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