There is a Freedom for all of us that we become directly aware of when we apply our hearts to It. It is not like something to be accomplished at the end of a long period of searching, as many people suppose so.
What we are saying will seem strange, at first, for a trained ambitious mind, that is always striving to conquer, that has always believed in effort towards an ambitious search to fulfill its desires.
However, in the Realization of this Freedom, it is not like that, for there is no need for search or pursuit of This. First, because everything we seek, from which we project an image, is already part of what we know. It is just part of our ambition and, therefore, is not Real. The Real Freedom cannot be produced by thought, for This is not part of it.
Second, this Freedom can only exist in the Truth of God, not in the idea about Him, because this idea is part of thought, while the Real God is the One we live in, move, and where our Being resides. So, abandon all searches, this entire search on the outside, because the Truth of God is the Truth of our Being.
We cannot find what was never lost. We are already Free since the first step! We do need a fervent and ardent investigation towards the Truth we bring within ourselves, the Truth of who we are. I talk about the investigation of this illusion of the superficial mind, of what we believe to be, at the deepest recesses of our heart, for there we find out who we really are, what our True Being is.
By finding out, through self-investigation, our Real Being, our real “I am,” we start living free of thought and, therefore, free of time.
This “I Am” is Free; It does not know any form of worry, anxiety, desire, and suffering.
What we are saying will seem strange, at first, for a trained ambitious mind, that is always striving to conquer, that has always believed in effort towards an ambitious search to fulfill its desires.
However, in the Realization of this Freedom, it is not like that, for there is no need for search or pursuit of This. First, because everything we seek, from which we project an image, is already part of what we know. It is just part of our ambition and, therefore, is not Real. The Real Freedom cannot be produced by thought, for This is not part of it.
Second, this Freedom can only exist in the Truth of God, not in the idea about Him, because this idea is part of thought, while the Real God is the One we live in, move, and where our Being resides. So, abandon all searches, this entire search on the outside, because the Truth of God is the Truth of our Being.
We cannot find what was never lost. We are already Free since the first step! We do need a fervent and ardent investigation towards the Truth we bring within ourselves, the Truth of who we are. I talk about the investigation of this illusion of the superficial mind, of what we believe to be, at the deepest recesses of our heart, for there we find out who we really are, what our True Being is.
By finding out, through self-investigation, our Real Being, our real “I am,” we start living free of thought and, therefore, free of time.
This “I Am” is Free; It does not know any form of worry, anxiety, desire, and suffering.
*This text, written by Master Marcos Gualberto, shares the Sage's view about life, was published for the first time in Portuguese on October 11th, 2010. It was the nineth 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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