Devotion is the alliance with Truth, with Reality. You all, sometimes, say to me: “I don´t have devotion.” Your problem is not the lack of devotion, of this alliance with the Truth. Your problem is about not looking the presence of illusion in yourself. Forget this thing of “alliance with Truth,” of “devotion,” and see in yourself what is false, what is assuming the place of this “alliance with the Truth.”
The devotion is not something that is reached by climbing a ladder. If you start observing how dishonest you are about “being happy,” you will discover what is missing. “Ah, I do not love God, I have no alliance with Truth, devotion.. what do I do Master?” See what thoughts are producing in your head to sustain, in a dishonest way, this matter of being happy.
You are following your thoughts, seeking what thought wants. You are not observing it will not make any good to you. This is the base of this unhappy person you are. This “unhappy person” is moving for something, and this movement is being made by unhappiness. So, observe it!
The first thing related to devotion is stop being unhappy. Remember: devotion is alliance with Truth, and you are not being true to yourself. You are following the thoughts. Your contact with yourself is the contact with devotion. Do not worry about this matter of loving God, of making Him happy… God is not worried about it!
People write to me: “Make me a great devotee!” It is something that bothers God a lot, to meet “great devotees.” Religions are full of “great devotees,” who even dispute to see who will be the greatest one among them! God does not want you to be a great devotee, but to be honest with yourself, to look at life from the standpoint of an intelligent vision. And you can only do this when you observe how crazy your thoughts are, that what they are producing in your life is just suffering.
In this sense, before asking what devotion is, you need first to discover what is false in yourself and discard it. Discard your desires, your dreams, your personal objectives… Observe and discard this! You will be left with nothing internally and you will discover a Joy that does not need anything outside! This is the devotion God appreciates! When you are happy, you are a devotee! If you are afflicted, afraid, worried, desirous, you do not know what devotion is. If there is illusion, there is no devotion. If there are attachments to the “sense of person,” with desires, wishes, objectives, projects and fears, there is not devotion.
You can go to a temple, bring flowers, pray, do charity, make many good things, but if internally you are unhappy, it is a signal that you are not a devotee, because the devotee is not unhappy. The real devote is happy in God, so, he/she has no desires, he/she is not looking for anything outside.
Devotee: But, in this case, he/she is no longer a devotee, he/she is a self-Realized.
Marcos Gualberto: The real devotee is the Sage. This is the point! What I am saying, Ramana also said.
Devotee: Is it possible to have some level of devotion before being Sage?
Marcos Gualberto: To begin at a lower level, start by yourself. Abandon your projects, dreams, desires, thoughts, beliefs in sensations, emotions, experiences… The lowest level to devotion is to abandon the mind, the sense of “I.”
Devotee: When we do this, a simple Joy arises and we do not need anything else.
Marcos Gualberto: The movement of mind is confusion. When there is no such movement, you take the first and last step to comprehend what devotion is.
* Open online meeting transcription, originally held on April 04, 2020.
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