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we notice that all these substances 00:00:02
we notice that all these substances 00:00:07
we notice that all these substances appear and disappear they keep changing 00:00:07
appear and disappear they keep changing 00:00:09
appear and disappear they keep changing they come and they go but if you get 00:00:09
they come and they go but if you get 00:00:16
they come and they go but if you get hung up on your particular form I'll 00:00:16
hung up on your particular form I'll 00:00:21
hung up on your particular form I'll have to alter the language a little bit 00:00:21
have to alter the language a little bit 00:00:22
have to alter the language a little bit because you see your form makes a 00:00:22
because you see your form makes a 00:00:25
because you see your form makes a duality whereas you are your form you're 00:00:25
duality whereas you are your form you're 00:00:31
duality whereas you are your form you're what you're doing now you think hmm for 00:00:31
what you're doing now you think hmm for 00:00:41
what you're doing now you think hmm for some strange reason I must make that go 00:00:41
some strange reason I must make that go 00:00:44
some strange reason I must make that go on as long as possible 00:00:44
on as long as possible 00:00:46
on as long as possible and therefore you think you have an 00:00:46
and therefore you think you have an 00:00:50
and therefore you think you have an instinct to survive and so the only 00:00:50
instinct to survive and so the only 00:00:54
instinct to survive and so the only thing anybody that can agree about today 00:00:54
thing anybody that can agree about today 00:00:56
thing anybody that can agree about today so far as the discussion of ethical and 00:00:56
so far as the discussion of ethical and 00:01:00
so far as the discussion of ethical and moral problems are concerned is that we 00:01:00
moral problems are concerned is that we 00:01:03
moral problems are concerned is that we ought to survive and therefore certain 00:01:03
ought to survive and therefore certain 00:01:06
ought to survive and therefore certain forms of conduct have survival value and 00:01:06
forms of conduct have survival value and 00:01:08
forms of conduct have survival value and certain forms don't but when you say to 00:01:08
certain forms don't but when you say to 00:01:13
certain forms don't but when you say to yourself you must go on living you put 00:01:13
yourself you must go on living you put 00:01:17
yourself you must go on living you put yourself in a double bind because you 00:01:17
yourself in a double bind because you 00:01:21
yourself in a double bind because you said to a process which is a sense 00:01:21
said to a process which is a sense 00:01:22
said to a process which is a sense essentially spontaneous that it must 00:01:22
essentially spontaneous that it must 00:01:26
essentially spontaneous that it must happen and the basic form of the double 00:01:26
happen and the basic form of the double 00:01:30
happen and the basic form of the double bind which was imposed upon all children 00:01:30
bind which was imposed upon all children 00:01:32
bind which was imposed upon all children is you are required to do that which 00:01:32
is you are required to do that which 00:01:35
is you are required to do that which will be acceptable only if you do it 00:01:35
will be acceptable only if you do it 00:01:37
will be acceptable only if you do it voluntarily so when we say to ourselves 00:01:37
voluntarily so when we say to ourselves 00:01:42
voluntarily so when we say to ourselves you must go on the reason is you see 00:01:42
you must go on the reason is you see 00:01:49
you must go on the reason is you see that we are not living in the eternal 00:01:49
that we are not living in the eternal 00:01:51
that we are not living in the eternal now where reality is we are always 00:01:51
now where reality is we are always 00:01:58
now where reality is we are always thinking that the satisfaction of life 00:01:58
thinking that the satisfaction of life 00:02:00
thinking that the satisfaction of life will be coming later there's a good time 00:02:00
will be coming later there's a good time 00:02:05
will be coming later there's a good time coming me it ever so far away that one 00:02:05
coming me it ever so far away that one 00:02:09
coming me it ever so far away that one far-off divine event to which all 00:02:09
far-off divine event to which all 00:02:11
far-off divine event to which all creation moves don't kid yourself 00:02:11
creation moves don't kid yourself 00:02:16
creation moves don't kid yourself as the Hindus have taught us in the 00:02:16
as the Hindus have taught us in the 00:02:18
as the Hindus have taught us in the course of time everything gets worse it 00:02:18
course of time everything gets worse it 00:02:23
course of time everything gets worse it eventually falls apart comes Kali Yuga 00:02:23
eventually falls apart comes Kali Yuga 00:02:26
eventually falls apart comes Kali Yuga and Shiva at the end and poom which is 00:02:26
and Shiva at the end and poom which is 00:02:34
and Shiva at the end and poom which is to say only suckers put hope in the 00:02:34
to say only suckers put hope in the 00:02:40
to say only suckers put hope in the future you see I tell you there are 00:02:40
future you see I tell you there are 00:02:48
future you see I tell you there are three classes of people in the Western 00:02:48
three classes of people in the Western 00:02:50
three classes of people in the Western world the aristocrats the proletariat 00:02:50
world the aristocrats the proletariat 00:02:55
world the aristocrats the proletariat and the bourgeoisie 00:02:55
and the bourgeoisie 00:02:58
and the bourgeoisie the aristocrats live on the past because 00:02:58
the aristocrats live on the past because 00:03:01
the aristocrats live on the past because they come with noble family and they're 00:03:01
they come with noble family and they're 00:03:06
they come with noble family and they're like potatoes because the best part of 00:03:06
like potatoes because the best part of 00:03:08
like potatoes because the best part of them is underground the proletariat live 00:03:08
them is underground the proletariat live 00:03:16
them is underground the proletariat live in the present because they have nothing 00:03:16
in the present because they have nothing 00:03:18
in the present because they have nothing else and the poor bourgeoisie live for 00:03:18
else and the poor bourgeoisie live for 00:03:23
else and the poor bourgeoisie live for the future 00:03:23
they are the eternal suckers they can 00:03:30
they are the eternal suckers they can 00:03:35
they are the eternal suckers they can always open to a con game so when they 00:03:35
always open to a con game so when they 00:03:38
always open to a con game so when they find out that really that there isn't 00:03:38
find out that really that there isn't 00:03:42
find out that really that there isn't much of a future you're going to die 00:03:42
they transpose the future into a 00:03:50
they transpose the future into a 00:03:53
they transpose the future into a spiritual dimension and they figure this 00:03:53
spiritual dimension and they figure this 00:04:00
spiritual dimension and they figure this material world is not the real world but 00:04:00
material world is not the real world but 00:04:04
material world is not the real world but the spiritual world is the real world 00:04:04
the spiritual world is the real world 00:04:06
the spiritual world is the real world and there will be somewhere somehow an 00:04:06
and there will be somewhere somehow an 00:04:09
and there will be somewhere somehow an eternal life for me a charge to keep I 00:04:09
eternal life for me a charge to keep I 00:04:13
eternal life for me a charge to keep I have a god to glorify and never dying 00:04:13
have a god to glorify and never dying 00:04:16
have a god to glorify and never dying soul to save and fit it for the sky well 00:04:16
soul to save and fit it for the sky well 00:04:22
soul to save and fit it for the sky well and if say to them what are you going to 00:04:22
and if say to them what are you going to 00:04:23
and if say to them what are you going to do there well then the faintest idea you 00:04:23
do there well then the faintest idea you 00:04:29
do there well then the faintest idea you know that if you ask the illusions about 00:04:29
know that if you ask the illusions about 00:04:31
know that if you ask the illusions about what they think is going to happen in 00:04:31
what they think is going to happen in 00:04:32
what they think is going to happen in heaven they just dry up I are gonna play 00:04:32
heaven they just dry up I are gonna play 00:04:38
heaven they just dry up I are gonna play harps I mean there's a symbolic meaning 00:04:38
harps I mean there's a symbolic meaning 00:04:41
harps I mean there's a symbolic meaning to that which I could go into but the 00:04:41
to that which I could go into but the 00:04:43
to that which I could go into but the average person's idea of heaven is an 00:04:43
average person's idea of heaven is an 00:04:45
average person's idea of heaven is an absolute ball I mean it's like being in 00:04:45
absolute ball I mean it's like being in 00:04:51
absolute ball I mean it's like being in church forever children see this 00:04:51
church forever children see this 00:04:54
church forever children see this immediately children when they hear him 00:04:54
immediately children when they hear him 00:04:57
immediately children when they hear him like weary of earth and laden with my 00:04:57
like weary of earth and laden with my 00:04:59
like weary of earth and laden with my sin I looked at heaven and longed to 00:04:59
sin I looked at heaven and longed to 00:05:01
sin I looked at heaven and longed to enter in you know God heaven is to be in 00:05:01
enter in you know God heaven is to be in 00:05:07
enter in you know God heaven is to be in church for always they think hell is 00:05:07
church for always they think hell is 00:05:11
church for always they think hell is preferable so these some excitement 00:05:11
preferable so these some excitement 00:05:14
preferable so these some excitement going on and you see it in medieval art 00:05:14
going on and you see it in medieval art 00:05:16
going on and you see it in medieval art you take you go to the Metropolitan 00:05:16
you take you go to the Metropolitan 00:05:19
you take you go to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and you see young Van 00:05:19
Museum in New York and you see young Van 00:05:21
Museum in New York and you see young Van Dyke's painting of the Last Judgement 00:05:21
Dyke's painting of the Last Judgement 00:05:23
Dyke's painting of the Last Judgement heaven on top el below in heaven 00:05:23
heaven on top el below in heaven 00:05:27
heaven on top el below in heaven everybody's looking is act like a cat 00:05:27
everybody's looking is act like a cat 00:05:29
everybody's looking is act like a cat that swallowed the canary sitting in 00:05:29
that swallowed the canary sitting in 00:05:31
that swallowed the canary sitting in rows and very smug God the Father as 00:05:31
rows and very smug God the Father as 00:05:38
rows and very smug God the Father as president and 00:05:38
don'tdo beneath this there's a wind 00:05:41
don'tdo beneath this there's a wind 00:05:45
don'tdo beneath this there's a wind skull like a bat and squirming bodies 00:05:45
skull like a bat and squirming bodies 00:05:50
skull like a bat and squirming bodies all nude all being eaten by snakes and I 00:05:50
all nude all being eaten by snakes and I 00:05:57
all nude all being eaten by snakes and I don't know is a fantastic thing going on 00:05:57
don't know is a fantastic thing going on 00:05:59
don't know is a fantastic thing going on but in that you see Van Eyck had a ball 00:05:59
but in that you see Van Eyck had a ball 00:06:04
but in that you see Van Eyck had a ball painting that because in in in medieval 00:06:04
painting that because in in in medieval 00:06:07
painting that because in in in medieval way it was the only way you could get 00:06:07
way it was the only way you could get 00:06:08
way it was the only way you could get away with painting nudes and sexy scenes 00:06:08
away with painting nudes and sexy scenes 00:06:13
away with painting nudes and sexy scenes sadomasochistic so that's naturally why 00:06:13
sadomasochistic so that's naturally why 00:06:18
sadomasochistic so that's naturally why he'll became much more interesting than 00:06:18
he'll became much more interesting than 00:06:20
he'll became much more interesting than heaven 00:06:20
so therefore this hope for the future is 00:06:24
so therefore this hope for the future is 00:06:32
so therefore this hope for the future is a hoax it's a perfect hoax and maybe we 00:06:32
a hoax it's a perfect hoax and maybe we 00:06:39
a hoax it's a perfect hoax and maybe we will make spiritual progress everybody 00:06:39
will make spiritual progress everybody 00:06:42
will make spiritual progress everybody puts it off maybe if I work at Yoga for 00:06:42
puts it off maybe if I work at Yoga for 00:06:48
puts it off maybe if I work at Yoga for 10 years 20 years and do this thing I 00:06:48
10 years 20 years and do this thing I 00:06:55
10 years 20 years and do this thing I will eventually make it to moksha to 00:06:55
will eventually make it to moksha to 00:07:00
will eventually make it to moksha to Nirvana whatever that's nothing more 00:07:00
Nirvana whatever that's nothing more 00:07:03
Nirvana whatever that's nothing more than a postponement it's this business 00:07:03
than a postponement it's this business 00:07:10
than a postponement it's this business of because you're not fully alive now 00:07:10
of because you're not fully alive now 00:07:14
of because you're not fully alive now you think maybe someday you will be look 00:07:14
you think maybe someday you will be look 00:07:19
you think maybe someday you will be look supposing I ask you what did you do 00:07:19
supposing I ask you what did you do 00:07:20
supposing I ask you what did you do yesterday no what did i do yesterday 00:07:20
yesterday no what did i do yesterday 00:07:25
yesterday no what did i do yesterday that I've forgotten 00:07:25
that I've forgotten 00:07:28
that I've forgotten so what verse we will say well let me 00:07:28
so what verse we will say well let me 00:07:31
so what verse we will say well let me see now let me get out my notebook I got 00:07:31
see now let me get out my notebook I got 00:07:34
see now let me get out my notebook I got up at 7:30 and I brushed my teeth and I 00:07:34
up at 7:30 and I brushed my teeth and I 00:07:39
up at 7:30 and I brushed my teeth and I read the newspaper over a cup of coffee 00:07:39
read the newspaper over a cup of coffee 00:07:41
read the newspaper over a cup of coffee and then I looked at the clock and 00:07:41
and then I looked at the clock and 00:07:44
and then I looked at the clock and dressed and got in the car and drove 00:07:44
dressed and got in the car and drove 00:07:49
dressed and got in the car and drove downtown and did this and that in the 00:07:49
downtown and did this and that in the 00:07:51
downtown and did this and that in the office and so on and you go on and on 00:07:51
office and so on and you go on and on 00:07:53
office and so on and you go on and on and on 00:07:53
and on 00:07:53
and on you suddenly discover that what you've 00:07:53
you suddenly discover that what you've 00:07:55
you suddenly discover that what you've described as absolutely nothing to do 00:07:55
described as absolutely nothing to do 00:07:57
described as absolutely nothing to do with what happened you've described a 00:07:57
with what happened you've described a 00:08:02
with what happened you've described a scraggly skeletal fleshless list of 00:08:02
scraggly skeletal fleshless list of 00:08:07
scraggly skeletal fleshless list of abstractions whereas if you were 00:08:07
abstractions whereas if you were 00:08:11
abstractions whereas if you were actually aware of what went on 00:08:11
actually aware of what went on 00:08:14
actually aware of what went on you could never describe it because 00:08:14
you could never describe it because 00:08:21
you could never describe it because nature is multi-dimensional language is 00:08:21
nature is multi-dimensional language is 00:08:25
nature is multi-dimensional language is linear language is scrawny and therefore 00:08:25
linear language is scrawny and therefore 00:08:29
linear language is scrawny and therefore if you identify the world as it is with 00:08:29
if you identify the world as it is with 00:08:32
if you identify the world as it is with the way the world is described it's as 00:08:32
the way the world is described it's as 00:08:34
the way the world is described it's as if you were trying to eat dollar bills 00:08:34
if you were trying to eat dollar bills 00:08:36
if you were trying to eat dollar bills and expect a nutritious diet or eat 00:08:36
and expect a nutritious diet or eat 00:08:40
and expect a nutritious diet or eat numbers a lot of people eat numbers 00:08:40
numbers a lot of people eat numbers 00:08:43
numbers a lot of people eat numbers people play the stock market nothing but 00:08:43
people play the stock market nothing but 00:08:46
people play the stock market nothing but eating numbers they're always unhappy 00:08:46
eating numbers they're always unhappy 00:08:50
eating numbers they're always unhappy absolutely miserable because they never 00:08:50
absolutely miserable because they never 00:08:54
absolutely miserable because they never get anything so therefore they always 00:08:54
get anything so therefore they always 00:09:00
get anything so therefore they always hope more is coming because they believe 00:09:00
hope more is coming because they believe 00:09:04
hope more is coming because they believe that if they eat enough dollar bills 00:09:04
that if they eat enough dollar bills 00:09:06
that if they eat enough dollar bills eventually something satisfactory will 00:09:06
eventually something satisfactory will 00:09:09
eventually something satisfactory will happen so eating the abstractions all 00:09:09
happen so eating the abstractions all 00:09:13
happen so eating the abstractions all the time we want more more more time 00:09:13
Confucius very wisely said a man who 00:09:19
Confucius very wisely said a man who 00:09:23
Confucius very wisely said a man who understands the Dow in the morning made 00:09:23
understands the Dow in the morning made 00:09:27
understands the Dow in the morning made I was content in the evening because 00:09:27
I was content in the evening because 00:09:32
I was content in the evening because when you understand you don't put your 00:09:32
when you understand you don't put your 00:09:36
when you understand you don't put your hope in time time won't solve a thing so 00:09:36
hope in time time won't solve a thing so 00:09:44
hope in time time won't solve a thing so when we enter into the practice of 00:09:44
when we enter into the practice of 00:09:47
when we enter into the practice of meditation of yoga we are doing 00:09:47
meditation of yoga we are doing 00:09:51
meditation of yoga we are doing something radically unlike other human 00:09:51
something radically unlike other human 00:09:55
something radically unlike other human activities of course the way yoga is 00:09:55
activities of course the way yoga is 00:09:59
activities of course the way yoga is sold in the United States like 00:09:59
sold in the United States like 00:10:02
sold in the United States like everything else is it is supposed to be 00:10:02
everything else is it is supposed to be 00:10:03
everything else is it is supposed to be good for you 00:10:03
good for you 00:10:05
good for you it 00:10:05
it 00:10:07
it has nothing to do with anything that's 00:10:07
has nothing to do with anything that's 00:10:09
has nothing to do with anything that's good for you it's the one activity which 00:10:09
good for you it's the one activity which 00:10:18
good for you it's the one activity which you do for its own sake and not because 00:10:18
you do for its own sake and not because 00:10:23
you do for its own sake and not because it's good for you not because it will 00:10:23
it's good for you not because it will 00:10:24
it's good for you not because it will lead anywhere because you cannot go to 00:10:24
lead anywhere because you cannot go to 00:10:31
lead anywhere because you cannot go to the place where you are now obviously 00:10:31
the place where you are now obviously 00:10:35
the place where you are now obviously Yoga is to be completely here and now 00:10:35
Yoga is to be completely here and now 00:10:38
Yoga is to be completely here and now that's why the word yoga means join get 00:10:38
that's why the word yoga means join get 00:10:44
that's why the word yoga means join get with it be completely here and now this 00:10:44
with it be completely here and now this 00:10:49
with it be completely here and now this is the real meaning of concentration to 00:10:49
is the real meaning of concentration to 00:10:51
is the real meaning of concentration to be in your Center and the Christian word 00:10:51
be in your Center and the Christian word 00:10:55
be in your Center and the Christian word for sinning in Greek is a mitanni which 00:10:55
for sinning in Greek is a mitanni which 00:11:00
for sinning in Greek is a mitanni which means to miss the point and the point is 00:11:00
means to miss the point and the point is 00:11:07
means to miss the point and the point is eternal life which is here and now come 00:11:07
eternal life which is here and now come 00:11:13
eternal life which is here and now come to your senses so yoga is defined in 00:11:13
to your senses so yoga is defined in 00:11:21
to your senses so yoga is defined in Sanskrit in the yoga Sutra yogas chitta 00:11:21
Sanskrit in the yoga Sutra yogas chitta 00:11:25
Sanskrit in the yoga Sutra yogas chitta vritti nirodha difficult to translate 00:11:25
vritti nirodha difficult to translate 00:11:29
vritti nirodha difficult to translate but roughly Yoga is the stopping of 00:11:29
britty is turning see like a wheel and 00:11:41
britty is turning see like a wheel and 00:11:45
britty is turning see like a wheel and chitta is consciousness turnings in 00:11:45
chitta is consciousness turnings in 00:11:50
chitta is consciousness turnings in consciousness now was the attempt of the 00:11:50
consciousness now was the attempt of the 00:11:52
consciousness now was the attempt of the mind to catch hold of itself which is 00:11:52
mind to catch hold of itself which is 00:11:55
mind to catch hold of itself which is what we call thinking worrying so we 00:11:55
what we call thinking worrying so we 00:12:01
what we call thinking worrying so we could say loosely Yoga is the cessation 00:12:01
could say loosely Yoga is the cessation 00:12:03
could say loosely Yoga is the cessation of thinking it's not the cessation of 00:12:03
of thinking it's not the cessation of 00:12:06
of thinking it's not the cessation of awareness but I'll symbolizing trying to 00:12:06
awareness but I'll symbolizing trying to 00:12:11
awareness but I'll symbolizing trying to catch touch reality in terms of thoughts 00:12:11
catch touch reality in terms of thoughts 00:12:16
catch touch reality in terms of thoughts symbols descriptions definitions 00:12:16
symbols descriptions definitions 00:12:19
symbols descriptions definitions give it up it's not easy because we do 00:12:19
give it up it's not easy because we do 00:12:22
give it up it's not easy because we do it habitually but until there is silence 00:12:22
it habitually but until there is silence 00:12:28
it habitually but until there is silence of the mind it is almost impossible to 00:12:28
of the mind it is almost impossible to 00:12:33
of the mind it is almost impossible to understand eternal life that is to say 00:12:33
understand eternal life that is to say 00:12:41
understand eternal life that is to say eternal now if you would come to the 00:12:41
eternal now if you would come to the 00:12:46
eternal now if you would come to the place where you suspend conceptions 00:12:46
place where you suspend conceptions 00:12:51
place where you suspend conceptions conceptions in sanskrit are called 00:12:51
conceptions in sanskrit are called 00:12:53
conceptions in sanskrit are called vikalpa 00:12:53
vikalpa 00:12:54
vikalpa and so this state is called near of 00:12:54
and so this state is called near of 00:12:57
and so this state is called near of Aqaba are not conceptual and this it 00:12:57
Aqaba are not conceptual and this it 00:13:02
Aqaba are not conceptual and this it will be basic to everything I'm going to 00:13:02
will be basic to everything I'm going to 00:13:03
will be basic to everything I'm going to talk to you about to understand 00:13:03
nonverbal reality non conceived reality 00:13:13
nonverbal reality non conceived reality 00:13:20
nonverbal reality non conceived reality what I call suchness Tata it's really 00:13:20
what I call suchness Tata it's really 00:13:25
what I call suchness Tata it's really very easy it's too easy that's why it's 00:13:25
very easy it's too easy that's why it's 00:13:27
very easy it's too easy that's why it's difficult but that when you are fully 00:13:27
difficult but that when you are fully 00:13:33
difficult but that when you are fully aware and not thinking you will notice 00:13:33
aware and not thinking you will notice 00:13:39
aware and not thinking you will notice some amazing absences there is no past 00:13:39
can you hear anything past incidentally 00:13:47
can you hear anything past incidentally 00:13:51
can you hear anything past incidentally can you hear anything future they're 00:13:51
can you hear anything future they're 00:13:56
can you hear anything future they're just not there to the plain sense of 00:13:56
just not there to the plain sense of 00:13:59
just not there to the plain sense of one's ears ears are easiest to begin 00:13:59
one's ears ears are easiest to begin 00:14:05
one's ears ears are easiest to begin with 00:14:05
with 00:14:06
with can you hear anyone listening to 00:14:06
can you hear anyone listening to 00:14:09
can you hear anyone listening to something else other than sound you know 00:14:09
something else other than sound you know 00:14:13
something else other than sound you know can you hear the listener no well then 00:14:13
can you hear the listener no well then 00:14:19
can you hear the listener no well then presumably it's not there when you 00:14:19
presumably it's not there when you 00:14:25
presumably it's not there when you become again as a child and the same 00:14:25
become again as a child and the same 00:14:30
become again as a child and the same forget all that you ever were told and 00:14:30
forget all that you ever were told and 00:14:35
forget all that you ever were told and contemplate what is all these ghosts go 00:14:35
contemplate what is all these ghosts go 00:14:39
contemplate what is all these ghosts go away weird but they just go and then you 00:14:39
away weird but they just go and then you 00:14:50
away weird but they just go and then you enter into the eternal state well 00:14:50
enter into the eternal state well 00:14:53
enter into the eternal state well there's no problem Willian you go back 00:14:53
there's no problem Willian you go back 00:14:57
there's no problem Willian you go back and you collect your opinions again you 00:14:57
and you collect your opinions again you 00:15:01
and you collect your opinions again you think well that won't do how how can I 00:15:01
think well that won't do how how can I 00:15:05
think well that won't do how how can I be practical and be in that sort of 00:15:05
be practical and be in that sort of 00:15:07
be practical and be in that sort of state 00:15:07
well I remember in the Sermon on the 00:15:09
well I remember in the Sermon on the 00:15:12
well I remember in the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus said there a lot of 00:15:12
Mount that Jesus said there a lot of 00:15:17
Mount that Jesus said there a lot of things about this consider the lilies of 00:15:17
things about this consider the lilies of 00:15:20
things about this consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not 00:15:20
the field how they grow they toil not 00:15:22
the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin and yet so laymen 00:15:22
neither do they spin and yet so laymen 00:15:24
neither do they spin and yet so laymen in all his glory was not clothed like 00:15:24
in all his glory was not clothed like 00:15:26
in all his glory was not clothed like one of these and if God so clothes the 00:15:26
one of these and if God so clothes the 00:15:30
one of these and if God so clothes the grass of the field which today is and 00:15:30
grass of the field which today is and 00:15:32
grass of the field which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he 00:15:32
tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he 00:15:34
tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you faithless ones 00:15:34
not much more clothe you faithless ones 00:15:37
not much more clothe you faithless ones Wow so do not worry about tomorrow 00:15:37
Wow so do not worry about tomorrow 00:15:44
Wow so do not worry about tomorrow saying what should we eat what should we 00:15:44
saying what should we eat what should we 00:15:46
saying what should we eat what should we drink or how should we clothe ourselves 00:15:46
drink or how should we clothe ourselves 00:15:47
drink or how should we clothe ourselves all the rabble seeks after these things 00:15:47
all the rabble seeks after these things 00:15:51
all the rabble seeks after these things sufficient as a day is the worry of it 00:15:51
sufficient as a day is the worry of it 00:15:55
sufficient as a day is the worry of it nobody ever preaches a sermon on that 00:15:55
nobody ever preaches a sermon on that 00:15:58
nobody ever preaches a sermon on that text never I've heard lots of sermons 00:15:58
text never I've heard lots of sermons 00:16:02
text never I've heard lots of sermons and never one on that one because people 00:16:02
and never one on that one because people 00:16:05
and never one on that one because people say look that's all very well because 00:16:05
say look that's all very well because 00:16:09
say look that's all very well because Jesus was the boss's son and he knew you 00:16:09
Jesus was the boss's son and he knew you 00:16:14
Jesus was the boss's son and he knew you see that he was really in charge of the 00:16:14
see that he was really in charge of the 00:16:16
see that he was really in charge of the universe 00:16:16
universe 00:16:17
universe and he's nothing to worry about but we 00:16:17
and he's nothing to worry about but we 00:16:20
and he's nothing to worry about but we have to be practical Oh 00:16:20
what do you suppose the gospel was the 00:16:25
what do you suppose the gospel was the 00:16:28
what do you suppose the gospel was the good news you know it never got out 00:16:28
good news you know it never got out 00:16:33
good news you know it never got out [Laughter] 00:16:33
[Laughter] 00:16:38
[Laughter] you two are the boss's son that was the 00:16:38
you two are the boss's son that was the 00:16:44
you two are the boss's son that was the gospel if Jesus had lived in India they 00:16:44
gospel if Jesus had lived in India they 00:16:49
gospel if Jesus had lived in India they wouldn't have put him to death because 00:16:49
wouldn't have put him to death because 00:16:51
wouldn't have put him to death because everybody in India knows that we are all 00:16:51
everybody in India knows that we are all 00:16:54
everybody in India knows that we are all God in disguise so if he had said I am 00:16:54
God in disguise so if he had said I am 00:16:59
God in disguise so if he had said I am the father are one in India they would 00:16:59
the father are one in India they would 00:17:01
the father are one in India they would have said hooray know lots of people in 00:17:01
have said hooray know lots of people in 00:17:06
have said hooray know lots of people in India know that perfectly well but here 00:17:06
India know that perfectly well but here 00:17:12
India know that perfectly well but here that's a no-no you own the place 00:17:12
that's a no-no you own the place 00:17:21
that's a no-no you own the place you'll keep your position you're just a 00:17:21
you'll keep your position you're just a 00:17:24
you'll keep your position you're just a creature a critter it's in the family 00:17:24
creature a critter it's in the family 00:17:31
creature a critter it's in the family system it's in everything because they 00:17:31
system it's in everything because they 00:17:36
system it's in everything because they have their own way of doing it in India 00:17:36
have their own way of doing it in India 00:17:39
have their own way of doing it in India because they have a delayed action on it 00:17:39
because they have a delayed action on it 00:17:45
because they have a delayed action on it when you get to be a certain age and 00:17:45
when you get to be a certain age and 00:17:48
when you get to be a certain age and after you started long enough with a 00:17:48
after you started long enough with a 00:17:49
after you started long enough with a certain guru then and then only may you 00:17:49
certain guru then and then only may you 00:17:53
certain guru then and then only may you realize this but until then it's still a 00:17:53
realize this but until then it's still a 00:17:57
realize this but until then it's still a no-no but if you put in the time they 00:17:57
no-no but if you put in the time they 00:18:02
no-no but if you put in the time they finally let you in here you have to wait 00:18:02
finally let you in here you have to wait 00:18:06
finally let you in here you have to wait until you're dead well the only place to 00:18:06
until you're dead well the only place to 00:18:19
until you're dead well the only place to begin is now because here's where we are 00:18:19
so why put it off a lot of people say 00:18:29
so why put it off a lot of people say 00:18:34
so why put it off a lot of people say well I'm not ready you mean you're not 00:18:34
well I'm not ready you mean you're not 00:18:36
well I'm not ready you mean you're not ready what are you won't work well you 00:18:36
ready what are you won't work well you 00:18:41
ready what are you won't work well you have to be to be ready well I I'm I'm 00:18:41
have to be to be ready well I I'm I'm 00:18:49
have to be to be ready well I I'm I'm I'm not good enough because I'm neurotic 00:18:49
I'm not good enough because I'm neurotic 00:18:55
I'm not good enough because I'm neurotic I'm that's not old enough not mature 00:18:55
I'm that's not old enough not mature 00:18:59
I'm that's not old enough not mature enough for such knowledge I still am 00:18:59
enough for such knowledge I still am 00:19:06
enough for such knowledge I still am frightened of pain and of course that 00:19:06
frightened of pain and of course that 00:19:09
frightened of pain and of course that have to overcome that I'm still 00:19:09
have to overcome that I'm still 00:19:13
have to overcome that I'm still dependent on material things I have to 00:19:13
dependent on material things I have to 00:19:17
dependent on material things I have to you know eat a lot and drink a lot and 00:19:17
you know eat a lot and drink a lot and 00:19:20
you know eat a lot and drink a lot and sex around and all that kind of thing 00:19:20
sex around and all that kind of thing 00:19:22
sex around and all that kind of thing and I think that I'd better get all that 00:19:22
and I think that I'd better get all that 00:19:26
and I think that I'd better get all that under control first 00:19:26
under control first 00:19:28
under control first oh you mean you've got a case of 00:19:28
oh you mean you've got a case of 00:19:34
oh you mean you've got a case of spiritual pride you you you want to be 00:19:34
spiritual pride you you you want to be 00:19:39
spiritual pride you you you want to be able to congratulate yourself for having 00:19:39
able to congratulate yourself for having 00:19:41
able to congratulate yourself for having gone through the discipline which is 00:19:41
gone through the discipline which is 00:19:45
gone through the discipline which is rewarded with realization that is trying 00:19:45
rewarded with realization that is trying 00:19:54
rewarded with realization that is trying to quench fire with fire in other words 00:19:54
to quench fire with fire in other words 00:20:02
to quench fire with fire in other words the reason yeah wouldn't it be great to 00:20:02
the reason yeah wouldn't it be great to 00:20:05
the reason yeah wouldn't it be great to be a mystic forget it this way 00:20:05
be a mystic forget it this way 00:20:07
be a mystic forget it this way I mean kay raising to have no fear no 00:20:07
I mean kay raising to have no fear no 00:20:12
I mean kay raising to have no fear no attachments no hangups 00:20:12
attachments no hangups 00:20:14
attachments no hangups to be as free as the air so that you 00:20:14
to be as free as the air so that you 00:20:20
to be as free as the air so that you know you could just wander out in the 00:20:20
know you could just wander out in the 00:20:22
know you could just wander out in the streets and give away all your clothes 00:20:22
streets and give away all your clothes 00:20:24
streets and give away all your clothes to the beggars and let go the whole 00:20:24
to the beggars and let go the whole 00:20:27
to the beggars and let go the whole thing let it all hang out then it'd be 00:20:27
thing let it all hang out then it'd be 00:20:29
thing let it all hang out then it'd be crazy to have that courage and you look 00:20:29
crazy to have that courage and you look 00:20:32
crazy to have that courage and you look into yourself honesty you find that 00:20:32
into yourself honesty you find that 00:20:34
into yourself honesty you find that inside you're actually a quaking mess of 00:20:34
inside you're actually a quaking mess of 00:20:37
inside you're actually a quaking mess of sensitivity no so that this desire 00:20:37
sensitivity no so that this desire 00:20:40
sensitivity no so that this desire to be the great mystic is nothing more 00:20:40
to be the great mystic is nothing more 00:20:42
to be the great mystic is nothing more than a symptom of your quaking mess it's 00:20:42
than a symptom of your quaking mess it's 00:20:48
than a symptom of your quaking mess it's self-defense 00:20:48
so you think how are we that will do 00:20:55
so you think how are we that will do 00:20:59
so you think how are we that will do that yoga bit and we get real tough but 00:20:59
that yoga bit and we get real tough but 00:21:04
that yoga bit and we get real tough but that's only means you're going to be 00:21:04
that's only means you're going to be 00:21:05
that's only means you're going to be increasingly insensitive running away 00:21:05
increasingly insensitive running away 00:21:14
increasingly insensitive running away from the quaking mess escaping 00:21:14
you never can you're stuck with it 00:21:22
you never can you're stuck with it 00:21:27
you never can you're stuck with it there's nothing you can actually do to 00:21:27
there's nothing you can actually do to 00:21:33
there's nothing you can actually do to transform your own nature into 00:21:33
transform your own nature into 00:21:37
transform your own nature into unattached selflessness because you have 00:21:37
unattached selflessness because you have 00:21:42
unattached selflessness because you have a selfish reason for wanting to do it 00:21:42
well that's pretty depressing isn't it 00:21:46
well that's pretty depressing isn't it 00:21:48
well that's pretty depressing isn't it you mean to tell me that the only people 00:21:48
you mean to tell me that the only people 00:21:51
you mean to tell me that the only people who get really enlightened and liberated 00:21:51
who get really enlightened and liberated 00:21:53
who get really enlightened and liberated others whom the grace of God somehow 00:21:53
others whom the grace of God somehow 00:21:55
others whom the grace of God somehow hits in an arbitrary way and all you can 00:21:55
hits in an arbitrary way and all you can 00:21:58
hits in an arbitrary way and all you can do is sit around and wait well let's 00:21:58
do is sit around and wait well let's 00:22:02
do is sit around and wait well let's begin with that supposition let's 00:22:02
begin with that supposition let's 00:22:05
begin with that supposition let's suppose there's nothing we can do to 00:22:05
suppose there's nothing we can do to 00:22:09
suppose there's nothing we can do to change ourselves 00:22:09
change ourselves 00:22:10
change ourselves no psychotherapy religion all this is 00:22:10
no psychotherapy religion all this is 00:22:15
no psychotherapy religion all this is absolutely insane there's nothing 00:22:15
absolutely insane there's nothing 00:22:19
absolutely insane there's nothing nothing nothing you can do about it by 00:22:19
nothing nothing you can do about it by 00:22:21
nothing nothing you can do about it by trying as I said to bite your own teeth 00:22:21
trying as I said to bite your own teeth 00:22:23
trying as I said to bite your own teeth or lift yourself up by our own 00:22:23
or lift yourself up by our own 00:22:25
or lift yourself up by our own bootstraps incidentally it struck me as 00:22:25
bootstraps incidentally it struck me as 00:22:27
bootstraps incidentally it struck me as funny a lot of people are using that 00:22:27
funny a lot of people are using that 00:22:29
funny a lot of people are using that phrase in the wrong way 00:22:29
phrase in the wrong way 00:22:30
phrase in the wrong way they say when we're something very 00:22:30
they say when we're something very 00:22:33
they say when we're something very difficult has to be done we have to lift 00:22:33
difficult has to be done we have to lift 00:22:34
difficult has to be done we have to lift ourselves up by our own bootstraps you 00:22:34
ourselves up by our own bootstraps you 00:22:36
ourselves up by our own bootstraps you can't 00:22:36
it's impossible this is terribly 00:22:40
it's impossible this is terribly 00:22:43
it's impossible this is terribly depressing 00:22:43
depressing 00:22:44
depressing you mean Alan Watts you'll come here 00:22:44
you mean Alan Watts you'll come here 00:22:46
you mean Alan Watts you'll come here simply to tell us that there's nothing 00:22:46
simply to tell us that there's nothing 00:22:47
simply to tell us that there's nothing we can do I mean here we are all 00:22:47
we can do I mean here we are all 00:22:50
we can do I mean here we are all presumably assembled in a cultural media 00:22:50
presumably assembled in a cultural media 00:22:55
presumably assembled in a cultural media spiritual Miglia psychotherapeutic 00:22:55
spiritual Miglia psychotherapeutic 00:22:58
spiritual Miglia psychotherapeutic Miglia where we are supposed to get 00:22:58
Miglia where we are supposed to get 00:23:00
Miglia where we are supposed to get better and I tell you there's nothing 00:23:00
better and I tell you there's nothing 00:23:02
better and I tell you there's nothing you can do about it well I say give us 00:23:02
you can do about it well I say give us 00:23:05
you can do about it well I say give us our money back go to somebody else will 00:23:05
our money back go to somebody else will 00:23:09
our money back go to somebody else will be more encouraging but what does it 00:23:09
be more encouraging but what does it 00:23:21
be more encouraging but what does it mean that you can't do anything about it 00:23:21
that's singing loud and clear 00:23:29
that's singing loud and clear 00:23:32
that's singing loud and clear the reason you can't do anything about 00:23:32
the reason you can't do anything about 00:23:33
the reason you can't do anything about it is that you don't exist 00:23:33
that is as an ego as a soul separate 00:23:39
that is as an ego as a soul separate 00:23:47
that is as an ego as a soul separate we'll just isn't there or when you 00:23:47
we'll just isn't there or when you 00:23:51
we'll just isn't there or when you understand that you're liberated they 00:23:51
understand that you're liberated they 00:23:57
understand that you're liberated they say in Zen you cannot take hold of it 00:23:57
say in Zen you cannot take hold of it 00:23:59
say in Zen you cannot take hold of it nor can you get rid of it in not being 00:23:59
nor can you get rid of it in not being 00:24:02
nor can you get rid of it in not being able to get it you get it when you are 00:24:02
able to get it you get it when you are 00:24:05
able to get it you get it when you are silent it speaks when you speak it in 00:24:05
silent it speaks when you speak it in 00:24:07
silent it speaks when you speak it in silent don't misunderstand me this is 00:24:07
silent don't misunderstand me this is 00:24:14
silent don't misunderstand me this is not any kind of fatalism when I say you 00:24:14
not any kind of fatalism when I say you 00:24:19
not any kind of fatalism when I say you as you conceive yourself to be that is 00:24:19
as you conceive yourself to be that is 00:24:21
as you conceive yourself to be that is your ego your image of yourself isn't 00:24:21
your ego your image of yourself isn't 00:24:23
your ego your image of yourself isn't there it doesn't exist it's an 00:24:23
there it doesn't exist it's an 00:24:26
there it doesn't exist it's an abstraction it's like three do you ever 00:24:26
abstraction it's like three do you ever 00:24:31
abstraction it's like three do you ever see three it's plain ordinary three no 00:24:31
see three it's plain ordinary three no 00:24:36
see three it's plain ordinary three no nobody ever saw it so it's a concept 00:24:36
nobody ever saw it so it's a concept 00:24:39
nobody ever saw it so it's a concept it's a vikalpa so we're the same way as 00:24:39
it's a vikalpa so we're the same way as 00:24:43
it's a vikalpa so we're the same way as oneself 00:24:43
there's the happening the softness yes 00:24:45
there's the happening the softness yes 00:24:48
there's the happening the softness yes sure you bet but it's not pushing you 00:24:48
sure you bet but it's not pushing you 00:24:51
sure you bet but it's not pushing you around because 00:24:51
around because 00:24:52
around because no you to be pushed around nowadays 00:24:52
no you to be pushed around nowadays 00:24:54
no you to be pushed around nowadays there's no billiard ball on the end of 00:24:54
there's no billiard ball on the end of 00:24:55
there's no billiard ball on the end of the queue was the queue you know it goes 00:24:55
the queue was the queue you know it goes 00:25:03
the queue was the queue you know it goes this way or just that way will they call 00:25:03
this way or just that way will they call 00:25:06
this way or just that way will they call a Buddha a tathagata one who comes or 00:25:06
a Buddha a tathagata one who comes or 00:25:10
a Buddha a tathagata one who comes or goes thus this way in that way 00:25:10
goes thus this way in that way 00:25:16
goes thus this way in that way see he went thattaway the this allusion 00:25:16
see he went thattaway the this allusion 00:25:24
see he went thattaway the this allusion of the persecuted ego who is pushed 00:25:24
of the persecuted ego who is pushed 00:25:26
of the persecuted ego who is pushed around by fate this altogether 00:25:26
around by fate this altogether 00:25:29
around by fate this altogether disappeared and so in likewise the 00:25:29
disappeared and so in likewise the 00:25:33
disappeared and so in likewise the illusion of the ego who push his fate 00:25:33
illusion of the ego who push his fate 00:25:36
illusion of the ego who push his fate around has also disappeared there's a 00:25:36
around has also disappeared there's a 00:25:39
around has also disappeared there's a happening so in this to see what has 00:25:39
happening so in this to see what has 00:25:45
happening so in this to see what has happened by dying to yourself by having 00:25:45
happened by dying to yourself by having 00:25:50
happened by dying to yourself by having become completely incompetent and found 00:25:50
become completely incompetent and found 00:25:55
become completely incompetent and found that you don't exist 00:25:55
that you don't exist 00:25:56
that you don't exist you're reborn you become everything in 00:25:56
you're reborn you become everything in 00:26:00
you're reborn you become everything in the words of Sir Edwin Arnold foregoing 00:26:00
the words of Sir Edwin Arnold foregoing 00:26:03
the words of Sir Edwin Arnold foregoing self the universe grows I 00:26:03