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you can't hang on to yourself you don't 00:00:00
you can't hang on to yourself you don't 00:00:03
you can't hang on to yourself you don't have to try not to hang on to yourself 00:00:03
have to try not to hang on to yourself 00:00:06
have to try not to hang on to yourself it can't be done and that is salvation 00:00:06
memento mori 00:00:13
memento mori 00:00:14
memento mori be mindful of death Girja says in one of 00:00:14
be mindful of death Girja says in one of 00:00:20
be mindful of death Girja says in one of his books that the most important thing 00:00:20
his books that the most important thing 00:00:24
his books that the most important thing for anyone to realize is that you and 00:00:24
for anyone to realize is that you and 00:00:28
for anyone to realize is that you and all you every person you see will soon 00:00:28
all you every person you see will soon 00:00:32
all you every person you see will soon be dead when one gets to an extreme that 00:00:32
be dead when one gets to an extreme that 00:00:37
be dead when one gets to an extreme that is to say to the point where you realize 00:00:37
is to say to the point where you realize 00:00:39
is to say to the point where you realize that there is nothing you would do about 00:00:39
that there is nothing you would do about 00:00:41
that there is nothing you would do about life nothing you could not do about life 00:00:41
life nothing you could not do about life 00:00:44
life nothing you could not do about life then you're the mosquito biting the iron 00:00:44
then you're the mosquito biting the iron 00:00:46
then you're the mosquito biting the iron bull well so in the same way he said 00:00:46
bull well so in the same way he said 00:00:49
bull well so in the same way he said look you heard a bomb coming at you you 00:00:49
look you heard a bomb coming at you you 00:00:53
look you heard a bomb coming at you you could hear it whistle and you knew it 00:00:53
could hear it whistle and you knew it 00:00:55
could hear it whistle and you knew it was right above you and headed straight 00:00:55
was right above you and headed straight 00:00:57
was right above you and headed straight at you and that you were finished and 00:00:57
at you and that you were finished and 00:01:00
at you and that you were finished and you accepted it and suddenly there was a 00:01:00
you accepted it and suddenly there was a 00:01:06
you accepted it and suddenly there was a strange feeling that everything is 00:01:06
strange feeling that everything is 00:01:07
strange feeling that everything is absolutely clear you suddenly see that 00:01:07
absolutely clear you suddenly see that 00:01:11
absolutely clear you suddenly see that there isn't a grain of dust in the whole 00:01:11
there isn't a grain of dust in the whole 00:01:13
there isn't a grain of dust in the whole universe that's in the wrong place 00:01:13
universe that's in the wrong place 00:01:14
universe that's in the wrong place did you understand completely absolutely 00:01:14
did you understand completely absolutely 00:01:17
did you understand completely absolutely totally what it's all about 00:01:17
so you see this is always the 00:01:21
so you see this is always the 00:01:25
so you see this is always the opportunity presented by death that if 00:01:25
opportunity presented by death that if 00:01:31
opportunity presented by death that if one can go into death with eyes open and 00:01:31
one can go into death with eyes open and 00:01:37
one can go into death with eyes open and have some body help you if necessary to 00:01:37
have some body help you if necessary to 00:01:43
have some body help you if necessary to give up before you die this 00:01:43
give up before you die this 00:01:48
give up before you die this extraordinary thing can happen so that 00:01:48
extraordinary thing can happen so that 00:01:51
extraordinary thing can happen so that from your standpoint in that position at 00:01:51
from your standpoint in that position at 00:01:54
from your standpoint in that position at that time you would say I wouldn't have 00:01:54
that time you would say I wouldn't have 00:01:57
that time you would say I wouldn't have missed that opportunity for the world 00:01:57
missed that opportunity for the world 00:01:59
missed that opportunity for the world now I understand why we die the reason 00:01:59
now I understand why we die the reason 00:02:02
now I understand why we die the reason we die is to give us the opportunity to 00:02:02
we die is to give us the opportunity to 00:02:04
we die is to give us the opportunity to understand what life's all about by 00:02:04
understand what life's all about by 00:02:08
understand what life's all about by letting go because then we come to a 00:02:08
letting go because then we come to a 00:02:11
letting go because then we come to a situation that the ego can't deal with 00:02:11
we can also look further into it and see 00:02:17
we can also look further into it and see 00:02:21
we can also look further into it and see that if our death could be indefinitely 00:02:21
that if our death could be indefinitely 00:02:25
that if our death could be indefinitely postponed we would not actually go on 00:02:25
postponed we would not actually go on 00:02:31
postponed we would not actually go on postponing it indefinitely because after 00:02:31
postponing it indefinitely because after 00:02:36
postponing it indefinitely because after a certain point we would realize that 00:02:36
a certain point we would realize that 00:02:38
a certain point we would realize that that isn't the way in which we wanted to 00:02:38
that isn't the way in which we wanted to 00:02:42
that isn't the way in which we wanted to survive why else would we have children 00:02:42
because children arranged for us to 00:02:48
because children arranged for us to 00:02:53
because children arranged for us to survive in another way by as it were 00:02:53
survive in another way by as it were 00:02:58
survive in another way by as it were passing on a torch so that you don't 00:02:58
passing on a torch so that you don't 00:03:03
passing on a torch so that you don't have to carry it all the time there 00:03:03
have to carry it all the time there 00:03:06
have to carry it all the time there comes a point where you can give it up 00:03:06
comes a point where you can give it up 00:03:07
comes a point where you can give it up and say now you work it's a far more 00:03:08
and say now you work it's a far more 00:03:11
and say now you work it's a far more amusing arrangement for nature to 00:03:11
amusing arrangement for nature to 00:03:14
amusing arrangement for nature to continue the process of life through 00:03:14
continue the process of life through 00:03:16
continue the process of life through different individuals than it is always 00:03:16
different individuals than it is always 00:03:19
different individuals than it is always with the same individual because as each 00:03:19
with the same individual because as each 00:03:22
with the same individual because as each new individual approaches life life is 00:03:22
new individual approaches life life is 00:03:25
new individual approaches life life is renewed 00:03:25
renewed 00:03:26
renewed and one remembers how fascinating the 00:03:26
and one remembers how fascinating the 00:03:31
and one remembers how fascinating the most ordinary everyday things are to a 00:03:31
most ordinary everyday things are to a 00:03:33
most ordinary everyday things are to a child because they see them all as 00:03:33
child because they see them all as 00:03:36
child because they see them all as marvelous because they see them all in a 00:03:36
marvelous because they see them all in a 00:03:39
marvelous because they see them all in a way that is not related to survival and 00:03:39
way that is not related to survival and 00:03:41
way that is not related to survival and profit when we get the thinking of 00:03:41
profit when we get the thinking of 00:03:45
profit when we get the thinking of everything in terms of survival and 00:03:45
everything in terms of survival and 00:03:47
everything in terms of survival and profit value as we do then the shapes of 00:03:47
profit value as we do then the shapes of 00:03:53
profit value as we do then the shapes of scratches on the floor cease to have 00:03:53
scratches on the floor cease to have 00:03:56
scratches on the floor cease to have magic and most things in fact cease to 00:03:56
magic and most things in fact cease to 00:04:00
magic and most things in fact cease to have magic so therefore in the course of 00:04:00
have magic so therefore in the course of 00:04:06
have magic so therefore in the course of nature once we have ceased to see magic 00:04:06
nature once we have ceased to see magic 00:04:09
nature once we have ceased to see magic in the world anymore 00:04:09
in the world anymore 00:04:10
in the world anymore we are no longer fulfilling nature's 00:04:10
we are no longer fulfilling nature's 00:04:14
we are no longer fulfilling nature's game of being aware of it there's no 00:04:14
game of being aware of it there's no 00:04:17
game of being aware of it there's no point in it anymore 00:04:17
point in it anymore 00:04:18
point in it anymore and so we die and so something else 00:04:18
and so we die and so something else 00:04:22
and so we die and so something else comes to birth which gets an entirely 00:04:22
comes to birth which gets an entirely 00:04:25
comes to birth which gets an entirely new view and so nature's self-awareness 00:04:25
new view and so nature's self-awareness 00:04:29
new view and so nature's self-awareness is a game worth the candle 00:04:29
you 00:04:50