Joel Goldsmith | A Parenthesis in Eternity | What is psychic suffering? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast, again with Master Gualberto here with us. Gratitude, Master, for your presence. Today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "A Parenthesis in Eternity." In one passage of this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "No man can take your peace after you have discovered the inner world." Well, in this passage Joel speaks of this peace of this inner world. Within this subject, Master, can you share your vision about what psychic suffering is?

MG: Gilson, when we ask this, "What is psychic suffering?", what do we actually expect? A definition? Or do we actually need a direct vision of what this represents? You can consult a book, you can listen to a talk, you can go to a specialist, you can look for someone to help you understand intellectually, or in some other way, what psychic suffering means and yet continue trapped within this format of ignorance.

Therefore, the answer to this question requires a direct vision, a real comprehension, a true perception about this. Something that a book cannot give us, that a lecture cannot give us, that a specialist, however clever he may be, cannot give us. In fact, it is a real contact that is the end to this ignorance, to this condition, to this internal position. That is the answer. It is this contact with reality that is the real comprehension of suffering. In this comprehension, this pain ends.

We carry in us everything that is present in the human being. The discovery is here, possible; the revelation is here, as a possibility for each one of us, when we learn to look, when we learn to listen to ourselves, because we are the entire history of humanity. Psychologically, we carry everything that is present in the other; everything that is present in humanity is something present in each one of us. This is our consciousness, the consciousness of the person. This consciousness of the 'I' is human consciousness.

Therefore, your contact with anxiety, with fear, anguish, worries, the pain of loneliness, the despair of insecurity... of all the various forms of fears, all the conflicts present in our mind and in our heart are part of this psychological structure within the context of this human mind. This is psychic suffering! But this is the verbal aspect, in words... They are mere theories! All this quality of expression, of definition, we can find it in talks, in books, in the dictionary itself, but none of this resolves anything. Unless you learn to listen, to observe your own reactions-here is the true revelation, here is the true teaching, the true talk, the true book; the book to be read, the talk to be listened to, the specialist to be understood.

This consists of a comprehension about you. Having the Truth about you is not something that someone can give you, can assure you, explain to you, give you the information, give you knowledge. We have insisted here, with you, on the importance of understanding oneself, on the value of Self-awareness. It is this that brings you closer to something beyond the mind, beyond the "I," beyond the ego. This ego is this human consciousness that has problems, that carries this psychic suffering and does not know what to do with it. We want to free ourselves from pain without the comprehension of pain, we want to free ourselves from suffering without the comprehension of suffering, of sadness, of anguish, of fear.

We do not investigate the nature of this, where our fears are grounded and founded, our conflicts, contradictions, the internal disorders we carry. We do not investigate this foundation, we do not comprehend this, and we want to free ourselves, as if there were someone to free themselves. This is the mistake! What we are insisting on here, with you, is this direct Truth that is hidden from most of us: the Truth present under the "I," under the "me." It is the ego that is the presence of conflict, it is the ego that is the presence of psychic suffering. There is no ego and suffering; the ego is suffering! There is no ego and fear; the ego is fear! Without the presence of the ego, there is no fear. You cannot be afraid of something if this "something" does not appear to you in thought. If this "something" does not appear to you in thought, it remains nonexistent for you.

Thus, the sense of the 'I' lives from that which it sees, from that which it witnesses on the outside, externally. Thus, it lives its fear, it lives its anguish, its worries, its dilemmas, conflicts and problems. There is no separation between you and fear, between you and conflict, between you and the dilemma. The presence of the dilemma requires you present; the presence of conflict requires you in conflict; and fear, the presence of someone. There is no such thing as a separation. And how can we become aware of this? By listening, by hearing!

It is not someone listening to the person; there is only the listening; in this listening this principle of separation is revealed between the person and his conflict, between the person and his fear, between the person and his dramas. This requires looking, looking and listening-listening is looking! It is these reactions that arise at each moment, in the context of relationships with the other, with life and with ourselves. It is here that the thing is, it is here that the secret is, it is here that lies the possibility of comprehension for the end of psychic suffering. It is here that lies the comprehension for the end of the 'I,' for the end of the ego. If the ego is not present, this person, this "I" is not. The "I" is the ego, the ego is the person, and if it is not present, there is no fear, there is no anguish, there is no psychic suffering.

Thus, the comprehension of suffering is the end to suffering; it is not theory. People have immersed themselves in books, studying for many years. They study sociology, philosophy, psychology, theology... This stays at the level of intellect; only intellectually do we acquire an education. However, this does not resolve! The foundation of our intellect is conditioning; it is the formation of a structure of learned knowledge. That which is learned, which is reserved as information that we bring, that we have, is something within a conditioning.

Conditioning is the acquired knowledge, which allows you to act from this background-this is conditioning. It is not the conditioning that we need... Putting it another way, it is not conditioning nor experience. What we actually need is awareness, and awareness is comprehension, and comprehension is here and now. This "comprehending" is born in this instant and disappears in this instant. It is not comprehension for someone to comprehend; it is the comprehension! And comprehension is present when this mechanics of registration, which gives foundation to this center that is the "I," the ego, the person, is no longer present.

It is this that we have insisted on here, with you: discover the Reality of this Being, go beyond the 'I,' go beyond the ego. Become aware from this observing, from this listening. This requires the presence of Self-awareness, this requires the presence of Meditation.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel who made the following comment: "Master, I live in constant anxiety and worry about the future. How do I stop living worrying about the future?"

MG: Your question is "How to free yourself from the future, because of worries?" Comprehend the Truth of thought; have that very clear, there, the awareness of what thinking is, of how thought is established, of how it happens there, and you will be free from "someone" present who is occupied with the future. Your occupation with the future is the occupation of thought with what will happen, with the "coming to be," with what will arise. It is the presence of thought, an element in you, of registration of memory, something that comes from the past. Every thought in you is memory; it is the presence of the past. It is thought that projects itself, creating the future.

Observe how interesting this is: thought arises in this instant; in this instant there is no past; in this instant, there is no future. When it arises in this instant, you are captured! You are captured to go to the past, to live again, once more, what thought represents. This "you" does not separate oneself from this thought; it is the very past living this, but this is now, here, happening. So, in fact, there is no past. It is thought creating the suggestion of time, creating the suggestion of someone, who is the thinker, who is you, still living this pain-something that occurred in the past, but this is here, in this instant. In the same way, thought projects itself into the future; it is something present here, but it is projecting itself into the future. Thus, it creates time: It creates the past and it creates the future.

There is no such thing as the past; there is no such thing as the future; what we have present is thought. Thus, thought creates this structure; it is the structure of thinking. The presence of this thinker is involved with this structure. This way, there comes what we know as 'thinking." What we know as "thinking" is someone thinking-thinking about the past or thinking about the future, while in reality there is no such thing as the past, there is no such thing as the future.

If it becomes clear to you what thought is here, you do not confuse yourself with it, because there is only the looking, the perceiving. When thought arises, do not place "someone," that is: become aware of it here, be conscious of the presence of thought. This is the presence of "knowing oneself," of knowing the Truth about you, about that which takes place within you, when you simply look, when you simply listen to this, when you simply become aware of this. Then, the sense of the 'I' does not arise to live the past again and to project itself into the future.

Thus, it is the presence of this vision that breaks with the psychological condition of this 'I,' of this ego, and see that, when this "I" is not, when the person, the thinker is not, life reveals itself in this instant; and in this instant, there is no such thing as the future nor the past. This requires this quality of listening, of perceiving, of observing life from the point of view external and internal. To look at this instant as it happens, internally or externally, without getting involved with this, is to not place the experiencer, the thinker, the sense of someone present. Then, we have the end of the illusion, the end of the idea of time: past, present and future.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel who made the following comment: "I have several problems in my life: financial, family... How do I live in peace, even with problems to solve?"

MG: Notice what you say... You say: "I have several problems in my life, financial problems, family problems..." That is, many problems. At the same time, you ask: "How to live in peace amid all these problems?" Here the point is: become aware of what the problem is. Is it that, in fact, we have many problems, or is the foundation of all our problems grounded in our internal state of mental confusion, to deal with matters both external and internal? It is exactly what we are saying here, to you: All these problems that we have are problems that are present in the person that we are. Any demand for peace is the projection of an image that thought is producing about peace; it is an imagination, a belief.

We are living within ideals. We have stopped looking at that which is present here to look at that which is there far away, but what is there far away is an idea, a concept, it is an image that thought is producing. Notice that we were not educated to approach life as it is. Our psychological model, the presence of the egoic mind in us, this presence of the person, is something that is always projecting itself into the future. We live either in the past or in the future, regretting what happened, unable to do anything about it, but projecting the future to try to fix something or solve something. This is the mind that we know.

Is it possible a direct contact, in this instant, with the problem, without separating ourselves from it in this ideal of what should be? Is it possible just to be with this, to look directly at the problem? To confront the problem is not to seek a way to solve the problem, it is not to seek a way, a manner to escape the problem. To confront the problem is to assume the Truth of that which is here, examining, looking closely, and this looking requires that you discover the Truth about yourself. Only when the mind is free to observe the problem does it become clear that this problem is not, first of all, an external problem; it is a problem that is, first of all, a problem within each one of us.

As long as psychologically, internally, there is no Silence, Quietude, Peace, Serenity and, therefore, Intelligence, we cannot, in fact, free ourselves from problems, because there will be no Presence, Consciousness, real Intelligence to deal with this. But here we have, still, an aggravating factor: Most of the problems that we have are not problems to be attended to in this way, because they are not external problems; they are internal problems. They are problems that are present in this sense of the 'I.' Thus, the very 'I' itself, the very ego itself is the problem. It separates itself, for example, to deal with fear, with anger, with jealousy, with envy. There is no such thing as a separation. This is something that the very 'I' itself, the very ego itself, creates from thought.

So, the only and real problem that we have in life is not in life; it is in us ourselves, in the person that we are, in this egoic sense. You in your Divine Nature, which is the Nature of God, there is no problem there. It is the presence of thought, building a world around itself, projecting itself from conclusions, beliefs, evaluations... It is the presence of thought trying to change what is, alter what is. All this movement takes us away from the comprehension of what is to the Truth beyond this, to this Truth of Being. The real approach to life is the presence of this Divine Intelligence, which requires Self-awareness and the presence of Meditation. When this is present, something beyond the 'I,' beyond the ego, is revealed, which is Divine Reality, which is the Reality of God. And when this is present, there are no problems; life is as it is!

The Reality of God is the awareness of this Self, it is the Truth of Being, without the idea, without the imagination of the 'coming to be.' Then, the Supreme Reality is present, Reality, Truth, and here there are no problems. It is in this that we are working on here, with you. To assume the Truth of That which is you is Love, Happiness, Peace, Freedom... There is no problem there, because there is no problem in God.

GC: Gratitude, Master; our time has come to a close. Gratitude for another videocast. And for you who are following the videocast to the end and truly wish to live these Truths, here comes an invitation to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto provides. These meetings are much deeper than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master responds directly to our questions, 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 around Him, a field of Energy of Power and Grace. And, in these meetings, we end up "taking a ride" in this field of Presence of the Master. And taking this ride, spontaneously, without any effort, nor any practice, we enter into a Meditative State, we silence our minds and we can have a real comprehension of the subjects that are addressed here.

So, here is the invitation: In the first pinned comment, there is the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings. Besides that, give a "like" to the video and subscribe to the channel. And Master, once again, gratitude for the videocast.

October, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to achieve the desired reality? | Life free from ego | The conflict of desires

Here, the old question is: "How to achieve what we desire?" To put it another way: how do we achieve the desired reality? Notice what an interesting thing it is to use the expression "reality" in this context, in a sentence like this. What do we actually know about reality? What do we call reality?

When we come across life as it happens, we are faced with Reality. But any thought about it, is a superimposition on that Reality. This overlay is an idea, a thought, an opinion, a conclusion, a concept, a projection. Here, the word "projection," as a synonym for thought is very clear being placed in this context now, in this phrase, in this expression "how to achieve the desired reality through thought." This is how we are moving through life.

We have no awareness of life as it is. We have an idea of how it should be, how it could have been, how it would be. All of this is within this projection, this model, which is the model of thought present in everyone of us. Thus, what is the truth of this idea, this movement, this projection of thought, called desire? When do you feel desire? Either when you have a need, a real need because there is a lack, or when you have a psychological need, in the imagination of a lack.

The complexity in the human being - I refer to this psychological complexity in us - invariably places us in this second alternative. We are not dealing with real needs, but with imaginary needs. So, what we call reality, desires, are projections of thought, within supposed needs projected by the "I," by the ego.

See how we need to investigate this carefully, patiently, or we'll spend a lifetime fulfilling desires and moving from one project to the next, from one achievement to the next, without ever touching the Truth of Reality - we'll always be in the movement of thought. What is the truth about desire? The truth about desire is that you desire on the basis of an image. When you see an object, you desire it if it is beautiful, and you reject it if it produces a feeling or sensation of disgust, of rejection.

The movement of thought present in us is one of embracing, wanting more and constantly seeking more and more pleasure, and rejecting, repulsing, moving further and further away from pain. This behavior in us also has two aspects, as does the presence of desire. Desire - as we've just said - can be a need: if you're hungry, you want food; if you're thirsty, you want to drink. Drink, which is water, is what solves the issue of thirst. But you can have any other drink when you're thirsty too; that other drink is no longer the need for water, it's the psychological need for the satisfaction of pleasure - when you drink something else when you're thirsty.

So, we have this movement in us, a movement of need, of seeking to fulfill a natural, organic, physical need, or even a need for transportation. If you have to go from one city to another, you can't walk, you need a vehicle. At that point, you opt, you choose: if you want to get there faster, you go by plane. Then, it's natural to want a flight because you need a flight, and you have a timetable, so you know that on a flight your travel time is shorter.

So, we have a quality of desire based on a need and we have a quality of desire based on thought, because it is precisely in thought that we store the sensation of pleasure in that desire. When you remember something, the thought itself carries a sensation with it, and it's the thought itself that links what you remember to that sensation of pleasure that you've already felt in the past. Notice that it's always a game of thought.

The memory of the pleasure, of the sensation, is the thought. The image you see there, physically, is being touched here, psychologically, by thought. So, the sensation arises again, it's a memory, it's a recollection. For whom does this memory, this sensation arise? The answer is: for me. But what is this "me?" Who are you? A set of memories, a set of recollections, a set of sensations. Thus, we are faced with a game, which is the game of thought.

The thought says: "you - note, this you is the 'I,' it's the 'me,' which is a thought - will be happy, you will find love, you will find satisfaction, you will find fulfillment"; and what happens, in reality, is that no desire, in this psychological aspect, actually gives you an end to this psychological condition of dissatisfaction, or actually gives you the presence of Love, and Happiness. All that the movement of thought really does is to sustain its continuity by projecting itself into the future; it needs continuity, it needs projection.

So, every desire not only doesn't break with dissatisfaction, with incompleteness, but also reinforces this sense of thought even more, in this format of the "I," this "me," this ego, in search of continuity. This search for continuity, this search for more sensation, note, is the presence of suffering. Here, with you, we are investigating the truth of life at this moment, and we are also asking ourselves if it is possible, at this moment, to assume the Reality of Life as it happens, without this illusory presence of this "I," which is nothing other than thought projecting itself into one's own imagination, in an illusion of conquest, completeness, love, happiness and satisfaction, in this form of desire.

Contact with life at this moment is Joy, it's Completeness, it's Love, it's Peace, it's Happiness when thought is not present, when this projection is not there, when desire, which is this craving for more, linked to this sensation of pleasure, is no longer present. So, we are facing something new, which is present when thought is not there, since thought is the main element in all of this. Thus, can we have contact with life at this moment, but without the suffering that thought causes, due to this desire for more and more and more?

Is it possible to look at something, at someone, at a beautiful car, a beautiful house, a beautiful face, a beautiful body, something that brings back a memory, a recollection and, of course, a sensation... You see, the sensation, the memory, the recollection is of pleasure with that experience, with that object, with that given situation. But is it possible, at that moment, not to place this element, which is thought, in sensation, in pleasure, in that experience? Notice, that's the end of the past, that's the end of this element that comes from the past, which is thought.

Is it possible to stay with the sensation alone? Because without the element, which is thought, there will be no projection, no continuity of desire. Then, what we call here sensation or pleasure is not sustained. If this is not sustained, desire is not established. So, we're left with the moment, with that beautiful face, that beautiful body, that beautiful car, that beautiful house, we can see how beautiful that person on stage is singing, but there won't be envy because there won't be this element, which is thought, creating the comparison, creating this image "I could be there too, I could be someone as important, or someone as beautiful as him or her, in that place."

If the thought isn't present, we have the end of desire because we have the end of comparison, we have the end of envy, we also have the end of fear. Because when we have the presence of desire, notice, there is also hidden there the presence of fear that one day we won't achieve that fame, that one day we won't be able to get there where he or she did. You see, comparison is the basis of fear, the basis of desire. All this is sustained by creating this identity, which is the "I," here, at this instant, projecting itself onto this ambition, this envy, this desire, this fear.

Notice what an important thing we have here. The presence of desire carries fear. Furthermore, the presence of desire carries contradiction. The contradiction present in desire is the presence of suffering. When you want something and you know you can't have it, that causes you fear. When you want something you know you shouldn't have, you can't have it, because it's not ethical, because it's not moral, because it's not right, but, you see, desire is present, but so is an element in you, which is this "I," this sensor, which says: "you can't have that, because it will cause you problems." So, this state is the internal state. Then, this state is the internal state of the "I," of the ego, in contradiction. You see, in desire we have the presence of suffering.

So, note this, when desire is present - I refer to this psychological condition of desire, not that simple, natural desire for a flight or for food when you're hungry, or even to buy a car when you have the money; I refer to conflicting desire, to desire that generates conflict, which is psychological desire - wherever there is the presence of desire, there will be conflict, because we will have present either ambition, envy, contradiction, as has been said, or fear.

Notice the problem that desire, this quality of desire that the ego knows, produces in each of us, in this "me," in this "I," desire being thought itself, thought being the "I" itself, this "me," this element that comes from the past. Here, we are with you, investigating all this, telling you that life is possible free from ego, free from the "I" and therefore free from the issue of this quality of desire where the sense of "I," where the sense of the ego, is present, being the basis for all that. An encounter with the Reality of Life at this moment is the Freedom of an answer to this instant free from the past.

Here, we are telling you that Happiness is already present when the sense of "I," of the ego, is not there, and all your contact with life is of Love, is of Peace, is of Happiness, is of Beauty because that element, which is thought, which comes from the past, which creates this psychological condition of ambition, envy, comparison, desire, is no longer present. So here, we have Divine Truth revealing itself, which is the Truth of your Being. This is the end of the past, the end of time, the end of the "I."

Thus, we're working on it together here with you in these meetings. Real Life is life free of the "I," free of the ego. Then, there is Beauty, Grace, Love, Happiness in What is You in Your Being, here and now. We have online meetings here on weekends, where we are working on this with you. Saturdays and Sundays we are together: two days in an online meeting. Apart from these meetings, we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats. If what you've just heard makes any sense to you, here's an invitation. Go ahead, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and say in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

April, 2025
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What is thought? How to achieve the desired reality? Psychological and chronological time

In life, we have to take an entirely new approach. Otherwise, we will remain within various illusions created by thought, fed by thought and sustained by thought and, in the end, this will always result in some form of problem, disorder, confusion and suffering. For example, we have this quest, this search, this intention to find something we idealize. Note that this idealization in this project is an idealization of thought, when, for example, we are trying to find this reality we desire.

Thus, people ask: "How to achieve the desired reality?" First of all, what is this reality? Isn't it a projection of thought? What do we really know about the reality that we actually need for this completeness, for this happiness? We don't know anything about happiness. What we have are projects, ideas, beliefs about what it represents, of what it means.

The way we organize ourselves in life is the way programmed by the cultural context, by the context of society. Thus, we believe that to be happy, for example, is to have material goods. The more things we have, the greater the possibility of comfort, the greater the possibility of prominence and position within the context of society. But note: this is not the Reality of Happiness, but we are mistaking it for realization.

There is nothing that you accomplish externally that can give you the Truth of Peace internally, of that internal Peace, of that inner Peace. "How to attain inner Peace?" It is probably not by fulfilling desires, although this search for these fulfillments gives us this fantasy; the fantasy of finding in the comfort of material goods or in the supposed security of all these financial resources we have achieved, this freedom, this stability, this security.

Here we are, with you, investigating the nature of thought. What is the truth about what we project as the ideal for our lives? Everything we project can only be projected from a principle and a program or formula. That program, formula and principle is thought. It's always thought showing you what you "need" - what you actually believe you need. That's what we've been calling our desired reality.

We are visualizing it; so there are techniques for visualizing the desired reality, there are meditation techniques for achieving the desired happiness, there are tools used in this direction. All of this involves the presence of thought, all of this involves the model of the own mind for achieving what it imagines will complete you, will make you happy.

What is the truth about desire? When you see an object and you desire it, it's because you've had some experience with it in the past, and it has given you some level of satisfaction, some level of pleasure, and so you desire it again. So, basically, what is desire? Desire in us is the search for pleasure. We only seek or desire that which gives us some level of pleasure, that which favors that sentimental, emotional state of satisfaction in pleasure.

Thus, the basis that sustains the search for desire is pleasure. But pleasure is just that: the presence of remembrance, the presence of memory of a satisfaction obtained in the past. Now, all satisfaction ends in dissatisfaction. What satisfies you at that moment will soon no longer satisfy you - that's how pleasures are, that's how achievements are.

So, we already have a few things here. The first is the presence of pleasure. But the presence of pleasure requires remembrance, memory, thinking about pleasure. Human beings' life revolves around this search; They don't know what Reality is, they project this desired reality. The reality they desire is the reality of pleasure. This pleasure is a memory, it is the memory of a satisfaction, of what temporarily fulfilled them.

Note the importance of this comprehension. Everything we do in life is not about finding Happiness, it's about finding pleasure, satisfaction, and this will always be something momentary. The level of satisfaction we get from pleasure, once it has been achieved by desire, is a satisfaction that soon proves to be insufficient. The continuity of the life of the "I" is the continuity of the movement of desire.

We need to discover life as it happens, having exactly all of what it has, in this real sense of Being one with Life itself. Then, there will be a completeness, a level of realization of which we are unaware. We are unaware of this level of completeness and realization because we are living in thought.

So, we've already touched on this issue of desire with you, but note that another element that is always present, like the other side of the coin of desire, is the presence of fear. You want something, but within that desire there is a certain anxiety of not achieving it, of not getting it, of not conquering it: that's fear. The pursuit of something carries an expectation, even though veiled and hidden, that it might not happen. And no intellectual certainty is sufficient conviction to eliminate the presence of fear.

We have to investigate this, put our minds and hearts into deepening these questions. Here, together, we are investigating how, in this life, to realize the Truth of Happiness, of the Completeness of your Essential Nature, which is the Divine Nature, which is the Nature of God. This inner Nature, this true, hidden and mysterious Nature of your Being is the very presence of Happiness.

Thus, Realization in this life is not the achievement of this so-called desired reality, but it is the awareness of the Truth of Reality. Reality is something beyond desires, pleasure, thought and, of course, fear. Here, we are together investigating the Truth of the Blossoming of your Being, the Truth about You, thus, the discarding of this thought model.

That's why we're also asking you: what is this thought? Since we've just realized here, together, that this so-called desired reality is something you can visualize, something you can idealize. If you can idealize and visualize, that's part of thinking. But what is thought? Every thought present in us is the record of a memory, of a recollection, of something that is part of what is known in the context of this consciousness.

What we have called consciousness in us, or the mind in us, is the presence of this awareness of the movement of thought. It's interesting here that we use the word "awareness" of this movement of thought, because the great truth about it, is that this whole process occurs in a completely mechanical, automatic and unconscious way.

We don't have any real awareness of what thought is and of what this movement present in us is. We only become aware of this so-called awareness of the "I," of this mind in us, when some level of suffering or discomfort occurs; that's when we become aware that we exist as someone having this mind, having this consciousness.

When you're worried, for example, you become aware of yourself, of your suffering. You become aware of yourself when you're sad, anxious, depressed - you become aware of yourself. That's when you have this so-called "I" consciousness or this personal mind, this "I" mind; that's when you become aware that you exist as someone, and that's exactly when you suffer.

Because, in general, we go through life overwhelmed with thoughts and various forms of complications, without even becoming aware that we're suffering. In general, much of that time - even when we're involved in some level of suffering - is taken up with running away from that pain and so, in general, we don't become are that we exist as someone who suffers, because there's always some expedient or other to escape from that psychological pain, which is the pain of the "I," of the ego, of that "me."

Thus, what is the truth about thought? Because it is thought that projects these desires. The truth about thought is that thought in us is a movement that comes from the past, it's just a memory, a recollection, an image that it brings. It's projecting itself, idealizing it, aiming for it, dreaming about it. It is thought itself that visualizes, from this "I," which is still thought - there is no separation between thought and this thinker; this thinker is thought itself - this thinker, which is thought itself, is visualizing what it desires and hopes to find at some point.

This projection into the future to achieve is within this vision of a future created by thought. There is no such thing as the future, there is no such thing as the past. We have life at this instant. This so-called past or future is something that thought is producing. Thus, we have this whole notion of time to achieve.

Here I've been touching with you - we have a playlist on this subject here - on the difference between chronological time and psychological time. We need chronological time. For a speech like this, of a few minutes, we are making use of time; it is a speech that is taking place in chronological time. At this level, time is present.

Chronological time cannot be denied within the context of this dream of human existence, for practical and objective achievements in life. So, we have the presence of chronological time. But there is no such thing as psychological time. There is no "psychological tomorrow," no "psychological future" to be happy, to have Love, to have Peace, Freedom, Intelligence, Truth, God. None of what we've just said can be found in time.

The Reality of Happiness is something present, it is not within this desired reality, or reality desired. Happiness is the Reality here, at this instant. Love is the Reality here, right now. Peace is the Reality here, right now. God is the Reality here, right now. Here we are before Something that is outside of thought and, naturally, outside of psychological time, since thought is time. It is only the past, at this instant, seeking the continuity of a future that it imagines.

Thus, the presence of thought is the presence of time. Without the presence of thought, there is no thinker, there is no "I," there is no element present, which is this "me," this person, in the idea of finding pleasure, fulfillment and satisfaction in some desire, in some achievement of thought.

Here, this encounter with Divine Reality, which is the Reality of this Being that is You in Your Real Nature, is exactly the end of thought, the end of time. So we have the presence of psychological time and chronological time. In chronological time, things happen, but in psychological time, thought imagines things happening. So, we're always living, in our thoughts, within this guideline of seeking pleasure and escaping pain.

The presence of pleasure, we idealize as this so-called desired reality; but we also want to escape pain, we want to escape fear, and we don't perceive that this whole movement of search is the movement of thought itself sustaining pleasure and pain, desire and fear.

An encounter with Divine Reality, with the Truth of your Being, is the awareness of your Essential Nature, it is the Beauty of Life, it is the Beauty of Love, it is the Beauty of God. To Realize this in this life is, really, to discover the truth about this illusion, which is the illusion of thought with all these projections of external achievements and supposed security in these achievements. Life is this great Mystery, and a direct answer to life is the awareness of Life itself in this Completeness, in this Real Happiness of your Being.

Therefore, in these meetings here on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, we are with you deepening these subjects, working with you. It's two days in an online meeting, where we can investigate this, deepen this. So, here's an invitation for 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 also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If what you've just heard makes any sense to you, go ahead, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and say "Yes, that makes sense" in the comments. OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

April, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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What is freedom in psychology? What is freedom? Psychological freedom. Ego: a false center.

Have you ever realized how much importance you attach to the issue of freedom in your life? What is freedom? When you're looking for a space, that space needs to be large. The whole idea we have of comfort in a space is for it to be spacious. When you enter a room, the idea of comfort in that room is not just of what is there in that room, but of the space present in that room. Your first description is: "look, it was a very large room; or: it was a very spacious room".

We always look for comfort in life, and space is part of that comfort. And why do we appreciate space so much? A big swimming pool, a big bedroom, a big living room, a big bathroom. Why aren't we content with narrow, cramped places? Because we want freedom to move around, to do things. Thus, what is freedom? Freedom is the presence of space. When you have freedom, you can do things, you can do things that you can't do in a narrow, cramped place, because now, here, you have space.

When you're stressed, internally you lack space. The state of depression, for example, is a state of present suffering, very common in human beings, and they find themselves in a squeeze; they are imprisoned, squeezed, the condition is one of tightness. When you're stressed, you're out of space. When people travel to relax, they want space. This "relaxation" is about stretching out, about having space. We need space internally. The basis for a free life is the presence of space.

Here, with you, we are investigating the revelation of a life where this Freedom is present. So, what is Freedom? It's simple: Freedom is space where you can relax, where you can be happy, where you can know Love. If there is no Freedom, we don't have the possibility of this "relaxation," this Peace, this Love. Can we realize Freedom in this life? Not this physical freedom, which is also important, but first and foremost this internal psychological Freedom.

So, what is Freedom in psychology? See, not in the theoretical aspect of a psychology study about freedom, but here I mean internally; because internally this whole process in us, called consciousness, is a psychological process, which can be in confusion, in disorder, in affliction, in conflict, in suffering, without any freedom. Then, what is the Truth of this inner Freedom, this psychological Freedom? It is the mind free from this complexity that is the "I," from this complexity that is the "ego."

The condition of this ego-identity is the condition of narrowness, of limitation, of the absence of Love. What are we doing together in these meetings? We are dealing with you about the Truth of this psychological Freedom, which is the Liberation, in this life, of this sense of "ego," of this sense of "I," which is this vision of separation that is present when thought claims to exist there, within you, as a present identity, which is this thinker, this experiencer, this "me," this "person,"

Here, our position is challenging, because we are saying that this is not real. This is true because of the confusion we find ourselves in psychologically, internally, because we haven't investigated the nature of this "me," this "person." We haven't become aware it yet, we haven't perceived it yet, we don't have clarity about it yet, of that all this internal movement, called consciousness, which is the consciousness of this "me," is a set of memories, of recollections, of history, something that is present because of all the experiences we've been through and which the brain has recorded in this format of recollection, of remembrance, of psychological memory. This is giving life to an illusory identity.

When you affirm the person you are, within the behaviors and responses of reactions of feelings, emotions and thoughts, you are only dealing with an imagination of the thought-feeling itself. That basis of existence is a basis of a process of repetition of mental conditioning, of conditioning that we call consciousness. To investigate the nature of the "I" is to become aware of this egoic consciousness, this consciousness that sees itself as separate from life, that sees itself as being the thinker, the experiencer, the observer of everything that occurs, of everything that happens.

So, we are positioning ourselves from a center that is a false center. From this center, we are having experiences. Therefore, this "ego" is a false center. From this center, which is the "I," the "ego," we are living in constant moments where thought is the element guiding this whole process of events, and so are our actions. All the forms of behavior we have are merely egoic activities, merely egocentric activities. As long as it continues, there is no Freedom because there is a space between this center and this periphery.

When you look at an object, you perceive that, all objects, around these objects, there is a space. When you see an object, you only see that object because it's in space. You're not aware of the space around you, around that object, but it's there. You're not aware of the presence of space, you're aware of the object, but there's space; it's a space around the object. Between this object and the presence of this space, we have a condition; whatever happens around this object, it's happening around this space limited by the object.

What we know as the space, between you and an object, there is a space. You are the center of the experience, the object is part of the experience. Between you and that object there is a space, and in that space things happen. Here, together, we are also investigating this issue of space, of the presence of a space free of this center, which is this false center - the ego is this center. Is there a space free of this center? Here we are saying that this space is the only space where the Truth of Freedom is present.

As long as there is this limitation of space, that is, space from a center, there is no Freedom. When we have the presence of a space without a center, we have the presence of Freedom. That's what we're investigating here together, the Truth of this space without a center, the Truth of unlimited Freedom, something that is present and yet remains unknown. I refer to this Freedom of God, this Freedom of Being, this Freedom of the Truth of this Divine Consciousness. This Real Consciousness is the Consciousness of God, in It there is this space, this unlimited space of this Being.

Thus, what is Freedom? Freedom is the presence of this space. The Truth of What is You in Your Real Nature, in Your True Nature, is That which is present when the model of the thinker, the experiencer, the model of the "I" is not present. So, attending to life as it happens, Life being the very Reality of this Being... This "attend" is the true action, it is the action that is not born of the past, that is not born of this center, that is not born of this "I."

Can we deal with this moment without the past? The past is the center, the past is the known movement, the past is the movement of thought, of memory, of remembrance; that gives us the illusion of something happening at this instant, which is the present moving towards the future. This whole notion of the "I," of the "ego," is a notion of life taking place between the past and the future. This is the limitation of the center, this is the limitation of the "ego," this is space. Everything that occurs within this limitation of space for this center that is the "I," the "ego," occurs between this, so-called, past, present and future.

Here, the comprehension of the Divine Reality, the Reality of God, is the Truth that is outside of time. Only when the Truth of this Being is revealed, is that life now, is no longer the life of the "ego," is no longer the life of that "I." Comprehending that the life of this "I" is a suggestion given by thought, it is not the Real Life of your Being. As human beings, we can have a long life, but this long life from the idea of an entity present in experience, of a thinker present in thoughts, of someone living this idea of an identity located in time, in this idea of past, present and future, however apparently successful, happy and fulfilled this life may be, it is still an illusory life.

Real Life is the Life of God, Real Life in Wisdom, in Love, in Happiness, where the Reality of true Freedom is present. Here, this encounter with the moment, without the idea of someone being present at the encounter, is the awareness of Life free from this "me." Thus, can we have real contact with this moment without the past? Without this idea of the present? And without this belief in the future? Contact with this instant, free from all these thought models, is the approach to Reality, to the Truth of Freedom.

So, what is Freedom? Freedom is life free of this "me," this false center. This is something present in this Awareness of God, this is something present in this Truth about You, when the sense of "I" is not present, when the illusion of a thinker, of an experiencer, of someone looking from ideas, is no longer present. Everything that we are deepening with you here concerns how to approach this, how to approach this Natural State of Being, which is the Reality of Liberation, which is the Truth about this Divine Freedom. Some call this the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Enlightenment. It is the Awareness that there is only one Reality present, and Life consists of this Reality.

So, what is the Truth about You is the Truth about Life, it's the Truth about the other, it's the Reality about God. Here, in these online weekend meetings, we have two days together, Saturdays and Sundays, where we are with you deepening these issues because realizing That in this life is the most important thing; in fact, it's the only thing that matters. When That is present, life flows in Joy, in Love, in Beauty, in Grace, in Wisdom. Thus, there are two days together: Saturdays and Sundays. You can find our WhatsApp link to take part in these online meetings here in the video description. Apart from these meetings, we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Go ahead, leave a "like," subscribe to the channel and say in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense" Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

April, 2025
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Psychic suffering | Human suffering | Psychological time | How to deal with an injured ego?

Present here, in these meetings, we find ourselves with an opportunity to investigate these issues, which are the ones relating to this "I." This "I" is synonymous with person: the person you think you are, the person you feel you are, the person others are seeing when they deal with you, feeling when they deal with you and also with themselves - that's the person.

The expression "person" is interesting. We talk about this person we are, as if, in fact, that's the whole reality about us. We talk like this because we don't know the Truth. The word "person" comes from the Latin persona, a mask. Those masks used in the theater are those personas, hence the words "personality" or "person." So, what is the truth about you? That's what we're investigating with you here.

There is a Reality present and there is a truth showing itself. The truth showing itself is the person, it's the mask, it's that character. While a present, unknown Reality is also here. Our work together here consists of this verification of this Reality, but it requires investigating the truth, the truth that we are as people. All our work here, in this context, in all the speeches here on the channel, as well as in online and face-to-face meetings, consists of investigating these issues relating to this "person."

It's quite interesting the comprehension of the Truth about us, because it represents the end of psychic suffering. Since all suffering in the human being, this human suffering... I'm not talking about physical pain due to illness; yes, that's a form of suffering, but that's not what we're dealing with here. Here, we are investigating the truth of the person, which is the nature of that "I," what we are because we show ourselves to be, because it is present here, at this instant.

The direct vision of this person, the direct comprehension of this character, is the end of this illusory entity present as a mask. We also have a way of representing life through images, mental representations, symbols, ideas and concepts. The whole approach we have to life in this format, based on this mask, based on this character, is a mistake. We find ourselves inside an illusion.

The way we represent life, seeing what life represents for this "me," for this "I," for this "person" - here we are before synonyms; life as it represents, what it means, the truth about it, seen from this thought present in us, is a look from these images, these symbols, these ideas. Here, together, we are investigating the issue of the Awakening of Consciousness.

And why the expression "the Awakening of Consciousness"? This Awakening of Spiritual Consciousness, of this Divine Consciousness, of this Consciousness of Being, is contact with the Reality of Life, without images, without masks. This is what puts us into life without any separation between what we really are, which is this Reality, which is present and remains hidden, and Life itself. That's what we're here with you to investigate, to deepen.

We need to comprehend what we are because that represents the end of this human suffering, this psychic suffering. A basic element in this model of thought present in us, which brings about these symbols, these mental representations, these ideas, these concepts, these images, is the presence of time. We're not dealing with life at this moment, we're dealing with thinking about life at this moment.

We are living from symbols, from representations of ideas, and this places us in a movement, in contact with this instant, from thought. Thus, the truth about thought, the comprehension of thought, the perfect vision of the place of thought in our lives is fundamental, since thought is an element present here, which comes from the past, and that past is in time.

The experiences you've been through are recorded experiences, settling in a remembrance, in a memory; that memory is thought. Thus, how do you deal with thought? - that's the question. Why do we need to know our thoughts? Because the thought in us is the element that sustains this time, this time that is the time created by it. Notice that what we know as time is thought.

When you tell me something that happened, it happened in time, but that time is not separate from thought. There would be no event to remember without the presence of thought; and there would be no past without the idea of what was, of what happened. Therefore, the presence of time is the presence of thought.

Our psychological life is a life in disorder, in confusion, in conflict, in contradiction, because we are living in time. Either we are dealing with the past or we are dealing with the future. So, from a psychological point of view, thought is time. There is no psychological time without the presence of thought, and when thought arises, it arises in that time.

As long as we don't eliminate from our lives this element, which is time, which is always involved in what was or what might be, in what would have been and what will be, we will continue in some kind of conflict, disorder, confusion and suffering, because the presence of time is the presence of the imagination of what was and what will be. Follow this closely here.

When you feel fear, it's the presence of thought. It's the thought that tells you something that could happen to you, bad for you. Without the presence of thought, there would be no future. Thus, the presence of time is the presence of thought; the presence of thought, the presence of time is the presence of suffering. It's suffering that thought creates, it's suffering that thought projects, it's thought that places the presence of that person in that context of that moment in the future.

What exactly is that person? That person is a mental representation, that person is an idea. There is no such person here, right now. In order for that person to appear, thought must appear. The thought is, in you, exactly the idea of this character. When I ask you your name, your name is not you. When I ask you your age, your age is not you, your story is not you. When I ask you how you feel, that feeling is not you, that emotion is not you. Only when the thought arises, in the idea of someone present, that you arise: you in feeling that feeling, that emotion, you in thinking that thought. The idea, the image, the mental representation, all this in us is the presence of this psychic life, this psychological consciousness.

This psychological consciousness is the consciousness of the movement of thought. There is no consciousness of the person without thought in motion. This movement of thought is a belief established in you, by thought, about who you are. As we are constantly dealing in life with experiences from thought, all this reading we have is that person's particular reading. This is the self-centered life of the "ego," the "I," the "me."

When you love me, I feel happy; when you reject me, I feel unhappy: this is where psychological suffering is present. Anguish, stress, anxiety, depression, fear, worry, the pain of rejection, all these elements are present because of the presence of thought. This is our psychic life, this is psychic suffering, this is the suffering of the "I," of the "ego."

Is there a Reality present - and this is what we're saying to you here: yes, there is a Reality present - beyond this "truth" that we are, in this context of the thought model? It is the awareness of this Reality, it is the Truth about your Being, about your Essential Nature, which is the Truth about God, which is the Awakening of this Consciousness. I refer to the new Consciousness, not this psychic consciousness, not this consciousness of thought, not this egocentric consciousness.

The Awakening of this Real Consciousness is the end of that "me," that "I." That person is the ego. How do you deal with a sad, bored, upset person? How do you deal with an injured ego? Notice, our intention is to help someone or get rid of a problem, because that person in that state is going to harm me, is already harming me. How to deal with the injured ego? First, I don't understand that I am this "ego," but I see the ego in the other person. I want to learn how to deal with the other person's "ego," and I do not comprehend that what I am needs to be investigated and, of course, discarded through this comprehension, through this clear vision of the truth about thought.

Here we are, with you, working out the end to thinking, the end to this condition of thinking, which I have called psychological thinking. We need practical, objective thinking to deal with matters in this dream of existence, such as professional matters, such as matters based on knowledge and experience, to deal with practical matters in this dream of life. But we don't need psychological thinking, that which shapes this person, this image.

That element in you that is offended, hurt, saddened, annoyed and upset is the presence of the person, it's the presence of that self-image - that element in you that worries about suffering losses when offend, hurt, or harm others. Can we free ourselves from the illusion of this ego-identity? Can we discover life free of the "I," free of this illusion of separation?

A direct work in this direction is to learn to look at oneself: that is the work. To learn about ourselves, to learn how we function, to learn how this sense of "I" is formed, to see the basis, the structure of this ego-identity, to see that this element is present because we are inattentive to this instant, to this moment. We are always responding to this moment based on these memories, these recollections, these remembrances, going on with this sense of "I," this "me," sustaining the illusion of time - this mental time, this psychological time. This is how we maintain the continuity of this way of being someone.

There is something present here, beyond the ego, to be comprehended, to be experienced. This is the Realization of Awakening, this is the Realization of God, this is the Awareness of your Being. These meetings we have here on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, have this purpose: to work on this together, to look at this. Thus, we have two days of meetings here online, where we work with you on this vision. Here, in the description of the video, is our WhatsApp link to get closer to these online meetings on weekends. Apart from these meetings, we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If this makes any sense to you, go ahead, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and say in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense" OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

April, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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