Quote by Jack Kerouac

I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine tree in North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night. It said that Nothing Ever Happened, so don't worry. It's all like a dream. Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don't know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever. Close your eyes, let your hands and nerve-ends drop, stop breathing for 3 seconds, listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot, which was taught in immense milky way soft cloud innumerable worlds long ago and not even at all. It is all one vast awakened thing. I call it the golden eternity. It is perfect. We were never really born, we will never really die. It has nothing to do with the imaginary idea of a personal self, other selves, many selves everywhere: Self is only an idea, a mortal idea. That which passes into everything is one thing. It's a dream already ended. There's nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be glad about. I know this from staring at mountains months on end. They never show any expression, they are like empty space. Do you think the emptiness of space will ever crumble away? Mountains will crumble, but the emptiness of space, which is the one universal essence of mind, the vast awakenerhood, empty and awake, will never crumble away because it was never born.

I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet

Summary

This quote delves into the concept of universal consciousness and the illusion of reality. The speaker recounts a message received under a pine tree, stating that nothing ever happened and therefore there is no need to worry. They declare that everything is ecstasy within, obscured only by our thinking minds. In our true essence, everything is eternally perfect. The speaker encourages the listener to let go of their physical senses, tune into the silence within, and remember the forgotten lesson: all is one infinite awakened entity known as the golden eternity. The quote rejects the notions of personal identity and the fear of death, emphasizing the timeless and unchanging nature of the universe.

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