The question that we are going to address here with you is about what is Enlightenment. It's a recurrent question people ask: "What is it, Gualberto… what is Enlightenment? What is this so-called ´Enlightenment State'?"
Some also call this the Divine Realization or Realization of God. There are various names for This. But, after all what does it mean, this so-called "Enlightenment?" What does it represent? Very good, let me tell you something about it here, very clearly. Enlightenment is You in your Natural State. You know that, since a child, we are educated to be somebody, somebody in life.
So, we have several examples to follow, to be someone in life, and nobody ever wonders the basic question: if being somebody necessarily means to be happy. You know, the quest of human being is the pursuit of Happiness, it is the search for Peace, it is the quest for Freedom. We have talked in Satsang is about the importance of this Divine Realization. The importance of the Realization of Being what You are, and This is not necessarily being someone.
We have, in our culture, the appreciation of one´s position. When we look at someone, we appreciate the position one is in, one's life position, one's financial condition, one's position within society, in the world, but we don´t really know what goes on inside one.
So, all of us, in fact, are born for Happiness, and not to be someone. But, as I usually say: Being is only Being. So, the objective of life is Being, not to be someone.
Being someone means to be in the context of culture, within a social context, within a representation of society. But, we never ask ourselves what this represents with regard to our own and inner true Realization, our True Realization of Happiness. So, here comes the question: What is Enlightenment? I can say to you: Enlightenment is You in your Natural State, regardless "being someone," acknowledged as someone by society. From the point of view of the Reality of your Being, "being someone" is completely illusory. That which You are, is Divine Reality: That which you are is the Reality of God. This Being, which You are, is ready for Happiness.
This is something completely independent of the position which the physical body and all this cultural structure that we have around us represents. So, the position of being someone is only something within a cultural context, within a social context, but that is not what You truly are.
So, Enlightenment is your Real State of Being. This represents What You are, not what your parents, society, your world around you, sees in you. What You are goes beyond the body, goes beyond the mind, goes beyond this cultural position what you have received. Therefore, when we deal with You in your Real State, in your True State, we are pointing out You in your Divine State.
What is the importance of recognizing yourself beyond the body, the mind, this cultural, social, educational structure that we received? How important is it to recognize yourself as Consciousness, as Being, what one would call Awakening, Divine Realization or Enlightenment? The importance of This, is the Realization of What you were born to Be.
When I was young, in our culture, our parents always encouraged us, since young age, and guided us in their good will to follow the best of life, the good side of life and become someone, someone accepted in society, a respectable human being. But, look, none of this has any real intrinsic value for You in your Being. Regardless what you have accomplished externally, and however great your position is, that position to be someone within this social context, a question remains unsolved internally, and this is what we deal with in Satsang.
It is important that you discover who You are. You have a name and you have a body. This body is a genetic inheritance and that name someone has chosen for you. All that you have in the body and also in the story linked with this name, related to this name, none of this represents the Truth of your Being.
Here, we are only speaking of an apparition that spends some time, in this dream called "human life" and soon disappears. However, the Realization of What you are, this Awakening, this Divine Realization or what one would call Enlightenment, This is something that represents the Truth about You, a Truth that surpasses any human comprehension, any human understanding, any idea, any imagination that someone might have, that you might have.
The fact is that for a long time, you have been confused with your name, this body, and with this culture you were placed in, that you were raised in without any choice. Because that´s life: It does not allow any choice! It is a happening that goes beyond your will, desire, your beliefs, your concepts, your ideas. Therefore, placed within this context, you have been living without this Consciousness, the Consciousness of Truth that You are beyond this condition, beyond this position that you have been placed in by life, by existence.
So, what is Enlightenment? Enlightenment is the Recognition of the Truth of what You are. Stay with me here and I´m going to talk a little more about something very important within this context about this Truth You are. Until now, people have been confused with a story told about us, a story others tell about who we are and the story thought inside you formulates about who you are.
So, I want to put something to you here, which is essential for you to get rid of this condition. This condition is limited, narrow, and a profound pattern, where you respond to this whole culture you were raised in, educated in, in much the same way as everybody else.
So, within three or four minutes, I do not know, I´m going to reveal this to you. Hold on a little bit and I will tell you what to do to get rid of this condition, which, in fact, is a psychological prison.
So, living within this pattern, living inside this model, is something completely absurd. This explains a lot of internal problems that we have, no matter your position in society, within this world, and how respected you are as a person in the world, these problems have yet not been resolved within you.
So, I want to tell you right now – and here the moment has come to make this clearer – what can be done for this Awakening? What can be done for this Realization? What can be done for this Enlightenment? It is very strange what you going to hear, but I want you to be patient, you who have joined the channel, you who are following this work, you who have been with us...
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So, going back… the whole question is: What can be done for this Awakening, for this Enlightenment, for this Divine Realization to really flourish, to happen? Are you seeing a photo here? Always in these videos, these speeches, this happens here and also in-person meetings we do, this photo is always present. This is a photo of Ramana Maharshi, an Indian sage who left his form in 1950, and he was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, exponents on this issue of the importance of Divine Realization. He attained Realization at the age of 16. So, at the age of 16 this Awakening happened to him. And I was drawn to his Grace and was put into this...these questions were put to me, in a form I have no words to explain. It was brought to me, it was put to me.
I have been placed in this condition of being able, through his Grace, to investigate this.
So, I always carry this photo with me, I always post it and people ask: "But why do you share this?" Because what took place here, in the year 2007 – you have access to my blog and may read about this. And since 2011, I have been sharing this matter of Awakening, this matter of Enlightenment, this matter of Realization.
So, the Presence of Ramana Maharshi was very, very important for Gualberto´s existence, This has made this Reality simple and naturally flourish, and This is something also Real for you.
Now, how to Realize This? This is the question! We will always, in these talks, deepen this here with you. I want to share with you a little bit of this, how this work is processed, how this becomes possible for you.
Ramana left a direct path for This, and he called this Vichara, self-investigation. Vichara means self-investigation, the investigation of the Truth about who You are. So, the question he left for the world was "who am I?"
So, if you are serious about this matter about Realizing Happiness, of Realizing Peace and Love...when I say "Peace," when I say "Happiness," "Love," I am dealing with That which thought does not understand. It is not the "peace" that mind knows. It is not the "happiness" which mind knows. It is not the "love" that mind knows.
How is this Realized? Through Vichara, through self-investigation. Something also under this process of self-investigation is Meditation. Without self-investigation and Meditation, you do not have access to the Truth about who You are.
Remember, at the beginning of the speech I said that you received something cultural, but actually that is not You. This "someone" that you believe to be, because society told you what you are, is not You. Vichara, self-investigation, Meditation, gives you access to the Truth: the Truth of your own Being. So, this contact with the Reality of your own Being blossoms as Awakening or Enlightenment.
So, what is Enlightenment? Enlightenment is the Recognition of the Truth that You are here and now. So, what does it mean to be Enlightened? What does it mean to be Realized? What is an Enlightened "someone?" This "someone" has to be placed in quotation marks, because when Enlightenment happens, the sense of personality, of ego identity, dissolves. So, this idea of being "someone" falls apart.
You fulfill your role in the world, but you know the actor is separate from this role, from this great theater, where all this happens.
So, what is Enlightenment? It is the Realization of the Truth of your own Being, it is to assume your Real Place of pure Intelligence, of pure Consciousness, of pure Love, pure Peace, in this life, this world, and nothing hinders or contradicts your role that you represent in the world.
So, you are a father of a family, you are a mother with children, you are a son who has his parents, you are culturally, biologically of a family...biologically of a family, culturally of a society, but this is only a performance, where an actor appears in this scenario and on this stage, of this great theatre; but you remain internally free.
We have explained to you, here, the importance of this, and we will always go deeper with you on this: the importance of working on Self-Realization.
So, how does This occur? I repeat: through self-investigation. You need to observe what passes within you, to understand all this psychological, illusory movement that thought produces, which represents pure imagination about who you really are, about the other, what is this world, and what is this life.
So, see, this matter of this work, this work of Awakening, this work of Divine Realization is very important. That what You are, for real, is something beyond birth and death; it is something that remains free of all this psychological contradiction present in human beings, inside themselves – and this happens out of sheer unconsciousness.
So, Awakening is Something that appears, arises inside you as a result of this self-investigation, as a result of this surrender to the Truth of your own Being, and this is within this context, which I have called Real Meditation, True Meditation.
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