Maharaji: Public Program New York 1990

Maharaji: Public Program New York 1990

(Applause and cheering) So this evening, I'm sure we have quite a menu here. All different things and different people and different ideas of why we should come this evening into this hall, what's gonna be said. People who, for the first time, have come here to hear about what's going on, to people who, 18-year vintage, go back as far as maybe 20-year vintage, to some people maybe even who made an effort towards understanding what this was all about at some point in time and then figured, well, other things were more important or whatever, I mean, it's always a soup somewhere. And yet, I look at my own life, I've been doing this for a very long time. I travel, um, there's a lot of constantness personally for me and on the other hand, there isn't much that's sometimes constant and you wake up in a hotel room day after day and you wonder where you are and after a little while, it doesn't even make any difference where you are. Just find the light switch and that's all you care about. Find the closet and that's enough.

And I know that there are so many elements in each one of us, so many things in each one of us that want little labels on everything, that want little definitions for everything that happens in our life. Because somehow, we feel that if we can define everything in our life, that then everything will be easy, everything will be okay. But life is not definable. There's nothing in life, there's no element in life that says it's a question of easy and hard. Life cannot be subjected, life has nothing to do with being easy and hard. I mean, I don't know if you ever sat down and thought about that. Life is life. A river does not flow fast and slow based upon your liking. It's doing its thing. If it's fast for you, that's your problem, not the river's problem. And if it's too slow for you, that's your problem too, not the river's problem. And how is it that we are quite capable of taking a grid that we have created from our understandings and place it over every single element in our lives? After all, we judge every day, it was a good day, it was a bad day. People even say, have a good day. Today I was talking on the radio, and just as I was, you know, the controller gave me a new frequency and I was flipping to the new frequency, I just said, "You know, okay, I'll go to that frequency and have a good day." And then it hit me, I mean, I didn't have time to think about it, it just very quickly hit me as the frequency was changing. How is this person going to have a good day? What am I doing to make it a good day? I mean, it's very easy to say, "Have a good day." Do I really mean it? Or is it one of those things that a person, you know, in front of the hotel who opens the door for your car, I mean, this is what he's been trained to do. To him, telling you having a good day has nothing to do with it, it's just he's been told to be courteous.

I mean, you know that in many, many hotels, they get their employees together and they put them through training after training, be courteous, and you can tell, you can tell, they just want to be courteous. And yet, in this life, in this existence, it's not a question of training, it's not a question of ideas, it's not a question of any of the things that we get so caught up with, but it's a question of living, of of existing, of being, of understanding, of what it really is like. What does it really mean to be alive? And sometimes that is so far removed from everything else. It's like the great race has begun, except who started the race and where does the race end? There are no markers, there is no finish line, and yet everybody is running. The great race is on. And where are we running to? I know every day we wake up and it's like, first thing, first thing, there's so many Americans and so many people around the world, there's one thing they must say early in the morning, and this is probably just an observation, a guess, I mean, I don't think it can be statistically proven, but I think if there were microphones placed in every household, it would be true. One of the things that the Americans, the Europeans, the South Americans, the Koreans, the Japanese, the Australians, the Indians say is, "I'm getting late," or "I am late." And what a statement that, late for what? Oh, I'm late for my job, I'm late for my bus, I'm late, I, I am late. Now, it's true that this is what a lot of people say, but it's an extremely profound statement, more profound than most people realize it to be.

Yes, you are getting late, very late, but for something else, not for the little bus, but for the BIG bus, not for the, you know, appointment in Timbuktu, but the BIG appointment, the really big appointment, but something very big. And when you think about how profound that is, I'm getting late, and people look at their watch, you know, it's like a, it's like a double-edged sword. Somebody was, you know, I was talking to somebody a long time ago, and it was like, umm well, what has society really given us? It was a private conversation, so there was a little bit of a license to be slightly antisocial, which is one of those things that everybody in the society is slightly antisocial, but everybody likes the society nonetheless. You know, everybody sitting in the classroom doesn't want to be there, but everybody is there anyways. And I was thinking about that, and I was talking to this person, and it was like, well, society has given us a lot of good things. You can't say, you know, this person was like, you can't say society hasn't done anything for us.

So what has society done for us? The person said, society has given us watches, and I like watches. And it was like, for a moment, I was taken aback, like, well, gee whiz, you know, that's true. Society has given us watches. But then I said, I bounced right back. It's not, it's not easy to take defeat, you know, sometimes. I bounced right back, and I said, "Yeah, society has given us watches, and the reason why we should have them too." So it's like, on one hand, it's like a monopoly. You need this, and here it is, what you need. It is the one that has created all the time restraints. It has taken, it has taken what is completely timeless moments, and broken them down into hours, minutes, and seconds. I mean, even though somebody has graphically been able to present this incredible, fast-moving thing on a clock, but nobody has given me the understanding of what it really means as I watch those seconds go by. I mean, it's out of sync. It's out of proportion. You look at a digital watch, and boy, that thing is running, and I can look at it. There's a clock in Switzerland, and underneath the clock, it has a beautiful saying. It was, it's, you know, it's like in a town, and it says, if you're looking at me, you're wasting your time. And I think about that so much.

There are all the avenues that I have created to waste my time, and getting late, all the things that I have created that attract me very much so, but I don't know what I am really attracted to. I know I am attracted to something. I know, like everybody else does, I need something. And yet, what is it that I need? Maybe the parents start off the kid, and, you know, the first thing is, "well, son, you know, grow up and get an education. And, you know, look, I studied, and then, and now I'm making it possible for you to have a good education, and only if I had it as good as you are having it. Now, look, I give you everything, and more, and more, and now why don't you go study?" I mean, I think we've all heard that saga, and, you know, sure enough, as soon as we have our kids, we sing it to them, too. Even though maybe you were the emperor of, you know, uh uh a very rich country, the emperor is going, "If I only had it so good," and the kid looks, "But dad, you did have it pretty good."

And yet, it's the same saga. And the kid grows up saying, yeah, well, like, you know, at first, it's very easy for children to say, yeah, I really need to give attention in school, and they get, and they sit down, and the schools don't understand one thing. They understand a lot of things, but they don't understand one thing, and schools aren't geared for this. Schools don't understand, educational system doesn't understand that there are physiological changes that occur in a person. Around the time of when they get into teenager, things happen. I mean, bombs explode, but the educational system is like, no, it doesn't. It's the same. This kid is the same as they were a three-year-old and four-year-old, but that's not true. It's just the same. It gets even more intense, and here the bombs are exploding. The poor kid is sitting in the classroom, and he's trying to concentrate, and his body is going, dance. I mean, out of nowhere, dance. The kid is trying to concentrate in the front of the classroom, and all of a sudden, his head goes, girls. I mean, and the the guy has no control over this, but the educational system is sitting there going, "No, no, no, just keep looking this way." And you know what when the head goes, it's like this whole thing happening like in "Poltergeist."

And and and there are these people, they don't want this to happen, but it's happening anyways, and everything they do, it's like they're doomed. The girl goes over to the mirror, and boom. I can't believe it. I mean, I haven't seen the whole thing, but I couldn't believe it. It's like everything they do, they go down the stairs, they're in trouble. They go in the elevator, they're in trouble. They get out of the elevator, and they're in trouble. They go in the shower, they're in trouble. They go back to their room, they're in trouble. They get out of their room, they're in trouble. It's like anything they do, they're in trouble.

And as human beings, you know, we're being shaped. We are being formed. And once in a while, perhaps we come across these great statements that there is something beautiful inside of you. Something like maybe one day a dad really says, "Son, you know, you've got to find your destiny." And maybe these are incredibly awakening words, and the little kid maybe just looks at dad and says, "uh, I wonder what it is. I wonder what it is." I was talking to this one guy, he ended up being a chef. And I said, you know, how did you decide in your life that you wanted to be a chef? And he said, well, when he was little, the teacher asked all the kids, what do they want to be? And some people wanted to be, you know, a a alocomotive driver, a locomotive engineer. Some people wanted to be something. Some people wanted to be something. And he realized in his class, nobody said a cook. So to impress his teacher, he said, "Cook, I'm going to be a cook." And somehow it really stuck in his head, and he grew up to be a a chef. I mean, he's quite a good chef, but that's what became a calling in his life. And careers, I mean, and and and what does this guy do? I mean, yes, he's a chef, but sometimes he drives the taxis, and sometimes he drives, I mean, he does all kinds of things. And he's a wonderful person.

And you wonder, what is that calling? What was dad really talking about when he said, "Find your destiny?" For so many of us, it's quite the contrary. When we look at our parents and we say, "Dad, you know, what is God" Dad comes back and says, "Well, get ready, son. Here's the half an hour lecture." But how many dads are there who would really look at their children, son or daughter, and say, "Son, you find out. You find out what it is. You look." Not many of us would fit in that category, because it is that whole thing. Pound the information, pound the information, pound the information. And now let's ask the new question. Does it all work? Does it all work? I know a lot of people complain about traffic jams because there are cars on the freeway.

North Korea, there are not too many cars. Do they have traffic jams? Yes! With bicycles. You see what I mean? It's not a question that you have to, you will create the tool that you need to cause the problem. And where is it all going? Where is it all going? Where is it all headed? What really works? Every day you look at it and kids are dissatisfied with their parents. Parents are dissatisfied with their kids. Kids have no idea what the parents are up to. And parents have no idea what the kids want. The governments are becoming more and more separated. Citizens are becoming more and more separated from the governments. Understanding between people is going away faster than we talk tonight. Pollution problem is so bad that even if you called a meeting to have pollution, control pollution, you would create more pollution. Just the fact that you're calling this extra little meeting, people will drive and cause even more pollution to have a meeting about not having pollution. What works? And maybe there are days in our own lives that don't work. Everything goes berserk.

And yet, has there not been something inside each individual on a very individual basis, without, before you read the books, before you met anybody, before any of the stuff really happened on any given scale that pounded inside each one of us with a thirst and a yearning for fulfillment? How far back does that go? It goes a long ways. I mean, maybe somebody's sitting there going, "I don't remember anything like that in my life." But think. Each one of us. You see, the desire to have happiness is not a learned trait. Desire to have happiness, s esire to have happinesss in our lives is inherent. It is nothing that we have to learn. To be content in this life is nothing that anybody has to teach us about. It's already there inside all of us. We come with this stuff. It's not an option. It's standard. You don't pay extra for it. It's inside each and every individual. And yet, how do we respond to that yearning? Can we ignore that yearning? Unfortunately, no. Because when that yearning is there, and it pounds in our, in our body, in our heart, in ourselves, it makes us restless. Because that is the yearning for that beauty. That is the yearning for that contentment, which you will not find defined in any book.

I mean, there are so many books these days. What can I tell you about books? You walk into a bookstore and there is a book on how to be human. And all you can say is, "Hey, something is really wrong. You know, they don't have books about dogs like that." I mean, I can understand when there is a book that says how to relate to your Labrador. I understand that. But when there is a book that says how to relate to yourself, are we talking aliens here? I mean, what are we talking about? Have we lost so much? Have we been so out of touch with our own selves that somebody can actually write a few pages worth of information that people can actually buy? And the information has something to do with us? It's completely out of my realm of thinking. I mean, sometimes I think, "Hey, maybe there's a generation gap growing." But when I look at the person's picture who wrote the book, there's no generation gap. This guy is older than I am. And what's this person talking about? How to be a better human being? Better at what?

Today, there are books. How to be good at playing golf. All right.

People say, "I want to play golf and I want to get really good at it." So they go out there and they read a book and they… I mean, they're so committed to playing golf. They'll go out there and they'll go in the rain and they'll drive out to these places and they'll get a caddy and they'll they'llgo out there and they'll stand up and they'll wiggle and woggle and they'll do the estimates and of course, they'll hit the ball and it'll go somewhere completely different. And then they'll try again and it'll go somewhere completely different and then totally by mistake, it might end up where they wanted it and it's like, "Did you see that?" I mean, almost it's like this ethereal feeling, you know, "Thank you." And people want to be really good at it.

People want to be good at playing tennis. Oh, because that's… Because I'll tell you why. Because there is something inside each one of you that is very, very good and it wants to come out and you think it's playing tennis. I mea"n, have you seen tennis players? They're really good tennis players. I mean, they're cursing and throwing rackets at each other. How can you say that wasn't in?" If that's what happens to people who become really good at playing tennis, well, they're just like you and I. We do that without knowing how to play tennis. And I've seen the golfers, I mean, here, everything is supposed to be such a serene little thing happening. I've seen them toss that club up in the air. It's like walk off in utter frustration. If that's what happens when you get really good, that happens to all of us. And yet to be good at something is not to be taken lightly. Because each one of us has something that wants to be really good and what is that? And that's not to be somebody else. And not to be something else. Because in this world, there is a great passion to be somebody. People say, "I want to be somebody." And I want to say, "you are somebody. Of course you are." (applause) People want recognition from other people. I tell you what, you may not have recognition from other people just like you but you've got recognition from somebody very big. (applause)

You may not have recognition from your colleagues in this life. But you have recognition from the big boss. (applause) And so in contrast, in contrast, you know, it sounds so silly. It sounds so strange. It sounds so absurd to have you dragged out from your, you know, wherever you live and to arrive in New York and to call this gathering and say, by the way, folks, "You're really good." I mean, it almost sounds like an ego trip, you know, like come on down and we'll just pump you up with, "you know, all right, you're all really good." You know, look at this. But it's not, it's not a hype. But you know, it's a good idea. I'm sure it would make a lot of money just to do that. How many people are willing to go out and buy those books? Hey, this is, this would work. I mean, we could fill stadiums and just sit there and just get into this whole hype.

"You're good, you're good." You know, tell everybody, you scream that "You're good, you're good." I mean, man, that worked for a little while anyways. But I'm not here to do that. But I'm here to tell you about a possibility. A possibility that is present, through which you can feel, and I'm not talking about mentally feel, but actually feel in your heart, a joy and a beauty that exists. To actually feel that, to actually be a part of it, rather than being here alive and spending all the time and having all the dreams and then going back to sleep to have some more. Have you not had a dream that you liked so much that you actually went back to sleep so you could continue the dream? No. To actually wake up and not look at the sun and the moon and the stars and say, "That was a good sunset." But to find that same beauty within inside. To take a very different kind of challenge. You see, there are many people in this world, and there are going to be some people in this world who would be willing to take a challenge of a very different kind. Most of us work on the principle of minimum effort, maximum gain. And there is very few of us who say, "Okay, all right, I want the works. Everything. Everything. I want to feel that fulfillment that I thirst for. And not to succumb to everything that is going on, to which many a days one feels totally helpless." People blame it on destiny. People blame it on, "Well, God is cruel." People blame it on, "Oh my God, you know, this is… The famous theory of karma. Some-I must have done something in my past lifetime, from which I am having to pay now."

Great theory. I mean, if we really are these incredible puppets that are going to run on a rigged track, why give us the neck? Why do we need a neck for? Just look wherever you are supposed to look, and it would be programmed. Look that way, look that way, look that way. Eyes would be programmed too. Look at that torture, look at that torture, look at that torture. I mean, if it's going to be a rigged ride, why this feeling machine? Why? Why this earth? Why choices? Why? Why the beauty? And where is the beauty? The beauty is not in the flower. In fact, you know, slowly I'm going against having flowers cut and put in rooms. People don't like that very much. They say, well, no, flowers should be. But you know, actually, if you look at it, that's the plant's private parts. The reason why there are flowers is for procreation of the species of that plant. That's for the birds and the bees to come to. Somehow people snip it and stick it in their living room. But, umm, however it may be, umm well, that's, it's true, I mean, it's it's correct in that that's why the flower is there. Its colors are there not to attract you by any means. In fact, you know, when you smell it, you're really destroying something in that little flower. All that pollen goes up your nose, and it doesn't do anything, I mean, unless you go from flower to flower, inhaling and exhaling, then the flower may come to depend upon you as it does on the bee, but most people don't do that. They just inhale it and then sneeze. And that doesn't do the plant any good.

But you look at this beauty, you look at this flower, and it's incredible. I mean, it's incredible. Why? Because it says, "I'm going to look incredible for my human brethren." Does it say "I'm going to look good for you today? "No. It does its thing. But guess what? Inside each one of us, there is the beauty. And that little flower becomes the catalyst to trigger the beauty within us, and we say it. And where does the admiration come from? Is the admiration for that flower in that flower? No way. That's inside of us. And what is it that looks at the flower and says, "Beautiful." Where does that come from? Is that in the flower? No, it's inside of us. The joy is inside of us. The appreciation is inside of us. All of these things. And yet, flower is just a catalyst.

Inside of me, do I have a catalyst as well? Yes, I do. To trigger the same admiration, to trigger the same beauty, and the same perfection. Inside of me, there is something that is perfect, and it wants that which is perfect. It wants to merge. Inside of me, there is something beautiful, and what does it want? It just wants to get together with that which it's akin to. Love likes love. Love doesn't like hate. Hate likes hate. Love likes love. And when I'm feeling good, I can be with somebody who's feeling good. When I'm feeling bad, I can be somebody who's feeling bad. You know, it's really true. If somebody's feeling bad, you can come in and join the party. And you know, two sad people can sit there for a long time and nod at each other and go, "You're right, you're right." And the amazing thing is, they can both sit there. Two sad people can make both of them, can make both of themselves even sadder than when they began.

And yet, the search is on, whether you like it or not. You are searching. The only thing is, for what? Perfection in you wants to join that perfection. The feeling in you wants to join that feeling. And let it be. Let it be that it is allowed to feel that feeling. That perfection is allowed to merge with what is perfection. And in that, there is a simplicity. To me, I look around the world, I see people, and I see people doing things, and I don't like it. I don't like a lot of things they do. And yet then, I stop. And I take away my opinions, because I am very opinionated. And I would also like the world to be a certain way and my world, I imagine it, and I dream about it, and it sounds really good to me. I have a dream too. A very different kind of dream. And in my dream, all of a sudden, I get caught. Oh, it could be this way, and it could be that way, and it could be this way, and it could be that way. And I get carried away in my dream. And then all of a sudden, I realize, where did this dream come from? Where? Who dreamt this dream? How come I have this thing inside of me? Where did it come from? I didn't read it in a book. And here I am, describing myself, a dream. And then I realize, that yes, maybe I don't like what people are doing, I don't like wars, I don't like this, I don't like that, and yet I look at people.

And it takes a lot, a lot, to say, "There is another human being (whispers) alive. And in this being, there is something very, very beautiful. In this being, there is something, (whispers) perfect. And all of a sudden, maybe I'm not in my dream world, where there is beautiful beaches, and clear water, and you know, no pollution, and and where there is just a nice little place, and there I am, and I'm doing my thing, and whatever the dream is, maybe I'm not there, but I can feel the feeling, as though if I was there. That I see that everything has its rhythm. That I am a part of that and somebody cares for me a lot. A lot. More than I realize.

And that yes, I can go around and saying, "Do you love me," to a person. And maybe that person comes back and says, "Yes or no." There's one kid that once asked, one of my daughters, said, "Daya, do you love me?" And the daughter said, "No!" I mean, they're getting to that age, and this kid had tears welled up in his eyes, and he said, "Did you ever love me?" And of course, my daughter turned around and said, "No!" And uh you know, this kid was devastated. It was like, completely, and he was crying, and it was like, oh man, I wish you could have said, and yet, somebody really does love me. Something really does love me. I'm here. Against incredible odds, that I have been placed here. And what I dream about, is not just a dream, but there is a real reasoning behind it.

And I want to be a part of that reasoning. I want to be a part of that reality. I want to be a part of that picture. I want to be a part of that show, and I want to awaken. And I want to awaken. I want to be awake. And I want to accept. And I want to be able to say "Thank you." Not because somebody taught me to say thank you. See, there's a big difference. There's a really big difference. When you say "thank you," you know, when you were when you were little, your father or mother might have said, "And now say thank you." And the difference between on a Christmas morning, getting a little present, and saying, "Thanks dad." Big difference between that, and say "Thank you." But when the heart says thank you, it is a completely different kind of thank you. Because it is filled with incredible gratitude that is real. And that's what I'm talking about. To feel something in this life. To feel the reality. To feel what's really there. A gift that has been placed inside of each being and why am I telling you this? That's the question that Ira Woods was saying "I can't figure out why he does that." That's my secret. I can't let you have that. But, you know, I do it because you can have that too. You can have the same feeling. You can have the same fervor for this life that I have. You can have the same feeling of fulfillment that I have.

That doesn't mean I don't have problems. Hey, no, no, I've got problems. And they come and go. Serious problems. I had to deal with one today that was about as big as they get. Just about. It just had a couple of inches room left on either side as it rolled through the door but it was big. And I'll tell you, I mean, I was I was on the phone, it was like, there was that feeling, it's like, "Oh my God, you know, why?" And there was almost that feeling of, "Why me?" You know, "What have I done wrong?" I mean, there was so much going on. It's like, oh man, da, da, da, da. And it's like, "No, it's okay. I'm still alive. I feel good. Something inside of me is still rejoicing." I remember, in the beginning of this year, I I busted my knee. I I I was wheeled out to the emergency room. I was skiing. And I had a semi-static accident. And there I was, and the doctor comes to me, takes a look at my knee, and he comes back and he says, "You have the worst knee injury possible." And then he splits. And you're sitting there, and part of your head is going, best knee injury possible. The other one goes going, worst knee injury. What did this guy say? Could you please repeat? And there I was. And it was bad. It was really bad. I mean, I was on the crutches. I could hardly walk. And it was bad. And then one day, I found myself sitting in my office, talking to this guy. And I mean, it was really bad. I mean, I love flying. I love traveling. I love talking to people. And I mean, it it it all seemed to just kind of go, right out the window.

And it was like, you won't be able to do any of this stuff. And then, it was like, "Oh my God, what's gonna happen? And I was sitting in this room with this guy, and all of a sudden, I realized what I was saying to this guy was, "You know, I still feel very thankful. I still feel happy." I realized that I wasn't happy before because I had two good knees. And now I don't have one good knee, so I should be sad. I said, I still feel happy. I'm not saying I'm not saying I'm not concerned about my knee, and I'm not saying I'm not unhappy about that. I am. But I still feel happy. A very different kind of happiness that is above my little goods and bads. And that's the one that I want. I want that all the time. And I have to make an effort. I have to make an effort.

I mean, people think that since your windshield wipers have been going for the past eight hours, that if you don't turn them on in the next one hour when it's raining profusely, that it should be okay. I mean, you should get a little bonus. Is that true? You stop those windshield wipers, and if it's raining, boy, bang. The obscuration would be right. It doesn't work any other way.

As soon as that clarity is gone, it's gone. And you cannot sit around saying, well, since I have been clear for 18 years, I can coast. It doesn't work like that. There are no bonuses. This existence is the very bonus. You don't get any more on top of that. And to awaken. Awaken and be conscious of what is happening here. You're alive. Live people talking about dead people. Do you know? I mean, it doesn't make sense to me. You know, it's going to happen. I know some people feel very touchy about this subject. What can I do? I didn't create it. It's going to happen to all of us. One day, goodbye. Call it the eternal sleep, the eternal this, but goodbye. Then what? Then people say, "Well, you know, I'll come back." Come on. Pharaohs didn't. I mean, they were rich. They had every reason to come back. This place was made for them. It had their name on. I mean, it had their servants, dogs, chariot, dishes, linen. They had everything. And if nothing else, they could have charged people for just seeing it and be billionaires. I mean, this guy Tutankhamun, you know, I mean, man, this guy would be rich. And I wonder if they could even claim it tax-free. Probably there could be a loophole because they already owned it. But they didn't come back. Not a trace. And can you imagine somebody going to Egypt and keep saying, I'm the pharaoh, I'm the pharaoh. Boom, you get locked up.

Go to a bank. I mean, be realistic. Go to a bank and say, "By the way, I'd like a loan for $10 million, and I'd like it for three lifetimes, please." Just try it. Please carry the amortization right down three lifetimes. Go to an apartment and say, "Can you please let me have this apartment the first lifetime, free. Second lifetime, you can charge me. Third lifetime, I'll buy it. A lease with an option to buy in the third lifetime. By then I should be rich enough." Forget it. Nobody will look at you. They'll laugh, but that'd be about it. And yet, here it is. Irrecoverable moments passing by. And what can we do? And maybe what I talk about sounds too simple, but it is very simple.

The possibility of making this happen, that made it happen for me, the possibility is called Knowledge. The result is called joy. The process is called discovery. And we are all called human beings. And inside of us, there's a thirst. A feeling to be fulfilled. This will never change. It hasn't, and it won't. And there isn't a single group of inventors in the entire world who are working on taking that away. Because nobody can take it. Nobody understands that technology. Kabir did a long time ago. Meera did. Khalil Gibran did. So many people did. They understood the technology. They were the pioneers. They were the ones who said, there is something like that. And they approached this life with an incredible fervor, and they went for it. They got it. They got it.

Somebody asked me in L.A., said, you know, there's all these beautiful writings, what do you think about that? And I said, hey, you got to feel the same way. You got to feel exactly, you can't just look at a nice poem and say, oh, that's such a wonderful poem. But you got to feel like that guy who wrote the poem. Otherwise, it's no good. You can get there, too. You can be there, too. Just enjoy. And having the fervor for this life, and just feeling that gratitude. So thank you very much.

I hope you all got something out of it. Those people who are new, who are still wondering, what did he say? It's there. It takes time. It takes time to go through the machinery. And maybe something surfaces like, geez, he kind of made sense. I mean, some people will walk out of here and say, well, that was kind of nice. Some people will have their criticism about it. Why did he say that? And, you know, people will go, and they'll talk about it or whatever it is. And there are people who, you know, are going to the vintage 20 years or whatever it is. Actually, there's some even more. Hey, you can't lose the fervor. There are no glides. There are no bonuses. You got to stick with it if that's what you want. You thirsty? You need water. You can't say, I've been drinking water for 34 years of my life, so I can walk through a desert and not have to drink it, right? Smart move. Try it. I don't think you'll find it too smart. Not about, you know, 60 miles into the desert, water, water. Hey, camel does it another way, you know, but the camel has to put all that water in. That's why it's got humps out there. You don't have those. So don't say, I've been drinking water for 34 years and so I can just sail by it. No, it won't work.

And whatever it is that you want, it's all there. If you're interested, fine. If you're not interested, fine. Nobody's selling anything. This doesn't cost any money and nobody's trying to sell you anything. Maybe it's all very unique too, that somebody's saying, taking the challenge of life and saying, there is something to enjoying this life and people should be told about it. I think so. I think it's as unique as you can get and it's very exciting because it's the only exciting thing I know that's really, really exciting that's going on. Stick with it. Stick with that feeling. Stay with it. Stay with that feeling because anything else is nothing less than a compromise in this life. The creator in creating you did not compromise. I don't understand why you have to. Thank you very much and good night.