從愛心出發

我在一本書裡看到一個很好玩的故事，有關「傻瓜」和「亞蛋」的故事，你們知道嗎？（大眾笑答：亞當、夏娃）他們兩個住在伊甸園裡，本來就平安無事，很像在天堂一樣，吃東西、曬太陽，握手握腳、講一些愛情的話，然後就睡覺，每天這樣很快樂。

有一天，亞當躺在吊床的時候（大眾笑），一條蛇從樹上爬到吊床上，在他耳旁嘀嘀咕咕說：「喂！亞當，你知不知道最近我們最流行什麼衣服？」亞當當然不懂，他從來不知道衣服是什麼，他說：「衣服？衣服是什麼意思？」然後那條蛇說：「哎呀！就是遮蓋身體的東西嘛！像我身上這個外皮就是我的衣服。你身上穿的那個『衣服』，從你生出來到現在都沒有換啊，那種皮膚色的『衣服』目前不流行啦！現在最流行的就是柳丁色。」

亞當說他不懂那些東西啦。那條蛇說：「哎呀！你什麼都不懂！那你整天都在做什麼？」亞當說他整天不需要做什麼，餓了就去找東西吃，累了就睡覺，覺得孤單時就去找夏娃聊天，這樣就很快樂了。

那條蛇說：「哎呀！有很多事情你都不知道，不過我很樂意教你，因為你這樣是不文明的人啊，什麼都不懂，連衣服也不知道怎麼換。」亞當說他為什麼要換衣服呢？他的太太每天也不換衣服，這樣比較省錢，他們兩個很高興嘛，為什麼要換？那條蛇說：「不行啊，我們要跟別人住在一起，別人穿什麼，我們也要穿什麼，有一種競爭的力量才比較好玩。還有我們也可以打坐，因為打坐就可以跟上帝溝通。」

亞當說：「不過我每天已經跟上帝溝通了，我住在祂的園裡，就是每天跟祂溝通，我幹嘛還要打坐呢？」那條蛇說：「如果你已經跟祂溝通的話，那你應該要學習獨立，不能再跟祂溝通那麼多了。我要教你學打坐，才能跟祂分開。」（師父笑）本來就要溝通，現在卻要分開。那個亞當也比較笨、不懂事，在那裡呆呆地聽。

那條蛇又說：「如果你不想要日子過得那麼無聊的話，你可以找一些工作做，比方說去上班。」亞當說：「咦！上班？上班是什麼意思啊？怎麼做是叫上班？應該做什麼工作？」

那條蛇說：「比方說你可以去採水果，每天可以採很多水果這樣子。」亞當說：「為什麼我要採水果呢？我每天要吃多少就採多少，採那麼多水果幹什麼？」

蛇說：「如果你採到四百五十個蘋果，我會教你怎麼變成很文明的人。」亞當說：「我從來沒有採那麼多，為什麼要採那麼多？」蛇說那個就是學校的費用，不然的話，牠不會教他。

亞當不想做那些事情。不過那條蛇說：「你必須要採，因為你要採給你太太。」亞當說：「我太太為什麼需要那麼多蘋果呢？」那條蛇說：「因為她剛剛跟我學了，她已經學好了，現在她欠我四百五十個蘋果。」

哎呀！亞當為了太太忙死了，他本來不用採那麼多，現在因為他的太太變成文明的人，他就每天要採水果，採到四百五十個才行。然後他看「傻瓜」（夏娃）回來以後變成很文明的人，化的是最流行的妝，以及最流行的髮型；她本來是長長的直髮，現在變成像非洲人那種髮型（師父及大眾笑），衣服也都很漂亮，都是最流行的。她越要更多衣服，那個亞當越忙著去採蘋果。

後來他看他太太這麼文明，每天穿不同的衣服，而他卻沒穿衣服，所以感覺到不好意思，那個時候他就開始有罪惡感了。你們知道罪惡感是從哪裡來的嗎？就是從那個時候開始的。後來他自己也去學打坐，學怎麼跟上帝分開（師父笑）。每天忙著去採水果，然後又忙著去買衣服；要買衣服的話，又應該多工作。所以每天就忙啦，沒時間躺吊床、曬太陽，沒時間享受以前那種悠閒的生活。然後他越來越跟上帝分開，他越打坐越分開，所以那個時候就開始生出人類來了。以前沒有穿衣服就不用生小孩，現在穿上衣服就比較好奇一點，這就是故事的結局！（師父及大眾笑，大眾鼓掌） 

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/news/175/

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I came across a very funny story in a book about “A-dumb” (Adam) and “Idiot” (Eve). (*Note: The Chinese pronunciation of these two names sounds like these meanings.) Do you know them? (Audience laughs and says, “Yes! Adam and Eve.”) They lived in the Garden of Eden peacefully just like in Heaven. Everyday they ate, lay under the sun, held hands, talked about sweet nothings and then went to bed. They were happy.

One day when Adam was lying in the hammock (Audience laughs), a snake climbed up and whispered in his ear: “Hey, Adam, do you know what’s the most recent style in popular clothes?” Of course Adam didn’t know, because he’d never known what clothes were before. So he asked, “Clothes? What are clothes?” The snake said, “Those are the things that cover your body! For example, the outer skin on my body is my clothes. But the clothes you’re wearing have never been changed since your birth. That kind of ‘skin-type’ clothing is not in fashion now! The most popular color is orange.”

Adam said that he had no idea about this kind of thing. So the snake said, “Oh! You are so ignorant! What do you do every day?” Adam said there was no need for him to do anything every day. He just found food to eat whenever he was hungry, went to sleep whenever he was tired and chatted with Eve whenever he was lonely. He was very content this way.

The snake said, “There are many things that you don’t know, but I am willing to teach you because you are so uncivilized and ignorant. You don’t even knowing how to change your clothes.” But Adam asked why he had to change clothes. His wife never changed hers, either. It saved money and they were both happy. Why would they have to change? The snake said, “We have to mix with others, wearing whatever they wear. It is more fun to have competition. Besides, we can meditate in order to communicate with God.”

Adam said, “I am already communicating with God every day. I live in Hiers garden, which means I communicate with Hirm every day. Why do I need to meditate?” The snake said, “If you have already communicated with Hirm, then you should learn to be independent and to communicate less with Hirm. I will teach you meditation in order to be separated from Hirm.” (Master laughs) Originally the snake was talking about communicating; now he changed to separating. Adam was dumb and so he stood there listening.

The snake said, “If you do not want to live a boring life, you can find something to do, such as going to work.” Adam replied, “Work? What does that mean? What do you do at work? What kind of thing should you do?”

The snake said, “Well, you can go pick fruits and gather a lot every day.” Adam asked, “Why do I need to pick fruits? I only pick enough for me to eat. What’s the use of picking so many?”

The snake said, “If you gather 450 apples, I will teach you how to become a civilized man.” Adam said, “I have never picked so many before. Why should I do that?” The snake explained that this was his tuition fee. Otherwise, he wouldn’t teach Adam.

Adam said he would rather not do it. But the snake said, “You must do it for your wife.” Adam asked, “Why does my wife need so many apples?” The snake said, “Because she just learned from me and she has graduated. Now, she owes me 450 apples.”

So, Adam started to work very busily for his wife. He originally didn’t need to pick so many apples, but now because his wife had become a civilized person, he had to pick apples every day in order to gather 450 of them. Later when “Idiot” (Eve) came home, she had become a civilized person, wearing the most popular makeup and hairstyle. Her hair used to be long and straight, but now it had become like an African hairstyle. (Master and everyone laugh) Her clothes were also very beautiful and the most fashionable. And the more clothes she wanted, the more fruit Adam had to pick.

Gradually, Adam felt embarrassed because he saw his highly civilized wife changing clothes every day while he himself wore no clothes. He then started to have guilty feelings. Do you know now where the guilty feeling comes from? It came from right then and there. Later, he started to learn so-called meditation on how to be separated from God. (Master laughs) Every day, he was busy picking fruits and then buying clothes. In order to afford more clothes, he had to work more. Soon he became too busy to lie in the hammock, enjoy the sunshine and live a leisurely life like before. Eventually, he became more and more separated from God. The more he meditated, the more he was separated from God. From that time on, they started to give birth to humans. Previously, when they had no clothes on, they didn’t make any children. Now that they were covered with clothes, they became more curious about each other. That’s the end of the story! (Master and audience laugh; audience applauds.)

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/175/