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now what I would call a really swinging 00:00:00
now what I would call a really swinging 00:00:03
now what I would call a really swinging human being is a person who lives on two 00:00:03
human being is a person who lives on two 00:00:05
human being is a person who lives on two levels at once he's able to live on the 00:00:06
levels at once he's able to live on the 00:00:09
levels at once he's able to live on the level of being his ordinary ego his 00:00:09
level of being his ordinary ego his 00:00:12
level of being his ordinary ego his everyday personality and play his role 00:00:12
everyday personality and play his role 00:00:15
everyday personality and play his role in life and observe all the rules and so 00:00:15
in life and observe all the rules and so 00:00:17
in life and observe all the rules and so on 00:00:17
on 00:00:18
on that go with that but if he's only on 00:00:18
that go with that but if he's only on 00:00:21
that go with that but if he's only on that level if he's only playing that 00:00:21
that level if he's only playing that 00:00:23
that level if he's only playing that kind of thing and thinks that's all 00:00:23
kind of thing and thinks that's all 00:00:25
kind of thing and thinks that's all there is it becomes a drag and he starts 00:00:25
there is it becomes a drag and he starts 00:00:31
there is it becomes a drag and he starts being the kind of person who feels that 00:00:31
being the kind of person who feels that 00:00:33
being the kind of person who feels that he's just got to go on surviving see 00:00:33
he's just got to go on surviving see 00:00:37
he's just got to go on surviving see it's terribly important to go on 00:00:37
it's terribly important to go on 00:00:39
it's terribly important to go on surviving to live and he works at that 00:00:39
surviving to live and he works at that 00:00:43
surviving to live and he works at that and his children learn the same attitude 00:00:43
and his children learn the same attitude 00:00:50
and his children learn the same attitude from him and they you know he says well 00:00:50
from him and they you know he says well 00:00:53
from him and they you know he says well I I've got to survive because I've got 00:00:53
I I've got to survive because I've got 00:00:55
I I've got to survive because I've got all these children I want to support and 00:00:55
all these children I want to support and 00:00:56
all these children I want to support and so on so forth and then they take the 00:00:56
so on so forth and then they take the 00:00:58
so on so forth and then they take the same attitude and they breed up children 00:00:58
same attitude and they breed up children 00:01:01
same attitude and they breed up children and they feel compulsive about 00:01:01
and they feel compulsive about 00:01:03
and they feel compulsive about supporting them as they've got to go on 00:01:03
supporting them as they've got to go on 00:01:05
supporting them as they've got to go on and so nobody really has any fun it's 00:01:05
and so nobody really has any fun it's 00:01:11
and so nobody really has any fun it's just we got to make this thing see and 00:01:11
just we got to make this thing see and 00:01:17
just we got to make this thing see and you don't have to see whenever I get 00:01:17
you don't have to see whenever I get 00:01:22
you don't have to see whenever I get somebody who comes to me and says I 00:01:22
somebody who comes to me and says I 00:01:24
somebody who comes to me and says I really can't go on and I have to commit 00:01:24
really can't go on and I have to commit 00:01:26
really can't go on and I have to commit suicide I say well that's entirely your 00:01:26
suicide I say well that's entirely your 00:01:30
suicide I say well that's entirely your your right there's really no reason why 00:01:30
your right there's really no reason why 00:01:32
your right there's really no reason why you should go on and if you want to 00:01:32
you should go on and if you want to 00:01:34
you should go on and if you want to commit suicide do it you can check out 00:01:34
of course this reduces anxiety when they 00:01:38
of course this reduces anxiety when they 00:01:42
of course this reduces anxiety when they feel free to commit suicide they don't 00:01:42
feel free to commit suicide they don't 00:01:45
feel free to commit suicide they don't really have to commit suicide so so much 00:01:45
you you can submit partial suicide 00:01:51
so the sense that you just have to go on 00:01:59
so the sense that you just have to go on 00:02:06
so the sense that you just have to go on living see that life is a must when you 00:02:06
living see that life is a must when you 00:02:09
living see that life is a must when you say to anything spontaneous see life is 00:02:09
say to anything spontaneous see life is 00:02:11
say to anything spontaneous see life is spontaneous it happens in the words of 00:02:12
spontaneous it happens in the words of 00:02:14
spontaneous it happens in the words of the Taoist Ron which means of itself so 00:02:14
the Taoist Ron which means of itself so 00:02:18
the Taoist Ron which means of itself so that's their Chinese expression for 00:02:18
that's their Chinese expression for 00:02:20
that's their Chinese expression for nature what happens by itself 00:02:20
nature what happens by itself 00:02:24
nature what happens by itself what isn't pushed but it just pops up 00:02:24
what isn't pushed but it just pops up 00:02:26
what isn't pushed but it just pops up you see like - I'll never forget there 00:02:26
you see like - I'll never forget there 00:02:31
you see like - I'll never forget there was a great Zen master I knew once in 00:02:31
was a great Zen master I knew once in 00:02:33
was a great Zen master I knew once in New York he was giving a lecture one 00:02:33
New York he was giving a lecture one 00:02:36
New York he was giving a lecture one evening and he was dressed in his gold 00:02:36
evening and he was dressed in his gold 00:02:38
evening and he was dressed in his gold ceremonial robes and he was sitting in 00:02:38
ceremonial robes and he was sitting in 00:02:41
ceremonial robes and he was sitting in front of an altar like was the sort of 00:02:41
front of an altar like was the sort of 00:02:42
front of an altar like was the sort of thing and but he had a table in front of 00:02:42
thing and but he had a table in front of 00:02:45
thing and but he had a table in front of him with very formal the candles on it 00:02:45
him with very formal the candles on it 00:02:47
him with very formal the candles on it and a sutra scripture on a little desk 00:02:47
and a sutra scripture on a little desk 00:02:50
and a sutra scripture on a little desk and he was lecturing on the sutra and he 00:02:50
and he was lecturing on the sutra and he 00:02:55
and he was lecturing on the sutra and he said dumb fundamental principle in 00:02:55
said dumb fundamental principle in 00:03:00
said dumb fundamental principle in Buddhism is no purpose poposaurus Ness 00:03:00
Buddhism is no purpose poposaurus Ness 00:03:06
Buddhism is no purpose poposaurus Ness when you drop fart you don't say 00:03:06
when you drop fart you don't say 00:03:10
when you drop fart you don't say at nine o'clock I drop fart it happened 00:03:10
at nine o'clock I drop fart it happened 00:03:14
at nine o'clock I drop fart it happened of itself you know all these pious 00:03:14
of itself you know all these pious 00:03:22
of itself you know all these pious Western devotees you know kind of put 00:03:22
Western devotees you know kind of put 00:03:25
Western devotees you know kind of put their handkerchiefs in their mouths and 00:03:25
their handkerchiefs in their mouths and 00:03:27
their handkerchiefs in their mouths and tried not to laugh so but that's the 00:03:27
tried not to laugh so but that's the 00:03:33
tried not to laugh so but that's the meaning of something that happens of 00:03:33
meaning of something that happens of 00:03:35
meaning of something that happens of itself like drop drop fart or have 00:03:35
itself like drop drop fart or have 00:03:38
itself like drop drop fart or have hiccups or just you came into being you 00:03:38
hiccups or just you came into being you 00:03:42
hiccups or just you came into being you know it happens in a kind of a plop way 00:03:42
know it happens in a kind of a plop way 00:03:44
know it happens in a kind of a plop way like that see now you can't tell that 00:03:44
like that see now you can't tell that 00:03:48
like that see now you can't tell that process you ought to happen you must 00:03:48
process you ought to happen you must 00:03:53
process you ought to happen you must happen because that puts a bind on it in 00:03:53
happen because that puts a bind on it in 00:03:57
happen because that puts a bind on it in the same way as when you have a little 00:03:57
the same way as when you have a little 00:04:00
the same way as when you have a little child and all the relatives that come to 00:04:00
child and all the relatives that come to 00:04:01
child and all the relatives that come to a party on Thanksgiving and you put the 00:04:01
a party on Thanksgiving and you put the 00:04:04
a party on Thanksgiving and you put the child into the middle of all the 00:04:04
child into the middle of all the 00:04:05
child into the middle of all the relatives and say now dear play see 00:04:05
relatives and say now dear play see 00:04:08
relatives and say now dear play see absolutely bugs the child 00:04:08
absolutely bugs the child 00:04:11
absolutely bugs the child to do it like that and so this is the 00:04:11
to do it like that and so this is the 00:04:14
to do it like that and so this is the problem for every artist because an 00:04:14
problem for every artist because an 00:04:18
problem for every artist because an artist is a man who makes his living by 00:04:18
artist is a man who makes his living by 00:04:20
artist is a man who makes his living by playing whether he's dancing or painting 00:04:20
playing whether he's dancing or painting 00:04:22
playing whether he's dancing or painting or playing music or whatever it is and 00:04:22
or playing music or whatever it is and 00:04:25
or playing music or whatever it is and he has to overcome this problem he has 00:04:25
he has to overcome this problem he has 00:04:28
he has to overcome this problem he has to know how to play in public at a given 00:04:28
to know how to play in public at a given 00:04:31
to know how to play in public at a given time on an appointment see and that's 00:04:31
time on an appointment see and that's 00:04:35
time on an appointment see and that's not an easy thing to learn but when you 00:04:35
not an easy thing to learn but when you 00:04:38
not an easy thing to learn but when you catch on to the trick of it you can do 00:04:38
catch on to the trick of it you can do 00:04:39
catch on to the trick of it you can do it to play on demand that's the hardest 00:04:39
it to play on demand that's the hardest 00:04:46
it to play on demand that's the hardest lesson of life to contrive what is 00:04:46
lesson of life to contrive what is 00:04:50
lesson of life to contrive what is called by my Japanese artist friend 00:04:50
called by my Japanese artist friend 00:04:53
called by my Japanese artist friend Sabra Hasegawa a controlled accident the 00:04:53