YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST EGO TRIP GOING IS GETTING RID
OF YOUR EGO. YOUR EGO DOESN'T EXIST. THERE'S NOTHING TO GET RID OF. IT'S AN ILLUSION, AS
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN, BUT YOU STILL WANT TO ASK HOW TO STOP THE ILLUSION.
NOW WHO'S ASKING? ME DO YOU THINK IN THE ORDINARY SENSE IN WHICH
YOU USE THE WORD AI? HOW CAN I STOP IDENTIFY MYSELF WITH THE WRONG ME? WELL, THE ANSWER
IS SIMPLY YOU CAN'T. NOW THE CHRISTIANS PUT THIS IN THEIR WAY, WHEN THEY SAY THAT MYSTICAL
EXPERIENCE IS A GIFT OF DIVINE GRACE. MAN, AS SUCH CANNOT ACHIEVE THIS EXPERIENCE. IT
IS A GIFT OF GOD. AND IF GOD DOESN'T GIVE IT TO YOU, THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING IT. NOW
THAT IS SOLIDLY TRUE. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE YOU DON'T EXIST. WHY DO
YOU SAY THAT'S PRETTY DEPRESSING NEWS. BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS, IT ISN'T DEPRESSING NEWS.
IT IS THE JOYOUS NEWS. THERE'S A ZEN POEM, WHICH PUTS IT LIKE THIS, TALKING ABOUT IT.
MEAN, IT MEANS THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE SATORI, THE REALIZATION THAT YOU ARE THE ETERNAL ENERGY
OF THE UNIVERSE, LIKE JESUS DID. IT SAYS, LIKE THIS, YOU CANNOT CATCH HOLD OF IT. NOR
CAN YOU GET RID OF IT. IN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT YOU GET IT. WHEN YOU SPEAK, IT'S SILENT.
WHEN YOU'RE SILENT, IT SPEAKS. NOW, IN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT, YOU GET IT BECAUSE THIS
WHOLE FEELING WHAT KRISHNA MURTHY IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HE
SAYS, WHY DO YOU ASK FOR A METHOD, THERE IS NO METHOD, ALL METHODS ARE SIMPLY GIMMICKS
FOR STRENGTHENING YOUR EGO. SO HOW DO WE NOT DO THAT? HE SAYS, YOU'RE STILL ASKING FOR
A METHOD. THERE IS NO METHOD. IF YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR EYE IS, YOU WILL SEE
THERE IS NO METHOD IS IT THIS IS SO, SO SAD. BUT IT'S NOT THIS IS THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD
NEWS. BECAUSE IF YOU CANNOT ACHIEVE IT, IF YOU CANNOT TRANSFORM YOURSELF, THAT MEANS
THAT THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO MYSTICAL VISION HAS COLLAPSED. THAT WAS YOU. WHAT HAPPENS?
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YOU'RE AT YOUR WIT'S END. ARE YOU GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE?
SUPPOSING YOU JUST PUT THAT OFF FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS. YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR
FEELINGS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONTROLLER, UI YOU ARE THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEELINGS? AND
THEY ARE RUNNING ALONG, RUNNING ALONG RUNNING ALONG JUST SIT AND WATCH THEM. HERE THEY GO.
YOU'RE STILL BREATHING? AREN'T YOU? STILL GROWING YOUR HAIR?
STILL SEEING AND HEARING? ARE YOU DOING THAT? I MEAN, IS BREATHING SOMETHING THAT YOU DO?
DO YOU SEE I MEAN, DO YOU ORGANIZE THE OPERATIONS OF YOUR EYES AND KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO WORK
THOSE RODS AND CONES IN THE RETINA? YOU DO THAT?
IT HAPPENS. SO YOU CAN FEEL ALL THIS HAPPENING? YOUR BREATHING
IS HAPPENING. YOUR THINKING IS HAPPENING. YOUR FEELING IS HAPPENING. YOU'RE HEARING
YOU'RE SEEING THE CLOUDS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE SKY, THE SKY IS HAPPENING BLUE, THE SUN
IS HAPPENING SHINING. THERE IT IS ALL THIS HAPPENING. AND MAY I INTRODUCE YOU THIS IS
YOURSELF. THIS BEGINS TO BE A VISION OF WHO YOU REALLY ARE. AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU FUNCTION.
YOU FUNCTION BY HAPPENING THAT IS TO SAY BY SPONTANEOUS OCCURRENCE. AND THIS IS NOT A
STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT YOU SHOULD REALIZE. I CANNOT POSSIBLY PREACH IT TO YOU BECAUSE
THE MINUTE YOU START THINKING I SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THIS STUPID NOTION AGAIN, I SHOULD
BRING IT ABOUT WHEN THEY IS NO YOU TO BRING IT ABOUT. THAT'S WHY I'M NOT PREACHING, YOU
CAN ONLY PREACH TO EGOS. ALL I CAN DO IS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IT AMUSES ME TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT'S WONDERFUL. I LOVE IT. AND THEREFORE I LIKE TO TALK. IF I GET
PAID FOR IT, THEN I MAKE MY LIVING AND SENSIBLE PEOPLE GET PAID FOR DOING WHAT THEY ENJOY
DOING. SO THIS IS NOT AN EASY THIS IS THE WHOLE APPROACH HERE IS NOT TO CONVERT YOU,
NOT TO MAKE YOU OVER NOT TO IMPROVE YOU. BUT FOR YOU TO DISCOVER, IF YOU REALLY KNEW THE
WAY YOU ARE. THINGS WOULD BE WOULD BE SAYING. BUT YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T
MAKE THAT DISCOVERY. BECAUSE YOU'RE IN YOUR OWN WAY.
SO LONG AS YOU THINK I'M I SO LONG AS THAT HALLUCINATION BLOCKS IT. AND THE HALLUCINATION
DISAPPEARS, ONLY IN THE REALIZATION OF ITS OWN FUTILITY.
WHEN IT LAST YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T DO IT, YOU CANNOT MAKE YOURSELF OVER, YOU CANNOT REALLY
CONTROL YOUR OWN MIND. SEE, WHEN WE TRY TO CONTROL THE MIND. A LOT OF YOGA TEACHERS TRY
TO GET YOU TO CONTROL YOUR OWN MIND MAINLY TO PROVE TO YOU THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT. THERE'S
NOTHING YOU KNOW, A FOOL WHO PERSISTS IN HIS FOLLY WILL BECOME WISE. SO THEY WHAT THEY
DO IS THEY SPEED UP THE FOLLY. AND SO YOU GET CONCENTRATING. AND YOU CAN HAVE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF SUPERFICIAL AND INITIAL SUCCESS BY A PROCESS COMMONLY CALLED SELF HYPNOSIS.
AND YOU CAN THINK YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS. AND A GOOD TEACHER WILL LET YOU GO ALONG THAT
WAY FOR A WHILE UNTIL HE REALLY THROWS YOU WITH ONE. WHY ARE YOU CONCENTRATING? SEE BUDDHISM
WORKS THIS WAY. BUDDHA SAID, IF YOU SUFFER, YOU SUFFER BECAUSE YOU DESIRE AND YOUR DESIRES
ARE EITHER UNATTAINABLE OR ALWAYS BEING DISAPPOINTED OR SOMETHING. SO CUT OUT DESIRE. SO THOSE
DISCIPLES WENT AWAY. AND THEY STAMPED ON DESIRE, JUMPED ON DESIRE, CUT THE THROAT OF DESIRE,
AND THREW OUT DESIRE. TO GET RID OF THAT. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT THAT'S NONSENSE, THEY
ARE NATURALLY COMES OVER YOU A QUIETNESS AND SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL YOUR MIND.
YOU REALIZE THERE IS NO CONTROLLER WHAT YOU TOOK TO BE THE THINKER OF THOUGHTS, IT'S JUST
ONE OF THE THOUGHTS. WHAT YOU TOOK TO BE THE FEELER OF THE FEELINGS, WHICH WAS THAT CHRONIC
MUSCULAR STRAIN IS JUST ONE OF THE FEELINGS. WHAT YOU TOOK TO BE THE EXPERIENCER OF EXPERIENCE
IS JUST PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. SO THERE ISN'T ANY THINKER OF THOUGHTS, FEELINGS OR FEELINGS
WE GET INTO THAT BIND BECAUSE WE HAVE A GRAMMATICAL RULE THAT VERBS HAVE TO HAVE SUBJECTS. AND
THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT VERBS ARE PROCESSES AND SUBJECTS ARE NOUNS WHICH ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE THINGS HOW DOES A NOUN START A VERB? HOW DOES THE THING PUT A PROCESS INTO
ACTION? OBVIOUSLY, IT CAN'T. BUT WE ALWAYS INSIST THAT THERE IS THIS SUBJECT CALLED THE
KNOWER AND WITHOUT A NO OTHER CAN'T BE KNOWING. WELL, THAT'S JUST A GRAMMATICAL RULE. IT ISN'T
A RULE OF NATURE. IN NATURE, THERE'S JUST KNOWING