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!