Can we find this source by ourselves? Here the expression is "Happiness." Can we find this perennial source of Bliss, Joy, Love, and Freedom, which we call Happiness, within ourselves? Because, notice, in truth, this is what we seek, without knowing that we seek.
In all our relations, in all our contacts, in everything we do, this motive is present-??whether we are aware of it or not; we are searching for Love, Joy, Bliss, Peace, and Happiness. And we do this by seeking things, things that we end up accumulating externally, and things that we also accumulate in our minds and hearts, such as relationships and various kinds of knowledge.
All this with the purpose of finding an inner state of Happiness. We want to find a safe space, free from suffering; we want to find this endless source of Presence, Truth, and Freedom. But notice that we don't find it, neither outside nor within ourselves, in these emotional and sentimental achievements, in these internal accomplishments of knowledge and experiences, whether physical, emotional, or so-called spiritual.
Therefore, the question is: Can we, by ourselves, become aware of this, of this source, where these waters are present? The water of Love, Happiness, Peace, Joy. Why is this hidden from us? It seems we are always chasing something that doesn't exist. It's like someone chasing a ghost; it seems we never have the real thing. It's like chasing a ghost. We are dealing with something that seems to be there, somewhere, but we can't find it.
In my view, what we lack is, in fact, the awareness of a Divine Life; this requires a real, religious vision. Not what people out there understand as religious life or vision, in spirituality, or spiritual. Here we are working on this with you, promoting this vision. Yes, in fact, it is something that can lead us to that source. Or rather, it is something that will show us the presence of that source.
It seems that here we already meet the first fundamental point to be comprehended: We believe that that source is there, somewhere. You cannot pursue the Truth, you will not find the Truth. You cannot pursue That because it is not there fleeing from you; you cannot find That because it is not separate from the Reality of Life, which is present here as the Reality of your Being.
Thus, this source will not be found; it will reveal itself, it will show itself, it will make itself perceived. It is something that arises in our lives as the presence of the Truth that is already present. However, this requires a change, a transformation, it requires work, because that is what makes the Revelation of this State possible; and this is something that depends on a deep comprehension of the Truth about ourselves.
It is not a progressive process, like climbing a ladder or doing a climb. It is not a progression, it is not a step-by-step process. This doesn't depend on any method. This change happens here and now; it's total, it arises from clarity, from perception, from this vision. This transformation is the awareness of this Real Divine Life.
Here the question is: How to find God? The answer is: That which is present here awakens when there is this Divine Flourishing, the Awakening of Intelligence, of Wisdom, and this requires the presence of Self-awareness. Therefore, learning about Self-awareness gives us the basis for the Divine Flourishing, which is the presence of this Intelligence that gives us this vision, which is the vision of God.
Therefore, how to find God? By assuming the Reality of Being, having the realization of the Truth about yourself, here, at this moment, which requires this learning about yourself, learning about you. You know many things in life; in fact, everything you know, you have learned. Life consists of relations happening. Relations are contacts where there is a constant learning of things.
We are constantly learning something, improving, and perfecting ourselves in what we already know or believe we know. But this knowledge is still little; it keeps growing. We learn everything in life and are growing in that learning process. But here we are referring to a new kind of learning, a quality of learning different from anything we know outside about learning.
To learn to drive, you practice driving; to learn a language, you practice grammar and conversation; to learn music, you practice with an instrument in your hands and with the sheet music right there in front of you, so you learn to read and acquire instrumental technique. Here, the awareness of this new learning requires this looking, this listening, this observing. These are the three things: looking, listening, observing.
Looking without anyone interfering with that gaze. And why is this fundamental, this quality of looking like this? Because in this quality of looking, in this learning, in this way of learning about ourselves, in this learning about Self-awareness, in this quality of looking, the observer does not exist. When we introduce the observer, we introduce the "I," the ego, the person, this "me." And when it looks, it looks judging, comparing, accepting, rejecting, liking, disliking. That is not looking; it is observing from the observer's perspective.
When you look at something from the perspective of the one who looks, at that moment, that gaze is adjusted to the will, the desire, the wish of the one who looks. From that moment on, what is being shown there, is seen by an observer who is interpreting, who accepts, who rejects, who likes, who dislikes. That is how we deal with life's experiences, always from the perspective of an experiencer. This experiencer is the "I," the ego.
Thus, what we are experiencing as an experiencer is part of the experiencer himself, just as what we are seeing from the observer's perspective is part of the observer. When we do this, we are perpetuating the "I," the ego, and this does not allow us the truth of learning about our reactions.
Therefore, the truth of looking is looking without the "I," without the observer; the truth of listening is listening without someone to agree or disagree with, to like or dislike. There is the presence of listening, the presence of observing, but there is not the one who listens nor the one who observes.
Therefore, what is this learning about ourselves? It is perceiving this game. It is simply perceiving, without interfering. Then, when this occurs, the mind silences, the brain quiets, and at that moment, something beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond the experiencer, beyond the observer, beyond this "I" that listens, is revealed. And thus, in this learning about ourselves, we encounter the presence of Meditation.
We have numerous videos here, and we are presenting this proposal from different angles: the reality, the truth, the awareness of Meditation. Meditation, what is it? What is Meditation? It is listening, it is looking, it is observing, without the observer, without the one who listens, without the one who looks. That is, the approach of learning about our reactions immediately brings us closer to this awareness that reveals something beyond the mind itself. I am referring to this conditioned mind, this egoic consciousness, this consciousness of the "I."
So, Meditation is not something that someone does; it is something that is present when this "someone," this "me," this "I," is not there to interfere, to get involved. Therefore, it is about an internal state where the mind is silent and the brain is quiet, not because the mind has been quieted, not because the brain has been silenced. It is not the silence or stillness of a mind that has adjusted to a system, a practice, or a technique. It's not the silence or stillness of a brain that has adjusted to a practice, a method, a system. It's something that occurs naturally when we learn to look without the observer. That is the presence of Meditation.
When there is the presence of Meditation, there isn't a meditator, someone in a practice. Meditation in practice is the awareness of Being, without the "I," without the ego, without this "me." Therefore, we have to investigate this calmly, we have to approach the truth about these reactions, without interfering with them. See, we are not dealing with something so simple.
Throughout our lives, the idea of ??being someone- someone thinking, someone feeling, someone speaking, someone listening, someone doing - is very strong. We have a clear feeling, a clear certainty of the existence of someone present here, because thought brings us the conviction. Thought has formed the image in you, established the idea in you and, therefore, the conclusion of an identity that likes, dislikes, accepts, rejects. A present entity, the thinker, who has thoughts, feelings, sensations, and emotions. Whereas, in reality, life as it unfolds encompasses all of that, but there is no one present.
There is no one present in life as it happens, which represents only an experiencing, when the "I" is not there, when the idea of ??an identity, which is this thinker, is not. So, what is this real encounter with God? It is the encounter with Life as it is. Here, all the difficulty we have lies in the illusion of someone for whom life is happening or should happen in this way or that other way.
You never question the fact that, in looking, there is only seeing what the brain witnesses, perceives through the eyes. Your belief, the common belief we receive from this culture, from this model of mental conditioning, is that someone is present behind the eyes. Yes, when we have the idea of ??someone being present, there is the illusion of an identity that likes or dislikes, that names, that has a history, a memory about it. But the fact is: what is present there, is only a verification, an observation.
This element, which is the "I," does not exist unless thought arises to say something, to draw conclusions, to take positions, to make choices, to like or dislike. All of this stems from this psychological model of being someone, which is mere mental conditioning, a common belief, a belief, a feeling, a sensation, something very strong that brings you this conviction.
Is life as it happens possible without the presence of this "I"? In other words, life, at this moment, showing itself as it is, without anyone to draw conclusions, to evaluate, to believe, to accept or reject, to like or dislike, to accept as real or false?
Our model of a person is the model of someone who looks from this psychological background. This prevents us from having that real contact with God, which is contact with Life, something possible when the "I" is not present. So, there is contact, there is communion, but it is not the communion or contact of someone. It is not someone having an experience with God, it is experiencing life as it is, and then it reveals, yes, this Happiness.
Happiness is not what thought imagines, projects, idealizes and seeks in its achievements; it is not in external achievements nor in internal achievements. The truth about Happiness is that Happiness is the awareness of Being. This awareness of Being is the Divine Presence, it is Real Consciousness, it is That which is present here beyond the "I," beyond the ego.
This is what we're working on with you in these online meetings we have on weekends, Saturday and Sunday- two days together. I want to extend an invitation to you; it's an opportunity to investigate this closely. Besides the online weekend meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you've just heard makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Leave a "like," subscribe to the channel, and comment: "Yes, this makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting and until next time!