身體是更加可靠的因素。如果你理智地與之合作，那麼瑜伽體式終將帶你走向終極合一。

In the meantime, before this alignment with the ultimate happens, by getting into the postures, inner alignment happens, which will naturally create a chemistry of healthfulness, joyfulness, and blissfulness – and above all balance. Balance is something that modern societies have ignored, and they are paying a huge price for it. Whatever your intelligence, whatever your competence, education, and qualifications – if you do not have the necessary balance, you will not succeed. You will not go very far in your life.

同時，通過練習這些體式，在與終極精準對接之前，內在的校準就會發生，這將為你創造一個健康，快樂，喜悅的化學環境，總之一個平衡的狀態。平衡總是被現代社會所忽視。為此人們付出了巨大的代價。不論你多麼聰明，多麼有能力，不論你受過怎樣的教育，獲得了哪些證書——如果你沒有必要的平衡，你不會成功，也不會在生命之路上走得太遠。

The most important thing for people who are seeking to be successful – whether in the corporate sector, in politics, in the military, or any other field – is balance. Only if you have a balance that is not disturbed by external situations, are you capable of making use of the competence and intelligence within you. Otherwise, even the most wonderful qualities that one may have will go waste, simply because of lack of balance. Hatha yoga brings this balance.

對於那些尋求成功的人來說，不論是在企業界，還是在政界，在軍界，或是其他領域，最重要的就是平衡。只有當你擁有了不被外在環境攪擾的平衡，你才能夠很好地使用你的能力與聰慧。否則，即使是最令人驚嘆的才能，也會被浪費，僅僅因為缺乏平衡。哈他瑜伽就會為你實現這種平衡。

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