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so anyway then this is the drama I'm not 00:00:01
so anyway then this is the drama I'm not 00:00:05
so anyway then this is the drama I'm not trying to sell you on this idea in the 00:00:05
trying to sell you on this idea in the 00:00:07
trying to sell you on this idea in the sense of converting you to it I want you 00:00:07
sense of converting you to it I want you 00:00:09
sense of converting you to it I want you to play with it 00:00:09
to play with it 00:00:10
to play with it I want you to think of its possibilities 00:00:10
I want you to think of its possibilities 00:00:12
I want you to think of its possibilities I'm not trying to prove it I'm just 00:00:12
I'm not trying to prove it I'm just 00:00:14
I'm not trying to prove it I'm just putting it forward as a possibility of 00:00:14
putting it forward as a possibility of 00:00:16
putting it forward as a possibility of life to think about so then this means 00:00:16
life to think about so then this means 00:00:22
life to think about so then this means that you're not victims of a scheme of 00:00:22
that you're not victims of a scheme of 00:00:26
that you're not victims of a scheme of things of a mechanical world or of an 00:00:26
things of a mechanical world or of an 00:00:31
things of a mechanical world or of an autocratic God the life you're living is 00:00:31
autocratic God the life you're living is 00:00:36
autocratic God the life you're living is what you have put yourself into only you 00:00:36
what you have put yourself into only you 00:00:40
what you have put yourself into only you don't admit it because you want to play 00:00:40
don't admit it because you want to play 00:00:43
don't admit it because you want to play the game that it happens to you in other 00:00:43
the game that it happens to you in other 00:00:47
the game that it happens to you in other words I got mixed up in this well my 00:00:47
words I got mixed up in this well my 00:00:48
words I got mixed up in this well my parents I had a father who got hot pants 00:00:48
parents I had a father who got hot pants 00:00:52
parents I had a father who got hot pants over a girl and she was my mother and 00:00:52
over a girl and she was my mother and 00:00:54
over a girl and she was my mother and because he got the he was just a he was 00:00:54
because he got the he was just a he was 00:00:58
because he got the he was just a he was the two horny old man and as a result of 00:00:58
the two horny old man and as a result of 00:01:00
the two horny old man and as a result of that I got born and I blame him for it 00:01:00
that I got born and I blame him for it 00:01:03
that I got born and I blame him for it and say well that's your fault you got 00:01:03
and say well that's your fault you got 00:01:05
and say well that's your fault you got to look after me and he says moans who I 00:01:05
to look after me and he says moans who I 00:01:08
to look after me and he says moans who I should look after you you just a result 00:01:08
and but let's suppose we admit that I 00:01:13
and but let's suppose we admit that I 00:01:18
and but let's suppose we admit that I really wanted to get born and that I was 00:01:18
really wanted to get born and that I was 00:01:21
really wanted to get born and that I was the ugly gleam in my father's eye when 00:01:21
the ugly gleam in my father's eye when 00:01:24
the ugly gleam in my father's eye when he approached my mother that was me 00:01:24
he approached my mother that was me 00:01:26
he approached my mother that was me I was desire and I deliberately got 00:01:26
I was desire and I deliberately got 00:01:33
I was desire and I deliberately got involved in this thing look at it that 00:01:33
involved in this thing look at it that 00:01:36
involved in this thing look at it that way instead and that even if I got 00:01:36
way instead and that even if I got 00:01:40
way instead and that even if I got myself into an awful mess and I got gone 00:01:40
myself into an awful mess and I got gone 00:01:43
myself into an awful mess and I got gone with syphilis and the Great Siberian 00:01:43
with syphilis and the Great Siberian 00:01:45
with syphilis and the Great Siberian itch and Casey burka closes and in the 00:01:45
itch and Casey burka closes and in the 00:01:48
itch and Casey burka closes and in the Nazi concentration camp nevertheless 00:01:48
Nazi concentration camp nevertheless 00:01:51
Nazi concentration camp nevertheless this was a game which was a very far-out 00:01:51
this was a game which was a very far-out 00:01:54
this was a game which was a very far-out play it was a kind of cosmic masochism 00:01:54
but I did it 00:01:59
isn't that an optimal game rule for life 00:02:04
isn't that an optimal game rule for life 00:02:09
isn't that an optimal game rule for life so this you play life on the supposition 00:02:09
so this you play life on the supposition 00:02:11
so this you play life on the supposition that you're helpless little puppet or 00:02:11
that you're helpless little puppet or 00:02:15
that you're helpless little puppet or Ghul involved or if you played on the 00:02:15
Ghul involved or if you played on the 00:02:17
Ghul involved or if you played on the supposition that it's a frightful 00:02:17
supposition that it's a frightful 00:02:19
supposition that it's a frightful serious risk and that we really ought to 00:02:19
serious risk and that we really ought to 00:02:22
serious risk and that we really ought to do something about it and so on it's a 00:02:22
do something about it and so on it's a 00:02:25
do something about it and so on it's a drag there's no point in going on living 00:02:25
drag there's no point in going on living 00:02:30
drag there's no point in going on living unless we make the assumption that the 00:02:30
unless we make the assumption that the 00:02:34
unless we make the assumption that the situation of life is optimal that really 00:02:34
situation of life is optimal that really 00:02:38
situation of life is optimal that really and truly we are all in the state of 00:02:38
and truly we are all in the state of 00:02:39
and truly we are all in the state of total bliss and delight but we are going 00:02:39
total bliss and delight but we are going 00:02:43
total bliss and delight but we are going to pretend we aren't just for kicks 00:02:43
to pretend we aren't just for kicks 00:02:49
to pretend we aren't just for kicks you play non bliss in order to be able 00:02:49
you play non bliss in order to be able 00:02:52
you play non bliss in order to be able to experience bliss and you can go as 00:02:52
to experience bliss and you can go as 00:02:55
to experience bliss and you can go as far out as non bliss as you want to go 00:02:55
far out as non bliss as you want to go 00:02:57
far out as non bliss as you want to go and when you wake up it'll be great you 00:02:57
and when you wake up it'll be great you 00:03:00
and when you wake up it'll be great you know you can slam yourself on the head 00:03:00
know you can slam yourself on the head 00:03:02
know you can slam yourself on the head with a hammer because it's so nice when 00:03:02
with a hammer because it's so nice when 00:03:03
with a hammer because it's so nice when you stop and it makes you realize you 00:03:03
you stop and it makes you realize you 00:03:10
you stop and it makes you realize you see how great things are when you forget 00:03:10
see how great things are when you forget 00:03:13
see how great things are when you forget that that's the way it is and that's 00:03:13
that that's the way it is and that's 00:03:16
that that's the way it is and that's just like black and white you don't know 00:03:16
just like black and white you don't know 00:03:18
just like black and white you don't know black unless you know white you don't 00:03:18
black unless you know white you don't 00:03:19
black unless you know white you don't know white unless you know black this is 00:03:19
know white unless you know black this is 00:03:21
know white unless you know black this is simply fundamental so then here's the 00:03:21
simply fundamental so then here's the 00:03:25
simply fundamental so then here's the drama my metaphysics let me be perfectly 00:03:25
drama my metaphysics let me be perfectly 00:03:29
drama my metaphysics let me be perfectly frank with you ah that there is the 00:03:29
frank with you ah that there is the 00:03:33
frank with you ah that there is the central self you could call it God you 00:03:33
central self you could call it God you 00:03:35
central self you could call it God you can call it anything you like and it's 00:03:35
can call it anything you like and it's 00:03:39
can call it anything you like and it's all of us it's playing all the parts of 00:03:39
all of us it's playing all the parts of 00:03:43
all of us it's playing all the parts of all beings whatsoever everywhere and 00:03:43
all beings whatsoever everywhere and 00:03:46
all beings whatsoever everywhere and anywhere and it's playing the game of 00:03:46
anywhere and it's playing the game of 00:03:50
anywhere and it's playing the game of hide and seek with itself you get lost 00:03:50
hide and seek with itself you get lost 00:03:53
hide and seek with itself you get lost it gets involved in the forest out 00:03:53
it gets involved in the forest out 00:03:56
it gets involved in the forest out adventures but in the end it always 00:03:56
adventures but in the end it always 00:04:00
adventures but in the end it always wakes up and comes back to itself and 00:04:00
wakes up and comes back to itself and 00:04:02
wakes up and comes back to itself and when you are ready to wake up you're 00:04:02
when you are ready to wake up you're 00:04:06
when you are ready to wake up you're going to wake up and if you're not ready 00:04:06
going to wake up and if you're not ready 00:04:08
going to wake up and if you're not ready you're going to stay pretending that 00:04:08
you're going to stay pretending that 00:04:10
you're going to stay pretending that you're just a little poor little me 00:04:10
you're just a little poor little me 00:04:13
you're just a little poor little me and since you're all here and engaged in 00:04:13
and since you're all here and engaged in 00:04:17
and since you're all here and engaged in this sort of inquiry and listening to 00:04:17
this sort of inquiry and listening to 00:04:19
this sort of inquiry and listening to this sort of lecture I assume that 00:04:19
this sort of lecture I assume that 00:04:21
this sort of lecture I assume that you're all on the process of waking up 00:04:21
you're all on the process of waking up 00:04:24
you're all on the process of waking up or else you're teasing yourselves with 00:04:24
or else you're teasing yourselves with 00:04:29
or else you're teasing yourselves with some kind of flirtation with waking up 00:04:29
some kind of flirtation with waking up 00:04:34
some kind of flirtation with waking up which you're not serious about but I 00:04:34
which you're not serious about but I 00:04:37
which you're not serious about but I assume here maybe you are not seriously 00:04:37
assume here maybe you are not seriously 00:04:39
assume here maybe you are not seriously sincere that you are ready to wake up so 00:04:39
sincere that you are ready to wake up so 00:04:45
sincere that you are ready to wake up so then when you're in the way of waking up 00:04:45
then when you're in the way of waking up 00:04:47
then when you're in the way of waking up and finding out who you really are you 00:04:47
and finding out who you really are you 00:04:49
and finding out who you really are you meet a character called a guru as the 00:04:49
meet a character called a guru as the 00:04:53
meet a character called a guru as the Hindus say this word the teacher the 00:04:53
Hindus say this word the teacher the 00:04:55
Hindus say this word the teacher the awakener and what is the function of a 00:04:55
awakener and what is the function of a 00:04:58
awakener and what is the function of a guru he's the man who looks at you in 00:04:58
guru he's the man who looks at you in 00:05:01
guru he's the man who looks at you in the eye and says oh come of it I know 00:05:01
the eye and says oh come of it I know 00:05:07
the eye and says oh come of it I know you ha 00:05:07
you ha 00:05:08
you ha you know you come to the Guru and say 00:05:08
you know you come to the Guru and say 00:05:10
you know you come to the Guru and say sir I've a problem I'm unhappy and I 00:05:10
sir I've a problem I'm unhappy and I 00:05:13
sir I've a problem I'm unhappy and I want to get one up on the universe or I 00:05:13
want to get one up on the universe or I 00:05:15
want to get one up on the universe or I want to become enlightened 00:05:15
want to become enlightened 00:05:16
want to become enlightened I want spiritual wisdom ah and the Guru 00:05:16
I want spiritual wisdom ah and the Guru 00:05:19
I want spiritual wisdom ah and the Guru looks at you and says who are you you 00:05:19
looks at you and says who are you you 00:05:24
looks at you and says who are you you know Sri Ramana Maharshi that great 00:05:24
know Sri Ramana Maharshi that great 00:05:26
know Sri Ramana Maharshi that great Hindu sage of modern times people used 00:05:26
Hindu sage of modern times people used 00:05:30
Hindu sage of modern times people used to come to him and say master who was I 00:05:30
to come to him and say master who was I 00:05:32
to come to him and say master who was I in my last incarnation as if that 00:05:32
in my last incarnation as if that 00:05:35
in my last incarnation as if that mattered and he would say who is asking 00:05:35
mattered and he would say who is asking 00:05:38
mattered and he would say who is asking the question he look at you and say 00:05:38
the question he look at you and say 00:05:42
the question he look at you and say basically go right down it you're 00:05:42
basically go right down it you're 00:05:44
basically go right down it you're looking at me you're looking out and 00:05:44
looking at me you're looking out and 00:05:45
looking at me you're looking out and you're unaware of what's behind your 00:05:45
you're unaware of what's behind your 00:05:48
you're unaware of what's behind your eyes go back in and find out who you are 00:05:48
eyes go back in and find out who you are 00:05:52
eyes go back in and find out who you are where the question comes from why you 00:05:52
where the question comes from why you 00:05:54
where the question comes from why you ask and if you looked at a photograph of 00:05:54
ask and if you looked at a photograph of 00:05:58
ask and if you looked at a photograph of that man I have a gorgeous photograph of 00:05:58
that man I have a gorgeous photograph of 00:06:02
that man I have a gorgeous photograph of it and you look in those I walk by it 00:06:02
it and you look in those I walk by it 00:06:04
it and you look in those I walk by it every time I go out of the front door 00:06:04
every time I go out of the front door 00:06:05
every time I go out of the front door and I look at those eyes and a human 00:06:05
and I look at those eyes and a human 00:06:09
and I look at those eyes and a human lilting laughs that says ha ha come off 00:06:09
lilting laughs that says ha ha come off 00:06:13
lilting laughs that says ha ha come off it 00:06:13
it 00:06:15
it haha Shiva I recognize you when you come 00:06:15
haha Shiva I recognize you when you come 00:06:22
haha Shiva I recognize you when you come to my door and you say I'm so-and-so I 00:06:22
to my door and you say I'm so-and-so I 00:06:26
to my door and you say I'm so-and-so I say haha what the funny way God has come 00:06:26
say haha what the funny way God has come 00:06:28
say haha what the funny way God has come on today there are all sorts of tricks 00:06:28
on today there are all sorts of tricks 00:06:36
on today there are all sorts of tricks of course that gurus play they say well 00:06:36
of course that gurus play they say well 00:06:42
of course that gurus play they say well we're going to put you through the mill 00:06:42
we're going to put you through the mill 00:06:45
we're going to put you through the mill and the reason they do that is simply 00:06:45
and the reason they do that is simply 00:06:48
and the reason they do that is simply that you won't wake up until you feel 00:06:48
that you won't wake up until you feel 00:06:54
that you won't wake up until you feel you've paid a price for it in other 00:06:54
you've paid a price for it in other 00:06:58
you've paid a price for it in other words the sense of guilt with one hands 00:06:58
words the sense of guilt with one hands 00:07:00
words the sense of guilt with one hands or the sense of anxiety is simply the 00:07:00
or the sense of anxiety is simply the 00:07:04
or the sense of anxiety is simply the way one experiences keeping the game of 00:07:04
way one experiences keeping the game of 00:07:07
way one experiences keeping the game of disguise going on you see that 00:07:07
disguise going on you see that 00:07:13
disguise going on you see that supposing you say I feel guilty 00:07:13
supposing you say I feel guilty 00:07:17
supposing you say I feel guilty Christianity makes you feel guilty for 00:07:17
Christianity makes you feel guilty for 00:07:19
Christianity makes you feel guilty for existing that somehow the very fact that 00:07:19
existing that somehow the very fact that 00:07:25
existing that somehow the very fact that you exist is in the front you were a 00:07:25
you exist is in the front you were a 00:07:28
you exist is in the front you were a fallen human being I remember as a child 00:07:28
fallen human being I remember as a child 00:07:32
fallen human being I remember as a child when we went to the services of the 00:07:32
when we went to the services of the 00:07:34
when we went to the services of the church on Good Friday they gave us each 00:07:34
church on Good Friday they gave us each 00:07:36
church on Good Friday they gave us each a colored postcard with Jesus crucified 00:07:36
a colored postcard with Jesus crucified 00:07:40
a colored postcard with Jesus crucified on it and it said underneath this have I 00:07:40
on it and it said underneath this have I 00:07:44
on it and it said underneath this have I done for thee what doest thou for me you 00:07:44
done for thee what doest thou for me you 00:07:49
done for thee what doest thou for me you know you fell off you nail that man to 00:07:49
know you fell off you nail that man to 00:07:52
know you fell off you nail that man to the cross because you eat steak you have 00:07:52
the cross because you eat steak you have 00:07:55
the cross because you eat steak you have crucified Christ cause we kill the bull 00:07:55
crucified Christ cause we kill the bull 00:07:57
crucified Christ cause we kill the bull after all you depend on it 00:07:57