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INTRODUCTION TO KUNDALINI YOGA
昆达里尼瑜伽简介
From lectures and conversations with Yogi Bhajan
从Yogi Bhajan的讲座和对话中： :
I have recognized, with the blessing of my master, that it is possible to be healthy, to be happy, and to be holy while living in this society. And you must have energy so that your dead computer may live and pass on the signal to you and may compute all what you want to do in the society. And we call it, in the olden science, the kundalini, which has been blocked in the muladhara, the lowest of all chakras or lotuses. These are all imaginary things. Great books have been written on them and these books misled me for years. Still, I learned about it, all these chakras or circles as we call them in English, have put us in so many circles that we do not come out of it and we reach nowhere.
我认识到，在我的大师的祝福下，即使生活在这个社会中，也有可能保持健康、快乐和神圣。而你必须拥有能量，这样你那“死的计算机”才能复活，传递信号给你，并计算出你想在社会中完成的一切。在古老的科学中，我们称之为昆达里尼，它被阻塞在“根轮”（muladhara），即所有脉轮或莲花中最低的一个。这些都是虚构的事物。许多伟大的书籍曾以此为主题，而这些书误导了我多年。然而，我还是学到了，这些脉轮（在英语中称为“圆”）让我们陷入了许多循环中，我们无法走出来，也无法到达任何地方。
There is a way we should set our computer to be in direct contact with Him, the biggest computer and things must then work automatically. And that can't work until the kundalini, the spiritual nerve breaks through the blockage at muladhara, and thus, travels up and reaches the stage that you may have superconsciousness in consciousness. It is to generate the pressure of the prana and mix it with the apana, and thus, when the two join together, you generate in the pranic center. And with the heat of the prana, you put a pressure or charge on the kundalini, the soul nerve, 31/circles coiled (kundal means the coil in the curl of the hair of the beloved; it does not mean snake or serpent), on muladhara and thus awaken it so that it may pierce through the imaginary chakras and pass ultimately through jalandhara bhand (neck lock - the final blockage in the spine before the energy reaches the head).
有一种方法可以让我们的“计算机”直接与祂——最大的“计算机”——连接，然后一切就会自动运作。但是，这无法实现，直到昆达里尼，也就是灵性之神经，突破“根轮”的阻塞，从而向上移动，达到让你在意识中拥有超意识的阶段。这个过程是通过产生“普拉那”（prana）的压力并将其与“阿帕那”（apana）混合来完成的。这样，当两者结合时，你会在“普拉那中心”生成能量。通过“普拉那”的热量，你会对昆达里尼——灵魂之神经——施加压力或充能。昆达里尼是31圈（kundal意为爱人发卷中的卷曲；它并不意味着蛇或蛇形）盘绕在“根轮”上，通过这种方式唤醒它，使其能够穿透那些虚构的脉轮，最终通过“颈锁”（jalandhara bhand，颈部上的锁，是脊柱中能量到达头部之前的最后一个阻塞点）。
Now let me define a few terms. Prana is life force. It is the life force of the atom. Apana is elimination or the eliminating force. These are two forces, positive and negative in us which are governed by pingala and ida, that is, right and left. When we join these two forces under the power and the science of kundalini yoga, we mix the prana and apana and bring, under the pressure, the kundalini up. And when it passes through the central nerve or sushumna it reaches the higher chakras or lotuses and thus man can easily look into the future. His psychic power gets enlightened. He can know his total surroundings and he is a blessed being.
现在让我定义一些术语。“普拉那”（Prana）是生命力，它是原子中的生命力。“阿帕那”（Apana）是排泄或排除的力量。这两种力量——正向和负向——存在于我们体内，由“右脉”（Pingala）和“左脉”（Ida）控制。通过昆达里尼瑜伽的力量和科学，我们将这两种力量结合起来，将“普拉那”和“阿帕那”混合，并通过压力将昆达里尼向上引导。当它通过“中脉”（Sushumna）时，它会到达更高的脉轮或莲花，从而人类可以轻松地洞察未来。他的心灵的力量被点亮。他能够了解周围的一切，并成为一个被祝福的人。
After one inhales the prana deep (down to the navel point) and pulls the apana with root lock (up to the navel point); prana and apana mix at the navel point. This is known as nabhi chakra or 4th vertebra. Heat is felt during the kundalini awakening and the heat is the filament of the sushumna or central spinal channel being lit by the joining of prana and apana. Below the nabhi chakra the energy leaves the navel and goes to the rectum (or lower center) and then it rises. It is called reserve channels. It relates to your astral body. Then there are 6 more chakras through which the kundalini must rise; and it will all happen at once. And once you have raised it, that's it. But the hardest job is to keep it up. To keep the channels clean and clear. From the rectum to the vocal cord is known as the silver cord. From the neck to the top of the head is the passage. From the third eye to the pineal gland is the god eye cord. To make the energy rise in these cords and passages you must put a pressure.
当一个人深吸“普拉那”（深至丹田点）并通过“根锁”拉动“阿帕那”（向上至丹田点）时，“普拉那”和“阿帕那”会在丹田点混合。这被称为“丹田轮”（nabhi chakra）或第四椎骨。在昆达里尼觉醒过程中会感到热量，这种热量是“中脉”或脊柱中央通道因“普拉那”和“阿帕那”的结合而被点燃时产生的光丝。在“丹田轮”以下，能量离开丹田，进入直肠（或下中心），然后上升。这被称为储备通道，与您的星光体有关。之后，昆达里尼还需要穿过另外六个脉轮；而这一切会同时发生。一旦你唤醒了它，那就是全部了。但最困难的工作是保持它的上升状态，保持通道的清洁和通畅。从直肠到声带被称为“银线”。从颈部到头顶是通道。从第三眼到松果体是“神之眼线”。要让能量在这些通道和路径中上升，你必须施加压力。
You live in California, you know how we take the oil out of the ground? Put a pressure and the oil will come out. It is a staircase of energy. Mul bhand brings the apana or eliminating force to the navel or 4th vertebra, the central seat of the kundalini. Diaphragm lock takes it up to the neck. Neck lock takes it all the rest of the way. The pineal gland or seat of the soul does not work when the tenth gate (top of the head) is sealed. But the pineal will secrete (when the kundalini heat comes) your pituitary will act as radar, keeping the mind from negativity. Yes, kundalini yoga is known as nerve of the soul. And this is to be awakened and your soul is to be awakened. And when the soul gets awakened, there remains nothing.
你住在加利福尼亚，你知道我们如何从地下取出石油吗？施加压力，石油就会出来。这是一座能量的阶梯。“根锁”将“阿帕那”或排泄的力量带到丹田或第四椎骨——昆达里尼的中央宝座。“横膈膜锁”将其带到颈部，“颈锁”将其带到余下的路径。松果体或灵魂的宝座在“第十道门”（头顶）被封闭时不起作用。但当昆达里尼的热量到达时，松果体会分泌，而你的脑垂体会像雷达一样运作，防止心智陷入消极状态。是的，昆达里尼瑜伽被称为灵魂的神经。这需要被唤醒，而你的灵魂也需要被唤醒。当灵魂被唤醒时，其他一切都不再存在。
What else? In the practical reality, these chakras are imaginary, nothing else. This kundalini is just a kundalini and nothing else. And it is not very important. These prana and apanas are just there. Everything is set in us, we lack nothing. We use those terms simply to make the process clear so we can get on. It is very simple.
还有什么呢？在实际的现实中，这些脉轮只是虚构的，别无其他。昆达里尼只是昆达里尼，仅此而已。它并不是非常重要。这些“普拉那”和“阿帕那”只是存在于我们体内。我们什么都不缺。我们使用这些术语只是为了让这个过程变得清晰，以便我们能够继续前进。这非常简单。
After getting myself into the darkness for years together, I found that if I would have known the first day that it was so easy, I could have saved myself a lot of hassle. Then I found the kundalini can really come up like this, I was astonished. It was a surprise to me. I said, “That's all there is to the kundalini?" And my master said, "Yes." All it is is creating the prana in that cavity and mixing it with apana and taking it down (as we give pressure to the oil) and bringing the oil up is kundalini. That's it. It is the greatest truth. It is bitter I know, so I cannot speak all the truth. But I speak indirectly and directly truth because I cannot speak beyond the truth. I have realized the truth and the fact is that you cannot breathe by yourself (will). It is the God in you which breathes. Without that you do not breathe.
在多年中我让自己陷入黑暗之后，我发现，如果我在第一天就知道它是如此简单，我本可以省去很多麻烦。后来我发现，昆达里尼真的可以这样上升，我感到震惊。这对我来说是一个惊喜。我说：“昆达里尼就这么简单？”我的大师回答说：“是的。”它不过是创造“普拉那”在那个空腔中，并将其与“阿帕那”混合，然后将其向下压（就像我们对石油施加压力一样），再将石油带上来，这就是昆达里尼。仅此而已。这是最大的真理。我知道这很难接受，所以我不能说出全部真相。但我间接地和直接地说出了真相，因为我不能超越真相。我已经意识到了真相，事实是，你无法靠自己的意志呼吸。是内在的神让你呼吸。没有祂，你无法呼吸。
Now what is this breath business? I tell you. And it is good information to the medical people. Under the 8th vertebra there is a cavity. We call it prana center. Good? In that prana center, with the breathing up to the tip of the tongue and on to the ida and pingala which adjusts the temperature of the body, we breathe pranic energy. Pranic energy is the life force of the atom. If 50 years ago I would have come and talked to you about atomic energy, you would have said, "Go away, we don't understand you." When I talk pranic energy, I don't feel I am talking something mystical. It is practical. This pranic energy is the life of the atom. We store it here, 8th vertebra down. We know certain actions through which we inhale with this pranic energy. And when we inhale with this pranic energy, our pranic center gets awakened. The pranic center supplies the pranic energy to the pranic nerve. And the pranic nerve supplies the pranic energy to the muscles, which is responsible for the beat of the heart and that of the diaphragm. We call it 'U' muscle, because it is shaped like the letter U.
那么，这个呼吸是怎么回事？我告诉你。这对医学界的人来说是很好的信息。在第八椎骨以下有一个空腔。我们称之为“普拉那中心”。明白了吗？在这个“普拉那中心”中，通过呼吸到舌尖，并进入“左脉”和“右脉”，调节身体的温度，我们吸入“普拉那能量”。“普拉那能量”是原子的生命力。如果50年前我来跟你谈论原子能，你会说：“走开，我们不明白你在说什么。”当我谈论“普拉那能量”时，我并不觉得我在谈论什么神秘的东西。这是很实际的。“普拉那能量”是原子的生命。我们把它储存在这里，第八椎骨以下。我们知道通过某些动作，我们可以用这个“普拉那能量”呼吸。当我们用这个“普拉那能量”呼吸时，我们的“普拉那中心”被唤醒。“普拉那中心”将“普拉那能量”供应给“普拉那神经”，“普拉那神经”将“普拉那能量”供应给负责心脏跳动和膈肌运动的肌肉。我们称之为“U形肌肉”，因为它的形状像字母U。
And then this 'U' muscle is responsible for all the life current in you which is automatic, beyond your control. You know what these yogis do? They create pranic energy reservoirs in that cavity, and thus live on that reserve and that is what they do. They make that cavity active with certain exercises. And thus they know how to control the pranic energy or prana-vaya, the life current. That's one part of it, the second is apana, which eliminates everything. It has got a connection with the muladhara chakra. That is where the kundalini power lies. Now, when the pranic energy is in you, then the second part is that you can circulate it through your body. You can feel it and make people feel it. And then we teach people how to do it. It is a scientific thing which has got nothing to do with mystics, or something which I cannot explain. It is so simple, it is practical. And thus, we circulate it. And in the circulation, we time it to go with the spinal cord. And then we make it hit the muladhara. And thus we pierce through that bind or blockage before the kundalini power. The moment we do it, she has no option but to come up. And the moment she comes up, you stand blessed. Then you will see, the computer will work, that's all.
然后，这个“U形肌肉”负责你体内所有超出你控制的生命电流。你知道这些瑜伽士做了什么吗？他们在那个空腔中创造了“普拉那能量”的储备，从而依靠储备存活，这就是他们所做的。他们通过某些练习使那个空腔活跃起来。从而他们知道如何控制“普拉那能量”或“普拉那流”，即生命电流。这是其中的一部分，另一部分是“阿帕那”，它负责排除一切。它与“根轮”有联系，那是昆达里尼力量所在之处。现在，当“普拉那能量”在你体内时，第二部分是你可以让它在你的身体中循环。你可以感受到它，并让别人感受到它。然后我们教人们如何做到这一点。这是一件科学的事情，与神秘无关，也不是我无法解释的东西。这是如此简单，如此实际。因此，我们让它循环。在循环中，我们让它与脊柱协调。然后，我们让它撞击“根轮”。通过这种方式，我们穿透了昆达里尼力量之前的阻塞。一旦我们这样做，她别无选择，只能上升。而一旦她上升，你就被祝福了。然后你会看到，“计算机”开始运作，仅此而已。
It is difficult? There is no secret about it. In 20, 30 days, if you honestly practice it for 1 hour, 2 hours each day, you can be through with it. And that is what I did.
这很难吗？这其中没有秘密。如果你每天诚实地练习1到2小时，持续20到30天，你就可以完成了。这就是我所做的。
Two cautions: You must practice neck lock. Pull the neck straight in, keeping the spine and neck absolutely straight with no bend in the neck. The higher flood of circulation will cause the cells of the brain to expand because of the higher circulation of the blood to that region and people shall go mad, half-mad, or die. Because the lock was not there. And when you do yoga, please, for God's sake remember, you are playing with the energy which is the life force of the atom. You can well understand what you are doing. I am giving you a word of warning. The prana has been described in the Shastra (yogic scripture) as that which makes the atom live.
**两个警告：**你必须练习“颈锁”。将颈部拉直，保持脊柱和颈部完全笔直，颈部不能有任何弯曲。更高的循环会导致大脑细胞因血液循环增强而膨胀，人们可能会发疯、半疯或死亡，因为没有“锁”在那里。而当你练习瑜伽时，请记住，为了神的缘故，你正在操控的是原子的生命能量。你完全可以理解你在做什么。我向你发出警告。“普拉那”在《经文》（瑜伽经典）中被描述为使原子具有生命的力量。
Our voltage here in the wall socket is 110? And you touch it without insulation? Do you? Then how come you play with the pranic energy? The fact remains that without having the kundalini awakened, your soul is not awakened. And if your soul is awakened, what else you need? And if you will get into the action to awaken the kundalini, the nerve of the soul, and thus this car of yours will be driven or chauffeured by the soul and not by the negative ego, and then you have found God in you. And I shall be the greatest man on earth, if I shall be privileged to touch the dust of your feet, if you had that state. Otherwise, you are a nut and nothing else.
我们墙上的插座电压是110伏？你会在没有绝缘的情况下触碰它吗？那么你为什么要随意操控“普拉那能量”？事实是，如果没有唤醒昆达里尼，你的灵魂就不会被唤醒。而如果你的灵魂被唤醒了，你还需要什么呢？如果你决定采取行动唤醒昆达里尼——灵魂的神经——那么你的“车”将由灵魂驾驶，而不是由消极的自我驾驶。这样，你便找到了内在的神。如果你达到了那种状态，我将是地球上最伟大的人，因为我有幸触碰到你的脚尘。否则，你什么都不是，仅仅是个傻瓜而已。
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