Stephanie made a bet with her friend that she could never muster enough patience to sit for meditation, even for ten minutes… not only did she lose the bet, she was catapulted down a path she would never have expected possible.
Stephanie和朋友打賭，她絕不會有足夠的耐心坐下來冥想，哪怕十分鐘……她不僅輸?shù)袅速€注，還被扔到了一條未曾想到的道路上。
The Man in the Unusual Attire
穿著不尋常的人
This happened in 2011. One day I saw two dear friends of mine sitting still, entirely unmoving, in front of a laptop. There was no exchange of words as they watched a bearded guy with a turban and shawl speaking on the screen. The man’s attire seemed unusual* to me, so I decided to sit and watch. And I kept watching and watching. I couldn’t get enough of his piercing clarity. He seemed both ancient and yet completely modern at the same time. That was my first introduction to Sadhguru.
這發(fā)生在2011年，一天，我看到我的兩位朋友在電腦前安靜地坐著，一動不動。他們彼此沒有交談，只是看著屏幕上那個(gè)大胡子、戴著頭巾和披肩的家伙講話。對我來說，這個(gè)人的服飾不同尋常，所以我決定坐下來觀看。這一看我就停不下來了，他那一針見血的清晰洞見讓我怎么也看不夠。他看起來既古老又完全現(xiàn)代。這是我和薩古魯?shù)牡谝淮谓佑|。
Hours passed as I continued to watch video after video. I was completely blown away by his logic. But what surprised me most was that he not only answered all of my unanswered questions, he also answered those questions I had buried as a child. And somewhere along the way I slowly drifted off, thinking back on the life I had been living.
我一個(gè)視頻接一個(gè)視頻地看，幾個(gè)小時(shí)過去了，我被他的邏輯完全震撼了。但是最讓我吃驚的是他不僅回答了我所有一直得不到答案的問題，也回答了那些自孩提起就埋藏在我內(nèi)心的問題。漸漸地我陷入沉思之中，追憶起我過去的生活。
Life Before Shambhavi
Shambhavi前的生活
In my office, people were sometimes so unkind to each other. Jealousy, competition, bias – these were not unusual for the corporate world I was in. I was advised to stomach it if my boss decided to throw a tantrum, not necessarily because I did something wrong, but simply because that was the way things worked. And as much as I didn’t jive with this unspoken system, I found myself doing the very same to avoid any conflict. But I was burning in anger. I wanted a change!
在我的辦公室里，有時(shí)候人們對待彼此是如此不友善。嫉妒、競爭、偏見——這些對于我所在的企業(yè)界并不稀奇。別人建議我，如果老板發(fā)火了，你就要忍氣吞聲，不一定是你做錯(cuò)了什么，而只是因?yàn)槭虑榫褪沁@樣運(yùn)作的。盡管我不喜歡這個(gè)不成文的規(guī)矩，但我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己就在這么做，為了避免任何沖突。但其實(shí)我怒火中燒。我想要改變!
A Lost Bet
我賭輸了
Back to the bearded man. After our marathon Youtube session, I was hooked. Mesmerized. But I was still quite skeptical of the whole meditation thing. So when my friend suggested we should start practicing Isha Kriya, a 15-minute guided meditation offered by Sadhguru, I told him, “Well, you know, I don’t have the patience to sit in one place. And neither do you!” I made a bet with him that if he tried, he would not manage more than a few days of practice.
再回到那個(gè)留著大胡子的人。在我們馬拉松式地看完Youtube視頻之后，我完全著迷了。但我仍然對冥想持懷疑態(tài)度。因此，當(dāng)我的朋友建議我們開始練習(xí)Isha Kriya——一個(gè)由薩古魯奉獻(xiàn)的15分鐘的引導(dǎo)冥想時(shí)，我告訴他，“嗯，你知道，我可沒耐心坐在一個(gè)地方。你也是！“ 我和他打了個(gè)賭，讓他試試，我肯定他最多只能堅(jiān)持幾天。
To my complete surprise, when we next met, he had already finished the entire recommended 48-day cycle of practice! And he was continuing his practice.
而完全出乎我意料的是，當(dāng)我們再次碰面時(shí)，他已經(jīng)完成了建議的整個(gè)周期——48天的練習(xí)！而且他還在繼續(xù)他的練習(xí)。
It became common for us to hear him announce, “It’s time for my dose of Isha Kriya!” His excitement was contagious. In a short time, I could see the change in him – he had definitely become calmer, yet he had this extra spunk. His experience made me curious and I decided to see for myself what the deal was all about. So I jumped the queue and got initiated into Shambhavi Mahamudra kriya in Singapore in 2012.
我們開始經(jīng)常聽到他宣布，“到了我Isha Kriya的時(shí)間了！”他的興奮很有感染力。在很短的時(shí)間內(nèi)，我看到了他身上的變化——他確實(shí)變得更平靜了，并且還變得更有勇氣。他的經(jīng)歷讓我很好奇，我決定親自看看這玩意到底是怎么回事。于是，我直接“跳級”，參加了2012年在新加坡的Shambhavi Mahamudra kriya（香巴維大手印，內(nèi)在工程所教授的Kriya）的開啟。
First Encounter
初次見面
I vividly remember the day I first saw Sadhguru. It was entirely surreal seeing this white-bearded Guru I had watched on all those Youtube videos, actually standing there in front of my eyes. I was thrilled to finally get to see him in real life. Yet there was a mixed feeling in it, of not being able to come close to him. I felt I had to earn it.
我清楚地記得我第一次見到薩古魯?shù)哪且惶??？粗以谒衁outube視頻上看到的這位白胡子古魯，實(shí)實(shí)在在地站在我眼前，完全是一種超現(xiàn)實(shí)的感覺。終于能在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中見到他，我很激動。然而，不能更加靠近他，讓我的內(nèi)心五味雜陳。我覺得我得為之努力。
I was never the kind of person to stick to any activity consistently. I would repeatedly find myself chasing one thing, dropping it and starting after another. But to my surprise, I was consistent with Shambhavi Mahamudra. I did not miss one day of practice. And this was the turning point in my life.
我從來都不是那種會對一件事堅(jiān)持不懈的人。我常常發(fā)現(xiàn)自己投入一件事一段時(shí)間后，就會放棄，再開始另一件事。但令我驚訝的是，我對香巴維大手印卻很堅(jiān)持。我沒有錯(cuò)過一天的練習(xí)。這是我人生的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。
Life After Shambhavi
Shambhavi后的生活
Those 21 minutes of Shambhavi Mahamudra became the highlight of my day – it was a window for me to completely focus inward. My time with myself, and only myself. The simple practice of Shambhavi gave me a sense of inner freedom that I had always thought was something I needed to find elsewhere. Imagine finding out that it had always existed in me since day one! The clarity of thoughts that came as a result of practicing Shambhavi was something I never would have imagined. Inexplicably, tears from nowhere would catch me off guard and yet they left me in a very pleasant state within. I could see my own limitations start to surface, but there was no resistance from my side. The feeling grew stronger as the days passed and I continued the practice.
這21分鐘的Shambhavi Mahamudra成為我一天中最美妙的部分——它是讓我完全專注于內(nèi)在的一扇窗口。是我和自己在一起的時(shí)間，只有我自己。Shambhavi的簡單練習(xí)給了我一種內(nèi)在自由的感覺，而我一直以為它是我需要在別處尋找的東西。想象一下，我找到了一直以來存在于我內(nèi)在的東西！練習(xí)Shambhavi所帶來的清晰思維也是我從未想過的。不知為什么，不知從哪里來的眼淚會讓我猝不及防，讓我的內(nèi)在處于一種非常愉悅的狀態(tài)。我可以看到自己的局限開始顯現(xiàn)出來，而我也沒有抗拒這一點(diǎn)。隨著日子一天天過去，這種感覺越來越強(qiáng)烈，而我也一直堅(jiān)持著練習(xí)。
After reading Sadhguru's biography, More Than A Life, all I really wanted was to do whatever I could, to share Sadhguru with as many people as possible. It came to a point where I started volunteering regularly – and I found volunteering so much more fulfilling than anything I had been doing in my corporate job.
讀了薩古魯?shù)膫饔洝恫恢挂皇馈罚∕ore Than A Life）后，我真正想要的就是盡我所能與更多的人分享薩古魯。我開始定期做志愿者——我發(fā)現(xiàn)做志愿者比我在公司做的任何事情都更有成就感。
Nothing Short of a Miracle
堪稱奇跡
I knew I wanted more though. So in 2013, I did the 21-week Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at the Isha Yoga Center. In five months of daily practice of hatha yoga, the scoliosis that I had had since childhood was completely rectified. This was nothing short of a miracle. I never would have thought it possible without any medical intervention. But throwing myself into classical hatha yoga fixed me in more ways than I could ever understand. To this day, I find it extremely difficult to express this immense gratitude to Sadhguru.
然而，我知道我想要更多。所以在2013年，我在Isha瑜伽中心進(jìn)行了為期21周的Hatha瑜伽老師培訓(xùn)。在五個(gè)月的每日哈他瑜伽練習(xí)中，我從小就患有的脊柱側(cè)彎得到了徹底的矯正。這簡直是個(gè)奇跡。我從來沒有想過在沒有任何醫(yī)療干預(yù)的情況下，我的脊柱可以得到矯正。它在很多層面上以超乎我理解的方式修正著我。直到今天，我都無從表達(dá)我對薩古魯?shù)母屑ぶ椤?/span>
Editor’s Note: Sadhguru offers Isha Kriya, a free, online guided meditation that helps bring health and wellbeing. Daily practice of this simple yet effective 12-minute process can transform one's life.
編者按：薩古魯提供的Isha Kriya，是一個(gè)免費(fèi)的在線引導(dǎo)冥想，幫助人們獲得健康和幸福。每天12分鐘練習(xí)這個(gè)簡單而有效的冥想可以改變一個(gè)人的生活。
原文鏈接：
isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/blog/article/skeptics-dive-meditation
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