It seems to me that the best way for us to begin understanding this subject is to ask questions. When you ask about the issue of fear… I think we'd better start by changing it here. I’d like to ask you if it’s possible to have a life without any idea about yourself.
This “fear” element is present in this idea. When you speak of fear, you are speaking of what you identify as your fear, the fear of someone, which is you. However, the question we must ask here is – who are you? Since this “you” is within this idea you have of yourself.
We were conditioned within this programming, this structuring of psychological life. This is the pattern, the model. This is how we behave, how we conduct ourselves, how we stand in life – having an idea about who we are and what we can gain when that idea is improved, what we can do to improve who we are.
As we don’t, we ask ourselves “who am I?” and we are dealing with just an idea about it, we are in the habit of trying to continually sustain this idea we have of ourselves within an ever-increasing acceptance within our world, our circle of relations, of relationships. This idea is what one would call self-image.
When you use the pronoun “I,” you are referring to your own image, this self-image, this image you make of yourself, and you need this image to be improved.
There’s the illusion that the more accepted this image is, the more loved, welcomed, recognized, the happier you will be. In this behavior is a profound unconsciousness regarding this danger, which is the danger of sustaining an idea and a belief about oneself.
See, we are dealing with the issue of fear, but we can’t separate this fear you feel from this image you have of yourself. We must understand this – fear is present because of this idea you have of yourself. It is this idea that seeks to be accepted, loved, recognized, applauded, and praised. And it can't make mistakes, it can't fail.
So, you have this self-image. That’s why people, within this unconsciousness, talk a lot about the importance of developing the person they believe they are. This is another interesting point. If you think about personal development, what is implicit in that thought is the idea of someone who will broaden, improve, develop to be more successful, have more success, be more famous, have more public acceptance, and have more power.
Can you see why fear is present? The greater this idea of being someone on that level, in that position, the greater the fear. The sense of “I,” of the ego, is the sense of the person you believe you are – this is nothing but an image.
Why is this subject so important? Because it will show you that these internal frames of suffering are exclusively yours. They’re not productions made by the outside world, but rather self-production. It’s you, in this unconsciousness, in this movement that sustains this self-image, that establishes this condition of the psychological suffering. This is basically the state of human suffering; this is the condition of the ego, this “me,” this “I.” This is what sustains fear… fear and its many and varied forms. It’s something internalized, something internal, of an independent production, it has nothing to do with what the world is, life is, with what others are and how they treat you, how the world treats you, how others treat you, how life is...
As long as you are sustaining this self-image within yourself, it’ll feel itself in low self-esteem or bragged about, within vanity of self-esteem too. And all of that is basically fear. It’ll feel important – this self-image… As you mistake yourself for this self-image, which is this idea, this belief, you see yourself that way. Thus, if you get praised… it’s everything you want and hope for being happy. And how long does this happiness last? Until another person comes along to insult you.
So, one person will accept you and the other will reject you. And even the one who accepts you will do it for a while, until getting tired of you, getting tired of you, until you have nothing left to give the person in this exchange of relationship between images. Do you get that?
You can’t expect the world to be different from what you are. The way you see yourself, the world sees you; and what you expect from the world, the world also expects from you; and if you stop giving, the world also stops giving you the same thing. It’s a game, you see? It’s the ego game; it’s the self-image game, the game of fear.
Let me tell you here, in these few minutes, how to go beyond these frames that in psychiatry have different names. We can go beyond suffering. These frames of pathology, as called in psychiatry, are frames supported by this self-image. It’s just that. You don't want it consciously, but you sustain it in a programmed, unconscious, and educated way. Yes, that’s right! From an early age, we are educated about these internal frames of psychological suffering.
The world around us is just a mirror where we see ourselves. This world of relationships is what we are in this illusion of psychological unconsciousness, the unconsciousness of mind, of a mental model.
So, these frames of internal suffering, these different frames, which have different names – phobias, anxiety, depression, anguish, loneliness, boredom, irritation… there are countless names – all of this is based on this ego-identity, this egoic identity. This egoic identity is an independent production sustained by thought; it’s thought that sustains it.
In human beings there’s no condition of perfect psychological sanity; their psychological state is one of insanity. Neurosis, or the various other names given to these conditions, is something so common to all.
We can discover something beyond that, beyond this condition of suffering. That’s why I’ve just said: we'd better start by asking a question. When you ask me about fear, I want to ask you: is it possible for you to live free, inwardly, internally, from this model of sustaining an idea, a belief, or a self-image? Is it possible to discover a brain, within you, free from the need for self-image, for this belief? Is it possible for you to give up this sense of “I,” of “me,” of ego, this sense of self-worth, of self-importance, of the psychological need for appreciation, of this anxious, nervous behavior, of anticipation, of quick, immediate results? Is it possible to live free from this demand, of trying to adjust others, of making others what we, psychologically, want them to be?
As long as there is this cultivation of this self-image, you can have improvements in these conditions. It’s true; human beings can live for another forty, sixty, seventy years... that’s how humanity has lived. But your parents were psychologically troubled, as well as your grandparents. They were respectable people, yes, even admired; good people. They even had patterns you'd like to imitate! But they were people. This sense of being a person, within this model, is not real to the Truth of your Being, to the Reality of your Being, to What You are. This is not real! What You are is not that! You are not a person, you are Life!
I refer to that Natural State of Pure Being, Pure Consciousness, which is You. You are Life! Life is Love, Peace, Intelligence, Freedom, Life is Happiness, and You are Life! There’s no separateness between You and Life. As Consciousness, You are God – This is Life!
This sense of separateness sustains this ego-identity in suffering. This ego-identity in suffering is this cultivation of this belief, this idea, this image you have of yourself, and you don't investigate it. And then, you come and ask me, “How can I get rid of fear?” Being somebody, seeing yourself as somebody, sustaining it, it’s impossible!
Hence, your parents, those respectable, kind people, your grandparents, those who came before you – and that includes our educators, our teachers, our tutors, our masters… Fear is common to all, and fear is this condition of ego-identity.
That sense of separateness sustains and establishes fear. And these different frames of psychological sufferings present within the ego-identity, this ego-identity, are the common model because of this internal psychological disorder, internal insanity, unless the Awakening of Consciousness happens, this Divine Nature You are, You bring. This represents the end of that sense of separateness, of ego-identity, and the end of that image. Unless it becomes possible for you… and it has to be for you! It can't be for your parents, for your grandparents, for your great-grandparents, it’s for you!
What I have been saying to you is always this: you are the first in your family; you are the first to Awaken. To Awaken is going beyond this condition.
So, we have these expressions like “Spiritual Awakening,” “Spiritual Enlightenment…” Let’s put it another way: This is simply the Recognition of your Divine Nature. I’ve been calling This for a few years now “the Natural State,” since it is the Natural State of Being, without the “me,” the “I,” without the sense of ego-identity, the sense of separateness, the self-image.
The beauty of a Life free from fear, the indescribable Life of Happiness, this is not what thought represents as happiness, this is not what thought idealizes as happiness: the dream house, the dream wedding, the dream trip to Disney World. No, absolutely! It’s not that! Your Natural State of Being, here and now, free from this chaotic, disordered condition, in a relationship of life with the world, with yourself, with others, all based on this self-image... In your family... What you call a family is a relationship among people, each one carrying, in oneself, a self-image and seeking, in the relationship with others in the family, the same thing that you, in the ego, are looking for from them: a form of fulfillment, satisfaction, recognition, appreciation.
Healing comes from within, it will not come from outside. Doctors are wonderful, but they have their limits. For your information, they are also undergoing treatment, just like you. Because we have this: the illusion that doctors are supermen or wonder women. The doctor is a wonder woman or a superman. There’s no such thing! They are also undergoing treatment.
The cure doesn’t come from outside, from the specialty, from the condition of technical knowledge, from specialization, from the practice of dealing with symptoms and medications and with behavioral practices, or any other measure. Healing comes from within, the cure comes from the Recognition of your Divine Nature, your Real Nature, which is the Nature of God. And that is possible when there’s True Meditation.
I'm not going to talk about it, the time is already over… you can learn about True Meditation on our YouTube channel, in our speeches… I've been talking about the importance of True Meditation. True Meditation is a portal to Liberation from this false center, from this false “I,” from this self-image. Naturally, there comes a change in that body, in that mind, mainly in the brain cells themselves. Thus, there’s a radical, profound change.
So, the Truth of Being Consciousness, of a Life in Fullness, in Completeness, of a Life in God, is possible. This is the Realization of God, This is real mental, physical, and emotional health; it is the Reality of your Being revealed here and now. You were born to Realize This, Ok? The end of fear!
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