You sleep well or you don’t sleep at all? (Sleep well.) Sleep well? Some don’t sleep at all. I’ve been talking to some of the contact persons and they gossip to me. They said you don’t sleep. You eat, talk, and talk nonsense because of time. Me also, I come home mostly something like at 2 o’clock (AM). After talking, odds and ends here and there with this and that person, and it’s about 2 (AM). And then by the time I take a shower, and change, and pet the bed and [say] good night to everybody in the whole family, it’s about 3 (AM), if I’m lucky. So, it’s no point going to bed. If you go to bed, you cannot wake up. But it’s so nice to sleep here, don’t you think? (Yes.) Wow. That’s why you don’t sleep at night because it’s warmer here together. My bird(-people), they’re also like that, they snuggle together to sleep.
Who takes care of my chair? Why do you always take my bag? You should leave it here to keep it warm when I come back, it lasts like 24 hours. You took it away for yourself? You took it for yourself? At least you use it. You don’t throw it away. Because it lasts. Every day I come back, the chair is cold again. I put it there to come back, but he takes it away. I know why; because when I first came, I gave it to one of the brothers, the hufa (guard) outside, because I saw he was cold, so I took it from me, gave it to him and I gave it to somebody else. So, he thought that’s the way we should do it. My God. I thought you are enlightened. Every day is different. Situation’s different. Don’t follow me; follow the teaching, use your head, follow the logic. Not just do everything I do, this is like stupid people. Because every day I do different things, huh. Every day I say different things. You guys are so slow, some of you’re so slow to learn this stuff, like turtle(-people).
I tell you a joke to make you appetized before you go. There was a rabbit- and a turtle(-person) that lived together. Maybe you know it already, probably from the Internet. I think maybe I don’t need to teach you anything anymore, because you can get anything from the Internet. Nothing I say is new anymore. There was a rabbit- and a turtle(-person) that lived together. And one day the rabbit(-person) had a big headache, probably ate too many carrots, especially the genetically- modified carrots. They’re very big and filling, and God knows what things they put in there. All kinds of mixtures which might not agree with each other and were fighting in his stomach. And when the stomach doesn’t have enough space, they go up to the head, so he got a headache.
So he asked the turtle(-person), “Oh, brother, could you please, please go to the pharmacy and get me some headache medicine, because my head is pounding. You know, I went to a party last night and they served such big carrots and I ate so much, so much. And I also drank some carrot juice, and I got a hangover. So, would you please, go to the drugstore and get me some headache medicine, quickly, quickly?” So the turtle(-person) said from his room, “OK.”
And then one hour passed by; two hours passed by; three hours passed by; four hours passed by; and the turtle(-person) was nowhere to be seen. And the hungover rabbit(-person) was just staying in bed and feeling such a headache. And he felt so mad, he said, “This! This turtle(-person) is typical, stupid turtle! Wait until he comes back here. I will give him some of my mind. Oh, such a terrible headache like this and where is he? The drugstore is only around the corner. Such a stupid guy!” And then 15 minutes after he spoke, he heard the reply from the turtle(-person)’s room. He said, “Now that you’re talking bad about me like that, I’m not going anymore.”
Yeah, sounds familiar to me. Sometimes, I talk to my attendant about something and there’s no reply. So I got used to it. I thought they didn’t hear me. But 10 minutes later they said, “The thing You asked for is in Your room.” I thought they didn’t hear me, so I didn’t ask any further. They did hear me, but they finished their stuff first, whatever they were doing at that time and then told me later. I thought they didn’t hear me, so I forgot about things already, and I went and minded my own business and found it myself. And then they turned around and said, “The thing You asked [for] earlier on, it’s in Your room in such and such a place.” So we have many turtle(-people), not just the internet turtle(-people).
Are you guys OK? Do you have any special questions? These are contact persons? Yeah? Or no? (Yes.) Yes. How come so few? They sit over here? (Take turn.) Too shy? Take turn? (Yes.) So many empty places. I could rent them all. But it’s nice that you give me space. But it’s winter, my God, the closer the better. So cold. I wish maybe next time we have a warmer place somewhere. But we can’t have everything. When it’s cold, it’s nice to sit also. (Yes.) You sit so still, I’m so proud of you. You don’t move. You don’t move at all. The neighbor’s shoulder is so soft and warm and quilted with sleeping bag and everything. Oh my God. I never saw such disciples like you. I’ve been in many ashrams before, but to sit still like this is incredible. Don’t sleep all night and sit all day, my God. My God, no wonder. No wonder you are so enlightened. How do you do that? How do you do that? Sit there and cheating Buddha. I love you.
Sit there and daydream. You’re like my bird- and my dog(-people). At night, they don’t let me sleep; daytime, they sleep so well. I couldn’t even wake them up to go out for doing their business outside. They’re so lazy, we had to drag them or scoop them up, the big one, only a big guy can take care. If I had to take him, sometimes I have to drag him. I’m like, “Come on, come on, baby. Let’s put some wheels on your legs.” Maybe we have to roll him around. They grow up so big. The doctors cannot believe that they’re vegan. Well, we have to take them for check-up sometimes, otherwise they’re in excellent condition. But sometimes they jump on each other, have a muscle problem, things like that. But there’s nothing more, or run too fast and then strain themselves. But otherwise they’re very, very, very good and healthy. And the doctors couldn’t believe that they’re pure vegan.
But one of the dog-people wanted a bone, he told me. I said, “Are you happy with everything?” He said, “Yes, yes, I want a bone. One bone for myself and outside the house.” I said, “Why is that?” “Well, because in here everybody would take it from me. Sometimes, they take from me.” I give them those nylabones and those vegan bones with a lot of good stuff in there. So I don’t know where he learned about bones from. Must be from the other two adopted ones. Because puppies, they have never seen bones in their life. How come he knows it? The Rottweiler. So he said he learned it from Happy, the girl. And then they learned how to hide those vegan bones, and hid it under the fridge and can’t get it out and just sit there all day looking inside. My God. Sometimes, I go to the sofa, lie on the cushion. “Eh, what’s that?” It’s a vegan bone hiding under the cushion.
But I said to him, “Are you kidding? I have never seen anyone take a vegan bone from you. You always take a vegan bone from everybody else.” Because he even takes things from the other dog(-people)’s mouth. His jaw opens and he takes it out. He takes it from the Australian Shepherd all the time. You know, like when I give them some vegan food, he’s always the fastest one, the Rottweiler, fastest. And then he hadn’t even swallowed halfway yet, he saw the other one got it, and he, the Australian Shepherd just took it halfway and then he [growls] and takes it out. (Wow.) Because Hermit, that’s his name, he’s very shy, he’s very introverted. He’s not very outgoing like Happy and every other dog(-person).
You see Happy, the girl with the ribbon? She jumps on everyone. She loves everybody, especially she loves the elder people. And Benny, the smallest one, loves kids. When he sees kids, oh, he goes crazy. And when he sees kids even on TV, he goes crazy. He wants to take them out and play with them. And when he couldn’t find them on TV, he goes around the TV, looks behind it. He’s so funny. But he’s the only one that watches TV. Other dog(-people), they don’t care. And Sunny also, he watches TV a lot. Sunny and the other two very small ones, they love TV. Others, they don’t care. They watch or not watch. Funny. Benny loves TV. He loves, he’s so clever. He goes behind the TV and looks for the kids. But now he knows. He doesn’t go behind anymore. “It’s no use,” he told me. “No use. They’re not there. They’re hiding in this box, I can’t get them.”
I don’t want to steal your time anymore. You go eat. I shall see the Aulacese (Vietnamese) today in the gym after the meal, 5:30 PM. And after that, if I have time, I’ll see other countries. And so on. We’ll make a marathon interview today, meeting. Last night was good, huh? (Yes.) Good, good.
Photo Caption: Whatever Your Appearance, There R Some Who Love You with It
