Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi | Pure Consciousness - Part II

You, in your Being, are Pure Consciousness. This will never cease to be. What you need is to assume This. That is why we have for millennia several works happening within human history under this proposal. We see it in the stories of Buddha, you recognize everything he went through on his journey, towards Awakening. So, for Buddha, this issue of illness, aging and death, this issue of suffering, needed to be investigated. Yes, this psychological suffering, this internal state of misery that human being lives, needed to be investigated. So, it is an example in history of all of those, who, like you, have also gone through this whole process which you are going through, which is the process of search.

Upon the meeting with my guru – in fact, upon being found by him –, that young Gualberto, still 24 years old at that time, realized that he was facing the end of the search. So, the Master, the Presence of a Realized Being, when that Presence comes to you, It says: "See, your search is over." It did not say it with words. It makes your heart feel the Truth that you are facing the end of the search, facing the Presence of a Realized Being. And, in front of this Presence, That, which is effulgent, is this Consciousness.

In this moment, it gets clear that all this psychological and internal confusion, all this suffering, all that appears inside of you as an existential emptiness, as a lack of something, as if something were still incomplete and lacking, ends, because you are before this Consciousness, before this Love.

Understand that a Realized Being, who is today working with those who approach him, is only sharing the Truth he brings, what he is. So, basically there is no difference. I want you to look at this with your heart. Open yourself completely to that possibility, for the possibility to Awaken, for the possibility of Recognition of your own Being, your Divine Reality.

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So, back to the issue here. Your work is the work of Awakening, it is the work of "becoming aware of" Consciousness, assuming this Divine Reality that You are. For Indian people, within this vision of Advaita Vedanta, this statement regarding our Real Nature as Consciousness is so clear; and not only as Consciousness but also as Happiness.

So, perceive this, the Recognition of your Nature of Pure Consciousness is the Happiness you seek, but you are seeking in objects, in people, in relationships and in sensations something that takes place or expresses itself very directly, very simply, by the Recognition of your True Identity, your True Nature.

So, Consciousness is in fact synonymous with Ananda, which is Happiness. So, in Sanskrit "Chit" means Consciousness and "Ananda" means Happiness and "Sat" means "Being." So, Sat-Chit-Ananda, Being-Consciousness-Happiness, your Divine Nature, your Real Nature, the Truth about who You are beyond the body, beyond the mind and beyond the world.

What we are communicating to you in these lines, I will be clear with you... here I am not talking to you about an idea, a belief, a concept. I do not share with you something that I have discovered in books. I am sharing with you What I experience as Reality, as Truth.

This is the Truth of your Being, this is my Truth, the Divine Truth, the Divine Truth in all manifestation. Once you have assumed This, there is no belief, no ideas anymore.

So, I am sharing with you from this Realization, that happened under this process of work, in front of Ramana Maharshi, in front of my Guru, Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, for over 20 years.

As of 2011, I started to make this Vision public, which today here, is very clear, about Life. So, this encounter with my Master happened, I was only 24 years old, back in the year of 1986, and only after the year 2011, I started to share this.

So, I am not sharing here a theory, a belief, something you need to believe. Absolutely! The Reality of your Being is the Reality of Life, it is the Reality of God. So I want to speak to you in a very simple way, in a very direct way: Happiness, which is Consciousness, is Being, Sat-Chit-Ananda.

The beauty of Realization, of this Consciousness, of this "assuming Consciousness," of this "assuming the Being" that You are, is that you are facing this Happiness, which is the end of suffering. This represents the end of the egoic mind, the dualistic mind, the separatist mind; it is the end of suffering.

To follow a speech like this, until the end of it, is a demonstration of an intense and deep longing for the Truth. We have been talking to you for a few minutes here. This yearning, this longing for the Truth, brings you before this Presence, the Presence of your Being, in the form of a Buddha, of a Realized Being.

So, I want to invite you to an inner work of Self-Realization. We have the opportunity to have these meetings here, through the YouTube channel. It is wonderful to be here together, having this vehicle as an opportunity, but I also want to invite you to be with us, to come and be with us in person, to attend and participate in some online meetings. So, here is our invitation.

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I want to thank you all for your presence, and we will always be here available for you. If you have any question, you can put them in the comments, and we will also quickly prepare, perhaps, a video, just to give you an answer... Your answer, see, is everyone´s answer. Everyone is in search of a single one "thing": Divine Realization, God's Realization, Realization of the Truth. Everyone is looking for that "thing" called Happiness.

It was nice having you here. We will see you next time.

March, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi | Pure Consciousness - Part I

Let´s go! We are going to talk with you, today, about this important matter, the matter of Consciousness. Let me put something here for you, which I think is very important. It is necessary that you understand this matter of Consciousness. What is Consciousness? What, in fact, does this represent? Note: Consciousness is You in your Natural State. In general, human being knows what it is to be conscious, but he does not know what it is Consciousness, what it means to remain in this Extraordinary Space called Consciousness, this Real Place of your True Nature.

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Let´s talk about this Consciousness, about this Divine and Natural State of Being we are. As I said just now, in general human being is conscious, but he does not assume the Truth of his Being, because the Truth of your Being is not something that is assumed or realized when you are simply conscious.

Mankind, human being, lives in a conscious way, but, in truth, this "being conscious" is something that means only a state, still as a part of the sleep state. Here, we are focusing, with you, on the importance of assuming this Consciousness. Consciousness is something completely different from being conscious.

Human being can be conscious, thoughts present, emotions present, feelings present. This does not happen, in general, in deep sleep. In his waking state, he is conscious, but this does not represent being in your Natural State of Pure Consciousness.

When we are speaking of Awakening or Divine Realization, when we talk about our Essential Nature, we are speaking about the importance of being as Pure Consciousness, of being in your Pure and Real Being, of experiencing the Truth that You are, the Truth of your Real Nature.

So, our True Nature is pure Consciousness. So, our work of Self-realization, our work in this direction, is the work for assuming this Truth. For this, we have been talking about the great importance of self-inquiry, of the extraordinary importance of Meditation. Only by self-inquiry, you can become aware of yourself. From the moment you become aware of yourself, you have entered this new dimension, which is the dimension of the real possibility to Awakening, to leave this "being conscious" for this new dimension, which is the dimension of Pure Consciousness.

As Pure Consciousness, you experience your Divine Nature. As Pure Consciousness you experience the Nature of the Truth about yourself. Some have called This Awakening or Realization of God, others called This Enlightenment. The fact is that Consciousness is Love, Consciousness is Intelligence, Consciousness is Freedom, Consciousness is God.

This is a way for us to approach it, signalizing something outside the mind, outside something we may simply be conscious of. When this Consciousness is present, this feeling of "being conscious" is like the moon, the moon's shine in front in the presence of the sun. Your work – and this must be an applied, dedicated, patient and also lovingly work – your work in this life, this dream, is Awakening in the midst of all this.

The common state of a human being, in this "being conscious," is a state of complete sleep. "Conscious," by "being conscious," we get married, have children, the family arises, material achievements also happen, but this does not represent the Truth of your Being, What You are.

This explains why, despite all achievements that human being has in this life, none of this represents, for him, Real Love, Real Peace, Real Happiness. This is simply because he is in a "sleep state." In this "state of sleep," he is, yes, conscious, but that does not mean that he is, really, Awake.

And we propose this to you in Satsang, the wonderful possibility of Awakening, the wonderful possibility of Self-knowledge, the Recognition that You are Consciousness, the Recognition that there is only Consciousness, and this is the Reality in all existence, this is the Reality in the whole manifestation.

The present sense of duality, the sense of separation between you and life, between you and the world, between you and the other, is something present because of this "sleep state." So, simply being conscious is not enough. Another example of this that you are, certainly, conscious, for example, while dreaming. At night you sleep and then you have a dream, and in that dream, you are concious, even to the point to remember it, after you wake up, in the waking state; the memory of this dream. And, in this dream, you see the world, you see people, you relate to them, you have a life, maybe, different than what you have in the waking state, but it is a life as conscious as this one here, in your waking state. Is it not like this?

Suddenly, you wake up, open your eyes in the bed and realize that it was just a dream. So, it is "being conscious" but does not represent Consciousness; it is "being conscious" in the "sleep state," and what I want to mean is that exactly the same thing is happening here, now, in what we call the "waking state."

You believe you are awake. In fact, you are still sleeping. You believe that all this experience of life, physical, emotional, sentimental, and all experience in this contact with senses, with touch, sight, with hearing, etc., you believe that all this is happening in your state of consciousness, as Pure Consciousness. In Reality, all this is happening in your state of "being conscious," in your "state of sleep."

So, human being is sleeping, human being is unaware of his Divine Nature, which is Consciousness.

What differs the ordinary human being from a Realized Being, like Mooji, like Ramana, like Eckhart Tolle, like Jiddu Krishnamurti and many others, what differs a common human being – when I say common it is in this sense... the one still in the process of Awakening – from the One who has really already Awakened, the difference is that for Eckhart Tolle, or Mooji, or Ramana, there is only Consciousness.

This Consciousness is the Reality of your Divine Nature. This Consciousness is the Reality where the world, the body and everything else appear. This Consciousness is the Reality of your Being. So, the difference is that a Realized Being lives his Divine Nature, lives in his True Nature, lives in his Real Nature. In Reality, he is Conscious of What He is. Those who are only conscious – and this is a form of being in sleep, being asleep –, have not yet assumed the Beauty, the Truth of their Being.

Look at Ramana and you won´t see in him emotional conflicts, psychological suffering, and it is so with one who lives already within this Pure Consciousness, this Pure Consciousness that You are. Now, apart that, there is not any difference.

You, in your Being, are Pure Consciousness. This will never cease to be.

March, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Satsang | Realization of Truth

This Realization, which is the Realization of Truth, dismisses this limitation, the limitation of knowledge. Notice that all knowledge is limited. It deals with what is in time. It describes, defines, explains and is something that grows…

So, knowledge is always limited.

The Truth about your Self is the end of knowledge. When we talk about knowledge, we are talking about something within time, something that does exactly this: it clarifies, explains, justifies, has always to be added, is always transforming, evolving, changing and growing, that is, it is something always limited. And when we are dealing with the Divine Nature, with the Nature of your Self, we are not dealing with knowledge; we are actually dealing with the end of knowledge.

So, I would say Knowledge is the end of knowledge. Real Knowledge is in the end of knowledge. In this sense, we could use the word "Knowledge" as a synonym for Consciousness, but here this Consciousness is the basis where all so-called "knowledge" appears and disappears.

Therefore, this Consciousness is the end of the limitation of knowledge, because this Consciousness is the end of the known. When we are in direct contact with the Truth, which is the Truth of your Self, we are in direct contact with the real end to all limitation of knowledge, to the end of all limitation of what is known.

That is why your Self is the end of all disorder, all confusion, all contradiction, because it is the end of all limitation. So, when people are concerned with this question of changing the "person" they believe they are, they should rather be concerned with investigating the Truth of who they really are.

If you investigate the Truth about who You are, or What You are, you end up arriving at that Realization, the Realization that your True Nature is pure Consciousness. There is no "person" present in this pure Consciousness, so there is no limitation present in this pure Consciousness. So, there is no need for a change for that "person" you believe to be.

All you need is the Realization of the Truth about your own Self, the non-limitation of your own Self. This is the True Knowledge of this "Yourself," of your Divine Nature, of your True Nature, of your Real Nature.

I invite you to Satsang because it is the space where this investigation takes place. So, what is Satsang basically? Satsang is this association with the Truth of your Self, which represents this encounter with the Truth of the end of the limitation of knowledge. The word "Satsang" means "association with your Self," "association with the Truth about who you are."

Therefore, this work that takes place in Satsang is something unique, showing you the Truth about who You are, or about What You are, since this "I" is not Real, this identity that thought has built with all this so-called "limited knowledge" produced by the mind, has completely disappeared. Then you come across the Truth of Satsang, the Truth about... about the very Nature of Consciousness, about the very Nature of your Self.

March, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Repetitive thoughts: the automatism of thought - Part I

Hello, guys. Welcome to another meeting here on the channel. We are going to talk to you about an issue that people are always involved with and don't know how to handle. It is the question of automatic thoughts. We also have the issue of repetitive thoughts, obsessive thoughts...how to deal with that? Let´s talk about this.

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And here we go! Let´s go straight to the point. Automatic thoughts, that is how the mind works. So, someone asks, "but how to deal with this, with this issue of this automatism of thought, this repetitive movement of thought?"

People have an illusion... I remember that when I was young, I was also intrigued by this and one day I asked my father, I said, I asked him: "Dad, why can't we stop the thoughts? Why do I think so much? Why am I always thinking?" My Dad looked at me and did not understand the question. He said: "My son, this is just like that. Everyone is like that!" And I was very young and still did not get the answer. But the fact is that, if you look, we really do not find the answer. Nobody can find an answer to this. This movement of automatism, repetition, obsession with what thought does...in the end, what is the answer to that?

We have the illusion to be able to control this. When you come in contact with Satsang, which is this meeting here...The word "Satsang" means "encounter with Reality," "association with Truth." So, what is Satsang? It is the encounter with Reality, it is the association with Truth. You also, when you come across this meeting, you, yes, here you have the possibility to investigate this issue of thought.

After all, what is thought? Why is there all this process inside our heads when thought carries this movement of automatism, this obsessive movement, this repetitive movement? After all, what is thought?

Let´s go to the first question: What is thought? It is the basis to understand to what comes afterwards. Thought, see, always shows us memories. Thought is basically memory. So, thought is memory, thought is remembrance.

Now, this memory, this remembrance, as for it, remembrance and memory, we have an illusion: the illusion that we are the ones who produce this remembrance or this memory in the form of thought. Notice how false this is! This arrives to the answer of the reason of the automatism of thought. Notice how false this is!

When you forget something, there was no decision by you to forget. When you forget something, this forgetting simply happened, because nobody wants to forget what is needed to remember. Is it not? If you need to remember of something and you keep searching inside yourself, do you remember? No! The greater your effort to remember, the further you are from remembering, the greater is the forgetfulness.

This shows us that you are not the one who produces thoughts. So, not only can you not remember what you have forgotten, but also you cannot help but forget it. This is a belief! This shows us exactly what? There is no thinker, there is no identity present here and now, responsible to produce thoughts. So, here the point is this, this is the point number one: there is no thinker! You are not the thinker you believe to be.

Shall we continue? OK, but first, did you remember the "like"? Give the "like" and subscribe. "Look, the subject is interesting, now I´m seeing that it´s worth it," so subscribe to the channel. That is what we are talking about here. We are investigating the nature of Consciousness, the nature of the mind, the Truth about who we are. So, give your "like," after share this talk, share this video with someone. In the meantime, subscribe to the channel, OK?

So, let´s continue... This thinker is not real! The thinker is not real! So, this idea of someone, here and now, capable of thinking or dismissing thought does not exist.

So, people want to get rid of this automatism of thought, but, see, the movement of thought is something purely mechanical, and the process of this mechanicalness of thought is something without a "you" present in control of this.

That's why when you have a huge volume of obsessive thoughts, or repetitive thoughts, or automatic thoughts, you cannot do anything about it. You are lying down and this volume of thoughts automatically pops in, pops up uninvited, invite's itself to a party you are not having. You also cannot close the party and stop the dance, you cannot kick these guests out, there is no way to do that, and you lie there to sleep and cannot.

This is so because the movement of thought is an automatic movement.

The question is: How to deal with this? How to deal with this issue of automatism?

March, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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