In the Pacific: Maharaji Excerpts April-May 1990

But what is life? Something you live? Or because life is there, that allows you to be alive? What is life? Is life something you do? Or because you have life, you can do things? Which one? Is life something that just happens, you have no control over it, you're here, you have been put here? I mean, there are so many ideas, each one of them is fascinating. You've been, you know, here you are on the face of this earth, and you better be good. Because if you're bad, you're going to be punished. You're going to go to the no-no place. And you don't want to go to the no-no place. Because you end up in the no-no place, you're not going to like it. But there is a yes-yes place, everything is really nice, you will like that. And you know, this is so amazing, that we have a concept of heaven. And all our lives, the civilizations that have come, have a concept of heaven. And have tried to somehow take that concept and implement it on this earth. Air conditioners, you know, so you don't feel the heat. Then thermostats, so you don't feel, you know, the temperature stays just perfect.

You know, the way it's described in Gita, there is no night and day. Lights, night comes, you can turn it into day, no problem. And yet, what is actually, besides the air conditioning, besides the thermostat, besides the ideas, besides the ideals. Besides the good looking things, bad looking things, all of the other things. What's really going on inside of us? I mean, just taking a look at it on face value. Is there a thirst? Yes, there is a thirst, otherwise the world wouldn't be going crazy. There is something that is pushing, moving.

One time I witnessed this accident, it was an incredible accident actually. It happened in a driveway. And we were renting this house in Italy. And it had a private drive, a very long private drive. And this one person was driving his Mercedes, it wasn't me. He was driving his Mercedes, and it was his Mercedes, really fast. I mean, because it was a private driveway. And there was no speed limit. There is no speed limit on driveways, I guess. But in those days, there was no speed limit in Italy. And he was just zooming, I mean, as fast as he could. And there was another car coming. It was a couple of people in a Fiat. And this person, I don't know what happened. He tried to play chicken or whatever it was, but he ended up on the wrong side of the road. Trying to, you know, play chicken with this car. And I think he thought that he'd pull it off, but he didn't. And both cars smashed. And just like, in a second, everybody was out of the cars. Everybody was fine. But, when the impact happened, somehow, the accelerator on the Mercedes got stuck. Full force. And there was this Mercedes, just roaring. And all the wheels were turning, and it was smoking. And there was this little Fiat. And it was holding its own against this Mercedes. And the Mercedes was trying to push the Fiat, and the Fiat wouldn't budge. It was actually after a few seconds, I guess, after everybody realized everybody was okay. It was really hilarious to watch. There was this Mercedes going at it. I mean, just pushing and shoving this little Fiat. And this little Fiat wouldn't budge. It was like, the little Fiat knew it was in Italy, and it was an Italian car. And the Germans had their say once, and they weren't going to have it again. And this went on for so long. And nobody had the courage, because this Mercedes was so violently shaking, and going at it with the accelerator fully stuck, to actually reach in and turn the key off. I mean, it was like, if you could have pushed the car just a little bit, it could have just taken off and flown, and things would have happened. So, there was nothing to be done, so we just all left it there. This big battle between a Mercedes. It was a big Mercedes. It was a Mercedes 300 with a little Fiat 124 going at it. And so we all went in the house, and we looked out the window, and we could see the little thing happening. And we all just sat there and watched this. And I said to somebody, I said, you know, I bet that car will catch on fire. And the guy looked at me and said, no way. And he looked again, and there was this big plume of smoke coming out, and then this big, big explosion, and sure enough, it caught fire. And then I guess the Mercedes finally, you know, the hoses burnt or whatever, and it finally stopped, and there was no rubber left on the rims.

And it was a chaotic little accident, but, and this guy who owned the Mercedes really loved his Mercedes. And he had just gotten it completely replenished. New paint job, new interior. I mean, just the most incredible job of restoring a car. But there it was, and finally the guy had it taken to a junkyard and had it squashed so he could keep it in his living room. Which I thought was a crazy idea. If you're wondering who this guy was, he was my brother. And that was his car. And I was just sitting there wondering what's going on. Sometimes life is very much like that. You're driving along, and something happens. And nobody's hurt. It's like you don't even know what happened, but something happened. Next thing you know, you're watching, you're witnessing this dilemma take place. Is it supposed to be painful? I mean, sometimes people themselves don't even know whether what's happening to them is painful. Should they be concerned, or is this okay? And they need other people to tell them it's alright. I mean, this is how lost we are sometimes. So inherently removed we become from our very own selves that we require other people, other things, to work as capitalists to accomplish what already is taking place inside of us.

And when we can be in touch with this most incredible thing called life. I mean, when was the last time you were really excited about it? When we can get in touch with this life, there's an incredible excitement. Not the kind of excitement because things are going your way. That's a different kind of excitement. What is so certain in your life itself? I mean, except for one thing, that you're all going to go away one day, that we're all going to go away one day. What is so certain? Nothing. What's going to happen tomorrow? I know that I want to control my tomorrow. I really do. I want everything to be planned. I want everything to be worked out. And yet, tomorrow will unfold however it will unfold. And when it won't unfold the way I want it to unfold, what's going to happen to me? I'm going to get frustrated. And I'm going to get mad. And I'm going to get angry. And then, will anything change? No. Except me. I'll be that much worn down. I'll be that much more confused about my life. And then that's going to set me off in a process, in a cycle, which is really absurd. Which is going to be that I'm going to want more control so that doesn't happen. And the more control I'm going to want, the less it's going to go my way. And the less it's going to go my way, the more frustrated I'm going to become. Because, all, I don't want to deal with uncertainty. Yet, my life is so uncertain.

And so, perhaps being placed in this ridiculous predicament of saying, well, there's this knowledge, and it's great, and it's wonderful, and then, well, can I have it right now? And it's like, no, you can't have it right now. And it's like, well, when am I going to have it? No, I don't know when you're going to have it. And that sounds ridiculous. But then you have to begin to understand each step. Each step that it involves. Not just a whole bunch of... If I gave you a whole bunch of certainties, where would your growth be? How would you grow? If I told you, well, tomorrow, you will come at 7 o'clock in the evening, and we will have another meeting, and then the day after that, this is not going to happen. Don't worry about it. But, if I told you, and then, you know, Wednesday morning at 8.30, you can have knowledge. What are you going to do? I know what you're going to do. You're not going to think. You're going to look at your clock. You're going to look at the calendar. And you're going to wait. Because something inside of you is a great trickster. Great trickster. And this great trickster has managed to trick you many times. Has taken the fun out of so many things. And maybe this great trickster is even after taking the fun out of being alive. The things that it's saying to you. Someday, the great trickster says, everything will be okay. Someday. Which day? Someday. The great con artist that says, you don't have to worry. Someday, you'll be rich.

Someday, you won't have to work anymore. Someday, it'll be all the way you've just wanted it. And there you are, waiting for this day to come. Every day. I mean, I know I've seen so many dreamers. And they dream every day. I was like, someday, my birth will come. And everything will be okay. And I know better. I know that the great trickster, the great con artist is at work. And yet, life has nothing to be conned about. Life is very real. And every day is very real. Very substantial. Very true. Every moment. And to me, this is what knowledge has done. It's allowed me to appreciate so many more moments of my life than I could ever imagine. And that's why I am so thankful. So thankful that now, when a day comes along, it's not the same. And when I wake up in the morning, it's not I'm dreading my day. Oh my God, not today. But I can enjoy something so valuable, so precious that's inside of me. That somehow knowledge has shown me that I don't need to be tricked.

When you look at a sunset, I know, there was a time I used to see a beautiful sunset, grab my camera. And one day, one day, there was this incredible sunset, and I went looking for my camera, and I couldn't find it. When I found it, it had no batteries in it. So I put new batteries in it. And I had no film in it. So I had to find film. Then the lens was dirty. By the time I got the camera together, got out there to take the picture, guess what? It was over. Since that day, I learned a very valuable lesson. Now when I see a sunset, I don't go chase the camera. I don't care. Because there is no way I can preserve that beauty. There is no way. I just want to enjoy. I just want to be right there, and I want to enjoy. I want that heart to awaken. And I want that heart to say, thank you. And I want to appreciate. And I want to feel good. And each one of you has that capacity to feel good. So whatever it may be, however it may be, whatever the ideas may be, enjoy. Enjoy this life. One shot. One shot.

Feel. Feel the trueness of it. Feel the loveliness of it. Feel the joy of it. And then delight. For yourself, not for somebody else. Don't throw a party. People throw parties. People like to throw parties for everything. Hurricane parties. I don't know how you can possibly have a hurricane party, but people do. They get drunk, I guess, and then they don't care. People like to have parties for everything. I'm not saying, yeah, you see a beautiful sunset, so you go out and throw a party. No, but just delight in it for yourself. For your very own self. Not for somebody else. And trust and believe in this life. Because this is the most incredible asset you have. This life. And feel its vibrance. It has nothing to do with age. It has nothing to do with philosophies. It has nothing to do with ideas. It has nothing to do with ideals.

But it is something that's playing. It is an instrument that plays itself. You don't have to play it. All you have to do is listen. Listen to its sound. And let yourself go with that sound. And to me, that's the way that life is. Yes, there is ups and downs. I'm here. And for every down, I realize that I set myself up. It's like when I'm on the top. When everything is wonderful. What do I do? I do something that causes me to end up at the bottom. And when I'm at the bottom, I do something that causes me to end up on the top. And I know what it is. When I'm on the top, hey, I did this. I did that. I'm this. Everything is I. I. I. I. I. Like a crow. And then the next thing you know, boom. Help. Help. Help. You know. Oh, people have these wonderful things. Oh, God, help me.

You could have said that before. No, but it takes that one incredible moment when you're down and out. Ungracefully on the floor. Looking up. And even then, it's hard to really turn, you know. There's so much pride. When people slip. They're on the floor. Face flat. And they spend some time there. And it's like, are you okay? Oh, of course I'm okay. I just wanted to see this thing really close up. Because it's hard to admit. I blew it. You know, even though we have been walking for so many years doesn't mean we don't fall down. We do. And we still have to learn to be careful. And it is not in the up and down, but what I do in these ups and downs. And that if I can remember, if I can continue to have that thankfulness, then something can continue to unfold for me. If I do take the challenge. And yes, it is a challenge.

It takes a lot of courage. It takes a lot of courage to say, I want everything there is this life has to offer. And I want my dreamer to awaken and show me the dreams coming true. And share with me the joy of those dreams coming true. And to take that step. It takes a lot of courage. It takes a lot of courage to say, okay heart, I'm ready for you. You've been ready for me for so long. I am now ready for you. Do your magic. It takes a lot of courage. Not everybody can do it. Because people say, well, what will other people think? I've seen a lot of people say, well, when I die I would like to have something people remember me by. And people want their statues erected. I've seen statues.

Pigeons love them. Few people remember, yeah, this guy was big shot, he did this. Few generations later, what an obstacle, what an eyesore. Get rid of it. Boom, it's gone. It's gone. Who will remember? Some will. Some won't. And you won't be there to say, oh my God, look at that, these people remember me. You only have that right now. And so, take that. Take that consciousness. And plough it now. There's a saying, it goes, yesterday is a cancelled check, tomorrow is a promissory note. The only hard cash you have is today. Use it wisely. You live your life with a whole bunch of ideas. This is this way, this is this way. This is pretty, this is bad, this is good, this is nice. And you become a meter, a gauge that goes around trying to look at things and constantly, wow, that's nice, that's terrible, that's horrible, how can they do this, how can they do that? Because all I am is full of ideas. Are they my ideas? No. A lot of them are borrowed, begged, stolen. Whatever other people told me. I have listened to it.

And then something very beautiful unfolded in my life. I was a very young age. Somebody showed me something. In fact, it was my father. Gave me something. Rather than a whole bunch of ideas and concepts, he gave me something. And metaphorically I will speak of it. And it was like a mirror. And at first the question was, why do I need a mirror? I can see. I can see everybody and I don't need a mirror to see everybody. I don't need a mirror to see the moon. I don't need a mirror to see the sun. Why do I need a mirror? And then it was like, well, the mirror isn't to help you see other things. The mirror is to help you see you. And at first it was like, why do I need to see myself? I am myself. Why would I need to see myself? And then it was like, well, you need to see yourself not because you're going to correct something. Not because you're going to alter something. Not because you're going to change something. But you're going to see yourself to see how beautiful you really are. And then of course the next question is, why do I need to realize that I'm beautiful? And it was like, okay, we eat food and we always give food the credit for tasting good. And I remember very distinctly, my father, my teacher, told me, the taste is not in the food. It's in me. And that I couldn't understand. For the longest time it was like, well, you know, garlic isn't garlic, you know. But then I realized a very fine thing. That the reason why I was looking for the good taste in food is because I enjoyed that. And that enjoyment was certainly within me, not in the food. Because I realized, you know, we all have our favorite dishes. And I realized that when I would get a bad cold or when I wasn't feeling good, that even though my favorite dish was in front of me, I didn't want to eat it. And that surprised me. But this tastes so good. Yeah, but you're not hungry. But the taste is there, isn't it? And this is the combination that you like the best. But I don't want to eat it. And that enjoyment, for that enjoyment to take place, everything had to be right. And I know that I, as a human being, am naturally attracted to beauty.

Naturally. I see a beautiful sunset and I'll look at it. I'll see a beautiful scenery. I'll look at it. And yet, here somebody was handing me a mirror to show me where it was the most beautiful. That it wasn't the sunset. That in sunset, I was only seeing a very vague reflection of the beauty that existed inside of me. That in that mountain peak, with blue skies in the background and, you know, sometimes the wind blows and the snow starts to spray and it just looks like fog. But that awesomeness that I was admiring was really inside of me. And that these things were merely catalysts. And that if I wanted to really see that beauty in its entirety, that I would have to look within. And to look within, I would need this mirror.

Song: Born For This

Side B

On a ringside seat, sitting on a heartbeat, riding the pulse of harmony. Into the heart of beauty. Born for this gentle fusion. Born for this nafty fusion. Born for this soul I need. It's about the heart. It's all around the heart. It's about the heart. On a ringside seat, sitting on a heartbeat, riding the pulse of harmony. Into the heart of beauty. Born for this gentle fusion. Born for this soft diffusion. Born for this soul I need.

That there is, in fact, something within me that wants to be satisfied, that wants to feel good, wants to feel this one certain way. Until it feels that one certain way, it will constantly keep banging on the door inside, wanting again and again for it to be like that. So the next step is, the next question is, when do I start listening to this knock? When do I actually acknowledge that there is something and I want it? Rather than just waiting in my life for that one perfect day, when the knight in the shining armor will come, when everything will be just perfect, everybody will understand, even the cop who gave you the ticket will come back, apologize and give you the ticket back and saying, I'm sorry, I know you really weren't speeding.

I mean, that one perfect day when the whole world will turn to you and say, yes, you were right, we were all wrong, and yes, we all apologize, we have been very cruel to you. Some people wait for that day to come on earth and some people wait for that day to come up there. God will fix everything. There will be the great judgment day and they'll go through my books and they'll see I wasn't speeding. And God will fix that policeman and he'll call him and he'll tell him, why did you give that person that ticket? Yet the consciousness that we live in, of right and wrong and being opposite is so amazingly different. This one police officer was telling me that he actually pulled over by mistake a person who had gone through a green light. And of course, after he turned on his lights, pulled the person over, he realized he had made a mistake. So he walks over to the lady and he says, the lady says, what have I done wrong? And he said, you went through a green light. And she said, no I didn't, I went through a red light. Because it's just the contrast, isn't it? Whatever you say, I'll say something else. And this is, I mean, this is a true story. Think of it. What chance does this person have in their life? To go around saying, no I ran through a red light. You ran through a green light. No I didn't, I ran through a red light. Waiting for that ultimate day to come when everything will be all fixed up. Everything will be just right and everything will be just perfect. And yet, inside each human being, there is the most wonderful, wonderful feeling.

A feeling that cannot be duplicated by anything on the outside. A feeling wanting to be free. Something inside of us wanting to be free. People want freedom. And who is free? Americans say we are free. No they're not. No they're not. Because I know there's this thing called a stop sign that doesn't turn green. It just says stop. It doesn't say you can go now. No, it just stays in glared red. It never turns any other color. It just says stop. Look at the regulations. They all begin with the famous statement, no person shall. You know, it is the convict who is taken from his cell and brought into the courtyard of the prison. The courtyard. And the prisoner starts to jump up and down and says, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free. No you're not. No you're not. You're not free. You're not free.

I have this huge area. The place where I stay in India. It's full of birds. Beautiful birds. And it always haunted me. Because birds should be free. Birds shouldn't be. If you even have a golden cage for a bird, what good is the cage for the bird? It's still a cage. If it's made out of gold, it can't go around saying, and I was locked in a golden cage. What difference does it make? And so, one day, I said okay, this is it. I called the kids and I said, I'm going to let them go. They said alright. So I opened up the door. And most of the birds flew out except this one bird. It wouldn't go. It must stay. Because it had been a prisoner for so long that the understanding of this feeling, the concept of freedom, and what it meant, had completely disappeared. And maybe there was a day when this bird was put into this huge cage and it banged against every single space to get out and yet today there was the biggest opening. And you know what had happened? Something really incredible had happened. This bird had given up. This bird had lost the most incredible thing, the desire. Because after banging itself for a few days, and I mean, I'm just, I wasn't there watching it bang away at every little piece of the door, but it must have. And it tried one day and it got tired and it sat down. And I know when you capture a wild bird or an animal, they won't even eat. And then slowly they succumb to the hunger, to the tiredness, to the thirst, and they don't fly around anymore. They just sit there.

And when the water is given, they drink it. When the food is provided, they eat it. And when the door is opened, they don't fly out. The same bird that flew really knew how to fly, to unfold its wings, to go, to dart, to... I mean, birds, I know birds really like to fly. There's this hawk where I live in front of my house. You know, there's a little hill and so the wind just rises and this thing just sits there for hours sometimes, just hovering in one place, just playing. And it knows of this thing called freedom, but not in the word of freedom because it has never been captured. It just knows of freedom in a very different way. No contrast. This little hawk does not know that it's free, but it's free. All it does, it just delights in whatever it does. But that little bird had lost something. And after the door stayed open for a few hours and it still didn't fly away, somebody had to go in and persuade the little bird to finally fly away. Is it a big thing? Yes. On the outside? No. Because there it is, it's in a cage, and there it is on a tree. And yet, when the door is open and the bird forgets what it is like to be free, that is truly a tragedy. And so I say to you, that inside of you, there is also a little bird. The little bird that is captured in the golden cage. And every day, you tell the little bird how fortunate it is because it has a golden cage. A wonderful place to live. And every day, you tell the little bird that one day, it will get better.

One day, you will have a big house. One day, you will have many cars. One day, you will have a good job. And you say, Oh little bird, don't try to fly away. One day, everything will be fine. But the little bird inside doesn't know about this. Actually doesn't really care. You see, happiness is the same for a person who is a billionaire or who is a beggar. Laughter is the same. A smile. You know, it's not like rich people smile this way and poor people smile this way. Happiness, the joy of existence, contentment, harmony, is the same for everybody. It's like hunger. It's the same no matter what food you eat and how you eat it. Indians eat with their hands. Chinese have the sticks. Italians, well, they use, you know, fork and knife. It does the same thing. It does exactly the same thing. And to start to listen, to start to listen and care about the harmony.

In many, many cultures there is heaven. Hinduism, there is this thing about heaven. And there is this thing about hell. In Christianity there is heaven. There is hell. Many, many, many cultures. Many, many religions. But I'll tell you what. From my own experience, yes, there is a heaven and yes, there is a hell. But I'll tell you where the heaven is. Right here. The greatest heaven. Right here. And hell? The greatest hell. Right here. No hell can be greater than the hell here. And no heaven can conceivably be greater than the one here. And inside? Inside of us? Not on the outside. But on the inside is the door. And it's a peculiar door. It's a strange door. It opens one room and closes the other. It's a strange door. It's not just like one door. But it is one door that is between the two rooms. And when you open one, it closes one room off and opens the other. And when you close it the other way, it opens the other and closes the other one. And when that door is opened inside, then we can experience the heaven on earth. Now. The greatest heaven. And when that door is closed, there is no greater hell. To be in disharmony. To be removed from our own selves.

There is nothing worse than that. And yet to be connected. To feel what we all have been given. What we all have been gifted with. There is nothing more beautiful. Nothing more simple than that. And when we can begin to say, I want that feeling. I want that feeling. I want that harmony. In my life. Then that becomes the very first step. You know you go to people and you say, Are you happy? They say, Oh yeah. What can you say? It's like asking the bird, Do you like the cage? Oh yeah. What do you know? What do you really know what it is like to be happy? Because you see, to all of us, happiness equals something. Happiness equals big smile. Happiness equals big laughter. Happiness equals big house. Happiness equals all of that. Happiness doesn't equal anything. Happiness equals happiness. That's it. Nothing more. Nothing less. Happiness can be where there is nothing. And happiness can be where there is everything. And happiness can be the freedom. Inside can be felt. Wherever you are. However you are. And that is true happiness. Not the symptomatic happiness. The contentment. The harmony.

How many of us really wake up in the morning, sit up and say, Thank you. Inside. Not outside. Outside people want to say, Thank you. Because, again, there is a formula how to say thank you. You get up. You light this. You give a flower here. You do this. You do that. And if you do that, that means you're thanking. No. Without words. Without words. Just a feeling. To wake up and say, I feel thankful. But you see, you cannot say that. You cannot think you feel thankful. Thinking that you feel thankful and actually being thankful are two different things. Completely two different things.

The beggar, you see, can pretend for a minute that he has a lot of money. But so far he pretends and only pretends. It's okay. That's all he does. If he pretends, it's okay. But if he tries to go buy the big house, it's not okay. Because he doesn't have the money. So, so far, people think that they can keep thinking they're feeling thankful. It's okay. No. No, not thinking. Actually feeling. Actually feeling that harmony. Actually feeling that joy. Then, and only then, does it really count. And what a beautiful possibility that would be. How beautiful that would be. Like a, one example is like a lotus. The lotus blooms in dirty water. Filthy water. But it never touches the water. The roots of the lotus are in that muddy, mucky water. But the lotus itself is free. And when the water rises, so does the lotus. And when the water falls, so does the lotus. But it doesn't actually touch. It rises above. Same way. To have that opportunity, to have that possibility present, to feel that feeling inside. To be above. To feel what this is all about.

Because you are another human being on the face of this earth like billions. And do you know doing the same thing like the billions? It's amazing. Nine o'clock in the morning, Taiwan, traffic jam. Nine o'clock in the morning, Tokyo, traffic jam. Nine o'clock in the morning, New York, traffic jam. Nine o'clock in Los Angeles, traffic jam. Nine o'clock in Delhi, traffic jam. Think! Delhi, they speak completely different language than in Tokyo. They speak completely different language than in Taiwan. They have a completely different culture in New York. The cities are laid out differently in Los Angeles. People do different things, they think. They do different things. But guess what? They're all doing exactly the same thing. What is a sheep? There's a famous example about sheep. When one sheep goes, the other follow. They don't care. One goes in the ditch, other one goes in the ditch. After so much grace, so much thought, so much love, you have been given an individual body. And nobody in the world looks like you. Nobody in the world thinks like you. You are unique. But you see, I can understand why the wolf would want to wear the sheep's clothing. But I cannot understand why the sheep would want to wear wolf's clothing.

I can understand that we are different, that we have been made different, that we are unique. But I cannot understand why we all want to be the same, exactly the same, when there is a difference. Because it is our path, you cannot walk my path, I cannot walk your path. Each one of us has to walk. Every day, you have to eat your own food. You know, these are simple things. People say, don't even think about this. Who thinks about this? If they started thinking about it, they would think they're crazy. I mean, this is so simple. I cannot eat for you, you cannot eat for me. You cannot call me up and say, I don't have time, would you have extra lunch for me? You know, it's too simple. But if that's the way it is, that means that we all have to eat separately, we have to sleep separately, we have to think separately, we have to breathe separately. I cannot breathe for you, you cannot breathe for me. Then what about striving out for that perfection? We have to also do that for each one of us. Nobody can do it for you. And anybody who makes that claim, that I can strive for perfection on your behalf, is wrong. Each river takes its own course, each wave has its own place, and you are the same. So, think, open, feel, grow, enjoy, and feel that desire in your heart of wanting to be content.

Feel that desire, because it's a burning desire. And until that desire has not been fulfilled, it really won't make any difference what you do. Feel that place, and you will feel something like you have never felt before. Joy will have another meaning for you. Happiness will be a whole new word, I guarantee it, because that is the way it is for me. Open, see, feel. And that possibility called knowledge that can open that lock, how beautiful, how wonderful that that possibility exists today, and it really does for everyone. So, you know, if you're interested in that possibility for yourself, you can contact, there's a card available, you can contact us. If you're not, that's okay, nobody's selling anything here. If you're not, try to enjoy this life anyways, because you've got it, and it's yours. Will you have another one? I don't know. People say, there will be another one, but people don't guarantee there will be another one. You cannot go to a bank and say, I will pay you in my next lifetime. Remember the pharaohs? The Egyptian kings? You know? They never came back. There was a great American escape artist. He used to escape. His name was Houdini. He used to scape from amazing things. You know, they would put him in a box with water inside and chains on the outside and locks and put him in a jacket, and he would scape. And he had told his wife that if he ever died, he'll come back. He'll scape. So, his wife looks for him, but he isn't back. So, I don't know if there is another one or not, but you got this one. This one is guaranteed, you got it.

And what do you do? Either live it in its fullest, in its realism, or the ultimate monster, time, will eat it for you. And you cannot fight this monster. The only way to fight time, that which is immortality, is to enjoy, squeeze everything there is out of a moment. Everything, nothing left. Otherwise, this time will swallow everything that's left over. And you should just see how big and fat this monster called time is. It has swallowed so much, and it continues to swallow every minute. So, ultimately, it's up to you. Enjoy this gift that you have been given. Thank you very much, and good night.