We are facing something we cannot say anything about it. Satsang is surprisingly inexplicable. The Truth Is – it is just like that! Nothing can be said about That. So, this meeting is inexplicable; it is a Truth, Silence revealing moment. That is the greatness, the simplicity and the uniqueness of Satsang. What you hear here may seem very strange, but I can assure you the more you strive to know the Truth, the more you keep It away and entangle yourself in this “sleeping state.”
This is the time to live, to fell this Presence, to be provided by the revelation of this Presence and not by some explanation about it. I am not a philosopher, a teacher nor a preacher you are listening to. There is no way, no formula, no method nor system for you to know That, for That to be revealed to you. You can disappear in That, but you cannot understand It. In other words, this is not an objective thing, that “you," as a subject, could know. You cannot hold It into your hands and say, "I got it! I have it here with me, now it is mine!"– that is not possible!
An Advaita-Vedanta teacher will give you explanations, will speak about the non-dual nature of Existence, the nature of the Truth... Then, the teacher will tell you everything is already what it is, that Truth is present, and your true nature is this Truth. Anyway, the teacher will tell you many things, will give you many explanations, and in this way, you will end up learning about it.
What you do here, in these meetings, is to investigate the nature of the Truth about yourself: it is not a matter of acquiring knowledge about It. This kind of knowledge is also some kind of ignorance, because it is merely theoretical; just accumulated words through which you create new knowledge. In reality, Consciousness is Knowledge, but another kind of knowledge. It is not the knowledge from words, but rather the Knowledge from the Being. This is the real Truth’s Knowledge, the pure Knowledge, the Being, Consciousness, that is a non-verbal, non-intellectual knowledge. This way, you may know words such as love, truth or freedom. However, knowing the word “love” does not mean knowing Love; knowing the word “truth” does not mean knowing the Truth; knowing the word “freedom” does not mean knowing Freedom as well as knowing the word “God” does not mean knowing God. Therefore, words are not the point.
Truth is existential, whereas mind’s knowledge is non-existential, verbal, theoretical, conceptual. Therefore, what the mind knows as truth, freedom, God and love are only words. So, either you Are That or you talk about It. Do you notice the difference? If you Are That, then you are not a teacher, you are not “someone” talking about It – you are living That! If you are a teacher, you are just talking about It. So, this is the clear difference between the Sage and the philosopher, between Being and merely knowing.
When there is Love, there is no need for words such as "I love you." When there is Truth, there is no need for huge, logical, conceptual explanations about It. Truth can be felt, experienced; It cannot be known nor explained. In fact, Truth can be explained, but by doing so, It is already destroyed, It is not there anymore as It is not present on the explanation, on the talking. When I say you can feel It, you can live It, I mean you can be present in That, That is present in yourself as You! In these meetings, as well as in the retreats, we have the opportunity to direct “feel,” to experience pure Being – This is the Truth, Love, Freedom! This is God!
This is the true work of Realization. You cannot examine It as if it were on the outside. This "feeling" is the only possible Knowledge, for you cannot examine That – present only internally – as if it were present externally, in the outside. This "feeling," this Being is the only possible Knowledge, which I call as Real Knowledge, Consciousness.
So, this Real Knowledge, that is Being, is Wisdom! The knowledge based on understanding and on word’s comprehension is pure ignorance, but not the beautiful Ignorance of the Sage; it is mere intellectualism and verbal, theoretical understanding. So, this knowledge is the real ignorance and does not represent Realization, since it does not represent Consciousness.
When there is Consciousness, true Knowledge is present, and then Truth cannot be ignored. In this regard, to know God is to be God, as the point is not learning about God, moreover, the point is not learning about Love, Truth, Freedom, but rather being that Love, that Freedom, that Truth. Truth is in this Silence, in this Consciousness, in this Love, in this Freedom; Truth is not in these words.
So, this experience is Consciousness happening inside yourself. You will not hear, read nor learn about That. There is only one straightforward way of experiencing That: through devotion and Awakening through self-inquiry – self-inquiry brings the Awakening of this direct experience, and devotion makes It possible. You cannot read It on the scriptures, neither hear It from anyone.
This is the time to live, to fell this Presence, to be provided by the revelation of this Presence and not by some explanation about it. I am not a philosopher, a teacher nor a preacher you are listening to. There is no way, no formula, no method nor system for you to know That, for That to be revealed to you. You can disappear in That, but you cannot understand It. In other words, this is not an objective thing, that “you," as a subject, could know. You cannot hold It into your hands and say, "I got it! I have it here with me, now it is mine!"– that is not possible!
An Advaita-Vedanta teacher will give you explanations, will speak about the non-dual nature of Existence, the nature of the Truth... Then, the teacher will tell you everything is already what it is, that Truth is present, and your true nature is this Truth. Anyway, the teacher will tell you many things, will give you many explanations, and in this way, you will end up learning about it.
What you do here, in these meetings, is to investigate the nature of the Truth about yourself: it is not a matter of acquiring knowledge about It. This kind of knowledge is also some kind of ignorance, because it is merely theoretical; just accumulated words through which you create new knowledge. In reality, Consciousness is Knowledge, but another kind of knowledge. It is not the knowledge from words, but rather the Knowledge from the Being. This is the real Truth’s Knowledge, the pure Knowledge, the Being, Consciousness, that is a non-verbal, non-intellectual knowledge. This way, you may know words such as love, truth or freedom. However, knowing the word “love” does not mean knowing Love; knowing the word “truth” does not mean knowing the Truth; knowing the word “freedom” does not mean knowing Freedom as well as knowing the word “God” does not mean knowing God. Therefore, words are not the point.
Truth is existential, whereas mind’s knowledge is non-existential, verbal, theoretical, conceptual. Therefore, what the mind knows as truth, freedom, God and love are only words. So, either you Are That or you talk about It. Do you notice the difference? If you Are That, then you are not a teacher, you are not “someone” talking about It – you are living That! If you are a teacher, you are just talking about It. So, this is the clear difference between the Sage and the philosopher, between Being and merely knowing.
When there is Love, there is no need for words such as "I love you." When there is Truth, there is no need for huge, logical, conceptual explanations about It. Truth can be felt, experienced; It cannot be known nor explained. In fact, Truth can be explained, but by doing so, It is already destroyed, It is not there anymore as It is not present on the explanation, on the talking. When I say you can feel It, you can live It, I mean you can be present in That, That is present in yourself as You! In these meetings, as well as in the retreats, we have the opportunity to direct “feel,” to experience pure Being – This is the Truth, Love, Freedom! This is God!
This is the true work of Realization. You cannot examine It as if it were on the outside. This "feeling" is the only possible Knowledge, for you cannot examine That – present only internally – as if it were present externally, in the outside. This "feeling," this Being is the only possible Knowledge, which I call as Real Knowledge, Consciousness.
So, this Real Knowledge, that is Being, is Wisdom! The knowledge based on understanding and on word’s comprehension is pure ignorance, but not the beautiful Ignorance of the Sage; it is mere intellectualism and verbal, theoretical understanding. So, this knowledge is the real ignorance and does not represent Realization, since it does not represent Consciousness.
When there is Consciousness, true Knowledge is present, and then Truth cannot be ignored. In this regard, to know God is to be God, as the point is not learning about God, moreover, the point is not learning about Love, Truth, Freedom, but rather being that Love, that Freedom, that Truth. Truth is in this Silence, in this Consciousness, in this Love, in this Freedom; Truth is not in these words.
So, this experience is Consciousness happening inside yourself. You will not hear, read nor learn about That. There is only one straightforward way of experiencing That: through devotion and Awakening through self-inquiry – self-inquiry brings the Awakening of this direct experience, and devotion makes It possible. You cannot read It on the scriptures, neither hear It from anyone.
*Online meeting transcription originally held on February 5th, 2018. First published in Portuguese on April 04, 2018. For further information about our meetings, please, click here.
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