By the way, what I want to tell you is, if you make somebody feel too proud, they're dead. Arrogance is bad. Ego is bad for you.
All right, anyone else? You're really blessed, you don't know! No, you? (Yes!) Yeah, here, here. Yeah, talk yourself out.
(I just want to say thank You very much for the other evening. Because actually, after I saw You on Saturday at the London Center, I kind of felt like I wasn't... my heart wasn't satisfied with seeing You. And I saw You in Surrey, it's like my whole heart and my whole being, everything just changed so much, and also after the Gift, it just felt so amazing.) Yeah? Feel better? (Yes!) You've been nagging me inside. (Yes, I know I have.) All right. (But thank You very, very much.) You are welcome, welcome!
Oh, is it time you go out, have dinner, no? What time is your dinner? 6:30 (pm), right? I'll see you again later. Don't worry, OK? I'll go upstairs and have a break for you, and then we'll come back. OK, now go and have a good appetite. Good appetite! See you later! 7:30 (pm). Right, I am going upstairs and see you soon. Ah. I bought you something. Where’s my bag? (It’s here.)
By the way, what I want to tell you is, if you make somebody feel too proud, they're dead. Arrogance is bad. Ego is bad for you.
I don’t really want any assistant, because after they stick for a while, you make them feel too important. They just enjoy being important instead of enjoy doing my job, and then don't do anything right, and just make me suffer. I don’t really like any assistant, but I couldn’t work alone sometimes, because I don't know where to go, and sometimes I don’t drive very well. So, it’s just because of you, I need you. And that’s how the circle keeps going.
OK, here. I bought it for you. No, really, I bought it thinking of you. (Oh, thanks! Thank You!) You can take one! One little, OK? Like this. Too much. OK? Like that. I can’t carry too many things all the time. I don't have time. Here. (It's very nice.) It’s not the quantity, it’s the quality. One each. Take a little bit. Everybody, one. And if it sticks together, don't try to break it. So keep it hygienic, OK? Just take it. Don’t touch anything else, just take one. It tastes good! Coconut! See you later. (Yes! Thank You, Master.)
Just sit together, don’t care. Sit anywhere. Oh, my God! Too beautiful, that's why. Yeah, come in! Sister! Come in here. Sit here. Sit there, the guard. Sit there, sit there. Sit down. Standing or squeezing together. I told you we have to make a second floor. OK, now...
Oh my God, there are some little black sheep. Don't worry, you'll be there. Some people walk slow! Do you remember the story of the turtle I told you? (Yes.) Did I tell you? (Yes.) Yes? How many people know the story of the turtle next door? (I don’t know.) Huh? Not too many? Couple. OK, OK. The rabbit and the turtle? Oh! (Yes!) OK. How about the story, the whole forest and the... (Oh, yes.) You already know? (Yes.) You know, right? (Yes.) All of you know, right? (Yes.) Yes or no? (No! Yes!) How many "No," raise hands! The forest has fire and they're hungry, and they have to tell a funny story. (Oh, yes!) (No!) Ah yeah, OK, OK.
Some are turtles: Turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle! OK, these turtles have to crawl fast. I don’t care how you do it. You might jump on top of the rabbit's back and then have a ride, or whatever you do, move it fast, baby. We're in 21st century, all right?
I am sure they all thank you for your generosity, but even if you want to give something, you've got to be worth it. The same with receiving gifts, it depends on what gift. OK, just a small thing, it doesn't matter. You can pay for your meal, and it's not a big thing. Right! In Japan, only the older monk, I mean the senior monk, the one who has been practicing a long time and has already achieved some enlightenment can cook for the public. The same! Same principle here. I don’t mean I copy Japan, but just want to let you know, it should be like that. Of course, you can donate to the poor people, or charity, Red Cross, that doesn’t matter. But in our group, we don’t take that.
People always ask where do I get the money from? I say, “I get it from the bank.” “Chum-chung!” I go and just wave my pen, I get some money. Can you imagine? I just use this harmless pen and they give me what I need. I don’t mean just five dollars. This is all you need. Don’t learn it from me. You can go there and use a thousand pens; they don’t work. This is a magic pen.
That's the problem with computers; they jump so fast. I once learned to type all my stuff in the computer, and then I just pushed a wrong button, all gone! Bye-bye! And it took me half an hour, to pick all the words together. I’m not a good typist, I know nothing about computers. Just not very interesting for me. But I’m amazed how you guys can know all this stuff. Or at least he knows something! I wouldn't know how, not even to make a mistake like that.
It’s amazing, you guys learn a lot of stuff. Well, so I don't need to. I don’t need much really. I don’t really need anything. I don’t need computer, I don’t need a television, I don’t need anything. Just because of the world, I have to. But the minimum. Because I have to move a lot, due to the world karma. I don’t have a settlement, I don't have a real home. I can just stay for a while and go, up to now, it’s like that. Maybe in the future, I can have a place. It’s not that I am attached, but I am too tired of traveling. I am getting old, you know? Getting old! Later, if I go with a cane, then the ticket for an airplane will be more expensive.
So, I know, some of the real estate (agents), they say something real funny, just to catch you to go there and have a look. Because once you see it, maybe you will like it, so they try hard, at least you go and have a look. So sometimes they put something very funny, like, "Must see! You will regret it if you don’t." Something like that. They put something out, “It’s cute as a button.” And then you come and you see nothing there. It's just like a trailer. Of course, it’s “as a button,” OK! But cute, I am not sure! Small as a button! And sometimes they say, “Waterfront!” In fact, it's nothing! It’s just a canal. They call it canal? (Yes!) Canal. I call them “friendly canals.” You know why? Because you can shake hands with the neighbor on the opposite (side). The canal is about this big! Or you can just step over, back and forth. A cup of tea, come back! A cup of tea, come back! So I call them “friendly canals.” “Friendly water-pond or front,” I call that. And sometimes they say… They print very big, like “Million-dollar waterfront property just minutes from your house.” Because they print that your house is about 200,000 dollars. And then they say, “Million-dollar property, just minutes from your house.” They don't even say how many minutes! It could be 120 minutes!
So, sometimes I am just laughing at these advertisements of the realtors, because the Konkurrenz (competition) is great, so they all try to outshine each other to make sure that the customer comes at least, and then once you come, they introduce you to something else completely different from the price that you intended to look at. They put things in the newspaper, “Just 150,000-dollar waterfront!” Blah, blah! And then you're attracted, you go there, and then they’re sorry: “Oh, that’s gone. Sorry!” And then, “But I have something else. Look, just 300,000 dollars more, you can have this!” If you have 300,000 dollars more! “Just.” Just 300,000 dollars more! And then they introduce you to all kinds of other houses that you’d never even in your dreams think about it. And you think, “Waterfront, 200,000 dollars.” You read the small line: “In front of your property,” or “just minutes.” Or sometimes they say, “Beachfront! Beachfront property.” Big, big, and the price is cheap. And you look at it, and the small print somewhere, hidden under the picture if possible: “Beachfront, just minutes.” Oh-oh! Minutes! But they don't say how many minutes. It could be 120 minutes. That's how many hours? Two! Two hours! Only 120 minutes! It's not much, is it?
It's not that bad, of course, but sometimes they advertise for things, and the picture deludes you. It looks so nice, oh, cozy and warm. And when you go there, my God! What a shabby, little, cute button. It’s really a cute button! (Big houses on either side as well,) Yes. (so they just take the photo of the Bond house, and then they block out the houses on either side.) Of course, and then you thought, “Oh, all private!” Yeah, “Cute as a button!” Sure, button is all you have! When you get there, you only see the button, so small! And they make the house so big! From... They stand under the house or something, make it so grand and big. When you go there, it's really as a button! Cute! So small!
So I have some experiences with houses. But still, it’s fun. In one of my last lives, past lives, not last, but past, I’d been in real estate. (Oh!) No. While doing the teaching, just like now. I do all kinds of things, so I never take donations from people. That’s what it is. So maybe that’s why I know a lot about houses. I don’t need to learn anything. Sometimes the value of the house doesn’t have to be just money. You just have to know it. Because sometimes just a few steps away, the house is cheaper. Really a few steps away! And it’s not much difference. Or sometimes if you buy the house, same price, but if it’s in a corner, you have more space. Something like that. Many different things. Or sometimes they say, “Four bedrooms.” But actually, you could knock it into one and a half. And some houses, they say just two bedrooms, but it’s so huge, you could make it into six. So you never know. So, cheap is not everything.
