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let's go back to the fundamental 00:00:03

let's go back to the fundamental 00:00:06

let's go back to the fundamental assumption that all people and this also 00:00:06

assumption that all people and this also 00:00:20

assumption that all people and this also includes all beings whatsoever but we're 00:00:20

includes all beings whatsoever but we're 00:00:23

includes all beings whatsoever but we're talking mainly of course about human 00:00:23

talking mainly of course about human 00:00:25

talking mainly of course about human beings all people are manifestations 00:00:25

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disguises of the total reality behind 00:00:39

disguises of the total reality behind 00:00:47

disguises of the total reality behind this cosmos and that if that is so there 00:00:47

this cosmos and that if that is so there 00:00:58

this cosmos and that if that is so there are not any mistakes in the world when 00:00:58

are not any mistakes in the world when 00:01:06

are not any mistakes in the world when you look at patterns on the phone of the 00:01:06

you look at patterns on the phone of the 00:01:11

you look at patterns on the phone of the breaking waves on the seashore and you 00:01:11

breaking waves on the seashore and you 00:01:14

breaking waves on the seashore and you look at the outlines of mountains in the 00:01:14

look at the outlines of mountains in the 00:01:18

look at the outlines of mountains in the grain in wood and the markings on marble 00:01:18

grain in wood and the markings on marble 00:01:23

grain in wood and the markings on marble you notice that it never makes an 00:01:23

you notice that it never makes an 00:01:25

you notice that it never makes an aesthetic mistake never also when you 00:01:25

aesthetic mistake never also when you 00:01:33

aesthetic mistake never also when you study plants and you go into their 00:01:33

study plants and you go into their 00:01:38

study plants and you go into their relationships with each other and with 00:01:38

relationships with each other and with 00:01:41

relationships with each other and with insects the fact that these so-called 00:01:41

insects the fact that these so-called 00:01:44

insects the fact that these so-called diseases of plants are the full life of 00:01:44

diseases of plants are the full life of 00:01:51

diseases of plants are the full life of some other kind of organism having a 00:01:51

some other kind of organism having a 00:01:53

some other kind of organism having a ball and you see this complex the 00:01:53

ball and you see this complex the 00:01:57

ball and you see this complex the interrelated world and you realize that 00:01:57

interrelated world and you realize that 00:02:00

interrelated world and you realize that it all hangs together that everything 00:02:00

it all hangs together that everything 00:02:05

it all hangs together that everything outside the human world is a system of 00:02:05

outside the human world is a system of 00:02:07

outside the human world is a system of balances where 00:02:07

balances where 00:02:11

balances where you couldn't have really any form of 00:02:11

you couldn't have really any form of 00:02:16

you couldn't have really any form of life without the others going on - there 00:02:16

life without the others going on - there 00:02:20

life without the others going on - there have to be friends and there have to be 00:02:20

have to be friends and there have to be 00:02:23

have to be friends and there have to be enemies because if there aren't enemies 00:02:23

enemies because if there aren't enemies 00:02:26

enemies because if there aren't enemies the friends get too prosperous and they 00:02:26

the friends get too prosperous and they 00:02:31

the friends get too prosperous and they kill themselves by their excessive 00:02:31

kill themselves by their excessive 00:02:33

kill themselves by their excessive exuberance so they are constantly being 00:02:33

exuberance so they are constantly being 00:02:37

exuberance so they are constantly being pruned by various kinds of enemy species 00:02:37

pruned by various kinds of enemy species 00:02:41

pruned by various kinds of enemy species and what is when you got down there and 00:02:41

and what is when you got down there and 00:02:45

and what is when you got down there and I suppose you identified yourself with a 00:02:45

I suppose you identified yourself with a 00:02:47

I suppose you identified yourself with a certain plant you would thoroughly 00:02:47

certain plant you would thoroughly 00:02:50

certain plant you would thoroughly object to if you were a lettuce to the 00:02:50

object to if you were a lettuce to the 00:02:54

object to if you were a lettuce to the snails eating you up and also a person 00:02:54

snails eating you up and also a person 00:02:58

snails eating you up and also a person who gets identified with lettuces you 00:02:58

who gets identified with lettuces you 00:03:01

who gets identified with lettuces you see say someone who grows lettuces for 00:03:01

see say someone who grows lettuces for 00:03:03

see say someone who grows lettuces for his living gets mad at the snails but 00:03:03

his living gets mad at the snails but 00:03:07

his living gets mad at the snails but actually I lettuces need snails because 00:03:07

actually I lettuces need snails because 00:03:18

actually I lettuces need snails because there would be too many lettuces if 00:03:18

there would be too many lettuces if 00:03:20

there would be too many lettuces if there weren't snails and those lettuces 00:03:20

there weren't snails and those lettuces 00:03:24

there weren't snails and those lettuces would choke each other now of course the 00:03:24

would choke each other now of course the 00:03:27

would choke each other now of course the human being comes in and starts 00:03:27

human being comes in and starts 00:03:28

human being comes in and starts organizing the lettuces to see so that 00:03:28

organizing the lettuces to see so that 00:03:31

organizing the lettuces to see so that the seeds don't propagate in the usual 00:03:31

the seeds don't propagate in the usual 00:03:34

the seeds don't propagate in the usual way because he puts them out in rows and 00:03:34

way because he puts them out in rows and 00:03:36

way because he puts them out in rows and that's a different kind of a scene and 00:03:36

that's a different kind of a scene and 00:03:39

that's a different kind of a scene and so he objects to the snails but that's 00:03:39

so he objects to the snails but that's 00:03:44

so he objects to the snails but that's because he's looking at the problem of 00:03:44

because he's looking at the problem of 00:03:46

because he's looking at the problem of lettuces from a partisan point of view 00:03:46

lettuces from a partisan point of view 00:03:49

lettuces from a partisan point of view and it's quite right that he should do 00:03:49

and it's quite right that he should do 00:03:51

and it's quite right that he should do so what he may not see because he's 00:03:51

so what he may not see because he's 00:03:57

so what he may not see because he's taken the side of lettuces again snails 00:03:57

taken the side of lettuces again snails 00:04:00

taken the side of lettuces again snails he fails to see that conflict at one 00:04:00

he fails to see that conflict at one 00:04:03

he fails to see that conflict at one level is health at another just as 00:04:03

level is health at another just as 00:04:08

level is health at another just as conflict going on between microorganisms 00:04:08

conflict going on between microorganisms 00:04:11

conflict going on between microorganisms in your bloodstream is absolutely 00:04:11

in your bloodstream is absolutely 00:04:16

in your bloodstream is absolutely essential to the health of your organism 00:04:16

essential to the health of your organism 00:04:17

essential to the health of your organism as a whole but 00:04:18

as a whole but 00:04:22

as a whole but you don't you're not aware of that 00:04:22

you don't you're not aware of that 00:04:25

you don't you're not aware of that conflict going on because conscious 00:04:25

conflict going on because conscious 00:04:28

conflict going on because conscious attention doesn't need ordinarily to 00:04:28

attention doesn't need ordinarily to 00:04:31

attention doesn't need ordinarily to focus upon it and so you don't get 00:04:31

focus upon it and so you don't get 00:04:35

focus upon it and so you don't get involved and you're not anxious about 00:04:35

involved and you're not anxious about 00:04:37

involved and you're not anxious about what party is winning and what party is 00:04:37

what party is winning and what party is 00:04:39

what party is winning and what party is losing they're keeping up a kind of 00:04:39

losing they're keeping up a kind of 00:04:41

losing they're keeping up a kind of balance now then to take this a step 00:04:41

balance now then to take this a step 00:04:45

balance now then to take this a step further we are all amazingly involved in 00:04:45

further we are all amazingly involved in 00:04:51

further we are all amazingly involved in the process of being human and playing 00:04:51

the process of being human and playing 00:04:53

the process of being human and playing our game and taking our side and 00:04:53

our game and taking our side and 00:04:57

our game and taking our side and therefore our victories and defeats our 00:04:57

therefore our victories and defeats our 00:05:01

therefore our victories and defeats our sicknesses and our Health's our things 00:05:01

sicknesses and our Health's our things 00:05:05

sicknesses and our Health's our things we get mighty partisan about and 00:05:05

we get mighty partisan about and 00:05:08

we get mighty partisan about and therefore we cannot see that human 00:05:08

therefore we cannot see that human 00:05:11

therefore we cannot see that human behavior is just like everything else it 00:05:11

behavior is just like everything else it 00:05:16

behavior is just like everything else it never makes a mistake only it's never 00:05:16

never makes a mistake only it's never 00:05:22

never makes a mistake only it's never making a mistake must include the 00:05:22

making a mistake must include the 00:05:25

making a mistake must include the feeling that mistakes can be made 00:05:25

feeling that mistakes can be made 00:05:29

feeling that mistakes can be made see that's where this point of view 00:05:29

see that's where this point of view 00:05:32

see that's where this point of view would differ somewhat from the point of 00:05:32

would differ somewhat from the point of 00:05:33

would differ somewhat from the point of view of a Christian scientist who 00:05:33

view of a Christian scientist who 00:05:38

view of a Christian scientist who strives manfully in a way to assert that 00:05:38

strives manfully in a way to assert that 00:05:45

strives manfully in a way to assert that evil is purely illusory but doesn't 00:05:45

evil is purely illusory but doesn't 00:05:50

evil is purely illusory but doesn't quite grasp the point that the illusion 00:05:50

quite grasp the point that the illusion 00:05:53

quite grasp the point that the illusion of there being something evil is 00:05:53

of there being something evil is 00:05:55

of there being something evil is important and good - we're not trying to 00:05:55

important and good - we're not trying to 00:05:59

important and good - we're not trying to get rid of it you see because if you get 00:05:59

get rid of it you see because if you get 00:06:03

get rid of it you see because if you get rid of it you would have problems it's 00:06:03

rid of it you would have problems it's 00:06:09

rid of it you would have problems it's it's I could say for example that a 00:06:09

it's I could say for example that a 00:06:13

it's I could say for example that a character a historical character like 00:06:13

character a historical character like 00:06:15

character a historical character like Hitler is someone about whom it is very 00:06:15

Hitler is someone about whom it is very 00:06:21

Hitler is someone about whom it is very natural for most of us to feel angry and 00:06:21

natural for most of us to feel angry and 00:06:24

natural for most of us to feel angry and that's perfectly right that we feel 00:06:24

that's perfectly right that we feel 00:06:26

that's perfectly right that we feel angry although he is a as much a natural 00:06:26

angry although he is a as much a natural 00:06:31

angry although he is a as much a natural phenomenon as an earthquake 00:06:31

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so what we have then is a system of a 00:06:36

so what we have then is a system of a 00:06:42

so what we have then is a system of a sort of hierarchy of levels and at the 00:06:42

sort of hierarchy of levels and at the 00:06:48

sort of hierarchy of levels and at the point where you are involved you can't 00:06:48

point where you are involved you can't 00:06:51

point where you are involved you can't stand aside from yourself and look at it 00:06:51

stand aside from yourself and look at it 00:06:53

stand aside from yourself and look at it objectively in the same way as you look 00:06:53

objectively in the same way as you look 00:06:55

objectively in the same way as you look at the patterns of poem only see Shaw or 00:06:55

at the patterns of poem only see Shaw or 00:06:57

at the patterns of poem only see Shaw or is the life of the fishes in the tide 00:06:57

is the life of the fishes in the tide 00:06:59

is the life of the fishes in the tide pools but to be liberated is to be able 00:06:59

pools but to be liberated is to be able 00:07:06

pools but to be liberated is to be able to see human life in the same way as you 00:07:06

to see human life in the same way as you 00:07:09

to see human life in the same way as you see all other life and to do that you 00:07:09

see all other life and to do that you 00:07:14

see all other life and to do that you have to be able to live as it were on 00:07:14

have to be able to live as it were on 00:07:16

have to be able to live as it were on two levels the level of involvement and 00:07:16

two levels the level of involvement and 00:07:19

two levels the level of involvement and the level of detachment and therefore 00:07:19

the level of detachment and therefore 00:07:25

the level of detachment and therefore the cultivating the level of detachment 00:07:25

the cultivating the level of detachment 00:07:30

the cultivating the level of detachment is something that is done through the 00:07:30

is something that is done through the 00:07:33

is something that is done through the mysterious human property of 00:07:33

mysterious human property of 00:07:35

mysterious human property of self-consciousness to be able to know 00:07:35

self-consciousness to be able to know 00:07:38

self-consciousness to be able to know that you know to feel that you feel and 00:07:38

that you know to feel that you feel and 00:07:42

that you know to feel that you feel and by possessing that faculty which is self 00:07:42

by possessing that faculty which is self 00:07:46

by possessing that faculty which is self consciousness is being able to reflect 00:07:46

consciousness is being able to reflect 00:07:48

consciousness is being able to reflect upon one's own life we are able to 00:07:48

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become as it were to go to a level at 00:07:56

become as it were to go to a level at 00:08:04

become as it were to go to a level at which our own life is seen in its total 00:08:04

which our own life is seen in its total 00:08:07

which our own life is seen in its total context in the universe that is to say 00:08:07

context in the universe that is to say 00:08:13

context in the universe that is to say to realize that yourself is not your ego 00:08:13

to realize that yourself is not your ego 00:08:22

to realize that yourself is not your ego which is the standpoint at which you are 00:08:22

which is the standpoint at which you are 00:08:25

which is the standpoint at which you are involved in your game and taking sides 00:08:25

involved in your game and taking sides 00:08:30

involved in your game and taking sides but yourself is the eternal immeasurable 00:08:30

but yourself is the eternal immeasurable 00:08:38

but yourself is the eternal immeasurable reality that is what there is 00:08:38

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only the difficulty here is that this 00:08:46

only the difficulty here is that this 00:08:49

only the difficulty here is that this capacity this capacity of self 00:08:49

capacity this capacity of self 00:08:51

capacity this capacity of self consciousness although it is that which 00:08:51

consciousness although it is that which 00:08:54

consciousness although it is that which enables us to awaken is also capable of 00:08:54

enables us to awaken is also capable of 00:09:01

enables us to awaken is also capable of getting us into perfectly frightful 00:09:01

getting us into perfectly frightful 00:09:03

getting us into perfectly frightful messes into all kinds of what must be 00:09:03

messes into all kinds of what must be 00:09:12

messes into all kinds of what must be called feedback snarls where you know 00:09:12

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that you know you can think about 00:09:23

that you know you can think about 00:09:27

that you know you can think about thinking and the moment you can think 00:09:27

thinking and the moment you can think 00:09:29

thinking and the moment you can think about thinking you can think whether 00:09:29

about thinking you can think whether 00:09:30

about thinking you can think whether your thinking was right or not did it 00:09:30

your thinking was right or not did it 00:09:33

your thinking was right or not did it come off was it did I do the right 00:09:33

come off was it did I do the right 00:09:35

come off was it did I do the right thinking then you start to worry then 00:09:35

thinking then you start to worry then 00:09:38

thinking then you start to worry then you start to worry about the kind of 00:09:38

you start to worry about the kind of 00:09:40

you start to worry about the kind of thinking you are doing about thinking 00:09:40

thinking you are doing about thinking 00:09:41

thinking you are doing about thinking and so builds up our peculiar human 00:09:41

and so builds up our peculiar human 00:09:45

and so builds up our peculiar human anxiety when these creatures that are 00:09:45

anxiety when these creatures that are 00:09:49

anxiety when these creatures that are not self conscious behave they behave 00:09:49

not self conscious behave they behave 00:09:51

not self conscious behave they behave spontaneously if it is go zoom 00:09:51

spontaneously if it is go zoom 00:09:53

spontaneously if it is go zoom Zoe and do what they have to do and so 00:09:53

Zoe and do what they have to do and so 00:09:59

Zoe and do what they have to do and so if it doesn't work they die but they 00:09:59

if it doesn't work they die but they 00:10:01

if it doesn't work they die but they don't worry about it in advance that's 00:10:01

don't worry about it in advance that's 00:10:05

don't worry about it in advance that's that magnificent you see and human 00:10:05

that magnificent you see and human 00:10:08

that magnificent you see and human beings have a faint memory kind of 00:10:08

beings have a faint memory kind of 00:10:10

beings have a faint memory kind of arcade sort of collective unconscious 00:10:10

arcade sort of collective unconscious 00:10:15

arcade sort of collective unconscious Union style feeling that there was a 00:10:15

Union style feeling that there was a 00:10:19

Union style feeling that there was a time when we didn't have to worry and 00:10:19

time when we didn't have to worry and 00:10:24

time when we didn't have to worry and when we could never be neurotic and most 00:10:24

when we could never be neurotic and most 00:10:33

when we could never be neurotic and most a great deal of religion you see is an 00:10:33

a great deal of religion you see is an 00:10:35

a great deal of religion you see is an attempt to regain the Golden Age the 00:10:35

attempt to regain the Golden Age the 00:10:37

attempt to regain the Golden Age the Paradise loss and so it involves as it 00:10:37

Paradise loss and so it involves as it 00:10:42

Paradise loss and so it involves as it were an attitude of surrender be not 00:10:42

were an attitude of surrender be not 00:10:46

were an attitude of surrender be not anxious for the morrow what you shall 00:10:46

anxious for the morrow what you shall 00:10:49

anxious for the morrow what you shall eat what you shall drink or what clothes 00:10:49

eat what you shall drink or what clothes 00:10:52

eat what you shall drink or what clothes you will wear for 00:10:52

you will wear for 00:10:56

you will wear for consider the flowers of the field they 00:10:56

consider the flowers of the field they 00:10:59

consider the flowers of the field they don't work they don't spin they don't 00:10:59

don't work they don't spin they don't 00:11:01

don't work they don't spin they don't gather into barns and yet Solomon in all 00:11:01

gather into barns and yet Solomon in all 00:11:06

gather into barns and yet Solomon in all his splendor was not clothed like one of 00:11:06

his splendor was not clothed like one of 00:11:08

his splendor was not clothed like one of those and so if God clothes the grass of 00:11:08

those and so if God clothes the grass of 00:11:12

those and so if God clothes the grass of the field which exists today and is 00:11:12

the field which exists today and is 00:11:14

the field which exists today and is thrown tomorrow into the oven shall he 00:11:14

thrown tomorrow into the oven shall he 00:11:17

thrown tomorrow into the oven shall he not much more clothe you faithless ones 00:11:17

not much more clothe you faithless ones 00:11:19

not much more clothe you faithless ones I'm translating it myself to put it in a 00:11:19

I'm translating it myself to put it in a 00:11:23

I'm translating it myself to put it in a way that isn't just for so familiar that 00:11:23

way that isn't just for so familiar that 00:11:26

way that isn't just for so familiar that you don't hear it now I mean that's 00:11:26

you don't hear it now I mean that's 00:11:33

you don't hear it now I mean that's totally subversive there's words in the 00:11:33

totally subversive there's words in the 00:11:36

totally subversive there's words in the Bible are outrageous everybody says well 00:11:36

Bible are outrageous everybody says well 00:11:39

Bible are outrageous everybody says well it's all very well for Jesus and the few 00:11:39

it's all very well for Jesus and the few 00:11:41

it's all very well for Jesus and the few Saints for all practical purposes that's 00:11:41

Saints for all practical purposes that's 00:11:44

Saints for all practical purposes that's ridiculous 00:11:44

ridiculous 00:11:45

ridiculous you can't live that way after all you 00:11:45

you can't live that way after all you 00:11:48

you can't live that way after all you got a plan for your old a need you get 00:11:48

got a plan for your old a need you get 00:11:50

got a plan for your old a need you get of her savings account got have 00:11:50

of her savings account got have 00:11:51

of her savings account got have insurance you're gonna have a job you've 00:11:51

insurance you're gonna have a job you've 00:11:53

insurance you're gonna have a job you've got to do all those things see so you 00:11:53

got to do all those things see so you 00:11:57

got to do all those things see so you have to think about that why can't I do 00:11:57

have to think about that why can't I do 00:12:00

have to think about that why can't I do that so you see in this way the human 00:12:00

that so you see in this way the human 00:12:05

that so you see in this way the human being comes to reflect upon himself and 00:12:05

being comes to reflect upon himself and 00:12:07

being comes to reflect upon himself and begins to see but this something wrong 00:12:07

begins to see but this something wrong 00:12:12

begins to see but this something wrong now there isn't but it's right that he 00:12:12

now there isn't but it's right that he 00:12:16

now there isn't but it's right that he should feel that something is wrong 00:12:16

should feel that something is wrong 00:12:18

should feel that something is wrong because it is through this that his 00:12:18

because it is through this that his 00:12:20

because it is through this that his capacity for self knowledge and self 00:12:20

capacity for self knowledge and self 00:12:22

capacity for self knowledge and self consciousness develops so you see there 00:12:22

consciousness develops so you see there 00:12:27

consciousness develops so you see there is the sense that somehow or other at 00:12:27

is the sense that somehow or other at 00:12:29

is the sense that somehow or other at some time there was a fall a point at 00:12:29

some time there was a fall a point at 00:12:34

some time there was a fall a point at which we became unnatural there's a 00:12:34

which we became unnatural there's a 00:12:38

which we became unnatural there's a great deal of worry going on about this 00:12:38

great deal of worry going on about this 00:12:40

great deal of worry going on about this now because of the rise of the computer 00:12:40

now because of the rise of the computer 00:12:42

now because of the rise of the computer you notice this is terribly interesting 00:12:42

you notice this is terribly interesting 00:12:45

you notice this is terribly interesting that a new form of intelligence you see 00:12:45

that a new form of intelligence you see 00:12:49

that a new form of intelligence you see is coming to the world which is in 00:12:49

is coming to the world which is in 00:12:51

is coming to the world which is in certain directions vastly superior to 00:12:51

certain directions vastly superior to 00:12:54

certain directions vastly superior to human intelligence and people are 00:12:54

human intelligence and people are 00:12:57

human intelligence and people are beginning to worry like anything about 00:12:57

beginning to worry like anything about 00:12:59

beginning to worry like anything about whether the machines are going to take 00:12:59

whether the machines are going to take 00:13:01

whether the machines are going to take us over but we've got to realize 00:13:01

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that machines aren't the machine is 00:13:07

that machines aren't the machine is 00:13:12

that machines aren't the machine is becoming a dirty word just a machine 00:13:12

becoming a dirty word just a machine 00:13:16

becoming a dirty word just a machine mere machinery cracy but actually there 00:13:16

mere machinery cracy but actually there 00:13:21

mere machinery cracy but actually there has grown out of us through these things 00:13:21

has grown out of us through these things 00:13:23

has grown out of us through these things enormous electronic circuits that are 00:13:23

enormous electronic circuits that are 00:13:27

enormous electronic circuits that are new forms of life and the these are all 00:13:27

new forms of life and the these are all 00:13:34

new forms of life and the these are all connected with us they are not separate 00:13:34

connected with us they are not separate 00:13:35

connected with us they are not separate from us they're not something like a 00:13:35

from us they're not something like a 00:13:38

from us they're not something like a different order of beings that might 00:13:38

different order of beings that might 00:13:40

different order of beings that might come from some other planet and conquer 00:13:40

come from some other planet and conquer 00:13:43

come from some other planet and conquer us the the whole development of the 00:13:43

us the the whole development of the 00:13:48

us the the whole development of the electronic minds and brains that we have 00:13:48

electronic minds and brains that we have 00:13:50

electronic minds and brains that we have our new Cortex's see the cortex overlaps 00:13:50

our new Cortex's see the cortex overlaps 00:13:58

our new Cortex's see the cortex overlaps the original central brain and as it 00:13:58

the original central brain and as it 00:14:05

the original central brain and as it were when you play this game you know 00:14:05

were when you play this game you know 00:14:07

were when you play this game you know putting hands over hands over hands 00:14:07

putting hands over hands over hands 00:14:09

putting hands over hands over hands children like to play you its game 00:14:09

children like to play you its game 00:14:11

children like to play you its game called capping but the cortex caps the 00:14:11

called capping but the cortex caps the 00:14:15

called capping but the cortex caps the central brain that is more like the 00:14:15

central brain that is more like the 00:14:17

central brain that is more like the brain of an animal and enables us to 00:14:17

brain of an animal and enables us to 00:14:21

brain of an animal and enables us to reflect on it now all this machinery 00:14:21

reflect on it now all this machinery 00:14:24

reflect on it now all this machinery that we are making is an extension of 00:14:24

that we are making is an extension of 00:14:26

that we are making is an extension of our brain and is a new kind of life but 00:14:26

our brain and is a new kind of life but 00:14:31

our brain and is a new kind of life but it worries us and when we start to do 00:14:31

it worries us and when we start to do 00:14:36

it worries us and when we start to do that we get the feeling something is 00:14:36

that we get the feeling something is 00:14:38

that we get the feeling something is going wrong there is been a fall there 00:14:38

going wrong there is been a fall there 00:14:44

going wrong there is been a fall there has been a mistake and exactly the same 00:14:44

has been a mistake and exactly the same 00:14:47

has been a mistake and exactly the same sensation you see is anciently connected 00:14:47

sensation you see is anciently connected 00:14:49

sensation you see is anciently connected with the development of 00:14:49

with the development of 00:14:51

with the development of self-consciousness in the cortex 00:14:51

self-consciousness in the cortex 00:14:54

self-consciousness in the cortex something went wrong 00:14:54

something went wrong 00:14:57

something went wrong because every time we get that feeling 00:14:57

because every time we get that feeling 00:15:01

because every time we get that feeling it means that we've taken a new step in 00:15:01

it means that we've taken a new step in 00:15:04

it means that we've taken a new step in controlling things 00:15:04

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instead of relaxing and letting our 00:15:09

instead of relaxing and letting our 00:15:11

instead of relaxing and letting our wings fly us like a moth or a bird we 00:15:11

wings fly us like a moth or a bird we 00:15:15

wings fly us like a moth or a bird we now have these jet planes where we have 00:15:15

now have these jet planes where we have 00:15:18

now have these jet planes where we have an elaborate system of anxious people 00:15:18

an elaborate system of anxious people 00:15:20

an elaborate system of anxious people morning noon and night checking it that 00:15:20

morning noon and night checking it that 00:15:22

morning noon and night checking it that those things go right and it's marvelous 00:15:22

those things go right and it's marvelous 00:15:29

those things go right and it's marvelous that they do our friend Ralph Johnson 00:15:29

that they do our friend Ralph Johnson 00:15:31

that they do our friend Ralph Johnson who often attends these seminars is a 00:15:31

who often attends these seminars is a 00:15:33

who often attends these seminars is a American Airlines captain and he saved 00:15:33

American Airlines captain and he saved 00:15:35

American Airlines captain and he saved the jet the other day in very dangerous 00:15:35

the jet the other day in very dangerous 00:15:38

the jet the other day in very dangerous circumstances fantastic but here it is 00:15:38

circumstances fantastic but here it is 00:15:45

circumstances fantastic but here it is now when you haven't yet discovered that 00:15:45

now when you haven't yet discovered that 00:15:52

now when you haven't yet discovered that the new development such as 00:15:52

the new development such as 00:15:53

the new development such as self-consciousness is really a new form 00:15:53

self-consciousness is really a new form 00:15:58

self-consciousness is really a new form of nature like a branch coming out of a 00:15:58

of nature like a branch coming out of a 00:16:01

of nature like a branch coming out of a tree which is a kind of a new 00:16:01

tree which is a kind of a new 00:16:03

tree which is a kind of a new development of the trunk and is 00:16:03

development of the trunk and is 00:16:05

development of the trunk and is something just as healthy and just as 00:16:05

something just as healthy and just as 00:16:07

something just as healthy and just as splendid as that then you begin to 00:16:07

splendid as that then you begin to 00:16:11

splendid as that then you begin to reproach yourself and say oh dear I am 00:16:11

reproach yourself and say oh dear I am 00:16:20

reproach yourself and say oh dear I am often you begin to be alienated you see 00:16:20

often you begin to be alienated you see 00:16:26

often you begin to be alienated you see from your own Center but do you 00:16:26

from your own Center but do you 00:16:28

from your own Center but do you understand that being alienated from 00:16:28

understand that being alienated from 00:16:30

understand that being alienated from your own Center is a form of a way of 00:16:30

your own Center is a form of a way of 00:16:35

your own Center is a form of a way of stepping apart so that you could see 00:16:35

stepping apart so that you could see 00:16:40

stepping apart so that you could see yourself now that's important that is 00:16:40

yourself now that's important that is 00:16:46

yourself now that's important that is his resonance see when you sing in the 00:16:46

his resonance see when you sing in the 00:16:49

his resonance see when you sing in the bathtub you find you've got a better 00:16:49

bathtub you find you've got a better 00:16:52

bathtub you find you've got a better voice than when you sing in a non 00:16:52

voice than when you sing in a non 00:16:54

voice than when you sing in a non resonant room because you got a little 00:16:54

resonant room because you got a little 00:16:56

resonant room because you got a little echo you mustn't get too much echo but 00:16:56

echo you mustn't get too much echo but 00:17:00

echo you mustn't get too much echo but just a little echo is resonance and 00:17:00

just a little echo is resonance and 00:17:02

just a little echo is resonance and that's more fun because it's more 00:17:02

that's more fun because it's more 00:17:04

that's more fun because it's more conscious if you're happy and you don't 00:17:04

conscious if you're happy and you don't 00:17:06

conscious if you're happy and you don't know you're happy you see you're not as 00:17:06

know you're happy you see you're not as 00:17:08

know you're happy you see you're not as happy as if you know you're happy but if 00:17:08

happy as if you know you're happy but if 00:17:10

happy as if you know you're happy but if you know you're happy you may spoil it 00:17:10

you know you're happy you may spoil it 00:17:12

you know you're happy you may spoil it by getting anxious about it 00:17:12

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so this 00:17:15

so this 00:17:17

so this consciousness is a kind of resonance but 00:17:17

consciousness is a kind of resonance but 00:17:19

consciousness is a kind of resonance but then you see when it gets to the point 00:17:19

then you see when it gets to the point 00:17:21

then you see when it gets to the point of this terrible feeling I can't trust 00:17:21

of this terrible feeling I can't trust 00:17:24

of this terrible feeling I can't trust my instincts anymore I've got to decide 00:17:24

my instincts anymore I've got to decide 00:17:30

my instincts anymore I've got to decide I have as it were taken over the 00:17:30

I have as it were taken over the 00:17:34

I have as it were taken over the prerogatives of God well that's a 00:17:34

prerogatives of God well that's a 00:17:38

prerogatives of God well that's a terrible thing to do because you can't 00:17:38

terrible thing to do because you can't 00:17:39

terrible thing to do because you can't be genuine anymore you see you know that 00:17:39

be genuine anymore you see you know that 00:17:47

be genuine anymore you see you know that when you love somebody you also want to 00:17:47

when you love somebody you also want to 00:17:51

when you love somebody you also want to get as much out of them as you can you 00:17:51

get as much out of them as you can you 00:17:55

get as much out of them as you can you know that when you act as a responsible 00:17:55

know that when you act as a responsible 00:17:57

know that when you act as a responsible citizen you do so so as to have a good 00:17:57

citizen you do so so as to have a good 00:18:02

citizen you do so so as to have a good image in your own view of yourself this 00:18:02

image in your own view of yourself this 00:18:05

image in your own view of yourself this your ego kick only you dress it up so 00:18:05

your ego kick only you dress it up so 00:18:09

your ego kick only you dress it up so that it's not an ego kick at all perfect 00:18:09

that it's not an ego kick at all perfect 00:18:12

that it's not an ego kick at all perfect business yeah 00:18:12

business yeah 00:18:12

business yeah public service and charity and good 00:18:12

public service and charity and good 00:18:15

public service and charity and good feelings towards everybody ha ha and so 00:18:15

feelings towards everybody ha ha and so 00:18:20

feelings towards everybody ha ha and so then there begins this awful thing 00:18:20

then there begins this awful thing 00:18:24

then there begins this awful thing repentance the hold I was shapen in sin 00:18:24

repentance the hold I was shapen in sin 00:18:31

repentance the hold I was shapen in sin and in sin hath my mother conceived and 00:18:31

and in sin hath my mother conceived and 00:18:39

and in sin hath my mother conceived and so somehow there comes up the state of 00:18:39

so somehow there comes up the state of 00:18:42

so somehow there comes up the state of mind when you appear to yourself as 00:18:42

mind when you appear to yourself as 00:18:44

mind when you appear to yourself as rotten some people when they take LSD 00:18:44

rotten some people when they take LSD 00:18:50

rotten some people when they take LSD get visions of everything is glorious 00:18:50

get visions of everything is glorious 00:18:53

get visions of everything is glorious you see and is light inside it but 00:18:53

you see and is light inside it but 00:18:56

you see and is light inside it but occasionally people get really the 00:18:56

occasionally people get really the 00:18:58

occasionally people get really the vision that everything is corrupt that 00:18:58

vision that everything is corrupt that 00:19:02

vision that everything is corrupt that all faces are things that are slowly 00:19:02

all faces are things that are slowly 00:19:05

all faces are things that are slowly drooling away into into sort of fussy 00:19:05

drooling away into into sort of fussy 00:19:10

drooling away into into sort of fussy rot and that just everything is falling 00:19:10

rot and that just everything is falling 00:19:13

rot and that just everything is falling apart and they begin to get the feeling 00:19:13

apart and they begin to get the feeling 00:19:17

apart and they begin to get the feeling that life is a disease we originally had 00:19:17

that life is a disease we originally had 00:19:20

that life is a disease we originally had here a nice clean planet with nothing 00:19:20

here a nice clean planet with nothing 00:19:22

here a nice clean planet with nothing but rocks fire and it was sterile and 00:19:22

but rocks fire and it was sterile and 00:19:26

but rocks fire and it was sterile and nice and then all as 00:19:26

nice and then all as 00:19:30

nice and then all as dreadful goo developed have the best 00:19:30

dreadful goo developed have the best 00:19:33

dreadful goo developed have the best thing for it is to wipe it out 00:19:33

thing for it is to wipe it out 00:19:35

thing for it is to wipe it out life is a terrible mistake thing and a 00:19:35

life is a terrible mistake thing and a 00:19:39

life is a terrible mistake thing and a lot of people feel that and therefore it 00:19:39

lot of people feel that and therefore it 00:19:43

lot of people feel that and therefore it want to get away from their bodies to a 00:19:43

want to get away from their bodies to a 00:19:46

want to get away from their bodies to a purely geological electronic state which 00:19:46

purely geological electronic state which 00:19:49

purely geological electronic state which is called spirituality you know what 00:19:49

is called spirituality you know what 00:19:52

is called spirituality you know what most people think of a spirituality 00:19:52

most people think of a spirituality 00:19:54

most people think of a spirituality something totally abstract something 00:19:54

something totally abstract something 00:19:56

something totally abstract something mathematical something electronic 00:19:56

mathematical something electronic 00:19:58

mathematical something electronic something it has no no kind of paths or 00:19:58

something it has no no kind of paths or 00:20:05

something it has no no kind of paths or blood or goo especially no flesh and 00:20:05

blood or goo especially no flesh and 00:20:07

blood or goo especially no flesh and intimacy that's the spiritual state so 00:20:08

intimacy that's the spiritual state so 00:20:12

intimacy that's the spiritual state so that reexpress is the feeling of these 00:20:12

that reexpress is the feeling of these 00:20:14

that reexpress is the feeling of these people fundamentally who are at variance 00:20:14

people fundamentally who are at variance 00:20:26

people fundamentally who are at variance with their essential life now this is 00:20:26

with their essential life now this is 00:20:35

with their essential life now this is going to get complicated I warn you 00:20:35

going to get complicated I warn you 00:20:37

going to get complicated I warn you they're ambivalent about it see in both 00:20:37

they're ambivalent about it see in both 00:20:42

they're ambivalent about it see in both the Hebrew and Christian and I should 00:20:42

the Hebrew and Christian and I should 00:20:46

the Hebrew and Christian and I should add Islamic theology sin of which one 00:20:46

add Islamic theology sin of which one 00:20:51

add Islamic theology sin of which one repents is a spiritual thing it does not 00:20:51

repents is a spiritual thing it does not 00:20:58

repents is a spiritual thing it does not arise from the body the author of evil 00:20:58

arise from the body the author of evil 00:21:04

arise from the body the author of evil is an angel a bodiless being and 00:21:04

is an angel a bodiless being and 00:21:10

is an angel a bodiless being and therefore he is something closer to say 00:21:10

therefore he is something closer to say 00:21:13

therefore he is something closer to say he equals mc-squared than to a rosebud 00:21:13

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but at the same time in practice that's 00:21:27

but at the same time in practice that's 00:21:32

but at the same time in practice that's the theory in practice what so many Jews 00:21:32

the theory in practice what so many Jews 00:21:40

the theory in practice what so many Jews Christians and Muslims regard as evil is 00:21:40

Christians and Muslims regard as evil is 00:21:44

Christians and Muslims regard as evil is the body the physical world and our 00:21:45

the body the physical world and our 00:21:48

the body the physical world and our involvement in it our interest in it and 00:21:48

involvement in it our interest in it and 00:21:50

involvement in it our interest in it and so you see for this reason materialism 00:21:50

so you see for this reason materialism 00:21:53

so you see for this reason materialism is a dirty word you shouldn't be a 00:21:53

is a dirty word you shouldn't be a 00:21:56

is a dirty word you shouldn't be a materialist although William temple very 00:21:56

materialist although William temple very 00:22:00

materialist although William temple very wisely said once that Christianity is 00:22:00

wisely said once that Christianity is 00:22:02

wisely said once that Christianity is the most materialistic religion but that 00:22:02

the most materialistic religion but that 00:22:08

the most materialistic religion but that is true theoretically Judaism is an 00:22:08

is true theoretically Judaism is an 00:22:14

is true theoretically Judaism is an equally materialistic religion 00:22:14

equally materialistic religion 00:22:16

equally materialistic religion theoretically sometimes more so 00:22:16

theoretically sometimes more so 00:22:20

theoretically sometimes more so practically than the Christian religion 00:22:20

practically than the Christian religion 00:22:22

practically than the Christian religion because materialism is the love of 00:22:22

because materialism is the love of 00:22:25

because materialism is the love of material and as we shall see it is 00:22:25

material and as we shall see it is 00:22:34

material and as we shall see it is fundamental to Judaism that God's 00:22:34

fundamental to Judaism that God's 00:22:39

fundamental to Judaism that God's creation of the world is not a mistake 00:22:39

creation of the world is not a mistake 00:22:42

creation of the world is not a mistake but a great good thing and a material 00:22:42

but a great good thing and a material 00:22:46

but a great good thing and a material world at that so then you can see what 00:22:46

world at that so then you can see what 00:22:55

world at that so then you can see what I'm pointing out to you is this how 00:22:55

I'm pointing out to you is this how 00:22:56

I'm pointing out to you is this how ambivalent we are we say that evil is 00:22:56

ambivalent we are we say that evil is 00:23:02

ambivalent we are we say that evil is spiritual and yet we treat it as if it 00:23:02

spiritual and yet we treat it as if it 00:23:04

spiritual and yet we treat it as if it were fleshly as if one could escape from 00:23:04

were fleshly as if one could escape from 00:23:13

were fleshly as if one could escape from this flesh 00:23:13

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Spirit is willing but the flesh is 00:23:19