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 Master Speaks." In one passage of this book, he makes the following comment: "Stop looking for some good that the world will give you." Master, in this passage, Joel comments on the search. Within this subject, can the Master share his vision on what the spiritual search is?
MG: Look, Gilson, here, the old idea of ??the search is a mistake. Whether it's the search for something material or the search for something spiritual. And why is there a great mistake here? Because we are already basing ourselves on an entirely erroneous principle, on an idea of ??someone present to find something. What is the truth about this "I," this "me," this someone? Who is this element that is willing to search? And why does one search?
Would there be any search without the presence of dissatisfaction? Would you be searching for something you don't miss? Isn't your search based on the lack of what you seek, what you look for? When you're not hungry, why look for food? When there's no hunger, there's no search for food. When there's no thirst, there's not the slightest memory of water. That's because there's no dissatisfaction.
It is the presence of dissatisfaction that is the presence of the one who seeks. There is no separation between this dissatisfaction and the "I," the person. Now, we have to investigate this. What is this dissatisfaction, which is the "I"? Notice, there is no separation between dissatisfaction and the dissatisfied one. There is no separation between this "I" and dissatisfaction. Now, what can this dissatisfied one, which is the "I," seek if all they have are ideas about what they need?
Here, when we touch on this aspect of Spirituality or that which is Spiritual, we must first, before anything else, discard this idea of ??what we believe to be spiritual. What we believe to be spiritual is within the image that thought is establishing within each of us, in this dissatisfaction. Therefore, the idea of ??what will make us satisfied, of what will make us happy, is born from dissatisfaction. The image of what is spiritual is within dissatisfaction.
Therefore, we are dealing with an illusion. We must completely discard this idea. If we truly want to discover if there is something beyond this state in which we find ourselves-of incompleteness, of dissatisfaction-we must investigate the nature of the "I," the nature of this dissatisfaction, and not go in search of something that thought is imagining, projecting.
This is where we have failed. This is where we are mistaken. Therefore, all this movement of searching for the seeker, all this movement that arises from dissatisfaction, is a mistaken, erroneous movement. There is no Real purpose, or the purpose is still the purpose of this ego, of this "I."
Yes, there is a present Reality, but this Reality is beyond thought, beyond this "I," beyond this dissatisfaction. And no movement can lead you to this Reality. It is something that is already present. And all this movement of the seeker is the movement of dissatisfaction, moving towards more projections of what one imagines within thought.
The great Truth of this encounter with the Spiritual consists in the revelation of that which is Spiritual, revealing itself here and now, when there is no more illusion. And the search for this seeker is within illusion. The project, the idea, the image about the spirituality of this seeker are within illusion. What we actually need in life is the revelation of that which is truly Spiritual.
However, this will not be revealed to the "I," to the person, to the ego, to this seeker, to this one who is dissatisfied. This revelation is revealed when we investigate the nature of the "I," the nature of this dissatisfaction. Therefore, there are very misguided concepts that involve this search or quest for true spirituality. These concepts are doctrines, teachings, and lessons we receive about what spirituality means. They are constructs of thought itself, idealizations of this very dissatisfaction of the "I," of the ego.
It is when we investigate the nature of the thinker, of this seeker, of this dissatisfied one, that this illusion is discarded, which is the discarding of the continuity of the thinker, the experiencer, the seeker. Then, yes, a space is revealed. In this space, what is truly Spiritual is shown. It is not something that is spiritual for someone to become spiritual. It is something that is present here, being the Reality of this Being that is You in Your True Nature. This is Real Spirituality. It is not someone's spirituality; it is Divine Spirituality, it is the Truth of God.
Therefore, all this idea, all this belief, all this motivation, all this impulse that arises from this internal condition of pain, conflict, contradiction, fear, disappointment, which involves this existential frustration, this void, this dissatisfaction. To investigate the nature of this, to have full awareness that each and every movement of this "I," of this ego, is an even greater distancing from this Reality.
This Vision, this Comprehension, is the end of this search, the end of this seeker. That which is Real is already here when illusion is no longer present. And illusion is no longer present when Reality reveals itself. And it reveals itself when there is this clarity. Therefore, the presence of Self-awareness makes this space possible, where the Reality of this Being is revealed within it.
So, it is not about finding spirituality through the search; it is about verifying the Truth of That which is Divine, which is here and now, when illusion is no longer present. This is what we're here with you for, delving deeper with each video, with each meeting we have, online meetings and in-person meetings.
GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel who made the following comment: "I based my whole life on external achievements and now I feel a huge void, an anguish that doesn't go away. Why does this search for things in the world generate so much suffering?"
MG: Look, Gilson, every search is born, as we just put it, from an internal condition of incompleteness, of need, of lack, of dissatisfaction. And this search, as it is born from this state, is only the idealized projection by thought of what will make you happy. But this happiness that thought projects, as it is born from dissatisfaction, is still part of what thought identifies and projects. Therefore, it is not Real.
Thus, all this search or pursuit projected by thought in external achievements is part of frustration, it is part of this suffering. The truth is that nothing in this world will make you happy, because everything is within this context of temporary fulfillment, of achievement through affirmation of ideas created by thought itself.
Thought is the basis of dissatisfaction, and everything it projects is within it. True Life is outside of thought. It is beyond thought. Beyond thought, outside of thought, the Reality of Life is the Reality of Being. In Being there is no incompleteness, no dissatisfaction, no suffering. We are unaware of the Reality of Being, because everything we know is in "coming to be." It is all we can know, it is all we can know. It is within the model of the known, which is the model of thought.
Your Real contact with the Self, your Real contact with God, your Real contact with Life, is the Truth of Happiness revealing itself here and now, when thought is not, when all this external movement of achievement has no longer the slightest importance. However, as long as there is this impulse, this search, for envy, for ambition, for comparison, observe that this is exactly how it happens.
You, as a person, compare yourself to another who has what you imagine will make you happy. However, even having that, they remain unhappy. But you, in your mind, believe that they are happier than you. So, you compare yourself. And because of that, you want to have what others have. You want to have success, fame, public acceptance, material achievements. Because, within you, this idea of ??"becoming," of "coming to be," requires the presence of having things, of achieving things.
Thus, we are living "in this having" and "in this coming to be," completely apart from the simple Reality of Life, in Being, in embracing the beauty of contact with the moment, without ambition, without comparison, without envy, because we are living in this "I," in this ego, and it will never be happy. It is part of the structure, it is part of the nature of thought, dissatisfaction, the yearning for more, the desire to get rid of and the desire to obtain. And that is what sustains this person, and that is what sustains this "I," this idea of ??someone present. This is what sustains this movement of continuity, of lack, of insufficiency.
All kinds of psychological suffering are present in the mind, when the mind is this instrument, the instrument of this psychological model of thought. This is how we are living. This is what we comprehend or understand by life. It is the particular life of the person. Therefore, when you ask why there is so much dissatisfaction, why nothing we can achieve, accomplish, obtain, will make us happy? The basis here is very simple. None of this will make you happy, because none of this is Real. It is something that is within thought.
Reality, Truth is Happiness. This is not within thought; it is beyond the mind. Beyond this mind that has all this pattern of behavior, this mind that, as an instrument of this illusory identity, which is the "I," which, in turn, is present because of the very movement of thought... The presence of this mind is the presence of this confusion. The Reality of your Being is Divine Reality, it is the Reality of God. This is Happiness, this is Love.
That which is unattainable by thought, indescribable within the context of the known, within the context of a worldview, a vision constructed by the intellect, established by this conditioned mind-everything that is within this limitation is within this thought. It is not Real. This contact with Life is the Realization of Truth, the awareness of this Being. The presence of Love, Divine Comprehension. This is You when there is no longer the "I," when a new mind is present, a new heart, a new sense of Being, where there is no one else in this feeling. Okay.
GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "Master, what is the path to finding God within myself?"
MG: When you ask here, Gilson, what is the path to finding God, and here you use the expression "within myself," let's investigate this? First of all: What is this "myself"? What is the Reality of Life? When you talk about finding God, what do we understand by God? What do we understand by this "myself"? What do you call "I," person, "me"? What do you call God? And what is meant by finding?
Isn't there an encounter between two things? Or between two people? Or a person going somewhere, having an encounter with that place? But what is this movement? Where is it present? Isn't it present in space? Isn't it between point A and point B that we find a space? Isn't this space the space that is determined to be crossed between one point and another within time? Isn't time the element? Isn't it in this movement from point A to point B that there is the presence of time?
Notice, there is no separation between this time and also this space. Is Divine Reality something that is there, at point B, to be found by you, who are at point A? You want to find God within yourself. What is this movement of encounter? What is the truth of this "I"? Is it something Real? Is it, in fact, at point A? Is this Reality of God something that is at point B? Or are we only dealing with images that thought is establishing?
But, if we can discard these thoughts, this idea of ??someone to find something that they seek or search for, what happens if we investigate the nature of this "I"? If you go deep within yourself, you realize, you become aware that this "myself," this "I," is a set of ideas, of memories, of recollections. When you use your name and tell your story, that's all you have about yourself. That yourself, therefore, is the name and the story. But what is the Reality about you? That's what we're investigating here.
Notice, is there really a separation between the Reality of what you are and the Truth of God? Or is this movement exactly a movement of distancing? I'm referring to this movement of seeking this encounter. The idea of ??an encounter presupposes this duality, this separation. Is it Real or is it established in a model of mental construct and, therefore, by thought itself? Isn't it thought that tells us things? If there were no thought, what would you know?
Observe that thought is the element that knows, that understands, that recognizes, that names. It is thought that creates the idea of ??a separation between the Reality of God to be found and someone present, which is you, to find. Investigating the Nature of the "I" requires the presence of Self-awareness. This reveals to you your Natural State of Being. This Natural State of Being is Bliss, Love, Freedom.
There is no real separation between You, in your Being, in your True Nature, and Divine Truth. Therefore, it is not about an encounter; it is about a perception, a realization. The presence of Comprehension is the vision of Life in this gaze of God, in this gaze of Being. There is no one present as an element that has a history, that has a name, that sees oneself,in relation to the other, to Life and to situations, as an element that separates oneself.
The present Reality is a Single Reality. In it, there is no such thing as the other for "me." Yes, in this context, in this dream of existence, everything is seen from the physical senses as separate objects, as different perceptions, as different experiences. But there is no such thing as a real experiencer, as a real perceiver, as someone present. It is the Totality of Life, this awareness of Being. No separation is real. To assume the Reality of your Being is to have the True encounter with God. This encounter is the awareness of Communion. This True encounter is the awareness of realization.
Here, the expression "encounter" is no longer used in this sense, "between two things, between two people, between this approach from one point to another, in this interval of space and time." It is the awareness of Life, the awareness of Being, the Real encounter with God, the Reality of this Communion with Freedom, with Love, with Truth. Okay.
GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master, our time is over. Gratitude for this videocast.
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