Are we really hardwired to think and feel in a certain way? Can cognitive decline be prevented? And is it actually possible to slow down, halt, or even reverse the aging process? In this article, Sadhguru breaks down the mechanics of the brain, neuroscientific findings, and proven ways to rejuvenate your brain and body on a very fundamental level.
我们的生理构造是否真的决定了我们思考和感受的方式？认知能力的下降可以预防吗？真的有可能减缓、暂停、甚至逆转衰老过程吗？在这篇文章中，萨古鲁解析了大脑机制、神经科学的发现，以及已被证实能在基本层面让你的大脑和身体恢复活力的方法。
Sadhguru: A number of years ago, neuroscientists established the fact that the human brain cannot evolve further. You can only learn to use it better, but it cannot evolve further, physically. The only way the brain could evolve physically [in theory] and become more capable is if the size or the number of neurons could be increased. If you increase the number of neurons, clarity would be lost. If you increase the size of the neurons, the volume of energy they consume would become such that the body would not be able to sustain it.
Sadhguru（萨古鲁）：许多年前，神经科学家确认了人类大脑无法再进化的事实。你只能学着更好地使用大脑，但是它不能在生理层面进一步进化了。（理论上）只有当神经元的大小或数量增加时，大脑才能在生理层面进化并变得更强大。如果增加神经元的数量，（头脑的）清晰度就会减弱。如果你增加神经元的大小，它们消耗的能量就会过大，以至于身体无法支持。
Why the Human Brain Cannot Evolve Further
为什么人类大脑不能进一步进化
Neuroscientists are saying that the human brain cannot evolve further because the physical laws do not allow it. Adiyogi said that unless the dynamics of the solar system change, which means unless the physical laws change on the planet, human beings cannot evolve further, physically.
神经科学家说，人类大脑不能进一步进化是因为物理定律不允许。Adiyogi说除非太阳系的动力体系发生变化，也就意味着除非地球上的物理定律发生变化，否则人类就无法在生理层面进一步进化。
But you can evolve in ways that are not physical. The way you are right now is not fixed 100%. If you strive, you can cross the limitations you live in right now. That is the most dynamic and creative process for a human being.
但是你可以以非生理的形式进行进化。你现在的状况并不是百分百固定的。如果你努力，你可以跨越你现在所处的局限，这是人类最具活力和创造力的过程。
How Rewiring Your Brain Actually Works
大脑是如何重塑的
Neuroplasticity means you can rewire your brain completely. We have always been saying that in the yogic systems. If you are willing to do some very intense and focused work, we can rewire your brain completely, so that you think differently, feel differently, act differently – in a matter of 24 hours. Just by cultivating a different kind of thought, by doing different kinds of activity, you can reshape your brain. The gray matter can increase and decrease in different areas of the brain by doing certain practices, in a matter of days or weeks.
神经可塑性意味着你可以完全重塑你的大脑。在瑜伽体系中我们一直在说这个。如果你愿意做一些非常高强度和非常专注的事情，我们可以完全地重塑你的大脑，这会让你在24小时内就有不同的思考方式、感受和行动。通过培养不同的思想，做不同类型的活动，就可以重塑你的大脑。通过做某些特定的练习，在几天或几周内你大脑中不同区域的灰质会增加或减少。
We have proven that in people who do a simple 21-minute practice called Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya, which is part of the Inner Engineering process. Studies by the University of California have shown that the neuronal regeneration in the brain is about 240% higher than normal if you are doing this practice for over three months.
我们已经在做一个21分钟的简单练习的人身上证明了这点，这个练习叫做香巴维大手印克里亚，是内在工程练习的一部分。加利福尼亚大学的研究表明，如果做这个练习超过三个月，大脑中的神经细胞再生会比平常高240%。
Yogic Ways of ‘Biohacking’
瑜伽式的“生物黑客”
Everyone could do with a little more intelligence – even more so because in your thirties or forties, the neuroregeneration in your brain starts to slow down, which means more neurons are dying than are being replaced.
多一点智慧人人受用——尤其是当你三四十岁时，你大脑中的神经再生开始减缓，这意味着死亡的神经元比更新的神经元更多。
If you practice Shambhavi every day, the number of neurons that are being replaced will be higher than the number of neurons that are dying. That means age need not take away your intelligence. Shambhavi has a certain element that creates ojas, which is a non-physical dimension of energy. If you generate sufficient ojas to wrap every cell in your body with it, you will be bouncing with health.
如果你每天都练习香巴维，更新的神经元的数量会比死亡的数量更多。这意味着衰老不会削弱你的智力。香巴维有创造ojas的面向，ojas是一种非物理维度的能量。如果你能产生足够的ojas来包裹你身体里的每个细胞，你将会生龙活虎。
Shambhavi can halt or even reverse the aging process, which has been documented through scientific research by medical schools. Every day, billions of old cells in your body are dying and new cells are being born. Generally, once in seven to ten years, all the thirty to forty trillion of old cells are completely replaced by new cells. That means, every seven to ten years, you virtually have a new body.
香巴维可以暂停甚至逆转衰老过程，这在医学院的科学研究中已有记录。每一天，你体内数十亿的老细胞在死去，新细胞在诞生。通常情况下，每7-10年，体内所有的30-40万亿老细胞会完全被新细胞取代。这意味着，实质上每7-10年你就有一个新的身体。
How Shambhavi Can Reverse Your Cellular Age
香巴维如何逆转细胞年龄
Shambhavi Mahamudra greatly enhances this rejuvenation process. Within six weeks of practice, you will see that the vitality and energy of your body, how you are within yourself, and how your body feels to you, will be at least eighteen months younger than your chronological age. If you practice it continuously for six months, you will be at least three years younger than your chronological age. If you practice it for two and a half years without a break, you will be at least eight to ten years younger than your chronological age.
香巴维大手印会极大地提升修复过程。通过六周的练习，你会看到你身体的活力和能量、你内在的状态以及你对身体的感觉，会比你的实际年龄至少年轻18个月。如果你持续做六个月的练习，你会比你的实际年龄至少年轻三岁。如果你无间断地做两年半的练习，你会比你的实际年龄至少年轻八到十岁。
It is medically established that the cellular age of a person can be reduced with the right kind of rejuvenation because in everyone’s body, there is a replacement of cells. At what pace it happens determines how energetic and young you feel. Youthfulness is not a question of years – it is a question of how you feel, and how active you can be. This rejuvenation process can be greatly enhanced through certain yogic practices.
医学上已经证实，一个人的细胞年龄可以通过正确的修复过程来减少，因为每个人的体内都有细胞的更新过程。细胞更新的速度决定了你感受到的精力及年轻程度。青春不是年岁问题——而是你感觉如何，以及你能够多活跃的问题。这个修复过程可以通过某些瑜伽练习来极大地提高。
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