SPIRITUAL CENTERS & THE LIFE FORCE身体的灵性中心和生命动力

The concept of spiritual centers can be found in the art of antiquity, fromglowing globes on people’s heads in Egyptian art to third eyes on the bodies(even on the palms of hands) in classical Asian art.

灵性中心的概念可以在许多古代艺术中发现踪迹，从埃及艺术里的人的头像到经典亚洲的艺术里的第三只眼(有时这只眼睛甚至长在手心) 。

The first formal mention of spiritual structures, including energy centersand pathways, appears in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, c. 300 B.C. He reveals sixcenters and an ultimate luminescence that occurs around the top of the head.These centers are depicted in two ways: as chakras (literally, “spinningwheels”) and as padmes (literally, “lotuses”). Therefore, one may understandthat the spiritual centers are both energy vortexes that generate movement asthey are stimulated (as a spinning wheel) and enlightenment complexes thatunfold as they grow (as an opening lotus). Cayce correlated these centers withthe endocrine glandular system in the body. He also said that there are twelve(1861-11), but seven are of importance here. Whenever we find seven people,places, or things in a classical story, we may correlate them with the sevenspiritual centers. Cayce’s most famous example of this is in his interpretationof the Book of the Revelation. He correlates the seven churches, seals, vials,and plagues to the cleansing and opening of the seven spiritual centers withina seeker’s physical body (for more on this, see my book Edgar Cayce on theRevelation). Hugh Lynn Cayce had a fascinating presentation on Snow White andthe Seven Dwarfs as a tale of spiritual awakening.

现知道第一个提及灵性结构、能量中心和流经的途径的是公元前300年Patanjali的《瑜伽经》。他展示了六个中心和头顶部位的完全的光明。这些中由两种方式描述：作为脉轮(就是转动的轮)和莲花。因此，灵性中心包括在他们激活后而产生的能量旋涡(转动的脉轮)和领悟后的成长结果(开放的莲花)。凯西将这些中心与身上的腺体系统相联系。他也提及过十二个中心的(解读1861-11)，但这里的七个尤其重要。无论我们在经典的书籍里读到七个人、七个地点、七件物体，都有七个灵性中心的隐含意义。凯西最著名的例子来自对圣经启示录的解释。他将七个教堂、封印、灯头与净化和开启每位寻求者体内的七个灵性中心联系起来。休林凯西则将白雪公主和七个矮人的故事灵性化。

Patanjali also identifies three pathways in the body. Two are an interwovendouble helix called ida and pingala, often represented by double serpents (asin the caduceus). The third is a single path, the sushumna, beginning in thelower pelvic area and traveling directly up the body to the top of the head.These pathways correspond to the body’s two nervous systems: the sushumna tothe central nervous system, with its spinal column and the brain, and ida andpingala to the deeper autonomic nervous system, with its woven nerves thatbegin in the lower torso and ascend to the brain. These three pathways act asone. The energy flows through them simultaneously.

Patanjali也指出了身体内的三个路径。其中两条相互交织的双股螺旋分别是左脉(IDA)和右脉(PINGALA)，经常被描述为双绞的蛇(如双蛇缠绕的魔杖CADUCEUS) 。第三条是单独的路径---中脉(SUSHUMNA) ，起始于尾骨部位，向上贯穿身体至颅顶。这些路径与身体的两套神经系统交融：中脉之于中枢神经系统、以及脊椎和脑部；左脉和右脉走自律神经系统，始于身体下部，交织上升至脑部。这三个路径一体运行，能量通过他们一起流动。

The endocrine glands along this pathway are, in order from lowest tohighest: gonads (testes in males and ovaries in females), cells of Leydig(named after the doctor who discovered them, located in and above the gonads),adrenals (located on top of the kidneys), thymus (located in the upper chest),thyroid (in the throat), pineal (near the center of the brain at the top of thespinal fluid canal), and pituitary (just above the back of the roof of themouth, behind the bridge of the nose, tucked under the frontal lobe). In orderas chakras they are: the root, navel, solar plexus, heart, throat, crown, andbrow, or third eye. Many modern books and teachers list the crown as thehighest and the third eye as sixth, but Cayce instructs us otherwise, as domany of the more classical texts and images. For example, in ancient Hinduismthe kundalini pathway is symbolized by a cobra in the striking position, notstraight up. In mystical Egyptian and Mayan art it is a winged serpent in thestriking position. In Hebrew and Christian mysticism it is the shape of theshepherd’s staff. The energy flows along a path that is like a question mark(?), not like an exclamation mark (!). Cayce says it flows up the body to thebase of the brain, then over to the center of the brain and the crown of thehead, and then on to the forehead and the great frontal lobe of the brain andthe third eye.

沿着路径的腺体有：生殖腺、莱迪细胞、肾上腺、胸腺、甲状腺、松果腺和脑下垂腺。对应于脉轮是根轮、脐轮、太阳神经丛、心轮、喉轮、冠轮和眉轮。许多当代书籍和老师将冠轮列为第七，而眉轮为第六，但凯西以及一些经典的教导不是这样的。例如，古印度教的路径被描述成处於攻击位置的蛇，而不是直线；许多埃及和玛雅艺术里也有张开翼准备攻击的蛇的形像。在希伯来和基督教的神秘传统里，变成了牧羊人的蛇杖。能量流经的途径好似一个问号(?)，不是惊叹号(!)。凯西说它升至大脑基部，然后进入大脑中心和顶部，最后进入前额，第三眼。

Cayce states that the navel and the crown centers have a powerful magnetismbetween them. He says that the crown is always ready to illuminate and elevate,but that individuals must open the navel center before they can begin totranscend and transform. He calls the navel center the “closed door” and thecrown the “open door.” Some Eastern texts call them the “lower gate” and the“jade gate.” Reconnecting these two centers is key to restoring our connectionto the divine within. Here are three Cayce excerpts on this:

凯西指出脐轮和冠轮之间有强力的吸引了。顶轮永远是准备好放光和提升的，但是个体必须开启脐轮的中心，使提升得以开始。他称脐轮的中心为“合上的门” ，而顶轮为“开启的门” 。一些东方的古籍将他们称为“下关”和“玉关” 。将它们再连接是在我们内心连接圣灵的关键。凯西这么讲：

“This was from the flow of emotion from the kundaline center or the Lyden(Leydig) gland, to the ones in the center [pineal] and frontal portion of thehead [pituitary]. This is nothing to be fearful of, but keep the emotionsbetter balanced.”

“源自能量中心或来登腺的能量流，升至头部的中心和前部。不要害怕，但要让能量均衡。”

“Second sight, or the super-activity of the third eye may come wheneverthere is the opening of the lyden (Leydig) center and the kundaline forces fromsame to the pineal.”

“只要来登中心开启和从那里的生命之气升至松果腺，另类视力，或者叫第三眼的超感觉现象就会出现。”

“We find that there has been the opening of the Lyden (Leydig) gland, sothat the kundaline forces move along the spine to the various centers that openwith this attitude and these activities of the mental and spiritual forces ofthe body.”

“我们发现来登腺开启了，这样生命之力沿着脊椎经过各个中心---由身体的心智和灵性力量的态度和活动而打开。”