knows everything I know. And more now. Maureen, how can you say that? I have so much to learn. You know so much more than I. Jonathan, you know it now. You still need to practise smoothness and patience, but you know the flying very well. I still have questions. Ask whatever you want. I... Well... Chiang, this world isn't heaven at all, is it? Where we are now. It isn't heaven at all. Who said it was? Heaven isn't a place. Heaven's perfection. Wouldn't you think? And we don't go there, as much as we express it. Does that sound true to you? Yes. I suppose. You're a very fast flyer. Well, I... I enjoy travelling quickly, but I don't like limits. I want to fly faster than I can now and higher and learn more. I can fly 276 miles per hour now. Level. That's pretty fast, but it's not fast enough. Don't ask me why, but it just isn't fast enough. What is fast enough, Jonathan? You who are impatient to be perfect. What is perfect speed? Well... ...perfect speed. A thousand miles per hour? That's a limit. A million miles an hour? That's a limit. Speed of light? That's a limit too. They're all limits. Perfect speed, my son, isn't moving fast at all. Perfect speed is being there. So... Maureen, did you see that? He says we can all learn that, whenever we want to learn it. The next life maybe. It is not so difficult, Jonathan, once we understand. I want to understand, now. What does it feel like? How far can you go? To any place, to any time that you wish to go. I've gone everywhere and every-when I can think of. After a while, one begins to think that space and time are not quite real. Can you teach me to fly like that? Of course. If you want to learn. Yes, I want. When can we start? I'll do anything. Maureen, did you see...? I've got to learn. How do you do it? I mean, how...? First, you let your teacher get a word in edgewise. I'm sorry, Chiang. It's just that all my life... I can't explain it. ...I've had this... This need to know. To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is now, or ever has been or ever will be, you begin by knowing that you've already arrived. I beg your pardon? I am already there, on that highest peak. I am not limited by any body. I am not limited by space. I am not limited by time. I am a perfect expression of freedom, here and now. All right, here I go. I am going right... now! Now! Now? Jonathan? Can I bring you anything? No. Nothing. I have to do this. I don't care how long I have to stand here, I will do it. Would you like to take a break? Good evening, sir, I... I'm concentrating as hard as I can. I just can't get it. Jon, you don't need faith. You don't need faith to fly. You need to understand flying, don't you? To learn certain facts about things you cannot see. This is just the same. I am a perfect expression of freedom and flight. Why am I thinking that way? This isn't some ritual. Real is real. I really am a perfect idea. It works. It really works. Well, of course it works, Jonathan. It always works when you know what you're doing. Now, about your control... Well, it's different anyway. We're trapped in here. There's no way out of here. Jonathan, there's a way out. Oh... yes. But why did I come here at all? Like attracts like. Wherever your thought is, that is where your body is going to be, sooner or later. You're just learning to do it sooner. Did you want to be walled away, to think this over? Here you are. Try it again. And hold your thought on something you've always loved. I know things I love, but I'm not sure. Do it. I'm with you. I have always liked stars. It is a fine view. And a good place to be alone. But so much of love is giving, don't you think? Sharing the very best you know with someone who's trying to learn. Try it again, and this time, think giving. No special names or place. Just think love and see where you turn up. Ready? Any ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Токийская история на английском - текст В ночи на английском - текст Охота в одиночку на английском - текст Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Охота на тигра на английском - текст С собой не унесешь на английском |