Question: Sadhguru, what is the significance of the Amavasya or new moon day?

问：萨古鲁，Amavasya或新月日的意义是什么？

Sadhguru: Amavasya means no moon day or new moon day. Whenever something or somebody becomes absent, through that absence, their presence always becomes more powerful. If you had a friend or a loved one who was with you, you never felt their presence so much. But the moment they disappear, you feel their presence so much – it is so powerful, isn’t it? Even on the emotional level, it is true. You do not really feel their presence when they are around. Only when they are gone, the vacuum that they have left behind has become more powerful than their presence itself. Similarly with the moon, her absence makes her more present than ever before. On any other day, even the Pournami, she is there, but on Amavasya, the presence is felt even more – that quality is even more.

萨古鲁：Amavasya指无月日或新月日。当某物或某人不在时，透过这种不在，你总会更加强烈地感觉到他们的存在。假如你有一个朋友或爱人一直在你身边，你并不会强烈感觉到他们的存在。一旦他们离开，你反而会强烈感到他们的存在——非常强烈，对吗？即使在情感层面，也是如此。当他们在你身边时，你不会真的感到他们的存在。一旦他们离开，他们留下的那种空虚变得如此强烈，甚至强过他们的存在本身。对于月亮也是如此。看不到她时，会比看到她时，更加强烈地感到她的存在。在其他任何一天，即使在满月日，都不如在新月日更加强烈地感觉到她的存在——那种感觉会更强烈。 

The earth broods on Amavasya; the life process is slowed down on the planet and it is a great opportunity because the integration of life happens much better on this day. When a certain slow down happens, that is when you notice your body. When everything is going well and you are busy, you do not know what is happening with the body; the body is just you. But if a little ailment comes, suddenly the body is an issue and it is something that you have to pay attention to. Only when it does not do well, you know, ‘This is not me. This is just my body giving me troubles.’ Very clearly a distance arises.

在新月日，地球会蛰伏起来；地球上的生命进程会慢下来，这是个很好的机会，因为在这天生命会更加融合。当生命慢下来时，是你注意身体的时候。当一切进展顺利，你非常忙碌时，你不会注意到身体的变化；你会感到身体就是你。假如你感到有些不适，这时身体才是个问题，你才会开始注意它。只有当它运转不好的时候，你才清楚，“这不是我。只是我的身体在找麻烦。”这时，很清楚，距离感产生了。 

Amavasya is a day when one can become easily aware of, ‘What is me and what is not me,’ and from there on, the journey from untruth to truth begins.

新月日这一天，一个人会很容易觉知到，“什么是我，什么不是我，”从此，虚幻到真相之旅便开始了。

So that is the significance of Amavasya. On that day, because a certain integration of the elements is happening, there is a slowdown of everything. If you are seeking wellbeing, Pournami is sacred. If you are seeking liberation, Amavasya is sacred. Accordingly, there are different kinds of practices and sadhanas for those two dimensions of life. It is a day when one can become easily aware of, ‘What is me and what is not me,’ and from there on, the journey from untruth to truth begins. From Amavasya to Pournami, every month the opportunity is created naturally. Even for those who are completely unaware, there is a natural opportunity available beginning every Amavasya and moving on.

这就是新月日的意义。在那天，因为一些元素在融合，一切都慢下来。假如你追求健康幸福，满月日是神圣的。假如你追求解脱，那么新月日是神圣的。相应地，针对生命的这两个不同的维度有不同的练习和灵性修行。这一天，一个人会很容易觉知到，“什么是我，什么不是我”，从此，虚幻到真相之旅便开始了。从新月日到满月日，每个月这个机会都被自然地创造出来。即使那些对此毫无觉察的人，每一个新月日都为他们提供了一个自然的机会，然后他们可以继续前行下去。

The nature of Pournami is more of the Idaa or the feminine. Amavasya is very raw. One day before Amavasya is known as Shivarathri because it is Shiva’s night. It is primordial in nature. When everything is pitch dark, it is like the creation is dissolved. There is a tinge of the destroyer in Amavasya. Generally, on the night of Amavasya a very feminine energy would either be disturbed because it causes certain fear and disturbance in her, or it could turn roguish and man-like.

满月日是偏阴性的。新月日是很原始的。新月日前一天是Shivarathri ，湿婆夜。湿婆夜的特性是原始的。当一切陷入极端的黑暗，万物好像消融。新月日有点像破坏者。一般情况下，在新月夜，阴性能量要么被搅乱，因为它给阴性能量造成一定的恐惧及紊乱，要么变得调皮，像个男性。

Pournami is more conducive for a feminine energy. So Pournami is made use of by the women. For a man, the Pournami night is not very good if he is seeking dissolution. If he is seeking wellbeing, man can also make use of Pournami, but if he is seeking liberation or dissolution, Amavasya is better. For all those who are seeking absolute dissolution, Amavasya is great.

满月日更有助于阴性能量，所以满月日被女性利用。对男性来讲，假如他追求消融，满月日并不是很好。假如他追求的是健康幸福，他也可以利用一下满月日，但假如他追求的是解脱或消融，新月日更好。对于那些追求彻底消融的人，新月日意义非凡。

You may have heard that if people are a little mentally imbalanced, on Pournamis and Amavasyas they become more imbalanced. Why this is so is, the gravitational impact of the moon is working on our planet. So it is pulling everything up. Whole oceans are trying to rise. Similarly, your own blood is trying to rise to the moon’s gravitation. Because of this, if you are mentally little imbalanced, because of excessive circulation in your brain on that day, you will become more imbalanced. If you are happy, you will become more happy; if you are unhappy, you will become more unhappy. Whatever is your quality, it gets a little enhanced on those days because the blood is being pulled upward. So the whole energy is being pulled upward in some way. For a spiritual sadhaka who is always using every means possible to move his energies upward, these two days are like a boon from nature.

你可能听说过，平日精神有点紊乱的人，在满月日和新月日病情会更严重。之所以这样，是因为月亮的引力作用于地球。它把一切都往上拉。整个海洋都在努力往上升。同样地，随着月亮的引力，你的血液也在上升。因此，假如你精神原本有些紊乱，在那天，大脑血液循环过快，你的病情会更严重。假如你快乐，你会变得更快乐；假如你不快乐，你会变得更不快乐。因为血液上升，不管你的身心层面品质如何，都会在这几天增强。所以整个能量都会在一定程度上被往上拉。对于一个灵性修行者，他总是用尽办法使能量上升，那么这两日就是自然的恩赐。

Love&Grace,

Sadhguru

爱与恩典

萨古鲁

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