聽神解說【為何「生命」即「神之所是」的東西?】
當你相信生命時,你的確是相信神,無論你是否長篇大論在談論它。你是個無神論者也好,或是個未知論者,或是介於兩者之間,對今日之神都不重要。
今日你不知道沒關係,但明日你們全都會知道。明日,每個人都會明瞭。能去了解是好的,因為它將消弭你們「每個人以各自特定的方式信仰各自信仰的神」所造成的許多衝突。
當你們用神、阿拉、耶和華或婆羅門,或許多其他稱呼上的文字時,你們還無法獲得你們彼此給予「存在之本質」、「一切」(the All)和「唯一」(the Only)名稱上的共識。現在,我建議,有另外一個文字可以稱呼神,其意義是你們全都能同意的。且當「神」這個字換成這個稱呼的時候,每件事都突然變得簡單而清晰了。
尼爾:那個字就是「生命」?
是的。當你們用「阿拉」、「神」、「婆羅門」、「毗濕奴」或「濕婆」( 註:印度教的三大神:婆羅門、毗濕奴、濕婆。 ) 這些字,你們所尋求表達的,是希望能描寫或涵蓋「神就是那個東西」的意思。而在你們許多語言裡,「生命」是最接近於表達那個意思和含義的一個宇。
一言以蔽之,生命即「神之所是」的東西。 (LIFE is the stuff that God is.)
生命如是(Life IS.)。生命即「如是」的東西。它沒有形狀、沒有形式、沒有性別;它沒有顏色、沒有香味、沒有大小。它是所有形狀、所有形式、所有顏色、所有味道、所有大小。它是兩個性別,也是無性別的東西。
生命是一切(the All),以及一切事物(the Everything),生命是「一切事物」都從中浮現的「無」 (the No Thing from which the Everything emerges)。
生命創造的東西,沒有一樣不是生命本身。無論何處你所見的一切,都是正在表達的「生命」。生命即一切事物。生命在一切事物之內,做為一切事物,並透過一切事物在運作。你即那「正在表達的生命」。生命即你,表達著它自己為「你」。
摘自《重新定義神》第5章
When you believe in Life, you do believe in God, whether you say it in so many words or not. You can be an atheist or an agnostic or anything in between, and it will not matter to Tomorrow’s God.
It does not matter today, but tomorrow all of you will know this. Tomorrow, every human will understand. And that understanding will be good, because it will eliminate much of the conflict that has resulted from each of you believing in your particular God in your particular way.
You have not been able to agree with each other on this topic when you have used the word “God,” or “Allah,” or “Jehovah,” “Brahman,” or the many other names you have given to the Essence and the Being, the All and the Only. Now I suggest that there is another word for God, the meaning of which you may all agree upon. When this word is exchanged for the word “God,” everything suddenly becomes simple and clear.
Neale: And that word is “Life”?
Yes. “Life” is the one word in your many languages that comes closest to carrying the meaning that some of you are seeking to express when you use the word “Allah” or “God” or “Brahman,” “Vishnu,” or “Shiva,” and that you hope describes or can be a container for the “stuff that God is.” In one word, LIFE is the “stuff that God is.”
Life IS. Life is that which IS. It has no shape, no form, no gender. It has no color, no fragrance, no size. It is ALL shapes, all forms, all colors, fragrances, and sizes. It is both genders, and that which is genderless as well.
It is the All, and the Everything, and it is the No Thing from which the Everything emerges.
There is nothing Life creates that is not Life Itself. All that you see everywhere around you is Life, expressing. Life is every- thing. It runs in, as, and through every- thing. YOU are Life, expressing. And Life is You, expressing itself as you.