Action free from reaction | The True Religious Life | What is thought? | The art of living free

We are talking to you about the art of living, the art of living free from conflict, contradiction, fear and suffering. This requires a quality of action that people are generally unaware of. Realize that our actions determine what our life has been or is at this moment. So, what our life has been and what our life is now, is something that has been determined by actions taken by each of us. We need to discover a quality of action that is truly free from this burden, contradiction, fear, every form of conflict and therefore no longer produces suffering either for ourselves or for others. In my opinion, this is the real way to have a Religious Life – I have called it the true Religious Life. It is a Life free from this sense of the “I” present, this “person,” this particular and personal movement of the ego in relationships.

So, what is a free action? What is this new way of thinking, feeling and acting? This requires each of us to approach this study of how we work. Our actions are determined by our thoughts. That's how we work. We have a thought, thought is present charged with a certain feeling or emotion, and this thought is naturally a form of sensation and this drives us to actions, drives us to a model of behavior in life.

So, we have to figure out a few things here. The first question is: what is thought? We are always here dealing with you and deepening these fundamental questions, these Real questions, which are life questions. What is thought? What is to think? What is to act? Our thoughts are shaping these actions of ours, yet these actions of ours are not free actions, because there is no Real thinking behind these actions. We can't have an Understanding of the Truth in our actions, of Freedom in our actions, of Intelligence in our actions without this Thinking. The Real Thinking is what will determine this action now, happening here. So, let's distinguish what Real Thinking is from this model, which is the conditioned, programmed model of feeling and thinking as we know, as we have lived.

Real Life happens in that instant. Life in illusion is that which, in that instant, has a representation of memory, has a representation of the past, in this format of conditioned thinking, of an internal conditioning model, of psychological conditioning that we bring with us. The human being acts without Real Thinking, without True Thinking, so there is the model of this old thinking, in this pattern of programmed thinking, of conditioned thinking, and therefore, an impulsive action, directed by the ego.

What is this ego if not the illusion of a present identity taking actions? What is this ego if not conditioning, this reactive memory programming that arises in this instant on the basis of thought? This reactive memory based on this thought is in this action model. Realize that we need to investigate, deepen and understand all of this.

“Why do I not succeed in my actions?” Because these actions are born out of that “I,” that egoic model, that “person” you see yourself. There's no way to act in a Real way, there's no new way of living, because all this action is a reaction that comes from the past, that comes from programming calculated by thought. Thought that is already conditioned, already programmed. So, human beings don't know what free action is, they don't know what it's like to act without this background, without this “I,” without this ego. So, we always have a reactive action, a reactive movement, because it's something that comes from memory, it's something that is born out of thought, it's something that is born out of planning that is already calculated, out of conditioned thought.

Look at your actions in your relationships with others, look at your actions in your relationship yourself. An action related to yourself based on thought is an action calculated by thought, which is based on an image you make of who you are. Notice that this type of action is always producing suffering to you. The action you carry out in contact with the other based on thought is a reactive action, which is born from this background that is the ego, which is born from this illusory center that is the “I.” This action in the relationship with the other is an action that produces suffering. Is there a quality of action free from this model of thinking? The answer is yes. Yes, action free from this thought model is possible. This action is born from True Thinking.

Here, when we use the expression “Thinking,” we are not talking about a present entity, which is the “I,” which already has a conditioned thinking model present in it, and which is always expressing itself in speaking, feeling and acting. Here, Thinking is what is present when there is absence of this thinker, of this “I,” of this programmed, calculated thought model, which is the result of past experiences that this ego, this “I,” this experiencer has cultivated within itself.

When we look at the world, we see the mess the world is in, [when we look] at people's lives, we see the mess they are in. They are in this mess because of this pattern of egoic behavior, this action that is not free. So, what we know as action is not an action, it's a reactivity, it's an activity of this illusory center, it's an egocentric activity. So, our behavior, which is born from this background of memory, which are the calculations that thought makes in order to make those decisions, these actions are reactive, they are mere reactivities of this illusory center that is the ego. This is happening because there is no Truth of Thinking.

The point here is that you can't act in a Real way – and here I use the expression Real in the sense of acting in Love, acting in True Consciousness, in Real Consciousness, acting free from this center that is the ego – it's not possible to act in this way until you understand how you work. So, as long as we don't understand how we work, as long as we don't realize that our actions are coming from a background that has already been programmed, calculated, from a conditioned thought model and, therefore, this action is a reactive action, as long as we don't become aware of how we work, our actions will always produce problems and confusion.

Every form of disorder present in this particular life, which is the life of the person, is something present because there is no Understanding, no Intelligence, because there is no Self-Awareness, no Understanding of the Truth about who we are. The result of this is a thought pattern generating problems, that is contradictory, violent, aggressive, full of desires and fears: these are the actions of the ego. Becoming aware of the Truth of yourself, learning to look at this movement, which is the movement of the “I,” of the “person,” of the ego present here, when you become aware of the movement of this “me,” of this thinker with this conditioned thought pattern, it becomes very clear that there is no Truth in action because of the absence, there is no Freedom in action because of the absence of Real Thinking, Real Feeling. Without this Real Feeling, without this Real Thinking, there is no Real Acting.

I want to put it here again. The word “Real” for this Thinking, Feeling and Acting, for this word I want to give the synonym of Love. An action in Love, Acting in Love, a thought that expresses the awareness of Truth, of Understanding, of Intelligence and, therefore, of Love. Here on this channel, we've been working with you to put an end to the illusion of the ego, of this false center. We say false center, we say ego illusion because the entity that you believe you are, that you show yourself to be or that you appear to be is not Real. You might ask: “So, what is it here that behaves in this format, which is called I, me, ego?” It's conditioning, it's a form that has already been programmed, conditioned, within an action that has been repeated like this for thousands and thousands of years in humanity, and for some decades in a particular way for this “person” as you see yourself. But there is no entity present or that entity is just this conditioning.

Can we get rid of this illusion? Can we get rid of this “I,” this ego and therefore this conditioning? This becomes possible when you approach and examine yourself, when you study all this inner movement, this so-called “consciousness” present. This human consciousness in us contains this conditioned mind in us, this thinker that is nothing other than conditioned thought itself, which separates itself to calculate, to analyze, to agree and to take actions; actions determined by thought itself. So, this thinker, this “I” is nothing other than thought itself. All this can be seen if it is observed. So, studying oneself is the basis for Liberation from this “I” and, therefore, for the Vision of what correct Thinking is.

Notice that correct Thinking doesn't need thoughts. This correct Thinking is that which, in this instant, doesn't need this element, which is the element of calculated, planned, conditioned thought in order to take an action. So, in this Real Thinking there is a Presence of Intelligence, of Vision, of Perception of what is Real, of what is present here in Love for an Action, for a Real Action, for a true Action, for a correct Action. So, I would say that the right thinking is the absence of conditioned thinking. This right thinking in this Real Thinking dispenses with this pattern of thinking as we know it. So, the Vision of Truth, of Life, of the art of living requires this Real Thinking, the true Thinking, the correct Thinking, the correct Feeling. This brings about this correct Action, this correct Activity. It is not reactivity, it is Action, it is Acting free of the “I.”

So, notice what we're dealing with you here on the channel. This art of Being, this art of living, this art of correct Action requires a Free brain, a Free mind, an entirely Free heart. The Awakening of your Real Nature, your True Nature, which is the Nature of God, is the Revelation of this true Thinking, Feeling and Acting in life. It is the Presence of this art, the art of Life. The Beauty of Life consists of Being what you essentially and truly are. This requires a Real approach to Yourself through Self-Awareness and True Meditation.

Here on the channel, we have two playlists exploring this in depth with you. Then, we have online meetings here on weekends, you can find the WhatsApp link here in the video description to take part in these meetings, to investigate the Truth about all of this. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, please leave a “like,” subscribe to the channel and say “Yes, it makes sense” in the comments. OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

October, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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What is the mind? Truth of Self-Awareness. How to get rid of chattering? What is thought?

What is thought? And what is thinking? These are two very important questions for us here, within this work, because the lack of direct understanding of how we work lies in exactly this. Human beings just work, but they don't know how they work. It's like when you get on a plane, the plane takes off and then lands, but you don't know how a plane works, you're just transported by it from one place to another.

In life, here in existence, the human being is born and spends his entire life without an understanding of the Truth of what life means, the meaning of it, so he spends an entire life without an understanding of the Wholeness of life, the Completeness of life, the Truth of life. All this happens because we don't understand the Truth of who we are, we don't understand ourselves, we don't know the Reality of our own Being, the Reality of our own Real Nature, we don't recognize the Truth of the Beauty of life. So, we are alive without life, because there is no understanding of the Singularity, Beauty, Truth of life.

Understanding who we are requires a view of how we function, so we have an understanding of ourselves. This is the understanding of the Beauty of life, of this being alive, of this Being Life that we are. This approach requires Self-Awareness, the Truth of your Being being revealed. A comprehension of how we function requires an understanding of how the mind works. So here we have another question: what is the mind? How does the mind work? In addition to “what is thinking?” and “what is thought?”

Observing the internal movement of remembrance, recollections and memories gives you a clear view of how thought works. The point is that we are, in general, always reacting to the present moment without the slightest awareness of this element that reacts to that instant, which is the thought element. It is thought that is reacting to the stimuli of the senses, to visual perception, to auditory perception, to each and every form of sensory perception. Thought, as a response of memory, of recollection, is reacting, and in reacting to this moment, in reacting to this stimulus, thought acquires even more information about the experience and stores this information within its own collection of memories and recollections.

So, in this present moment, we are always reacting and acquiring new experiences. These experiences become memories, recollections, which take this form, which is the form of thought. Then, faced with new challenges, we react again with these thoughts, which are already stored, which are recollections, memories, and so we are continually reacting and acquiring more recollection, more memory, more thought, more knowledge of these experiences. The responses to this moment are responses that are born of memory, that are born of remembrance, that are born of thought, and form new memories, new thoughts, which are stored again, and so we are always in this cycle. We have the experience, we keep that experience, it becomes a memory, which is thought, which responds to new reactions within new moments that arise, which become new remembrances, new thoughts, which are kept, and the cycle continues.

We're always responding to the present moment on the basis of the past, that's the movement of thought. So, what is thought? Thought is memory that reacts to this present moment, so this memory that reacts to this present moment is thought. What is thinking? We don't know what thinking is, because we're always inclined to this movement of thought reaction, we're always responding to this instant with the past. There is no such thing as “thinking.” There is only the movement of thought. This is the movement of thought, this repetition. I'm always reacting to everything that arises based on the knowledge that I already have, that I already have inside me. What is the truth about thinking? Thinking is present when there is no reaction. When there is this awareness of observing the movement of thought without reaction, we have the presence of thinking.

Let's explore this with you now. When you, for example, ask me my name and I answer you my name, that answer is a reaction from the memory I have inside me, from a remembrance I have inside me; to that question you ask me, I have an answer and that answer is a reaction. I don't make use of thinking, it's something automatic, it's something quick, it's something very fast; this answer is already born in a very automatic way from this memory background, so there is this element, which is the element of thought expressing itself. We believe that there is an element present, which is the thinker, that is producing this thought, and this is not true; this thought is only appearing as a reaction of memory, and this reaction of memory is thought itself.

This is how we move in life, this is the movement of thought, this is thought, so there is always this element of thought present in our life. When we don't understand that this is just a reaction of memory and we place an element to judge this thought experience, to compare this thought experience, to reject it, to fight against it, to say “I like this thought,” “I don't like this thought,” we are already placing a foreign element here, within the experience, which is the “I” element, the ego, the sense of “someone” present. This is the absence of this thinking.

In general, when we say “I'm thinking about this,” we're already placing this illusory element that is the “I” within this movement, which is the movement of thought. That's not thinking, that's reacting to that moment. The Truth about thinking is to be aware of the movement of thought itself, without reacting to it, without placing the thinker within it. So, in general, human beings don't know what thinking is, they don't know how it works because they are always captured by the reactive movement of memory, of the past, of remembrance, of this “I.” This explains why there is no silence in us, no stillness. The brain is busy all the time with memories, with recollections, with reactions that come from the past, so there's an internal chatter, there's a restlessness in the mind.

What we call the mind is this chattering movement of thought within us. So, what is the mind? It's this movement of perception, sensation, feeling, and thought which, in general, works in a very restless way in human beings. So, there is this restlessness of the mind because there is no understanding of this movement, which is the movement of thought. “How to get rid of this chattering?” How do I get rid of the negative thoughts? How do I get rid of obsessive thoughts?” These are questions that people ask because they don't understand how they really work. So, psychologically, the human being is stuck in a pattern of programming, of mental conditioning, of psychological conditioning, because we are always reacting.

We want to invite you to approach the observation of the movement of the mind, then there will be this awareness of how the mind works, there will be an understanding of what thinking is. When there is this stillness of the mind, which arises from this observation of the movement of thought, we are faced with thinking. Thinking is free from the thinker, just as feeling is free from the “I” that feels, just as observing is free from the observer. In this sense of ego-identity, in this psychological condition of always reacting to the present moment with this background of memory, of remembrances, of reactions from the past, always placing this element, which is the “I” element, to judge, to compare, to reject, to fight against this experience… In this way, we are always trapped in this model of the thinker with its thinking, the observer with its observation, the one who feels with his feeling, so there is no approach to the Beauty of the Truth of Being, this thinking free of the thinker, this observation free of the observer, this feeling free of the one who feels.

So, there is no Truth of understanding who we are because there is no Self-awareness. To see this, to become aware of this, of this inner movement, which is the movement of the “I,” of the ego, of this experiencer, of this observer, of this thinker, to become aware of this is to go beyond this, beyond this sense of the “I,” of the ego. Self-awareness gives you this approach. Here I refer to the Truth of Self-Awareness. It's not something you'll learn from someone, that you'll learn in a book, that you'll take a course on. Here I'm referring to the art of learning to look at the movement of the mind itself, which is the movement of this thought, this thinking, and feeling. To become aware of this model of thinking and feeling in the “I,” of this “I,” is to go beyond this thinker, it is to understand the Real Thinking, the Real Feeling, the Real Seeing.

So, the work consists of this awareness of oneself. Thus, the Truth of Revelation consists of understanding this movement about who we are, about what we show ourselves to be in that instant, so that this movement of duality, which is the thinker and thought, disappears, the one who observes and the what is observed disappear. The presence of That which is outside the “I,” outside the ego, of that Unnamable, Indescribable Reality, which is the Divine Reality, which is the Reality of God, which is the Reality of your Being, shows itself in that instant.

So, this work here consists of learning the art of self-observation, which brings you closer to Real Self-awareness, to True Meditation in a practical way. We have two playlists here on the channel showing you the beauty of the Truth of Real Self-awareness and True Meditation in a practical way. So that's our work here on the channel. We have meetings on weekends, online – you can enter our WhatsApp link here for more information and you can get closer to these meetings – we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, please give your “like,” subscribe to the channel, and let's work on it, OK? Here's the invitation and we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The observer and observed thing | True Mindfulness | Spiritual Awakening | Illusion of time

There is an issue here that is fundamental for all of us: understanding the Truth of non-reaction. When we look at the world, we realize that our relationships are not complete relationships, they are not really intelligent, loving, true relationships, because there is always an impulse in us to try to change, to modify something that we don't like, that we don't want to see, that we don't like, and our inclination is to react.

Here I want to talk to you about the importance of change. It's true that change is needed in our lives. All this change that we want to see in the world, and here I'm not just referring to this world far away from us, when we talk about another country, another city or another neighborhood, we're talking about this world close to us, the world of our relationships. This is the closest world we have and we need a change in this world, because we are not within an action that is really born out of Compassion, of Intelligence, of Kindness, and Truth, because within each one of us, we carry this element, this sense of an “I” present, here and now, within living, within experience.

So, I want to talk to you about the importance of not reacting. And why not to react? And why not to try to impose our ideas, opinions, beliefs, conclusions within our relationships? Precisely because this is the cause of conflict, this is the cause of the dilemma, of the problem between us, of the problem of human beings. Our whole problem consists of this sense of an “I” that separates itself from the other. This “I” in us, this “me” is a set of beliefs, conclusions, ideas, objectives, and purposes. Our relationships are not true relationships because we are always in this movement, we are separate because of these conclusions, opinions, beliefs, certainties, and desires, all of which are personal, private, egoic. It's always this sense of an “I,” of an ego in this relationship separating itself from the other, the cause of conflict, the real cause of problems.

Here I have a few things to say to you about this matter of problems. No problem is real unless this sense of an “I” is present. This whole problem proves to be very true, very real in our lives. It's this sense of an “I” that separates itself, creating problem. So, we always bring this model of existence, we are always manifesting this sense of “someone” present separating and therefore clashing and fighting. Division is the cause of suffering, it's the cause of the problem, it's when problem becomes real.

So, all the problems in your life actually come down to one problem, and that problem is this sense of an “I,” of a present identity. This “I” is the one who is inside the experience, separating oneself from it as an experiencer who separates oneself in order to do something with that experience. So, we have here, at this moment, the idea of “someone” listening to a speech like this, the idea of “someone” experiencing something in life, this “someone” being an experiencer, the idea of “someone” in a relationship with another “someone.”

So, basically, our whole problem is the problem of the “I” in this division, in this separation. The encounter with Truth requires the annulment of this division. In a division where there are two things present, there comes a space between them, it can be a small space or a very large space, but there is a space between two things; here it is the “I” and the non-“I,” the experiencer and his experience, the “person” that I am or the “person” that I believe myself to be and the other, who, by the way, also believes himself to be. In this separation between these two things, in this division, there is space and conflict.

The encounter with the Truth, which is the encounter with the Divine Reality, the Reality of God Present, being this Reality this Being, this Truth that is beyond this condition of the mind as we function, where there is this division, where there is this separation and therefore conflict, this Divine Reality reveals itself when there is no longer this movement of the “I,” when there is no longer this situation of an “I” that separates itself from the other, of an observer who separates itself from what it is observing.

So, the truth is that the problem is between the observer and the observed thing, because we have this space. Let's study this with you. What does this space consist of? This space is made up of time. An object, from one point to another, requires time, space can be measured and this space is basically time; there is no way to separate this space from time itself, between one and the other there is a distance, and this is space, this distance is covered in time. What happens to us psychologically is the same thing. When I look at you, I have an idea of who you are or what you represent to me at that moment; this idea is an image I make of who you are.

So, we're living in this idea of “someone” who knows the other because they have an image of him or her; this image is something that we have registered in us because of the experiences we've been through. We've been through experiences, the presence of that experiencer has recorded those experiences, they've now become a memory within each of us, so I have a memory about who you are and you have a memory about who I am. This memory is an image, this is something recorded because of a memory, and this memory is an event within time. “I went through something yesterday and I remembered it” – in this contact with you – this gave me an idea of who you are. “You made me happy yesterday,” today I meet you and I'm happy with you. This is present because of this time, this memory, this remembrance. So, this requires time, and in this encounter, there is a division. The division is this “I” that observes this image and this image separate from this “I.”

So, psychologically, we function within a time, a time created by images – the image I have of you and the image you have of me – an image acquired in the past, which is time, in memory, which is remembrance, which is past and which is time, and all of this is thought. This is how we function in this contact with the other and life. So, the understanding of our world, based on this memory, is an understanding that is based on past experience and is in this present moment annulling the Truth of this encounter now, because this memory is imposing itself in this moment, so what I have of you is not the truth about who you are, it's the memory about who you were or who I believe you were.

Notice how fascinating it is to understand this Truth about the illusion of this “I” which is all the time interpreting life in this present moment based on the past, based on its remembrances, recollections, and memories. “I love you,” what I'm actually saying is that I like your presence, but what do I actually have of your presence? It's an image, a pleasant image that I have from the past. So, the contact that this “I” that I believe I am has with you, that you believe you are, consists of an encounter between images, because I'm doing it and so are you.

Our relationship with the world is based on this conclusion of memory, images, and beliefs, so there is no truth in this contact, there is no truth in what we call “love,” “peace,” “understanding” between us – this idea of this “I” creates the idea of this “us.” Is it possible to live a life free of this time, this quality of memory? Is it possible to have a life free of this quality of encounter that is based only on the past? Can we here, right now, face this present moment without the past? In this way we will be in contact with Divine Reality, with the Reality of Being, and this requires Attention to this instant, to this movement, this requires the Truth of understanding how we function, this requires the ability to look at ourselves, to know ourselves.

This Real Self-awareness, the Truth of Self-awareness, requires an understanding of how we function here and now. So, this Self-awareness brings you this moment of perception of Reality, because it is present now a fundamental element for this Real understanding of this instant, which is the Real understanding of life as it is here and now, and this element is this Attention. Mindfulness at this moment frees you from these records of the past, from this set of conclusions, opinions and beliefs, from the images you have of others, that you have of situations, that you also create of places.

We have images of the places we have been to, we have images of the people we have relationships with, we have images of situations that occur to us. We register these images, and if they are unpleasant, they become an internal movement of fear in us, because we don't want to go through it again; this is because we are registering these images, we are not letting the past die. The past is nothing other than a set of images, recollections, and memories that this “I,” which is the experiencer, is cultivating, keeping.

Notice how fascinating this subject is, this puts an end to psychological time, this is the end of time and also the end of thought. So, this time is something intimate with thought, just as this space is something intimate with thought, this space is something intimate with time. So, look at the close relationship between time and thought. It's thought that puts you in this idea of being “someone,” here and now, that puts you in this illusion of this time of being “someone.” In reality, Truth is happening in this instant, and in this instant, there is no time; in this instant, there is no thought. Thought and time are something that come from the past, from memory, from recollection, which is why we have called it psychological time.

So, we are cultivating the sense of a present “I,” here and now, within living, in experience, in this contact with the other, this sense of a present “I” that is in resistance. The contact here with this moment is free from the “I” when we don't react. We are always trying to impose a reaction on this moment, a movement that comes from the past to deal with this moment, so there is conflict. When we face situations, we don't just look at them, we don't just become aware of their presence in this Real Attention, in this true Mindfulness; we add the “I” element that is always reacting, we like some things, we don't like others that we see in people, that we see in ourselves and we are always reacting. Non-reaction – you see – this non-reaction is the secret. This non-reaction is possible when there is no longer this division between “me and the experience,” “me and the other,” when there is no longer the sense of an observer in the face of what is being observed.

It is possible to live a life free of the “I,” that is a life free of this reaction. So, when there is no reaction, when there is no movement of the “I,” of the ego, we have the secret. So, the great secret of a Happy life, in Love, in Peace, in Freedom, in Happiness in the relationship with others, with life, with this instant, is a life free of this reaction. So, non-reaction is the secret. I want to reaffirm this again: the great secret of a Real life, free of problems, is a life free of reaction. So, non-reaction is the secret.

Here, in this work, we are working with you on the end of the ego, of the “I,” of that element that separates itself from experience, that separates itself from the present moment, that separates itself from life, that separates itself from the other, that separates itself from God; this is the encounter with your Being, the encounter with Spiritual Awakening, with the Awakening of Consciousness, this is our subject here with you within this channel. We're working with you to put an end to the illusion of the “I.” That's the end of problems, that's the Real change that's needed in this world, in the world of our relationships. A free life is a life where there is no reaction. So, not reacting is the secret, it's when there is an end to this separation between the observer and the observed thing, then there is only one Reality Present, which is the Reality of God.

That's our subject here with you on this channel. We have online meetings and you can find our WhatsApp group here in the video description for more information and to take part in these meetings. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If this makes sense to you, please leave your like, subscribe to the channel and leave a comment: “Yes, it makes sense.” OK? And let's work on it. Here's the invitation and we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychological suffering | Advaita: Non-Duality | Anxiety, depression | Observed and observer

We must comprehend what suffering is. Here, I want to discuss with you about the most complicated suffering for all of us. I want to deal with the issue of psychological suffering. After all, what is suffering?

Notice that suffering is something psychologically present in us because of this thinking and feeling. What is this thinking? What is this feeling? To whom does this occur? To whom does this happen? The thought within us, how does it work? What are thoughts? See, all of these are things we need to investigate, deepen, and understand. And here, when I refer to the word “understand,” it is not intellectually knowing how to explain because you intellectually understood the subject. It is to have a direct understanding through real contact about it. We need direct contact with the process of thinking and feeling to understand what thinking is and, naturally, what feeling is.

So, here we are investigating with you the issue of thought. Have you ever noticed that thought happens now, but it’s just a remembrance, a memory? But it’s a memory always accompanied by a sensation. Thought carries sensations with it. This sensation we call “to feel” or “feeling.” The fact is that thought is something present now, occurring as a response coming from the past, that is, from memory, from remembrance. You don't have any thought here and now without the past in this format of recalling memories. Then, thought is the past, recollections, memories. And when arriving, it carries a feeling along with it. Thought and feeling are companions; they are together.

When we say we are suffering, what we really say is that we are remembering. Understand this clearly, the importance of understanding this: when we say we are suffering, in fact, we are reliving memories, the past, again of memory, of recollection, of remembrance. What we call “suffering” is now just the thought-feeling presence. A story thought tells and feeling brings to the organism, this mechanism, this body-mind. This suffering is the presence of the “I,” this “me.” So, suffering is the presence of the one who suffers, and the one who suffers is the “I,” me. And this is nothing more than memory, remembrance, past, touching this structure, this body-mind, this mechanism. That is the sense of an “I” present in suffering, the sense of the ego.

Thus, when we talk about suffering, we need to talk about thinking. There is no suffering without thought. The presence of suffering presupposes the presence of thought and feeling. And thought-feeling is memory, remembrance, the past. It has given life to this entity we call “me,” “I,” the ego. To look at what we are here and now is to perceive the presence of that “me,” that “I,” that ego. And it is the one that is present when thoughts and feelings arise.

So, what is thought? Thought is memory. As you went through some experiences, some were unpleasant. At that moment when you were going through these experiences, it left a mark in the brain, a remembrance, a memory, and it became a saved recorded image. And at some point, later on, that image appears, that recollection, that memory, that recording happens again. It is always here and now that this memory, this image, past, appears and brings the psychological pain of thought-feeling. That is the condition for the “I,” for the suffering person.

So, the presence of suffering presupposes the presence of the one who suffers. We do not approach to look at it when it comes up. But here, I want to tell you that it’s possible to be free from the psychological suffering, that psychic suffering which is the suffering of the “I.” Once the “I” is understood, when there is an understanding of what the “I” is, we can eliminate it from our lives. When you exclude this “I” from “your” life, there is no longer “your” life. There is the present life, but it is no longer the life of the “I,” this “me,” this person as you see yourself.

So here, our work together is to go beyond that “I,” that ego, that sense of being present. It is possible for us to go beyond suffering – I refer to psychological, psychic suffering. Then, the weight of all the unhappiness present in these different forms of psychological suffering, all of that disappears with the disappearance of that “me,” that ego. What I'm saying to you is that this ego, this “me,” is a by-product of culture, society, and the world. We carry a psychological conditioning that cultivates this “I” identity, the ego-identity in us. We must investigate, delve into this and discard it from our lives.

We are here with you looking, perceiving together with you that the only truth present of this “I” is the truth of memory, of remembrance, of the recollection of frustration, of a pain, a hurt, a need, or lack. A pleasure experienced in the past that did not end, the frustration experienced in the past, which did not end, either. I go through an unpleasant experience, and it does not end, and ahead, a few days later, it presents itself again.

So, we are constantly dealing with the past, memory, and remembrance. There is always an illusory identity present in that experience, showing itself at that moment, assuming this reality of this body and mind. That is the identity of the “I,” the ego. Anxiety, depression, fear, guilt, the pain of loneliness, envy, jealousy, resentment, hurt, everything that represents the psychological unhappiness present here and now because of this “I,” this ego, this false identity... When we have an approach of looking at what arises without feeding this identity that is the “I,” in this experience that is a memory, a thought with the feeling... When we do not put the “I” – what is it like to place this “I” in this memory, in this past that is returning in the form of thought and feeling, what is it to put this “I"? It is to place an element that judges, condemns, criticizes, or believes and identifies with the thought-feeling.

Thought-feeling is something happening here and now. That is something from the past, and when it arises in this inattention, due to the lack of attention to what appears, which is this memory, thought, or feeling, you mistake yourself; there is an “I” present mistaking itself for this thought and feeling. It mistakes itself when it is the observer involved in what is being observed. It is an observer when it condemns, criticizes, rejects, and wants to do something about what it sees, which is thought and feeling.

So, we have the presence of the observer seeing thought and feeling, reacting to it, interacting, and identifying with it. When that occurs, when that happens, we have the presence of the sufferer, which is the presence of that “I.” Notice that we have a duality here: we have the experience, which is the thought-feeling, which is this memory, something from the past, and this element called “I,” the observer, the thinker. This “I,” this observer, this thinker, is not actually separate from this thought-feeling. It separates itself to do something with it. And when this separateness occurs between what is observed and this observer, this duality happens.

Do you get that? A sense of “I” is present when judgment, comparison, or rejection is present or when passive acceptance of a state of identification with the past is present. The sense of an “I” creates the space between what is seen and the one who sees. So, we have duality here: the “I,” who is the experiencer, the thinker, the observer, and that experience. If that is present, suffering is present because suffering is the affirmation of the “I.” When that “I” is there, suffering is present.

We can approach this only by becoming aware of the presence of memory, the past, thoughts, and feelings without giving an identity to it, without creating this separateness between what comes up and an “I” separating itself to do something. We put an identity, which is the ego present in it, exactly when we try to do something. When we try to do something, we separate the observer from the observed. In fact, there is no such thing as this separateness.

Then, what is present is the thought-feeling presence here and now, but that has no reality at this present moment. Unless there is this inattention. In this inattention, we have been caught for many years. In fact, this is the history of mankind. We are sustaining the identity of the “I,” a hurt, offended, sad, remorseful, guilty, self-loathing, or self-proud “I.”

That is the sense of the ego present in our lives: a story that thought brings, with an accompanying feeling, and because there is no such attention when it arises, this separateness occurs. That is called duality. Duality occurs.

That is straight from the Vedas when we deal with the issue of Advaita, non-duality. The word Advaita means there is only One, the one without the second. Follow what we put here for you: What you are in your Being is not what thought presents as being you here and now. What thought brings here and now is just memory, recollection, and the past. That is something registered in the brain. Memory, recollection, is something engraved in the brain. A moment that, in the past, did not end is now returning here. There is no sense of a present “I,” there is no sufferer, no ego, no “me” to deal with that suffering.

The way to approach this is: at this moment, we pay attention to what appears here and now. Without putting this sense of an “I” to fight against, combat, try to get rid of it, to do something against, against this remembrance, this memory, this thought, this feeling. Notice that this requires the presence of that attention: being aware of every movement of thought and feeling as it arises.

No thought or feeling in you comes from anywhere but the past. Even when you see a scene before your eyes, it brings back a memory. Note that our brain basically works with memory. It’s just memory, just remembrances! And these memories bring feelings. When you pay attention to those memories, to those feelings, it loses the element of that identity, which is the “I.” And when this loses that element that is that illusory identity, it vanishes. No thought is upheld without the thinker, no feeling is sustained without the one who feels.

Observe this, look at yourself, and bring attention to yourself, here and now, before a thought. When you pay attention and only observe, without reacting to that thought, what happens to it? It vanishes and disappears. It is just when you are inattentive that thought continues upholding itself. One thought actually triggers another, which triggers another and another.

So, notice what we put here for you: there is only the presence of thought, which is memory; there is no such thinker. Only in this inattention to thought arising here and now, which is memory, does the thinker appear. And when the illusion of that thinker arises, thoughts go on reproducing themselves. It is not the thinker producing thoughts but thoughts finding support in the illusion of an identity, which is thought itself, which we call the thinker.

So, this phenomenon, which is the phenomenon of thought, only continues within us, in this internal chatter, this production of states of unhappiness such as anxiety, depression, anguish, and fear, because we are inattentive to its movement. Put attention to thought, and you will find out that it doesn’t uphold itself. If I say to you: observe thoughts arising now. Wait for the next one; only wait. Try this; wait for the next thought. That state of attention, of alertness, is exactly the presence of this present moment. And at this present moment, there is no room, in this attention to this instant, for the movement of the past, which is the movement of thought.

So, when you observe a thought as it arises – only observe, do not react to it, do not say “yes,” do not say “no,” do not agree or disagree, do not judge, do not compare – at that instant the attention on the movement of thought is the basis of Self-awareness. At that moment the thought disappears. And, if there is this attention now to this instant, this moment, to what is here*and now, present, arising, if there is this attention, thought does not find space to sustain itself at this instant, this present, this moment. This Presence, this Consciousness, this attention is the end of thought and feeling.

Here, I invite you to become aware of the movement of the “I,” thought, thinking, and feeling. And that’s the end of psychological suffering because that’s the end of the past. Our work together here is to become aware of the Reality of Being-Consciousness, which is the Reality that you are here and now when there isn’t that element which is the “I”. And now we have just realized that this element called “I” is just a collection of memories, remembrances, and thoughts.

This is the subject we work on with you here, within this channel. The Revelation of the Truth of your Being, here and now. This, some people call the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Enlightenment, the Only Reality present when the sense of “I” is absent. Here, on our channel, we have an extensive playlist showing you the beauty of this approach to the True Meditation in practice. True Meditation is present when there is this attention, the attention to what arises here and now. Along with this view of yourself, you have the Truth of Self-Awareness. Without Self-Awareness there is no True Meditation, and without that Mindfulness – that Full Attention right now, to this whole movement of thought-feeling, which is memory, this entire reaction of the past – without that, without that Mindfulness, there is no Self-Awareness; and without Self-Awareness we have no basis for an approach to the Beauty that Meditation reveals. Then, Real Meditation, in a practical way, requires the presence of Truth or the approach to Self-Awareness.

So, here on our channel we have two playlists dealing with this Truth of Self-Awareness and the True Meditation in practice. It represents the end of suffering, in that Realization of What You Are, which is the Realization of God. OK?

If this is something that makes sense to you – as I have always told people here at the end of our meetings – subscribe to the channel. I want to invite you: we have online and face-to-face meetings where we work with those who approach us. OK? If this is something that makes sense, see you soon. Thanks for the meeting.

June, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Religious life. How to overcome fear? Real Spirituality. What is thought? What is thinking?

Who is God? Some are satisfied with what the Holy Books say about God, so there is an intellectual approach. Others have an approach to this question that is not only intellectual, but also emotional and sentimental, for example, “who is God?”, based on a belief. You know that here we are working with you on these so-called “life’s big issues.”

Human beings have unresolved issues – first let’s look at that here. Why have these issues not yet been resolved? What is the origin? What is its nature? Where do they come from? How do these questions arise? Where do they appear from? That's what we're addressing here to you. We are working with you to put an end to this element that creates these issues.

We want to have answers to these big questions in life. So, people ask, “What is the truth about God?” Can we solve this issue simply by believing in or engaging in what some call “religious life”? That's another question: what is religion? For many, religion consists of attending temples, churches, listening to the sermon and songs there, returning home on Sunday and for the rest of the week, living life as usual, until the next weekend, until the next Sunday.

So, for many, the answer to this question of religion and to this question of God consists of ceremonies, rituals, and doctrines. So, this so-called “religious life” is this life of belief, where there is an intellectual, emotional and sentimental involvement. So, for most people here is already the answer [to the question] “what is God?” But is this true? Does belief really show you Reality? Even because, after believing, or even believing, you still remain a person filled with fear and all forms of psychological suffering due to a totally egocentric model of life and existence.

So, despite a so-called “religious” life – this so-called “religious life” – there is not this Reality of the absence of the ego, of the absence of this center of separation, of duality. In fact, most people are not even aware of the importance of the value of releasing from themselves the idea of ​​this “me,” this “myself,” this “I,” this ego.

So, whether we are religious or non-religious, we are all still involved in these so-called “issues.” The big questions remain unanswered. How to overcome fear? How to stop suffering? How to abandon egocentrism? How to stop being selfish? What is love, Real Love?

What we also know as love is a question that has not yet been resolved, because the idea we have about love is also still a belief. Love for us is pleasure, it is satisfaction, it is fulfillment in the relationship with another, and if this stops happening, if I no longer receive this in this relationship, there is no more love. I become indifferent to that person or they could even become my enemy, because she doesn't give me what I want.

We don't know what love is, it is something linked to attachment, possession, control, jealousy, dominance, and, therefore, suffering is present. How can there be suffering in love? So, this is not love, nor is this the Reality of God; It's just a belief. If the ego is present, there is no such Reality of God, there is no such Reality of Love.

This is another unsolved question: who am I? One of the big questions in life that a person does not answer, because the person is this “I.” But what is this person? We do not know. Thought has no answer for none of that. Thought creates the idea. The idea of ​​God, the belief in God, all of this is within thought, the image that it forms. Thought creates the idea of ​​love, but it does not resolve the question of what the Reality of Love actually is. Thought creates the idea of ​​this “I,” but it does not resolve the question of what this “I” is, what this “person” is. So, notice the situation where we, in this “me,” in this “I,” in this ego, find ourselves; this is the real creator of all these “life´s big issues.”

Here we are coming closer to the Revelation of the Truth of our own Being. The observation of the movement of the “I,” which is the movement of thought, the thought that creates the image of love, the image of God, the image of that person. Is there anything beyond this thought? This is another issue, one of “life's big issues.” Note that all these questions have a single origin, a single nature, a single structure, a single basis, and the basis is thought.

Is there anything beyond thought? It is thought that has created God for “me” that is different from the God he has, because he has another religion. So, there is this division: “my God is stronger than yours,” “my life is more important than yours,” “what I feel is more real than what you feel,” and all of this is within this model, which is the model of the ego, of this personal sense of being someone within living, within experience. Are we together? Is it possible to go beyond thinking? Go beyond this sense of “I” present in living, in experience?

So, we don't have answers to the “life's big questions” and that's what we're working on here within the channel with you. We don't know what it is to live because we don't understand the Beauty of life. What we call “living” is routine, it is boredom, it is envy, it is ambition, it is a projection of happiness, idealized by thought, because life appears to be complicated, difficult, a life full of desires and attachments.

We don't know what death is. Just as we don't know what life is, we don't know what death is. The Beauty of the end to all this, that is death. We identify the word “death” ... for us death is losing the body, losing the body to illness, to an accident, old age comes and puts an end to the body, illness ends the body, an accident can end the body. For us, this is death. But what is the Truth of death? There is great Beauty in understanding what death is, what life is, what Love is, what God is.

So, we are here on the channel working with you on this, the Awakening of Wisdom, which is the Awakening of this Being that we are outside of this ego that we believe ourselves to be, of this person with whom we identify as being ourselves, as appearing to be who we are, as we express who we are. This person in relationship with the other, this person in relationship with this idea of ​​life, with this idea of ​​God, with this idea of ​​love, all of this is completely false.

Here the work consists of discovering the Truth of Being, Happiness and Consciousness, which is the nature of each one of us when we are living a life free from the ego, free from this sense of separation, where there is no longer this “I,” there are no others anymore. When there is no longer this “I,” there is no longer the conflict of desires, the conflict created by fear, by the fear of losing, by the fear of not acquiring, by the fear of not being able to hold on, by the fear of not being able to continue maintaining alongside this “me,” this “I,” what it believes to be its own. All of this is conflict when the “I” is present.

The presence of this “I,” this ego is the presence of illusion; the presence of this ego, this “I” is the presence of ignorance. The truth about ignorance is the illusion of this “I.” As this “I” is not real, it is sustained due to conditioning, programming, a specific way of continuing because it cannot be seen. The presence of this “I” is an illusion. Therefore, the truth about the ignorance present in us is the truth of this illusion of the ego, of the “I,” which is the illusion of the “person.”

So, what do we know about the Truth? What we have about the Truth is the illusion of this ignorance. Sustaining this ignorance is maintaining this illusion, this is the absence of Truth. It may seem quite complicated or even a play on words, but it is very simple: as long as there is the illusion of “someone” present, there will be ignorance for that “someone,” there will be these unanswered questions, because this ego, this “I” is the one that creates these questions because it sees itself as a separate element and, because of fear, it is asking questions, because of illusion, it is trying to discover something. All of these are things constructed by thought itself. This illusion is a construct of thought itself, these questions are constructions of thought, these issues are constructions of thought.

So, thought creates questions and goes in search of an answer and finds no answer. From birth to death, from our birth to our grave, this sense of a present “I” lives in fear, lives in suffering, lives in ignorance, lives in illusion. Here we are proposing to you the end of this “I.” This is the end of these so-called “life´s big issues.”

So, our work here is to observe this movement of the “I,” the ego and become aware of this sense of separation, of illusion. This is possible when there is an approach and I want to invite you, here on the channel, to investigate how to approach this. We have two playlists here: the truth of Self-awareness – this is one playlist – and the other is True Meditation in practice. Take a look at these playlists. Furthermore, we have meetings on the weekends where, in a direct way, we investigate these issues with you, we work on these questions – our Whatsapp link is there for these meetings on the weekends.

So, this is our work here within the channel with you, showing you that the Realization of God is possible, the Realization of your Being. This is the Truth about Real Spirituality; this is the Truth about true Religious Life when this sense of “I,” of ego, is no longer present. It is nothing like what we have believed and have been following until now. A life free from the ego, the Real Religious Life, the true Religious Life, Real Spirituality is a life free from this sense of separation, from this sense of duality, it is a life in Non-Duality – the Sages call it Advaita, a life free from this sense of separation.

So, that's our job here. We have online meetings on the weekends, you can find our Whatsapp group here in the video description, so join the group and get closer to these meetings. We have face-to-face meetings and also retreats, where we are working on this with you. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and leave a “like,” subscribe to the channel and put it in the comment: “Yes, it makes sense,” ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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