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in order to get the principle of a 00:00:01
in order to get the principle of a 00:00:03
in order to get the principle of a network across I have to convey to you 00:00:03
network across I have to convey to you 00:00:07
network across I have to convey to you an idea which is extremely simple but 00:00:07
an idea which is extremely simple but 00:00:11
an idea which is extremely simple but which is difficult to grasp only because 00:00:11
which is difficult to grasp only because 00:00:14
which is difficult to grasp only because we're not used to it we are used to 00:00:14
we're not used to it we are used to 00:00:19
we're not used to it we are used to thinking as Westerners as having a 00:00:19
thinking as Westerners as having a 00:00:25
thinking as Westerners as having a certain kind of language and therefore a 00:00:25
certain kind of language and therefore a 00:00:28
certain kind of language and therefore a certain kind of logic that goes with it 00:00:28
certain kind of logic that goes with it 00:00:31
certain kind of logic that goes with it we're used to thinking of the world in 00:00:31
we're used to thinking of the world in 00:00:35
we're used to thinking of the world in terms of the game of billions in other 00:00:35
terms of the game of billions in other 00:00:42
terms of the game of billions in other words we are still thinking about our 00:00:42
words we are still thinking about our 00:00:46
words we are still thinking about our psychology our bodies and their 00:00:46
psychology our bodies and their 00:00:52
psychology our bodies and their relationship to the outside world in 00:00:52
relationship to the outside world in 00:00:55
relationship to the outside world in terms of what would scientifically be 00:00:55
terms of what would scientifically be 00:00:58
terms of what would scientifically be called Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian 00:00:58
called Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian 00:01:07
called Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian mechanics has a very long history 00:01:07
mechanics has a very long history 00:01:08
mechanics has a very long history because it goes back to some of the 00:01:08
because it goes back to some of the 00:01:12
because it goes back to some of the atomic theories of people like 00:01:12
atomic theories of people like 00:01:13
atomic theories of people like Democritus who were the among the great 00:01:13
Democritus who were the among the great 00:01:19
Democritus who were the among the great pre-socratic philosophers of ancient 00:01:19
pre-socratic philosophers of ancient 00:01:21
pre-socratic philosophers of ancient Greece and so we may as well begin with 00:01:21
Greece and so we may as well begin with 00:01:27
Greece and so we may as well begin with the a little bit about the history of 00:01:27
the a little bit about the history of 00:01:29
the a little bit about the history of the idea of an atom because this is 00:01:29
the idea of an atom because this is 00:01:32
the idea of an atom because this is always fascinated people what is the 00:01:32
always fascinated people what is the 00:01:36
always fascinated people what is the world fundamentally what is all this but 00:01:36
world fundamentally what is all this but 00:01:41
world fundamentally what is all this but one way of finding out is to take a 00:01:41
one way of finding out is to take a 00:01:43
one way of finding out is to take a knife and chop something in two so you 00:01:43
knife and chop something in two so you 00:01:46
knife and chop something in two so you could see what's inside it what is an 00:01:46
could see what's inside it what is an 00:01:49
could see what's inside it what is an apple inside what is a seed inside what 00:01:49
apple inside what is a seed inside what 00:01:53
apple inside what is a seed inside what is a human body inside and then you find 00:01:53
is a human body inside and then you find 00:01:57
is a human body inside and then you find that when you chop a thing in two you've 00:01:57
that when you chop a thing in two you've 00:02:00
that when you chop a thing in two you've got two pieces but the cutting reveals 00:02:00
got two pieces but the cutting reveals 00:02:04
got two pieces but the cutting reveals that that has a structure inside and the 00:02:04
that that has a structure inside and the 00:02:07
that that has a structure inside and the structure is composed of what we call 00:02:07
structure is composed of what we call 00:02:09
structure is composed of what we call organs or parts 00:02:09
organs or parts 00:02:12
organs or parts and then in turn in order to inquire 00:02:12
and then in turn in order to inquire 00:02:14
and then in turn in order to inquire into them we take them and we chop them 00:02:14
into them we take them and we chop them 00:02:16
into them we take them and we chop them apart and in our curiosity to find out 00:02:16
apart and in our curiosity to find out 00:02:21
apart and in our curiosity to find out how it's made in just the same way that 00:02:21
how it's made in just the same way that 00:02:23
how it's made in just the same way that a child will take a toy to pieces we 00:02:23
a child will take a toy to pieces we 00:02:28
a child will take a toy to pieces we chop and chop and chop until we've got 00:02:28
chop and chop and chop until we've got 00:02:32
chop and chop and chop until we've got bits so small that they are the same 00:02:32
bits so small that they are the same 00:02:34
bits so small that they are the same width as the edge of the knife and they 00:02:34
width as the edge of the knife and they 00:02:38
width as the edge of the knife and they can't be cut any more unless we can find 00:02:38
can't be cut any more unless we can find 00:02:40
can't be cut any more unless we can find a finer knife and so when we get down to 00:02:40
a finer knife and so when we get down to 00:02:44
a finer knife and so when we get down to that bit beyond which there is no bitter 00:02:44
that bit beyond which there is no bitter 00:02:47
that bit beyond which there is no bitter that is to say it can't be chopped any 00:02:47
that is to say it can't be chopped any 00:02:49
that is to say it can't be chopped any further it is called in Greek atomos 00:02:49
further it is called in Greek atomos 00:02:51
further it is called in Greek atomos which means the the first letter R means 00:02:51
which means the the first letter R means 00:02:56
which means the the first letter R means none thomas cuttable and so the word 00:02:56
none thomas cuttable and so the word 00:03:03
none thomas cuttable and so the word adam means that smallest particle of the 00:03:03
adam means that smallest particle of the 00:03:08
adam means that smallest particle of the world which can't be cut into any 00:03:08
world which can't be cut into any 00:03:10
world which can't be cut into any smaller particle that's the original 00:03:10
smaller particle that's the original 00:03:12
smaller particle that's the original idea of atomism so then the the went 00:03:12
idea of atomism so then the the went 00:03:18
idea of atomism so then the the went further than that to the notion that the 00:03:18
further than that to the notion that the 00:03:21
further than that to the notion that the world was built of atoms in the same 00:03:21
world was built of atoms in the same 00:03:23
world was built of atoms in the same sort of way that a house could be built 00:03:23
sort of way that a house could be built 00:03:25
sort of way that a house could be built of bricks or stones the world is seen 00:03:25
of bricks or stones the world is seen 00:03:29
of bricks or stones the world is seen therefore as a composite of fundamental 00:03:29
therefore as a composite of fundamental 00:03:34
therefore as a composite of fundamental particles then what remained to be 00:03:34
particles then what remained to be 00:03:37
particles then what remained to be discovered was the laws governing the 00:03:37
discovered was the laws governing the 00:03:40
discovered was the laws governing the relationship between these particles and 00:03:40
relationship between these particles and 00:03:42
relationship between these particles and so naturally one thought of them as 00:03:42
so naturally one thought of them as 00:03:45
so naturally one thought of them as little balls why balls because balls are 00:03:45
little balls why balls because balls are 00:03:50
little balls why balls because balls are hard to cut if you take a ball bearing 00:03:50
hard to cut if you take a ball bearing 00:03:54
hard to cut if you take a ball bearing and hit at it with a sword it's 00:03:54
and hit at it with a sword it's 00:03:56
and hit at it with a sword it's allowable to jump right off to one side 00:03:56
allowable to jump right off to one side 00:03:58
allowable to jump right off to one side a cube will submit to being cut but a 00:03:58
a cube will submit to being cut but a 00:04:01
a cube will submit to being cut but a ball is very difficult to get at a very 00:04:01
ball is very difficult to get at a very 00:04:04
ball is very difficult to get at a very strong form of nature so people have 00:04:04
strong form of nature so people have 00:04:07
strong form of nature so people have always tended to consider atoms as balls 00:04:07
always tended to consider atoms as balls 00:04:09
always tended to consider atoms as balls especially atoms of liquid there was a 00:04:09
especially atoms of liquid there was a 00:04:14
especially atoms of liquid there was a notion you see that the atoms of the 00:04:14
notion you see that the atoms of the 00:04:16
notion you see that the atoms of the element of Earth for cubes because cubes 00:04:16
element of Earth for cubes because cubes 00:04:20
element of Earth for cubes because cubes all sit together rather firmly liquid 00:04:20
all sit together rather firmly liquid 00:04:23
all sit together rather firmly liquid which when you put up good blue 00:04:23
which when you put up good blue 00:04:25
which when you put up good blue that was balls fire was made of them if 00:04:25
that was balls fire was made of them if 00:04:31
that was balls fire was made of them if I remember right little pyramids yeah I 00:04:31
I remember right little pyramids yeah I 00:04:35
I remember right little pyramids yeah I can't remember what air was made of and 00:04:35
can't remember what air was made of and 00:04:39
can't remember what air was made of and what their atoms were shaped like maybe 00:04:39
what their atoms were shaped like maybe 00:04:42
what their atoms were shaped like maybe sausages or something like that 00:04:42
sausages or something like that 00:04:44
sausages or something like that cuz the air is pretty difficult to get 00:04:44
cuz the air is pretty difficult to get 00:04:47
cuz the air is pretty difficult to get out to but they had some ideas but 00:04:47
out to but they had some ideas but 00:04:50
out to but they had some ideas but fundamentally what has influenced what 00:04:50
fundamentally what has influenced what 00:04:52
fundamentally what has influenced what Western thought and still influences 00:04:52
Western thought and still influences 00:04:54
Western thought and still influences Western thought is the idea of an atom 00:04:54
Western thought is the idea of an atom 00:04:56
Western thought is the idea of an atom of some sort of fundamental little 00:04:56
of some sort of fundamental little 00:04:58
of some sort of fundamental little planetary system and so these things 00:04:58
planetary system and so these things 00:05:02
planetary system and so these things come into relationship with each other 00:05:02
come into relationship with each other 00:05:04
come into relationship with each other and they bang each other around as in 00:05:04
and they bang each other around as in 00:05:07
and they bang each other around as in the game of billiards and so if we are 00:05:07
the game of billiards and so if we are 00:05:10
the game of billiards and so if we are to understand the world profoundly we 00:05:10
to understand the world profoundly we 00:05:13
to understand the world profoundly we have to find out what are the laws 00:05:13
have to find out what are the laws 00:05:17
have to find out what are the laws governing the relationship of the atoms 00:05:17
now you must understand first of all a 00:05:21
now you must understand first of all a 00:05:26
now you must understand first of all a principle about what are called laws of 00:05:26
principle about what are called laws of 00:05:28
principle about what are called laws of nature we inherit the idea of laws of 00:05:28
nature we inherit the idea of laws of 00:05:35
nature we inherit the idea of laws of nature from our theology and our 00:05:35
nature from our theology and our 00:05:40
nature from our theology and our theology that we've grown up with is in 00:05:40
theology that we've grown up with is in 00:05:43
theology that we've grown up with is in certain ways peculiarly different from 00:05:43
certain ways peculiarly different from 00:05:46
certain ways peculiarly different from the theologies of oriental peoples 00:05:46
Jewish theology and Christian theology 00:05:50
Jewish theology and Christian theology 00:05:53
Jewish theology and Christian theology which have entered very profoundly into 00:05:53
which have entered very profoundly into 00:05:56
which have entered very profoundly into the common sense of the average person 00:05:56
the common sense of the average person 00:06:00
the common sense of the average person have an image of the world which is 00:06:00
have an image of the world which is 00:06:03
have an image of the world which is quite basically political and will go 00:06:03
quite basically political and will go 00:06:07
quite basically political and will go further than that and say it's monarchic 00:06:07
further than that and say it's monarchic 00:06:09
further than that and say it's monarchic or based on the idea that the world is a 00:06:09
or based on the idea that the world is a 00:06:14
or based on the idea that the world is a construct evoked out of nothingness by 00:06:14
construct evoked out of nothingness by 00:06:22
construct evoked out of nothingness by the commandment of a celestial king now 00:06:23
the commandment of a celestial king now 00:06:28
the commandment of a celestial king now there may be Jews in this room who are 00:06:28
there may be Jews in this room who are 00:06:30
there may be Jews in this room who are practising and devout Jews and there may 00:06:30
practising and devout Jews and there may 00:06:32
practising and devout Jews and there may be Christians in this room who are 00:06:32
be Christians in this room who are 00:06:34
be Christians in this room who are practicing and devout Christians and I 00:06:34
practicing and devout Christians and I 00:06:36
practicing and devout Christians and I don't want to offend you by any image 00:06:36
don't want to offend you by any image 00:06:38
don't want to offend you by any image that I choose or remarks that I may make 00:06:38
that I choose or remarks that I may make 00:06:41
that I choose or remarks that I may make about this imagery because I don't 00:06:41
about this imagery because I don't 00:06:44
about this imagery because I don't suppose that anybody has come to this 00:06:44
suppose that anybody has come to this 00:06:46
suppose that anybody has come to this Roman to this particular place who is 00:06:46
Roman to this particular place who is 00:06:48
Roman to this particular place who is either a practicing or Christian Jew who 00:06:48
either a practicing or Christian Jew who 00:06:51
either a practicing or Christian Jew who has what I would call a naive idea of 00:06:51
has what I would call a naive idea of 00:06:56
has what I would call a naive idea of God but the funny thing is about our 00:06:56
God but the funny thing is about our 00:07:03
God but the funny thing is about our ideas of God is that our symbols the 00:07:03
ideas of God is that our symbols the 00:07:07
ideas of God is that our symbols the images the mythological forms which we 00:07:07
images the mythological forms which we 00:07:11
images the mythological forms which we use to describe God have an extremely 00:07:11
use to describe God have an extremely 00:07:14
use to describe God have an extremely powerful influence on our feelings and 00:07:14
powerful influence on our feelings and 00:07:17
powerful influence on our feelings and on the way we behave after all I was a 00:07:17
on the way we behave after all I was a 00:07:24
on the way we behave after all I was a member of the Church of England when I 00:07:24
member of the Church of England when I 00:07:26
member of the Church of England when I was a small boy and that had a very 00:07:26
was a small boy and that had a very 00:07:29
was a small boy and that had a very powerful effect on me and in the Church 00:07:29
powerful effect on me and in the Church 00:07:34
powerful effect on me and in the Church of England it's quite obvious from an 00:07:34
of England it's quite obvious from an 00:07:37
of England it's quite obvious from an emotional point of view as distinct from 00:07:37
emotional point of view as distinct from 00:07:39
emotional point of view as distinct from the very intellectual point of view that 00:07:39
the very intellectual point of view that 00:07:41
the very intellectual point of view that God stands behind the King of England 00:07:41
God stands behind the King of England 00:07:45
God stands behind the King of England and the King of England and the 00:07:45
and the King of England and the 00:07:48
and the King of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury and the whole 00:07:48
Archbishop of Canterbury and the whole 00:07:51
Archbishop of Canterbury and the whole hierarchy of lords and ladies and 00:07:51
hierarchy of lords and ladies and 00:07:54
hierarchy of lords and ladies and noblemen and officials who descend from 00:07:54
noblemen and officials who descend from 00:07:56
noblemen and officials who descend from this point are somehow involved at any 00:07:56
this point are somehow involved at any 00:07:59
this point are somehow involved at any rate this is perfectly clear to a small 00:07:59
rate this is perfectly clear to a small 00:08:01
rate this is perfectly clear to a small boy are somehow involved with the 00:08:01
boy are somehow involved with the 00:08:03
boy are somehow involved with the hierarchy of heaven because that morning 00:08:03
hierarchy of heaven because that morning 00:08:07
hierarchy of heaven because that morning prayer to which we went every Sunday the 00:08:07
prayer to which we went every Sunday the 00:08:10
prayer to which we went every Sunday the minister would pray a prayer which began 00:08:10
minister would pray a prayer which began 00:08:13
minister would pray a prayer which began our almighty and for all Almighty father 00:08:13
our almighty and for all Almighty father 00:08:17
our almighty and for all Almighty father high and mighty King of Kings Lord of 00:08:17
high and mighty King of Kings Lord of 00:08:21
high and mighty King of Kings Lord of lords the only ruler of princes who dust 00:08:21
lords the only ruler of princes who dust 00:08:23
lords the only ruler of princes who dust from thy throne they hold all the 00:08:23
from thy throne they hold all the 00:08:25
from thy throne they hold all the dwellers upon earth most heartily we 00:08:25
dwellers upon earth most heartily we 00:08:28
dwellers upon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold 00:08:28
beseech thee with thy favour to behold 00:08:30
beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious sovereign Lord King 00:08:30
our most gracious sovereign Lord King 00:08:33
our most gracious sovereign Lord King George etc and so this was a very 00:08:33
George etc and so this was a very 00:08:38
George etc and so this was a very courtly procedure at which the clergyman 00:08:38
courtly procedure at which the clergyman 00:08:41
courtly procedure at which the clergyman dressed in his proper robes proceeded to 00:08:41
dressed in his proper robes proceeded to 00:08:44
dressed in his proper robes proceeded to the altar which is a kind of earthly 00:08:44
the altar which is a kind of earthly 00:08:46
the altar which is a kind of earthly symbol of the throne of heaven made new 00:08:46
symbol of the throne of heaven made new 00:08:48
symbol of the throne of heaven made new obeisance and present in this potato 00:08:48
obeisance and present in this potato 00:08:51
obeisance and present in this potato with all proper humility now these are 00:08:51
with all proper humility now these are 00:08:57
with all proper humility now these are things that were that if you're brought 00:08:57
things that were that if you're brought 00:08:59
things that were that if you're brought up in that environment you take for 00:08:59
up in that environment you take for 00:09:01
up in that environment you take for granted that seems to be the natural 00:09:01
granted that seems to be the natural 00:09:04
granted that seems to be the natural attitude to God but imagine someone 00:09:04
attitude to God but imagine someone 00:09:07
attitude to God but imagine someone coming in from a culture where God is 00:09:07
coming in from a culture where God is 00:09:09
coming in from a culture where God is not conceived in the image of kingship 00:09:09
not conceived in the image of kingship 00:09:11
not conceived in the image of kingship how strange he would find this behavior 00:09:11
how strange he would find this behavior 00:09:15
how strange he would find this behavior there's almost bowing and scraping 00:09:15
there's almost bowing and scraping 00:09:17
there's almost bowing and scraping because you know very well that places 00:09:17
because you know very well that places 00:09:20
because you know very well that places where they bow and scrape and weather 00:09:20
where they bow and scrape and weather 00:09:22
where they bow and scrape and weather are Thrones our places of terror because 00:09:22
are Thrones our places of terror because 00:09:27
are Thrones our places of terror because anybody who rules by force his son must 00:09:27
anybody who rules by force his son must 00:09:32
anybody who rules by force his son must be basically terrified that's why he has 00:09:32
be basically terrified that's why he has 00:09:35
be basically terrified that's why he has to have all these protections why he has 00:09:35
to have all these protections why he has 00:09:38
to have all these protections why he has to be addressed in the right form of 00:09:38
to be addressed in the right form of 00:09:39
to be addressed in the right form of language so you go into a course today 00:09:39
language so you go into a course today 00:09:42
language so you go into a course today an ordinary US law court there is a very 00:09:42
an ordinary US law court there is a very 00:09:48
an ordinary US law court there is a very strict etiquette and if you start 00:09:48
strict etiquette and if you start 00:09:51
strict etiquette and if you start laughing the judge will bang the gavel 00:09:51
laughing the judge will bang the gavel 00:09:52
laughing the judge will bang the gavel and threaten contempt of court of all 00:09:53
and threaten contempt of court of all 00:09:55
and threaten contempt of court of all sorts of dire punishments because here 00:09:55
sorts of dire punishments because here 00:09:58
sorts of dire punishments because here everybody has to be serious it's like on 00:09:58
everybody has to be serious it's like on 00:10:00
everybody has to be serious it's like on the parade ground all those Marines 00:10:00
the parade ground all those Marines 00:10:03
the parade ground all those Marines lined up know and they salute the flag 00:10:03
lined up know and they salute the flag 00:10:06
lined up know and they salute the flag and I have to have a very grim 00:10:06
and I have to have a very grim 00:10:09
and I have to have a very grim expression on serious and so in the 00:10:09
expression on serious and so in the 00:10:17
expression on serious and so in the courts of Kings they have to be serious 00:10:17
courts of Kings they have to be serious 00:10:19
courts of Kings they have to be serious because Kings are afraid of laughter 00:10:19
they're also afraid of being attacked 00:10:24
they're also afraid of being attacked 00:10:26
they're also afraid of being attacked suddenly so everybody has to kneel down 00:10:26
suddenly so everybody has to kneel down 00:10:30
suddenly so everybody has to kneel down because if you kneel down or prostrate 00:10:30
because if you kneel down or prostrate 00:10:32
because if you kneel down or prostrate yourself you're at a disadvantage 00:10:32
yourself you're at a disadvantage 00:10:36
yourself you're at a disadvantage and the King stands or sits at his 00:10:36
and the King stands or sits at his 00:10:38
and the King stands or sits at his throne with his bodyguards ranged on 00:10:38
throne with his bodyguards ranged on 00:10:40
throne with his bodyguards ranged on either side see like that we've already 00:10:40
either side see like that we've already 00:10:43
either side see like that we've already got the form of a church the bishop at 00:10:43
got the form of a church the bishop at 00:10:46
got the form of a church the bishop at his throne his attendant canons and 00:10:46
his throne his attendant canons and 00:10:48
his throne his attendant canons and clergy flanking him on either side and 00:10:48
clergy flanking him on either side and 00:10:51
clergy flanking him on either side and so certain great Catholic cathedrals are 00:10:51
so certain great Catholic cathedrals are 00:10:54
so certain great Catholic cathedrals are called 00:10:54
called 00:10:55
called the with you that they've described the 00:10:55
the with you that they've described the 00:10:57
the with you that they've described the word Basilica and Basilica from the 00:10:57
word Basilica and Basilica from the 00:11:00
word Basilica and Basilica from the Greek basileus or basileus is the king 00:11:00
Greek basileus or basileus is the king 00:11:04
Greek basileus or basileus is the king so the Basilica is the court of the king 00:11:04
so the Basilica is the court of the king 00:11:08
so the Basilica is the court of the king very titles of God in the Bible king of 00:11:08
very titles of God in the Bible king of 00:11:13
very titles of God in the Bible king of kings and Lord of lords are of course 00:11:13
kings and Lord of lords are of course 00:11:15
kings and Lord of lords are of course borrowed from the Persian emperors the 00:11:15
borrowed from the Persian emperors the 00:11:20
borrowed from the Persian emperors the Cyrus and to the Greek word kurios 00:11:20
Cyrus and to the Greek word kurios 00:11:24
Cyrus and to the Greek word kurios meaning Lord so the mass begins with the 00:11:24
meaning Lord so the mass begins with the 00:11:29
meaning Lord so the mass begins with the invocation QA Eleison lord have mercy 00:11:29
invocation QA Eleison lord have mercy 00:11:33
invocation QA Eleison lord have mercy upon us the titles are borrowed from the 00:11:33
upon us the titles are borrowed from the 00:11:37
upon us the titles are borrowed from the persian emperor and so the rights that 00:11:37
persian emperor and so the rights that 00:11:40
persian emperor and so the rights that have become associated with christian 00:11:40
have become associated with christian 00:11:42
have become associated with christian religion and to some extent the Jewish 00:11:42
religion and to some extent the Jewish 00:11:44
religion and to some extent the Jewish religion are reflections of those great 00:11:44
religion are reflections of those great 00:11:49
religion are reflections of those great autocratic monarchs of the ancient Near 00:11:49
autocratic monarchs of the ancient Near 00:11:51
autocratic monarchs of the ancient Near East 00:11:51
East 00:11:52
East thus irises of Persia the Pharaohs of 00:11:52
thus irises of Persia the Pharaohs of 00:11:54
thus irises of Persia the Pharaohs of Egypt and people like Hammurabi who were 00:11:54
Egypt and people like Hammurabi who were 00:11:58
Egypt and people like Hammurabi who were the great rowdy and monarchs the 00:11:58
the great rowdy and monarchs the 00:12:02
the great rowdy and monarchs the universe was conceived then as being 00:12:02
universe was conceived then as being 00:12:04
universe was conceived then as being ruled on a political pattern like that 00:12:04
ruled on a political pattern like that 00:12:09
ruled on a political pattern like that so that the Hammurabi in particular and 00:12:09
so that the Hammurabi in particular and 00:12:12
so that the Hammurabi in particular and Moses after him were great law givers 00:12:12
Moses after him were great law givers 00:12:16
Moses after him were great law givers they were the Wise Ones who laid down 00:12:16
they were the Wise Ones who laid down 00:12:19
they were the Wise Ones who laid down the rules they were the patriarchs who 00:12:19
the rules they were the patriarchs who 00:12:21
the rules they were the patriarchs who said now this is the way everybody's got 00:12:21
said now this is the way everybody's got 00:12:24
said now this is the way everybody's got to behave somebody's got to tell what 00:12:24
to behave somebody's got to tell what 00:12:26
to behave somebody's got to tell what the rules are and since you can't all 00:12:26
the rules are and since you can't all 00:12:27
the rules are and since you can't all agree among yourselves as to what the 00:12:27
agree among yourselves as to what the 00:12:29
agree among yourselves as to what the rules going to be I'm going to tell you 00:12:29
rules going to be I'm going to tell you 00:12:30
rules going to be I'm going to tell you what to do and since I'm the toughest 00:12:30
what to do and since I'm the toughest 00:12:33
what to do and since I'm the toughest guy around here and I got these brothers 00:12:33
guy around here and I got these brothers 00:12:35
guy around here and I got these brothers of mine who are pretty tough too we're 00:12:35
of mine who are pretty tough too we're 00:12:37
of mine who are pretty tough too we're gonna say this is the law see and you 00:12:37
gonna say this is the law see and you 00:12:39
gonna say this is the law see and you got obey so this is how we have got 00:12:39
got obey so this is how we have got 00:12:45
got obey so this is how we have got historically the idea of there being a 00:12:45
historically the idea of there being a 00:12:47
historically the idea of there being a law of nature 00:12:47
law of nature 00:12:49
law of nature that somebody told nature what to do 00:12:49
that somebody told nature what to do 00:12:52
that somebody told nature what to do somebody told for example a wonderful 00:12:53
somebody told for example a wonderful 00:12:57
somebody told for example a wonderful poem by father Feeny about bees God to 00:12:57
poem by father Feeny about bees God to 00:13:04
poem by father Feeny about bees God to some sticky stuff not yet alive in a 00:13:04
some sticky stuff not yet alive in a 00:13:06
some sticky stuff not yet alive in a hive said come hum he might be in buzzes 00:13:06
hive said come hum he might be in buzzes 00:13:10
hive said come hum he might be in buzzes I did and sure enough it was and it did 00:13:10
see and at the beginning let there be 00:13:14
see and at the beginning let there be 00:13:17
see and at the beginning let there be light a commandment 00:13:17
light a commandment 00:13:21
light a commandment so commandment is the fundamental idea 00:13:21
so commandment is the fundamental idea 00:13:23
so commandment is the fundamental idea so the quest of the law of nature is the 00:13:23
so the quest of the law of nature is the 00:13:27
so the quest of the law of nature is the quest for the true understanding of the 00:13:27
quest for the true understanding of the 00:13:30
quest for the true understanding of the word of God for by the word of the Lord 00:13:30
word of God for by the word of the Lord 00:13:33
word of God for by the word of the Lord where the heavens made and all the hosts 00:13:33
where the heavens made and all the hosts 00:13:35
where the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth in 00:13:35
of them by the breath of his mouth in 00:13:38
of them by the breath of his mouth in the beginning was the word and the Word 00:13:38
the beginning was the word and the Word 00:13:40
the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God 00:13:40
was with God and the Word was God 00:13:42
was with God and the Word was God what is that word if we could find out 00:13:42
what is that word if we could find out 00:13:46
what is that word if we could find out the Word of God here is the idea we 00:13:46
the Word of God here is the idea we 00:13:49
the Word of God here is the idea we could perform incredible magic that's 00:13:49
could perform incredible magic that's 00:13:54
could perform incredible magic that's why for example the name of God in the 00:13:54
why for example the name of God in the 00:13:57
why for example the name of God in the Bible is not to be uttered except once 00:13:57
Bible is not to be uttered except once 00:14:00
Bible is not to be uttered except once by the high priest in the holy of holies 00:14:00
by the high priest in the holy of holies 00:14:03
by the high priest in the holy of holies once a year otherwise that name yad hey 00:14:03
once a year otherwise that name yad hey 00:14:07
once a year otherwise that name yad hey VAR a in hebrew we don't really know how 00:14:07
VAR a in hebrew we don't really know how 00:14:09
VAR a in hebrew we don't really know how it was pronounced and jehovah mixes up 00:14:09
it was pronounced and jehovah mixes up 00:14:12
it was pronounced and jehovah mixes up those consonants with the vowels of 00:14:12
those consonants with the vowels of 00:14:14
those consonants with the vowels of Adonai and then it's all mixed up in 00:14:14
Adonai and then it's all mixed up in 00:14:22
Adonai and then it's all mixed up in translation but anyway that if Jehovah 00:14:22
translation but anyway that if Jehovah 00:14:25
translation but anyway that if Jehovah is a polite way of saying what can't be 00:14:25
is a polite way of saying what can't be 00:14:27
is a polite way of saying what can't be said because if you know the word you 00:14:27
said because if you know the word you 00:14:32
said because if you know the word you know the name of God you have power you 00:14:32
know the name of God you have power you 00:14:37
know the name of God you have power you have the power of God and so all ancient 00:14:37
have the power of God and so all ancient 00:14:41
have the power of God and so all ancient ideas of magic were based on knowing the 00:14:41
ideas of magic were based on knowing the 00:14:45
ideas of magic were based on knowing the names of God it is said that there are 00:14:45
names of God it is said that there are 00:14:47
names of God it is said that there are 100 names of God and 99 are revealed to 00:14:47
100 names of God and 99 are revealed to 00:14:51
100 names of God and 99 are revealed to us and the camel knows the hundreds name 00:14:51
us and the camel knows the hundreds name 00:14:53
us and the camel knows the hundreds name which is why he looks so snooty 00:14:53
which is why he looks so snooty 00:14:56
which is why he looks so snooty [Laughter] 00:14:56
but so also a person in what we now call 00:15:02
but so also a person in what we now call 00:15:07
but so also a person in what we now call primitive orders of society are loath to 00:15:07
primitive orders of society are loath to 00:15:10
primitive orders of society are loath to reveal their names because if I know 00:15:10
reveal their names because if I know 00:15:13
reveal their names because if I know your true name I can utter it and have 00:15:13
your true name I can utter it and have 00:15:17
your true name I can utter it and have power and power over you now you say 00:15:17
power and power over you now you say 00:15:21
power and power over you now you say well that seems a very naive idea but it 00:15:21
well that seems a very naive idea but it 00:15:24
well that seems a very naive idea but it is exactly through the knowledge of 00:15:24
is exactly through the knowledge of 00:15:27
is exactly through the knowledge of names that we have Western science and 00:15:27
names that we have Western science and 00:15:31
names that we have Western science and it that is magic that is through trying 00:15:31
it that is magic that is through trying 00:15:36
it that is magic that is through trying to understand the laws of nature so that 00:15:36
to understand the laws of nature so that 00:15:40
to understand the laws of nature so that if you could understand the word 00:15:40
if you could understand the word 00:15:42
if you could understand the word underneath all the phenomena you could 00:15:42
underneath all the phenomena you could 00:15:44
underneath all the phenomena you could change the phenomena and then create 00:15:44
change the phenomena and then create 00:15:47
change the phenomena and then create magic only this that many scientists 00:15:47
magic only this that many scientists 00:15:52
magic only this that many scientists have got rather sophisticated and have 00:15:52
have got rather sophisticated and have 00:15:55
have got rather sophisticated and have realized that the word comes later than 00:15:55
realized that the word comes later than 00:15:58
realized that the word comes later than the event that in the beginning wasn't 00:15:58
the event that in the beginning wasn't 00:16:03
the event that in the beginning wasn't the word of course if you want to make 00:16:03
the word of course if you want to make 00:16:09
the word of course if you want to make new sense out of the phrase in the 00:16:09
new sense out of the phrase in the 00:16:11
new sense out of the phrase in the beginning was the word you have to go to 00:16:11
beginning was the word you have to go to 00:16:12
beginning was the word you have to go to Hinduism where they have the idea that 00:16:12
vaak VA see in Sanskrit or speech is the 00:16:18
vaak VA see in Sanskrit or speech is the 00:16:25
vaak VA see in Sanskrit or speech is the basis of creation but by this they 00:16:25
basis of creation but by this they 00:16:28
basis of creation but by this they fundamentally mean vibration as sound 00:16:28
[Music] 00:16:38
they say that is you see if you listen 00:16:44
they say that is you see if you listen 00:16:47
they say that is you see if you listen to sound and go right down into it 00:16:47
to sound and go right down into it 00:16:49
to sound and go right down into it fundamentally get what sound is all 00:16:49
fundamentally get what sound is all 00:16:52
fundamentally get what sound is all about you understand the whole mystery 00:16:52
about you understand the whole mystery 00:16:53
about you understand the whole mystery of things because the whole mystery of 00:16:53
of things because the whole mystery of 00:16:56
of things because the whole mystery of things is vibrating energy on earth 00:16:56
things is vibrating energy on earth 00:16:59
things is vibrating energy on earth simple as that life and death life is on 00:16:59
simple as that life and death life is on 00:17:02
simple as that life and death life is on that is off after after long have to 00:17:02
that is off after after long have to 00:17:05
that is off after after long have to have on a bath 00:17:05
it's quite a relief but they have they 00:17:08
it's quite a relief but they have they 00:17:13
it's quite a relief but they have they say that's the beginning now but they 00:17:13
say that's the beginning now but they 00:17:15
say that's the beginning now but they also say in another sense on another 00:17:15
also say in another sense on another 00:17:19
also say in another sense on another level that the roots of Sanskrit say the 00:17:19
level that the roots of Sanskrit say the 00:17:24
level that the roots of Sanskrit say the the root form say the word Buddha comes 00:17:24
the root form say the word Buddha comes 00:17:29
the root form say the word Buddha comes from the root form but which means to 00:17:29
from the root form but which means to 00:17:32
from the root form but which means to know or to be awake bhava which means 00:17:32
know or to be awake bhava which means 00:17:37
know or to be awake bhava which means becoming comes from the root booth which 00:17:37
becoming comes from the root booth which 00:17:41
becoming comes from the root booth which means to grow so on Kurama doing comes 00:17:41
means to grow so on Kurama doing comes 00:17:47
means to grow so on Kurama doing comes from the root to tree to act so they say 00:17:47
from the root to tree to act so they say 00:17:53
from the root to tree to act so they say though that the roots of Sanskrit are 00:17:53
though that the roots of Sanskrit are 00:17:55
though that the roots of Sanskrit are not simply the roots of a language 00:17:55
not simply the roots of a language 00:17:57
not simply the roots of a language they're the roots of life because in 00:17:57
they're the roots of life because in 00:18:01
they're the roots of life because in another sense all together you see you 00:18:01
another sense all together you see you 00:18:05
another sense all together you see you create the world by the word 00:18:05
and this is something that we're not 00:18:13
and this is something that we're not 00:18:15
and this is something that we're not very conscious of it's the way you think 00:18:15
very conscious of it's the way you think 00:18:21
very conscious of it's the way you think that determines your basic reactions to 00:18:21
that determines your basic reactions to 00:18:25
that determines your basic reactions to what happens in the words of Shakespeare 00:18:25
what happens in the words of Shakespeare 00:18:28
what happens in the words of Shakespeare there is nothing either good or ill but 00:18:28
there is nothing either good or ill but 00:18:31
there is nothing either good or ill but thinking makes it so 00:18:31
thinking makes it so 00:18:33
thinking makes it so thinking is talking to yourself inside 00:18:33
thinking is talking to yourself inside 00:18:35
thinking is talking to yourself inside your head and we through this build up 00:18:35
your head and we through this build up 00:18:42
your head and we through this build up all sorts of weird notions we say for 00:18:42
all sorts of weird notions we say for 00:18:46
all sorts of weird notions we say for example well one day you'll have to die 00:18:46
example well one day you'll have to die 00:18:52
example well one day you'll have to die have to what's in them what's what's the 00:18:52
have to what's in them what's what's the 00:18:57
have to what's in them what's what's the cell what's the emotional content of 00:18:57
cell what's the emotional content of 00:18:58
cell what's the emotional content of saying you'll have to die it means it's 00:18:58
saying you'll have to die it means it's 00:19:02
saying you'll have to die it means it's going to be something imposed upon you 00:19:02
going to be something imposed upon you 00:19:04
going to be something imposed upon you against your will so it's put in this 00:19:04
against your will so it's put in this 00:19:07
against your will so it's put in this passive mode have to you'll be compelled 00:19:07
passive mode have to you'll be compelled 00:19:11
passive mode have to you'll be compelled to die but I can't be compelled to die 00:19:11
to die but I can't be compelled to die 00:19:14
to die but I can't be compelled to die unless I'm fighting it if I supposing I 00:19:14
unless I'm fighting it if I supposing I 00:19:20
unless I'm fighting it if I supposing I want to die closing I commit suicide or 00:19:20
supposing we look at it all in another 00:19:25
supposing we look at it all in another 00:19:27
supposing we look at it all in another way and say when I get a disease and die 00:19:27
way and say when I get a disease and die 00:19:29
way and say when I get a disease and die as a result of it getting a disease is 00:19:30
as a result of it getting a disease is 00:19:32
as a result of it getting a disease is something I do just as much as walk 00:19:32
something I do just as much as walk 00:19:35
something I do just as much as walk taking a walk only we've got our 00:19:35
taking a walk only we've got our 00:19:39
taking a walk only we've got our thoughts arranged so that we say you 00:19:39
thoughts arranged so that we say you 00:19:41
thoughts arranged so that we say you ought not to get a disease even if it's 00:19:41
ought not to get a disease even if it's 00:19:44
ought not to get a disease even if it's just plain old age somehow you ought not 00:19:44
just plain old age somehow you ought not 00:19:47
just plain old age somehow you ought not to do that you ought to go on and 00:19:47
to do that you ought to go on and 00:19:50
to do that you ought to go on and therefore you you can't say when death 00:19:50
therefore you you can't say when death 00:19:55
therefore you you can't say when death comes about where to put it in the words 00:19:55
comes about where to put it in the words 00:19:59
comes about where to put it in the words of Robert de Stevens and I laid me down 00:19:59
of Robert de Stevens and I laid me down 00:20:01
of Robert de Stevens and I laid me down with a will because we've got this 00:20:01
with a will because we've got this 00:20:05
with a will because we've got this hang-up about life being divided into 00:20:05
hang-up about life being divided into 00:20:07
hang-up about life being divided into two parts things that we do on the one 00:20:07
two parts things that we do on the one 00:20:11
two parts things that we do on the one hand and things that happen to us on the 00:20:11
hand and things that happen to us on the 00:20:13
hand and things that happen to us on the other and Buddhists say what happens to 00:20:13
other and Buddhists say what happens to 00:20:19
other and Buddhists say what happens to you is your karma 00:20:19
and people don't readily understand that 00:20:23
and people don't readily understand that 00:20:26
and people don't readily understand that they think my Karma uh I have something 00:20:26
they think my Karma uh I have something 00:20:29
they think my Karma uh I have something awful happened to me because of 00:20:29
awful happened to me because of 00:20:30
awful happened to me because of something bad I did in my last life and 00:20:30
something bad I did in my last life and 00:20:34
something bad I did in my last life and therefore I've got bad karma karma 00:20:34
therefore I've got bad karma karma 00:20:40
therefore I've got bad karma karma simply means you're doing your action so 00:20:40
simply means you're doing your action so 00:20:44
simply means you're doing your action so that when something that happens to me 00:20:44
that when something that happens to me 00:20:46
that when something that happens to me is called my Karma it means that it's 00:20:46
is called my Karma it means that it's 00:20:50
is called my Karma it means that it's your own doing and if you recognize that 00:20:50
your own doing and if you recognize that 00:20:55
your own doing and if you recognize that it's your own doing it's never bad karma 00:20:55
it's your own doing it's never bad karma 00:20:58
it's your own doing it's never bad karma it's only bad karma if you refuse to 00:20:58
it's only bad karma if you refuse to 00:21:01
it's only bad karma if you refuse to admit that it's your own doing and 00:21:01
admit that it's your own doing and 00:21:03
admit that it's your own doing and merely blame someone or something else 00:21:03
merely blame someone or something else 00:21:05
merely blame someone or something else that it's something that happened to you 00:21:05
that it's something that happened to you 00:21:08
that it's something that happened to you now I've digressed a little because what 00:21:08
now I've digressed a little because what 00:21:11
now I've digressed a little because what I was getting at was the meaning of a 00:21:11
I was getting at was the meaning of a 00:21:13
I was getting at was the meaning of a law of nature 00:21:13
laws of nature were taken over the idea 00:21:20
laws of nature were taken over the idea 00:21:27
laws of nature were taken over the idea of the law of nature was taken over by 00:21:27
of the law of nature was taken over by 00:21:30
of the law of nature was taken over by Western science from this ancient 00:21:30
Western science from this ancient 00:21:34
Western science from this ancient magical notion of the Word of God the 00:21:34
magical notion of the Word of God the 00:21:39
magical notion of the Word of God the commandment of God at being the 00:21:39
commandment of God at being the 00:21:41
commandment of God at being the foundation for everything that happens 00:21:41
foundation for everything that happens 00:21:43
foundation for everything that happens in the world but now it today in western 00:21:43
in the world but now it today in western 00:21:48
in the world but now it today in western twentieth century science there is a 00:21:48
twentieth century science there is a 00:21:51
twentieth century science there is a entirely new idea of the law of nature 00:21:51
entirely new idea of the law of nature 00:21:56
entirely new idea of the law of nature the laws of nature are not things that 00:21:56
the laws of nature are not things that 00:21:59
the laws of nature are not things that exist in any real sense which phenomena 00:21:59
exist in any real sense which phenomena 00:22:03
exist in any real sense which phenomena like the motion of stars or the behavior 00:22:03
like the motion of stars or the behavior 00:22:07
like the motion of stars or the behavior of animals and rocks they're not 00:22:07
of animals and rocks they're not 00:22:10
of animals and rocks they're not phenomena which these things obey the 00:22:10
phenomena which these things obey the 00:22:16
phenomena which these things obey the universe is doing its stuff but because 00:22:16
universe is doing its stuff but because 00:22:22
universe is doing its stuff but because we have a certain kind of structure and 00:22:22
we have a certain kind of structure and 00:22:29
we have a certain kind of structure and brain we want to make sense of it and 00:22:29
brain we want to make sense of it and 00:22:35
brain we want to make sense of it and therefore we find various ways of 00:22:35
therefore we find various ways of 00:22:39
therefore we find various ways of understanding the world by the principle 00:22:39
understanding the world by the principle 00:22:46
understanding the world by the principle of regularity and what's that let's take 00:22:46
of regularity and what's that let's take 00:22:51
of regularity and what's that let's take a clock a clock ticks regularly but the 00:22:51
a clock a clock ticks regularly but the 00:22:58
a clock a clock ticks regularly but the world does not tick regularly in 00:22:58
world does not tick regularly in 00:23:02
world does not tick regularly in conveniently enough the Sun does not go 00:23:02
conveniently enough the Sun does not go 00:23:05
conveniently enough the Sun does not go does not have the earth go round it in a 00:23:05
does not have the earth go round it in a 00:23:09
does not have the earth go round it in a neat 360 days this is always irritated 00:23:09
neat 360 days this is always irritated 00:23:14
neat 360 days this is always irritated calendar makers how to make a rational 00:23:14
calendar makers how to make a rational 00:23:17
calendar makers how to make a rational calendar there is no solution because 00:23:17
calendar there is no solution because 00:23:21
calendar there is no solution because the rotations of the earth upon its own 00:23:21
the rotations of the earth upon its own 00:23:25
the rotations of the earth upon its own axis do not neatly synchronize with its 00:23:25
axis do not neatly synchronize with its 00:23:27
axis do not neatly synchronize with its rotation around the Sun there's always 00:23:27
rotation around the Sun there's always 00:23:30
rotation around the Sun there's always something a little odd about it so what 00:23:30
something a little odd about it so what 00:23:34
something a little odd about it so what we do is 00:23:34
we do is 00:23:34
we do is we've superimposed over this rather odd 00:23:34
we've superimposed over this rather odd 00:23:38
we've superimposed over this rather odd elliptical path the ideal figure of a 00:23:38
elliptical path the ideal figure of a 00:23:41
elliptical path the ideal figure of a circle with its 360 degrees now that is 00:23:41
circle with its 360 degrees now that is 00:23:47
circle with its 360 degrees now that is also like putting a ruler along a piece 00:23:47
also like putting a ruler along a piece 00:23:50
also like putting a ruler along a piece of wood and saying this piece of wood 00:23:50
of wood and saying this piece of wood 00:23:53
of wood and saying this piece of wood can be cut to twelve inches now there 00:23:53
can be cut to twelve inches now there 00:23:59
can be cut to twelve inches now there are no inches in the wood inches are a 00:23:59
are no inches in the wood inches are a 00:24:02
are no inches in the wood inches are a method a technique that human beings 00:24:02
method a technique that human beings 00:24:05
method a technique that human beings have invented for measuring things and 00:24:05
have invented for measuring things and 00:24:09
have invented for measuring things and so we can cut out of a piece of cloth or 00:24:09
so we can cut out of a piece of cloth or 00:24:14
so we can cut out of a piece of cloth or a clunk of a tree so many feet well 00:24:14
a clunk of a tree so many feet well 00:24:21
a clunk of a tree so many feet well originally it's simply comparing the 00:24:21
originally it's simply comparing the 00:24:24
originally it's simply comparing the trunk with us by putting our feet over 00:24:24
trunk with us by putting our feet over 00:24:27
trunk with us by putting our feet over it one after another saying it's so many 00:24:27
it one after another saying it's so many 00:24:29
it one after another saying it's so many feet long or so many spans when you 00:24:29
feet long or so many spans when you 00:24:32
feet long or so many spans when you stretch out the hand there's the 00:24:32
stretch out the hand there's the 00:24:33
stretch out the hand there's the fundamental idea of measurement and the 00:24:33
fundamental idea of measurement and the 00:24:35
fundamental idea of measurement and the inches of course one joined not choke on 00:24:35
inches of course one joined not choke on 00:24:39
inches of course one joined not choke on it and so the this comparison of man's 00:24:39
it and so the this comparison of man's 00:24:48
it and so the this comparison of man's body and its regular shape you see ten 00:24:48
body and its regular shape you see ten 00:24:52
body and its regular shape you see ten fingers on either side 10 I mean you 00:24:52
fingers on either side 10 I mean you 00:24:55
fingers on either side 10 I mean you know five fingers on either side makes 00:24:55
know five fingers on either side makes 00:24:56
know five fingers on either side makes ten five toes on the other side makes 00:24:56
ten five toes on the other side makes 00:24:58
ten five toes on the other side makes ten and so by stretching ourselves out 00:24:58
ten and so by stretching ourselves out 00:25:03
ten and so by stretching ourselves out as it were against nature we measured it 00:25:03
as it were against nature we measured it 00:25:07
as it were against nature we measured it and the idea of this of measurement is 00:25:07
and the idea of this of measurement is 00:25:12
and the idea of this of measurement is the same idea as the idea of the law of 00:25:12
the same idea as the idea of the law of 00:25:14
the same idea as the idea of the law of nature the law of nature is exactly the 00:25:14
nature the law of nature is exactly the 00:25:19
nature the law of nature is exactly the same kind of thing as a ruler or a 00:25:19
same kind of thing as a ruler or a 00:25:23
same kind of thing as a ruler or a hammer or a saw it is a way of thinking 00:25:23
hammer or a saw it is a way of thinking 00:25:29
hammer or a saw it is a way of thinking which enables us to control our 00:25:29
which enables us to control our 00:25:32
which enables us to control our environment by observing regularities 00:25:32
environment by observing regularities 00:25:39
environment by observing regularities and then by making a calculus which is a 00:25:40
and then by making a calculus which is a 00:25:44
and then by making a calculus which is a process really of betting 00:25:44
process really of betting 00:25:47
process really of betting will it be regular next time and the 00:25:47
will it be regular next time and the 00:25:52
will it be regular next time and the odds are that it may be if it's done it 00:25:52
odds are that it may be if it's done it 00:25:55
odds are that it may be if it's done it once this way it's likely to do it again 00:25:55
once this way it's likely to do it again 00:25:57
once this way it's likely to do it again that way so in this way you predict 00:25:57
that way so in this way you predict 00:26:00
that way so in this way you predict eclipses of the Sun you predict the 00:26:01
eclipses of the Sun you predict the 00:26:03
eclipses of the Sun you predict the phases of the Moon you measured them you 00:26:03
phases of the Moon you measured them you 00:26:06
phases of the Moon you measured them you counted how it went how often it did it 00:26:06
counted how it went how often it did it 00:26:08
counted how it went how often it did it like this often they did it like that 00:26:08
like this often they did it like that 00:26:10
like this often they did it like that and you say well it keeps on doing it 00:26:10
and you say well it keeps on doing it 00:26:12
and you say well it keeps on doing it and you think well this is fascinating 00:26:12
and you think well this is fascinating 00:26:16
and you think well this is fascinating it seems to obey me because now I can 00:26:16
it seems to obey me because now I can 00:26:19
it seems to obey me because now I can tell you any time it's going to come up 00:26:19
tell you any time it's going to come up 00:26:21
tell you any time it's going to come up and if the other people around haven't 00:26:21
and if the other people around haven't 00:26:24
and if the other people around haven't figured it out they think I'm magic 00:26:24
figured it out they think I'm magic 00:26:26
figured it out they think I'm magic because I'm going to say to them the 00:26:26
because I'm going to say to them the 00:26:28
because I'm going to say to them the moon is going to change if such and such 00:26:28
moon is going to change if such and such 00:26:30
moon is going to change if such and such a time so many days from now it's gonna 00:26:30
a time so many days from now it's gonna 00:26:32
a time so many days from now it's gonna have a different shape they say my god 00:26:32
have a different shape they say my god 00:26:34
have a different shape they say my god he was right and they think I'm making 00:26:34
he was right and they think I'm making 00:26:38
he was right and they think I'm making it happen because I can do that and so I 00:26:38
it happen because I can do that and so I 00:26:44
it happen because I can do that and so I get a rather privileged position because 00:26:44
get a rather privileged position because 00:26:48
get a rather privileged position because I could predict but that's the basic 00:26:48
I could predict but that's the basic 00:26:50
I could predict but that's the basic idea of the law of nature the law of 00:26:50
idea of the law of nature the law of 00:26:53
idea of the law of nature the law of nature is a human Network like the lines 00:26:53
nature is a human Network like the lines 00:27:05
nature is a human Network like the lines of celestial latitude and longitude they 00:27:05
of celestial latitude and longitude they 00:27:07
of celestial latitude and longitude they don't exist in the heavens but we 00:27:07
don't exist in the heavens but we 00:27:10
don't exist in the heavens but we project them on the sky in order to 00:27:10
project them on the sky in order to 00:27:12
project them on the sky in order to measure the positions of the stars 00:27:12
because the stars are scattered in a 00:27:16
because the stars are scattered in a 00:27:19
because the stars are scattered in a very confusing way and just try and 00:27:19
very confusing way and just try and 00:27:23
very confusing way and just try and remember that mess and figure it out 00:27:23
remember that mess and figure it out 00:27:26
remember that mess and figure it out though the clever ones you see just sit 00:27:26
though the clever ones you see just sit 00:27:28
though the clever ones you see just sit look at it through a network a spherical 00:27:28
look at it through a network a spherical 00:27:31
look at it through a network a spherical Network then you can number all the 00:27:31
Network then you can number all the 00:27:36
Network then you can number all the squares in the spherical Network the 00:27:36
squares in the spherical Network the 00:27:38
squares in the spherical Network the core in accordance with the principles 00:27:38
core in accordance with the principles 00:27:40
core in accordance with the principles of the circle the 360 degrees you've 00:27:40
of the circle the 360 degrees you've 00:27:42
of the circle the 360 degrees you've thrown the network on the sky it isn't 00:27:43
thrown the network on the sky it isn't 00:27:46
thrown the network on the sky it isn't really there see then to help you a 00:27:46
really there see then to help you a 00:27:49
really there see then to help you a little further pick out some of the big 00:27:49
little further pick out some of the big 00:27:54
little further pick out some of the big stars and see if they make a shape you 00:27:54
stars and see if they make a shape you 00:27:57
stars and see if they make a shape you know this is like a doing a Rorschach 00:27:57
know this is like a doing a Rorschach 00:27:58
know this is like a doing a Rorschach test 00:27:58
test 00:27:59
test did you see oh look there's one over 00:27:59
did you see oh look there's one over 00:28:01
did you see oh look there's one over there that looks like a Dipper or some 00:28:01
there that looks like a Dipper or some 00:28:04
there that looks like a Dipper or some people call it a plough and this one 00:28:04
people call it a plough and this one 00:28:08
people call it a plough and this one there that looks like a cross there's 00:28:08
there that looks like a cross there's 00:28:10
there that looks like a cross there's one there that by some extreme Wang Ling 00:28:10
one there that by some extreme Wang Ling 00:28:13
one there that by some extreme Wang Ling can be made to look like a virgin and 00:28:13
can be made to look like a virgin and 00:28:17
can be made to look like a virgin and all these lines that join the 00:28:17
all these lines that join the 00:28:19
all these lines that join the constellations together are our ways of 00:28:19
constellations together are our ways of 00:28:23
constellations together are our ways of projecting a pattern upon this great and 00:28:23
projecting a pattern upon this great and 00:28:27
projecting a pattern upon this great and glorious confusion so that we can 00:28:27
glorious confusion so that we can 00:28:30
glorious confusion so that we can remember it and chart it but obviously 00:28:30
remember it and chart it but obviously 00:28:34
remember it and chart it but obviously you can very well see that if you looked 00:28:34
you can very well see that if you looked 00:28:36
you can very well see that if you looked at the same pattern of stars from some 00:28:36
at the same pattern of stars from some 00:28:38
at the same pattern of stars from some completely different position in space 00:28:38
completely different position in space 00:28:40
completely different position in space all those constellations and their 00:28:40
all those constellations and their 00:28:42
all those constellations and their Arrangements would vanish you would have 00:28:42
Arrangements would vanish you would have 00:28:45
Arrangements would vanish you would have to invent a new one because there is 00:28:45
to invent a new one because there is 00:28:48
to invent a new one because there is nowhere where the stars really are it 00:28:48
nowhere where the stars really are it 00:28:51
nowhere where the stars really are it depends where you're looking from so we 00:28:51
depends where you're looking from so we 00:28:56
depends where you're looking from so we now then in this sense then man in 00:28:56
now then in this sense then man in 00:28:59
now then in this sense then man in nature with his extraordinary 00:28:59
nature with his extraordinary 00:29:01
nature with his extraordinary symmetrical brain and it's amazing 00:29:01
symmetrical brain and it's amazing 00:29:06
symmetrical brain and it's amazing complications figures it out and it's 00:29:06
complications figures it out and it's 00:29:11
complications figures it out and it's man who introduces the law into the 00:29:11
man who introduces the law into the 00:29:14
man who introduces the law into the world he invents it but in a way in 00:29:14
world he invents it but in a way in 00:29:22
world he invents it but in a way in venir a to invent is to discover but 00:29:22
venir a to invent is to discover but 00:29:30
venir a to invent is to discover but what we discover in a way is not 00:29:30
what we discover in a way is not 00:29:31
what we discover in a way is not something that's out there when we 00:29:31
something that's out there when we 00:29:35
something that's out there when we invent the laws of nature we are 00:29:35
invent the laws of nature we are 00:29:37
invent the laws of nature we are discovering something about ourselves 00:29:37
discovering something about ourselves 00:29:39
discovering something about ourselves and our own passion for prediction for 00:29:39
and our own passion for prediction for 00:29:45
and our own passion for prediction for regularity for keeping things under 00:29:45
regularity for keeping things under 00:29:47
regularity for keeping things under control therefore there has to be a law 00:29:47
so then going back right now to the 00:29:55
so then going back right now to the 00:29:57
so then going back right now to the beginning of what I started to say the 00:29:57
beginning of what I started to say the 00:30:04
beginning of what I started to say the question was then what is the law of 00:30:04
question was then what is the law of 00:30:07
question was then what is the law of relationship between the atoms between 00:30:07
relationship between the atoms between 00:30:12
relationship between the atoms between the fundamental building balls of which 00:30:12
the fundamental building balls of which 00:30:14
the fundamental building balls of which the world is composed well you watch the 00:30:14
the world is composed well you watch the 00:30:18
the world is composed well you watch the game of billiards and there's a cue and 00:30:18
game of billiards and there's a cue and 00:30:20
game of billiards and there's a cue and it hits that ball and then it moves over 00:30:20
it hits that ball and then it moves over 00:30:22
it hits that ball and then it moves over and it hits that one and then that hits 00:30:22
and it hits that one and then that hits 00:30:23
and it hits that one and then that hits that one and then that hits that one and 00:30:24
that one and then that hits that one and 00:30:26
that one and then that hits that one and so the final ball which moves into the 00:30:26
so the final ball which moves into the 00:30:29
so the final ball which moves into the pocket has its behavior explained 00:30:29
pocket has its behavior explained 00:30:33
pocket has its behavior explained through its contact with the other 00:30:33
through its contact with the other 00:30:36
through its contact with the other billiard balls in the final contact with 00:30:36
billiard balls in the final contact with 00:30:38
billiard balls in the final contact with a cue that's why it did it and so this 00:30:38
a cue that's why it did it and so this 00:30:45
a cue that's why it did it and so this view of the world as something that 00:30:45
view of the world as something that 00:30:48
view of the world as something that happens by the mechanical processes of 00:30:48
happens by the mechanical processes of 00:30:52
happens by the mechanical processes of the law of cause and effect is one that 00:30:52
the law of cause and effect is one that 00:30:56
the law of cause and effect is one that is really basic to most people's common 00:30:56
is really basic to most people's common 00:30:58
is really basic to most people's common sense today to most educated people they 00:30:58
sense today to most educated people they 00:31:05
sense today to most educated people they would say it's very difficult to figure 00:31:05
would say it's very difficult to figure 00:31:07
would say it's very difficult to figure it all out because the whole thing is so 00:31:07
it all out because the whole thing is so 00:31:09
it all out because the whole thing is so complicated but if you could know all 00:31:09
complicated but if you could know all 00:31:13
complicated but if you could know all the details involved in say the behavior 00:31:13
the details involved in say the behavior 00:31:17
the details involved in say the behavior or a single act of a human being you 00:31:17
or a single act of a human being you 00:31:20
or a single act of a human being you would find that it was the ineluctable 00:31:20
would find that it was the ineluctable 00:31:22
would find that it was the ineluctable result of a series of bouncing balls 00:31:22
result of a series of bouncing balls 00:31:27
result of a series of bouncing balls against each other fundamental atoms 00:31:27
against each other fundamental atoms 00:31:30
against each other fundamental atoms that predisposed the great final event 00:31:30
that predisposed the great final event 00:31:33
that predisposed the great final event to be just like that so that theory of 00:31:33
to be just like that so that theory of 00:31:40
to be just like that so that theory of the relationship between the atoms is 00:31:40
the relationship between the atoms is 00:31:43
the relationship between the atoms is called in technical language catenary CA 00:31:43
called in technical language catenary CA 00:31:48
called in technical language catenary CA te n ary catenary a catenary effect or a 00:31:48
te n ary catenary a catenary effect or a 00:31:56
te n ary catenary a catenary effect or a relationship between events is like for 00:31:56
relationship between events is like for 00:31:59
relationship between events is like for example - we use another illustration 00:31:59
example - we use another illustration 00:32:01
example - we use another illustration where you stand a row of bricks up and 00:32:01
where you stand a row of bricks up and 00:32:04
where you stand a row of bricks up and end up no and you knock over the first 00:32:04
end up no and you knock over the first 00:32:08
end up no and you knock over the first one and they 00:32:08
one and they 00:32:08
one and they katakana katakana and fall down that is 00:32:08
katakana katakana and fall down that is 00:32:11
katakana katakana and fall down that is a catenary sequence but it becomes 00:32:11
a catenary sequence but it becomes 00:32:16
a catenary sequence but it becomes increasingly obvious today to the 00:32:16
increasingly obvious today to the 00:32:19
increasingly obvious today to the physicist into the biologist that that 00:32:19
physicist into the biologist that that 00:32:21
physicist into the biologist that that will not do as a sufficient description 00:32:21
will not do as a sufficient description 00:32:26
will not do as a sufficient description of how various events affect each other 00:32:26
of how various events affect each other 00:32:30
of how various events affect each other and so there's another type of causal 00:32:30
and so there's another type of causal 00:32:34
and so there's another type of causal relationship altogether which is called 00:32:34
relationship altogether which is called 00:32:37
relationship altogether which is called instead of catenary reticulate ret ICU 00:32:37
instead of catenary reticulate ret ICU 00:32:44
instead of catenary reticulate ret ICU la te reticulate from the latin rate a 00:32:44
la te reticulate from the latin rate a 00:32:48
la te reticulate from the latin rate a meaning in net-net relationship wherein 00:32:48
meaning in net-net relationship wherein 00:32:54
meaning in net-net relationship wherein in other words any given event is not 00:32:54
in other words any given event is not 00:32:59
in other words any given event is not simply ascribed to one or more previous 00:32:59
simply ascribed to one or more previous 00:33:03
simply ascribed to one or more previous events but that the relationship between 00:33:03
events but that the relationship between 00:33:09
events but that the relationship between the past and the present and between the 00:33:09
the past and the present and between the 00:33:12
the past and the present and between the present and the future is all to be 00:33:12
present and the future is all to be 00:33:18
present and the future is all to be taken into consideration in 00:33:18
taken into consideration in 00:33:20
taken into consideration in understanding any one event in other 00:33:20
understanding any one event in other 00:33:23
understanding any one event in other words let's take one event i drop a ball 00:33:23
words let's take one event i drop a ball 00:33:27
words let's take one event i drop a ball and it bounces that's let's say it's an 00:33:27
and it bounces that's let's say it's an 00:33:32
and it bounces that's let's say it's an event i don't know how many events it 00:33:32
event i don't know how many events it 00:33:34
event i don't know how many events it really is but we'll just say for the 00:33:34
really is but we'll just say for the 00:33:35
really is but we'll just say for the sake of argument that it's an event now 00:33:35
sake of argument that it's an event now 00:33:40
sake of argument that it's an event now is it enough in describing this event to 00:33:40
is it enough in describing this event to 00:33:44
is it enough in describing this event to say i let the ball go it obeyed the lord 00:33:44
say i let the ball go it obeyed the lord 00:33:47
say i let the ball go it obeyed the lord of glory and hit the floor but because 00:33:47
of glory and hit the floor but because 00:33:50
of glory and hit the floor but because it was made of rubber and had some air 00:33:50
it was made of rubber and had some air 00:33:52
it was made of rubber and had some air inside it it bounced and sort of 00:33:52
inside it it bounced and sort of 00:33:54
inside it it bounced and sort of slightly disobeyed gravity because it 00:33:54
slightly disobeyed gravity because it 00:33:56
slightly disobeyed gravity because it had an energy in it but that's not 00:33:56
had an energy in it but that's not 00:34:01
had an energy in it but that's not enough 00:34:01
because that the ball dropped that I let 00:34:06
because that the ball dropped that I let 00:34:14
because that the ball dropped that I let it go that it bounced depended not 00:34:14
it go that it bounced depended not 00:34:17
it go that it bounced depended not merely upon a historical sequence of 00:34:17
merely upon a historical sequence of 00:34:22
merely upon a historical sequence of events that you could lay out in a 00:34:22
events that you could lay out in a 00:34:24
events that you could lay out in a string along along a line of time it 00:34:24
string along along a line of time it 00:34:28
string along along a line of time it depends also upon a present context 00:34:28
depends also upon a present context 00:34:33
depends also upon a present context there must be a certain density of air 00:34:33
there must be a certain density of air 00:34:38
there must be a certain density of air all kinds of things have to coexist with 00:34:38
all kinds of things have to coexist with 00:34:41
all kinds of things have to coexist with this in order for me to be there to drop 00:34:41
this in order for me to be there to drop 00:34:44
this in order for me to be there to drop the ball at all much less manufacturable 00:34:44
so that what happens must be considered 00:34:49
so that what happens must be considered 00:34:53
so that what happens must be considered not merely as a historical phenomenon 00:34:53
not merely as a historical phenomenon 00:34:57
not merely as a historical phenomenon but it must be seen in context context 00:34:57
but it must be seen in context context 00:35:03
but it must be seen in context context is terribly important because it isn't 00:35:03
is terribly important because it isn't 00:35:07
is terribly important because it isn't just when a thing happens that is 00:35:07
just when a thing happens that is 00:35:09
just when a thing happens that is important it's where it happens in what 00:35:09
important it's where it happens in what 00:35:14
important it's where it happens in what setting so that you could say that my 00:35:14
setting so that you could say that my 00:35:19
setting so that you could say that my blood in my veins is in a certain 00:35:19
blood in my veins is in a certain 00:35:23
blood in my veins is in a certain setting in a test-tube it's in a 00:35:23
setting in a test-tube it's in a 00:35:26
setting in a test-tube it's in a completely different setting and in a 00:35:26
completely different setting and in a 00:35:29
completely different setting and in a test-tube my blood is not behaving in 00:35:29
test-tube my blood is not behaving in 00:35:32
test-tube my blood is not behaving in the way it behaves in my veins therefore 00:35:32
the way it behaves in my veins therefore 00:35:34
the way it behaves in my veins therefore it's not the same thing so in an 00:35:34
it's not the same thing so in an 00:35:44
it's not the same thing so in an individual person in one setting will 00:35:44
individual person in one setting will 00:35:46
individual person in one setting will behave in one way in another setting in 00:35:46
behave in one way in another setting in 00:35:48
behave in one way in another setting in a completely different way I remember 00:35:48
a completely different way I remember 00:35:50
a completely different way I remember when I was a child I was one boy when I 00:35:50
when I was a child I was one boy when I 00:35:53
when I was a child I was one boy when I was at home with my parents when I went 00:35:53
was at home with my parents when I went 00:35:56
was at home with my parents when I went to visit my uncle and aunt I was someone 00:35:56
to visit my uncle and aunt I was someone 00:35:58
to visit my uncle and aunt I was someone different when I was with my peers I was 00:35:58
different when I was with my peers I was 00:36:01
different when I was with my peers I was someone quite different because I 00:36:01
someone quite different because I 00:36:04
someone quite different because I changed according to the setting and 00:36:04
changed according to the setting and 00:36:06
changed according to the setting and children are very well well aware of 00:36:06
children are very well well aware of 00:36:08
children are very well well aware of this it's only as we go on that we keep 00:36:08
this it's only as we go on that we keep 00:36:11
this it's only as we go on that we keep having it drummed into our heads that we 00:36:11
having it drummed into our heads that we 00:36:13
having it drummed into our heads that we ought to have a consistent character 00:36:13
ought to have a consistent character 00:36:15
ought to have a consistent character because we are influenced by novels well 00:36:15
because we are influenced by novels well 00:36:18
because we are influenced by novels well the characters are supposed to be 00:36:18
the characters are supposed to be 00:36:19
the characters are supposed to be consistent 00:36:19
consistent 00:36:20
consistent and so you ought to have a consistent 00:36:20
and so you ought to have a consistent 00:36:22
and so you ought to have a consistent character you ought to behave the same 00:36:22
character you ought to behave the same 00:36:24
character you ought to behave the same in all circumstances as towards all 00:36:24
in all circumstances as towards all 00:36:26
in all circumstances as towards all people that merely means you become 00:36:26
people that merely means you become 00:36:28
people that merely means you become inflexible so what things are therefore 00:36:28
inflexible so what things are therefore 00:36:35
inflexible so what things are therefore depend on the context in which they are 00:36:35
depend on the context in which they are 00:36:38
depend on the context in which they are found upon their network relationship to 00:36:38
found upon their network relationship to 00:36:45
found upon their network relationship to everything else that's going on and one 00:36:45
everything else that's going on and one 00:36:50
everything else that's going on and one of the reasons for this which is going 00:36:50
of the reasons for this which is going 00:36:52
of the reasons for this which is going to lead us to something more profound 00:36:52
to lead us to something more profound 00:36:54
to lead us to something more profound but much simpler is of course that the 00:36:54
but much simpler is of course that the 00:36:59
but much simpler is of course that the whole notion of a thin or of an event in 00:36:59
whole notion of a thin or of an event in 00:37:06
whole notion of a thin or of an event in nature and of course all relationships 00:37:06
nature and of course all relationships 00:37:09
nature and of course all relationships between different things and different 00:37:09
between different things and different 00:37:11
between different things and different events is a purely abstract idea that 00:37:11
events is a purely abstract idea that 00:37:16
events is a purely abstract idea that does not really fit the facts of nature 00:37:16
does not really fit the facts of nature 00:37:18
does not really fit the facts of nature at all in nature in what this physical 00:37:18
at all in nature in what this physical 00:37:23
at all in nature in what this physical world that you feel when you hold your 00:37:23
world that you feel when you hold your 00:37:26
world that you feel when you hold your head or hold somebody's hand or just 00:37:26
head or hold somebody's hand or just 00:37:30
head or hold somebody's hand or just breathe in that world there aren't any 00:37:30
breathe in that world there aren't any 00:37:33
breathe in that world there aren't any separate events none whatever 00:37:33
separate events none whatever 00:37:41
separate events none whatever sure there are all sorts of Wiggles 00:37:41
sure there are all sorts of Wiggles 00:37:44
sure there are all sorts of Wiggles around here all sorts of lines all sorts 00:37:44
around here all sorts of lines all sorts 00:37:46
around here all sorts of lines all sorts of colors all sorts of surfaces all 00:37:46
of colors all sorts of surfaces all 00:37:49
of colors all sorts of surfaces all sorts of forms but they're not separate 00:37:49
sorts of forms but they're not separate 00:37:55
sorts of forms but they're not separate because you see you can't separate an 00:37:55
because you see you can't separate an 00:37:58
because you see you can't separate an inside what you are inside your skin 00:37:58
inside what you are inside your skin 00:38:01
inside what you are inside your skin from the outside of the skin because you 00:38:01
from the outside of the skin because you 00:38:03
from the outside of the skin because you can see that once if they want anything 00:38:03
can see that once if they want anything 00:38:05
can see that once if they want anything outside your skin there'd be no inside 00:38:05
it takes the outside and the inside 00:38:09
it takes the outside and the inside 00:38:11
it takes the outside and the inside working together to create this 00:38:11
working together to create this 00:38:14
working together to create this situation done in the simplest way the 00:38:14
situation done in the simplest way the 00:38:18
situation done in the simplest way the situation that I call my body wouldn't 00:38:18
situation that I call my body wouldn't 00:38:20
situation that I call my body wouldn't be operating unless it was there around 00:38:20
be operating unless it was there around 00:38:22
be operating unless it was there around here to breathe this this the physical 00:38:22
here to breathe this this the physical 00:38:27
here to breathe this this the physical phenomenon goes with the situation of 00:38:27
phenomenon goes with the situation of 00:38:30
phenomenon goes with the situation of there being air now our true 00:38:30
there being air now our true 00:38:33
there being air now our true about inside the air in a rather 00:38:33
about inside the air in a rather 00:38:35
about inside the air in a rather complicated way and other people 00:38:35
complicated way and other people 00:38:38
complicated way and other people watching say oh something going on over 00:38:38
watching say oh something going on over 00:38:40
watching say oh something going on over there 00:38:40
there 00:38:41
there no because the air you can't see and it 00:38:41
no because the air you can't see and it 00:38:43
no because the air you can't see and it remains rather constant except when 00:38:43
remains rather constant except when 00:38:45
remains rather constant except when there's a gale and so you don't pay much 00:38:45
there's a gale and so you don't pay much 00:38:48
there's a gale and so you don't pay much attention to it because it's always 00:38:48
attention to it because it's always 00:38:49
attention to it because it's always around what you pay attention to is what 00:38:49
around what you pay attention to is what 00:38:52
around what you pay attention to is what changes rather rapidly and you say well 00:38:52
changes rather rapidly and you say well 00:38:57
changes rather rapidly and you say well that's or that say hey you say to 00:38:57
that's or that say hey you say to 00:39:00
that's or that say hey you say to someone you see this change going on so 00:39:00
someone you see this change going on so 00:39:02
someone you see this change going on so I'm wiggling over there say what's that 00:39:02
I'm wiggling over there say what's that 00:39:05
I'm wiggling over there say what's that see I mean he knows what you mean by 00:39:05
see I mean he knows what you mean by 00:39:08
see I mean he knows what you mean by that that means something on the end of 00:39:08
that that means something on the end of 00:39:11
that that means something on the end of the finger point it's different it's 00:39:11
the finger point it's different it's 00:39:14
the finger point it's different it's peculiar 00:39:14
peculiar 00:39:15
peculiar see that's at that so from that comes 00:39:15
see that's at that so from that comes 00:39:19
see that's at that so from that comes the idea of an event or a thing that 00:39:19
the idea of an event or a thing that 00:39:22
the idea of an event or a thing that that but all these deaths that are 00:39:22
that but all these deaths that are 00:39:26
that but all these deaths that are happening aren't disconnected they go 00:39:26
happening aren't disconnected they go 00:39:30
happening aren't disconnected they go with each other just as I go with this 00:39:30
with each other just as I go with this 00:39:32
with each other just as I go with this surrounding air and just as this whole 00:39:32
surrounding air and just as this whole 00:39:35
surrounding air and just as this whole situation in which we are at this moment 00:39:35
situation in which we are at this moment 00:39:37
situation in which we are at this moment is it complicated going witness now here 00:39:37
is it complicated going witness now here 00:39:42
is it complicated going witness now here then we get to the fundamental idea of 00:39:42
then we get to the fundamental idea of 00:39:44
then we get to the fundamental idea of this idea of going with and from this we 00:39:44
this idea of going with and from this we 00:39:47
this idea of going with and from this we shall be able to construct the whole 00:39:47
shall be able to construct the whole 00:39:50
shall be able to construct the whole notion of network and this is the idea I 00:39:50
notion of network and this is the idea I 00:39:54
notion of network and this is the idea I said at the beginning is extremely 00:39:54
said at the beginning is extremely 00:39:56
said at the beginning is extremely simple but very difficult for people 00:39:56
simple but very difficult for people 00:40:01
simple but very difficult for people brought up to use Western languages to 00:40:01
brought up to use Western languages to 00:40:04
brought up to use Western languages to understand now going witness we could 00:40:04
understand now going witness we could 00:40:10
understand now going witness we could call it relativity relationship means 00:40:10
call it relativity relationship means 00:40:16
call it relativity relationship means simply let me first of all put it in a 00:40:16
simply let me first of all put it in a 00:40:19
simply let me first of all put it in a very extreme form consider yourselves 00:40:19
very extreme form consider yourselves 00:40:25
very extreme form consider yourselves yourself sitting here at this moment 00:40:25
yourself sitting here at this moment 00:40:29
yourself sitting here at this moment being just exactly the sort of person 00:40:29
being just exactly the sort of person 00:40:32
being just exactly the sort of person you are maybe a little neurotic maybe a 00:40:32
you are maybe a little neurotic maybe a 00:40:38
you are maybe a little neurotic maybe a little sick physically maybe a little 00:40:38
little sick physically maybe a little 00:40:42
little sick physically maybe a little ashamed of yourself for some reason or 00:40:42
ashamed of yourself for some reason or 00:40:45
ashamed of yourself for some reason or other 00:40:45
just the way you are anyway 00:40:47
just the way you are anyway 00:40:49
just the way you are anyway just like that sitting here that 00:40:49
just like that sitting here that 00:40:54
just like that sitting here that situation goes with as back goes with 00:40:54
situation goes with as back goes with 00:41:02
situation goes with as back goes with front the entire situation of the rest 00:41:02
front the entire situation of the rest 00:41:06
front the entire situation of the rest of the universe 00:41:06
now that was you as you are exactly the 00:41:12
now that was you as you are exactly the 00:41:16
now that was you as you are exactly the way you are and you really don't know 00:41:16
way you are and you really don't know 00:41:18
way you are and you really don't know what that is you may have some opinions 00:41:18
what that is you may have some opinions 00:41:21
what that is you may have some opinions about it but you really don't know that 00:41:21
about it but you really don't know that 00:41:24
about it but you really don't know that goes with the way the whole of the rest 00:41:24
goes with the way the whole of the rest 00:41:28
goes with the way the whole of the rest of boundless being is arranged now it 00:41:28
of boundless being is arranged now it 00:41:32
of boundless being is arranged now it isn't that the way the rest of boundless 00:41:32
isn't that the way the rest of boundless 00:41:34
isn't that the way the rest of boundless being is arranged is determining you to 00:41:34
being is arranged is determining you to 00:41:36
being is arranged is determining you to be the way you are or if it is that if 00:41:36
be the way you are or if it is that if 00:41:43
be the way you are or if it is that if that's true if it determines you then we 00:41:43
that's true if it determines you then we 00:41:48
that's true if it determines you then we must also allow the other side of the 00:41:48
must also allow the other side of the 00:41:51
must also allow the other side of the picture that you determine it it's your 00:41:51
picture that you determine it it's your 00:41:58
picture that you determine it it's your karma you did it but you say no but I 00:41:58
karma you did it but you say no but I 00:42:03
karma you did it but you say no but I didn't I couldn't help it it did me and 00:42:03
didn't I couldn't help it it did me and 00:42:07
didn't I couldn't help it it did me and you can say taste isn't it isn't this 00:42:07
you can say taste isn't it isn't this 00:42:10
you can say taste isn't it isn't this doesn't like two children arguing until 00:42:10
doesn't like two children arguing until 00:42:12
doesn't like two children arguing until you realize that the argument was was 00:42:12
you realize that the argument was was 00:42:15
you realize that the argument was was stupid because you and it are one event 00:42:15
stupid because you and it are one event 00:42:19
stupid because you and it are one event and it isn't the question of it 00:42:19
and it isn't the question of it 00:42:20
and it isn't the question of it controlling you or you controlling it 00:42:20
controlling you or you controlling it 00:42:22
controlling you or you controlling it it's all it's all one event as Teilhard 00:42:22
it's all it's all one event as Teilhard 00:42:27
it's all it's all one event as Teilhard de Chardin said the whole universe is 00:42:27
de Chardin said the whole universe is 00:42:29
de Chardin said the whole universe is the only true atom the only truly 00:42:29
the only true atom the only truly 00:42:32
the only true atom the only truly indivisible whole so the human being 00:42:32
indivisible whole so the human being 00:42:37
indivisible whole so the human being though it finds this difficult to 00:42:37
though it finds this difficult to 00:42:39
though it finds this difficult to understand because we're always telling 00:42:39
understand because we're always telling 00:42:42
understand because we're always telling each other now you should be different 00:42:42
each other now you should be different 00:42:45
each other now you should be different you ought to change 00:42:45
now listen this is if you're sick and 00:42:50
now listen this is if you're sick and 00:42:54
now listen this is if you're sick and I've got a system in CI I've got a 00:42:54
I've got a system in CI I've got a 00:42:55
I've got a system in CI I've got a system I would a real school here a 00:42:55
system I would a real school here a 00:42:58
system I would a real school here a thing that there's very important and 00:42:58
thing that there's very important and 00:43:00
thing that there's very important and you should come and study with that may 00:43:00
you should come and study with that may 00:43:02
you should come and study with that may not be mine it buddy maybe some big sage 00:43:02
not be mine it buddy maybe some big sage 00:43:05
not be mine it buddy maybe some big sage or pundit that I know and you should 00:43:05
or pundit that I know and you should 00:43:07
or pundit that I know and you should come around and study that and I've 00:43:07
come around and study that and I've 00:43:13
come around and study that and I've thought about this for a long time 00:43:13
thought about this for a long time 00:43:15
thought about this for a long time because I've heard every kind of opinion 00:43:15
because I've heard every kind of opinion 00:43:18
because I've heard every kind of opinion of all the sorts of things that I should 00:43:18
of all the sorts of things that I should 00:43:20
of all the sorts of things that I should do in order to get myself into shape and 00:43:20
do in order to get myself into shape and 00:43:23
do in order to get myself into shape and I realized that if I followed this 00:43:23
I realized that if I followed this 00:43:26
I realized that if I followed this advice I would spend my entire day doing 00:43:26
advice I would spend my entire day doing 00:43:30
advice I would spend my entire day doing exercises in preparation for life I 00:43:30
exercises in preparation for life I 00:43:34
exercises in preparation for life I [Music] 00:43:34
[Music] 00:43:35
[Music] don't know we're not ever get around to 00:43:35
don't know we're not ever get around to 00:43:38
don't know we're not ever get around to that you know I would have my half an 00:43:38
that you know I would have my half an 00:43:42
that you know I would have my half an hour's yoga practice one hour of zazen 00:43:42
hour's yoga practice one hour of zazen 00:43:46
hour's yoga practice one hour of zazen so much physical exercises and so much 00:43:46
so much physical exercises and so much 00:43:52
so much physical exercises and so much memory practice so much the special diet 00:43:52
memory practice so much the special diet 00:43:56
memory practice so much the special diet preparation to be sure that I got proper 00:43:56
preparation to be sure that I got proper 00:43:59
preparation to be sure that I got proper food and if I think this all through I 00:43:59
food and if I think this all through I 00:44:02
food and if I think this all through I think oh my god then another school of 00:44:02
think oh my god then another school of 00:44:09
think oh my god then another school of thought will say no that's the thing 00:44:09
thought will say no that's the thing 00:44:11
thought will say no that's the thing you're getting confused just do one 00:44:12
you're getting confused just do one 00:44:13
you're getting confused just do one thing see 00:44:13
thing see 00:44:16
thing see but then I say now how am I going to 00:44:16
but then I say now how am I going to 00:44:18
but then I say now how am I going to choose which one I'm going to do what he 00:44:18
choose which one I'm going to do what he 00:44:20
choose which one I'm going to do what he says obviously this one's the best and 00:44:20
says obviously this one's the best and 00:44:22
says obviously this one's the best and then before you know why you are you're 00:44:22
then before you know why you are you're 00:44:23
then before you know why you are you're sewed up by some religious fanatic now 00:44:23
sewed up by some religious fanatic now 00:44:30
sewed up by some religious fanatic now please I don't want to do this to you 00:44:30
please I don't want to do this to you 00:44:31
please I don't want to do this to you please don't think that I have any such 00:44:31
please don't think that I have any such 00:44:33
please don't think that I have any such recipe that I'm going to give you 00:44:33
recipe that I'm going to give you 00:44:35
recipe that I'm going to give you anything to do for five minutes every 00:44:35
anything to do for five minutes every 00:44:37
anything to do for five minutes every morning I just am NOT 00:44:37
morning I just am NOT 00:44:39
morning I just am NOT I want to my whole notion would be to 00:44:39
I want to my whole notion would be to 00:44:43
I want to my whole notion would be to set you a whole free heat so that you'd 00:44:43
set you a whole free heat so that you'd 00:44:47
set you a whole free heat so that you'd only have to attend one seminar never 00:44:47
only have to attend one seminar never 00:44:49
only have to attend one seminar never have to come back that's the idea really 00:44:49
have to come back that's the idea really 00:44:57
have to come back that's the idea really because I know that so far as my own 00:44:58
because I know that so far as my own 00:45:00
because I know that so far as my own livelihood is concerned that there are 00:45:00
livelihood is concerned that there are 00:45:03
livelihood is concerned that there are always more people and if no I don't 00:45:03
always more people and if no I don't 00:45:10
always more people and if no I don't collect the following and just send them 00:45:10
collect the following and just send them 00:45:12
collect the following and just send them all away 00:45:12
all away 00:45:12
all away plenty more people to fill the vacuum 00:45:12
plenty more people to fill the vacuum 00:45:14
plenty more people to fill the vacuum [Laughter] 00:45:15
[Laughter] 00:45:17
[Laughter] but this is the important this is the 00:45:17
but this is the important this is the 00:45:20
but this is the important this is the whole idea that we're going to work on 00:45:20
whole idea that we're going to work on 00:45:22
whole idea that we're going to work on of a net that you are like a dewdrop on 00:45:22
of a net that you are like a dewdrop on 00:45:34
of a net that you are like a dewdrop on a multi-dimensional spider's web early 00:45:34
a multi-dimensional spider's web early 00:45:37
a multi-dimensional spider's web early in the morning and if you look at that 00:45:37
in the morning and if you look at that 00:45:40
in the morning and if you look at that thing one or carefully you will see that 00:45:40
thing one or carefully you will see that 00:45:42
thing one or carefully you will see that in every dewdrop there the reflections 00:45:42
in every dewdrop there the reflections 00:45:45
in every dewdrop there the reflections of all the other view drops so the way 00:45:45
of all the other view drops so the way 00:45:47
of all the other view drops so the way that dew drop looks goes with the way 00:45:47
that dew drop looks goes with the way 00:45:50
that dew drop looks goes with the way all the other ones look see but to kill 00:45:50
all the other ones look see but to kill 00:45:54
all the other ones look see but to kill a glimmer in it and so on it's peculiar 00:45:54
a glimmer in it and so on it's peculiar 00:45:56
a glimmer in it and so on it's peculiar position and everybody has to have a 00:45:56
position and everybody has to have a 00:45:58
position and everybody has to have a peculiar position in the cosmos ok so 00:45:58
peculiar position in the cosmos ok so 00:46:04
peculiar position in the cosmos ok so you see the reflections in every one of 00:46:04
you see the reflections in every one of 00:46:06
you see the reflections in every one of them are different according to the 00:46:06
them are different according to the 00:46:09
them are different according to the position they're in and the other dew 00:46:09
position they're in and the other dew 00:46:11
position they're in and the other dew drops that they reflect that 00:46:11
drops that they reflect that 00:46:12
drops that they reflect that such-and-such angles but nevertheless 00:46:12
but the whole network all the dew drops 00:46:19
but the whole network all the dew drops 00:46:23
but the whole network all the dew drops depend on each individual teardrop and 00:46:23
depend on each individual teardrop and 00:46:26
depend on each individual teardrop and each individual view drop mutually 00:46:26
each individual view drop mutually 00:46:28
each individual view drop mutually depends on all the others and that's the 00:46:29
depends on all the others and that's the 00:46:31
depends on all the others and that's the sort of a scheme we're living in and 00:46:31
sort of a scheme we're living in and 00:46:34
sort of a scheme we're living in and it's a little bit of front sound logic 00:46:34
it's a little bit of front sound logic 00:46:36
it's a little bit of front sound logic at first because we say I can understand 00:46:36
at first because we say I can understand 00:46:40
at first because we say I can understand that I depend on this universe because 00:46:40
that I depend on this universe because 00:46:41
that I depend on this universe because after all I need sunlight and air and 00:46:41
after all I need sunlight and air and 00:46:43
after all I need sunlight and air and water and the help of the society and 00:46:43
water and the help of the society and 00:46:46
water and the help of the society and all I can think I needed a father and 00:46:46
all I can think I needed a father and 00:46:47
all I can think I needed a father and mother but looking at it from the other 00:46:47
mother but looking at it from the other 00:46:50
mother but looking at it from the other point of view I find it very difficult 00:46:50
point of view I find it very difficult 00:46:52
point of view I find it very difficult see how the whole thing depends on me 00:46:52
see how the whole thing depends on me 00:46:55
see how the whole thing depends on me that's because we've been brought up 00:46:55
that's because we've been brought up 00:46:57
that's because we've been brought up with a put-down theory of the individual 00:46:57
with a put-down theory of the individual 00:47:00
with a put-down theory of the individual new and a little children should be seen 00:47:00
new and a little children should be seen 00:47:03
new and a little children should be seen enough hello you are the servant and 00:47:03
enough hello you are the servant and 00:47:06
enough hello you are the servant and subject of God and don't you ask 00:47:06
subject of God and don't you ask 00:47:08
subject of God and don't you ask impertinent questions or another way of 00:47:08
impertinent questions or another way of 00:47:12
impertinent questions or another way of putting us down is to say well you're 00:47:12
putting us down is to say well you're 00:47:13
putting us down is to say well you're just a piece of the Fluke in a mindless 00:47:13
just a piece of the Fluke in a mindless 00:47:15
just a piece of the Fluke in a mindless mechanism we always managed not to find 00:47:15
mechanism we always managed not to find 00:47:20
mechanism we always managed not to find out that the relationship of the network 00:47:20
out that the relationship of the network 00:47:23
out that the relationship of the network is mutual it runs both ways that it 00:47:23
is mutual it runs both ways that it 00:47:27
is mutual it runs both ways that it depends on you just as much as you 00:47:27
depends on you just as much as you 00:47:30
depends on you just as much as you depend on it cause you see it's you with 00:47:30
depend on it cause you see it's you with 00:47:37
depend on it cause you see it's you with your ingenious brain that for example 00:47:37
your ingenious brain that for example 00:47:41
your ingenious brain that for example turns vibrations of air and a sound you 00:47:41
turns vibrations of air and a sound you 00:47:45
turns vibrations of air and a sound you turn whatever the Sun is doing into 00:47:45
turn whatever the Sun is doing into 00:47:48
turn whatever the Sun is doing into light you turn whatever the air is doing 00:47:48
light you turn whatever the air is doing 00:47:51
light you turn whatever the air is doing into a sky called blue there is only 00:47:51
into a sky called blue there is only 00:47:54
into a sky called blue there is only blue for a brain just like if you hit a 00:47:54
blue for a brain just like if you hit a 00:47:59
blue for a brain just like if you hit a drum and it's got no skin it won't make 00:47:59
drum and it's got no skin it won't make 00:48:01
drum and it's got no skin it won't make any noise so it's the tight skin that 00:48:01
any noise so it's the tight skin that 00:48:05
any noise so it's the tight skin that evokes the noise out of a moving fist no 00:48:05
evokes the noise out of a moving fist no 00:48:09
evokes the noise out of a moving fist no skin no noise so you as the reflector 00:48:09
skin no noise so you as the reflector 00:48:15
skin no noise so you as the reflector like the dew drop reflects you as the 00:48:15
like the dew drop reflects you as the 00:48:18
like the dew drop reflects you as the so-called reflector of all that goes on 00:48:18
so-called reflector of all that goes on 00:48:20
so-called reflector of all that goes on by the constitution of what kind of a 00:48:20
by the constitution of what kind of a 00:48:23
by the constitution of what kind of a reflector you are you evoke what we call 00:48:23
reflector you are you evoke what we call 00:48:29
reflector you are you evoke what we call Sun Moon and stars nebulae vast spaces 00:48:29
Sun Moon and stars nebulae vast spaces 00:48:34
Sun Moon and stars nebulae vast spaces there any vast in relation to you 00:48:34
there any vast in relation to you 00:48:36
there any vast in relation to you they're not really fast and if you 00:48:36
they're not really fast and if you 00:48:39
they're not really fast and if you compare them with yourself they're vast 00:48:39
compare them with yourself they're vast 00:48:42
compare them with yourself they're vast they could be considered very tiny or 00:48:42
they could be considered very tiny or 00:48:47
they could be considered very tiny or equally the space between two sides of 00:48:47
equally the space between two sides of 00:48:50
equally the space between two sides of the hair could be considered vast if you 00:48:50
the hair could be considered vast if you 00:48:52
the hair could be considered vast if you want to think about it that way I mean 00:48:52
want to think about it that way I mean 00:48:54
want to think about it that way I mean if you really want to go into a hair an 00:48:54
if you really want to go into a hair an 00:48:56
if you really want to go into a hair an awful lot between 101 diameter of a hair 00:48:56
awful lot between 101 diameter of a hair 00:49:00
awful lot between 101 diameter of a hair and if you think about it a long time 00:49:00
and if you think about it a long time 00:49:03
and if you think about it a long time you'll think it's of what we call a vast 00:49:03
you'll think it's of what we call a vast 00:49:05
you'll think it's of what we call a vast subject like microscopy it is a vast 00:49:05
subject like microscopy it is a vast 00:49:12
subject like microscopy it is a vast subject depends on on the attitude 00:49:12
subject depends on on the attitude 00:49:15
subject depends on on the attitude reasoning but the the the basic 00:49:15
reasoning but the the the basic 00:49:20
reasoning but the the the basic principle thing I really want to try and 00:49:20
principle thing I really want to try and 00:49:22
principle thing I really want to try and get across is this idea of going with 00:49:22
the universe around you is your outside 00:49:26
the universe around you is your outside 00:49:30
the universe around you is your outside just as much as the organs inside your 00:49:30
just as much as the organs inside your 00:49:33
just as much as the organs inside your skin are your inside you go with it 00:49:33
skin are your inside you go with it 00:49:38
skin are your inside you go with it in the same way that the stalk goes with 00:49:38
in the same way that the stalk goes with 00:49:42
in the same way that the stalk goes with the root or with the flower and 00:49:42
as front goes was back as north pole of 00:49:55
as front goes was back as north pole of 00:50:00
as front goes was back as north pole of magnet goes with South Pole this 00:50:00
magnet goes with South Pole this 00:50:03
magnet goes with South Pole this principle of relationship governs 00:50:03
principle of relationship governs 00:50:05
principle of relationship governs everything 00:50:05
everything 00:50:05
everything I wouldn't say governs I'm only using 00:50:05
I wouldn't say governs I'm only using 00:50:09
I wouldn't say governs I'm only using these wretched terms that we have to use 00:50:09
these wretched terms that we have to use 00:50:11
these wretched terms that we have to use all of our language it hit it underlies 00:50:11
all of our language it hit it underlies 00:50:15
all of our language it hit it underlies everything 00:50:15
and it's important to realize and let me 00:50:23
and it's important to realize and let me 00:50:27
and it's important to realize and let me repeat this that the great universe does 00:50:27
repeat this that the great universe does 00:50:32
repeat this that the great universe does not control the small individual anymore 00:50:32
not control the small individual anymore 00:50:40
not control the small individual anymore than the small individual actually 00:50:40
than the small individual actually 00:50:41
than the small individual actually controls the great universe this is not 00:50:41
controls the great universe this is not 00:50:44
controls the great universe this is not a question of controlling it is a 00:50:44
a question of controlling it is a 00:50:48
a question of controlling it is a question of more like dancing of what 00:50:48
question of more like dancing of what 00:50:51
question of more like dancing of what happens rather than what makes it happen 00:50:51
happens rather than what makes it happen 00:50:55
happens rather than what makes it happen things aren't made to happen 00:50:55
only if you insist that a certain event 00:51:04
only if you insist that a certain event 00:51:06
only if you insist that a certain event is quite separate then you can think of 00:51:06
is quite separate then you can think of 00:51:09
is quite separate then you can think of it being made to happen by the events 00:51:09
it being made to happen by the events 00:51:12
it being made to happen by the events that came before it but if you realize 00:51:12
that came before it but if you realize 00:51:15
that came before it but if you realize they're all parts of one event or 00:51:15
they're all parts of one event or 00:51:17
they're all parts of one event or different aspects different phases of 00:51:18
different aspects different phases of 00:51:20
different aspects different phases of one event then you see it happening and 00:51:20
one event then you see it happening and 00:51:23
one event then you see it happening and you don't see anything making it happen 00:51:23
forcing that whole idea of things being 00:51:27
forcing that whole idea of things being 00:51:30
forcing that whole idea of things being made to happen in other words goes back 00:51:30
made to happen in other words goes back 00:51:32
made to happen in other words goes back to the idea of a universe that is based 00:51:32
to the idea of a universe that is based 00:51:36
to the idea of a universe that is based on a monic a monarchical image where the 00:51:36
on a monic a monarchical image where the 00:51:39
on a monic a monarchical image where the bus says damage you do that and the 00:51:39
bus says damage you do that and the 00:51:42
bus says damage you do that and the thing can't help it and so it's made to 00:51:42
thing can't help it and so it's made to 00:51:44
thing can't help it and so it's made to happen but say in Chinese Taoist 00:51:44
happen but say in Chinese Taoist 00:51:50
happen but say in Chinese Taoist philosophy the universe is just not seen 00:51:50
philosophy the universe is just not seen 00:51:52
philosophy the universe is just not seen in that way it's not seen as but 00:51:52
in that way it's not seen as but 00:51:55
in that way it's not seen as but anything is not made to happen it is 00:51:55
anything is not made to happen it is 00:51:58
anything is not made to happen it is what does happen but it's all 00:51:58
what does happen but it's all 00:52:00
what does happen but it's all interrelated and therefore there is a 00:52:00
interrelated and therefore there is a 00:52:03
interrelated and therefore there is a pattern to it there is an order to it 00:52:03
pattern to it there is an order to it 00:52:05
pattern to it there is an order to it the order of the net things and events 00:52:05
the order of the net things and events 00:52:09
the order of the net things and events are explained as being links in a causal 00:52:09
are explained as being links in a causal 00:52:12
are explained as being links in a causal chain and so every particular happening 00:52:12
chain and so every particular happening 00:52:16
chain and so every particular happening that is identified as a thing or an 00:52:16
that is identified as a thing or an 00:52:18
that is identified as a thing or an event which is however quite an 00:52:18
event which is however quite an 00:52:20
event which is however quite an arbitrary kind of selection is explained 00:52:20
arbitrary kind of selection is explained 00:52:24
arbitrary kind of selection is explained by its past by the chain of events which 00:52:24
by its past by the chain of events which 00:52:27
by its past by the chain of events which lead to it in a causal sequence on the 00:52:27
lead to it in a causal sequence on the 00:52:31
lead to it in a causal sequence on the other hand in the thinking of the 00:52:31
other hand in the thinking of the 00:52:33
other hand in the thinking of the reticulate relationship a thing is 00:52:33
reticulate relationship a thing is 00:52:35
reticulate relationship a thing is explained not simply by its relationship 00:52:35
explained not simply by its relationship 00:52:37
explained not simply by its relationship to past events but by its context that 00:52:37
to past events but by its context that 00:52:41
to past events but by its context that is to say its relationship to present 00:52:41
is to say its relationship to present 00:52:44
is to say its relationship to present and future events as well as past so 00:52:44
and future events as well as past so 00:52:47
and future events as well as past so that every event becomes something in a 00:52:47
that every event becomes something in a 00:52:50
that every event becomes something in a network now you will very well 00:52:50
network now you will very well 00:52:52
network now you will very well understand that when you see the knots 00:52:52
understand that when you see the knots 00:52:54
understand that when you see the knots in a network or or better the squares of 00:52:54
in a network or or better the squares of 00:53:00
in a network or or better the squares of the net they're all held together by 00:53:00
the net they're all held together by 00:53:03
the net they're all held together by each other imagine the kind of network 00:53:03
each other imagine the kind of network 00:53:08
each other imagine the kind of network where instead of there being well 00:53:08
where instead of there being well 00:53:11
where instead of there being well something like knitting in knitting the 00:53:11
something like knitting in knitting the 00:53:14
something like knitting in knitting the stitches are all helping together by 00:53:14
stitches are all helping together by 00:53:16
stitches are all helping together by each other and 00:53:16
each other and 00:53:17
each other and something breaks at one point the thing 00:53:17
something breaks at one point the thing 00:53:20
something breaks at one point the thing starts raveling so the reticulate view 00:53:20
starts raveling so the reticulate view 00:53:26
starts raveling so the reticulate view though the net view of the universe is 00:53:26
though the net view of the universe is 00:53:29
though the net view of the universe is one in which the Buddhists say 00:53:29
one in which the Buddhists say 00:53:33
one in which the Buddhists say everything mutually interpenetrates 00:53:33
everything mutually interpenetrates 00:53:37
everything mutually interpenetrates everything else so as I was trying to 00:53:37
everything else so as I was trying to 00:53:41
everything else so as I was trying to make the central point the point of 00:53:41
make the central point the point of 00:53:43
make the central point the point of implication the point of relativity that 00:53:43
implication the point of relativity that 00:53:47
implication the point of relativity that things go together like two sticks 00:53:47
things go together like two sticks 00:53:49
things go together like two sticks standing on the ground in this way see 00:53:49
standing on the ground in this way see 00:53:56
standing on the ground in this way see they give each other mutual support or 00:53:56
they give each other mutual support or 00:54:01
they give each other mutual support or like the three rings in the ballantine 00:54:01
like the three rings in the ballantine 00:54:03
like the three rings in the ballantine via trademark or the Christian symbol of 00:54:03
via trademark or the Christian symbol of 00:54:06
via trademark or the Christian symbol of the Holy Trinity those rings interlock 00:54:06
the Holy Trinity those rings interlock 00:54:09
the Holy Trinity those rings interlock but take one of them away and the 00:54:09
but take one of them away and the 00:54:12
but take one of them away and the interlocking is broken down for all of 00:54:12
interlocking is broken down for all of 00:54:14
interlocking is broken down for all of them so in the same way the individual 00:54:14
them so in the same way the individual 00:54:21
them so in the same way the individual although seeming to be something that 00:54:21
although seeming to be something that 00:54:25
although seeming to be something that rattles around in the universe 00:54:25
rattles around in the universe 00:54:28
rattles around in the universe although a given planet or a given star 00:54:28
although a given planet or a given star 00:54:30
although a given planet or a given star seems to be something that is moving on 00:54:30
seems to be something that is moving on 00:54:34
seems to be something that is moving on its own the motion the behavior of stars 00:54:34
its own the motion the behavior of stars 00:54:40
its own the motion the behavior of stars is a situation that arises only because 00:54:40
is a situation that arises only because 00:54:43
is a situation that arises only because of the mutual interdependence of all 00:54:43
of the mutual interdependence of all 00:54:45
of the mutual interdependence of all stars because to take a very simple 00:54:45
stars because to take a very simple 00:54:49
stars because to take a very simple illustration if there is only one star 00:54:49
illustration if there is only one star 00:54:51
illustration if there is only one star in the whole universe no motion can be 00:54:51
in the whole universe no motion can be 00:54:54
in the whole universe no motion can be ascribed to it it can't even be said to 00:54:54
ascribed to it it can't even be said to 00:54:57
ascribed to it it can't even be said to be still nobody knows what it's doing 00:54:57
be still nobody knows what it's doing 00:55:00
be still nobody knows what it's doing because there's nothing for it to relate 00:55:00
because there's nothing for it to relate 00:55:01
because there's nothing for it to relate to but take two stars and they can get 00:55:01
to but take two stars and they can get 00:55:06
to but take two stars and they can get nearer to each other or further away 00:55:06
nearer to each other or further away 00:55:07
nearer to each other or further away from each other but nobody knows which 00:55:07
from each other but nobody knows which 00:55:10
from each other but nobody knows which is moving get three stars and then you 00:55:10
is moving get three stars and then you 00:55:16
is moving get three stars and then you have say too close together and one of 00:55:16
have say too close together and one of 00:55:19
have say too close together and one of them seems to go away now 00:55:19
them seems to go away now 00:55:20
them seems to go away now who is moving away from who now the 00:55:20
who is moving away from who now the 00:55:23
who is moving away from who now the toothed star saying hey we don't like 00:55:23
toothed star saying hey we don't like 00:55:25
toothed star saying hey we don't like you we're gonna get out of your way or 00:55:25
you we're gonna get out of your way or 00:55:27
you we're gonna get out of your way or are they saying to the other star why 00:55:27
are they saying to the other star why 00:55:28
are they saying to the other star why don't you like us why do you keep going 00:55:28
don't you like us why do you keep going 00:55:30
don't you like us why do you keep going away 00:55:30
away 00:55:30
away Oh who's right well you can say on the 00:55:30
Oh who's right well you can say on the 00:55:34
Oh who's right well you can say on the principle of democracy that the majority 00:55:34
principle of democracy that the majority 00:55:36
principle of democracy that the majority must be right but then they say well 00:55:36
must be right but then they say well 00:55:40
must be right but then they say well let's have an umpire and we have a 00:55:40
let's have an umpire and we have a 00:55:41
let's have an umpire and we have a fourth star who can stand above us you 00:55:41
fourth star who can stand above us you 00:55:45
fourth star who can stand above us you see two stars can only move in a 00:55:45
see two stars can only move in a 00:55:48
see two stars can only move in a straight line with respect to each other 00:55:48
straight line with respect to each other 00:55:50
straight line with respect to each other three stars can move in a plane with 00:55:50
three stars can move in a plane with 00:55:52
three stars can move in a plane with respect to each other but a fourth star 00:55:52
respect to each other but a fourth star 00:55:54
respect to each other but a fourth star can establish a third dimension where we 00:55:54
can establish a third dimension where we 00:55:56
can establish a third dimension where we can say I can look down on you 00:55:56
can say I can look down on you 00:55:58
can say I can look down on you and take an objective standpoint but 00:55:58
and take an objective standpoint but 00:56:00
and take an objective standpoint but then the argument is which one of them 00:56:00
then the argument is which one of them 00:56:02
then the argument is which one of them is the fourth but that's the basic 00:56:02
is the fourth but that's the basic 00:56:06
is the fourth but that's the basic principle on which the whole universe is 00:56:06
principle on which the whole universe is 00:56:07
principle on which the whole universe is constructed it's a relativity system in 00:56:07
constructed it's a relativity system in 00:56:13
constructed it's a relativity system in which motion depends on comparison with 00:56:13
which motion depends on comparison with 00:56:18
which motion depends on comparison with something relatively still and there 00:56:18
something relatively still and there 00:56:22
something relatively still and there can't be any motion at all unless there 00:56:22
can't be any motion at all unless there 00:56:24
can't be any motion at all unless there is that comparison so because of this 00:56:24
is that comparison so because of this 00:56:31
is that comparison so because of this relationship every individual is so 00:56:31
relationship every individual is so 00:56:39
relationship every individual is so related to everything else that's going 00:56:39
related to everything else that's going 00:56:42
related to everything else that's going on that you imply it 00:56:42
in other words anybody who was a great 00:56:49
in other words anybody who was a great 00:56:54
in other words anybody who was a great scientist from some other world 00:56:54
scientist from some other world 00:56:55
scientist from some other world altogether who studied a human body 00:56:55
altogether who studied a human body 00:56:59
altogether who studied a human body carefully and figured out the conditions 00:56:59
carefully and figured out the conditions 00:57:02
carefully and figured out the conditions under which such a thing would exist he 00:57:02
under which such a thing would exist he 00:57:06
under which such a thing would exist he would come to the conclusion that that 00:57:06
would come to the conclusion that that 00:57:09
would come to the conclusion that that human body was something from a universe 00:57:09
human body was something from a universe 00:57:13
human body was something from a universe just such as we have he would find that 00:57:13
just such as we have he would find that 00:57:17
just such as we have he would find that your structure and your behavior implied 00:57:17
your structure and your behavior implied 00:57:20
your structure and your behavior implied this whole thing just as with a laser 00:57:20
this whole thing just as with a laser 00:57:24
this whole thing just as with a laser beam system you can photograph a small 00:57:24
beam system you can photograph a small 00:57:28
beam system you can photograph a small fragment of any photographic negative 00:57:28
fragment of any photographic negative 00:57:31
fragment of any photographic negative and from that tiny fragment you can 00:57:31
and from that tiny fragment you can 00:57:34
and from that tiny fragment you can riess construct the whole picture from 00:57:34
riess construct the whole picture from 00:57:36
riess construct the whole picture from which it was taken because the 00:57:36
which it was taken because the 00:57:39
which it was taken because the crystalline tensions in that fragment 00:57:39
crystalline tensions in that fragment 00:57:41
crystalline tensions in that fragment imply the whole 00:57:41
imply the whole 00:57:43
imply the whole context of crystalline tensions that 00:57:43
context of crystalline tensions that 00:57:45
context of crystalline tensions that belong to that particular negative so in 00:57:45
belong to that particular negative so in 00:57:48
belong to that particular negative so in exactly the same way you as an 00:57:48
exactly the same way you as an 00:57:51
exactly the same way you as an individual imply this world and this 00:57:51
individual imply this world and this 00:57:53
individual imply this world and this world mutually implies you and you are a 00:57:53
world mutually implies you and you are a 00:57:58
world mutually implies you and you are a natural formation moving in and with 00:57:58
natural formation moving in and with 00:58:02
natural formation moving in and with this universe not determined by it 00:58:02
this universe not determined by it 00:58:04
this universe not determined by it because this is not a system of 00:58:04
because this is not a system of 00:58:05
because this is not a system of determinism but you are moving with it 00:58:06
determinism but you are moving with it 00:58:10
determinism but you are moving with it in just the same harmonious way that you 00:58:10
in just the same harmonious way that you 00:58:13
in just the same harmonious way that you notice the waves moving and the trees 00:58:13
notice the waves moving and the trees 00:58:16
notice the waves moving and the trees growing and the clouds moving and as you 00:58:16
growing and the clouds moving and as you 00:58:20
growing and the clouds moving and as you don't accuse the clouds of making 00:58:20
don't accuse the clouds of making 00:58:23
don't accuse the clouds of making aesthetic mistakes so really is a 00:58:23
aesthetic mistakes so really is a 00:58:26
aesthetic mistakes so really is a certain light in which you can see human 00:58:26
certain light in which you can see human 00:58:28
certain light in which you can see human beings both good and bad as perfect 00:58:28
beings both good and bad as perfect 00:58:35
beings both good and bad as perfect forms of nature you may have fashionable 00:58:35
forms of nature you may have fashionable 00:58:38
forms of nature you may have fashionable discriminations about who is beautiful 00:58:38
discriminations about who is beautiful 00:58:40
discriminations about who is beautiful and who is ugly you may have 00:58:40
and who is ugly you may have 00:58:42
and who is ugly you may have metaphysical discriminations about who 00:58:42
metaphysical discriminations about who 00:58:45
metaphysical discriminations about who is sick and who is healthy you may have 00:58:45
is sick and who is healthy you may have 00:58:47
is sick and who is healthy you may have moral discriminations about who is good 00:58:47
moral discriminations about who is good 00:58:49
moral discriminations about who is good and who is evil now these are all points 00:58:49
and who is evil now these are all points 00:58:53
and who is evil now these are all points of view relative points of view they are 00:58:53
of view relative points of view they are 00:58:55
of view relative points of view they are all legitimate because they are parts of 00:58:55
all legitimate because they are parts of 00:58:57
all legitimate because they are parts of the functioning of the whole the fact 00:58:57
the functioning of the whole the fact 00:58:59
the functioning of the whole the fact that you take those points of view that 00:58:59
that you take those points of view that 00:59:01
that you take those points of view that too is part of nature but a skillful 00:59:01
too is part of nature but a skillful 00:59:06
too is part of nature but a skillful person lives on two levels at once you 00:59:06
person lives on two levels at once you 00:59:11
person lives on two levels at once you live basically on the level where you 00:59:11
live basically on the level where you 00:59:14
live basically on the level where you know there are no mistakes can't leave 00:59:14
know there are no mistakes can't leave 00:59:19
know there are no mistakes can't leave everything moves in accordance with what 00:59:19
everything moves in accordance with what 00:59:21
everything moves in accordance with what the Chinese call the Dao the way of 00:59:21
the Chinese call the Dao the way of 00:59:24
the Chinese call the Dao the way of nature and if you have that basic 00:59:24
nature and if you have that basic 00:59:27
nature and if you have that basic feeling you will always be sane but you 00:59:27
feeling you will always be sane but you 00:59:33
feeling you will always be sane but you are able to comprehend within that 00:59:33
are able to comprehend within that 00:59:35
are able to comprehend within that feeling a more restricted point of view 00:59:35
feeling a more restricted point of view 00:59:41
feeling a more restricted point of view whereby things are good and bad just as 00:59:41
whereby things are good and bad just as 00:59:45
whereby things are good and bad just as in the confines of this room in this 00:59:45
in the confines of this room in this 00:59:48
in the confines of this room in this area it's perfectly clear that there's a 00:59:48
area it's perfectly clear that there's a 00:59:50
area it's perfectly clear that there's a difference between the up direction and 00:59:50
difference between the up direction and 00:59:52
difference between the up direction and the down direction but we know that this 00:59:52
the down direction but we know that this 00:59:56
the down direction but we know that this area 00:59:56
area 00:59:57
area is situated in interstellar space and 00:59:57
is situated in interstellar space and 00:59:59
is situated in interstellar space and there there is no up and no down now the 00:59:59
there there is no up and no down now the 01:00:03
there there is no up and no down now the second situation doesn't contradict the 01:00:03
second situation doesn't contradict the 01:00:05
second situation doesn't contradict the first but if you have only the 01:00:05
first but if you have only the 01:00:11
first but if you have only the discriminatory point of view if you take 01:00:11
discriminatory point of view if you take 01:00:14
discriminatory point of view if you take your fundamental stand as a being on the 01:00:14
your fundamental stand as a being on the 01:00:18
your fundamental stand as a being on the difference between good and evil you get 01:00:18
difference between good and evil you get 01:00:20
difference between good and evil you get in the Christian hang-up you have them 01:00:20
in the Christian hang-up you have them 01:00:23
in the Christian hang-up you have them to say that there is eternal heaven and 01:00:23
to say that there is eternal heaven and 01:00:27
to say that there is eternal heaven and eternal hell that the distinction 01:00:27
eternal hell that the distinction 01:00:30
eternal hell that the distinction between good and evil is radical and if 01:00:30
between good and evil is radical and if 01:00:35
between good and evil is radical and if you do that you begin to suffer from a 01:00:35
you do that you begin to suffer from a 01:00:38
you do that you begin to suffer from a disease called chronic guilt which is 01:00:38
disease called chronic guilt which is 01:00:44
disease called chronic guilt which is one of the most destructive emotions 01:00:44
one of the most destructive emotions 01:00:46
one of the most destructive emotions that anybody can have you feel an 01:00:46
that anybody can have you feel an 01:00:50
that anybody can have you feel an outcast from the universe at odds with 01:00:50
outcast from the universe at odds with 01:00:53
outcast from the universe at odds with reality itself at odds with God and that 01:00:53
reality itself at odds with God and that 01:00:58
reality itself at odds with God and that sends people quite mad and it's 01:00:58
sends people quite mad and it's 01:01:01
sends people quite mad and it's responsible for a good deal of the 01:01:01
responsible for a good deal of the 01:01:02
responsible for a good deal of the craziness of Western civilization it's 01:01:02
craziness of Western civilization it's 01:01:08
craziness of Western civilization it's making too much of a good thing out of 01:01:08
making too much of a good thing out of 01:01:10
making too much of a good thing out of the distinction between good and evil it 01:01:10
the distinction between good and evil it 01:01:13
the distinction between good and evil it is an important distinction but it's not 01:01:13
is an important distinction but it's not 01:01:15
is an important distinction but it's not fundamentally important and you have to 01:01:15
fundamentally important and you have to 01:01:19
fundamentally important and you have to learn to admit different degrees of 01:01:19
learn to admit different degrees of 01:01:22
learn to admit different degrees of importance and just say that because you 01:01:22
importance and just say that because you 01:01:27
importance and just say that because you can't just say that because a certain 01:01:27
can't just say that because a certain 01:01:29
can't just say that because a certain distinction isn't absolute that it's not 01:01:29
distinction isn't absolute that it's not 01:01:31
distinction isn't absolute that it's not important after all your own physical 01:01:31
important after all your own physical 01:01:36
important after all your own physical formation is not absolute but it's 01:01:36
formation is not absolute but it's 01:01:39
formation is not absolute but it's important so 01:01:39
the situation of man in this network is 01:01:46
the situation of man in this network is 01:01:53
the situation of man in this network is to repeat the proposition on the one 01:01:53
to repeat the proposition on the one 01:01:57
to repeat the proposition on the one hand that he as an ordinary psycho 01:01:57
hand that he as an ordinary psycho 01:02:01
hand that he as an ordinary psycho physical organism is something that the 01:02:01
physical organism is something that the 01:02:05
physical organism is something that the whole cosmos is doing that was the as 01:02:05
whole cosmos is doing that was the as 01:02:12
whole cosmos is doing that was the as much of truth I think as there is in 01:02:12
much of truth I think as there is in 01:02:15
much of truth I think as there is in modern astrology which I regard as a 01:02:15
modern astrology which I regard as a 01:02:18
modern astrology which I regard as a pseudoscience but it is based on a very 01:02:18
pseudoscience but it is based on a very 01:02:22
pseudoscience but it is based on a very fundamental principle when you draw a 01:02:22
fundamental principle when you draw a 01:02:25
fundamental principle when you draw a map of a person's soul you draw a small 01:02:25
map of a person's soul you draw a small 01:02:28
map of a person's soul you draw a small picture of the universe a very crude 01:02:28
picture of the universe a very crude 01:02:31
picture of the universe a very crude picture and that is the design of that 01:02:31
picture and that is the design of that 01:02:36
picture and that is the design of that person's individuality the truth is 01:02:36
person's individuality the truth is 01:02:39
person's individuality the truth is therefore that your soul is something 01:02:39
therefore that your soul is something 01:02:41
therefore that your soul is something which contains your body your body does 01:02:41
which contains your body your body does 01:02:44
which contains your body your body does not have the soul inside it like a spook 01:02:44
not have the soul inside it like a spook 01:02:46
not have the soul inside it like a spook and the whole cosmos is your soul so the 01:02:46
and the whole cosmos is your soul so the 01:02:53
and the whole cosmos is your soul so the cosmos 01:02:53
cosmos 01:02:54
cosmos is doing you at the point you call here 01:02:54
is doing you at the point you call here 01:02:57
is doing you at the point you call here and now reciprocally you are doing it 01:02:58
and now reciprocally you are doing it 01:03:01
and now reciprocally you are doing it and the one depends upon the other you 01:03:01
and the one depends upon the other you 01:03:07
and the one depends upon the other you have difficulty in conceiving this as a 01:03:07
have difficulty in conceiving this as a 01:03:09
have difficulty in conceiving this as a westerner because we have all been 01:03:09
westerner because we have all been 01:03:12
westerner because we have all been brainwashed by several centuries of put 01:03:12
brainwashed by several centuries of put 01:03:15
brainwashed by several centuries of put down theories of man that you were a the 01:03:15
down theories of man that you were a the 01:03:21
down theories of man that you were a the wretched little subject another 01:03:21
wretched little subject another 01:03:23
wretched little subject another disobedient one at that of an eternal 01:03:23
disobedient one at that of an eternal 01:03:26
disobedient one at that of an eternal king and be that you adjust the 01:03:26
king and be that you adjust the 01:03:29
king and be that you adjust the fortuitous Congress of atoms in a 01:03:29
fortuitous Congress of atoms in a 01:03:31
fortuitous Congress of atoms in a mindless mechanism of incredible 01:03:31
mindless mechanism of incredible 01:03:34
mindless mechanism of incredible vastness having entertained those two 01:03:34
vastness having entertained those two 01:03:38
vastness having entertained those two theories of man and of existence for so 01:03:38
theories of man and of existence for so 01:03:41
theories of man and of existence for so many centuries we are very much 01:03:41
many centuries we are very much 01:03:43
many centuries we are very much brainwashed into being unable to see 01:03:43
brainwashed into being unable to see 01:03:46
brainwashed into being unable to see that we and the universe are mutually 01:03:46
that we and the universe are mutually 01:03:53
that we and the universe are mutually positive or to use the Chinese 01:03:53
positive or to use the Chinese 01:03:56
positive or to use the Chinese expression 01:03:56
expression 01:03:58
expression mutually arising now then a second 01:03:58
mutually arising now then a second 01:04:06
mutually arising now then a second difficulty arises in this which requires 01:04:06
difficulty arises in this which requires 01:04:08
difficulty arises in this which requires that I bring in some ideas first of all 01:04:08
that I bring in some ideas first of all 01:04:10
that I bring in some ideas first of all from Buckminster Fuller the the 01:04:10
from Buckminster Fuller the the 01:04:14
from Buckminster Fuller the the principle notion of buckminster fuller's 01:04:14
principle notion of buckminster fuller's 01:04:16
principle notion of buckminster fuller's thought and if you don't know this name 01:04:16
thought and if you don't know this name 01:04:18
thought and if you don't know this name Buckminster Fuller is what I would call 01:04:18
Buckminster Fuller is what I would call 01:04:20
Buckminster Fuller is what I would call a philosophical engineer a man who is 01:04:20
a philosophical engineer a man who is 01:04:25
a philosophical engineer a man who is one of the most creative minds in the 01:04:25
one of the most creative minds in the 01:04:27
one of the most creative minds in the modern world he invented the geodesic 01:04:27
modern world he invented the geodesic 01:04:30
modern world he invented the geodesic dome which is his main claim to economic 01:04:30
dome which is his main claim to economic 01:04:33
dome which is his main claim to economic fame but beyond that he has done a great 01:04:33
fame but beyond that he has done a great 01:04:37
fame but beyond that he has done a great deal of extremely fascinating thinking 01:04:37
deal of extremely fascinating thinking 01:04:40
deal of extremely fascinating thinking about the future of technology and the 01:04:40
about the future of technology and the 01:04:49
about the future of technology and the situation of man in the universe and he 01:04:49
situation of man in the universe and he 01:04:54
situation of man in the universe and he has devised this important term synergy 01:04:54
coming from the Greek assume with Argos 01:05:03
coming from the Greek assume with Argos 01:05:08
coming from the Greek assume with Argos workers but what he means by synergy is 01:05:08
workers but what he means by synergy is 01:05:17
workers but what he means by synergy is this that every complex organism has as 01:05:17
this that every complex organism has as 01:05:25
this that every complex organism has as a whole an intelligence greater than any 01:05:25
a whole an intelligence greater than any 01:05:29
a whole an intelligence greater than any one of its parts and that every complex 01:05:29
one of its parts and that every complex 01:05:37
one of its parts and that every complex organism as a whole has an intelligence 01:05:37
organism as a whole has an intelligence 01:05:42
organism as a whole has an intelligence greater than any one of its parts this 01:05:42
greater than any one of its parts this 01:05:50
greater than any one of its parts this again is a difficult idea to swallow 01:05:50
again is a difficult idea to swallow 01:05:53
again is a difficult idea to swallow because he applies it to technology in 01:05:53
because he applies it to technology in 01:05:56
because he applies it to technology in this way he is saying that the 01:05:56
this way he is saying that the 01:06:00
this way he is saying that the industrial natural complex in which we 01:06:00
industrial natural complex in which we 01:06:03
industrial natural complex in which we live is something that is going in a 01:06:03
live is something that is going in a 01:06:08
live is something that is going in a certain direction on its own whether you 01:06:08
certain direction on its own whether you 01:06:11
certain direction on its own whether you like it or not and that it is able to 01:06:11
like it or not and that it is able to 01:06:17
like it or not and that it is able to organize your behavior in a more 01:06:17
organize your behavior in a more 01:06:20
organize your behavior in a more intelligent way than you can organize it 01:06:20
intelligent way than you can organize it 01:06:22
intelligent way than you can organize it and he believes therefore that the 01:06:22
and he believes therefore that the 01:06:26
and he believes therefore that the increasing complexity of the industrial 01:06:26
increasing complexity of the industrial 01:06:30
increasing complexity of the industrial complex will of itself say outlaw such 01:06:30
complex will of itself say outlaw such 01:06:33
complex will of itself say outlaw such lunacy is war it will make it impossible 01:06:33
lunacy is war it will make it impossible 01:06:36
lunacy is war it will make it impossible and that we shall find ourselves 01:06:36
and that we shall find ourselves 01:06:40
and that we shall find ourselves increasingly organized by an intelligent 01:06:40
increasingly organized by an intelligent 01:06:45
increasingly organized by an intelligent system that is not under our conscious 01:06:45
system that is not under our conscious 01:06:48
system that is not under our conscious direction but will make us feel I 01:06:48
direction but will make us feel I 01:06:52
direction but will make us feel I suppose rather as our individual selves 01:06:52
suppose rather as our individual selves 01:06:54
suppose rather as our individual selves feel inside our bodies he gives an 01:06:54
feel inside our bodies he gives an 01:06:58
feel inside our bodies he gives an illustration the transportation 01:06:58
illustration the transportation 01:07:02
illustration the transportation communications network aircraft radio 01:07:02
communications network aircraft radio 01:07:07
communications network aircraft radio television telephone 01:07:07
these taken together are constituting a 01:07:11
these taken together are constituting a 01:07:14
these taken together are constituting a global net which might be said to be 01:07:14
global net which might be said to be 01:07:18
global net which might be said to be something like Teilhard de Chardin idea 01:07:18
something like Teilhard de Chardin idea 01:07:21
something like Teilhard de Chardin idea of the noosphere I hope you all read 01:07:21
of the noosphere I hope you all read 01:07:24
of the noosphere I hope you all read Teilhard de Chardin the famous Jesuit 01:07:24
Teilhard de Chardin the famous Jesuit 01:07:26
Teilhard de Chardin the famous Jesuit theologian who wrote the the best of his 01:07:26
theologian who wrote the the best of his 01:07:29
theologian who wrote the the best of his books is the phenomenon of man the earth 01:07:29
books is the phenomenon of man the earth 01:07:37
books is the phenomenon of man the earth which is the geosphere from the Greek 01:07:37
which is the geosphere from the Greek 01:07:43
which is the geosphere from the Greek Geoff's geese geese the earth then the 01:07:43
Geoff's geese geese the earth then the 01:07:48
Geoff's geese geese the earth then the earth as the geosphere is covered with a 01:07:48
earth as the geosphere is covered with a 01:07:51
earth as the geosphere is covered with a biosphere that is the sphere of living 01:07:51
biosphere that is the sphere of living 01:07:54
biosphere that is the sphere of living organisms the biosphere in turn 01:07:54
organisms the biosphere in turn 01:07:57
organisms the biosphere in turn generates the noosphere which is the 01:07:57
generates the noosphere which is the 01:07:59
generates the noosphere which is the communication network that we call the 01:07:59
communication network that we call the 01:08:01
communication network that we call the mind through literature through speech 01:08:01
mind through literature through speech 01:08:05
mind through literature through speech through radio and television 01:08:05
through radio and television 01:08:07
through radio and television communication the noosphere is slowly 01:08:07
communication the noosphere is slowly 01:08:10
communication the noosphere is slowly realized so you know Buckminster Fuller 01:08:10
realized so you know Buckminster Fuller 01:08:14
realized so you know Buckminster Fuller is really talking about the same thing 01:08:14
is really talking about the same thing 01:08:16
is really talking about the same thing the noosphere 01:08:16
the noosphere 01:08:18
the noosphere is the network of communication set up 01:08:18
is the network of communication set up 01:08:21
is the network of communication set up by technology and the so for example 01:08:21
by technology and the so for example 01:08:26
by technology and the so for example let's just take air transportation as a 01:08:26
let's just take air transportation as a 01:08:33
let's just take air transportation as a result of jet planes all centers that 01:08:33
result of jet planes all centers that 01:08:38
result of jet planes all centers that are in communication with each other by 01:08:38
are in communication with each other by 01:08:40
are in communication with each other by jet aircraft are becoming increasingly 01:08:40
jet aircraft are becoming increasingly 01:08:43
jet aircraft are becoming increasingly the same place when you wake up in Tokyo 01:08:43
the same place when you wake up in Tokyo 01:08:50
the same place when you wake up in Tokyo having come from Los Angeles or San 01:08:50
having come from Los Angeles or San 01:08:53
having come from Los Angeles or San Francisco you are slightly in doubt as 01:08:53
Francisco you are slightly in doubt as 01:08:56
Francisco you are slightly in doubt as to where you are because Tokyo is an 01:08:56
to where you are because Tokyo is an 01:09:00
to where you are because Tokyo is an immense muddle it's a mixture of Paris 01:09:00
immense muddle it's a mixture of Paris 01:09:04
immense muddle it's a mixture of Paris with Los Angeles of San Francisco with 01:09:04
with Los Angeles of San Francisco with 01:09:11
with Los Angeles of San Francisco with Shanghai of London a vaguely thrown in 01:09:11
Shanghai of London a vaguely thrown in 01:09:16
Shanghai of London a vaguely thrown in and sort of a touch of Japan 01:09:16
that's a phenomenal place but if you 01:09:23
that's a phenomenal place but if you 01:09:26
that's a phenomenal place but if you live in San Francisco you realize it's 01:09:26
live in San Francisco you realize it's 01:09:29
live in San Francisco you realize it's becoming more like Tokyo because we have 01:09:29
becoming more like Tokyo because we have 01:09:33
becoming more like Tokyo because we have a tremendous inrush of Japanese culture 01:09:33
a tremendous inrush of Japanese culture 01:09:35
a tremendous inrush of Japanese culture we have superb Japanese restaurants you 01:09:35
we have superb Japanese restaurants you 01:09:39
we have superb Japanese restaurants you can go to sushi bars that is to say bars 01:09:39
can go to sushi bars that is to say bars 01:09:42
can go to sushi bars that is to say bars for rice balls and raw fish which are 01:09:42
for rice balls and raw fish which are 01:09:45
for rice balls and raw fish which are beautifully served just like in a bar in 01:09:45
beautifully served just like in a bar in 01:09:48
beautifully served just like in a bar in Tokyo and increasingly we have 01:09:48
Tokyo and increasingly we have 01:09:51
Tokyo and increasingly we have supermarkets which sell Oriental African 01:09:51
supermarkets which sell Oriental African 01:09:54
supermarkets which sell Oriental African and Japanese goods and I call them 01:09:54
and Japanese goods and I call them 01:09:58
and Japanese goods and I call them supermarkets for the unusual and more 01:09:58
supermarkets for the unusual and more 01:10:01
supermarkets for the unusual and more and more people are laying down tatami 01:10:01
and more people are laying down tatami 01:10:03
and more people are laying down tatami mats and cooking over hibachis and using 01:10:03
mats and cooking over hibachis and using 01:10:08
mats and cooking over hibachis and using chopsticks and every kind of thing like 01:10:08
chopsticks and every kind of thing like 01:10:10
chopsticks and every kind of thing like that so the point is that how near a 01:10:10
that so the point is that how near a 01:10:17
that so the point is that how near a place is to you is simply a factor of 01:10:17
place is to you is simply a factor of 01:10:19
place is to you is simply a factor of transportation there are places in the 01:10:19
transportation there are places in the 01:10:22
transportation there are places in the United States I was just in one another 01:10:22
United States I was just in one another 01:10:25
United States I was just in one another far out 01:10:25
far out 01:10:26
far out Indian area of South Dakota it takes 01:10:26
Indian area of South Dakota it takes 01:10:30
Indian area of South Dakota it takes longer to reach them to get to Tokyo so 01:10:30
longer to reach them to get to Tokyo so 01:10:32
longer to reach them to get to Tokyo so it's further away that's all there is to 01:10:32
it's further away that's all there is to 01:10:34
it's further away that's all there is to it for all practical purposes so 01:10:34
it for all practical purposes so 01:10:38
it for all practical purposes so Fuller's idea is that by the year 1968 01:10:38
Fuller's idea is that by the year 1968 01:10:41
Fuller's idea is that by the year 1968 so soon we have a one-town world and 01:10:41
so soon we have a one-town world and 01:10:50
so soon we have a one-town world and it's coming fast and as you command 01:10:50
it's coming fast and as you command 01:10:56
it's coming fast and as you command beings have some problem adapting to 01:10:56
beings have some problem adapting to 01:10:57
beings have some problem adapting to this because as you know when you travel 01:10:57
this because as you know when you travel 01:11:00
this because as you know when you travel by jet just as when you're in an 01:11:00
by jet just as when you're in an 01:11:03
by jet just as when you're in an elevator that drops too fast you feel it 01:11:03
elevator that drops too fast you feel it 01:11:05
elevator that drops too fast you feel it left your stomach on the 14th floor and 01:11:05
left your stomach on the 14th floor and 01:11:08
left your stomach on the 14th floor and has taken the rest of you down to the 01:11:08
has taken the rest of you down to the 01:11:09
has taken the rest of you down to the first so the jet aircraft leaves your 01:11:09
first so the jet aircraft leaves your 01:11:13
first so the jet aircraft leaves your psyche in London and brings your body to 01:11:13
psyche in London and brings your body to 01:11:16
psyche in London and brings your body to San Francisco and it takes some time to 01:11:16
San Francisco and it takes some time to 01:11:19
San Francisco and it takes some time to catch up all your time rhythms are 01:11:19
catch up all your time rhythms are 01:11:21
catch up all your time rhythms are thrown off but we'll get used to it and 01:11:21
thrown off but we'll get used to it and 01:11:26
thrown off but we'll get used to it and eventually therefore we must add to this 01:11:26
eventually therefore we must add to this 01:11:29
eventually therefore we must add to this planes are very expensive all 01:11:29
planes are very expensive all 01:11:32
planes are very expensive all governments have immense investments in 01:11:32
governments have immense investments in 01:11:34
governments have immense investments in our 01:11:34
our 01:11:35
our and to work they must be kept flying 01:11:35
and to work they must be kept flying 01:11:39
and to work they must be kept flying otherwise they they get out of order so 01:11:39
otherwise they they get out of order so 01:11:43
otherwise they they get out of order so they must be kept moving that means 01:11:43
they must be kept moving that means 01:11:45
they must be kept moving that means there's a also a huge tourist business 01:11:45
there's a also a huge tourist business 01:11:48
there's a also a huge tourist business constantly interested in shuffling 01:11:48
constantly interested in shuffling 01:11:50
constantly interested in shuffling people all around the earth and as a 01:11:50
people all around the earth and as a 01:11:54
people all around the earth and as a result of that it's going to be 01:11:54
result of that it's going to be 01:11:56
result of that it's going to be increasingly a vested interest and 01:11:56
increasingly a vested interest and 01:11:59
increasingly a vested interest and politicians will find it harder and 01:11:59
politicians will find it harder and 01:12:01
politicians will find it harder and harder to stop it in the interest of 01:12:01
harder to stop it in the interest of 01:12:04
harder to stop it in the interest of having a war so what we are in effect 01:12:04
having a war so what we are in effect 01:12:08
having a war so what we are in effect reduced to at the moment so far as Wars 01:12:08
reduced to at the moment so far as Wars 01:12:10
reduced to at the moment so far as Wars are concerned our experimental Wars was 01:12:10
are concerned our experimental Wars was 01:12:15
are concerned our experimental Wars was under small in small areas against 01:12:15
under small in small areas against 01:12:18
under small in small areas against people who allegedly don't matter very 01:12:18
people who allegedly don't matter very 01:12:20
people who allegedly don't matter very much in order to test out our military 01:12:20
much in order to test out our military 01:12:22
much in order to test out our military materials and techniques because nobody 01:12:22
materials and techniques because nobody 01:12:26
materials and techniques because nobody can afford to keep a large standing army 01:12:26
can afford to keep a large standing army 01:12:28
can afford to keep a large standing army in which there are no veterans so they 01:12:28
in which there are no veterans so they 01:12:33
in which there are no veterans so they must have practice and so practice wars 01:12:33
must have practice and so practice wars 01:12:35
must have practice and so practice wars are carefully arranged but increasingly 01:12:35
are carefully arranged but increasingly 01:12:39
are carefully arranged but increasingly you see they find that these practice 01:12:39
you see they find that these practice 01:12:41
you see they find that these practice wars arouse passions and disturb 01:12:41
wars arouse passions and disturb 01:12:44
wars arouse passions and disturb everybody in all directions because 01:12:44
everybody in all directions because 01:12:46
everybody in all directions because there is no such thing as an unimportant 01:12:46
there is no such thing as an unimportant 01:12:48
there is no such thing as an unimportant people and so they become increasingly 01:12:48
people and so they become increasingly 01:12:52
people and so they become increasingly difficult to carry on so fuller is 01:12:52
difficult to carry on so fuller is 01:12:56
difficult to carry on so fuller is extraordinarily hopeful about the future 01:12:56
extraordinarily hopeful about the future 01:12:58
extraordinarily hopeful about the future of mankind because he feels that the 01:12:58
of mankind because he feels that the 01:13:01
of mankind because he feels that the synergy the quality of intelligence in 01:13:01
synergy the quality of intelligence in 01:13:03
synergy the quality of intelligence in the total system will overcome the folly 01:13:03
the total system will overcome the folly 01:13:07
the total system will overcome the folly of individuals or of parts who are 01:13:07
of individuals or of parts who are 01:13:11
of individuals or of parts who are unable to act with full understanding of 01:13:11
unable to act with full understanding of 01:13:13
unable to act with full understanding of what's going on 01:13:13
what's going on 01:13:14
what's going on and you see this is a serious problem so 01:13:14
and you see this is a serious problem so 01:13:18
and you see this is a serious problem so far as the individual is concerned 01:13:18
far as the individual is concerned 01:13:19
far as the individual is concerned because today not only is there a 01:13:19
because today not only is there a 01:13:23
because today not only is there a population bomb there's also an 01:13:23
population bomb there's also an 01:13:25
population bomb there's also an information bomb the proliferation of 01:13:25
information bomb the proliferation of 01:13:29
information bomb the proliferation of information about everything is so great 01:13:29
information about everything is so great 01:13:32
information about everything is so great that no individual can possibly grasp it 01:13:32
that no individual can possibly grasp it 01:13:35
that no individual can possibly grasp it not only has he difficulty in grasping 01:13:35
not only has he difficulty in grasping 01:13:38
not only has he difficulty in grasping it but there is difficulty even for big 01:13:38
it but there is difficulty even for big 01:13:41
it but there is difficulty even for big committees to organize this information 01:13:41
committees to organize this information 01:13:43
committees to organize this information to integrate it in such a way that if I 01:13:43
to integrate it in such a way that if I 01:13:46
to integrate it in such a way that if I need to know a certain thing I can 01:13:46
need to know a certain thing I can 01:13:48
need to know a certain thing I can various 01:13:48
various 01:13:49
various we find it out for an individual 01:13:49
we find it out for an individual 01:13:53
we find it out for an individual untrained in physics it's very difficult 01:13:53
untrained in physics it's very difficult 01:13:56
untrained in physics it's very difficult to find out quickly about physics 01:13:56
to find out quickly about physics 01:13:59
to find out quickly about physics because physics is expressed in a 01:13:59
because physics is expressed in a 01:14:01
because physics is expressed in a mathematical language which he probably 01:14:01
mathematical language which he probably 01:14:02
mathematical language which he probably has never learned to read so the time 01:14:02
has never learned to read so the time 01:14:08
has never learned to read so the time lag in scanning you see all 01:14:08
lag in scanning you see all 01:14:11
lag in scanning you see all consciousness is a matter of scanning 01:14:11
consciousness is a matter of scanning 01:14:13
consciousness is a matter of scanning and it takes in the totality of events 01:14:13
and it takes in the totality of events 01:14:17
and it takes in the totality of events in the world by a sweeping motion like 01:14:17
in the world by a sweeping motion like 01:14:21
in the world by a sweeping motion like the glance of our eyes around the room 01:14:21
the glance of our eyes around the room 01:14:23
the glance of our eyes around the room well it takes time to glance your eyes 01:14:23
well it takes time to glance your eyes 01:14:27
well it takes time to glance your eyes around the room and register what's 01:14:27
around the room and register what's 01:14:29
around the room and register what's there if you want to remember it 01:14:29
there if you want to remember it 01:14:31
there if you want to remember it consciously so what we are saying is 01:14:31
consciously so what we are saying is 01:14:35
consciously so what we are saying is that the intelligence of the system the 01:14:35
that the intelligence of the system the 01:14:38
that the intelligence of the system the synergy is more intelligent than any 01:14:38
synergy is more intelligent than any 01:14:42
synergy is more intelligent than any individual consciousness can be but of 01:14:42
individual consciousness can be but of 01:14:46
individual consciousness can be but of course as a living organism you are much 01:14:46
course as a living organism you are much 01:14:49
course as a living organism you are much more than consciousness in this scanning 01:14:49
more than consciousness in this scanning 01:14:52
more than consciousness in this scanning sense because you certainly don't 01:14:52
sense because you certainly don't 01:14:56
sense because you certainly don't arrange the complexities of your own 01:14:56
arrange the complexities of your own 01:14:58
arrange the complexities of your own brain by conscious decision that's 01:14:58
brain by conscious decision that's 01:15:01
brain by conscious decision that's something that you grow or we could put 01:15:01
something that you grow or we could put 01:15:06
something that you grow or we could put it this way that the intelligence of the 01:15:06
it this way that the intelligence of the 01:15:08
it this way that the intelligence of the universe grows as it grows you but here 01:15:08
universe grows as it grows you but here 01:15:13
universe grows as it grows you but here again is another hurdle for the average 01:15:13
again is another hurdle for the average 01:15:16
again is another hurdle for the average Westerner whose common sense is derived 01:15:16
Westerner whose common sense is derived 01:15:19
Westerner whose common sense is derived from the philosophy of science current 01:15:19
from the philosophy of science current 01:15:20
from the philosophy of science current in the 19th century of thinking that the 01:15:20
in the 19th century of thinking that the 01:15:24
in the 19th century of thinking that the organization of the universe is 01:15:24
organization of the universe is 01:15:26
organization of the universe is intelligent that seems to us to echo of 01:15:26
intelligent that seems to us to echo of 01:15:31
intelligent that seems to us to echo of theism of God ideas where God is based 01:15:31
theism of God ideas where God is based 01:15:35
theism of God ideas where God is based on an anthropomorphic or man-like image 01:15:35
on an anthropomorphic or man-like image 01:15:37
on an anthropomorphic or man-like image the old gentleman with whiskers in the 01:15:37
the old gentleman with whiskers in the 01:15:40
the old gentleman with whiskers in the sky and of course that God is dead 01:15:40
sky and of course that God is dead 01:15:44
sky and of course that God is dead beyond recall but that's not the only 01:15:44
beyond recall but that's not the only 01:15:49
beyond recall but that's not the only kind of God 01:15:49
to think of the universe itself its vast 01:15:52
to think of the universe itself its vast 01:15:55
to think of the universe itself its vast and complex organization as being 01:15:55
and complex organization as being 01:15:58
and complex organization as being intelligent what on earth does that mean 01:15:58
intelligent what on earth does that mean 01:16:00
intelligent what on earth does that mean what do you mean by the word intelligent 01:16:00
well when you come to think of it it's 01:16:06
well when you come to think of it it's 01:16:08
well when you come to think of it it's my most difficult word to define 01:16:08
my most difficult word to define 01:16:11
my most difficult word to define everybody knows what it is but very few 01:16:11
everybody knows what it is but very few 01:16:14
everybody knows what it is but very few can say it's like you know what love is 01:16:14
can say it's like you know what love is 01:16:17
can say it's like you know what love is but just try and define it you know what 01:16:17
but just try and define it you know what 01:16:21
but just try and define it you know what time is but try and define that space 01:16:21
time is but try and define that space 01:16:26
time is but try and define that space everybody knows what space is but it's 01:16:26
everybody knows what space is but it's 01:16:28
everybody knows what space is but it's the most difficult thing to pin down and 01:16:28
the most difficult thing to pin down and 01:16:30
the most difficult thing to pin down and that's equally true of intelligence we 01:16:30
that's equally true of intelligence we 01:16:34
that's equally true of intelligence we can see certain elements in intelligence 01:16:34
can see certain elements in intelligence 01:16:36
can see certain elements in intelligence we can see complexity as an element of 01:16:36
we can see complexity as an element of 01:16:39
we can see complexity as an element of it we can see our complexity as what we 01:16:39
it we can see our complexity as what we 01:16:47
it we can see our complexity as what we call an orderly arrangement of different 01:16:47
call an orderly arrangement of different 01:16:51
call an orderly arrangement of different clusters of complexity but again we're 01:16:51
clusters of complexity but again we're 01:16:57
clusters of complexity but again we're using words all of which are imprecise 01:16:57
using words all of which are imprecise 01:17:01
using words all of which are imprecise what do you mean orderly that's 01:17:01
what do you mean orderly that's 01:17:04
what do you mean orderly that's practically to say it's all in order it 01:17:04
practically to say it's all in order it 01:17:07
practically to say it's all in order it was almost like saying it's 01:17:07
was almost like saying it's 01:17:09
was almost like saying it's intelligently arranged we recognize 01:17:09
intelligently arranged we recognize 01:17:13
intelligently arranged we recognize these things but we are not quite sure 01:17:13
these things but we are not quite sure 01:17:16
these things but we are not quite sure what we mean by them but we recognize 01:17:16
what we mean by them but we recognize 01:17:19
what we mean by them but we recognize them at once and for example if we begin 01:17:19
them at once and for example if we begin 01:17:22
them at once and for example if we begin with the pure hypothesis that we 01:17:22
with the pure hypothesis that we 01:17:26
with the pure hypothesis that we ourselves are intelligent and let it go 01:17:26
ourselves are intelligent and let it go 01:17:29
ourselves are intelligent and let it go at that if we are not then nothing is 01:17:29
at that if we are not then nothing is 01:17:35
at that if we are not then nothing is but let's for the sake of argument say 01:17:35
but let's for the sake of argument say 01:17:37
but let's for the sake of argument say that we human beings are intelligent now 01:17:37
that we human beings are intelligent now 01:17:44
that we human beings are intelligent now if that is so then the environment in 01:17:44
if that is so then the environment in 01:17:50
if that is so then the environment in which we live must also be intelligent 01:17:50
because we are symptoms of that 01:17:55
because we are symptoms of that 01:17:59
because we are symptoms of that environment and I don't for the life of 01:17:59
environment and I don't for the life of 01:18:01
environment and I don't for the life of me see how you can tell have 01:18:01
me see how you can tell have 01:18:04
me see how you can tell have intelligent symptoms of an unintelligent 01:18:04
intelligent symptoms of an unintelligent 01:18:07
intelligent symptoms of an unintelligent organization we belong in this world we 01:18:07
organization we belong in this world we 01:18:20
organization we belong in this world we didn't arrive here from someone else 01:18:20
didn't arrive here from someone else 01:18:22
didn't arrive here from someone else somewhere else we're not tourists in the 01:18:22
somewhere else we're not tourists in the 01:18:24
somewhere else we're not tourists in the universe 01:18:24
universe 01:18:26
universe we're expressions of it like branches 01:18:26
we're expressions of it like branches 01:18:30
we're expressions of it like branches express the tree of fruit express the 01:18:30
express the tree of fruit express the 01:18:34
express the tree of fruit express the tree and so you will not find an 01:18:34
tree and so you will not find an 01:18:39
tree and so you will not find an intelligent organism living in an 01:18:39
intelligent organism living in an 01:18:44
intelligent organism living in an unintelligent environment that is to say 01:18:44
unintelligent environment that is to say 01:18:48
unintelligent environment that is to say the environment in which you live will 01:18:48
the environment in which you live will 01:18:52
the environment in which you live will be a system of mutual cooperation 01:18:52
be a system of mutual cooperation 01:18:55
be a system of mutual cooperation between a vast complexity of different 01:18:55
between a vast complexity of different 01:18:58
between a vast complexity of different kinds of organisms and the total balance 01:18:58
kinds of organisms and the total balance 01:19:03
kinds of organisms and the total balance of that makes your life possible in 01:19:03
of that makes your life possible in 01:19:10
of that makes your life possible in other words human life goes with as 01:19:10
other words human life goes with as 01:19:15
other words human life goes with as front goes with back an extremely 01:19:15
front goes with back an extremely 01:19:18
front goes with back an extremely complex bacteriological world which 01:19:18
complex bacteriological world which 01:19:23
complex bacteriological world which sometimes diseases us but most of the 01:19:23
sometimes diseases us but most of the 01:19:28
sometimes diseases us but most of the time assists us by its colonies its 01:19:28
time assists us by its colonies its 01:19:33
time assists us by its colonies its societies its methods of reproduction 01:19:33
societies its methods of reproduction 01:19:36
societies its methods of reproduction all these complex interrelations are the 01:19:36
all these complex interrelations are the 01:19:41
all these complex interrelations are the which without which not the scene a 01:19:42
which without which not the scene a 01:19:45
which without which not the scene a quinone of their being blood and veins 01:19:45
quinone of their being blood and veins 01:19:48
quinone of their being blood and veins and bones and intestines and all that 01:19:48
and bones and intestines and all that 01:19:51
and bones and intestines and all that kind of thing that's only the 01:19:51
kind of thing that's only the 01:19:52
kind of thing that's only the bacteriological world in addition to 01:19:52
bacteriological world in addition to 01:19:55
bacteriological world in addition to that there's a world of insects which is 01:19:55
that there's a world of insects which is 01:19:57
that there's a world of insects which is tremendously important to us but the 01:19:57
tremendously important to us but the 01:20:00
tremendously important to us but the insects are extremely clever and if you 01:20:00
insects are extremely clever and if you 01:20:04
insects are extremely clever and if you talk to a good entomologist he will 01:20:04
talk to a good entomologist he will 01:20:06
talk to a good entomologist he will scare the Wits out of you because he 01:20:06
scare the Wits out of you because he 01:20:08
scare the Wits out of you because he will show you the most conclusive 01:20:08
will show you the most conclusive 01:20:10
will show you the most conclusive reasons why insects should ultimately 01:20:10
reasons why insects should ultimately 01:20:12
reasons why insects should ultimately take the whole planet over fortunately 01:20:12
take the whole planet over fortunately 01:20:16
take the whole planet over fortunately we are not 01:20:16
we are not 01:20:18
we are not absolutely abominated by flies because 01:20:18
absolutely abominated by flies because 01:20:20
absolutely abominated by flies because we have lots of spiders and we have 01:20:20
we have lots of spiders and we have 01:20:24
we have lots of spiders and we have birds and so birds and insects are 01:20:24
birds and so birds and insects are 01:20:29
birds and so birds and insects are mutually necessary to each other and 01:20:29
mutually necessary to each other and 01:20:33
mutually necessary to each other and especially flowers and insects have an 01:20:33
especially flowers and insects have an 01:20:37
especially flowers and insects have an arrangement with each other 01:20:37
arrangement with each other 01:20:38
arrangement with each other whereby one could say our flowers and 01:20:38
whereby one could say our flowers and 01:20:41
whereby one could say our flowers and bees that although they look very 01:20:41
bees that although they look very 01:20:43
bees that although they look very different they are one in the same 01:20:43
different they are one in the same 01:20:45
different they are one in the same organism flowers perfume and color bees 01:20:45
organism flowers perfume and color bees 01:20:53
organism flowers perfume and color bees buzz and fly around but you can't have 01:20:53
buzz and fly around but you can't have 01:20:59
buzz and fly around but you can't have the flowers of without the bees and you 01:20:59
the flowers of without the bees and you 01:21:01
the flowers of without the bees and you can't have the bees without the flowers 01:21:01
can't have the bees without the flowers 01:21:02
can't have the bees without the flowers and so you can think through 01:21:02
and so you can think through 01:21:06
and so you can think through relationships between every conceivable 01:21:06
relationships between every conceivable 01:21:09
relationships between every conceivable kind of organism into which you must add 01:21:09
kind of organism into which you must add 01:21:13
kind of organism into which you must add things like atmosphere qualities gas 01:21:13
things like atmosphere qualities gas 01:21:15
things like atmosphere qualities gas content of atmosphere on and on and on 01:21:15
content of atmosphere on and on and on 01:21:18
content of atmosphere on and on and on until you suddenly realize that what you 01:21:18
until you suddenly realize that what you 01:21:21
until you suddenly realize that what you call your mind and intelligence and your 01:21:21
call your mind and intelligence and your 01:21:23
call your mind and intelligence and your very brain and body is utterly involved 01:21:23
very brain and body is utterly involved 01:21:28
very brain and body is utterly involved with this network of other kinds of 01:21:28
with this network of other kinds of 01:21:30
with this network of other kinds of organisms existing at a special 01:21:30
organisms existing at a special 01:21:33
organisms existing at a special temperature in certain gases which could 01:21:33
temperature in certain gases which could 01:21:37
temperature in certain gases which could only be found in certain kinds of solar 01:21:37
only be found in certain kinds of solar 01:21:39
only be found in certain kinds of solar system now then seeing that should give 01:21:39
system now then seeing that should give 01:21:46
system now then seeing that should give every technologist pause because you 01:21:46
every technologist pause because you 01:21:51
every technologist pause because you can't go running into that situation 01:21:51
can't go running into that situation 01:21:52
can't go running into that situation with penicillin and DDT unless unless 01:21:52
with penicillin and DDT unless unless 01:21:58
with penicillin and DDT unless unless you know very well when to stop unless 01:21:58
you know very well when to stop unless 01:22:03
you know very well when to stop unless you know unless you can be very 01:22:03
you know unless you can be very 01:22:05
you know unless you can be very discriminating just what surplus of 01:22:05
discriminating just what surplus of 01:22:07
discriminating just what surplus of insects you want to get rid of without 01:22:07
insects you want to get rid of without 01:22:10
insects you want to get rid of without killing the other ones that are 01:22:10
killing the other ones that are 01:22:11
killing the other ones that are important how to give penicillin without 01:22:11
important how to give penicillin without 01:22:14
important how to give penicillin without destroying all the stomach flora and 01:22:14
destroying all the stomach flora and 01:22:18
destroying all the stomach flora and having to build them up again on 01:22:18
having to build them up again on 01:22:19
having to build them up again on acidophilus and stuff so this is why in 01:22:19
acidophilus and stuff so this is why in 01:22:25
acidophilus and stuff so this is why in the taoist chinese view of nature and 01:22:25
the taoist chinese view of nature and 01:22:28
the taoist chinese view of nature and the relation of nature to human polity 01:22:28
the relation of nature to human polity 01:22:31
the relation of nature to human polity they set us fundamental the principal 01:22:31
they set us fundamental the principal 01:22:34
they set us fundamental the principal called whoo weh-weh 01:22:34
which means our non-interference not 01:22:54
which means our non-interference not 01:23:00
which means our non-interference not quite what we mean by less affair but 01:23:00
quite what we mean by less affair but 01:23:03
quite what we mean by less affair but rather close to it that is to say when 01:23:03
rather close to it that is to say when 01:23:07
rather close to it that is to say when you act upon nature and you must you 01:23:07
you act upon nature and you must you 01:23:12
you act upon nature and you must you can't help but interfere there's no way 01:23:12
can't help but interfere there's no way 01:23:14
can't help but interfere there's no way of isolating yourself from the world 01:23:14
of isolating yourself from the world 01:23:17
of isolating yourself from the world every time you breathe you interfere 01:23:17
every time you breathe you interfere 01:23:19
every time you breathe you interfere with something see about the art of Wu 01:23:19
with something see about the art of Wu 01:23:23
with something see about the art of Wu Wei is that when you interfere endeavor 01:23:23
Wei is that when you interfere endeavor 01:23:27
Wei is that when you interfere endeavor to do so by going with the grain of 01:23:27
to do so by going with the grain of 01:23:30
to do so by going with the grain of things in other words if you want a 01:23:30
things in other words if you want a 01:23:33
things in other words if you want a split would split it with the grain 01:23:33
split would split it with the grain 01:23:35
split would split it with the grain don't try to split it across the grain 01:23:35
don't try to split it across the grain 01:23:38
don't try to split it across the grain and likewise when you want to pick a 01:23:38
and likewise when you want to pick a 01:23:40
and likewise when you want to pick a fight don't use violence but use the 01:23:40
fight don't use violence but use the 01:23:45
fight don't use violence but use the other person's violence to bring about 01:23:45
other person's violence to bring about 01:23:46
other person's violence to bring about his downfall 01:23:46
his downfall 01:23:47
his downfall that's judo and that judo is applied 01:23:47
that's judo and that judo is applied 01:23:50
that's judo and that judo is applied will way sailing is Wu Wei as distinct 01:23:50
will way sailing is Wu Wei as distinct 01:23:58
will way sailing is Wu Wei as distinct from rowing which isn't so then 01:23:58
the Daoists you see recognized that 01:24:06
the Daoists you see recognized that 01:24:12
the Daoists you see recognized that there is this Universal organism and 01:24:12
there is this Universal organism and 01:24:15
there is this Universal organism and they thought of the cosmos as a great 01:24:15
they thought of the cosmos as a great 01:24:19
they thought of the cosmos as a great organism without a boss there is no one 01:24:19
organism without a boss there is no one 01:24:24
organism without a boss there is no one in Chinese philosophy making the world 01:24:24
in Chinese philosophy making the world 01:24:26
in Chinese philosophy making the world happening or ordering it there is no as 01:24:26
happening or ordering it there is no as 01:24:30
happening or ordering it there is no as it were central principle in the middle 01:24:30
it were central principle in the middle 01:24:33
it were central principle in the middle which sends out commands to all the 01:24:33
which sends out commands to all the 01:24:37
which sends out commands to all the subordinate parts but rather that the 01:24:37
subordinate parts but rather that the 01:24:41
subordinate parts but rather that the thing organizes itself their word for 01:24:41
thing organizes itself their word for 01:24:44
thing organizes itself their word for nature being run meaning what is so of 01:24:44
nature being run meaning what is so of 01:24:47
nature being run meaning what is so of itself so they saw the whole cosmos as a 01:24:47
itself so they saw the whole cosmos as a 01:24:54
itself so they saw the whole cosmos as a self-regulating organism and they 01:24:54
self-regulating organism and they 01:24:56
self-regulating organism and they further saw that the individual is not 01:24:56
further saw that the individual is not 01:24:58
further saw that the individual is not merely a part of that organism he is a 01:24:58
merely a part of that organism he is a 01:25:05
merely a part of that organism he is a an expression of the whole thing and the 01:25:05
an expression of the whole thing and the 01:25:10
an expression of the whole thing and the whole depends upon this expression just 01:25:10
whole depends upon this expression just 01:25:12
whole depends upon this expression just as much as the expression depends upon 01:25:12
as much as the expression depends upon 01:25:14
as much as the expression depends upon it and that was the principle of mutual 01:25:14
it and that was the principle of mutual 01:25:17
it and that was the principle of mutual interpenetration which is called in well 01:25:17
interpenetration which is called in well 01:25:23
interpenetration which is called in well it's more familiarly known by its 01:25:23
it's more familiarly known by its 01:25:24
it's more familiarly known by its Japanese name GG muguet the principle of 01:25:24
Japanese name GG muguet the principle of 01:25:31
Japanese name GG muguet the principle of the network between thing event and 01:25:31
the network between thing event and 01:25:33
the network between thing event and thing event there is no obstruction 01:25:33
but you see it remains to us a bit of a 01:25:43
but you see it remains to us a bit of a 01:25:47
but you see it remains to us a bit of a puzzle to say that all this is an 01:25:47
puzzle to say that all this is an 01:25:51
puzzle to say that all this is an intelligence because we can think of all 01:25:51
intelligence because we can think of all 01:25:52
intelligence because we can think of all kinds of objections to it we could think 01:25:52
kinds of objections to it we could think 01:25:57
kinds of objections to it we could think if by some conscious science we were 01:25:57
if by some conscious science we were 01:26:00
if by some conscious science we were able to construct the universe we would 01:26:00
able to construct the universe we would 01:26:03
able to construct the universe we would do it a little differently we would have 01:26:03
do it a little differently we would have 01:26:07
do it a little differently we would have improvements too just to suggest the pom 01:26:07
improvements too just to suggest the pom 01:26:09
improvements too just to suggest the pom mosquitoes we would perhaps a great a 01:26:09
mosquitoes we would perhaps a great a 01:26:13
mosquitoes we would perhaps a great a great surgeon might suggest that the 01:26:13
great surgeon might suggest that the 01:26:17
great surgeon might suggest that the human body be organized a little 01:26:17
human body be organized a little 01:26:18
human body be organized a little differently we can think of dozens of 01:26:18
differently we can think of dozens of 01:26:23
differently we can think of dozens of things but you'll find that curious 01:26:23
things but you'll find that curious 01:26:26
things but you'll find that curious thing is this when you try to think out 01:26:26
thing is this when you try to think out 01:26:29
thing is this when you try to think out carefully how to improve the world and 01:26:29
carefully how to improve the world and 01:26:32
carefully how to improve the world and then you realize is what the 01:26:32
then you realize is what the 01:26:34
then you realize is what the consequences of your suggestion would be 01:26:34
consequences of your suggestion would be 01:26:36
consequences of your suggestion would be you wouldn't like all of the 01:26:36
you wouldn't like all of the 01:26:38
you wouldn't like all of the consequences hence the saying be careful 01:26:38
consequences hence the saying be careful 01:26:42
consequences hence the saying be careful of what you desire you may get it and 01:26:42
of what you desire you may get it and 01:26:51
of what you desire you may get it and then one invites the individual and this 01:26:51
then one invites the individual and this 01:26:55
then one invites the individual and this is one of the great great things to do 01:26:55
is one of the great great things to do 01:26:58
is one of the great great things to do to suggest another kind of universe 01:26:58
what kind of universe would you design 01:27:03
what kind of universe would you design 01:27:06
what kind of universe would you design if you were God and I recommend I'm not 01:27:06
if you were God and I recommend I'm not 01:27:13
if you were God and I recommend I'm not going to go into this because it's a 01:27:13
going to go into this because it's a 01:27:14
going to go into this because it's a long story but I thoroughly recommend it 01:27:14
long story but I thoroughly recommend it 01:27:18
long story but I thoroughly recommend it as an exercise in thought 01:27:18
as an exercise in thought 01:27:19
as an exercise in thought model your own universe and see what 01:27:19
model your own universe and see what 01:27:22
model your own universe and see what comes out of it because I can only tell 01:27:22
comes out of it because I can only tell 01:27:26
comes out of it because I can only tell you that you will eventually discover 01:27:26
you that you will eventually discover 01:27:28
you that you will eventually discover that you will model this one 01:27:28
and you'll find out you see that they 01:27:35
and you'll find out you see that they 01:27:39
and you'll find out you see that they that it's based on certain absolutely 01:27:39
that it's based on certain absolutely 01:27:42
that it's based on certain absolutely fundamental principles which of course 01:27:42
fundamental principles which of course 01:27:44
fundamental principles which of course includes the game of hide-and-seek now 01:27:44
includes the game of hide-and-seek now 01:27:47
includes the game of hide-and-seek now you see it now you don't which is 01:27:47
you see it now you don't which is 01:27:49
you see it now you don't which is vibration which is the same thing as 01:27:49
vibration which is the same thing as 01:27:50
vibration which is the same thing as energy you've got to begin with that 01:27:50
energy you've got to begin with that 01:27:52
energy you've got to begin with that with that if once you start with that it 01:27:52
with that if once you start with that it 01:27:55
with that if once you start with that it implies the rest because all that we see 01:27:55
implies the rest because all that we see 01:28:00
implies the rest because all that we see around us is just a fantastic 01:28:00
around us is just a fantastic 01:28:03
around us is just a fantastic combination of black and white elements 01:28:03
combination of black and white elements 01:28:05
combination of black and white elements of what the Chinese call the yin in the 01:28:05
of what the Chinese call the yin in the 01:28:07
of what the Chinese call the yin in the end the negative and positive forces and 01:28:07
end the negative and positive forces and 01:28:11
end the negative and positive forces and it all leads to this but in an 01:28:11
it all leads to this but in an 01:28:15
it all leads to this but in an incredible so then you have difficulty 01:28:15
incredible so then you have difficulty 01:28:25
incredible so then you have difficulty though of course in seeing the world as 01:28:25
though of course in seeing the world as 01:28:27
though of course in seeing the world as an organism because when you look out at 01:28:27
an organism because when you look out at 01:28:31
an organism because when you look out at the Stars you are in roughly the same 01:28:31
the Stars you are in roughly the same 01:28:37
the Stars you are in roughly the same situation or relationship to what you 01:28:37
situation or relationship to what you 01:28:40
situation or relationship to what you are seeing as when a physicist studies 01:28:40
are seeing as when a physicist studies 01:28:45
are seeing as when a physicist studies the constitution of the atom 01:28:45
the constitution of the atom 01:28:48
the constitution of the atom he will make a map of the behavior of 01:28:48
he will make a map of the behavior of 01:28:53
he will make a map of the behavior of the nucleus in which there will be 01:28:53
the nucleus in which there will be 01:28:56
the nucleus in which there will be various rotating particles or wavicles 01:28:56
various rotating particles or wavicles 01:29:00
various rotating particles or wavicles and you will see something which looks 01:29:00
and you will see something which looks 01:29:03
and you will see something which looks like a mathematical design and doesn't 01:29:03
like a mathematical design and doesn't 01:29:05
like a mathematical design and doesn't look like an organism because we expect 01:29:05
look like an organism because we expect 01:29:10
look like an organism because we expect an organism to be a kind of gooey thing 01:29:10
an organism to be a kind of gooey thing 01:29:13
an organism to be a kind of gooey thing with blood and flesh and wriggles and so 01:29:13
with blood and flesh and wriggles and so 01:29:18
with blood and flesh and wriggles and so on so if you looked only through the 01:29:18
on so if you looked only through the 01:29:23
on so if you looked only through the microscope now you wouldn't see the 01:29:23
microscope now you wouldn't see the 01:29:26
microscope now you wouldn't see the organism well when we look out at the 01:29:26
organism well when we look out at the 01:29:29
organism well when we look out at the rest of the universe we are as it were 01:29:29
rest of the universe we are as it were 01:29:31
rest of the universe we are as it were sitting down on one of those electrons 01:29:31
sitting down on one of those electrons 01:29:33
sitting down on one of those electrons looking through a microscope at the rest 01:29:33
looking through a microscope at the rest 01:29:36
looking through a microscope at the rest of it and therefore we don't see the 01:29:36
of it and therefore we don't see the 01:29:39
of it and therefore we don't see the sort of the total design it makes up 01:29:39
sort of the total design it makes up 01:29:42
sort of the total design it makes up that's much too far away from our 01:29:42
that's much too far away from our 01:29:44
that's much too far away from our conscious inspection 01:29:44
conscious inspection 01:29:46
conscious inspection and this is one of the reasons then why 01:29:46
and this is one of the reasons then why 01:29:49
and this is one of the reasons then why it's difficult for us to formulate the 01:29:49
it's difficult for us to formulate the 01:29:51
it's difficult for us to formulate the idea that there is an intelligence 01:29:51
idea that there is an intelligence 01:29:53
idea that there is an intelligence operating here because all we see is the 01:29:53
operating here because all we see is the 01:29:56
operating here because all we see is the firework display this tremendous display 01:29:56
firework display this tremendous display 01:30:00
firework display this tremendous display of radioactive mud and gas and one would 01:30:00
of radioactive mud and gas and one would 01:30:05
of radioactive mud and gas and one would say well that's sir it's just a is this 01:30:05
say well that's sir it's just a is this 01:30:08
say well that's sir it's just a is this just a kind of a contraption that 01:30:08
just a kind of a contraption that 01:30:12
just a kind of a contraption that happened to arrive there and that's all 01:30:12
happened to arrive there and that's all 01:30:18
happened to arrive there and that's all there is to it but the funny thing about 01:30:18
there is to it but the funny thing about 01:30:25
there is to it but the funny thing about man is that he can put himself down and 01:30:25
man is that he can put himself down and 01:30:30
man is that he can put himself down and say that he is an accident a kind of 01:30:30
say that he is an accident a kind of 01:30:34
say that he is an accident a kind of colloidal chemical accident that 01:30:34
colloidal chemical accident that 01:30:37
colloidal chemical accident that occurred on this very unimportant rock 01:30:37
rotating around a lesser star on the 01:30:41
rotating around a lesser star on the 01:30:46
rotating around a lesser star on the fringe of one of the minor galaxies and 01:30:46
fringe of one of the minor galaxies and 01:30:49
fringe of one of the minor galaxies and that this is where we are and that the 01:30:49
that this is where we are and that the 01:30:54
that this is where we are and that the universe does not give a damn about it 01:30:54
yet that the odd thing is that 01:30:59
this wretched little kemon chemical 01:31:07
this wretched little kemon chemical 01:31:11
this wretched little kemon chemical thing can reflect an image of the whole 01:31:11
thing can reflect an image of the whole 01:31:15
thing can reflect an image of the whole cosmos in its vastness inside his head 01:31:15
cosmos in its vastness inside his head 01:31:19
cosmos in its vastness inside his head and can know he's there and that means 01:31:19
and can know he's there and that means 01:31:27
and can know he's there and that means though that this thing however small in 01:31:27
though that this thing however small in 01:31:30
though that this thing however small in dimensions is vast in comprehension and 01:31:30
dimensions is vast in comprehension and 01:31:35
dimensions is vast in comprehension and what scale are you going to attach the 01:31:35
what scale are you going to attach the 01:31:38
what scale are you going to attach the word importance to near size or degree 01:31:38
word importance to near size or degree 01:31:44
word importance to near size or degree of comprehension by degree of 01:31:44
of comprehension by degree of 01:31:48
of comprehension by degree of comprehension man is huge by that scale 01:31:48
so then if the principle is simply that 01:31:56
so then if the principle is simply that 01:32:02
so then if the principle is simply that if we can see from a perfectly physical 01:32:02
if we can see from a perfectly physical 01:32:05
if we can see from a perfectly physical point of view what we recall is strictly 01:32:05
point of view what we recall is strictly 01:32:07
point of view what we recall is strictly a scientific point of view that the 01:32:07
a scientific point of view that the 01:32:10
a scientific point of view that the individual organism goes with its 01:32:10
individual organism goes with its 01:32:14
individual organism goes with its environment in just the same way as bees 01:32:14
environment in just the same way as bees 01:32:17
environment in just the same way as bees go with flowers and flowers in their 01:32:17
go with flowers and flowers in their 01:32:21
go with flowers and flowers in their turn go with grubs and grubs in their 01:32:21
turn go with grubs and grubs in their 01:32:26
turn go with grubs and grubs in their turn go with birds and so on all the way 01:32:26
turn go with birds and so on all the way 01:32:30
turn go with birds and so on all the way through then when you want to define 01:32:30
through then when you want to define 01:32:33
through then when you want to define yourself you cannot say that I am just 01:32:33
yourself you cannot say that I am just 01:32:37
yourself you cannot say that I am just what is inside the skin because what is 01:32:37
what is inside the skin because what is 01:32:42
what is inside the skin because what is inside the skin goes with everything 01:32:42
inside the skin goes with everything 01:32:44
inside the skin goes with everything outside it and constitutes a single 01:32:44
outside it and constitutes a single 01:32:48
outside it and constitutes a single complex field of diversified behaviors 01:32:48
complex field of diversified behaviors 01:32:55
complex field of diversified behaviors diversified processes you look at that 01:32:55
diversified processes you look at that 01:32:58
diversified processes you look at that then from a strictly physical point of 01:32:59
then from a strictly physical point of 01:33:01
then from a strictly physical point of view and there it is this network but 01:33:01
view and there it is this network but 01:33:05
view and there it is this network but then the trouble comes up is you say 01:33:05
then the trouble comes up is you say 01:33:08
then the trouble comes up is you say when you've studied that and you read 01:33:08
when you've studied that and you read 01:33:09
when you've studied that and you read all the books on ecology and botany and 01:33:09
all the books on ecology and botany and 01:33:11
all the books on ecology and botany and zoology astronomy and so on 01:33:11
zoology astronomy and so on 01:33:15
zoology astronomy and so on you say yes I see that now that's quite 01:33:15
you say yes I see that now that's quite 01:33:18
you say yes I see that now that's quite true theoretically 01:33:18
true theoretically 01:33:22
true theoretically but I would like to be able to feel that 01:33:22
but I would like to be able to feel that 01:33:24
but I would like to be able to feel that this is so as Mystics report that they 01:33:24
this is so as Mystics report that they 01:33:28
this is so as Mystics report that they have felt it to have that kind of 01:33:28
have felt it to have that kind of 01:33:34
have felt it to have that kind of experience in which the network is 01:33:34
experience in which the network is 01:33:37
experience in which the network is absolutely clear because you see if we 01:33:37
absolutely clear because you see if we 01:33:45
absolutely clear because you see if we don't take it that far if we know about 01:33:45
don't take it that far if we know about 01:33:48
don't take it that far if we know about it theoretically only the theoretical 01:33:48
it theoretically only the theoretical 01:33:51
it theoretically only the theoretical knowledge is not going to have much 01:33:51
knowledge is not going to have much 01:33:53
knowledge is not going to have much effect on what we do but knowledge of a 01:33:53
effect on what we do but knowledge of a 01:33:58
effect on what we do but knowledge of a more emotionally compelling nature will 01:33:58
more emotionally compelling nature will 01:34:01
more emotionally compelling nature will indeed affect the way we act with 01:34:01
indeed affect the way we act with 01:34:06
indeed affect the way we act with respect to our environment and may in 01:34:06
respect to our environment and may in 01:34:12
respect to our environment and may in fact prevent us from destroying our 01:34:12
fact prevent us from destroying our 01:34:15
fact prevent us from destroying our environment as we are now very busily 01:34:15
environment as we are now very busily 01:34:18
environment as we are now very busily doing it's interesting that the Congress 01:34:18
doing it's interesting that the Congress 01:34:23
doing it's interesting that the Congress of the United States recently passed an 01:34:23
of the United States recently passed an 01:34:27
of the United States recently passed an act making it a very serious offence to 01:34:27
act making it a very serious offence to 01:34:30
act making it a very serious offence to burn the American flag and they passed 01:34:30
burn the American flag and they passed 01:34:33
burn the American flag and they passed this act with many patriotic speeches 01:34:33
this act with many patriotic speeches 01:34:35
this act with many patriotic speeches and rhetoric and much reciting of poems 01:34:35
and rhetoric and much reciting of poems 01:34:40
and rhetoric and much reciting of poems this is the most fantastic example of 01:34:40
this is the most fantastic example of 01:34:45
this is the most fantastic example of American confusion between symbol and 01:34:45
American confusion between symbol and 01:34:48
American confusion between symbol and reality between menu and meal because 01:34:48
reality between menu and meal because 01:34:53
reality between menu and meal because this same Congress is directly or 01:34:53
this same Congress is directly or 01:34:57
this same Congress is directly or indirectly responsible for burning up 01:34:57
indirectly responsible for burning up 01:34:59
indirectly responsible for burning up what the flag stands for namely the 01:34:59
what the flag stands for namely the 01:35:02
what the flag stands for namely the geographical United States and its 01:35:02
geographical United States and its 01:35:04
geographical United States and its people by not really doing much about 01:35:04
people by not really doing much about 01:35:11
people by not really doing much about the devastation of our forests the 01:35:11
the devastation of our forests the 01:35:15
the devastation of our forests the pollution of our water and atmosphere 01:35:15
pollution of our water and atmosphere 01:35:17
pollution of our water and atmosphere the reckless waste of our natural 01:35:17
the reckless waste of our natural 01:35:20
the reckless waste of our natural resources and resorting to a form of 01:35:20
resources and resorting to a form of 01:35:23
resources and resorting to a form of economy which under any the same 01:35:23
economy which under any the same 01:35:29
economy which under any the same circumstances would be termed sheer 01:35:29
circumstances would be termed sheer 01:35:31
circumstances would be termed sheer lunacy 01:35:31
obviously they cannot distinguish 01:35:33
obviously they cannot distinguish 01:35:36
obviously they cannot distinguish between the symbol and the reality 01:35:36
between the symbol and the reality 01:35:39
between the symbol and the reality because we are all hypnotized with words 01:35:39
because we are all hypnotized with words 01:35:43
because we are all hypnotized with words and symbols and so when the flag is more 01:35:43
and symbols and so when the flag is more 01:35:49
and symbols and so when the flag is more precious than the country we are insane 01:35:49
when you say I love my country and what 01:35:57
when you say I love my country and what 01:36:01
when you say I love my country and what you mean by that as you feel certain 01:36:01
you mean by that as you feel certain 01:36:03
you mean by that as you feel certain emotions when you salute a flag you 01:36:03
emotions when you salute a flag you 01:36:04
emotions when you salute a flag you don't love your country at all because 01:36:04
don't love your country at all because 01:36:09
don't love your country at all because of the love of the country it means to 01:36:09
of the love of the country it means to 01:36:12
of the love of the country it means to participate in its life in a loving way 01:36:12
participate in its life in a loving way 01:36:15
participate in its life in a loving way in a considerate way and our floor our 01:36:15
in a considerate way and our floor our 01:36:21
in a considerate way and our floor our animals are in a certain sense members 01:36:21
animals are in a certain sense members 01:36:24
animals are in a certain sense members of the United States Birds bears all 01:36:24
of the United States Birds bears all 01:36:30
of the United States Birds bears all these lovely creatures and what we are 01:36:30
these lovely creatures and what we are 01:36:33
these lovely creatures and what we are doing is we are getting rid of birds at 01:36:33
doing is we are getting rid of birds at 01:36:35
doing is we are getting rid of birds at a fast rate we've reduced certain 01:36:35
a fast rate we've reduced certain 01:36:38
a fast rate we've reduced certain populations of birds by as much as 75% 01:36:38
populations of birds by as much as 75% 01:36:40
populations of birds by as much as 75% in the last few years because they eat 01:36:40
in the last few years because they eat 01:36:44
in the last few years because they eat are poisonous insecticides and so on and 01:36:44
are poisonous insecticides and so on and 01:36:48
are poisonous insecticides and so on and eventually they get into us that's love 01:36:48
eventually they get into us that's love 01:36:50
eventually they get into us that's love of country so as a result of this 01:36:50
of country so as a result of this 01:36:57
of country so as a result of this confusion you see and failure to see 01:36:58
confusion you see and failure to see 01:37:01
confusion you see and failure to see that the outside world is not a kind of 01:37:01
that the outside world is not a kind of 01:37:06
that the outside world is not a kind of chunk of mineral resources and cows to 01:37:06
chunk of mineral resources and cows to 01:37:10
chunk of mineral resources and cows to be exploited and be just eaten up if we 01:37:10
be exploited and be just eaten up if we 01:37:14
be exploited and be just eaten up if we do that we turn ourselves into a swarm 01:37:14
do that we turn ourselves into a swarm 01:37:15
do that we turn ourselves into a swarm of locusts on the planet the price for 01:37:15
of locusts on the planet the price for 01:37:20
of locusts on the planet the price for eating beef is that you must farm beef 01:37:20
eating beef is that you must farm beef 01:37:23
eating beef is that you must farm beef you must conduct husbandry you must melt 01:37:23
you must conduct husbandry you must melt 01:37:27
you must conduct husbandry you must melt it to help cattle to multiply and you 01:37:27
it to help cattle to multiply and you 01:37:29
it to help cattle to multiply and you must care for them properly the same 01:37:29
must care for them properly the same 01:37:33
must care for them properly the same with fishing we have not husbanded 01:37:33
with fishing we have not husbanded 01:37:36
with fishing we have not husbanded whales and therefore they're on their 01:37:36
whales and therefore they're on their 01:37:37
whales and therefore they're on their way to extinction this is the price that 01:37:37
way to extinction this is the price that 01:37:41
way to extinction this is the price that you've got to cherish the animals that 01:37:41
you've got to cherish the animals that 01:37:43
you've got to cherish the animals that you live off 01:37:43
you live off 01:37:45
you live off and then furthermore after that to put 01:37:45
and then furthermore after that to put 01:37:46
and then furthermore after that to put in my particular prejudice you've got to 01:37:46
in my particular prejudice you've got to 01:37:48
in my particular prejudice you've got to cook them properly you don't let's chew 01:37:48
cook them properly you don't let's chew 01:37:52
cook them properly you don't let's chew it up because it's supposed to give you 01:37:52
it up because it's supposed to give you 01:37:53
it up because it's supposed to give you energy it'd be good for you that's an 01:37:53
energy it'd be good for you that's an 01:37:56
energy it'd be good for you that's an irreverent use of dead animals and dead 01:37:56
irreverent use of dead animals and dead 01:37:58
irreverent use of dead animals and dead plants they give their lives for you and 01:37:58
plants they give their lives for you and 01:38:01
plants they give their lives for you and the proper response to that is take it 01:38:01
the proper response to that is take it 01:38:05
the proper response to that is take it with reverence and that means cook it 01:38:05
with reverence and that means cook it 01:38:07
with reverence and that means cook it well so that your act of cooking is like 01:38:07
well so that your act of cooking is like 01:38:11
well so that your act of cooking is like the rituals of a priest at an altar it 01:38:11
the rituals of a priest at an altar it 01:38:14
the rituals of a priest at an altar it is the sacrificial altar the chopping 01:38:14
is the sacrificial altar the chopping 01:38:16
is the sacrificial altar the chopping board in the range which we use and 01:38:16
board in the range which we use and 01:38:21
board in the range which we use and another kind of kitchens are not to be 01:38:21
another kind of kitchens are not to be 01:38:24
another kind of kitchens are not to be looked on a sort of lavatories where you 01:38:24
looked on a sort of lavatories where you 01:38:26
looked on a sort of lavatories where you throw things together to put in at the 01:38:26
throw things together to put in at the 01:38:29
throw things together to put in at the upper end so that this can only come 01:38:29
upper end so that this can only come 01:38:39
upper end so that this can only come about you see in a situation where human 01:38:39
about you see in a situation where human 01:38:42
about you see in a situation where human beings are vividly aware of the external 01:38:42
beings are vividly aware of the external 01:38:49
beings are vividly aware of the external world as as much themselves as their own 01:38:49
world as as much themselves as their own 01:38:53
world as as much themselves as their own bodies and you must allow yourself 01:38:53
bodies and you must allow yourself 01:38:59
bodies and you must allow yourself therefore to feel that what you see is 01:38:59
therefore to feel that what you see is 01:39:03
therefore to feel that what you see is not merely something out there it's in 01:39:03
not merely something out there it's in 01:39:10
not merely something out there it's in your head and your heads in it and these 01:39:10
your head and your heads in it and these 01:39:15
your head and your heads in it and these things mutually interpenetrate each 01:39:15
things mutually interpenetrate each 01:39:17
things mutually interpenetrate each other like this now it's in your head 01:39:17
other like this now it's in your head 01:39:19
other like this now it's in your head now your heads in it now it's in your 01:39:19
now your heads in it now it's in your 01:39:21
now your heads in it now it's in your head now your heads in it like this you 01:39:21
head now your heads in it like this you 01:39:23
head now your heads in it like this you see and this rhythm sets up what we call 01:39:23
see and this rhythm sets up what we call 01:39:26
see and this rhythm sets up what we call vision so if you see that the external 01:39:26
vision so if you see that the external 01:39:32
vision so if you see that the external world is as much you as anything inside 01:39:32
world is as much you as anything inside 01:39:34
world is as much you as anything inside your skin or anything inside your head 01:39:34
your skin or anything inside your head 01:39:37
your skin or anything inside your head then you have a certain respect for it 01:39:37
then you have a certain respect for it 01:39:41
then you have a certain respect for it and no longer consider matter for 01:39:41
and no longer consider matter for 01:39:47
and no longer consider matter for example take a piece of wood piece of 01:39:47
example take a piece of wood piece of 01:39:49
example take a piece of wood piece of wood not just a chunk of stuff but 01:39:49
wood not just a chunk of stuff but 01:39:52
wood not just a chunk of stuff but people think about wood that way you 01:39:52
people think about wood that way you 01:39:55
people think about wood that way you can't be a good carpenter if that's the 01:39:55
can't be a good carpenter if that's the 01:39:56
can't be a good carpenter if that's the way you think about wood 01:39:56
we think we're dealing and see with 01:39:59
we think we're dealing and see with 01:40:02
we think we're dealing and see with these inert unfeeling blocks of stuff 01:40:02
these inert unfeeling blocks of stuff 01:40:05
these inert unfeeling blocks of stuff rocks have no feelings of course bang it 01:40:05
rocks have no feelings of course bang it 01:40:08
rocks have no feelings of course bang it around mountains have no feelings blow 01:40:08
around mountains have no feelings blow 01:40:10
around mountains have no feelings blow them up with dynamite but they do have 01:40:10
them up with dynamite but they do have 01:40:14
them up with dynamite but they do have fields and if you hurt them this is the 01:40:14
fields and if you hurt them this is the 01:40:20
fields and if you hurt them this is the Indians say I've just been with a whole 01:40:20
Indians say I've just been with a whole 01:40:22
Indians say I've just been with a whole bunch of Indians they say the continent 01:40:22
bunch of Indians they say the continent 01:40:27
bunch of Indians they say the continent of the United States is getting ready to 01:40:27
of the United States is getting ready to 01:40:29
of the United States is getting ready to shake us off as a dog would shake off 01:40:29
shake us off as a dog would shake off 01:40:32
shake us off as a dog would shake off fleas they say the storms are going to 01:40:32
fleas they say the storms are going to 01:40:38
fleas they say the storms are going to get worse 01:40:38
get worse 01:40:38
get worse the earthquakes worse the floods worse 01:40:38
the earthquakes worse the floods worse 01:40:41
the earthquakes worse the floods worse and the insect pests will multiply in 01:40:41
and the insect pests will multiply in 01:40:46
and the insect pests will multiply in all sorts of strange ways and finally 01:40:46
all sorts of strange ways and finally 01:40:48
all sorts of strange ways and finally get rid of us and leave the land of the 01:40:48
get rid of us and leave the land of the 01:40:50
get rid of us and leave the land of the Indians who originally after the 01:40:50
Indians who originally after the 01:41:05
Indians who originally after the question arose this morning about the 01:41:05
question arose this morning about the 01:41:10
question arose this morning about the problem of whether the extension of the 01:41:11
problem of whether the extension of the 01:41:15
problem of whether the extension of the network especially by electronics might 01:41:15
network especially by electronics might 01:41:21
network especially by electronics might not abolish individual privacy 01:41:21
and I said I was planning to devote this 01:41:27
and I said I was planning to devote this 01:41:32
and I said I was planning to devote this afternoon session to that problem and 01:41:32
afternoon session to that problem and 01:41:35
afternoon session to that problem and some of its ramifications 01:41:35
this of course is the area of the 01:41:44
this of course is the area of the 01:41:48
this of course is the area of the problem with which Marshall McLuhan is 01:41:48
problem with which Marshall McLuhan is 01:41:52
problem with which Marshall McLuhan is very largely concerned for he has 01:41:52
very largely concerned for he has 01:41:56
very largely concerned for he has pointed out that just as the wheel is an 01:41:56
pointed out that just as the wheel is an 01:42:01
pointed out that just as the wheel is an extension of the feet and as beyond the 01:42:01
extension of the feet and as beyond the 01:42:10
extension of the feet and as beyond the wheel naturally comes the horse and 01:42:10
wheel naturally comes the horse and 01:42:12
wheel naturally comes the horse and carriage the automobile and the airplane 01:42:12
carriage the automobile and the airplane 01:42:18
carriage the automobile and the airplane all these technological creations are 01:42:18
all these technological creations are 01:42:23
all these technological creations are extensions of the human organism and 01:42:23
extensions of the human organism and 01:42:27
extensions of the human organism and finally the electronic network of 01:42:27
finally the electronic network of 01:42:30
finally the electronic network of telephone telegraph radio and television 01:42:30
telephone telegraph radio and television 01:42:33
telephone telegraph radio and television is an extension of the nervous system 01:42:33
is an extension of the nervous system 01:42:35
is an extension of the nervous system and into that we must throw as an 01:42:35
and into that we must throw as an 01:42:39
and into that we must throw as an additional extension of the nervous 01:42:39
additional extension of the nervous 01:42:41
additional extension of the nervous system the computer the computer into 01:42:41
system the computer the computer into 01:42:46
system the computer the computer into which data can be fed from the files of 01:42:46
which data can be fed from the files of 01:42:50
which data can be fed from the files of the insurance companies the Internal 01:42:50
the insurance companies the Internal 01:42:55
the insurance companies the Internal Revenue Service the police credit 01:42:55
Revenue Service the police credit 01:42:59
Revenue Service the police credit agencies everything so that in a matter 01:42:59
agencies everything so that in a matter 01:43:04
agencies everything so that in a matter of seconds when an individual is 01:43:04
of seconds when an individual is 01:43:07
of seconds when an individual is identified an enormous amount of 01:43:07
identified an enormous amount of 01:43:11
identified an enormous amount of information about him can be instantly 01:43:11
information about him can be instantly 01:43:13
information about him can be instantly known in a rather similar way the time 01:43:13
known in a rather similar way the time 01:43:18
known in a rather similar way the time is not too far ahead when you will be 01:43:18
is not too far ahead when you will be 01:43:21
is not too far ahead when you will be able to have a box about so big on your 01:43:21
able to have a box about so big on your 01:43:25
able to have a box about so big on your desk which has a little screen on it and 01:43:25
desk which has a little screen on it and 01:43:28
desk which has a little screen on it and a dial and after dialing a key code you 01:43:28
a dial and after dialing a key code you 01:43:33
a dial and after dialing a key code you will dial the catalog number of any book 01:43:33
will dial the catalog number of any book 01:43:35
will dial the catalog number of any book in the Library of Congress that you want 01:43:35
in the Library of Congress that you want 01:43:37
in the Library of Congress that you want to read and at any rate that you wish 01:43:37
to read and at any rate that you wish 01:43:40
to read and at any rate that you wish the spread pages of that book will 01:43:40
the spread pages of that book will 01:43:42
the spread pages of that book will appear on your television screen and you 01:43:42
appear on your television screen and you 01:43:46
appear on your television screen and you can get it right like that 01:43:46
when we get to the television worked 01:43:49
when we get to the television worked 01:43:55
when we get to the television worked with the agency of laser beings you will 01:43:55
with the agency of laser beings you will 01:43:58
with the agency of laser beings you will of course be able to see solid 01:43:58
of course be able to see solid 01:44:00
of course be able to see solid three-dimensional images in color 01:44:00
three-dimensional images in color 01:44:02
three-dimensional images in color projected in a certain area and you can 01:44:02
projected in a certain area and you can 01:44:05
projected in a certain area and you can walk around it 01:44:05
walk around it 01:44:05
walk around it I haven't discovered yet whether you can 01:44:05
I haven't discovered yet whether you can 01:44:08
I haven't discovered yet whether you can kiss it but when you get a phenomenon 01:44:08
kiss it but when you get a phenomenon 01:44:19
kiss it but when you get a phenomenon like that 01:44:19
like that 01:44:20
like that it begins raising the question of where 01:44:20
it begins raising the question of where 01:44:22
it begins raising the question of where somebody actually is yeah when the 01:44:22
somebody actually is yeah when the 01:44:27
somebody actually is yeah when the reproduction becomes technically perfect 01:44:27
reproduction becomes technically perfect 01:44:30
reproduction becomes technically perfect you see you won't know that a difference 01:44:30
you see you won't know that a difference 01:44:33
you see you won't know that a difference between the reproduction and the 01:44:33
between the reproduction and the 01:44:35
between the reproduction and the original that's going to be a new kind 01:44:35
original that's going to be a new kind 01:44:39
original that's going to be a new kind of confusion and we will perhaps even be 01:44:39
of confusion and we will perhaps even be 01:44:46
of confusion and we will perhaps even be able to think about the word 01:44:46
able to think about the word 01:44:48
able to think about the word reproduction in a new sense we say now 01:44:48
reproduction in a new sense we say now 01:44:53
reproduction in a new sense we say now one of the meanings we give to the word 01:44:53
one of the meanings we give to the word 01:44:55
one of the meanings we give to the word reproduction is sexual reproduction of 01:44:55
reproduction is sexual reproduction of 01:44:57
reproduction is sexual reproduction of the species are the biological method 01:44:57
the species are the biological method 01:45:00
the species are the biological method then we have reproduction through 01:45:00
then we have reproduction through 01:45:02
then we have reproduction through photocopy and all that kind of thing 01:45:02
photocopy and all that kind of thing 01:45:06
photocopy and all that kind of thing let's suppose to that we begin 01:45:06
let's suppose to that we begin 01:45:09
let's suppose to that we begin increasingly to be able to manufacture 01:45:09
increasingly to be able to manufacture 01:45:13
increasingly to be able to manufacture the parts of the human body in very 01:45:13
the parts of the human body in very 01:45:18
the parts of the human body in very perfect kinds of plastic so that when 01:45:18
perfect kinds of plastic so that when 01:45:22
perfect kinds of plastic so that when your heart goes wrong or your kidneys go 01:45:22
your heart goes wrong or your kidneys go 01:45:25
your heart goes wrong or your kidneys go wrong the surgeon will simply replace 01:45:25
wrong the surgeon will simply replace 01:45:27
wrong the surgeon will simply replace them with a plastic reproduction which 01:45:27
them with a plastic reproduction which 01:45:30
them with a plastic reproduction which will work equally well and perhaps 01:45:30
will work equally well and perhaps 01:45:34
will work equally well and perhaps they'll never be able to reproduce in 01:45:34
they'll never be able to reproduce in 01:45:36
they'll never be able to reproduce in plastic the brain but there can at least 01:45:36
plastic the brain but there can at least 01:45:39
plastic the brain but there can at least put in there a radio device which will 01:45:39
put in there a radio device which will 01:45:42
put in there a radio device which will connect with the computer system of some 01:45:42
connect with the computer system of some 01:45:46
connect with the computer system of some kind which will do the same job so that 01:45:46
kind which will do the same job so that 01:45:50
kind which will do the same job so that then after the years go by and your 01:45:50
then after the years go by and your 01:45:53
then after the years go by and your parts have been replaced the serious 01:45:53
parts have been replaced the serious 01:45:55
parts have been replaced the serious question arises as to are you the same 01:45:55
question arises as to are you the same 01:45:57
question arises as to are you the same individual 01:45:57
individual 01:45:59
individual and we would say well now you've been 01:45:59
and we would say well now you've been 01:46:04
and we would say well now you've been entirely replaced Gossett does you're 01:46:04
entirely replaced Gossett does you're 01:46:12
entirely replaced Gossett does you're being replaced all the time there by a 01:46:12
being replaced all the time there by a 01:46:13
being replaced all the time there by a different method and just as say an 01:46:13
different method and just as say an 01:46:16
different method and just as say an institution like the University of 01:46:16
institution like the University of 01:46:18
institution like the University of California which is a very rapidly 01:46:18
California which is a very rapidly 01:46:20
California which is a very rapidly changing university for some mysterious 01:46:20
changing university for some mysterious 01:46:23
changing university for some mysterious reason it remains the University of 01:46:23
reason it remains the University of 01:46:25
reason it remains the University of California recognizable as such even 01:46:25
California recognizable as such even 01:46:28
California recognizable as such even though the students the faculty the 01:46:28
though the students the faculty the 01:46:32
though the students the faculty the office and administrative staffs and the 01:46:32
office and administrative staffs and the 01:46:35
office and administrative staffs and the very building's themselves are in a 01:46:35
very building's themselves are in a 01:46:37
very building's themselves are in a state of flux so that they hardly remain 01:46:37
state of flux so that they hardly remain 01:46:39
state of flux so that they hardly remain a constant four five years in succession 01:46:39
a constant four five years in succession 01:46:41
a constant four five years in succession what then is the university the 01:46:41
what then is the university the 01:46:46
what then is the university the university is a pattern of behavior and 01:46:46
university is a pattern of behavior and 01:46:50
university is a pattern of behavior and the organisms involved in that pattern 01:46:50
the organisms involved in that pattern 01:46:55
the organisms involved in that pattern keep changing but the pattern retains an 01:46:55
keep changing but the pattern retains an 01:46:59
keep changing but the pattern retains an identifiable continuity so does your 01:46:59
identifiable continuity so does your 01:47:04
identifiable continuity so does your body so does the whirlpool in the stream 01:47:04
so do the hot springs down below 01:47:10
so do the hot springs down below 01:47:13
so do the hot springs down below although the water is running through 01:47:13
although the water is running through 01:47:15
although the water is running through them all the time and is never the same 01:47:15
so you can envisage the reproduction of 01:47:22
so you can envisage the reproduction of 01:47:26
so you can envisage the reproduction of the human being in this electronic way 01:47:26
the human being in this electronic way 01:47:29
the human being in this electronic way and at first you say Oh horrors are we 01:47:29
and at first you say Oh horrors are we 01:47:34
and at first you say Oh horrors are we going to be converted into nothing but 01:47:34
going to be converted into nothing but 01:47:35
going to be converted into nothing but plastic replicas of ourselves will we be 01:47:35
plastic replicas of ourselves will we be 01:47:39
plastic replicas of ourselves will we be there in any sense anymore 01:47:39
there in any sense anymore 01:47:43
there in any sense anymore will the soul survive it that you see in 01:47:43
will the soul survive it that you see in 01:47:47
will the soul survive it that you see in the case of the University of California 01:47:47
the case of the University of California 01:47:49
the case of the University of California it is what we call the University of 01:47:49
it is what we call the University of 01:47:51
it is what we call the University of California that is the soul and its 01:47:51
California that is the soul and its 01:47:55
California that is the soul and its bodily expression keeps changing so when 01:47:55
bodily expression keeps changing so when 01:48:03
bodily expression keeps changing so when we find out that we are electronic 01:48:03
we find out that we are electronic 01:48:07
we find out that we are electronic echoes of ourselves being perpetuated 01:48:07
echoes of ourselves being perpetuated 01:48:10
echoes of ourselves being perpetuated perpetuated through the ages we shall 01:48:10
perpetuated through the ages we shall 01:48:14
perpetuated through the ages we shall come to the astonishing conclusion that 01:48:14
come to the astonishing conclusion that 01:48:16
come to the astonishing conclusion that that's what we already are only we have 01:48:16
that's what we already are only we have 01:48:21
that's what we already are only we have to do it again ourselves in order to 01:48:21
to do it again ourselves in order to 01:48:23
to do it again ourselves in order to realize it we are already the most 01:48:23
realize it we are already the most 01:48:28
realize it we are already the most remarkable electronic patterns from the 01:48:28
remarkable electronic patterns from the 01:48:30
remarkable electronic patterns from the standpoint of physics 01:48:30
so let's bit lay that bugbear to rest 01:48:35
so let's bit lay that bugbear to rest 01:48:39
so let's bit lay that bugbear to rest although I must say there is something 01:48:39
although I must say there is something 01:48:42
although I must say there is something about plastic in its present stage of 01:48:42
about plastic in its present stage of 01:48:44
about plastic in its present stage of evolution that is somewhat repulsive 01:48:44
evolution that is somewhat repulsive 01:48:48
evolution that is somewhat repulsive there is a state of consciousness which 01:48:48
there is a state of consciousness which 01:48:53
there is a state of consciousness which those who are psychedelic Lee hip or hep 01:48:53
those who are psychedelic Lee hip or hep 01:48:57
those who are psychedelic Lee hip or hep call the plastic doll 01:48:57
in which everything looks as if it's 01:49:02
in which everything looks as if it's 01:49:06
in which everything looks as if it's made of plastic as if our patent leather 01:49:06
made of plastic as if our patent leather 01:49:10
made of plastic as if our patent leather or enamel tin that it only reflects 01:49:10
or enamel tin that it only reflects 01:49:13
or enamel tin that it only reflects light and has no light inside it there 01:49:13
light and has no light inside it there 01:49:16
light and has no light inside it there is another side to the vision whereby 01:49:16
is another side to the vision whereby 01:49:18
is another side to the vision whereby everything becomes living jewelry with 01:49:18
everything becomes living jewelry with 01:49:21
everything becomes living jewelry with light inside a kind of beatific vision 01:49:21
light inside a kind of beatific vision 01:49:24
light inside a kind of beatific vision as distinct from a diabolic vision and 01:49:24
as distinct from a diabolic vision and 01:49:26
as distinct from a diabolic vision and at the present stage of its development 01:49:26
at the present stage of its development 01:49:28
at the present stage of its development plastic always suggests the diabolic 01:49:28
plastic always suggests the diabolic 01:49:31
plastic always suggests the diabolic vision but it is through the diabolic 01:49:31
vision but it is through the diabolic 01:49:36
vision but it is through the diabolic vision that you gather the deepest 01:49:36
vision that you gather the deepest 01:49:39
vision that you gather the deepest insights it's really profound er than 01:49:39
insights it's really profound er than 01:49:42
insights it's really profound er than the beatific vision in a certain way 01:49:42
the beatific vision in a certain way 01:49:46
the beatific vision in a certain way because if you can go down into any 01:49:46
because if you can go down into any 01:49:52
because if you can go down into any experience I hope you understand the 01:49:52
experience I hope you understand the 01:49:56
experience I hope you understand the meaning of this phrase go down into very 01:49:56
meaning of this phrase go down into very 01:49:59
meaning of this phrase go down into very important it means exploring a certain 01:49:59
important it means exploring a certain 01:50:08
important it means exploring a certain sensation or a certain feeling to find 01:50:08
sensation or a certain feeling to find 01:50:13
sensation or a certain feeling to find out all its implications to find out 01:50:13
out all its implications to find out 01:50:16
out all its implications to find out what it is at root that you like about 01:50:16
what it is at root that you like about 01:50:19
what it is at root that you like about it or dislike about it and you will find 01:50:19
it or dislike about it and you will find 01:50:23
it or dislike about it and you will find if you explore the plastic doll vision 01:50:23
if you explore the plastic doll vision 01:50:27
if you explore the plastic doll vision sufficiently carefully that it will 01:50:27
sufficiently carefully that it will 01:50:31
sufficiently carefully that it will bring about in the end a far greater 01:50:31
bring about in the end a far greater 01:50:33
bring about in the end a far greater depth of bliss and realization then 01:50:33
depth of bliss and realization then 01:50:38
depth of bliss and realization then merely exploring the things that are 01:50:38
merely exploring the things that are 01:50:41
merely exploring the things that are lovely at first sight 01:50:41
lovely at first sight 01:50:44
lovely at first sight obviously so so one should think about 01:50:44
obviously so so one should think about 01:50:49
obviously so so one should think about this funny thing of technology 01:50:49
this funny thing of technology 01:50:55
this funny thing of technology considered as artificiality in the light 01:50:55
considered as artificiality in the light 01:51:00
considered as artificiality in the light of the realization that there really is 01:51:00
of the realization that there really is 01:51:03
of the realization that there really is nothing artificial you might say the 01:51:03
nothing artificial you might say the 01:51:07
nothing artificial you might say the distinction of the artificial from the 01:51:07
distinction of the artificial from the 01:51:09
distinction of the artificial from the natural is a very artificial distinction 01:51:09
natural is a very artificial distinction 01:51:13
natural is a very artificial distinction that the constructs of human beings are 01:51:13
that the constructs of human beings are 01:51:18
that the constructs of human beings are really no more unnatural than bees nests 01:51:18
really no more unnatural than bees nests 01:51:21
really no more unnatural than bees nests and birds nests and constructs of animal 01:51:21
and birds nests and constructs of animal 01:51:27
and birds nests and constructs of animal and insect beings they're extensions of 01:51:27
and insect beings they're extensions of 01:51:31
and insect beings they're extensions of ourselves so then what about the 01:51:31
ourselves so then what about the 01:51:35
ourselves so then what about the situation when it arises that we are all 01:51:35
situation when it arises that we are all 01:51:38
situation when it arises that we are all computerized that no one is hidden I 01:51:38
computerized that no one is hidden I 01:51:42
computerized that no one is hidden I want you to notice something already 01:51:42
want you to notice something already 01:51:45
want you to notice something already about the Bell Telephone Company they 01:51:45
about the Bell Telephone Company they 01:51:50
about the Bell Telephone Company they have a regulation whereby you cannot 01:51:50
have a regulation whereby you cannot 01:51:54
have a regulation whereby you cannot switch your telephone off you may have 01:51:54
switch your telephone off you may have 01:51:57
switch your telephone off you may have an extension in the house and you may 01:51:57
an extension in the house and you may 01:51:59
an extension in the house and you may switch that off but you may not switch 01:51:59
switch that off but you may not switch 01:52:02
switch that off but you may not switch off your main phone and if you leave it 01:52:02
off your main phone and if you leave it 01:52:06
off your main phone and if you leave it off the hook it starts screaming after a 01:52:06
off the hook it starts screaming after a 01:52:08
off the hook it starts screaming after a while they project that not many years 01:52:08
while they project that not many years 01:52:13
while they project that not many years hence the ordinary telephone will 01:52:13
hence the ordinary telephone will 01:52:16
hence the ordinary telephone will disappear and every individual will 01:52:16
disappear and every individual will 01:52:18
disappear and every individual will carry it around with him a thing about 01:52:18
carry it around with him a thing about 01:52:20
carry it around with him a thing about the size of the old pocket watches one 01:52:20
the size of the old pocket watches one 01:52:23
the size of the old pocket watches one side of it will be a TV screen and a 01:52:23
side of it will be a TV screen and a 01:52:25
side of it will be a TV screen and a speaker the other side of it will be a 01:52:25
speaker the other side of it will be a 01:52:28
speaker the other side of it will be a set of buttons over which you just place 01:52:28
set of buttons over which you just place 01:52:33
set of buttons over which you just place your finger to activate them you will be 01:52:33
your finger to activate them you will be 01:52:37
your finger to activate them you will be able to dial world information who will 01:52:37
able to dial world information who will 01:52:40
able to dial world information who will give you the number of any given 01:52:40
give you the number of any given 01:52:42
give you the number of any given individual if he doesn't answer is dead 01:52:42
so under such circumstances absolutely 01:52:55
so under such circumstances absolutely 01:52:59
so under such circumstances absolutely no one can get lost and then you see as 01:52:59
no one can get lost and then you see as 01:53:08
no one can get lost and then you see as as this moves on let me develop some of 01:53:08
as this moves on let me develop some of 01:53:12
as this moves on let me develop some of its further possibilities people like 01:53:12
its further possibilities people like 01:53:16
its further possibilities people like twine B and McLuhan have noted that as 01:53:16
twine B and McLuhan have noted that as 01:53:19
twine B and McLuhan have noted that as technology progresses there enters into 01:53:19
technology progresses there enters into 01:53:22
technology progresses there enters into it equality of what they call ethereal 01:53:22
it equality of what they call ethereal 01:53:25
it equality of what they call ethereal ization and this is connected with 01:53:25
ization and this is connected with 01:53:29
ization and this is connected with Teilhard de Chardin doctrine of 01:53:29
Teilhard de Chardin doctrine of 01:53:32
Teilhard de Chardin doctrine of peduncles 01:53:32
but uncle's aren't exactly relatives and 01:53:36
but uncle's aren't exactly relatives and 01:53:42
but uncle's aren't exactly relatives and we have to understand first the doctrine 01:53:42
we have to understand first the doctrine 01:53:44
we have to understand first the doctrine of peduncles now here it is here is a 01:53:44
of peduncles now here it is here is a 01:53:52
of peduncles now here it is here is a globule it might be an amoeba or it 01:53:52
globule it might be an amoeba or it 01:53:55
globule it might be an amoeba or it might be boil in water suspended and 01:53:55
might be boil in water suspended and 01:53:58
might be boil in water suspended and this globule is going to separate first 01:53:58
this globule is going to separate first 01:54:02
this globule is going to separate first it does this then it does this then it 01:54:02
it does this then it does this then it 01:54:10
it does this then it does this then it does this and then it does this 01:54:10
see 01:54:17
see 01:54:19
see now these things here are peduncles from 01:54:19
now these things here are peduncles from 01:54:25
now these things here are peduncles from the Latin root pays pedis meaning a foot 01:54:25
some sort of protrusion of a globular 01:54:35
some sort of protrusion of a globular 01:54:40
some sort of protrusion of a globular body so notice then that the production 01:54:40
body so notice then that the production 01:54:46
body so notice then that the production of a peduncle here in the form of a 01:54:46
of a peduncle here in the form of a 01:54:48
of a peduncle here in the form of a connecting neck and here in the form of 01:54:48
connecting neck and here in the form of 01:54:51
connecting neck and here in the form of little tails when the neck is broken 01:54:51
little tails when the neck is broken 01:54:52
little tails when the neck is broken that in the course of the development 01:54:52
that in the course of the development 01:54:55
that in the course of the development when we reach this stage the peduncles 01:54:55
when we reach this stage the peduncles 01:54:57
when we reach this stage the peduncles have disappeared according to de Sharda 01:54:57
have disappeared according to de Sharda 01:55:03
have disappeared according to de Sharda this is why we do not find missing links 01:55:03
this is why we do not find missing links 01:55:06
this is why we do not find missing links around in the evolutionary process they 01:55:06
around in the evolutionary process they 01:55:11
around in the evolutionary process they vanished in accordance with the law of 01:55:11
vanished in accordance with the law of 01:55:13
vanished in accordance with the law of peduncles now in exactly the same way 01:55:13
peduncles now in exactly the same way 01:55:16
peduncles now in exactly the same way the human technology sets up certain 01:55:16
the human technology sets up certain 01:55:19
the human technology sets up certain kinds of peduncles a road for example or 01:55:19
kinds of peduncles a road for example or 01:55:24
kinds of peduncles a road for example or a railroad is a peduncle because with 01:55:24
a railroad is a peduncle because with 01:55:29
a railroad is a peduncle because with the development of automotive traffic 01:55:29
the development of automotive traffic 01:55:32
the development of automotive traffic truck traffic 01:55:32
truck traffic 01:55:34
truck traffic the railroads become increasingly 01:55:34
the railroads become increasingly 01:55:37
the railroads become increasingly obsolete and there are rusty old tracks 01:55:37
obsolete and there are rusty old tracks 01:55:40
obsolete and there are rusty old tracks lying all over the country that are not 01:55:40
lying all over the country that are not 01:55:42
lying all over the country that are not used anymore and then with the 01:55:42
used anymore and then with the 01:55:46
used anymore and then with the development of aircraft the road tends 01:55:46
development of aircraft the road tends 01:55:49
development of aircraft the road tends to become obsolete with the development 01:55:49
to become obsolete with the development 01:55:53
to become obsolete with the development of radio the wire as a connection as a 01:55:53
of radio the wire as a connection as a 01:55:57
of radio the wire as a connection as a peduncle becomes obsolete so that more 01:55:57
peduncle becomes obsolete so that more 01:56:02
peduncle becomes obsolete so that more and more the the connecting links that 01:56:02
and more the the connecting links that 01:56:05
and more the the connecting links that we saw in a visible way disappear with 01:56:05
we saw in a visible way disappear with 01:56:10
we saw in a visible way disappear with the development of more expert types of 01:56:10
the development of more expert types of 01:56:12
the development of more expert types of communication we can easily take this a 01:56:12
communication we can easily take this a 01:56:16
communication we can easily take this a step further when we develop a form of 01:56:16
step further when we develop a form of 01:56:19
step further when we develop a form of electronic communication such that you 01:56:19
electronic communication such that you 01:56:22
electronic communication such that you don't even need to take a plane you want 01:56:22
don't even need to take a plane you want 01:56:27
don't even need to take a plane you want to see supposing I want to see my father 01:56:27
to see supposing I want to see my father 01:56:29
to see supposing I want to see my father in England 01:56:29
in England 01:56:31
in England we both have these laser beam TV jobs 01:56:31
we both have these laser beam TV jobs 01:56:34
we both have these laser beam TV jobs and like that I can recreate in front of 01:56:34
and like that I can recreate in front of 01:56:40
and like that I can recreate in front of him myself and my exact environment 01:56:40
him myself and my exact environment 01:56:42
him myself and my exact environment everything around just as if he was 01:56:42
everything around just as if he was 01:56:44
everything around just as if he was sitting in the room and he I can do that 01:56:44
sitting in the room and he I can do that 01:56:47
sitting in the room and he I can do that with his set on the other end so that 01:56:47
with his set on the other end so that 01:56:52
with his set on the other end so that eventually we don't need to take the 01:56:52
eventually we don't need to take the 01:56:53
eventually we don't need to take the plane you can conceive as some science 01:56:53
plane you can conceive as some science 01:56:58
plane you can conceive as some science fiction writers have what seems to us a 01:56:58
fiction writers have what seems to us a 01:57:01
fiction writers have what seems to us a rather appalling situation where you 01:57:01
rather appalling situation where you 01:57:03
rather appalling situation where you never never needin need to leave the 01:57:03
never never needin need to leave the 01:57:06
never never needin need to leave the place where you're sitting all food 01:57:06
place where you're sitting all food 01:57:09
place where you're sitting all food supplies and everything are 01:57:09
supplies and everything are 01:57:10
supplies and everything are automatically delivered you just die or 01:57:10
automatically delivered you just die or 01:57:13
automatically delivered you just die or what you want and some kind of 01:57:13
what you want and some kind of 01:57:15
what you want and some kind of mechanical process that transmits it to 01:57:15
mechanical process that transmits it to 01:57:17
mechanical process that transmits it to you then they go further than that but 01:57:17
you then they go further than that but 01:57:21
you then they go further than that but they don't 01:57:21
they don't 01:57:22
they don't they really abolish food altogether 01:57:22
they really abolish food altogether 01:57:24
they really abolish food altogether because they've got it down to some 01:57:24
because they've got it down to some 01:57:26
because they've got it down to some special essences which you take then 01:57:26
special essences which you take then 01:57:30
special essences which you take then they go beyond that and you give 01:57:30
they go beyond that and you give 01:57:33
they go beyond that and you give yourself a certain kind of electronic 01:57:33
yourself a certain kind of electronic 01:57:34
yourself a certain kind of electronic stimulation and it does all for you that 01:57:34
stimulation and it does all for you that 01:57:37
stimulation and it does all for you that food could ever do and then you think oh 01:57:37
food could ever do and then you think oh 01:57:42
food could ever do and then you think oh dear what's the next step beyond that of 01:57:42
dear what's the next step beyond that of 01:57:48
dear what's the next step beyond that of course the next step beyond that is of 01:57:48
course the next step beyond that is of 01:57:53
course the next step beyond that is of course there's one thing yet one 01:57:53
course there's one thing yet one 01:57:55
course there's one thing yet one peduncle we have to have to get rid of 01:57:55
peduncle we have to have to get rid of 01:57:58
peduncle we have to have to get rid of and that is the black box the electronic 01:57:58
and that is the black box the electronic 01:58:03
and that is the black box the electronic gadget because by the time we have 01:58:03
gadget because by the time we have 01:58:06
gadget because by the time we have become as hithi realized as that we move 01:58:06
become as hithi realized as that we move 01:58:09
become as hithi realized as that we move into a telepathy and psychic 01:58:09
into a telepathy and psychic 01:58:14
into a telepathy and psychic communication and as soon as you make 01:58:14
communication and as soon as you make 01:58:16
communication and as soon as you make that step of course it would seem that 01:58:16
that step of course it would seem that 01:58:19
that step of course it would seem that all privacy whatsoever has gone because 01:58:19
all privacy whatsoever has gone because 01:58:23
all privacy whatsoever has gone because what you are inside is an open book to 01:58:23
what you are inside is an open book to 01:58:26
what you are inside is an open book to everybody else 01:58:26
everybody else 01:58:27
everybody else your thoughts are easily read and 01:58:27
your thoughts are easily read and 01:58:30
your thoughts are easily read and therefore you may say at first boo that 01:58:30
therefore you may say at first boo that 01:58:36
therefore you may say at first boo that is the conversion of humanity into an 01:58:36
is the conversion of humanity into an 01:58:39
is the conversion of humanity into an anthill of the worst type and this is in 01:58:39
anthill of the worst type and this is in 01:58:44
anthill of the worst type and this is in a way naturally but all properly 01:58:44
a way naturally but all properly 01:58:46
a way naturally but all properly educated Americans and I will add 01:58:46
educated Americans and I will add 01:58:48
educated Americans and I will add properly educated brittish's and some 01:58:48
properly educated brittish's and some 01:58:51
properly educated brittish's and some other people's dread it is said the 01:58:51
other people's dread it is said the 01:58:55
other people's dread it is said the Englishman's home is his castle and 01:58:55
Englishman's home is his castle and 01:58:59
Englishman's home is his castle and everybody needs a castle place we can 01:58:59
everybody needs a castle place we can 01:59:01
everybody needs a castle place we can get away from it all and just be 01:59:01
get away from it all and just be 01:59:04
get away from it all and just be yourself but even then when you're away 01:59:04
yourself but even then when you're away 01:59:07
yourself but even then when you're away from it all and you're just being in 01:59:07
from it all and you're just being in 01:59:09
from it all and you're just being in yourself 01:59:09
yourself 01:59:09
yourself you've unfortunately got a lot of 01:59:09
you've unfortunately got a lot of 01:59:11
you've unfortunately got a lot of thoughts inside your head that aren't 01:59:11
thoughts inside your head that aren't 01:59:13
thoughts inside your head that aren't yours because you think in the English 01:59:13
yours because you think in the English 01:59:18
yours because you think in the English language and that was given to you by 01:59:18
language and that was given to you by 01:59:19
language and that was given to you by other people and contains their 01:59:19
other people and contains their 01:59:22
other people and contains their prejudices that you can't avoid them and 01:59:22
prejudices that you can't avoid them and 01:59:24
prejudices that you can't avoid them and think Japanese people will say that when 01:59:24
think Japanese people will say that when 01:59:29
think Japanese people will say that when they think in Japanese they can have 01:59:29
they think in Japanese they can have 01:59:31
they think in Japanese they can have certain feelings that are 01:59:31
certain feelings that are 01:59:34
certain feelings that are characteristically Japanese but when 01:59:34
characteristically Japanese but when 01:59:37
characteristically Japanese but when they start thinking in English they 01:59:37
they start thinking in English they 01:59:38
they start thinking in English they can't have those feelings 01:59:38
and so you are very very much really in 01:59:42
and so you are very very much really in 01:59:47
and so you are very very much really in the sphere of public influence when you 01:59:47
the sphere of public influence when you 01:59:51
the sphere of public influence when you sent them when you start to think and if 01:59:51
sent them when you start to think and if 01:59:53
sent them when you start to think and if you listen carefully to your thoughts 01:59:53
you listen carefully to your thoughts 01:59:55
you listen carefully to your thoughts insofar as they are uttered in words and 01:59:55
insofar as they are uttered in words and 01:59:57
insofar as they are uttered in words and they very often are try and discover the 01:59:57
they very often are try and discover the 02:00:01
they very often are try and discover the tone of voice in which certain of your 02:00:01
tone of voice in which certain of your 02:00:03
tone of voice in which certain of your thoughts are being said and you will 02:00:03
thoughts are being said and you will 02:00:05
thoughts are being said and you will listen and hear your mother or you will 02:00:05
listen and hear your mother or you will 02:00:08
listen and hear your mother or you will hear an aunt or you will hear a 02:00:08
hear an aunt or you will hear a 02:00:10
hear an aunt or you will hear a schoolteacher or will hear certain 02:00:10
schoolteacher or will hear certain 02:00:12
schoolteacher or will hear certain friends expressing their opinions and 02:00:12
friends expressing their opinions and 02:00:14
friends expressing their opinions and telling you who you are and how you 02:00:14
telling you who you are and how you 02:00:16
telling you who you are and how you ought to behave and you think those are 02:00:16
ought to behave and you think those are 02:00:19
ought to behave and you think those are your thoughts and they're nothing of the 02:00:19
your thoughts and they're nothing of the 02:00:20
your thoughts and they're nothing of the kind 02:00:20
kind 02:00:21
kind an inner pandemonium under the dome of 02:00:21
an inner pandemonium under the dome of 02:00:24
an inner pandemonium under the dome of the skull is going on all the time 02:00:24
the skull is going on all the time 02:00:27
the skull is going on all the time millions of voices millions of 02:00:27
millions of voices millions of 02:00:30
millions of voices millions of influences from outside working upon you 02:00:30
influences from outside working upon you 02:00:33
influences from outside working upon you even when you are physically quite alone 02:00:33
even when you are physically quite alone 02:00:38
even when you are physically quite alone so weight of the quested period please 02:00:38
this means that you are not nearly as 02:00:44
this means that you are not nearly as 02:00:50
this means that you are not nearly as much of a private individual as you 02:00:50
much of a private individual as you 02:00:52
much of a private individual as you think you are also of course exercising 02:00:52
think you are also of course exercising 02:00:58
think you are also of course exercising these influences upon other people 02:00:58
these influences upon other people 02:01:00
these influences upon other people you're telling them who they are what 02:01:00
you're telling them who they are what 02:01:02
you're telling them who they are what you think about them what you think of 02:01:02
you think about them what you think of 02:01:03
you think about them what you think of their behavior and even if they don't 02:01:03
their behavior and even if they don't 02:01:05
their behavior and even if they don't believe you they're nevertheless pay 02:01:05
believe you they're nevertheless pay 02:01:07
believe you they're nevertheless pay very serious attention to it they can't 02:01:07
very serious attention to it they can't 02:01:09
very serious attention to it they can't help it you can take the experiment for 02:01:09
help it you can take the experiment for 02:01:13
help it you can take the experiment for example that BF Skinner used to try is 02:01:13
example that BF Skinner used to try is 02:01:15
example that BF Skinner used to try is very terrifying he would send two 02:01:15
very terrifying he would send two 02:01:19
very terrifying he would send two members of the class selected 02:01:19
members of the class selected 02:01:20
members of the class selected arbitrarily outside of the room then he 02:01:20
arbitrarily outside of the room then he 02:01:23
arbitrarily outside of the room then he would arrange two chairs chair a and 02:01:23
would arrange two chairs chair a and 02:01:26
would arrange two chairs chair a and chair B you would say to the class now 02:01:26
chair B you would say to the class now 02:01:28
chair B you would say to the class now look when these people come back we're 02:01:28
look when these people come back we're 02:01:31
look when these people come back we're going to engage them in a conversation 02:01:31
going to engage them in a conversation 02:01:33
going to engage them in a conversation whatever a says agree with him whatever 02:01:33
whatever a says agree with him whatever 02:01:36
whatever a says agree with him whatever B says disagree with him so there come 02:01:36
B says disagree with him so there come 02:01:41
B says disagree with him so there come back into the room and they take their 02:01:41
back into the room and they take their 02:01:42
back into the room and they take their seats and a conversation begins now B 02:01:42
seats and a conversation begins now B 02:01:46
seats and a conversation begins now B may be a very strong-headed articulate 02:01:46
may be a very strong-headed articulate 02:01:49
may be a very strong-headed articulate person and a really rather feeble now 02:01:49
person and a really rather feeble now 02:01:53
person and a really rather feeble now what happens is there 02:01:53
what happens is there 02:01:54
what happens is there that by group agreement with anything a 02:01:54
that by group agreement with anything a 02:01:57
that by group agreement with anything a says he is encouraged he is built up he 02:01:57
says he is encouraged he is built up he 02:01:59
says he is encouraged he is built up he becomes more articulate he finds himself 02:01:59
becomes more articulate he finds himself 02:02:02
becomes more articulate he finds himself sprouting but be by being disagreed with 02:02:02
sprouting but be by being disagreed with 02:02:05
sprouting but be by being disagreed with on every point begins to get baffled and 02:02:05
on every point begins to get baffled and 02:02:08
on every point begins to get baffled and confused and feel very uncomfortable 02:02:08
confused and feel very uncomfortable 02:02:11
confused and feel very uncomfortable indeed unless he is on to the game and 02:02:11
indeed unless he is on to the game and 02:02:18
indeed unless he is on to the game and he challenges the whole group I see now 02:02:18
he challenges the whole group I see now 02:02:20
he challenges the whole group I see now what you're playing you have made up 02:02:20
what you're playing you have made up 02:02:22
what you're playing you have made up your minds to disagree with everything I 02:02:22
your minds to disagree with everything I 02:02:24
your minds to disagree with everything I say 02:02:24
say 02:02:25
say therefore of course you don't count I 02:02:25
therefore of course you don't count I 02:02:28
therefore of course you don't count I [Laughter] 02:02:28
[Laughter] 02:02:33
[Laughter] shall pay no attention to you so in this 02:02:33
shall pay no attention to you so in this 02:02:41
shall pay no attention to you so in this way you see we're already colossal II 02:02:41
way you see we're already colossal II 02:02:45
way you see we're already colossal II influenced by each other and this is why 02:02:45
influenced by each other and this is why 02:02:48
influenced by each other and this is why I think that Harry stack Sullivan x' 02:02:48
I think that Harry stack Sullivan x' 02:02:50
I think that Harry stack Sullivan x' basic ideas about psychopathology are in 02:02:50
basic ideas about psychopathology are in 02:02:54
basic ideas about psychopathology are in some respects more profound than Freud's 02:02:54
some respects more profound than Freud's 02:02:57
some respects more profound than Freud's Freud is always looking into the 02:02:57
Freud is always looking into the 02:02:59
Freud is always looking into the individual history into the physiology 02:02:59
individual history into the physiology 02:03:03
individual history into the physiology into the depth psychology of the 02:03:03
into the depth psychology of the 02:03:07
into the depth psychology of the individual in an interior sort of way 02:03:07
individual in an interior sort of way 02:03:09
individual in an interior sort of way but Sullivan was always looking to the 02:03:09
but Sullivan was always looking to the 02:03:13
but Sullivan was always looking to the individual as the expression of a social 02:03:13
individual as the expression of a social 02:03:15
individual as the expression of a social network and the same in the psychology 02:03:15
network and the same in the psychology 02:03:20
network and the same in the psychology of George Herbert Mead where he called 02:03:20
of George Herbert Mead where he called 02:03:23
of George Herbert Mead where he called the conceptions that we have of 02:03:23
the conceptions that we have of 02:03:26
the conceptions that we have of ourselves the interior eyes other in 02:03:26
ourselves the interior eyes other in 02:03:30
ourselves the interior eyes other in other words the sum total of all the 02:03:30
other words the sum total of all the 02:03:33
other words the sum total of all the things that people have told us we are 02:03:33
things that people have told us we are 02:03:36
things that people have told us we are because you do not know yourself as a 02:03:36
because you do not know yourself as a 02:03:39
because you do not know yourself as a self except in a society just as you do 02:03:39
self except in a society just as you do 02:03:45
self except in a society just as you do not exist 02:03:45
not exist 02:03:46
not exist biologically without a father and a 02:03:46
biologically without a father and a 02:03:48
biologically without a father and a mother you do not carry on an existence 02:03:48
mother you do not carry on an existence 02:03:51
mother you do not carry on an existence without a society and the reactions of 02:03:51
without a society and the reactions of 02:03:54
without a society and the reactions of other people to you provide you with the 02:03:54
other people to you provide you with the 02:03:56
other people to you provide you with the mirror in which you attain a realization 02:03:56
mirror in which you attain a realization 02:04:00
mirror in which you attain a realization of yourself you know who you are 02:04:00
of yourself you know who you are 02:04:05
of yourself you know who you are in terms of your relationships with 02:04:05
in terms of your relationships with 02:04:07
in terms of your relationships with others so there now when we contemplate 02:04:07
others so there now when we contemplate 02:04:14
others so there now when we contemplate this disappearance of privacy and a 02:04:14
this disappearance of privacy and a 02:04:17
this disappearance of privacy and a completely integrated human society we 02:04:17
completely integrated human society we 02:04:21
completely integrated human society we can look at this from two different 02:04:21
can look at this from two different 02:04:23
can look at this from two different points of view pro and con let us first 02:04:23
points of view pro and con let us first 02:04:27
points of view pro and con let us first look at the pro point of view how great 02:04:27
look at the pro point of view how great 02:04:30
look at the pro point of view how great to have nothing to hide how great to 02:04:30
to have nothing to hide how great to 02:04:36
to have nothing to hide how great to give up all worries about ownership 02:04:36
give up all worries about ownership 02:04:40
give up all worries about ownership because you can say if somebody says 02:04:40
because you can say if somebody says 02:04:43
because you can say if somebody says they would like something you have and 02:04:43
they would like something you have and 02:04:46
they would like something you have and you say please have it because you know 02:04:46
you say please have it because you know 02:04:48
you say please have it because you know very well you can go to someone else and 02:04:48
very well you can go to someone else and 02:04:50
very well you can go to someone else and say could I have that and they'll give 02:04:50
say could I have that and they'll give 02:04:52
say could I have that and they'll give it to you and so all the way around 02:04:52
it to you and so all the way around 02:04:57
it to you and so all the way around there there is no propriety in the sense 02:04:57
there there is no propriety in the sense 02:05:01
there there is no propriety in the sense not of them prudish propriety but 02:05:01
not of them prudish propriety but 02:05:03
not of them prudish propriety but propriety in the sense of possession now 02:05:03
propriety in the sense of possession now 02:05:06
propriety in the sense of possession now also of course in the sense of prudish 02:05:06
also of course in the sense of prudish 02:05:08
also of course in the sense of prudish propriety nobody has any dirty little 02:05:08
propriety nobody has any dirty little 02:05:12
propriety nobody has any dirty little secrets because if I have any dirty 02:05:12
secrets because if I have any dirty 02:05:14
secrets because if I have any dirty secrets I know very well that you have 02:05:14
secrets I know very well that you have 02:05:16
secrets I know very well that you have to and so let's drop the whole pretense 02:05:16
to and so let's drop the whole pretense 02:05:19
to and so let's drop the whole pretense and let go so in this sense there might 02:05:19
and let go so in this sense there might 02:05:28
and let go so in this sense there might be a very very close fellowship between 02:05:28
be a very very close fellowship between 02:05:32
be a very very close fellowship between all people in which there are no 02:05:32
all people in which there are no 02:05:36
all people in which there are no barriers no defenses and we all 02:05:36
barriers no defenses and we all 02:05:39
barriers no defenses and we all cooperate together beautifully and love 02:05:39
cooperate together beautifully and love 02:05:42
cooperate together beautifully and love each other now let's look at the common 02:05:42
each other now let's look at the common 02:05:48
each other now let's look at the common point of view con point of view would 02:05:48
point of view con point of view would 02:05:51
point of view con point of view would say yes but surely the more we 02:05:51
say yes but surely the more we 02:05:57
say yes but surely the more we communicate with each other in that way 02:05:57
communicate with each other in that way 02:05:59
communicate with each other in that way and have no property and there are no 02:05:59
and have no property and there are no 02:06:01
and have no property and there are no boundaries and there are no fences or 02:06:01
boundaries and there are no fences or 02:06:03
boundaries and there are no fences or defenses then just in the same way that 02:06:03
defenses then just in the same way that 02:06:07
defenses then just in the same way that jet aircraft makes all cities the same 02:06:07
jet aircraft makes all cities the same 02:06:09
jet aircraft makes all cities the same city so this would make all people the 02:06:09
city so this would make all people the 02:06:13
city so this would make all people the same individual would that be what the 02:06:13
same individual would that be what the 02:06:16
same individual would that be what the Hindus mean by saying you are all 02:06:16
Hindus mean by saying you are all 02:06:18
Hindus mean by saying you are all one you are all the Godhead in disguise 02:06:18
one you are all the Godhead in disguise 02:06:21
one you are all the Godhead in disguise would it mean that now part of our 02:06:21
would it mean that now part of our 02:06:27
would it mean that now part of our difficulty in approaching this is that 02:06:27
difficulty in approaching this is that 02:06:31
difficulty in approaching this is that we begin from the standpoint of a 02:06:31
we begin from the standpoint of a 02:06:32
we begin from the standpoint of a certain conception of the individual 02:06:32
certain conception of the individual 02:06:34
certain conception of the individual person and this is of course the 02:06:34
person and this is of course the 02:06:40
person and this is of course the Christian ego which is the soul as a 02:06:40
Christian ego which is the soul as a 02:06:47
Christian ego which is the soul as a center of action and something alive 02:06:47
center of action and something alive 02:06:51
center of action and something alive with consciousness and intelligence that 02:06:51
with consciousness and intelligence that 02:06:55
with consciousness and intelligence that lies hidden in the bag of skin as for 02:06:55
lies hidden in the bag of skin as for 02:07:00
lies hidden in the bag of skin as for example King John says in Shakespeare's 02:07:00
example King John says in Shakespeare's 02:07:04
example King John says in Shakespeare's play to Hubert within this wall of flesh 02:07:04
play to Hubert within this wall of flesh 02:07:09
play to Hubert within this wall of flesh there is a soul counts the her creditor 02:07:09
there is a soul counts the her creditor 02:07:11
there is a soul counts the her creditor and with advantage means to pay thy love 02:07:11
and with advantage means to pay thy love 02:07:14
and with advantage means to pay thy love see the image within this wall of flesh 02:07:14
see the image within this wall of flesh 02:07:17
see the image within this wall of flesh there is a soul within the castle there 02:07:17
there is a soul within the castle there 02:07:20
there is a soul within the castle there is the king and every man's home is his 02:07:20
is the king and every man's home is his 02:07:23
is the king and every man's home is his castle 02:07:23
and so those of us who are brought up in 02:07:25
and so those of us who are brought up in 02:07:29
and so those of us who are brought up in that way to feel a that we are basically 02:07:29
that way to feel a that we are basically 02:07:33
that way to feel a that we are basically the soul in the body and be that every 02:07:33
the soul in the body and be that every 02:07:38
the soul in the body and be that every soul that exists is of infinite value in 02:07:38
soul that exists is of infinite value in 02:07:40
soul that exists is of infinite value in the eyes of God we therefore have 02:07:40
the eyes of God we therefore have 02:07:44
the eyes of God we therefore have instituted since the Industrial 02:07:44
instituted since the Industrial 02:07:46
instituted since the Industrial Revolution a tremendous technological 02:07:46
Revolution a tremendous technological 02:07:50
Revolution a tremendous technological campaign to preserve the individual we 02:07:50
campaign to preserve the individual we 02:07:57
campaign to preserve the individual we have all kinds of social services 02:07:57
have all kinds of social services 02:07:59
have all kinds of social services hospitals ambulances medicine welfare 02:07:59
hospitals ambulances medicine welfare 02:08:04
hospitals ambulances medicine welfare agencies every kind of thing with the 02:08:04
agencies every kind of thing with the 02:08:07
agencies every kind of thing with the one aim of preserving life getting you 02:08:07
one aim of preserving life getting you 02:08:12
one aim of preserving life getting you to live longer and giving what is called 02:08:12
to live longer and giving what is called 02:08:15
to live longer and giving what is called full opportunity for the development of 02:08:15
full opportunity for the development of 02:08:18
full opportunity for the development of your personality to the myriads of Asia 02:08:18
your personality to the myriads of Asia 02:08:23
your personality to the myriads of Asia this is almost unbelievable 02:08:23
and then of course we are teaching the 02:08:30
and then of course we are teaching the 02:08:35
and then of course we are teaching the peoples of Asia medicine and sanitation 02:08:35
peoples of Asia medicine and sanitation 02:08:41
peoples of Asia medicine and sanitation industrialization so that every single 02:08:41
industrialization so that every single 02:08:47
industrialization so that every single coolie child can be regarded not as so 02:08:47
coolie child can be regarded not as so 02:08:51
coolie child can be regarded not as so much waste human material which because 02:08:51
much waste human material which because 02:08:53
much waste human material which because it's sick has to be thrown away but at 02:08:53
it's sick has to be thrown away but at 02:08:56
it's sick has to be thrown away but at some individual to be loved and 02:08:56
some individual to be loved and 02:08:57
some individual to be loved and cherished and properly treated 02:08:57
cherished and properly treated 02:08:59
cherished and properly treated and because individuality the human the 02:08:59
and because individuality the human the 02:09:05
and because individuality the human the the particular each particular human 02:09:05
the particular each particular human 02:09:07
the particular each particular human organism is infinitely precious that is 02:09:08
organism is infinitely precious that is 02:09:12
organism is infinitely precious that is the moving ideal of the sort of people 02:09:12
the moving ideal of the sort of people 02:09:17
the moving ideal of the sort of people who first created the great hospitals 02:09:17
who first created the great hospitals 02:09:21
who first created the great hospitals who abolished slavery who abolished the 02:09:21
who abolished slavery who abolished the 02:09:25
who abolished slavery who abolished the death penalty for trivial offenses who 02:09:25
death penalty for trivial offenses who 02:09:28
death penalty for trivial offenses who made that great humanitarian movement of 02:09:28
made that great humanitarian movement of 02:09:31
made that great humanitarian movement of the 19th century associated with such 02:09:31
the 19th century associated with such 02:09:33
the 19th century associated with such people as Wesley and Charles Dickens and 02:09:33
people as Wesley and Charles Dickens and 02:09:35
people as Wesley and Charles Dickens and Wilberforce and so on to rescue the 02:09:35
Wilberforce and so on to rescue the 02:09:42
Wilberforce and so on to rescue the precious individual from the ravages of 02:09:42
precious individual from the ravages of 02:09:46
precious individual from the ravages of impersonal disease or impersonal 02:09:46
impersonal disease or impersonal 02:09:49
impersonal disease or impersonal political exploitation 02:09:49
then when a kind of American capitalist 02:09:57
then when a kind of American capitalist 02:10:01
then when a kind of American capitalist liberalism achieved to some extent this 02:10:01
liberalism achieved to some extent this 02:10:05
liberalism achieved to some extent this sort of ideal we look then at political 02:10:05
sort of ideal we look then at political 02:10:09
sort of ideal we look then at political forms which are socialistic communistic 02:10:09
forms which are socialistic communistic 02:10:12
forms which are socialistic communistic and our leery of them because they seem 02:10:12
and our leery of them because they seem 02:10:20
and our leery of them because they seem to go back on all that so of course did 02:10:20
to go back on all that so of course did 02:10:26
to go back on all that so of course did National Socialism in Germany because 02:10:26
National Socialism in Germany because 02:10:29
National Socialism in Germany because the position there is this not the 02:10:29
the position there is this not the 02:10:31
the position there is this not the individual who is the supremely 02:10:31
individual who is the supremely 02:10:33
individual who is the supremely important being but it is the community 02:10:33
important being but it is the community 02:10:36
important being but it is the community the state which is supremely important 02:10:36
the state which is supremely important 02:10:39
the state which is supremely important the individual realizes himself as a 02:10:39
the individual realizes himself as a 02:10:43
the individual realizes himself as a servant of the state but our theory in 02:10:43
servant of the state but our theory in 02:10:47
servant of the state but our theory in the liberal capitalism of the United 02:10:47
the liberal capitalism of the United 02:10:49
the liberal capitalism of the United States is that the state is the servant 02:10:49
States is that the state is the servant 02:10:52
States is that the state is the servant of the individual that we employ 02:10:52
of the individual that we employ 02:10:56
of the individual that we employ policemen and soldiers and sanitary 02:10:56
policemen and soldiers and sanitary 02:11:00
policemen and soldiers and sanitary inspectors and Department of Commerce 02:11:00
inspectors and Department of Commerce 02:11:03
inspectors and Department of Commerce officials all to serve us that we call 02:11:03
officials all to serve us that we call 02:11:06
officials all to serve us that we call them public servants and when a 02:11:06
them public servants and when a 02:11:08
them public servants and when a policeman gets a fish he has to be 02:11:08
policeman gets a fish he has to be 02:11:11
policeman gets a fish he has to be reminded that we paid his salary and 02:11:11
reminded that we paid his salary and 02:11:15
reminded that we paid his salary and that his job is to serve us and not to 02:11:15
that his job is to serve us and not to 02:11:18
that his job is to serve us and not to be a kind of admirable Crichton sort of 02:11:18
be a kind of admirable Crichton sort of 02:11:22
be a kind of admirable Crichton sort of Butler who takes the upper hand but of 02:11:22
Butler who takes the upper hand but of 02:11:26
Butler who takes the upper hand but of course the very idea of a servant still 02:11:26
course the very idea of a servant still 02:11:28
course the very idea of a servant still calls it hasn't it doesn't it something 02:11:28
calls it hasn't it doesn't it something 02:11:30
calls it hasn't it doesn't it something aristocratic and as we all know in this 02:11:30
aristocratic and as we all know in this 02:11:35
aristocratic and as we all know in this country it is increasingly difficult to 02:11:35
country it is increasingly difficult to 02:11:37
country it is increasingly difficult to get services of any kind more and more 02:11:37
get services of any kind more and more 02:11:42
get services of any kind more and more it is felt beneath the individuals 02:11:42
it is felt beneath the individuals 02:11:44
it is felt beneath the individuals dignity to be say a waiter a barber 02:11:44
dignity to be say a waiter a barber 02:11:49
dignity to be say a waiter a barber after all they give you a certain kind 02:11:49
after all they give you a certain kind 02:11:51
after all they give you a certain kind of service certainly it's beneath 02:11:51
of service certainly it's beneath 02:11:53
of service certainly it's beneath anyone's dignity to shine shoes because 02:11:53
anyone's dignity to shine shoes because 02:11:55
anyone's dignity to shine shoes because that's the feet and that's very low 02:11:55
that's the feet and that's very low 02:11:57
that's the feet and that's very low dollars like kissing people's feet 02:11:57
to give massage to do all these things 02:12:01
to give massage to do all these things 02:12:05
to give massage to do all these things for other people that if there are other 02:12:05
for other people that if there are other 02:12:07
for other people that if there are other material skills increasingly you have to 02:12:07
material skills increasingly you have to 02:12:11
material skills increasingly you have to get them in another way either by a 02:12:11
get them in another way either by a 02:12:13
get them in another way either by a do-it-yourself system or by some sort of 02:12:13
do-it-yourself system or by some sort of 02:12:16
do-it-yourself system or by some sort of machinery and so in the same way people 02:12:16
machinery and so in the same way people 02:12:21
machinery and so in the same way people who used to give service want to 02:12:21
who used to give service want to 02:12:22
who used to give service want to translate themselves professionally 02:12:22
translate themselves professionally 02:12:24
translate themselves professionally people who were formerly called 02:12:24
people who were formerly called 02:12:26
people who were formerly called Undertaker's now call themselves 02:12:26
Undertaker's now call themselves 02:12:28
Undertaker's now call themselves morticians janitors call themselves 02:12:28
morticians janitors call themselves 02:12:34
morticians janitors call themselves maintenance services 02:12:34
I suppose barbers will soon call 02:12:38
I suppose barbers will soon call 02:12:40
I suppose barbers will soon call themselves tonsorial experts now all 02:12:40
themselves tonsorial experts now all 02:12:44
themselves tonsorial experts now all sorts of things like that a good are 02:12:44
sorts of things like that a good are 02:12:46
sorts of things like that a good are happening right now 02:12:46
happening right now 02:12:47
happening right now in order to give the sense of equality 02:12:47
in order to give the sense of equality 02:12:51
in order to give the sense of equality all-round and so the guy who gives you 02:12:51
all-round and so the guy who gives you 02:12:57
all-round and so the guy who gives you gas at the garage will notice your first 02:12:57
gas at the garage will notice your first 02:12:59
gas at the garage will notice your first name on your credit card and will 02:12:59
name on your credit card and will 02:13:01
name on your credit card and will address you by I get very irritated to 02:13:01
address you by I get very irritated to 02:13:04
address you by I get very irritated to be called owl I just don't respond to 02:13:04
be called owl I just don't respond to 02:13:07
be called owl I just don't respond to that form of address at all but I 02:13:07
that form of address at all but I 02:13:10
that form of address at all but I suppose that's my British snobbish but 02:13:10
here it is you know where everybody 02:13:16
here it is you know where everybody 02:13:19
here it is you know where everybody slaps everybody's back I was very 02:13:19
slaps everybody's back I was very 02:13:20
slaps everybody's back I was very puzzled by this when I first came to 02:13:20
puzzled by this when I first came to 02:13:23
puzzled by this when I first came to live in California because here the use 02:13:23
live in California because here the use 02:13:26
live in California because here the use of first names and this kind of 02:13:26
of first names and this kind of 02:13:28
of first names and this kind of familiarity is extraordinarily common 02:13:28
familiarity is extraordinarily common 02:13:31
familiarity is extraordinarily common and when I found myself on first-name 02:13:31
and when I found myself on first-name 02:13:35
and when I found myself on first-name terms with a man who was in a certain 02:13:35
terms with a man who was in a certain 02:13:38
terms with a man who was in a certain sense my boss who was the president of 02:13:38
sense my boss who was the president of 02:13:41
sense my boss who was the president of the University of the Pacific 02:13:41
the University of the Pacific 02:13:43
the University of the Pacific I felt distinctly uncomfortable the 02:13:43
I felt distinctly uncomfortable the 02:13:46
I felt distinctly uncomfortable the reason I felt uncomfortable was that I 02:13:46
reason I felt uncomfortable was that I 02:13:48
reason I felt uncomfortable was that I felt the whole thing was insincere that 02:13:48
felt the whole thing was insincere that 02:13:52
felt the whole thing was insincere that there was not the kind of relationship 02:13:52
there was not the kind of relationship 02:13:54
there was not the kind of relationship between us which would normally be 02:13:54
between us which would normally be 02:13:56
between us which would normally be represented by being on first-name terms 02:13:56
represented by being on first-name terms 02:13:59
represented by being on first-name terms but there was what was much worse and 02:13:59
but there was what was much worse and 02:14:02
but there was what was much worse and sort of effort to prove that there 02:14:02
sort of effort to prove that there 02:14:07
sort of effort to prove that there really ought to be that kind of 02:14:07
really ought to be that kind of 02:14:08
really ought to be that kind of relationship when neither side had any 02:14:08
relationship when neither side had any 02:14:11
relationship when neither side had any intention of for Mia 02:14:11
and that's very baffling if you come 02:14:15
and that's very baffling if you come 02:14:17
and that's very baffling if you come from outside and you don't know I 02:14:17
from outside and you don't know I 02:14:20
from outside and you don't know I suppose what all good born and bred 02:14:20
suppose what all good born and bred 02:14:22
suppose what all good born and bred Californians know what are the cues the 02:14:22
Californians know what are the cues the 02:14:26
Californians know what are the cues the subliminal cues which distinguish one 02:14:26
subliminal cues which distinguish one 02:14:28
subliminal cues which distinguish one form of first name address from another 02:14:28
form of first name address from another 02:14:30
form of first name address from another cause what eventually happens is that 02:14:30
cause what eventually happens is that 02:14:31
cause what eventually happens is that people have two first names the the the 02:14:31
people have two first names the the the 02:14:35
people have two first names the the the published one and the nickname known 02:14:35
published one and the nickname known 02:14:36
published one and the nickname known only to an internet circl used only by 02:14:36
only to an internet circl used only by 02:14:39
only to an internet circl used only by an internet circl about you see what we 02:14:40
an internet circl about you see what we 02:14:45
an internet circl about you see what we see in this then is the creeping 02:14:45
see in this then is the creeping 02:14:48
see in this then is the creeping socialism the creeping abolition of what 02:14:48
socialism the creeping abolition of what 02:14:54
socialism the creeping abolition of what is precious and what is private and what 02:14:54
is precious and what is private and what 02:14:56
is precious and what is private and what is property and feel that as that 02:14:56
is property and feel that as that 02:15:00
is property and feel that as that disappears and as all fences disappear 02:15:00
disappears and as all fences disappear 02:15:03
disappears and as all fences disappear the collection of human beings will 02:15:03
the collection of human beings will 02:15:06
the collection of human beings will simply dissolve into an amorphous mass 02:15:06
and indeed there is a danger of that we 02:15:10
and indeed there is a danger of that we 02:15:16
and indeed there is a danger of that we have seen people disappear into 02:15:16
have seen people disappear into 02:15:18
have seen people disappear into amorphous masses we have seen Hitler's 02:15:18
amorphous masses we have seen Hitler's 02:15:22
amorphous masses we have seen Hitler's legions we have seen the things that 02:15:22
legions we have seen the things that 02:15:27
legions we have seen the things that Chinese can do with what they the 02:15:27
Chinese can do with what they the 02:15:29
Chinese can do with what they the military tactic called the human scene 02:15:29
military tactic called the human scene 02:15:31
military tactic called the human scene when swarms and swarms with troops all 02:15:31
when swarms and swarms with troops all 02:15:35
when swarms and swarms with troops all identically uniformed are absolutely 02:15:35
identically uniformed are absolutely 02:15:37
identically uniformed are absolutely thrown at the enemy in wave after wave 02:15:37
thrown at the enemy in wave after wave 02:15:41
thrown at the enemy in wave after wave after wave but let us not forget that 02:15:41
after wave but let us not forget that 02:15:43
after wave but let us not forget that the generals of the Western powers did 02:15:43
the generals of the Western powers did 02:15:45
the generals of the Western powers did exactly the same thing in the First 02:15:46
exactly the same thing in the First 02:15:47
exactly the same thing in the First World War 02:15:47
World War 02:15:48
World War on both sides they used the tactics of 02:15:48
on both sides they used the tactics of 02:15:52
on both sides they used the tactics of the human sea in which the lives of 02:15:52
the human sea in which the lives of 02:15:56
the human sea in which the lives of individuals meant nothing whatsoever 02:15:56
now 02:16:03
there are two different ways of 02:16:09
there are two different ways of 02:16:12
there are two different ways of responding to what we will call the 02:16:12
responding to what we will call the 02:16:14
responding to what we will call the invasion of privacy very often you will 02:16:14
invasion of privacy very often you will 02:16:23
invasion of privacy very often you will encounter someone who attacks your 02:16:23
encounter someone who attacks your 02:16:27
encounter someone who attacks your privacy in a psychological way it may be 02:16:27
privacy in a psychological way it may be 02:16:32
privacy in a psychological way it may be a drunk sitting next you at a bar or it 02:16:32
a drunk sitting next you at a bar or it 02:16:37
a drunk sitting next you at a bar or it may be someone who fancies himself as an 02:16:37
may be someone who fancies himself as an 02:16:41
may be someone who fancies himself as an expert psychological guru and when you 02:16:41
expert psychological guru and when you 02:16:46
expert psychological guru and when you express an opinion or say you know you 02:16:46
express an opinion or say you know you 02:16:55
express an opinion or say you know you walk up to such an individual and say 02:16:55
walk up to such an individual and say 02:16:57
walk up to such an individual and say good morning how are you thinking this 02:16:57
good morning how are you thinking this 02:17:03
good morning how are you thinking this is why do you ask 02:17:03
and he immediately as he breaks the 02:17:11
and he immediately as he breaks the 02:17:13
and he immediately as he breaks the social rules whereby you communicate 02:17:13
social rules whereby you communicate 02:17:16
social rules whereby you communicate with another person without actually 02:17:16
with another person without actually 02:17:18
with another person without actually saying anything so the phrases like how 02:17:18
saying anything so the phrases like how 02:17:22
saying anything so the phrases like how are you nice day isn't it ah like on a 02:17:22
are you nice day isn't it ah like on a 02:17:25
are you nice day isn't it ah like on a radio buzzing to be sure that the other 02:17:25
radio buzzing to be sure that the other 02:17:29
radio buzzing to be sure that the other side is in communication and so you make 02:17:29
side is in communication and so you make 02:17:32
side is in communication and so you make various noises testing is that so and so 02:17:32
various noises testing is that so and so 02:17:34
various noises testing is that so and so give a call letter etcetera etcetera and 02:17:34
give a call letter etcetera etcetera and 02:17:37
give a call letter etcetera etcetera and you know you're in touch so in the same 02:17:37
you know you're in touch so in the same 02:17:39
you know you're in touch so in the same way we in our general daily converse we 02:17:39
way we in our general daily converse we 02:17:43
way we in our general daily converse we feel each other out by saying these 02:17:43
feel each other out by saying these 02:17:47
feel each other out by saying these little social platitudes and then we 02:17:47
little social platitudes and then we 02:17:51
little social platitudes and then we test the person as to whether they by 02:17:51
test the person as to whether they by 02:17:53
test the person as to whether they by the sound of the voice by the snail 02:17:53
the sound of the voice by the snail 02:17:55
the sound of the voice by the snail which we don't think about that which we 02:17:55
which we don't think about that which we 02:17:57
which we don't think about that which we absorb unconsciously unless they smell 02:17:57
absorb unconsciously unless they smell 02:18:00
absorb unconsciously unless they smell very strong then 02:18:00
complete with bombs and then and then we 02:18:12
complete with bombs and then and then we 02:18:20
complete with bombs and then and then we get the feeling do I want to explore 02:18:20
get the feeling do I want to explore 02:18:23
get the feeling do I want to explore this relationship further we test but 02:18:23
this relationship further we test but 02:18:28
this relationship further we test but then those people who see who invade 02:18:28
then those people who see who invade 02:18:30
then those people who see who invade your privacy instantly it's either the 02:18:30
your privacy instantly it's either the 02:18:35
your privacy instantly it's either the drunk or the child who's quite innocent 02:18:35
drunk or the child who's quite innocent 02:18:38
drunk or the child who's quite innocent or the probing psychologist who is 02:18:38
or the probing psychologist who is 02:18:42
or the probing psychologist who is playing his special game maybe of 02:18:42
playing his special game maybe of 02:18:45
playing his special game maybe of one-upmanship of some kind and this is 02:18:45
one-upmanship of some kind and this is 02:18:48
one-upmanship of some kind and this is how uncomfortable he can make you now 02:18:48
how uncomfortable he can make you now 02:18:51
how uncomfortable he can make you now what are what are the tactics of 02:18:51
what are what are the tactics of 02:18:53
what are what are the tactics of response to be in these various 02:18:53
response to be in these various 02:18:55
response to be in these various situations when you get the probing 02:18:55
situations when you get the probing 02:19:01
situations when you get the probing psychologist you can shrug your 02:19:01
psychologist you can shrug your 02:19:05
psychologist you can shrug your shoulders and say does your mother ever 02:19:05
shoulders and say does your mother ever 02:19:10
shoulders and say does your mother ever teach you manners or you can simply not 02:19:10
teach you manners or you can simply not 02:19:17
teach you manners or you can simply not defend yourself some people just don't 02:19:17
defend yourself some people just don't 02:19:23
defend yourself some people just don't need to defend themselves at all 02:19:23
need to defend themselves at all 02:19:25
need to defend themselves at all and so they're probing them in that way 02:19:25
and so they're probing them in that way 02:19:29
and so they're probing them in that way is like tossing a rock into a well and 02:19:29
is like tossing a rock into a well and 02:19:32
is like tossing a rock into a well and you wait and there's no splash and that 02:19:32
you wait and there's no splash and that 02:19:39
you wait and there's no splash and that really sets people back Krishnamurthy 02:19:39
really sets people back Krishnamurthy 02:19:44
really sets people back Krishnamurthy does that if you make a comment about 02:19:44
does that if you make a comment about 02:19:48
does that if you make a comment about somebody in his presence that is in any 02:19:48
somebody in his presence that is in any 02:19:52
somebody in his presence that is in any way adverse or critical he gives us no 02:19:52
way adverse or critical he gives us no 02:19:55
way adverse or critical he gives us no response at all so if you suddenly feel 02:19:55
response at all so if you suddenly feel 02:19:58
response at all so if you suddenly feel like the Buddha said you spat at the sky 02:19:58
like the Buddha said you spat at the sky 02:20:01
like the Buddha said you spat at the sky and the spit falls back into your own 02:20:01
and the spit falls back into your own 02:20:02
and the spit falls back into your own fairies 02:20:02
and I was once present where a certain 02:20:07
and I was once present where a certain 02:20:15
and I was once present where a certain person of that nature was using as his 02:20:15
person of that nature was using as his 02:20:21
person of that nature was using as his ploy silence and the silence implied the 02:20:21
ploy silence and the silence implied the 02:20:26
ploy silence and the silence implied the conversation of everyone else around 02:20:26
conversation of everyone else around 02:20:28
conversation of everyone else around this table is trivial it was one of 02:20:28
this table is trivial it was one of 02:20:32
this table is trivial it was one of those tangible silences and suddenly 02:20:32
those tangible silences and suddenly 02:20:37
those tangible silences and suddenly someone at the table turned him and said 02:20:37
someone at the table turned him and said 02:20:40
someone at the table turned him and said you know I can't stand people who use 02:20:40
you know I can't stand people who use 02:20:43
you know I can't stand people who use silence as a weapon no conversation then 02:20:43
silence as a weapon no conversation then 02:20:56
silence as a weapon no conversation then started but yeah and it was a very 02:20:56
started but yeah and it was a very 02:21:03
started but yeah and it was a very rather a disagreeable conversation so 02:21:03
rather a disagreeable conversation so 02:21:18
rather a disagreeable conversation so there is you see always the the response 02:21:18
there is you see always the the response 02:21:21
there is you see always the the response to psychological attack an invasion of 02:21:21
to psychological attack an invasion of 02:21:23
to psychological attack an invasion of privacy as Allen Ginsberg does it 02:21:23
privacy as Allen Ginsberg does it 02:21:28
privacy as Allen Ginsberg does it if anybody presses hit on him too hard 02:21:28
if anybody presses hit on him too hard 02:21:31
if anybody presses hit on him too hard he'll strip naked and if anybody 02:21:31
he'll strip naked and if anybody 02:21:36
he'll strip naked and if anybody challenges him to fight he said all 02:21:36
challenges him to fight he said all 02:21:37
challenges him to fight he said all right you challenged me I choose the 02:21:37
right you challenged me I choose the 02:21:39
right you challenged me I choose the weapons who's gonna undress first 02:21:39
and he has this kind of marvelous 02:21:47
and he has this kind of marvelous 02:21:51
and he has this kind of marvelous feeling that there really isn't anything 02:21:51
feeling that there really isn't anything 02:21:53
feeling that there really isn't anything that he's hiding I don't know maybe but 02:21:53
that he's hiding I don't know maybe but 02:21:56
that he's hiding I don't know maybe but certainly that doesn't impress me as 02:21:56
certainly that doesn't impress me as 02:21:58
certainly that doesn't impress me as anyone who really hides anything so that 02:21:58
anyone who really hides anything so that 02:22:03
anyone who really hides anything so that you see to enter into a human 02:22:03
you see to enter into a human 02:22:06
you see to enter into a human relationship where there is nothing to 02:22:06
relationship where there is nothing to 02:22:09
relationship where there is nothing to hide and you don't depend on any sort of 02:22:09
hide and you don't depend on any sort of 02:22:12
hide and you don't depend on any sort of property gimmick for your personal worth 02:22:12
property gimmick for your personal worth 02:22:19
property gimmick for your personal worth and that's the thing we get very easily 02:22:19
and that's the thing we get very easily 02:22:21
and that's the thing we get very easily hooked on it may be your car maybe your 02:22:21
hooked on it may be your car maybe your 02:22:26
hooked on it may be your car maybe your clothes it may be your cameras your 02:22:26
clothes it may be your cameras your 02:22:30
clothes it may be your cameras your style of watches your fountain pens your 02:22:30
style of watches your fountain pens your 02:22:33
style of watches your fountain pens your heaven only knows what your home that 02:22:33
heaven only knows what your home that 02:22:36
heaven only knows what your home that you possess and that is inseparable from 02:22:36
you possess and that is inseparable from 02:22:39
you possess and that is inseparable from your personality and you can't be you if 02:22:39
your personality and you can't be you if 02:22:43
your personality and you can't be you if you'll start naked 02:22:43
so the confrontation of people in an 02:22:48
so the confrontation of people in an 02:22:51
so the confrontation of people in an atmosphere of physical or spiritual 02:22:51
atmosphere of physical or spiritual 02:22:53
atmosphere of physical or spiritual nakedness is one where many individuals 02:22:53
nakedness is one where many individuals 02:22:58
nakedness is one where many individuals seem they have completely lost because 02:22:58
seem they have completely lost because 02:23:01
seem they have completely lost because they can't play they're accustomed bro 02:23:01
because I have a certain advantage that 02:23:08
because I have a certain advantage that 02:23:09
because I have a certain advantage that even if I'm to start naked I can still 02:23:09
even if I'm to start naked I can still 02:23:11
even if I'm to start naked I can still talk but now supposing they say now you 02:23:11
talk but now supposing they say now you 02:23:18
talk but now supposing they say now you shut up don't defend yourself with 02:23:18
shut up don't defend yourself with 02:23:26
shut up don't defend yourself with language that's like taking off her an 02:23:26
language that's like taking off her an 02:23:32
language that's like taking off her an extra set of clothes but as I say 02:23:32
extra set of clothes but as I say 02:23:38
extra set of clothes but as I say there's a certain kind of individual 02:23:38
there's a certain kind of individual 02:23:39
there's a certain kind of individual whom this doesn't faze at all because he 02:23:39
whom this doesn't faze at all because he 02:23:43
whom this doesn't faze at all because he knew from the beginning he was nothing 02:23:43
and nobody and of course that's a very 02:23:50
and nobody and of course that's a very 02:23:54
and nobody and of course that's a very important thing to know because you have 02:23:54
important thing to know because you have 02:23:58
important thing to know because you have nothing to lose he who sleeps on the 02:23:58
nothing to lose he who sleeps on the 02:24:02
nothing to lose he who sleeps on the floor will not fall out of bed and he 02:24:02
floor will not fall out of bed and he 02:24:06
floor will not fall out of bed and he who has nothing to lose 02:24:06
who has nothing to lose 02:24:08
who has nothing to lose has really no fear either of the loss of 02:24:08
has really no fear either of the loss of 02:24:10
has really no fear either of the loss of his property his propriety or his 02:24:10
his property his propriety or his 02:24:14
his property his propriety or his privacy but there are other people who 02:24:14
privacy but there are other people who 02:24:24
privacy but there are other people who in this situation of the loss of privacy 02:24:24
in this situation of the loss of privacy 02:24:28
in this situation of the loss of privacy are completely degraded the way for 02:24:28
are completely degraded the way for 02:24:33
are completely degraded the way for example we systematically deprive 02:24:33
example we systematically deprive 02:24:36
example we systematically deprive privacy of the from the intimate inmates 02:24:36
privacy of the from the intimate inmates 02:24:39
privacy of the from the intimate inmates of prisons and mental hospitals you go 02:24:39
of prisons and mental hospitals you go 02:24:45
of prisons and mental hospitals you go to a mental hospital all the John's are 02:24:45
to a mental hospital all the John's are 02:24:48
to a mental hospital all the John's are completely exposed 02:24:48
everything is smooth walls there are no 02:24:51
everything is smooth walls there are no 02:24:55
everything is smooth walls there are no corners there are no secrets everybody 02:24:55
corners there are no secrets everybody 02:25:00
corners there are no secrets everybody sort of herded around and they all look 02:25:00
sort of herded around and they all look 02:25:02
sort of herded around and they all look the same but the same uniform have the 02:25:02
the same but the same uniform have the 02:25:04
the same but the same uniform have the same haircut and and also in the army 02:25:05
same haircut and and also in the army 02:25:09
same haircut and and also in the army and they say in the marine boot camps 02:25:09
and they say in the marine boot camps 02:25:12
and they say in the marine boot camps the same the first thing is to degrade 02:25:12
the same the first thing is to degrade 02:25:15
the same the first thing is to degrade the individual ritually so that he has 02:25:15
the individual ritually so that he has 02:25:19
the individual ritually so that he has no privacy 02:25:19
no privacy 02:25:21
no privacy and to see what happens to him if you do 02:25:21
and to see what happens to him if you do 02:25:25
and to see what happens to him if you do that now you may the result of this is 02:25:25
that now you may the result of this is 02:25:28
that now you may the result of this is that you may brainwash him completely 02:25:28
that you may brainwash him completely 02:25:30
that you may brainwash him completely and make him nothing more than an 02:25:30
and make him nothing more than an 02:25:36
and make him nothing more than an obedient tool of the system and in this 02:25:36
obedient tool of the system and in this 02:25:42
obedient tool of the system and in this case you see what you've got you're back 02:25:42
case you see what you've got you're back 02:25:44
case you see what you've got you're back again to monarchical politics and so in 02:25:44
again to monarchical politics and so in 02:25:51
again to monarchical politics and so in a system where the design of the the 02:25:51
a system where the design of the the 02:25:56
a system where the design of the the politics is that the community of human 02:25:56
politics is that the community of human 02:26:01
politics is that the community of human beings is ruled whether by an individual 02:26:01
beings is ruled whether by an individual 02:26:04
beings is ruled whether by an individual monarch or by a totalitarian state makes 02:26:04
monarch or by a totalitarian state makes 02:26:07
monarch or by a totalitarian state makes no difference but the dynamics of that 02:26:07
no difference but the dynamics of that 02:26:11
no difference but the dynamics of that situation is that this community is not 02:26:11
situation is that this community is not 02:26:14
situation is that this community is not a group it is a crowd now we therefore 02:26:14
a group it is a crowd now we therefore 02:26:19
a group it is a crowd now we therefore have to understand the difference 02:26:19
have to understand the difference 02:26:21
have to understand the difference between a group and a crowd because this 02:26:21
between a group and a crowd because this 02:26:24
between a group and a crowd because this is the key to the whole thing and if you 02:26:24
is the key to the whole thing and if you 02:26:26
is the key to the whole thing and if you understand this you can get round the 02:26:26
understand this you can get round the 02:26:28
understand this you can get round the things that seem threatening in the 02:26:28
things that seem threatening in the 02:26:30
things that seem threatening in the society where there is no privacy 02:26:30
society where there is no privacy 02:26:34
society where there is no privacy the crowd is structured in this way 02:26:34
the crowd is structured in this way 02:26:37
the crowd is structured in this way there is a number of identical 02:26:37
there is a number of identical 02:26:42
there is a number of identical individuals suitably brainwashed and 02:26:42
individuals suitably brainwashed and 02:26:49
individuals suitably brainwashed and there is a leader whether this is an 02:26:49
there is a leader whether this is an 02:26:54
there is a leader whether this is an individual again or a bureaucratic 02:26:54
individual again or a bureaucratic 02:26:57
individual again or a bureaucratic entity of some kind the relationship 02:26:57
entity of some kind the relationship 02:27:00
entity of some kind the relationship between them is this 02:27:00
in other words the line of communication 02:27:06
in other words the line of communication 02:27:10
in other words the line of communication is from the individual to the leader and 02:27:10
they don't really they're not really in 02:27:20
they don't really they're not really in 02:27:22
they don't really they're not really in communication with each other at all 02:27:22
communication with each other at all 02:27:25
communication with each other at all except insofar they may communicate with 02:27:25
except insofar they may communicate with 02:27:28
except insofar they may communicate with each other but this controls the nature 02:27:28
each other but this controls the nature 02:27:30
each other but this controls the nature of their communication so in other words 02:27:31
of their communication so in other words 02:27:33
of their communication so in other words when a politician speaks to an enormous 02:27:34
when a politician speaks to an enormous 02:27:36
when a politician speaks to an enormous audience what he sets up is a crowd 02:27:36
audience what he sets up is a crowd 02:27:43
audience what he sets up is a crowd because the audience they are 02:27:43
because the audience they are 02:27:46
because the audience they are individuals who don't know each other 02:27:46
individuals who don't know each other 02:27:48
individuals who don't know each other they're just people they're just heads 02:27:48
they're just people they're just heads 02:27:50
they're just people they're just heads or hands and so the leader really 02:27:50
or hands and so the leader really 02:27:57
or hands and so the leader really communicates with them and they can't 02:27:57
communicates with them and they can't 02:28:00
communicates with them and they can't answer back unless they do so as a group 02:28:00
answer back unless they do so as a group 02:28:04
answer back unless they do so as a group Sieg Heil 02:28:04
Sieg Heil 02:28:05
Sieg Heil you know then they answer back but all 02:28:05
you know then they answer back but all 02:28:08
you know then they answer back but all as a collective because along the lines 02:28:08
as a collective because along the lines 02:28:11
as a collective because along the lines of this kind of communication supposing 02:28:11
of this kind of communication supposing 02:28:13
of this kind of communication supposing I talk to a whole thousand people over 02:28:13
I talk to a whole thousand people over 02:28:16
I talk to a whole thousand people over the radio and they all send me back 02:28:16
the radio and they all send me back 02:28:18
the radio and they all send me back letters well I can't read them much less 02:28:18
letters well I can't read them much less 02:28:21
letters well I can't read them much less answer them there isn't time so this is 02:28:21
answer them there isn't time so this is 02:28:25
answer them there isn't time so this is a strictly one-way communication now 02:28:25
a strictly one-way communication now 02:28:29
a strictly one-way communication now then let's look in contrast to that to 02:28:29
then let's look in contrast to that to 02:28:31
then let's look in contrast to that to the design of a group we'll make it a 02:28:31
the design of a group we'll make it a 02:28:35
the design of a group we'll make it a circle again for convenience 02:28:35
now the group has no leader because it 02:28:39
now the group has no leader because it 02:28:45
now the group has no leader because it is itself an organism and so the lines 02:28:45
is itself an organism and so the lines 02:28:47
is itself an organism and so the lines of communication run first of all like 02:28:47
of communication run first of all like 02:28:49
of communication run first of all like this very well drawn was they were an 02:28:49
this very well drawn was they were an 02:28:57
this very well drawn was they were an odd number in it at the thought 02:28:57
now they're much more complicated than 02:29:07
now they're much more complicated than 02:29:08
now they're much more complicated than that they are also this 02:29:08
now I see what's going on let's go this 02:29:19
now I see what's going on let's go this 02:29:23
now I see what's going on let's go this one around who isn't he talking to yet 02:29:23
one around who isn't he talking to yet 02:29:24
one around who isn't he talking to yet he isn't talking to that one talking to 02:29:24
he isn't talking to that one talking to 02:29:27
he isn't talking to that one talking to this one to this one you see how I'm not 02:29:27
this one to this one you see how I'm not 02:29:29
this one to this one you see how I'm not gonna draw this oh and take forever but 02:29:30
gonna draw this oh and take forever but 02:29:32
gonna draw this oh and take forever but the thing is that these that this sort 02:29:32
the thing is that these that this sort 02:29:35
the thing is that these that this sort of pattern is group communication this 02:29:35
of pattern is group communication this 02:29:38
of pattern is group communication this sort of pattern is crowd communication 02:29:38
sort of pattern is crowd communication 02:29:40
sort of pattern is crowd communication so a group an effective group a true 02:29:40
so a group an effective group a true 02:29:44
so a group an effective group a true group of human beings is one in which 02:29:44
group of human beings is one in which 02:29:48
group of human beings is one in which there are enough people or not too many 02:29:48
there are enough people or not too many 02:29:54
there are enough people or not too many people so that they can all know each 02:29:54
people so that they can all know each 02:29:56
people so that they can all know each other and are in communication with each 02:29:56
other and are in communication with each 02:30:01
other and are in communication with each other now then you say how do you relate 02:30:01
other now then you say how do you relate 02:30:04
other now then you say how do you relate that sort of a cell to the larger human 02:30:04
that sort of a cell to the larger human 02:30:08
that sort of a cell to the larger human group why very simply every group 02:30:08
group why very simply every group 02:30:13
group why very simply every group appoints one cell to represented and 02:30:13
appoints one cell to represented and 02:30:17
appoints one cell to represented and that cell goes and joins a group of 02:30:17
that cell goes and joins a group of 02:30:22
that cell goes and joins a group of representative cells and they have to be 02:30:22
representative cells and they have to be 02:30:25
representative cells and they have to be of adequate size for them all to be in 02:30:25
of adequate size for them all to be in 02:30:27
of adequate size for them all to be in touch with each other 02:30:27
touch with each other 02:30:29
touch with each other and if it's necessary to go higher than 02:30:29
and if it's necessary to go higher than 02:30:32
and if it's necessary to go higher than that and include a still number greater 02:30:32
that and include a still number greater 02:30:35
that and include a still number greater number of collectivity of small cells 02:30:35
number of collectivity of small cells 02:30:37
number of collectivity of small cells through the representative group 02:30:37
through the representative group 02:30:40
through the representative group representative sub one will represent 02:30:40
representative sub one will represent 02:30:43
representative sub one will represent elect representative sub two to go to a 02:30:43
elect representative sub two to go to a 02:30:47
elect representative sub two to go to a representative group of sub twos and in 02:30:47
representative group of sub twos and in 02:30:52
representative group of sub twos and in this method which is the actual original 02:30:52
this method which is the actual original 02:30:54
this method which is the actual original design of the Republic of the United 02:30:54
design of the Republic of the United 02:30:57
design of the Republic of the United States which of course has been 02:30:57
States which of course has been 02:30:59
States which of course has been completely overlooked you get a 02:30:59
completely overlooked you get a 02:31:03
completely overlooked you get a hierarchy of cell structures where 02:31:03
because I am in communication with you 02:31:16
because I am in communication with you 02:31:19
because I am in communication with you here and I'm fully occupied in this 02:31:19
here and I'm fully occupied in this 02:31:22
here and I'm fully occupied in this system of communication the chances are 02:31:22
system of communication the chances are 02:31:25
system of communication the chances are that I don't know a great deal about 02:31:25
that I don't know a great deal about 02:31:26
that I don't know a great deal about what other cell groups are doing because 02:31:26
what other cell groups are doing because 02:31:30
what other cell groups are doing because it's too complicated for me to scan but 02:31:30
it's too complicated for me to scan but 02:31:34
it's too complicated for me to scan but therefore we will delegate one 02:31:34
therefore we will delegate one 02:31:36
therefore we will delegate one particular individual and say you make a 02:31:36
particular individual and say you make a 02:31:39
particular individual and say you make a specialty of scanning these other groups 02:31:39
specialty of scanning these other groups 02:31:41
specialty of scanning these other groups around here so that you have a wider 02:31:41
around here so that you have a wider 02:31:43
around here so that you have a wider knowledge and so it goes so that you 02:31:43
knowledge and so it goes so that you 02:31:48
knowledge and so it goes so that you have a hierarchical system of 02:31:48
have a hierarchical system of 02:31:51
have a hierarchical system of communication you you can call it 02:31:51
communication you you can call it 02:31:53
communication you you can call it government if you want to because of 02:31:53
government if you want to because of 02:31:55
government if you want to because of what we are simply talking about is an 02:31:55
what we are simply talking about is an 02:31:58
what we are simply talking about is an information system so that for example 02:31:58
information system so that for example 02:32:03
information system so that for example one of these will not ever individually 02:32:03
one of these will not ever individually 02:32:06
one of these will not ever individually elect the President of the United States 02:32:06
elect the President of the United States 02:32:09
elect the President of the United States but his representative at a certain 02:32:09
but his representative at a certain 02:32:12
but his representative at a certain level will because his representative a 02:32:12
level will because his representative a 02:32:14
level will because his representative a certain level knows far more about who 02:32:14
certain level knows far more about who 02:32:17
certain level knows far more about who to select than he does 02:32:17
to select than he does 02:32:19
to select than he does because he's made it his business to do 02:32:19
because he's made it his business to do 02:32:21
because he's made it his business to do so every individual can't do that and so 02:32:21
so every individual can't do that and so 02:32:25
so every individual can't do that and so you will find that this is the system of 02:32:25
you will find that this is the system of 02:32:28
you will find that this is the system of direct representation used by all 02:32:28
direct representation used by all 02:32:32
direct representation used by all dictators all dictators vote themselves 02:32:32
dictators all dictators vote themselves 02:32:34
dictators all dictators vote themselves into office by referendum they take it 02:32:35
into office by referendum they take it 02:32:38
into office by referendum they take it to the people and say you are the people 02:32:38
to the people and say you are the people 02:32:40
to the people and say you are the people you elect me well it's the easiest thing 02:32:40
you elect me well it's the easiest thing 02:32:43
you elect me well it's the easiest thing in the world to bamboozle 02:32:43
in the world to bamboozle 02:32:45
in the world to bamboozle an enormous number of people by mass 02:32:45
an enormous number of people by mass 02:32:49
an enormous number of people by mass persuasion to do practically anything 02:32:49
persuasion to do practically anything 02:32:52
persuasion to do practically anything you want but you can't bamboozle that 02:32:52
you want but you can't bamboozle that 02:32:55
you want but you can't bamboozle that kind of structure it's too strong 02:32:55
here was the mass communication to see 02:33:00
here was the mass communication to see 02:33:03
here was the mass communication to see everybody getting the same thing now 02:33:03
everybody getting the same thing now 02:33:07
everybody getting the same thing now oddly enough you see McLuhan in his 02:33:07
oddly enough you see McLuhan in his 02:33:09
oddly enough you see McLuhan in his thought about the future of 02:33:09
thought about the future of 02:33:11
thought about the future of communications says that with the 02:33:11
communications says that with the 02:33:15
communications says that with the development of the electronic circuits 02:33:15
development of the electronic circuits 02:33:17
development of the electronic circuits we tend towards tribalism and this 02:33:17
we tend towards tribalism and this 02:33:25
we tend towards tribalism and this precisely is tribalism this is the 02:33:25
precisely is tribalism this is the 02:33:29
precisely is tribalism this is the monolithic state this is the tribal 02:33:30
monolithic state this is the tribal 02:33:33
monolithic state this is the tribal community this is utterly paternalistic 02:33:33
community this is utterly paternalistic 02:33:37
community this is utterly paternalistic but this is different this is gives 02:33:37
but this is different this is gives 02:33:43
but this is different this is gives everybody a chance to have itself and 02:33:43
everybody a chance to have itself and 02:33:47
everybody a chance to have itself and have a say so not only in terms of a 02:33:47
have a say so not only in terms of a 02:33:49
have a say so not only in terms of a yes-or-no vote but the thing the unit 02:33:49
yes-or-no vote but the thing the unit 02:33:52
yes-or-no vote but the thing the unit the tribe is small enough for there to 02:33:52
the tribe is small enough for there to 02:33:54
the tribe is small enough for there to be a discussion and that's why we can't 02:33:54
be a discussion and that's why we can't 02:33:57
be a discussion and that's why we can't understand about Indians 02:33:57
understand about Indians 02:33:58
understand about Indians Amerindians why they don't like the idea 02:33:58
Amerindians why they don't like the idea 02:34:01
Amerindians why they don't like the idea of voting they have a powwow 02:34:01
of voting they have a powwow 02:34:05
of voting they have a powwow they're like Quakers the Quakers don't 02:34:05
they're like Quakers the Quakers don't 02:34:07
they're like Quakers the Quakers don't vote they get what they call a sense of 02:34:07
vote they get what they call a sense of 02:34:10
vote they get what they call a sense of the meeting because they all know each 02:34:10
the meeting because they all know each 02:34:13
the meeting because they all know each other and they consider putting a thing 02:34:13
other and they consider putting a thing 02:34:15
other and they consider putting a thing to a vote as a kind of unreasonable 02:34:15
to a vote as a kind of unreasonable 02:34:18
to a vote as a kind of unreasonable procedure we should all get together and 02:34:18
procedure we should all get together and 02:34:22
procedure we should all get together and feel it out and establish through 02:34:22
feel it out and establish through 02:34:24
feel it out and establish through discussion a consensus so this as I say 02:34:24
discussion a consensus so this as I say 02:34:31
discussion a consensus so this as I say is a very strong human cluster very 02:34:31
is a very strong human cluster very 02:34:34
is a very strong human cluster very difficult to be pushed around by this 02:34:34
difficult to be pushed around by this 02:34:37
difficult to be pushed around by this now as we have developed electronic 02:34:37
now as we have developed electronic 02:34:40
now as we have developed electronic communications thus far we have things 02:34:40
communications thus far we have things 02:34:43
communications thus far we have things like great national hookups so everybody 02:34:43
like great national hookups so everybody 02:34:48
like great national hookups so everybody in the United States is watching 02:34:48
in the United States is watching 02:34:50
in the United States is watching whatever it is that comes over ABC or 02:34:50
whatever it is that comes over ABC or 02:34:52
whatever it is that comes over ABC or NBC at the major hours and but that is I 02:34:52
NBC at the major hours and but that is I 02:35:00
NBC at the major hours and but that is I think a very temporary phenomenon with 02:35:00
think a very temporary phenomenon with 02:35:04
think a very temporary phenomenon with the development of uhf ultra high 02:35:04
the development of uhf ultra high 02:35:07
the development of uhf ultra high frequency television broadcasting and 02:35:07
frequency television broadcasting and 02:35:10
frequency television broadcasting and the more we 02:35:10
the more we 02:35:13
the more we develop micro electric machinery the 02:35:13
develop micro electric machinery the 02:35:22
develop micro electric machinery the greater the capacity for the 02:35:22
greater the capacity for the 02:35:26
greater the capacity for the discrimination on the dial see as it is 02:35:26
discrimination on the dial see as it is 02:35:30
discrimination on the dial see as it is you get a lot of interference and 02:35:30
you get a lot of interference and 02:35:31
you get a lot of interference and therefore it cuts out the possibility of 02:35:31
therefore it cuts out the possibility of 02:35:35
therefore it cuts out the possibility of an innumerable cluster of stations but 02:35:35
an innumerable cluster of stations but 02:35:38
an innumerable cluster of stations but as the technology becomes more perfect 02:35:38
as the technology becomes more perfect 02:35:41
as the technology becomes more perfect you can receive an enormous number of 02:35:41
you can receive an enormous number of 02:35:43
you can receive an enormous number of different stations and these stations 02:35:43
different stations and these stations 02:35:46
different stations and these stations will increasingly have machinery that 02:35:46
will increasingly have machinery that 02:35:49
will increasingly have machinery that makes them fairly simple to run for 02:35:49
makes them fairly simple to run for 02:35:52
makes them fairly simple to run for example with a video tape machine now 02:35:52
example with a video tape machine now 02:35:56
example with a video tape machine now made by Ampex costing six thousand 02:35:56
made by Ampex costing six thousand 02:35:59
made by Ampex costing six thousand dollars and a sony television camera 02:35:59
dollars and a sony television camera 02:36:02
dollars and a sony television camera costing two hundred and fifty dollars 02:36:02
costing two hundred and fifty dollars 02:36:04
costing two hundred and fifty dollars you can produce a television show with 02:36:04
you can produce a television show with 02:36:07
you can produce a television show with only one technician the average TV show 02:36:07
only one technician the average TV show 02:36:11
only one technician the average TV show produced in the studio requires fourteen 02:36:11
produced in the studio requires fourteen 02:36:13
produced in the studio requires fourteen technicians to handle it so as this 02:36:13
technicians to handle it so as this 02:36:18
technicians to handle it so as this happens you see it means that there can 02:36:18
happens you see it means that there can 02:36:20
happens you see it means that there can be an increasing variety of the kind of 02:36:20
be an increasing variety of the kind of 02:36:25
be an increasing variety of the kind of material that is presented through the 02:36:25
material that is presented through the 02:36:28
material that is presented through the electronic channels 02:36:28
the McLuhan adds to this a kind of 02:36:33
the McLuhan adds to this a kind of 02:36:35
the McLuhan adds to this a kind of strange point of view which is that it 02:36:35
strange point of view which is that it 02:36:38
strange point of view which is that it really doesn't matter what kind of 02:36:38
really doesn't matter what kind of 02:36:40
really doesn't matter what kind of material is going over because the 02:36:40
material is going over because the 02:36:44
material is going over because the message is not the content of the 02:36:44
message is not the content of the 02:36:47
message is not the content of the television show but your exposure to and 02:36:47
television show but your exposure to and 02:36:50
television show but your exposure to and involvement in that kind of a medium 02:36:50
involvement in that kind of a medium 02:36:54
involvement in that kind of a medium well there's something to this that when 02:36:54
well there's something to this that when 02:37:04
well there's something to this that when you touch a person physically which is a 02:37:04
you touch a person physically which is a 02:37:07
you touch a person physically which is a sort of their direct communication you 02:37:07
sort of their direct communication you 02:37:10
sort of their direct communication you don't necessarily say anything it is 02:37:10
don't necessarily say anything it is 02:37:14
don't necessarily say anything it is just the act of touching that may give 02:37:14
just the act of touching that may give 02:37:17
just the act of touching that may give the message or the massage of affection 02:37:17
the message or the massage of affection 02:37:21
the message or the massage of affection or love and so people love to wander 02:37:21
or love and so people love to wander 02:37:28
or love and so people love to wander into the streets and mingle with a crowd 02:37:28
into the streets and mingle with a crowd 02:37:30
into the streets and mingle with a crowd of shoppers especially a colorful crowd 02:37:30
of shoppers especially a colorful crowd 02:37:32
of shoppers especially a colorful crowd going back and forth and the feeling of 02:37:32
going back and forth and the feeling of 02:37:34
going back and forth and the feeling of all the interesting people around a 02:37:34
all the interesting people around a 02:37:35
all the interesting people around a living and saying do anything to each 02:37:35
living and saying do anything to each 02:37:37
living and saying do anything to each other in words but this this the 02:37:37
other in words but this this the 02:37:40
other in words but this this the exciting feeling of being involved in 02:37:40
exciting feeling of being involved in 02:37:42
exciting feeling of being involved in this colorful goings-on and so in the 02:37:42
this colorful goings-on and so in the 02:37:46
this colorful goings-on and so in the same way when we are plugged in if not 02:37:46
same way when we are plugged in if not 02:37:51
same way when we are plugged in if not turned on to a huge in an outing of 02:37:51
turned on to a huge in an outing of 02:38:00
turned on to a huge in an outing of human communication we feel very like an 02:38:00
human communication we feel very like an 02:38:04
human communication we feel very like an old Italian peasant lady leaning on the 02:38:04
old Italian peasant lady leaning on the 02:38:12
old Italian peasant lady leaning on the windowsill and gazing at the busy street 02:38:12
watching life flow by and in a way you 02:38:17
watching life flow by and in a way you 02:38:21
watching life flow by and in a way you see the something when you see it in 02:38:21
see the something when you see it in 02:38:23
see the something when you see it in terms of the old Italian mama watching 02:38:23
terms of the old Italian mama watching 02:38:27
terms of the old Italian mama watching the world go by 02:38:27
the world go by 02:38:28
the world go by there's something very fundamentally 02:38:28
there's something very fundamentally 02:38:31
there's something very fundamentally good about that something we associate 02:38:31
good about that something we associate 02:38:34
good about that something we associate with colorful villages exciting streets 02:38:34
with colorful villages exciting streets 02:38:40
with colorful villages exciting streets and the romance of an archaic peasant 02:38:40
and the romance of an archaic peasant 02:38:45
and the romance of an archaic peasant type person but you see that that sort 02:38:45
type person but you see that that sort 02:38:50
type person but you see that that sort of thing of watching and ever varying 02:38:50
of thing of watching and ever varying 02:38:54
of thing of watching and ever varying panorama of life is not completely 02:38:54
panorama of life is not completely 02:38:57
panorama of life is not completely excluded by electronic technology 02:38:57
excluded by electronic technology 02:39:00
excluded by electronic technology especially if people in their net 02:39:00
especially if people in their net 02:39:06
especially if people in their net structure are organized here has true 02:39:06
structure are organized here has true 02:39:10
structure are organized here has true Nets this is not a true net this is just 02:39:10
Nets this is not a true net this is just 02:39:17
Nets this is not a true net this is just a trap one of the reasons is that 02:39:17
a trap one of the reasons is that 02:39:23
a trap one of the reasons is that our technology is impeded and prevented 02:39:23
our technology is impeded and prevented 02:39:31
our technology is impeded and prevented from feeding the world properly is the 02:39:31
from feeding the world properly is the 02:39:34
from feeding the world properly is the failure of one of our networks it's an 02:39:34
failure of one of our networks it's an 02:39:40
failure of one of our networks it's an information network and it's called 02:39:40
information network and it's called 02:39:42
information network and it's called money about which we have the most 02:39:42
money about which we have the most 02:39:46
money about which we have the most unbelievable superstitions and 02:39:46
unbelievable superstitions and 02:39:51
unbelievable superstitions and psychological blocks which have been 02:39:51
psychological blocks which have been 02:39:53
psychological blocks which have been gone into at some length by Freud who 02:39:53
gone into at some length by Freud who 02:39:57
gone into at some length by Freud who equates our valuation of money with our 02:39:57
equates our valuation of money with our 02:40:00
equates our valuation of money with our attitude to excrement and a very 02:40:00
attitude to excrement and a very 02:40:05
attitude to excrement and a very complicated lot of complexes grow up 02:40:05
complicated lot of complexes grow up 02:40:07
complicated lot of complexes grow up around that money and our psychological 02:40:07
around that money and our psychological 02:40:11
around that money and our psychological attitude to money is a major obstacle to 02:40:11
attitude to money is a major obstacle to 02:40:19
attitude to money is a major obstacle to a proper development of technology 02:40:19
a proper development of technology 02:40:22
a proper development of technology enabling it to do what it is supposed to 02:40:22
enabling it to do what it is supposed to 02:40:25
enabling it to do what it is supposed to do that is to save labor and to produce 02:40:25
do that is to save labor and to produce 02:40:31
do that is to save labor and to produce goods services and so on adequately so I 02:40:31
goods services and so on adequately so I 02:40:37
goods services and so on adequately so I must introduce this with a story which 02:40:37
must introduce this with a story which 02:40:39
must introduce this with a story which is entirely legendary indeed quite 02:40:39
is entirely legendary indeed quite 02:40:42
is entirely legendary indeed quite apocryphal the great banks of the world 02:40:42
apocryphal the great banks of the world 02:40:46
apocryphal the great banks of the world at one time got absolutely sick of the 02:40:46
at one time got absolutely sick of the 02:40:50
at one time got absolutely sick of the expense and security measures involved 02:40:50
expense and security measures involved 02:40:52
expense and security measures involved in shipping consignments of gold from 02:40:52
in shipping consignments of gold from 02:40:55
in shipping consignments of gold from one bank to another and so they decided 02:40:55
one bank to another and so they decided 02:40:59
one bank to another and so they decided that all the chief banks of the world 02:40:59
that all the chief banks of the world 02:41:01
that all the chief banks of the world would open offices on a certain island 02:41:01
would open offices on a certain island 02:41:06
would open offices on a certain island in the South Pacific which was balmy and 02:41:06
in the South Pacific which was balmy and 02:41:08
in the South Pacific which was balmy and comfortable and there they would store 02:41:08
comfortable and there they would store 02:41:12
comfortable and there they would store all the gold in the world 02:41:12
all the gold in the world 02:41:14
all the gold in the world and they put it in great subterranean 02:41:14
and they put it in great subterranean 02:41:17
and they put it in great subterranean vaults reached by deep elevator shafts 02:41:17
vaults reached by deep elevator shafts 02:41:19
vaults reached by deep elevator shafts and then all they had to do when one 02:41:19
and then all they had to do when one 02:41:23
and then all they had to do when one bank or one country owned gold to 02:41:23
bank or one country owned gold to 02:41:25
bank or one country owned gold to another was to trundle it across the 02:41:25
another was to trundle it across the 02:41:27
another was to trundle it across the street 02:41:27
street 02:41:28
street and this was very efficient and it went 02:41:28
and this was very efficient and it went 02:41:32
and this was very efficient and it went on beautifully for five or six years 02:41:32
on beautifully for five or six years 02:41:36
on beautifully for five or six years then the presidents of the world banks 02:41:36
then the presidents of the world banks 02:41:38
then the presidents of the world banks got together and said let's have a 02:41:38
got together and said let's have a 02:41:40
got together and said let's have a convention out on this island and take 02:41:40
convention out on this island and take 02:41:42
convention out on this island and take our wives and families so about seven 02:41:42
our wives and families so about seven 02:41:47
our wives and families so about seven years from the date of opening or all 02:41:47
years from the date of opening or all 02:41:49
years from the date of opening or all those presidents and their wives and 02:41:49
those presidents and their wives and 02:41:51
those presidents and their wives and families went out for this Pacific 02:41:51
families went out for this Pacific 02:41:53
families went out for this Pacific island and they inspected the books and 02:41:53
island and they inspected the books and 02:41:56
island and they inspected the books and everything was beautifully in order then 02:41:56
everything was beautifully in order then 02:42:00
everything was beautifully in order then the children said Oh daddy can't we see 02:42:00
the children said Oh daddy can't we see 02:42:03
the children said Oh daddy can't we see the gold they said of course you may see 02:42:03
the gold they said of course you may see 02:42:06
the gold they said of course you may see the gold and they said to the managers 02:42:06
the gold and they said to the managers 02:42:08
the gold and they said to the managers let's take our children down to the 02:42:08
let's take our children down to the 02:42:10
let's take our children down to the vaults and show them to gold and the 02:42:10
vaults and show them to gold and the 02:42:13
vaults and show them to gold and the managers said well it's it's a little 02:42:13
managers said well it's it's a little 02:42:18
managers said well it's it's a little bit inconvenient at this time and 02:42:18
bit inconvenient at this time and 02:42:20
bit inconvenient at this time and perhaps the children would not really be 02:42:20
perhaps the children would not really be 02:42:25
perhaps the children would not really be very interested after all it's just only 02:42:25
very interested after all it's just only 02:42:27
very interested after all it's just only old plain gold another manner and the 02:42:27
old plain gold another manner and the 02:42:30
old plain gold another manner and the president said no no no come now they'd 02:42:30
president said no no no come now they'd 02:42:33
president said no no no come now they'd be thrilled let's let's go down and see 02:42:33
be thrilled let's let's go down and see 02:42:35
be thrilled let's let's go down and see there was further humming and hawing and 02:42:35
there was further humming and hawing and 02:42:37
there was further humming and hawing and delays and finally it came out that a 02:42:37
few years before there had been a 02:42:43
few years before there had been a 02:42:45
few years before there had been a catastrophic subterranean earthquake and 02:42:45
catastrophic subterranean earthquake and 02:42:49
catastrophic subterranean earthquake and all the vaults had been swallowed up and 02:42:49
all the vaults had been swallowed up and 02:42:51
all the vaults had been swallowed up and all the gold have disappeared but so far 02:42:51
all the gold have disappeared but so far 02:42:54
all the gold have disappeared but so far as the bookkeeping was concerned 02:42:54
as the bookkeeping was concerned 02:42:56
as the bookkeeping was concerned everything was in perfect order what 02:42:56
everything was in perfect order what 02:43:05
everything was in perfect order what this means then is that money is nothing 02:43:05
this means then is that money is nothing 02:43:11
this means then is that money is nothing but bookkeeping it is figures it is a 02:43:11
but bookkeeping it is figures it is a 02:43:16
but bookkeeping it is figures it is a way of measuring what you owe the 02:43:16
way of measuring what you owe the 02:43:24
way of measuring what you owe the community and what the community owes 02:43:24
community and what the community owes 02:43:26
community and what the community owes you it is of course as you all know a 02:43:26
you it is of course as you all know a 02:43:30
you it is of course as you all know a substitute for barter if you worked on a 02:43:30
substitute for barter if you worked on a 02:43:34
substitute for barter if you worked on a farm and the farmer paid you in terms of 02:43:34
farm and the farmer paid you in terms of 02:43:37
farm and the farmer paid you in terms of years of corn onions cabbages and other 02:43:37
years of corn onions cabbages and other 02:43:41
years of corn onions cabbages and other vegetables and yet you wanted a pot and 02:43:41
vegetables and yet you wanted a pot and 02:43:44
vegetables and yet you wanted a pot and pan of some kind and you took a few 02:43:44
pan of some kind and you took a few 02:43:46
pan of some kind and you took a few vegetables over to the mouth 02:43:46
vegetables over to the mouth 02:43:47
vegetables over to the mouth whoo so who made pots and pans and you 02:43:47
whoo so who made pots and pans and you 02:43:49
whoo so who made pots and pans and you swapped some people used calorie shells 02:43:49
swapped some people used calorie shells 02:43:57
swapped some people used calorie shells to stand for money so that you wouldn't 02:43:57
to stand for money so that you wouldn't 02:43:59
to stand for money so that you wouldn't have to barter and carry around all 02:43:59
have to barter and carry around all 02:44:02
have to barter and carry around all these inconvenient loads of goods and 02:44:02
these inconvenient loads of goods and 02:44:08
these inconvenient loads of goods and then of course gold was used because 02:44:08
then of course gold was used because 02:44:11
then of course gold was used because gold was rare and because gold was 02:44:11
gold was rare and because gold was 02:44:15
gold was rare and because gold was supposed to have a constant value you 02:44:15
supposed to have a constant value you 02:44:21
supposed to have a constant value you might ponder the question when a banker 02:44:21
might ponder the question when a banker 02:44:25
might ponder the question when a banker buys gold with what does he pay for it 02:44:25
the answer is a mystery called credit 02:44:30
the answer is a mystery called credit 02:44:34
the answer is a mystery called credit credit is bookkeeping and 02:44:34
as the economy of the Western world 02:44:43
as the economy of the Western world 02:44:46
as the economy of the Western world developed it was found that there was 02:44:46
developed it was found that there was 02:44:49
developed it was found that there was not enough gold around if it were to 02:44:49
not enough gold around if it were to 02:44:51
not enough gold around if it were to remain constant in value to exchange 02:44:51
remain constant in value to exchange 02:44:55
remain constant in value to exchange goods and services you could of course 02:44:55
goods and services you could of course 02:44:59
goods and services you could of course have changed the picture by putting down 02:44:59
have changed the picture by putting down 02:45:01
have changed the picture by putting down the price of goods and services to keep 02:45:01
the price of goods and services to keep 02:45:05
the price of goods and services to keep pace with the amount of gold in 02:45:05
pace with the amount of gold in 02:45:07
pace with the amount of gold in circulation but nobody will ever put 02:45:07
circulation but nobody will ever put 02:45:10
circulation but nobody will ever put down the price there's something in our 02:45:10
down the price there's something in our 02:45:13
down the price there's something in our psychology whereby prices always tend to 02:45:13
psychology whereby prices always tend to 02:45:16
psychology whereby prices always tend to go up but at the same time therefore 02:45:16
go up but at the same time therefore 02:45:20
go up but at the same time therefore because the the amount of gold in the 02:45:20
because the the amount of gold in the 02:45:23
because the the amount of gold in the world did not provide an adequate 02:45:23
world did not provide an adequate 02:45:25
world did not provide an adequate channel for the circulation of goods and 02:45:25
channel for the circulation of goods and 02:45:28
channel for the circulation of goods and services all great industrial nations 02:45:28
services all great industrial nations 02:45:31
services all great industrial nations went heavily into debt 02:45:31
went heavily into debt 02:45:34
went heavily into debt they created a thing called the national 02:45:34
they created a thing called the national 02:45:36
they created a thing called the national debt which year by year gets bigger and 02:45:36
debt which year by year gets bigger and 02:45:39
debt which year by year gets bigger and bigger and bigger to the horror and 02:45:39
bigger and bigger to the horror and 02:45:41
bigger and bigger to the horror and consternation of old fashioned 02:45:41
consternation of old fashioned 02:45:42
consternation of old fashioned Republicans who pay their bills but the 02:45:42
Republicans who pay their bills but the 02:45:47
Republicans who pay their bills but the reason for the increase of the national 02:45:47
reason for the increase of the national 02:45:49
reason for the increase of the national debt is extremely obvious it is that in 02:45:49
debt is extremely obvious it is that in 02:45:52
debt is extremely obvious it is that in an X with an expanding gross national 02:45:52
an X with an expanding gross national 02:45:54
an X with an expanding gross national product there needs to be more and more 02:45:54
product there needs to be more and more 02:45:57
product there needs to be more and more money 02:45:57
money 02:45:58
money that is to say tokens of exchange in 02:45:59
that is to say tokens of exchange in 02:46:02
that is to say tokens of exchange in order to circulate the amount of goods 02:46:02
order to circulate the amount of goods 02:46:04
order to circulate the amount of goods produced which is ever-increasing now 02:46:04
produced which is ever-increasing now 02:46:12
produced which is ever-increasing now I'm not an economist and I can refer you 02:46:12
I'm not an economist and I can refer you 02:46:17
I'm not an economist and I can refer you to the work of those who really are but 02:46:17
to the work of those who really are but 02:46:20
to the work of those who really are but any fool can see certainly extremely 02:46:20
any fool can see certainly extremely 02:46:22
any fool can see certainly extremely fundamental principles about this whole 02:46:22
fundamental principles about this whole 02:46:24
fundamental principles about this whole situation and I'm speaking of the 02:46:24
situation and I'm speaking of the 02:46:28
situation and I'm speaking of the thought today of a man called Robert 02:46:28
thought today of a man called Robert 02:46:30
thought today of a man called Robert Theobald who sort of ties in with the 02:46:30
Theobald who sort of ties in with the 02:46:33
Theobald who sort of ties in with the general picture of people like McLuhan 02:46:33
general picture of people like McLuhan 02:46:35
general picture of people like McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller in having very 02:46:35
and Buckminster Fuller in having very 02:46:39
and Buckminster Fuller in having very far-out thoughts and very adventurous 02:46:39
far-out thoughts and very adventurous 02:46:42
far-out thoughts and very adventurous thoughts about what we should do about 02:46:42
thoughts about what we should do about 02:46:44
thoughts about what we should do about money but he is in the following of a 02:46:44
money but he is in the following of a 02:46:48
money but he is in the following of a man like Frederick Soddy who was a Nobel 02:46:48
man like Frederick Soddy who was a Nobel 02:46:52
man like Frederick Soddy who was a Nobel Prize chemist 02:46:52
Prize chemist 02:46:54
Prize chemist who was one of the first people to think 02:46:54
who was one of the first people to think 02:46:59
who was one of the first people to think really freshly about economics or people 02:46:59
really freshly about economics or people 02:47:02
really freshly about economics or people like Silvio Gesell in Austria and major 02:47:02
like Silvio Gesell in Austria and major 02:47:05
like Silvio Gesell in Austria and major Douglas in England he's in that 02:47:05
Douglas in England he's in that 02:47:08
Douglas in England he's in that following and the proposition that he 02:47:08
following and the proposition that he 02:47:15
following and the proposition that he puts forward is very simple that money 02:47:15
puts forward is very simple that money 02:47:20
puts forward is very simple that money is a circulation of information and in 02:47:20
is a circulation of information and in 02:47:24
is a circulation of information and in itself has no value gold of course has 02:47:24
itself has no value gold of course has 02:47:29
itself has no value gold of course has some value it has some value for an 02:47:29
some value it has some value for an 02:47:32
some value it has some value for an industry and some value for dentistry 02:47:32
industry and some value for dentistry 02:47:35
industry and some value for dentistry and some value for jewelry but as a 02:47:35
and some value for jewelry but as a 02:47:39
and some value for jewelry but as a means of exchanging the goods and 02:47:39
means of exchanging the goods and 02:47:42
means of exchanging the goods and services of the world it is as primitive 02:47:42
services of the world it is as primitive 02:47:45
services of the world it is as primitive as post-horses for carrying the mail 02:47:45
we must recognize them that money is a 02:48:00
we must recognize them that money is a 02:48:06
we must recognize them that money is a pure abstraction I was on a television 02:48:06
pure abstraction I was on a television 02:48:10
pure abstraction I was on a television show a little while ago with Ted 02:48:10
show a little while ago with Ted 02:48:16
show a little while ago with Ted Sorensen and Raymond moly 02:48:16
Sorensen and Raymond moly 02:48:18
Sorensen and Raymond moly and they were having a long long 02:48:18
and they were having a long long 02:48:21
and they were having a long long discussion which sounded like something 02:48:21
discussion which sounded like something 02:48:22
discussion which sounded like something that goes on in a smoke-filled back room 02:48:22
that goes on in a smoke-filled back room 02:48:25
that goes on in a smoke-filled back room of party bosses well they were talking 02:48:25
of party bosses well they were talking 02:48:30
of party bosses well they were talking about the prospects for the Republican 02:48:30
about the prospects for the Republican 02:48:31
about the prospects for the Republican Democratic parties in 1968 and then they 02:48:31
Democratic parties in 1968 and then they 02:48:36
Democratic parties in 1968 and then they got on to the question of automation and 02:48:36
got on to the question of automation and 02:48:38
got on to the question of automation and the problems of unemployment that it was 02:48:38
the problems of unemployment that it was 02:48:40
the problems of unemployment that it was making and the difficulties of 02:48:40
making and the difficulties of 02:48:42
making and the difficulties of transferring workers from this to that 02:48:42
transferring workers from this to that 02:48:44
transferring workers from this to that when they were only trained for this 02:48:44
when they were only trained for this 02:48:46
when they were only trained for this finally I said the trouble with you 02:48:46
finally I said the trouble with you 02:48:48
finally I said the trouble with you gentlemen is you still think money is 02:48:48
gentlemen is you still think money is 02:48:50
gentlemen is you still think money is real and they looked at me and said aha 02:48:50
real and they looked at me and said aha 02:48:55
real and they looked at me and said aha someone who doesn't think money is real 02:48:55
someone who doesn't think money is real 02:48:57
someone who doesn't think money is real because every now anybody knows money is 02:48:57
because every now anybody knows money is 02:48:59
because every now anybody knows money is money and it very important about it 02:48:59
money and it very important about it 02:49:04
money and it very important about it just isn't real at all because it has 02:49:04
just isn't real at all because it has 02:49:06
just isn't real at all because it has the same relationship to real wealth 02:49:06
the same relationship to real wealth 02:49:08
the same relationship to real wealth that is to say to actual goods and 02:49:08
that is to say to actual goods and 02:49:10
that is to say to actual goods and services that words have - meaning that 02:49:10
services that words have - meaning that 02:49:13
services that words have - meaning that words have to the physical world and as 02:49:13
words have to the physical world and as 02:49:17
words have to the physical world and as words are not the physical world money 02:49:17
words are not the physical world money 02:49:19
words are not the physical world money is not wealth it only is an accounting 02:49:19
is not wealth it only is an accounting 02:49:23
is not wealth it only is an accounting of available energy economic energy now 02:49:23
of available energy economic energy now 02:49:31
of available energy economic energy now what happens then when you introduce 02:49:31
what happens then when you introduce 02:49:34
what happens then when you introduce technology into production you produce 02:49:34
technology into production you produce 02:49:39
technology into production you produce enormous quantities of goods by 02:49:39
enormous quantities of goods by 02:49:42
enormous quantities of goods by technological methods but at the same 02:49:42
technological methods but at the same 02:49:44
technological methods but at the same time you put people out of work you can 02:49:44
time you put people out of work you can 02:49:49
time you put people out of work you can say oh but it always creates more jobs 02:49:49
say oh but it always creates more jobs 02:49:52
say oh but it always creates more jobs there will always be more jobs yes but 02:49:52
there will always be more jobs yes but 02:49:54
there will always be more jobs yes but they will be lots of them will be futile 02:49:54
they will be lots of them will be futile 02:49:56
they will be lots of them will be futile jobs there will be jobs making every 02:49:56
jobs there will be jobs making every 02:50:00
jobs there will be jobs making every kind of frippery 02:50:00
kind of frippery 02:50:01
kind of frippery and unnecessary contraption and one will 02:50:01
and unnecessary contraption and one will 02:50:06
and unnecessary contraption and one will also at the same time have to beguile 02:50:06
also at the same time have to beguile 02:50:08
also at the same time have to beguile the public into feeling that they need 02:50:08
the public into feeling that they need 02:50:09
the public into feeling that they need and want these of completely unnecessary 02:50:09
and want these of completely unnecessary 02:50:11
and want these of completely unnecessary things that aren't even 02:50:11
things that aren't even 02:50:13
things that aren't even beautiful and therefore an enormous 02:50:13
beautiful and therefore an enormous 02:50:16
beautiful and therefore an enormous amount of nonsense employment and busy 02:50:16
amount of nonsense employment and busy 02:50:18
amount of nonsense employment and busy work bureaucratic and otherwise it has 02:50:18
work bureaucratic and otherwise it has 02:50:21
work bureaucratic and otherwise it has to be created in order to keep people 02:50:21
to be created in order to keep people 02:50:23
to be created in order to keep people working because we believe as good 02:50:23
working because we believe as good 02:50:26
working because we believe as good Protestants that the devil finds work 02:50:26
Protestants that the devil finds work 02:50:28
Protestants that the devil finds work for idle hands to do but the basic 02:50:28
for idle hands to do but the basic 02:50:32
for idle hands to do but the basic principle of the whole thing has been 02:50:32
principle of the whole thing has been 02:50:33
principle of the whole thing has been completely overlooked that the purpose 02:50:33
completely overlooked that the purpose 02:50:37
completely overlooked that the purpose of the machine is to make drudgery 02:50:37
of the machine is to make drudgery 02:50:40
of the machine is to make drudgery unnecessary and if we don't allow it to 02:50:40
unnecessary and if we don't allow it to 02:50:46
unnecessary and if we don't allow it to achieve its purpose we live in a 02:50:46
achieve its purpose we live in a 02:50:48
achieve its purpose we live in a constant state of self frustration so 02:50:48
constant state of self frustration so 02:50:52
constant state of self frustration so then if a given manufacturer automates 02:50:52
then if a given manufacturer automates 02:50:56
then if a given manufacturer automates his plant and dismisses his labor force 02:50:56
his plant and dismisses his labor force 02:50:59
his plant and dismisses his labor force and they have to operate on a very much 02:50:59
and they have to operate on a very much 02:51:06
and they have to operate on a very much diminished income say some sort of dole 02:51:06
diminished income say some sort of dole 02:51:10
diminished income say some sort of dole the manufacturer suddenly finds that the 02:51:10
the manufacturer suddenly finds that the 02:51:14
the manufacturer suddenly finds that the public does not have the wherewithal to 02:51:14
public does not have the wherewithal to 02:51:16
public does not have the wherewithal to buy his products and therefore he has 02:51:16
buy his products and therefore he has 02:51:21
buy his products and therefore he has invested in this expensive ottoman 02:51:21
invested in this expensive ottoman 02:51:24
invested in this expensive ottoman automated machinery to no purpose and 02:51:24
automated machinery to no purpose and 02:51:29
automated machinery to no purpose and therefore obviously the public has to be 02:51:29
therefore obviously the public has to be 02:51:33
therefore obviously the public has to be provided with the means of purchasing 02:51:33
provided with the means of purchasing 02:51:36
provided with the means of purchasing what the machines produce that people 02:51:36
what the machines produce that people 02:51:40
what the machines produce that people say that's not fair where's the money 02:51:40
say that's not fair where's the money 02:51:43
say that's not fair where's the money gonna come from who's gonna pay for it 02:51:43
gonna come from who's gonna pay for it 02:51:45
gonna come from who's gonna pay for it the answer is the machine the Machine 02:51:45
the answer is the machine the Machine 02:51:49
the answer is the machine the Machine pays for it because the machine works 02:51:49
pays for it because the machine works 02:51:53
pays for it because the machine works for the manufacturer and for the 02:51:53
for the manufacturer and for the 02:51:56
for the manufacturer and for the community this is not saying you see 02:51:56
community this is not saying you see 02:51:59
community this is not saying you see that this is not the statist communist 02:51:59
that this is not the statist communist 02:52:04
that this is not the statist communist idea that you expropriate the 02:52:04
idea that you expropriate the 02:52:07
idea that you expropriate the manufacturer and say you can't own and 02:52:07
manufacturer and say you can't own and 02:52:09
manufacturer and say you can't own and run this factory anymore it is owned by 02:52:09
run this factory anymore it is owned by 02:52:11
run this factory anymore it is owned by the government 02:52:11
the government 02:52:12
the government it is only saying that the government or 02:52:12
it is only saying that the government or 02:52:16
it is only saying that the government or the people have to be responsible for 02:52:16
the people have to be responsible for 02:52:19
the people have to be responsible for issuing to themselves sufficient credit 02:52:19
issuing to themselves sufficient credit 02:52:23
issuing to themselves sufficient credit to circulate the goods they are 02:52:23
to circulate the goods they are 02:52:25
to circulate the goods they are producing 02:52:25
producing 02:52:26
producing and have to balance the measuring 02:52:26
and have to balance the measuring 02:52:30
and have to balance the measuring standard of money with the gross 02:52:30
standard of money with the gross 02:52:33
standard of money with the gross national product that means the taxation 02:52:33
national product that means the taxation 02:52:38
national product that means the taxation is obsolete completely obsolete it ought 02:52:38
is obsolete completely obsolete it ought 02:52:42
is obsolete completely obsolete it ought to go the other way 02:52:42
to go the other way 02:52:43
to go the other way Theobald points out that every 02:52:43
Theobald points out that every 02:52:45
Theobald points out that every individual should be assured of a 02:52:45
individual should be assured of a 02:52:48
individual should be assured of a minimum income now you see that 02:52:48
minimum income now you see that 02:52:51
minimum income now you see that absolutely horrifies most people say all 02:52:51
absolutely horrifies most people say all 02:52:55
absolutely horrifies most people say all these wastrels these people who are out 02:52:55
these wastrels these people who are out 02:52:58
these wastrels these people who are out of a job because they're really lazy see 02:52:58
of a job because they're really lazy see 02:53:02
of a job because they're really lazy see given the money 02:53:02
given the money 02:53:04
given the money yeah because otherwise the machines 02:53:04
yeah because otherwise the machines 02:53:09
yeah because otherwise the machines can't work they come through blockage 02:53:09
can't work they come through blockage 02:53:14
can't work they come through blockage this was the situation of the Great 02:53:14
this was the situation of the Great 02:53:16
this was the situation of the Great Depression when here we were still in a 02:53:16
Depression when here we were still in a 02:53:20
Depression when here we were still in a material sense a very rich country with 02:53:20
material sense a very rich country with 02:53:23
material sense a very rich country with plenty of fields and farms and mines and 02:53:23
plenty of fields and farms and mines and 02:53:27
plenty of fields and farms and mines and factories everything going 02:53:27
factories everything going 02:53:29
factories everything going but suddenly because of a psychological 02:53:29
but suddenly because of a psychological 02:53:32
but suddenly because of a psychological hang-up because of a mysterious 02:53:32
hang-up because of a mysterious 02:53:35
hang-up because of a mysterious mumbo-jumbo about the economy about the 02:53:35
mumbo-jumbo about the economy about the 02:53:40
mumbo-jumbo about the economy about the banking we were all miserable and poor 02:53:40
banking we were all miserable and poor 02:53:45
banking we were all miserable and poor starving in the midst of Plenty just 02:53:45
starving in the midst of Plenty just 02:53:49
starving in the midst of Plenty just because of a psychological hang-up and 02:53:49
because of a psychological hang-up and 02:53:50
because of a psychological hang-up and that hang-up is that money is real and 02:53:50
that hang-up is that money is real and 02:53:53
that hang-up is that money is real and that people ought to suffer in order to 02:53:53
that people ought to suffer in order to 02:53:58
that people ought to suffer in order to get it but the whole point of the 02:53:58
get it but the whole point of the 02:54:01
get it but the whole point of the machine is to relieve you of that 02:54:01
machine is to relieve you of that 02:54:03
machine is to relieve you of that suffering which is an ingenuity you see 02:54:03
suffering which is an ingenuity you see 02:54:06
suffering which is an ingenuity you see we are psychologically back in the 17th 02:54:06
we are psychologically back in the 17th 02:54:10
we are psychologically back in the 17th century and technically in the 20th and 02:54:10
century and technically in the 20th and 02:54:14
century and technically in the 20th and here comes the problem 02:54:14
so what we have to find out how to do is 02:54:18
so what we have to find out how to do is 02:54:28
so what we have to find out how to do is to change the psychological attitude to 02:54:28
to change the psychological attitude to 02:54:31
to change the psychological attitude to money into wealth and furthermore to 02:54:31
money into wealth and furthermore to 02:54:34
money into wealth and furthermore to pleasure and furthermore to the nature 02:54:34
pleasure and furthermore to the nature 02:54:37
pleasure and furthermore to the nature of work and this is a formidable problem 02:54:37
of work and this is a formidable problem 02:54:42
of work and this is a formidable problem it requires the best brains in public 02:54:42
it requires the best brains in public 02:54:46
it requires the best brains in public relations in propaganda and all that 02:54:46
relations in propaganda and all that 02:54:49
relations in propaganda and all that kind of thing in all the media 02:54:49
kind of thing in all the media 02:54:51
kind of thing in all the media television radio newspapers everything 02:54:51
television radio newspapers everything 02:54:55
television radio newspapers everything to try to get across a message to the 02:54:55
to try to get across a message to the 02:55:00
to try to get across a message to the vast general public about what money is 02:55:00
vast general public about what money is 02:55:04
vast general public about what money is you see the difficulty is this when the 02:55:04
you see the difficulty is this when the 02:55:07
you see the difficulty is this when the public suspects that the money that is 02:55:07
public suspects that the money that is 02:55:10
public suspects that the money that is being issued the dollar bills being 02:55:10
being issued the dollar bills being 02:55:12
being issued the dollar bills being issued by the government are only paper 02:55:12
issued by the government are only paper 02:55:14
issued by the government are only paper and stand only for paper they start 02:55:14
and stand only for paper they start 02:55:17
and stand only for paper they start putting up prizes so you get an 02:55:17
putting up prizes so you get an 02:55:20
putting up prizes so you get an inflationary situation where the more 02:55:20
inflationary situation where the more 02:55:22
inflationary situation where the more paper money there is the higher and 02:55:22
paper money there is the higher and 02:55:25
paper money there is the higher and higher and higher the prices go which is 02:55:25
higher and higher the prices go which is 02:55:29
higher and higher the prices go which is a very stupid psychological maneuver and 02:55:29
a very stupid psychological maneuver and 02:55:36
a very stupid psychological maneuver and people have to be persuaded the least 02:55:36
people have to be persuaded the least 02:55:41
people have to be persuaded the least effective way of persuading people is 02:55:41
effective way of persuading people is 02:55:43
effective way of persuading people is passing laws but they have to be 02:55:43
passing laws but they have to be 02:55:45
passing laws but they have to be persuaded somehow not to put up the 02:55:45
persuaded somehow not to put up the 02:55:48
persuaded somehow not to put up the prices but to play fair with each other 02:55:48
prices but to play fair with each other 02:55:50
prices but to play fair with each other and keep some sort of standard 02:55:50
and keep some sort of standard 02:55:57
and keep some sort of standard correspondence between how much is 02:55:57
correspondence between how much is 02:56:01
correspondence between how much is produced and how much credit is issued 02:56:01
so this goes very deep into us it goes 02:56:09
so this goes very deep into us it goes 02:56:13
so this goes very deep into us it goes deep deep deep into a problem we have 02:56:13
deep deep deep into a problem we have 02:56:17
deep deep deep into a problem we have about guilt 02:56:17
about guilt 02:56:18
about guilt I wonder often if there's any 02:56:18
I wonder often if there's any 02:56:22
I wonder often if there's any relationship between guilt and gold that 02:56:22
relationship between guilt and gold that 02:56:26
relationship between guilt and gold that the love of money is the root of evil 02:56:26
the love of money is the root of evil 02:56:29
the love of money is the root of evil very true saying because you see I was 02:56:29
very true saying because you see I was 02:56:35
very true saying because you see I was saying yesterday that the difference 02:56:35
saying yesterday that the difference 02:56:37
saying yesterday that the difference between having a job and having a 02:56:37
between having a job and having a 02:56:40
between having a job and having a vocation is that a job is some 02:56:40
vocation is that a job is some 02:56:44
vocation is that a job is some unpleasant work you do in order to make 02:56:44
unpleasant work you do in order to make 02:56:47
unpleasant work you do in order to make money with the sole purpose of making 02:56:47
money with the sole purpose of making 02:56:50
money with the sole purpose of making money and there are plenty of jobs 02:56:50
money and there are plenty of jobs 02:56:55
money and there are plenty of jobs because there is still a certain amount 02:56:55
because there is still a certain amount 02:56:57
because there is still a certain amount of dirty work that nobody wants to do 02:56:57
of dirty work that nobody wants to do 02:56:59
of dirty work that nobody wants to do and that therefore they will pay someone 02:56:59
and that therefore they will pay someone 02:57:01
and that therefore they will pay someone to do it there is essentially less and 02:57:01
to do it there is essentially less and 02:57:06
to do it there is essentially less and less of that kind of work because of 02:57:06
less of that kind of work because of 02:57:08
less of that kind of work because of mechanization but if you do a job if you 02:57:08
mechanization but if you do a job if you 02:57:12
mechanization but if you do a job if you do a job with the sole purpose of making 02:57:12
do a job with the sole purpose of making 02:57:15
do a job with the sole purpose of making money you are absurd because if money 02:57:15
money you are absurd because if money 02:57:24
money you are absurd because if money becomes the goal and it does when you 02:57:24
becomes the goal and it does when you 02:57:26
becomes the goal and it does when you work that way you begin increasingly to 02:57:26
work that way you begin increasingly to 02:57:31
work that way you begin increasingly to confuse it with happiness or with 02:57:31
confuse it with happiness or with 02:57:35
confuse it with happiness or with pleasure yes one can take a whole 02:57:35
pleasure yes one can take a whole 02:57:39
pleasure yes one can take a whole handful of crisp dollar bills and 02:57:39
handful of crisp dollar bills and 02:57:41
handful of crisp dollar bills and practically water your mouth over them 02:57:41
practically water your mouth over them 02:57:43
practically water your mouth over them but this is this kind of a person who is 02:57:43
but this is this kind of a person who is 02:57:46
but this is this kind of a person who is confused like a Pavlov dog who salivates 02:57:46
confused like a Pavlov dog who salivates 02:57:49
confused like a Pavlov dog who salivates on the wrong Bell it goes back you see 02:57:49
on the wrong Bell it goes back you see 02:58:03
on the wrong Bell it goes back you see to the ancient guilt that 02:58:03
to the ancient guilt that 02:58:11
to the ancient guilt that if you don't work you have no right to 02:58:11
if you don't work you have no right to 02:58:14
if you don't work you have no right to eat there if there are others in the 02:58:14
eat there if there are others in the 02:58:21
eat there if there are others in the world who don't have enough to eat you 02:58:21
world who don't have enough to eat you 02:58:24
world who don't have enough to eat you shouldn't enjoy your dinner even though 02:58:24
shouldn't enjoy your dinner even though 02:58:26
shouldn't enjoy your dinner even though you have no possible means of conveying 02:58:26
you have no possible means of conveying 02:58:28
you have no possible means of conveying the food to them and while it is true 02:58:28
the food to them and while it is true 02:58:36
the food to them and while it is true that we are all one human family and 02:58:36
that we are all one human family and 02:58:41
that we are all one human family and that every individual involves every 02:58:41
that every individual involves every 02:58:43
that every individual involves every other individual while it is true 02:58:43
other individual while it is true 02:58:48
other individual while it is true therefore we should do something about 02:58:48
therefore we should do something about 02:58:52
therefore we should do something about changing the situation the one way of 02:58:52
changing the situation the one way of 02:58:56
changing the situation the one way of not doing anything about a situation is 02:58:56
not doing anything about a situation is 02:58:58
not doing anything about a situation is feeling guilty about it because when 02:58:58
feeling guilty about it because when 02:59:02
feeling guilty about it because when people feel guilty about a situation 02:59:02
people feel guilty about a situation 02:59:04
people feel guilty about a situation they most usually instead of doing 02:59:04
they most usually instead of doing 02:59:07
they most usually instead of doing something practical to change it they 02:59:07
something practical to change it they 02:59:10
something practical to change it they resort to all sorts of symbolic methods 02:59:10
resort to all sorts of symbolic methods 02:59:13
resort to all sorts of symbolic methods of expiation they go to confession they 02:59:13
of expiation they go to confession they 02:59:18
of expiation they go to confession they see an analyst they do all kinds of 02:59:18
see an analyst they do all kinds of 02:59:22
see an analyst they do all kinds of things which will be ways of actually 02:59:22
things which will be ways of actually 02:59:25
things which will be ways of actually not doing anything about the problem but 02:59:25
not doing anything about the problem but 02:59:29
not doing anything about the problem but feeling alright about it instead and 02:59:29
feeling alright about it instead and 02:59:32
feeling alright about it instead and guilt invariably produces that sort of 02:59:32
guilt invariably produces that sort of 02:59:35
guilt invariably produces that sort of reaction it is a destructive emotion and 02:59:35
instead we need to have a different 02:59:42
instead we need to have a different 02:59:46
instead we need to have a different attitude to our mistakes and to our 02:59:46
attitude to our mistakes and to our 02:59:50
attitude to our mistakes and to our misdeeds Walt Whitman always admired 02:59:50
misdeeds Walt Whitman always admired 02:59:55
misdeeds Walt Whitman always admired animals because they do not lie awake at 02:59:55
animals because they do not lie awake at 02:59:57
animals because they do not lie awake at night and weep for their sins 02:59:57
animals are practical in the real sense 03:00:01
animals are practical in the real sense 03:00:05
animals are practical in the real sense as our children who haven't been taught 03:00:05
as our children who haven't been taught 03:00:09
as our children who haven't been taught this extraordinary hang-up of guilt 03:00:09
this extraordinary hang-up of guilt 03:00:16
this extraordinary hang-up of guilt because if you've done something wrong 03:00:16
because if you've done something wrong 03:00:19
because if you've done something wrong or you have made a mistake and somebody 03:00:19
or you have made a mistake and somebody 03:00:23
or you have made a mistake and somebody makes you ashamed of it I'm guilty you 03:00:23
makes you ashamed of it I'm guilty you 03:00:28
makes you ashamed of it I'm guilty you run around licking the sores of your 03:00:28
run around licking the sores of your 03:00:31
run around licking the sores of your wounded ego because you feel your pride 03:00:31
wounded ego because you feel your pride 03:00:36
wounded ego because you feel your pride has been hurt the first thing to 03:00:36
has been hurt the first thing to 03:00:40
has been hurt the first thing to understand is that it is not a serious 03:00:40
understand is that it is not a serious 03:00:46
understand is that it is not a serious failing in a human being to make 03:00:46
failing in a human being to make 03:00:48
failing in a human being to make mistakes everybody has to make mistakes 03:00:48
mistakes everybody has to make mistakes 03:00:53
mistakes everybody has to make mistakes there is no way out of it you can't 03:00:53
there is no way out of it you can't 03:00:56
there is no way out of it you can't learn anything unless you make mistakes 03:00:56
learn anything unless you make mistakes 03:00:57
learn anything unless you make mistakes we find for example in Japan the 03:00:58
we find for example in Japan the 03:01:01
we find for example in Japan the Japanese have a terrible hang-up about 03:01:01
Japanese have a terrible hang-up about 03:01:03
Japanese have a terrible hang-up about making mistakes they therefore never 03:01:03
making mistakes they therefore never 03:01:08
making mistakes they therefore never have the courage to practice their 03:01:08
have the courage to practice their 03:01:10
have the courage to practice their English properly they've had seven years 03:01:10
English properly they've had seven years 03:01:14
English properly they've had seven years of English in school most of it very 03:01:14
of English in school most of it very 03:01:17
of English in school most of it very very badly taught and it's irrelevant 03:01:17
very badly taught and it's irrelevant 03:01:20
very badly taught and it's irrelevant English they learn all about Shakespeare 03:01:20
English they learn all about Shakespeare 03:01:24
English they learn all about Shakespeare and Dickens and Thackeray and Thomas 03:01:24
and Dickens and Thackeray and Thomas 03:01:30
and Dickens and Thackeray and Thomas Hardy and so on and therefore they can't 03:01:30
Hardy and so on and therefore they can't 03:01:33
Hardy and so on and therefore they can't carry on in everyday conversation it's 03:01:33
carry on in everyday conversation it's 03:01:37
carry on in everyday conversation it's like the way the English study French 03:01:37
like the way the English study French 03:01:39
like the way the English study French all about pens of gardeners ants and 03:01:39
all about pens of gardeners ants and 03:01:42
all about pens of gardeners ants and things like that and so but they are 03:01:42
things like that and so but they are 03:01:47
things like that and so but they are ashamed to try out their English unless 03:01:47
ashamed to try out their English unless 03:01:49
ashamed to try out their English unless drunk so if you want to get into 03:01:49
drunk so if you want to get into 03:01:53
drunk so if you want to get into conversation with the Japanese in 03:01:53
conversation with the Japanese in 03:01:55
conversation with the Japanese in English you have to go to bars and then 03:01:55
English you have to go to bars and then 03:01:59
English you have to go to bars and then they say University students and so long 03:01:59
they say University students and so long 03:02:01
they say University students and so long there will loosen up and talk because 03:02:01
there will loosen up and talk because 03:02:07
there will loosen up and talk because they're no longer have the inhibition 03:02:07
they're no longer have the inhibition 03:02:08
they're no longer have the inhibition the shame of saying the wrong thing so 03:02:08
the shame of saying the wrong thing so 03:02:13
the shame of saying the wrong thing so likewise I know a very great 03:02:13
likewise I know a very great 03:02:16
likewise I know a very great anthropologist who was taught music 03:02:16
anthropologist who was taught music 03:02:20
anthropologist who was taught music playing the piano in the same way I was 03:02:20
playing the piano in the same way I was 03:02:23
playing the piano in the same way I was when I was taught music the 03:02:23
when I was taught music the 03:02:28
when I was taught music the schoolmarm who taught me used to put an 03:02:28
schoolmarm who taught me used to put an 03:02:31
schoolmarm who taught me used to put an india-rubber and erase though it's 03:02:31
india-rubber and erase though it's 03:02:34
india-rubber and erase though it's called in this country on the top of 03:02:34
called in this country on the top of 03:02:36
called in this country on the top of each hand so that I would have my hands 03:02:36
each hand so that I would have my hands 03:02:38
each hand so that I would have my hands in good posture and every time I play a 03:02:38
in good posture and every time I play a 03:02:42
in good posture and every time I play a wrong note she'd hit my fingers with a 03:02:42
wrong note she'd hit my fingers with a 03:02:43
wrong note she'd hit my fingers with a pencil and this great anthropologist 03:02:43
pencil and this great anthropologist 03:02:48
pencil and this great anthropologist that had a similar sort of musical 03:02:48
that had a similar sort of musical 03:02:50
that had a similar sort of musical education and when confronted with the 03:02:50
education and when confronted with the 03:02:53
education and when confronted with the piano in the presence of an absolutely 03:02:53
piano in the presence of an absolutely 03:02:55
piano in the presence of an absolutely marvelous teacher in San Francisco she 03:02:55
marvelous teacher in San Francisco she 03:02:57
marvelous teacher in San Francisco she said she was amazed he was completely 03:02:57
said she was amazed he was completely 03:03:00
said she was amazed he was completely incapable of reading notes he blocked at 03:03:00
incapable of reading notes he blocked at 03:03:03
incapable of reading notes he blocked at everything so another great teacher of 03:03:03
everything so another great teacher of 03:03:11
everything so another great teacher of the piano I knew said simply you must 03:03:11
the piano I knew said simply you must 03:03:15
the piano I knew said simply you must not be afraid of playing wrong notes 03:03:15
just forget it 03:03:19
just forget it 03:03:23
just forget it play it wrong and then eventually go 03:03:23
play it wrong and then eventually go 03:03:27
play it wrong and then eventually go over it again and you'll eventually get 03:03:27
over it again and you'll eventually get 03:03:29
over it again and you'll eventually get it right but you must not block always 03:03:29
it right but you must not block always 03:03:32
it right but you must not block always keep the same rhythm going even if you 03:03:32
keep the same rhythm going even if you 03:03:36
keep the same rhythm going even if you have to slow it down but keep the 03:03:36
have to slow it down but keep the 03:03:39
have to slow it down but keep the proportionate rhythm of one note to 03:03:39
proportionate rhythm of one note to 03:03:42
proportionate rhythm of one note to another and if it's the wrong now play 03:03:42
another and if it's the wrong now play 03:03:44
another and if it's the wrong now play the wrong note as long as you play 03:03:44
the wrong note as long as you play 03:03:45
the wrong note as long as you play something in the right rhythm so you 03:03:45
something in the right rhythm so you 03:03:51
something in the right rhythm so you know this is a way of taking away 03:03:51
know this is a way of taking away 03:03:53
know this is a way of taking away people's blockage people's guilt and 03:03:53
people's blockage people's guilt and 03:03:57
people's blockage people's guilt and shame about making mistakes so you 03:03:57
shame about making mistakes so you 03:04:03
shame about making mistakes so you absolutely freedom means basically the 03:04:03
absolutely freedom means basically the 03:04:07
absolutely freedom means basically the freedom to make mistakes the freedom to 03:04:07
freedom to make mistakes the freedom to 03:04:11
freedom to make mistakes the freedom to be a damn fool and then not to 03:04:11
be a damn fool and then not to 03:04:15
be a damn fool and then not to recriminate with yourself when you do 03:04:15
recriminate with yourself when you do 03:04:17
recriminate with yourself when you do finally realize that it was a mistake 03:04:17
finally realize that it was a mistake 03:04:19
finally realize that it was a mistake but simply don't do it again or at least 03:04:19
but simply don't do it again or at least 03:04:26
but simply don't do it again or at least do it less off so you know this is the 03:04:26
do it less off so you know this is the 03:04:31
do it less off so you know this is the puzzle 03:04:31
when you go to confession in the 03:04:34
when you go to confession in the 03:04:37
when you go to confession in the Catholic Church which is an enormous 03:04:37
Catholic Church which is an enormous 03:04:39
Catholic Church which is an enormous method of inculcating a sense of guilt 03:04:39
method of inculcating a sense of guilt 03:04:41
method of inculcating a sense of guilt very subtle one says of course that 03:04:41
very subtle one says of course that 03:04:46
very subtle one says of course that Catholics are on the whole less guilty 03:04:46
Catholics are on the whole less guilty 03:04:48
Catholics are on the whole less guilty than Protestants more relaxed and 03:04:48
than Protestants more relaxed and 03:04:52
than Protestants more relaxed and there's some truth in that but only some 03:04:52
there's some truth in that but only some 03:04:56
there's some truth in that but only some Protestants of course have chronic guilt 03:04:56
Protestants of course have chronic guilt 03:05:00
Protestants of course have chronic guilt and you can work this out by a very 03:05:00
and you can work this out by a very 03:05:03
and you can work this out by a very simple little formula that when the 03:05:03
simple little formula that when the 03:05:07
simple little formula that when the Protestants in England abandoned what is 03:05:07
Protestants in England abandoned what is 03:05:10
Protestants in England abandoned what is called auricular confession to a priest 03:05:10
called auricular confession to a priest 03:05:14
called auricular confession to a priest they inserted in their prayer book a 03:05:14
they inserted in their prayer book a 03:05:18
they inserted in their prayer book a general confession in which the 03:05:18
general confession in which the 03:05:21
general confession in which the congregation all made its confession 03:05:21
congregation all made its confession 03:05:23
congregation all made its confession together now what does a Catholic say 03:05:23
together now what does a Catholic say 03:05:28
together now what does a Catholic say when he makes his confession the formula 03:05:28
when he makes his confession the formula 03:05:31
when he makes his confession the formula is I confess to God Almighty the Blessed 03:05:31
is I confess to God Almighty the Blessed 03:05:34
is I confess to God Almighty the Blessed Mary ever-virgin Blessed John the 03:05:34
Mary ever-virgin Blessed John the 03:05:35
Mary ever-virgin Blessed John the Baptist the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul 03:05:35
Baptist the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul 03:05:37
Baptist the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and all the saints that I've sinned 03:05:37
and all the saints that I've sinned 03:05:39
and all the saints that I've sinned exceedingly in thought word and deed by 03:05:39
exceedingly in thought word and deed by 03:05:41
exceedingly in thought word and deed by my fault by my own fault by my own most 03:05:41
my fault by my own fault by my own most 03:05:43
my fault by my own fault by my own most grievous fault well for I beg blessed 03:05:43
grievous fault well for I beg blessed 03:05:46
grievous fault well for I beg blessed Mary etc a new father to pray for me to 03:05:46
Mary etc a new father to pray for me to 03:05:49
Mary etc a new father to pray for me to the Lord our God and the priest says 03:05:49
the Lord our God and the priest says 03:05:55
the Lord our God and the priest says Almighty God have mercy upon you forgive 03:05:55
Almighty God have mercy upon you forgive 03:05:58
Almighty God have mercy upon you forgive you your sins and bring you to 03:05:58
you your sins and bring you to 03:05:59
you your sins and bring you to everlasting life by the authority of our 03:05:59
everlasting life by the authority of our 03:06:01
everlasting life by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ committed unto me 03:06:01
Lord Jesus Christ committed unto me 03:06:02
Lord Jesus Christ committed unto me absolve me from all thy sins in the name 03:06:02
absolve me from all thy sins in the name 03:06:05
absolve me from all thy sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the 03:06:05
of the Father and of the Son and of the 03:06:06
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit very now instead of that 03:06:06
Holy Spirit very now instead of that 03:06:10
Holy Spirit very now instead of that yeah what they had to introduce into the 03:06:10
yeah what they had to introduce into the 03:06:16
yeah what they had to introduce into the Anglican formulary was instead of this 03:06:16
Anglican formulary was instead of this 03:06:19
Anglican formulary was instead of this very simple confession of sins and 03:06:19
very simple confession of sins and 03:06:23
very simple confession of sins and before the whole company of heaven an 03:06:23
before the whole company of heaven an 03:06:27
before the whole company of heaven an absolute grovel wherein they say that 03:06:27
absolute grovel wherein they say that 03:06:32
absolute grovel wherein they say that they have sinned so horribly and that 03:06:32
they have sinned so horribly and that 03:06:37
they have sinned so horribly and that the remembrance of these sins is 03:06:37
the remembrance of these sins is 03:06:40
the remembrance of these sins is Grievous unto us the burden of them is 03:06:40
Grievous unto us the burden of them is 03:06:42
Grievous unto us the burden of them is intolerable have mercy upon us have 03:06:42
intolerable have mercy upon us have 03:06:44
intolerable have mercy upon us have mercy upon us most merciful father 03:06:44
mercy upon us most merciful father 03:06:46
mercy upon us most merciful father and all this cringing and crying 03:06:46
and all this cringing and crying 03:06:50
and all this cringing and crying breast-beating and wallowing in guilt 03:06:50
breast-beating and wallowing in guilt 03:06:52
breast-beating and wallowing in guilt and then the priest instead of saying a 03:06:52
and then the priest instead of saying a 03:06:56
and then the priest instead of saying a simple formula of absolution quotes all 03:06:56
simple formula of absolution quotes all 03:07:01
simple formula of absolution quotes all kind of scriptural texts to prove from 03:07:01
kind of scriptural texts to prove from 03:07:05
kind of scriptural texts to prove from the Bible that those who do truly 03:07:05
the Bible that those who do truly 03:07:07
the Bible that those who do truly eternity repent will be forgiven by God 03:07:07
eternity repent will be forgiven by God 03:07:10
eternity repent will be forgiven by God because they're very uncertain about it 03:07:10
because they're very uncertain about it 03:07:12
because they're very uncertain about it therefore have to quote all the 03:07:12
therefore have to quote all the 03:07:13
therefore have to quote all the authorities and this absolutely 03:07:13
authorities and this absolutely 03:07:19
authorities and this absolutely groveling form of confession replaces 03:07:19
groveling form of confession replaces 03:07:25
groveling form of confession replaces the old one because they were a little 03:07:25
the old one because they were a little 03:07:28
the old one because they were a little bit scared about abandoning direct 03:07:28
bit scared about abandoning direct 03:07:31
bit scared about abandoning direct confession of sins to the priest but now 03:07:31
confession of sins to the priest but now 03:07:34
confession of sins to the priest but now that the the the going back to the 03:07:34
that the the the going back to the 03:07:36
that the the the going back to the Catholic problem about guilt you say 03:07:36
Catholic problem about guilt you say 03:07:42
Catholic problem about guilt you say when you have confessed after saying 03:07:42
when you have confessed after saying 03:07:46
when you have confessed after saying this formula about to all the saints you 03:07:46
this formula about to all the saints you 03:07:51
this formula about to all the saints you confess the specific sins you've 03:07:51
confess the specific sins you've 03:07:54
confess the specific sins you've committed and you know I stole something 03:07:54
committed and you know I stole something 03:07:59
committed and you know I stole something committed adultery three times so on 03:07:59
committed adultery three times so on 03:08:02
committed adultery three times so on whatever it was and then you say at the 03:08:02
whatever it was and then you say at the 03:08:05
whatever it was and then you say at the end for these and all my sins which I 03:08:05
end for these and all my sins which I 03:08:07
end for these and all my sins which I cannot now remember I firmly purpose 03:08:07
cannot now remember I firmly purpose 03:08:18
cannot now remember I firmly purpose amendment and humbly ask for pardon of 03:08:18
amendment and humbly ask for pardon of 03:08:22
amendment and humbly ask for pardon of God 03:08:22
now I firmly purpose amendment that is 03:08:28
now I firmly purpose amendment that is 03:08:32
now I firmly purpose amendment that is where the fly in the ointment consists 03:08:32
where the fly in the ointment consists 03:08:36
where the fly in the ointment consists because the doctrine is that you have 03:08:36
because the doctrine is that you have 03:08:40
because the doctrine is that you have made a true confession if at the same 03:08:40
made a true confession if at the same 03:08:43
made a true confession if at the same time you have a sear intention of acting 03:08:43
time you have a sear intention of acting 03:08:46
time you have a sear intention of acting differently in the future now no 03:08:46
differently in the future now no 03:08:50
differently in the future now no sensitive Catholic can say that without 03:08:50
sensitive Catholic can say that without 03:08:53
sensitive Catholic can say that without having grave doubts 03:08:53
having grave doubts 03:08:56
having grave doubts as to whether actually he isn't going to 03:08:56
as to whether actually he isn't going to 03:08:59
as to whether actually he isn't going to do some of these things again so if 03:08:59
do some of these things again so if 03:09:02
do some of these things again so if you're a workaday Catholic like a 03:09:02
you're a workaday Catholic like a 03:09:05
you're a workaday Catholic like a Mexican peasant or something like that 03:09:05
Mexican peasant or something like that 03:09:07
Mexican peasant or something like that you know that the confession is just a 03:09:07
you know that the confession is just a 03:09:09
you know that the confession is just a safety valve you're going to go on 03:09:09
safety valve you're going to go on 03:09:11
safety valve you're going to go on living 03:09:11
living 03:09:11
living just as lackadaisically as ever and but 03:09:11
just as lackadaisically as ever and but 03:09:17
just as lackadaisically as ever and but you go to church every so often and you 03:09:17
you go to church every so often and you 03:09:19
you go to church every so often and you get rid of the of the the guilt and the 03:09:19
get rid of the of the the guilt and the 03:09:22
get rid of the of the the guilt and the evil it's like going to the bathroom 03:09:22
evil it's like going to the bathroom 03:09:25
evil it's like going to the bathroom but when you get the thought we get 03:09:25
but when you get the thought we get 03:09:28
but when you get the thought we get thoughtful about these things and you 03:09:28
thoughtful about these things and you 03:09:29
thoughtful about these things and you wonder whether you do really mean what 03:09:29
wonder whether you do really mean what 03:09:31
wonder whether you do really mean what you say 03:09:31
you say 03:09:33
you say whether your motive is pure and your 03:09:33
whether your motive is pure and your 03:09:35
whether your motive is pure and your intention is right you get into a 03:09:35
intention is right you get into a 03:09:37
intention is right you get into a rightful hanger so you see how this idea 03:09:37
rightful hanger so you see how this idea 03:09:44
rightful hanger so you see how this idea of the the somehow there is a book kept 03:09:44
of the the somehow there is a book kept 03:09:49
of the the somehow there is a book kept somewhere God's black book in which he 03:09:49
somewhere God's black book in which he 03:09:53
somewhere God's black book in which he writes down every mistake you made and 03:09:53
writes down every mistake you made and 03:09:57
writes down every mistake you made and then at the day of judgment there's 03:09:57
then at the day of judgment there's 03:10:00
then at the day of judgment there's going to be in accounting see and 03:10:00
going to be in accounting see and 03:10:03
going to be in accounting see and they're going to add up on one side and 03:10:03
they're going to add up on one side and 03:10:07
they're going to add up on one side and add up your good deeds on the other side 03:10:07
add up your good deeds on the other side 03:10:09
add up your good deeds on the other side and weigh them instant Michael's ballot 03:10:09
and weigh them instant Michael's ballot 03:10:12
and weigh them instant Michael's ballot balance the Archangel Michael carries in 03:10:12
balance the Archangel Michael carries in 03:10:15
balance the Archangel Michael carries in one hand a balance and in the other hand 03:10:15
one hand a balance and in the other hand 03:10:18
one hand a balance and in the other hand the sword is the older sort of prototype 03:10:18
the sword is the older sort of prototype 03:10:21
the sword is the older sort of prototype of the figure of justice and it's the 03:10:21
of the figure of justice and it's the 03:10:25
of the figure of justice and it's the good deeds against the evil deeds as in 03:10:25
good deeds against the evil deeds as in 03:10:27
good deeds against the evil deeds as in the Egyptian Book of the Dead you see 03:10:27
the Egyptian Book of the Dead you see 03:10:29
the Egyptian Book of the Dead you see the heart of the deceased weighed 03:10:29
the heart of the deceased weighed 03:10:31
the heart of the deceased weighed against the feather of truth that's a 03:10:31
against the feather of truth that's a 03:10:34
against the feather of truth that's a little more profound than the good deeds 03:10:34
little more profound than the good deeds 03:10:36
little more profound than the good deeds against the bad deeds you know your your 03:10:36
against the bad deeds you know your your 03:10:39
against the bad deeds you know your your heart has to be light as a feather you 03:10:39
heart has to be light as a feather you 03:10:42
heart has to be light as a feather you mustn't be heavy hearted so then as a 03:10:42
mustn't be heavy hearted so then as a 03:10:54
mustn't be heavy hearted so then as a result of this there arose in the latter 03:10:54
result of this there arose in the latter 03:10:58
result of this there arose in the latter part of the Middle Ages an enormously 03:10:58
part of the Middle Ages an enormously 03:11:00
part of the Middle Ages an enormously complicated system of celestial 03:11:00
complicated system of celestial 03:11:03
complicated system of celestial bookkeeping it was argued you see that 03:11:03
bookkeeping it was argued you see that 03:11:07
bookkeeping it was argued you see that the Saints 03:11:07
the Saints 03:11:08
the Saints and especially the Blessed Virgin Mary 03:11:08
and especially the Blessed Virgin Mary 03:11:11
and especially the Blessed Virgin Mary had lived lives of such sinless 03:11:11
had lived lives of such sinless 03:11:14
had lived lives of such sinless character even though to be a good saint 03:11:14
character even though to be a good saint 03:11:18
character even though to be a good saint you have to say you're a miserable 03:11:18
you have to say you're a miserable 03:11:20
you have to say you're a miserable sinner often wondered about that but 03:11:20
sinner often wondered about that but 03:11:27
sinner often wondered about that but therefore they have many merits that are 03:11:27
therefore they have many merits that are 03:11:32
therefore they have many merits that are surplice merits that they don't need in 03:11:32
surplice merits that they don't need in 03:11:36
surplice merits that they don't need in order to get into heaven and therefore 03:11:36
order to get into heaven and therefore 03:11:42
order to get into heaven and therefore by a very clever dispensation the 03:11:42
by a very clever dispensation the 03:11:45
by a very clever dispensation the surplus merits are put at the disposal 03:11:45
surplus merits are put at the disposal 03:11:47
surplus merits are put at the disposal of the Holy Father and they are 03:11:47
of the Holy Father and they are 03:11:52
of the Holy Father and they are available in the form of what are called 03:11:52
available in the form of what are called 03:11:54
available in the form of what are called indulgences and if therefore you make 03:11:54
indulgences and if therefore you make 03:11:58
indulgences and if therefore you make certain pilgrimages or save certain 03:11:58
certain pilgrimages or save certain 03:12:00
certain pilgrimages or save certain prayers or make certain contributions 03:12:00
prayers or make certain contributions 03:12:02
prayers or make certain contributions above all you may receive a plenary 03:12:02
above all you may receive a plenary 03:12:06
above all you may receive a plenary indulgence which means you get off the 03:12:06
indulgence which means you get off the 03:12:08
indulgence which means you get off the whole of the time due to you in 03:12:08
whole of the time due to you in 03:12:09
whole of the time due to you in purgatory or a partial indulgences which 03:12:09
purgatory or a partial indulgences which 03:12:13
purgatory or a partial indulgences which say of 300 days which means 300 days off 03:12:13
say of 300 days which means 300 days off 03:12:17
say of 300 days which means 300 days off your period in purgatory whatever days 03:12:17
your period in purgatory whatever days 03:12:20
your period in purgatory whatever days in purgatory may be and so an enormous 03:12:20
in purgatory may be and so an enormous 03:12:23
in purgatory may be and so an enormous ly complicated banking system was set up 03:12:23
ly complicated banking system was set up 03:12:26
ly complicated banking system was set up whereby people could settle their 03:12:26
whereby people could settle their 03:12:28
whereby people could settle their heavenly accounts by using credit issued 03:12:28
heavenly accounts by using credit issued 03:12:34
heavenly accounts by using credit issued by the Saints who were of course 03:12:34
by the Saints who were of course 03:12:38
by the Saints who were of course producing surplus goods like machines 03:12:38
so now this is why I made in the earlier 03:12:49
so now this is why I made in the earlier 03:12:58
so now this is why I made in the earlier part of this seminar such a big point 03:12:58
part of this seminar such a big point 03:13:04
part of this seminar such a big point about human behavior being able to be 03:13:04
about human behavior being able to be 03:13:10
about human behavior being able to be seen at its deepest level at which level 03:13:10
seen at its deepest level at which level 03:13:17
seen at its deepest level at which level and only at which level it is completely 03:13:17
and only at which level it is completely 03:13:22
and only at which level it is completely harmonious with the order of the 03:13:22
harmonious with the order of the 03:13:25
harmonious with the order of the universe this is what one is enabled to 03:13:25
universe this is what one is enabled to 03:13:30
universe this is what one is enabled to see by cosmic consciousness by seeing 03:13:30
see by cosmic consciousness by seeing 03:13:36
see by cosmic consciousness by seeing that the good things and the evil things 03:13:36
that the good things and the evil things 03:13:40
that the good things and the evil things that human beings do are just like the 03:13:40
that human beings do are just like the 03:13:44
that human beings do are just like the behavior of other creatures animals 03:13:44
behavior of other creatures animals 03:13:48
behavior of other creatures animals insects worms fish and flowers and that 03:13:48
insects worms fish and flowers and that 03:13:54
insects worms fish and flowers and that the good side has to have the bad side 03:13:54
the good side has to have the bad side 03:14:00
the good side has to have the bad side to balance it so that you know that it's 03:14:00
to balance it so that you know that it's 03:14:02
to balance it so that you know that it's good in the words of the Taoist sage 03:14:02
good in the words of the Taoist sage 03:14:06
good in the words of the Taoist sage Duong sir those who speak of having good 03:14:06
Duong sir those who speak of having good 03:14:12
Duong sir those who speak of having good government without its opposite misrule 03:14:12
government without its opposite misrule 03:14:16
government without its opposite misrule and those who speak of good behavior 03:14:16
and those who speak of good behavior 03:14:20
and those who speak of good behavior without the presence of its opposite bad 03:14:20
without the presence of its opposite bad 03:14:23
without the presence of its opposite bad behavior do not understand the great 03:14:23
behavior do not understand the great 03:14:27
behavior do not understand the great principles of the universe it is as if 03:14:27
principles of the universe it is as if 03:14:30
principles of the universe it is as if they could have the Yang without the Y 03:14:30
they could have the Yang without the Y 03:14:32
they could have the Yang without the Y in the positive without the negative and 03:14:32
in the positive without the negative and 03:14:35
in the positive without the negative and such people must be either knaves or 03:14:35
such people must be either knaves or 03:14:38
such people must be either knaves or fools now that's a saying which really 03:14:38
fools now that's a saying which really 03:14:42
fools now that's a saying which really sets us back because we Westerners are 03:14:42
sets us back because we Westerners are 03:14:47
sets us back because we Westerners are dedicated to the abolition of evil 03:14:47
dedicated to the abolition of evil 03:14:53
dedicated to the abolition of evil and but the Jews are much more sensible 03:14:53
and but the Jews are much more sensible 03:14:59
and but the Jews are much more sensible about this than the Christians because 03:14:59
about this than the Christians because 03:15:03
about this than the Christians because the Jews don't think that evil is 03:15:03
the Jews don't think that evil is 03:15:08
the Jews don't think that evil is something extraneous to God they believe 03:15:08
something extraneous to God they believe 03:15:12
something extraneous to God they believe that God created evil where it is said 03:15:12
that God created evil where it is said 03:15:15
that God created evil where it is said in the book of the prophet Isaiah I am 03:15:15
in the book of the prophet Isaiah I am 03:15:18
in the book of the prophet Isaiah I am the Lord and there is none else i form 03:15:18
the Lord and there is none else i form 03:15:21
the Lord and there is none else i form the light and create darkness I make 03:15:21
the light and create darkness I make 03:15:23
the light and create darkness I make peace and create evil either Lord do all 03:15:23
peace and create evil either Lord do all 03:15:26
peace and create evil either Lord do all these things and they believe that God 03:15:26
these things and they believe that God 03:15:29
these things and they believe that God implanted in the human heart at the 03:15:29
implanted in the human heart at the 03:15:31
implanted in the human heart at the beginning of creation when he very first 03:15:31
beginning of creation when he very first 03:15:34
beginning of creation when he very first made Adam something called the yet 03:15:34
made Adam something called the yet 03:15:36
made Adam something called the yet Sahara or the wayward spirit because he 03:15:36
Sahara or the wayward spirit because he 03:15:40
Sahara or the wayward spirit because he knew that if that wasn't there 03:15:40
knew that if that wasn't there 03:15:41
knew that if that wasn't there human life would be insipid and without 03:15:41
human life would be insipid and without 03:15:44
human life would be insipid and without the least significance there has to be 03:15:44
the least significance there has to be 03:15:47
the least significance there has to be this element and so the Jews say yes God 03:15:47
this element and so the Jews say yes God 03:15:57
this element and so the Jews say yes God is responsible for evil but he put it in 03:15:57
is responsible for evil but he put it in 03:16:01
is responsible for evil but he put it in us so that we could have something to 03:16:01
us so that we could have something to 03:16:03
us so that we could have something to fight against 03:16:03
and so in this way you can see at one 03:16:09
and so in this way you can see at one 03:16:13
and so in this way you can see at one level that the evil side of things is 03:16:13
level that the evil side of things is 03:16:18
level that the evil side of things is part of the total harmony it must be 03:16:18
part of the total harmony it must be 03:16:20
part of the total harmony it must be there but that the function of its being 03:16:20
there but that the function of its being 03:16:24
there but that the function of its being there is to give you something to chew 03:16:24
there is to give you something to chew 03:16:27
there is to give you something to chew on to work out you will never get rid of 03:16:27
on to work out you will never get rid of 03:16:32
on to work out you will never get rid of it but the joy of life is being in the 03:16:32
it but the joy of life is being in the 03:16:35
it but the joy of life is being in the process of getting rid of it so in other 03:16:35
process of getting rid of it so in other 03:16:39
process of getting rid of it so in other words you might say that the function of 03:16:39
words you might say that the function of 03:16:41
words you might say that the function of the devil is to be always losing the 03:16:41
the devil is to be always losing the 03:16:46
the devil is to be always losing the battle but never finally lost and the 03:16:46
battle but never finally lost and the 03:16:52
battle but never finally lost and the function of the good side is to be 03:16:52
function of the good side is to be 03:16:54
function of the good side is to be always winning the battle but never to 03:16:54
always winning the battle but never to 03:16:56
always winning the battle but never to be the victor and by this means the part 03:16:56
be the victor and by this means the part 03:17:02
be the victor and by this means the part is kept boiling interest is kept up and 03:17:02
is kept boiling interest is kept up and 03:17:05
is kept boiling interest is kept up and everything is kept moving so that of 03:17:05
everything is kept moving so that of 03:17:08
everything is kept moving so that of course if we solve certain economic 03:17:08
course if we solve certain economic 03:17:10
course if we solve certain economic problems for example and we have a world 03:17:10
problems for example and we have a world 03:17:14
problems for example and we have a world where people are not committed to 03:17:14
where people are not committed to 03:17:17
where people are not committed to drudgery we shall discover social evil 03:17:17
drudgery we shall discover social evil 03:17:21
drudgery we shall discover social evil in some new form it's exactly the same 03:17:21
in some new form it's exactly the same 03:17:25
in some new form it's exactly the same is when you are worried sick about money 03:17:25
is when you are worried sick about money 03:17:27
is when you are worried sick about money and are you going to make the payments 03:17:27
and are you going to make the payments 03:17:28
and are you going to make the payments on the house and the car and all that 03:17:28
on the house and the car and all that 03:17:30
on the house and the car and all that the insurance you think if only I could 03:17:30
the insurance you think if only I could 03:17:33
the insurance you think if only I could have a lot more money I'd be so happy 03:17:33
have a lot more money I'd be so happy 03:17:34
have a lot more money I'd be so happy and then somehow you get it and for a 03:17:34
and then somehow you get it and for a 03:17:38
and then somehow you get it and for a few days you're ecstatic and walking on 03:17:38
few days you're ecstatic and walking on 03:17:40
few days you're ecstatic and walking on air then you suddenly realize that you 03:17:40
air then you suddenly realize that you 03:17:45
air then you suddenly realize that you might get sick or that someone the 03:17:45
might get sick or that someone the 03:17:50
might get sick or that someone the government or burglars or something 03:17:50
government or burglars or something 03:17:52
government or burglars or something might take your money away from you and 03:17:52
might take your money away from you and 03:17:54
might take your money away from you and you start worrying about that with just 03:17:54
you start worrying about that with just 03:17:57
you start worrying about that with just the same intensity as you had formerly 03:17:57
the same intensity as you had formerly 03:18:00
the same intensity as you had formerly worried about not having enough money so 03:18:00
worried about not having enough money so 03:18:05
worried about not having enough money so we always find if you are a worried bird 03:18:05
we always find if you are a worried bird 03:18:08
we always find if you are a worried bird you will always find something to worry 03:18:08
you will always find something to worry 03:18:10
you will always find something to worry about it no matter what happens in your 03:18:10
about it no matter what happens in your 03:18:13
about it no matter what happens in your external circumstances and so we may be 03:18:13
external circumstances and so we may be 03:18:16
external circumstances and so we may be assured that when the human race goes to 03:18:16
assured that when the human race goes to 03:18:19
assured that when the human race goes to full economic prosperity and there is 03:18:19
full economic prosperity and there is 03:18:21
full economic prosperity and there is nothing 03:18:21
nothing 03:18:22
nothing to be worried about in the way of 03:18:22
to be worried about in the way of 03:18:24
to be worried about in the way of housing and clothing and food that we 03:18:24
housing and clothing and food that we 03:18:27
housing and clothing and food that we shall instead worry quite fervently 03:18:27
shall instead worry quite fervently 03:18:29
shall instead worry quite fervently about something else because you see we 03:18:29
about something else because you see we 03:18:35
about something else because you see we are always really in the same place this 03:18:35
are always really in the same place this 03:18:38
are always really in the same place this is the basic understanding of relativity 03:18:38
it always reminds me of so Cedric 03:18:46
it always reminds me of so Cedric 03:18:49
it always reminds me of so Cedric Hardwicke when asked about his life he 03:18:49
Hardwicke when asked about his life he 03:18:54
Hardwicke when asked about his life he died just a little while ago and he 03:18:54
died just a little while ago and he 03:18:56
died just a little while ago and he lived there for across the centuries he 03:18:56
lived there for across the centuries he 03:19:02
lived there for across the centuries he said if I had really had my wish as to 03:19:02
said if I had really had my wish as to 03:19:06
said if I had really had my wish as to when I would have liked to live I would 03:19:06
when I would have liked to live I would 03:19:08
when I would have liked to live I would have liked to have been a grown adult in 03:19:08
have liked to have been a grown adult in 03:19:10
have liked to have been a grown adult in the high Victorian age with penicillin 03:19:10
the high Victorian age with penicillin 03:19:15
the high Victorian age with penicillin [Laughter] 03:19:15
now those of us therefore who remember 03:19:24
now those of us therefore who remember 03:19:28
now those of us therefore who remember from childhood the abominable dentistry 03:19:28
from childhood the abominable dentistry 03:19:32
from childhood the abominable dentistry of the British are very thankful indeed 03:19:32
of the British are very thankful indeed 03:19:35
of the British are very thankful indeed for American dentistry I remember as a 03:19:35
for American dentistry I remember as a 03:19:39
for American dentistry I remember as a boy that dentistry was just torture and 03:19:39
boy that dentistry was just torture and 03:19:42
boy that dentistry was just torture and the American dentists have changed all 03:19:42
the American dentists have changed all 03:19:45
the American dentists have changed all that I am therefore in a position of 03:19:45
that I am therefore in a position of 03:19:48
that I am therefore in a position of relativity to remember this change and 03:19:48
relativity to remember this change and 03:19:51
relativity to remember this change and still feel its effect and I'm very 03:19:51
still feel its effect and I'm very 03:19:53
still feel its effect and I'm very grateful for it but my children who are 03:19:53
grateful for it but my children who are 03:19:58
grateful for it but my children who are accustomed to fine American dentistry 03:19:58
accustomed to fine American dentistry 03:20:00
accustomed to fine American dentistry from the beginning are less appreciative 03:20:00
from the beginning are less appreciative 03:20:03
from the beginning are less appreciative of the situation and therefore have 03:20:03
of the situation and therefore have 03:20:05
of the situation and therefore have other worries so you see when I would 03:20:05
other worries so you see when I would 03:20:14
other worries so you see when I would say one of the great philosophical 03:20:14
say one of the great philosophical 03:20:16
say one of the great philosophical questions is are we going to make it 03:20:16
questions is are we going to make it 03:20:21
questions is are we going to make it that all beings at every scale 03:20:21
that all beings at every scale 03:20:24
that all beings at every scale whatsoever from the angels and gods at 03:20:24
whatsoever from the angels and gods at 03:20:29
whatsoever from the angels and gods at the very highest development of 03:20:29
the very highest development of 03:20:30
the very highest development of evolution down to the most obscure 03:20:30
evolution down to the most obscure 03:20:33
evolution down to the most obscure little creepy crawlies all feel about 03:20:33
little creepy crawlies all feel about 03:20:38
little creepy crawlies all feel about life the same way how are we going to 03:20:38
life the same way how are we going to 03:20:42
life the same way how are we going to make it an Angels problem is a very 03:20:42
make it an Angels problem is a very 03:20:46
make it an Angels problem is a very different kind of problem from the 03:20:46
different kind of problem from the 03:20:48
different kind of problem from the problem of a common worm about as 03:20:48
problem of a common worm about as 03:20:54
problem of a common worm about as meister eckhart said if a stone were as 03:20:54
meister eckhart said if a stone were as 03:20:57
meister eckhart said if a stone were as aware as an angel a stone could be as 03:20:57
aware as an angel a stone could be as 03:21:00
aware as an angel a stone could be as happy as an angel or perhaps as 03:21:00
happy as an angel or perhaps as 03:21:03
happy as an angel or perhaps as miserable it is said in the holy texts 03:21:03
miserable it is said in the holy texts 03:21:08
miserable it is said in the holy texts of christianity that there are occasions 03:21:08
of christianity that there are occasions 03:21:10
of christianity that there are occasions upon which the Angels weep what sort of 03:21:10
upon which the Angels weep what sort of 03:21:14
upon which the Angels weep what sort of thing would make an angel weep here you 03:21:14
thing would make an angel weep here you 03:21:23
thing would make an angel weep here you see the problem of life at every level 03:21:23
see the problem of life at every level 03:21:26
see the problem of life at every level of evolution in the whole thing it's 03:21:26
of evolution in the whole thing it's 03:21:28
of evolution in the whole thing it's always the same blue sash our Bissell mm 03:21:28
always the same blue sash our Bissell mm 03:21:31
always the same blue sash our Bissell mm shows more it changes the more it's the 03:21:31
shows more it changes the more it's the 03:21:33
shows more it changes the more it's the same thing because everybody's really in 03:21:33
same thing because everybody's really in 03:21:36
same thing because everybody's really in the same situation 03:21:36
the same situation 03:21:38
the same situation the great dare are we going to make it 03:21:38
the great dare are we going to make it 03:21:44
the great dare are we going to make it because this is the situation of the 03:21:44
because this is the situation of the 03:21:46
because this is the situation of the cosmos the cosmos when the Hindus say 03:21:46
cosmos the cosmos when the Hindus say 03:21:50
cosmos the cosmos when the Hindus say God is playing hide and seek with 03:21:50
God is playing hide and seek with 03:21:53
God is playing hide and seek with himself and every now and then the 03:21:53
himself and every now and then the 03:21:55
himself and every now and then the Brahman the supreme self deliberately 03:21:55
Brahman the supreme self deliberately 03:21:59
Brahman the supreme self deliberately falls into the illusion of Maya and 03:21:59
falls into the illusion of Maya and 03:22:02
falls into the illusion of Maya and pretends that he's all of us 03:22:02
pretends that he's all of us 03:22:04
pretends that he's all of us well that's God also saying how far out 03:22:04
well that's God also saying how far out 03:22:08
well that's God also saying how far out can I get next time around yeah yeah am 03:22:08
can I get next time around yeah yeah am 03:22:13
can I get next time around yeah yeah am I going to make it and therefore thinks 03:22:13
I going to make it and therefore thinks 03:22:16
I going to make it and therefore thinks up some fantastic way of getting lost we 03:22:16
up some fantastic way of getting lost we 03:22:19
up some fantastic way of getting lost we are one of these ways you see and 03:22:19
are one of these ways you see and 03:22:23
are one of these ways you see and creates the horrors and the shudders and 03:22:23
creates the horrors and the shudders and 03:22:26
creates the horrors and the shudders and most appalling situations in each one of 03:22:26
most appalling situations in each one of 03:22:31
most appalling situations in each one of which says am I going to make it and the 03:22:31
which says am I going to make it and the 03:22:36
which says am I going to make it and the answer is no you're not gonna make 03:22:36
you're gonna get away with it for a 03:22:45
you're gonna get away with it for a 03:22:48
you're gonna get away with it for a while yeah you'll get away with it for a 03:22:48
while yeah you'll get away with it for a 03:22:50
while yeah you'll get away with it for a while but in the end no you're not gonna 03:22:50
while but in the end no you're not gonna 03:22:52
while but in the end no you're not gonna make it oh why not but for obvious 03:22:52
make it oh why not but for obvious 03:22:57
make it oh why not but for obvious reasons look at a star a star is a great 03:22:57
reasons look at a star a star is a great 03:23:04
reasons look at a star a star is a great burst of fire see well the question is 03:23:04
burst of fire see well the question is 03:23:09
burst of fire see well the question is how far to go the fire goes out and out 03:23:09
how far to go the fire goes out and out 03:23:14
how far to go the fire goes out and out and out and out and out and then 03:23:14
and out and out and out and then 03:23:15
and out and out and out and then suddenly it begins to fade the energy 03:23:15
suddenly it begins to fade the energy 03:23:17
suddenly it begins to fade the energy falls away and there's darkness unless 03:23:17
falls away and there's darkness unless 03:23:21
falls away and there's darkness unless something is there to reflect the more 03:23:21
something is there to reflect the more 03:23:24
something is there to reflect the more tenuous form of the fire which is light 03:23:24
tenuous form of the fire which is light 03:23:27
tenuous form of the fire which is light that is being thrown out to immense 03:23:27
that is being thrown out to immense 03:23:29
that is being thrown out to immense distances but eventually light gives up 03:23:29
distances but eventually light gives up 03:23:32
distances but eventually light gives up and that's why some of the farthest 03:23:32
and that's why some of the farthest 03:23:35
and that's why some of the farthest galaxies are beginning to disappear 03:23:35
galaxies are beginning to disappear 03:23:38
galaxies are beginning to disappear because it's too far for the light it 03:23:38
because it's too far for the light it 03:23:40
because it's too far for the light it gives up eventually because if there 03:23:40
gives up eventually because if there 03:23:44
gives up eventually because if there isn't a point you see where the light 03:23:44
isn't a point you see where the light 03:23:45
isn't a point you see where the light gives up all the radiance gives up it 03:23:45
gives up all the radiance gives up it 03:23:50
gives up all the radiance gives up it fills everything and therefore has no 03:23:50
fills everything and therefore has no 03:23:54
fills everything and therefore has no way of realizing itself because you can 03:23:54
way of realizing itself because you can 03:23:57
way of realizing itself because you can only realize light by the contrast of 03:23:57
only realize light by the contrast of 03:23:59
only realize light by the contrast of darkness and that's why then you as a 03:23:59
darkness and that's why then you as a 03:24:03
darkness and that's why then you as a ray which shoots out of the Godhead will 03:24:03
ray which shoots out of the Godhead will 03:24:08
ray which shoots out of the Godhead will say are we going to make it in other 03:24:08
say are we going to make it in other 03:24:11
say are we going to make it in other words how long a ray there to be it'd be 03:24:11
words how long a ray there to be it'd be 03:24:14
words how long a ray there to be it'd be a long long ray or a little short one 03:24:14
a long long ray or a little short one 03:24:17
a long long ray or a little short one and some people think well if I'm only a 03:24:17
and some people think well if I'm only a 03:24:21
and some people think well if I'm only a short ray it's not really a great 03:24:21
short ray it's not really a great 03:24:22
short ray it's not really a great success I want to be a long ray I want 03:24:22
success I want to be a long ray I want 03:24:26
success I want to be a long ray I want to live till I'm 90 or maybe a hundred 03:24:26
to live till I'm 90 or maybe a hundred 03:24:28
to live till I'm 90 or maybe a hundred get longer and longer then you must 03:24:28
get longer and longer then you must 03:24:31
get longer and longer then you must listen to the Zen poem which says in the 03:24:31
listen to the Zen poem which says in the 03:24:36
listen to the Zen poem which says in the spring in the scenery of spring 03:24:36
spring in the scenery of spring 03:24:39
spring in the scenery of spring there is nothing superior nothing 03:24:39
there is nothing superior nothing 03:24:42
there is nothing superior nothing inferior flowering branches grow 03:24:42
inferior flowering branches grow 03:24:45
inferior flowering branches grow naturally some short some long 03:24:45
naturally some short some long 03:24:49
naturally some short some long and when one of the great Zen masters 03:24:49
and when one of the great Zen masters 03:24:53
and when one of the great Zen masters was asked about the meaning of Buddhism 03:24:53
was asked about the meaning of Buddhism 03:24:57
was asked about the meaning of Buddhism he said to the Enquirer wait till 03:24:57
he said to the Enquirer wait till 03:25:00
he said to the Enquirer wait till there's no one around and I'll tell you 03:25:00
there's no one around and I'll tell you 03:25:03
there's no one around and I'll tell you when there was no one around he took 03:25:03
when there was no one around he took 03:25:08
when there was no one around he took this Enquirer out into the garden and 03:25:08
this Enquirer out into the garden and 03:25:10
this Enquirer out into the garden and pointed at the bamboos and The Enquirer 03:25:10
pointed at the bamboos and The Enquirer 03:25:16
pointed at the bamboos and The Enquirer said I don't understand and he said what 03:25:16
said I don't understand and he said what 03:25:20
said I don't understand and he said what a long bamboo that one is what a short 03:25:20
a long bamboo that one is what a short 03:25:22
a long bamboo that one is what a short one that so what a long way that one is 03:25:22
one that so what a long way that one is 03:25:31
one that so what a long way that one is what a short one that is see if you look 03:25:31
what a short one that is see if you look 03:25:36
what a short one that is see if you look at some sort of stellar form object it 03:25:36
at some sort of stellar form object it 03:25:42
at some sort of stellar form object it adds great interest to it if it's rays 03:25:42
adds great interest to it if it's rays 03:25:45
adds great interest to it if it's rays are of unequal length if they're all 03:25:45
are of unequal length if they're all 03:25:48
are of unequal length if they're all equal it looks sort of flat and 03:25:48
equal it looks sort of flat and 03:25:49
equal it looks sort of flat and mechanical by having all sorts of 03:25:49
mechanical by having all sorts of 03:25:53
mechanical by having all sorts of different lengths as you find them in 03:25:53
different lengths as you find them in 03:25:54
different lengths as you find them in some of those gorgeous radiolaria 03:25:54
some of those gorgeous radiolaria 03:25:56
some of those gorgeous radiolaria creatures that are minut and amount 03:25:56
creatures that are minut and amount 03:26:00
creatures that are minut and amount fools of the ocean you see all these 03:26:00
fools of the ocean you see all these 03:26:03
fools of the ocean you see all these there's a certain balance of length 03:26:03
there's a certain balance of length 03:26:05
there's a certain balance of length there's a certain average which gives it 03:26:05
there's a certain average which gives it 03:26:07
there's a certain average which gives it a globular form but many different 03:26:07
a globular form but many different 03:26:10
a globular form but many different lengths in the stems so you see are we 03:26:10
lengths in the stems so you see are we 03:26:16
lengths in the stems so you see are we gonna make it how far out can you get 03:26:16
gonna make it how far out can you get 03:26:22
gonna make it how far out can you get this is always the question but then 03:26:22
this is always the question but then 03:26:25
this is always the question but then you're not gonna make it at that point 03:26:25
you're not gonna make it at that point 03:26:27
you're not gonna make it at that point the Ray finishes and we call that death 03:26:27
but you are actually not the Ray so much 03:26:33
but you are actually not the Ray so much 03:26:38
but you are actually not the Ray so much as the source of the Ray that's where 03:26:38
as the source of the Ray that's where 03:26:40
as the source of the Ray that's where you are ready and the sauce doesn't 03:26:40
you are ready and the sauce doesn't 03:26:42
you are ready and the sauce doesn't vanish you see the sauce is there always 03:26:42
vanish you see the sauce is there always 03:26:45
vanish you see the sauce is there always but is shooting out shooting out 03:26:45
but is shooting out shooting out 03:26:47
but is shooting out shooting out shooting out and then vanish 03:26:47
shooting out and then vanish 03:26:53
shooting out and then vanish so then if you remember that for that at 03:26:53
so then if you remember that for that at 03:26:56
so then if you remember that for that at every stage of the universe whether you 03:26:56
every stage of the universe whether you 03:27:01
every stage of the universe whether you are up there with the gods or whether 03:27:01
are up there with the gods or whether 03:27:03
are up there with the gods or whether you are down there with the what we 03:27:03
you are down there with the what we 03:27:07
you are down there with the what we could call human refuse you have you are 03:27:07
could call human refuse you have you are 03:27:11
could call human refuse you have you are basically in the same situation because 03:27:11
basically in the same situation because 03:27:14
basically in the same situation because everybody is basically in the same 03:27:14
everybody is basically in the same 03:27:16
everybody is basically in the same situation for the reason that everybody 03:27:16
situation for the reason that everybody 03:27:18
situation for the reason that everybody is basically the divine being working 03:27:18
is basically the divine being working 03:27:22
is basically the divine being working out the panorama of its life in millions 03:27:22
out the panorama of its life in millions 03:27:26
out the panorama of its life in millions of different ways and these differences 03:27:26
of different ways and these differences 03:27:28
of different ways and these differences of ways require spectra of many kinds 03:27:28
of ways require spectra of many kinds 03:27:33
of ways require spectra of many kinds there's the spectrum of color there's 03:27:33
there's the spectrum of color there's 03:27:36
there's the spectrum of color there's the spectrum of tones but there is also 03:27:36
the spectrum of tones but there is also 03:27:39
the spectrum of tones but there is also the spectrum of orders of being so that 03:27:39
the spectrum of orders of being so that 03:27:45
the spectrum of orders of being so that from the most minut animalcules right up 03:27:45
from the most minut animalcules right up 03:27:49
from the most minut animalcules right up through all kinds of animals through 03:27:49
through all kinds of animals through 03:27:52
through all kinds of animals through human beings of every grade to the gods 03:27:52
human beings of every grade to the gods 03:27:55
human beings of every grade to the gods you'll have a great spectrum and just as 03:27:55
you'll have a great spectrum and just as 03:28:00
you'll have a great spectrum and just as at one end of the spectrum you have 03:28:00
at one end of the spectrum you have 03:28:03
at one end of the spectrum you have purple and that the other you have red 03:28:03
purple and that the other you have red 03:28:05
purple and that the other you have red but now look what is purple purple is 03:28:05
but now look what is purple purple is 03:28:11
but now look what is purple purple is blue mixed with red spectrum goes right 03:28:11
blue mixed with red spectrum goes right 03:28:14
blue mixed with red spectrum goes right the way around and therefore if we say 03:28:14
the way around and therefore if we say 03:28:19
the way around and therefore if we say that do begin any end you want to but if 03:28:19
that do begin any end you want to but if 03:28:25
that do begin any end you want to but if we say that the purple end like the 03:28:25
we say that the purple end like the 03:28:28
we say that the purple end like the deeps of the waters of the very 03:28:28
deeps of the waters of the very 03:28:30
deeps of the waters of the very primitive forms of life and the red the 03:28:30
primitive forms of life and the red the 03:28:34
primitive forms of life and the red the most radiant they are actually if you 03:28:34
most radiant they are actually if you 03:28:38
most radiant they are actually if you see the spectrum as a circle they join 03:28:38
so that when you get up the only place 03:28:44
so that when you get up the only place 03:28:48
so that when you get up the only place to go is down 03:28:48
unless somehow you can go back into the 03:28:53
unless somehow you can go back into the 03:28:57
unless somehow you can go back into the white light at the center which is 03:28:57
white light at the center which is 03:29:02
white light at the center which is neither up nor down neither good nor bad 03:29:02
neither up nor down neither good nor bad 03:29:04
neither up nor down neither good nor bad just what there is substance so I think 03:29:04
just what there is substance so I think 03:29:10
just what there is substance so I think that one of the things that should be 03:29:10
that one of the things that should be 03:29:12
that one of the things that should be drawn is a symbol of a circular spectrum 03:29:12
drawn is a symbol of a circular spectrum 03:29:16
drawn is a symbol of a circular spectrum instead of one that's stretched out on a 03:29:16
instead of one that's stretched out on a 03:29:18
instead of one that's stretched out on a tape and that would tell something to 03:29:18
tape and that would tell something to 03:29:22
tape and that would tell something to people that no amount of words can 03:29:22
people that no amount of words can 03:29:24
people that no amount of words can convey it would speak to the unconscious 03:29:24
convey it would speak to the unconscious 03:29:28
convey it would speak to the unconscious in us to the depth of understanding that 03:29:28
in us to the depth of understanding that 03:29:31
in us to the depth of understanding that are much more subtle than our 03:29:31
are much more subtle than our 03:29:33
are much more subtle than our intellectual thinking and everybody 03:29:33
intellectual thinking and everybody 03:29:36
intellectual thinking and everybody could see this everywhere and it would 03:29:36
could see this everywhere and it would 03:29:38
could see this everywhere and it would convey the message about 03:29:38
convey the message about 03:29:40
convey the message about ring-around-the-rosy 03:29:40
as is said in the Chinese texts of drunk 03:29:43
as is said in the Chinese texts of drunk 03:29:48
as is said in the Chinese texts of drunk sir what is the center of a circle the 03:29:48
sir what is the center of a circle the 03:29:52
sir what is the center of a circle the center of a circle the true center is 03:29:52
center of a circle the true center is 03:29:54
center of a circle the true center is any point on the circumference because 03:29:54
any point on the circumference because 03:29:58
any point on the circumference because you can start the circle anywhere and 03:29:58
you can start the circle anywhere and 03:30:01
you can start the circle anywhere and finish it anything so there's a Cohen in 03:30:01
finish it anything so there's a Cohen in 03:30:05
finish it anything so there's a Cohen in Zen which says Indra built a seamless 03:30:05
Zen which says Indra built a seamless 03:30:08
Zen which says Indra built a seamless tower you know when a sleeve has a seam 03:30:08
tower you know when a sleeve has a seam 03:30:12
tower you know when a sleeve has a seam on it this is a zip where where the 03:30:12
on it this is a zip where where the 03:30:14
on it this is a zip where where the cloth begins and have to take it round 03:30:14
cloth begins and have to take it round 03:30:16
cloth begins and have to take it round and sew it so it has a seam now imagine 03:30:16
and sew it so it has a seam now imagine 03:30:19
and sew it so it has a seam now imagine here's a tower but it has no seam Indra 03:30:19
here's a tower but it has no seam Indra 03:30:26
here's a tower but it has no seam Indra built the seamless tower where did he 03:30:26
built the seamless tower where did he 03:30:28
built the seamless tower where did he begin 03:30:28
so in in the in nature then one has this 03:30:33
so in in the in nature then one has this 03:30:39
so in in the in nature then one has this seamless order where every point on it 03:30:39
seamless order where every point on it 03:30:44
seamless order where every point on it is central and therefore feels in the 03:30:44
is central and therefore feels in the 03:30:47
is central and therefore feels in the same situation envying those above and 03:30:47
same situation envying those above and 03:30:50
same situation envying those above and pitying those below and there is always 03:30:50
pitying those below and there is always 03:30:53
pitying those below and there is always a below maybe the most primitive 03:30:53
a below maybe the most primitive 03:30:56
a below maybe the most primitive animalcules imaginable have pity on the 03:30:56
animalcules imaginable have pity on the 03:30:59
animalcules imaginable have pity on the angels so let's take an intermission 03:30:59
[Applause] 03:31:08
you 03:32:21
you 03:32:29