The question is: how to attain Spiritual Enlightenment? It is a very frequent question "how to get there? It is a very frequent question "how to reach this Enlightenment?" I have to talk to you a little bit about this issue of this psychological misconception that we have of this so-called "time." We talk about present, past and future, for example. We never clearly understand what this represents.
This notion of time we have, all of it, is a notion based on thought. There is no reality in what we call past. Past is an idea, it is a concept, a belief.
Some experiences lived by that organism, by that body, by that mind, preserved a remembrance, a memory of events and happenings, bringing now, to this present moment, the idea that was lived in the so-called "past." In fact, what we have now, here, is a remembrance, a memory.
We are not denying existence of chronological time. We cannot deny the reality of yesterday, nor the reality of today, nor the reality of tomorrow, chronologically speaking, but there is no truth in present, past and future, psychologically speaking. So, what you can have now, here, as a remembrance, as a memory, is only an image, being constructed by thought, related to psychological time that never existed, that never occurred, what never happened. Simply because there is no present identity here, now, having this remembrance. This is a pure mechanical process, of the brain itself, of the machine itself, of this body-mind structure.
That identity was not there, just as it is not here. There is no "me," this "I," this ego. Therefore, this "person" that you believe to be is not real.
If we are dealing with the subject "how to attain Enlightenment?", we need discard to discard the illusion of someone to attain This. Attaining presupposes time… time for whom? To this identity, to this center that is not real, to this "I" that has no reality.
Ramana Maharshi always put this question in front of those who came to him: "Who am I?" The question is, "who am I?" There is no "I" present here and now. No "I" was present yesterday, being, for example, hurt, wounded, offended... This sense of offense, this present pain in the sorrow is something to a supposed present identity. What is present in this sorrow, or in this resentment, or in this wound, is the illusion of someone in this experience.
To look at yourself, to look to That what You are here and now and discard that sense of identity in this experience of this so-called "sorrow," "psychological pain" or "resentment" is the real basis we have for this Divine Realization.
So, how to attain Spiritual Enlightenment?
Putting an end to this illusion, the illusion of this psychological time, the illusion of this psychological identity, trapped in this imagination of time – someone present to be hurt, to be wounded, to be offended; someone who has been hurt, who has been wounded or who has been offended. This ego identity is not real.
Your work towards Enlightenment necessarily passes through the end of this illusion. It needs to end. All this notion of present, past and future – I said psychologically speaking –, needs to end.
All what we have is this instant, this moment, here and now, which is Consciousness, Presence, which is You in your Being, in your True Nature, and here there is no "I." Your Being is not in time. It is never born and will never die. This duality "me and the world," "me and Life," "me and God," "me and the other," is a belief, a concept, an idea.
Thought has been producing this, has been creating and sustaining this. You have been confusing yourself with this. This way, Love, Peace, Freedom, Happiness is not possible. Consciousness is not possible if this notion prevails psychologically, the notion of "I," of "me;" if what prevails, psychologically, is this notion of time -
present, past and future. This is something completely destroyed within this Vision of Truth about who You are, here and now, as Consciousness.
So, our work together is for us to be become conscious of What we are, here and now, free of this false sense, of this false identity, of this imaginary center, all created by thought, which is basically memory, basically remembrance, which is basically imagination of time.
Memory is present, but it is present here and now. But memory is not what You are! Memory is part of thought; it is something within thought. So, this is memory, this remembrance... This is not You; it is not That what You truly are.
So, how to attain Enlightenment? By becoming aware of the Truth that You are here and now and discarding the whole identification with this movement of psychological memory, which is sustaining the idea to this false identity, to this false center, to this false "I."
This is our work together here, with you.
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