让我们去“A-1”玩一会儿（一）

此段摘自《灵魂永生》第十九章  

替代的“现在”与多重焦点

让我们从你们所熟悉的正常清醒意识开始。离此仅一步之遥的就是你们全都曾不知不觉溜进去的另一个意识层面，我们将称之为“A-1”。它与正常意识相邻，只有微小的区分；但在这个层面中却能出现非常明确的效果，那在通常状态下是不存在的。

你们可以在这个层面运用很多能力，而且以熟悉的物质世界数据为基础，你们可以通过许多不同的方式来体验当下这一刻。在正常情况下你看见身体。在“A-1”你的意识能进入别人的身体并治愈它。你也能以同样的方式感知自己肉体的状况。你可以根据自己的能力，神智清明而有意识地从内部操控物质。

“A-1”可以作为一个旁观台，也就是说，由此你能从一个更清晰的立足点来看待实际发生的事件。利用它时你可以暂时免受身体上的压力，而那种自由又能转而减轻身体上的压力。似乎不可解决的难题常常——但不总是——能得到解决。这时，给自己暗示会有效得多。影像的形成会更加容易，它们也有更强的灵活性。因此，“A-1”只有一步之遥，却是重要的一步。

可以把“A-1”当作通往一连串“更深”意识状态的第一步，它也可以是一连串相邻步骤的第一步。意识的每一个更深层面都可以作为通往其它相邻层面的第一步。“A-1”是很容易进入的，当你聆听喜爱的音乐，当你沉浸在一种安适的消遣中，你就能感受到那种不同的感觉。它可能伴随你自己特有的身体上的线索，也许是轻扣手指，也许是一种特定的手势，也许是凝视或梦游般地左右顾盼。

任何这种身体上的线索都可以帮你区分这种意识状态和平常主宰性的意识状态。你只需认出它，学着把握它，然后进一步实践运用它。通常它仍是物质取向的，因为其能力常常用于对物质环境的内在觉知和操纵。因此你可以站在平常所没有的各种独特立足点来感知当下这一刻。

你可以感知此刻你的肠或手存在的实相世界；经过练习，你也能体验此刻在你身体内同时存在的内在宁静与骚动。这将带给你无限欣赏和惊叹，你将与组成你身体的生命物质产生一种合一感。经过练习，你能直觉地感受自己的内在生理环境，就像你能感受外在物理环境一样。

练习得越多，心灵的内容就越唾手可得。你将看清你的思想，就像看清你的内脏一样。在这种情况下你将认出一些象征物，由此象征性地感知到自己的思想，比如看见混乱的思想像一堆杂草，然后你就可以除之而后快。

你可以要求心中的思想内容转译成一幅强烈的影像，象征性地代表个人的思维和整个精神景观，然后剔除你不喜欢的，并以更积极的影像取而代之。这并不意味着内在景观必须永远阳光普照，但它的确应该维持良好的平衡。

编译： /Laujenny婷    美编：Laujenny婷

Let us begin with the normal waking consciousness that you know. But one step away from this is another level of consciousness into which you all slip without knowing. We will call it “A-l.” It is adjacent to your normal consciousness, separated from it very slightly; and yet in it very definite effects can appear that are not present in your usual state.

At this level many abilities may be used, and the present moment can be experienced in many different fashions, using as a basis the physical data with which you are already familiar. In your normal state you see the body. In A-l your consciousness can enter the body of another, and heal it. You can in the same manner perceive the state of your own physical image. You can, according to your abilities, manipulate matter from the inside consciously, with lucidity and alertness.

A-l may be used as a side platform, so to speak, from which you can view physical events from a clearer standpoint. Using it you are released momentarily from bodily pressures, and with that freedom, you can move to relieve them. Problems that seem beyond solution can often, though not always, be solved. Suggestions given are much more effective. It is easier to form images, and they have a greater mobility. A-l is a sidestep away, therefore, and yet an important one.

Now it can be used as the first of a series of steps, leading to “deeper” states of consciousness. It can also be used as the first of a series of adjacent steps. Each of the deeper layers of consciousness can also be used as first steps leading to other adjacent levels. A-l is simple to enter. When you listen to music that you like, when you are indulging in an enjoyable quiet pursuit, you can sense the different feeling. It may be accompanied by your own characteristic physical clues. You may tap your fingers in a certain way. There may be a particular gesture. You may stare or look dreamily to the left or right.

Any such physical clues can help you differentiate between this state of consciousness and the usual predominating one. You have only to recognize it, learn to hold it, and then proceed to experiment in its use. As a rule, it is still physically oriented, in that the abilities are usually directed toward the inner perception and manipulation of matter or physical environment. You can therefore perceive the present moment from a variety of unique standpoints not usually available.

You can perceive the moment’s reality as it exists for your intestine, or your hand; and experience, with practice, the present inner peace and commotion that exist simultaneously within your physical body. This brings a great appreciation and wonder, a sense of unity with the living corporeal material of which you are physically composed. With practice you can become as intuitively aware of your internal physical environment, as of your external physical environment.

With greater practice, the contents of your own mind will become as readily available. You will see your thoughts as clearly as your inner organs. In this case you may perceive them symbolically through symbols you will recognize, seeing jumbled thoughts for example as weeds, which you can then simply discard.

You can request that the thought content of your mind be translated into an intense image, symbolically representing individual thoughts and the overall mental landscape, then take out what you do not like and replace it with more positive images. This does not mean that this inner landscape must always be completely sunny, but it does mean that it should be well balanced.