Joel Goldsmith | Invisible Supply | Conditioned Mind | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, and Master Gualberto is with us again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Master, today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Invisible Supply." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel Goldsmith makes the following comment: "At this stage, we no longer think about Truth, we no longer read it, nor hear it with the mind." Regarding this question of the mind, can you share your perspective on the conditioned mind?

MG: Gilson, the way we approach life, how it happens, is determined by how thought evaluates, compares, accepts or rejects, likes or dislikes, believes or not. When you ask, "What is this conditioning? What is this conditioned mind?", it's the way thought takes place within each of us. We were educated to think what we think, to feel what we feel, and to do what we do. You believe you have the freedom to think, feel, and act. However, you behave in a way that everyone around you is behaving, and you are unaware that this is happening. This is how the mind was programmed to position us in life; this is the presence of a mind that knows no freedom.

We talk about "freedom," but this word, in fact, means nothing. Doing what you like, what you want, is not freedom. You do what gives you pleasure. You like what gives you pleasure in liking. However, this is something that concerns the way this brain, this mind, is conditioned to like what it likes and to do what it does, or to dislike it, or not to do it. There is no truth about ourselves; there is the truth we receive from the thought present in each of us. It is thought that determines this truth. This truth is the truth of the "I," of this "me," of this person, which, by the way, is a way of thinking, acting, and feeling within this human consciousness, which we call the mind.

What is the Reality of What you are? What is the Truth about you? We don't know it! We have not the Reality of What We Are, much less, naturally, the Reality of Life as It Is. If you don't have a vision of yourself, of the Reality about you, you don't naturally have a true vision of who the other is, of what Life is. Our internal psychological condition of existence is the mere existence of the "I," of the ego. We have a way of responding to experience that always stems from the past. This is producing conflict, dilemmas, disorder, and problems in our lives.

It is enough to say that this life-since there is no Freedom in it, and the response is a response that has its origin, its basis, in thought, in this element present within us that comes from the past-all of our actions in life generate problems, generate confusion, and suffer, because there is no way to be otherwise, because there is no Freedom. This has alienated us from life. We are, in fact, in this condition of conditioned mind. Since everything we do, we do it based on the past, on this model of thought, which is part of a collective worldview, we are merely maintaining the continuity of a model of human problems, something common to all and also present in our lives. We lack the Awareness of Reality, the Truth of That which is present here, beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond this conditioned mind.

Thus, all kinds of problems are present, and we don't know how to deal with life as it happens. Because we don't know how to deal with life, the problem is the presence of this "I." It's not life that's the problem; it's the presence of someone, which is this "me," the presence of the problem. Can we, in this life, comprehend ourselves enough to go beyond this format? To go beyond this suffering, this disorder, this way of looking at others, ourselves, and life, as everyone is doing? You were born for the Awareness of the Reality of your Being. This Reality of your Being is something that is beyond this very appearance, this dream we call "birth."

See, here we're already presenting you something that is completely strange to our way of thinking about ourselves, about others, about life-including about God. What we were given within this pattern of cultural, social, and educational conditioning about God, were organized religions, sacred books, and scriptures. At best, within this psychological conditioning, we're content to follow what religions say. This movement of following, of accompanying, of thinking within this religious context, intellectually, based on the scriptures, this sense of "I," of ego, still remains, remains alive.

So, we have religious conditionings, also philosophical, political conditionings, cultural conditioning, the culture we were born into, tradition, family conditioning... Can we go beyond all of this? Can we assume, in this moment, the reality of life in this moment, without this conditioned brain, this conditioned mind, this consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I"? Is there another possible life different from this known life of thought? That's what we're investigating here, saying precisely that yes, this is possible. There is a present Reality; this Reality is the Reality of God, it is the Reality of Liberation from this confusion to something indescribable, to something beyond thought, to the Real Divine Life, where there is no longer separation between the Reality of your Being and the Reality of others, the Reality of Life, the Reality of God. This is what we're seeing with you, delving deeper with you, working with you. Okay?

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. She makes the following comment and asks: "My mind judges everything all the time. How can I silence these conditionings and see reality as it is?"

MG: Here, Gilson, regarding this question-note, the movement of the mind is precisely this movement. Thought within us is a movement that, because it comes from the past, it already has conclusions, it already has a basis for evaluation, for comparison; naturally, for judgment. We are faced with an addicted model of behavior, which is the behavior of thought. This is how the mind works, this is how the mind works. The mind sustains itself within us based on an identity it forms, creates, and establishes. Thought is not secure. Notice that no thought lasts more than a few seconds; it arises, and another thought follows. It's like a line! Thought is here, another one soon appears, but thoughts interconnect. So, they create a narrative, they create a story. They have something to tell, they just don't have someone to tell it to. But then they create! At that moment, you appear!

You are the element that is the "I" to hear the thought, to hear what it has to say. Note that this is exactly how the person, the "me," the "I" emerges. The "I," the "me," the person, is just a fragment that separates itself from thought itself, from the narrative itself, from the plot itself, from the very news that thought is bringing. So, follow this carefully: thought emerges, but it emerges with a narrative. A set of words, images, thoughts is an idea-this is a narrative. A thought separates itself from this narrative-this thought is the thinker to hear the news, to accept, reject, agree, like, dislike. This is the presence of the "I." This is the presence of this "me," this thinker.

We have a belief that the thinker comes first. In reality, what comes first is the narrative, the story that thought is telling. It immediately creates, it supports someone to like or dislike, to agree or disagree. Thus, evaluation, comparison, and judgment are born. This is the setting, this is the stage where this play is being performed. This performance of the play, the story, is the story of this "I." This is the presence of self-image, of the person, of this "me"!

We spend our entire lives wrapped in the illusion that we are thinking, that we, as thinkers, are the authors of these thoughts, these judgments, conclusions, evaluations, disagreements, and agreements. All this internal chatter is happening within us all the time. At times, this very thought, in this thinker's format, becomes stressed, nervous, tense, and wants to free itself from the thoughts it is producing. So, the ego, this "I," lives bored, anxious, worried, angry, fearful, stressed. However, all of this is part of the very game of thought, of this play in this theater of the mind. There is the mind as the theater, there is the play happening in this theater-this play is the presence of the movement of thought, this is the conditioned mind. And there is the protagonist, the main actor-he's still part of the story, he's still part of the scene. He's the presence of thought!

Here, together, we're discovering what it means to break free from this condition. Breaking free from this requires a gaze, a quality of mind that silences. When the mind becomes aware of its own movement, through silence, this is possible. You ask how to silence all this conditioning. Yes, because we just described all this conditioning; this entire model of mind is conditioned. You ask how to silence... By becoming aware of these reactions, without reacting, without getting involved! When the mind becomes aware of its own movement, there's something present in this new look. Then, the mind quiets, the brain becomes silent, a new space emerges. We are faced with a different mind, a quality of mind, where this attention is present.

This attention to our reactions is the end of this present element, which separates itself to fight against all of this, to mistake itself for all of this. Then, judgment stops, comparison stops, evaluation stops. This accepting, rejecting, liking, disliking... this dissolves, this disappears. Can we learn this art of looking without the observer, perceiving without the perceiver? Being aware without someone in this awareness? This is the presence of the mind free of the "I," it is the presence of the mind free of the mind. We need a foundation for this new vision, new perception, for this new mind. The foundation is this attention; it is what brings us closer to Self-awareness. And, with Self-awareness, a space opens up, which is the space of Meditation, of the absence of this model, this pattern, this format of conditioned thought. Then, Something new is present.

I invite you to participate in online meetings, so you can have a deeper approach-not to words but to something beyond words, which is present in these meetings called "Satsang." Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Paula makes the following comment and asks: "Master, I realize I'm always searching for security. How can I let go of this mental comfort zone?"

MG: Well... the illusion is that we are in a mental comfort zone, and we want security to maintain that mental comfort. In reality, this search for security is the greatest proof that, in fact, we are not in a mental comfort zone; there is nothing comfortable about the movement of the mind. The mind is restless, repetitive, chatty, insecure... It is the nature of the mind to seek security-not because it feels secure, but precisely because it carries nothing but insecurity, fear, discomfort. This restless, uncomfortable state of mind creates this impulse to seek security, stability, comfort, peace.

Can we free ourselves from this illusory identity, which is the presence of this "I," which is nothing other than this egoic mind, which is always in this search for security because it experiences this discomfort? This is the question. How does this become possible? By becoming aware of what is present here, precisely this discomfort present here, this dissatisfaction, this fear, this insecurity. This is the truth of this "I." This is the truth of this "me."

Most people, when they talk about the "I," about the "me," about the ego, they speak in the third person. When they talk about the mind, they speak in the third person. They say: "This mind in comfort," "this mind in discomfort," "this 'I'," "this ego, this 'me,'" as if there were a separation between what they are and the "I" itself, the ego itself, the mind itself. Can we become clearly aware that there is no such thing as a separation? The movement of this search for security is the movement of the mind itself, which is the "I," which is this "me," which is this ego. Unless we have a clear vision of what we are addressing, of this given thing we are talking about, we will never have a vision of Truth. Truth reveals itself when Freedom is present. The awareness of Truth is the very presence of this Freedom. We do not separate this Freedom from Truth. It is the clarity of this Truth-which is the truth about the "I," about this "me," about this ego-the presence of this very Freedom, of this condition that is the condition of this mind, which is the condition of this "I."

There is a present Reality that is not this mind, this "I," this "me." A Reality that reveals itself when the illusion ends, a Reality that reveals itself when Truth is comprehended. The clarity, the lucidity, the real vision of this truth, of this sense of duality, of separation, of ego-identity, of the egoic mind, is the end of this psychological condition of a conditioned mind, of a mind in discomfort, of an insecure mind, of a mind in suffering. Having an approach, in this moment, to what is happening here and now, learning to look, to perceive, to become aware of this discomfort, this pain, this suffering, in this instant: this is the end of the "I," it is the end of the ego, it is the end of illusion, it is the end of suffering.

Getting closer to yourself means learning to look at how you function, at how this mind is happening to this "I"... how it feels, how it speaks, how it acts, how it responds to life... how it responds to itself, how it separates itself as a thinker thinking, someone feeling, someone speaking, someone acting... All of this needs to be seen. This vision requires the presence of Self-awareness. It is when, in this moment, Meditation reveals itself. The Awareness of Truth reveals itself. Okay?

GC: Thank you, Master, we've reached the end of our time. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following along and truly desire to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings hosted by Master Gualberto. These meetings are offered online, as well as in-person meetings and retreats. These meetings are much more profound than the videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions directly, live. And second, and much more impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares a field of Presence, an energy field around him. And, in these meetings, we end up being carried by Master's energy.

And being carried along on this ride with Master's energy, spontaneously, effortlessly, we enter the meditative state, silencing our minds. We have an incredible facilitation for self-investigation; we can gain insight and comprehension of what lies beyond intellectual understanding. So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to join these meetings. Also, please give a like to the video and subscribe to the channel... And, Master, thank you again for the videocast.

July, 2025
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How to find God? Meditation: What is it? Learning about Self-Awareness. Advaita (Non-Duality).

There is something fundamental here for us to investigate: it is the difference between learning something-anything else out there, in life-the difference between this form of learning and learning about ourselves. Therefore, there is a difference between learning something and learning Self-awareness. The truth of this learning about Self-awareness is something different from any other form of learning.

When you learn anything else, you learn by starting from observing and studying it, acquiring knowledge; and soon after knowledge comes experience, and with experience, specialization. What differentiates this encounter with the Truth of What Is You, which is revealed through Self-awareness, through comprehending ourselves, from any other specialized, specialized learning, is that here we need another element; the element present is perception.

Contact with life requires perception, not knowledge, not experience and specialization. To learn a technique, such as mechanics, electronics, languages, or any other activity, you need knowledge, experience, and that's where this specialization comes from. Here we are faced with something different; we need an initial foundation. The foundation, yes, is contact with the observation of what is present here-contact with it, experiencing what is present here. But we don't need knowledge, that means, information about it being stored.

We are functioning, psychologically, on memory, and this is our problem. We lack a true vision of who we are, of what thought has constructed about us, because we are living in memory, living precisely in thought, trapped, precisely, in knowledge and experience, and we need to free ourselves from this, because this condition of knowledge here and experience here puts us in direct contact with life in a mechanical, automatic, unconscious way.

Note that all technical knowledge, all specialization, coming from memory, gives you a mechanical skill. Thus, thought present within us is the element of knowledge and, also, of mechanicity for the person. This mechanical, unconscious condition, which resides in thought and, therefore, in memory, is the life of the "I," it is the life of the ego. Since here, together, we are investigating how to go beyond the ego, how to discover life free from the "I," we need to discover what it means to learn about ourselves, what this new way of learning is, which does not consist of accumulating knowledge or experience.

Based on the past, we are acting in life; everything we know, we know based on acquired knowledge. Technically, we need this form of learning. However, psychologically, this form of learning, this format based on knowledge and experience, has shaped us within a conditioning. We are constantly repeating this system; we have been shaped by a thought pattern, which is the thinking of this social structure, this worldview.

Thus, every behavior we have based on this form of learning based on knowledge and experience is pure mental conditioning, pure psychological conditioning. Observe how you react when someone upsets you; observe how you react when someone makes you sad, how you react when you feel loved, when they like you. Every response we have is a response from conditioning.

If I praise you, your response is conditioned; you feel good, comfortable with me, and you respond. Where does this response originate? Automatically, mechanically, and unconsciously. Yes, because this "I" consciousness, this ego consciousness, is acting inattentively. Just as you feel good when you're praised, you feel bad when you're criticized. When you feel bad, it happens unconsciously; when you feel good, it also happens unconsciously.

Therefore, your life is shaped by the behavior of a mind that reacts inattentively. The presence of this inattention is the presence of duality. Here, the term "duality" is the same term they call Advaita in Sanskrit. Our psychological condition of existence is one of separation. The mind functions within us in this unconsciousness, in this mechanicalness, reacting to the present moment in inattention.

Therefore, there is a separation between you and the present moment, between the perception that is present here and an element that is the perceiver; it is the presence of duality: the presence of the element within you that we call the thinker and the presence of thought. Here we face an illusion, the illusion of separation. Therefore, the presence of this separation, this duality, is called dvaita.

Here, the encounter with the Reality of non-separation for a new mind, free from separation between thinker and thought, between experience and experiencer, between perception and perceiver, is what in India they call Advaita, non-duality. We are living within a principle of duality, of separation. Breaking with this psychic, psychological condition requires the presence of Self-awareness, because that is when we are facing the beauty of the encounter with Meditation.

So, what is Meditation? What is Meditation? It is the presence of the awareness of non-duality, the awareness of Advaita, of non-separation, that reveals itself in this learning. True contact with the present moment requires the presence of perception. When there is perception, there is not the presence of the perceiver; it is only perception, it is only perceiving, it is the clarity of the present moment, where everything is seen, not from the past, because there is not the element called thought to judge experience, to be the sensor censoring the present moment. There is only a clear vision of this instant, of this moment.

The clear vision of this moment brings self-discovery, self-revelation, brings awareness of the moment. So, the truth of learning about ourselves is, in reality, the unlearning of this psychological background, this pattern of conditioning that we carry and to which we are constantly responding from itself; responses that are constantly coming from a background, where we have the presence of this thinker, this experiencer, this "I."

The great truth about this is that this entire response, since it arises from thought, thought is the basis of this illusory condition of separation, because there is no such thing as "I," this "me," this ego. What is present is the response of mental conditioning in this format of thought. Thus, the mind within us is the conditioned mind, the mind within the pattern of duality, of separation.

We have no real response to the present moment because we are unconscious, inattentive. There is no presence of Attention, no presence of Real Intelligence. Every present response to any stimulus, to any situation, to any person, to any external condition is something that always comes, arises within us within the model of thought, which is the model of the past. When you talk to people, there is no Attention in this conversation. Clearly, everything we talk to someone is based on the knowledge we bring.

In a way, knowledge is necessary, technically, professionally, within simple relations, but we place the psychological element within these relations, due to the presence of this inattention. In the absence of Attention to our reactions, our contact with people is a contact born out of the past, this background of egoic conditioning. All my contact with him or her, centered on the "I," the ego, on this image that thought has constructed about who I am, which is the belief that thought has established about me, all the contact I have with him or her, is within this self-centeredness.

We lack the presence of Divine Reality. When we are inclined toward this search or quest for Truth, a question eventually arises within us, and the question is: How to find God? Here, the fact of this contact with the Reality of That which is You, based on Self-awareness and this vision, which is the awareness of Meditation, already lies the answer to this question. You cannot find God outside; He is not somewhere to be found. There is no such thing as a place where God is found, to be found.

Here, this moment is the moment of Revelation; here, this moment is the moment of realization of the Reality of your Being, of Divine Truth. Clearly, this is something that requires the presence of Self-awareness, of this new learning, and this learning requires the presence of perception. To perceive the present moment, without the past, is to be aware of what is unfolding here, without the perceiver, without the thinker, without the idea, the belief of someone present. It is precisely when someone appears, it is precisely when someone arrives that the element of separation arises, the belief of the division between this "I" and the "non-I" occurs.

We are constantly looking at the world from this separation, this duality. The end of this duality is the vision of Divine Reality. This encounter with God is the awareness of this Being; it is not you having an encounter with God, it is the Reality of this Being revealing itself. When the "I" is not there, when this feeling, thought, sensation of someone is no longer present. Comprehending life is the Truth of the Revelation of your Being. Learning about Self-awareness, learning about non-duality, learning about God is something here and now.

The Reality of God is the Reality of this Being, which is the Truth about You in your True, Real Nature. This is what we are here working with you on the weekends. We have two days together, Saturday and Sunday, to get closer to this vision. These are online meetings on the weekends. I want to extend an invitation to you: here, in the video description, is our link to participate in these online meetings. In addition to the online meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard makes sense to you, here's an invitation: give a "like," subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon!

July, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | The Master speaks | What is psychological suffering | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, and Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "The Master Speaks." In an excerpt from that book, Joel makes the following comment: "Your sufferings are caused, not by anything in the world, but by your reaction to them." Master, on this subject of suffering, can you share your perspective on what psychic suffering is?

MG: Gilson, the condition in which thought finds itself within us is the condition where we are present, experiencing these thoughts from a center that separates itself from this memory. This center is the basis of memory itself, which is thought. As long as there is a separation between thought and this center, which is the "I," the "me," the ego, there will be some level of suffering, some level of problem. We see ourselves as someone who is the center of experiences. Therefore, we have experiences and this someone as the center of these experiences. And these experiences, part of these experiences, are the presence of thought. When you go through an experience and it's painful, it leaves a mark; when you go through an experience and it's pleasurable, it leaves a mark. This mark is the record of the experience; it's how this center, which is the experiencer, is formed.

When we record this experience, whether of pleasure or pain, from this record, there is the presence of this center, which is the "I." The presence of psychological suffering is the presence of this center rejecting this memory, this psychological condition that is, basically, experiences stored within us, coming from the past. We have countless examples of internal states, present within each of us. Examining these states closely, you will realize that it is only the presence of memory that makes this present state possible at this moment. Someone offended you, someone upset you, someone saddened you. The memory of that someone doing that to you is a recollection, it is a memory, it is the past returning. When this returns, in that moment, this "I," this center, this experiencer, is once again living this experience. This experience is the past, it is memory, it is something that has already passed and, yet, it is back here. This is the presence of psychic suffering. The presence of anxiety, anger, sadness, fear, worries, the pain of loneliness. There are countless forms of psychic suffering.

And all these forms of suffering are, basically, the presence of this "I" suffering, which is this center of memories, of remembrances. We need to become aware of the truth about this "I," about this center, to go beyond these memories, these remembrances, to go beyond the past. The cause of suffering is the illusion of the past, here. There is no past here; what is present is only a thought. But when this sense of "I" arises, when this center-which is the experiencer-returns, once again, to this memory, to this remembrance, this past assumes the reality of the present moment. This is the illusion of the past, this is the illusion of the "I," this is the illusion of the ego. Discovering life happening, and it is happening in this moment, and in it there is no past. There is no past here and now. It is thought that brings back memory, and with memory, an experiencer to live it again. Thus, we spend our entire lives involved in all kinds of positions in life, based on the past, that is, alienated from the Beauty of this moment. In this moment, there is no past, in this moment, there is no suffering, because in this moment there is no sufferer! There is no such thing as "I," unless thought assumes again, and again, and again, value and importance, thus sustaining the past, and as thought, separating itself to establish here, in this moment, the presence of the "I," the presence of the ego, the presence of the sufferer.

We need to investigate this to go beyond this "I," this ego, this past, this thought. The end of this past, which is the end of this "I," which is the end of this quality of psychological thought within us, is the end of the illusion of a future, where we can live again and again these conditions created by thought. We are again, again, and again, transforming this present moment into a past that has already passed. We do not allow the past to end, so the future maintains its continuity based on these memories, these remembrances. The beauty of life reveals itself here, in this moment, when the past is gone, when thought does not return, when there is no "I." So, in this encounter, there is the truth that there is no suffering! Life as it unfolds does not carry problems, but how thought evaluates, translates, interprets, brings back its vision... now, yes, there is the presence of the problem, of disorder, of confusion, of conflict... there is the presence of psychic suffering.

A mind free of the past is a quiet, silent brain, free from this center that is the experiencer, free from these experiences that are recorded memories. It's a brain free from the past, something that happens when we bring attention to this moment. Then, we can respond to life in this moment without the past and, therefore, without all the confusion that egoic thinking, the "I" thinking, the thought of this center, which is this "me," this person, is creating. A life without psychic suffering, a life without suffering, a life where Love is present, Freedom is present, Peace is here, it's the Divine Truth, it's the Truth of God, it's the Truth of your Being. Okay?

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Ana asks the following question: "Master, my mind lives in conflict, painful thoughts don't stop. How can I find silence in this chaos?"

MG: Yes, you say that thoughts, see, thoughts are painful and they don't stop. Notice, this is the truth that thought expresses. Thought within us is merely the continuation of the past, the continuation of memory. It constantly reasserts itself, time after time, time after time. It is the continuation of this pattern of behavior, of thought in this conditioned brain, in this conditioned mind, the sustenance of this egoic identity. We need to break free from this painful condition, but you speak of silence in chaos. The idea of bringing silence to chaos is also just another thought. Silence cannot appear amidst chaos. We need to become aware of chaos. It is the full awareness of chaos that enables us to go beyond chaos. The intention to free ourselves from these painful thoughts and this chaos is a movement of volition, of desire, of wanting, of will of the mind itself, which is chaos; of the mind itself, restless, in pain. Here, the recommendation is: come closer to the chaos, the pain.

Discover what it is to look without any intention, wanting, or desire to free yourself. Otherwise, you will, once again, placing the own mind to serve the mind. The own mind in distress to cope with an afflicted mind. It's essential to learn to look, observe, perceive, and become aware of the chaos. Be aware of these thoughts without reacting, without getting involved, without being present to do something. There's no separation between this pain of thoughts and you, between this chaos and you. Every resistance, every intention to do something and free yourself, creates a separation between this painful experience of thoughts, between this chaos and the experiencer. The continuity of the "I" requires resistance, struggle, and this internal movement, even unconsciously, to free ourselves. It's essential that we discover what it means to bring true attention to these reactions at this moment. It's this closeness to ourselves without the sense of someone to do something, to overcome, conquer, triumph, free ourselves... that we need.

I recommend that you take part in an online meeting and investigate more deeply what we are addressing here. There's something possible in online meetings that we don't have in these videos, here. The fundamental element for ending this psychological condition, which is the condition of the "I," continues to be the presence of this Divine Grace. There's a greater Power that makes all this work possible. Here we present to you what you, by becoming aware of your reactions, can, in a certain way, do. But in this doing, in reality, there is something that makes this possible that, in fact, is not you, you doing. Can we become aware of how we function? This requires the Presence of this Grace so that these reactions can be seen without the thinker, without this observer. Therefore, learning to deal with this present moment, whether it be of painful thoughts, chaos, disorder, or confusion, requires the presence of this look without the "I," perceiving without the "I," this feeling without the "I." This is what we are working on together in these meetings, especially in online and in-person meetings.

So, here is an invitation for this approach, so that this quality of the present mind within us disappears. The Truth of Life is the Truth of a silent mind, free from the past and, therefore, free from all forms of suffering. This is the Truth of Life. I refer to Real Life, not life in this sense of the "I," which is in fact confusion, disorder, pain, and chaos. Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Débora makes the following comment and asks: "I feel as if my pain is part of who I am. How can I break this identification and live beyond suffering?"

MG: Yes, here we have another question. Note that it always involves the presence of pain. Our issues are unresolved issues, which we want to resolve because they are painful. We don't realize that we have unresolved issues that don't involve pain, but precisely the presence of pleasure. We don't have a very clear vision about this issue of pleasure and pain. We separate one from the other without realizing that the problems for us, as human beings, reside in the presence of this very mind, which is the egoic mind, the "I"-mind, which involves the presence of pleasure and pain. The unresolved issues within us are issues of pleasure and issues of pain for this "me."

When we speak of pain, which we want to get rid of, we don't realize that pleasure is present and this pleasure is part of the pain; and this pleasure, which is pain, we also need to get rid of. How can we have a direct approach to the truth of this present element, which is this "I"-mind, which is this egoic mind, which lives in pleasure and pain? It is the presence of thought, of how thought represents experience. It represents experience from an identity that sees itself present as the experiencer of this experience, as the thinker of these thoughts. It is the sense of "I," it is the sense of ego. Here, when we use expressions like the one you just used, such as "how to free yourself from this identification to see beyond suffering," we need to tread carefully on this ground, because we need to comprehend, first of all, that there is no separation between the one in pain and pain itself. And when we use the expression "disidentify" or "non-identification," we can fall into a trap of thought itself and believe that this pain is separate from this "I."

There is no separation between this "I" and pain. The pain is the "I"! The idea of wanting to free yourself from the pain is from the "I" itself. So, notice the game: suffering is present, pain is present, thought is present, but suffering gives us the illusion of someone who is suffering. The pain gives us the illusion of someone who is feeling this pain. Thought gives us the illusion of someone having these thoughts. However, there is no such separation between the pain and the one in pain, between the suffering and the one in suffering, between this thought and this one thinking. The thinker is thought, what is in pain is pain itself, the sufferer is suffering itself-there is no separation! Therefore, it is not a matter of disidentification. It is about a comprehension, a direct comprehension for the end of this separation, this division. If this separation ends, if this division is no longer present, all intention of getting rid of it, of doing something with that experience, disappears. Yes, when it disappears, there is no longer this pain, this suffering, this thought-we are faced with something outside the "I," outside the ego, outside the mind. But we need to comprehend clearly that it is not about getting rid of the pain, but rather getting rid of the illusion of a present identity. This element is the pain itself, this element is the "I" itself. When you say, "It's as if this pain were myself." Yes, indeed it is! You are the pain when the pain is present, you are the suffering when suffering is present; there is no separation. When we let go of what should have been or could have been from this "me," when we abandon this separation, we are in direct contact with experience without the experiencer, with perceiving without the perceiver. Thus, there is a break with this psychological condition, with this experience, and, therefore, with this "me."

As I said a moment ago, participating in online meetings is essential-here's an invitation. Much of this talk is not, in fact, comprehended. The truth of comprehending these talks, of the totality of what is presented here, requires a direct vision, not an intellectual approach. We need this Divine Power, this Power of Grace, for something beyond a mere intellectual understanding, a very particular vision of words.

Thus, we free ourselves from the trap of confusing intellectual, verbal understanding, of words, with comprehension. Comprehension is something direct, it doesn't depend on words... It is something experiential, experimental, while words are intellectual, dealing with symbols, with images, and therefore, even with thoughts. Therefore, here's an invitation. Okay?

GC: Gratitude, Master, our time is over now. Gratitude for this videocast. And for those of you who truly wish to live these Truths, to delve deeper into these subjects, we invite you to participate in the intensive meetings offered by Master Gualberto. These intensive meetings are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube. First, because we can ask questions live for the Master to answer. And second, and more impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, He shares this field of Presence, of energy in which He lives. In this sharing of the Master, there is a Power, a Strength, and a Grace that, simply by being in His presence, we enter into this field of Master's Energy; we end up taking a ride on this energy of the Master's presence. And, carried along by the Master, we spontaneously enter a meditative state, quieting our minds, and gaining insight and comprehending into what lies beyond intellectual understanding. So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, you'll find the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, please give a "like" to the video and subscribe to the channel. And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

July, 2025
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You and Self-Image. The end of Self-Image. What is thought? What is Thinking? Silence and Wisdom

Our biggest problem in life is our lack of comprehension of how we function psychologically, internally. We don't know how thought happens, how it processes within us. We don't have a clear answer; you see, not an intellectual, verbal, theoretical one; we can acquire that by listening to a lecture, reading a book, or a few books. I'm referring to the real answer to the question: "What is thought?" and "What is the truth about thinking?" What is thinking? We don't have an answer to that.

The way we face the present moment, with life as it is emerging before each of us, dealing with this requires the presence of a vision of Intelligence, of Freedom, of Wisdom. We lack the presence of Wisdom and Silence to deal with the present moment in a real way and, naturally, free from this model, which is the model of thought, this format of thought that we know.

Life in this moment does not require the presence of thought; it requires the presence of Intelligence. A life free of problems, suffering, and confusion is impossible when this old model is present-the model of thought we have for dealing with life, for dealing with others, for dealing with ourselves.

We may not like to hear this, but the truth is that throughout our lives, due to a lack of comprehension about ourselves, we are, throughout our lives, dealing with the present moment, in our relation with him or her, with ourselves and with everything that happens, we are within a relation, within this model of thought, creating confusion, creating disorder, and unnecessarily experiencing problems due to ignorance. We are living in an ignorant way regarding ourselves and, naturally, regarding others, regarding life.

Our contact with the present moment is inadequate, our response is inadequate, and this is easily explained. When you look at something, in that instant of looking, that moment is unique; it has never happened before, it will never happen again: that's how life happens. Comprehending the Truth about Life is the vision that, with clarity, Life occurs in this Freedom, in the Freedom from thought. It is not trapped, not bound by the model of thought.

Thus, the Truth of Life as it happens, the clarity, the lucidity of this moment, can only be seen from a brain, from a mind free of thought, because the presence of Life is now, and the presence of thought is memory, which comes from the past. Thus, life happens free of thought, but we are attending to life from memory, from thought, and, therefore, from the past.

This is where the problem lies for human beings: they do not deal with life as it happens, because they are not in tune with life when they are living in thought, as we are living. From childhood, we have been educated to have answers based on memories, on remembrances.

Our responses, spoken responses, action responses, our behaviors, our internal attitudes are guided by the presence of thought, and thought within us is memory, remembrance, and recollection. Thought cannot deal with the present moment; there is no way for it to deal with the present moment in a complete, free, lucid, real way; it is the inadequate element, and we are living in thought.

Note the complexity of this. If I ask your name, you answer me with your name; this verbal response is a response born out of thought. At this level, thought is reasonable, despite dealing with imagination, because you are not your name. Your name is the reference to the image I have here, before me, of your face, of your body. You are not your name, you are not your body, you are not your face, but in this sense, thought is functional, it is practical.

The answer I get when you ask me your name, the memory response here, is the actual name you gave me about yourself, about who you are. So, at this level, thought is functional; it's necessary. But besides your name and the memory of your face, I also have an idea of who you are. And here we're already faced with something false, because this idea I have of who you are is an idea that thought has been constructed here. It's not the truth about you, it's the image, the image that thought has been constructed here about you.

Our contact with life as it happens is constantly sustained, maintaining its continuity at every moment, based on this abstraction, this imagination, this construct of thought. Therefore, we are not dealing with the Truth of Life. We are simply, through thought, responding to life in an inadequate way. This response I'm giving to life is based on the image I've also constructed of who I am. This is the self-image.

Therefore, you, for you, are someone; this you and self-image are one thing. This self-image, which is you, is not the reality about you, but what thought says about who you are, just as thought says about who the other is, about who she is. This is how our relations are, our relations with people, relations with situations that arise, with events that appear, with life here, in this moment. Life is emerging in this moment, but the movement within us, which comes from the past, is trying to adjust itself to it, balance itself in the face of it, correspond to it, which is impossible.

We need, in life, to comprehend it as it happens, and this requires the presence of Wisdom and Silence. Because through thought, this brain is producing images, producing ideas, opinions, evaluations, it is making choices, it is making decisions, and all of this is within this mental, cerebral, internal restlessness within us.

Here, together, we are discovering what it means to approach life with Wisdom and Silence. This Silence is the basis for this intelligent, lucid, real, clear response to life. A life free from thought is a life in Love, Freedom, and Happiness. This quality of Life is not the quality of life for "someone," for this "me," for this "person." It is the very presence of Life as the only Reality present. It is when we can respond to Life, not through thought, but through thinking.

Thinking dispenses with the presence of conclusions, evaluations, choices, and the presence of likes and dislikes. The presence of thinking is the vision of Life in Intelligence, in Wisdom, in this Silence. That is why we have emphasized here the importance of Self-awareness and the Truth of this art, which is the art of Life, which is the art that reveals God, that reveals this Silence, which is Meditation.

A quiet brain, a silent brain, a quiet mind, a response to this moment in line with life itself is present when this self-image no longer exists. When there is the presence of Self-awareness, the Revelation of this illusory identity and this awareness of the Truth of this Divine Reality present, in this instant, this self-image no longer exists. This represents the end of self-image, the end of the "I," the end of the ego.

Your contact with the present moment, without the past, is without thought. This contact with the present moment is the presence of a communion between the Reality of this Being and Life. There is no separation between what is You in your True Nature, in your Divine Nature, and Life as it happens, and the Reality of God as it is. This Divine Reality is the Truth of Life. There is no separation between the Reality of God and the Truth of Life, and the Truth of your Being in your True Nature.

So, we need to assume Life as it happens. Since the Reality of Life is present in this moment and has no connection with the past, Life is here and now. This is Divine Reality, this is the Reality of God. Here we are delving deeper into this with you. You, in your Divine Nature, are the very presence of this Reality of God. Silence and Wisdom is the presence of Life when the psychological condition of the egoic mind, of the conditioned mind, of disorder, which thought has established, is no longer present.

Thought establishes disorder from a conditioned brain, from a conditioned mind, where this restlessness exists, this absence of silence. A vision of the truth about oneself is the end of this inner condition. When we learn to look at thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, perceptions, experiences, free from the experiencer, free from the thinker, free from this background, which is this identity that, upon emerging, is sustained by this separation between thought and thinker, experience and experiencer, when there is the end to this continuity, this persistence of this sense of "I," when we have the end to this condition, this continuity, in that instant the Presence of Life as it happens is revealed, without the illusion of this "me," this "person," this ego-identity.

You were born for this Freedom, for this Wisdom, Silence, Truth, Love, the awareness of God. This is what we are here for, together, in these weekend meetings, two days together. We are working on this with you in these online meetings we have here on Saturday and Sunday. You can find our WhatsApp link here, in the video description, to participate in these online meetings. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If this makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Leave a "like," subscribe to the channel, and comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting, and see you next time!

July, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | Realization of Oneness | What is Death? | The Truth of Death | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast. Master Gualberto is with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Realization of Oneness." In an excerpt from this book, Joel makes the following comment: "No one really fears pain in itself; it's just the pain that can lead to death. That's what's feared." Master, on this subject of death, can you share your perspective on what death is?

MG: Gilson, generally speaking, we don't pay attention, as people-see, the basis of our life is the life of a present person; that's how we feel, who we believe ourselves to be-in general, the person's vision is the vision of separation, of someone who is present, alive, separate from life itself. And, generally, this internal attitude is constantly reflected in our relations with experiences. And one of the experiences of great relevance, of great importance, that we don't investigate, is the experience of death. The Truth of death, the Reality of death, the Awareness of death. We never come into direct contact with this given thing, because we look at this experience precisely from separation, from someone, from a person, who is dealing with something separate from them. We need, in life, to become aware of death, because there is no real separation between living and dying, between life and death, between the experience-which here, in this case, is the experience of death-and the experiencer of this experience, which is the person, which is the "I."

When we touch on this issue of death, thought in us talks about it in terms of material losses. When we lose someone, we see ourselves as someone separate from the one we lost. Losing is something that, in the mind, we reject, we don't accept. We have a model of thought present within us, of mind present within each of us. This is an aspect of the person, of the personality, of the ego itself within us; it is about acquisition, it is about possessing, acquiring, and controlling. We don't realize yet, we haven't yet become aware of the truth about ourselves. Our relation with experience, from this experiencer, is that of someone who wants to possess, who wants to control, and who, therefore, clings, holds on. Looking at life, we realize that part of life-which is why there is no separation between life and death-part of life is the fact that everything comes and goes. What is here now, then it disappears. The sense of "I," of the ego, which is the presence of this image that thought has established in us about who we are, the movement of thought present within us, this present element that comes from the past, that is here, but lives holding and sustaining the past, the presence of this movement does not accept that life is exactly like this.

Therefore, we have two aspects here, regarding this death. Death for human beings is inevitable, just as, in life, the disappearance of things is inevitable; the death of human beings is also inevitable. We die by accident, old age, illness... in some other way, it's also possible, but basically, these three forms are present and most common: accident, old age, and illness. But what is the truth about death? The truth about death will only be comprehended when we comprehend the truth about life. As long as we maintain this psychological condition of "I" identity, of self-image, of the movement for acquisition, power, control, and attachment to people, objects, positions, satisfaction in pleasure, fulfillment of desires, as long as this is present, there will be the presence of fear and suffering. This is something within the "I" itself; it is the presence of the "I," the presence of this condition; it is the presence of this ego-identity, the presence of this condition of unhappiness and suffering.

Reality of life reveals itself when we accept the end of the continuity of the past, in this mindset where this experiencer is present, clinging, possessing, controlling... doing this with situations, positions, and people. Therefore, the presence of fear is inevitable when thought takes over all this psychological control within each of us. Contact with the Reality of Life lies in comprehending death, not physical death or material loss, but the comprehending of this psychological death, of the "I," of the ego. Allowing thoughts, which are basically images we have constructed about people, positions, and objects, allowing this thought pattern to dissolve, to disappear. This is the death of the "I," this is the death of the ego. Comprehending the Reality of life is comprehending the beauty of this psychological death of the "I."

Can we, in this life, discover death before this physical death? Can we psychologically detach ourselves from thought, to have a natural vision of material losses and also a very clear vision of the people we interact with every day, with whom we live, with whom we relate? Can we have a true vision, a true comprehension of the Nature of this Being, so that we can relate to these people, without attachments, without fears, desires, or controls? Without this fixation on emotional, sentimental, physical, or sexual fulfillment with them? Then, there will be a comprehension of life. In this comprehension lies the vision that everything disappears. Therefore, the comprehension of life is the comprehension of death. A life free of the "I," free of the ego, is a life free of attachments, desires, fears, and controls.

So, can we, in this life, comprehend death? Can we relate to death as we do with life? Can we comprehend... can we truly comprehend that there is no separation? The Truth about this requires a life free of the ego, a life free of the "I." So, Freedom, Bliss, and Love are present. and there is no control, attachment, fear, or desire in Love. Everything is life when Love is present. There is no one to lose something, because there is no one, there is no other thing. Clearly, we are here touching on something that is beyond ordinary experience, the ordinary knowledge of this mind, in which we were educated to live, conditioned to live. It is the presence of Awakening, it is the Realization of God, the Awareness of Life, the comprehension of death. Okay?

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, precisely on this topic of death. Nara made the following comment and asked: "Master, I lost someone I loved very much, and I feel an immense void. How can I look at this pain without running away from it?"

MG: You ask how to look at this void. There is no separation between this void and you! The idea of looking at this void is the illusion that there is a separation between this void and you. There is an illusion between this pain and you. It's not possible to look at this pain separate from the void. It's not possible to look at this void separate from this pain. You speak of an immense void and want to figure out how to look at this pain. There's no separation between this gaze and this pain, this pain and this immense void. The idea of being able to look at the void to get rid of this pain or to look at this pain to get rid of this void, is an illusion. This is still part of the game of thought itself, creating a separation. When you're sad, there's no you sad. When you're worried, there's no you worried. When you're in pain, there's no you and the pain... The pain is you! The worry is you, the sadness is you. There isn't a separation between this present state and someone present in that state. This is the old game, this is the old trick, this is the old trick of the mind. It separates itself to do something with the experience, it creates this experiencer for that experience. So, it says: "Get rid of the experience and you'll be fine!"

There is no real separation between pain and someone in pain, sadness and someone sad, because there is no such thing as "I" and "non-I." We are faced with a single phenomenon! Therefore, look at the pain, but not from someone's perspective. Simply assume the Reality of this perspective, the pain within pain, don't separate yourself! And you will realize that thought is constructing a story, a story based on memory. This very thought is the thinker itself. This very experience based on memory, which are these remembrances, is the very element that separates itself to resist, to fight, to remain in what should be, in what could have been. This is the game, this is the mind's trick. Thus, this state maintains itself because it is sustained by an element that separates itself to maintain its continuity. The rejection of what is, is for what should be, is for what could have been. It is the presence of thought in the form of this experiencer, this thinker, that feeds this pain and sustains this void. Allow this void, this pain, to be there; don't separate yourself. A deep approach to the experience without the experiencer is the end of experience. One very common thing is the illusion within us-the desire to get rid of something without the awareness that it is there, that it is present. Become aware of the fact, become aware of the experience, of what is present... Do not embrace separation, because it is not real; do not resist this moment, or you will be sustaining this ego-identity, this illusion of someone to free oneself from.

In general, this movement within us, of wanting to free ourselves, is very unconscious. Even when we look, we want to look to free ourselves; and there's the "I," there's the ego. The presence of the vision of the truth of what is here liberates. It liberates because it liberates this state, because it's a state that's rooted in the past, in memory, in thought. The end of thought is the end of this feeling, this emotion, this sensation, because the end of thought is the end of this separation between you and experience, between this thought creating this thinker. To investigate this further, join an online meeting. We need to get closer to the truth about who we are to go beyond this "I," to go beyond this ego.

GC: Master, we have another question, also on the topic of death, where Leonardo makes the following comment and asks: "When I think about my death, I feel anxious, I feel bad. Is there a way to embrace this thought without being dominated by it?"

MG: Pay close attention to what you say. You say, "When I think about my death, I feel bad," and you also ask how to embrace this thought. Observe the presence of fear. Become aware of the presence of fear, and it will become clear that there is no fear without thought. It is when you think about your death, not when the thought is not there, that you feel bad, you feel bad when thought is there. There is no separation between the thought of death and this state you call "a bad state," "a terrible state." It is essential that we comprehend what thought is. The basis for fear is the presence of thought; without thought, there is no fear. You talk about embracing the thought. Is there a separation between this element that will embrace thought and thought itself? Isn't this element that embraces thought the thinker itself? Isn't it the person, isn't it this "me," isn't it this "I" that wants to embrace fear? But is there a separation between this fear and this "I"? Is there a real separation between this thought and this thinker, between this thought and this element that wants to embrace it?

The fact is that the presence of thought is the presence of the thinker. The presence of thought is the presence of fear. So, what is the answer for solving this problem? How to put an end to this problem? Be aware that there is no separation; assume the truth that there is no separation, that there is no one who can embrace this state of unease, this fear. Do not separate yourself, do not seek to free yourself, do not think about embracing. All of this is part of the game of thought itself. It is the foundation, the basis of this state. It is the comprehension of non-separation, of non-division, it is the look without the observer, it is the perceiving without the perceiver, it is being aware without someone, without this "me," without this "I," that puts an end to this state, this fear, this thought.

This contact with death, here, that makes you feel bad... Notice, you are only in contact with thought! It is the idea of death, it is the imagination of death, it is the future for this "I," the presence of fear. But the future, this death, this imagination, is the very presence of the "I." When thought arises, just look, don't react, don't get involved. Then, there will be no one to welcome, no one to fear. When this happens, there is the end of this condition, there is the end of this state, because thought cannot sustain itself in this observation without the observer. The truth about this death that makes you fear is the truth of a thought that projects itself into the future from a thinker, an observer, an experiencer. This is the root of fear, this is the root of this state, this condition, this malaise.

Here we are with you working on this matter of Self-awareness, which is becoming aware of our reactions, without getting involved with them. Then, the sense of "I" ends; this illusion of identity that thinks, feels, and does, ends. Real Life is the Life where Reality is present beyond thought and, therefore, beyond the "I." This is Real Life; and in this Real Life there is no separation between life and death, between someone alive and someone to die, between someone alive and someone dying; because there is no such someone, no such "me," no such "I." So, just observe your reactions and don't get involved. It's not about someone doing something or not doing something. It's precisely about this awareness that we are merely facing a movement, the movement of thought, and when it doesn't receive continuity, because there is no intention, motivation, or interest in doing something with thought, it disappears. Therefore, this is the end of continuity. At that moment, the end for this so-called particular "death" or this particular "life" of this "me," this "I" takes place. Okay?

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is over now. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following along and truly want to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive sessions hosted by Master Gualberto. In these meetings, besides the Master directly answering our questions, something much more powerful and profound happens. Because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, He shares a field of Presence that is pure Power and Grace. And in these sessions, we end up carried by Master's Energy field. And, carried along by the Master, we naturally and spontaneously enter the meditative state, can quiet our minds, and gain insight and comprehension beyond all limitations of intellectual understanding. So, the invitation remains. In the first pinned comment, there is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. And, once again, Master, thank you for the videocast.

July, 2025
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