The clear vision of this is Enlightenment

The word “investigation” reminds us examination, a way of getting closer to something through inquiry, through observation. Realize how import it is to observe! In Satsang, we are investigating ourselves, self-investigation. It is difficult for you to accept, at first, the illusory nature of the world or of its experiences, since they are very intimate, private, personal, and that is all you have.

So, when you come across a Self Realized Being, you cannot expect this One to say to you the things you are used to listen. Your perception of the world is not the perception of the Sage. You perceive the world as something external to you, but for the Sage it is not like this. For the Sage, the perception of the world happens spontaneously, in the Self, in this Consciousness, and you can only see this through self-inquiry. You cannot understand the illusory nature of the world without understanding the illusory nature of the “me,” of the “person.”

You are the Reality of the world! There is no world without this Reality that is You! Your True Nature is that where the world arises, where life appears. You are not a person, you are not an individual, but you have forgotten this. Only self-inquiry can arise as a light bringing this remembrance, so it can come back, be there again. It is quite paradoxical, because this has never been far away or has never been, in fact, forgotten, but that is the way it seems to have happened.

I am talking about the Reality of our Essential Nature. The world is not external. Life is not external. The world and life are a form of perception, and You are this Consciousness, this Reality, this Presence where this perception arises. Your body-mind is like an electronic mechanism – as long as the electric power is circulating, it keeps on working. But if there is no energy circulating, even though it is in perfect condition and with the key turned on, the mechanism does not work.

So, what you call “perception of the world” is just a process that takes place in this “mechanism” [body-mind]. This Energy called Consciousness, Presence, is like the electric power in the electronic mechanism. If this Energy is not there, the mechanism does not work. So, what you call “world” is just a perception of this Consciousness in this mechanism. What you call “life” is just a movement going on for this mechanism. See how this is important to be investigated! There is no reality in this particular mechanism, because it is part of every experience of the world or of life.

Reality is in this Energy, in this Presence or in this Consciousness. The only Reality is this Consciousness! For the rest, everything is a game of light and shadow, of phenomenon appearances that are quite superficial. You give too much importance to your personal story, but there is no personal story, because there is not a “person,” there is not an “individual,” there is not an “entity,” there is not “someone” in it. It is just the mechanism. I know this is very frustrating, because you will never become an evolved spiritual being; different from others, since there are no “others,” nor are there “you.” There is only this Energy, this Consciousness, this Presence, which we can call God, the unique Reality.

The unique Real Life that animates this body, this mind, is What transcends the senses, the body itself, the mind, in short, What transcends everything! This Unique Power is this Consciousness. Only this Power is present. You are not who you believe to be! Silence, Truth, Consciousness is this Power. It is this “Electricity” that makes all mechanisms work. Actually, these mechanisms are only ideas. They have no reality separate from this Power, from this Consciousness. This great Power, in a magical way, joins female and male cells together, and then this mechanism called “human body” appears. This is just a magical apparition of this unique Power.

I have been talking this to you in these meetings: the world has no greater reality than the dream you dream at night. Your waking state is no more real than your dream state, nor is it greater in meaning, in importance. They have exactly the same quality! There is nothing happening in your waking state that is more important than what happens in your dream state. It is all the same!

What I am saying is that your body is “dead.” Everything you see around you is “dead.” The only Life is this Presence, this Power. So, all your worries are completely useless! Everything that has to happen will happen! Everything that does not have to happen will not happen! Everything is already as it has to be or will be as it has to be, and nothing is out of place! All this confusion there inside your head is just a game you want to play, but it is not yours. It causes you distress because you want to win it, but it is a game that is not yours, a life that is not yours, a story that is not yours. A birth, a “living” and a death that are not yours.

The clear vision of this is Enlightenment, Self-Realization, the vision of the Sage, of the Truth! So, if you find out This in yourself, all your problems disappear, because they are only present when “you” are present. The problem lies in this idea “you” are there. So, be brave! Say it so: nothing is real! Say with me: nothing is true! There is no truth!

My Master showed me This, this Truth. Only faith in Master allows you to see it. The most important weapon you have is faith in Master! The world is just a thought. Life is just a thought. So are your conflicts, problems, dilemmas, desires and fears. The awakening of the inner Guru, of the inner Master, of Presence, of Truth, happens when you discover what it is to live in your Self, in your True Nature, in your Being. From the view of a Realized Being, of the One who is seated in Ones Real Nature, nothing is separate from Being, from Consciousness.

It does not matter if what you have on your finger is a wedding ring or what your wife has on her ears are earrings. If these objects are made of gold, this is their nature. The shape they have at the moment does not matter, for the earrings and the wedding ring can be melted, but gold remains gold. They can take another shape, but the gold keeps on being gold. Likewise, the Nature of Reality is God. There is only this Nature! There is only this Reality!

This object you call “human life” is not important. This is the vision of a Realized Being! While the Realized Being sees gold, you see the wedding ring, the earring. While you are concerned about shapes and names, the Sage is looking at the Essential Nature of the apparitions.

What I am saying is that the mind is not the cause of the world; that shapes, names and apparitions are not the basis of the world. The basis of the world, of life is something that transcends the shapes, the world and life. Your fundamental problem is the illusion that “you” are there, controlling, doing, solving, deciding, taking care, worrying… There is no surrender, abandonment, trust in this Reality that sustains the whole existence. So, you remain in trouble, with problems. The ultimate Truth is, nothing happens or is happening, that is, nothing is true. The final Truth is that there is not an ending or beginning. You think in terms of events happening in time: 50 years ago, 100 years ago, or two hours ago, but this is just imagination. There is nothing like “the time when things happened” or “the time things will happen.”

I have just said, "What has to happen will happen and what does not have to happen will not happen." However, I am saying absolutely nothing with these phrases, because nothing, in fact, is happening, happened or will happen. There is only this Energy in movement or producing a movement, which is just a game within this so called “private perception” you believe you have. Actually, this is also only fiction, imagination. Do not think about this, remain without thinking, and this will be the total sum of Reality. Every thought is a fraud, every idea is just imagination going on, an image in motion. Then, what you call “mind” is just a factory of illusions.

*Online meeting transcription, originally held on August 21st, 2019. First published in Portuguese on January 11th, 2020.
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