I am dissatisfied
with everything. I have read and thought
a great deal... ...but my discontent with
the whole universe is still there. What you talk about makes
me more discontented... ...more disturbed,
more troubled. I now feel frustrated,
antagonistic to you. What is wrong with
what you are saying? Or is something wrong with me? May I read it once more? I am dissatisfied
with everything. I have read and thought a great
deal but my discontent... ...with the whole universe
is still there. What you talk about
makes me more disturbed... ...more discontented,
more troubled. I now feel frustrated,
antagonistic to you. What is wrong with
what you are saying? Or is something wrong with me? Right? I think the more
one observes the world... ...what is happening
- over population, pollution... ...corruption, violence,
and observing all that... ...practically in every
country in the world... And one is trying to find
an answer to all this. That's one part of the question. And the other is: The questioner says
'I am discontented... ...not only with what
you are saying... ...but with everything
around me: ...with my job, with my wife,
with my husband... ...with my girlfriend and so on,
so on, or boy, or whatever it is' 'I am discontented'. And that is the common
lot for most of us. Either it becomes
a consuming flame... ...or it is dampened down... ...by seeking some
kind of satisfaction... ...in various
activities of life. And discontent... ...instead of allowing it to
become a consuming flame... ...most of us almost destroy it. We are so easily satisfied... We are so gullible... We are so ready to accept... And so gradually our
discontent withers away... ...and we become
the normal, mediocre... ...human beings without any
vitality, without any energy... ...without any urge
to do anything. But the questioner says I
have been through all that. I have read a great deal... I've thought about
life a great deal... ...probably have been
all over the world... ...and I have not found
an answer to this discontent. And people who are thoughtful... ...aware what is happening
around them and in themselves... ...aware that politics,
science, religion... ...has not answered any of
our deep, human problems. They have
technologically evolved... ...developed and so on,
but inwardly I am discontent. And listening to you as the speaker,
I am more disturbed... ...more discontented and
antagonistic to what you are. What is wrong with you
and what you are saying? Or, there is something
wrong with me. First of all let
us be very clear... ...that when there
is discontent... ...is that discontent per se... You understand?
- per se, in itself... ...or you are discontented
with something? Vous avez compris? I may be discontented
with the world... ...with the philosophies... ...with the various instructions
of various religions. But that discontent
is with something... ...towards something
or in something. It is not the discontent
which has no cause... ...and therefore can be ended. As we said the other day, where
there is a cause there is an end. Has this discontent a cause... ...and therefore it
can be resolved, ended? Or this discontent has no cause? Please go with the speaker... ...we are sharing
this question together. As we said, one can be
discontented with so many things... ...as human beings are, better house,
better this and better that... You understand? The moment there is a measure
there must be discontent. You have understood this? I wonder.
I'll go on, you'll find... I am glad you are antagonistic
to what is being said. Instead of accepting and
sitting quietly and saying... ...yes, but - I am antagonistic
to you, I don't accept! You are causing me
much more disturbance... I feel frustrated,
therefore I am... ...urged towards this sense
of antagonistic attitude. So we must be very clear whether
this discontent has a cause... And if it has a cause
then that discontent... ...is seeking contentment,
satisfaction, gratification. So this discontent
creates the opposite... ...to be contented,
to be satisfied... ...to be completely bourgeois,
like the Communists are. And if that is this
search, desire... If that is what you want when
you are deeply discontented... ...to find something
with which... ...you can be completely contented,
never to be disturbed... ...then that discontent
will find a way... ...to gather satisfaction... ...and therefore that discontent
is withered, gone. Perhaps that is what
most of us are doing. Probably all of you, if I may
point out, you are discontented. You have been to this,
to that, to that talk... ...to that person
and so on, so on... ...and you perhaps come here
wanting some kind of satisfaction... ...some kind of certainty,
some kind of assurance... ...some gratifying truth. And if that is so... ...then you will find
satisfaction very easily... ...which most of us do
- in the kitchen... In some aspect of religion,
or enter politics... Left, Right, Centre or Extreme Left,
Extreme Right - and carry on. This is what generally
happens with all of us. And so you gradually,
inevitably narrow down the mind... ...make the mind small. And the capacity of
the brain is so immense... You have reduced it
to mere satisfaction. Vous avez compris? And if you are not
satisfied with anything... If you are discontented
with the whole universe... ...as the questioner puts... ...not be dissatisfied because
you haven't got a house... ...or you haven't got money
- you know, at that level. So this discontent,
has it no cause... ...and therefore it is
a discontent in itself... Not because of something? Is that clear? Am I making this... ...we are getting together,
are we making this clear? That is, I am discontent,
if I am seeking contentment... ...that is very simple
and very easy. But if I am totally completely
dissatisfied with everything: With the government,
with the religion... ...with science,
politics, everything. And such people are rare... ...such people have
this flame of discontent. And perhaps such
a person comes here... ...listens, reads, hears... ...and that discontent increases,
it becomes all-consuming. So what shall we do? You understand
the question clearly? What shall we do
with a human being... ...who is totally and
completely dissatisfied... ...with all the structure
of thought? As I said, such a person
is a very rare human being. Such a person one can meet... ...because he is
- please listen carefully... ...he is in an immovable state
- right? He is not seeking,
he is not wanting... ...he is not pursuing
something or other... He is aflame with this thing. And the speaker is also immovable
- right? You understand what I am saying? What he says is so... ...not because he is dogmatic... ...superstitious, romantic,
or self-assertive. He says that if you know... ...comprehend your
consciousness with its content... ...and the freeing of that
consciousness from its content... ...there is a totally
different dimension. He has said this
for sixty years... ...not because he has
invented it, it is so. He has discussed with
scientists, philosophers... ...great scholars and so on. And they have acknowledged,
some of them, that it is so. Scientists seek that which
is beyond, through matter. And the speaker says
human beings with their brain... ...and heart and mind are matter
- process... And instead of looking
at matter outside you... ...enquire into this
matter who you are... And you can go much further,
and more he has said... ...the ending of sorrow,
the ending of fear and so on. And there are these
two entities, one... Are you following all this?
- one completely discontented... ...nothing satisfies him, words,
books, ideas, leaders... ...politics, scientists
- nothing... And so he is in
a state of immobility. And the other is
equally immovable... ...will not budge,
will not yield. Are you following all this? What happens? When two human beings... ...one completely from his depth
of mind and heart, dissatisfied... ...and the other from
the depth of his mind... ...and the depth of his heart
and so on says 'It is so'. These two entities meet. You understand what I am saying? It is not romantic, it is
not something invented... ...something out of imagination. This is so. One feels antagonistic
to the other... ...which means he
has already moved. I don't know if you follow it. He has not remained
completely dissatisfied. The moment he says... 'I am antagonistic to you
or your talk and all that' ...he has moved away
from what is burning. Therefore he has
already softened. I wonder if you understand this. And the other has no antagonism. He says, 'It is so'. When this person meets
the other without antagonism... ...without wanting something
from the speaker, then he is alike. Have you understood this? I wonder! No, I see you don't
understand this. If this discontent... ...develops antagonism... ...it is no longer discontent. Right? And so he is aflame with
what he calls discontent. It's a flame. And the other too is aflame. You understand? Then both are the same. Fire is a fire. It is not your fire,
and my fire, it is fire. When the fire is dampened,
then the two are different. Vous avez compris? So if the speaker may ask: ...are you, as a human being,
living in this terrible world... ...and if you have followed,
they are saying within 50 years... ...the earth will be
almost uninhabitable... What is your condition
of discontent? Is it merely puerile,
childish, immature? Or if you are a human being
totally aflame with discontent... ...never developing
a reaction against that... ...being frustrated,
being antagonistic... ...but let that
flame be alive... ...then both are the same.
