These talks are presenting you what is considered a difficult paradox or a mystery, because things are not what they appear to be. The common thought is that there is a present identity with a personal life, private, separate from the world and from what happens around it. In this experience, everything is happening to this "me," and this seems to be very real. Let´s see this calmly now...
You have this experience of duality, and of course it is unsatisfactory, boring and complicated, something very uncomfortable. From this experience comes the need to bring peace, serenity and happiness to cover up the feeling that what is present is not complete. So the feeling is that everything is not all right, that nothing is ever all right, besides the sensation of right and wrong, of good and evil. This ends up becoming what is called "your life," which is a life full of problems. So, everyone wants to make his/her life easier, better, to have what is good and to solve his/her problems. Basically, you feel something is missing or wrong and that you need to look for or to find something else.
Satsang is a moment of revelation. Here we are pointing out this Reality, the beauty of that Mystery, the simplicity of what is considered by the mind a complication or a paradox. What I am saying is that Satsang is a revelation that points out the Reality of this experience, the Truth present in the Mystery. And then it ceases to be something paradoxical for the mind. These meetings are meant to show you that the sense of separation is not real, that the idea you are present and need to do something is an illusion. So there is great beauty in these encounters called Satsang, for we have within them the opportunity to discover the Truth, which is simply what is present without the distortion that thought brings.
Your conditioning is just a mental programming, and in that particular way of seeing what is present, there is a complete distortion. Satsang comes to uncover all this. To be present at these meetings means an opportunity for investigation, which allows you to directly realize that everything is born of the imagination.
It is the mind that is creating this sense of dissatisfaction, of struggle, and division. There is not anyone present separate from the experience, being an experiencer of what happens, nor anyone in this experience of thinking, feeling or doing, or within that experience called the "world." As long as there is some sense of separation, there will be some form of trouble, dissatisfaction, inadequacy, and suffering.
I repeat: Satsang comes to uncover all this. If you can see this pattern of conditioning, it ends. And that is what we are patiently doing in these encounters. The direct way to Realize This is by having this attention, not neglecting to look at this background of remembrance, memories and present thoughts. Not to trust in this is essential! To look and to not mistake yourself for what you observe within is the most important thing! The greatest illusion is the trust you have in "yourself" – and everything you know about "yourself," all that knowledge, all that experience, all that representation of "yourself" are part of this illusion. If you can look at this, at the thoughts, at the feelings and at your particular experience, without accepting or denying it, without agreeing or disagreeing with it, free from that confidence; if you can just watch and be aware of it, then this is already the beginning of Meditation!
Notice that this is not a teaching. Truth is not revealed through a teaching. Non-duality, non-separation is not shared through teachings. It is a direct Revelation from the Heart. Only your Heart can reveal this Truth. Only a direct Vision born of the Heart brings this Revelation. Thus, this Meditation is the direct Vision from the Heart. I could say that the core of your Heart is the very essence of this Vision, and this is the real and pure Teaching. Therefore, this is not taught to you, it is something Awakened in you. Only an action of Grace brings this Awakening, and if that Grace is present, the Truth shows itself. It is about this Mystery that we are dealing with in these encounters.
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