Here the matter is the matter of doubt, doubt and confusion. Why is this present in our lives? Why are our actions problematic actions, conflicting actions? Because we are basically stuck in a pattern of repetitive thought. We have a way of dealing with life based on the criteria of thought. Thus, our actions are directed by thought.
There is a quality of action that we are unaware of. It is action free from the model, from the structure of this internal conditioning, from this programmed way of dealing with situations that is based on the motive of thought. I am referring to this psychological thought. What is this psychological thought?
We have an action, in life, that is very simple, very natural; technical actions are actions like this. When you occupy yourself with a certain task, all the knowledge you have there, all the skill or technique you have there, is something present due to knowledge you bring, experience you bring; thus, you make use of thought, of the structure of technical knowledge, of specialization. This quality of action is simple. There is no confusion or emotional disorder in this quality of action; it is the action of knowledge and experience.
However, in our relationships, what we experience in our actions is the presence of confusion and doubt. Doubt and confusion are present in my relationship with you, in your relationship with him or her, in your relationship with situations in life. Thus, the presence of doubt and confusion constitutes a problem you cannot address, because you do not know how to look at it. To become aware of the problem is to attack the problem directly.
Our basic idea is to escape the problem, to run away from the problem, to free ourselves from the problem without the direct understanding of it. This produces even more doubts and more confusion, because when you try to escape a problem, you have present in that attempt to escape, in that movement of fleeing, the presence of fear. Thus, fear drives us to run away; running feeds fear and, thus, we remain in doubt and confusion.
What we lack in life is the awareness of this self-discovery, for a lucid, clear mind that deals with life without this model of repetitive thought. This thought that repeats is psychological thought; therefore, it is not that thought you make use of to deal with common intelligence in these technical matters. Here we need the presence of an Intelligence of another order-the Intelligence that allows us to deal with the present moment free from thought.
We do not need this background of psychological thought to deal with him or her, to deal with ourselves, to deal with matters in life. What is necessary here is the presence of Intelligence-and Intelligence is this clear, lucid mind that deals with the moment without the past. The mind we know is the mind trapped in a pattern of conditioning; in this conditioning, we have this movement of repetitive thought. This thought repeats because it has not completed itself; they are experiences that have not ended.
When you annoy me, offend me, hurt me, the element present here, this "me," this "I," becomes offended, becomes annoyed, becomes hurt, and we register this. When we meet each other again, there it is that quality of feeling in this relationship due to the presence of this thought, this idea that I have about you, about who you are to me. This is what we are calling thought that repeats, thought that continues. This is the psychological thought in this structure of the "I," in this structure of the "ego."
Thus, we have a quality of memory that deals with practical matters in life, and we have a quality of memory that deals with abstractions. This feeling of pain in the relationship, the presence of rejection, anguish, boredom, depression, stress, all this represents a quality of action in the behavior of each one of us, where this movement is present, which is the movement of the "I," of the "ego," this background of memories that are present unnecessarily in this body and mind. These thoughts haven't been concluded; they are present here, giving shape and foundation to this "I."
To examine this closely, to become aware of this whole process, requires understanding the truth about this, which represents looking directly. Learning about Self-awareness is to be open to this moment so that we may know directly the Reality that is present here beyond the known, which reveals itself when we discover the art of Meditation. There is something present in Life, and without this vision of what is present here, there is no Love, Beauty, Freedom.
What brings into your life the presence of Love, Happiness, Peace, this Beauty, is the presence of Meditation. Therefore, what is Meditation? Meditation, what is it? It is the presence of this Awareness of Being, something that reveals itself to you as being You in your Natural State of Being, free from this background of psychological memories, free from this "I," this structure of repetitive movement.
The presence of this mind conditioned for reactive responses, responses born of the past-the presence of this mind is the presence of the ego. The Truth of Meditation, which Blossoms when there is Self-awareness, allows this Life to reveal itself here and now, without the "I," without the "ego." This is the Truth of an encounter with God in this encounter with Life.
The question is: How to find God? For this question there is only one answer: The encounter with God is present when the "I," the "ego," is no longer present, when this structure of mental conditioning, of psychological conditioning, of psychological memory, is no longer present. Therefore, attending to this moment requires this Intelligence that frees you from the illusion of being someone here who is offended, hurt, sad, annoyed with him or her.
Your Natural State of Being is free of the "I" and therefore free of suffering. There is no doubt or confusion in this Being that is You. It is the presence of the egoic mind, in its movement of psychological disorder, feeding this separation between you and the other, between you and life, between you and God, that sustains problems and, naturally, conflicts and suffering.
When we know how to listen to this, when we learn to really listen to what is being addressed here, these matters become, for each one of us, of great relevance, of great importance, and, yes, it is something that deserves to be considered with depth-all these issues we address here with you, because they involve the Beauty of an encounter with transformation; with the transformation that is born of Self-awareness, of this learning about Self-awareness. This Reveals Life, this Reveals God.
And it is what we are investigating here with you, the possibility, in this life, of freeing ourselves from this center, this "I," this "ego," to go beyond this person who lives within this superficiality of life, this artificial life-offending, being offended, hurting, being hurt, annoying others and being annoyed, saddening the world and living the sadness of the world.
Therefore, is it possible for this transformation to occur so that we no longer cultivate this background of this model of psychological thought? This is something very, very radical; it is a complete rupture, a profound change, it is the end of memory, the end of thought. Thus, practical memory for technical matters continues, but the weight of psychological memory is no longer there, because now this Reality is present of this encounter with Life, with the Divine Reality, with the Truth of this Being.
Generally, in the process of transforming ourselves or seeking a transformation in life, we pursue this in a technical manner as well, making use of some level of technical knowledge as well, and here we are telling you that this is entirely unnecessary. Everything we need for this real transformation, for this real perception of Reality-what some call the Awakening of Consciousness-everything we need is to discover how to stop nurturing this psychological memory, this idea "I was this yesterday and I will be that tomorrow."
This "I will be" is the cultivation of memory, and every movement you make toward this cultivation of memory is still the continuation of this memory; it is the memory that continues-perhaps in another format, but the "I," the "ego," is there. For this reason, there is no real change, no real transformation in this center. Here it is about the detonation of this center, the end of this center, its disappearance.
We have insisted a lot on this here, because we need to hear this a lot, really a lot. This is why we are always returning to these matters. The angles are different, but we are looking in this direction. This quality of communication here is quite complicated, because, as people, we cannot listen, we cannot see the Beauty in this appreciation of these themes, because we are too involved in this life of the "I," this life of the ego.
If you are here and now, it is because something touched you internally to discover something beyond the mind, beyond the known, beyond this pattern, which is the pattern of a person, of someone in life. Yes, there is something present beyond all of this, and when we know how to listen correctly, something happens, something arises. The real invitation to Life is the invitation to Freedom, to Love, and Happiness. The Awareness of God is this; it is the Awareness of this Being; it is the Awareness about You. This is what we are working on here together.
It is like when you find yourself in an extremely pleasant place; in that moment, your mind quiets down, the brain becomes silent, and a new, inner space arises within you, of deep relaxation, of deep contemplation of that instant, of that moment. And when this is present, the "I" is not present, the "ego" is not present. At certain moments in life we feel this way.
When we are listening to music or watching a sunset, or hearing the sound of the waves there, seated on a beach, in that moment there is a natural stillness. You did not silence the mind; it silenced itself. You did not make use of a technique or meditation practice. Therefore, the real sense of Meditation is this space that arises naturally when the sense of the "I" is not present. Here we have various videos working on this with you.
When you discover what it is to look at the present moment without the past, you do not draw conclusions, you do not make evaluations, you do not make choices, and this reveals this space of silence, of stillness, and something is present here beyond the mind. Our invitation here is toward a free Life, a Real Life, a Life in this true encounter with God, in this living this Being, in this living the Divine.
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