有关心智变化方面,由于我有了这方面的体验,再重读有关的佛学书籍,甚觉历史悠久的佛学,记载得最详细也全面。它把一个人在不同阶段的心智变化加以分类,并给予正名,如:信徒、小乘、中乘、大乘、僧伽、达摩、佛,等等。但最能把心智变化用简单句子清楚地 描写出来的,我倒认为是回教的THE PHILOSOHPY OF THE TEACHING OF ISLAM 一书的著作H M GHULAM AHMAD 。据他对《 可兰经》 的参悟,认为人的心智有三个基本境界,如果一个人的衣、食、住、行及喜、怒是随心所欲的话,即是自然境界(NATURAL STATE ) ;当一个人能以理解及讲道理的态度处世,并能自制自然境界之行为时,即进入道德境界(MORAL STATE)。第三个境界称为精神境界(SPIRITUAL STATE);“一个人达到这个境界时,他的自然行径和习惯遭遇完整的改变,并与过去的情形有极大的相差”。
原文:AT THAT TIME NATURE AND HABITS EXPERIENCE A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION , AND THE PERSON IS DRAWN FAR AWAY FROM HIS PREVIOUS CONDITION.
原文:HE REMAINS IN THIS SITUATION FOR A PER10D AND WHEN THE APPOINTED TIME COMES , A LIGHT DESCENDS UPON HIM AT NIGHT OR DURING THE DAY , WHICH POSSESSES DIVINE POWER WITH THE DESCENT 0F THAT LIGHT , HE UNDERGOES A WONDERFUL CHANGE AND HE PERCEIVES THE CONTROL OF A HIDDEN HAND , AND BEHOLDS A WONDERFUL WORLD, AT THAT TIME , HE REALIZES THAT GOD EXIT AND HIS EYES ARE FILLED WITH A LIGHT WHICH THEY DID NOT POSSESS BEFORE.