Psychological Conditioning | Advaita Reality | Fear of death | Turiya | psychological complexity

Putting this straight to you here: it is not possible to realize Happiness without Realization of God. It’s no use! There is no Point! Whatever you accomplish, whatever you get, whatever you achieve, any and all external achievement will be there for a while and then it will disappear. The realization of Happiness is the Realization of your Being, it is the Realization of God. Only That is Real, nothing else is. Only That is True, nothing else is.

So, going straight to the point with you: on this channel we are working with you on the Truth of the Realization of God. That’s the only thing that’s Real, everything else comes and goes, everything else appears and disappears. Your Being is the Nature of Truth, which is the Nature of God. It’s not an achievement, it’s not something you achieve, it’s not something you get. So, when we use the expression “Realizing God” or “Realizing Your Being,” it is not something that you go out and make possible, it is not something that you idealize, plan and manage to go and make it possible. This God Realization is not something in time. We're going to work with you on that, here, in the next few minutes.

The question is: how to realize Happiness? How to achieve Happiness? Happiness is not achieved; Happiness is not realized. We become aware of the Truth of Happiness, we become present here and now. The awareness of What we are is Happiness revealing itself. It’s not a process, it’s a verification here and now.

Here on the channel we are working with you to end the illusion of the “person” or the person you believe you are. You see yourself as someone who was born, you have a name, you have a history, you look back and see your ancestors, you believe that your origin is within this context of history. The Truth of your Being is that you were never born. It’s very strange to hear that, because you see yourself in a body as “someone” who has a name and a story. Here I refer to the ultimate Truth of your Real Nature, of your Real and True individuality.

We have a completely wrong, mistaken notion about who we are. We are seeing ourselves in this illusory identity, this illusory “I”. When we use the expression “I”, the pronoun “I”, referring to “ourselves”, we are always identifying this “ourselves” with that body. Here is the mistake. When we say “I”, “me”, “myself”, “myself”, we are just expressing a word or a phrase – the word “I” or a phrase “I myself” – because it is something we have been taught, we have learned it and it is something that has arisen in time and it will also disappear in time. The whole problem with us is the idea of time, this psychological time: “I was this yesterday, I am this today and I will be this tomorrow”, that is time. We always refer here to this body. You look at a photograph when you were ten or fifteen years old and you look at your face in the mirror today and you realize there’s been a change, a difference, so this sense of time is something very ingrained in our model of psychological conditioning. We see ourselves in time because we see ourselves in the body, we see ourselves in a form. Realization of Happiness, Realization of your Being, Realization of God, is something out of time.

When we approach the Truth about who we are, when we investigate the illusory nature of the “I” – the one that separates itself from experience here and now – we realize that this “I” is just a belief, a concept, a concept within the body. We also realize that this body is just an expression of time, it is not What we are, it is what we confuse ourselves with. We who? This “I”, which is nothing more than memory, history, remembrances, therefore, we are back in time. Without time, where is the “me”? Who are you without your name? And your name is history, which is time and memory. Without your body, who are you?

Every night when we sleep, we go into deep sleep and there is no body, there is no name, there is no history, yet Something remains unknown. In deep sleep, there is no world, there is no “I”, there is no body, there is no history, but something remains outside that time, outside that dream of life that we call “human life”. When we come out of deep sleep, we are back in time, in the body, in the world, in the name, in history. The question for you is: what is this Reality that remains in deep sleep unknown? This Reality is your Being.

Your Being is out of time, name, history and world. This Being of yours, which is experienced in deep sleep – see this very clearly –, in deep sleep there is nothing but Peace and Happiness. There is no sensation, there is no pleasure, but there is Something extraordinary in deep sleep. Everyone loves, every human being loves deep sleep, because in deep sleep the whole sense of the “I” with its pleasures and pains, stories, memories, remembrances, all its characters disappear. Then, there is Something in deep sleep, which is the Unknown, but it is the Unknown in Peace, in Freedom, in Happiness. It is curious to say this: “We all deeply love deep sleep”, but in deep sleep, who are you?

A human being can even say: “I'm afraid of death”, he or she can feel the fear of death, he or she can say that he or she loves to live, loves life, but, in reality, he or she is afraid of losing what he or she knows, which he or she calls life, and he or she calls it “love for life”. What human beings really love is the Uniqueness and Unknown of deep sleep. We love deep sleep, and in deep sleep there is no life, no “someone” alive. Every night we die psychologically, historically, in terms of memories and remembrances. This happens every night when we enter deep sleep, we enjoy Peace, Freedom and Happiness. So, we love deep sleep. And why is it present? Because in deep sleep there is no ego, the “I”, the “me”. If we could bring Peace, Silence, and Happiness from deep sleep to our waking state, which is this “state of the world”, it would be something wonderful. If we could live in Love, in Peace, in Freedom, in Silence, in the absence of ego, in the waking state, as in deep sleep, we would all appreciate it for sure.

The invitation to the Realization of your Being, which is the invitation to the Truth of Happiness of your Real Nature, is life in the ego-free waking state and, therefore, in this Peace, this Silence, this Unknown Mystery of deep sleep. The Realization of your Being is the Realization of the Unknown, of That which has no name, of That which is beyond time and space and, therefore, beyond the body and all the story of psychological memory, beyond all illusion of the “I”. It is impossible to live in this Beauty, Grace, Love, Freedom and Happiness as long as the sense of “I”, of the ego, of all this psychological complexity, of all this condition of ego-identity structure, remains present.

We need to discover the Truth of deep sleep. Understanding this Truth about who we are, here and now, reveals the Truth in this waking state, in the dream state at night, and in the deep sleep state. The Sages have called this “the fourth state”, the state of Turiya, a state possible for each of us. It is the state of Wisdom, of seeing Life as it appears, without the sense of duality. This is also called Advaita, where there is only “this one without a second”, which is the Reality of God. The word Advaita means “the one without the second”, the present Reality of God. That is the Reality of your Being. There is no suffering in your Being, there is no suffering in God, there is no sense of separation, there is no sense of duality, there is no experiencer with his experience, there is no observer with what he observes, there is no thinker with his thoughts. There is only this Reality, which is the Unknown, the Nameless, the Presence of pure Consciousness. The State of Turiya is this pure Presence, it is the pure Consciousness that is Being, Happiness, transcending waking, dreaming and deep sleep.

Then, in deep sleep you have a glimpse of that Unknown, of That which we are talking about here in the channel, which some call Spiritual Enlightenment, the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Awakening. It is you in your Being, in your Natural State, free of the sense of “I”, of the ego, of this “me”. So, our job is to investigate that, to go deeper into it, to have the clarity of the Truth of That which we are, here and now, free of time and space, free of the “I”, the ego, the “me”, free of the whole story of this character with whom we identify.

Perhaps your question is: “What about life?” There’s nothing out there to change. Life is what it is when the sense of “I” is not there. What disappears is the illusion of a sufferer to suffer, the illusion of an observer to observe the world, the illusion of a thinker to think his thoughts, the illusion of that “I” that sees the other as something separate from itself, that sees the world as something separate from itself, that sees God as something far away, distant from itself, that is what disappears – something invented by thought, this feeling that disappears. Then something new is present. That Something is the presence of the Reality of your Being, which is Happiness. This is the Realization of God, Spiritual Enlightenment, Awakening, and the various names that have been given to It – none of them really represent It, because it is Something that transcends all words, all language, any form of idea, belief or thought.

Therefore, this is the subject that we deal with here within the channel. We have several playlists exploring this subject with you. Just go on the channel and take a look at these playlists, investigate that and get closer to that. I want to remind you: we have online meetings, face-to-face meetings and also retreats where we are working with those who approach. Here’s the invitation and we'll see you at the next meeting.

Thanks and until next time!

May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | The Infinite Way | Invisible Supply | Master Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We are here in another videocast! Once again, Master Gualberto was willing to be with us to answer questions you ask here on the channel and he also further clarifies what Joel brought us in “The Infinite Way.” Gratitude, Master Gualberto! Thank you very much for coming once again.

Today, Master, I will share an excerpt from the book “Invisible Supply,” by Joel Goldsmith, in which he says the following: “As long as we believe that we are something external to God and try to return to Him, as long as we strive to bring God into our experience, we will continue to cherish the feeling of separation from God.” And I even asked you this question in a Satsang, Master. The search for, at some point in the future, attaining God, realizing God, or Spiritual Enlightenment, was something very strong in me. Master, can you talk a little bit about that?

MG: Attaining God, realizing God, reaching God – it happens, but you don't make it happen. God Realization happens, being reached by God happens, but there is no one to do it. The problem here, Gilson, is that this whole notion of time we have, which applies to external achievements in life... We saw a small plant, over time, grow and become a tree. It was a small plant; it became a tree and today it is there in our backyard producing fruits. Our psychological notion of reality is a notion of time. So, for us, everything happens in time. All! It is not just the growth of a small plant until it becomes an adult and bears fruit. God Realization is also something that “will happen one day.”

Gilson, the human being, in that state of mental consciousness, in that state of common consciousness, which is the state of human consciousness in us... In that state of consciousness, we live trapped in the idea of ​​time, the psychological time. From a physical, biological, chronological point of view, time is present, we cannot deny it. We have a clock, we start the meeting and there is a time to start, a time to end. If we take a trip, we have to know how to arrive at the right time, otherwise we miss the flight. That’s the use of time. But when it comes to That which we are, the Reality, the Truth in us, [It] is not in time. It is the Reality of Being, it is the Reality of God, and That is not reachable. This is here and now and beyond this “here and now” idea.

The Reality of God is not attainable. And who would be able to reach this? The “I"? But what is the “I”? A set of memories, remembrances… If I ask you something like: “Who are you?”, you'll say your name and tell your story. Your story and your name are memory. That’s not you. This is a description; this is a verbal narrative trying to describe an identity that doesn't exist.

You believe you are the body: that’s another idea. In deep sleep you have no body... and where is that “I”? Memory. The remembrance, the idea, the image of yourself is not present in deep sleep, because there is no thought! So, everything we have of this “I” that we believe ourselves to be is established... grounded in the principle of thought, which is memory.

This “I” does not reach God. This “I” is the illusion of an existence separate from, exactly, that Divine Reality we call God. Attaining God, Realizing God, meeting God means, exactly, disappearing, and That which is God will take His place there! So, it’s not about reaching God, it’s about becoming aware of the illusion of “I.” This brings the discarding of “I” and the Reality of God is present here and now! So, the sense of “I” is the problem. That is the only problem – the illusory problem created by thought itself. Thought, history, and memory created the idea of ​​a present identity and this pronoun “I” was given; that name, which is the pronoun “I.” It is thought itself creating it all.

This Reality called God, Presence, Divine Truth, the Nameless – whatever name we want to give to this Reality of your Being – is not in time and has nothing to do with this “I.” That “I” is a fraud, it is an illusion! It is the discarding of this illusion that reveals the Truth of your Being, which is God, here and now, and beyond this “here and now.” What else can we say about it? There is no “I” to meet God; there is the illusion of an “I” to disappear in this work of self-investigation, of surrender of this “I” – which is the illusion of the ego –, of surrender and recognition or verification that there is only God.

GC: See, Master, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Master’s words, that direct pointing is very revolutionary! Really, the human mind has no way of capturing or conceiving this direct statement that Master makes, it’s just for something that is beyond, because, really, it is a Truth that exterminates this sense of being someone. And the ego... what ego, what mind is going to want that? Mind does not want that, the mind wants to run away from this Truth that it is an illusion, it is a thought, it is nothing! But it’s really impressive!

I remember in Satsang, somehow, the Master was talking about this, and it made perfect sense: it is the very little story that the mind tells to keep itself alive in progressing, in advancing, in the future to accomplish…

MG: Yes, yes! That’s the thought! Thought has created this “I” to maintain its continuity, creating this identity. It is thought that has created this illusory identity that you believe to be. Thought, which is memory, which is history, created this identity. You can continue!

GC: And it’s funny, Master, because the ego has a purpose, it wants to get somewhere. And being, mainly in Satsang with the Master, in this “now,” in this instant, living each moment without a purpose, with nothing, the egoic thought comes: “Wow! But how is this? A life without purpose, without something to get somewhere… Is it just ‘here’ and just ‘now'?” It’s pretty hilarious how this movement of the mind is always pushing itself forward. It lives in time. So, if you don't have a place to go, if you don't have something to do, your mind goes crazy there: “How come?!”

MG: Gilson, the mind can walk and get there, but it will always be “there,” now. It’s always now, you never leave this moment, this instant. So, the idea of ​​arriving and going somewhere is just an idea of ​​thought. Time is not a reality – I say psychological time. This is an invention of thought, an invention of thought! You can't say “I'm going to think about something” without defining what that “something” is, and that definition can only come from thinking. And it is thought that produces the thought about something it intends to think about. And there’s no one thinking, it’s all a game of thinking.

Do you want to see it, Gilson? Let’s do an experiment here: tell me what your next thought will be. Look here, those who are watching the video... Gilson, you who are here with me, look at the camera and tell me what will be your next thought?

GC: There’s no way to know, right, Master?

MG: Why can't you know? If you are the thinker, you should be able to know! The fact is, you are not the thinker. The fact is that there is no “you” that thinks, there is thought thinking. It’s simple! We think that we produce thought. Gilson, thinking happens like breathing happens, heartbeat happens… It is an existential phenomenon, but there is no one making the heartbeat, making breathing happen, making thinking happen. It is an existential phenomenon, it is a phenomenon of Life, of this Supreme Intelligence, playing! Joking! Everything is a big joke of Itself! It plays with breathing, It plays with making the heartbeat, It plays with producing thoughts... But thought, in a self-imposed illusion, that very thought, in a self-imposed illusion, has created the illusion of an identity called “I,” “the thinker.”

Thought seeks survival. It needs time to survive, so it created time. It says: “Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” Thought is not happy now. It has to always be in the past or the future. Notice how we work in the ego.

So, the thinker, the “I,” the ego, which is thought itself, is either in the past or in the future within you. Thought has nothing to do with the present moment, it only has to do with the past or the future. And to maintain this continuity, it creates an identity, which is the “I,” which is the thinker. This is a fallacy! This is a fraud! This is a lie! This is a trick of the mind saying that you are a person. No, you are a collection of memories, remembrances. When you open your mouth and thoughts are expressed, it is the thoughts themselves being expressed by themselves. And they decide when to stop, they decide how much to talk, they decide how much to think... It’s simple! You lie down to sleep and thought is there. You believe you are the thinker, right? So, ask the thought to stop talking to you to sleep, to see if it works!

We don't get rid of thoughts, which we don't want present in us, and we don't hold thoughts longer than they want to stay in us, because there’s no “I,” it’s all a game of thought. Thought comes and goes! It stays as long as it wants, then it’s replaced by another one, and it’s doing this whole game. The “I” is an illusion, the “ego” is a fraud.

GC: Master, there is a question here from the profile “Akenaton mil.” He asks the following: “How to release the bonds of the spirit and be free, see things as they really are, without illusions?”

MG: Note the question from Akenaton, a YouTube profile. We always have the notion of time in questions that begin, for example, with “how”: “how to realize God?”, “how to attain Enlightenment?”, “how to eliminate problems?”, “how...?”, “how…?” Here it is about becoming aware of the movement, here and now, of the illusion, for that Realization to be present. It’s not about time. You don't need time. In fact, this time of this I” is an illusion, it is a need only for that “I” itself, which is thought itself.

We have to eliminate psychological time, people! It is necessary to discover what Meditation is, because the True Meditation is, here and now, the awareness of That which shows itself without the element “I” to fight, resist, do something with what arises, with what presents itself.

So, all the work, Gilson, consists of the here and now. And it is a work of not doing, not seeking, not searching, not wanting, not trying to acquire or get rid of, but just becoming aware, aware of yourself, here and now. So, Akenaton, this is the answer to your question: you don't have the “how,” but you have this moment for this illusion to disappear. All we need is to become aware of what is going on here and now. We don't need the idea of ​​“becoming,” “achieving,” “accomplishing,” “getting there,” which is just an idea. And it’s very curious: thought creates the idea of ​​achieving, getting there, accomplishing, but, as thought itself creates this idea, it never happens!

People spend their whole lives, for example, trying to get rid of envy, anger, jealousy, or fear, and they continue in fear, envy, jealousy, and anger, because it is an ideal of thought itself. Here, it is looking at what is here, dealing with what is, with what is shown, becoming aware that there is no entity present, which is the “I,” in that anger, in that fear, in that envy… here and now, and not in that ideal of the future, because it is an ideal produced by thought itself that is never fulfilled. It’s like the idea “I'm going to lose weight” ... and it never happens, because it’s an idea. You have an idea of ​​losing weight, I have an idea of ​​losing weight, of getting really thin – neither I can nor you. It is not in the idea that we get thin, it is in action that “getting thin” happens. And the action has to be now, it cannot be in the idea.

This is from a physical level. Now, from a psychological point of view, the situation is even more serious, because to be free of envy, to be free of fear, to be free of anger… If I am in contact with this, here and now, I discover the illusion of the present “I” in that experience. Then, yes, the end of the “I” is possible. And when the “I” ends, anger leaves, envy leaves, fear leaves, because they are expressions of an illusion called “I,” which is the very thought and feeling in that body-mind behaving in a conditioned way. I become aware of it here and now and it dissolves, it disappears. So, it’s not about time, it’s about becoming aware here and now of what’s going on in that “me,” that “I.”

That’s why we have several playlists on the channel, and one of them is about the importance of True Meditation, in practice, and the Truth about Self-awareness. Without that, without Self-awareness, there is no True Meditation. This Self-awareness is to become aware of the Truth of what is here and now, and not of what thought idealizes it to be or, through a technique, a practice, a system, is working to get there. None of this works! This is a fraud, this is an illusion, this is a belief! This has no basis in reality. All right?

GC: Gratitude, Master, gratitude... Could you Master speak a little about detachment? Detachment from things, people, and ideas? A “living to let go,” free in life. Master did a speech in a video these days, very interesting.

MG: Yeah, I don't know… I can't repeat my words, because they're all happening now, always happening now. So, I speak from this place, which is this instant, this moment. So, I don't know if I'm going to say something I said or if it’s going to be what you expect.

The fact is that when you use the expression “detachment,” I ask myself: what is this sense of attachment? Note: what I can perceive from this is that the one who is attached is the very sense of “someone,” who comes alive within the experience [in relation to] what he is attached to.

So, let me place it in a simpler way: ideas give you identity. So, you don't want to get rid of ideas, because that gives you identity. Your problem is not letting go of things, your problem is letting go of the illusion of “someone” in these things. So, people want to achieve detachment, but they don't realize that they are their attachment to that: ideas, objects, people, relationships... It is the identity of the “I” in them that is the matter, and not objects, ideas, people, and relationships. It is the sense of a present existence, in this dependence on being someone, the basis that sustains this attachment.

Your attachment is not people, places, objects, ideas... your attachment is you, yourself. Release the sense of an “I” present within the experience with people, objects, and ideas, and then tell me what will happen with that attachment. The attachment does not remain if the attached one disappears. It’s the sense of an “I” present that sustains its things – being “someone” in them –, the pain of attachment.

And it’s curious. I said “pain of attachment.” People just want to get rid of what causes them pain and they don't want to get rid of what causes pleasure, because for them, they need to get rid of the dark, negative, sad side of life. But the joyful, luminous, positive side of life, in the ego, is still suffering, it still carries the sense of separation from the Divine Reality. So, it is only a matter of time before what is bright, clear, and wonderful in your life becomes dark, sad, and distressing, because it is the sense of “I” present in these fixations that is the problem, not the experience itself. So, it’s not the things we have to let go of, but the sense of the illusion of an “I” in these things.

Now notice one more thing, to close here: this is only possible when you are here and now, aware of this movement of this “I” in this relationship with ideas, people, things, places, and so on. You only realize this now by becoming aware now of this illusion of the present “I.” There is no technique, no method, no formula. It’s no use believing that because you've donated everything to the poor or given everything to other people, you're free. Internally, the sense of a present “I” is bondage. It’s not in objects, it’s not in experiences, it’s not in relationships; it’s in the sense of someone with their fixations, their desires, their fears, and their fulfillment in these things.

So, it’s not things, ideas, people, places, and objects that we have to let go of, but the illusion that you're there, having these things, these ideas, these people, and everything else. All right? That’s all, that’s all...

GC: Nice, Master, Nice! I even remember a passage, I think it was in a Satsang too, of you speaking... Because there is, in the spiritual journey, the saying “you must have no desires,” these external desires, which are within the attachments. And then, the Master is saying: “It is not the absence of desires, it is the absence of the one who desires, of this ‘I’, of this ‘me’, of this false identity. It is the absence of that one, because of external desires…”

MG: Yes. The problem is not in the objects. You see a nice dress, a pair of shoes, a purse – this is especially for women. A man sees a suit, or a car, or something like that, and he’s delighted. The problem is not in the objects, the problem is in the illusion of “someone” present in this pain of being the possessor of what he believes he has or of what he believes he cannot have. It’s the pain of being someone that makes you suffer in desire. It is the sense of a someone wanting that is the problem, it is the sense of ego, it is the sense of “I.”

We are seeing things in a confusing way, Gilson. We are looking out. And this “looking outside,” as it is from the mind, which lives in this process of judgment, comparison, evaluation, acceptance, and rejection from a false center, which is the ego, which is this observer, which is the “I,” as we are looking at the outside, our entire vision is false, our whole feeling and thinking about life, about experiences is completely false.

We do not have the vision of the sage, which is the vision of the one who is outside of time, looking at Life as It is, without the sense of an “I” making choices or resolving, or deciding, or protecting, or accusing, or trying to defend himself, laden with fear…the fear of not desiring. See that? The fear of not having, the fear of having… There is always fear! It’s the fear of not having and it’s the fear of having.

So, we live like little creatures very attached to a completely distorted vision, based on spiritual, religious, philosophical, psychological, humanist principles, and all of this is the “lie” of the ego, everything is within conditioning. So, our beliefs are a great prison, be they philosophical, religious… because they put us in this condition: looking at the world from that illusory, false center, from a thinker, seeing the world from criteria of comparison, judgments, concept, prejudice, and so on. All a big “lie,” a big nonsense, a big illusion! Alright?

GC: Master, we are already running out of time. Gratitude… gratitude for this videocast.

Here’s the invitation for those who are not yet subscribed to the channel: sign up, leave the “like,” make a comment. This helps YouTube recognize that the content is relevant and distribute it to more people. And also those who feel – and “feeling” is a word, but it is this “feeling something different,” something when looking into the Master’s eyes –, there is an invitation to come to Satsang. There are intensive online meetings on the weekends, there are face-to-face meetings, there are retreats. We will have one in July. Master is going to have a very long retreat, ten days, of deep self-investigation. So, I'm sure it will be a grace to be able to spend ten days in the Aura, in the Presence of Master. Master, gratitude.

MG: OK, everyone! See you soon. Thanks for the meeting!

May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychological suffering. God Realization, Spiritual Enlightenment. The psychological conditioning

Ok, let’s go!

We are working with you to end this illusion, the illusion of what we seem to be at this moment. What we seem to be at this moment in our relationship with others, with life, with the world, and even with ourselves, is what we apparently are. What we apparently are is what we seem to be.

The work of God Realization, of Spiritual Enlightenment, the Awakening of Consciousness – notice, there are many names for this – is the Revelation of the Truth of Being. Being is our Real Nature, not what we are in what we seem to be. Our way of approaching this, this Revelation of Being… Here I use the expression “Revelation of Being,” but this Being is not a person, not something particular, something of yours, something of that “me,” that “I”; this Being is the Reality of God. This Reality of God reveals itself when what we are, that is, what we appear to be, is investigated.

Contact with the Truth about yourself is with what you seem to be or what you seem to be at that moment. This approach sets you free from this “I,” this “me,” this sense of “I” present in this being that you seem to be. Then, the Reality of Being, which is the Reality of God, reveals itself. This is your Real Nature, your True Nature.

This channel aims to show you that it’s possible to end fear, envy, jealousy, anxiety, depression, anguish, pain, loneliness, existential emptiness, unhappiness, stress, nervousness, internal restlessness, this internal chattering inside our heads, which occurs because of this unconscious movement of thoughts, every form of unhappiness, contradiction, and illusion, all this ends when there is the True – I want to emphasize this – the True Spiritual Awakening, Real Spiritual Enlightenment. When present, this represents the end of the “I,” the “me,” the ego, of this whole sense of “someone” present in life, in living – there are many names for it. Our work together is to show you, to recognize it here and now.

What are we mistaking ourselves for? What is this that we mistake ourselves for every moment? We are mistaking ourselves, moment by moment, for the sense of “someone” present, now, at this instant, this moment. This “someone” is the result of psychological conditioning. This psychological conditioning has given each one of us this sense of “I,” this mental consciousness. The consciousness you have of yourself, of the other, of life, of the world, and of God, it’s the consciousness of the “I,” the mental consciousness, the identity of “someone” present at that moment, in that experience. Here, we are before an illusion. This illusion encompasses everything we’ve just talked about, which represents the different forms of human unhappiness and suffering: desires, fears, anguish, anxiety, depression, and so on. Liberation is the end of that – the liberation of that “I.” When that “I” is freed, that illusion vanishes.

So, looking at what we seem to be, looking at what we are, here and now, investigating this, examining this, is Self-Awareness. In this Self-Awareness comes the acknowledgment of this “I.” To verify this “I” is to perceive the illusion of an “I” present, an “I” that represents reactions, answers, and always something coming from the past, this whole set of programming, memory, images, and ideas we have. Thus, this is something that reveals itself here as being ourselves. The way we treat each other represents who we are, here and now. We are not aware of the way we speak, the thoughts we have while talking to someone, our tone of voice, the thought that arises at that moment, and what is being expressed as an idea, a concept, a belief, or an opinion, these are some examples. We are not aware of ourselves in our relationships, the way we treat each other, how aggressive this “I” is when speaking, in the way we look, in expressing ideas and opinions, in imposing conclusions, in always creating and internalizing prejudices and judgments. There is no consciousness. We are not aware that this suffering which we live in, in this psychological condition that is a prison, of conditioning, something that we have and have acquired throughout the history of humanity – that which today is part of this very structure, this body-mind, including our own brains. This sense of “I” present in this suffering is always being aggressive, violent, possessive, dominating, and always creating suffering for the other.

Our life is conflicting and this “I” always carries an expectation of accomplishing something tomorrow, and being unhappy now, but it projects an ideal of happiness for tomorrow, so it’s always creating this notion of the future: “I am this, but I’ll improve, I need this personal development, this self-improvement, I have to learn to love, forgive, be kind, I have to improve my skills in my relationships.” This present sense of “I” has these ideals for the future. In fact, it has that because it believes it’s going to get something out of it, so there’s always the sense of the ego, of ambition, of wanting to gain something, achieve something, get something in that personal development, that self-improvement, or in following a certain religious model learned of how it should behave, all this with the interest of having a soul evolving so that in a next birth it would have benefits, would be a more enlightened person or find a heaven after death and wouldn’t go to a place of torment.

So, based on philosophical, spiritualistic, religious principles, or simply good behavior, to obtain some social, economic, or spiritual benefit, we are always interested in “me” – this “me” that will develop – and thus we create the future. We project it in time: “I am this, yesterday I was that, but tomorrow I will be something else,” “I am not what I want to be, but I will be what I want to be.” Then, “me,” the “I”, the ego, is always projecting itself into this idealization to find more, always more: more power, recognition, prestige, peace, happiness, and even spiritual immortality. The ego is always involved in these projects, always the sense of “I” present in the idea of evolving, growing, and changing.

We are here investigating with you the illusion of this “I” and telling you that the Reality of your Being, which is the Reality of God, is Happiness, and Happiness lacks nothing, seeks nothing else, and looks for nothing else, once Happiness is present. Happiness misses nothing. However, this Happiness is not for this “me,” this “I,” this ego. Happiness is the Nature of Being, the Nature of Love, of God, of Reality, this is the Truth of Spiritual Enlightenment, this is the Truth of the Awakening of Consciousness.

So, in these meetings we are saying something to you in a very clear way: look at what we are, here and now, without the ideal of tomorrow; look, observe, see, perceive this egocentric movement of the “I,” observe this conditioning of the “I,” these motives, these reasons, intentions, whether materialistic or spiritualistic; to observe that it’s always the sense of the ego, to perceive that it’s based on conditioning: philosophical, spiritual, political, or religious conditioning; to perceive the intention of the “I,” the truth of what we are here and now, in what we appear to be here and now, seeing envy, fear, and desire; just looking at it, looking without any intention to change, alter, without the idea of the future, the idea of the past, just looking; to perceive it, bring Consciousness, Presence into this. If this is done perfectly, the sense of an “I” to do something with it doesn’t appear, and when the “I” doesn’t appear, because there’s only observation without the observer, then there’s only thought. There’s no thinker to judge, criticize, condemn, or project itself into an ideal of improvement, of self-improvement. When there’s no such thinker, there’s only thought; when there’s no observer, there’s only observation. If it’s a feeling present, it’s just a feeling, that’s what you are, that’s what you appear to be, and there’s no “someone” in it. We don't know how to deal with that sense of “I” when anguish, fear, or anger is present. Our psychological conditioning tells us that when anger is present “I am angry.” This is not true. It’s just anger present. When fear is present “I am afraid.” Thought has ideas about that fear, so it justifies the presence of an “I” feeling fear, that’s not true. It’s fear, it’s anger.

Since we were little, facing sadness, we cultivate a sad “I,” so we never doubt that sadness is just a set of images and memories creating the state itself. The belief is that “I am in that state.” It’s just a state.” Then, learning the art of looking without the observer, feeling without the one who feels, and perceiving without the perceiver, is the Art of Meditation. That’s possible when there’s this Truth of understanding this Self-Awareness. In this attention to this inner movement, which is a movement of the egoic consciousness, this “I” consciousness, to perceive this is to become aware that this “I” is not present, and when it is not present, sadness, anger, fear, emotion, feeling, or sensation vanish. The very name of the state strengthens the belief of “someone” within it. When you use the expression “fear,” “someone” is implied in this; “anger,” “someone” is implied in this, it’s when thought arrives and says: “I am angry,” “I am afraid.” Thus, the great tip here is: before this feeling, emotion, or thought, do not classify, do not strengthen the naming of this moment. This is how we need to approach feeling, emotion, and thought. We don't give a name to it; we just acknowledge it. It’s an acknowledgment without the one who acknowledges, it’s to observe – I repeat – without the one who observes, a feeling without the one who feels.

It may sound too complicated for you, watching this video, coming into contact with this approach, perhaps, for the first time. So, I want to invite you to investigate this here on the channel, we have hundreds of videos investigating and exploring this with you.

In addition, we have online, face-to-face meetings and also retreats where we work with you. So, the possibility of understanding that, which is what we seem to be at this moment, is the end of it, then Something entirely new arises, or rather, What is and has always been present, which is the Truth of Being, God’s Truth, the Truth about you, beyond what you know about yourself, reveals itself. This is the Unknown, the presence of God, Love, Intelligence and Compassion. This is definitely the end of suffering, the psychological suffering, these different situations of unhappiness that humans experience due to the lack of understanding of the Truth, which is the Truth of God, the Truth of their Being.

This is the subject we deal with here on the channel. If this is something that makes sense to you, leave your “like” and subscribe to the channel. Reminder: we have online, face-to-face meetings and also retreats where we work with those interested. Ok?

Here’s the invitation and see you next time. Thanks for the meeting!

May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Consciousness Awakening, Kundalini or Enlightenment. Kundalini Blossoming. Psychological complexity.

Very well!

There’s something very simple here and we've made it quite complicated. I mean life. There is something very simple about living and we have turned this “our” living into something very complex, very complicated. Internally, psychologically, we are very complex. The mind within us is an element of great complexity. I mean that educated, trained mind, formed over thousands of years. In us, this contact with the mind is thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years old, but the mind has a long history. Throughout the history of the mind, it has become more and more complex.

We want today, here with you, in this meeting, to discover what a simple, natural life is, without all that complexity and, therefore, a life free of unhappiness, contradiction, fear, and suffering. A life of Realizing the Truth about who we are. The central question is: who am I? This was a question asked by Sri Ramana Maharshi, the Sage of the mountain of Arunachala.

The Truth of the Revelation of your Being is the end of this psychological complexity – what the mind has become all over time. We want to work with you here in the next few minutes on the end of this complex mind, for a quality of Being free from the egoic mind. The complexity of the mind consists of this condition of egoic mind or egoic consciousness, and here lies all forms of psychological suffering in human beings. We do not know the Truth about who we are, we have never investigated this complexity, we have never looked closely at this model which, in fact, is both a biological and a psychological heritage of humanity. We never approach ourselves and look at it.

On this channel we are showing you the Truth of Consciousness Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment. It is the end of that complexity, which is the complexity of that mind. It is the end of this “I,” this “person” as you see yourself. This is the end of the separation between you and life. Where there is separation, where there is division, there will always be some form of fear or contradiction. In division there will always be conflict, there will always be suffering.

Here, our meeting has the purpose of showing you a quality of life free of the “I,” free of the ego and, therefore, free of all that we have accumulated over millennia – here I am really referring to this psychological inheritance. The human brain has been developing over millions of years and in that very structure of the brain there is a weight due to this psychological heritage. So, the very brain cells in us operate, work, with a conditioning memory always predisposed to this inclination, still of a pattern of psychological suffering. So, a change is necessary, a deep transformation in the brain itself in us, in all this psychophysical structure is necessary. For millennia, the Sages have been dealing with this possibility, the possibility of this change, the annulment or disappearance of this background of psychological conditioning that imprisons us as human beings to a model of egoic identity, of separation from life and, therefore, trapped in this movement, which is the movement of psychological suffering.

For millennia, those who Realized the Truth of their Being have been telling us about a change possible for man, a change that is possible for each one of us. This change, this transformation, possible for each of us occurs when the brain undergoes a change. The body itself undergoes a change due to the Awakening of Something entirely new, which despite being present within each of us, we are unaware of. Since we were little, we have been hearing people say “God dwells in us,” “God lives in us,” “We are the temple of God,” but we do not know what it is about. We repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat it, but without knowing what we are talking about. We don't know the Truth of that possibility, the potential within each of us. It is something that can actualize itself, which is this Truth of Being, which is this Divine Truth, and indeed, when it actualizes, when it moves from that potential state to something real, to that actualization, to that expression, that transformation takes place, becomes possible.

The Sages have called this the “Awakening of the Energy of Being,” which they termed Kundalini. It is not an experience for the “I,” for this “me,” for this background of psychological inheritance, which I have called the psychological conditioning, the egoic conditioning pattern, mental consciousness, it is not an experience for it. It is the end of this structure, it is the annulment of this illusion, it is the discarding of this inheritance. This is the Real Awakening of that Energy, which is the Consciousness in us. So, the word “Kundalini” refers to that Presence, that potential in us. When It awakens, there is a change of that structure, and that change is in that mechanism, in that body, mind, and brain. It is not an experience for the “I,” for that “me,” for that “ego.” It is actually the end of each and every form of experience. This is something that represents the end of that experiencer, which is the “I.” All the experiences you have had are experiences that can be told, reported, and explained, you can write about it. All these experiences presuppose the past. When we use the expression “experience,” it is something that you lived and that you remember, something that you went through and remember. The Truth of Being, of Consciousness, which is Kundalini, is not something like that. It’s not an experience.

See it very directly. We have different forms of conditioning: political, philosophical, spiritualistic, religious conditioning, and one of these conditionings tells us about the experience with God. When there is the Truth of God Revealing itself there, in that body-mind, it is not an experience, it is not something that you can talk about, explain, tell others about; all of that presupposes time, thought, and memory. An experience is something in time, it is part of memory, it is part of remembrance, it is part of the past. The Reality of your Being, which is God, which is this Consciousness, when It reveals itself, in reality, it is the end of time, the end of that psychological time that is remembrance, memory, past, and experiences. Then, it is not about experiential contact with God, but about God Realization. This is something completely different. It’s not “someone” having an encounter with God, it’s the Reality of God Revealing and that sense of “I” disappearing.

The sense of “I,” the sense of ego, the sense of an identity, is what in us that consists of experiences, of remembrances, of memories, it is something that consists of the past, of this entire notion of present and future. Consciousness Awakening, which is the Kundalini Awakening, is the Awakening and flowering of the Being, of your Being, and this Being of yours is God, not the being of “someone.” It is the Self. That “someone” is a fantasy, it is an imagination, it is a belief. This belief of existing as an identity, as being a person having a human experience, is a concept, an idea, an imagination. There is only God, there is only this Divine Reality, He is the only present Reality. There is this background of psychological conditioning, there is all this heritage and the personal, particular, egoic mind. This representation of conditioning is giving us an illusory perception, the perception of separation, putting the idea of this “me and the world,” “me and life,” “me and the other,” “me and God.” So, all this perception of Reality, which is life happening here and now, in it there is only this Presence, which is the Divine presence, which is the presence of God.

So, Consciousness Awakening or Kundalini Blossoming, which is Kundalini Awakening, is the Truth of your Being, here and now, it is the end for everything that the egoic mind, this conditioned mind, this inheritance model knows. So, when that change takes place in body, mind, and brain, That which is the Truth of Being, which is God, which is Real Consciousness – not this egoic consciousness, this mental consciousness, this model of consciousness which is based on memory, thought, and the story of a character – this Real Consciousness manifests itself; and when it manifests itself, the Reality of your Being is Love, is Peace, is Happiness, is Freedom. This is something possible when there is an approach of yourself here and now. You need to get closer to yourself right now, look at this entire internal movement, this entire pattern of psychological conditioning, psychological suffering, beliefs, concepts, and ideas; noticing that “I” is always separating itself from experience, always judging whatever is arising: a thought, a feeling, an emotion, a sensation.

I've been saying this here on the channel and I've been working on it in online meetings, face-to-face meetings and also retreats with you, here is the invitation. Looking at what you Are and Awakening in this life, leaving this condition, which I called just now inheritance, psychological conditioning, the model of the dream of the world. I've been using different expressions to show you this here on the channel, so here we are working on it, showing you in playlists, in these videos. We have several playlists about the Truth of Self-Awareness, the Truth about Meditation in practice – not what is known as meditation –, about true Mindfulness, paying attention to the movement of the mind. We are working with you, showing you here how to realize It or how to assume that Realization. It is Something that is already present. It needs to be verified. It is not something that will be built, it is something that will be verified. This realization is something possible when the sense of “I” dissolves, disappears.

So, I want to leave this invitation to you. This is the subject here on our channel: the Consciousness Awakening, Kundalini Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment. They are different terms, different words pointing to the same Reality, which is the Realization of your Being, which is God Realization.

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May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Living now | Free will | Reality of Pure Consciousness | Master Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We're here for another videocast! One more opportunity Master Gualberto gives, to clarify doubts about questions you ask us and, also, to comment and bring a deepening of texts that we read here by Joel Goldsmith. Gratitude, Master, for this opportunity.

Today we are going to read an excerpt from Joel’s book: “Living now.” In this passage, Master, Joel says: “Mortal man needs to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. The spiritual man is a joint-heir with Christ in God of all heavenly riches. You are that spiritual man when the spirit of God dwells in you, when you get to the place where he recognizes that he does not live under the law of cause and effect, which is not really a law. It arises only from a belief in an individuality separate from God, resulting from a false sense of ‘I’ that allows itself to be placed under the law.”

I would like Master to talk specifically about this false feeling of “I,” this false feeling that “I” exists, that “I am” somebody. And, within that, also answer the question that a subscriber Gabriel Felismino asked. He asked: “Master, does my ego not have free will?” The word is with you, then, Master.

MG: Okay, let’s go then! Our way of approaching life through this “seeing,” this “hearing,” this “perceiving,” and this “feeling” is in this dimensional sphere, in the sphere of this consciousness within time. This is the way to approach each and every experience. This way of getting closer gives us an illusory notion: the illusion of identity present within that experience, be it listening, speaking, feeling, seeing... It is a contact in the dimension of that time.

This time has two formats: this format, which is chronological time, and it has another format, which is the time of the mind, of the mind itself, of the thought itself in us, which is psychological time. So, our experience, when it is based on that time, be it chronological or psychological, gives us an illusion: the illusion that we are present within that experience, being the main element of that experience, being that experiencer of the experience.

In other words, the feeling is that you are hearing, you are seeing, you are perceiving, and you are feeling. This is a perception of the senses, the body and the mind, but it gives us an illusion: the illusion that there is an entity present here at this moment. That entity is the “I.” That “I” is an idea, it is a concept, it is a belief. The sense of an “I” present in this experience of “seeing,” “feeling,” and “perceiving” is an illusion. We have to look at what we are and realize the existence of this illusory identity.

When we have the perception of this illusory identity, which is the “I,” we get rid of this illusion. And when there is this Freedom, when we are free from the “I,” Life as It is becomes clear. As It is, there is no sense of an egoic identity present. So, this notion of free will is for that identity that we believe we are, that believes it has a will, that believes it can accomplish what it wants, get rid of what it wants...

When we look at it very closely, we realize that this is just a belief, it’s just an idea, it’s just an illusion. Life happens as It is, and as It happens, there is no entity present. Part of life as it happens is in this feeling, hearing, perceiving, seeing... However, there is no entity present in this. The body is involved in it, the senses are involved in it, and it’s all part of one experience. It is the experience of this Real Consciousness, not the experience of a particular identity, which is that particular “I” identity.

I have differentiated this consciousness and have called this particular consciousness of “I” as egoic consciousness or mental consciousness, because there is an entity present. Although it is illusory, there is a feeling of an identity holding memories, remembrances, recording these experiences and attributing to oneself the author of these experiences. This is “I” consciousness, it is egoic consciousness. It is not the Real or True Consciousness which is beyond this sense of separation. So, this consciousness that we know, Gilson, this perception is within this consciousness of the “I.” And we confuse ourselves with this “I” consciousness and believe that this is our Real Consciousness. This is just an egoic consciousness, a consciousness that isolates itself, that separates itself, and it is a purely mental consciousness, with this whole notion of clock time – which is chronological time – and psychological time: yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

The moment of the hour now is a perception of mental consciousness. The moment of clock time is a perception of mental consciousness. This is the illusion of this identity that we believe ourselves to be. We need to investigate this Truth about who we are and discard this illusion, which is the illusion of this illusory identity that attributes to oneself control, will, freedom, power of action…This is something that has to be investigated, because it is something completely false.

Life is as It is. You determine absolutely nothing! It’s just the idea of ​​existing as “someone” that gives you this illusion that you're making choices, sorting out life and making it happen the way you want it to. It’s not like that, Life is what It is! The Freedom to remain free from the “I,” from this illusory center, that ego, that false identity, or that mental consciousness allows you a Life in God, a Life in Love, a Life in Freedom, a Life free of the ego.

Notice that Christ said, “I don’t do the work, but the Father.” The vision is clear in Christ: there is not a separate entity called Jesus doing anything. Everything is happening in this True Consciousness, which is God Consciousness. And that is the Consciousness of all of us! This Consciousness is pure Freedom, it is not a personal consciousness, it is not an individual consciousness making choices, having its own will, deciding, resolving, living experiences, and being in control of them. It’s basically like that.

GC: Master, there is another biblical passage that Joel quotes a lot, which is that passage from Paul – I don't know exactly, but it’s something like that – where Paul says: “I live, but not I. Christ lives my life.” Can you comment on this as well, Master?

MG: The sense of a present “I” is what gives us the feeling that we have a life, a particular life. So, we have the illusion of seeing, hearing, feeling, and thinking. That thinker in us is a thought creating the illusion, the idea of ​​someone called “I” producing those thoughts.

When you have a visual perception, it is a perception of pure Consciousness. There is no entity in that observing, in that seeing. There is the perception of seeing, not someone in that perception. When a thought is present, there is a thought present, not a thinker producing that thought. This is a phenomenon of Intelligence itself, of Consciousness itself, of this Real Consciousness, but the “I,” the ego, attributes to itself this freedom to think and this freedom to see. So, here is the illusory sense of separation.

In reality there is only experience, not the experiencer; there is only thought appearing and passing away, there is no thinker producing it; there is only this visual perception, there is no observer of this perception. So, we are under a trap, a belief, an illusion, a hypnosis created by the “I” itself, by this illusory “I,” which is thought itself pretending to be an entity present in that moment, in the moment of experience, be it seeing, feeling, hearing, or thinking.

So, here, when Paulo says: “I no longer live this ‘I’, now it’s Christ,” at that moment the illusion of the illusory sense of separation, which until then was producing a present identity called “Paul,” became clear to him. Now there was no more room, in this view of Reality, for this so-called “Paul” or “Saul.” Now it was the Reality of the present Christ: “I don't live. That ‘me’, that ‘I’ is no longer present.” That’s what happens, Gilson, with Realization.

In Realization, the sense of “Gualberto” or “Gilson” no longer dictates anything, because that sense is illusory. The only Reality of “Gilson” is the Reality of Pure Consciousness! That perception, that hearing, that seeing, that hearing, that thinking, takes place without a present identity, and that is Freedom from the “I,” from this “me,” from the ego. When this is not present, Truth of God prevails, which is Love, Peace, Freedom, Happiness, and Intelligence, because there is no longer any sense of separation between That which is Truth and this illusory perception of an entity calling itself “I,” present in Gilson, Gualberto, or whoever. It disappears, it is not Real, it has no Truth in That which You are. It is that Reality of your Being which is Consciousness, which is the Reality of God. To Christ it was “the Father": “The Father in me”; “I and the Father are One”; “It is not I who do the work.” And for Paul it is: “There is no longer this ‘I’, now it is this Christ who lives this ‘Me’.”

GC: Even taking advantage of the fact that Master has already made this comment, José Manoel Virgílio also made a comment on the channel exactly asking Master to talk a little more about this biblical quotation: “I and the Father are One.”

MG: It’s very clear that there’s not something else going on, there’s not another reality appearing. This whole experience of body, mind and world is only one experience, it is the experience of Pure Consciousness, which I could call here “Pure Experiencing.” In that Experiencing, there is no space for an entity that separates itself from God. There is only God living this instant, this moment. He assumes all these apparent forms of diverse experiences. However, all these experiences are a single experience, which is the experience of Absolute Consciousness itself, which is God Consciousness. There is no experiencer within that experience.

So, these experiences may seem diverse and may apparently assume different forms, but here it is a matter of a single present Reality. So, the only experiencing present is the experiencing of Pure Consciousness, which is God Consciousness. There is no sense of an “I” present. All of our suffering, all of our confusion of separate existence, laden with anxiety, fear, despair, and every form of suffering caused by this sense of separateness, all of this dissolves when the Truth of That which is You in your Being, which is that Reality of God, is present.

So, the whole problem, Gilson, is in this sense of a separate “I” seeing itself as the owner and in control of its own life, its own existence. This is not real! Just look at what happens and we will realize that we control absolutely nothing! You decide absolutely nothing, from the day you are born: the day you were born, the parents you had…Whatever is happening in this so-called “my life” has no reality other than the Reality of God, then it’s God’s Life, it’s God’s Truth, and it’s God living it all. OK?

GC: There is only God, right, Master? It’s like the Master says: “There is only God.” But really, at this human level of life, this belief that “I exist,” that “I am someone” is very strong. I remember, I think I even commented here in a videocast, that during an online Satsang – those weekend intensives with Master where this self-investigation is deepened –, there was a moment that I felt like “having turned a key,” of having an understanding of how this sense of being someone is just a thought. I was laughing, because this “me” that I believe myself to be is just a thought!

And it’s something extraordinary to be able to see that and how real the quotes are. For example, there is only God. But repeating “there is only God” gets you nowhere! Now, by the Grace of the Master, in this self-investigation that the Master provides in Satsangs, there was “a key turn,” where it was understood that the thought “I,” this belief that “I exist,” is just a thought. And Master, we have one more question from Nira Alves. I'll read her question. She asks: “When you react to feelings, do you break this state of Real Meditation?”

MG: When you react to a feeling, a thought, an emotion, a sensation, that reaction is the non-perception of the Reality of experience. Let me put this here in a very simple way for you to understand. When thought arises, our model, our habit, our psychological conditioning format is always to react to that thought. Either we like that thought or we reject that thought. So, we are always judging what presents itself as an experience, be it visual, be it external – like sense perception, like seeing, hearing – or internal, when a thought appears or a feeling arises.

Our direct reaction is to accept or reject. When we do this, we are not in direct contact with the experience. We don't realize what the experience is. We are stepping in, interfering, and when we do that, naturally the sense of identity of the “I,” of this separate entity, accustomed to separating itself from experience, is there. And that, of course, is the absence of self-observation, which is the beginning of contact with the True Meditation.

When there is a perception of experience without the perceiver, when there is the observation of thought without the perceiver, of feeling without the one who is involved in it, we are in direct contact with the experience, because we do not separate ourselves to react. So, the difficulty, Gilson, lies in the fact that when faced with a thought, the sense of an “I” appears to like or dislike, to judge, compare, reject or identify with the thought. This goes for any and all experience. This is where we fail, because the experience is this one, unique experience without the sense of a present “I.”

When the thinker’s sense, the observer’s sense, when the experiencer’s sense, which is the “I,” arises, it arises to alter, to judge, to compare, to do something. When this occurs, we are back in the sense of an ego-identity within the experience. That’s how our lives have been over all these years. We didn't learn, Gilson, to approach the experience without placing the experiencer. We don't learn to observe all this movement of the “I” when it appears wanting to alter, change, do something with what appears. So, we are always living within that sense of separate identity, with that ego consciousness, with that mental consciousness, which is actually a background of psychological conditioning and programming. This is something we carry with us since childhood.

Contact with Meditation, which requires self-observation, which requires Self-Awareness – this puts us in touch with True Meditation – requires us to discover what it means to look, just to look; observe, just observe; feel, just feel; perceive, just perceiving, not evaluating, judging, or rejecting whatever is arising.

If we get in touch with experience in this way, we realize that there is a complete change in this model of experience, because there is no entity present. It is when thought dissolves, it is when perception no longer has the element of an identity in conflict with that perception, with that feeling. Then, everything that, until then, was sustained within that illusion of resistance, struggle, rejection, or identification, undergoes a profound alteration, a profound change. It is when we can be in touch with Life as It shows itself, without this sense of a present identity. This is the contact with Meditation, with the Truth of Meditation; it is the contact with what is present, without the “I,” without this “me,” without this “ego.”

GC: Master, your approach and this work are revolutionary. It is a work that, as Master has already mentioned in another videocast or in a video on the channel, is simple, but it demands a lot of energy, because the identification, within that human pattern, the identification with thoughts, feelings and sensations is from many years. And then this work that the Master brings, this self-observation, which is the basis for Meditation, is something incredible! To see how much the mind wanders and we, being unconscious, go with that! We go with thoughts, identify with them, then we suffer if it is something “bad,” or rejoice if it is a feeling, something “good.” And the “heart of the matter,” of this work that the Master brings and shares... shares, because in Satsangs with the Master, here in the videocasts, it is, due to this sharing of the Consciousness of the Master, easier to enter this state of Attention and look at this noisy mind without identifying and wandering with thoughts.

MG: What happens, Gilson, is that we don't assume the Truth of What we are, because we are, by force of habit, by force of this conditioning, always attached to an identity. This identity is this background of memory and psychological conditioning.

When we start to pay attention to this movement of psychological conditioning, we can perceive the movement of the “I,” which is the movement of this conditioning. And by perceiving it that way, without getting involved with it, it starts to undo. Then, there is what I have called an emptying of all this psychological content.

The “I” is nothing more than a set of memories, remembrances, and conditioning at the intellectual level, at the sentimental, emotional, sensation level… When you give yourself that opportunity for self-observation, that internal content begins to show itself, it begins to reveal itself and begins to be undone. It is when this Real Consciousness comes into evidence. Until then, you were confused, tangled up with these reactions, and now you are aware, conscious of this movement, which is a movement of memory. So, Self-realization is the result of this emptying of all that “I” content for this Intelligence, for this Presence, for this Consciousness to assume Its space there, in that body-mind.

As long as human beings do not pay attention to this self-observation, to this Self-Awareness, they will continue to live in unhappiness. This unhappiness is the result of ignorance. However, when you look at yourself and begin to observe this movement, the Revelation of your Essential Nature happens, through Self-Awareness, through self-observation, through the Revelation that True Meditation brings. That’s when Wisdom settles in; it is when your Natural State takes the place of that old “I.” It means stepping into this death of the old man.

We need something new here and now. That something new is the Reality of your Being, when that old “I,” when that ego, when that sense of separateness is no longer there. So, we are facing the Real Life, the Abundant Life spoken by Christ, which is the Life of the Divine Consciousness itself, which is the Consciousness of God.

GC: Master, gratitude! Thank you for this videocast! Our time has run out. So, for those watching the video, if it makes sense to you – as Master always states on his videos – leave a “like,” make a comment. And if you have questions, queries, doubts, leave them in the comments, which, depending on the possibilities, we will bring here for the videocasts. And for those who feel something beyond what is being said, in the gaze, when looking into the eyes of the Master, there is an invitation to deepen this self-investigation through these weekend immersions, which are the intensive online Satsangs, and, even better, the face-to-face meetings and face-to-face retreats. By the way, now in July there is a ten-day retreat, with a gigantic deepening of this self-investigation, under the Grace of the Master.

So here’s the invitation! If you are interested, here in the first comment you will find a link to Leo Ortega, who organizes the meetings. Just get in touch with him. Thanks again, Master! Gratitude.

May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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God Realization. What is spirituality? Approach to Self-Awareness. Psychological past.

Alright!

Our work together is to investigate the nature of the “I.” What we've been saying, here, in these meetings is that this sense of “I” in you is not real. This sense of “I” in us is a creation of thought itself. In reality, it consists of internal conditioning, of psychological conditioning within each one of us. So, what we do in these meetings is to investigate the elusive nature of the “I,” which is this “me,” this ego. This person you believe to be is not real. And how does this person appear? How does it come about? In the next few minutes, we're going to look at this here with you.

We have a perception of the world, it’s a simple perception, I’d say it’s a natural perception. When we look at objects, people, and places, there’s a perception of the senses. That experience is a sense-perception experience, and it’s something simple, something natural. The senses in us work in a very simple, very direct way, so there’s this perception of experience. This perception, this way of approaching whatever is present at this moment is not at all difficult to understand. When you see a house, there’s a visual, sensorial perception of that house. When you go down the street and see people walking, on foot, you have a sensory perception. When you hear a sound, you also have a sensory perception of an auditory nature. Then, we are always in direct contact with all experiences from this sense perception, and this approach is very simple and quite understandable. However, when looking at certain things, when listening to a certain sound, we also have a verbal, that is, intellectual, sentimental, and emotional approach to that experience.

When we see or hear something, this form of intellectual, verbal, emotional, and sentimental approach is something that needs to be understood, since we have then the presence of identity within the experience. When, for example, we look at something, we look based on prior knowledge, on an idea we have about that, at this very moment we place an identity within the experience. Your perception is not simple now, it has become complex, personal, particular, and it has a background. That background is the experience from the past. When you look at a tree, you know the name, you classify that tree, and you name it. When this is done, there’s no longer a simple and direct perception of the tree, now you have an idea, an intellectual and also sentimental or emotional frame of that tree, and you report it to other people or you tell it to yourself. At that moment, you are no longer in that direct, simple contact with the experience of the tree, the house, or anybody that you are dealing with, because at that moment there is the “I” arising.

The “I” is the one within us that is the result of experience. This experience is past knowledge, ideas, concepts, and beliefs about that thing. So, the beliefs, the knowledge, the naming, and the experiences from the past within us are what determine the identity of the “I” within that experience; it’s when we are not in direct contact with the perception. What we are saying within these meetings here – and this also occurs in online and face-to-face meetings, and also retreats to work on this together – is the possibility of looking at life simply as it appears, without this sense of an “I,” of identity, of a person present. That person is a belief, an idea, an imagination.

The whole point is that when we have such an approach to life – and here life consists of all forms of experience in this living of each one of us – we have this element which is the present “me” and the “not me.” In this separateness, we internalize every form of contradiction, conflict, dilemma, psychological distancing, and, therefore, problems and suffering. The sense of the present “I” is the sense of the ego. The ego is the one that is the center of all life experiences. The expression “my life” is interesting, because this idea is grounded in: that life is personal, a private life. So, every form of perception of life centered on this “I” is a false center, an identity that separates itself from life, that is, separates itself from perception. Either you have the perception of what IS, of life as it appears – and when that perception is present, that sense of the “I” is not present, then you are life itself without any separation – or else the meaning of that “I,” that “me,” that ego, will always be creating complications and problems.

What does this Realization of Truth, this God Realization, this search for the Divine Truth consist of? It simply consists of stripping ourselves of the illusion of a present identity. When that identity is gone, the present Truth is the Truth of non-separateness between you and life. In this direct perception without the “I,” there’s not this “me,” this “I and the other,” “I and life,” “I and God,” “I and Reality.” What’s present is the Divine Reality, the Reality of God. Thus, Spiritual Enlightenment, the Awakening of God’s Nature, which is the Nature of your Being, is What is present when the sense of “I” is not, therefore when there’s no longer this division, this separateness.

We have some interesting aspects here about this. The first is that we separate ourselves from the perception of life as it appears. When we hear a sound, we place an identity present in that experience, except for a simple sound, like a bird singing, this is not a complex sound for this psychological perception of complex conditioning we have, but when someone is saying something to you, this gets much more complicated, because we make that sound, that saying, that speech someone is addressing us, as something very complex. We internalize ideas, concepts, and images of what they say. There’s no simple listening, there’s a background of conditioning present, that background of conditioning is the “I.” It’s always based on past, on memory, on an image that we relate to others when listening.

When we look at someone, we don't stay in that direct, simple look. We look with an image, an idea, a memory, or a remembrance. When we hear someone tell us something, we interpret, evaluate, accept, or reject it, there’s no direct listening. When we hear a bird, we don't have that problem, we don't want to understand, to adjust that song, that melody to something we already know, and we simply listen. When we look at a mountain range, we just look. When we look at a tree or anything around us, we just look. Unless that awakens in us an interest, a desire, a motivation to obtain that, possess that, there’s this direct and simple look. When that interest or desire appears, we are no longer looking at that, there’s already separateness between “the one who sees” and “that which is seen.” At that moment there’s no understanding of what is there.

Here, I always use the word understanding in the sense of a simple, natural, direct perception, without a background of recognition, memory, and, therefore, without desire. So, the desire, the fear, our contact with others, with the world, with life, always based on that background, which is this “I” separating itself from that moment, is what sustains us within an illusory base of separate identity, is what keeps us constantly in conflict, contradiction, fear, and desire. Then, there’s no such absence of the “I,” because we are always keeping ourselves within this condition of psychological conditioning. This background, which is thoughts, remembrances, memories, and recollections, gives us the illusory basis of identity; it doesn’t exist, but sustains itself as existing – I refer to this “me.”

Our job here is to investigate the illusory nature of the “I” and to go beyond that, abandon that, to let that go, that’s the end of this ego-identity. Sages as well as mystics have been telling us this for millennia. Those who have realized the Truth about themselves are always telling us that this is not real. Here, I want to challenge you to live it, to have comprehension. I’ve just used the word comprehension. To comprehend is not to understand, it’s not in this sense that I use the expression “comprehending” here. It’s not to follow a speech like this intellectually or verbally but rather to perceive in an experiential way all that we put here. I mean a life free from the “I” and, therefore, a life free from suffering, from all forms of ideas, ideologies, concepts, prejudices, and beliefs, all these are things that separate us from each other, separate us from life, from the Reality of our Being which is God.

A life free from the “I,” this “me,” the ego, is a life in Love. It’s only in this sense that I use the word “spirituality.” True Spirituality is the absence of “someone,” of a “spiritual someone.” So, the True Spirituality... Because people ask, “What is Spirituality?” What is this Spirituality? The Reality of your Being is the Reality of God, this is something truly Spiritual, but what’s truly Spiritual is something very Natural. Thus, to be truly Spiritual is to be Natural. It’s not about rituals, practices, or religious ceremonies, the knowledge of holy books, and recitation of Vedas, the Bible, or the Bhagavad Gita. The True Spirituality is the absence of that “me,” that “I.”

We are dealing with the Truth about perceiving life as it IS, as it appears when the “I” is not present. See this. To perceive this is to see without the “I,” and to comprehend this is to look without the sense of separateness. This is to come closer to the Truth of your Being. We’ve been talking within these meetings about the Truth, about the approach to Self-awareness, and here Self-awareness in a different sense of how people use it out there. Here, it’s the comprehension, in the sense in which we use the word, that there is no “I,” this is Real Self-awareness, the direct comprehension of the Truth of your Being, the Truth of God.

An important point within all of this is figuring out how to look at the way this “I” arises, separating itself from the experience, it happens internally. Thus, self-investigation: this looking at all this movement of the mind, thoughts, feelings, emotions, and sensations, looking at these in this movement of perception, without giving an identity to it. When a thought arises, a feeling, an emotion, a perception, concerning an internal or external vision of perception, looking at this perception, this thought, this feeling, without putting yourself into it, without identifying with that thought, feeling, emotion, or perception. Looking like this nullifies that sense of separateness, then there’s Real clear perception, Real simple perception; there is the perception without the “I.” Perceiving without the “I” is the perception without judging, condemning, naming, or classifying, it’s just simple perceiving. Perceiving a thought arising without rejecting it, without mistaking yourself for it, without identifying with it, without giving an identity to this “I like,” this “I don’t like” – “I don’t like this,” “I like that.”

This looking free from the “I,” without this element of an identity present, is not something so simple, because our psychological conditioning since childhood has always been to place a present identity in perception. So, perception is always being named, judged, and compared, it’s either accepted or rejected.

I want to invite you on this channel and also in online and face-to-face meetings with us, for this Realization of your Being. A life free from the sense of “I” is a life free from this background of psychological conditioning. Only then are you free from the psychological past, the psychological future, and that present which the ‘I’, the ego, always sees as a door to a goal in the future. Internally, we are always identified with this “me” in life, in this experience of life, in this perception of life. The work consists of True Self-awareness and True, Real Meditation in practice. True, Real Meditation in practice shows you the illusion of that “I,” and that’s the end of it and the beginning of Something entirely new, which is Love, Truth, and God.

This is the subject here on our channel. I want to invite you, if this is something that makes sense to you, to leave your “like” and subscribe to the channel. Reminder: we have online, face-to-face meetings and also retreats where we are working with you.

Here’s the invitation and we'll see you next time. Thanks for the meeting!

May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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True Communion with God | Awakening of Consciousness | Enlightenment | Psychological transformation

After all, what are we doing together here at these meetings? We are inviting you to approach yourself, in an entirely new way. In general, we are always responding to the challenges of the moment in our relationships with the world, with objects, in places, with people. It is always a response that we are making, in this present moment, to some form of external stimulus. We don't have an approximation of ourselves. And this work is an invitation to undergo a transformation, a radical and profound internal, real, psychological change, so that our relationship with the world, with the other, with life, will be a totally different relationship from the relationship we have had until this given moment. There is no freedom in our relationships, there is no affection, there is no compassion, there is no truth in our relationships, because internally we are in contradiction, in conflict, in some form of internal suffering – stress, tension, anxiety, fear, and desire. This all represents unhappiness. So, the unhappiness present in us, be it sharp, profound or something milder and apparently superficial, remains present.

So, the response we are giving to the world around us, I am referring to our relationship with, for example, family, work friends, neighbors, or anyone who comes into contact with us… they always find us tense, with some level of internal, psychological discomfort. So, our relationships are not loving, peaceful, compassionate relationships. And how could it be different if we are suffering? If we are possessive, aggressive, violent? If we are trying to impose our ideas, opinions, in this context of relationship with the world, with the other? And we do this because, basically, we are in pain.

So, our work here is an invitation to get closer to ourselves, real. We are together today, once again, talking about the beauty of the radical psychological transformation within each of us, this is what we need. The vision of the Truth about who we are in this contact with the world around us brings something entirely new to these relationships. Here we are sharing with you the Truth about Happiness, about Love, about Freedom, a life lived with Intelligence, that is a life being lived in Compassion, with a deep understanding. This understanding of ourselves gives us an understanding of who the other is, what life is, what these relationships are. But without first understanding the Truth about who we are, this is impossible – and here to understand is not to have an idea, it is not to have a concept, it is not to have a mere belief.

We've been told since we were little children that God dwells in us, but what’s the truth about that? Nobody knows, so we have an idea, a belief, a concept about it. We don't have the truth, the veracity of it. And the greatest proof of this is our relationships, they are stormy, conflicted, distressing, boring, and sad. These are relationships that have envy and fear present. So, there is a lot of suffering and that suffering is always expressing itself in this or that format. Violence, for example, is something very common in the way we treat people. Not only with words, in the way we address them, but we also internalize thoughts and feelings of hate, rancor, anger, resentment, and that’s all violence. A violence present due to the simple fact that we are suffering, that there is suffering in us.

So, although we believe that God is in us, dwells in us, this is just a belief. We follow a certain religion, we profess the name of God, Christ, Buddha, or Krishna. There are several religions and each one carries a model of belief, and all pointing, basically, to this basic belief: the belief that God is in us. But the truth is: who am I? We don't know ourselves. If we don't know ourselves, the idea that God is in us doesn't change anything at all, we continue to maintain this model of conflict, of problems in our relationships.

Thus, our invitation – within these meetings – is for the recognition of the Truth about who we are. It is necessary that you recognize what is present, here and now. The Reality that is in this instant. If there is violence, that’s what you are in that instant. So, the idea of “God within” is just a belief. If there’s fear, it’s just what we have here, right now, being what you are: fear. If anxiety is present, that’s a very classic form of fear. suffering, unhappiness, something very common in our time, within our world, and if this is present, no matter how much we pray, no matter how much we make our long prayers and our religious, spiritualist practices, no matter how much we attend temples, churches, and spiritual encounters, if this is our feeling, if this is our behavior in relation to the world around us, this is what we are.

So, this thing of proclaiming yourself as “someone religious” because you belong to religion A, B or C is something completely meaningless, very childish. The true communion with God is the end of the sense of “I,” the end of the illusion, the belief, the concept, the idea of God. So, this communion with God is something unthinkable, indescribable, unspeakable, and this is not limited to an external, exterior formulation of religious, spiritualist or mystical practice. Because if you practice all this in a ritualistic ceremonial way, following a mere prescription of tradition, of culture, this is nothing more than psychological conditioning, one more prison in which your ego is still inside, trapped inside.

You don't know the Truth about yourself, you don't realize the reality of this “me,” this “I.” That “I,” that “me,” the ego, that’s what you represent in that instant, in that moment. Any religious concept is something that works only as a form of psychological, imaginary self-protection. So, to protect yourself from pain, from this pain that implies in this sense of a present “I” without a religion, without hope, without consolation, without comfort, you turn to a religious practice. Added to this is this model of contradiction between what you learn, or believe you have learned, what religion prescribes, which is “loving others,” “loving God,” “being happy,” “living in peace.” None of that is present. Then, religion is just a comfort, a consolation, a hope. People have hope of an afterlife, so they attend their religion to have a better new birth or go to Heaven. But, at this moment, understand what we are saying: at this moment the Real Truth of a profound religious life – and here religious is not in the external sense, but in the internal sense – is present. When you have a mind and heart that are profoundly free from egocentrism, violence, suffering, and fear, then truly there is this communion with the Reality of God. It is there because the sense of “I,” the ego, is not there.

So, it is not about a religious practice but a deeply religious heart and mind. A religious heart, a religious mind, your Being permeated with this Divine Presence, is something possible when the sense of ego, of “I,” is not present. We need to approach what we are, as we are, without this masking, without these beliefs. So, it is possible to work on ourselves here and now. It is possible. It is possible to look at what we are in this relationship with the world, in this relationship with ourselves, and truly find this Reality, the Reality of our Being which, in fact, is Love, Peace, Happiness, Truth, Beauty, absence of suffering, absence of fear. Self-realization is that Realization of your Being, which is God Realization. To look at this whole process of the “I,” this entire model of this egoic identity in this relationship with the world is, in fact, approaching a profoundly religious life, without rituals, without ceremonies, without the need to frequent environments where you hear a lot of , a lot, a lot, a lot about what a life with God is, which is just a concept.

Here we are working with you to end beliefs, ideologies, and concepts. It is not about continuing to learn by accumulating knowledge, an accumulation of knowledge that always gives you an ideal to become “someone better.” This ideal to become “someone better” is still just an ideal of the ego, of the “I,” of thought itself, due to all this accumulated knowledge. So, in the ego, in this sense of “I,” we always live within idealisms: “I am this, but I want to be that, and to get there I need to keep listening to lectures, studying, learning, practicing rituals, ceremonies, involved in religious practices.” And time goes by, years go by, and that sense of “I” is always in the future – in a future that never happens. Some superficial changes take place in this “me,” in this “I,” in this ego, but it always remains what it is: envious, greedy, violent, aggressive, without peace, only consoled, momentarily comforted by religious hopes, by beliefs, endlessly studying all this.

This meeting here is to show how to look at ourselves and at what we are here and now, without the ideal, the objectification of the future, of belief, but just to verify this, to become aware of this sense of an “I” present in this experience with what is shown at that moment. Looking at ourselves, at every movement of thought, feeling, actions, the way we talk to someone, the thought that arises in this relationship with the husband, the wife, with the children, with the boss, with the employees, with the world around us. Our contact with that instant is revealing, then we come across the Real religious practice. If being in communion with the Truth means being in communion with God, this communion necessarily passes through this moment, because if you look at what is shown here and now, you are in front of what IS. What Is, is what I see, what I feel, what I want, what I don't want, my indifference, my anger, my fear, this sense of “me” with what it has.

The contact with what IS in that very instant is the contact with the Truth that God reveals, what Existence shows, what this Divine Presence is presenting, that is what It Is. If I am attentive to observe this movement, in this approach lies true Self-Awareness. In this Self-Awareness there is the possibility of this radical psychological transformation. The radical psychological transformation is not the changing of this “me” into something else, but it is the end of this “me.” Because if this “me” leaves this idea of “becoming,” of “changing,” of “becoming something else,” this “me” is seen only as an idea, as a feeling, an emotion, a sensation, a prejudice, or a judgment. So, this experience is just an experience. It is this “me” wanting to do something to change it, trying to separate itself from it that is sustaining the continuity of this behavior. So, there is a break, there is a “letting go” of this “me,” this “I,” the one who is present, this ego that is judging, that is comparing, that is treating the other that way, that is expressing its pain, its suffering in this relationship.

Only when you look at yourself, that look is a look that, when the “I” is not present, the sense of “somebody” is not present in this observation; in this observation where the “I,” the sense of “someone,” is not present. This way of approaching without the idea of wanting to alter it, change it or identify with what happens here and now, with shows itself, this is what It is, here and now. Looking without the observer, looking without the “I” who looks, feeling without the “I” who feels. This approach is the approach of True Meditation in practice. When there is a feeling, it is just the feeling, there is no “I.” When there is a thought, it is the thought, there is no “I.” When there is a sensation, it is a sensation, there is no “I.” To get closer to yourself and look at your reactions, here and now, that is to verify what IS without the “I” present. And when that happens, that psychological transformation is immediate, it happens right away. It’s not about the future, it’s not about tomorrow. “Tomorrow I will be more loving towards people,” “Tomorrow I will treat people with more care, with greater appreciation,” “Tomorrow I will love my neighbor as myself”: these are all beliefs.

There’s no love now, that’s what it IS. There’s no peace now, that’s what it IS. Right now, I'm verbally aggressive, that’s what it IS. “I'm diminishing, internally detracting the other, although I don't express it in words, because I'm repressing it, because that can cause me harm, after all, he’s my boss (my boss),” “After all, he’s my husband (or my wife), so I need to maintain myself in this egoic self-control, but I always internalize internal states of depreciation, pejorative, negative evaluation.” All this can be seen now, here, as what I am, this is what it IS. And when “this” is seen, and we are not separate from it, we are in this Attention to ourselves – this Mindfulness, this Mindfulness of the movement of this “I” that I am now, here – that is enough, because at that moment I perceive this “me” to judge, to criticize, to evaluate, to resent, to imagine certain things. Just look at it, that look without “someone” looking, that feeling without “someone” feeling.

Maybe what you're hearing here sounds very strange and very complicated at first. I want to invite you to join the channel and take a look at a playlist we have here about the True Meditation in practice and the Truth about true Self-awareness. This is the way we need to get closer to ourselves and look at our reactions in this contact with the other, with life, with the world, so that a psychological transformation becomes possible.

Spiritual Enlightenment is what is present when this profound transformation takes place, this radical psychological transformation that represents the end of the “me.” This is the Awakening of Consciousness, it is Spiritual Enlightenment, something possible when this psychological transformation occurs. This is the true communion with God. It is not “someone” in communion with God. It is the Reality of God in communion, only God present in this Reality. There is only Him, there is no longer the “me,” the “me and the world, the “me and the other,” “ God and I.”

This is our subject here on the channel. I always end by saying: Does it make sense to you? If it makes sense, leave your like, subscribe to the channel. Reminder: we have online and face-to-face meetings as well as retreats where we are working with those who approach this work. OK?

If it makes sense to you, here’s the invitation and we'll see you in the next one!

May, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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