1. Inharmony
1. 失去和諧

Illness is an inharmony, either physical inharmony or mental inharmony, the one acts upon the other.

疾病是一種不和諧，可能是身體上的不和諧，也可能是心理上的不和諧；兩者彼此作用。

What causes inharmony? The lack of (1) tone and (2) rhythm. How can it be interpreted in physical terminology?

什麼造成了不和諧？是缺少了（1）音調與（2）節奏。若以身體的層面來說，這又該如何理解？

(1) Prana, or life, or energy is the tone.

Prana，也就是生命或能量，就是音調。

(2) Circulation, regularity is the rhythm — regularity in the beatings of the head, of the pulse and the circulation of the blood through the veins.

循環與規律性就是節奏——頭部的搏動、脈搏，以及血液流經靜脈時的規律性。

In physical terms,

就身體而言，

(2) the lack of circulation means congestion;

缺乏循環意味著滯塞；

(1) and the lack of Prana, or life, or energy means weakness.

而缺乏 Prana，也就是生命或能量，則意味著虛弱。

These two conditions attract illness and are the cause of illness.

這兩種狀態會招致疾病，也是疾病的成因。

In mental terms,

就心理而言，

(2) The rhythm is the action of the mind, whether the mind is active in harmonious thoughts or in inharmonious thoughts, whether the mind is strong, firm, and steady, or whether it is weak. If one continues to think harmonious thoughts it is just like regular beating of the pulse and proper circulation of the blood; if the harmony of thought is broken, then the mind becomes congested. Then a person loses memory; depression comes as the result, and what one sees is nothing but darkness. Doubt, suspicion, distrust, and all manner of distress and despair come when the mind is congested in this way.

節奏就是頭腦的活動：頭腦是在和諧的思想中活動，還是在不和諧的思想中活動；它是強健、堅定而穩定，還是虛弱。如果我們持續思想和諧的事物，就如同脈搏規律地跳動、血液順暢地循環；一旦思想的和諧被打破，頭腦便會陷入滯塞。這時，我們的記憶力會衰退，隨之而來的是低落，眼前所見彷彿只剩黑暗。當頭腦如此滯塞時，懷疑、猜疑、不信任，以及種種苦惱與絕望也會隨之而來。

(1) The Prana of the mind is maintained when the mind can be steady in thoughts of harmony; then the mind can balance its thoughts, then it cannot be easily shaken, then doubt and confusion cannot easily overpower it.

當頭腦能穩定地安住於和諧的思想時，頭腦的 Prana 便得以維持；這時，頭腦能使自己的思想保持平衡，不容易受到動搖，懷疑與混亂也不容易將它壓倒。

Whether it is nervous illness, whether it is mental disorder, whether it is physical illness, at the root of all these different aspects of illness there is one cause, and that cause is illharmony.

無論是神經性的疾病、心理上的失調，或身體上的疾病，在這些各種不同的疾病現象之下，都有同一個根本原因，那就是不和諧。

The body which has once become inharmonious turns into a receptacle of inharmonious influences, of inharmonious atoms; it partakes of them without knowing it; and so it is with the mind. The body which is already lacking in health is more susceptible to illness than the body which is perfectly healthy; and so the mind which already has a disorder in it is more susceptible to every suggestion of disorder, and in this way goes from bad to worse.

身體一旦失去和諧，就會成為承接不和諧影響與不和諧原子的容器，在不知不覺中攝取它們；頭腦也是如此。已經失去健康的身體，比完全健康的身體更容易患病；同樣地，已經有所失調的頭腦，也更容易受到種種失調暗示的影響，於是情況便一步步惡化。

Scientists of all ages have found that each element attracts the same element, and so it is natural that illness should attract illness; thus in plain words inharmony attracts inharmony, whereas harmony attracts harmony.

歷代科學家都發現，每一種元素都會吸引與它相同的元素。因此，疾病會吸引疾病也是自然的事。簡單地說，不和諧吸引不和諧，而和諧則吸引和諧。

We see in everyday life that a person who has nothing the matter with him and is only weak physically, or whose life is not regular, is always susceptible to illness. Then we see that a person who ponders often upon inharmonious thoughts is very easily offended, it does not take long for him to get offended; a little thing here and there makes him feel irritated, because irritation is already there, it wants just a little touch to make it a deeper irritation.

我們在日常生活中可以看見，一個本身沒有什麼病、只是身體比較虛弱的人，或生活不規律的人，總是比較容易生病。我們也會看見，經常反覆想著不和諧念頭的人，很容易感到受冒犯；不需要多大的事情，周遭一點小事就足以使他煩躁。因為那份煩躁原本已經存在，只需要輕輕一觸，便會變得更加強烈。

Besides this the harmony of the body and the mind depends upon one’s external life, the food one eats, the way one lives, the people one meets, the work one does, the climate in which one lives. There is no doubt that under the same conditions one person may be ill and another may be well. The reason is that one is in harmony with the food he eats, with the weather he lives in, with the people whom he meets, with the conditions around him. Another person revolts against the food he eats, against the people he meets, against the conditions that surround him, against the weather he must live in. This is because he is not in harmony; and he perceives and experiences similar results in all things in his life; disorder and illness are the result.

除此之外，身體與頭腦的和諧也取決於我們外在的生活：我們吃的食物、生活的方式、所接觸的人、從事的工作，以及所處的氣候。毫無疑問，在相同的條件下，一個人可能生病，另一個人卻可以保持健康。原因在於，其中一個人與自己所吃的食物、所處的氣候、所接觸的人，以及周遭的環境相和諧；另一個人卻抗拒自己所吃的食物、所接觸的人、周遭的環境，以及自己不得不生活其中的氣候。這是因為他本身並不和諧；於是，在生活的各個方面，他所感受到與經歷到的結果也與此相似，最終帶來失調與疾病。

This idea can be very well demonstrated by the method that present-day physicians have adopted, of inoculating a person with the same element which makes him ill. There is no better demonstration of this idea than the practice of inoculation. This puts a person in harmony with the thing that is opposed to his nature. If one understands this principle one can inoculate oneself with all that does not agree with one, and with that to which one is continually exposed and from which there is no means of getting away. Woodcutters do not as a rule get sunstroke: seamen do not catch cold easily. The reason is that the former have made themselves sunproof while the latter have made themselves waterproof.

當代醫師所採用的一種方法，可以很好地說明這個觀念：把使人生病的同一種成分接種到他身上。再沒有比接種這項做法更能說明這個觀念了。它使一個人與原本和自身本性相抵觸的事物調和起來。如果我們理解這項原理，也可以對所有與自己不相合、卻又持續暴露其中而無法避開的事物，為自己作同樣的「接種」。伐木工人通常不會中暑，海員也不容易著涼。原因在於，前者已使自己能耐日曬，後者則已使自己能耐水濕。

In short, the first lesson in health is the understanding of this principle, that illness is nothing but inharmony and that the secret of health lies in harmony.

簡而言之，關於健康的第一課，就是理解這項原理：疾病無非是不和諧，而健康的祕訣就在和諧之中。

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