1. Health
1. 健康

Just as for every illness there is a remedy, so for every disaster there is a reconstruction. Any effort, in whatever form and however small, made towards reconstruction or towards the betterment of conditions is worthwhile, but what we need most is the understanding of that religion of religions and that philosophy of philosophies which is Self-knowledge. We shall not understand the outer life if we do not understand ourselves. It is the knowledge of the self that gives the knowledge of the world.

正如每一種疾病都有其療方，每一場災難也都有其重建。任何為了重建或改善情況而付出的努力，無論採取什麼形式、無論多麼微小，都是值得的；然而，我們最需要的，是理解那宗教中的宗教、哲學中的哲學，也就是自我認識。若不了解自己，我們就無法了解外在的生命。正是對自我的認識，帶來對世界的認識。

What is health? Health is order. And what is order? Order is music. Where there is rhythm regularity, cooperation, there is harmony, there is sympathy. Health of mind and health of body therefore depend upon preserving that harmony, upon keeping intact that sympathy, which is going on in mind and in body.

什麼是健康？健康就是秩序。那麼什麼是秩序？秩序就是音樂。有節奏、規律與合作之處，就有和諧，就有相應。因此，頭腦的健康與身體的健康，有賴於保持這份和諧，有賴於維持那正在頭腦與身體之中運作的相應，使它完整不受破壞。

Remember that life in the world, and especially if lived amidst the crowd, will test and try our patience every moment of the day, and it will be most difficult to preserve that harmony and peace which are all happiness. What is the definition of life? Life means struggle with friends and battle with foes; it is all the time giving and taking, and it is most difficult to keep the sympathy, to keep the harmony which are health and happiness.

要記得，生活在世間，尤其是生活在人群之中，一天之中的每一刻都會考驗我們的耐心；而要維持那份構成一切幸福的和諧與平靜，是極為困難的。生命的定義是什麼？生命意味著與朋友掙扎、與敵人戰鬥；它始終都在給予與接受，而要保持那份相應、保持那份即是健康與幸福的和諧，是極為困難的。

Where are we to learn it? All education, learning and knowledge are acquired, but this one art is a divine art and man has inherited it. Absorbed in outer learning he has forgotten it, yet it is an art which is known to his soul, yet it is his own being, it is the deepest knowledge of his heart. No progress in whatever line will give a man that satisfaction his soul is craving for, except this art which is the art of life, the art of being which is the pursuit of his soul. In order to serve the reconstruction of the world the only thing possible and the only thing necessary is to learn the art of being, the art of life, for oneself and to be an example oneself before trying to serve humanity.

我們要到哪裡去學習它？一切教育、學習與知識都是後天獲得的，但這一門藝術卻是一種神聖的藝術，是人所承繼的。人沉浸於外在的學習之中，因而忘記了它；然而，這是一門他的靈魂所知道的藝術；然而，它就是他自己的存在，是他內心最深處的知識。無論在哪一方面取得進步，都無法給予一個人其靈魂所渴求的那份滿足，唯有這門藝術可以；它是生命的藝術，是存在的藝術，也正是他的靈魂所追求的。為了服務於世界的重建，唯一可能、也是唯一必要的事，就是先為自己學習存在的藝術、生命的藝術，在試圖服務人類之前，先使自己成為一個榜樣。

What is Sufism? It is that art which has just been spoken of, the art through which the music and symphony of life can be preserved, and through which man can enable himself to become the proper servant of God and humanity.

什麼是蘇菲？它就是剛才所說的那門藝術，是藉此得以保存生命的音樂與交響樂的藝術，也是人藉此使自己能夠成為神與人類之合宜僕人的藝術。

Health is an orderly condition caused by the regular working of the mechanism of the physical body. The regular working of the physical body depends upon the weather, diet, the balance between action and repose, and the condition of the mind.

健康是身體機制規律運作所造成的一種有秩序的狀態。身體能否規律運作，取決於天氣、飲食、活動與休息之間的平衡，以及頭腦的狀態。

Many think that it is some deformity of the body, a curve in the spine or a cavity in the brain, that affects the mind; few realize that very often the mind produces an irregularity in the spine or in the brain, thereby causing an illness. The ordinary point of view regards an illness as a physical disorder which can be cured by means of material remedies: Then there is another point of view: that of people who think deeply and who say that by not taking notice of an illness, or by suggesting to oneself that one is well, one can be restored to health.

許多人認為，是身體的某種畸形、脊椎的彎曲或腦中的空洞影響了頭腦；很少有人明白，很多時候反而是頭腦在脊椎或腦中造成了不規則，因而導致疾病。一般的觀點把疾病視為一種身體上的失序，可以藉由物質性的療法治癒：接著還有另一種觀點，也就是那些深入思考的人所持的觀點；他們認為，只要不去注意疾病，或向自己暗示自己是健康的，人便可以恢復健康。

This point of view can be exaggerated, when some people claim that illness is an illusion, that it has no existence of its own. The ordinary point of view can also be exaggerated when one thinks that medicine is the only means of cure and that thought has little to do with actual illness. Both these persons, he one who looks at it from the ordinary point of view and the other who sees from a deeper point of view, will find arguments for and against their idea. Some people go as far as to say that medicine must not be touched by those who have faith, and some affirm that an illness is as real as health. It is in the absence of illness that a person can easily call pain an illusion, but when he is suffering, then it is difficult for him to call it an illusion.

這種觀點也可能被推向極端，例如有些人宣稱疾病只是一種幻象，它本身並不存在。一般的觀點也可能被推向極端，例如認為藥物是唯一的治療方法，而思想與實際的疾病幾乎沒有關係。這兩種人，一個從一般的觀點來看，另一個從更深的觀點來看，都能找到支持與反對自己觀點的論據。有些人甚至說，有信仰的人不應碰觸藥物；另一些人則斷言，疾病和健康一樣真實。人在沒有疾病時，很容易把痛苦稱為幻象；但當他正在受苦時，要把它稱為幻象就很困難了。

The question who is more subject to illness, a spiritual person or a material person, may be answered thus: a spiritual person who discards physical laws is subject to illness as much as a material person who discards spiritual laws. No doubt a spiritually inclined person is supposed to have less chance of being ill, because his spirit has become harmonious through spirituality. He creates harmony and radiates it; he keeps to the realm of nature, in tune with the Infinite. Nevertheless, a spiritual person’s life in the midst of the world is like the life of a fish on the land. The fish is a creature of the water; its sustenance, its joy, its happiness are in the water. A spiritual soul is made for solitude; his joy and happiness are in solitude. A spiritual person, set in the midst of the world by destiny, feels out of place, and the ever-jarring influences of those around him and the continually striking impressions which disturb his finer senses, make it more likely that he will become ill than those who push their way in the crowd of the world and are ready to be pushed away.

若問靈性之人與物質之人，誰比較容易生病，可以這樣回答：一個棄置身體法則的靈性之人，與一個棄置靈性法則的物質之人，同樣容易生病。毫無疑問，一個具有靈性傾向的人，理應比較不容易生病，因為他的靈已經透過靈性而變得和諧。他創造和諧，也散發出和諧；他安住於自然的領域之中，與無限相調。然而，一個靈性之人生活在世間，就如同魚生活在陸地上。魚是水中的生物；牠的滋養、喜悅與幸福都在水中。靈性的靈魂是為獨處而生的；他的喜悅與幸福都在獨處之中。一個由命運安排置身世間的靈性之人，會感到自己格格不入；周遭的人不斷帶來擾亂與衝突的影響，以及持續衝擊、擾動他較細微感官的種種印象，使他比那些在人世人群中奮力前行、也隨時準備承受推擠的人，更容易生病。

A spiritual soul is an old soul according to the Eastern terminology. Even a spiritually minded young person shows the nature of the aged, but at the same time spirituality is perpetual youth. A spiritual person admires all things, appreciates all things, enjoys all things to their fullness. Therefore if one says that the spiritual person is like an old person it is true, and if one says the spiritual person is like a young person it is true also.

依東方的術語而言，一個靈性的靈魂是一個老靈魂。即使是一個具有靈性心性的年輕人，也會顯露出年長者的性質；但與此同時，靈性又是永恆的青春。靈性之人欣賞一切事物、珍視一切事物，也充分地享受一切事物。因此，若說靈性之人像老人，這是真的；若說靈性之人像年輕人，這也是真的。

People have lost the conception of normal health these days when the standard of normal health is below the real conception of health. To be healthy is not only to be muscular: to be really healthy is to be able to enjoy and appreciate life fully. To be healthy means to be thoughtful; the one who can feel deeply shows the sign of health.

如今人們已經失去了對正常健康的概念，因為所謂正常健康的標準，已經低於真正的健康概念。健康並不只是肌肉強健；真正的健康，是能夠充分地享受生命、欣賞生命。健康意味著能夠深思；能夠深刻感受的人，顯示出健康的徵象。

It is not surprising if a material person becomes ill, nor is it amazing if a spiritual person is unwell. The former becomes ill because he has lost his rhythm, the latter is ill because he could not keep to a rhythm which is not his own. Be one spiritual or material, since one has to live in the midst of the world, one shares the conditions of all those who are far and near, and one subjects oneself to the influences, desirable or undesirable, coming from all around. One cannot close one’s eyes, nor can one close one’s heart, to the impressions which continually fall upon one. The best one can do is to keep a careful watch against all that comes upon one causing irregularity, inharmony and disorder, to be resigned to all one has to pass through, and to be courageous in order to overcome all that keeps one back from health and perfection.

一個物質之人生病並不令人驚訝，一個靈性之人身體不適也不足為奇。前者生病，是因為他失去了自己的節奏；後者生病，則是因為他無法維持一種並不屬於他的節奏。無論一個人是靈性的還是物質的，既然必須生活在世間，他就會共同承受所有遠近之人的處境，也會使自己受到從四面八方而來、無論可欲或不可欲的影響。一個人無法對持續落在自己身上的種種印象閉上眼睛，也無法閉上自己的心。他所能做的最好之事，就是仔細警覺一切臨到自己、造成不規律、不和諧與失序的事物；順受一切自己必須經歷的事，並以勇氣克服一切阻礙自己走向健康與圓滿的事物。

Health is a most important subject. There is a Hindustani proverb: Health is a thousand gifts. The other interests of life should sometimes be sacrificed to health.

健康是一個極為重要的主題。有一句印度斯坦諺語說：「健康是一千份恩賜。」生命中的其他利益，有時應當為健康而犧牲。

If the veins and tubes of the body are stopped up, this causes disease. If they are stopped up by water, it causes colds and coughs. If they are stopped up with air- that is by poisonous gases – one gets rheumatism and similar diseases. If they are stopped up by a sort of rust, these are the germs that cause disease. There are surroundings, there are circumstances, there are germs that may cause disease, but the disease comes in proportion to the welcome one gives it.

如果身體的血管與管道阻塞了，就會造成疾病。如果是被水阻塞，就會造成感冒與咳嗽。如果是被空氣——也就是有毒氣體——阻塞，就會得風濕病以及類似的疾病。如果是被某種鐵鏽般的東西阻塞，那就是造成疾病的病菌。環境、處境、病菌都可能造成疾病，但疾病到來的程度，與一個人給予它多少歡迎成正比。

One way is giving it too much sympathy. If a child has a headache, and the mother says: “Oh, poor child, you must lie down on your bed and I shall bring you an apple and an orange”, the apple and the orange are brought to the headache, the bed and the sympathy are given to the headache to welcome it. If it is given such a welcome, it will make its abode there. There are some people who love their self so much that they say, “Oh, poor self, what a pity it is that you should be ill, that you should suffer.” Self-pity is a great cause of disease.

其中一種原因，就是給疾病太多的同情。如果一個孩子頭痛，母親說：「噢，可憐的孩子，你一定要躺在床上，我會拿一顆蘋果和一顆橘子給你。」那麼，蘋果和橘子其實是拿給頭痛的，床與同情也是給頭痛的，用來歡迎它。如果給了它這樣的歡迎，它就會在那裡安家。有些人如此愛惜自己的自我，以至於會說：「噢，可憐的自己，你竟然生病、竟然受苦，真是太可憐了。」自憐是疾病的一大成因。

Then there is fear. If there is a dog in your street, and you show the dog that you are afraid, it will attack you. So it is with disease. I know this through my own experience. When I used to go about in India to give concerts, I used to think, “What will happen ill have a cold on the day of the concert? If it comes before it does not matter, but if it comes on the day of the concert, it will be terrible.” And on the day of the concert the cold came and went into my throat. Until I learned the way of it the cold would always come. Another thought is, “What will become of me? I am well this week, but how shall I be next week? I may be ill. I am well this year, but next year I may be ill. I must take some precautions.”

其次是恐懼。如果你的街上有一隻狗，而你讓那隻狗看出你害怕，牠就會攻擊你。疾病也是如此。這是我從自己的經驗中知道的。從前我在印度各地舉行音樂會時，常常會想：「如果音樂會那一天我感冒了，會發生什麼事？如果之前感冒倒不要緊，但如果在音樂會當天發生，那就太糟糕了。」而到了音樂會那一天，感冒果然來了，並且進入我的喉嚨。在我明白其中的方式之前，感冒總是會來。另一種念頭是：「我會變成什麼樣子？我這星期很好，可是下星期會怎樣？我可能會生病。我今年很好，可是明年我可能會生病。我必須採取一些預防措施。」

A rich lady whom I knew in Paris once wrote to me saying, “Murshid, I cannot come to your lecture.” I went to see her, expecting to find her very ill. She said, “I cannot go out of the house or see anyone; the doctor forbade me.” I asked, “Have you any pain?” “No”, she answered, “I do not know; but the doctor told me not to go out.” I said, “Is your doctor a god, is he a prophet or a messenger of God, that he has brought you a message of sickness?”

我在巴黎認識的一位富有女士，有一次寫信給我說：「穆希德（導師中的導師），我不能來聽您的演講。」我去看她，原以為會發現她病得很嚴重。她說：「我不能走出家門，也不能見任何人；醫生禁止我這麼做。」我問：「妳有任何疼痛嗎？」她回答：「沒有，我不知道；可是醫生叫我不要出去。」我說：「妳的醫生是神嗎？他是先知，還是神的使者，以至於他帶給妳一個疾病的訊息？」

Question: Why does illness come upon us?

問：我們為什麼會生病？

Answer: Illness comes because we allow it to come. We allow it either consciously or unconsciously, and it stays there where it finds a welcome, sympathy, a bed prepared for it, a doctor to attend to it.

答：疾病會來，是因為我們允許它來。我們或有意識、或無意識地允許它，而只要它發現那裡有人歡迎它、有同情給它、有床為它準備好、有醫生照料它，它就會留在那裡。

Illness always comes from something bad: bad atmosphere, bad food, bad surroundings.

疾病總是來自某些不好的東西：不好的氣氛、不好的食物、不好的環境。

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