Joel Goldsmith | Awakening Mystical Consciousness | What is True Freedom? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast and Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Awakening Mystical Consciousness." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Acceptance of what is, without resistance, is the path to inner peace." Well, on this subject, can you share your vision of what true Freedom is?

MG: Gilson, the awareness of Being, the Truth about yourself, the Reality about life, the Truth about God-this is the definition of the question "What is Freedom?" Now, notice: everything we've just mentioned, all these phrases, mean absolutely nothing when viewed from an intellectual perspective. When we look at the dictionary, we have the meaning for every word. When you look up the meaning of a word, you find the meaning of that expression, but the verbal meaning is not the real meaning; there is a difference between the word and the thing itself. The word "love" is not Love; the word "freedom" is not Freedom...

We have many ways of expressing "freedom," and within words we can give this expression many meanings. We generally use the expression "freedom" to refer to economic freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of action, financial freedom, emotional freedom, freedom to come and go... We have many ways, we use this expression with several meanings, but here we are discussing the awareness of the Divine, the awareness of Truth. We are here to address a new meaning to this expression.

Note that in life, "freedom" is also synonymous with space; without space, we cannot speak of freedom. When we have space, we have freedom. Now, look at what interests us here, investigating this expression: psychologically, within ourselves, in our minds, in our hearts, we are unaware of Freedom, because we are living within patterns of feelings, emotions, and thoughts within a restriction, within various restrictions. Our relation with others, with ourselves, and with life, is very narrow, very limited. We lack the presence of space, so we are unaware of the Truth of Freedom.

The presence of Freedom is the space that allows us, in our relation with others, as well as in our relation with ourselves, internally, to enjoy Peace, Silence, and Love. Thus, I would say that true Freedom consists in the awareness of this Being, which is the awareness of God. It is not about political freedom, economic freedom, freedom of speech, or any other form of freedom, but rather the Freedom for Love, for Peace, for Happiness, something that becomes possible when we have a comprehension of the Truth about ourselves.

Note that people speak, write, and compose songs about freedom, but this remains only in the realm of ideas, theories, and desires. We do not assume the experiential Truth of Freedom, and we do not assume it because we do not come into direct contact with what we are. We remain in ideology, in concepts, in ideas, in intentions, but not in the direct experience of what is present here, revealing itself as who we are within relations-our relation with him or her, our relation with ourselves, our relation with life. So, we don't have the awareness of this in a direct way.

What we are saying here is something we cannot put into words-that's what we are doing here, in these statements, telling you very clearly that the Reality or the Truth of Freedom is not restricted to theoretical formulations of words, desires, or ideas... We can only truly know what the Truth of Freedom is by assuming who we are in our essential Nature-which requires the presence of the Awakening of Consciousness, the true vision of God, the true awareness of life. This is what we are here together, working on with you, deepening with you. The presence of this contact, the Truth of this vision, the clarity of this moment we can call Freedom, is something indescribable. You were born for the Reality of your Being, for the Truth about God.

Here, the expression "God" is used not in the sense of an idea, a belief, or even a concept, but of a direct experience of Supreme Happiness, of Supreme Love. It is in Supreme Love, in true Happiness, that what we can call, in fact, true Freedom, lies. Freedom is something that concerns your Being, the presence of life free from the ego, free from the "I," free from the "person." This sense of identity we have is a limitation. We are living within a frame of illusion, in a circumscription of ignorance, trapped in a program of collective consciousness, social consciousness, and worldly consciousness, which represents a quality of life that is asleep, dreaming.

Your true contact with life is a contact where there is no separation between you and life as it is; and within it, there is Freedom indeed, when the ego is not, when the "I" is not. This is what we are here with you to comprehend, to experience. This is the presence of true Freedom, this is the presence of the Truth of your Being. Some call it "Spiritual Enlightenment" or "Awakening of Consciousness"; That which is indescribable, unnameable, That which is beyond words, and beyond thoughts.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "Master, how to live true love in relations?"

MG: Gilson, that's a good question. We don't know the Truth of Love. We have feelings for people, they have feelings for us... We relate to each other based on the presence of thought and feeling. As long as you are pleasant to me in this relation, as long as our thoughts and feelings remain pleasant, we call "love" this pleasure present in the relation. When we begin to disagree in thoughts and feelings, the way we treat each other changes completely, and with this change we have a difference; we no longer have the presence of pleasure, we have something that is no longer pleasure in the relation.

We use the term "love" to describe this affinity of thought, feeling, sensation, and emotion, which represents the presence of pleasure. What brings us closer to the other, the fond memory of them, the pleasant thoughts of them, we call "love," but the central basis, the foundation of this, is actually sensation, satisfaction, fulfillment, and pleasure. When it changes, we experience resentment, hurt, sadness, anger, jealousy... So, what we call "love" is something that alters, something that changes. We are constantly experiencing sensations. If they are pleasant, we cling to them; if they are unpleasant, we move away or no longer want them.

Here, together, we must investigate this issue of the Truth of Love. Love is what is present when what we know as "love" no longer exists. See, there is no possibility of verbally describing, in words, what Love is, but we can investigate-yes, using expressions and words-what Love is not. Love is not possession, Love is not control-see, possession over the other, the desire to possess-it is not control, it is not exercising dominion so that the other, in this possession, can fulfill me.

Thus, investigating what is not Love, what is present in our relationships in general is not the presence of Love, because control is present, possession is present, and dependence is present. All of this is violence, fear, and if this is present, any change in thought and feeling reveals that, behind the pleasure, what we have present is this condition within the relationship. Therefore, what we call "relations" are relations where what is present is the presence, in these relationships, of all forms of problems, which remain hidden until they become manifest, when we experience frustration, disappointment, and betrayal. And this shows itself much more frequently than we imagine. Everything seems to start well, but in reality, we are just playing a game of appearances, when what is hidden behind what is apparent, is something else.

The Reality of life free from the ego, free from dependence, free from attachment, control, envy, jealousy, possession... When we have the Freedom of a relation where we have not the presence of the "I," the presence of this self-centeredness, this search for fulfillment, pleasure, and fulfillment of sensation in him or her, we have That which is present beyond this separation, this duality. Therefore, the Truth of Love is the Reality of this Being, That which is present here when there is no longer the illusion of thought, feeling, and sensation for this center, which is the "I," which is the ego.

The truth is that, in this center, in this ego, all our reasons, motives, intentions, interests, desires-all of this revolves around the search for a particular fulfillment, a self-centeredness, which actually isolates and separates us. This isolationism, this separation, is actually the presence of conflict. Note, conflict is already present, suffering is already present, but it is hidden. You don't become aware that, behind this pleasure, fulfillment, and satisfaction in the relation, there is no love, but dependence, fear, jealousy, possession, and control. This is how we live in the mind. This is the movement of thought within us. This is the movement of the ego.

We need to go beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond this sense of someone present who needs to find some level of fulfillment in him or her, so that in this Happiness of Being, in this Freedom of Being, the Reality of Love is truly present. And when Love is present, your relation with him or her is no longer one of dependence, fear, lack, or seeking something in him or her. Therefore, living the Truth of That which is you in your essential nature is to assume the Reality of Love. Then, this Love is present, but the other is not the presence of this Love, the other is not the fulfillment of this Love, the other is not the joy of this Love.

When Love is present, the other, life, and everything around you is included, is part of this Love, because you, in your essential nature, are the Divine Truth, the Truth of Happiness. Thus, the presence of Love is the most precious thing we have in life, but the presence of Love is not possible when the ego is present, when the sense of separation between you and him or her is present. Free from the sense of "I," the other is part of this communion of Divine Presence. The other is the Reality of this Being. If there is no separation, what is present in life is the presence of Love. Thus, we cannot put into words what Love is, but we can become aware of the Reality of That which is present here, at this moment, as the Reality of God.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Maurício made the following comment: "How do I abandon my private desires?"

MG: Gilson, the idea of ??freeing oneself-see-from personal desires, is just an idea! Investigating the nature of the "I" is to comprehend the nature of desires. The "I" is this sense of dissatisfaction; in dissatisfaction, the longing for something is present, all the time. Therefore, freeing oneself from personal desires means comprehending the nature of the "I," having a clear vision of what desire represents. Desire is the presence of dissatisfaction; the "I" is this dissatisfaction present, this incompleteness. Becoming aware of our reactions, seeing clearly how the mind works, here at this moment, at every instant, in contact with the present moment.

When you come across something, you have a perception. As that perception of that given thing arises, a thought about it arises; along with it, a sensation arises. At that moment, thought projects itself to fulfill itself in that object-it is the presence of thought, when it projects itself to fulfill itself psychologically in something. From this perception, desire arises. Is it possible, in life, to become aware of the mechanics of perception, sensation, and thought? Of this projection of thought to fulfill itself in that object?

Note that it is the movement of thought. By projecting itself, it creates an identity that will be fulfilled in that sensation. So, at this moment, the Reality of the instant is lost, because the movement of thought is one of projection toward what it desires to achieve. Then, the presence of the future arises, of the future to be happy, of the future to be fulfilled, to be satisfied. So, we are constantly in a movement of achieving something to be happy or of getting rid of something-which is also a form of desire-to be happy. Alienated from this instant, this present moment, we are living, psychologically, in thought, in sensation, in imagination, in the longing for something.

Note that this is, essentially, suffering. Freeing oneself from suffering means being here and now, free from the movement of thought projection into desire-into the desire to obtain or the desire to be free. Perhaps, your question is precisely this. You ask: "How do I free myself from my personal desires?" Become aware of the movement of the "I." It is the presence of the "I," the illusion of an identity here and now present, in dissatisfaction, projecting oneself from thought to fulfill oneself in the future, the basis that sustains the suffering of desire.

GC: Thank you, Master, we've already completed our time. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following along and truly desire to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings hosted by Master Gualberto. These meetings are much more profound and transformative than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions alive, and second, and most impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares a field of Presence, Power, and Grace around Him. And in these meetings, we end up taking a ride on this field of the Master's Presence. And, by taking this ride with the Master, spontaneously and effortlessly, we enter the Meditative State, quieting our minds, and gaining insight and comprehension into the topics discussed here on the channel.

So, here's the invitation: in the first pinned comment, there's a WhatsApp link to join these meetings. Go ahead, give a "like" to the video, and if you're not subscribed, please, subscribe to the channel. And, Master, thank you again for the videocast.

September, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to find God? Meditation: what is it? Learning about Self-Awareness. Wisdom: how to attain it?

The question here is: "How to attain wisdom?" Thought, in general, is something that is acquired, obtained, achieved. We are always searching for something; the idea is that there is something out there to obtain, conquer, acquire, overcome, do. We are constantly engaged in an idea, in a thought that relates to the future for some level of satisfaction, fulfillment, and accomplishment.

So, when we touch on the issue of wisdom here, once again, we pose an ideal: "I'm not wise enough, I need to attain wisdom. I don't have enough intelligence, I have to acquire intelligence. I don't have enough freedom, enough love, enough peace." So, the idea is to obtain this, achieve this, accomplish this.

What is the truth of wisdom? See, your purpose, your ideal is to acquire. This is the purpose, this is your proposal, this is the reason for your search. But comprehend: Wisdom is the awareness of Reality. The direct awareness of Reality is the presence of Wisdom. The point is that Reality is not out there, not outside, not in a proposal, in an objective, in a target. The reality of Wisdom lies in the awareness of what is presently revealed here.

Therefore, the great secret to the awareness of Wisdom is precisely not to move toward the future, because what this movement toward the future is if not an ideal of becoming, while the reality of Wisdom consists of Being. You will not become wise, you will not be wise, you will not attain wisdom in knowledge, in experience. The awareness of Life in Being is the presence of Wisdom.

And how can I become aware of Being? By leaving this becoming, this obtaining, this accomplishing in the future. That is why we have emphasized here the basis for Intelligence. I am not referring to technical intelligence, scientific intelligence, spatial intelligence, the intelligence to deal with matters in this dream of existence as we know it. Here I am referring to the presence of Divine Intelligence. The presence of this Intelligence does not require knowledge and experience.

It's interesting to explore the difference here between the presence of Wisdom, the difference between what Wisdom represents and the experience of what knowledge means. We have the experience of knowledge. Knowledge gives us experience; experience broadens and deepens all the knowledge we acquire. However, this is not wisdom. It gives us the ability to make a living. Practicing a profession, your ability to make money in that profession, requires knowledge, experience through practice and exercise.

So, as you practice, you acquire greater knowledge and deepen all that experience, this enables you to be a better professional. Thus, what we call intelligence to deal with technical and scientific matters, in this dream of life, in this dream of existence, is something different from the reality of Divine Intelligence, which is Wisdom. Because here it's about dealing with life in its entirety, for example, in our relations.

Note that we don't know how to deal with our feelings, our emotions, our thoughts. We don't know how to deal with our relations with people, nor with the situations that arise; In situations, especially unpleasant and unexpected ones, we become completely stunned and lost.

In life, we live with problems of all kinds. We are capable of solving mathematical problems, scientific problems, medical problems, mechanical problems, physics problems, chemistry problems, carpentry problems, electronic problems, technology problems, but we are not capable of solving internal problems-the issues of anxiety, depression, fear, anger, the pain of loneliness.

The psychological problems we face are countless, innumerable, and these problems are not resolved through knowledge and experience, through exercise and practice, through intelligence in technical matters. Here we need a new vision; this vision is the presence of this Intelligence, it is the presence of Wisdom.

You must know very learned people and excellent professionals in some fields. Maybe you yourself are a doctor, an engineer, a technician, a scientist, but notice this: despite all the knowledge you have, that we have acquired to deal with external matters, we don't know how to deal with ourselves, we don't know how to deal with others or with the situations that arise. Suffering is present, pain is present, fear is here, anger is there too, the pain of loneliness, anguish.

There are countless problems: stress, anxiety, depression. See, I say it again, and I'm repeating it on purpose: there are countless psychic and psychological problems, and we don't know how to deal with them because we don't know ourselves-that's the point. We have technological knowledge, but we don't know ourselves. So, we need to learn about Self-awareness.

In this true learning of how the mind works, we can go beyond the psychological condition of suffering present in this entire conflicting, distressing model of being a person. This is possible when we learn about Meditation. In this learning about ourselves, in this studying of ourselves, we approach the awareness of Meditation.

So, meditation, what is it? The truth of Meditation, what does it represent? It represents your true encounter with life. Interestingly, this encounter with life is the encounter with the Divine. There is no separation between life and the Reality of God. So, something we're investigating with you here is how to have, in life, this vision, this vision of Truth about ourselves, this vision of Truth about God.

So, the question is: "How to find God?" See, once again, here we are faced with something that for many seems quite complicated, because people have the idea of ??having an encounter with God through religious, mystical, esoteric practices, following doctrines and beliefs, within religions, in organized religion, in this or that sect, in this or that religion.

So, there's also a big confusion about this, because, in our thinking, we've been educated, programmed-I use the term conditioned here-to constantly repeat the old belief model of a distant, separate, distant God, to be found by someone; that someone is "I."

Here we are investigating the nature of the "I," realizing that this "I," this person, is an illusion. It is the discarding of this illusion. It is when this illusion ends that it becomes clear that what is present here is Life, and Life is the Reality of God. The Reality of God is already present when the "I" is not, when the ego is not, when we no longer have the illusion of this person with all their beliefs, theories, concepts, in this idea that God is something separate, distant, that must be found in this or that doctrine, in this or that religion, mystical, esoteric, or spiritual practice.

When there is the end of this illusion, the Reality of Life is the Reality of God. This Reality of God is present, being the Truth of the Reality about You. There is the truth about you being investigated based on Self-awareness. The truth about you is the idea that thought has been constructed of the person you feel you are. Comprehending this truth reveals to you the Truth of the Reality of your Being. In other words, That which is beyond the person, beyond the "I," beyond the ego.

That's why we need to have a direct approach to Self-awareness, to the vision of the Reality of Meditation in an experiential, practical way. Then, in this moment, the presence of this Intelligence, which is the presence of this Being, is revealed, and this is Love, Freedom, Bliss.

From a free mind, a new quality of feeling, thinking, and acting. Here, with the expression "new mind," we're talking about something beyond the mind as we know it; there is the Truth of Wisdom. You in your Being... See, it's not about becoming, achieving, obtaining, but about assuming the Reality of this Being when we discard the illusion of the egoic mind, of this personal consciousness, of this ego-identity. You in your Being are Wisdom.

You won't acquire wisdom; you will assume the Reality of Being, which is Wisdom. If this is present, there is no more disorder, no more confusion, no more suffering. That's why some call this the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Enlightenment. Yes, it is the presence of Something indescribable. I have sometimes called it Real Consciousness, but we are here speaking of Something or pointing to Something that is beyond words.

In this moment, in this awareness of this Being, That which is indescribable is revealed, That which is beyond names and, therefore, unnamable; beyond words, therefore, beyond images, beyond thoughts: it is the Truth of God, the Divine Reality. Thus, we have for the question "how to acquire wisdom," the answer to the question "how to find God."

Note, none of this is on the outside; it's something that's present here when illusion ends, when the idea, the thought, the image that thought itself projects in time, ends. Thus, we eliminate time, we eliminate the idea of ??past, present, and future for "someone"-someone who lacks wisdom and needs it, someone who hasn't found God and needs it, someone who needs to know themselves and doesn't know themselves, someone who needs to meditate to have an encounter or a mystical or spiritual experience. All of this disappears when we investigate the nature of the "I," the nature of the mind. Then, That which shows itself present is beyond thought.

This is what we're working on with you here on the weekends. We have two days together: Saturday and Sunday to delve deeper into this with you. So, online, we sit down and investigate this with you and approach this awareness of Meditation through self-inquiry, based on Self-awareness. So, I want to extend an invitation to you: two days in this online format. Here, in the video description, is our link to join our online weekend meetings.

In addition to the online meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's your invitation. Leave your "like," subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? Thanks for the meeting, and see you soon!

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Joel Goldsmith | The Art of Spiritual Healing | What is spiritual life? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone, we're here for another videocast. Master Gualberto is with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here.

Master, today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called: "The Art of Spiritual Healing." In an excerpt from this book, Joel made the following comment: "The Son of God is always the servant of his fellow men, forever at the service of those who call upon him." In this excerpt, Joel Goldsmith comments on serving others. On this subject, can the Master share his vision of what spiritual life is?

MG: Gilson, our old habit is one of separation. We are constantly separating ourselves. Here, in the question of what spiritual life is, there is already division. We already find a distance, a separation between material life and spiritual life. Here, the question is: What is life? Yes, there is that life we ??know and there is Life as it truly is: this is Real Life. What we understand as life is a movement in which we are constantly interpreting what happens.

Therefore, what emerges there, in life as we know it, is a personal interpretation, a way of happening where the pattern of thought is determining this entire interpretation. This is the life we ??know. Yes, we can call it material life, a life centered on the person we believe ourselves to be, on the mind we know, on the consciousness we are living.

Therefore, what we could truly call Life-True Life, Real Life-is, in fact, Spiritual Life. And why Spiritual Life? Because it is Life as It is in its expression. It is in this internal movement of the mind that we are living in ignorance. I refer to this movement of the consciousness of the "I," where we are situating ourselves within the model of time. We do not live in an experiencing, in a verifying, in perceiving. We do not live in a way of looking, listening, or truly comprehending Life, because we are within a pattern of behavior where our thoughts are entangled with time. We are living in time.

Why have we emphasized here with you the beauty of an encounter with the moment? Why are we here investigating the importance of revealing this instant, of what is here, here and now? Because this reveals Life as It is, when the "I" is not there, when the person is not present. The person is the presence of the mind living in time. We are constantly capturing the present moment, storing the present moment as memory. This recollection is the mind's remembrance about life, it is the presence of the past, it is the continuity of this person.

Our life is personal, it is not real. The person is, in fact, a construct of thought, since thought is this remembrance, this memory, this recollection. Therefore, it is something that once was, but which is constantly appearing within our relations, in the form of a person. This is the life we ??know. The acknowledgment of Reality is the approach of Life. Therefore, Real Life is Divine Life, it is Spiritual Life; it is not the life of the person, it is your life. The way you represent the present moment, how you deal with the present moment, how you demonstrate the present moment, is based on an evaluation of thought; it is life in time.

Note that we are constantly in the past or the future. Now, notice what this statement we just made here means: the statement that we are constantly in the past or the future. We are affirming that our life is a life in memory, in thought. It is thought that lives on memories, it is thought that lives in the past. It is this past, these recollections, like thought, that project themselves into the future: this is the life we ??know.

We are emphasizing with you here the truth of an encounter with the Supreme Reality, with Divine Reality, with the Truth of God. It is that which is present here, not within time, outside the mind and, therefore, outside the past. It is the Timeless Reality, it is the Reality of Life, the Reality of God. It is the very Presence of this Being that you are, it is the Truth about You, when the illusion about you, in this truth of the person, is no longer present.

Therefore, there is the truth about the person: this is the truth about you, who you demonstrate to be, who you seem to be, who is expressing at every moment. However, there is a Truth about You, beyond this truth of the person: it is the Divine Reality, the Reality of God, that which is timeless, that which is the Unknown, the Indescribable, which is beyond thought.

Dealing with Life as It truly shows itself is to access the Reality of That which is timeless, of That which is not part of time. For practical purposes, we have chronological time-the time that deals with days, months, years; the time that deals with hours and deadlines. We call this movement in the known, this phenomenon of appearances and disappearances, as "time."

That which is temporal, that which comes and goes, that which is changing: this is the phenomenon of this dream. Therefore, between sunset and sunrise, there is time-chronological time-but the Reality of Life is beyond time: it is the Reality of Being. That which is eternal, beyond the known, is the Divine, the Truth of God, the Truth of your Being. Life there, is Real, Life there, is Love, Bliss, Freedom. This is what we are here, with you, working on and investigating.

So, what is Spiritual Life? Spiritual Life is Life when there is no longer the illusion of the mind sustaining the time that thought is producing, which is psychological time, where someone is present, someone who maintains their continuity in memory-we don't need that. Life is real now, here, when illusion is no longer present, when the mind, as we know it, is no longer present. Thus, there is no such thing as this "person," there is no such thing as this particular life of the person. The flourishing of this Divine State is your Natural State of Being, outside of time, beyond birth and death, beyond the idea of ??"mind, body, and world." It is Spiritual Awakening, the Awareness of Life, the Reality of Life.

GC: Master, we have a question here from a subscriber on the channel. She made the following comment: "Master, I feel lost. How can I find a greater purpose and begin to live a life with more spiritual meaning?"

MG: Gilson, the idea of ??purpose is the projection of thought in time. All thought does is project itself-either backward or forward. Note that thought within us does not deal with what is here; it is always dealing with what was or what will be. We are constantly, psychologically, either in the past or in the future. The element present here, in this movement, is the presence of thought. It assumes the idea of ??an identity-which is the "I," the person-to have a purpose, to achieve something, to accomplish something it desires, seeks, yearns for. It is the projection of thought itself onto an ideal of purpose.

The Reality of Life, Real Life, free from thought, is the purpose itself. Life itself is its purpose; it is not the life of someone finding a purpose. This person lives in a search, in a constant quest for some level of fulfillment, accomplishment, completeness. But what is the truth of the person in incompleteness, in dissatisfaction, and in the search? The truth of the person is the truth of a thought that is moving within us, giving us the basis for a fictitious, illusory identity. We are internally in an imaginary world, constructed by thought for someone; for someone who is either in the past or in the future.

There is a deep level of dissatisfaction within us, and that is why we speak about purpose. This dissatisfaction is the presence of thought. Thought within us will always be incomplete, always dissatisfied. It doesn't deal with truth; it deals with images, with imaginations, and we were educated to live this way, conditioned within an ideal, within various forms of purposes and objectives. Our human ideal, as people, is to achieve something surprising, extraordinary, "for me." But what is the truth of this "me"? It's what we need to comprehend, what we need to investigate.

The Reality of Life is its purpose. The beauty of Life consists in an encounter with what is present here, something possible only when thought is not here, making no interpretation, evaluation, comparison, judgment, projecting itself with its desires or fleeing from its pain. Fear is something present in pain. Pleasure is something present in desire. The presence of thought is the element behind this movement. This movement is fictitious, illusory. It is what we have called here "the time of the mind," "the time of thought."

So, when you speak of a higher purpose, notice... why do we speak of a higher purpose? Because life, as we live it in thought, is a life without purpose. There comes a time when you realize that, despite everything you've accomplished, you remain unhappy, troubled, psychologically and internally miserable. Even though you've accomplished things externally, there's no satisfaction, no fulfillment. That's why we speak of a higher purpose. In truth, there's no greater purpose than Life-not life for the individual, but Life without the individual. Life without the person is the Reality of Being. This is the true purpose, the only great purpose in life: to embrace the Reality of Being. This is Love, Bliss, the Awareness of God-the Awareness of That which is beyond the mind, beyond the world, beyond all our ideas about life.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber. In a video where the Master spoke about Self-awareness, the comment was: "It seems liberating to me. How can I live this?"

MG: You ask how to live this. You say, "That seems liberating." The Reality of life is the presence of Freedom. It's not about someone living it; it's about comprehending Life, the Freedom that is Life. There is no one to live it. It's the presence of this "someone," this "me," this ego, the limitation. We see ourselves within a circle, trapped within it: it's the life of the person. Real Life, in Freedom, there is no one in It. Your question is, "How to live this?" By assuming your Natural Real State of Being.

You are psychologically internalizing an orientation, a model, a program of action, thought, perception, sensation, interaction with others, with yourself, with the world around you. This is an illusory form of behavior, centered on a pattern organized by thought within you.

By freeing yourself from thought, you free yourself from this specific way of living; you free yourself from this psychological model of situating yourself in life. There is a break with the ego, with the "I," with the person. This is the true way to live this, the true way to embrace it. Anything else, any other project, search, pursuit, practice, or involvement with so-called "spirituality," or with any other technique, approach, or promise to achieve this state, is entirely false.

The basis, the foundation of this, is the presence of Self-awareness. When there is Self-awareness, there is an approach of this moment for a perception of life as it happens, without the "I" and, therefore, without this psychological form of existence that thought has been sustaining and maintaining in each of us. Then, we encounter this freedom. The expression "freedom" is quite curious: it's not something you will eventually achieve, it's something you deal with in this moment, from the moment you bring awareness, consciousness, and presence to your reactions.

It is necessary to be conscious, placing, in this moment, full attention on your reactions. This is what breaks this psychological model of existence, of conditioned mind, of prison pattern. This is what we are here, with you, working on. This is what we are working on with you in online meetings. We have online meetings, in addition to these videos. We are working on, with you, in face-to-face meetings. Discovering the Truth about yourself is the only thing that matters. It is real contact with life, it is life in communion, in a moment-to-moment flow. Then, we encounter this Freedom, this Love and Happiness.

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master. Our time is over now. Gratitude for this videocast.

And for those of you who are following the videocast to the end and truly wish to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These meetings are available online, in-person, and also as retreats.

In these meetings, which are much deeper and more transformative than these videos here on YouTube... First, because the Master answers our questions directly. 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, Power, and Grace.

And, in these meetings, we are being taken by this field of the Master's Presence. And, by being taken by the Master, we spontaneously enter a meditative state, quiet our minds, and have an incredible ease in knowing ourselves and observing our thoughts. So, here's the invitation. The first pinned comment contains the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings.

Also, please "like" the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave comments here, asking questions for future videocasts.

And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

September, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to find God? | Meditation: what is it? | Learning about Self-Awareness | Divine Wisdom

Let's investigate with you here the difference-here, within this speech-between mere knowledge and experience of Divine Wisdom. We have the presence of knowledge and experience and we have the presence of the Reality of Life. The Truth about Life is the presence of Wisdom.

You can be someone who possesses a great knowledge and has a great experience in diverse subjects in life, however, despite this, you continue being someone present with problems. So, what differs the presence of Wisdom from the presence of knowing, of knowledge, of experience? It is that, when Wisdom is present, there is no longer this "someone" with problems.

You know that a problem is an issue. When you have a problem, you have an issue that still has not been resolved, you have an issue that is still there. Life shows itself to each one of us as the presence of a challenge to be comprehended, to be investigated, to be seen. In this vision, in this investigation, we have the comprehension. Life shows itself as a challenge for this form of intellect that we have.

We have an intellect within a conditioned mind, trapped in a model of thinking and feeling about life that places us in an internal condition where the basic problem we have, that we do not resolve, is the issue of the "I," is the issue of the ego, is the presence of this someone. Here we are investigating with you the Truth about Life.

Our intention here consists in the discovery or revelation of the Reality of Life; it shows itself present, it reveals itself when this someone with problems is no longer present. Then we have the presence of Wisdom. The presence of Truth is the Wisdom of God, is the Divine Wisdom; it is present when there is no longer this unresolved issue, which is the issue of the "I."

The "I" is this feeling present here that you have about yourself, that you do not comprehend. You do not comprehend because you did not investigate, did not look closely, and because of that, it did not resolve itself. Here, we are telling you that life as it shows itself, in this challenge that it represents, the solution for this mystery is the comprehension of Life in itself, by itself, when the "I" is not there, when the ego is no longer present.

It is the presence of the ego, it is the presence of the "I," the presence of the problem. The diverse problems you have in life, despite all the knowledge and experience you've acquired, despite all the knowing you have, life continues being complicated, difficult, problematic, heavy, burdensome, full of problems, and this is present because we lack the awareness of Life, the comprehension of the very mystery of Life revealing itself, which is the presence of Wisdom.

We can have all kind of knowledge and experience, capacity to deal with diverse subjects on the outside and, however, internally, we continue in this internal complexity, in this difficulty within ourselves, with problems. The human being suffers from fear; diverse are the forms of fear present in each one of us.

We suffer from anxiety, from worries, we live states of depression, of inability to deal with the other, to deal with ourselves, within relationships. Despite all the knowledge and experience, despite all intelligence to deal with external subjects, we continue without the real vision of Life and, therefore, without Divine Wisdom.

The presence of this Wisdom requires learning about ourselves. Learning about Self-awareness is that which places us before this mystery, which is the mystery of Life; seeing that there isn't any separation between what we are and Life itself. We are mistaking ourselves for the "I," for this person and, thus, living as someone present.

The Reality present is Life. There isn't this "I," this "someone." This someone is an idea created by thought that separates itself from the present moment to live as an element that separates itself from the very Reality of Life, from the very Truth of Life. Thus, we are within a psychological configuration entirely false. It is with this that we are mistaking ourselves for: the idea, the thought of the "I," of someone present. That is the absence of vision, the presence of ignorance, the presence of illusion, of separation between you and Reality, between you and Life.

There is no separation between the mystery, which is Life, and the Reality, which is You in your Being. Therefore, comprehension is the solution for the challenge. Thus, we have the solution for the challenge of life when we have the comprehension of what we are in our true nature. The presence of comprehension is the presence of the vision of this mystery. This is the presence of Divine Wisdom.

Thus, we have the answer for the question "how to find God?" That which reveals itself here, at this instant, at this moment, being the truth of your Being when the ego is not present, when the person is not there, when the illusion of an identity that sees itself present in the contact with life, seeing itself separated from life itself, is no longer present. That which brings you closer to this clear vision of yourself, of your own Being, is the presence of this learning about Self-awareness.

We need to know what we are, the truth about this "I," about this "person." We've carried for many years the idea-actually, for our whole life, this idea-the idea of someone present, of someone in feeling, in thinking, in speaking, in acting. It is an internal, psychological condition, of mental confusion, of ignorance, the idea of someone present. This is the illusion of the "I."

Learning about Self-awareness is to be aware of that, is to learn to look at how the mind happens, how it processes itself inside each one of us, sustaining this idea, this image, this mental construction. The presence of this learning about Self-awareness is the presence of Meditation.

What is Meditation? What is the truth of Meditation? What is it? It is the awareness about this one who places itself as the meditator, as the thinker, as the experiencer and as the knower. The element in you that knows, the element in you that experiences, the element in you that knows is the element in you that involves itself in a practice called meditation.

To investigate the nature of the "I" is to investigate the nature of this meditator. When we have the revelation of the truth about Meditation, it shows clearly the illusion of the person, of this "me," of this "ego," of this meditator. When the brain quiets itself, the mind silences, a new space opens itself inside each one of us for the true comprehension, because we are dealing now, at this moment, with an approach of ourselves, investigating the nature of the "I," the nature of the person that we are.

Then we come across the great Revelation that there is a Presence here and now beyond this "I," this ego, this meditator. It is when the Truth of Life unveils itself; Life as it is, as it shows itself, without the illusion of someone to evaluate, judge, compare, like or do not, Life as it happens. This is the presence of Divine Wisdom.

You in your Natural State of Being is the presence of this Reality that here is present at each instant being the only Truth. I refer to the Truth of God. All the problems we have are problems for the person, for the "I," for the ego, because we lack the vision of Life, the comprehension of Life.

The Beauty of this encounter with That which is Life, which is the Truth of this Mystery, which is the Divine Mystery, which is the Truth about ourselves. There is no separation between Life, this Divine Mystery and the Reality of this Being, which is the Reality of God. There isn't such a thing as someone who separates itself from Life, this is something that thought has established as a belief present inside each one of us, in this egoic consciousness, in this mental consciousness.

You are in your Being That which Life is, present here and now, in its own Mystery. Thus, That which is You in your Being, That which is Life in its Mystery is the Divine Reality. Therefore, the real encounter with God is not something that someone realizes in the future, it is the Truth that Reveals itself here and now, when there is no more the illusion, when there is no more this quality of ignorance. When there is no more ignorance, we have the presence of Divine Wisdom.

Therefore, notice that it is not about knowledge and experiences to deal with subjects in this dream, called "human life." The presence of Wisdom, of Divine Wisdom, is the awareness that allows you the comprehension of the totality of Life in the relation with people, in the relation with situations, in the relation with yourself. It is the comprehension of Life, the absence of the "I," that which allows you, in this real vision, a Life in Love, in Freedom, in Happiness.

The presence of the Truth is the presence of Freedom, is the presence of Love, is the presence of Peace. As long as there is no comprehension of Life, the awareness of God, the life of the human being will continue being the life of an ego-identity. No quality of knowledge, experience, or knowing will grant you the Freedom for a happy, complete, realized life. Any external realization, despite the presence of this realization, suffering will still be present.

A Real Life, a Divine Life, in this mystery that Life is, that which is present here is Bliss, is Joy, is That which is indescribable, which is the Reality of God. And all this shows itself when this Natural State of Being blossoms, which is Meditation, which arises in result of a clear vision of oneself, of the Truth about You, which is Self-awareness.

That's our proposal to you here, to investigate, to deepen, to comprehend. You were born for Wisdom, for Freedom, for Happiness, for the awareness of God, for this encounter with the Truth, that which represents the end for this mental confusion, for this psychological disorder, for all forms of psychic suffering. The Liberation in this Life is the end of this illusion of this "me," of this "person."

Therefore, that's what we are working with you here in these meetings. They are online meetings we have on weekends, where we are Saturday and Sunday working this. You have here, in the video description, our WhatsApp link to deepen, to work this. Besides online meetings, we have in-person meetings and, also, retreats. Therefore, if this is something that makes any sense for you, go ahead, leave here your like, subscribe to the channel and write here in the comments: "Yes, it makes sense." Okay? And we see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!"

September, 2025
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How to find God. Meditation: what is it? Learning about Self-Awareness. Wisdom in practice.

It seems to me that this is already becoming clear, at least to some of us, that human life is very confusing, very problematic. For most of us, confusion, disorder, and suffering are the most common thing. And when we find ourselves overwhelmed by the tremendous suffering this represents, we seek help, we look for someone or something that can help us escape this confusion, or at least improve, alleviate this situation, lessen this situation.

Here, together, looking at this, observing, is investigating. Is there another way to approach the end of confusion, conflict, and suffering for each of us? This is what we are here investigating, inquiring, exploring with you: the possibility, in this life, of embracing the truth of a free life, where Reality life is present. And what we have said here, revealed to you in each of these meetings, is that life is comprehended, becomes clear, and becomes real when, in practice, Wisdom is present.

We need to differentiate the truth of Wisdom from the mere understanding or intellectual comprehension of some aspects of life. You can, technically, have a deep knowledge of some areas-for example, in your profession-or a certain skill in human relations and have a certain success in them. The presence of this quality of knowledge and experience enables you to deal with everything reasonably.

Here, our interest is not partial, but complete, total. We are not interested in simply improving ourselves as individuals. Here, we are investigating the truth about the person with you, and this will show us that no matter how good they are, no matter how successful they are at the moment, they still, as a person, carry the illusion of separation between themselves and life and, naturally, between themselves and others. Thus, all success or achievement is something within a limitation, because it is a life sustained by knowledge and experience.

There is a quality of life, which is Real Life, and it is unknown to thought. It is not part of what you can achieve through knowledge and experience: it is Divine Life. Life where Wisdom is in practice, in the practice of living. This living is the living free of "someone"-"someone" living, "someone" who sees themself as the center of experience, when experience is here. The true awareness of Life is practical Wisdom; in it, there is no separation between this living and life.

To put it another way: You are Life in this living, when practical Wisdom is present. It is a way of approaching the present moment, where the presence of Intelligence prevails. When there is Intelligence-I refer to this Divine Intelligence-you have complete freedom to interact with people, without the illusion of the image that thought, in general, constructs about the people we are dealing with. This is because we have an image of who we are, relating to the other, as we believe they are.

The idea of ??what they are, of who they are, of what they represent to "me," is in the image that thought within me has constructed about them. Here, the presence of Intelligence, which is the vision of Life in a practical way, in this living, there is no "I," no ego. This is what we are here, with you, investigating. The presence of Life is the presence of Divine Reality in this living, when there is no longer illusion, the illusion of separation. The presence of this illusion is the presence of the conditioned mind, the mind we know, the mind that lives in confusion, disorder, and suffering.

We are here inviting you to the Awakening of your Natural Divine State. It is an invitation to assume, in life, the awareness of God. We have no awareness of Reality, no awareness of Truth, and therefore, there is no Freedom. The awareness of Truth frees us from illusion, from this sense of "I," from this sense of separation. Then, we encounter Life, and in it there is the answer to the question; the question is: "How to find God?" It is here, it is now, in this instant. This requires a new brain, a new mind; it requires the presence of knowledge of a different order.

The knowledge we have, like the experiences we bring. We have technical, scientific, biological, and psychological knowledge, knowledge of science, biology, chemistry, and mathematics. Here we are talking about new knowledge, which is not the knowledge recognized by thought. It is the presence of a quality of knowing beyond the mind. It is Divine Reality revealing itself.

There is the presence of knowledge and there is the Reality of the Unknown. When we touch here on a quality of knowing beyond the mind, beyond the ego, we are pointing to the Unknown. The true comprehension of life consists in knowing Divine Reality. It is not "someone" having this knowledge; it is the presence of knowing, the presence of that which is present here beyond thought. You will never have awareness of Life, of how it truly is, by looking at it through the model of thought.

Is a brain that sees without the past possible? This is the new brain; a mind that approaches the present moment in Silence, in Freedom, without the bonds of all this history of memory, of recollections and remembrances. A mind free from knowledge is a mind ready for this knowing, for this perceiving, for this looking without the past. This is the result of this learning about ourselves.

Why have I emphasized the importance of learning about Self-awareness here? Because it brings you closer to this state of mind, brain, and heart free from thought. It is the approach to Meditation. What is Meditation? What is the truth of this art of meditation? It is to face life without the past, to face life in this perceiving, knowing, in this looking. Then, this divine encounter with God is revealed.

So, how to find God? Not in the future, not in time. God is not a reality to be found there; this time is not real. See this carefully: what we call time is something within a model of chronological experience. Leaving this place for another requires space-time. But with regard to Divine Reality, the Reality of Being, it is precisely the absence of time. It is precisely because we are living in the illusion of time that we are in the idea of ??someone who sees themselves separate from God. We are in the illusion of a person who sees themselves separate from others, a person separate from life.

It is precisely because we are in the illusion of time that we are idealizing happiness tomorrow, love tomorrow, peace tomorrow. There is no such thing as "tomorrow" for Peace, for Love, for Happiness. We are in a model of mental abstraction when we bring this idea: "I am not happy, but I will be happy," "I do not have love, but I will have love." It is the idea of ??time, the presence of thought, that is the element within you that constructs this quality of time.

What will a life free of thought be? We face the present moment without the idea of ??the past or the future. The present moment reveals what is here as Being, not as this idea of ??becoming, of achieving, of obtaining, of getting there, or even of getting rid of. Notice the beauty of what we are pointing out to you here. Life is here and now, but we have been educated, within thought, for the idea of ??tomorrow, for the idea of ??something later. We are living, psychologically, in thought, in time.

Therefore, there is no separation between thought and time-this time and becoming, this achieving. That is why we are in constructs like: "God to be found tomorrow," "happiness found tomorrow," "love will arrive tomorrow, when someone comes into my life or something happens." It is always the future. We separate ourselves from this moment when we place thought as the present element here.

The idea you have is the image that thought has constructed of you: you to find God, you to be happy, you to love, you to peace. This separation, this duality, is the presence of time, the presence of space, something that thought is establishing. A direct vision of oneself, in this learning about what you are, there will be, here and now, the recognition of the illusion of the thinker, the illusion of the element that sees itself separate from life. This is the end of the "I," this is the end of the ego. This is the space that reveals itself when there is the presence of Meditation.

Some people talk about meditation as something someone practices. See, someone in the exercise, someone in the practice, and this requires time, it requires exercise of someone. The truth of Meditation is the awareness that there is no such "someone." The reality of Meditation is the space that opens up when time, duality, the experiencer, the meditator, thought ends. We are talking about a single movement. The presence of thought builds the experiencer, builds the thinker, builds the meditator, builds the idea of ??the future, the image of God tomorrow, of happiness tomorrow, and everything else. It is the presence of thought.

So, what is this awareness of self-discovery, which is the presence of Self-awareness? It is looking at this moment without the observer, it is perceiving this moment in this listening. This is learning about ourselves, becoming aware of what thought has been established in this mind, which is the egoic mind, in this consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I," and then, it dissolves. When we have this dissolution, in this space, we are faced with the art of Meditation; and if Meditation is present, there is the revelation of That which is the only Reality here, which is the Reality of this moment.

The Reality of this moment, exactly as it is, reveals to us That which is beyond time, beyond the known; this is the encounter with God. Therefore, you do not enter into meditation; Meditation assumes reality when this "I," this "me," the idea of ??someone is not present. Therefore, you do not have an encounter with God; the Reality of God reveals itself as the Truth of this Being that is present here, which is not the "I," the person.

The encounter with Self-awareness is not "someone" having knowledge of oneself; it is the awareness that there is no "I," no ego. There is life as it happens, moment by moment, and it is already present within it... It is not something that will be achieved in the future, accomplished tomorrow, conquered by someone. I refer to the Truth of Bliss, of Love, of Freedom, of the comprehension that what is present here is Divine Truth.

Therefore, the encounter with God is the realization in this knowing, in this quality of knowledge, which is not knowledge for someone, it is the acknowledging of this recognition. This is the presence of Wisdom, of a life in Wisdom, in practice. Therefore, there is no separation between Life in Wisdom and this living in practical Wisdom, in the Wisdom of the moment, in the Wisdom of the instant, in the Revelation of That which is present here. Self-comprehension is the Awakening of this true vision of Life.

This is what we are working on with you here in the online meetings we hold on weekends. There are two days: Saturday and Sunday. You can find our link to join the online meetings we hold on weekends here in the video description. In addition to these online meetings, we have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's an invitation. "Like" it, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting, and see you soon!

September, 2025
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