Alan Watts searchable speech

the game that we are playing mostly is 00:00:01

the game that we are playing mostly is 00:00:04

the game that we are playing mostly is the survival game that is to say the 00:00:04

the survival game that is to say the 00:00:07

the survival game that is to say the game ought to go on only the way we play 00:00:07

game ought to go on only the way we play 00:00:14

game ought to go on only the way we play the survival game has a kind of element 00:00:14

the survival game has a kind of element 00:00:18

the survival game has a kind of element in it which makes it difficult because 00:00:18

in it which makes it difficult because 00:00:21

in it which makes it difficult because we tend to say the first rule of this 00:00:21

we tend to say the first rule of this 00:00:24

we tend to say the first rule of this game is that it's serious and that 00:00:24

game is that it's serious and that 00:00:28

game is that it's serious and that messes the whole thing up 00:00:28

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so you have to watch out in other words 00:00:32

so you have to watch out in other words 00:00:35

so you have to watch out in other words when you play four contradictory game 00:00:35

when you play four contradictory game 00:00:39

when you play four contradictory game rules self-contradictory game rules 00:00:39

rules self-contradictory game rules 00:00:42

rules self-contradictory game rules because if you get mixed up into them 00:00:42

because if you get mixed up into them 00:00:44

because if you get mixed up into them the game ceases to be worth the candle 00:00:44

the game ceases to be worth the candle 00:00:47

the game ceases to be worth the candle you'll start straining at doing 00:00:47

you'll start straining at doing 00:00:49

you'll start straining at doing something then it just doesn't worth it 00:00:49

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then the second thing that we observed 00:00:54

then the second thing that we observed 00:00:57

then the second thing that we observed was the web as an analogy of mutual 00:00:57

was the web as an analogy of mutual 00:01:01

was the web as an analogy of mutual interdependence we could call it the 00:01:01

interdependence we could call it the 00:01:05

interdependence we could call it the idea that all existence is relative that 00:01:05

idea that all existence is relative that 00:01:08

idea that all existence is relative that all existence is transactional the 00:01:08

all existence is transactional the 00:01:13

all existence is transactional the transaction being typically exemplified 00:01:13

transaction being typically exemplified 00:01:16

transaction being typically exemplified by say the operation of buying and 00:01:16

by say the operation of buying and 00:01:18

by say the operation of buying and selling in which there can be no buying 00:01:18

selling in which there can be no buying 00:01:22

selling in which there can be no buying without somebody selling and there can 00:01:22

without somebody selling and there can 00:01:23

without somebody selling and there can be no selling without somebody else 00:01:23

be no selling without somebody else 00:01:25

be no selling without somebody else buying that kind of interdependence of 00:01:25

buying that kind of interdependence of 00:01:29

buying that kind of interdependence of the inside going together with the 00:01:29

the inside going together with the 00:01:32

the inside going together with the outside what is in you going together 00:01:32

outside what is in you going together 00:01:34

outside what is in you going together with what is outside you is absolutely 00:01:34

with what is outside you is absolutely 00:01:36

with what is outside you is absolutely fundamental to existence it is existence 00:01:36

fundamental to existence it is existence 00:01:39

fundamental to existence it is existence existence is relativity then we explored 00:01:39

existence is relativity then we explored 00:01:45

existence is relativity then we explored the web as a trap the spider's web won't 00:01:45

the web as a trap the spider's web won't 00:01:50

the web as a trap the spider's web won't you come into my palace of the spider to 00:01:50

you come into my palace of the spider to 00:01:52

you come into my palace of the spider to the fly 00:01:52

the fly 00:01:52

the fly and we saw what happens if you'd look at 00:01:52

and we saw what happens if you'd look at 00:01:57

and we saw what happens if you'd look at all of life from the point of view that 00:01:57

all of life from the point of view that 00:02:00

all of life from the point of view that it is original selfishness and original 00:02:00

it is original selfishness and original 00:02:03

it is original selfishness and original hunger and we found that if you take 00:02:03

hunger and we found that if you take 00:02:07

hunger and we found that if you take that point of view to its ultimate 00:02:07

that point of view to its ultimate 00:02:08

that point of view to its ultimate extreme it dissolves 00:02:08

extreme it dissolves 00:02:12

extreme it dissolves and the distance are bad after all 00:02:12

and the distance are bad after all 00:02:15

and the distance are bad after all there's a famous comment that RH Blythe 00:02:16

there's a famous comment that RH Blythe 00:02:19

there's a famous comment that RH Blythe made on the passage in Macbeth where 00:02:19

made on the passage in Macbeth where 00:02:22

made on the passage in Macbeth where Shakespeare says it is a tale told by an 00:02:22

Shakespeare says it is a tale told by an 00:02:27

Shakespeare says it is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying 00:02:27

idiot full of sound and fury signifying 00:02:30

idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing 00:02:30

nothing 00:02:31

nothing and Blythe says when it's put that way 00:02:32

and Blythe says when it's put that way 00:02:36

and Blythe says when it's put that way it doesn't seem so bad after all 00:02:36

it doesn't seem so bad after all 00:02:38

it doesn't seem so bad after all I remember that I had a Zen master 00:02:38

I remember that I had a Zen master 00:02:44

I remember that I had a Zen master friend who wrote a letter to a friend of 00:02:44

friend who wrote a letter to a friend of 00:02:47

friend who wrote a letter to a friend of mine which was passed on to me saying 00:02:47

mine which was passed on to me saying 00:02:52

mine which was passed on to me saying that the greatest writers the this 00:02:52

that the greatest writers the this 00:02:55

that the greatest writers the this friend of mine was aspiring to be a 00:02:55

friend of mine was aspiring to be a 00:02:57

friend of mine was aspiring to be a writer and he was trying to write novels 00:02:57

writer and he was trying to write novels 00:02:59

writer and he was trying to write novels that would put across Buddhism to people 00:02:59

that would put across Buddhism to people 00:03:02

that would put across Buddhism to people you know sugar the pill and my Zen 00:03:02

you know sugar the pill and my Zen 00:03:05

you know sugar the pill and my Zen master friend didn't approve of this at 00:03:05

master friend didn't approve of this at 00:03:06

master friend didn't approve of this at all he said don't write any story to 00:03:06

all he said don't write any story to 00:03:10

all he said don't write any story to people write it to the great sky because 00:03:10

people write it to the great sky because 00:03:15

people write it to the great sky because all the real masters of literature 00:03:15

all the real masters of literature 00:03:17

all the real masters of literature especially novelists and storytellers 00:03:17

especially novelists and storytellers 00:03:19

especially novelists and storytellers are great masters of nonsense think of 00:03:19

are great masters of nonsense think of 00:03:22

are great masters of nonsense think of Lewis Carroll you can use Lewis Carroll 00:03:22

Lewis Carroll you can use Lewis Carroll 00:03:27

Lewis Carroll you can use Lewis Carroll and he did use Alice in Wonderland as a 00:03:27

and he did use Alice in Wonderland as a 00:03:30

and he did use Alice in Wonderland as a Zen textbook because twas brillig and 00:03:30

Zen textbook because twas brillig and 00:03:34

Zen textbook because twas brillig and the slithy Toves did gyre and gimble in 00:03:34

the slithy Toves did gyre and gimble in 00:03:36

the slithy Toves did gyre and gimble in the wave and that's that's then I had a 00:03:36

the wave and that's that's then I had a 00:03:42

the wave and that's that's then I had a discussion with a great master in Japan 00:03:42

discussion with a great master in Japan 00:03:44

discussion with a great master in Japan on the last visit there and we were 00:03:44

on the last visit there and we were 00:03:48

on the last visit there and we were talking about the various people who are 00:03:48

talking about the various people who are 00:03:50

talking about the various people who are working to translate the Zen books into 00:03:50

working to translate the Zen books into 00:03:53

working to translate the Zen books into English and he said that's a waste of 00:03:53

English and he said that's a waste of 00:03:56

English and he said that's a waste of time if you really understand Zen he 00:03:56

time if you really understand Zen he 00:04:00

time if you really understand Zen he said you can use any book you could use 00:04:00

said you can use any book you could use 00:04:04

said you can use any book you could use the Bible you could use Alice in 00:04:04

the Bible you could use Alice in 00:04:06

the Bible you could use Alice in Wonderland you could use the dictionary 00:04:06

Wonderland you could use the dictionary 00:04:08

Wonderland you could use the dictionary because he said the sound of the rain 00:04:08

because he said the sound of the rain 00:04:11

because he said the sound of the rain needs no translation so what does the 00:04:11

needs no translation so what does the 00:04:16

needs no translation so what does the rain say evening rain it is the banana 00:04:16

rain say evening rain it is the banana 00:04:21

rain say evening rain it is the banana leaf that speaks of it first 00:04:21

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you see that's the point and all the 00:04:24

you see that's the point and all the 00:04:30

you see that's the point and all the talk in the world doesn't get it unless 00:04:30

talk in the world doesn't get it unless 00:04:34

talk in the world doesn't get it unless you listen to the talk in a new way the 00:04:34

you listen to the talk in a new way the 00:04:38

you listen to the talk in a new way the sound of the rain needs no translation 00:04:38

sound of the rain needs no translation 00:04:41

sound of the rain needs no translation so you see there's something going on 00:04:41

so you see there's something going on 00:04:44

so you see there's something going on this web may be looked at as pattern and 00:04:44

this web may be looked at as pattern and 00:04:49

this web may be looked at as pattern and the world is basically patterning what 00:04:49

the world is basically patterning what 00:04:54

the world is basically patterning what else do you do when you come to think of 00:04:54

else do you do when you come to think of 00:04:57

else do you do when you come to think of it when you eat you are turning food 00:04:57

it when you eat you are turning food 00:05:04

it when you eat you are turning food into the pattern of your skeleton your 00:05:04

into the pattern of your skeleton your 00:05:08

into the pattern of your skeleton your muscles and your nervous system that's a 00:05:08

muscles and your nervous system that's a 00:05:10

muscles and your nervous system that's a pattern and you say you will see 00:05:10

pattern and you say you will see 00:05:14

pattern and you say you will see basically hooray for that pattern that's 00:05:14

basically hooray for that pattern that's 00:05:16

basically hooray for that pattern that's great it's terribly interesting but then 00:05:16

great it's terribly interesting but then 00:05:20

great it's terribly interesting but then you want other patterns you'd like to 00:05:20

you want other patterns you'd like to 00:05:21

you want other patterns you'd like to look through a microscope and see the 00:05:21

look through a microscope and see the 00:05:23

look through a microscope and see the patterns that exist in the small world 00:05:23

patterns that exist in the small world 00:05:26

patterns that exist in the small world you'd like to look through a 00:05:26

you'd like to look through a 00:05:28

you'd like to look through a kaleidoscope or a telescope and see the 00:05:28

kaleidoscope or a telescope and see the 00:05:30

kaleidoscope or a telescope and see the patterns you like to have paintings 00:05:30

patterns you like to have paintings 00:05:32

patterns you like to have paintings around and see the patterns you like to 00:05:32

around and see the patterns you like to 00:05:35

around and see the patterns you like to watch the water play you want to watch 00:05:35

watch the water play you want to watch 00:05:38

watch the water play you want to watch the birds go or the clouds and all that 00:05:38

the birds go or the clouds and all that 00:05:41

the birds go or the clouds and all that fascinating patterns and that really 00:05:41

fascinating patterns and that really 00:05:45

fascinating patterns and that really does doesn't it seem to be the point I 00:05:45

does doesn't it seem to be the point I 00:05:47

does doesn't it seem to be the point I mean what do you do when you're very 00:05:47

mean what do you do when you're very 00:05:48

mean what do you do when you're very rich and you want this take some rascal 00:05:49

rich and you want this take some rascal 00:05:53

rich and you want this take some rascal of ancient times who became very rich by 00:05:53

of ancient times who became very rich by 00:05:56

of ancient times who became very rich by all sorts of skullduggery and warfare 00:05:56

all sorts of skullduggery and warfare 00:05:59

all sorts of skullduggery and warfare and so on he got himself a suit of armor 00:05:59

and so on he got himself a suit of armor 00:06:01

and so on he got himself a suit of armor a beautiful sword and he had the armor 00:06:01

a beautiful sword and he had the armor 00:06:07

a beautiful sword and he had the armor make the most intricate patterns 00:06:07

make the most intricate patterns 00:06:10

make the most intricate patterns arabesques of inlaid gold on the steel 00:06:10

arabesques of inlaid gold on the steel 00:06:15

arabesques of inlaid gold on the steel why 00:06:15

why 00:06:17

why because it's as they say among the 00:06:18

because it's as they say among the 00:06:20

because it's as they say among the Pennsylvania Dutch it's for nice it's a 00:06:20

Pennsylvania Dutch it's for nice it's a 00:06:25

Pennsylvania Dutch it's for nice it's a great thing to have all that jazz and 00:06:25

great thing to have all that jazz and 00:06:28

great thing to have all that jazz and that's what we go for what do people do 00:06:28

that's what we go for what do people do 00:06:31

that's what we go for what do people do most of the time when they what would 00:06:31

most of the time when they what would 00:06:33

most of the time when they what would they like to do really what's your idea 00:06:33

they like to do really what's your idea 00:06:36

they like to do really what's your idea of heaven when people are unoccupied as 00:06:36

of heaven when people are unoccupied as 00:06:40

of heaven when people are unoccupied as far as I can make out they get together 00:06:40

far as I can make out they get together 00:06:42

far as I can make out they get together and they sing and dance or else watch 00:06:42

and they sing and dance or else watch 00:06:47

and they sing and dance or else watch somebody else do it nowadays we live in 00:06:47

somebody else do it nowadays we live in 00:06:51

somebody else do it nowadays we live in a non participative culture and we don't 00:06:51

a non participative culture and we don't 00:06:55

a non participative culture and we don't do very much singing and dancing 00:06:55

do very much singing and dancing 00:06:57

do very much singing and dancing we are lugubrious but we watch other 00:06:57

we are lugubrious but we watch other 00:06:59

we are lugubrious but we watch other people do it on television what we 00:06:59

people do it on television what we 00:07:03

people do it on television what we really are interested in is to be able 00:07:03

really are interested in is to be able 00:07:05

really are interested in is to be able to spend all the time going to hoot 00:07:05

to spend all the time going to hoot 00:07:07

to spend all the time going to hoot about it if you do that and that's what 00:07:07

about it if you do that and that's what 00:07:13

about it if you do that and that's what our hearts doing that's what our lungs 00:07:13

our hearts doing that's what our lungs 00:07:15

our hearts doing that's what our lungs are doing is what our eyeballs are doing 00:07:15

are doing is what our eyeballs are doing 00:07:17

are doing is what our eyeballs are doing and it's what all these fantastic 00:07:17

and it's what all these fantastic 00:07:19

and it's what all these fantastic capillaries of the veins are doing 00:07:19

capillaries of the veins are doing 00:07:21

capillaries of the veins are doing they're going just do - boo - ha bah bah 00:07:21

they're going just do - boo - ha bah bah 00:07:22

they're going just do - boo - ha bah bah bah boom bah dee dee and that's the 00:07:22

bah boom bah dee dee and that's the 00:07:26

bah boom bah dee dee and that's the point now the thing is aunt this to be 00:07:26

point now the thing is aunt this to be 00:07:32

point now the thing is aunt this to be allowed you know 00:07:32

allowed you know 00:07:38

allowed you know Adair we admit it because we've been 00:07:38

Adair we admit it because we've been 00:07:46

Adair we admit it because we've been brought up you see in a cultural context 00:07:46

brought up you see in a cultural context 00:07:48

brought up you see in a cultural context in which the universe is presided over 00:07:48

in which the universe is presided over 00:07:53

in which the universe is presided over by somebody serious and it's only very 00:07:53

by somebody serious and it's only very 00:07:58

by somebody serious and it's only very very occasional obscure references in 00:07:58

very occasional obscure references in 00:08:00

very occasional obscure references in the Jewish and Christian scriptures to 00:08:00

the Jewish and Christian scriptures to 00:08:03

the Jewish and Christian scriptures to the idea that God dances of course in 00:08:03

the idea that God dances of course in 00:08:06

the idea that God dances of course in Hindus they know Shiva dances and all 00:08:06

Hindus they know Shiva dances and all 00:08:09

Hindus they know Shiva dances and all the gods dance and they're represented 00:08:09

the gods dance and they're represented 00:08:11

the gods dance and they're represented in the in the dance but in our way of 00:08:11

in the in the dance but in our way of 00:08:15

in the in the dance but in our way of looking at things 00:08:15

looking at things 00:08:17

looking at things know back deep down in there is 00:08:17

know back deep down in there is 00:08:25

know back deep down in there is something that you must respect with a 00:08:25

something that you must respect with a 00:08:29

something that you must respect with a very very human 00:08:29

very very human 00:08:31

very very human you mustn't laugh in church especially 00:08:31

you mustn't laugh in church especially 00:08:35

you mustn't laugh in church especially if you got in front of the throne in 00:08:35

if you got in front of the throne in 00:08:37

if you got in front of the throne in heaven everybody would be dead silent 00:08:37

heaven everybody would be dead silent 00:08:42

heaven everybody would be dead silent Wow you see I mean that's really serious 00:08:42

Wow you see I mean that's really serious 00:08:45

Wow you see I mean that's really serious here is the Father Almighty 00:08:45

here is the Father Almighty 00:08:47

here is the Father Almighty world-without-end and you watch out 00:08:47

world-without-end and you watch out 00:08:51

world-without-end and you watch out don't shoo laughs why not the Father 00:08:51

don't shoo laughs why not the Father 00:08:58

don't shoo laughs why not the Father Almighty world-without-end is a very 00:08:58

Almighty world-without-end is a very 00:09:00

Almighty world-without-end is a very insecure fellow anybody laughed he might 00:09:00

insecure fellow anybody laughed he might 00:09:07

insecure fellow anybody laughed he might feel uneasy you know if it was something 00:09:07

feel uneasy you know if it was something 00:09:09

feel uneasy you know if it was something wrong something wrong going huh that 00:09:09

wrong something wrong going huh that 00:09:13

wrong something wrong going huh that someone challenged his power so he he is 00:09:13

someone challenged his power so he he is 00:09:17

someone challenged his power so he he is a is a funny fellow you see as we've 00:09:17

a is a funny fellow you see as we've 00:09:19

a is a funny fellow you see as we've mythologized ultimate reality in the 00:09:19

mythologized ultimate reality in the 00:09:23

mythologized ultimate reality in the form of this cosmic grand Papa who is 00:09:23

form of this cosmic grand Papa who is 00:09:28

form of this cosmic grand Papa who is also a king and is demanding above all 00:09:28

also a king and is demanding above all 00:09:34

also a king and is demanding above all things reverence and respect so it's 00:09:34

things reverence and respect so it's 00:09:38

things reverence and respect so it's difficult for us because of that 00:09:38

difficult for us because of that 00:09:40

difficult for us because of that cultural heritage to accept to 00:09:40

cultural heritage to accept to 00:09:45

cultural heritage to accept to accommodate our common sense to the idea 00:09:45

accommodate our common sense to the idea 00:09:49

accommodate our common sense to the idea that the web might basically be playful 00:09:49

that the web might basically be playful 00:09:54

that the web might basically be playful that it might be like somebody saying 00:09:54

that it might be like somebody saying 00:09:58

that it might be like somebody saying won't you come and play with me a child 00:09:58

won't you come and play with me a child 00:10:03

won't you come and play with me a child and the other child has some a little 00:10:03

and the other child has some a little 00:10:07

and the other child has some a little hesitation I don't know whether I ought 00:10:07

hesitation I don't know whether I ought 00:10:10

hesitation I don't know whether I ought to play with you you come from the wrong 00:10:10

to play with you you come from the wrong 00:10:11

to play with you you come from the wrong side of the tracks or I don't feel like 00:10:11

side of the tracks or I don't feel like 00:10:16

side of the tracks or I don't feel like playing today I feel serious 00:10:16

playing today I feel serious 00:10:18

playing today I feel serious I don't think play is important we ought 00:10:18

I don't think play is important we ought 00:10:20

I don't think play is important we ought to do something real like wash the 00:10:20

to do something real like wash the 00:10:23

to do something real like wash the dishes for mother who incidentally has 00:10:23

dishes for mother who incidentally has 00:10:27

dishes for mother who incidentally has forgotten that the whole point of 00:10:27

forgotten that the whole point of 00:10:28

forgotten that the whole point of washing the dishes is playful you know 00:10:28

washing the dishes is playful you know 00:10:31

washing the dishes is playful you know you don't wash the dishes for a serious 00:10:31

you don't wash the dishes for a serious 00:10:34

you don't wash the dishes for a serious reason you you like the table to look 00:10:34

reason you you like the table to look 00:10:37

reason you you like the table to look nice you know you don't want to serve up 00:10:37

nice you know you don't want to serve up 00:10:38

nice you know you don't want to serve up the dishes for the dinner with all the 00:10:38

the dishes for the dinner with all the 00:10:40

the dishes for the dinner with all the leavings of breakfast still lying on 00:10:41

leavings of breakfast still lying on 00:10:42

leavings of breakfast still lying on them so why do you want the table to 00:10:42

them so why do you want the table to 00:10:45

them so why do you want the table to nice well again it's for nice you see 00:10:45

nice well again it's for nice you see 00:10:47

nice well again it's for nice you see it's it's you like a pattern of it that 00:10:47

it's it's you like a pattern of it that 00:10:49

it's it's you like a pattern of it that way people get terribly compulsive about 00:10:49

way people get terribly compulsive about 00:10:52

way people get terribly compulsive about doing these things and they think that 00:10:52

doing these things and they think that 00:10:55

doing these things and they think that going on arranging the patterns of life 00:10:55

going on arranging the patterns of life 00:11:00

going on arranging the patterns of life is something that's a duty that means 00:11:00

is something that's a duty that means 00:11:06

is something that's a duty that means the debt that you owe it to yourself or 00:11:06

the debt that you owe it to yourself or 00:11:10

the debt that you owe it to yourself or to your family or to someone or other 00:11:10

to your family or to someone or other 00:11:12

to your family or to someone or other you're in debt see that's the trouble 00:11:12

you're in debt see that's the trouble 00:11:14

you're in debt see that's the trouble when a child comes into the world the 00:11:14

when a child comes into the world the 00:11:17

when a child comes into the world the parents play an awful game on it instead 00:11:17

parents play an awful game on it instead 00:11:20

parents play an awful game on it instead of being honest they say we've made such 00:11:20

of being honest they say we've made such 00:11:24

of being honest they say we've made such great sacrifices feel here we are we've 00:11:24

great sacrifices feel here we are we've 00:11:27

great sacrifices feel here we are we've supported you we've paid for your 00:11:27

supported you we've paid for your 00:11:29

supported you we've paid for your education and you're an ungrateful 00:11:29

education and you're an ungrateful 00:11:31

education and you're an ungrateful little bastard and the child feels 00:11:31

little bastard and the child feels 00:11:35

little bastard and the child feels terribly guilty because what we do is we 00:11:35

terribly guilty because what we do is we 00:11:39

terribly guilty because what we do is we build into every human being the idea 00:11:39

build into every human being the idea 00:11:42

build into every human being the idea that existence is guilt the 00:11:42

that existence is guilt the 00:11:46

that existence is guilt the existentialists make a big thing of this 00:11:46

existentialists make a big thing of this 00:11:48

existentialists make a big thing of this and you watch out for them because there 00:11:48

and you watch out for them because there 00:11:50

and you watch out for them because there are hoaxes and they say that guilt is 00:11:50

are hoaxes and they say that guilt is 00:11:52

are hoaxes and they say that guilt is ontological if you're not feeling guilty 00:11:52

ontological if you're not feeling guilty 00:11:55

ontological if you're not feeling guilty you're not human 00:11:55

you're not human 00:11:56

you're not human and that was because Papa and Mama said 00:11:56

and that was because Papa and Mama said 00:11:59

and that was because Papa and Mama said look at all the trouble you've caused us 00:11:59

look at all the trouble you've caused us 00:12:00

look at all the trouble you've caused us you shouldn't dare to exist you have no 00:12:00

you shouldn't dare to exist you have no 00:12:03

you shouldn't dare to exist you have no rights but maybe we'll give you some out 00:12:03

rights but maybe we'll give you some out 00:12:06

rights but maybe we'll give you some out of the generosity of our hearts so that 00:12:06

of the generosity of our hearts so that 00:12:08

of the generosity of our hearts so that you will be permanently indebted to us 00:12:08

you will be permanently indebted to us 00:12:09

you will be permanently indebted to us and so everybody goes around with that 00:12:09

and so everybody goes around with that 00:12:14

and so everybody goes around with that sort of thing in their in their 00:12:14

sort of thing in their in their 00:12:15

sort of thing in their in their background unless they had different 00:12:15

background unless they had different 00:12:16

background unless they had different kinds of Papas and mamas who didn't play 00:12:16

kinds of Papas and mamas who didn't play 00:12:19

kinds of Papas and mamas who didn't play that trick on so many Papas and mamas do 00:12:19

that trick on so many Papas and mamas do 00:12:22

that trick on so many Papas and mamas do do that and if they don't do it somebody 00:12:22

do that and if they don't do it somebody 00:12:25

do that and if they don't do it somebody else does it auntie comes around and 00:12:25

else does it auntie comes around and 00:12:27

else does it auntie comes around and says you don't realize what your father 00:12:27

says you don't realize what your father 00:12:31

says you don't realize what your father and mother have done for you you think 00:12:31

and mother have done for you you think 00:12:33

and mother have done for you you think you know you can just stay around here 00:12:33

you know you can just stay around here 00:12:34

you know you can just stay around here and goof off but they have sweated blood 00:12:34

and goof off but they have sweated blood 00:12:37

and goof off but they have sweated blood to give you your clothes and food and so 00:12:37

to give you your clothes and food and so 00:12:40

to give you your clothes and food and so on and you will you ought to be grateful 00:12:40

on and you will you ought to be grateful 00:12:42

on and you will you ought to be grateful for it but that's not the way to make 00:12:42

for it but that's not the way to make 00:12:45

for it but that's not the way to make people grateful they won't be grateful 00:12:45

people grateful they won't be grateful 00:12:48

people grateful they won't be grateful that way they'll imitate gratefulness 00:12:48

that way they'll imitate gratefulness 00:12:50

that way they'll imitate gratefulness they'll go and put on a big show and say 00:12:50

they'll go and put on a big show and say 00:12:52

they'll go and put on a big show and say oh thank you so much I feel so indebted 00:12:52

oh thank you so much I feel so indebted 00:12:54

oh thank you so much I feel so indebted to you and so on and so forth and 00:12:54

to you and so on and so forth and 00:12:56

to you and so on and so forth and they'll make it look good but it 00:12:56

they'll make it look good but it 00:12:58

they'll make it look good but it real because actually once father and 00:12:58

real because actually once father and 00:13:04

real because actually once father and mother had a great deal of fun bringing 00:13:05

mother had a great deal of fun bringing 00:13:06

mother had a great deal of fun bringing you into being or we hope they did and 00:13:06

you into being or we hope they did and 00:13:09

you into being or we hope they did and they wanted to do that the worst way 00:13:09

00:13:13

they have no reason to complain about 00:13:13

they have no reason to complain about 00:13:17

they have no reason to complain about all these things and try and make the 00:13:17

all these things and try and make the 00:13:19

all these things and try and make the children feel guilty but you see it is 00:13:19

children feel guilty but you see it is 00:13:24

children feel guilty but you see it is an amazing thing in our culture 00:13:24

an amazing thing in our culture 00:13:25

an amazing thing in our culture everybody is afflicted with ontological 00:13:25

everybody is afflicted with ontological 00:13:28

everybody is afflicted with ontological guilt for example if a policeman comes 00:13:28

guilt for example if a policeman comes 00:13:30

guilt for example if a policeman comes to the door 00:13:31

to the door 00:13:31

to the door everybody is instantly frightened you 00:13:31

everybody is instantly frightened you 00:13:33

everybody is instantly frightened you wonder what on earth have I done 00:13:34

wonder what on earth have I done 00:13:36

wonder what on earth have I done and the Rope certain clergy who are 00:13:36

and the Rope certain clergy who are 00:13:39

and the Rope certain clergy who are absolute experts in making you feel 00:13:39

absolute experts in making you feel 00:13:42

absolute experts in making you feel guilty there are really marvelous and 00:13:42

guilty there are really marvelous and 00:13:45

guilty there are really marvelous and there are clergy of all kinds for all 00:13:45

there are clergy of all kinds for all 00:13:47

there are clergy of all kinds for all classes and for all levels of 00:13:47

classes and for all levels of 00:13:49

classes and for all levels of intelligence and thank you make you feel 00:13:49

intelligence and thank you make you feel 00:13:53

intelligence and thank you make you feel real guilty only you have to watch 00:13:53

real guilty only you have to watch 00:13:59

real guilty only you have to watch always what games people are playing now 00:13:59

always what games people are playing now 00:14:04

always what games people are playing now you see the thing is that really is a 00:14:04

you see the thing is that really is a 00:14:06

you see the thing is that really is a puzzle is that they don't admit they're 00:14:06

puzzle is that they don't admit they're 00:14:08

puzzle is that they don't admit they're playing games and when a person is 00:14:08

playing games and when a person is 00:14:14

playing games and when a person is playing games and doesn't admit that 00:14:14

playing games and doesn't admit that 00:14:17

playing games and doesn't admit that they're playing games then you have some 00:14:17

they're playing games then you have some 00:14:19

they're playing games then you have some kind of a of a trickster who isn't 00:14:19

kind of a of a trickster who isn't 00:14:24

kind of a of a trickster who isn't really being fair to you now of course 00:14:24

really being fair to you now of course 00:14:28

really being fair to you now of course the game that this game is not a game 00:14:28

the game that this game is not a game 00:14:30

the game that this game is not a game has a certain kind of an fascinating 00:14:30

has a certain kind of an fascinating 00:14:33

has a certain kind of an fascinating quality to it 00:14:33

quality to it 00:14:34

quality to it how mixed up and we all get let's try 00:14:34

how mixed up and we all get let's try 00:14:38

how mixed up and we all get let's try see that that is that certain 00:14:38

see that that is that certain 00:14:42

see that that is that certain possibility in that I I would like to go 00:14:42

possibility in that I I would like to go 00:14:44

possibility in that I I would like to go insane and be as insane as anybody has 00:14:44

insane and be as insane as anybody has 00:14:47

insane and be as insane as anybody has ever been and be the forest out-crazy 00:14:47

ever been and be the forest out-crazy 00:14:50

ever been and be the forest out-crazy not in the world see that's again but 00:14:50

not in the world see that's again but 00:14:54

not in the world see that's again but it's not a good game it's a a game being 00:14:54

it's not a good game it's a a game being 00:15:00

it's not a good game it's a a game being played by a person who didn't really 00:15:00

played by a person who didn't really 00:15:03

played by a person who didn't really understand that everyday life was a game 00:15:03

understand that everyday life was a game 00:15:05

understand that everyday life was a game too and I think the most important thing 00:15:05

too and I think the most important thing 00:15:10

too and I think the most important thing is to admit this 00:15:10

is to admit this 00:15:11

is to admit this all really humane people admit that 00:15:11

all really humane people admit that 00:15:14

all really humane people admit that they're Rascals that's you see on the 00:15:14

they're Rascals that's you see on the 00:15:19

they're Rascals that's you see on the side of the not respectable the selfish 00:15:19

side of the not respectable the selfish 00:15:22

side of the not respectable the selfish but so also all humane people should 00:15:22

but so also all humane people should 00:15:26

but so also all humane people should admit that they're Jokers 00:15:26

admit that they're Jokers 00:15:28

admit that they're Jokers that they're playing games and playing 00:15:28

that they're playing games and playing 00:15:30

that they're playing games and playing tricks that I am doing it on you I am 00:15:31

tricks that I am doing it on you I am 00:15:36

tricks that I am doing it on you I am most ready to admit this I hoaxed you 00:15:36

most ready to admit this I hoaxed you 00:15:39

most ready to admit this I hoaxed you all into coming here to tell you what 00:15:39

all into coming here to tell you what 00:15:44

all into coming here to tell you what [Laughter] 00:15:44

[Laughter] 00:15:49

[Laughter] this was a trap you see but I'm gonna 00:15:49

this was a trap you see but I'm gonna 00:15:54

this was a trap you see but I'm gonna make it an entertaining trap so that you 00:15:54

make it an entertaining trap so that you 00:15:57

make it an entertaining trap so that you won't feel so badly about it now this is 00:15:57

won't feel so badly about it now this is 00:16:02

won't feel so badly about it now this is philosophy but I think philosophy is 00:16:02

philosophy but I think philosophy is 00:16:04

philosophy but I think philosophy is like music you go to a concert and you 00:16:04

like music you go to a concert and you 00:16:08

like music you go to a concert and you listen to somebody play Bach or Mozart 00:16:08

listen to somebody play Bach or Mozart 00:16:10

listen to somebody play Bach or Mozart or Beethoven and what's all that about 00:16:10

or Beethoven and what's all that about 00:16:14

or Beethoven and what's all that about you know it isn't about anything except 00:16:14

you know it isn't about anything except 00:16:17

you know it isn't about anything except dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee 00:16:17

dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee 00:16:21

dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee you know that's what it's about and so 00:16:21

you know that's what it's about and so 00:16:24

you know that's what it's about and so in the same way as I conceive my work as 00:16:24

in the same way as I conceive my work as 00:16:28

in the same way as I conceive my work as a philosopher I'm simply pointing out 00:16:28

a philosopher I'm simply pointing out 00:16:31

a philosopher I'm simply pointing out that existence is the same kind of a 00:16:31

that existence is the same kind of a 00:16:35

that existence is the same kind of a thing as a bar convention it's going 00:16:35

thing as a bar convention it's going 00:16:40

thing as a bar convention it's going this way and that way and hills and 00:16:40

this way and that way and hills and 00:16:43

this way and that way and hills and waters getting 50 tttttt all out there 00:16:43

waters getting 50 tttttt all out there 00:16:45

waters getting 50 tttttt all out there and the fish are going around in it and 00:16:45

and the fish are going around in it and 00:16:47

and the fish are going around in it and reading the duck so doing this that and 00:16:47

reading the duck so doing this that and 00:16:51

reading the duck so doing this that and the other and that's the same thing as 00:16:51

the other and that's the same thing as 00:16:53

the other and that's the same thing as dee dee dee dee dee dee dee see so if 00:16:53

dee dee dee dee dee dee dee see so if 00:17:03

dee dee dee dee dee dee dee see so if you can admit that that that's what it's 00:17:03

you can admit that that that's what it's 00:17:08

you can admit that that that's what it's all about you have a little problem 00:17:08

all about you have a little problem 00:17:12

all about you have a little problem because there's not only the threat that 00:17:12

because there's not only the threat that 00:17:14

because there's not only the threat that it really might be serious and that you 00:17:14

it really might be serious and that you 00:17:16

it really might be serious and that you shouldn't be laughing about this 00:17:16

shouldn't be laughing about this 00:17:19

shouldn't be laughing about this there's also a kind of opposite then are 00:17:19

there's also a kind of opposite then are 00:17:24

there's also a kind of opposite then are you saying it's merely just fiddling 00:17:24

you saying it's merely just fiddling 00:17:27

you saying it's merely just fiddling around I think I mean they're saying 00:17:27

around I think I mean they're saying 00:17:32

around I think I mean they're saying it's only a game is that all there is to 00:17:32

it's only a game is that all there is to 00:17:34

it's only a game is that all there is to it no what do you think you see this 00:17:34

it no what do you think you see this 00:17:38

it no what do you think you see this again is a kept question that everybody 00:17:38

again is a kept question that everybody 00:17:40

again is a kept question that everybody has to think things through 00:17:40

has to think things through 00:17:42

has to think things through what did you want didn't you want a game 00:17:42

what did you want didn't you want a game 00:17:47

what did you want didn't you want a game did you want it to be serious in the end 00:17:47

did you want it to be serious in the end 00:17:52

did you want it to be serious in the end what I mean think about the question 00:17:52

what I mean think about the question 00:17:55

what I mean think about the question what kind of a thing would you like God 00:17:55

what kind of a thing would you like God 00:17:58

what kind of a thing would you like God to be what would you like to do for 00:17:58

to be what would you like to do for 00:18:01

to be what would you like to do for eternity really here is young Van Eyck 00:18:01

eternity really here is young Van Eyck 00:18:08

eternity really here is young Van Eyck who paints the eschatological picture of 00:18:08

who paints the eschatological picture of 00:18:12

who paints the eschatological picture of the Last Judgement what a strange man he 00:18:12

the Last Judgement what a strange man he 00:18:17

the Last Judgement what a strange man he must have been we here is heaven above 00:18:17

must have been we here is heaven above 00:18:19

must have been we here is heaven above and hell below and in heaven here's God 00:18:19

and hell below and in heaven here's God 00:18:23

and hell below and in heaven here's God the Father God the Son God the Holy 00:18:23

the Father God the Son God the Holy 00:18:25

the Father God the Son God the Holy Ghost all their together and the Virgin 00:18:25

Ghost all their together and the Virgin 00:18:27

Ghost all their together and the Virgin Mary and the Apostles and they're all 00:18:27

Mary and the Apostles and they're all 00:18:29

Mary and the Apostles and they're all sitting in committee and they have an 00:18:29

sitting in committee and they have an 00:18:33

sitting in committee and they have an aisle you know just like in church and 00:18:33

aisle you know just like in church and 00:18:35

aisle you know just like in church and there they are facing each other and 00:18:35

there they are facing each other and 00:18:36

there they are facing each other and they're all sitting there very solidly I 00:18:36

they're all sitting there very solidly I 00:18:39

they're all sitting there very solidly I don't know what it's about but below 00:18:39

don't know what it's about but below 00:18:44

don't know what it's about but below right at the end of the aisle you see 00:18:44

right at the end of the aisle you see 00:18:46

right at the end of the aisle you see where all these apostles are sitting 00:18:46

where all these apostles are sitting 00:18:47

where all these apostles are sitting isn't Michael a rather gorgeous figure 00:18:47

isn't Michael a rather gorgeous figure 00:18:50

isn't Michael a rather gorgeous figure in beautiful armor with wings and 00:18:50

in beautiful armor with wings and 00:18:53

in beautiful armor with wings and underneath him is a batwing skull and 00:18:53

underneath him is a batwing skull and 00:18:57

underneath him is a batwing skull and beneath those bat wings or all horror is 00:18:57

beneath those bat wings or all horror is 00:19:01

beneath those bat wings or all horror is let loose Michael is about to slush that 00:19:01

let loose Michael is about to slush that 00:19:03

let loose Michael is about to slush that skull see with his sword but below whew 00:19:03

skull see with his sword but below whew 00:19:09

skull see with his sword but below whew there are nude bodies some of them 00:19:09

there are nude bodies some of them 00:19:13

there are nude bodies some of them pretty comely they're all squirming in 00:19:13

pretty comely they're all squirming in 00:19:16

pretty comely they're all squirming in there and they're being eaten by worms 00:19:16

there and they're being eaten by worms 00:19:18

there and they're being eaten by worms and they're eating the worms and there's 00:19:18

and they're eating the worms and there's 00:19:22

and they're eating the worms and there's a kind of a mush it's like the sort of 00:19:22

a kind of a mush it's like the sort of 00:19:24

a kind of a mush it's like the sort of situation you'll find when you turn up a 00:19:24

situation you'll find when you turn up a 00:19:25

situation you'll find when you turn up a big rock and there's all that going on 00:19:25

big rock and there's all that going on 00:19:27

big rock and there's all that going on underneath 00:19:27

underneath 00:19:28

underneath now there's no question whatever that 00:19:28

now there's no question whatever that 00:19:31

now there's no question whatever that van Eyck the painter had more fun 00:19:31

van Eyck the painter had more fun 00:19:34

van Eyck the painter had more fun painting that part of the picture that 00:19:34

painting that part of the picture that 00:19:36

painting that part of the picture that he did painting the top part so in the 00:19:36

he did painting the top part so in the 00:19:39

he did painting the top part so in the same way with the gray with Hieronymus 00:19:39

same way with the gray with Hieronymus 00:19:41

same way with the gray with Hieronymus Bosch and with Bruegel they painted 00:19:41

Bosch and with Bruegel they painted 00:19:44

Bosch and with Bruegel they painted every kind of weird surrealistic 00:19:44

every kind of weird surrealistic 00:19:47

every kind of weird surrealistic deviltry going on and they really loved 00:19:47

deviltry going on and they really loved 00:19:51

deviltry going on and they really loved it but they couldn't admit it now the 00:19:51

it but they couldn't admit it now the 00:19:55

it but they couldn't admit it now the only time when the holy people had a 00:19:55

only time when the holy people had a 00:19:57

only time when the holy people had a ball was when for example the Islamic 00:19:57

ball was when for example the Islamic 00:20:01

ball was when for example the Islamic artists made arabesques and the Celtic 00:20:01

artists made arabesques and the Celtic 00:20:04

artists made arabesques and the Celtic artists made fantastically intricate 00:20:04

artists made fantastically intricate 00:20:09

artists made fantastically intricate lattices to decorate the margins of 00:20:09

lattices to decorate the margins of 00:20:13

lattices to decorate the margins of their Gospels and missiles they are 00:20:14

their Gospels and missiles they are 00:20:18

their Gospels and missiles they are unbelievably beautiful or take 00:20:18

unbelievably beautiful or take 00:20:20

unbelievably beautiful or take stained-glass or something like that but 00:20:20

stained-glass or something like that but 00:20:21

stained-glass or something like that but what are they doing what's it all about 00:20:21

what are they doing what's it all about 00:20:24

what are they doing what's it all about so will you ask the question then what 00:20:24

so will you ask the question then what 00:20:26

so will you ask the question then what will you do in heaven and the thing you 00:20:26

will you do in heaven and the thing you 00:20:31

will you do in heaven and the thing you want to do of course is to get mixed up 00:20:31

want to do of course is to get mixed up 00:20:33

want to do of course is to get mixed up in this this little seed light it's like 00:20:33

in this this little seed light it's like 00:20:37

in this this little seed light it's like the musician he likes to take a melody 00:20:37

the musician he likes to take a melody 00:20:39

the musician he likes to take a melody and he likes to put another melody that 00:20:39

and he likes to put another melody that 00:20:41

and he likes to put another melody that fits in with it and another one that 00:20:41

fits in with it and another one that 00:20:44

fits in with it and another one that fits in with both and then a fourth one 00:20:44

fits in with both and then a fourth one 00:20:45

fits in with both and then a fourth one and arranged them together and he 00:20:45

and arranged them together and he 00:20:47

and arranged them together and he invents an instrument like an organ that 00:20:47

invents an instrument like an organ that 00:20:48

invents an instrument like an organ that he plays with two hands then he adds 00:20:48

he plays with two hands then he adds 00:20:50

he plays with two hands then he adds foot pedal said he can play with his two 00:20:50

foot pedal said he can play with his two 00:20:52

foot pedal said he can play with his two feet he'd get this hand during one 00:20:52

feet he'd get this hand during one 00:20:53

feet he'd get this hand during one rhythm this doing another that's doing 00:20:53

rhythm this doing another that's doing 00:20:55

rhythm this doing another that's doing another and this doing another see that 00:20:55

another and this doing another see that 00:20:57

another and this doing another see that makes it complicated and so when 00:20:57

makes it complicated and so when 00:21:00

makes it complicated and so when drummers get together and play somebody 00:21:00

drummers get together and play somebody 00:21:02

drummers get together and play somebody starts out with a certain rhythm and 00:21:02

starts out with a certain rhythm and 00:21:04

starts out with a certain rhythm and then that rhythm has holes in it in 00:21:04

then that rhythm has holes in it in 00:21:06

then that rhythm has holes in it in other words it has certain silences and 00:21:06

other words it has certain silences and 00:21:07

other words it has certain silences and the next drummer fills those silences in 00:21:07

the next drummer fills those silences in 00:21:09

the next drummer fills those silences in an interesting way he counts and picks 00:21:09

an interesting way he counts and picks 00:21:12

an interesting way he counts and picks out a pattern and what do you imagine 00:21:12

out a pattern and what do you imagine 00:21:15

out a pattern and what do you imagine DNA is the basic form of biological 00:21:15

DNA is the basic form of biological 00:21:19

DNA is the basic form of biological existence now DNA is like a necklace 00:21:19

existence now DNA is like a necklace 00:21:23

existence now DNA is like a necklace like Charlotte's wearing with different 00:21:23

like Charlotte's wearing with different 00:21:26

like Charlotte's wearing with different kinds of beads in it and according to 00:21:26

kinds of beads in it and according to 00:21:29

kinds of beads in it and according to the order and the way those beads are 00:21:29

the order and the way those beads are 00:21:30

the order and the way those beads are arranged so you get genes and so you get 00:21:30

arranged so you get genes and so you get 00:21:34

arranged so you get genes and so you get the particular form of life that emerges 00:21:34

the particular form of life that emerges 00:21:36

the particular form of life that emerges from those genes so what we are doing 00:21:36

from those genes so what we are doing 00:21:39

from those genes so what we are doing basic down way down is 00:21:39

basic down way down is 00:21:41

basic down way down is saying she loves me she don't she'll 00:21:41

saying she loves me she don't she'll 00:21:43

saying she loves me she don't she'll have me she won't she wouldn't if we 00:21:43

have me she won't she wouldn't if we 00:21:44

have me she won't she wouldn't if we could but she can't you see Oh Tinker 00:21:44

could but she can't you see Oh Tinker 00:21:48

could but she can't you see Oh Tinker Tailor Soldier sailor rich man poor man 00:21:48

Tailor Soldier sailor rich man poor man 00:21:49

Tailor Soldier sailor rich man poor man beggar man thief but this is the way 00:21:49

beggar man thief but this is the way 00:21:51

beggar man thief but this is the way life is going on ha ha ha result comes 00:21:51

life is going on ha ha ha result comes 00:21:57

life is going on ha ha ha result comes all this see question is then see in 00:21:57

all this see question is then see in 00:22:01

all this see question is then see in your heart of hearts you can take the 00:22:01

your heart of hearts you can take the 00:22:04

your heart of hearts you can take the attitude that all this is terrible or 00:22:04

00:22:11

that it's dreadfully serious you see you 00:22:11

that it's dreadfully serious you see you 00:22:15

that it's dreadfully serious you see you can play comedies you can play tragedies 00:22:15

can play comedies you can play tragedies 00:22:17

can play comedies you can play tragedies a farce is history's and romances and 00:22:17

a farce is history's and romances and 00:22:22

a farce is history's and romances and all that kind of thing and you can take 00:22:22

all that kind of thing and you can take 00:22:24

all that kind of thing and you can take these various attitudes to it but if you 00:22:24

these various attitudes to it but if you 00:22:28

these various attitudes to it but if you are awakened and is it where you've been 00:22:28

are awakened and is it where you've been 00:22:31

are awakened and is it where you've been let into the secret which is what we've 00:22:31

let into the secret which is what we've 00:22:33

let into the secret which is what we've been talking about see how's the web is 00:22:33

been talking about see how's the web is 00:22:36

been talking about see how's the web is also the curtain you know the Veil the 00:22:36

also the curtain you know the Veil the 00:22:38

also the curtain you know the Veil the veil which hides the face of God from 00:22:38

veil which hides the face of God from 00:22:43

veil which hides the face of God from the Angels you see there's always the 00:22:43

the Angels you see there's always the 00:22:44

the Angels you see there's always the surveil that's why I be like a 00:22:44

surveil that's why I be like a 00:22:48

surveil that's why I be like a striptease because there's an 00:22:48

striptease because there's an 00:22:53

striptease because there's an implication the bits you should never 00:22:53

implication the bits you should never 00:22:55

implication the bits you should never give the show completely away always to 00:22:55

give the show completely away always to 00:22:58

give the show completely away always to be a little bit of the veil left you see 00:22:59

be a little bit of the veil left you see 00:23:01

be a little bit of the veil left you see there always is because even if you find 00:23:01

there always is because even if you find 00:23:05

there always is because even if you find the striptease artists gets completely 00:23:05

the striptease artists gets completely 00:23:08

the striptease artists gets completely naked there's really something hidden 00:23:08

naked there's really something hidden 00:23:12

naked there's really something hidden what's the motivation what sort of a 00:23:12

what's the motivation what sort of a 00:23:15

what's the motivation what sort of a person is she would I really like to 00:23:15

person is she would I really like to 00:23:21

person is she would I really like to embrace her or would she have bad breath 00:23:21

embrace her or would she have bad breath 00:23:23

embrace her or would she have bad breath you know or something and you never 00:23:23

you know or something and you never 00:23:27

you know or something and you never really know you never really get to the 00:23:27

really know you never really get to the 00:23:30

really know you never really get to the bottom that's why everybody all men 00:23:30

bottom that's why everybody all men 00:23:31

bottom that's why everybody all men poets say that women are basically 00:23:31

poets say that women are basically 00:23:33

poets say that women are basically mysterious and they ought to be so are 00:23:33

mysterious and they ought to be so are 00:23:36

mysterious and they ought to be so are men basically mysterious from woman's 00:23:36

men basically mysterious from woman's 00:23:39

men basically mysterious from woman's point of view although they play that 00:23:39

point of view although they play that 00:23:41

point of view although they play that they're not see this is the way it goes 00:23:41

they're not see this is the way it goes 00:23:44

they're not see this is the way it goes men are supposed to be very open and 00:23:44

men are supposed to be very open and 00:23:47

men are supposed to be very open and they say well of a certain situation 00:23:47

they say well of a certain situation 00:23:49

they say well of a certain situation this is the way it is after all it's 00:23:49

this is the way it is after all it's 00:23:51

this is the way it is after all it's perfectly rational matter of practical 00:23:51

perfectly rational matter of practical 00:23:53

perfectly rational matter of practical affairs and 00:23:53

affairs and 00:23:55

affairs and women say well she said I'm not quite as 00:23:55

women say well she said I'm not quite as 00:23:58

women say well she said I'm not quite as articulate as you are but I know there's 00:23:58

articulate as you are but I know there's 00:24:00

articulate as you are but I know there's something you've left out but I can't 00:24:00

something you've left out but I can't 00:24:01

something you've left out but I can't explain it and by this means everything 00:24:01

explain it and by this means everything 00:24:05

explain it and by this means everything is kept going so what I'm saying is I 00:24:05

is kept going so what I'm saying is I 00:24:14

is kept going so what I'm saying is I think this I'm trying to share with you 00:24:14

think this I'm trying to share with you 00:24:20

think this I'm trying to share with you a certain style of life and an attitude 00:24:20

a certain style of life and an attitude 00:24:23

a certain style of life and an attitude to life and an insight I've taken you on 00:24:23

to life and an insight I've taken you on 00:24:30

to life and an insight I've taken you on one side and said listen kids things 00:24:30

one side and said listen kids things 00:24:34

one side and said listen kids things aren't what they seem 00:24:34

aren't what they seem 00:24:36

aren't what they seem don't be fooled there's a big deception 00:24:36

don't be fooled there's a big deception 00:24:41

don't be fooled there's a big deception going on 00:24:41

going on 00:24:41

going on and you're involved in it but I just 00:24:41

and you're involved in it but I just 00:24:44

and you're involved in it but I just thought you ought to know it and enjoy 00:24:44

thought you ought to know it and enjoy 00:24:48

thought you ought to know it and enjoy it 00:24:48

it 00:24:48

it see I I'm terribly puzzled about the way 00:24:48

see I I'm terribly puzzled about the way 00:24:52

see I I'm terribly puzzled about the way people go out of their way to dis enjoy 00:24:52

people go out of their way to dis enjoy 00:24:56

people go out of their way to dis enjoy themselves they take so much trouble 00:24:56

themselves they take so much trouble 00:25:00

themselves they take so much trouble about it did you ever read HL Mencken's 00:25:00

about it did you ever read HL Mencken's 00:25:04

about it did you ever read HL Mencken's essay called a libido for the ugly and 00:25:04

essay called a libido for the ugly and 00:25:08

essay called a libido for the ugly and it describes a Pennsylvania mining town 00:25:08

it describes a Pennsylvania mining town 00:25:11

it describes a Pennsylvania mining town which isn't exactly totally impoverished 00:25:11

which isn't exactly totally impoverished 00:25:13

which isn't exactly totally impoverished I mean they can build things and they 00:25:13

I mean they can build things and they 00:25:15

I mean they can build things and they have enough money to do this that and 00:25:15

have enough money to do this that and 00:25:17

have enough money to do this that and the other but they he describes how they 00:25:17

the other but they he describes how they 00:25:20

the other but they he describes how they made a church out of the yellow stone 00:25:20

made a church out of the yellow stone 00:25:26

made a church out of the yellow stone that's so awful that it looks like a 00:25:26

that's so awful that it looks like a 00:25:28

that's so awful that it looks like a Presbyterian with a grin and all around 00:25:28

Presbyterian with a grin and all around 00:25:34

Presbyterian with a grin and all around you have only to look and you see this 00:25:34

you have only to look and you see this 00:25:37

you have only to look and you see this perfect passion for making the world 00:25:37

perfect passion for making the world 00:25:40

perfect passion for making the world look grisly and it isn't only job 00:25:40

look grisly and it isn't only job 00:25:45

look grisly and it isn't only job builders and garage owners who do this 00:25:45

builders and garage owners who do this 00:25:47

builders and garage owners who do this kind of thing it's also people who 00:25:47

kind of thing it's also people who 00:25:49

kind of thing it's also people who profess to be painters they're actually 00:25:49

profess to be painters they're actually 00:25:52

profess to be painters they're actually using excrements for painting in Paris 00:25:52

using excrements for painting in Paris 00:25:54

using excrements for painting in Paris today 00:25:54

today 00:25:56

today on the theory that the world is shot to 00:25:56

on the theory that the world is shot to 00:25:59

on the theory that the world is shot to pieces and that the sense the artist is 00:25:59

pieces and that the sense the artist is 00:26:01

pieces and that the sense the artist is a representative of his times he ought 00:26:01

a representative of his times he ought 00:26:04

a representative of his times he ought to show the times as they really are as 00:26:04

to show the times as they really are as 00:26:07

to show the times as they really are as a social critic 00:26:07

a social critic 00:26:08

a social critic and so he makes most weird I mean he 00:26:08

and so he makes most weird I mean he 00:26:12

and so he makes most weird I mean he paints Campbell's soup can and then on 00:26:12

paints Campbell's soup can and then on 00:26:15

paints Campbell's soup can and then on Limi maids music that streaks and 00:26:15

Limi maids music that streaks and 00:26:17

Limi maids music that streaks and screams in the most he just goes out of 00:26:17

screams in the most he just goes out of 00:26:20

screams in the most he just goes out of his way to make it sound as ugly as he 00:26:20

his way to make it sound as ugly as he 00:26:22

his way to make it sound as ugly as he possibly can manage and the ingenuity is 00:26:22

possibly can manage and the ingenuity is 00:26:25

possibly can manage and the ingenuity is about that is endless because that is 00:26:25

about that is endless because that is 00:26:27

about that is endless because that is the times this is critical you see 00:26:27

the times this is critical you see 00:26:29

the times this is critical you see instead of being somebody who reveals 00:26:29

instead of being somebody who reveals 00:26:33

instead of being somebody who reveals now you see let's take you the sort of 00:26:33

now you see let's take you the sort of 00:26:36

now you see let's take you the sort of the character of the Pied Piper the 00:26:36

the character of the Pied Piper the 00:26:39

the character of the Pied Piper the person who brings you an invitation to 00:26:39

person who brings you an invitation to 00:26:42

person who brings you an invitation to dance I would say then you see there is 00:26:42

dance I would say then you see there is 00:26:46

dance I would say then you see there is going to be a dance this evening and I 00:26:46

going to be a dance this evening and I 00:26:48

going to be a dance this evening and I would like you all to come you know 00:26:48

would like you all to come you know 00:26:50

would like you all to come you know that's the spirit in which I invite you 00:26:50

that's the spirit in which I invite you 00:26:52

that's the spirit in which I invite you to a seminar I am NOT inviting you in 00:26:52

to a seminar I am NOT inviting you in 00:26:57

to a seminar I am NOT inviting you in the spirit of saying no we're going to 00:26:57

the spirit of saying no we're going to 00:27:01

the spirit of saying no we're going to have to discuss some very grave matters 00:27:01

have to discuss some very grave matters 00:27:03

have to discuss some very grave matters and you ought to be awake to all these 00:27:03

and you ought to be awake to all these 00:27:05

and you ought to be awake to all these things and arouse your social conscience 00:27:05

things and arouse your social conscience 00:27:07

things and arouse your social conscience and so on and so forth because when you 00:27:07

and so on and so forth because when you 00:27:15

and so on and so forth because when you get through with all that then what when 00:27:15

get through with all that then what when 00:27:18

get through with all that then what when you get through with feeding the hungry 00:27:18

you get through with feeding the hungry 00:27:20

you get through with feeding the hungry and clothing the naked and we are making 00:27:20

and clothing the naked and we are making 00:27:25

and clothing the naked and we are making great strides with automation and 00:27:25

great strides with automation and 00:27:27

great strides with automation and technology in abolishing poverty totally 00:27:27

technology in abolishing poverty totally 00:27:30

technology in abolishing poverty totally then what are we going to do well you 00:27:30

then what are we going to do well you 00:27:33

then what are we going to do well you see if you've got all these people 00:27:33

see if you've got all these people 00:27:35

see if you've got all these people clothed and fed and so on and then they 00:27:35

clothed and fed and so on and then they 00:27:37

clothed and fed and so on and then they say well now what next if you've got a 00:27:37

say well now what next if you've got a 00:27:41

say well now what next if you've got a kind of quakeress state of mind you 00:27:41

kind of quakeress state of mind you 00:27:42

kind of quakeress state of mind you don't know what to do 00:27:42

don't know what to do 00:27:44

don't know what to do well uh feed and clothe somebody else 00:27:44

well uh feed and clothe somebody else 00:27:47

well uh feed and clothe somebody else see get busy but then where is that 00:27:47

see get busy but then where is that 00:27:50

see get busy but then where is that leading so you see to spread joy you 00:27:50

leading so you see to spread joy you 00:27:57

leading so you see to spread joy you have to have it to impart delight you 00:27:57

have to have it to impart delight you 00:28:02

have to have it to impart delight you have to be more or less delightful and 00:28:02

have to be more or less delightful and 00:28:05

have to be more or less delightful and to be delightful is not some factor of 00:28:05

to be delightful is not some factor of 00:28:08

to be delightful is not some factor of trying to make yourself look delightful 00:28:08

trying to make yourself look delightful 00:28:12

trying to make yourself look delightful it is to do things that are delightful 00:28:12

it is to do things that are delightful 00:28:15

it is to do things that are delightful to you you become thereby delightful to 00:28:15

to you you become thereby delightful to 00:28:19

to you you become thereby delightful to others 00:28:19

others 00:28:20

others that's to say people who are interesting 00:28:20

that's to say people who are interesting 00:28:23

that's to say people who are interesting are people who are interested any person 00:28:23

are people who are interested any person 00:28:26

are people who are interested any person for example who is constantly thinking 00:28:26

for example who is constantly thinking 00:28:31

for example who is constantly thinking about all sorts of other things and 00:28:31

about all sorts of other things and 00:28:33

about all sorts of other things and other people and so on because they're 00:28:33

other people and so on because they're 00:28:36

other people and so on because they're fascinating becomes a fascinating person 00:28:36

fascinating becomes a fascinating person 00:28:39

fascinating becomes a fascinating person but a person who doesn't think about 00:28:39

but a person who doesn't think about 00:28:42

but a person who doesn't think about anybody else and who's got very little 00:28:42

anybody else and who's got very little 00:28:45

anybody else and who's got very little going on inside their skull is boring so 00:28:45

going on inside their skull is boring so 00:28:49

going on inside their skull is boring so in other words your engagement with the 00:28:49

in other words your engagement with the 00:28:53

in other words your engagement with the external world the more you are involved 00:28:53

external world the more you are involved 00:28:57

external world the more you are involved the more your personality is enriched 00:28:57

00:29:05

but if you try to enrich your 00:29:05

but if you try to enrich your 00:29:07

but if you try to enrich your personality by taking a course in how to 00:29:07

personality by taking a course in how to 00:29:10

personality by taking a course in how to win friends and influence people or how 00:29:10

win friends and influence people or how 00:29:13

win friends and influence people or how to be a real person you'll become just a 00:29:13

to be a real person you'll become just a 00:29:15

to be a real person you'll become just a washout because he will be in a sound of 00:29:15

washout because he will be in a sound of 00:29:23

washout because he will be in a sound of small circle you'll be as it were 00:29:23

small circle you'll be as it were 00:29:25

small circle you'll be as it were you'll be like somebody who tried to get 00:29:25

you'll be like somebody who tried to get 00:29:27

you'll be like somebody who tried to get a good nutrition by biting his nails and 00:29:27

a good nutrition by biting his nails and 00:29:29

a good nutrition by biting his nails and then the fingers next you know and then 00:29:29

then the fingers next you know and then 00:29:33

then the fingers next you know and then half an arm gone and so on and you're 00:29:33

half an arm gone and so on and you're 00:29:36

half an arm gone and so on and you're entirely nourishing yourself with 00:29:36

entirely nourishing yourself with 00:29:37

entirely nourishing yourself with yourself now of course on a vast scale 00:29:37

yourself now of course on a vast scale 00:29:42

yourself now of course on a vast scale the universe does that it eats itself up 00:29:42

the universe does that it eats itself up 00:29:47

the universe does that it eats itself up that's why the symbol of the snake 00:29:47

that's why the symbol of the snake 00:29:50

that's why the symbol of the snake swallowing its tail is very fundamental 00:29:50

swallowing its tail is very fundamental 00:29:53

swallowing its tail is very fundamental archaic symbol of life but the way it's 00:29:53

archaic symbol of life but the way it's 00:29:59

archaic symbol of life but the way it's done is that the snake has in some part 00:29:59

done is that the snake has in some part 00:30:03

done is that the snake has in some part of the ring 00:30:03

of the ring 00:30:04

of the ring a place where it's not sensitive let's 00:30:04

a place where it's not sensitive let's 00:30:11

a place where it's not sensitive let's call the unconscious where it doesn't 00:30:11

call the unconscious where it doesn't 00:30:14

call the unconscious where it doesn't know that what comes to it in the form 00:30:14

know that what comes to it in the form 00:30:17

know that what comes to it in the form of food is actually what left it in the 00:30:17

of food is actually what left it in the 00:30:19

of food is actually what left it in the form of excrement that thing is don't 00:30:19

form of excrement that thing is don't 00:30:25

form of excrement that thing is don't mention it 00:30:25

mention it 00:30:27

mention it after all as the Lord said at the 00:30:27

after all as the Lord said at the 00:30:29

after all as the Lord said at the beginning of the universe you must draw 00:30:29

beginning of the universe you must draw 00:30:31

beginning of the universe you must draw the line somewhere 00:30:31

the line somewhere 00:30:33

the line somewhere and so as a result of their always being 00:30:33

and so as a result of their always being 00:30:38

and so as a result of their always being a kind of gap that's the gap you know 00:30:38

a kind of gap that's the gap you know 00:30:41

a kind of gap that's the gap you know like where the electric spark jumps 00:30:41

like where the electric spark jumps 00:30:44

like where the electric spark jumps that's the thing behind your head behind 00:30:44

that's the thing behind your head behind 00:30:48

that's the thing behind your head behind your eyes that you could never get to 00:30:48

your eyes that you could never get to 00:30:49

your eyes that you could never get to look at it's the gap and because of that 00:30:49

look at it's the gap and because of that 00:30:54

look at it's the gap and because of that little gap the circle doesn't just 00:30:54

little gap the circle doesn't just 00:30:57

little gap the circle doesn't just revolve in a dollar way just go round 00:30:57

revolve in a dollar way just go round 00:30:59

revolve in a dollar way just go round and round and round like a boring thing 00:30:59

and round and round like a boring thing 00:31:03

and round and round like a boring thing it has rhythm see if I say no see it's 00:31:03

it has rhythm see if I say no see it's 00:31:13

it has rhythm see if I say no see it's just one long sound after a while to say 00:31:13

just one long sound after a while to say 00:31:14

just one long sound after a while to say I'll cut it out but we just become 00:31:14

I'll cut it out but we just become 00:31:18

I'll cut it out but we just become insensitive to it but what we wonder 00:31:18

insensitive to it but what we wonder 00:31:21

insensitive to it but what we wonder here is a break in it you see and we 00:31:21

here is a break in it you see and we 00:31:24

here is a break in it you see and we want to hear it go on oh and vanish and 00:31:24

want to hear it go on oh and vanish and 00:31:27

want to hear it go on oh and vanish and come back again and so on and it sets up 00:31:27

come back again and so on and it sets up 00:31:29

come back again and so on and it sets up a rhythm that becomes interesting that's 00:31:29

a rhythm that becomes interesting that's 00:31:31

a rhythm that becomes interesting that's putting gaps between you see we need 00:31:31

putting gaps between you see we need 00:31:35

putting gaps between you see we need those gaps so now you'll see it now you 00:31:35

those gaps so now you'll see it now you 00:31:39

those gaps so now you'll see it now you don't now you see it 00:31:39

don't now you see it 00:31:41

don't now you see it no you don't oh that's pretty dowel so 00:31:41

no you don't oh that's pretty dowel so 00:31:44

no you don't oh that's pretty dowel so what we're going to do is this we're 00:31:44

what we're going to do is this we're 00:31:46

what we're going to do is this we're going to have you see it three times and 00:31:46

going to have you see it three times and 00:31:49

going to have you see it three times and then with a regular knot see it between 00:31:49

then with a regular knot see it between 00:31:52

then with a regular knot see it between them then they're going to be a longer 00:31:52

them then they're going to be a longer 00:31:54

them then they're going to be a longer not see it after that one and then I'm 00:31:54

not see it after that one and then I'm 00:31:58

not see it after that one and then I'm gonna do something very complicated 00:31:58

gonna do something very complicated 00:31:59

gonna do something very complicated after that so that you don't don't 00:31:59

after that so that you don't don't 00:32:00

after that so that you don't don't really know when it's going to come next 00:32:00

really know when it's going to come next 00:32:03

really know when it's going to come next so there's gonna be a surprise you know 00:32:03

so there's gonna be a surprise you know 00:32:07

so there's gonna be a surprise you know how we all do that and interesting 00:32:07

how we all do that and interesting 00:32:11

how we all do that and interesting people are those who do this in very 00:32:11

people are those who do this in very 00:32:17

people are those who do this in very involved ways dowel people sort of 00:32:17

involved ways dowel people sort of 00:32:20

involved ways dowel people sort of people who put their hats on absolutely 00:32:20

people who put their hats on absolutely 00:32:22

people who put their hats on absolutely straight are the kind of people for 00:32:22

straight are the kind of people for 00:32:24

straight are the kind of people for example who have the same meal every day 00:32:24

example who have the same meal every day 00:32:26

example who have the same meal every day exactly the same thing always see have 00:32:26

exactly the same thing always see have 00:32:30

exactly the same thing always see have no inventiveness they have the same 00:32:30

no inventiveness they have the same 00:32:32

no inventiveness they have the same routine they go to the same office they 00:32:32

routine they go to the same office they 00:32:34

routine they go to the same office they answer the same kind of letters and 00:32:34

answer the same kind of letters and 00:32:35

answer the same kind of letters and that's that see but then if they want to 00:32:35

that's that see but then if they want to 00:32:39

that's that see but then if they want to start up a more interesting kind of 00:32:39

start up a more interesting kind of 00:32:41

start up a more interesting kind of business and make more money then they 00:32:41

business and make more money then they 00:32:43

business and make more money then they have to figure out 00:32:43

have to figure out 00:32:45

have to figure out let's retake the people who make clothes 00:32:45

let's retake the people who make clothes 00:32:49

let's retake the people who make clothes they figure out fashion it's gonna be a 00:32:49

they figure out fashion it's gonna be a 00:32:52

they figure out fashion it's gonna be a new thing for ladies a new styles fall 00:32:52

new thing for ladies a new styles fall 00:32:55

new thing for ladies a new styles fall we're gonna make them do long skirts 00:32:55

we're gonna make them do long skirts 00:32:57

we're gonna make them do long skirts instead of the short skirts middle 00:32:57

instead of the short skirts middle 00:32:59

instead of the short skirts middle skirts and Scots go wit Chu Chu Chu Chu 00:32:59

skirts and Scots go wit Chu Chu Chu Chu 00:33:02

skirts and Scots go wit Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu like this 00:33:02

Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu like this 00:33:03

Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu Chu like this then finally they thought about having 00:33:03

then finally they thought about having 00:33:05

then finally they thought about having topless women they're gonna play around 00:33:05

topless women they're gonna play around 00:33:09

topless women they're gonna play around with out and have an absolutely 00:33:09

with out and have an absolutely 00:33:10

with out and have an absolutely scandalous ball but that's the whole 00:33:10

scandalous ball but that's the whole 00:33:14

scandalous ball but that's the whole thing you see it's this thing of rhythm 00:33:14

thing you see it's this thing of rhythm 00:33:16

thing you see it's this thing of rhythm and yes you ask well I see that what is 00:33:16

and yes you ask well I see that what is 00:33:24

and yes you ask well I see that what is doing this rhythm or who after all am i 00:33:24

doing this rhythm or who after all am i 00:33:27

doing this rhythm or who after all am i and as you explore deeper and deeper and 00:33:27

and as you explore deeper and deeper and 00:33:30

and as you explore deeper and deeper and deeper into the nature of yourself you 00:33:30

deeper into the nature of yourself you 00:33:33

deeper into the nature of yourself you find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm 00:33:33

find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm 00:33:35

find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm and behind that was another rhythm doing 00:33:35

and behind that was another rhythm doing 00:33:38

and behind that was another rhythm doing a rhythm you're vibrations and once 00:33:38

a rhythm you're vibrations and once 00:33:41

a rhythm you're vibrations and once again you'll meet our friend the onion 00:33:41

again you'll meet our friend the onion 00:33:42

again you'll meet our friend the onion and who who is doing all this why he 00:33:42

and who who is doing all this why he 00:33:47

and who who is doing all this why he disappeared came around there it was and 00:33:47

disappeared came around there it was and 00:33:51

disappeared came around there it was and we were looking for him and he vanished 00:33:51

we were looking for him and he vanished 00:33:53

we were looking for him and he vanished and then just when we weren't looking 00:33:53

and then just when we weren't looking 00:33:55

and then just when we weren't looking for him again there he is but every time 00:33:55

for him again there he is but every time 00:33:58

for him again there he is but every time we try to see he isn't there now do you 00:33:58

we try to see he isn't there now do you 00:34:02

we try to see he isn't there now do you see that that that situation is what's 00:34:02

see that that that situation is what's 00:34:09

see that that that situation is what's called life 00:34:09