Change of Heart -- USA 1960s

with Camel. You know I'm getting kind of- I'm in business anyway. I mean the face man is talking about splitting and going to Mexico again. Four minutes of lead per song.

You have to spend two hours every act on some fuzzy little ball. You smell too brilliant. Yeah well you lock your face in one of their armpits for 20 minutes after lunch and for what? Momentary prestige?

You gotta tough it out sometimes to be recognized and get some work done. And the year before that when the physics club laughed at your idea of Simulating the hydrogen bomb of the life. You could design a name instead of laughing with a mix, Ryan. Now, wait a minute, Dad.

I wouldn't call being first in my class for three years in grades a stinking pattern. Or the fact that I earned the general rep's most accomplished lead guitarist in the city. All right, okay. You want to talk stinks, Dad?

I'll tell you what stinks. As far as we played in, you'd think you were in the wet end of a barnyard in the middle of August Heat spell. A place reeks of stale beer and half-snuffed tobacco butter. The people, even the girls, act like animals in a nightmare.

It took seven stitches from some chick who clobbered him over the head with a full beer bottle because he wouldn't play her song after closing. It's Ryan? This girl was an animal, Mom. She had all the brains of a blowfish.

She wasn't even drunk yet. You know, I'm tired of this acting slick and playing it cool. People flirting around like birds in their brainless pecking orders, seeing how desperately smashed they can get in three hours before closing time. You know, who are we playing to?

The swamp creatures? There's got to be something higher to work for. There's just got to be something more. You can't run like a smooth grass.

You've got to turn and hold your ground. You've got to deal with people. Learn to live with people. You think it should be nicer out there in the business world?

Oh, the suits are neater and the people may smell, but that's what the difference is. He fights just as dirty, and the bullies are often just as stupid and outrageous, and they'll nail it for sure. But what are you going to do on a piece of top? You've got to keep your mind on what's good for you.

Except myself, I have to say. I wish I could put your head back in that sumo armpit, too. I know you're tenacious, and I admire that. I know you're smart, too.

But I'm beginning to think there's something more to life than just what we can get out for ourselves. I'm beginning to think the purpose is broader than that. Oh, our son, the great reformer, savior of the world. Well, I certainly don't want to be another destroyer of the world.

I don't feel great about enlisting from Vietnam or working for Dow Chemical. I just feel that it's each of our responsibilities to do something good for mankind and not just to mess things up. You feel. Do you know where your feelings will get you if you tell her something?

Tell us, me, about the way things are. Maybe, just maybe we're here to learn about something that's so much greater than ourselves it could just use the way out paul i'm going to take a chance on this one what do you mean well maybe god wouldn't you call him we didn't specialize in messing it up you're going to mess it up if you don't hold that it's for god why doesn't he take a look use himself and introduce himself and let him take a look with children it was to show the human race itself is totally blown as if as if it's god's fault whatever or whoever created all things beautiful in nature Surely can do anything. Maleficent fuck. Now eat and go to school.

Earn more money and talk. Great. Just fine, man. Just fine. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

We're talking some hard recidivation for those of faint mental stature. Seriously, man, I hear he's amazing. Real intellectual sequoia amongst surrounding brambles. You can go if you please, I'm sure.

Whitman, you haven't lost your windy word vector madness, not a whit. I, thus inspired, with expanding heat of expectation, shall literally float to the appointed room. Contain yourself. Wait a minute.

Are you guys and the band going to play here in the gym next week? Well, it looks like it. I hope we're ready for it. Many?

How can you lose? If you are, you know we'll adore you. And if not, we'll riot! You'll never know that.

I don't want to be too confident. Judicious and well-advised. Less stretched, less fallen wretch. Hey, I hear you've got a book of stories at the college press.

Shh! They've been living on some first corner desks now, collecting mold. Wonder if they're gonna walk back on to Papa, you know? Well, I hope they don't forget it on them.

Hope they don't start charging rent. Hey man, it's been a joy as always, but I gotta check out this guy's first class, and before I do, I want to grab something to eat. All right. Hasta la vista!

The existence is prior to essence. The French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre, born in the year of In 1905, one of today's readings declares that the human reality, or man, is the highest principle. In his book, The Humanism of Existentialism, which I read, declares that even if God is nothing, it's not that we think that God exists, but the problem of his existence is not the issue. Sartre defines man as, quote, a being who exists, and that's what man is for.

Man is simply thrown into the world, abandoned, and they must therefore rely on death for love. But the essential nature of man is... Professor Forkel, I have two questions. First of all, Sartre describes man as thrown and abandoned into the world, but by whom?

Thrown and abandoned implies a thrower and an abandoner. And secondly, if we, man, are essentially nothing, well, how can we, being nothing, exist? And reply to your first question, if God did not exist, nothing would be possible. This is the very starting point of existentialism.

End quote. That sounds like wishful thinking. And in reply to your second question, start elaborating on these follows. not only do we furthermore to the man he's to the god the desire to be god contradictory how can man essentially being nothing aspire to be god at the same time and if god doesn't exist then Well, why discuss it? Yes!

This desire is about to conclude the life for the next class of technology. It is showing how someone can on the synthesis of amino acids the building blocks of life that is studying the genetic arrangement of reproduction. We have departments that are creating artificial heart delivers another vital organ to the body. Please, one big professor, Nobel Prize, came to Los Angeles to tout his book on chemical evolution.

For our time, he said that life begins from a poor chemical. My disciples, who is also a doctorate in chemistry, asked the professor, if I supply these chemicals, use life to that he replied that I cannot say remember he has a spurted that life begins from poor chemicals but when asked can you produce life that I cannot say is this not cheating I say to the scientists produce just one On leaving an ant, I should say you are successful. Are there any scientists here of a chicken's egg? That can easily be done in a laboratory.

There. Take these chemicals. Some white substance. Some yellow substance.

Put a shell around it. Juice a baby chick. Can you do that? No, but in the future...

There. Till then, you must admit that the chicken is a better scientist than you. Life comes from matter. Is there any evidence?

No, but as we know, the evolution of life has gone through many, many different stages. How do you say it was Darwin? Darwin, Darwin's theory. You refer to Darwin's theory.

That is all nonsense. Yes, Darwin was a number one nonsense, a rascal. He has confused the whole world. Why?

His idea about the evolution of matter. Matter cannot evolve. It is not possible. He means by life.

Life is different from matter. Life is different energy, spirit. It is no accident. There is no selection.

No chance occurrence. God is already created. of these many gradations of material species from a human being. It is the spirit which takes different bodies according to past action or karma. Do you follow?

Not exactly. If one has no discrimination in his eating habit, then he may take the body of a horse, If one is stooped without a bed, or if one likes to sleep, he may set the body on a bed and sleep for six months. Or if one is overly fond of sex, he may be forced to take the body of a pigeon. The pigeon can have sex sixteen times an hour.

But even if one is degraded into such lower species of life, still by God's grace, by the laws of the material nature, one can again evolve upward through many millions of species, lifetime after lifetime, many millions of births and deaths, until one again regains the human form of life. What then is the purpose of human life? Only in the human form of life can one realize God. One can act godly.

Then, at life's end, go back to live with God. Live in Jesus Christ? Yes. Christ Consciousness is also Krishna Consciousness.

But at present, because people do not follow the rules and regulations of Christianity, the commandments of Jesus Christ, they do not come to the standard of God-consciousness. How do you feel about women's liberation? liberation. So-called equal rights for women mean the men cheat the women. Suppose a man is wounded mean, they become lovers.

They have sex. The woman becomes pregnant and the man goes away. The woman must take charge of the child, beg arms from the government or heirs. He kills the child by abortion.

This is so-called will is independent. In our group, both men and women have equal opportunity for spiritual advancement. Real liberation means no more birth or death. What have I seen in your country, as well as Africa, Australia?

So much land, life uncultivated. Why not utilize land and distribute to the needy? But instead, you prefer to dump millions of tons of grain into the ocean, waiting for higher price. I think this earth could support 10 times per present population.

But it must be managed nicely. So much land is wasted, growing useless, hurtful crops like tobacco and coffee. Why not grow foodstuff and feed the hungry people? Yes, sir.

Is that the article you were writing? Now this is a book called Proteins, Their Chemistry and Politics by Dr. Aaron Altschul. Over 90% of all grains produced in the U.S. is used for feeding livestock.

Cows, pigs, lambs, chickens that wind up on dinner tables. But we only get back one pound of meat for every 16 pounds of grain. In terms of calorie units per acre, a diet of grains, vegetables, and beans will support 20 times more people than a meat diet. Reducing meat production by only 10% would release enough grain to feed 60 million people.

So I believe that God is happy with me when I am happy. So what's wrong with worldly pleasures? God's pleasure is not dependent on your pleasure. He is Atma Ram, self-satisfied.

And what is more, even you are not made happy by material pursuits. No matter how much material pleasure you partake, still you must suffer the miseries of life, birth, old age, disease and death. Just try to understand. This human life is not meant simply to work hard like jackass.

Enjoy a little sense gratification. Then, all of a sudden, die. Wait a minute. Do you expect us to believe that none of you people grow old, get sick, and die?

Like this. The cat catches the kitten in its mouth. It also catches the mouse. But there is a difference in this catching.

The kitten feels pleasure. Oh, my mother is killing me. And in my spirit, it's death and hell. I would love to die like this.

Devoted materials are... There is a difference in the healing at the time of death for the devoted to death. The gentle hand of God is carrying you safely back home. And for the materials, death is a horrible destination.

It's three things that we had to know about your philosophy. One thing, one thing. I just learned about your philosophy. Hey, we can answer your questions.

Did you get your hours switched yet? Did it bad on you? You feel good about the concert next week? Yeah, yeah, pretty good.

We just finished a few good ones. Should be fun. If you get that Atlantic record out, are they going to push you all to go on tour? I'm not sure.

Probably. Well, does this mean long distance is the way of life? You know, I hadn't really thought of it before, but now that I do, I don't like it at all. Doing some concerts two or three states away doesn't mean I've got no progression.

I mean, besides, a record doesn't guarantee a chore. There's got to be a hit first. I'm not really fun about it. I've got years of school to go.

I mean, how can I get the kind of bread and pull something like that off? It would help us get started. What about school? People do get married in school, Brian. should think about this before we just just leap into a major decision get married anybody seen him it's weird you guys never been married i just essay crusade i'm sorry the stones must have given him a firm offer and it's to chew it over nah man it's definitely not just on it first you must have to call him you're always his old lady trip derby's guitar knocking the bathtub didn't hang out in the clothesline dry yeah i know i'm lucky you guys haven't replaced me yet now can we get down to it who far up leave the brakes right after the first course shall we sure hit it i came out with it so why are we going on this again now that concludes another episode of of night i don't need to talk to him tomorrow i'm gonna run through a couple more do this one listen to this most people say that a baby isn't even alive until it comes out of the one on whitney any person who knows that a fetus is a heartbeat After four weeks, brain waves present at six weeks, and at 12 weeks, he's functioning with 95% of his muscles, organs, and structures developed.

Well, listen to this. I wrote a theory this morning that says that nothing is real. We're not here. So forget it!

Whitney, that exhaust system for that rambler of yours looking so hard to find? Of material lost in the tangents, a special method of cleansing is required. In Sanskrit that's called Maṭha. Maṭha means mind and trunk, like a bridge.

It's a sound vibration which is self-hypnosis. Hypnosis is a subconscious thing, whereas chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa brings a super-conscious awareness of oneself, the universe, and the very source of the universe. Can you tell me more about Kṛṣṇa? Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality, complete in all aspects, It's all beauty, all fame, all strength, all knowledge, and the cause of everything.

It simply means God, the Supreme Being. Is that the same God everybody else is talking about? Well, sure. There's only one.

He has many different names. There's Jehovah, or Adonai, Elohim, Allah, Rama, Nishtriya, Bharata, Vibha, Krishna. He has unlimited names, and yet he remains the same, just like the sun. The sun is one, and yet if you go to different countries, well, people have different names for it. names for it.

You go to Mexico, they say El Sol. Or Israel, they call it Shamesh. You go to India, they say Surya. Then you come back here, everybody says the sun.

But the sun doesn't change despite all the different names we apply for it. Can I ask you a personal question? Did you have to change your lifestyle much? I was engaged in so many unsavory things before, consequently certain habits have to be changed for instance well first of all i no longer repeat what's wrong with eating meat eaten because it creates unnecessary violence it also affects an adverse psychological condition on human beings plus our intestines are not meant for digesting putrefying toxin-producing carcasses furthermore the extra cholesterol found in meat causes high blood pressure heart disease what Well, to speak of cancer of the colon, of the rectum, of the...

Oh, okay, all right. I mean, but I need to maintain endurance for my family for protein. Yeah, yeah, but protein is absolutely available in wheat and milk products and nuts and beans. Animal violence is not required.

The bulls and the elephants are bigger than you are, and the horses are more graceful and enduring, and they're all vegetarian. Do you like to eat this? Do you like bread with nuts? Honey?

Fruit, a flower, or water? Love and emotion? Being intoxicated? Gambling?

Illicit sex? Or does it sound like life's worth living? May I ask your name? Not to be found in the external senses, Brian.

But in the soul. For that's what we are. A spirit soul inside a gross material body. I saw your guru.

Was that your guru? Srila Prabhupada? Yeah, yeah. He was explaining that point to a student in the free speech area.

That's right. The wrong sex? Well, celibacy is extremely helpful for perfection of meditation on transcendence. This is common knowledge throughout the world.

And yet, for most of us, it's very difficult to give up the idea of sex for pleasure. And yet, sex is the very thing that ties us to the idea we are this body. Now, it's not forbidden. It should only be used with one's wife for having a nice child.

Otherwise, illicit sex makes transmittal realization almost impossible, and it leads to a bunch of bad results, such as abortion, a disease, unwanted children... Wait, wait. What do you stand on abortion? Well, in the Vedic teachings, life begins at conception.

The spirit soul is there in the man's womb at the time of conception, that the living entity is right there, so abortion means murder, and carries a heavy karmic reaction. Well, what kind of reaction? Which means, as you sow, so shall you reap. So if you've committed abortion, you get aborted, and you're an expert.

You're talking about reincarnation. That's right. Show me the body you had when you were a tiny baby. Oh, dear.

Now, every tiny little baby's cell has been changed over many times, and yet you remain the same person. Out of death, the spirit soul transfers to another body, and that's reincarnation. If what you're saying is right, then our society is dead wrong. You see, transcendental realism loses the taste of the lower, so-called...

You're saying there's something superior to these material enjoyments we've been calling the almanac? Unimaginably superior. ...is to accept this modest token of our best wishes on this most happy occasion. A villager keel. I think you'll find it both mild and exhilarating.

It's delightful. The bouquet will enthrall you. The finest wine money can buy. You look good, Dad.

If you're all ready, I'll describe tonight's chef's special. Tonight we have a lovely leg of lamb in a delicately sweet burgundy cream sauce with a touch of green peppercorn and tarragon. Also, here's our breast of goose, quickly sautéed in chicken consomme, in a light tomato marinade laced with sherry. May I recommend an appetizer which does not appear on our menu?

Les Cargots, imported from New Guinea, in a light garlic butter in the shell. What is that? Les Cargots, imported from New Guinea. New Guinea?

Hey, escargot is for snails, sir. Snails! Mignon, medium rare. And Alicia will also have a filet.

Extra rare. Extra rare. Brian, filet for you too? Brownie and cheese.

Just like this. Have some meat. Oh, okay then. Time to discuss Brian and his harebrained philosophy.

Now, let's eat. Had to triple poke it twice in a row. To go where I wanted to go. It's so juicy, isn't it?

It's so juicy. It's so juicy. It's so juicy. It's so juicy.

It's so juicy. It's so juicy. It's so juicy. It's so juicy.

It's so juicy, isn't it? We'll get them for sure. This morning there's something special. An initiation ceremony is going to be performed.

Well, what's an initiation? Asafa students who've been practicing bhakti yoga for at least a year are accepted as formal disciples by the spiritual master. Well, how does that change things for the disciples? They get a spiritual name, they get their karma removed, and they're also guaranteed of going back to Lord Krishna's abode devotees, provided they maintain their vows.

What was that ceremony we saw just a while ago? Oh, that is called arati. That happens six times a day. Vegetarian food, incense, flames, so many things are offered to the deities of Krishna and his concert.

Yeah, but isn't that, um, isn't that out of worship? Oh, no, no. God is a real person. He has a real form.

Only pure devotees can see the Lord. In the course of time, many pure devotees who have seen Krishna have described this form in detail. This form of Krishna here is fashioned exactly like those descriptions found in the Vedic Shastras. Yes, but isn't there something in the Old Testament against carbon images?

Yeah, but the Old Testament or the whole Bible never says not to make a form of God. It says in the book of Exodus, chapter 20, verse 4, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. And then the Lord says in the next verse, Thou shalt not carve thyself any image of anything in the heavens above or on the earth or in the waters below the earth. I shall not bow down myself and serve them, for I am the Lord thy God and the jealous God.

Now, we completely agree. Only God should be worshipped. No one less. Not golden calves, not money, not rock and roll gods or scientist gods or the sun or the moon god or some bogus yogi from India.

Not even goddesses of beauty like Marilyn Monroe. That is idolatry and it's forbidden. Is that all right? Yeah, the sermon is about to begin.

Keep after me. Aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum, aum. This verse, Krishna, internally and physically. So, those of you who are taking initiation today, most of your life must think of Krishna.

Krishna. So, when I call your name, Krishna is God. And, I am the servant of God. Yes.

To strictly follow all, Yes, Srila Prabhupada. I call it, in the name of the Lord, servant. So, servant. Yes Srila Prabhupada.

What is the heritage of our guests? We'll explain these deeds. There are wanted A's, B's and we chant one mantra to chant each day. Lord Krishna is not different from him.

With help of the devotee, always remember his pleasure, his care. Srila Prabhupada, can you explain what Lord Chaitanya meant by feelings of separation? Very nice. It is Krishna himself who appeared five hundred years ago as the ideal of separation between Krishna and Krishna.

We have seen him all the time. It presents itself as a cocoon, a crystal estate, unprotected. The creature merges with its cocoon a full-blown human food. The value of this structural design are a series of pairs of three sets of jaws.

For a second, Max, I'll fuse into a lower lid. Nine parts. Excuse me a moment, please. So, please excuse me for the next 20 minutes.

I'm sorry to have to disturb our class like this. Chapter 15, which reviews concerning the growth stages of organisms. And we will discuss what you have read after I return. Can you dig it?

To this phenomena? But just imagine, imagine if there were a higher... To this phenomena? Unchanged to die.

I'll tell you first. Wait, wait, wait, wait, just wait. Let me explain. At the temple they made...

I mean, what they're doing. Keep this question. Would you like something to drink? I'd like anything to eat, and I don't want a drink.

Who are they? The International Society of Krishna Consciousness. What consciousness? Krishna.

With the bells, I'm here, and I don't know what you think you're going to do, but... You wanted this relationship to mean something. I thought you wanted it to be more than just the mundane. Seems to want mating sleep.

You can do that. Nobody gives a... to a higher purpose. A couple of days ago. You what?

Interpretation. with the divine. It continues. The body's finished. Virgil Scott, this is temporary in our fear in the soul.

It just needs to be revived. Just forget this crap, Ed. That smoke's dope. What you saying here?

Yeah, okay, Sam. I just won't be able to do anything tonight. Thanks anyway. I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to all round you. It's all right. It's no problem. I'm just not interested in cheap thrills anymore.

Not since I met Krishna. Hey, man, these sissies are really putting a wing on you, man. You got about 30 minutes. And you were so close to that little boy, Joey.

Yeah. I saw him a couple days ago at the grocery store. Oh, really? My second year of law school.

He's engaged to a real sweet girl. She was with him. He seemed so happy. That's nice.

You know, when your father and I first got married, He was working a night shift, a shipping manager at that NCR warehouse, and I had that crazy defense plant day job. Did I ever tell you we only had four hours to gather a win? It's true. We hardly ever saw each other.

It seemed to bother us somehow. It was just after the war. Money was tight. We didn't have a car.

Uh-oh. You're an intelligent animal. You have lots of room to express yourself. You make your own decisions after considering both sides carefully. true it's not a fad mom i mean it's one of the oldest religions in the world more than 5 000 years before you get rolling here mama i haven't given up on alicia i just wanted to share with her my interest in christian consciousness thought maybe we were close enough that i could be truthful with her like an attractive religion it depends on what you mean by education if you mean that paper degree you live for profit prestige and pretension.

I'm not sure. Oh, that's great, Brian. Splendid idealism. Just tell them I can no longer join them for the big Sunday blood barbecue.

Why is everybody just flying off the handle about this without even knowing what it's about? Mom, have you read any of the books? Do you know anything about philosophy? What?

Why hasn't anybody asked me what I think about this? And then number two, practice sex life except within marriage and only for having children. Mom, would you say that over 400 million people who live in India and whose ancestors have worshipped Krishna for generations were brainwashed? Would you say that Einstein, Kant, Schopenhauer, these men who revered the Bhagavad Gita, the main source of the Hare Krishna movement, were all mindless robots?

Your moment is not the place to go to find out the truth about Krishna. Celebrating? It's changed the way I see doing things. What am I to say about Krishna?

What religion you are. Why can't you travel with us? I understand the teachings. They go outside the temple.

But for me, it's loose chickens. It's just going to tear apart what I'm trying to put together. Spiritual principles to shaft everybody else? What can I do?

And do you know what? Spend all these years working for something. Don't stare. Don't get over it.

And if it's what you must do, then I understand. And when you've finished distributing the books you have, come on back here, we'll have a little cheer time. Please take this beautiful literature about God the Father. Krishna wanted me to cause pain to my girlfriend, my family, severe pain to the people that I love and the people that love me.

Krishna. I understand, you need to be more specific. The contact, remember, they're threatening to cancel if I leave the band. My girlfriend, Alicia, is telling everyone that I'm a Satan worshipper and that she's terrified of me.

I've been getting really heavy calls. My father told me that I can change legally as well. Tremendous. You'd be sorry that your loved ones are upset with you because of your genuine interest in Krishna consciousness.

Brian, you have to remember, when you read the Bhagavad Gita, how Krishna's friend Arjuna is confused, he's bewildered, he doesn't know what to do. His problem was, he didn't know whether to serve friendship, family, love, or to surrender to Lord Krishna's desires. Thus, Krishna had to instruct the anxious Arjuna not to be bewildered by illusion. So we, too, have to push past our fears and take seriously the message that Lord Krishna spelled out so clearly to us.

Can I recite one verse to you from the Gita? Yeah. Krishna says, My dear Arjuna, one who is engaged in my pure devotional service, having renounced fruitive activities and mental speculation, who makes me the goal of life, who always works for me, who is friendly to every living entity, certainly comes to me. I'm not being friendly to my family, my friends.

But, friend, you're family. You're friends. In this material world is plagued with the same problems of old age, disease, and death. They're all suffering due to forgetfulness of the relationship with the Lord.

And consequently, they are entrapped by illusion, bewildered by lust, frustrated, and ultimately destroyed by time. Imagine for yourself a room full of people with their hands tied up. If your hands are free, well, you can help them all as well. But if your hands are all so tied up, if you continue acting, thinking you are this body, well, how will that help anyone?

Well, at least for now I'm given some temporary relief, and it would give me some relief too. Yeah, but you have to decide whether you want to give them some temporary relief or eternal spiritual benefits. Lord Krishna is the root of existence. When you water a tree, if you water the root, everything gets nourished, the branches, the twigs, the leaves, the fruits, everything.

So when we give our loving service to Kṛṣṇa, automatically, friends, family, country, the whole world is benefited all at once. Can't ignore them. ...desires for some people is more gradual than for others. But now it doesn't matter whether you move in the temple or whether you stay on the outside, whether you keep your job, whether you quit. but what matters is that you become Krishna conscious. The whole world is suffering for lack of God consciousness.

It's not a sin to devote yourself completely to God. Christ, Moses, Mohammed, so many great personalities gave up everything simply to spread the Lord's glory. That's the important thing. Why is it to chant Hare Krishna?

To understand that love of Krishna is the highest goal of life. It's as if Krishna wants me to transform somehow. Kṛṣṇa wants you to live more fully than ever before.