浅谈静坐与坐禅

静坐,是一种方法,一种协调身体,恢复生命力的方法.

一般社会人士静坐的宗旨，不外乎让心灵得到轻松、舒适、轻安，让精神和谐统一而已！甚至把身体调好，延年益寿，甚至练丹运气，使自己长年百岁，这一连串的静坐之法，是世间法，甚至有些宗教家静坐以求感应生天等等，这依佛法而言是不了义的，治标不治本，无法达成解脱（梵语vimoksa），不得证悟菩提（梵语bodhi）的。

佛门中所谓坐禅与静坐是有差别的，静坐未必包含坐禅，坐禅有包含静坐，出世法有含概世间法，世间法未必含概出世法，但出世法不离世间法，离世间法则出世法不可得，何以故？世间法觉悟即是出世间法，出世法不能觉悟，出世法则是世间法。

   佛门中所谓坐禅与静坐是有差别的，静坐未必包含坐禅，坐禅有包含静坐，出世法有含概世间法，世间法未必含概出世法，但出世法不离世间法，离世间法则出世法不可得，何以故？世间法觉悟即是出世间法，出世法不能觉悟，出世法则是世间法。

    坐禅与静坐亦复如是，那么，什么叫做坐禅呢？外于一切善恶境界心念不起，名为“坐”；内见自性不动，名为“禅”。

一、自修静坐应该明确的问题：

    1、您为什么开始练习静坐？

       这个问题，看似简单但最为重要，练习者不知道为什么打坐，如同出租车上的乘客，不知道自己要去哪儿？如同百米赛跑的运动员，不知道终点在哪里？

        例如：您为了身体健康，想要学习静坐。

               您为了心情平静，想要学习静坐

               您为了解脱烦恼，想要学习静坐

               您为了延缓衰老，想要学习静坐

               您为了认识生命的真相，想要学习静坐

               您为了修炼功夫，想要学习静坐·····

             您在开始学习时的目标越清晰、越明确，越对静坐有帮助。

     2、您选择谁做您的静坐老师？

      行万里路，不如明师指路，少走弯路。

     3、您的静坐方法是什么？

     一门深入者，成就最快！不断换方法，都是思维复杂的人，难以进入“禅定”。

     4、您在静坐中应该选择什么姿势？

     散盘、正坐、金刚坐、单盘、至善坐、缅甸坐、双盘坐等；其中以双盘坐姿势最稳固，效果最殊胜，练习也最难。

     初学者，臀部后侧应该垫一个棉垫子，直到膝盖落地。

         

     5、您学习静坐中应该带什么样的“心”？

     （1）不要求“静心”。静心是一个结果，不是开始就能够做到的。渴求静心，就会产生对“心乱”的抵触。只要持之以恒，静心就是途中自然出现的结果。

     （2）不排斥杂念、也不要排斥身体的疼痛、酸麻、不舒服等各种现象；不要为了任何“境界”而欢喜和肯定自己，也不要为了“昏沉、散乱”而否定自己。《金刚经》有云：凡所有相，皆是虚妄。一切现象任其经过你的身体，而你可以不必参与其中。因为你不是任何现象，你是一切现象的观照者。

     （3）打坐中遇到困惑，不要和不打坐的人交流、询问。直接问自己的老师！

     （4）一门深入者，成就最快。换来换去者，十年可能还在起点。

    6、需要特别注意保暖：

       1、静坐时盖好膝盖、脚心；冬季要盖厚毯子；夏季节要盖薄毛巾被。为了避免寒气侵入身体。

       2、静坐时不能受“风邪”；尽量不吹后背风、空调风。（曾有人看了电视上在大海边静坐的图像，自己也跑到海边迎着海风静坐，结果得了严重的关节病。其实电视上拍的只是为了视觉效果，没有人真的那样练习）

       3、静坐时不能把腰部、肚脐、大椎穴暴露在外面，不要穿露背的衣服。

       4、刚练习完静坐，尽量不穿露膝盖的裤子、露背的衣服；不要立刻吹风、吹空调，因为此时关节和穴位仍处于打开的状态，很容易吸收外界空间的寒气。 

    7、适合您的静坐时间：

    1、每日早起、晚睡前，最好固定在同一时间。

       （时间充裕的人，可以选择早晨5-7点、中午11点-13点、下午17-19点、晚上23-1点四个时间静坐；）

    2、身体内部“活子时”出现时；

    3、听音乐、看书籍时，灵感突现，直接静坐；

    4、身体内“气动”时、脊柱发热时、丹田发热时；

    5、断食期间；

    6、精神状态最好，精力充沛的时间；

    7、练习瑜伽体式后；爬山或剧烈运动后；

    8、大量说话后，通过静坐调气。

   8、不适合您的静坐时间：

    1、饭后一小时内不适合静坐；

    2、喝酒之后不适合静坐；

    3、雷电、暴雨的天气里；

    4、身体疲倦时、大脑疲倦时，直接睡眠最好；

     

   9、不适合的静坐地方：

    1、环境喧闹的地方，不适合初学者。

    2、空气不干净的地方不要静坐；

    3、医院病房里、潮湿的地方、阴凉的地面上不要静坐；

    4、“媒介体质”的人，身体灵敏度很高，不要在人多的地方静坐；

    5、不能在没有保暖措施的情况下坐在湖水边、海边、山顶、山洞里打坐；

    6、尽量不在洗手间对面、大门正对方向、尖锐棱角的物体正对的方向、电视或者电脑正对的方向静坐。

   10、静坐开始时的注意事项

    1、要求调整身体   

    2、深度放松，从头到脚5分钟

      

    11、静坐结束时的注意事项

    1、收功：双手放在肚脐处，肚脐向内收紧3分钟，自然呼吸。

     2、“还归原处”：平衡的散开身体中的气；搓手、补气、拍打等方法。

    3、不要立刻站起身，转动颈椎、肩周、摩擦双腿的前后内外侧、特别是膝盖部位摩擦1分钟，疏通下半身气血。

    4、起身后行走1-3分钟。

    5、下坐后如果口渴可以喝温水，不要饮用凉水。

    6、如果静坐结束后很疲倦，直接仰卧睡眠，能快速补充身体能量。

      祝福各位修行者，一门深入，早日成就！

       

REIKI: How Reiki Healing Energy Works

The Intelligence of Reiki Healing Energy

Reiki healing therapy allows the spiritually-directed life force energy to flow through the body. The healing Reiki energy is extremely intelligent, and does what it needs to do. Sometimes it will charge up the body with positive energy, other times it will help to break up any stagnant or blocked energies.  Whatever it clears away, it then fills with its loving energy.

Benefits of Reiki Healing Therapy

• Detoxifying the body
• Balancing one’s energy
• Removing energetic blockages

How the Reiki Healing Energy Works

Since the Reiki healing energy is so wise, it knows where it needs to go to do its magic, be it to clear blockages, balance your systems or conduct some other type of healing. The Reiki practitioner doesn’t have to specify where the Reiki energy should go; it knows what to do! However, the Reiki practitioner and/or the recipient can still set an intention about where they would like the Reiki healing energy to go.

For example, that a client comes in with a broken heart. You just finished your Reiki training class, and know that you want to focus on your client’s heart. You can stand at her heart, you can even do heart-healing symbols over it, but ultimately the Reiki healing energy will decide where to go. It may understand that it can best heal by moving to the client’s head and clearing their negative thoughts, giving them peace and relaxation to help their healing.

Reiki energy only works for the highest good of all concerned, so you will not have to worry about ‘doing’ something wrong. Truly, the Reiki healing energy is doing all the work anyway.

Primarily Reiki is working with love energy. It is a wonderful way to learn more about your spirit and explore your life path.

REIKI: Healing with energy

" Reiki is a method of healing using universal energy."

The first thing a person does when he/she has been hurt or is in pain of any sort, is told to hold the painful area. Touch conveys warmth, nurturing and love. REIKI is a method of healing using universal energy. This energy is available to all of us. The world is made up of REI meaning "Universal" and KI meaning "Energy". In the Reiki method of natural healing, you learn to channel and focus this universal energy through your hands, in order to offer healing to yourself and others. This energy works with the positive flow of life, offering a non-intrusive solution to the stress and issues we carry with us daily.

Reiki was rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese, in the early 20th century. Dr Usui`s initial task was to discover how spiritual leaders such as the Buddha and Christ were able to perform miraculous healing through mere touch without depleting their own energy reserves. A deep spiritual experience led him to devote several years to the study. During his quest he experienced an intense energy gratification, which had healing powers. He named this energy—Usui Reiki Ryoho. His disciples, after the World War II, popularized the concept and its practice in the West.

Reiki is transferred to students by Reiki Masters through a series of attunements. During an attunement process, the Master selects a series of symbols, which represent important points located along a person`s energy field, and guides them through higher vibrations of energy. This attunement process enables recipients to access the healing energy on their own—and in turn, help others to access it too.

 

The Five Reiki Principles

BY DR.MIKAO USUI
   

I - Just for today, I will not be angry.

Anger at others or oneself or at the whole world, creates serious blockages in one's energy. It is the most complex inner enemy.

Reiki is an excellent tool to remove anger blockages which have accumulated in the body over years, but it cannot remove the residue of current anger which occurs daily.

Letting go of anger. brings Piece into the Mind.

II - Just for today, I will not worry.

While anger deals with past and present events, worry deals with future ones. Although worry is not always a negative phenomena, endless worries may fill one's head, and each one bores a small hole in one's body and soul. While anger requires a focused Reiki treatment to remove obstacles, worry requires the energy to be spread throughout the entire body.

Letting go of worry, brings healing into the Body.

III - Just for today, I will be grateful.

Be grateful from your hart inward. Inner intention is the important element in this principle. Simple things as thanks, forgiveness, smile, good words, gratitude can improve others life and make them happy.

Being thankful brings Joy into the Spirit.

IV - Just for today, I will do my work honestly.

Support yourself and your family respectably, without harming others.

Earn a respectable living, live a life of honor.

Working Honestly brings Abundance into the Soul.

V- Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing.

Honor your parents, honor your teachers, honor your elders.

Being Kind brings Love into the Will.