身體---神的殿堂-3

SECRET STRUCTURE秘密身體結構

Many of the body’s major systems may be used for both physical and spiritualactivity. For example, the seven major endocrine glands that secrete hormonesdirectly into the bloodstream to keep the body running optimally are also aphysical portion of the seven spiritual centers or chakras that can affectmajor changes in our vibrations and consciousness. The central nervous system,so vital to living in the three-dimensional world, is also a portion of thekundalini pathway that can raise our vibrations and help us perceive beyondthree dimensions.

身體的有些係統既可以有物理的活動，也可以有靈性活動的。例如，七個主要內分泌腺產生荷爾蒙，通過血液使身體最優地運行，但同時它們也是靈性中心或者叫脈輪---可以影響和改變我們的震動和意識水平。中樞神經係統對我們三維空間的生活非常重要，同時又是昆達裏尼的運行途徑---讓我們提升震動並感知超三維空間。

Much of this was known in the sacred and often secret temple schools of ancientcultures around the world. For example, the staff carried by the god Mercury(also known as Hermes by the Greeks, Thoth by the Egyptians, and Enoch by theHebrews, and who Cayce said was an incarnation of “the Word”) remains today asthe emblem of modern medicine (the caduceus). But few really know its intendedmeaning. It is an excellent emblem for physical healing, but it also containsthe metaphysical structure of the body for spiritual flight, flight with themessenger of the gods, Mercury, into the heavens and the presence of the MostHigh God (see diagram on the front page).

大多數此類知識存在於世界各種古老的文化的神聖或什麽教導中。例如，水星之神(也就是希臘的Hermes、埃及人的月神Thoth、希伯來的以諾，凱西資料認可他就是“道成肉身”)的雙蛇手杖(caduceus)變成當今醫者的標記。但很少人真正理解其含義。這其實是身體治療的極好的象征符號，但同時它也含有靈性的意義---與神的信使水星一起飛翔，進入天堂。

An important but often forgotten teaching in several ancient temple schoolsdealt with the movement of the life force in the body. It was taught that whenthe life force flows downward and outward through the body’s structures, onebecomes fully incarnate and conscious in this world; when the life force flowsinward and upward through these same structures, then one moves beyond thisreality and becomes conscious of the heavens. If both flows are made tocirculate the life force, then integration occurs, and the person becomeswhole, both human and divine. Cayce and other sources teach that this isaccomplished by using the breath. The Taoist teacher Liu Hua-yang wrote: “Thereis a turn upward toward Heaven when the breath is drawn in. When the breathflows out, energy is directed towards the Earth. In two intervals one gathersSacred Energy.”

在一些遠古的教派中，有一個非常重要但經常被遺忘的關於身體生命之力的教導。生命之力是圍繞身體內上下流動的，那麽人就完整地感受和駐足這個世界；而當生命之力進出身體時，他就可以有超物質界的感知---有意識到天堂的所在。如果兩種運動同時存在，那麽整合發生，他就會完整---同時有人性和神性。凱西等資料教導了通過呼吸的使用來達成。

Edgar Cayce’s readings affirm these energy flows and encourage us to work atentering the temple within and raising the life force in order to draw closerto God and receive His/Her counsel and comfort, and ultimately to become onewith God. In the process, we are to channel that light and love into thisworld, into our lives and the lives of those we interact with each day. This,according to many spiritual teachers and schools, is the primary lesson to belearned in this incarnation: know and love God completely and channel thatlight and love into this life’s daily opportunities with others. Entering thetemple, raising the energy, enlivening the spiritual centers, and uniting withGod are not necessary to living a spiritual, loving life. But, if one wants toexperience the whole of God consciousness and eternal life, then one needs toraise the body’s vibrations and experience higher states of consciousness.Moses could not ascend the mountain and meet God face to face until he firstgave water to the seven maidens and raised the serpent off the desert floor --symbolic of enlivening the seven spiritual centers and raising the kundalinienergy.

凱西解讀肯定了這種能量的流動，並鼓勵我們探索內心的神殿，以升起生命之力去靠近神、接受神的指導和安慰，最終地與神合一。在此過程中，我們將光和愛傳遞給這個世界、給我們的生活和周圍的人們。這是此生最主要的課程：完全地知曉和熱愛神，傳遞光和愛。進入神殿、升起能量、激活靈性中心、與神合一，並不是活出靈性生命的必要條件。但是，如果想經曆神的整體意識和永恒生命，就必須身體身體的震動和經曆更高層次的意識。摩西如果沒有給七個女子澆水和從沙漠地提升巨蛇---象征著七個靈性中心和升起的昆達裏尼能量，他就無法上山麵見上帝。

Let’s explore the body’s secret structure and some of the techniques forfinding God within us and channeling the light and love into our lives.

讓我們來探索身體的秘密結構和在我們內心的發現上帝的技巧，來向我們的生活中傳遞光和愛。