The truth of death. How to deal with death. Psychic suffering. Egoic mind and suffering. Avidya.

We find questions like these quite reasonable, and we're going to investigate them with you here: "How to deal with death?" - or the search, the quest to discover the truth of death. We think this is very, very reasonable, but when we look at life as it happens, and there is this fluidity, freedom, when you are not in any level of discomfort, friction, conflict with life as it appears, as it arises, as it flows, you don't ask these questions.

Notice that, it's always when suffering is present at some level: discomfort, pain, conflict, contradiction, problem - that's the suffering present - when this is present, these questions arise. So, you see, we're already here with you working on this issue. Let's investigate this a little here.

When do we worry about death? Is it when we're happy? When we're celebrating? When you're laughing at a joke, do thoughts of death come up? Do any questions like this come up for you, such as: "how to overcome the fear of death," "how to get rid of suffering," "how to find peace" or "how to find love"? What I want to tell you here is that all these questions will always arise as long as this internal condition in you is the condition of some level of emotional disorder, of thinking, feeling.

Is it possible to discover life as it happens, without the idea of how it should be? Because, notice, this is where this suffering, this discomfort, lies. The very basis of these questions, in this psychological background, is the movement of psychological background with this suffering, with this contradiction, discomfort, conflict, and problem, which is the basis for these questions. But it is precisely within this psychological condition that all this appears.

Here, with you, we are precisely investigating the end of this psychological condition. We don't need the answer we are looking for, an answer to it, because we are in conflict, in suffering, in internal disorder, and so we put ourselves in this search for an answer to life or death, or to situations, or to what we don't understand, to what we don't comprehend.

Once you discover the truth of flowing with life as it happens, without this psychological condition... Notice, this psychological condition, where conflict, disorder, suffering, and problems are established, is precisely the presence of the "I," of this "me." It's when you see yourself as someone present in life and are at some level resistant to life as it happens that these questions arise, these problems arise.

Here, together, we are working on the very end of this element, which is the "I," the " me." Let's comprehend this clearly. This element is nothing other than this very conflicting, psychological state of being; it is this that, in its confusion, suffering, and discomfort, creates these questions. To discover life happening without this element is to no longer have questions about what life is, what death is, how to overcome problems, how to overcome death, how to get rid of suffering, and so on.

Discovering the beauty of this encounter with life as it happens, without this element that sees itself as separate from it, resisting this movement... Yes, life is what happens, it has its own movement, but when you look at it from this old model, which is the model of thought, where you live within principles of choosing what you want and what you don't want, what you like and what you don't like, what you accept and what you reject about life, that conflict is established, discomfort arises, disorder happens, within you.

There is no problem in life as it happens, and the appearance and disappearance of things is part of life. Our idea of death antagonizing life, fighting with life, note, is an idea. It does fall within the principle of appearing and disappearing, but it's life as it happens. Everything that is here, now, undergoes change: it's here now and then it's gone.

This whole notion of time that causes us so much discomfort, which is where change occurs, this discomfort is not caused by change itself, but by this pattern of thinking that wants to give a fixed structure to life as it happens. So, we reject death, we reject the end of things, we reject disappearance. There's a whole movement in each of us, in this thought pattern, which is a movement of possessing and holding on and not allowing change. Thus, we're always in a vain attempt to hold, in an unchanging way, that which changes, that which, by nature, is already changing.

You can't hold on to anything, no matter how hard you try. Everything goes away, everything disappears, it's just a matter of time. When we have the time for change, that's not the problem either, but it's the illusion of thought resisting change. That's what underlies the problem, that's what underlies the psychological suffering in each of us.

A real approach to the truth about yourself will show you that all the suffering present in you is psychic. It is only thought that is sustaining this suffering, when it resists life as it happens, when it wants to control events, happenings, people, feelings, and thoughts; it is always the internal movement of thought, in this format of the thinker, of the experiencer, of the one who separates oneself to observe and is seeing from oneself, from what one can see. Invariably, it is always like this. It is this sense of this "me," this "I," evaluating, judging, comparing, sometimes accepting, sometimes rejecting. This is the particular purpose of this center, which is the "me," the "person."

Thus, every form of psychic suffering is that which is present because of this psychological model of being someone in life, in experience, in events, in what arises. That is why we are investigating with you here the end of this egoic mind and suffering. There is no separation between this mind of the "I," this egocentric mind, this model that looks from this illusory center, and suffering. As long as it persists, the illusion remains.

In India they have an expression for this illusion, for this psychological condition of affirming this identity; this psychological condition of affirming this identity in life, seeing oneself as separate from life, as the experiencer of what one is experiencing - one sees oneself as the experiencer and as someone experiencing it - this condition in India they call avidya. Avidya is a word for ignorance; the condition of illusion that sustains suffering is avidya. So, what is this illusion? What is this avidya? It is the presence of this egoic mind, this mind of the "I."

When you use statements like "my house," "my car," "my family," "my business," "my life," "my story," here we are before a particular vision, centered on the "I." We have life happening, but we do not have the truth of this "I" having these things. This idea of having, of possessing, is of controlling, of maintaining, of holding, of sustaining. So, this psychological condition of suffering is inevitable when life as it is shows itself. Things disappear, vanish, are taken away from this "me," from this "I," then suffering is present, then questions arise: "How to deal with death? How to deal with this 'losing' of the things that one has, that one possesses?"

Life at this moment is something that is changing. Nothing is permanent and nothing is sustained as thought photographs it. In us, thought photographs it, records and tries to give a fixation to this, to that, and to that other thing. What thought does is to construct a present entity, being the manager of all this, the owner of all this. So, this whole psychological condition of the "I" is one of control, of attachment, of domination; this is what the "I" calls love.

Thus, all suffering arises because of this, so-called, love. However, there is no such thing, it is just a nice name that the ego gives, that this "I" gives, that this thought gives to the things that it tries to give stability, security, with it. Thus, the psychological condition of the person is one of attachment. So, fear is inevitable, possession is inevitable, suffering is inevitable. There is no way to get rid of it. Thus, there is no such thing as getting rid of suffering as long as the sense of "I" is present, this ego remains, this mistaken view of life as it happens is present.

A direct look at your reactions will show you that these reactions in you arise from thought, from this model structured in the past, seeking to maintain its continuity, holding on to things, holding on to objects, holding on to positions, holding on to people, holding on to relationships so that they do not undergo changes, so that losses do not occur. The central idea is to possess, control, dominate and sustain one's own "I," one's own ego in these things, in these positions, in these ideologies, beliefs and also in these relationships between people.

So, all this concern about death is something that is present because the sense of "I" wants to maintain its continuity. Here we are inviting you to the awareness of your Being, to the awareness of Life, to the awareness of Love, to the awareness of the Freedom of your Real Nature, which is the Nature of God, where none of this is present. This is the Real encounter with Happiness.

That's why we have these meetings here on weekends, where we're with you on Saturdays and Sundays. These are online meetings on weekends. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these meetings. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel, and please, leave a comment here: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

March, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | The Heart of Mysticism | Wisdom, knowledge and intelligence | 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 Joel Goldsmith's book called "The Heart of Mysticism." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "It is not your knowledge, your wisdom, or your understanding. It is God's." On this subject, can the Master share his vision of what wisdom, knowledge, and intelligence are?

MG: Gilson, there is only one way to truly approach life, and that is through Wisdom. We can have this common approach to the experience of life as it happens based on the knowledge we have acquired. In general, we mistake this knowledge - see, there is a difference between the Truth of Wisdom, of Real Intelligence, and what we call "intelligence," linked to this background of knowledge we have acquired and the experiences we have gone through. It is very common, in life, to acquire knowledge through experience; or through knowledge, based on knowledge, to acquire new experiences. That only gives us, in life, an approach to life in this so-called "intelligence" we know.

Notice, human beings are very intelligent; we are creatures capable of great achievements. That has been proven over the centuries, especially in these last centuries, in these last hundred years, the achievements and conquests of this intelligence within us have already become very clear. So, we have great intelligence, but an intelligence that is based on knowledge and experience. Here, when we deal with you about Truth, Wisdom, we need a new quality of intelligence, which is not the intelligence of knowledge, which is not the intelligence of experience, which is not the intelligence based on thought. Note that all our knowledge is based on thought; all our experience is, in reality, knowledge, which is thought.

Now, notice, despite all these achievements, Gilson, we continue, as human beings, despite all the comfort, convenience, efficiency, and capacity - we now have resources in medical science, in fast means of transportation, we have the presence of computer mechanics, the ability of robots, and so on - we have accomplished wonders, but from a psychological viewpoint, internally, we continue to be anxious, full of anguish, worries, we have countless forms of fear, the various conflicts present within us, created by these contradictions of desires. We desire things that we do not want to desire. We know that it will create problems for us, we do not want to have that desire, and yet the desire is there. So, there is a contradiction in wanting for the sake of desire and, at the same time, not wanting to have that desire because of the problems it can cause.

Thus, we have conflicts of these contradictions of desires, we have countless fears, our inability to deal with people... We are always hurting each other, we are always offending each other, creating annoyance and inconvenience for him or her. We suffer from anxiety, insomnia, depression, we suffer from the pain of loneliness, we have various forms of psychic suffering present in each one of us, and this scientific and technological intelligence has not solved it. Yes, the pharmaceutical industry has created medications, but these medications are palliatives. That does not essentially solve the problem in each one of us, which is the problem of the "I," of the ego. It is the ego that is suffering. So, in the midst of all the comfort, driving a nice car, internally we are distressed, worried, and afraid.

So, we have advanced a lot technologically, scientifically, but psychologically we continue to be unhappy, with problems, in suffering, because we lack the vision of Reality, which is the vision of God. And the vision of God does not come through thought, through knowledge, or through experience. The vision of God comes through the Reality of Intelligence, this Reality of Intelligence is something present when there is, precisely, the emptying of this psychological content, which has sustained in us the illusion of an identity - which is the "I," "me," the ego - that sees itself separate from life itself, that sees itself separate from God. Can we have, in life, an approach to Intelligence? I refer to this Real Intelligence, which eliminates fear from each one of us, and the various forms of worries, which puts an end to the continuity of problems. Can we have a brain free of problems, free of conflicts, disorder, and suffering? That requires the presence of Intelligence, this Divine Intelligence, this Intelligence of God. This is what brings us closer to Wisdom.

Here, the question is: How to realize Wisdom in life. The presence of Wisdom is not the presence, I repeat, of knowledge and experience. The presence of Wisdom is the presence of the Truth about us. Only when you become aware of how you function, how the mind works, does it become possible to go beyond the mind, beyond this "me," this "I." Then, we have the blossoming of Wisdom, the blossoming of Truth, the Truth of God. Then, it becomes possible, in this life, to see what it represents. But now it is clear that there is no separation between you and life itself, because the sense of separation is no longer present. That is Wisdom! Note, it is not something you acquire by reading books, studying, or a teacher can tell you. You cannot discover the Truth about yourself from someone, from another. Only by having an approach to Self-Awareness do we have the basis for the awareness of God, which is Wisdom. And a life in Wisdom is a life in Love, in Peace, in Freedom. We have the presence of Happiness when the Reality of God blossoms, when the Truth of your Being emerges.

It is in this sense that we use the expression "Awakening of Consciousness" or "Spiritual Enlightenment" here. It is the Reality of this Truth that has blossomed, that is here and now, revealing itself in life, as the awareness of your Being. That is Wisdom. So, the Truth about Wisdom is the Truth about this Divine Intelligence. While, on the one hand, we have the presence of knowledge, based on thought and experience, regarding wisdom, what we have is the presence of this Intelligence, which is Divine Intelligence. You cannot learn this outside. This new learning about yourself is what gives you the vision of this Intelligence and this Divine blossoming. This is what we work on here, with you.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, which is the following: "Master, how do I get to know myself?"

MG: The comprehension, Gilson, just comprehending your reactions, that's all we need. When you have a thought, you don't become aware it's there, but you don't have just one; for a minute, an hour, five minutes, fifteen minutes. Note, every moment we have thoughts, but we are not aware of them. A thought arises and you don't become aware of it. It brings a sensation, it brings a feeling, it brings a state, your emotional state changes, your state of feeling changes, due to the presence of this thought, this feeling. So, we are constantly being touched by thoughts, feelings, emotions, within our relationships with people, with visual perceptions of environments, in this contact with ourselves, and we don't become aware of it.

So, what does it mean to have a revelation of the Truth about who we are? It means becoming aware of these reactions when they arise. Thus, every minute of every hour of the day, we have the opportunity to observe our reactions, what is happening here. When you look at someone, you look from the perspective of your thoughts and you don't become aware of that, at that moment, you are evaluating, accepting, comparing, liking, disliking, judging. This is something automatic, mechanical, unconscious, because of the presence of thought within you. You are not with him or her, you are with the thought about him or her, and you don't become aware of it. Becoming aware of our reactions, notice, is not something so simple. It requires, for this moment - and it is only this moment, you cannot postpone it, it is for this moment - it requires, at this moment, attention to these internal reactions that are happening within you, in this contact with him or her. Just as in this contact with yourself, with what is happening here and now.

Thus, what is this approach to Self-Awareness? It is, at this moment, an attention that looks at this thought, this feeling, this emotion, this sensation when it arises, without interfering with it. Looking at it and becoming aware of it is getting closer to Self-Awareness. This is interesting: the real way to approach Meditation requires the presence of Self-Awareness, and the presence of Self-Awareness requires this attention to this reaction that arises here and now. No one has ever told us about this! You are the age you are today, but you have never become aware of how you function, psychologically. And if you are not aware of this, and if you do not become aware of it, you will never break away from this psychological condition of identifying, in a mechanical, unconscious way, without any perception of yourself, of these states.

So, we are constantly responding to life in our relations with people, with ourselves, with what arises, with what happens, in a completely unconscious way, without any Freedom, because we lack an approach to Self-Awareness. And if this is not present, this awareness that reveals the Truth of your Being beyond the "I," beyond the ego, does not show itself, which is the awareness of Meditation. You need to have an approach to Self-Awareness, to have an approach to the Truth about Meditation, then this space opens up, free from the "I," free from the ego, where what is outside the egoic mind is revealed, outside this consciousness that is the egoic consciousness.

Discovering contact with life without this element that comes from the past, which is the "I," "me," the ego, requires the presence of Meditation. That is why we have meetings where we work on this with you. They are online meetings, in person, retreats. Discovering what it is to live free from the egoic mind, free from this mind of the "I," from this movement of thought, for a contact with the present moment, free from the past. Then, the Truth of life is revealed, the Beauty of Love, this Grace and this indescribable, unnamable thing, which is beyond thought, beyond imagination. I refer to this Truth of God.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. He asks the following question: "Master, how can we do self-investigation of the 'I' in our daily lives?"

MG: Notice, this question of yours has just been posed here, the answer to it. This investigation is not something that thought constructs, it is just this look without interfering with the movement of thought itself, it is the look without interfering with the movement of feeling or emotion. Try to look at someone, for example, without their past. See, you will be faced with an extraordinary challenge. Looking at someone without their past means looking at them without the thought you have about them. It requires the presence of attention in this look, which eliminates the past. In general, all the contact we have with life at this moment is contact from the past, from memory, from thought. A contact with this moment, with this instant, requires the presence of a look free from this image, this frame, this memory, this recollection. Is it possible to have contact with him or her, without the image you have of him or her? The answer to that is: yes! When you discover what it is to look, without interfering with that look and you do not interfere with that look, when you learn what it is to look without that observer, without that thinker, without that experiencer of the image.

Our entire model of life during all these years has always been that. We are always being personal within relations, because we are always putting this element that comes from the past, this "me," this "I," to like, to dislike, to evaluate, to compare, to judge. to want something from him or her, or to get rid of his or her presence. We do not know how to get in touch with life at this moment without the past, because we are too addicted to this model of being the experiencer, the observer, the thinker. And here we invite you to learn to look without the past, to look without the "I." That is Self-Awareness! Then, a new quality of performance, of action, of movement, will happen and, certainly, this "me," this "I," will not be present. This is when the brain quiets down, the mind becomes silent, and this space free from the past is present.

So, here, at this instant, at this moment, there is a contact with Meditation. And once Meditation is present, once Meditation reveals itself, there is a new fragrance in this relation. It is no longer a relation between images, you no longer have an image of him or her. In general, in our contacts with people, between people, the person is an image, the image you have of who you are, the image you bring of who the other is. Here we have the end for this in this look, in this becoming aware, in this perception. You are asking how to do this self-investigation. We put it here for you: become aware of your reactions. When a thought arises, an emotion, a sensation. look at it, but it is the look without this "I," it is observation without this observer, it is becoming aware without someone in this awareness. Try this!

The real way to approach life is through life with life. And you are life in your Being, when the past is not present. Thus, your contact with him or her is contact with life, with life when the "I" is not present, when this feeling, the thought of someone who lives in this wanting, not wanting, liking, not liking, is no longer present. We need to find out, in life, what life is without the "I," what life is without the ego, what life is free from the past. As it has been said, there is a fragrance, there is something new in this space, when it is not occupied with the model of thought, comparison, judgment, evaluation, of this liking and disliking. Unless this becomes clear in our lives, we will never know the Truth of Happiness, Love and Peace. Everything we have experienced in this sense of the "I" is the approach of sensations fulfilment; something mixed with pleasure where pain is present; with this so-called "love," there is jealousy, possession, dependence, some level of suffering. Here we are working on this together. The awareness of your Being is the awareness of Love, it is the awareness of Happiness, it is the awareness of God.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is over. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching the videocast until the end and want to experience these Truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are intensive weekend meetings. They are available online, in person, and even multi-day retreats. In these meetings, Master Gualberto answers our questions directly, and much more than that. Because the Master already lives in this Awakened state of Consciousness, he lives in this state of Presence, and this Presence is a very strong energy field. And in these meetings, we end up riding along on this energy field of the Master, and it helps us a lot to comprehend what is beyond intellectual understanding, it helps us to enter spontaneously - through this Power of Presence in the Master - into a state of Meditation.

So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, go ahead, give a like to the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave comments here, bringing more questions for us to bring to the next videocasts. And Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The truth of death | How to deal with death? | Psychic suffering | Egoic mind and suffering

There is something very curious about all this behavior in us, in this contact with life as it happens. Among us, we find philosophers, psychologists, the so-called religious people, we find mystics. When you look at nature, you do not find philosophers, psychologists, or those who dedicate themselves to the study of theology among sparrows, rabbits, or monkeys. Notice how interesting all this behavior that is in us. We have issues that we do not find in any other environment, only in this environment, within this context of human history, of human beings.

So, we have an intellect that we are proud of. However, this intellect, in addition to solving problems - in this encounter with a scientifically,

technologically life condition, as in the case of medicine and in several other areas, we see problems solved, problems resolved, and we are in a better life condition within this context of human culture, history, civilization, in this context of humanity -, although this is present, we also come across unresolved issues, and we have the idea that they are not resolved yet and that they may be resolved in the future.

But note: these are entirely intellectual issues that involve this issue of feelings and emotions in human beings, which we do not really find in nature, in the animal kingdom. Issues like: "How to deal with death?" You cannot imagine a bird having an issue like this. If you have a pet in your house, you never imagine your cat having this problem. See, an issue is a problem. For sure, you've never imagined your kitten wondering when it would die or about the old issue about the truth of death: "What is death?"

So, these are issues that are present in human beings, because we are philosophical, we are theological, we live within psychological principles, we want reason, the why for things, especially if these things affect us internally, create some level of discomfort, disorder, conflict, contradiction, and suffering.

Why do we have a question like this: "How to deal with death?" It's quite simple: we are not dealing with life; your pet, your dog, your little fish in the aquarium, those little fish there are dealing with life, because they are dealing with what happens; They do not speculate about what will come, about what will happen, about the losses they will suffer, but we, as human beings, despite all this intellectual capacity to resolve issues that bring us today an improvement in life, a better, more comfortable quality of life, such as the extension of our days, due to all these technological, scientific and medical advances, despite this, we continue, psychologically, to have problems.

And why is this present in us? This is due to the presence of this sense of "I," this sense of ego, this sense of "me." It is because we have things that we can lose, or because we have things that we want to achieve and that we have not yet achieved. This ideal of possessing in the future, and of not getting rid of what you have, is an internal movement of thought, within you, that produces conflict, that produces suffering.

Here with you we are investigating this issue of the end of this illusion, which is the illusion of this psychological condition in which we find ourselves in this feeling-thought "I," having all these things, needing to resolve these issues. We need to discover life as it is, and we cannot be in touch with it as it is while we are weaving ideas, concepts and beliefs about it, about how it should be or could be to "me." This is where there is the presence of this separation between you and life, between you and what is.

When this is established, there is the presence of ideas, philosophical ideas, spiritual or spiritualist beliefs, psychological concepts. All of this involves the question of this model of thought that is present in each one of us. It is this model of thought, which is limited as it is, that finds itself wanting to resolve issues outside its scope, outside its competence.

We cannot resolve issues of a psychological nature, since these issues of a psychological nature are issues created by this psychological model that, by structure and nature, is confused, disoriented, creating imaginative questions, questions like: "How to overcome death?" Note, we do not know what life is and we already want to overcome death. We do not know what it is to live, but we want to resolve the question of what death is and how to overcome death.

Note that all the psychological problems that we have are established in questions that thought itself establishes in imagination, within its model of confusion, limitation, speculation. Thought within us is trying to find the answer to the imaginary questions that it has. Take a careful look at this here.

This question about what death is, is like the question about what life is. Life here is just life as it happens, to be lived as it happens. Any discussion about it, any debate about it, is a mere imaginary speculation of thought. Death is a word that we construct, through thought, to talk, for example, about the end of things. But let's take a closer look, for example, at this word, which is a construct of thought.

Life, here and now, everything in this instant is appearing and disappearing. There is no such thing as a fixed structure called life that happened at a certain moment and will end at a certain moment in the future. This moment is an idea, and this instant in the future is also an idea. At each moment, life expresses itself in constant change. Everything is new at every moment. So, at each moment, everything is born and everything dies. There is no separation, there is no line that separates appearance and disappearance.

Why do we have questions like this? We have questions like this because we are living on thought. Thought has given us the illusion of being someone present in life, who has things, who controls things, who possesses things, and who cannot lose them. Thought has created the illusion of an identity, which is the "I," this "person" that thought says is you, and you, in fact, in thought, as a "person," believe what thought says.

Thought, for example, says that you have a car, that you have a house, that you have a business, that you have a body, that you have a life. Note that all of these are constructs of thought, they are ideas in thought. These ideas in thought are creating problems. Once thought is there saying that you exist as someone separate from what you have, you are just an extension of that, and if that is taken away from you, a piece of you has been ripped away. So, all of this psychological suffering present in us is a construct of thought.

So, we are living psychologically on things, on objects, on people, on ideas, on beliefs: this is the life of the "I," it is the life of this "me;" It sees itself as an entity separate from life as it happens, from everything that is here appearing and disappearing, and it wants to control, and it wants to dominate, and it wants to possess, it wants to have it for itself, it wants it to be its. Notice, this is the condition, in the human being, in each one of us, that sustains this psychological condition of psychic suffering.

This is what we have called here the egoic mind. What you call "my consciousness" is nothing else: it is this movement of thought that is assuming the illusion of this sense of "I," of this "me," of this entity, as if it were real. So, you see yourself as someone who has things, who is living life - and, here, life is about possessing these things. So, we always live psychologically within this internal condition.

This is life in the egoic mind, this is the life of the "I," an artificial life. As we have said countless times here: there is life as it happens and there is this illusory life of this supposed entity present within this living, within this existence, within this happening. Breaking with this condition is assuming Reality, the Reality of your Being, which is the Reality of God; it is the awareness of Life as it happens, without this illusion of living life because you were born and of losing life if death happens.

There is Something present in this moment, and That which is present in this moment is beyond this illusory life of the "I," it is beyond this model of thought, which is always raising, from itself, questions, problems, which it does not resolve. What we have stated here for you in a very clear way is that anxiety, depression, anger, fear, these various conflicting and distressing states, such as worry, hatred, these various attachments that we all know, all of this is within this psychological disorder of this "I."

The truth of approaching life as it is, is possible when we approach ourselves and through Self-awareness there is this direct comprehension of the non-need for the continuation of this psychological movement, which is the movement of the egoic mind, which is this movement of thought seeking answers for this life that it has idealized, that it has constructed.

Real Life is present, and we do not need this model of thought to deal with what happens. If this is real, suffering ends, fear ends, confusion, conflicts, disorders and the various problems present in this psychological condition disappear, because at this moment what is present is Life as it is, and in It the Beauty of God is revealed, the Beauty of your Being, the Beauty of your True Nature, which is not the person, the "me," the "I," the ego.

This is what we are working on here with you. These meetings that we have here on the weekends, Saturday and Sunday: they are two days together where we are going deeper into this with you. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and we also have retreats. Here in the video description, you have our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings on the weekends and get to know about these in-person meetings and retreats.

So, here is an invitation. If this is something that really makes sense to you, leave your like, subscribe to the channel and say: "Yes, this makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon.

February, 2025
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Psychic suffering. What thought is. How to get rid of suffering? Fundamental questions of life

These various subjects we've discussed with you here require each of us to look at them with an investigative look. This investigation is not analysis, it's not evaluation, it's not comparison, it's not this attempt to intellectually understand the subject. This look or this investigation is that approach where, in this look, a direct vision of the subject is established with the totality of your Being - not just with the intellect, not just with the critical sense, with comparison, with analysis or evaluation. This is how we have to approach fundamental issues in life.

We have the fundamental questions of life here in the channel, and we are calmly looking at them, investigating what these questions are. We need Life itself in life. We have Life itself when we have the awareness of the Truth about it; and the awareness of that Truth is the awareness of who we are. So, to investigate the truth about ourselves is to approach these questions for a direct comprehension, and that's what we're doing here, our proposal here to you. A fresh look, a real investigation, this is what makes the Awakening of Wisdom possible for each of us.

We don't have the possibility of a real vision of life, in life, without the Blossoming of Wisdom. We are looking at this together here. Therefore, what are these questions? And how do we deal with all of them, how do we approach them? It is this approach to them that creates a facilitation for this Blossoming of this awareness of Truth about ourselves, and this happens when we don't run away from it, when we don't turn away from it, as we have generally done. We need to approach this issue of suffering.

The question people ask is: "How to get rid of suffering?" Here, of course, we are dealing with human suffering, with this psychic suffering. What does it mean to have a direct gaze of pure investigation, where the possibility of comprehending this condition, which is the condition of suffering, is present? Because when we ask how to get rid of suffering, we want a formula, a method, a technique, a path.

Dealing with suffering is not like dealing with a mathematical problem. When you have a mathematical problem, dealing with that problem requires an equation; if you have the equation, you have the formula. The formula is the way, it's the method, it's the technique. Most of us haven't comprehended this yet, that when we're dealing with psychic problems, with psychic suffering - and there are countless such sufferings, there are many issues to resolve - they're not mathematical issues. We are dealing with life, we are dealing with this dynamic, living, active movement of existence, and something is present in us that we don't investigate. This is part of comprehending this view and investigating this issue, which is the issue of suffering.

We need to learn something fundamental here, which is the issue of thought, the truth about thought. Because our life is guided by thought, every moment a new thought arises within you. What is the truth about thought? Is it real? Is thought new to us? Is it true that every moment we are faced with a new thought? You see, there are two aspects here. The first is that this moment is always new, but this thought that arises within each of us is not new. Thus, we need to look closely and comprehend that at each new moment a thought is present, but that thought in us is not new.

So, here we are with you investigating all these issues, and one of them is about thought. Once you comprehend how you work, you won't have any more problems. This is like knowledge - technical knowledge - to a certain extent it approaches something like this. When you know car mechanics, you don't have any problems with the fear of the car breaking down on the road, because you have the knowledge. If you have the knowledge, you can solve the problem. You may have some difficulties, as in life, life is like that, it presents difficulties. But for a mechanic, a stalled car on the road is not a problem, although it is a difficulty; or it is a problem, yes, but a problem that is in the right hands.

On the other hand, our approach to life is a mistaken one, because we don't know how to deal with what's going on in each of us, we don't know how to deal with thoughts. So, when the question is "how to deal with thoughts," we don't know. For the mechanic, finding the breakdown and solving the car's problem is something he has knowledge of, experience in, so that's a "problem" but it's not a problem he can't solve. But here, when we're dealing with thought, we're dealing with a problem that we cannot handle.

So, what is thought? Thought in each of us is a movement that is present in this instant; this instant is new, but thought is old. Thus, dealing with these memories, with these recollections or pictures that come from the past - every thought is like this: it's something that comes from the past - dealing with it in this instant is a great difficulty for each of us because we carry an illusion within us: the illusion of someone present to solve the problem. Then, in this sense, we're not dealing with something like technical knowledge.

We're dealing with something that requires the comprehension of the truth about thought. It's not knowledge and experience here, that's not what works; that's what works in purely technical knowledge, like mechanical knowledge and the experience of mechanics to solve a car problem. Here, on the other hand, the problem in us requires a look where a vision of Intelligence, of Presence and comprehension is present, so that this issue has a solution.

The various problems we have, which are these psychic sufferings, which are these emotional sufferings, thoughts, emotions, feelings, dealing with this requires this way of seeing the Truth about ourselves at this instant. We have an internal movement of separation between "I" and "not I," between thought and this thinker, between feeling and this element that feels, between sadness and someone who is sad, between worry and someone who is worried. So, we have this psychic suffering, and then the question arises "how to get rid of this psychic suffering," which is anxiety, depression, fear, anguish, the pain of loneliness, frustration, this pain of rejection. How to deal with this suffering? How to get rid of suffering?

Here we need to become aware that there is no such thing as separation. You see, this is the real way of approaching the solution to this issue or these issues involved with this question of suffering. There is no separation between you and this problem, and this issue, this given suffering. See how simple it is. The worried person doesn't have you worried, that's a thought that arises, and that thought doesn't deal with reality, it doesn't portray the truth. The worried person is you in the worry; it's not the worry and you. Get this difference.

When there's only worry, you're not worried. When fear is present, we have fear, but we don't have you afraid: that's a thought. When you say "I'm afraid," you see, fear is present, but a thought is being placed, distorting the reality of this feeling, which is this pain, which is this suffering, which we call fear. There is no such thing as a separation between you and fear, between you and sadness, between you and rejection, this pain of rejection.

That's what we need to discover here, work on here, become aware here, perceive this directly within ourselves, that what we are is what we show ourselves to be, what we present ourselves to be, what we have to be at this moment. There is no separation between the thought that arises and that thinker in that instant. When we abandon this belief that has established this division, this separation, by doing so we eliminate this condition of duality between this "I" and the "not I"; and when this is done, we are, in fact, really dealing with suffering without running away.

We're the ones giving suffering different names: we call it fear, worry, anguish, the pain of rejection, the pain of loneliness, but in fact we're dealing with suffering; and the truth about suffering is that there's no such thing as the sufferer, we just have suffering with all its mental representation of feeling, emotion and sensation at that moment. So, this is the real way of dealing with psychic suffering towards the end of it, when we don't separate, when there is no distance, when there is no separation. In this moment, we don't have duality, we don't have the sufferer with the suffering, we don't have the thinker and the thought, we don't have the fear and the fearful. Thus, we eliminate this separation when we eliminate this thought model. Try it right now: not separating yourself.

When you give your full attention to this moment, to a thought arising, an emotion, a sensation, a certain internal state arising, when you give your full attention, which is this way of looking, to investigate without any idea about it, concept about it, analysis about it, at this instant you eliminate separation, and when you eliminate separation, this psychological condition undergoes a profound change, a radical and significant change because you are faced with one single energy present, which is the unknown energy of that Divine Intelligence, of that Presence of Reality that puts an end to suffering.

Thus, how can we deal with these fundamental questions of life? By becoming aware of ourselves. The Truth about who we are eliminates the duality that thought has established, has built within each of us about who we are. So, the end of this duality is the end of these unresolved issues, because this is the end of this psychological condition of the ego, this is the end of this condition of the "I." What provides the basis for all this is the comprehension of Self-Awareness.

So, what you've just heard we have here in playlists for each of these subjects. You can take a look here on the channel: the fundamental questions of life, how to get rid of suffering, what thought is, this issue of psychic suffering. And what makes all this possible is the Revelation of the awareness of this Being, which is the Presence of Meditation. So, what is the truth about Meditation? Meditation is what is present when you learn about yourself. So, learning about Self-Awareness brings you closer to this awareness of Meditation.

See, we have hundreds of videos here on the channel working with you on all this, showing you how, in this life, to realize this Truth of Spiritual Awakening, of Spiritual Enlightenment. These meetings here, on Saturdays and Sundays... We have online meetings. You'll find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to take part in these online meetings on weekends. Apart from these meetings, we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So here's an invitation for you. If this makes any sense to you, go ahead, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and say "Yes, this makes sense" in the comments. OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

February, 2025
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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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