Shambho：通往存在的终极密码
一. 我的古鲁
直到今天，我生命中最主导的因素一直是我的古鲁，别无他物。不仅是在我的头脑中——毫不夸张地说，在我身体的每一个缝隙、我系统的每一次脉动、我生命的每一丝能量中——他的临在都是我内在最主导的存在。或许正因如此，万物皆在我身上共鸣——那不再是“我”，而是远超于我、远比我宏大的存在。
我不曾将我的古鲁看作一个“触碰过我”的人，尽管他的触碰确实把我带到了生命体验的最高层次，以及对生命与超越的觉悟。我的古鲁曾在帕拉尼山（Palani Hills）附近长久地处于三摩地（Samadhi）状态，人们称他为“帕拉尼·斯瓦米”（Palani Swami）。
当年他在帕拉尼山附近时，聚集在他身边的人甚至比去寺庙的人还多。祭司们感到不安并试图找茬，指责他甚至在排泄时也在念诵Shiva的名号。他们召集了村议会来审判他。他在那里坐下，没有睁眼，也没有开口，但所有人都听见“Shambho”的声音在他身体中清晰而响亮地回荡着。那些人针对他的计划也就此烟消云散。后来，他登上了维灵吉瑞山第七峰（the Seventh Hill of Velliangiri Mountain），并在那里圆寂。
这就是为什么我们今天坐在这里。对我来说，这不仅仅是一座山，这是一座神庙。
在维灵吉瑞山（Velliangiri Mountain），Shambho 是背景音。在Isha，Shambho 的能量一直占据主导地位。
正如风塑造了地球的地貌，Dhyanalinga和 Isha 瑜伽中心是由 Shambho 这个声音所“工程化”（Engineered）构建的。这是一个经过强力圣化与准备的声音。这个特定的真言在这里被深度运用，以提升生命至其最成熟的状态，并最终将其从局限中解脱。
二. 终极密码
我并非在任何灵性文化中长大，我曾是个彻底的不可知论者。直到在查蒙迪山发生那次改变生命的体验之前，我甚至从未听说过“Shiva”或“Shambho”这些词。大约三四周后，我的呼吸突然变得沙哑，而且我无法停止它。我以为自己出了呼吸问题。
当时某种东西正试图从我体内冲出来，而我紧闭双嘴，不让它发生。当我终于学会张开嘴的那一刻，我第一次听到了那个声音——“SH”。从那时起，我意识到这是一个能为我开启整个宇宙的声音。无论我坐着、站着还是无所事事，它都在我体内持续发生。
Shambho 没有逻辑上的解释；它远远超越了一切解释。但它将是我生命中说的最后一句话。它不是一种练习，也不是一种纪律，只是没有它，一切都无法运转。如果你想访问我的“账户”，这就是密码，而我现在把它交给你。
Shambho被设计出来，是为了点燃你，是为了把你唤醒到如此之深的程度，以至于你再也无法沉睡，甚至连死亡也无法再让你沉睡。对我而言，Shambho 是我所知的一切。它是我存在本身的密码。
三. “Shambho”的含义
Shiva的一个重要面向是 Shambho。通常而言，Shambho，或者说这股根本能量的这个面向，只会被真正走在灵性道路上的人所礼敬，因为“Shambho”的意思是“吉祥者”。
发生在你身上最吉祥的事，是你获得了悟，是你触及自身的最高可能。不幸的是，我们往往认为结婚是吉祥的、升职是吉祥的、盖新房是吉祥的……但人生中最吉祥的事，是你抵达了内在的巅峰。
在 Shambho 这个形态中，Shiva似乎比任何其他形态都更容易回应我们。这就是ID，这就是密码：Shambho。
四. 消融的意图
当你唱诵“Shambho”时，你必须把它当作你生命中最后一句话。你准备把一切都抛下，这是你最后要做的事。你唱诵它，是因为你想在声音中消融。
你不是在为了一些琐事祈求帮助。你寻求的是那未被造物主创造之前的的极乐。如果你追求的是生存，那你真的叫错了人。Shiva一直在等待你出现一个脆弱的瞬间，好将你彻底击碎，并开启一个全新的维度。
Shambho: The Password to Existence
I. The Reverberation of the Lineage
The most dominant factor of my life has been my guru, and nothing else, even today. More than in my mind—literally in every crevice of my body, every pulsation in my system, and my very energy—it is just his presence which is the most dominant within me. Probably because of this, just about everything reverberates—not me, but way beyond me, way bigger than me.
I did not see my guru as a man who touched me, though his touch brought me to the highest level of experience and a revelation of life and beyond. My guru sat in states of samadhi for long periods of time near the Palani Hills. People called him “Palani Swami.” It so happened that when he was near the Palani Hills, more people started gathering around him than going to the temple. The priests became agitated and tried to find fault, claiming he was chanting Shiva’s name even during times of defecation. They called a panchayat to judge him. He came and sat there with his eyes closed and his mouth closed, but loud and clear, everyone could hear the sound “Shambho” reverberating from his body. That was the end of their project for him. Later, he went up the Seventh Hill and shed his body there.
That is why we are sitting here today. For me, this is not a mountain. This is a temple.
The ultimate can find expression through various steps of reverberation. In the Velliangiri mountain, the mantra Shambho is the basic reverberation. At Isha, the energy of Shambho has been very dominant. Just as wind shapes the terrain of the planet, the Dhyanalinga Temple and the Isha Yoga Center are engineered by the sound Shambho. This is a sound that has been powerfully consecrated and prepared. This particular mantra has been powerfully used here to enhance life to its fullest maturity and ultimately to liberate it from its limitations.
II. The Ultimate Password
I did not grow up in any spiritual culture; I was very agnostic. I had not even heard these words—Shiva, Shambho—until that life-changing experience on Chamundi Hill. About three or four weeks later, my breath would suddenly rasp, and I couldn’t stop it. I thought I was having a breathing problem.
Something was trying to come out of me, and I was keeping my mouth closed, not allowing it to happen. When I finally learned to keep my mouth open, that’s when I first heard the sound—“SH”. Since then, I realized this is one sound which can open up a universe for me. Whether I sit, stand, or do nothing, it keeps happening within me.
There is no logical explanation for Shambho; it is way beyond explanations. But that will be the last thing I will say in my life. It is not a practice or a discipline; it’s just that nothing gets going without it. If you want to access my account, that’s the password, and I’m giving it away.
It was devised to set fire to you, to awaken you so deeply that you can never fall asleep again—not even in death. For me, Shambho is all that I know. It is the password to my very existence.
III. The Meaning of “Shambho”
One important aspect of Shiva is “Shambho.” Normally, Shambho, or that aspect of this root energy, is worshipped only by people who are on the spiritual path, because the word “Shambho” means “the auspicious one.”
The most auspicious thing that can happen to you is to realize yourself, is to reach the highest within yourself. We think, unfortunately, that getting married is auspicious; getting a promotion is auspicious; building a new house is auspicious… The most auspicious thing that can happen to you in your life is that you reach the peak within yourself.
In that form of Shambho, Shiva seems to respond to us much better than any other form. This is the ID. This is the code: Shambho.
IV. The Intent of Dissolution
When you say “Shambho,” you must say it like it is the last thing you will ever say. You want to throw out everything. This is the last thing you’re going to do. You say it because you want to dissolve with the sound.
You are not asking for help with small things. You seek the blissfulness of the uncreated. If you are seeking survival, you are calling the wrong person. Shiva is waiting for a moment of vulnerability when he can crack you open to a new dimension.