So What?

But let's say we did find out that music is coming to us from aliens
I don't know that's gonna change anything at all
I'm excited for the aliens, I'm excited for the grand revelation of the Galactic brotherhood
Or sisterhood or fraternity or sorority or whatever the fuck it is
Council? Whatever it may be I'm excited for that
But I don't know how much it's gonna change anything when it comes to being a human

I think it's just gonna create a nice couple of years
Probably where we're all like, "Holy shit, we're part of the galactic federation"
But then you're gonna get annoyed
I don't know if anything changes that much
Do you ever think about that?
Like, let's say the Buddha does show up, let's say the grand thing happens
That Jesus rides in on the lion or whatever, the thing is shown, the great unveiling
You know, then what?

You're still gonna end up on a UFO, flying through space
You go to the bathroom and some asshole pissed on the seat
And you're gonna be like, "What the fuck is wrong with people?"
You know what I mean, you're still in the human form, baby
You're still stuck, you're still dealing with the same problems
Won't go away, I'm telling you man, this is the truth

The first time I talked to Ram Dass I said "Are you my guru?"
He goes, "Yes. Now what?", it was so awesome
Just popped the balloon in the most brilliant way
Showing me like okay, sure, you're still in the situation you were prior
There's nothing is changing here other than, you know
Whatever you thought was going to save you here or there or that, or this thing, it really isn't

And that's the pro, that's the essence of it all, isn't it?
It's still just the moment
Whatever it may be, the world is flat, we find out the world is flat
The world is actually flat, surrounded by ice walls
And on the other side of the ice walls is where the aliens live
So what?

You still have to eat
You still have to figure out a way to get food into your stomach
And find shelter, and you still have to have all the same stuff that you're dealing with
Meaning to me, that's where the liberation is, is because you begin to realize
You're still probably going to run into the same problem
There might not be a way out through technology, magic or any external saving factor

Threesomes
That's the answer, threesomes
That'll do it, that'll do it
It'll be threesomes, that's what's missing from my life
Well, then you want like a sixsome or something, you know what I mean?
Oh, that's not enough, and next thing you know you've got a fucking neural implant
And you're experiencing what it's like to have 50,000 dicks getting sucked by black holes
And you're like this isn't enough
These black holes actually are not very good at giving blow jobs
"Hey, I can't get out, I can't get out"

Matter of time, if you're a god you're gonna eventually wonder what happens if you put your dick in one those things
No, that's the trick
You put your dick in a black hole as a god
It sucks you in and blows you out some other side as a big bang, and that's probably what we all are
We're the shattered fragments of a god that stuck its dick in a black hole
That's all of every thing we are

For me, like having kids and a family
Has been revelatory for me because sitting around the table with my family
Just eating biscuits and listening to like country music, we're in the South
I have experienced the highest state of ecstasy and connection with the divine
Than any of the crazy things that I have done as I've attempted to gratify my senses, you know?

Gathering around a dinner table with people you love is older than anything
You know, it's like an ocean
It's a, this has been something going on for as long as humans have been wandering around
We sit together, and we eat
And hopefully we look across the fire of the table at each other and love each other and laugh
And then, which is why when you finally do get lucky enough that you're no longer stuck in your phone
Or trying to find just the perfect match of psychedelics, and fucking and music
You get lucky enough that you find yourself just doing something normal like that

You might have the most incredible relief when you see
Oh shit, right. This is it. Nothing's really changed that much
This is it, this is where it's at
All the other stuff, fireworks, fireworks show
That to me is something really beautiful

I like to make breakfast for the kids
I'm sitting around the table with these wonderful kids
We're eating and playing some music that my mom really liked
And I'm realizing, in the connection between me and my kids
And in the something about cooking for them, and in the music
And suddenly I realize, this is my mom
This is my mom now, this is my mom
I'm with my mom, I'm eating with my mom right now
And right when I thought that, Forrest looks up from his pancakes
And goes, "You found me"

It was so wild
It was just that moment of like, "Oh, right
You didn't go anywhere, this is, this was always you anywhere, you, mom"
This is all moms, this is all the moms
All the moms who are, haven't come to be, or aren't in their body anymore
You'll find them in those moments where you are, just for a second, giving
'Cause that's what the feminine does
I mean, you, there is, in the universe, a thing that we call mothers
That will hold you when you're crying, and love you
And the great news is, when your mom drops her body, she's still there

If you want hope, the hope is, guess what?
You're the one at the wheel here
You're the one who can help, you're the one who can get back on your meditation cushion
Or, you know, get back to your therapist, or get back to your exercise routine
Or get back to all of the above
You're the one who can do that, that's the great hope
Try to find harmony in your house, in your home
Try to find peace in your home
And, because that's where the real change will come from

And it doesn't have to be like blood relatives or anything like that
It's your community, it's the people around you, it might be your cats
Who knows what it is, it might be your relationship with yourself
But that's the hope part, that's the hope part
I mean, because let's imagine that it goes the opposite direction than what everyone's saying
Let's imagine one of these fucking UFOs flies over the planet
Cools it down to the right level, sucks all of the carbon out of the atmosphere
Puts some oil in the ground, whatever it may be
You know, evaporates all the oligarch and tyrants, and fascists, whatever it may be
Let's imagine it happens that way

So what?
You're still going to be of much greater benefit to the people around you
If you've found a way to be peaceful and kind
Either way, if you want to find like a rudder for the ship of your existence, of your incarnation
I think that rudder is exactly what Ram Dass said
"We work on ourselves, so we can help the people around us"
That's the hope, that's all, that's the only hope