0:00:29.200,0:00:33.380 I don’t quite know[br]how to begin these talks. 0:00:40.600,0:00:48.270 As there are going to be[br]six talks and seven discussions, 0:00:50.500,0:00:55.430 I’d like to point out, if I may, 0:00:57.900,0:01:06.790 that we are going to think over[br]together our problems. 0:01:08.500,0:01:13.590 We’re going to use reason,[br]clear thinking, 0:01:15.000,0:01:24.500 and not any kind of assertive[br]beliefs, opinions, judgements, 0:01:24.800,0:01:30.140 or any form of conclusion. 0:01:33.700,0:01:36.740 And, therefore,[br]it becomes rather serious. 0:01:40.800,0:01:43.120 It’s not an entertainment, 0:01:44.300,0:01:49.010 a morning off or an afternoon,[br]Saturday and Sunday, 0:01:49.500,0:01:59.760 but, rather, a serious gathering[br]to consider, very deeply, 0:02:00.200,0:02:07.010 the many human conflicts, problems,[br]sorrows, pleasures, fears, 0:02:07.500,0:02:11.500 and the nature of meditation[br]and so on. 0:02:11.600,0:02:16.510 We’re going to go into all[br]these talks, into all these matters. 0:02:16.700,0:02:20.050 But, first, I’d like to point out,[br]if I may, 0:02:20.800,0:02:24.930 the speaker is not trying[br]to convince you of anything. 0:02:25.800,0:02:27.740 Please believe it. 0:02:29.500,0:02:33.700 He’s not persuading you[br]to think along his particular line. 0:02:33.800,0:02:36.420 Again, please believe it. 0:02:37.000,0:02:43.320 He’s not offering[br]a particular set of ideologies, 0:02:44.000,0:02:47.100 nor beliefs, nor conclusions, 0:02:48.200,0:02:51.100 because these have[br]separated the world, 0:02:51.200,0:02:55.170 human beings, one against the other. 0:02:57.000,0:03:01.400 So, we’re not in any way concerned[br]with any of those matters, 0:03:01.500,0:03:08.390 neither belief, conclusion,[br]opinions or judgements. 0:03:10.300,0:03:16.500 But we are going together,[br]and we mean together, 0:03:16.600,0:03:25.840 you and the speaker,[br]carefully, objectively, 0:03:28.800,0:03:31.800 to look what is happening around us, 0:03:32.000,0:03:39.260 not romantically, not sentimentally,[br]but just to observe, 0:03:39.700,0:03:45.800 without any conclusion,[br]without offering any opinion, 0:03:45.900,0:03:56.100 but just to look and reason together,[br]think over together. 0:03:56.200,0:04:02.010 And I think it’s very important[br]to understand that word ‘together.’ 0:04:06.900,0:04:13.120 Most of us are accustomed to go to[br]meetings or gatherings of this kind, 0:04:15.300,0:04:23.180 either to accept what the speaker[br]is saying or to reject, 0:04:23.300,0:04:27.530 one opinion or one idea[br]against another, 0:04:28.900,0:04:37.550 or persuade you,[br]through clever argumentation, 0:04:39.300,0:04:43.840 to follow or accept what he’s saying. 0:04:45.400,0:04:52.100 And, therefore, we are thinking[br]together over these problems, 0:04:52.200,0:04:54.500 sharing together. 0:04:57.400,0:05:00.300 And this is really[br]very important to understand, 0:05:00.400,0:05:02.560 if I may go on with it, 0:05:03.600,0:05:10.800 because one is apt to listen as though[br]somebody was talking out there, 0:05:10.900,0:05:16.130 and you’re casually[br]accepting or denying. 0:05:16.300,0:05:20.900 So, it seems to me,[br]that’s your responsibility, 0:05:22.590,0:05:23.700 responsibility being 0:05:23.800,0:05:33.650 that you undertake, seriously,[br]to think together, 0:05:34.200,0:05:41.100 to find out the accurate,[br]true solutions to these problems 0:05:41.200,0:05:45.670 that we human beings[br]are tormented with. 0:05:48.400,0:05:53.100 So, it behoves,[br]on the part of each one of us, 0:05:54.210,0:06:02.710 that reasoning, 0:06:03.200,0:06:12.020 the capacity to think[br]logically, sanely, wholly, 0:06:12.100,0:06:14.740 becomes very important. 0:06:15.900,0:06:23.800 We’re apt to think anything that’s[br]the product of reason, clear thinking, 0:06:23.900,0:06:31.960 is too intellectual and,[br]therefore, not for each one of us. 0:06:32.700,0:06:42.690 But on the contrary, I feel if we can[br]think, observe, reason together, 0:06:42.700,0:06:51.900 putting aside our personal[br]conclusions, opinions, evaluations, 0:06:52.000,0:06:55.660 what we like and what we don’t like, 0:06:56.100,0:06:59.220 what we’re attracted to and so on, 0:06:59.230,0:07:02.640 if we can put aside all those things, 0:07:03.000,0:07:12.210 and are able to think together,[br]deeply, sanely, 0:07:13.300,0:07:17.680 that is, objectively, wholly, 0:07:18.400,0:07:29.320 then, I think, we shall be able[br]to deeply transform ourselves. 0:07:32.800,0:07:38.000 Because, when one goes round[br]the world, as the speaker does, 0:07:38.200,0:07:42.050 from India, Europe, and here, 0:07:44.400,0:07:55.390 one sees great sorrow, wars, violence, 0:07:56.900,0:08:05.500 all kinds of stupidities,[br]terrorism, killing, drugs. 0:08:05.600,0:08:09.310 You know what is happening,[br]as well as I do. 0:08:10.700,0:08:19.100 And we’re accepting these,[br]as though they’re inevitable. 0:08:20.900,0:08:26.740 And, as most of us[br]are traditionally minded, 0:08:30.400,0:08:37.650 we naturally and easily[br]put up with these things. 0:08:37.659,0:08:40.919 Or we revolt against them. 0:08:44.800,0:08:48.520 But that revolt is a reaction, 0:08:49.100,0:08:55.570 like Communism is a reaction[br]to Capitalism, or Fascism. 0:08:56.700,0:09:06.900 So, without revolt,[br]without going against something, 0:09:07.000,0:09:10.400 and forming our own[br]little group or communes, 0:09:10.500,0:09:15.210 or following a particular guru[br]or another guru, 0:09:15.500,0:09:18.440 from India, or from this country, 0:09:19.700,0:09:27.310 and they are bursting like mushrooms[br]all over the world, these gurus, 0:09:28.800,0:09:30.720 unfortunately. 0:09:32.400,0:09:40.040 But, if we could, without accepting[br]any kind of authority, 0:09:45.900,0:09:50.290 because in spiritual matters[br]there is no authority, 0:09:50.800,0:09:56.550 there is no guru, there is no priest,[br]there are no sanctions. 0:09:59.000,0:10:00.600 And this is very important[br]to understand 0:10:00.700,0:10:03.400 if we are going to go, together, 0:10:03.500,0:10:09.500 investigating into all these problems[br]that we human beings have had, 0:10:09.600,0:10:15.140 centuries upon centuries,[br]generation after generation. 0:10:16.500,0:10:23.540 So, first, if one may point out,[br]there is no authority here. 0:10:27.500,0:10:33.000 We are friends,[br]two friends, talking over together 0:10:33.400,0:10:40.810 our conflicts, our uncertainties,[br]our travail, 0:10:41.100,0:10:47.100 the things that we human beings[br]go through in our life, 0:10:47.200,0:10:53.600 and end in death, without[br]understanding what it is all about, 0:10:53.700,0:10:58.200 or committed to a particular action,[br]thinking that it will solve 0:10:58.300,0:11:04.720 all our human[br]conflicts and miseries and fears. 0:11:05.800,0:11:11.580 When that is clearly[br]and definitely understood, 0:11:12.000,0:11:20.380 that there is no authority, the[br]speaker has no authority whatsoever, 0:11:20.700,0:11:23.600 though he may be sitting[br]on a platform, 0:11:23.700,0:11:29.600 because that’s merely for convenience,[br]so that we can all see each other. 0:11:29.700,0:11:35.780 But a little height doesn’t give him[br]any authority. 0:11:36.900,0:11:41.400 And so, don’t put him into authority, 0:11:41.500,0:11:44.900 place him into, give him authority. 0:11:46.100,0:11:55.100 And I really mean this,[br]because in psychological matters 0:11:55.200,0:12:00.190 which we are going to investigate,[br]very deeply together, 0:12:01.200,0:12:09.200 there is no authority, whether[br]it is the European psychologists 0:12:09.300,0:12:11.500 or the modern psychologists 0:12:11.600,0:12:18.870 or the gurus or the books,[br]or the saviours, ancient or modern, 0:12:20.300,0:12:24.580 in that field of psychology[br]to accept authority, 0:12:24.670,0:12:32.040 is to deny clarity,[br]clear thinking, logic 0:12:33.110,0:12:37.600 and to be sane and, therefore, whole. 0:12:37.700,0:12:43.510 The word ‘whole’ implies[br]having good health, 0:12:45.000,0:12:52.900 having sanity,[br]and also it implies h-o-l-y, holy. 0:12:53.000,0:12:57.800 So, when we use the word[br]‘whole,’ holistic, 0:12:57.900,0:13:03.530 it implies all that –[br]health, sanity, clarity, 0:13:03.600,0:13:08.410 and that which is holy, complete. 0:13:11.600,0:13:17.200 So, as we were saying,[br]in the psychological field, 0:13:17.300,0:13:19.400 as there is no authority, 0:13:19.500,0:13:27.570 we are putting aside[br]all that people have told us 0:13:27.800,0:13:31.580 – if you can –[br]which is very difficult, 0:13:31.900,0:13:38.650 and examine, step by step,[br]again, if we can, 0:13:38.860,0:13:45.940 into the enormous problem[br]of existence, of our daily living. 0:13:49.400,0:13:53.670 Psychologically, inwardly, 0:13:58.400,0:14:07.400 we human beings, wherever we are,[br]are the world, psychologically. 0:14:08.300,0:14:15.300 The world is us,[br]the world is me and I am the world. 0:14:15.800,0:14:21.960 And that is a psychological,[br]absolute fact. 0:14:23.000,0:14:28.500 Though you may have white skin,[br]brown skin or black skin 0:14:28.600,0:14:35.720 or whatever it is, outwardly,[br]affluent, rich, prosperous, 0:14:35.730,0:14:39.710 many cars, all the rest of it. 0:14:39.910,0:14:42.700 Or you may be very poor, 0:14:43.100,0:14:48.200 but inwardly, deep down,[br]we’re all the same. 0:14:48.300,0:14:58.900 We suffer, we’re lonely,[br]we’re in sorrow, conflict, 0:14:59.000,0:15:06.300 misery, confusion, depending[br]on somebody to tell us what to do, 0:15:08.300,0:15:11.820 how to think, what to think. 0:15:12.400,0:15:15.290 We are slaves to propaganda, 0:15:17.600,0:15:22.920 from the various churches[br]and various religions, sects 0:15:23.000,0:15:25.500 – that’s what’s happening,[br]all over the world, 0:15:25.600,0:15:33.100 not only politically, by the experts,[br]by the governments and so on, 0:15:33.200,0:15:41.120 but inwardly, deep down,[br]we are slaves to propaganda, 0:15:41.400,0:15:44.500 we are conditioned human beings, 0:15:44.600,0:15:48.500 whether we live in India,[br]America or here. 0:15:50.200,0:15:55.490 I hope that one realises that,[br]not intellectually, 0:15:55.700,0:15:58.910 not verbally,[br]because that has very little meaning, 0:15:59.700,0:16:04.940 but actually see the fact of it, 0:16:05.700,0:16:14.070 that you, living in America, with[br]all the riches, marvellous country, 0:16:14.200,0:16:22.500 crazy people, drug-minded, you know,[br]all that’s happening in this country, 0:16:22.600,0:16:25.880 the violence, the brutality, 0:16:26.200,0:16:33.390 the divisive communes,[br]based on their beliefs and so on. 0:16:33.900,0:16:38.500 But, when you sweep all that aside,[br]put all that aside, 0:16:38.600,0:16:41.540 whether here or in India or in Europe, 0:16:41.700,0:16:51.260 we go through the same mill of[br]misfortune, uncertainty, deep sorrow. 0:16:53.900,0:16:59.430 So, we are actually,[br]psychologically, the world, 0:17:00.300,0:17:02.760 and the world is you. 0:17:03.900,0:17:13.710 Once you realise this fact,[br]not verbally, not ideologically, 0:17:15.599,0:17:26.270 or as a statement of fact,[br]but actually, deeply feel the fact, 0:17:28.300,0:17:36.800 realise the fact, that you are[br]not different from the other, 0:17:36.900,0:17:40.600 however far away he is – inwardly – 0:17:40.700,0:17:47.600 because he suffers enormously,[br]he’s terribly frightened, 0:17:47.700,0:17:51.700 uncertain, insecure, 0:17:52.100,0:17:58.350 both physiologically,[br]as well as psychologically. 0:18:00.900,0:18:03.720 And, when you realise that, 0:18:04.200,0:18:07.900 and in examination of that realisation 0:18:08.000,0:18:10.700 you’re not concerned[br]with your little self, 0:18:10.800,0:18:15.000 you’re concerned[br]with the total human being. 0:18:15.200,0:18:17.030 You understand this? 0:18:19.800,0:18:26.710 With the total humanity, which is you,[br]because you are the world. 0:18:27.500,0:18:32.700 So, when we are talking[br]about these matters, 0:18:32.800,0:18:36.080 we are concerned with the human being, 0:18:38.400,0:18:41.600 not with Mr X or Y or somebody else, 0:18:41.700,0:18:48.000 because he’s the total psychological[br]entity, as a human being, 0:18:48.100,0:18:50.710 wherever he lives. 0:18:51.000,0:18:55.910 I hope this is clear. This is factual. 0:18:56.200,0:18:59.000 You may be conditioned[br]in a particular way, 0:18:59.100,0:19:03.400 you may be Catholic, a Protestant,[br]God knows what else you are, 0:19:03.500,0:19:11.680 Baptists and, you know, Jesus-minded[br]– you’re conditioned. 0:19:12.100,0:19:14.700 And in India, it is the same, 0:19:14.800,0:19:22.400 they are conditioned by thousands[br]of years of certain kinds of beliefs, 0:19:22.500,0:19:28.200 superstitions, ideas,[br]gods and all the rest of it. 0:19:28.700,0:19:37.000 But, below that conditioning,[br]in the depth of their human mind, 0:19:37.100,0:19:40.800 when they’re alone,[br]when they are facing life, 0:19:40.900,0:19:47.100 there is sorrow, there is pain,[br]there is grief, there is anxiety. 0:19:50.400,0:19:55.370 So, you are the world[br]and the world is you. 0:19:58.300,0:20:05.390 And, when one sees that[br]as an actual, irrevocable fact, 0:20:07.600,0:20:12.260 then you begin to think[br]entirely differently, 0:20:13.400,0:20:15.740 then you begin to observe, 0:20:15.900,0:20:25.900 not as a person, individual[br]having troubles and anxieties, 0:20:26.000,0:20:30.800 but the whole entire humanity[br]is having it. 0:20:30.900,0:20:34.200 Then it gives you[br]an extraordinary strength. 0:20:34.300,0:20:39.650 I don’t know if you follow all this.[br]It gives you extraordinary vitality. 0:20:40.300,0:20:45.100 Then you are not alone, you are[br]the entire history of mankind, 0:20:45.200,0:20:49.300 if you know how to read that book,[br]which is you. 0:20:49.400,0:20:51.780 And that’s what we are going to do, 0:20:52.300,0:20:58.660 we’re going to read, together,[br]the history of mankind, 0:20:58.800,0:21:03.400 enshrined in you, as a human being. 0:21:08.200,0:21:17.290 This is not rhetoric,[br]this is not a verbal explosion, 0:21:20.400,0:21:26.560 but a serious factor[br]we’re deeply concerned with, 0:21:28.400,0:21:35.800 a fact which we deny, because[br]we think we are so individualistic, 0:21:35.900,0:21:42.140 we are so concerned with ourselves,[br]with our petty little problems, 0:21:42.700,0:21:45.870 with our little gurus,[br]with our little beliefs. 0:21:47.800,0:21:53.620 But when you realise[br]an extraordinary fact, 0:21:55.600,0:22:00.170 then it gives you tremendous strength, 0:22:03.400,0:22:10.900 a great urgency to investigate[br]and transform oneself 0:22:11.000,0:22:14.000 because you are mankind. 0:22:14.300,0:22:17.330 And, when there is[br]such transformation, 0:22:17.500,0:22:21.320 you affect[br]the whole consciousness of man. 0:22:22.200,0:22:24.410 I don’t know if you realise this. 0:22:28.800,0:22:34.200 You actually affect[br]the whole consciousness of man 0:22:34.300,0:22:39.390 because you are the entire humanity, 0:22:40.100,0:22:45.400 and, when you change,[br]fundamentally, deeply, 0:22:45.500,0:22:49.100 when there is[br]psychological revolution in you, 0:22:50.500,0:23:00.100 then, naturally, as you are part[br]of that consciousness of a human being 0:23:00.200,0:23:04.000 which is the rest of the humanity, 0:23:06.300,0:23:09.560 the consciousness of the world[br]is affected. 0:23:12.400,0:23:15.830 You see the reason of this,[br]the logic of this? 0:23:18.400,0:23:25.700 Your consciousness is affected[br]by the various prophets, 0:23:25.710,0:23:33.670 the various warmongers:[br]Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, 0:23:34.000,0:23:38.940 you know, all these people[br]have affected mankind, 0:23:41.800,0:23:44.120 but we’re not aware of it. 0:23:47.100,0:23:51.810 And, what we’re going to do together,[br]during these talks, 0:23:53.000,0:24:01.710 is to penetrate[br]the layers of our consciousness, 0:24:06.900,0:24:10.710 and investigate whether it is possible 0:24:11.100,0:24:17.590 to transform the content[br]of our consciousness 0:24:20.200,0:24:26.200 and out of that, a different dimension[br]of energy and clarity 0:24:26.300,0:24:30.190 may come into being.[br]That’s what we’re concerned with, 0:24:32.200,0:24:40.620 and therefore it’s a serious matter,[br]not to be played with. 0:24:41.000,0:24:44.600 If you’re not interested,[br]if you are not serious, 0:24:44.700,0:24:47.410 don’t waste your time coming here. 0:24:48.300,0:24:52.870 It’s a waste of your energy,[br]and I really mean it, 0:24:53.400,0:24:56.510 because this is very,[br]very, very serious, 0:25:01.700,0:25:12.220 and it is voluntary, not a thing[br]that you are persuaded or rewarded, 0:25:13.700,0:25:18.810 because our conditioning[br]is reward and punishment. 0:25:20.800,0:25:24.600 But, in investigating[br]our consciousness, 0:25:24.700,0:25:28.750 which is the entire[br]consciousness of mankind, 0:25:35.900,0:25:40.680 we are delving into ourselves, 0:25:41.600,0:25:47.550 and from there discover,[br]come upon what is truth. 0:25:48.800,0:25:54.190 Having laid that, said all that,[br]which is necessary, 0:25:55.600,0:25:57.900 which is, probably,[br]one of the most important things, 0:25:58.000,0:26:01.570 which is the first step[br]and, therefore, the last step, 0:26:05.400,0:26:12.500 let us begin by investigating[br]what human beings demand, 0:26:12.600,0:26:19.200 what human beings basically,[br]fundamentally, inwardly demand, ask. 0:26:23.500,0:26:31.500 Which is, what is it that,[br]as a human being, 0:26:31.600,0:26:35.460 who is the representative[br]of the world, 0:26:36.700,0:26:42.850 and therefore he is the world[br]– psychologically – 0:26:43.000,0:26:49.030 what is the most, innermost demand[br]of such a human being? 0:26:51.500,0:26:54.310 Don’t answer me, please. 0:26:54.550,0:27:00.810 This is a question we have put, so[br]that we can think about it together. 0:27:09.200,0:27:15.520 Most human beings,[br]in one part of their consciousness, 0:27:16.100,0:27:24.000 want to find both biological,[br]physiological, 0:27:24.100,0:27:29.230 as well as psychological security. 0:27:32.900,0:27:36.590 Because you must have food,[br]clothes and shelter. 0:27:36.600,0:27:39.390 That’s an absolute necessity. 0:27:42.100,0:27:48.400 But also, we want,[br]we demand, we crave, 0:27:48.500,0:27:53.880 we search for psychological security. 0:27:59.800,0:28:06.830 To be psychologically certain[br]about everything. 0:28:09.200,0:28:12.690 Look into yourself, observe, 0:28:14.700,0:28:21.000 use the speaker,[br]if I may point out, as a mirror. 0:28:21.700,0:28:27.400 The words which he’s using[br]are merely description, 0:28:27.500,0:28:32.210 but the description[br]is not the described. 0:28:33.600,0:28:39.600 Right? Therefore,[br]you are looking at yourself 0:28:39.700,0:28:45.200 and finding out what is[br]the innermost demand that you want, 0:28:45.300,0:28:48.120 that human beings want. 0:28:49.300,0:28:52.100 And this whole struggle in the world, 0:28:52.200,0:28:58.100 both psychologically,[br]as well as physiologically, 0:28:58.200,0:29:02.190 is to find security. 0:29:03.800,0:29:05.300 No? 0:29:07.100,0:29:12.880 The word ‘security’[br]means to be secure, 0:29:13.400,0:29:22.120 your physical permanency,[br]physically to be well, 0:29:23.100,0:29:29.900 physically to continue,[br]advance, grow, whatever it is 0:29:30.000,0:29:39.120 – and psychologically, inwardly,[br]to find security, 0:29:39.300,0:29:44.300 to find something that is permanent, 0:29:47.100,0:29:51.900 because everything, psychologically,[br]if you observe very carefully, 0:29:52.000,0:29:54.810 is very impermanent. 0:30:06.700,0:30:12.490 Your relationships, psychologically,[br]are terribly uncertain. 0:30:14.000,0:30:18.600 You may be temporarily secure[br]in your relationship with another, 0:30:18.700,0:30:22.270 man, woman and all the rest of it,[br]temporarily. 0:30:23.000,0:30:27.300 But that very temporary security[br]is the very danger 0:30:27.400,0:30:31.670 of it being, becoming,[br]completely insecure. 0:30:35.000,0:30:40.260 Do please examine it. Don’t accept it. 0:30:41.400,0:30:47.150 We are thinking over, together,[br]we are reasoning. 0:30:48.000,0:30:53.590 To see the logic, the reason,[br]the sanity of it, 0:30:53.900,0:30:57.680 not because the speaker asserts it, 0:30:58.000,0:31:01.940 not because he has some[br]beastly reputation, 0:31:03.400,0:31:05.400 because all those things[br]are irrelevant 0:31:05.500,0:31:10.300 when you are really going[br]into something very, very serious. 0:31:15.700,0:31:23.510 So, one asks, is there any security,[br]psychologically, at all? 0:31:31.000,0:31:40.260 That is, one seeks[br]psychological security in the family. 0:31:42.100,0:31:44.700 We’ll go step by step into it 0:31:44.800,0:31:50.860 – in the family, the family being[br]the wife, the children. 0:31:54.500,0:32:05.800 There you try to find in the wife,[br]a relationship that will be secure, 0:32:05.900,0:32:12.390 lasting, permanent,[br]permanent being relatively, 0:32:12.400,0:32:14.850 because there is always death. 0:32:16.500,0:32:25.000 And, not always finding it,[br]there are divorces, quarrels 0:32:25.100,0:32:31.100 and all the misery, jealousies,[br]anger, hatred that goes on. 0:32:32.300,0:32:36.030 You must be aware of all this,[br]aren’t you? 0:32:41.200,0:32:48.540 And also, one tries to find[br]security in a community, 0:32:49.000,0:32:55.160 with a group of people,[br]with the communes, large or small. 0:32:55.300,0:32:59.890 One tries to find security[br]in the world, a nation. 0:33:02.100,0:33:04.800 I’m an American, I’m a Hindu, 0:33:04.900,0:33:08.900 that gives a tremendous sense[br]of being identified with a group 0:33:09.000,0:33:11.690 and, therefore, secure. 0:33:13.400,0:33:21.320 Do, please, as we said,[br]listen to it, not reject it. 0:33:22.800,0:33:27.400 There may be reason behind it,[br]or there might not, 0:33:27.500,0:33:40.250 but a serious man examines,[br]doesn’t reject or accept. 0:33:42.700,0:33:50.150 And so, when you try to find[br]security psychologically in a nation, 0:33:52.400,0:33:57.230 and, therefore, that nation[br]is different from another nation, 0:34:00.100,0:34:03.640 naturally, there is division 0:34:04.700,0:34:09.300 and, where there is division[br]between nations, 0:34:09.400,0:34:15.389 in which you have invested,[br]psychologically, your security, 0:34:16.500,0:34:23.699 there are wars, there are[br]economic pressures, divisions. 0:34:23.800,0:34:28.650 That’s what is actually[br]going on in the world. Right? 0:34:30.400,0:34:36.900 And, if you seek security[br]in ideologies 0:34:37.000,0:34:43.300 – communist ideology, the capitalist[br]ideology, religious ideologies, 0:34:43.400,0:34:50.679 conclusions, images, crosses and all[br]the rest of it, all over the world, 0:34:52.699,0:34:56.900 again, that is divisive,[br]there is division. 0:34:57.000,0:35:02.800 You believe in one set of ideals[br]which you like, 0:35:02.900,0:35:07.200 which give you comfort,[br]in which you seek security, 0:35:07.300,0:35:12.500 with a group of people who believe[br]the same kind of nonsense. 0:35:12.600,0:35:16.300 And another group[br]believe in other things, 0:35:16.400,0:35:20.010 and the same thing[br]– people are divided. 0:35:21.000,0:35:24.270 Religions have divided people. 0:35:27.000,0:35:30.200 The Christians, the Buddhists,[br]the Hindus, the Muslims, 0:35:30.300,0:35:35.700 you know, the Baptists, divide,[br]again they’re at each other, 0:35:35.800,0:35:40.700 each believing something[br]extraordinary, romantic, 0:35:40.800,0:35:45.760 which is unrealistic,[br]unreal, not factual. 0:35:47.600,0:36:01.900 So, seeing all this, not as a theory,[br]not as something to be avoided 0:36:03.400,0:36:07.100 or becoming supercilious[br]or intellectual, 0:36:07.200,0:36:10.200 or being attached emotionally, 0:36:10.500,0:36:14.500 but seeing all this, very clearly, 0:36:14.800,0:36:22.020 one asks, is there[br]psychological security at all? 0:36:24.500,0:36:28.120 Right? You understand my question? 0:36:32.800,0:36:40.050 And, if there is no psychological[br]security, then what is a human being? 0:36:40.060,0:36:42.400 It becomes a chaos. 0:36:42.500,0:36:46.400 Right? He loses his identity, 0:36:46.500,0:36:50.800 because he’s identified with America,[br]he’s identified with Jesus, 0:36:50.900,0:36:52.790 he’s identified with the Buddha, 0:36:52.800,0:36:56.920 he’s identified with a nation[br]and so on and so on. 0:36:57.000,0:37:02.440 When reason, logic, says[br]how absurd all this is! 0:37:09.800,0:37:20.300 Then does one go into despair or[br]– please listen to this – 0:37:20.400,0:37:30.600 or, because you have observed the[br]fallacy of these divisive processes, 0:37:30.700,0:37:41.070 the unreality of these fictions,[br]myths, fantasies which have no basis, 0:37:41.750,0:37:45.320 and the very perception of that, 0:37:46.400,0:37:50.000 is that not intelligence? 0:37:51.700,0:37:54.800 Right? You understand...? 0:37:56.400,0:38:01.070 Not the intelligence[br]of a clever, cunning mind, 0:38:02.900,0:38:08.700 not the intelligence[br]of book knowledge, 0:38:09.600,0:38:16.950 but the intelligence which comes[br]out of clear observation. 0:38:19.600,0:38:21.310 Right? 0:38:22.200,0:38:27.900 In that observation, which brings[br]about extraordinary intelligence, 0:38:28.000,0:38:30.420 there is security, 0:38:30.500,0:38:36.490 therefore, that means[br]that very intelligence is secure. 0:38:37.700,0:38:40.110 Have you understood this? 0:38:42.000,0:38:49.000 No, please, you must have it,[br]not agree with me, 0:38:49.100,0:38:53.280 or say, ‘Yes, how extraordinary,[br]I didn’t think of that before,’ 0:38:55.800,0:38:59.900 but it must be part of you,[br]it must be you that are finding it, 0:39:00.000,0:39:02.100 not me that have found it and tell you 0:39:02.200,0:39:04.780 and therefore you accept it[br]or reject it. 0:39:05.600,0:39:07.830 You see the difference? 0:39:11.900,0:39:16.000 As we said at the beginning,[br]I’m not out to, 0:39:16.100,0:39:20.200 the speaker is not out[br]to convince you of anything 0:39:20.300,0:39:22.350 I’m not a propagandist – 0:39:24.640,0:39:30.300 I don’t want you to think as I think,[br]because I don’t think at all. 0:39:33.000,0:39:34.920 And I mean it. 0:39:37.300,0:39:44.450 We’ll go into that later on,[br]because that is an extraordinary fact, 0:39:44.800,0:39:48.960 the capacity[br]to observe without thought, 0:39:53.600,0:39:59.520 therefore, in that observation,[br]have a tremendous insight, 0:40:02.500,0:40:06.200 and that insight[br]is supreme intelligence, 0:40:06.300,0:40:09.320 and that intelligence acts 0:40:10.600,0:40:12.000 – which we’ll go into, 0:40:12.100,0:40:17.770 when we are discussing the whole[br]structure and the nature of thought. 0:40:19.700,0:40:29.960 But, as most of us[br]will not let go, will not, 0:40:30.400,0:40:36.480 are so frightened to let go[br]and not finding security. 0:40:37.200,0:40:39.500 You understand? I can let go, 0:40:39.600,0:40:43.400 one can let go being a Catholic,[br]Protestant, Communist, 0:40:43.500,0:40:47.580 all the rest of that nonsense,[br]very easily. 0:40:49.300,0:40:55.630 But, when you do let go,[br]when you cleanse yourself of all this, 0:40:56.100,0:41:01.000 either you do it as a reaction, 0:41:02.300,0:41:11.710 or you do it because you have[br]observed, intelligently, holistically, 0:41:14.190,0:41:16.600 with great clarity, 0:41:16.700,0:41:21.400 the absurdity, the fantasies,[br]the make-believes. 0:41:22.800,0:41:29.550 And, because you observe[br]without any distortion, 0:41:29.600,0:41:32.500 because you’re not out[br]to get something from it 0:41:32.600,0:41:37.540 because you’re not thinking[br]in terms of punishment and reward, 0:41:37.600,0:41:41.380 because you observe very clearly, 0:41:41.500,0:41:45.200 then that very clarity of perception[br]is intelligence. 0:41:45.300,0:41:49.590 In that[br]there is extraordinary security, 0:41:49.700,0:41:56.120 not that you become secure,[br]but intelligence is secure. 0:42:03.200,0:42:05.580 Are we meeting each other? 0:42:07.100,0:42:10.000 Is there a communication[br]between each other? 0:42:10.100,0:42:14.380 Or is it merely[br]a verbal communication? 0:42:17.000,0:42:25.770 Communication verbally is necessary,[br]to use the correct word 0:42:27.600,0:42:32.600 and, unfortunately, in America[br]the correct word is not being used 0:42:32.700,0:42:37.000 – they use any old, sloppy word[br]and think they convey. 0:42:37.100,0:42:40.300 But we’re using correct words. 0:42:40.400,0:42:48.500 And communication implies[br]not only the usage 0:42:48.600,0:42:51.400 and the comprehension on both sides, 0:42:51.500,0:42:56.200 the meaning and the significance[br]of the word, correctly, 0:42:56.300,0:43:06.700 but also it implies that we share,[br]share what is being said, 0:43:09.700,0:43:18.130 which is the responsibility[br]of sharing, partaking together. 0:43:20.200,0:43:29.200 So, we are not merely[br]communicating verbally, 0:43:29.300,0:43:34.950 but also deeply sharing the fact: 0:43:35.500,0:43:40.300 the fact being, the absolute fact,[br]not relative fact, 0:43:40.400,0:43:46.190 the absolute fact[br]that there is no security 0:43:46.400,0:43:52.770 in anything that man has invented,[br]psychologically. 0:43:53.400,0:44:01.610 All our religions are inventions,[br]put together by thought. 0:44:04.400,0:44:09.350 All our divisive endeavours, 0:44:09.600,0:44:15.960 which come about when there are[br]beliefs, dogmas, rituals, 0:44:17.600,0:44:21.570 which is the whole[br]substance of religion, 0:44:25.900,0:44:36.700 when you see all this very clearly,[br]not as an idea, but as a fact, 0:44:37.000,0:44:42.100 then that very fact reveals the[br]extraordinary quality of intelligence, 0:44:42.200,0:44:49.340 in which there is complete,[br]whole security. Right? 0:44:52.400,0:45:00.100 I hope you see this fact[br]of intelligence now, not tomorrow. 0:45:00.200,0:45:03.990 Don’t go home and say,[br]‘I’ll think it over.’ 0:45:05.200,0:45:10.090 When you think it over tomorrow,[br]you’ve already distorted it. 0:45:12.000,0:45:16.300 But we are thinking, together, now, 0:45:16.400,0:45:22.100 using our reason,[br]our capacity to think clearly. 0:45:25.600,0:45:31.000 So, communication of the fact[br]between you and the speaker is now, 0:45:31.100,0:45:37.060 not eventually,[br]not when it’s convenient for you. 0:45:37.300,0:45:43.090 Then you have lost time,[br]you have wasted days and months. 0:45:43.300,0:45:49.130 You don’t do that[br]when the house is on fire, you do act. 0:45:56.430,0:46:06.900 So, when you are concerned, as we are,[br]I hope, all of us together, 0:46:07.000,0:46:13.900 when you are concerned, deeply,[br]with the transformation of man, 0:46:14.800,0:46:18.700 because man must radically transform 0:46:18.800,0:46:24.280 – when I use the word ‘man,’[br]I’m also including the woman. 0:46:25.400,0:46:30.500 We are not talking about[br]equal rights, women and men, 0:46:30.600,0:46:35.700 the Women’s Liberation, and all that. 0:46:35.800,0:46:40.200 We are talking,[br]when we say ‘man,’ man – woman. 0:46:40.300,0:46:43.980 So, please, forgive[br]if I use that word ‘man.’ 0:46:44.600,0:46:50.580 Don’t write me letters, say,[br]‘Why don’t you also use ‘woman’?’ 0:46:51.100,0:46:53.740 As it has been done – 0:46:57.900,0:47:01.810 which means[br]they are not really listening, 0:47:03.100,0:47:08.180 which means they are not,[br]they are still thinking partially. 0:47:10.700,0:47:16.700 We are thinking together,[br]holistically, as a whole, 0:47:16.800,0:47:21.600 not you and I, separate human beings,[br]thinking together, 0:47:21.700,0:47:25.720 we are looking at something, together. 0:47:26.600,0:47:33.000 You know, when you feel[br]that we are doing something together 0:47:33.100,0:47:40.000 there’s a great deal of care,[br]there’s a great deal of attention, 0:47:40.100,0:47:44.730 there’s a great sense[br]of sympathy, affection. 0:47:45.500,0:47:50.900 And I’m using that word[br]in all that sense – together. 0:47:54.500,0:48:00.100 So, in our consciousness,[br]one of the factors 0:48:00.200,0:48:05.500 is this demand and the search[br]for psychological security. 0:48:05.600,0:48:09.600 And, when we are seeking[br]psychological security in nations, 0:48:09.700,0:48:16.600 in beliefs, in gurus, in books,[br]in ideas and so on, in leaders, 0:48:17.000,0:48:21.300 then because it brings about division, 0:48:21.400,0:48:26.560 therefore, physiologically,[br]there are divisions 0:48:27.500,0:48:31.000 – Hindu, Buddhist,[br]different nation, Englishman, 0:48:31.100,0:48:34.200 American, Dutch, German,[br]you know – division. 0:48:34.300,0:48:39.440 And, therefore, when there is[br]psychological attachment 0:48:39.450,0:48:41.960 to a belief, to a nation, 0:48:42.470,0:48:48.650 there is insecurity, physiologically.[br]You understand, sir? 0:48:50.240,0:48:52.970 Isn’t that so? Isn’t that a fact? 0:48:53.700,0:48:57.000 When I’m attached to India – I’m not – 0:48:57.100,0:49:04.300 when I’m attached to India and all[br]that nonsense which represents India, 0:49:04.400,0:49:08.590 just the image, the romanticism,[br]you know, all that bilge 0:49:09.800,0:49:13.430 – so, when I’m attached to that, 0:49:13.600,0:49:20.860 I separate myself from the rest[br]of the world, psychologically, 0:49:21.300,0:49:27.470 and, therefore,[br]division invariably brings conflict. 0:49:27.900,0:49:32.510 When there is division between[br]man and woman – you understand? 0:49:32.520,0:49:35.400 You are married,[br]you’ve got all this misery in you. 0:49:35.500,0:49:41.450 When there is division,[br]there must be conflict, inevitably. 0:49:42.100,0:49:45.650 That’s an absolute law. 0:49:47.500,0:49:50.480 And this division is brought about 0:49:51.700,0:49:56.820 by the attachment[br]to psychological ideas. 0:49:59.700,0:50:03.400 Therefore, there is poverty, 0:50:03.500,0:50:08.200 degradation, wars,[br]terror in the world, 0:50:08.300,0:50:11.940 the world is becoming[br]a dangerous place to live. 0:50:15.100,0:50:22.000 So, is it possible then,[br]for a human being, 0:50:22.100,0:50:25.010 you, who are the world 0:50:27.100,0:50:32.900 – please, that is the central issue[br]in this matter – 0:50:33.000,0:50:37.320 you are the world[br]and the world is you. 0:50:40.100,0:50:46.030 And the world out there[br]and out here, inside, 0:50:48.300,0:50:56.480 traditionally,[br]has been conditioned to be a fragment 0:50:57.500,0:50:58.950 – you understand? 0:50:59.050,0:51:05.100 A fragment – American fragment,[br]Indian fragment and so on, 0:51:05.200,0:51:12.900 Catholic fragment – therefore,[br]outwardly there is no peace. 0:51:13.700,0:51:15.510 Right? 0:51:18.400,0:51:21.900 And man cannot exist without peace,[br]he cannot create, 0:51:22.000,0:51:27.120 he cannot have affection,[br]he cannot have compassion, love. 0:51:29.700,0:51:32.000 All right? Shall I go on? 0:51:33.900,0:51:42.820 So, part of this consciousness of man[br]is the fact of the search 0:51:42.830,0:51:49.700 and the demand and the attachment[br]to a fragment, 0:51:49.800,0:51:53.800 in which he hopes to find security. 0:51:53.900,0:52:00.330 And to transform that fragment, 0:52:02.800,0:52:08.600 in which man has invested,[br]hoping to find security, 0:52:08.700,0:52:11.700 to completely transform that, 0:52:11.800,0:52:14.900 can only come about[br]when there is intelligence, 0:52:15.000,0:52:18.700 intelligence which is perception.[br]I went into that. 0:52:18.800,0:52:24.500 Right? Right, sir? Do you see it? 0:52:24.600,0:52:27.300 And is there now, not tomorrow, 0:52:27.400,0:52:31.300 not when you go home and[br]think about it – then you’re lost – 0:52:31.400,0:52:36.600 is there now,[br]as you’re sitting there, listening, 0:52:37.800,0:52:43.100 using your reason, capacity, energy,[br]affection, care, and attention, 0:52:43.200,0:52:47.950 is there that transformation[br]taking place? 0:52:50.500,0:52:51.800 Right, sir? 0:52:52.000,0:52:56.480 If not, you’re not listening, 0:52:57.800,0:53:03.490 you’re not exercising[br]your capacity to think clearly. 0:53:07.500,0:53:11.730 Or you’re caught in verbal images 0:53:17.900,0:53:21.800 or in a symbol[br]to which you are attached, 0:53:21.900,0:53:26.970 because, if you let go that symbol,[br]you’re frightened 0:53:28.900,0:53:32.900 and, therefore, you’re lonely[br]and all that begins. 0:53:33.000,0:53:35.400 We’ll discuss fear later on. 0:53:35.500,0:53:45.600 But, as we are listening together,[br]reasoning together, 0:53:47.400,0:53:50.250 gathering our energies, 0:53:50.760,0:53:54.700 is there that transformation, 0:53:56.800,0:54:02.000 which is the freedom, complete freedom 0:54:02.100,0:54:14.300 from trying to find security[br]in a fragment? 0:54:14.400,0:54:16.390 You understand? 0:54:25.600,0:54:32.260 Is there freedom?[br]Please ask it, demand it, 0:54:36.100,0:54:41.360 because we’re going to go[br]into very complex matters. 0:54:41.400,0:54:43.900 This is only just the beginning of it, 0:54:44.000,0:54:48.900 because we’re going to, together 0:54:49.000,0:54:53.250 go into this whole problem[br]of what is consciousness, 0:54:57.400,0:55:00.820 and the content of consciousness. 0:55:01.400,0:55:05.710 Without the content,[br]there is no consciousness. Right? 0:55:07.510,0:55:10.260 You haven’t thought[br]about these matters. 0:55:12.100,0:55:16.260 Because part of the content of your[br]consciousness, human consciousness, 0:55:16.270,0:55:21.590 is this demand for security. Right? 0:55:24.700,0:55:31.580 Security in God, which again[br]is a word, a symbol, a belief, 0:55:32.200,0:55:37.600 security in a nation, security[br]in a group, security in a commune, 0:55:37.700,0:55:42.720 security in the wife, the children,[br]security in ideas, you know. 0:55:44.300,0:55:47.360 That’s part of our consciousness. 0:55:48.600,0:55:52.900 That consciousness[br]has been put together 0:55:53.000,0:55:56.000 through millennia upon millennia, 0:55:58.300,0:56:00.740 which we call ‘evolution.’ 0:56:02.500,0:56:08.090 A fragment cannot evolve,[br]it will always remain a fragment. 0:56:08.400,0:56:11.120 I wonder if you see this. 0:56:12.400,0:56:15.800 A fragment cannot become the whole. 0:56:19.900,0:56:26.900 So... What time is it, if I may ask?[br]Audience: Five to twelve. 0:56:28.500,0:56:30.850 K: You mean to say[br]I’ve talked an hour and a half? 0:56:31.100,0:56:34.400 A: No, an hour.[br]K: Ah, an hour. Right. 0:56:35.900,0:56:39.640 Can you bear some more of it?[br]A: Yes. 0:56:41.400,0:56:46.140 K: No, I’m not at all sure. Please... 0:56:54.300,0:56:58.370 Because if you have listened[br]for an hour, 0:56:59.100,0:57:07.050 with great care, with attention,[br]with sustained affection, 0:57:07.300,0:57:09.670 do you know what that means? 0:57:12.280,0:57:16.560 Then you are the universe. 0:57:18.700,0:57:20.890 No, madam, no questions now. 0:57:20.900,0:57:25.490 We’ll discuss these things...[br]on Tuesday. 0:57:28.000,0:57:31.500 So, part of our consciousness, 0:57:31.600,0:57:34.510 which is the human consciousness[br]of the world, 0:57:36.100,0:57:42.200 a fragment of that consciousness[br]is the demand and the search 0:57:42.300,0:57:45.280 for psychological security. 0:57:49.500,0:57:54.500 And that’s one of the fragments[br]of the content of our consciousness. 0:57:54.600,0:57:59.590 Therefore, the content[br]makes for consciousness. 0:58:02.700,0:58:08.250 See the truth of it, the reason of it. 0:58:09.600,0:58:12.800 Part of one’s consciousness says,[br]‘I am an American, 0:58:12.900,0:58:15.880 I am a Buddhist,[br]I am this, I am that.’ 0:58:17.200,0:58:21.490 Or I’ve identified myself[br]with something or other. 0:58:22.100,0:58:31.050 And this identification is the demand[br]or the desire to find security 0:58:33.600,0:58:38.400 – that security,[br]either temporarily or permanently. 0:58:38.500,0:58:41.590 There is no permanent security. 0:58:41.700,0:58:47.880 And if there is temporary security,[br]then that leads to havoc, 0:58:48.200,0:58:50.610 as we pointed out. 0:58:52.100,0:58:56.500 So, can you,[br]as you have listened for an hour, 0:58:56.600,0:58:59.100 with your heart and mind, 0:58:59.200,0:59:07.890 can you actually be aware[br]of the fact that you’re free of it? 0:59:13.500,0:59:20.700 If you’re not, either you haven’t[br]exercised your capacity to reason 0:59:20.800,0:59:23.500 or to listen to somebody who says, 0:59:23.600,0:59:26.980 ‘Do please, for God’s sake,[br]look at this.’ 0:59:29.400,0:59:31.740 And you won’t look. 0:59:35.300,0:59:38.600 And if you don’t look,[br]nobody’s going to persuade you, 0:59:38.700,0:59:41.590 certainly not the speaker. 0:59:43.400,0:59:49.200 Persuasion, propaganda, threats, 0:59:49.300,0:59:54.640 offering you reward or punishment[br]will never help you to look. 0:59:55.100,1:00:00.530 If you look under compulsion,[br]it is distorted. 1:00:02.400,1:00:06.520 So can you, as a human being, 1:00:07.400,1:00:10.600 after talking over together,[br]for an hour, 1:00:10.700,1:00:13.930 see this extraordinary fact 1:00:14.200,1:00:20.000 and, seeing the fact[br]and the reality of it, 1:00:20.300,1:00:25.520 free part of that consciousness[br]of the fragment 1:00:26.500,1:00:31.020 which is the demand,[br]the search for security? 1:00:32.600,1:00:36.300 Therefore, the mind then becomes[br]extraordinarily awakened. 1:00:36.400,1:00:38.270 You understand? 1:00:38.800,1:00:42.000 It can then[br]go into the problem of fear 1:00:42.100,1:00:44.000 – which we will tomorrow[br]and so on – 1:00:44.100,1:00:50.130 into the enormous content[br]of our consciousness. 1:00:50.900,1:00:58.600 And, ultimately, the question is:[br]can the content be completely emptied? 1:00:58.700,1:01:00.710 You understand, sir? 1:01:02.400,1:01:08.990 Emptied so that –[br]empty, not something else. 1:01:09.200,1:01:11.990 That means, reward. 1:01:15.300,1:01:18.500 So, we’ll stop today,[br]if you don’t mind, 1:01:18.600,1:01:20.800 because we’ve talked for an hour, 1:01:20.900,1:01:25.000 and to listen for an hour about[br]serious things is quite difficult 1:01:25.100,1:01:27.200 – probably you’re not used[br]to this kind of thing. 1:01:27.300,1:01:30.430 I can go on but not you. 1:01:30.740,1:01:36.870 So, if you don’t mind, we’ll stop[br]and meet again tomorrow morning.