Awareness:Every pore of the skin has to become an eye
覺知:每個皮膚的毛細孔都必須為眼睛
We think of intelligence and perception as taking place exclusively in our brains, but yoga teaches us that awareness and intelligence must permeate the body. Each part of the body literally has to be engulfed by the intelligence. We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When the two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides. This leads to a sense of fragmentation and "dis-ease." For example, we should eat only when our mouths spontaneously salivate', as it is the body's intelligence telling us that we are truly hungry. If not, we are force-feeding ourselves and disease will surely follow.
我們一般都認為所謂人的智慧和察覺力只會發生在大腦裡。但瑜伽卻教導我們必須將覺知與智慧融入身體之中。身體的每個部位必須確實地被智慧融入其中,我們必須在身體的敏覺性與心智的理解力上創造一個連結。一旦這兩者無法合作協調時,那麼彼此都不會愉悅,這將會導致身體連結的分裂以及產生所謂的疾病,舉例來說,當我們的口腔開始不由自主地流口水時,我們就應該進食。這也就是身體正在傳達出,我們真的餓了。如果不藉由這樣的察覺力,我們就會不斷的餵食我們自己,然後疾病就會跟著到來。