Hello guys! Welcome to another meeting here on our channel.
After all, what is suffering? What is suffering? Why do we suffer? I am referring to this psychological suffering, this internal suffering, the suffering of the "I," of this "me," of this "person." What is this suffering? This suffering is basically thought… thought-feeling.
Where do these thoughts-feelings come from?
From the past. At this instant, you can only suffer – I mean that moment, that present moment… you can only suffer because of memory, because of remembrances. It is always memory, even if it is the memory of the projection of the future. Yes, the memory of the projection of the future!
All you have regarding the future is concerned is a projection, a memory projection. Based on the known, you project the unknown. The future is the unknown element, but it is something that can be imagined, and the material that can create this imagination of the future is memory, thought.
So, basically, psychological suffering, this internal, present suffering, is present because of this unconsciousness about this movement, which is the movement of thought.
Why is the issue of the Awakening of Consciousness important here? Why is the question of Kundalini Awakening important here? It's important to say that too. The word Kundalini has fascinated many, but people believe that Kundalini is something very strange to what Kundalini actually is.
Kundalini is simply Consciousness. If there is Presence, if there is Consciousness, what is present as Consciousness is Kundalini.
The Energy of that Consciousness, the Energy of that Presence is the Energy of Kundalini. In the body, once it is settled in the body, functioning correctly, there is no longer this psychological condition of suffering, this chaotic psychological condition of the ego, of this "me," of this "I." So, there is no longer this movement of prison to this psychological time, which is memory, a memory that creates the past, which is not here, and the memory that creates the future, which is also not here.
You identify with that memory, with that remembrance, with that thought-feeling, and you suffer. Something that you lived in the past was actually just an experience of the body and mind. The body and the mind are not who you are, but at this moment you are still confused with the body and the mind, seeing yourself as an identity in the body and mind, seeing yourself as this "I," seeing yourself as a person.
The Reality of your Being is Consciousness, it is that Consciousness that is always present, now, the same Consciousness present there in the past, present here and now, in the present moment, and present, too, in the future, but it is always Consciousness now, it is always in the now that this Consciousness is. And that Consciousness is not touched by the body and the mind. So, it is free from thought-feeling, and yet you are confused with body and mind.
To be confused with that means that this Consciousness is not Awakened yet, this Kundalini is not Awakened yet, because Kundalini is Consciousness – that Energy of Intelligence, that Energy of the Perception of Reality of Life as It is, free from that chaotic condition, which is the psychological condition of the ego. The Reality of your Being is this Consciousness, it is this Kundalini, it is this Presence.
So, when we refer here to Kundalini and the True Kundalini Awakening, we are referring to the Real Awakening of this Presence, this Consciousness, and that is the end of psychological time, it is the end of memory. In this sense of the ego, in this sense of the "I," the condition of the mind is the condition of mental consciousness. This mental consciousness is what has already been recognized in psychology as conscious and unconscious. In general, we separate conscious from unconscious.
In fact, that which is superficial, of which we are most aware, is what we might call conscious, that which is more superficial, these everyday memories.
But there is like a storehouse of memory, of remembrances. This storehouse is called the unconscious – it is these remembrances, these memories, these recollections saved deeply. But it's all part of that mental consciousness, that same egoic consciousness, which is basically psychological conditioning.
This mental consciousness is what I have called here and now, in this speech, the thought-feeling. This thought-feeling is what comes back here, to this present moment, and you are confused again and again with the illusion of being the body and being the mind, of being someone, of being a person, of being an entity separate from Life, separate from the Whole, of being an ego, an egoic identity living in a model of egocentrism, living in this egocentric model of a separate identity, seeking some form of fulfillment and satisfaction in objects, in people, in places, in sensations, in states.
To be identifying with this is to be confusing yourself with what is not you and therefore sustaining this chaotic state of conflict and psychological suffering.
The work of Self-realization is the Realization of the Truth of this Being, which is Consciousness. Self-observation makes this Energy available to you, which is the Energy of Kundalini, it is the Energy that is in that very body, capable of making a change in that mechanism, in that body-mind, so that this very Consciousness, so that this very Presence settles down, and that will be the end for the ego, for that ego identity. Do you understand that?
The end for the ego is the beginning of something entirely new, unknown, which is this Divine Presence, which is this Consciousness, which is this Vision of Reality, free from psychological time; therefore, free from this thought-feeling. It is when you establish yourself in the now, in your own Being, which is Consciousness.
Thought, then, can take on a new format in this body-mind. It is now an objective, impersonal thought, connected to practical matters of life; it no longer carries that sense of "I." What makes you feel hurt, offended, annoyed with people, sad with them, or afraid of them, or angry with them, is always this sense of this thought-feeling, this background of psychological condition. This is the pattern of the ego in its conditioning – living trapped in an image that cannot be hurt, cannot be wounded, cannot be offended, loaded with fear and desires.
Our work together is to realize this, the Truth about who we are, here and now, and open ourselves to this possibility which is the Kundalini Awakening, which is the Awakening of this Consciousness, which is the Awakening of this Divine Energy, to assume this body and mind.
So, we have something entirely new, a new mind, what someone has called “no mind” – in Buddhism it is like that, it is called “no mind.” It is a new mind, an entirely new mind, a mind free of the sense of the egoic mind, free from this notion of past, present and future for the "I."
Our job here is to establish ourselves in That which we are. Therefore, the end to that sense of separateness, to the end of dvaita is fundamental. The word dvaita means duality. There in the Vedas, the expression is Advaita Vedanta, it is non-duality. That is the goal: non-duality. Advaita means non-duality.
The human beings live in duality. They live in dvaita, they live in that duality, in that sense of an "I," an "I" that thinks, an "I" that feels, an "I" that needs, an "I" that desires, an "I" that fears, an "I" that loves, an "I" that hates… All this is completely false.
When there is Love, there is no "I" to love; when there is Joy, there is no "I" to rejoice; when there is Freedom, there is no "I" to be free; when there is thought, there is no "I" to think; when there is the feeling, there is no "I" feeling. This is all part of Life, it is part of this great non-dual Divine Game, where Existence does not hold this illusion. This illusion is what in India they call Samsara, the illusion of Samsara, that which appears and also disappears. In that sense, it is part of this Consciousness, of this Existence, because everything that comes and goes is still part of That. In that sense, yes… in that sense, this whole appearance of the illusion of duality is still an appearance in this Presence, in this Consciousness.
But here I want to invite you to recognize the game, to understand the real place it has, if it has any place, if it really has any place.
In your life, at this moment, this invitation is being given by this Presence, by this Intelligence, by this Grace, for the Recognition of your Essential Nature, of your Divine Nature, of your True Identity. This happens due to the Flourishing of Kundalini, the Kundalini Awakening.
Then the body and the mind undergoes a change, a transformation. This is called Spiritual Enlightenment, Spiritual Awakening or Self-realization… There are several names for this State of Consciousness, of Presence. Meditation is part of this process to establish this here and now as your Natural State – I mean True Meditation, because the contact with Meditation shows you that this sense of duality is not real; it's just Life happening, not you as an entity in it. See that?
It is not "I sad," "I happy," "I unhappy," "I have problems,” “I"... There is no such "I"! The illusion of this "I" sustains the sadness, the problem, the fear, suffering, the chaotic state of thinking and feeling, the chaotic state of emotion, feeling and thinking. And the key to all this lies in what Ramana called Atma Vichara - this is the key to True meditation and to the Awakening of your Being, to your Divine Awakening, to the Recognition of the Truth about who you are.
So, this is our work together: to look at what we are, look at this thought, this emotion, this feeling, this sensation, whatever is showing itself now, there, in life, in this “your life,” without posing as the one who will do, perform or get rid of.
So, the Art of Meditation, the Awakening of Meditation, puts you in this condition, in this new position of Life Perception, Reality Perception.
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