3、宇宙诞生之前为“无极”

3. Before the universe was Wuji.

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那么“无极”是个什么样的状态呢？

What is the state of Wuji?

“无极”的状态是：无外无内，无大无小，无边无际，无虚无实，没有时间，没有空间，没有物质，没有精神，是一派清明，又是一片混沌，是一切的有，又是一切的无。

Wuji is the state of neither in nor out, neither big nor small, neither bound nor edge, neither null nor true, neither time nor space, neither material nor spirit. It is clear, chaos, everything and nothing.

要详细解释这种状态，百万言的书也难以解释清楚，我只能抓住一个点，强作一点说明。按照古生物学家的推测，地球诞生于四十五亿年之前，那么地球诞生之前它在哪儿呢？我们只能说，地球诞生之前在“无极”中，就象我们人，在诞生之前在哪儿呢？诞生之前我们也在“无极”中，整个宇宙诞生之前在哪儿呢？就在“无极”中，所以“无极”中拥有一切，但是“无极”在哪儿呢？一个没有时间、没有空间、没有物质、没有精神、无外无内、无大无小、无边无际、无虚无实的东西，我们只能用“虚无缥缈”来认识，我们无法说“它就在这里，”或说“它就在那里。”所以说，“无极”是无。但这个“无”决不是常识认识上的“无”，因为它拥有一切，是拥有一切的“无”，要说有，它什么也没有，要说没有，它却拥有一切。这也就是为什么《金刚经》高深莫测，很难理解的原因，比如：

The detailed explanation of the state can’t be completed even in a book containing 1 million words. I just want to stick to one point. According to the estimation of the paleontologists, the Earth was born about 4.5 billion years ago. Then where was the Earth before it was born? We can only conclude that it was in Wuji before it was born, just like the human beings. We were also in Wuji before we were born. Because the whole Universe was in Wuji before it was born, Wuji contains everything. But where is Wuji? A thing without time, space, material, spirit, inside, outside, large size, small size, border, edge, firmness or emptiness can only be described by the word “shapeless and visionary”. However, Wuji doesn’t mean it contains nothing. Instead, it contains everything. It has nothing and everything at the same time. That’s why The Diamond Sutra was profound and difficult to understand. For example:

“无法相，亦无非法相。”

“There is no law, and there is no lawless.”

“如来所说法，皆不可取，不可说，非法，非非法。”

“If Tathagata explains the laws, don’t believe it. The laws can’t be explained. If explained, they are not the laws or not the lawless.”

“所谓佛法，即非佛法。”

“The Buddhism is no Buddhism.”

“阿那含名为不来，而实无不来，是故名阿那含。”

“The name of Anagami is Bulai. But actually Bulai doesn’t exist. So Anagami is called Anagami.”

“庄严佛土者，即非庄严，是名庄严。”

“The solemn Buddhist is not solemn. It is called the Solemn.”

“如来说世界非世界，是名世界。”

“Tathagata says the world is not the world. So it is called the world.”

“我应灭度一切众生，灭度一切众生已，而无有一众生实灭度者。”

“I should eliminate all life. After doing that, I found no life has been eliminated.”

等等，等等。

And so on.

若不清楚宇宙的起源，就难以理解以上“佛法”，若能充分理解以上“非佛法”，就可以知晓宇宙的起源。

If we don’t know the origin of the Universe, it is very difficult for us to understand the above “Buddha words”. If we can fully understand the above “Non Buddha words”, we will know the origin of the Universe.

一切诞生之前都在“无极”中，所以“无极”是有。

Before everything was born, they were in Wuji. So Wuji means everything.

我们用神话小说《西游记》中的一个事例来想象“无极”中的空间。

We wish to take an example from the mythical novel Journey to the West to imagine the space in Wuji.

唐僧师徒误入小雷音寺，孙悟空被妖王的金铙合在中间，这个金铙的空间有多大或多小呢？“行者急了，捻了一个诀，把身子长得有千百丈高，想挣破那金铙，谁知那金铙随着它长；行者又捻了个诀，把身子变成芥菜籽般小，不料那金铙也随着他缩小。”宇宙诞生前的“无极”的空间就象是这个金铙，你说它大，它大得无边，你说它小，它小得无影无踪。

Monk Tang and his apprentices entered the disguised monastery. The Monkey King was trapped in the gold cymbal by the demon head. So how big or how small was this gold cymbal? No matter how high or how low the Monkey King could transform himself, the cymbal could change too following him. The Wuji space before the Universe was born was in the state as the cymbal. It was extremely large and extremely small.

爱因斯坦的广义相对论中所描述的空间，就指这种空间。空间的大小不是由能量来决定，而是由物质的存在来决定，能量转换成的物质越多，空间就随之越大；物质越少，空间就越小，没有物质，就没有空间。就象孙悟空与金铙的关系，孙悟空大，金铙的空间就大；孙悟空小，金铙的空间就小。传统科学认为，空间就象是一个箱子，而物质是摆放在这个箱子中的一个质点，质点不存在了，空间仍然存在。而实际上，空间不是这个样子，质点不存在了，空间也就消失了，空间取决于物质本身的分布，空间随着物质和它能量的大小而扭曲、膨胀、或缩小，甚至消失。

The space described in Einstein’s the General Theory of Relativity just refers to the space above mentioned. The size of the space is not decided by the energy. However, it is decided by the existence of matters. The more matters are transformed from the energy, the larger the space will be and vice versa. If there is no matter, there will no space. It’s the same as the relationship between the Monkey King and the gold cymbal. The space in the cymbal is decided by the size of the Monkey King transforms himself. The traditional science believes that the space is like a box and the material is a particle in the box. When the particle disappears, the space is still there. Nevertheless, the space is not like that. When the particle is not there, the space will disappear. The space is determined by the distribution of particles. The space will twist, swell, contract or even disappear as the material and its energy change the size.

如何理解“无极”中的时间呢？

How to understand the time in Wuji?

时间产生于物体的运动，无运动便无时间。

Time is generated by the movement of objects. There is no time without motion.

比如一个40岁的人，我们说他已经40岁了，是由于他肉体的细胞在分裂、在运动、在死亡，因此，他已经40岁了，假如他的肉体细胞不运动、不分裂，那么，他到达不了40岁。大热天的一块新鲜肉，放置几天就会腐烂发臭，但若我们把这快肉放到冰箱中，几个月也不会腐烂发臭，为什么？因为冰箱内肉细胞的运动减缓了，甚至停止了，运动减缓了，这快肉的时间就延长了，运动停止了，这快肉的时间就消失了。

For example, a man is 40 years old because the cells in his body are splitting, moving and dying. If the cells were not moving or splitting, he would not have lived till 40. A piece of fresh meat will rot in a few days if placed open to the air in hot weather. However, if we put the meat in the fridge, it will not rot in months. Why? The meat in the fridge has slow even halting cell movement. When the cell movement slows down, the time of the meat is lengthened. And when the cell movement stops, the time of the meat disappears.

假设一个人干脆就没有出生，那么，他有时间吗？假设地球没有诞生，地球上有时间吗？假设宇宙没有诞生，宇宙中有时间吗？没有。

If a man is never born, does he still have time? If the Earth is not born, does the Earth have time? If the Universe is not born, does the Universe have time? No.

这就是“无极”中的时间。

This is the time in Wuji.

量子力学中的核心是“测不准”，为什么“测不准”？因为时间不是均匀地流逝的，时间是变化的，你如何能“测准”？

The core of the quantum mechanics is the “uncertainty”. Why? The time does not lapse evenly. The time is changing. So how can you obtain the “certainty”?

好！有关对“无极”的解释就谈这些。

That’s all about my explanation of Wuji.