調不準琴弦(身體), 音樂(道)何以美妙 + Spiritual Path of Man and Woman

釋迦牟尼佛 年青剛出道的時候, 也曾象當時許多其他的僧者--習神修道之人一樣, 如此專心一意深入於修煉, 甚至於置自己的血肉之軀於不顧。

因不吃不喝, 或缺吃短喝, 當然也變成了個皮包骨頭, 不成人型的樣子。

一天他正在樹下, 打座禪修。覺得頭昏目眩, 支撐不住的時候, 恰逢一小隊女子, 唱著歌, 飄飄然, 從身邊經過, 說唱道(忘了讀到的文字了, 大意是):


沒有那剛剛好, 調準的琴弦
豈能夠, 讓那無限美妙之道
在身上彈奏, 閃現


佛陀頓開茅塞, 開始進食如常, 過起了條理有序的生活, 結果, 當然象我們大家都很熟知的那樣, 他開始辦學傳道, 弟子千千萬萬遍布各地, 傳至數百千年。

很有智慧的女人們, 是嗎?

女人大概更注重吃飯, 注重身體健康吧?

大部分的女人在家作飯, 但做得最好, 最有名的卻是男人(從名廚, 名菜, 到各個大餐廳看家的大師傅), 我父親經常冷不丁地提醒提醒, 指出指出這種不爭的事實 (還有: 女人大部分會/能做衣服, 但師級的名裁縫, 也都是男的) 。

印度舞一般也都是女人們在跳, 男人打鼓, 伴奏, 但偶爾也看到男人跳, 跳得還相當不錯, 相當有特色的。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TNR1tu89p0





這裏有談到, 不僅在身體上, 即使純粹地在精神上男女也是不同的, 各有其特點, 特色(如果真是完全變成了隻有顏色的 "光人" 的話), 和秉性。

http://teachings-of-jesus-christ.org/man-and-woman-on-spiritual-path.shtml

“The forms of… spirits include male ones and female ones,” wrote apostle Philip (The Gospel of Philip, 61).

However, in the next incarnation, the sex of the body may be different. What does it depend on? It depends on what qualities the soul has to develop or suppress in itself. Some qualities are easier to develop possessing a male body, others — a female body.

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This is why men — with their high level of androgens — usually live more intensively than women, striving to explore unknown realms, to study the unknown, to fight for their ideals, to dominate over the less vigorous part of society — women. And the fact that men are in majority in executive posts is not a wicked tradition, not an infringement of women’s rights, not an indication of “inferiority” of the latter, but a natural process of distribution of social roles depending on one’s capabilities in particular kinds of activity.

But neither the level of androgens nor sex has direct influence on the level of intellect.

A high level of androgens peculiar to male incarnation is auspicious for developing vigor, research activity in science, including the science about God. This defines a natural striving of a mature man to become a leader, to guide people, to help them, to sacrifice oneself for their sake.

A typical woman is the opposite of such a man. She — grown in this life under the influence of female hormones — seeks peace, harmony, coziness, beauty. She wants to calm down the man too. She does not like the agitated, indomitable, ever striving somewhere man: this can fascinate…, but it is hard to stay with him in harmony and calm…

And for him the woman is short of vigor; he wants to shake her up…

A mature woman is happy to give to men her harmony, tenderness, beauty, wanting to help by “ennobling” them, bringing closer to her ideal, sometimes by sacrificing herself… And mature and full-fledged men also are ready to lead women in order to teach them what they have learned… In this way, helping each other, teaching each other what he/she needs to learn, they can go together to the common Goal — to the Perfection.

Jesus said, addressing men:

“Respect her, uphold her. In acting thus you will win her love… and will find favor in the sight of God…

“In the same way, love your wives and respect them; for they will be mothers tomorrow, and each later on the ancestress of a race.

“Be lenient toward woman. Her love ennobles man, softens his hardened heart, tames the brute in him, and makes of him a lamb.

“The wife and the mother are the inappreciable treasures given unto you by God. They are the fairest ornaments of existence, and of them shall be born all the inhabitants of the world.

“Even as God… separated the light from the darkness and the land from the waters, woman possesses the divine faculty of separating in a man good intentions from evil thoughts.

“Therefore I say to you, after God your best thoughts should belong to the women and the wives, woman being for you the temple wherein you will obtain the most easily perfect happiness. Imbue yourselves in this temple with moral strength. Here you will forget your sorrows and your failures, and you will recover the lost energy necessary to enable you to help your neighbor.

“Do not expose her to humiliation. In acting thus you will humiliate yourselves and lose the sentiment of love, without which nothing exists here below.

“Protect your wife, in order that she may protect you and all your family. All that you do for your wife, your mother, for a widow or another woman in distress, you will have done unto your God.” (The Life of Saint Issa, 12:13-21).

http://teachings-of-jesus-christ.org/man-and-woman-on-spiritual-path.shtml


Note: 下麵從 "The Gospel of Thomas" 裏麵摘來的部分, 而不是從正式聖經文本裏來的, 說法就是有爭議的了。