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the owner had a tremendous humor and he 00:00:00

the owner had a tremendous humor and he 00:00:04

the owner had a tremendous humor and he knew that nobody can be completely 00:00:04

knew that nobody can be completely 00:00:07

knew that nobody can be completely honest that you will try and they will 00:00:07

honest that you will try and they will 00:00:11

honest that you will try and they will have a great deal of success in 00:00:11

have a great deal of success in 00:00:14

have a great deal of success in exploring your motivations and your dark 00:00:14

exploring your motivations and your dark 00:00:18

exploring your motivations and your dark unconscious depths but there will be a 00:00:18

unconscious depths but there will be a 00:00:21

unconscious depths but there will be a certain point at which you will say well 00:00:21

certain point at which you will say well 00:00:24

certain point at which you will say well I've had enough of that do you see how 00:00:24

I've had enough of that do you see how 00:00:29

I've had enough of that do you see how in a strange way there's a certain 00:00:29

in a strange way there's a certain 00:00:31

in a strange way there's a certain sanity in that when a person in doubt is 00:00:31

sanity in that when a person in doubt is 00:00:40

sanity in that when a person in doubt is in a certain kind of duplicity of 00:00:40

in a certain kind of duplicity of 00:00:42

in a certain kind of duplicity of deception there is something you all 00:00:42

deception there is something you all 00:00:46

deception there is something you all laughed when I said that it was 00:00:46

laughed when I said that it was 00:00:47

laughed when I said that it was something humorous about it 00:00:47

something humorous about it 00:00:48

something humorous about it and this humor is very funny thing 00:00:48

and this humor is very funny thing 00:00:58

and this humor is very funny thing basically humor is an attitude of 00:00:58

basically humor is an attitude of 00:01:00

basically humor is an attitude of laughter about oneself there is 00:01:00

laughter about oneself there is 00:01:04

laughter about oneself there is malicious humor or which is laughing at 00:01:04

malicious humor or which is laughing at 00:01:06

malicious humor or which is laughing at other people but real deep humor is 00:01:06

other people but real deep humor is 00:01:10

other people but real deep humor is laughter at oneself now why 00:01:10

laughter at oneself now why 00:01:12

laughter at oneself now why fundamentally do you laugh about 00:01:12

fundamentally do you laugh about 00:01:13

fundamentally do you laugh about yourself what makes you laugh about 00:01:13

yourself what makes you laugh about 00:01:16

yourself what makes you laugh about yourself isn't it because you know that 00:01:16

yourself isn't it because you know that 00:01:22

yourself isn't it because you know that there is a big difference between what 00:01:22

there is a big difference between what 00:01:24

there is a big difference between what goes on the outside and what goes on the 00:01:24

goes on the outside and what goes on the 00:01:26

goes on the outside and what goes on the inside that if I hint you see that your 00:01:26

inside that if I hint you see that your 00:01:34

inside that if I hint you see that your inside is the opposite of your outside 00:01:34

inside is the opposite of your outside 00:01:36

inside is the opposite of your outside it makes people laugh if I don't do it 00:01:36

it makes people laugh if I don't do it 00:01:38

it makes people laugh if I don't do it unkindly if I get up in the attitude of 00:01:38

unkindly if I get up in the attitude of 00:01:42

unkindly if I get up in the attitude of a preacher and say you're a bunch of 00:01:42

a preacher and say you're a bunch of 00:01:45

a preacher and say you're a bunch of miserable sinners and you ought to be 00:01:45

miserable sinners and you ought to be 00:01:47

miserable sinners and you ought to be different nobody laughs 00:01:47

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but if I say well after all boys will be 00:01:51

but if I say well after all boys will be 00:01:55

but if I say well after all boys will be boys we all know then then then people 00:01:55

boys we all know then then then people 00:01:59

boys we all know then then then people laughed now we see what's what's 00:01:59

laughed now we see what's what's 00:02:01

laughed now we see what's what's happening when we do that now I passed 00:02:01

happening when we do that now I passed 00:02:04

happening when we do that now I passed you around a lot of embroidery to look 00:02:04

you around a lot of embroidery to look 00:02:06

you around a lot of embroidery to look at before we started and I'm perfectly 00:02:06

at before we started and I'm perfectly 00:02:10

at before we started and I'm perfectly sure that you've got the point that 00:02:10

sure that you've got the point that 00:02:13

sure that you've got the point that there's a big difference between the 00:02:13

there's a big difference between the 00:02:15

there's a big difference between the front of the back in some forms of 00:02:15

front of the back in some forms of 00:02:19

front of the back in some forms of embroidery the back is very different 00:02:19

embroidery the back is very different 00:02:20

embroidery the back is very different from the front because people take 00:02:20

from the front because people take 00:02:22

from the front because people take shortcuts in the front everything is 00:02:22

shortcuts in the front everything is 00:02:25

shortcuts in the front everything is orderly and it is supposed to be kind of 00:02:25

orderly and it is supposed to be kind of 00:02:29

orderly and it is supposed to be kind of messy on the back side see which side 00:02:29

messy on the back side see which side 00:02:32

messy on the back side see which side will you wear you've got to be sure you 00:02:32

will you wear you've got to be sure you 00:02:36

will you wear you've got to be sure you get the front in the front have the back 00:02:36

get the front in the front have the back 00:02:38

get the front in the front have the back in the back the back has all the little 00:02:38

in the back the back has all the little 00:02:39

in the back the back has all the little tricks in it all the shortcuts all the 00:02:39

tricks in it all the shortcuts all the 00:02:41

tricks in it all the shortcuts all the low down that people don't acknowledge 00:02:41

low down that people don't acknowledge 00:02:43

low down that people don't acknowledge see and it's exactly the same with the 00:02:43

see and it's exactly the same with the 00:02:46

see and it's exactly the same with the way we live 00:02:46

way we live 00:02:47

way we live you know like sweeping the dust under 00:02:47

you know like sweeping the dust under 00:02:49

you know like sweeping the dust under the carpet in a hurry just before the 00:02:49

the carpet in a hurry just before the 00:02:50

the carpet in a hurry just before the guests come I mean we do ever so many 00:02:50

guests come I mean we do ever so many 00:02:53

guests come I mean we do ever so many things like that and if you don't do it 00:02:53

things like that and if you don't do it 00:02:56

things like that and if you don't do it if you don't think you do it and you 00:02:56

if you don't think you do it and you 00:02:58

if you don't think you do it and you think well really I have my embroidery 00:02:58

think well really I have my embroidery 00:03:00

think well really I have my embroidery is the same on both sides 00:03:00

is the same on both sides 00:03:02

is the same on both sides see well you're deceiving yourself 00:03:02

see well you're deceiving yourself 00:03:05

see well you're deceiving yourself because what you're doing is you're 00:03:05

because what you're doing is you're 00:03:07

because what you're doing is you're taking the shortcuts in another 00:03:07

taking the shortcuts in another 00:03:08

taking the shortcuts in another dimension which you're keeping out of 00:03:08

dimension which you're keeping out of 00:03:10

dimension which you're keeping out of consciousness 00:03:10

consciousness 00:03:11

consciousness everybody takes the shortcuts everybody 00:03:11

everybody takes the shortcuts everybody 00:03:14

everybody takes the shortcuts everybody plays tricks everybody has in himself an 00:03:14

plays tricks everybody has in himself an 00:03:20

plays tricks everybody has in himself an element of duplicity of deception 00:03:20

element of duplicity of deception 00:03:24

element of duplicity of deception because you see from this point of view 00:03:24

because you see from this point of view 00:03:27

because you see from this point of view that I'm discussing where the web is the 00:03:27

that I'm discussing where the web is the 00:03:29

that I'm discussing where the web is the trap to be is to deceive 00:03:29

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think of camouflage the chameleon who 00:03:39

think of camouflage the chameleon who 00:03:43

think of camouflage the chameleon who changes its color think of the butterfly 00:03:43

changes its color think of the butterfly 00:03:45

changes its color think of the butterfly pretending it has eyes think of the 00:03:45

pretending it has eyes think of the 00:03:50

pretending it has eyes think of the flower saying to the be like my honey 00:03:50

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bee says wow but then that means that 00:03:56

bee says wow but then that means that 00:04:01

bee says wow but then that means that the bee has to be and it has to go on 00:04:01

the bee has to be and it has to go on 00:04:03

the bee has to be and it has to go on living and all the trouble it takes to 00:04:03

living and all the trouble it takes to 00:04:05

living and all the trouble it takes to go around collecting honey and raising 00:04:05

go around collecting honey and raising 00:04:07

go around collecting honey and raising other bees and organizing itself and 00:04:07

other bees and organizing itself and 00:04:09

other bees and organizing itself and doing that dance which tells the other 00:04:09

doing that dance which tells the other 00:04:11

doing that dance which tells the other bees where there's more honey it's all 00:04:11

bees where there's more honey it's all 00:04:13

bees where there's more honey it's all that stuff to do as a flower I was 00:04:13

that stuff to do as a flower I was 00:04:16

that stuff to do as a flower I was deceptive now in the same way I've often 00:04:16

deceptive now in the same way I've often 00:04:21

deceptive now in the same way I've often said well life is is a drama and a drama 00:04:21

said well life is is a drama and a drama 00:04:24

said well life is is a drama and a drama is a deception it's a big act when you 00:04:24

is a deception it's a big act when you 00:04:28

is a deception it's a big act when you peel an onion and you don't really 00:04:28

peel an onion and you don't really 00:04:30

peel an onion and you don't really understand the nature of an onion you 00:04:30

understand the nature of an onion you 00:04:32

understand the nature of an onion you might look for the pit in the center 00:04:32

might look for the pit in the center 00:04:34

might look for the pit in the center like any ordinary fruit has but the 00:04:34

like any ordinary fruit has but the 00:04:37

like any ordinary fruit has but the onion doesn't have a center it's all 00:04:37

onion doesn't have a center it's all 00:04:40

onion doesn't have a center it's all skins so when you get right down there's 00:04:40

skins so when you get right down there's 00:04:43

skins so when you get right down there's nothing but a bunch of skins you say 00:04:43

nothing but a bunch of skins you say 00:04:46

nothing but a bunch of skins you say well that was a kind of disappointing 00:04:46

well that was a kind of disappointing 00:04:50

well that was a kind of disappointing but of course you have to understand 00:04:50

but of course you have to understand 00:04:54

but of course you have to understand that the skins were the part that you 00:04:54

that the skins were the part that you 00:04:56

that the skins were the part that you eat well in rather the same way see you 00:04:56

eat well in rather the same way see you 00:05:00

eat well in rather the same way see you find when you explore yourself in your 00:05:00

find when you explore yourself in your 00:05:03

find when you explore yourself in your motivations and you go through and 00:05:03

motivations and you go through and 00:05:05

motivations and you go through and through and you try to find out that 00:05:05

through and you try to find out that 00:05:06

through and you try to find out that thing which is really genuine that's why 00:05:06

thing which is really genuine that's why 00:05:10

thing which is really genuine that's why in Zen discipline they give you cones 00:05:10

in Zen discipline they give you cones 00:05:13

in Zen discipline they give you cones which require a perfectly genuine act an 00:05:13

which require a perfectly genuine act an 00:05:16

which require a perfectly genuine act an act of total and absolute sincerity and 00:05:16

act of total and absolute sincerity and 00:05:22

act of total and absolute sincerity and people knock themselves out trying to do 00:05:22

people knock themselves out trying to do 00:05:25

people knock themselves out trying to do this thing would they always know that 00:05:25

this thing would they always know that 00:05:26

this thing would they always know that the Masters going to catch him because 00:05:26

the Masters going to catch him because 00:05:29

the Masters going to catch him because he reads their thought you know that 00:05:29

he reads their thought you know that 00:05:31

he reads their thought you know that story of von Kleist about the man who 00:05:31

story of von Kleist about the man who 00:05:34

story of von Kleist about the man who had a fight with a bear and the bear 00:05:34

had a fight with a bear and the bear 00:05:37

had a fight with a bear and the bear could read his thoughts so that the only 00:05:37

could read his thoughts so that the only 00:05:40

could read his thoughts so that the only way of hitting the bear was to do so not 00:05:40

way of hitting the bear was to do so not 00:05:42

way of hitting the bear was to do so not on purpose because the bear would know 00:05:42

on purpose because the bear would know 00:05:46

on purpose because the bear would know in advance so it's the same in working 00:05:46

in advance so it's the same in working 00:05:48

in advance so it's the same in working with his Enma 00:05:48

with his Enma 00:05:48

with his Enma you have to do the genuine act not on 00:05:49

you have to do the genuine act not on 00:05:52

you have to do the genuine act not on purpose but since you're put in a 00:05:52

purpose but since you're put in a 00:05:57

purpose but since you're put in a situation where it's rather formal and 00:05:57

situation where it's rather formal and 00:06:00

situation where it's rather formal and you're supposed to do it on purpose 00:06:00

you're supposed to do it on purpose 00:06:02

you're supposed to do it on purpose you're stuck you see so you explore the 00:06:02

you're stuck you see so you explore the 00:06:09

you're stuck you see so you explore the onion and you go in and in in then 00:06:09

onion and you go in and in in then 00:06:14

onion and you go in and in in then you'll find well it's all a deception 00:06:14