Alright! I want to talk to you about Joel Goldsmith’s Advaita approach. Perhaps he had never used the expression “Advaita,” but [it] is clearly implied in his teachings, in expressions like: “The Father and I are One.”
What does this expression mean? Where does this expression point to? To the Nature of Consciousness! Here, I refer to that Real and True Consciousness in each one of us; this is the Consciousness of God!
The Consciousness of Reality, the Consciousness of Truth, Peace, Happiness, of all Provision, which represents the end of suffering, of all human confusion, which is Christ Consciousness, the Consciousness of God! In Joel’s language, this Conscious Union with God is the end of this confusion, which represents Advaita. The expression “Advaita” means Non-Separateness, Non-Duality.
In these meetings here we are working with you on Liberation from all suffering, the Freedom of remaining free from all forms of suffering, realizing the Truth of your Being, and the Reality of Consciousness.
Everything is present in this Consciousness, everything is this Consciousness. There’s no unhappiness, misery, or limitation, for the Truth of your Being. Human beings are short of the Truth of themselves because they live within a condition of mental consciousness. In this mental consciousness, the perception they have of themselves, based on the background of psychological conditioning in which they live, is the perception they have of life, of the world, of the other, and of God!
We have to go beyond this egoic consciousness, this mental consciousness. In this mental consciousness, we have a present identity that sees the world and feels its feelings, responding with reactive responses from memory, which are its thoughts. This limitation, this egoic self-centeredness, is this mental consciousness.
Our meetings have the purpose of showing you the Truth of your Being, the Truth of your Divine Nature, of your Essential Nature. This Divine Nature is the Nature of God, the Nature of the Father – “The Father and I are One,” in the language of Joel Goldsmith. This language is borrowed from the expression of Christ himself when he says “The Father and I are One.” Here, Joel refers to the Truth of Christ within each one of us.
To remain in theory, in concept, belief, or idea, is not the Truth of Christ, the Truth of your Being, the Truth of your Natural State of Being, Consciousness, and Bliss, where there’s no limitation.
It’s in the sense of the “me,” the sense of the ego, that the whole problem lies. Life is Love, Beauty, Peace, and Truth. The Vision of Life from that “Place,” which is this Real Consciousness, shows you the game going on. In this game, in this dream of the world, we do see the presence of good and evil, health and illness, birth and death, virtue and vice, and right and wrong. But it’s always within this hypnotic dream vision, this dream of a separate identity, that all of this is seen, perceived, because once you have entered that New Space of Non-Separateness, where Truth is Non-Duality, which is Advaita, what remains is the Vision “The Father and I are One,” “the Father is in me and the Father is in you.”
So, the words of Christ are not to be thought about or imagined. It’s not to be believed merely... This belief creates an image of what it represents. Thought in us is basically an image. Every thought in you is an image! And we can take words or statements like these and make them images; it won't work!
The Truth of your Being, which is the Truth of God, the Truth of your Real Consciousness, is Happiness. It’s not the idea “The Father and I are One;” it’s the Truth that there’s only God!
Notice the problem here: the problem is that we take words – and they are within this principle of duality – and we see them within this model of imagination that thought builds. So, it remains “The Father and I are One;” so, duality, and separateness are still implied – there’s “I and the Father.” And there’s no “I and the Father,” there is only this Reality. This Reality is the Nature of Consciousness.
It’s when the sense of “I” is not present that Advaita, Non-Separateness, is present. The word “Advaita” means “the First without the Second.” That “First” is the One, the only Reality, the Reality of God, the Reality of Truth present here and now, in What You are, when this “me,” “you,” “I,” this sense of separation is not present. Here, I refer to that “you” you believe to be, this “me,” this “I,” this ego. When this is not present, the Reality of God is present.
Meditation is the way to approach this Non-Duality, Advaita, the clear, experiential Vision about the Non-Separateness of God, this Conscious Union with God, according to Joel Goldsmith. So, it settles in you – I’ve been saying this here on the channel – your Natural State of Being, Consciousness, Bliss, through True Practical Meditation.
This True Practical Meditation puts you in what Joel called Contemplative Meditation. So, the Vision of the Truth of your Being through the True Practical Meditation… We have a playlist here on the channel explaining what this Practical Meditation is, how to do it, and how to live Meditation. The experience of this Real, Practical Meditation puts you in this Contemplative Meditation, in this vision of Non-Separateness.
Thus, as this deepens, there is a complete emptying of all that egoic consciousness or mental consciousness content. Then, the brain calms down and becomes silent... Then, this Nameless, Indescribable, Timeless Reality is revealed: the Truth of Being, of Happiness, of this Consciousness. That’s when God is the only Reality!
If This is present, there is no more suffering! This whole model of human suffering, psychological, is only present because of this egoic mind, this mental consciousness. This mental consciousness is the one you have ordinarily; it’s the consciousness of the vigil state, of the dream you have at night, in which you see the world and objects, you come into contact with people… When you wake up in the morning, you realize that it was just in your mind, it was your world, the consciousness of your world, your mental world, it was just mental consciousness.
When there is the Awakening of Consciousness, that Vision of the Truth about your Being, this mental consciousness disappears. Now, your speaking, your looking, your gestures, and your feeling are something completely new, unknown! Life shows itself as It is, without that element of a separate identity, which is the “I,” the ego; this is no longer present. If this is no longer present, Life is just what It is… because this is not. If this is not present anymore, the Reality of your Being, which is One with Life, One with God, which is only God, is present. Then, Spiritual Enlightenment or Spiritual Awakening is this Awakening of Consciousness!
This is our subject here on the channel, and this is the subject that Joel spoke about in his lectures, signaling the matter of Spiritual Enlightenment. Here, we are going a little deeper with you, showing you that it’s possible to live in practice... the practice of the teachings of Joel Goldsmith. The practice of these teachings is the end of the theory, the teaching aspect of Joel Goldsmith; it’s the experiencing of the Truth of your Being.
So, the Truth about the teachings of Joel is that we are looking at what we are. Then, in practice, you study yourself and perceive this element of contradiction and separateness – that’s my emphasis here on the channel. To live the Truth of Christ, the Truth expressed in the words of Joel or the words of any saint, mystic, or sage, you must discover the Truth about who You are. Thus, studying yourself is the basis for seeing, in your own life, the Truth of all that has been taught by all mystics, saints, and sages.
Therefore, this is the subject we deal with here on the channel. We’re talking about the Truth of your Being, here and now, revealing itself as the Truth of God.
If this is something that really makes sense to you, something that “burns” inside you, as a possibility, a reality for you in this life, leave your “like” there and subscribe to the channel… I want to remind you: we have online meetings to work on this together, in addition to face-to-face meetings and also retreats. And here is the invitation for you. Ok?
That’s the message; see you next time, either here, or at one of our online and face-to-face meetings. Ok? Thanks for the meeting and see you.
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