Here, in these meetings, when we learn to listen, in this listening there is naturally no resistance; and in this listening, we will see that in this state of listening, a transformation happens, something that occurs within ourselves. And it is important that it is said: It is not something that you do by your effort, from your part, but it is something that occurs in a natural manner.
Thus, we need, here, to learn to listen in attention, or that is, without any resistance, without the need to agree with what we are hearing or to disagree with it. This gives us this learning about ourselves, when we learn to hear him or her saying something, when we learn to hear our own thoughts, when we learn to hear life happening.
Learning about Self-awareness is the most important thing in life. In general, we do not really listen, since we always have a certain intention, a certain motive, a certain purpose, and this denotes the presence of effort. The presence of effort makes us tense and incapable of this understanding. The understanding is the revelation of that which is present here, and this does not depend on an act of the "I" itself. Notice the importance of this.
To understand a thing it is necessary to listen without effort, without resistance, any inclination, opinion, or judgment, and this is not something simple; in truth, it is very difficult, because our habit, our psychological model is different. And if we do not learn to listen, we will not have this learning about ourselves.
Our problem is not on how to do this change, this contact with the Reality of Life. Who will make this contact? In what form could I do this? This is not the question. When we know to listen, without any resistance, something happens. It is interesting expressions like "the energy of God"; when people use this expression, they refer to something that, in fact, they do not know, but they affirm it based on beliefs, concepts, ideas. They affirm it based on intellectual conclusions that they have, that they bring.
Here we are inviting you to discover what it is to listen to life happening, then you will know what is this Reality emerging, appearing, blossoming here, in this moment; I refer to this Divine Reality. Expressions like "the energy of God," or "the Reality of God," or "the Truth of God," this stays only in the field of ideas. Here we need to have a real contact with the Truth, a real contact with this Reality, a real contact with That which is present here.
Thus, we do not need ideas, of concepts or beliefs; in truth, this change or transformation, in this contact with this Truth, with this Reality, with That which is Supreme, whether we call this Divine Energy, Reality of God or Supreme Truth, this is something that happens independently of any act of ours, personal, that is, conscious. In truth, this change cannot occur within this consciousness of the "I" by the will of the "I."
The contact with this change, with this transformation, with this Reality is the end of this psychological condition of the "I," the end of this model of personal consciousness, something new here is present. So, here the question is: How does this become possible? How can we go through this transformation, through this change, regardless of any reason, motive or intention of ours? This is the question. The answer for this is very simple: to discover directly what it is to look, to listen, to perceive, without getting involved.
Notice, the answer is basic, it is simple, but the understanding of this answer is something that requires from each one of us something beyond the will, the desire or this wanting. It is not enough to want, to have will or to desire, we need to have a real contact with this moment, with this instant, without interfering with it, so that there is an understanding. So, yes, it becomes possible to understand this in a direct way.
Thus, our attitude needs to be new, an attentive attitude in this hearing, in this listening, in this observing that which happens inside each one of us and also externally. Our emphasis here consists in this discovery, in the discovery of this learning how the mind happens, how it functions, how it processes itself in us.
At first, your way of looking at the experience is from evaluations, comparisons, acceptances and rejections. It is this that we need here to unlearn when we are dealing with the internal movement of this consciousness of the "I." This psychological movement in us, in this conditioning, in this conditioned mind, prisoner of this pattern, is to do this. We are constantly evaluating, comparing, accepting, rejecting from criteria of the past, from ideas, and these ideas are born from these memories.
These psychological memories in us are the presence of that which has not been concluded, completed. If you are sad at me, it is because you are offended, hurt, upset; this is present in me, this is present in you. I am constantly creating disagreements for you, annoyances for you, it is a habit. It is the model of being someone that I have. In turn, you have your model of being someone, which is to get hurt, sad, bothered, angry at me. It is thus that our relations happen. These relations are not real.
There is no contact, there is no communion, there is no real communication between us. We stay each one behind a wall, living in one's isolationism and having these contacts centered in the very "I," in the very "ego": so are our relations with people. And this prevents us from having contact with Life without conflict, without suffering, without disorder. We are confused human creatures, disoriented, loaded with desires and fears. This is the movement of this "I," of this "ego."
Therefore, this transformation is fundamental in our lives. This is the contact with this Divine Energy, with this Energy of God, with this presence of Life. Therefore, how to find God? Abandoning the illusion of this ego-identity, abandoning this pattern of behavior centered in these memories that did not conclude.
When I have a contact with you without the image, without the remembrance, without this psychological memory of what you represent to me and of what I believe to represent to you, in this instant we have a contact with the moment without the past. Can we allow ourselves life without these psychological memories that do not conclude?
I look at you from the past, you look at me from the past. I look at myself from the past, I live in high self-esteem, I live in low self-esteem. It is the way that thought configures the image that I constructed about myself, it is the way that thought configures the image that I constructed about you that sustains this level of relationship, where it is present this quality of memory, which is the memory that did not conclude, which is the memory that justifies the presence of this "me," of this "I," of this "ego."
Can we assume life without this quality of memory? This is the question. Can we deal with the other without the idea of this me? To deal with the other without the image that this "me," that "I" have of him or her. It is from this transformation that we are speaking here. This is your contact with Life; this contact with Life, without the "I," is the Revelation of this encounter with God.
Thus, how to find God? The question is this; the answer is basically: Free yourself from the "I," free yourself from the "ego," free yourself from the idea of the model of thought, of conditioned thought, of psychological thought, of thought that is basically registers of the past within relations. Look at him or her without the past, which requires living this moment allowing each moment, this instant to conclude. This is the death of psychological memory. The memory of the "I" is the continuity of this sort of relation where conflict is established, sustains itself.
Thus, we free ourselves from the illusion of the "I" when, at each moment, we allow thought to conclude. Then, there is no more this continuity, which is the continuity of this pattern of recognition in the future of that which thought is bringing from the past. This is the end of time, when we allow that, at each moment and at each instant, thought to conclude.
When we are attentive to our reactions, in this observing how the mind functions, in this looking without separation between this "I" and the "not I," which is thought and the thinker, when we bring this Attention to this instant, thought loses this relevance for this identity, which is the "I," then it does not establish itself as a psychological memory, as a recollection, as a register in us, in this mind and in this brain.
When there is no more the register, because there is not this psychological memory, there is no more continuity in this time. Thus, your contact with the moment, be with him or her, be with life, is no more the contact of someone that is coming from the past. There is no more this someone. This requires that you discover what it means to die for each instant, for each moment, from the psychological point of view.
When we do not cultivate the continuity of this image, of this self-image, of this person, of this "me," Life assumes this space as it is. Until this given moment, what we have done in this inattention, in this absence of the awareness of Being-this is where the presence of Meditation comes in-what we have done, what we are doing is maintaining the continuity of this movement, which is the movement of psychological thought, which are these good and bad remembrances that I have of him or her.
But when you discover the truth of Meditation... What is Meditation? What is the Reality that reveals itself here when Meditation is present? Meditation, what is it? It is the presence of this awareness of Being, without this psychological background, without this model of memory, of registers of the past. To look at this instant, this moment, without conclusions, beliefs and evaluations of that which reveals itself here and now is to face what is here without the idea of what should this be, or this would have been.
We leave aside the ideal, the belief, the opinion, the judgment, the particular evaluation of thought, we abandon completely this to stay with Life, with the instant, with the moment, with that which is present here. This requires a free mind. Thus, the presence of Meditation is not someone in a certain practice of meditation or in an exercise of meditation, or whatever you consider as meditation. Meditation is simply Being, it is to look at that which is present without idea, evaluation, concept or belief.
Whether it is the presence of a thought, of a feeling, of an emotion, or the presence of him or her, or of something occurring in life, when we do not place this sensor, this "me," this "I," this element that comes from the past and that, by thoughts, conclusions, opinions and beliefs, interprets and makes conclusions, we are before the moment, without the "I," without this "me." It is when the mind and the brain quiet themselves. There is a quality of perception, of looking, of verifying the moment without this background, without this structure, without this base of egoic conditioning, of psychological conditioning. This is the presence of Meditation. When it is present, that which reveals itself here and now is the Reality of God.
Therefore, how to find God? Assuming the Reality of the moment without the idea of the "I." This is your encounter with Life, this is your encounter with God, this is your encounter with the Reality of this Being. It is not someone having this encounter; it is this Being, Life and God Revealing themselves. This requires the presence of this learning about Self-awareness, this requires the presence of the Truth of that which here I have called Real Meditation experientially, that is, moment to moment.
When we have the end of the "I," the end of the ego, the end of this movement that comes from the past, we encounter Life, we encounter the Reality of Being; and if This is present, Happiness is present, Love is present, Wisdom is present. This is the Real Realization.
It is in this that we are here, with you, working on. We have two days, Saturday and Sunday, online. So, Saturday and Sunday we are together. I want to leave here an invitation for you: You have here, in the video description, our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings on weekends. In addition to these online meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard is something that makes some sense to you, here is the invitation. Leave your "like", subscribe to the channel and put here in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense." Okay? And we see each other. Thanks for the meeting and until next time!