The encounter with Life

What we have at this moment is Satsang, which is Life. And what is Life? Life is made of such simplicity that the mind does not reach. Something that means only this moment. So, when we talk about Satsang, we are talking about Life, investigating this matter of living.

Another quite peculiar thing about Life is that it does not happen for two people. That is, it is not a moment that can be shared between two people. Life is something happening at this moment, but it is not possible for two people to share this same moment. This moment is exclusive, unique. And what does this moment consist in? It consists in Life as Life presents itself, shows itself. There are not two people, nor shareable time between two people. Another point is that Life is not something happening to you. Actually, You are Life.

When thought arises, it comes as an element of separation, of division, of time. It is thought that creates the idea of future, past and present, and the illusion of people sharing this same moment. This is a way, maybe quite new for some of you, to approach what I call Satsang – the encounter with What It Is, the encounter with Life. What we have put so far explains all this confusion, this mess, this conflict, which is to live in the illusion of separateness – “the world and I;” “Life and I.” There is no world, there is no “me.” There is only Life. This is Consciousness, Presence.

In the egoic mind, you want to manage this “present moment.” There is resistance to it. And how do you try to manage it? You try to manage this through the illusion that you can control what is present, what is happening. So the conflict, the misery and the suffering arise. I want to invite you to something beyond the acceptance or rejection of that which is present in this moment, here and now. That’s when you find out this moment is simply Life, and Life is Love, Peace. There is only Love, Peace, nothing else. The background of what is present as an experience happening is this moment revealing itself as Life. It is Love and Peace.

The mind has created an illusory veil of separation, of duality, of acceptance or rejection of Life as it presents itself. And that is what has hidden the Love and Peace present at this moment. The mind is creating all this confusion, this veil of ignorance covering the Truth. When this veil is removed, all that remains is the reality of Life. This is your Real Identity, your True Divine Nature, your Freedom.

There is no reason to suffer. Suffering is an independent, private production, a restriction that the mind self-imposes on itself. The mind is this veil, the cause of all this confusion. So, the removal of this veil is the discovering of this “Thing,” which is the Truth. When the movement of the mind arises, the veil of ignorance is present. And with it, the false identity creating all confusion. Here is the illusion of “me” in the present, in the past or in the future, in the imaginary world of thought. So, this pursuit of happiness, which is the search for love and peace in the mind, in this movement towards outside and within time, is an illusion. Peace, Love and Happiness are not confined in time, they cannot be found. This is something here and now when the illusion (this veil) is removed. This is the real meaning of Awakening.

To realize the Self means awakening to Life, to this moment, to this Peace, this Love that is Happiness. Thus, it is fundamental to abandon all confidence you have given to the mental concepts, to the beliefs, to the ideas, to the thoughts, for they are the ones that sustain this veil. The thoughts that sustain this veil cover the Reality of this moment, the Reality of Life, the Truth about yourself, inherent in your True Identity.

Therefore, you cannot keep on living in this psychological time, alienated from this moment, which is Life. When the foundation of what you call "life" is established in this psychological time, in this mental time, which is the story built by the thought around a character with a name and a body, you are in the illusion of an unreal life, the life of this false “me.”

You have to find out what to remain in this Consciousness means. Only this Consciousness is the vision of this moment, which is Life. The mind does not provide you the vision of this moment. It always runs among the present, the past (memories, recollection, remembrance) and the future (aspirations, desires and dreams).

Notice that I have dealt with only one subject here: the Real Meditation. Meditation is the Awareness of this Life, which unfolds at this moment. I am going to repeat it: there are no two people in the planet able to live this moment, because it is a unique moment, exclusive, real one. In other words, it is not possible for anyone to hurt you, to injure you, to offend you, to sadden you, to annoy you, because there is no “you,” there is no one.

* Online meeting transcription, originally held on February 6th, 2019 - First published in Portuguese on March 13th, 2019 . Online meetings every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 pm (Local Time: Brazil BRT), except during Retreat periods. For more information about Paltalk app and how to participate, please access: http://mestregualberto.com