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[Music] so the cost of time is really very much 00:00:02
so the cost of time is really very much 00:00:06
so the cost of time is really very much like the course of a ship in the ocean 00:00:06
like the course of a ship in the ocean 00:00:11
like the course of a ship in the ocean because here's the ship you see and it 00:00:11
because here's the ship you see and it 00:00:14
because here's the ship you see and it leaves behind it awake the wake fades 00:00:14
leaves behind it awake the wake fades 00:00:19
leaves behind it awake the wake fades out and that tells us where the ship has 00:00:19
out and that tells us where the ship has 00:00:24
out and that tells us where the ship has been in just the same way as the past 00:00:24
been in just the same way as the past 00:00:29
been in just the same way as the past and our memory of the past tells us what 00:00:29
and our memory of the past tells us what 00:00:32
and our memory of the past tells us what we have done but as we go back into the 00:00:32
we have done but as we go back into the 00:00:34
we have done but as we go back into the past and we go back and back to 00:00:34
past and we go back and back to 00:00:37
past and we go back and back to prehistory and we use all kinds of 00:00:37
prehistory and we use all kinds of 00:00:39
prehistory and we use all kinds of instruments and scientific methods for 00:00:39
instruments and scientific methods for 00:00:42
instruments and scientific methods for detecting what happened we eventually 00:00:42
detecting what happened we eventually 00:00:44
detecting what happened we eventually reach a point where all record of the 00:00:44
reach a point where all record of the 00:00:47
reach a point where all record of the past fades away in just the same way as 00:00:47
past fades away in just the same way as 00:00:50
past fades away in just the same way as the wake of the ship now the important 00:00:50
the wake of the ship now the important 00:00:54
the wake of the ship now the important thing to remember in this illustration 00:00:54
thing to remember in this illustration 00:00:56
thing to remember in this illustration is that the wake doesn't drive the ship 00:00:56
is that the wake doesn't drive the ship 00:01:00
is that the wake doesn't drive the ship any more than the tail wags the dog 00:01:00
any more than the tail wags the dog 00:01:03
any more than the tail wags the dog especially there's a neurotic difficult 00:01:03
especially there's a neurotic difficult 00:01:05
especially there's a neurotic difficult child and the one school of thought used 00:01:05
child and the one school of thought used 00:01:09
child and the one school of thought used to say well bang him about beat him up 00:01:09
to say well bang him about beat him up 00:01:11
to say well bang him about beat him up and maybe he'll change but then they 00:01:11
and maybe he'll change but then they 00:01:14
and maybe he'll change but then they said oh no that's not fair to the child 00:01:14
said oh no that's not fair to the child 00:01:16
said oh no that's not fair to the child to beat him up because it was his 00:01:16
to beat him up because it was his 00:01:18
to beat him up because it was his parents they didn't bring him up 00:01:18
parents they didn't bring him up 00:01:19
parents they didn't bring him up properly and so then they say well 00:01:19
properly and so then they say well 00:01:21
properly and so then they say well punish the parents well the parents say 00:01:21
punish the parents well the parents say 00:01:23
punish the parents well the parents say excuse me but I'm our parents were 00:01:23
excuse me but I'm our parents were 00:01:25
excuse me but I'm our parents were neurotic too and they brought us up 00:01:25
neurotic too and they brought us up 00:01:27
neurotic too and they brought us up badly so we couldn't help what we did 00:01:27
badly so we couldn't help what we did 00:01:29
badly so we couldn't help what we did and so since the grandparents are dead 00:01:29
and so since the grandparents are dead 00:01:31
and so since the grandparents are dead we can't get at them and in any case 00:01:31
we can't get at them and in any case 00:01:33
we can't get at them and in any case supposing we good we would pass the 00:01:33
supposing we good we would pass the 00:01:35
supposing we good we would pass the whole blame back to Adam and Eve in the 00:01:35
whole blame back to Adam and Eve in the 00:01:37
whole blame back to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and they say they started 00:01:37
Garden of Eden and they say they started 00:01:39
Garden of Eden and they say they started all this myths but then Eve would say no 00:01:39
all this myths but then Eve would say no 00:01:42
all this myths but then Eve would say no yeah the serpent tempted me and I did 00:01:42
yeah the serpent tempted me and I did 00:01:45
yeah the serpent tempted me and I did eat and it was the Serpent's fault well 00:01:45
eat and it was the Serpent's fault well 00:01:48
eat and it was the Serpent's fault well you know when God in the story of 00:01:48
you know when God in the story of 00:01:51
you know when God in the story of Genesis asked Eve didst thou eat the 00:01:51
Genesis asked Eve didst thou eat the 00:01:55
Genesis asked Eve didst thou eat the fruit of the tree we're off I told thee 00:01:55
fruit of the tree we're off I told thee 00:01:56
fruit of the tree we're off I told thee thou should not eat she said oh but the 00:01:56
thou should not eat she said oh but the 00:01:59
thou should not eat she said oh but the serpent tempted me and I did eat and God 00:01:59
serpent tempted me and I did eat and God 00:02:02
serpent tempted me and I did eat and God looked at the serpent the serpent didn't 00:02:02
looked at the serpent the serpent didn't 00:02:03
looked at the serpent the serpent didn't make any excuse he probably winked 00:02:03
make any excuse he probably winked 00:02:06
make any excuse he probably winked because the serpent being an angel 00:02:06
because the serpent being an angel 00:02:11
because the serpent being an angel was wise enough know where the present 00:02:11
was wise enough know where the present 00:02:13
was wise enough know where the present begins so you see if you insist on being 00:02:13
begins so you see if you insist on being 00:02:20
begins so you see if you insist on being moved being determined by the past 00:02:20
moved being determined by the past 00:02:23
moved being determined by the past that's your game but the fact of the 00:02:23
that's your game but the fact of the 00:02:27
that's your game but the fact of the matter is it all starts right now but we 00:02:27
matter is it all starts right now but we 00:02:31
matter is it all starts right now but we like to establish our connectivity with 00:02:31
like to establish our connectivity with 00:02:36
like to establish our connectivity with the past because that gives other people 00:02:36
the past because that gives other people 00:02:40
the past because that gives other people the impression that we're saying if you 00:02:40
the impression that we're saying if you 00:02:43
the impression that we're saying if you ask me then why am I talking well I 00:02:43
ask me then why am I talking well I 00:02:46
ask me then why am I talking well I could say I'm making a living this way 00:02:46
could say I'm making a living this way 00:02:48
could say I'm making a living this way or I have a message that I want to get 00:02:48
or I have a message that I want to get 00:02:50
or I have a message that I want to get across to you but that's not the reason 00:02:50
across to you but that's not the reason 00:02:53
across to you but that's not the reason I'm talking for the same reason that 00:02:53
I'm talking for the same reason that 00:02:55
I'm talking for the same reason that birds sing and for the same reason that 00:02:55
birds sing and for the same reason that 00:02:57
birds sing and for the same reason that the stars shine is I I dig it 00:02:57
the stars shine is I I dig it 00:03:00
the stars shine is I I dig it why do you dig it well I could go on 00:03:01
why do you dig it well I could go on 00:03:04
why do you dig it well I could go on answering all sorts of questions about 00:03:04
answering all sorts of questions about 00:03:07
answering all sorts of questions about human motivation and psychology but they 00:03:07
human motivation and psychology but they 00:03:09
human motivation and psychology but they wouldn't explain a thing because 00:03:09
wouldn't explain a thing because 00:03:11
wouldn't explain a thing because explaining things by the past is really 00:03:11
explaining things by the past is really 00:03:13
explaining things by the past is really a refusal to explain them at all all 00:03:13
a refusal to explain them at all all 00:03:16
a refusal to explain them at all all you're doing is postponing the 00:03:16
you're doing is postponing the 00:03:17
you're doing is postponing the explanation you're putting it back and 00:03:17
explanation you're putting it back and 00:03:19
explanation you're putting it back and back and back to back and that explains 00:03:19
back and back to back and that explains 00:03:21
back and back to back and that explains nothing 00:03:21
nothing 00:03:22
nothing what does explain things is the present 00:03:22
what does explain things is the present 00:03:26
what does explain things is the present why do you do it now now this is a 00:03:26
why do you do it now now this is a 00:03:33
why do you do it now now this is a slight cheat because that doesn't 00:03:33
slight cheat because that doesn't 00:03:35
slight cheat because that doesn't explain it either because what happens 00:03:35
explain it either because what happens 00:03:39
explain it either because what happens now just as the sound comes out of 00:03:39
now just as the sound comes out of 00:03:41
now just as the sound comes out of silence all this comes out of nowhere 00:03:41
silence all this comes out of nowhere 00:03:43
silence all this comes out of nowhere this is in connection with what I 00:03:43
this is in connection with what I 00:03:46
this is in connection with what I explained to you in another talk about 00:03:46
explained to you in another talk about 00:03:48
explained to you in another talk about the power of nothingness all life 00:03:48
the power of nothingness all life 00:03:50
the power of nothingness all life suddenly emerges out of space bang right 00:03:50
suddenly emerges out of space bang right 00:03:53
suddenly emerges out of space bang right now and who asked again why does it 00:03:53
now and who asked again why does it 00:03:58
now and who asked again why does it happen is an unprofitable question 00:03:58
happen is an unprofitable question 00:04:02
happen is an unprofitable question because the interesting thing is not why 00:04:02
because the interesting thing is not why 00:04:04
because the interesting thing is not why but what what happens not why does it 00:04:04
but what what happens not why does it 00:04:08
but what what happens not why does it happen 00:04:08
happen 00:04:09
happen I can say well I am doing this now 00:04:09
I can say well I am doing this now 00:04:13
I can say well I am doing this now because I did that then and so I am 00:04:13
because I did that then and so I am 00:04:19
because I did that then and so I am producing for you a continuous line of 00:04:19
producing for you a continuous line of 00:04:21
producing for you a continuous line of thought but actually I'm doing it 00:04:21
thought but actually I'm doing it 00:04:24
thought but actually I'm doing it backwards I'm doing it always from now 00:04:24
backwards I'm doing it always from now 00:04:28
backwards I'm doing it always from now and connecting up what I do now with 00:04:28
and connecting up what I do now with 00:04:30
and connecting up what I do now with what I did so that you can could see a 00:04:30
what I did so that you can could see a 00:04:33
what I did so that you can could see a consistent story if I define myself as 00:04:33
consistent story if I define myself as 00:04:37
consistent story if I define myself as the whole field of events we'll say the 00:04:37
the whole field of events we'll say the 00:04:39
the whole field of events we'll say the organism environment field which is the 00:04:39
organism environment field which is the 00:04:42
organism environment field which is the real me then all the things that happen 00:04:42
real me then all the things that happen 00:04:44
real me then all the things that happen to me may be called my doing and that is 00:04:44
to me may be called my doing and that is 00:04:47
to me may be called my doing and that is the real sense of karma but when we 00:04:47
the real sense of karma but when we 00:04:51
the real sense of karma but when we speak about freedom from karma freedom 00:04:51
speak about freedom from karma freedom 00:04:54
speak about freedom from karma freedom from being the puppet of the past that 00:04:54
from being the puppet of the past that 00:04:56
from being the puppet of the past that simply involves a change in your 00:04:56
simply involves a change in your 00:04:58
simply involves a change in your thinking it involves in other words 00:04:58
thinking it involves in other words 00:05:00
thinking it involves in other words you're getting rid of the habit of 00:05:00
you're getting rid of the habit of 00:05:04
you're getting rid of the habit of thought whereby you define yourself as 00:05:04
thought whereby you define yourself as 00:05:07
thought whereby you define yourself as the result of what has gone before and 00:05:07
the result of what has gone before and 00:05:09
the result of what has gone before and instead get into the more plausible and 00:05:10
instead get into the more plausible and 00:05:13
instead get into the more plausible and more reasonable habit of thought in 00:05:13
more reasonable habit of thought in 00:05:16
more reasonable habit of thought in terms of which you don't define yourself 00:05:16
terms of which you don't define yourself 00:05:18
terms of which you don't define yourself in terms of what you've done before but 00:05:18
in terms of what you've done before but 00:05:19
in terms of what you've done before but in terms of what you're doing now and 00:05:19
in terms of what you're doing now and 00:05:21
in terms of what you're doing now and that is liberation from the ridiculous 00:05:21
that is liberation from the ridiculous 00:05:25
that is liberation from the ridiculous situation of being a dog wagged by its 00:05:25