Stephanie made a bet with her friend that she could never muster enough patience to sit for meditation, even for ten minutes… not only did she lose the bet, she was catapulted down a path she would never have expected possible.
Stephanie和朋友打赌，她绝不会有足够的耐心坐下来冥想，哪怕十分钟……她不仅输掉了赌注，还被扔到了一条未曾想到的道路上。
The Man in the Unusual Attire
穿着不寻常的人
This happened in 2011. One day I saw two dear friends of mine sitting still, entirely unmoving, in front of a laptop. There was no exchange of words as they watched a bearded guy with a turban and shawl speaking on the screen. The man’s attire seemed unusual* to me, so I decided to sit and watch. And I kept watching and watching. I couldn’t get enough of his piercing clarity. He seemed both ancient and yet completely modern at the same time. That was my first introduction to Sadhguru.
这发生在2011年，一天，我看到我的两位朋友在电脑前安静地坐着，一动不动。他们彼此没有交谈，只是看着屏幕上那个大胡子、戴着头巾和披肩的家伙讲话。对我来说，这个人的服饰不同寻常，所以我决定坐下来观看。这一看我就停不下来了，他那一针见血的清晰洞见让我怎么也看不够。他看起来既古老又完全现代。这是我和萨古鲁的第一次接触。
Hours passed as I continued to watch video after video. I was completely blown away by his logic. But what surprised me most was that he not only answered all of my unanswered questions, he also answered those questions I had buried as a child. And somewhere along the way I slowly drifted off, thinking back on the life I had been living.
我一个视频接一个视频地看，几个小时过去了，我被他的逻辑完全震撼了。但是最让我吃惊的是他不仅回答了我所有一直得不到答案的问题，也回答了那些自孩提起就埋藏在我内心的问题。渐渐地我陷入沉思之中，追忆起我过去的生活。
Life Before Shambhavi
Shambhavi前的生活
In my office, people were sometimes so unkind to each other. Jealousy, competition, bias – these were not unusual for the corporate world I was in. I was advised to stomach it if my boss decided to throw a tantrum, not necessarily because I did something wrong, but simply because that was the way things worked. And as much as I didn’t jive with this unspoken system, I found myself doing the very same to avoid any conflict. But I was burning in anger. I wanted a change!
在我的办公室里，有时候人们对待彼此是如此不友善。嫉妒、竞争、偏见——这些对于我所在的企业界并不稀奇。别人建议我，如果老板发火了，你就要忍气吞声，不一定是你做错了什么，而只是因为事情就是这样运作的。尽管我不喜欢这个不成文的规矩，但我发现自己就在这么做，为了避免任何冲突。但其实我怒火中烧。我想要改变!
A Lost Bet
我赌输了
Back to the bearded man. After our marathon Youtube session, I was hooked. Mesmerized. But I was still quite skeptical of the whole meditation thing. So when my friend suggested we should start practicing Isha Kriya, a 15-minute guided meditation offered by Sadhguru, I told him, “Well, you know, I don’t have the patience to sit in one place. And neither do you!” I made a bet with him that if he tried, he would not manage more than a few days of practice.
再回到那个留着大胡子的人。在我们马拉松式地看完Youtube视频之后，我完全着迷了。但我仍然对冥想持怀疑态度。因此，当我的朋友建议我们开始练习Isha Kriya——一个由萨古鲁奉献的15分钟的引导冥想时，我告诉他，“嗯，你知道，我可没耐心坐在一个地方。你也是！“ 我和他打了个赌，让他试试，我肯定他最多只能坚持几天。
To my complete surprise, when we next met, he had already finished the entire recommended 48-day cycle of practice! And he was continuing his practice.
而完全出乎我意料的是，当我们再次碰面时，他已经完成了建议的整个周期——48天的练习！而且他还在继续他的练习。
It became common for us to hear him announce, “It’s time for my dose of Isha Kriya!” His excitement was contagious. In a short time, I could see the change in him – he had definitely become calmer, yet he had this extra spunk. His experience made me curious and I decided to see for myself what the deal was all about. So I jumped the queue and got initiated into Shambhavi Mahamudra kriya in Singapore in 2012.
我们开始经常听到他宣布，“到了我Isha Kriya的时间了！”他的兴奋很有感染力。在很短的时间内，我看到了他身上的变化——他确实变得更平静了，并且还变得更有勇气。他的经历让我很好奇，我决定亲自看看这玩意到底是怎么回事。于是，我直接“跳级”，参加了2012年在新加坡的Shambhavi Mahamudra kriya（香巴维大手印，内在工程所教授的Kriya）的开启。
First Encounter
初次见面
I vividly remember the day I first saw Sadhguru. It was entirely surreal seeing this white-bearded Guru I had watched on all those Youtube videos, actually standing there in front of my eyes. I was thrilled to finally get to see him in real life. Yet there was a mixed feeling in it, of not being able to come close to him. I felt I had to earn it.
我清楚地记得我第一次见到萨古鲁的那一天。看着我在所有Youtube视频上看到的这位白胡子古鲁，实实在在地站在我眼前，完全是一种超现实的感觉。终于能在现实生活中见到他，我很激动。然而，不能更加靠近他，让我的内心五味杂陈。我觉得我得为之努力。
I was never the kind of person to stick to any activity consistently. I would repeatedly find myself chasing one thing, dropping it and starting after another. But to my surprise, I was consistent with Shambhavi Mahamudra. I did not miss one day of practice. And this was the turning point in my life.
我从来都不是那种会对一件事坚持不懈的人。我常常发现自己投入一件事一段时间后，就会放弃，再开始另一件事。但令我惊讶的是，我对香巴维大手印却很坚持。我没有错过一天的练习。这是我人生的转折点。
Life After Shambhavi
Shambhavi后的生活
Those 21 minutes of Shambhavi Mahamudra became the highlight of my day – it was a window for me to completely focus inward. My time with myself, and only myself. The simple practice of Shambhavi gave me a sense of inner freedom that I had always thought was something I needed to find elsewhere. Imagine finding out that it had always existed in me since day one! The clarity of thoughts that came as a result of practicing Shambhavi was something I never would have imagined. Inexplicably, tears from nowhere would catch me off guard and yet they left me in a very pleasant state within. I could see my own limitations start to surface, but there was no resistance from my side. The feeling grew stronger as the days passed and I continued the practice.
这21分钟的Shambhavi Mahamudra成为我一天中最美妙的部分——它是让我完全专注于内在的一扇窗口。是我和自己在一起的时间，只有我自己。Shambhavi的简单练习给了我一种内在自由的感觉，而我一直以为它是我需要在别处寻找的东西。想象一下，我找到了一直以来存在于我内在的东西！练习Shambhavi所带来的清晰思维也是我从未想过的。不知为什么，不知从哪里来的眼泪会让我猝不及防，让我的内在处于一种非常愉悦的状态。我可以看到自己的局限开始显现出来，而我也没有抗拒这一点。随着日子一天天过去，这种感觉越来越强烈，而我也一直坚持着练习。
After reading Sadhguru's biography, More Than A Life, all I really wanted was to do whatever I could, to share Sadhguru with as many people as possible. It came to a point where I started volunteering regularly – and I found volunteering so much more fulfilling than anything I had been doing in my corporate job.
读了萨古鲁的传记《不止一世》（More Than A Life）后，我真正想要的就是尽我所能与更多的人分享萨古鲁。我开始定期做志愿者——我发现做志愿者比我在公司做的任何事情都更有成就感。
Nothing Short of a Miracle
堪称奇迹
I knew I wanted more though. So in 2013, I did the 21-week Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at the Isha Yoga Center. In five months of daily practice of hatha yoga, the scoliosis that I had had since childhood was completely rectified. This was nothing short of a miracle. I never would have thought it possible without any medical intervention. But throwing myself into classical hatha yoga fixed me in more ways than I could ever understand. To this day, I find it extremely difficult to express this immense gratitude to Sadhguru.
然而，我知道我想要更多。所以在2013年，我在Isha瑜伽中心进行了为期21周的Hatha瑜伽老师培训。在五个月的每日哈他瑜伽练习中，我从小就患有的脊柱侧弯得到了彻底的矫正。这简直是个奇迹。我从来没有想过在没有任何医疗干预的情况下，我的脊柱可以得到矫正。它在很多层面上以超乎我理解的方式修正着我。直到今天，我都无从表达我对萨古鲁的感激之情。
Editor’s Note: Sadhguru offers Isha Kriya, a free, online guided meditation that helps bring health and wellbeing. Daily practice of this simple yet effective 12-minute process can transform one's life.
编者按：萨古鲁提供的Isha Kriya，是一个免费的在线引导冥想，帮助人们获得健康和幸福。每天12分钟练习这个简单而有效的冥想可以改变一个人的生活。
原文链接：
isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/blog/article/skeptics-dive-meditation
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