Human relations | What thought is| Self-Image | Learn about Self-Awareness | Advaita

Here we have a subject to discuss with you, of extreme relevance, of extreme importance for each one of us - it is the issue of human relations. Here the question is: What are these relations based on? Where are they based on? Note that these relations are based on the knowledge we have of each other. When we meet each other, our brain immediately draws a map, paints a picture, and creates a profile of the other person. Then, based on previous knowledge, we meet the same person again. In fact, this encounter is what we call human relations. This encounter with the person is something very interesting; we are not actually meeting the same person. Since the last meeting, the person has changed a lot, but we are still bringing a mental representation of him or her based on a previous experience that we had with him or her.

So, what do we have of someone we meet? A memory, a remembrance, a recollection. Therefore, this mental representation is something that comes from the past. We are not before the person; we are before an image we have of them. Then, we put a mask on them; this is how we function psychologically within our human relations, within our relations with people. You look at someone, you are not with them, you are with the image you have of them and that they have of you. Notice how important this is to be comprehended! Our responses to life, all of them in general, in this contact of relations with the world around us, are in this way. We not only have a mask to put on him or her when we meet him or her, but we also bring a mask with us that we want to represent to him or her in this meeting.

Therefore, our relations are all distorted within this condition. The condition of our relations is exactly this. We are in contact with life as it shows itself at this moment, from this image that carries this mask. What we are investigating here, with you, is the end of this condition. Note that, in this condition of existence, there is a separation. In this separation and, therefore, in this relation with this basis of separation, there is not a true relation. So, we do not know, in reality, what it is to be in a relation with the other, in a relation with life, just as we do not know how to be in this relation with ourselves. When you have a thought about yourself, what you have is a mask to represent you to yourself. Our psychological condition of existence is conflicting because it is based on this format. And what format is this? It is the format of thought.

So, what is thought? Thought is a representation, it is a figure, it is an image, it is a memory, it is a remembrance, it is a mask. To represent the reality of the moment we use this mask, this is thought. See, we hardly pay attention to this truth that is being presented here, that in fact you are not in real contact with life; you are, in fact, representing life from an image, from a mask. This is thought! Thus, we are not in contact with reality; we falsify reality, we nullify reality, because what prevails in us is the psychological condition of identity that thought represents. This is the "I."

You may ask, "But then, what is the Truth about the 'I'? What is the 'I'?" Note, the "I" is nothing but a set of masks, of representations of thought within you about who you are, about who the other is, about what life is. That is the "I." Why is our emphasis here on working directly to eliminate the "I"? Because there is no Truth in the "I," since the "I"' is a set of memories, remembrances, recollections, images, masks, which thought uses. Thought within us is that element that created this entity, that established this entity, that created this "me," this person. That is not the Truth about you, that is the truth of thought about you.

The truth of thought about yourself is that you are someone, you are a person, and your contact with the world from this person is not a real contact, there is not a relation. A relation is the presence of communion, of sharing, of a state free from separation. And that is not what happens when the person is present, when the "I" is there. When you are depressed, it is a mask, it is a mental representation of the person in depression. When you are worried, it is the mental representation, it is a mask of the worried person, which is you. So, there is you and the worry, just as there is you and depression, but we are dealing only with a psychological condition in disorder, in confusion, in suffering, in this separation, where there is this "I" and its mask, this "I" and its thought pattern.

Follow this calmly and see what we are presenting here for you. There are hundreds of videos here on the channel, delving deeper into this with you, demonstrating that life is not like this, Real Life is not like this. This is the life of the person, it is the life of the "I," it is the life that human beings have been living for millennia. You were born to discover something beyond this life common to all, this life common to all is the life centered on thought. Can we discover, in life, the life free of thought? Note, when thought shows itself needed, when it presents itself necessary, OK! But when it doesn't show itself, when it isn't necessary, what is this psychological condition of disorder, in which we find ourselves, for? Why is this present?

We do need thought to use speech, knowledge and practical life experience, we need thought. Thought builds, for example, a mechanism, an electronic device and it maintains this electronic device. All of this is the result of knowledge, experience, the presence of thought; at this level, thought is needed. Thought designs a garment, developed techniques for cutting, sewing, and composing that piece, that garment, so at this level thought is needed. When we look at the world, we notice the presence of thought and, in fact, where it is necessary. To drive a car you must have knowledge, experience, thought is necessary, to use speech, to understand a speech, knowledge of the language is the presence of thought, that is necessary.

But why is thought also present, constructing internal states in us, establishing pictures, images, masks, creating all kinds of confusion and disorder, for example, in our relations? When I look at you through the past, which is thought, I am not in contact with you, but with a representation of what thought is establishing. This is conflict, this is disorder, this is suffering. This explains why I like some people and dislike other people; people I like are the ones of whom I cultivate a pleasant image for myself. You see, it has nothing to do with the person; it has to do with a projection of the very center, of this very "me," of this very "I," of this movement around which life seems to be happening, which is the center, this "me," this person, this person who is a mask that I have about who "I am," a mental representation of "myself."

When I like you, I'm actually projecting my liking onto you; when I don't like you, I'm projecting my disliking onto you. So, there is no real relation, no real contact, no presence of true communion, or free sharing. All this activity of this "me," of this mask, of this center, is an egocentric activity. What we are seeing here, together, is the end of this condition. So, it becomes possible, in this life, to see life without this self-image, without this mask, without this model of thought, therefore, the use of thought for practical purposes in life, objectives in life, technical purposes in life. Alright?

Can we eliminate this psychological condition of thought in these human relations? Because we have just perceived that, here, this is creating problems. My relation with the world around me, based on this pattern, is producing confusion, disorder and suffering for this "me" and for the other. Discovering life as it happens without this "me," without this center, without this "I," without this mask, without this self-image, this is the Awakening of Consciousness, it is the Spiritual Awakening, it is the vision of life without the "I." Here we are showing you that life, in it, there is great beauty, a tremendous Reality, the expression of a perfume and something beyond anything that thought can describe. The awareness of life is this: to assume this awareness is, in this life, to realize your Natural State, which is Love, Wisdom, Freedom, and Happiness.

Here, together, this is what we are working on with you. This requires the presence of this gaze upon ourselves; learning about this is learning about Self-Awareness. Discovering how you function is discarding the illusion of what thought has established as being you. So, what is thought? Thought is that movement coming from the past, it is this psychological condition that is creating disorder within each one of us, at this level. Living life at this moment, without keeping the past of him or her, without keeping a self-image of yourself, a mask to give an answer to this moment, in this relation with the other, without this psychological background, is the vision of Divine life, it is the vision of God's life, of life without the "I."

So, what is this Spiritual Awakening, what is this Spiritual Enlightenment, what is this awareness of God, what is this life without the "I"? It is the life that blossoms from Self-Awareness. The Beauty of an encounter with the Truth of your Being is the encounter with Meditation. There is no separation between Meditation and you in your Real nature, which is the nature of God, which is the nature of the other, which is the nature of life. Then, the meaning of being is Being. There is no one in it, there is a Reality present. The ancient sages in India called it Being - Consciousness - Bliss. Here it is about this Divine and Real Consciousness, not this consciousness as we know it. Here it is about this Being, not this psychophysical being involved in this model of imagination of thought as we know it, it is about this Real Happiness, not what thought has projected as an ideal or purpose of happiness.

Embracing this Reality, living this Reality, enjoying this Reality, is what we work on here, propose here for you. Here, in these meetings on Saturdays and Sundays - we have two days together - in the video description there is our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. We are working on this with you. So, here is an invitation: if what you've just heard makes any sense to you, here is this invitation. Go ahead, leave your "like," subscribe to the channel, and please, write a comment here: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we will see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

February, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Human relations | Self-image psychology | Learning about Self-Awareness | Self-inquiry

Here in these meetings we are at this learning about Self-Awareness. In general, we learn everything in life, everything we know we learn one day. So, this approach to Divine Truth, to God's Truth, also requires learning.

When you are born, you appear in this scenario, you have no awareness of things, of how things happen, so you go through a learning process, and you end up having to learn - learn about everything. Brushing your teeth is something you learn, as is chewing, walking, and everything else. So, this awareness of God's Truth is no different. We need to become aware of this Truth.

Here, the difference is that we are faced with a new way of learning, this learning about ourselves, this learning about how we function internally, psychologically, emotionally, sentimentally, at the level of perception, memory responses, remembrance, how we function. What brings us closer to the vision of God is the awareness of who we are, and not what some, in thought, formulate and believe.

We have, for example, this "how to find God." Notice, it is a question that people ask, but it is not yet clear to them that it is not something to be found, but rather a Reality that is beyond anything that thought can formulate, idealize, imagine, search for and find. God is a Reality that reveals itself when you know yourself, when you know the Truth about yourself.

See, we have two aspects here. The first is this aspect of representation of existence, of life that we have exactly right now, from this background of conditioned mind we have. So, this is an aspect of the present truth to be investigated. We have a conditioned mind, a conditioned brain, and therefore a behavior, which is the behavior of this "person," of this "I," in this way.

So here, the investigation of the truth about who you are in this aspect, in the aspect of the "I," of this "me," of this "person." The comprehension of this, the real direct vision of this is the possibility of Liberation from this condition, from this psychological condition of conditioned mind, of conditioned brain. Thus, we need something here: we need self-inquiry. Then, what is self-inquiry? It is by observing our reactions, it is becoming aware of this truth that we present ourselves to be within this context of society, of human values, of human existence.

So, this is the first aspect of truth to be investigated for the revelation of the Reality of That which is beyond this person, this "I," this "me," this condition of conditioned mind, of conditioned brain; it is when the Truth of your Being, the Truth of God, is revealed. Before this, all we have is a life where our human relations are confused, disoriented, problematic, stuck in this model, which is the model of thought, where we are living within the limitations of a program established within the context of human culture for millennia.

We are possessive, for example, in our relations. The truth about our relations, which are these human relationships, involves the issue of attachment. Attachment feeds possession in us, the presence of the fear of losing, of not controlling, of not sustaining, this is because with possession, due to attachment, we have various forms of dependence on the other: emotional, physical, sexual, and financial. So, the internal condition of life for each of us in this model of the "I" is one of suffering.

When people complain or whine about internal states of anxiety, depression, anguish, worry, envy, there is a pain present in looking at what others have and not being able to have; this is the pain of envy, when one has the desire to have and cannot have. So, within this society, this model of the world, we have been programmed within a culture of ambition, envy, and imitation.

So, pain is present in many aspects of our lives, and we don't know how to deal with any of it, because we don't know anything about observing our reactions, we don't know anything about self-inquiry. It is self-inquiry that brings us closer to learning about ourselves; and it is when we learn about ourselves that we can discard this illusion, which is the illusion of this egoic identity, which is the identity of the "I."

Here, with you, we are approaching this new way of looking at others, a way of looking free from thought. Notice the beauty of this. All our relations with people are what we have called relationships. So, in these human relations, a way of looking at others is established based on thought: the thought that I have about who he or she is. See, it is the thought that I have, it is not the truth about him or her, and this is the way we have established our human relations. That is why there is so much contradiction in the sense that we say one thing and feel something else.

For example, when I say "I love you," what is really behind this "I love you" is "I need you," "I depend on you," "I need to be accepted by you," "like me," "appreciate me," "without you I will suffer." In other words, we are living in an internal state of contradiction. When I say "I love you," what I don't really mean is fear, emotional dependence, and suffering. All of this is due to this condition of a conditioned mind, a conditioned brain, and a life of the "I."

Here, on this channel, these videos all revolve around the importance of ending this psychological condition of conditioned mind, of egoic identity, for the Revelation of That which is beyond all of this. See, beyond all of this and yet present. But we do not have access to That, because we lack an approximation of the truth about who we are or about what we are because we demonstrate ourselves to be, because we seem to be, because we show ourselves to be.

A true approach to life is an approach to oneself. There is no separation between you and life. We do not live separately from life, there is no separation between you and life, but here we also have two aspects. The first aspect is this known aspect, "I and life." This life, from which this "I" is not separate, is the life of this self-centeredness, is the egoic life. All the confusion present in the world is the confusion present in me.

There is no separation between this "me" and the other, between this "me" and life. This "me" suffers, the world suffers. There is in this "me," in this "I," need and in the world too, anguish and in the world too, jealousy and in the world too, envy and in the world too, the search for acceptance and in the world too. There is no separation between the world and this "me," this is an aspect of this egoic identity. Society is not an idea, it is not a concept, it is not an imagination, society is the expression of this "me."

What is this "I?" This "I" is confusion, disorder, suffering, fear, and this is present in society, this is present in the world, this is present in us. So, when we use the expression "we" here, we refer to this "I." When we use the expression "world" here, we refer to this society, which is this "we," which is this "I": there is no distance, there is no separation.

Here we are, with you, investigating all of this, delving deeper, exploring these issues, which are issues of psychological nature. We do not pay attention to this vision of life, because we are, superficially, attending to these whims of the ego, these whims of the "I," giving an answer to the world, to society, to the other, to this "we," to this "I" based on a model that is already pre-established, predetermined by the conditioning of human culture, where all types of expressions of ignorance are established in this dream of the world, of existence, of society.

Because of this ignorance, this alienation from the Truth, human beings have been suffering for millennia. And we have just seen this here: this human being is this "I." Can we break with this? Can we go beyond this aspect, which is the aspect of this "I and life," to the Real Life, where we do not have the presence of this "I," where we have the Reality of your Being, which is the Reality of God?

Notice, the Reality of your Being is not something that is within the context of the world, of society, of this "we," of this "I." The Reality of your Being is something that is beyond everything that thought knows and recognizes within the context of life. See how important it is here for us to have a real approach to all this. So, this "how to find God" requires the absence of this illusion of the "I," since the "I" is within this context of the world and the Divine Reality is beyond this condition.

And, notice, here when we speak of the world, society, "we," "I," we are only speaking of the psychological aspect, something that thought has established as being real within life, but which is also not real. Note, this is the end of this dream, this illusion of the world, of society, of this "we," of this "I"; this is the end of this structure of suffering, of confusion, of disorder that thought has established as being real.

To put it another way: this awareness of the Reality of God cannot be found, but it is something that reveals itself when you awaken, when you awaken from this dream, from this psychological condition of conditioned mind, conditioned brain, life of the "I," egoic consciousness, consciousness of the "I." It is essential that we have a real approach to life, something that becomes possible when you learn about yourself.

What is this learning about Self-Awareness? We have a playlist here on the channel that goes deeper into this with you. Becoming aware of the truth about this "I" is the end of it. The truth about this "person" is the end of this illusion that there is a person in life. What we have, in reality, is Life, but it is Life without the "I," it is the Life of God, it is the Life of Truth.

These statements we make here on the channel require further study, which is why all these subjects are included in these talks, in playlists. The end of this psychological condition of the "I" is the end of this self-image, which is the image that thought has established as being the truth about the "person," about this "me," living life, this particular illusory life.

So, this subject of self-image is well-known in psychology. It has already become clear to most people, at least in theory, what we are saying here, that this "I" is nothing other than a self-image created by this thought, by this model of thought that society, the world, this "we," this "I" has established, but we are faced with an illusion. There is a Reality present and the vision of this Reality is Love, it is Happiness, it is the vision of God.

Then, to the question "how to find God": you cannot find Him. It is with the end of this "I," this illusion of this "me," this "you" that this Reality shows itself, that this Reality Reveals itself. This is what we are working on here with you, the end of this so-called spiritual search, the end of this quest. Here we are dealing with the awareness of your Being Revealing itself here and now. On Saturdays and Sundays we will be together in online meetings here. You can find the link to participate in these meetings in the video description. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Please give your "like," subscribe to the channel and leave here in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we will see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

January, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Human relations. Self-image, psychology. Learning about Self-Awareness. Psychic suffering.

I want to touch on this issue of relationships with you here. When we talk about human relations, we are basically talking about relationships. There is something very interesting here, in this issue of relationships. Note, a relationship is quite possible when there is real contact, real communion. In reality, the presence of Love is what determines the truth of a relationship. Now, look at this condition in which we, as human beings, find ourselves within relations, these human relations, and answer me: is this exactly what we find? You see, what we actually find in these human relations is not the truth of relation. The presence of relation is a contact, it is a contact of the heart, it is a contact of the mind, it is a contact of feelings, of emotions, it is a contact on all levels. A real contact, where we have the presence of communion, we have the presence of a true relation. And that is not what happens. We do not have a real relation with the world around us, with people around us. With the world around us, it is the relation with objects, with situations, with events; with people is what we call a "relationship," but we are unaware of it.

Here, with you, we are working on this issue of the beauty of this encounter with the Truth of the relation. It is something that becomes possible when we have the presence of Truth in this contact, and we are unaware of this. What is the Truth that should be present and yet is not present within this relation, within these human relationships, within these human relations? The Truth is the Divine Truth. Here we are, with you, showing you that, yes, in life it is possible to discover a contact with him or her, with people around you. A contact free from all this activity of the "I," from all this pattern of egocentric behavior, which, when present, separates us, divides us. This division creates problems, this division creates confusion, creates disorder. And why does this happen? Because what is present in these encounters, in these contacts, is the presence of an element that should not be occupying a certain place and yet it is there. I refer to the presence of thought.

Notice that when you are in contact, at a certain level in this contact with him or her, thought becomes needed. When, for example, we talk, we have to use words, so we have the presence of thought. We then have an intellectual activity involved in this conversation. Note, at this level we have the presence of thought, something very simple and natural, and yet, this conversation can have the inclination of the continuity of this sense of "I," of the ego, of this element in us that comes from the past, seeking to superimpose on something as simple as a dialogue power, pride, presumption, vanity, the exercise of control over the other. So, we have the sense of "I," of the ego, present in this conversation, in this dialogue, and if this is present, there is no longer this contact of real relation, of real encounter, of real communion. And this is how, in general, we have established our relationship lives: we are constantly in contact with the other, with life, imposing our desires, motives, reasons. Something purely egocentric.

Here, with you, we are investigating what a Real life means, therefore, a Divine life, where we have the presence of Real Intelligence, which is the Intelligence of God, to deal with others. We cannot deal with others based on thought. Note that this is exactly what we have been doing in these contacts, we are placing thought element as the most important element in our relations. The most important element in the relation is the presence of complicity, it is the presence of Intelligence, it is the presence of Love. However, we are unaware of this because we are living in the ego, living in the "I." We are living within a sense of self-centeredness and, therefore, of isolationism, something purely egocentric. My contact with you is a contact based on thought.

See, we are here investigating the truth about who we are; this is what makes us perceive this behavior present in each one of us, which has as its principle this model of activity pattern, an activity that generates conflict, that generates contradiction, that generates suffering, an activity that is born from the thinker, from this element that is this "me", this "I." To realize this, to become aware of this, is to work towards the end of this condition so that, in fact, there can be between us, as human beings, something beyond the relation between people. What are these relations between people? They are relations that are based on thought, it is the thought that "I" have about you and it is the thought that you have about "me." The thought that "I have" about "me," notice, is an image that thought itself has constructed about who I am. The thought that you have about yourself is an image that thought has constructed about who you are. We do not know the importance of the contact of communion, of the contact of Love, and here the question arises: How does this become possible? And what is this contact, in fact? Since our contact is a contact in separation, in division, in conflict; since our contact is a contact that is based on thought. Thought is the element, in you, of error.

So, here we have the possibility of contact with the other based on this possible communion and Love, when we have the presence of Silence, of a mind free from all this background, from all this pattern of egocentric behavior; or we have this behavior. This behavior is the behavior that arises from this thought that comes from the past. When "I" come into contact with you, "my" contact with you has as its principle all the memory that "I" bring about who you are. But this memory, note, about who you are, is something that the thought in "me" imagines about you. Thus, everything that I went through with you, experienced with you in the last two days, in the last two years, in the last twenty years, is what is present at this moment when I meet you. So, what I am doing is just projecting an image that I have about you in this relation, in this relationship. Then, there is no true relation, and this relationship is the relationship between images. This is because you do the same in this meeting with me.

It is very common a mistaken contact within relationships, because there are some things that "I" like about you and others that "I" don't like about you. The things that "I" like about you are the things that "I" appreciate based on my personal, particular sense of liking. See, this has nothing to do with you, it has to do with how "I" get in touch with you based on the vision that "I" have, that "I" expect, that "I" await, that "I" desire about you, and vice-versa. Note, this subject here is the subject of self-image. In psychology, this has already been discussed. However, we remain in a very superficial sphere when we theorize about this, without a real comprehension of what it means, of the implications present in this psychological condition of existing as someone, as being this self-image. Can we discover life happening in this moment, in this relationship, within a true relation where this contact is the simple contact where we have this Communion and this Love present? Because, notice, unless this is present, we as human beings will continue not only to suffer, but to give continuity to all of this. Thus, we will only be maintaining this old condition in which, as human beings, we have been living for tens, hundreds, thousands of years.

Contact with life is contact with Love. We do not know what Love is; what we know is self-interest, self-centeredness, isolated life. The husband is interested in his own things, the wife is interested in her own things. So, they meet - the husband meets with the wife, the wife meets the husband - but each one is living in one's own particular egocentric world, in this isolationism and personal self-interest. Then, this contact is not the contact of Love, it is not the contact of communion. We live making arrangements, adjustments, because of the mutual interests we have. As long as these interests are sufficiently attended within this relationship, this relation continues. When there is a divergence - and this is very clear to the point of a somewhat violent, aggressive contradiction - separation occurs. So, we do not know the Truth about Love. Love is that which is present when we have the presence of Silence, and it is in this Reality of Silence that the Truth of a relation is where Love is present.

So, in life, we need to go beyond this psychological condition of isolationism in the "I," in the ego. If this is present, as human beings we are in psychological suffering. Note how important it is to investigate this: if you are suffering psychologically, if you carry some level of psychological suffering, anxiety, depression, anguish, stress, nervousness, fear. What we have present is a confused, psychological state, in disorder, we do not have the presence of Love. Then, human beings relate to each other living in states of this type, and these relations are not real relations, because what is present is the model of thought, of this thought of the "I," of this egoic consciousness, of this egocentric consciousness. We have dealt with all of this here, on this channel. We have hundreds of videos delving into these subjects here, with you.

So, becoming aware of the reality about yourself is eliminating this psychic suffering. This is possible when you learn about Self-Awareness. What is this learning about Self-Awareness? It is discovering what it is to look at your reactions, and when you learn to look at all of this, it vanishes. Then, we have the end of fear, the end of anxiety, depression, anguish, worry, envy, we have the end of stress. Thus, we have, at this moment, a new state of presence, of consciousness here, not this old consciousness of the "I," not this state of egocentric isolationism, where we are living based on thoughts, sustaining images of people, sustaining images about ourselves. All of this is part of the movement of the "I," of the ego. The elimination of this is possible in this learning about Self-Awareness, in this learning about ourselves.

We have a playlist here on the channel about learning about Self-Awareness, about this issue of psychic suffering, about what is the truth of this self-image, which this sense of "I" sustains. The elimination of this is the beginning of something new, it is the presence of God, it is the presence of your Being. It is when we truly know the beauty of relations. It is the Truth of a Divine relation, it is the Truth of a relation of God, it is the presence of your Being, it is the presence of Truth. So, we can have direct, simple contact, without this involvement of the sense of ego - as was mentioned at the beginning of the speech - for example, within a conversation. A free mind requires a quiet brain, where we have the presence of this Silence, and something present within this vision, in this contact with him or her, which is the absence of self-image.

Looking at the world without thought, dealing with others without thought. I refer to this conditioned thinking, this thinking that sustains, in its self-interest, this egocentric isolationism. Contact with the Reality of life is contact with Wisdom, it is contact with Truth, it is contact with God. This is communion with him or her; however, this is something that is present only when the sense of "I" is not there. These meetings here on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, are for this purpose. Here is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings on weekends, where we spend two days together delving deeper into this. In addition to these online meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. Therefore, if this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Go ahead and leave your "like," subscribe to the channel and please, write a comment here: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we will see each other! Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

January, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Learning about Self-Awareness. Observer and observed thing. Wisdom, intelligence, knowledge

In life, we are faced with countless issues, and these issues cannot be answered without first knowing the basis on which these problems rest. So notice that: we have the issues, and the issues are actually problems, but there is something on which these problems are based. We can't have an answer to these issues without first examining where these problems are based, where they are established, and where these issues actually appear. And what is this element? It's what we're studying here with you.

This is not about studying science, mathematics, biology, botany, chemistry; this is about studying ourselves. Without a basis about who we are, we don't know where these issues, these problems lie. Thus, we have something to learn here, and that's what we're trying to show you, how it becomes possible in this life. It's about learning about ourselves, learning about Self-Awareness.

Notice that issues like "what is Enlightenment," "what is Meditation," "what is the truth about life," "who am I," "the Reality of God: what is that Reality," these are the problems we have, these are the questions we come across to have an answer. Thus, first of all, we have to learn what it is to learn about who we are, what it is to learn about ourselves.

This learning about ourselves requires contact with life at this moment without the movement of thought present, and we're going to clarify that for you here. Why do we need to have contact with life at this moment without the movement of thought present? Because every movement of thought in us is the picture that represents what was, what already happened, what already occurred.

Thought is basically remembrance, memory, and so are all the forms of knowledge that we acquire. Notice, knowledge is acquired; all knowledge comes from the past. If you know something, you know it because you've learned it, and learning is becoming aware of what has already been known. So, when you're going to learn something, that thing has already been known, and this learning as we understand it - and we put this expression "learn," this verb "to learn" - consists of acquiring that which has already been, which in this case is knowledge.

All the knowledge you have is something that has already been. So, there's no such thing as learning now for knowledge as we know it, because knowledge as we know it, is something you've learned. If you speak a language it's because you've learned it; if you know mathematics it's because you've learned it; if you know construction engineering or mechanical engineering it's because you've learned it. Thus, the knowledge you have is something that comes from the past.

Here, in these meetings, when it comes to this Divine Truth revealing itself, which is the Truth of God, we are not dealing with something that has to do with knowledge. Notice how interesting that is: you can't know God. You see, our intention is to know God, but here we have an enormous difficulty. The first is that we're not dealing with something we can situate in the past. We can't situate God as part of the knowledge we have, because that's something that comes from the past, and Divine Reality isn't in the past.

If you have some knowledge of God, that knowledge isn't exactly of God, it's of an experience of memory, of a remembrance you have, because of something you've already had. Divine Reality is not known, it cannot be known by memory. What is this memory? Thought, remembrance, recollection.

So what is the truth of this "knowing God"? You see, having knowledge of God is an illusion, but this "knowing God" is possible. But this "knowing God" is, at this moment, becoming aware of the Nature of your Being here and now. We are not treating, dealing with, contacting something that can be framed within time, something that we can acquire at this moment and take back to the past. We are dealing with Something that is outside of time and, of course, outside of the known, so it cannot be known.

This knowing is possible, but not the idea of time present in this knowing. You know that the idea of time is what we have when we talk about something that was, something that is and something that will be. So, here we have something that is and something that will be; something that is now and that has already been. We're not dealing with God as something that is, that was and that will be, we're dealing with that which is beyond the known. So, that's the first point. This contacting God, this knowing God means being aware of the Nature of your Being, of That which is You outside the known - it is in this sense that we use the expression "Being" here, in this context of speech.

Divine Reality is the Reality of this Divine Presence, of this Real Consciousness, of this Real Being. We have this "being" of ours as we know it, we have this consciousness as we know it, we have this presence as we know it, this presence of being someone, this human consciousness, this consciousness of the person, and we have this "being" personal, this psychophysical being, which we present ourselves to be within the context of human relations. The Divine Reality is the Reality of this Real Being, this Real Consciousness, this Real Presence, Something outside the known: this is the Reality of God.

It's important that I say this here for you too, because some people listen to these speeches and don't understand that here we use expressions very freely. So these words need to be seen in context. You listen to this speech here and we put it this way for you; you'll listen to another video of ours and you'll hear it in another way, with a new meaning or with another meaning, expressions that we use here, and then you'll draw the idea, the conclusion that we're contradicting each other. That's actually not true. It's just that we're using expressions, the same expressions, and giving them new meanings, according to the context of the speech.

So, this also requires you to follow the speech without getting hung up on the words, which requires listening without translating, without interpreting, without evaluating, and without drawing absolute conclusions. This is part of getting in touch with yourself, in this awareness of learning about how you work. One of the things we don't have in life, for example, is this 'listening'.

This listening is part of learning about ourselves; this learning about ourselves is learning about life, it's learning about God, it's learning about Divine Truth revealing itself. And look at what we've just said: it's not acquiring information, it's not having knowledge and experience now and based on the past. You become aware of this knowing yourself, this knowing God, right now. This is learning about Self-Awareness.

When you, for example, talk to someone, relate to him or her on the basis of memories you have of him or her, that quality of knowledge that is the knowledge based on memory. What does that tell us? You are in front of him or her, and he or she, here and now, is something new, is a new presence, is a Reality present at this instant. But by dealing with him or her on the basis of this knowledge, of the experience you have of him or her, you're not dealing with him or her, you're dealing with the known, which is this knowledge, which is this experience. This known knowledge, or experience, is thought, it's memory.

Thus, in your contact with him or her, there is no such thing as learning about yourself, learning about him or her, because you are dealing on the basis of the past, within that relationship context. Our life consists of this presence of the "I," the ego, this "me," this person that I am, that I feel I am, that I have learned to be. In other words, when ignorance is present, the Truth of the Divine Reality, the Reality of God, the Reality of this Real Being, this Real Consciousness, this Divine Nature... because of the absence of this Reality, our contact with the other, our contact with ourselves, in this ignorance, sustains the illusion, the illusion of this non-vision of the Truth about ourselves.

Thus, this contact with ourselves based on the past is ignorance; and our life has been exactly like that. We are living in ignorance because we are living in the past, living within the known, living within memory. Everything in us, in action, in speech and, therefore, in behavior and in saying, in communicating, represents this ignorance, represents this psychological condition of illusory identity present, which is this identity of the "I."

So, what is this learning about Self-Awareness? It's having contact with this instant without the past. As long as I maintain this condition of contacting him or her on the basis of the memories I have of him or her, there will be no real vision of Self-Awareness. Thus, I can't have a vision of the truth about what I am, I can't understand this past here, which is this "me," so that it ends. Then, I don't understand what real contact is with him or her outside the ego.

See how important this is to understand. As long as our relations are established in this ignorance, in this position of past-present - note, past-present at this moment - there will be suffering, there will be discord, conflict, disorder, and confusion. We are unaware of the presence of Love in our relations, for example, because the presence of Love is only possible when the past is no more present. And all we've done is sustain the past, we're only dealing with memories, with reactions to memories. Thus, the sense of individuality, of separation, prevails.

Our relations are centered on the "I," and this is the absence of Love. Love is the presence of Truth, it is the presence of God, it is the presence of Reality here and now, in knowing the Truth of God, which is knowing the Truth about who we are, when the ego is not present, which is when we comprehend who the other is, when the ego is not present.

Our work here in these meetings consists of this self-discovery; it's when we manage to perceive a Reality present outside the "I," outside the ego. At that moment, this look at that instant, in this relation with the other and with ourselves, breaks with this pattern of someone who is situated in thought, who is situated in history, who is situated in memory. So, at that moment, there is no separation in this gaze, since this observer disappears.

Notice how we have worked: we have the idea of something being seen by someone who sees it; that someone is the observer, and the thing being seen is the observed thing. Thus, we have the observer and the observed thing, and that observer and the observed thing disappear when there is only the gaze at that moment. The gaze at him or her is that gaze without the background, without that knowledge, without the one who separates and looks from ideas he or she has, memories he or she has of him or her. This is the end of the observer and the observed thing; we then have the end of separation, the end of this duality.

When we don't have that duality, we have that Presence of Love, that Presence of the Divine vision, of the vision free from the ego, of the vision free from the "I"; that's when we approach the Truth of Wisdom. Thus, the Truth of Wisdom - we have a playlist here on the channel: Wisdom, Intelligence and knowledge - comprehending the difference between Wisdom, Intelligence and knowledge is fundamental. We've just put it here for you: knowledge is that element in us that comes from the past, while Intelligence is the Reality of this Presence, this Being, this Divine Consciousness, here and now, revealing a Life in Wisdom.

Accessing Reality with a vision of the Truth about what is happening to us at this moment is becoming aware of this Intelligence, this Blossoming of Divine Intelligence, this Wisdom present in relations; this is when harmony, Beauty, Truth, the Revelation of this Divine Truth, which is the Truth of God, can be present in this context of our human relations. This is when we have the Presence of That which is outside everything that thought knows.

Therefore, that's our job here with you. We have Saturdays and Sundays together, in an online meeting, to go deeper into this. You can find our WhatsApp link for this online meeting on weekends here in the video description. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If what you've just heard makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Go ahead, leave your 'like' here, subscribe to the channel, and please, write in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

January, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychic Suffering | What is thought? | What is Spiritual Awakening | What is Enlightenment?

Here with you, our focus is on this awareness of the Truth about who we are, because that is what gives us the basis for the comprehension of these many problems we have. Note that these problems are many and we do not approach them in a true way to investigate. Our intention is always to get rid of problems, and it may seem reasonable, but the truth is that this attempt to get rid of problems - that is something common to most of us - is not the true way to deal with them.

When we have a problem, the real way to approach this problem must consist of studying it, investigating it, of comprehending what it represents. That's indeed the way to get rid of problems. That's because we are not dealing with problems that when we believe we have gotten rid of them, we were, in fact, already free of them, because here it is about problems of an internal order, of a psychological order. And these problems require, from each one of us, a new perspective, an approach to comprehending them, and not a mere temporary liberation, a mere temporary removal of this or that condition, or symptom of a problem.

Human beings are not really searching for comprehension, which is what would bring them liberation; they are searching for getting rid of problem. That's what we generally call "getting rid of problems," but when you get rid of a problem like that, you are not free from it. Liberation from a problem means the comprehension of what that problem represents. Then, yes, we have an end to the problem. That's because when we are dealing with fear, anger, jealousy, envy, with some form of psychological suffering - and this is our subject here, with you, the end to all forms of psychic suffering - when we deal with this quality of suffering, we are dealing with something linked to this issue of the person, of this "me," of this "I."

In general, we believe that we exist as someone separate from what is happening. That is what makes us believe that we can get rid of problem. A close investigation, a direct look at all of this, will show us that the presence of this problem is the presence of an element within the problem. You do not have a problem like fear, or anxiety, or depression, or any other problem, without you being directly involved with it. You see, it is very basic, it is very simple: the presence of the problem requires the presence of someone in the problem.

Therefore, there is no separation between you and the problem, because, in particular, this quality of problem of a psychic, emotional, feeling, or thought nature requires the presence of a direct comprehension of it. Why? Because the presence of the problem is the presence of this one with the problem. This one with problem is the problem! There is no separation between you and fear, between you and anger, between you and sadness, between you and any psychological aspect of feeling, emotion, or thought.

It is a false, mistaken idea, this belief we have, which is the belief that we exist separately from the problem. So, there is "me" and the problem; if "I" get rid of the problem, "I" become free. However, who is this element that is free from the problem? What is the truth about the "I"? What is the truth about this "me"? Our ignorance about the truth about who we are has put us in this condition, in the condition of living in life, in the world, in existence, with problems. But this living with problems, because of this ignorance about who we are, we do not become aware that this problem is ourselves.

It is the sense of someone present, of someone with fear, anxiety, depression, anger, worry, living in some disorder. It is the sense of someone having these things. We are faced with something totally false. There is no someone living these things, these things are appearing to this person who sees oneself separate from them. So, this internal condition sustains this suffering and establishes itself as the pattern of our lives, the basis of our existence.

Comprehending the Truth about yourself means having an answer to the question "What is Spiritual Awakening? What is Spiritual Enlightenment?" This answer is the awareness that the present reality is the Reality of life. It is only thought that is establishing this conflicting, distressing, and suffering condition for each of us. Here, together, we are investigating all of these subjects on the channel. In playlists, you will find several videos on any of the topics discussed here. The basic subject for this psychological condition, for this psychological disorder, for this psychological conflict, psychological suffering, for this psychic suffering, is the presence of thought.

So, this is one of the issues here: What is thought? . Therefore, what is thought? Thought present in you is giving you an image, a picture, a mental picture about who you are. This image, mental picture, or frame, this truth about you is the truth established by thought. And what is the truth about thought? Thought in us is a representation of an image. Then, what is thought? Any word, for example, that you speak, is nothing but a symbol representing an image. This image or symbol in that word that you pronounce is not the truth, it is a mental figure of representation. That is a thought!

Then, what is the truth about thought? The truth about it, about this figure or this image, is that it is not the reality of the thing itself. The word "shirt" is not the shirt, the word "house" is not the house, the word "person" is not the person. Thus, your name is not you. A set of words about you is just a set of images. That is the story, but that story, that set of images or words is not you. So, we are giving thought a truth that it does not have. We are constantly using images, words, symbols, but none of that deals with Reality, none of that deals with Reality, it is just a representation of thought.

So, what is thought? It is an image, it is a symbol, it is just an idea, it is a concept! Thought is not the truth of the thing itself. However, we are dealing with thought as if thought were the very reality of the thing, and it is not. Thus, thought has built this structure of life. This thought, which also carries emotion and feeling - these emotions are part of this internal movement of feeling, also linked to thought itself - and we are carrying this as if it were the Reality of what we are.

Our life is based on thought. Thought has constructed an identity; it has established continuity based on an identity. This identity is the idea we have about who we are. When we use the pronoun "I," we are talking about a symbol, a mental representation, an image. The various states of distress, suffering, and problems that we have revolve around thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

Here, with you, we are investigating the structure of the "I," the truth about this "I," what it represents, whether there is anything at all beyond a symbol, an image, a mental representation about this "I." When you look, learn to look, notice, and it is only when you learn to investigate yourself, to study yourself, to become aware of how you function, that you become aware that the structure of your life is the structure that thought has established. It is thought that is establishing, in you, actions being taken, words being expressed, feelings being lived, emotions being experienced.

And once you are identifying with the body and the mind - here the mind is this structure that involves the brain, the heart, this entire psychophysical being -, learning how to get closer to yourself and look at all of this is to be open to a realization of something beyond all of this. This is when we come across the blossoming of something beyond the mind, beyond thought and this entire structure of feeling and emotion and sensation, and all of this is still part of this brain and this mind.

To discover something beyond all this is to perceive the reality of life, to go beyond psychic suffering, to go beyond this psychological disorder of this idea of being someone. So, the comprehension of the truth about thought is to see the structure, the nature, the complexity of what it has represented, of what it has been representing in our lives. You were born for Freedom, you were born for Happiness, you were born for Love, you were born for Wisdom. The Awareness of the Truth of your Being is the revelation that life, Real Life, is something beyond this very idea of someone who was born, of someone who is living and heading towards the end in this so-called "death."

There is a present Reality, a Reality beyond thought. Thought does have a very practical and objective place in life, and we have been talking about this here on the channel. The comprehension of the place of thought - the place it actually occupies or should occupy in life - comprehending this is being free from thought. Like any tool, you use this tool when it is necessary. You don't use a hammer without needing it. When you need a hammer, you use it; when you need scissors, you use them; when you don't need these tools, you don't touch them.

Thought within us, when there is this internal space of Intelligence, Freedom, Wisdom, the thought present within us is only a tool. A tool that we use when needed, and when it is not needed, we leave it aside. This psychic suffering within us, within the human being, is something present due to the disorder established by thought. It is the lack of comprehension of the right place for the tool. It is constantly occupying this psychic model of existence of this someone. This someone is an illusion! There is a Truth present, it is the Divine Truth, that is the Truth of your Being.

Here, at these meetings, we have online meetings on weekends, where we explore this together, delving deeper into this subject with you. These are online meetings; we are together on Saturdays and Sundays. Here, in the video description, you can find our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings on weekends. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you've just heard makes any sense to you, go ahead, leave a "like" here, subscribe to the channel and, please, write a comment here: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

January, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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