And what is it all about ?
Well we say, one must live It's necessary to survive
You know , you really must go on It's your duty
We think, in other words, part of our western philosophy
that we think we have a drive to survive that we must go on living
because some big daddy said to us : you gotta go on living
and you better make it or else...
There really is no necessity to go on living
The fear of death is completely absurd
because if you're death you got nothing to worry about, so you'll be alright
So in the same way, this thing here, this plant
Well we say, one must live It's necessary to survive
You know , you really must go on It's your duty
We think, in other words, part of our western philosophy
that we think we have a drive to survive that we must go on living
because some big daddy said to us : you gotta go on living
and you better make it or else...
There really is no necessity to go on living
The fear of death is completely absurd
because if you're death you got nothing to worry about, so you'll be alright
So in the same way, this thing here, this plant
I'm quite sure it doesn't say to itself : You ought to go on living
You've got an instinct to survive which is something other than yourself in which you have to obey
Now you see, living, like this plant is something spontaneous
In Chinese, the word for nature is ziran
which means that which happens of itself not under any control of an outside boss
and so you stop this spontaneous flowering of nature cold if you tell it
you must do it
It's like saying to someone you must love me
Well it's ridiculous
If I were to ask my wife darling do you really love me
and she says I'm trying my best to do so, its not the answer i want
I want her to say: I can't help loving you, I love you so much I could eat you
and that's what the plant feels in growing, it doesn't feel that it must grow
its not under orders, it's not a military chain of commands
It does this spontaneously, so that when you try to command this spontaneous process
you stop it. What you are basically
deep deep down, far far in
is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself
Reality itself is gorgeous, it is the plenum, the fullness of total joy
and all those stars, if you look out in the skies, is a firework display
like you see on the 4th of july, which is a great occasion for celebration
the universe is a celebration
it is a firework show to celebrate that existence is
See this is the real secret of life
to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now
and instead of calling it work realise that this is play.
You've got an instinct to survive which is something other than yourself in which you have to obey
Now you see, living, like this plant is something spontaneous
In Chinese, the word for nature is ziran
which means that which happens of itself not under any control of an outside boss
and so you stop this spontaneous flowering of nature cold if you tell it
you must do it
It's like saying to someone you must love me
Well it's ridiculous
If I were to ask my wife darling do you really love me
and she says I'm trying my best to do so, its not the answer i want
I want her to say: I can't help loving you, I love you so much I could eat you
and that's what the plant feels in growing, it doesn't feel that it must grow
its not under orders, it's not a military chain of commands
It does this spontaneously, so that when you try to command this spontaneous process
you stop it. What you are basically
deep deep down, far far in
is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself
Reality itself is gorgeous, it is the plenum, the fullness of total joy
and all those stars, if you look out in the skies, is a firework display
like you see on the 4th of july, which is a great occasion for celebration
the universe is a celebration
it is a firework show to celebrate that existence is
See this is the real secret of life
to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now
and instead of calling it work realise that this is play.
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