With respect to our Real Freedom, we have always conducted our lives in this way: lost, wandering aimlessly.
The fact is that where there is no Peace and Freedom, there is no permanent Happiness. Our brief moments of joy are circumstantial, so we are also thrown to the other side of the pendulum, to sadness. We are lost in this duality of pleasure and pain, joy and sadness. There is no Silence in our mind and heart. We are like dice in the game of circumstances, thrown from side to side, at the mercy of any probability.
The truth is that there is no acceptance of life as it is, with its challenges. So, the inadequate response we give at these moments places us in terrible suffering. And why are these responses inadequate? Because they are based on this entity called "I," what some people call "ego." This entity does not exist. It is a fiction that has its life based only on thought. It is what the Bible calls "old man" or "old creature."
We are addressing that an entirely different life is possible, above circumstances, beyond duality, that is, beyond that joy in "good" times and sadness in "bad" times.
When that "I" disappears in this Realization of God, there is no more duality and suffering ends. But for This to be discovered and realized, it is required a heart dedicated to the investigation of the Truth; and not in book’s letters or words however beautiful and wise they may seem to us, but in ourselves, in the clear perception of what we are not and, thus, in the clear Vision of who we really are.
We can be free as to no longer suffer for any situation, event or person again. This may seem so good to be true, but I want to tell you it is really very good and that is the pure Truth! Some already live that way and, although they are a small minority, they are making a big difference in this world of ignorance and suffering. Do you want to learn to live like this? This is only possible in the mirror as it reveals our face.
Life is that mirror, with all its challenges, situations, events and people with whom we relate. So, find out how to be aware! Do not ignore, do not turn away or despise this mirror, for life is a gift of God.
The fact is that where there is no Peace and Freedom, there is no permanent Happiness. Our brief moments of joy are circumstantial, so we are also thrown to the other side of the pendulum, to sadness. We are lost in this duality of pleasure and pain, joy and sadness. There is no Silence in our mind and heart. We are like dice in the game of circumstances, thrown from side to side, at the mercy of any probability.
The truth is that there is no acceptance of life as it is, with its challenges. So, the inadequate response we give at these moments places us in terrible suffering. And why are these responses inadequate? Because they are based on this entity called "I," what some people call "ego." This entity does not exist. It is a fiction that has its life based only on thought. It is what the Bible calls "old man" or "old creature."
We are addressing that an entirely different life is possible, above circumstances, beyond duality, that is, beyond that joy in "good" times and sadness in "bad" times.
When that "I" disappears in this Realization of God, there is no more duality and suffering ends. But for This to be discovered and realized, it is required a heart dedicated to the investigation of the Truth; and not in book’s letters or words however beautiful and wise they may seem to us, but in ourselves, in the clear perception of what we are not and, thus, in the clear Vision of who we really are.
We can be free as to no longer suffer for any situation, event or person again. This may seem so good to be true, but I want to tell you it is really very good and that is the pure Truth! Some already live that way and, although they are a small minority, they are making a big difference in this world of ignorance and suffering. Do you want to learn to live like this? This is only possible in the mirror as it reveals our face.
Life is that mirror, with all its challenges, situations, events and people with whom we relate. So, find out how to be aware! Do not ignore, do not turn away or despise this mirror, for life is a gift of God.
*This text, written by Master Marcos Gualberto, shares the Sage's view about life, was published for the first time in Portuguese on October 7th, 2010. It was the sixth original publication on the blog in Portuguese and is part of the collection related to the first years of this work, whose texts, after being kept offline, are now being translated to English and will be published in a series as a tribute to the Master. For further information, visit our website, click here.
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