Joel Goldsmith | The Foundation of Mysticism | What Is Ego-Free Action? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We're here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is with us. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today, I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called: "The Foundation of Mysticism." In one passage of this book, Joel Goldsmith makes the following comment: "The spiritual life is surrendering to the Kingdom of God, to the Kingdom of God itself. It is a renunciation of desires." Master, in this passage, Joel speaks of renouncing desires. Within this subject, can the Master share his vision on what is an ego-free action?

MG: Gilson, the action we know is the action that arises from the past, because it arises from thought. We are unaware of the action that responds to this moment from Intelligence. We have an action that responds from concepts, opinions, beliefs, ideas, evaluations, the pursuit of results; all of this is part of the model of an egocentric action, because it arises from this psychological background, from memory, from reactive responses.

Here, together, we are investigating a quality of action that does not depend on thought; it is the action free from that "I," from that old model of conditioned mind, of responses programmed by thought. We have a way of always responding from the past. For example: if I ask your name, you tell me your name. It is a memory in you, it is a remembrance in you, it is a memory in you; something that is born from thought and that comes from the past.

So, this quality of response is naturally like that. So, at this level, thought is something functional, practical, necessary. Your address, specialized technical knowledge that you have within a professional occupation... This is part of this structure of acquired knowledge, of memory and remembrance. Yes, this is part of a conditioning model, of something you learned and that, in a certain way, is very practical and useful.

But we have a quality of action that we need to release, let go of. It is the reactive action of the "I," of the ego. When, for example, you compliment me, my response-because this "me," this "I" here, feels happy with the compliment-is to like you. This liking is born from this background, this psychological background of a present identity. This identity is something established here as a mental construct. This "me" is the person that "I" believe myself to be. This is the "I," this is the ego.

This quality of response is inadequate. It arises in "me" from a choice. This choice to like. This choice is this conditioning. I like you. It's an option that "I" have. This "I" is an illusion. This choice that arises from this background is an unnecessary psychological conditioning. Because, now, "I" like you because you complimented me; but when you criticize me or treat me badly, this "me" will feel different.

So, we constantly live in a psychological dependence of mental conditioning from this "I." This "I," this "me," this ego... with this basis, it has friends and it has enemies. It has people it likes and people it doesn't like. That's the person "I am." So, our actions are actions of this ego, egocentric actions.

Can we eliminate this "I," this ego, this psychological model of acting in life? That's what this work consists of. We are, with you, investigating the possibility of a life free from the ego and, therefore, of an action that arises from the past, an action that arises from thought, that arises from this structure of psychological conditioning. And how does this become possible? This becomes possible when you realize that you, as a person, are an illusion, a false structure.

When you begin to realize that internal states are present in you, in this psychological structure-because you are not aware of how you function-this psychological condition undergoes a change. And we need this radical internal change for a free mind, for a brain free from the "I," from the ego.

Is a life free from this need to be appreciated, to be accepted, acknowledged, possible? Is a life free from this need to feel special, to appear to be special possible? Notice that this condition always carries the other side. In the same way that you feel good, you feel bad.

The various psychic states we have are countless: ADHD, anxiety, fear, anger, worries, restlessness of various kinds, this chattering mind, compulsive thoughts... The various states, with various names, in these various pathologies of emotional and psychological disorder, are something present in this "I," in this egocentric quality of action.

Physical actions being taken and internalized attitudes that are causing internal suffering for this "me." Getting rid of this psychological quality of being someone in this life is to go beyond fear, to go beyond this separation between you and Life; between you and God, naturally; between you and the other.

We are constantly dealing with the other based on the image that thought has established within us about them. If they are someone who caresses, applauds, acknowledges, praises the person that "I" believe them to be, "I" like them. But if they are someone who despises, belittles, rejects, disagrees with me, with what "I" believe, "I" also despise them, dislike them, and may even hate them.

This is how human beings have been living for millennia: Living an egocentric life, a personal life, a life centered on this sense of identity, which separates itself from the present moment to be special, to see oneself as the center of experiences, to see oneself as the center of one's encounters, the center of the moments that one particularizes, that one calls life for "me," personal life. This is an egocentric life. There is no such thing as this life. It is merely a projection of thought itself, creating an illusory identity in a time that thought itself has established, as someone who came from the past, is here and now, is going to the future.

Follow this calmly. Comprehending ourselves is looking at our reactions. This is what brings us closer to this liberation, or this release, from this psychological condition of mental conditioning, of egoic conditioning, of psychological conditioning. We don't need the ego, we don't need the "I."

Life, here, is happening for you. Not in the idea of ??someone for whom life is happening, as we believe. Life for you is Life itself. It doesn't happen "for you" as someone. That's the illusion: The idea that life happens "for me." No! Life happens here and now, as Life, you. There is no separation between you and Life, because there is no "for me." But we carry this separation and, thus, we believe that life happens "for me." No! Life is what it is. And you are Life. In your Being, Life happens as Bliss, as Happiness, as Love, when the ego is not present.

So, there is a quality of action without the "I," without the ego, as well as a quality of thought, of feeling, of sensation, in relation to oneself and in relation to the other; because there is no longer this idea of ??this "me" for this oneself, nor the idea of ??the "person" in this relation with the other. There is no such person here, nor such a person there. Your real encounter with Life is an inclusive encounter; it includes everything around, without the idea of ??someone particularizing experiences, particularizing actions.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "How can I cultivate mindfulness?"

MG: Gilson, this Mindfulness is not something that is cultivated. It's not a plant that you put in your garden and protect from other animals, making a little fence around it and watering it every day and letting it get sun, leaving it uncovered, or covering it if it can't be exposed to too much sun.

This matter of Attention to our reactions, this Mindfulness, is not like a little plant that grows when we cultivate it. Our old model of approach, in general, is like this. We believe in something that grows, that evolves. We believe in progress. Here, the Reality of this Being is present. It's not something that will grow.

Thus, contact with this Attention reveals Life as it happens here and now. You are not an element that will grow in this Attention. The presence of this awareness of Attention reveals this Reality of Being that is You, here and now. We don't need a technique, an exercise, or a practice. It's not like weight training at the gym. It's not like swimming or running. It's not like cultivating, as we just put it, a small plant or nurturing a seed until one day it becomes a tree. It 's not that!

The presence of the gaze for the present moment requires only the gaze. You already carry this gaze within yourself, but you are lost in the illusion of an identity looking, which is the observer. That is the problem. The problem is the illusion of an identity that separates itself to observe. Then, looking from the observer's perspective.

When a thought arises, become aware of it, do nothing, do not interfere. If it is a pleasant thought, just look. If it is unpleasant, just look. If it brings a feeling of pain, just look. A feeling of pleasure, just look. Do not interfere with it. When you interfere, you introduce the observer. When you do not interfere, only the gaze remains. In this gaze, there is the presence of this Mindfulness.

There is something present in this quality of looking, in this Full Attention, that frees the brain from the conditioning of the observer, from the conditioning that is the "I," that is the ego. This is the presence of Attention. It is the presence of this Mindfulness that allows you to encounter the present moment without that background that is the "I," the ego, the thinker, the experiencer, the observer. And so, the brain undergoes a change, the mind is silenced. This real space opens up and reveals in it That which is beyond the known, beyond the past, beyond the future, beyond the idea of ??the present; That which is eternal, indescribable.

The presence of Self-awareness requires the presence of this Attention. And in this Attention, your Natural State of Meditation is revealed. It is not someone practicing Meditation. It is Meditation being learned, done, when there is no longer the "I." Thus, it is not about the meditator meditating; it is about the awareness of Meditation, based on Self-knowledge, on this Attention.

Therefore, what we need here is this disposition. This disposition is the interest in observing, without interfering. This interest requires no effort. It's not something you have to do through effort. It's not something you do through a method, a system, a technique; this requires effort: the effort from a practice with a purpose, with a goal. All of this implies the presence of a still egocentric movement towards results.

It's important that we comprehend this here. Some people use the expression "mindfulness" associated with a technique, with a goal or purpose. This is still something egocentric. The presence of this Attention is something natural. There is no movement of intention, of volition, of wanting. There is no purpose. Life doesn't carry this proposal for you. That "you" is an illusion. Life is its purpose. This is present in this Attention. And this Attention is not someone doing this, aiming for this. This is present in this direct gaze.

I repeat: All we need is a simple intention to observe, to be aware of our reactions, of what is happening here and now. When you speak, gesture; when a thought arises, a feeling, a sensation... looking at this moment requires no effort. It's like when you find yourself there before that sunset, that afternoon, or in the morning, on that beach, while the sun is rising.

During sunrise or sunset, in that gaze there is no time, there is no "I," there is no effort, there is nothing to obtain. Life is something like that, here and now. When there is this Attention, this Natural State that is Meditation is revealed, and in it is revealed That which is eternal, indescribable, which is the presence of Truth.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "Master, even living in duality, can we have a gaze at this moment?"

MG: Look, Gilson, there is a confusion here. You say: "Even living in duality." Look: Life is here and now. This duality is the idea that thought forms about life. Thought creates a mold, placing the idea of ??life within this mold. Then, duality arises, which is the separation between this "I" and the "non-I." But, in fact, we are not living in duality; it is thought that is in this model of duality. Therefore, become aware of thought. Just become conscious of how it processes itself. And, at that moment, this duality disappears.

Discovering how to look at our reactions without interfering with them, as well as looking at thoughts without getting involved with them, or feelings... This destroys this mold, this format of duality, because the brain, the mind, assumes another condition, entirely new; then, silence arises in this brain, the mind quiets down, and in this gaze, here and now, arises That which is beyond duality.

That is why the presence of Meditation is fundamental, Gilson. The presence of this encounter with this Art of Being. The only purpose, the only objective, that which we are working on here-as that which is most important to us in our lives-is the comprehension of the truth about ourselves, about how the mind works, how it functions. This gives you the vision of Life without the "I," without the ego. This is the vision of non-duality.

Therefore, this idea that we are living in duality is the illusion of thought itself positioning itself, speaking of a separation that thought is establishing. There is no such thing as this duality. It is the affirmation of an observer separating; of a thinker separating; of an experiencer separating; of someone who is, as an experiencer, separate from the experience; of someone present as an observer separate from what one is seeing; of someone who sees oneself as a thinker having thoughts. Let go of that!

Just become aware of reactions, and something new will emerge. Something outside the known will take over that space. This space is present when this "I" does not exist, when this conditioning model does not exist; and it dissolves when it is seen. However, it sustains itself when it is not seen.

Therefore, the question of duality and non-duality... What sustains this duality is inattention. Become aware of your reactions. Become conscious of how the mind works, and there will be a break from this condition. Since this is something present in this form or format of psychological conditioning, of unconsciousness, of continuity in inattention.

Why have we emphasized the Beauty of this encounter with the moment? Because this is the moment of Revelation. You don't go to God. God is That which comes and reveals Himself, discarding this illusion of this "me." And all that is necessary is for us to place, at this moment, the intention to observe, to become aware of our reactions.

Then, the Presence of this Grace, the Presence of this Truth, comes and takes over that space. This is Freedom, Happiness, Love, Peace; That which is indescribable, unattainable by thought, now, here, at this moment, is revealing itself. Therefore, this is our work, this is our purpose; this should naturally be your disposition to look, to observe. The meetings we have online, in person, have this purpose.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is over. Thank you for this videocast. And for you who are watching the videocast to the end and truly wish to live these Truths, you are invited to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto provides. The meetings are held online. There are also in-person meetings and retreats.

These meetings are much deeper than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions live. Secondly, 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 end up being carried by Master's Field of Presence.

And, "being carried" by the Master, spontaneously, without any effort, without any practice, we enter a meditative state, silence our minds, and can have a real comprehension of the subjects discussed here. So, the invitation is extended!

In the first pinned comment, there is a WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, like the video and subscribe to the channel. And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

November, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to Find God? Meditation: What Is It? Learning about Self-Awareness. The Practice of Meditation.

Here, in my view, this comprehension, this possibility, is fundamental. I'm referring to the possibility of this mind being free from the "I"-this sense of the present "I," this "me," this "person" here. In reality, we are dealing with a suggestion of thought. Therefore, is it possible, at this moment, to stop projecting, desiring, experiencing from this "I"?

Note that our experiences, all the experiences of this "I," end up representing complete confusion, disorder, a complete negation of this real encounter with life as it truly is. However, we call this true action, real action; this is what we consider our positive action, which is exactly the action of the person, of this "me."

Here, in life, discovering the truth about this means undoing this entire process, which means getting rid of this condition. Can we get rid of this "I," this "me"? Can we get rid of this model of action that we consider as true action, as real action, for a new action? An action that is no longer born from the known model and, therefore, from thought, and that is in line with life as it happens. In my view, this is action free from problems.

However, this requires reaching this "I," this center, this ego, this "person." By touching this, we can go beyond it. So, we need to reach this "I," to become aware of its movement. In my view, this is the true presence of Meditation. What is Meditation? Meditation is going to this root and freeing oneself from it. It is the presence of this learning about ourselves, this learning about Self-awareness that brings us closer to it.

Therefore, it is not about the practice of meditation. The practice of meditation is still the projection of this "I" within a purpose. When you sit down to meditate, there is the person practicing meditation. This is not Real Meditation. No matter the technique or method you employ, you will still be projecting yourself into a technique or practice. The presence of Meditation is the investigation of the nature of the "I."

True Meditation, Real Meditation, which I have called Real Practical Meditation, is different from the practice of meditation. Real Meditation in practice is about going to that root, touching that "I," becoming aware of its own movement. This reveals that the movement of the "I" is the movement of the ego, the movement of this self-centeredness, the presence of the mind moving between the past and the future for "me."

Reaching the root of the "I" is comprehending this entire process, which is exactly what determines this dissolution: the dissolution of the ego, the dissolution of this sense of "I," the dissolution of this sense of separation. We have attempted this through mystical, esoteric, or religious practices and techniques. Some have offered this to us in an attempt to change, to alter this condition of the "I."

The thought present is still based on the idea of ??an entity here, so we talk about this "lower self" or this "higher self," moving from this "human self" to this "divine self," but it's still the idea of ??a present entity separate from life itself, separate from the present reality here and now, because we are within a project, a movement of achieving, of becoming.

A direct, real work of comprehending the truth about ourselves, in this learning about ourselves, in this learning about Self-awareness, consists in looking at what is present here. When this look doesn't interfere, when this perception doesn't project an identity onto this becoming, this "coming to be," we have an answer to the question - "What is meditation?" - because what is present here is revealed when this past, which is the "I," the ego, has lost its importance.

So, to look at the thought, at the feeling, at the sensation, without placing a present entity; Looking at your gestures, words, your tone of voice, looking at what happens externally and internally, without placing an entity to judge, like, dislike, or make comparisons; it's simply looking, it's simply perceiving. So, this brings you closer to a real encounter with something outside the "I," outside the ego, outside the mind.

Our question, the question every human being asks, is whether this possibility of having this encounter with Divine Truth exists, if it is truly real. If so, where is this encounter? How do we find God? How can we have an encounter with God? Your encounter with God is not the encounter of the person you are, the person you believe yourself to be, with what thought in you imagines God to be. Your true encounter with God consists in the Revelation of the Truth about yourself.

Looking directly at the movement of thought, of feeling, of sensation, becoming aware of each and every inner movement in there, in your mind, this eliminates that conditioned model of feeling and thinking about yourself, about life, about the other. Then, yes, this encounter reveals itself. You come face-to-face with That which You are in your Essential Nature, in your Divine Nature.

Therefore, your real encounter with God is the encounter with the Truth of yourself. First, you come face-to-face with the truth about the person, and this dissolves in that instant; that is when the Reality of your Being is revealed. Therefore, there is the truth about the person, and there is the Reality of this Being; this is the encounter with God.

The presence of Self-awareness is the vision of something beyond the "I." There is no separation whatsoever between the truth of this learning about ourselves and the presence of Meditation in a real way, here and now, in practice. Discarding the idea of someone, of this "me," of this "person," is something entirely different from this person in the practice of meditation.

This person in the practice of meditation is the projection of this ideal, of this state of meditation for "me," for the "I," whereas, in reality, the presence of Meditation is this state free of the "I." You do not practice this; you do not involve yourself in a technique or practice.

The movement in practice, for the one who practices, is the movement apprehended, kept in knowledge, in memory, still of the "I," of this "I" in the exercise, of this "I" in the practice, whereas the truth of Meditation is exactly the nullification of this "I," the end of the continuity of the meditator, of the practitioner, of the seeker.

When in the mind there is this space, when in the heart there is this space, the presence of comprehension, lucidity, and clarity of vision are present, show themselves present, and thus we come face-to-face with that which here is this Reality. But your particular way of looking at life is always from this background of memory, of recollections, of remembrances; it is always from the model of thought, which keeps recognizing experiences for this experiencer. This is what has been preventing you from looking at the moment without the past, from looking at the moment without this "I," which is the thinker, which is the experiencer.

The Truth about the Reality of God, this encounter with Him, resides in perceiving life without this background, without this pattern of conditioning. There is no separation that is real, as thought is producing in us as a suggestion, as a belief; that is not real. There is no real separation between the Reality of this Being, the Truth of Life, and the Presence of God. In this clarity of Self-awareness, there is this vision of Meditation.

Your Natural State of Being is Love, Freedom, Happiness. What people call "the practice of meditation" is something that gives them the result of practice; the result of practice is what thought projects, and what thought projects as peace it achieves or experience it has, is still within the known.

The presence of Meditation is not a willful, conscious action of someone. When the presence of Meditation is there, consciousness as we know it, the mind as we know it, does not exist. This new space is something outside the known. The Reality of this Being is Real Consciousness for this mind free from this psychological background. So, what we call mind or consciousness here is something different from what we know.

The question is: How can we approach it? There is only one real way to approach it: It is to look at this instant, simply look at this instant, listen to this moment, simply listen to this moment. Just as life happens externally, with its events and happenings, incidents and accidents, just as life happens internally, when a thought arises or a feeling or a sensation, to look at life as it happens, without rejecting, without making evaluations, without making comparisons, without introducing an element that judges, approves or disapproves life as it is-that is the way.

Thus, the presence of this learning about Self-awareness consists in this Attention, this looking at this instant, without this sensor, without this one that makes choices, that makes decisions like: "I want" or "I don't want." In this way, we nullify the sense of this "I" that projects itself. Dissatisfied with what life is, it projects itself onto what it desires to be, desires to obtain, or desires to get rid of. All this misfortune of being someone, all this unhappiness of sustaining oneself in life by separating oneself from it as a person, is present in all of us because of ignorance.

We were not educated, taught to look at ourselves, to become aware that it is not life that is the problem, but rather this sense of "I," with all its background of memory, of conditioning, that is the element, that is the problem, that is the continuity of this story, of this memory, of this past. Therefore, this self-discovery, this revelation, is the Truth of this encounter with God.

So, how to find God? It consists in this complete emptying of all this old content, which is the content of the "I." The true Divine Life, the Real Religious Life, is the vision of the moment, the vision of the Reality of what is present here; this gaze is the free gaze of this mind that is outside the known, that is outside time. You were born to live this Presence in this life, this perception of Reality, this quality of Intelligence, of comprehending this moment.

Therefore, this is what we're working on together with you on weekends. We have two online sessions: Saturday and Sunday. I want to extend an invitation to you. It's an opportunity for us to be together, looking at all of this and working directly on it. Besides these online weekend meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. In the video description, you'll find the WhatsApp link to participate in these online weekend meetings. So, if this makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Give a like to this video, subscribe to the channel, and comment: "Yes, this makes sense." Okay? See you soon! Thanks for the meeting and until next time!

November, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychological Time | How to Find God? | Meditation: What Is It? | Learning about Self-Awareness

"It is of fundamental importance that we study this here with you-this question of psychological time. Observe that the model of thought in you moves between what was and what will be. Observe that thought in you does not occupy itself with what is here; it occupies itself with the interpretation of what is here based on what was or based on what will be. What was is the imagination of what occurred; what will be is the imagination of what will happen, may happen, or not.

The foundation, the basis is the presence of thought-the presence of the past and the future. We use the expression 'present' for that which is here, but our greater inclination is always to transform that which is here into something based on a reference of what was and what will be. Thus, our great mental occupation-in this consciousness of the 'I,' which is the presence of the person, of this 'me' that 'I am'-is the occupation of this time. This is the movement of psychological time.

And why do we call it psychological time? Because it is something that involves the psychic model of being someone. When we have the presence of this someone-of this being someone-we have the presence of the past, the present, and the future. You, as someone, as a person, are always either in the past or in the future. There is nothing here, in this instant, for the person. Observe your internal occupation; this occupation is the movement of thought.

Thus, the movement of thought establishes time present. We do not have the presence of the future nor of the past without the presence of thought. Without the presence of thought, we do not have time; and without time, there is not the person. Notice how fundamental this is, having this direct vision, this direct perceiving that there is no such thing as a person.

Our belief, our certainty is that we are here, but here exactly where? Since this time is something that thought is producing between the past and the future. Therefore, the very idea of the present-where this 'here' is happening for this 'I'-is a belief; it is an imagination; it is a suggestion of thought itself.

Therefore, the foundation, the structure-exactly where this person is grounded in-is something entirely false. There is no such thing as someone here, as a person present. There is only Life happening. Look, this is not an intellectual conclusion; it is a direct observation of the facts, of that which is present here showing itself, exactly as this is. We need a quiet mind, a silent brain for this perception.

This is why, in life, that which we have of greatest importance consists in the awareness that reveals God, because God is the only Reality present; a Reality present beyond the idea of past, present, and future. The only Reality-which is Life itself-is Divine Reality. And the awareness that reveals This is the presence of this learning about Self-Awareness; this reveals to you, directly, the Reality of this Being that You are, which is God.

When there is this learning about Self-Awareness, which requires this looking at the moment without thought and, therefore, without time, because the past and the future no longer exist, we come across the answer to the question 'What is Meditation?' Thus, Meditation, what is it? Meditation is that which is present here revealing the Truth of the moment as the only Reality that reveals itself here, in that which is outside time, outside thought, and this, naturally, is outside the known.

So, what is Meditation? Meditation, what is it? It is the presence of this comprehension of the moment, which is timeless, which is outside time. This is our true encounter with God. To the question 'How to find God?', here is the answer: in this awareness of Being, which is Meditation. When thought is not, the 'I' is not, time is not, what is present is Divine Truth.

Here, the good news is that this is the Truth about You. To become aware, in life, that this particular life is not real-this particular life of the person is the presence of imagination that thought has established-to become aware, in life, that the mind as it happens, laden with desires, fears, apprehensions, yearnings, worries, various anxieties, all kinds of conflict and problems, to become aware that we can live life without this quality of mind, which is the conditioned mind, this is indeed good news.

The mind in its Natural State-not the mind in this common general state, in this context of conditioning of human consciousness, of egoic consciousness-the mind in its Natural State is Silence; it is Freedom; it is Quietude. Thus, there is a space present; in this space is Life. Observe that the human being has been for millennia in search or in the quest for God-but it is the God that thought has established in its belief; the God who is far away, distant; the God taught by organized religions.

Thus, there is this person that 'I am' to have an encounter with God there, in the future. Once again, here we have the presence of time, the idea of time, the belief in time. Notice: Truth cannot be within time. Divine Reality cannot be part of time, it would be limited to time. That which is Real-God, the Supreme, That Which is Truth-is the Unknown. By nature, by structure, it needs to be something beyond the known and, naturally, indescribable and timeless.

Our discovery, our verification is the realization that reveals the Truth of this Being. It is not someone having this realization; it is Truth being assumed. You do not go to Reality; Reality comes and reveals itself to You. It reveals itself to you, not to someone. The Revelation of Truth to You is the Revelation that You, in your Being-not in this mind, which is the egoic mind; not in this mind within that which thought knows and recognizes in each one of us; not in this mind involved with the time that thought has established, which is the notion of past, present, and future. The Revelation of Truth is not for the person; it is not for the mind.

When the mind silences, and it silences when it realizes that nothing can be done... Every single movement is the movement of thought; it is the movement of the mind itself. Thus, the mind needs this silence, this space; it needs this quietude. When it does not move-because it has become clear that every single movement is still the movement of time, because it is the movement of thought-here this comprehension of the Truth of this Being reveals itself.

Therefore, what is this Learning about Self-awareness? It is this quality of looking, of listening, of perceiving without the movement of thought, therefore, without the movement of the past. Observing our reactions, becoming aware of envy, of jealousy, of fear, of anger, of worries, of every single internal psychological state arising, becoming aware of this without getting involved, just verifying, observing, listening, perceiving without interfering with this. In this instant the brain quiets; the mind, in fact, silences, and this psychological condition dissolves.

It is when something new reveals itself in this space, which is the presence of Bliss, of Happiness, of Freedom, of absence of suffering, because there is no longer the sufferer; absence of conflict, because there is no longer someone in conflict. This is the absence of fear, of envy, of jealousy, of this illusion of possessing, of controlling. This is the end of the illusion of an identity present establishing itself here because it came from the past, establishing itself here and going to the future to obtain things.

Your Real encounter with Life is the encounter with God. You do not need what thought has established in this conditioned mind, this idea of what you, as someone, need. This someone, this conditioned mind, this thought is a single illusory movement of being, arrogant, that moves in this movement of psychological time. To perceive directly these reactions without interfering; to listen directly to that which takes place within you, and also externally, without getting involved with this, this ends time; this ends the 'I'; this puts an end to the ego.

Therefore, the Beauty of this Realization consists in the comprehension that there is no one-no one for the movement, no one for the practice of meditation. Notice, at no point have we spoken here of someone practicing meditation. We have a playlist on the channel speaking about this. There is no such thing as Meditation, in a real way, within a practice. Real Meditation is the awareness of the moment in a practical, experiencing way. Moment by moment, not sustaining the continuity of the past, not feeding an identity that looks to the future from thought, this is the presence of Meditation in practice.

It is not a matter of a practice of meditation for someone to perform and obtain, with the practice of meditation, some result. The presence of Life is the presence of God; it is the Truth of Being. Here I refer to Life, not that which thought interprets, from comparisons and evaluations. Life for the 'I,' for the 'ego,' in this movement of psychological time, is made of interpretations, of choices, predilections, liking, not liking, wanting, not wanting. There is this sustaining of the idea of what should be, of what could have been, or of how it will be.

The foundation is always the 'coming to be,'it is not this Being, That Which is present here beyond time, while Truth here is present beyond time. Illusion sustains itself in the thought of what should be, of what could have been, or of what will be. Follow this calmly, investigate and look closely. All these meetings that we have here are for this investigation, for this discovery, for this verification.

So, when the mind is free, when there is no longer this movement between what was and what will be, when this psychological time is eliminated, the idea of an identity is no longer. Then, to deal with the instant without someone present is the presence of an Intelligence in this brain, in this mind. This quality of mind is beyond the mind as we know it. At some moments I call this non-mind. This quality of Consciousness now present I have called Real Consciousness, but, in truth, it is something beyond Consciousness, of this Consciousness. It is something Indescribable, the presence of Truth, the presence of this Being, the presence of God.

There is no such thing as a separation; there is no such duality between You and Life, between You and the other, between You and God. It is thought that establishes, from this sense of person, from this 'me,' this 'I,' this one that arises as the one who compares, judges, accepts, rejects, likes, and does not like. It is the presence of the person, of this 'me,' of the 'I,' of the ego, this illusory center that looks from all this interpretation of thought, which has its foundation in time, in this pattern of psychological time.

Your true Revelation is the Revelation of That which is You when the sense of the 'I' is not. Thus, it is not a matter of a movement to achieve, but of a direct looking to perceive that which is present here and now. And what is present here and now transcends all this notion of here and now.

This is what we are here working on with you in these meetings. We have two days in an online format: Saturday and Sunday. I want to leave an invitation here for you. Besides these online meetings that we have on weekends, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you have just heard is something that makes some sense to you, then here is an invitation. Leave your "like", subscribe to the channel and put a comment here: 'Yes, this makes sense.' Okay? And we will see each other. Thanks for the meeting and until next time!"

November, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The Contemplative Life | The Observer And The Observed | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone. We're here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is with us. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today, I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called: "The Contemplative Life." In one passage of this book, Joel Goldsmith makes the following comment: "Always, our salvation lies in this capacity to depersonalize, to live spiritually instead of personally." In this passage, Master, Joel talks about this capacity to depersonalize. Within these topics, can you share your vision about the observer and the observed?

MG: The answer to that question requires a look, a direct seeing or perceiving of ourselves as we are functioning. Unless you directly become aware of how your mind is working, we will remain trapped within a program, a way of observing, without the awareness of what that represents.

We have a way of looking from the perspective of someone who is looking. Our belief, the old belief we have, is that, in looking, there is someone looking: someone exists looking. We firmly believe that we are present as someone who looks, someone who observes, someone who interacts, someone who feels, someone who thinks, someone who speaks. Our belief is the belief in the separation between the observer and the observed, between the thinker having their thoughts, the experiencer living their experiences.

Here, for example, we have someone speaking and someone listening. We have sound and listening. Note that this is very reasonable from the point of view of a superficial view; but, looking directly, within a perspective of reality, every experience is never separate from the one who experiences it. Or it wouldn't be an experience. You can't tell me about an experience you haven't experienced.

Thus, it is the presence of the experience and of someone. This is separation. But what is the reality of experience? The reality of experience is not this separation. The reality of experience consists of experiencing. You cannot separate the one who is in the experience from the experience they are having. These two things, in reality, are one and the same. It is the presence of experiencing.

Thus, from the perspective of reality, life happens like this: within an experiencing. There is no one who is separate from life. Life is an experiencing where there is no "I" and "non-I"; where there is no experiencer and experience; where there is no observer and what one observes. This appears when thought arises telling what it has lived. When you tell me about something you saw, you are telling me about a past experience, a memory, a remembrance, a recollection. This speech is born from thought.

Thought, in us, is the element that creates this separation, that creates this division between the observer and the observed thing, the experiencer and the experience, because what we have present is only the experience. And the experience is in experiencing. One cannot speak of an experience without experiencing. Our constant emphasis consists of this stubborn vision we have of someone who is present being the experiencer, being the thinker, being the observer.

The Truth of a real contact with Life is a contact in experiencing, in observing, in perceiving, in listening, in feeling, but there is no one present in it. Unless thought arises to report something that has been lived; that means, to speak of an experience that thought has recorded, that it has experienced.

Note, Gilson, that this comprehension is fundamental, because it frees you from the illusion that life is separate from you; that the other is separate from you; that a thought, when it arises in your brain, is something separate from you; that a feeling, when it arises in the body, is something separate from you; and that there is this separation between you and this experience. What is present is the experiencing of a feeling, an emotion, a thought, a perception, an observation. But there is no "I," there is no ego.

And why does this become fundamental? This is essential, fundamental, because it liberates, releases the idea of ??someone present, separate from the moment, separate from what is here, at this instant, revealing itself. Be it a memory, a feeling, a sensation, a perception, observation. Contact with Life is in Love, in Peace, in Freedom. But we are unaware of the Truth about Love, Peace, and Freedom when we are living through this separation.

When, as someone, as an entity that separates itself from the present moment, we look at what is being revealed here from the perspective of this observer. In doing so, we like some things and dislike others. We don't know how to deal with life as it happens because we are looking at life from the observer's perspective, naturally making choices. And this sustains, in this separation, conflict, suffering, this liking and disliking, wanting and not wanting.

We don't know how to make direct contact with the present moment, whether it's one of pleasure or pain. Thus, we become slaves to the interpretation that thought gives to that moment. It does this because of the idea that it creates about this thinker. Therefore, for an experience, the experiencer; for a thought, the thinker; for an emotion, the one who feels; for a perception, the one who perceives. And so we are constantly living this illusion: the illusion of separation.

This is what, here on the channel, we have called duality. We have to investigate the truth about non-duality, the Advaita vision, of non-separation. The Reality of Life is non-dual. Truth is non-dual. We cannot have contact with Truth, contact with Reality, from thought. Thought is the basic element of the mind as we know it, of the mind we are living in.

Here, together, investigating this is fundamental to going beyond the mind, beyond thought. And thus, contact with the instant reveals the quality of experiencing Life as it happens, without anyone involved in it. Your Natural State of Reality, of Truth, is this State of Being; In it is present that which God is, that which Love represents, that which Freedom means. Therefore, a mind free from thought is a quality of perceiving, of seeing, of feeling, without the "I," without the ego, without this illusion of separation.

The various conflicts we have are present because of this duality. Is a life free from fear, resentment, bitterness, rancor, pain, and loneliness possible? Is a life free from anxiety, depression, and anguish possible? Your Natural State of Being, non-dual, is Divine Reality, it is contact with that which is outside the ego, outside the "I." This is the presence of observing, perceiving, and feeling directly, without thought and, therefore, without the past.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "I suffer a lot from criticism and feel like a failure. How can I get rid of this self-image?"

MG: So, Gilson, the presence of this self-image is the presence of this observer, this thinker. It is the life of the one experiencing. Look, we have the experiencing, but there is not someone to experience it. That someone to experience it, is the experiencer. Getting rid of this self-image is having a direct comprehension, it is having a close, intimate view of this whole process, which is the process of thought. Realizing that thought is the element that, when it arrives, approaches from memory, from the past. Every reference in it, every reference of it, are records of recollections.

We need to realize this directly: that we are having a memory of this person; it is not the person who is here, but the memory, the recollection of what we lived with them, of what we went through. It is the recollection, it is the memory. We need to be aware of this. When you become aware that this resentment, this hurt, this sadness, the presence of this pain that you have when you are in front of this or that person, is just a recollection within you about him or her.

It is essential to have direct contact with this moment of experiencing, without separating yourself from it. When you separate yourself, that's when you create this self-image. Thus, in this self-image, there is the illusion of someone-which is you-and the other, who causes you pain, who causes you hurt, who is creating this state of resentment, sadness, and grief. Direct attention to this reaction eliminates this separation between you and him or you and her. If we don't have this separation, we no longer have the self-image.

That is direct contact with experiencing this state. Then, it dissolves. Now, at this moment, you are no longer feeding the illusion of separation, the illusion of this self-image, of this ego-identity. And, when you no longer feed this because of this attention, this observing, this perceiving, this directly feeling this, it ends.

Gilson, this new vision, this unprecedented perception, this unique clarity is fundamental. The vision of this moment, in this contact with the other, without self-image, is when, in this contact-because there is no longer this separation-there comes the presence of communion. A life without enemies is also a life without friends. A life without loved ones is a life without heartbreaks. A life without friendships and enmities between people I "like" and people I "dislike."

Our real contact with the moment is contact with life as it appears, as it arises. But, in general, we have been cultivating the illusion of a present identity for a long time, which is the person we are. We are living within a pattern of specialness. It is as if every present experience would be for "me." I see myself as the center of events.

Thus, all events must revolve around what "I" want or don't want, what "I" like or don't like, what "I" accept or don't accept. So, "I" live in my choices, desires, preferences, acceptances, and rejections. It is the pattern of psychological behavior in "me" that positions me in life as an element that is the center of events. Thus, our pattern of behavior is that of a conditioned mind, of a brain trapped in this reference pattern.

The reference is the person that "I" am, it is what "I" prefer to feel, "I" prefer to perceive, "I" prefer to choose. This is conditioning. Letting go of this is going beyond the ego, it is going beyond this center that separates itself, for a contact with life without the "I," without the ego. This gives you Real Freedom: A free brain, a free mind, a free heart, to contact with the present moment, in a direct experience of each instant, without the past.

Your true encounter with Truth, your true encounter with Freedom is the encounter with the Divine, it is the encounter with the Self, this is what we are working on with you here: a Life free from the "I," free from the ego, free from this self-image.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "Master, is it through mindfulness that we can decondition our mind?"

MG: Gilson, the presence of a gaze at this instant... that is where the answer lies. Looking at this instant requires Attention to what arises here. This Attention eliminates that element that separates itself to make choices, to judge the present moment, to compare what is arising here with something it saw in the past. Thus, we eliminate the illusion of a present identity when we place Attention on our reactions. Therefore, the presence of this Mindfulness, this Attention without choice, this Attention without the past, eliminates the element that arises from the past.

The element that arises from the past is the presence of memory in this form of recollection, which is thought. It is the presence of thought that brings the thinker. This one that emerges as a censor, approving, disapproving, accepting, rejecting, liking, disliking. It becomes fundamental, Gilson, in life, to comprehend ourselves, to comprehend all this movement of thought, which gives structure to this thinker, which is the "I."

Your real contact with the moment is the elimination of the continuity of the past. Our old model, our habitual model of contact with the moment, is based on memories. On a certain level, recognition, the use of memory-that is, of recollections-is fundamental; but on another level, it is something completely problematic, which is producing all kinds of situations, complications, disorder, and suffering.

My contact, for example, with you, is not real when what "I" have about you is something beyond your name and the memory of your face. When "I" bring to this encounter the pleasant and unpleasant memories that "I" lived with you, these memories settle here, in this "I," in this "me." It is the presence of thought that sustains this game of separation between this "me," this "I," and you. In this separation, conflict is established. I am not in direct contact with you at this moment. I am in contact with the memory that "I" have about you. This separates us, divides us.

We have been in this game throughout our lives. All the people you know, you don't just have their name and face, the direct and simple memory of them; you have an image of them, an idea, a mental construct, a model of liking or disliking them. In fact, in this liking or disliking, there is this projection, which is the projection of your own "I," of your own ego within these relations.

Observe the implications of this. We never come into direct contact with him or her. We are always, in this contact, in a separation. Because it is not a real contact; it is a contact between images. People are images. Can we have a life free of images for contact with him or her, without the past? Without his or her past, without the idea, here, of who he or she is. Notice, we are facing an illusion, a construct of thought. Eliminating the psychological model of being someone, of being this "I," this person here... that puts an end to the illusion of the person there.

Our real contact with life is not with people, it is not with images established in us by thought. Our real contact with life is contact with the totality of Life as it is. This includes them. It includes the other. So, this image that we call a person needs to disappear. What there is in life are human beings: he or she, the husband, the wife, the children.

The idea of ??someone being present based on the representations that "I" have is entirely false. It is grounded in this illusory foundation, which is this very "I" here. This "I" does not exist here. This is the great revelation of Life when there is no more illusion. When your Natural State of Being flourishes, the other, Life, events... everything is this one present Reality, the presence of Truth.

Therefore, a Life in Love requires comprehending him or her, discarding the illusion about him or her. However, this begins here, in this Self-awareness, in discarding the illusion of the "I," of the ego itself. This is what we are here, together, deepening for comprehension.

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master, our time is over. Gratitude for this videocast. And for you who are watching the videocast to the end and truly wish to live these Truths, you are invited to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto provides.

These meetings are much deeper than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions live. 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 Power, Energy, and Grace.

And, in these meetings, we end up being "carried" by this field of Presence of the Master. And, by being carried by Master, in a natural way, without any effort, without practice, and without technique, we enter the Meditative State, silence our minds, and can have a Real Comprehension of the subjects that are discussed here on the channel.

So, the invitation is extended! In the first pinned comment, there is a WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, please "like" the video, subscribe to the channel, and, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

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

Can we find this source by ourselves? Here the expression is "Happiness." Can we find this perennial source of Bliss, Joy, Love, and Freedom, which we call Happiness, within ourselves? Because, notice, in truth, this is what we seek, without knowing that we seek.

In all our relations, in all our contacts, in everything we do, this motive is present-??whether we are aware of it or not; we are searching for Love, Joy, Bliss, Peace, and Happiness. And we do this by seeking things, things that we end up accumulating externally, and things that we also accumulate in our minds and hearts, such as relationships and various kinds of knowledge.

All this with the purpose of finding an inner state of Happiness. We want to find a safe space, free from suffering; we want to find this endless source of Presence, Truth, and Freedom. But notice that we don't find it, neither outside nor within ourselves, in these emotional and sentimental achievements, in these internal accomplishments of knowledge and experiences, whether physical, emotional, or so-called spiritual.

Therefore, the question is: Can we, by ourselves, become aware of this, of this source, where these waters are present? The water of Love, Happiness, Peace, Joy. Why is this hidden from us? It seems we are always chasing something that doesn't exist. It's like someone chasing a ghost; it seems we never have the real thing. It's like chasing a ghost. We are dealing with something that seems to be there, somewhere, but we can't find it.

In my view, what we lack is, in fact, the awareness of a Divine Life; this requires a real, religious vision. Not what people out there understand as religious life or vision, in spirituality, or spiritual. Here we are working on this with you, promoting this vision. Yes, in fact, it is something that can lead us to that source. Or rather, it is something that will show us the presence of that source.

It seems that here we already meet the first fundamental point to be comprehended: We believe that that source is there, somewhere. You cannot pursue the Truth, you will not find the Truth. You cannot pursue That because it is not there fleeing from you; you cannot find That because it is not separate from the Reality of Life, which is present here as the Reality of your Being.

Thus, this source will not be found; it will reveal itself, it will show itself, it will make itself perceived. It is something that arises in our lives as the presence of the Truth that is already present. However, this requires a change, a transformation, it requires work, because that is what makes the Revelation of this State possible; and this is something that depends on a deep comprehension of the Truth about ourselves.

It is not a progressive process, like climbing a ladder or doing a climb. It is not a progression, it is not a step-by-step process. This doesn't depend on any method. This change happens here and now; it's total, it arises from clarity, from perception, from this vision. This transformation is the awareness of this Real Divine Life.

Here the question is: How to find God? The answer is: That which is present here awakens when there is this Divine Flourishing, the Awakening of Intelligence, of Wisdom, and this requires the presence of Self-awareness. Therefore, learning about Self-awareness gives us the basis for the Divine Flourishing, which is the presence of this Intelligence that gives us this vision, which is the vision of God.

Therefore, how to find God? By assuming the Reality of Being, having the realization of the Truth about yourself, here, at this moment, which requires this learning about yourself, learning about you. You know many things in life; in fact, everything you know, you have learned. Life consists of relations happening. Relations are contacts where there is a constant learning of things.

We are constantly learning something, improving, and perfecting ourselves in what we already know or believe we know. But this knowledge is still little; it keeps growing. We learn everything in life and are growing in that learning process. But here we are referring to a new kind of learning, a quality of learning different from anything we know outside about learning.

To learn to drive, you practice driving; to learn a language, you practice grammar and conversation; to learn music, you practice with an instrument in your hands and with the sheet music right there in front of you, so you learn to read and acquire instrumental technique. Here, the awareness of this new learning requires this looking, this listening, this observing. These are the three things: looking, listening, observing.

Looking without anyone interfering with that gaze. And why is this fundamental, this quality of looking like this? Because in this quality of looking, in this learning, in this way of learning about ourselves, in this learning about Self-awareness, in this quality of looking, the observer does not exist. When we introduce the observer, we introduce the "I," the ego, the person, this "me." And when it looks, it looks judging, comparing, accepting, rejecting, liking, disliking. That is not looking; it is observing from the observer's perspective.

When you look at something from the perspective of the one who looks, at that moment, that gaze is adjusted to the will, the desire, the wish of the one who looks. From that moment on, what is being shown there, is seen by an observer who is interpreting, who accepts, who rejects, who likes, who dislikes. That is how we deal with life's experiences, always from the perspective of an experiencer. This experiencer is the "I," the ego.

Thus, what we are experiencing as an experiencer is part of the experiencer himself, just as what we are seeing from the observer's perspective is part of the observer. When we do this, we are perpetuating the "I," the ego, and this does not allow us the truth of learning about our reactions.

Therefore, the truth of looking is looking without the "I," without the observer; the truth of listening is listening without someone to agree or disagree with, to like or dislike. There is the presence of listening, the presence of observing, but there is not the one who listens nor the one who observes.

Therefore, what is this learning about ourselves? It is perceiving this game. It is simply perceiving, without interfering. Then, when this occurs, the mind silences, the brain quiets, and at that moment, something beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond the experiencer, beyond the observer, beyond this "I" that listens, is revealed. And thus, in this learning about ourselves, we encounter the presence of Meditation.

We have numerous videos here, and we are presenting this proposal from different angles: the reality, the truth, the awareness of Meditation. Meditation, what is it? What is Meditation? It is listening, it is looking, it is observing, without the observer, without the one who listens, without the one who looks. That is, the approach of learning about our reactions immediately brings us closer to this awareness that reveals something beyond the mind itself. I am referring to this conditioned mind, this egoic consciousness, this consciousness of the "I."

So, Meditation is not something that someone does; it is something that is present when this "someone," this "me," this "I," is not there to interfere, to get involved. Therefore, it is about an internal state where the mind is silent and the brain is quiet, not because the mind has been quieted, not because the brain has been silenced. It is not the silence or stillness of a mind that has adjusted to a system, a practice, or a technique. It's not the silence or stillness of a brain that has adjusted to a practice, a method, a system. It's something that occurs naturally when we learn to look without the observer. That is the presence of Meditation.

When there is the presence of Meditation, there isn't a meditator, someone in a practice. Meditation in practice is the awareness of Being, without the "I," without the ego, without this "me." Therefore, we have to investigate this calmly, we have to approach the truth about these reactions, without interfering with them. See, we are not dealing with something so simple.

Throughout our lives, the idea of ??being someone- someone thinking, someone feeling, someone speaking, someone listening, someone doing - is very strong. We have a clear feeling, a clear certainty of the existence of someone present here, because thought brings us the conviction. Thought has formed the image in you, established the idea in you and, therefore, the conclusion of an identity that likes, dislikes, accepts, rejects. A present entity, the thinker, who has thoughts, feelings, sensations, and emotions. Whereas, in reality, life as it unfolds encompasses all of that, but there is no one present.

There is no one present in life as it happens, which represents only an experiencing, when the "I" is not there, when the idea of ??an identity, which is this thinker, is not. So, what is this real encounter with God? It is the encounter with Life as it is. Here, all the difficulty we have lies in the illusion of someone for whom life is happening or should happen in this way or that other way.

You never question the fact that, in looking, there is only seeing what the brain witnesses, perceives through the eyes. Your belief, the common belief we receive from this culture, from this model of mental conditioning, is that someone is present behind the eyes. Yes, when we have the idea of ??someone being present, there is the illusion of an identity that likes or dislikes, that names, that has a history, a memory about it. But the fact is: what is present there, is only a verification, an observation.

This element, which is the "I," does not exist unless thought arises to say something, to draw conclusions, to take positions, to make choices, to like or dislike. All of this stems from this psychological model of being someone, which is mere mental conditioning, a common belief, a belief, a feeling, a sensation, something very strong that brings you this conviction.

Is life as it happens possible without the presence of this "I"? In other words, life, at this moment, showing itself as it is, without anyone to draw conclusions, to evaluate, to believe, to accept or reject, to like or dislike, to accept as real or false?

Our model of a person is the model of someone who looks from this psychological background. This prevents us from having that real contact with God, which is contact with Life, something possible when the "I" is not present. So, there is contact, there is communion, but it is not the communion or contact of someone. It is not someone having an experience with God, it is experiencing life as it is, and then it reveals, yes, this Happiness.

Happiness is not what thought imagines, projects, idealizes and seeks in its achievements; it is not in external achievements nor in internal achievements. The truth about Happiness is that Happiness is the awareness of Being. This awareness of Being is the Divine Presence, it is Real Consciousness, it is That which is present here beyond the "I," beyond the ego.

This is what we're working on with you in these online meetings we have on weekends, Saturday and Sunday- two days together. I want to extend an invitation to you; it's an opportunity to investigate this closely. Besides the online weekend meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you've just heard makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Leave a "like," subscribe to the channel, and comment: "Yes, this makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting and until next time!

November, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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