A great paradox

Once again, we are turning our hearts to this Reality, to What is so simple and, at the same time, so sublime, so unique. To be in Satsang is to take a step towards this openness, putting yourself in a position that allows the Truth to come to you. You will not invite the Truth, the Silence - you cannot do that. We are talking about something that does not accept or respond to any provocation. This is the wonder of the wonders! You can never trigger this invitation off! We are not talking about something that is within the space. The Truth, the Silence is not something imprisoned in time or space.

So, you cannot trigger this Presence off, but you can discover an open door to allow it to happen. That is what we are doing in Satsang ... We are discovering the real meaning of this receptivity, of this open door.

We are facing something simple and, at the same time, extraordinary. Truth is neither a part of the time or of the space, nor is stuck in them. This means that Truth does not  need neither time nor space to manifest. The Silence, the Truth is the core, the base, the fundamental of everything present, of everything manifested. Therefore, it is something already present in all events, in all activities, in all appearances. Being in Satsang means being open and sensitive to this realization.

You cannot invite That, but you can find out how to be open and sensitive to this Reality already present. It is something present out of time and space, out of any effort of yours. Here you face a great mystery, a great paradox: you cannot start the invitation process, but if  you are identified with the ego, you close all doors. So, you cannot invite That, but you can remain for a long time imprisoned within patterns that will not allow you to realize this Truth, the Truth of God's Realization, of Enlightenment.

Here, the secret is: sensitivity and openness. When you discover the importance of abandoning your point of view, your personal way of facing what is present at this instant, at this moment, you automatically open yourself to this Truth, to this Silence. This is another way of talking about the art and the beauty of Being, which is Meditation.

Meditation does not invite this Reality (already present) to manifest itself. Meditation is this Manifestation itself, this Truth, this Silence, that we can also call as Consciousness, as Presence.

First, you must understand that the egoic mind is very skilled, very smart and is against the mysterious movement of Life, against Life as It is. In other words: you do not accept Life as It happens. All your training, since childhood, is to seek, to solve, to control and to set things right. So, your movement, which is the movement of the mind, of the "person," of this "me," is a skilled and smart movement that stands against Life as It is.

Of course, when I say "skilled and smart," I don't mean a "intelligent movement," but a "tricky, astute movement." So, this is the first point that cannot be ignored.

The second point is that the mind knows there is no room for its psychological cunning, for its psychological "skill" and "cleverness" in the real movement of Life. This means that the mind is at risk of disappearing if it is seen, uncovered. So, we have two things here: the first is that the mind is against Life; the second is that the mind knows there will be no more room for itself if it is unmasked.

I am showing to you the two terrible and complicated problems of the old ego, this old “me.” First, it does not accept Life as It is; second, it is afraid of being unmasked and having its game destroyed. Now, let's make things a little bit more complicated to the mind, to this disguised enemy that pretends to be a friend inside you.

Let me tell you something unpleasant to the egoic mind. Let's uncover its old trick a bit more. Are you ready? When you no longer value the sense of "person," when there is no more room for the sense of person, then there is no more reason to maintain this game of resistance to Life, of resistance to what it is. When you become aware of this movement, of this game of memories, of patterns,  of concepts, of beliefs, of ideologies, of dreams, of projects, of desires, of all the conditioning connected to the sense of person,  the mind game is then uncovered.

There is only one way for this to happen, and it is the way I have always discussed and shared to you in these speeches: the Real Meditation. It is present when you no longer value the "person,"  when the desire for memories is gone, when the energy to keep the false "me" is gone. Then this sense of the "me" may destabilize; this structure can now crash down, because you no longer trust in the "person," in that sense of  "me," in that memory, in that background. Only then, the game can end.

You are becoming aware of the mind's resistance to Life as It is, of the "me", of the ego, of this "me" in relation to the mysterious movement of Life as It happens. At the same time, the mind is being unmasked. Its psychological game of perpetuity, its day-by-day way of working is being observed. So, there is no more reason for this psychological memory of the “me” to remain being right, deciding, choosing, solving things, controlling.

This is one of those meetings where I share to you everything that can be presented here. I am not hiding you anything! You are aware of your actions, reactions and resistances... It is very important that you see these resistances, that you become aware of this imprisonment of the false me. The moment you see it, you step out of this process,  out of this prison of reacting. When you realize this, you remain outside of the egoic mind. This is the openness, the sensitivity required (which is Meditation) for the Truth to reveal itself, for this Silence, this Consciousness, present here and now. Liberation, Enlightenment, Realization is the end of this illusion of the egoic mind and its "smart" and "skilled" way.

*Originally published in Portuguese on July 8, 2018. **June 11th,2018 online meeting transcription - Meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10pm –Brazilian BRT Time Zone. Download Paltalk app to  participate.