Joel Goldsmith | Living Between Two Worlds | What an action free from the ego is | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast; Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today, I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith titled "Living Between Two Worlds". In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "The more we spiritualize our thoughts, the more we foster the action of Truth in our consciousness." Well, in this excerpt, Master, Joel Goldsmith talks about the action of Truth. Can you share your vision of what an action free from the ego is?

MG: Gilson, life is about actions happening. Everything we see in life are relations between objects, situations, people, between a person and one's thoughts. So, everything we have seen in life is the presence of relations. Relations happen all the time, and the basic, main element of these relations is actions. In nature, everything is in relation: plants, animals, marine life. the presence of life in the air, on land, in the sea, everything is in relation and actions happening. But here, when we touch on this issue of the human being, we have, for example, what we just mentioned here: person and thoughts are also in relation. But at what level is this relationship happening? At a psychological level! And at this psychological level, this action is the action of continuity, of this sense of separation from life itself.

So, we have a way of living, psychologically, which is a way of life separate from the totality of life. This is where the whole problem of the human being lies. From a psychological viewpoint, we are living in a model of existence centered on the "I," in an egocentric and therefore separatist centralization. Here, your question is about this action free from the ego. This action free from the ego is the action free from this model of relation, where this "I" and the non-"I" are present. We act in life, act in the world, based on a pre-ordained model, predetermined by thought.

So, let's take a closer look at this, because human life is so confusing, disoriented, and our actions are constantly creating confusion, both for ourselves and for others, for the world around us, because our actions are centered on the "I," on the ego. And your question is: "What is this action free from the ego?" An answer to this question requires that we first investigate together, here, the issue of the presence of this quality of action, which is the action we know, which is the quality of relation, which is the relation we have established, that we are establishing with each other, and with the world and with ourselves. Thus, we need, first, before anything else, to become aware that our actions are not free. They are not free because they are born from the past, because they are born from thought.

It is easy to observe this. When you have an idea and put it into action, this action was determined by thought, by the idea you had. At a certain level, in life, the action that is known, the known action, for the purposes and objectives of this dream of existence we have, this quality of action is reasonable. If you work in engineering, you know that everything has to be planned, so you plan beforehand. When you work in engineering, you have to plan everything; but it is the same when you work in science; but it is the same when you work in research, in science. It is the same when you work building, planning, designing in some specific, technical, functional area.

So, we need planning. You have a thought; you have a design and you set out to execute it. Then, we have action at this level. Therefore, from a technical viewpoint, in this dealing with life, knowledge, planning and execution, which is action, occur at this level. But here we have a problem when we touch on this issue of this psychological model of human existence because we are living, psychologically - the existence of this person, of this "me," of this "I" - is living within this format and these actions of this "me," of this "I," of this person, are also coming from a determination, from a pre-determination of a design or program of thought. Our actions, based on this psychological condition, produce confusion.

When you meet someone, you meet that person based on the past you have of them, on the thoughts you have about who they are. This is a mistake! Because every thought you have about them is a memory record that you have about who they were since the last time you met them. And when you meet them, you want to act and you will act based on that past. Notice, this is why, as far as human beings are concerned within their relations, our actions are actions that produce confusion, that produce disorder, that produce conflict and suffering. When you deal with someone based on the idea you have about them, this idea you have is based on the idea you also have about yourself. This idea you have about yourself is an image that you bring from the past, about who you are. And the idea you have about the other person is also an image, a thought about him or her, that you also bring from the past.

The point here, Gilson, is that in our human relations, thought is creating problems, creating confusion. Since you do not recognize the Truth of your Essential Nature because thought does not reach it, has no notion of it, you are mistaking yourself for thoughts you have about who you are. And all your actions, from thought, are actions that arise from this center, which is the "I," which is this self-image. Thus, our actions are egocentric, centered on this self-image. And these actions are conflicting, they are actions aimed at the search for this security that the "I," the ego psychologically seeks and wants to find within its actions, in its relation with life and also with others.

See what an important thing is being said here. As long as our actions are born from this psychological model of being someone, this being someone is the image I have of who "I am." As long as our actions are born from this being someone, from this "me," from this "I," from this self-image, they will be actions that are born from thought, and thought is something that, in us, comes from the past. We cannot attend to life in a Real way at this moment, from a drawing we bring from the past, from a frame we bring from the past. So, I like you based on the image I have of you. The moment you contradict me, I no longer like you.

We live within this pattern of egocentric action, of action centered on the "I," of action centered on the ego. So, this "me," this illusion, which is the illusion of the self-image, is what I have about who I am, and this is what is in relation to life, taking actions in life, in this contact with situations, events and people. Note, all of this happens, Gilson, because we do not know the Truth of That which we are, we identify ourselves with this model of thought. There is no Love in our lives, Freedom in our lives, Truth in our lives, because our actions are egocentric actions that are born from thought, that are born from the past, that are born from this mistake that is the presence of the ego, which is the presence of the "I."

So, you ask what this action free from the ego is. First, you have to become aware of the end of this sense of "I," of the ego. You need to comprehend this movement of the "I," of the ego, present, taking up this space in your life. Then, there is a discarding of this ego, of this "I," of this self-image, of this thought, of this past. Then, this quality of action is revealed, which is the action of Love, of Truth, of Wisdom, which is the action of Intelligence. This is the action free from the ego. But this action expresses itself in a natural way; it cannot be calculated by thought, described by thought, explained by thought. It is something that arises from a new dimension, from a new quality of mind, of heart, of brain. This quality of action is the action of your Being, it is the action of God.

This is what we are working on here with you. In life, we need to discover the quality of action that encompasses the totality of life. For practical, technical and functional affairs in the world, we need thought in action, but for this vision of the totality of life in human relations, in relation with others, with ourselves, the presence of this action cannot be the action of the "I," it needs to be the action of God. And this is what you, in your Natural State, express when the ego is not present. This is our proposal here, for you. We have hundreds of videos delving deeper into all of this, here.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Maria makes the following comment and asks: "Master, I would like to know if the desire I am feeling to seek out volunteer work is from a being who is seeing itself as separate? How can I know if what I should do with my actions is from separation or from the will of life?"

MG: Note, your own question already states that any action you take from this doubt will be an action born out of this state of confusion. So, in your own question it is already clear that this idea is produced by thought. It is a plan, a project produced by thought, it is something coming from the past. There is some level of discomfort there, and that is why you want to take actions, but there is a doubt. And you want to know if these actions are actions of life or actions of the mind. This doubt already demonstrates that what is present is confusion, dissatisfaction and, of course, any action from this state is the action of the "I," is the action of the ego.

You see, it is a very simple question, the answer is already in your own question. The Truth of Real action does not arise from thought. Doubt has arisen, the search for certainty has arisen, the search for security to take action, thought, confusion, some level of contradiction and, therefore, conflict is already present. This is how our actions are born from the "I," born from the ego, born from thought. The Truth of action happens naturally, there is no one within action, there is no plan, no idea. It is not like building a house or building a bridge or learning a language. You decide to learn the language from an idea, from a need to learn that language.

Note, from a technical viewpoint, this quality of action, okay, but there is within us the quality of action that arises from dissatisfaction, from the pain of loneliness, from the existential void, from the search for a purpose in life. Then, the quality of action of the "I," of the ego, is present. And we take this type of action precisely to try to fill that void or find satisfaction, which represents the model of action in the escape from pain, in the escape from some level of suffering. Here we need to discover what it means to look at our reactions, at our current model of thought, which is constructing these images, these mental frames, and placing this within these relations we have with him or her, or with life. Thereby, we will have the discarding of this psychological condition that is the condition of the "I."

Any thought about what to do or not to do is based on doubt and therefore on a state of confusion, purely mental. Comprehending the Truth about oneself is discarding the illusion of this self-image that thinks about acting, that thinks about actions, that thinks about doing. Natural action is action free from the ego. It happens, it emerges, it appears, but there is no self-image, there is nothing to be gained from the quality of action in Joy, in Freedom, with the quality of action in Happiness, which is the action of Love, which is the action of God, which is the action of life itself. Thus, Liberation from the sense of ego, from the sense of "I," is the presence of this quality of action, in a free and natural way. In life, the only thing that matters is to live life free from the ego, so everything happens on this level of relation.

Your state of Being in relation to life is the inclusive presence of life, inclusive of feeling, sensation, perception and also of thought, but we no longer have the presence of the ego, the presence of the "I," only this action of Wisdom, this vision of Truth. And there is no doubt, there is no fear, there is no one to ask. There is no need for any question when action is natural, because there is no longer this questioner, this doubter, this ego. That is why we have invited you to participate in online meetings in addition to these videos. In these online meetings, this begins to make sense in a much deeper way than just watching the videos.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel, who asks the following: "Master, how does the ego arise? What is ego?"

MG: Your question is: "How does the ego arise?" Notice, Gilson, how does the ego arise? The idea is that something is appearing at some point. Here we are faced with a movement of duality, of separation. We can place this or situate this within a position of appearance, but this idea of appearance in time is something that serves little purpose, like having a direct answer pointing to a moment or an instant in which this so-called "ego" arose. Here what interests us is to become aware of what is here, not this idea of when it arose, or how it arose. What matters is to become aware of this sense of separation that is present at this moment in each one of us.

An approach to the Truth about yourself requires observing the movement of the thinker, the experiencer, the observer. And we become aware of this when we perceive that what is being observed is being observed by this "me," by this "I." This is important to investigate! This is the presence of the "I," this is how the "I" arises. So, it is not about the idea of "when." But what is this movement of separation between the observer and the thing observed? What is this movement of separation between thought and the thinker? Between the feeling present and the one who feels? I become aware here and now of these reactions that arise creating this condition and, as this becomes clear, it vanishes. So, it is not about when or how this happens.

Once we have direct contact with this awareness of looking without the observer, that's the end of the ego. Once we become aware of this watching, this listening, this perceiving - which requires the presence of Self-Awareness - we come closer to Meditation. The Truth about you is that in your Real Nature you were never born. The Truth about you is that this sense of "I," of ego, of "me," is just an apparition that arises because of this principle of separation, of duality. But it is an apparition that does not establish itself as being Real, since that which is Real is beyond appearance and disappearance. So, to become aware of your reactions, without placing an element that separates itself to react, to respond out of separation, that is the end of the "I." Then the end of this illusion of "I" is more important, but you cannot become aware of the end of this illusion of "I" unless you become aware of this sense of separation. Thus, the answer to how it arises. It is just this apparition. And the truth of how it ends or vanishes lies in this awareness that What is Real never ceases to be Real.

This is the approach of Meditation. The presence of Meditation is that which is present when there is no meditator, when there is no "I," when there is no "me," no observer. Working on this, assuming this, living this, is the only thing.

GC: Thank you, Master. Our time has come. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching the videocast until the end and really want to delve deeper into these teachings, to have this completely free vision like the Master has, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are online meetings. There are also face-to-face meetings and multi-day retreats. In these meetings, we can delve deeper into this self-investigation because in addition to the Master answering our questions directly, he shares this state of Presence in which he lives. And in this sharing, there is a Power, a Grace and an Energy that greatly help us to self-investigate, to be able to perceive the chattering mind we have.

So, here's the invitation, in the first comment, pinned, there's the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings. Also, please, give a like to the video, subscribe to the channel, and you can leave questions here in the comments, so we can bring them to the next videocasts. And, once again, Master, thank you for the videocast.

February, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The truth of death | How to deal with death? | How to get rid of suffering? | Psychic suffering

Here, the issue with you is whether we can approach life in a different order, with a new quality, in a new form. Until that moment, all our encounters with life, in one way or another, have always involved some kind of suffering. Here we are discussing with you how to have a totally new, completely new approach, to life, to it; and for that we have to investigate the truth about suffering.

When you come, approach and ask how to get rid of suffering, you need to comprehend, first of all, that always in life, as part of life, we have the presence of some level of pain. We can only, in dealing with this pain, put it on a psychological level, internalizing it as part of our particular life, in this format of psychic suffering.

It's very common in this condition - and this is what we're investigating here with you - which is the condition of the "I," of the ego, of this "me," in this contact with life as it happens, to transform all of this into something personal, private. This is how we have given rise to this quality of suffering, which is actually the most atrocious, the most complicated one. I refer to psychicl suffering.

Can we discover life happening moment by moment, even if we have these aspects present such as misfortune, the unexpected, accidents, adversity, the presence, for example, of pain - as in the case of a physical illness - can we discover life, which also includes all these aspects that we consider negative, without turning it into psychic suffering? Here with you, on this channel, we are investigating this.

We have a psychic life; this psychic life that we know, in which the presence of suffering is present when we look at life as it happens - note this - from this psychological condition, which is the condition of the ego, which is the condition of the "I." Here with you we are investigating this, studying this, having an approach where there is this Presence of Intelligence, to have an approach to life in a new and naturally free way, knowing that life as it happens, everything is part of it; not only the happy, light, peaceful moments, but we also have moments, as we've just said, of misfortune, where we have the presence of what we perceive in life outside our control, as in the case of accidents.

You don't get sick because you want to, and the presence of physical illness is accompanied by pain. We don't have control over life, that's an illusion we carry around with us, the idea of being present by being someone - that's the first illusion. Around this illusion we also have the illusion of control. "Since we are someone, we can determine things": that's a belief; it's just a thought we have about freedom, autonomy, the ability to do, to accomplish, to control. When we look at life as it happens, this clear, lucid, intelligent gaze will show you that life is not like that.

So, if we want to discover how to get rid of suffering, how to approach life without this psychic suffering, we need to discover in ourselves a new quality of feeling and thinking about life. This thinking about life, notice, is not thinking based on a proposal linked to deductive, logical, rational thinking, this is not what we here call the Presence of Intelligence.

True Intelligence is the approach to life where this thinking is the thinking of this look at what happens, this ability to deal with what happens without the illusion of someone who sees themselves in control of it. That's why our emphasis here is on discovering what life is, free from the "I," free from that "person," free from the ego, because that's how we can have a legitimate, real, true approach to life.

To situate oneself in life without the illusion of a present identity is to position yourself in life free from this condition of psychic suffering, and this requires the awareness of the Truth about You. To know yourself is to become aware that what we have inside each of us is a conditioned way of feeling and thinking, where we always look at life as it happens from that element that sees itself as separate from it, and which therefore believes it can do things, solve things, control things.

Here we are telling you that life is something that happens, but this element, which is the "I," the "me," this feeling that you have of existing as someone, this is a belief, this is mental conditioning, and this is exactly what is favoring this psychological condition of dealing with life, creating this distortion, having this mistaken vision because we are always using thought, but the thought in us is a limited element, something present in us that comes from the past and doesn't reflect the truth of life as it happens, it can't keep up with the speed of life, the dynamics of life, the mystery of life, since this thought is a structure that comes from the past.

The thought in us works like a photograph; we are in front of something static, frozen. No thought in you deals with the truth of that moment. Every thought in you is an attempt to adjust to the comprehension, the challenge, the mystery, the truth of that moment, but that thought comes from the past, it's something frozen, it's something static. So, it doesn't happen, it doesn't come true.

You cannot have a comprehension of life from thought. You can't have a comprehension of what happens to you from thought. Everything that happens to you happens to you here and now. You mistake yourself for the body, you mistake yourself for this idea of being someone who is present, who understands life, who understands everything that happens, who knows yourself, who has freedom. Notice, this is something entirely false.

You don't know the truth about yourself, and all you have about yourself is information within your own thoughts. All you have about yourself are ideas, beliefs, concepts, these frozen photographs, and it doesn't portray your life, it portrays history, what was, what happened, what is part of the past and the brain was able to record everything that happened to you. This is not the reality of life and yet we are taking it for the reality of life.

Is it possible to get closer to the Truth about life? Now, notice what we're going to put here for you: when people have the pain, the suffering, for example, of the issue of death, and they ask: "How do we deal with death?" Let's put death into a real perspective here, now, within this speech; let's try to do it together here. What is the truth of death? We've been touching on that here on the channel. The subjects you're listening to we have in playlists here on the channel.

The truth of death. You comprehend the truth of death when you learn to deal with death. But note: it's not about physical death. We can, through the various resources we have today within medicine, within medical science, extend our days. Today, human beings live much longer than they did two hundred years ago. The medical sciences are capable of working wonders. It's possible that in a while, because of all these resources - in reality, this will happen - this average age of the human being, this average age of life, is something that will be extended, as it has happened; suddenly, for another fifty years.

Perhaps human beings will live another seventy or eighty years, in addition to the seventy they already have, or eighty. But without a real comprehension of what life is, and this comprehension of what life is is something that only occurs when there is a real comprehension of the truth about death. Death is not what it seems, just as life is not what it seems. Can we eliminate this issue of the end for this psychological condition of ego-identity from our lives? That is the encounter with the end of the "I," the encounter with the end of the ego. If it happens, we have no problem with physical death, with the death of this organism.

This encounter with death is inevitable, perhaps in three years' time, five years' time, fifteen years' time, thirty years' time or fifty years' time, but death is something that happens to everyone. This physical death, we know that it's the end of this experience as the mind knows it, and that's scary, that's terrifying, so there's this fear. Thus, people ask how to deal with the fear of death. The answer to that is by discovering what death is right now, by discovering the truth about death right now.

Can we access this issue right now? That's what we're telling you now, here. Comprehending that means the end of this psychological condition, which is the condition of the "I." We can get in touch with this moment and in that moment allow this encounter with the Truth of Life, which represents this psychological death of this ego-identity, then there will be no fear of physical death, because this is the end of attachments, this is the end of control, this is the end of the illusion of someone who knows, this is the end of the illusion of someone who is doing what they want, what they desire, fearing losing what they have and seeking to accomplish what they haven't yet accomplished in order to be happy.

This encounter with Divine Reality, with the Reality of your Being, is the encounter with Life; this encounter with Life occurs when the awareness of death becomes clear, which represents the end of the past. The whole problem of human beings consists of the illusion that they exist as an entity present in life, being present by possessing things, clinging to them, controlling them, and depending on them. These things can be inanimate, like a house, a car, but they can also be people and animals.

Whatever gives meaning, significance to this sense of "I" present in life is giving this psychological context of the ego the illusion of someone present within the experience, separating themselves from the experience itself by being the experiencer, the central figure of life itself: this is fear, this is psychic suffering, this is emotional disorder. This is how human beings are living. So, what we call life and appreciate so much is the continuity of this psychological condition.

So, what's the point of living for another eighty, ninety years, beyond the age you're already at, if everything you experience in life is based on this illusory center, which clings to it, which sees itself as dependent on it and, therefore, loaded with fear. Thus, can we find out what life is? The answer lies in the comprehension of the truth of death.

The end of the past, the end of attachment, the end of fear, the end of this psychological story, which is the story of the "I," a direct contact with this is the true comprehension of what Life is; a direct contact with this is the Truth of how to deal with death, then there will be no suffering, then there will be no fear. That is because there is no longer the presence of ignorance. We have the truth of a new quality of feeling, as it has already been said, a new quality of thinking about life. It's not someone involved in it, it's not the illusion of an experiencer, who sustains his continuity by trying to dominate, control, possess, and cling to things.

A life free of attachments and fears represents a life free of desires. I refer to those conflicting desires that are always present in this contradiction, which is the psychological condition of the "I," where what we call love is, at the same time, the pain of attachment; what we call pleasure, in these fulfillments of desires, also consists of maintaining fear and, therefore, suffering. To discover the Reality of Life, to assume that Reality is to live a Divine Life, a Life in Love, a Life in Wisdom. Then, the truth about how to deal with death consists of how to fully live life without the past, without this psychological condition, which is the egoic condition, which is the condition of the "I."

That's our proposal here. We have online meetings on weekends. Two days together. I'd like to extend this invitation to you. You can find our WhatsApp link in the description of the video to take part in these online meetings on weekends. Apart from these meetings, we have face-to-face meetings and retreats, where we can go deeper into this with you. Okay? Here's an invitation. Please, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and say in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? And we'll see you!

February, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Human relations | What thought is| Self-Image | Learn about Self-Awareness | Advaita

Here we have a subject to discuss with you, of extreme relevance, of extreme importance for each one of us - it is the issue of human relations. Here the question is: What are these relations based on? Where are they based on? Note that these relations are based on the knowledge we have of each other. When we meet each other, our brain immediately draws a map, paints a picture, and creates a profile of the other person. Then, based on previous knowledge, we meet the same person again. In fact, this encounter is what we call human relations. This encounter with the person is something very interesting; we are not actually meeting the same person. Since the last meeting, the person has changed a lot, but we are still bringing a mental representation of him or her based on a previous experience that we had with him or her.

So, what do we have of someone we meet? A memory, a remembrance, a recollection. Therefore, this mental representation is something that comes from the past. We are not before the person; we are before an image we have of them. Then, we put a mask on them; this is how we function psychologically within our human relations, within our relations with people. You look at someone, you are not with them, you are with the image you have of them and that they have of you. Notice how important this is to be comprehended! Our responses to life, all of them in general, in this contact of relations with the world around us, are in this way. We not only have a mask to put on him or her when we meet him or her, but we also bring a mask with us that we want to represent to him or her in this meeting.

Therefore, our relations are all distorted within this condition. The condition of our relations is exactly this. We are in contact with life as it shows itself at this moment, from this image that carries this mask. What we are investigating here, with you, is the end of this condition. Note that, in this condition of existence, there is a separation. In this separation and, therefore, in this relation with this basis of separation, there is not a true relation. So, we do not know, in reality, what it is to be in a relation with the other, in a relation with life, just as we do not know how to be in this relation with ourselves. When you have a thought about yourself, what you have is a mask to represent you to yourself. Our psychological condition of existence is conflicting because it is based on this format. And what format is this? It is the format of thought.

So, what is thought? Thought is a representation, it is a figure, it is an image, it is a memory, it is a remembrance, it is a mask. To represent the reality of the moment we use this mask, this is thought. See, we hardly pay attention to this truth that is being presented here, that in fact you are not in real contact with life; you are, in fact, representing life from an image, from a mask. This is thought! Thus, we are not in contact with reality; we falsify reality, we nullify reality, because what prevails in us is the psychological condition of identity that thought represents. This is the "I."

You may ask, "But then, what is the Truth about the 'I'? What is the 'I'?" Note, the "I" is nothing but a set of masks, of representations of thought within you about who you are, about who the other is, about what life is. That is the "I." Why is our emphasis here on working directly to eliminate the "I"? Because there is no Truth in the "I," since the "I"' is a set of memories, remembrances, recollections, images, masks, which thought uses. Thought within us is that element that created this entity, that established this entity, that created this "me," this person. That is not the Truth about you, that is the truth of thought about you.

The truth of thought about yourself is that you are someone, you are a person, and your contact with the world from this person is not a real contact, there is not a relation. A relation is the presence of communion, of sharing, of a state free from separation. And that is not what happens when the person is present, when the "I" is there. When you are depressed, it is a mask, it is a mental representation of the person in depression. When you are worried, it is the mental representation, it is a mask of the worried person, which is you. So, there is you and the worry, just as there is you and depression, but we are dealing only with a psychological condition in disorder, in confusion, in suffering, in this separation, where there is this "I" and its mask, this "I" and its thought pattern.

Follow this calmly and see what we are presenting here for you. There are hundreds of videos here on the channel, delving deeper into this with you, demonstrating that life is not like this, Real Life is not like this. This is the life of the person, it is the life of the "I," it is the life that human beings have been living for millennia. You were born to discover something beyond this life common to all, this life common to all is the life centered on thought. Can we discover, in life, the life free of thought? Note, when thought shows itself needed, when it presents itself necessary, OK! But when it doesn't show itself, when it isn't necessary, what is this psychological condition of disorder, in which we find ourselves, for? Why is this present?

We do need thought to use speech, knowledge and practical life experience, we need thought. Thought builds, for example, a mechanism, an electronic device and it maintains this electronic device. All of this is the result of knowledge, experience, the presence of thought; at this level, thought is needed. Thought designs a garment, developed techniques for cutting, sewing, and composing that piece, that garment, so at this level thought is needed. When we look at the world, we notice the presence of thought and, in fact, where it is necessary. To drive a car you must have knowledge, experience, thought is necessary, to use speech, to understand a speech, knowledge of the language is the presence of thought, that is necessary.

But why is thought also present, constructing internal states in us, establishing pictures, images, masks, creating all kinds of confusion and disorder, for example, in our relations? When I look at you through the past, which is thought, I am not in contact with you, but with a representation of what thought is establishing. This is conflict, this is disorder, this is suffering. This explains why I like some people and dislike other people; people I like are the ones of whom I cultivate a pleasant image for myself. You see, it has nothing to do with the person; it has to do with a projection of the very center, of this very "me," of this very "I," of this movement around which life seems to be happening, which is the center, this "me," this person, this person who is a mask that I have about who "I am," a mental representation of "myself."

When I like you, I'm actually projecting my liking onto you; when I don't like you, I'm projecting my disliking onto you. So, there is no real relation, no real contact, no presence of true communion, or free sharing. All this activity of this "me," of this mask, of this center, is an egocentric activity. What we are seeing here, together, is the end of this condition. So, it becomes possible, in this life, to see life without this self-image, without this mask, without this model of thought, therefore, the use of thought for practical purposes in life, objectives in life, technical purposes in life. Alright?

Can we eliminate this psychological condition of thought in these human relations? Because we have just perceived that, here, this is creating problems. My relation with the world around me, based on this pattern, is producing confusion, disorder and suffering for this "me" and for the other. Discovering life as it happens without this "me," without this center, without this "I," without this mask, without this self-image, this is the Awakening of Consciousness, it is the Spiritual Awakening, it is the vision of life without the "I." Here we are showing you that life, in it, there is great beauty, a tremendous Reality, the expression of a perfume and something beyond anything that thought can describe. The awareness of life is this: to assume this awareness is, in this life, to realize your Natural State, which is Love, Wisdom, Freedom, and Happiness.

Here, together, this is what we are working on with you. This requires the presence of this gaze upon ourselves; learning about this is learning about Self-Awareness. Discovering how you function is discarding the illusion of what thought has established as being you. So, what is thought? Thought is that movement coming from the past, it is this psychological condition that is creating disorder within each one of us, at this level. Living life at this moment, without keeping the past of him or her, without keeping a self-image of yourself, a mask to give an answer to this moment, in this relation with the other, without this psychological background, is the vision of Divine life, it is the vision of God's life, of life without the "I."

So, what is this Spiritual Awakening, what is this Spiritual Enlightenment, what is this awareness of God, what is this life without the "I"? It is the life that blossoms from Self-Awareness. The Beauty of an encounter with the Truth of your Being is the encounter with Meditation. There is no separation between Meditation and you in your Real nature, which is the nature of God, which is the nature of the other, which is the nature of life. Then, the meaning of being is Being. There is no one in it, there is a Reality present. The ancient sages in India called it Being - Consciousness - Bliss. Here it is about this Divine and Real Consciousness, not this consciousness as we know it. Here it is about this Being, not this psychophysical being involved in this model of imagination of thought as we know it, it is about this Real Happiness, not what thought has projected as an ideal or purpose of happiness.

Embracing this Reality, living this Reality, enjoying this Reality, is what we work on here, propose here for you. Here, in these meetings on Saturdays and Sundays - we have two days together - in the video description there is our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. We are working on this with you. So, here is an invitation: if what you've just heard makes any sense to you, here is this invitation. Go ahead, leave your "like," subscribe to the channel, and please, write a comment here: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we will see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

February, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Human relations | Self-image psychology | Learning about Self-Awareness | Self-inquiry

Here in these meetings we are at this learning about Self-Awareness. In general, we learn everything in life, everything we know we learn one day. So, this approach to Divine Truth, to God's Truth, also requires learning.

When you are born, you appear in this scenario, you have no awareness of things, of how things happen, so you go through a learning process, and you end up having to learn - learn about everything. Brushing your teeth is something you learn, as is chewing, walking, and everything else. So, this awareness of God's Truth is no different. We need to become aware of this Truth.

Here, the difference is that we are faced with a new way of learning, this learning about ourselves, this learning about how we function internally, psychologically, emotionally, sentimentally, at the level of perception, memory responses, remembrance, how we function. What brings us closer to the vision of God is the awareness of who we are, and not what some, in thought, formulate and believe.

We have, for example, this "how to find God." Notice, it is a question that people ask, but it is not yet clear to them that it is not something to be found, but rather a Reality that is beyond anything that thought can formulate, idealize, imagine, search for and find. God is a Reality that reveals itself when you know yourself, when you know the Truth about yourself.

See, we have two aspects here. The first is this aspect of representation of existence, of life that we have exactly right now, from this background of conditioned mind we have. So, this is an aspect of the present truth to be investigated. We have a conditioned mind, a conditioned brain, and therefore a behavior, which is the behavior of this "person," of this "I," in this way.

So here, the investigation of the truth about who you are in this aspect, in the aspect of the "I," of this "me," of this "person." The comprehension of this, the real direct vision of this is the possibility of Liberation from this condition, from this psychological condition of conditioned mind, of conditioned brain. Thus, we need something here: we need self-inquiry. Then, what is self-inquiry? It is by observing our reactions, it is becoming aware of this truth that we present ourselves to be within this context of society, of human values, of human existence.

So, this is the first aspect of truth to be investigated for the revelation of the Reality of That which is beyond this person, this "I," this "me," this condition of conditioned mind, of conditioned brain; it is when the Truth of your Being, the Truth of God, is revealed. Before this, all we have is a life where our human relations are confused, disoriented, problematic, stuck in this model, which is the model of thought, where we are living within the limitations of a program established within the context of human culture for millennia.

We are possessive, for example, in our relations. The truth about our relations, which are these human relationships, involves the issue of attachment. Attachment feeds possession in us, the presence of the fear of losing, of not controlling, of not sustaining, this is because with possession, due to attachment, we have various forms of dependence on the other: emotional, physical, sexual, and financial. So, the internal condition of life for each of us in this model of the "I" is one of suffering.

When people complain or whine about internal states of anxiety, depression, anguish, worry, envy, there is a pain present in looking at what others have and not being able to have; this is the pain of envy, when one has the desire to have and cannot have. So, within this society, this model of the world, we have been programmed within a culture of ambition, envy, and imitation.

So, pain is present in many aspects of our lives, and we don't know how to deal with any of it, because we don't know anything about observing our reactions, we don't know anything about self-inquiry. It is self-inquiry that brings us closer to learning about ourselves; and it is when we learn about ourselves that we can discard this illusion, which is the illusion of this egoic identity, which is the identity of the "I."

Here, with you, we are approaching this new way of looking at others, a way of looking free from thought. Notice the beauty of this. All our relations with people are what we have called relationships. So, in these human relations, a way of looking at others is established based on thought: the thought that I have about who he or she is. See, it is the thought that I have, it is not the truth about him or her, and this is the way we have established our human relations. That is why there is so much contradiction in the sense that we say one thing and feel something else.

For example, when I say "I love you," what is really behind this "I love you" is "I need you," "I depend on you," "I need to be accepted by you," "like me," "appreciate me," "without you I will suffer." In other words, we are living in an internal state of contradiction. When I say "I love you," what I don't really mean is fear, emotional dependence, and suffering. All of this is due to this condition of a conditioned mind, a conditioned brain, and a life of the "I."

Here, on this channel, these videos all revolve around the importance of ending this psychological condition of conditioned mind, of egoic identity, for the Revelation of That which is beyond all of this. See, beyond all of this and yet present. But we do not have access to That, because we lack an approximation of the truth about who we are or about what we are because we demonstrate ourselves to be, because we seem to be, because we show ourselves to be.

A true approach to life is an approach to oneself. There is no separation between you and life. We do not live separately from life, there is no separation between you and life, but here we also have two aspects. The first aspect is this known aspect, "I and life." This life, from which this "I" is not separate, is the life of this self-centeredness, is the egoic life. All the confusion present in the world is the confusion present in me.

There is no separation between this "me" and the other, between this "me" and life. This "me" suffers, the world suffers. There is in this "me," in this "I," need and in the world too, anguish and in the world too, jealousy and in the world too, envy and in the world too, the search for acceptance and in the world too. There is no separation between the world and this "me," this is an aspect of this egoic identity. Society is not an idea, it is not a concept, it is not an imagination, society is the expression of this "me."

What is this "I?" This "I" is confusion, disorder, suffering, fear, and this is present in society, this is present in the world, this is present in us. So, when we use the expression "we" here, we refer to this "I." When we use the expression "world" here, we refer to this society, which is this "we," which is this "I": there is no distance, there is no separation.

Here we are, with you, investigating all of this, delving deeper, exploring these issues, which are issues of psychological nature. We do not pay attention to this vision of life, because we are, superficially, attending to these whims of the ego, these whims of the "I," giving an answer to the world, to society, to the other, to this "we," to this "I" based on a model that is already pre-established, predetermined by the conditioning of human culture, where all types of expressions of ignorance are established in this dream of the world, of existence, of society.

Because of this ignorance, this alienation from the Truth, human beings have been suffering for millennia. And we have just seen this here: this human being is this "I." Can we break with this? Can we go beyond this aspect, which is the aspect of this "I and life," to the Real Life, where we do not have the presence of this "I," where we have the Reality of your Being, which is the Reality of God?

Notice, the Reality of your Being is not something that is within the context of the world, of society, of this "we," of this "I." The Reality of your Being is something that is beyond everything that thought knows and recognizes within the context of life. See how important it is here for us to have a real approach to all this. So, this "how to find God" requires the absence of this illusion of the "I," since the "I" is within this context of the world and the Divine Reality is beyond this condition.

And, notice, here when we speak of the world, society, "we," "I," we are only speaking of the psychological aspect, something that thought has established as being real within life, but which is also not real. Note, this is the end of this dream, this illusion of the world, of society, of this "we," of this "I"; this is the end of this structure of suffering, of confusion, of disorder that thought has established as being real.

To put it another way: this awareness of the Reality of God cannot be found, but it is something that reveals itself when you awaken, when you awaken from this dream, from this psychological condition of conditioned mind, conditioned brain, life of the "I," egoic consciousness, consciousness of the "I." It is essential that we have a real approach to life, something that becomes possible when you learn about yourself.

What is this learning about Self-Awareness? We have a playlist here on the channel that goes deeper into this with you. Becoming aware of the truth about this "I" is the end of it. The truth about this "person" is the end of this illusion that there is a person in life. What we have, in reality, is Life, but it is Life without the "I," it is the Life of God, it is the Life of Truth.

These statements we make here on the channel require further study, which is why all these subjects are included in these talks, in playlists. The end of this psychological condition of the "I" is the end of this self-image, which is the image that thought has established as being the truth about the "person," about this "me," living life, this particular illusory life.

So, this subject of self-image is well-known in psychology. It has already become clear to most people, at least in theory, what we are saying here, that this "I" is nothing other than a self-image created by this thought, by this model of thought that society, the world, this "we," this "I" has established, but we are faced with an illusion. There is a Reality present and the vision of this Reality is Love, it is Happiness, it is the vision of God.

Then, to the question "how to find God": you cannot find Him. It is with the end of this "I," this illusion of this "me," this "you" that this Reality shows itself, that this Reality Reveals itself. This is what we are working on here with you, the end of this so-called spiritual search, the end of this quest. Here we are dealing with the awareness of your Being Revealing itself here and now. On Saturdays and Sundays we will be together in online meetings here. You can find the link to participate in these meetings in the video description. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Please give your "like," subscribe to the channel and leave here in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we will see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

January, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Human relations. Self-image, psychology. Learning about Self-Awareness. Psychic suffering.

I want to touch on this issue of relationships with you here. When we talk about human relations, we are basically talking about relationships. There is something very interesting here, in this issue of relationships. Note, a relationship is quite possible when there is real contact, real communion. In reality, the presence of Love is what determines the truth of a relationship. Now, look at this condition in which we, as human beings, find ourselves within relations, these human relations, and answer me: is this exactly what we find? You see, what we actually find in these human relations is not the truth of relation. The presence of relation is a contact, it is a contact of the heart, it is a contact of the mind, it is a contact of feelings, of emotions, it is a contact on all levels. A real contact, where we have the presence of communion, we have the presence of a true relation. And that is not what happens. We do not have a real relation with the world around us, with people around us. With the world around us, it is the relation with objects, with situations, with events; with people is what we call a "relationship," but we are unaware of it.

Here, with you, we are working on this issue of the beauty of this encounter with the Truth of the relation. It is something that becomes possible when we have the presence of Truth in this contact, and we are unaware of this. What is the Truth that should be present and yet is not present within this relation, within these human relationships, within these human relations? The Truth is the Divine Truth. Here we are, with you, showing you that, yes, in life it is possible to discover a contact with him or her, with people around you. A contact free from all this activity of the "I," from all this pattern of egocentric behavior, which, when present, separates us, divides us. This division creates problems, this division creates confusion, creates disorder. And why does this happen? Because what is present in these encounters, in these contacts, is the presence of an element that should not be occupying a certain place and yet it is there. I refer to the presence of thought.

Notice that when you are in contact, at a certain level in this contact with him or her, thought becomes needed. When, for example, we talk, we have to use words, so we have the presence of thought. We then have an intellectual activity involved in this conversation. Note, at this level we have the presence of thought, something very simple and natural, and yet, this conversation can have the inclination of the continuity of this sense of "I," of the ego, of this element in us that comes from the past, seeking to superimpose on something as simple as a dialogue power, pride, presumption, vanity, the exercise of control over the other. So, we have the sense of "I," of the ego, present in this conversation, in this dialogue, and if this is present, there is no longer this contact of real relation, of real encounter, of real communion. And this is how, in general, we have established our relationship lives: we are constantly in contact with the other, with life, imposing our desires, motives, reasons. Something purely egocentric.

Here, with you, we are investigating what a Real life means, therefore, a Divine life, where we have the presence of Real Intelligence, which is the Intelligence of God, to deal with others. We cannot deal with others based on thought. Note that this is exactly what we have been doing in these contacts, we are placing thought element as the most important element in our relations. The most important element in the relation is the presence of complicity, it is the presence of Intelligence, it is the presence of Love. However, we are unaware of this because we are living in the ego, living in the "I." We are living within a sense of self-centeredness and, therefore, of isolationism, something purely egocentric. My contact with you is a contact based on thought.

See, we are here investigating the truth about who we are; this is what makes us perceive this behavior present in each one of us, which has as its principle this model of activity pattern, an activity that generates conflict, that generates contradiction, that generates suffering, an activity that is born from the thinker, from this element that is this "me", this "I." To realize this, to become aware of this, is to work towards the end of this condition so that, in fact, there can be between us, as human beings, something beyond the relation between people. What are these relations between people? They are relations that are based on thought, it is the thought that "I" have about you and it is the thought that you have about "me." The thought that "I have" about "me," notice, is an image that thought itself has constructed about who I am. The thought that you have about yourself is an image that thought has constructed about who you are. We do not know the importance of the contact of communion, of the contact of Love, and here the question arises: How does this become possible? And what is this contact, in fact? Since our contact is a contact in separation, in division, in conflict; since our contact is a contact that is based on thought. Thought is the element, in you, of error.

So, here we have the possibility of contact with the other based on this possible communion and Love, when we have the presence of Silence, of a mind free from all this background, from all this pattern of egocentric behavior; or we have this behavior. This behavior is the behavior that arises from this thought that comes from the past. When "I" come into contact with you, "my" contact with you has as its principle all the memory that "I" bring about who you are. But this memory, note, about who you are, is something that the thought in "me" imagines about you. Thus, everything that I went through with you, experienced with you in the last two days, in the last two years, in the last twenty years, is what is present at this moment when I meet you. So, what I am doing is just projecting an image that I have about you in this relation, in this relationship. Then, there is no true relation, and this relationship is the relationship between images. This is because you do the same in this meeting with me.

It is very common a mistaken contact within relationships, because there are some things that "I" like about you and others that "I" don't like about you. The things that "I" like about you are the things that "I" appreciate based on my personal, particular sense of liking. See, this has nothing to do with you, it has to do with how "I" get in touch with you based on the vision that "I" have, that "I" expect, that "I" await, that "I" desire about you, and vice-versa. Note, this subject here is the subject of self-image. In psychology, this has already been discussed. However, we remain in a very superficial sphere when we theorize about this, without a real comprehension of what it means, of the implications present in this psychological condition of existing as someone, as being this self-image. Can we discover life happening in this moment, in this relationship, within a true relation where this contact is the simple contact where we have this Communion and this Love present? Because, notice, unless this is present, we as human beings will continue not only to suffer, but to give continuity to all of this. Thus, we will only be maintaining this old condition in which, as human beings, we have been living for tens, hundreds, thousands of years.

Contact with life is contact with Love. We do not know what Love is; what we know is self-interest, self-centeredness, isolated life. The husband is interested in his own things, the wife is interested in her own things. So, they meet - the husband meets with the wife, the wife meets the husband - but each one is living in one's own particular egocentric world, in this isolationism and personal self-interest. Then, this contact is not the contact of Love, it is not the contact of communion. We live making arrangements, adjustments, because of the mutual interests we have. As long as these interests are sufficiently attended within this relationship, this relation continues. When there is a divergence - and this is very clear to the point of a somewhat violent, aggressive contradiction - separation occurs. So, we do not know the Truth about Love. Love is that which is present when we have the presence of Silence, and it is in this Reality of Silence that the Truth of a relation is where Love is present.

So, in life, we need to go beyond this psychological condition of isolationism in the "I," in the ego. If this is present, as human beings we are in psychological suffering. Note how important it is to investigate this: if you are suffering psychologically, if you carry some level of psychological suffering, anxiety, depression, anguish, stress, nervousness, fear. What we have present is a confused, psychological state, in disorder, we do not have the presence of Love. Then, human beings relate to each other living in states of this type, and these relations are not real relations, because what is present is the model of thought, of this thought of the "I," of this egoic consciousness, of this egocentric consciousness. We have dealt with all of this here, on this channel. We have hundreds of videos delving into these subjects here, with you.

So, becoming aware of the reality about yourself is eliminating this psychic suffering. This is possible when you learn about Self-Awareness. What is this learning about Self-Awareness? It is discovering what it is to look at your reactions, and when you learn to look at all of this, it vanishes. Then, we have the end of fear, the end of anxiety, depression, anguish, worry, envy, we have the end of stress. Thus, we have, at this moment, a new state of presence, of consciousness here, not this old consciousness of the "I," not this state of egocentric isolationism, where we are living based on thoughts, sustaining images of people, sustaining images about ourselves. All of this is part of the movement of the "I," of the ego. The elimination of this is possible in this learning about Self-Awareness, in this learning about ourselves.

We have a playlist here on the channel about learning about Self-Awareness, about this issue of psychic suffering, about what is the truth of this self-image, which this sense of "I" sustains. The elimination of this is the beginning of something new, it is the presence of God, it is the presence of your Being. It is when we truly know the beauty of relations. It is the Truth of a Divine relation, it is the Truth of a relation of God, it is the presence of your Being, it is the presence of Truth. So, we can have direct, simple contact, without this involvement of the sense of ego - as was mentioned at the beginning of the speech - for example, within a conversation. A free mind requires a quiet brain, where we have the presence of this Silence, and something present within this vision, in this contact with him or her, which is the absence of self-image.

Looking at the world without thought, dealing with others without thought. I refer to this conditioned thinking, this thinking that sustains, in its self-interest, this egocentric isolationism. Contact with the Reality of life is contact with Wisdom, it is contact with Truth, it is contact with God. This is communion with him or her; however, this is something that is present only when the sense of "I" is not there. These meetings here on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, are for this purpose. Here is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings on weekends, where we spend two days together delving deeper into this. In addition to these online meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. Therefore, if this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Go ahead and leave your "like," subscribe to the channel and please, write a comment here: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we will see each other! Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

January, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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