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now then in these Asiatic traditions it 00:00:15
now then in these Asiatic traditions it 00:00:20
now then in these Asiatic traditions it is well recognised that people who get 00:00:20
is well recognised that people who get 00:00:24
is well recognised that people who get the knowledge that your it may very well 00:00:24
the knowledge that your it may very well 00:00:28
the knowledge that your it may very well run amok and therefore they always 00:00:28
run amok and therefore they always 00:00:31
run amok and therefore they always couple any method of gaining this 00:00:31
couple any method of gaining this 00:00:34
couple any method of gaining this whether it is yoga whether it is smoking 00:00:34
whether it is yoga whether it is smoking 00:00:37
whether it is yoga whether it is smoking something or drinking something or 00:00:37
something or drinking something or 00:00:39
something or drinking something or whatever is the method they always 00:00:39
whatever is the method they always 00:00:41
whatever is the method they always couple it with a discipline now I know 00:00:41
couple it with a discipline now I know 00:00:44
couple it with a discipline now I know the word discipline isn't very popular 00:00:44
the word discipline isn't very popular 00:00:45
the word discipline isn't very popular these days and I would like to have a 00:00:45
these days and I would like to have a 00:00:50
these days and I would like to have a new word for it because most people who 00:00:50
new word for it because most people who 00:00:54
new word for it because most people who teach disciplines don't teach them very 00:00:54
teach disciplines don't teach them very 00:00:56
teach disciplines don't teach them very well they teach it with a kind of 00:00:56
well they teach it with a kind of 00:00:59
well they teach it with a kind of violence as if a discipline was 00:00:59
violence as if a discipline was 00:01:02
violence as if a discipline was something that is it going to be 00:01:02
something that is it going to be 00:01:04
something that is it going to be extremely unpleasant and then you're 00:01:04
extremely unpleasant and then you're 00:01:06
extremely unpleasant and then you're going to have to put up with but that's 00:01:06
going to have to put up with but that's 00:01:09
going to have to put up with but that's not the real secret of discipline I 00:01:09
not the real secret of discipline I 00:01:11
not the real secret of discipline I would prefer to use the word skill 00:01:11
would prefer to use the word skill 00:01:13
would prefer to use the word skill discipline is a way of expression say 00:01:13
discipline is a way of expression say 00:01:17
discipline is a way of expression say you want to express your feelings in 00:01:17
you want to express your feelings in 00:01:20
you want to express your feelings in stone now stone doesn't give way very 00:01:20
stone now stone doesn't give way very 00:01:23
stone now stone doesn't give way very easily it's tough stuff and so you have 00:01:23
easily it's tough stuff and so you have 00:01:27
easily it's tough stuff and so you have to learn the skill or the discipline of 00:01:27
to learn the skill or the discipline of 00:01:29
to learn the skill or the discipline of the sculptor in order to express 00:01:29
the sculptor in order to express 00:01:31
the sculptor in order to express yourself in stone so in every other way 00:01:31
yourself in stone so in every other way 00:01:33
yourself in stone so in every other way whatever you do you require a skill and 00:01:33
whatever you do you require a skill and 00:01:36
whatever you do you require a skill and its enormous ly important to understand 00:01:36
its enormous ly important to understand 00:01:39
its enormous ly important to understand that there is absolutely no possibility 00:01:39
that there is absolutely no possibility 00:01:42
that there is absolutely no possibility of having any pleasure in life at all 00:01:42
of having any pleasure in life at all 00:01:44
of having any pleasure in life at all without skill money doesn't buy pleasure 00:01:44
without skill money doesn't buy pleasure 00:01:48
without skill money doesn't buy pleasure ever look if you want to get stoned 00:01:48
ever look if you want to get stoned 00:01:53
ever look if you want to get stoned drunk and go out and get a bottle of 00:01:53
drunk and go out and get a bottle of 00:01:56
drunk and go out and get a bottle of bourbon and damn it you can't do that 00:01:56
bourbon and damn it you can't do that 00:01:59
bourbon and damn it you can't do that except for people who have practiced 00:01:59
except for people who have practiced 00:02:01
except for people who have practiced that distillers art you can't even make 00:02:01
that distillers art you can't even make 00:02:04
that distillers art you can't even make love without art where I live in 00:02:04
love without art where I live in 00:02:07
love without art where I live in Sausalito we have a harbor full of ever 00:02:07
Sausalito we have a harbor full of ever 00:02:11
Sausalito we have a harbor full of ever so many pleasure craft motor cruisers 00:02:11
so many pleasure craft motor cruisers 00:02:13
so many pleasure craft motor cruisers sailing boats all kinds of things and 00:02:13
sailing boats all kinds of things and 00:02:15
sailing boats all kinds of things and they never leave the dock 00:02:15
they never leave the dock 00:02:19
they never leave the dock all that happens with them is their 00:02:19
all that happens with them is their 00:02:21
all that happens with them is their owners have cocktail parties there on 00:02:21
owners have cocktail parties there on 00:02:22
owners have cocktail parties there on Saturdays and Sundays because they 00:02:22
Saturdays and Sundays because they 00:02:24
Saturdays and Sundays because they discovered having bought these things 00:02:24
discovered having bought these things 00:02:26
discovered having bought these things that the discipline of sailing is 00:02:26
that the discipline of sailing is 00:02:28
that the discipline of sailing is difficult to learn and takes a lot of 00:02:28
difficult to learn and takes a lot of 00:02:30
difficult to learn and takes a lot of time and they didn't have time for it so 00:02:30
time and they didn't have time for it so 00:02:33
time and they didn't have time for it so they just bought the thing as a status 00:02:33
they just bought the thing as a status 00:02:35
they just bought the thing as a status symbol so in other words you can't have 00:02:35
symbol so in other words you can't have 00:02:39
symbol so in other words you can't have pleasure in life without skill but it 00:02:39
pleasure in life without skill but it 00:02:42
pleasure in life without skill but it isn't a unpleasant task to learn a skill 00:02:42
isn't a unpleasant task to learn a skill 00:02:46
isn't a unpleasant task to learn a skill if the teacher in the first place gets 00:02:46
if the teacher in the first place gets 00:02:50
if the teacher in the first place gets you fascinated with it there is immense 00:02:50
you fascinated with it there is immense 00:02:53
you fascinated with it there is immense pleasure in learning how to do anything 00:02:53
pleasure in learning how to do anything 00:02:56
pleasure in learning how to do anything skillfully to make carpentry things to 00:02:56
skillfully to make carpentry things to 00:03:00
skillfully to make carpentry things to cook to write to calculate anything you 00:03:00
cook to write to calculate anything you 00:03:03
cook to write to calculate anything you want can be immensely pleasurable to 00:03:03
want can be immensely pleasurable to 00:03:05
want can be immensely pleasurable to learn the discipline and it is 00:03:05
learn the discipline and it is 00:03:09
learn the discipline and it is completely indispensable because look 00:03:09
completely indispensable because look 00:03:12
completely indispensable because look you may be a very inspired musician I am 00:03:12
you may be a very inspired musician I am 00:03:16
you may be a very inspired musician I am NOT a musical technologist you see and I 00:03:16
NOT a musical technologist you see and I 00:03:18
NOT a musical technologist you see and I regret it but I'm a word word 00:03:18
regret it but I'm a word word 00:03:20
regret it but I'm a word word technologist but I can hear in my head 00:03:20
technologist but I can hear in my head 00:03:23
technologist but I can hear in my head all kinds of symphonies and all kinds of 00:03:23
all kinds of symphonies and all kinds of 00:03:26
all kinds of symphonies and all kinds of marvelous compositions but I don't have 00:03:26
marvelous compositions but I don't have 00:03:28
marvelous compositions but I don't have the technique to write them down on 00:03:28
the technique to write them down on 00:03:30
the technique to write them down on paper and share them to somebody else 00:03:30
paper and share them to somebody else 00:03:32
paper and share them to somebody else too bad 00:03:32
too bad 00:03:34
too bad maybe next time around 00:03:34
but you see so far as words are 00:03:41
but you see so far as words are 00:03:44
but you see so far as words are concerned I can express ideas because I 00:03:44
concerned I can express ideas because I 00:03:47
concerned I can express ideas because I have studied language and I work very 00:03:47
have studied language and I work very 00:03:50
have studied language and I work very hard not that I didn't like it I 00:03:50
hard not that I didn't like it I 00:03:52
hard not that I didn't like it I intensely enjoy the work of writing a 00:03:52
intensely enjoy the work of writing a 00:03:55
intensely enjoy the work of writing a book although it is difficult but it's 00:03:55
book although it is difficult but it's 00:03:58
book although it is difficult but it's fascinating to say what can never 00:03:58
fascinating to say what can never 00:04:01
fascinating to say what can never possibly be said so would you see what's 00:04:01
possibly be said so would you see what's 00:04:08
possibly be said so would you see what's happening what you have to do you have 00:04:08
happening what you have to do you have 00:04:10
happening what you have to do you have inspiration but then you have to have 00:04:10
inspiration but then you have to have 00:04:13
inspiration but then you have to have technique to incarnate to express your 00:04:13
technique to incarnate to express your 00:04:16
technique to incarnate to express your inspiration that is to say to bring 00:04:16
inspiration that is to say to bring 00:04:19
inspiration that is to say to bring heaven down to earth and to express 00:04:19
heaven down to earth and to express 00:04:23
heaven down to earth and to express heaven in terms of Earth of course they 00:04:23
heaven in terms of Earth of course they 00:04:26
heaven in terms of Earth of course they are really one behind the scenes but 00:04:26
are really one behind the scenes but 00:04:29
are really one behind the scenes but there's no way of pointing it out unless 00:04:29
there's no way of pointing it out unless 00:04:32
there's no way of pointing it out unless you do something skillful you see we are 00:04:32
you do something skillful you see we are 00:04:34
you do something skillful you see we are all at the moment absolutely in the 00:04:34
all at the moment absolutely in the 00:04:36
all at the moment absolutely in the midst of the beatific vision we are all 00:04:36
midst of the beatific vision we are all 00:04:39
midst of the beatific vision we are all one with the divine or someone I don't 00:04:39
one with the divine or someone I don't 00:04:43
one with the divine or someone I don't like that sort of wishy-washy language 00:04:43
like that sort of wishy-washy language 00:04:44
like that sort of wishy-washy language but we are all there but we are so much 00:04:44
but we are all there but we are so much 00:04:48
but we are all there but we are so much there that we like fish in water they 00:04:48
there that we like fish in water they 00:04:51
there that we like fish in water they don't know they're in water like the 00:04:51
don't know they're in water like the 00:04:53
don't know they're in water like the birds don't know they're in the air 00:04:53
birds don't know they're in the air 00:04:54
birds don't know they're in the air because it's all around them and the 00:04:54
because it's all around them and the 00:04:56
because it's all around them and the same way we don't know what the color of 00:04:56
same way we don't know what the color of 00:04:58
same way we don't know what the color of our eyes is I don't mean whether you've 00:04:58
our eyes is I don't mean whether you've 00:05:00
our eyes is I don't mean whether you've got blue or brown eyes for the colour of 00:05:00
got blue or brown eyes for the colour of 00:05:01
got blue or brown eyes for the colour of the lens of your eye you call that 00:05:01
the lens of your eye you call that 00:05:03
the lens of your eye you call that transparent no colour see because you 00:05:03
transparent no colour see because you 00:05:06
transparent no colour see because you can't see it but it's basic to being 00:05:06
can't see it but it's basic to being 00:05:08
can't see it but it's basic to being able to see anything so in order to find 00:05:08
able to see anything so in order to find 00:05:12
able to see anything so in order to find out where you are there has to be some 00:05:12
out where you are there has to be some 00:05:15
out where you are there has to be some way of drawing attention to it and that 00:05:15
way of drawing attention to it and that 00:05:18
way of drawing attention to it and that involves skill 00:05:18
involves skill 00:05:19
involves skill [Music] 00:05:19
you 00:05:25