The Man from Earth: Holocene Page #2

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Nobody notices except you.

Okay.

And he hasn't aged a day in ten years.

Every woman on the faculty would

give anything to have that secret.

Is that what they're after, Edith?

Oh, stop, Harry.

(LAUGHS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Then switch to spin class

if you're sick of Zumba.

Okay, it doesn't matter what you do,

the doctor just said you need to...

I'm not nagging, Mother.

(EXHALES)

You were the one complaining about...

I gotta go to class.

I'm gonna be late.

I'll tell you what, Mother...

why don't we all just take care

of ourselves for once. Sound fair?

Wow. Again?

(MUTTERS)

She spent so many years

focused on my father's illness that now...

God, Isabel.

You put everything on hold

forever while he was...

She's gotta back off.

It's your life, right?

Isn't it, finally?

No, I'm sorry.

I love you, too.

I'll call later.

Bye.

You are a way better daughter

(CHUCKLES) than I will ever be.

Hey, guys. This is Matt Douglas

from Primal Kickboxing.

(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

Let's go.

Let's go.

You ready?

I'll take it easy on you.

So I get into position.

First thing I do is I lead with a head kick.

Then I follow up with two punches.

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

Come on, focus, man.

(EXHALES ANGRILY)

(SIGHS)

(PILL BOTTLE CLATTERS)

(PILLS RATTLING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey, man.

Seriously, man,

why do I even bother, really?

Oh...

My fault, man. I...

I'm literally on my way

downstairs right now.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Boom.

You see how fast...?

That's amazing.

I can't even see you. You're so fast.

- You're like the Flash.

- Yeah? Come on, I'm waiting on you.

- Have a great class, Professor.

- You too, babe.

We're all burning.

Every one of us.

Burning with desire.

We're burning with a fire caused

by what the Buddha called

"the three poisons."

Greed, anger, ignorance.

Except he taught us

that we can fix this.

We can turn them around.

And greed becomes generosity.

Anger becomes compassion.

And ignorance becomes wisdom.

There are miracles around us

all the time, he said.

The fact that we are here, together,

in this room, is a miracle.

JOHN:
- Yeah?

- Isn't the Buddha kind of a hypocrite?

I mean, sure, he gave up all worldly goods,

his father's money,

told us all to live a life of restraint

and then he ended up, like, super fat.

(LAUGHTER)

Like crazy fat, like, come on, dude.

You're talking about those statues

you see in Chinatown, right?

- Yeah.

- The Buddha

depicted in those statues he's Asian, right?

Right.

- So...

- It's not the Buddha.

Boom.

- What-what do you mean?

- Well, think about it.

Siddhartha Gautama was an Indian.

From Nepal.

A Chinese monk came to India,

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