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問：內在的大我（Antaryamin）是甚麼？它如何在我們裡面覺醒？

Bhagavan：我們經常使用「神」這個字，可是神對不同人來說，有不同的意義。然而，其實我們可以將神定義成更高層次的神聖自我，更高的智慧，或者更高的意識。

　　有時，你會看到成千上百隻鳥一起飛行，和諧得就像是只有一隻鳥在飛。你看過這種景象嗎？如果看過，你會知道整群鳥其實只有一個意識，而且一隻隻鳥兒都會跟隨著整個鳥群的意識。有時候，你會發現有一兩隻小鳥落隊，但牠們會再度跟上，融入群體中。如果我們說你就是其中一隻鳥，而所有鳥所共同形成的整體鳥群就是「內在的大我」，你可以稱其為神或是更高的智慧等等。所以當我們說你「內在的大我」或那個「內在的大我」覺醒了，便代表著你是那個已經跟整體有接觸的部份。在鳥群中，如果有一隻鳥脫隊，會有兩三隻鳥飛出去幫助那隻鳥再度歸隊。唯有如此，整體才能運作。只要那隻小鳥跟隨著大的整體，你便可以說那隻小鳥跟隨著鳥群的意志。所以如果你擁有「內在的大我」，並且可以跟「內在的大我」對話，那麼，「你」這個部分，就是在跟隨著整體的意志或神聖的意志。所以單只是想跟隨神聖意志還不夠，你還必須知道神聖意志是甚麼，更高的意識是甚麼，如果你不知道，你就有如失群的孤鳥。

　　這樣的你，就有如孤兒。「內在的大我」是整體，擁有「內在的大我」表示你跟整體有接觸。人類意識的整體總加起來遠遠大於個體的意識。這不只是1 + 1 = 2，而是1 +1 = 4，這就是所謂的「綜合浮現」（Synergetic emergence）。氫加氧形成水，但是水的特性卻跟氫或氧徹底截然的不同。這個浮現出來的意識可稱為神或是宇宙意識。而這個宇宙意識就是所謂的「內在的大我」。

　　「內在的大我」是你內在的指導，也是你至高無上的朋友，可以引導你，保護你。每一天你都處在衝突中，甚麼是對，甚麼是錯？甚麼是好，甚麼又是壞？你無法決定，就算你做出決定，很多時候你也還是會後悔自己的決定。但是當「內在的大我」已經覺醒，你會很精確地知道該何回應生活裡的每一刻處境。你踏出的每一步，都會得到指引，你可以信任這個指引，而且它會全然如實地接納你的樣子。並且，當你擁有「內在的大我」時，要開悟就非常容易了。

　　說到這裡，我們已經知道「內在的大我」是甚麼，你又為甚麼需要「內在的大我」。現在，我要告訴你「內在的大我」要覺醒，究竟是怎麼發生的。基本上在我們的社會裡，我們所接受到的學校教育、生活教養跟生活型態，都不允許我們去經驗及表達自己的情緒。你是相當壓抑的。因此，人們要接觸「內在的大我」有其困難之處。所以一旦你接觸到自己壓抑的情緒，而且一旦你邀請「內在的大我」與你的整個心完全同在，「內在的大我」就會以它所選擇的樣子、或是你期望的樣子在你的內在覺醒。 擁有「內在的大我」是人類的自然狀態，就像是呼吸或消化一樣自然。

　　在古老的時候，每個人都跟他們「內在的大我」有接觸。一百年前，非洲有許多部落的人們仍能跟「內在的大我」直接溝通，他們的生活非常美妙。你所有必須做的事只是發自內心，帶著情緒、帶著深刻的情感、帶著一種聯繫感、帶著一種喜歡的感受，邀請「內在的大我」，然後，它將會在你內在覺醒。這其實並不難。你以為這很難做到，並且有各種錯誤的認知。但其實「內在的大我」一點也不在乎你是個怎樣的人，「內在的大我」是你的朋友，所以它不會批判你，也不會譴責你。它只希望你能帶著情感跟聯繫感去邀請它，如此而已。

ps.感謝Deeksha giver  郭貞伶的翻譯。

What is the Antaryamin and how does the Antaryamin awaken in us?

We often use the word God, but God means different things to different people. But actually we can define God as your higher sacred self, higher intelligence, or higher consciousness.

 Sometimes you might have seen hundreds of birds flying like one bird. Have you seen this? So, actually you can know that the whole group has got a single consciousness, but the individual bird will follow the consciousness of the whole pack. Sometimes you will find one or two birds dropping out and again they get back to the main flock. If we say that the individual bird is you, then that full total bird consisting of all birds is the Antaryamin. It can be called God or higher intelligence etc. So when we say you have the Antaryamin or that Antaryamin is awakened , what it means is you are the part, are in touch with the whole. In the flock of birds, if one bird drops out of the group, two or three birds come out and help that bird to go and join back. Only then the whole thing can function. So as long as the small bird is following the big pack, you can say the small bird is following the will of the group or the pack. So if you have the Antaryamin and can talk with Him, then, ‘You’, the part is following the will of the whole or the Divine will. So it is not enough if you are willing to follow the Divine will, you must know what the Divine will is, what the will is of the higher consciousness, without which you are like a bird fallen of the pack.

You are in fact an orphan. The Antaryamin is the Whole, and to have the Antaryamin means you are in touch with the whole. The whole of human consciousness put together is more than the individual’s consciousness. It is not 1 + 1 = 2 but it is 1 +1 = 4. That is what is “Synergetic emergence”. Hydrogen and oxygen fuse to form water, whose properties are totally and fundamentally different from hydrogen and oxygen. This emerging consciousness is called God or Cosmic consciousness. And this cosmic consciousness is what is the Antaryamin.

The Antaryamin is you inner guide and your supreme friend who can guide you and protect you. Today many a time you are in conflict. What is right and wrong? what is good and bad? You unable to decide this. Even when you decide, many times you regret your decisions. But when the Antaryamin is awakened, you will exactly know how to respond to every situation of life. At every step you will have someone to guide you, on whom you can trust and who accepts you exactly as you are. And also when you have the Antaryamin, enlightenment is very easy.

So until now we have seen what is the Antaryamin and why do you need an Antaryamin. Now I will tell you how the awakening of the Antaryamin actually happens. Basically in our society, the kind of schooling, education and life style one has, you are not allowed to experience and express your emotions. You are quite suppressed. That is why some have difficulty in getting in touch with their Antaryamin. So once you have got in touch with your suppressed emotions and if you invite the Antaryamin with your whole heart, it will awaken in you in the way it chooses or in the form you desire. To have the Antaryamin is the natural state of Man, it is your birthright; it is just like breathing or digesting. In the Ancient days everybody was in touch with their Antaryamin. There were tribes in Africa a hundred years ago, who where in direct communion with their Antaryamin. They lived a wonderful life. All that you must do is, from your heart, with emotion, with great feeling and with a bond, a liking, you must invite the Antaryamin and then it will awaken in you. It is not at all difficult. You think it is difficult and have all kinds of wrong perceptions. The Antaryamin is not bothered about what kind of a person you are. The Antaryamin is your friend and so doesn’t judge you or condemn you. All it wants is that you invite it with a feeling and a bond.