…The entire universe, and when we die you might simply say the universe has stopped waving in this particular way that we called John Doe. And so to ask what happens to John Doe when he's dead is like asking what happens to your lap when you stand…

…simply say the universe has stopped waving in this particular way that we called John Doe. And so to ask what happens to John Doe when he's dead is like asking what happens to your lap when you stand up, because lapping is really what you're doing when…

…about that tree, what it functions, how it produces things. So a world which produced Socrates, or a world which produced John Doe, who was nobody in particular and nobody ever remembered him or thought to write his biography nevertheless, for all his…

…with the entire universe and when we die you might simply say the universe has stopped waving in this particular way that we John Doe. And so to ask what happens to John Doe when he's dead is like asking what happens to your lap when you stand…

…might simply say the universe has stopped waving in this particular way that we John Doe. And so to ask what happens to John Doe when he's dead is like asking what happens to your lap when you stand up, because lapping is really what you're doing when…

…must not be confused with a physical reality, so in just the same way the ego, the concept of I which is given a name John Doe Alan Watts, Mary Smith or whatever it happens to be is a concept, it's a method of tagging people, but it isn't real. Just…

…what the self is basically, it's always and forever elusive. And so if I ask you who are you really? And you say: well I'm John Doe. Oh you think so, John Doe, tell me, how do you happen to have blue eyes? Well I don't know, I didn't make my eyes…

…always and forever elusive. And so if I ask you who are you really? And you say: well I'm John Doe. Oh you think so, John Doe, tell me, how do you happen to have blue eyes? Well I don't know, I didn't make my eyes oh you didn't. Who Else? Well…

…only we are not consciously aware of it but nevertheless you're doing it. But what kind of you is this? It certainly isn't John Doe, isn't that little ego freak. So there's something a lot more to you than you think there is, and that's why the Hindu…

…and go they have their ups and their downs, and we have our ups and our downs. When we are up then we suddenly see John Doe. When we are down there's just a corpse. Then whoops it comes up again there's Mary Smith. And whoops it goes down and so it…

…the extent that you realise this and know that you are it, you transcend, you overcome you surpass the illusion that you are simply John Doe, Mary Smith or what have you. So then the buddha, as the man who woke up, is regarded as one buddha among a…

…that one day you Face the same way as you did the day before and people recognize your facing so they say that's John Doe or Mary Smith. But actually the contents of your Face, Whatever they may be the water, the carbons the chemicals are changing all…

…the cosmos in which the self, the real I, is the whole thing, just as we say of an individual human body. You are John Doe and that's all of you, although if we look at you very carefully under an electron microscope, we will find that molecules in…

…what the self is basically, it's always and forever elusive. And so if I ask you who are you really? And you say: well I'm John Doe. Oh you think so. John Doe tell me, how do you happen to have blue eyes? Well he says: I don't know I didn't make…

…it's always and forever elusive. And so if I ask you who are you really? And you say: well I'm John Doe. Oh you think so. John Doe tell me, how do you happen to have blue eyes? Well he says: I don't know I didn't make my eyes blue. Oh you didn't.…

…in only we are not consciously aware of it but nevertheless you're doing it. But what kind of you is this? Certainly isn't John Doe isn't that little ego freak. So there's something a lot more to you than you think there is, and that's why the Hindu…

…the extent that you realize this and know that you are it, you transcend, you overcome, you surpass the illusion that you are simply John Doe, Mary Smith or what have you. So then the buddha, as the man who woke up, is regarded as one buddha among a…

…not be confused with a physical reality. So in just the same way, the ego, the concept of I which is given a name John Doe Alan Watts, Mary Smith or whatever it happens to be is a concept, it's a method of tagging people, but it isn't real. Just…

…in fact the works, what there is and always has been and always will be for ever and ever performing an act called a John Doe, and this is such a subversion of common sense but it's a matter of fact something, if you stop to think about it that…

…guru says to you: listen shiva, don't kid me you know that you're not shiva, but you're just this thing called Mary Smith or John Doe, etc. Ha ha. And everybody says: oh you can't admit that because you see, if I did admit that I would have to be…

…larger point of view, you see a throbbing rhythm, each time coming out with a different variation. One day we could call it John Doe the next time it's Jimmy smith the next time it's. You know it throbs it has little subtle variations in it each time…

…universe, in fact the works, what there is and always has been and always will. Be forever and ever performing an act called a John Doe, and this is such a subversion of common sense but is in fact matter of fact something if you stop to think about…

…and go they have their ups and their downs, and we have our ups and our downs. When we are up, then we suddenly see John Doe. When we're down there's just a corpse. Then whoops, it comes up again there's Mary Smith and whoops it goes down and so it…

…that one day you Face the same way as you did the day before and people recognize your facing. So they say that's John Doe or Mary Smith. But actually the contents of your Face, Whatever they may be the water, the carbons the chemicals are changing all…

…about that tree what it functions, how it produces things. So a world which produced Socrates or a world which produced John Doe, who was nobody in particular nobody ever remembered him or thought to write his biography. Nevertheless, for all his obscurity…

…the extent that you realise this and know that you are it, you transcend, you overcome, you surpass the illusion that you are simply John Doe, Mary Smith or what have you. So then the buddha, as the man who woke up, is regarded as one buddha among a…

…is man that is who are you? And in the Hebrew Christian answer we more or less say: well I'm me, I'm Alan Watts, I'm John Doe I'm Mary Smith, and I firmly believe I am, because I really oughtn't to think anything else ought I? And that me is a…

…expresses itself in you and you and you and you and you with all the different variations. It plays games. It plays the John Doe game the Mary Smith game, it plays the beetle game the butterfly game, the bird game, the pigeon game the fish game, the…