How to overcome fear? | Spiritual Awakening | Psychological unhappiness | Duality, egocentrism

It seems to me that one of the most important things when we sit together in these meetings is to learn to have an approach of what is presented here, paying full attention to it, putting our hearts really involved in it, in what we present here for you.

Today, for example, I want to discuss with you this approach to the Truth in this relationship with others. What is the truth about this? How do we approach our wife, husband, son, daughter, boss or any other person? How do we get closer? How has our approach to each other been? Actually, who is the other one?

In these meetings, you stop, stop at this moment to listen to this and it is important that you approach this with a new way of looking. Note that we have a way of looking at the world, at what happens in the world, at what happens to others and to ourselves, always based on already formed concepts, formulas, ideas, and conclusions.

Notice how important this subject here is. The opportunity for you to have an answer to the end of stress, anxiety, depression, the end of anguish. These different psychological conditions of unhappiness that we know are always present because we do not understand how we work.

People have questions like: “How do I get rid of anxiety?” or “How to overcome anxiety? How to overcome depression? How to overcome fear?”, but they are not studying themselves, investigating what is happening inside themselves, especially in this contact with the other. Understanding oneself requires a vision about what is going on inside you. In this sense, the other is a wonderful mirror.

When we look at the world, when we look at others, when we look at ourselves based on conclusions, beliefs, and ideas, we are reinforcing and feeding back psychological conditions of stress, anxiety, fear, depression, and anguish. And why? Because our action, our behavior is self-centered when it is not investigated.

Here on this channel, we are talking to you about the Awakening of Consciousness – this is a language that people use, others call it Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Enlightenment. Here I also use these expressions, but perhaps in a different sense than people use out there, as something mystical being achieved.

In fact, the Awakening of Consciousness, the Real Spiritual Awakening is the end of the illusion of that personal, particular center that is the “I,” the ego within living and, therefore, in this experience, in this contact with the other. This, of course, is the end of unhappiness, this psychological unhappiness caused by anxiety, depression, anguish, and fear.

So, here on the channel, we are working with you on a free life, a life fulfilled in God, and, here, God is the Reality of your Being. An approach to the Truth of God is totally different from what people out there call “religious life.” Here, Real Religious Life is a life free from this sense of “I,” of the ego, which represents contact with others without conflict, without problems; a relationship with the other where there is no longer this separation – this separation between “He or she and I.”

Then, there is no fear, then there is no stress, there is no anguish, there is no form of anxiety. Then, there is no reason for depression because there is inner Freedom. This inner Freedom is Intelligence in this relationship with others, with life, with the world, with yourself. We have to investigate this and that is the purpose of these meetings here.

We here are sharing with you Something that is Real, that is experiential. I am not putting to you here a theory, a concept, a belief, but a viable Reality for you, Something that becomes evident when you become aware of this movement, which is the movement of the “I” within you, in this relationship with the other.

The question here is: how do we approach this? Through self-observation, the understanding of this principle that differentiates you from others, differentiates you from life, differentiates you from the world, this self-suggestion in this illusion of this principle of consciousness of the “I.” This consciousness of the “I” places me in an illusory condition of separation, where there is this “the other and I,” this “life and I,” this “world and I,” this “God and I.”

Here we have a principle that sustains these conditions of psychological unhappiness in us: it is the principle of duality. It is on this principle that egocentrism is based. The basic idea is “me and the other,” “my” interests, “my” reasons, “my” motives, “my” intentions, “my” beliefs, all of this comes first than anything else – “I” first.

The idea is always centered on egocentrism, on this “I” as the center of experiences – and, here, the experience is contact with the other. But all of this begins, first of all, within each one of us, in this self-centeredness, in this idea of ​​“someone” thinking, of “someone” feeling, of “someone” getting emotional, of “someone” dreaming, of “someone” imagining.

The idea is the presence of this “I” with its own reasons, intentions, and motivations. So, there is “he and I,” “the world and I,” “life and I,” “God and I.” In this duality, in this separation lies the conflict. The basis of all this, notice, the basis of all this unhappiness that we as human beings experience, the basis of all these situations of unhappiness is present due to fear. As long as there is this sense of separation, there will be fear.

So, notice that fear is something present. In all these situations of psychological unhappiness that we human beings know, the element of fear is always present, because the main column of this house, of this so-called “human existence,” the main column of this so-called “human self” ” – this ego-identity –, the main pillar that supports this condition of egoic identity, of a human person, the ego has fear as its main pillar. From fear, from the search for this egoic self-survival, which is fear, arise our actions, our motivations, our relationships.

Human beings carry fear. Notice that it's always like this, people want to find out how to overcome, and here it's about investigating and understanding the basis that sustains fear. It is fear that sustains this psychological condition of being “someone” in living, in experience and, therefore, in this relationship with others, in conflict, in suffering, in this egocentrism, in this sense of separation.

Notice the presence of fear. Fear is a shadow that accompanies us from our first days until our last breath. Fear is always present, it's the fear of the past, it's the fear of the future, it's the fear of getting sick, of getting old, it's the fear of poverty, it's the fear of hunger, it's the fear of illness, it's the fear of one's wife, it’s the fear of the child. Fear has different forms of expression in our lives. Fear is a constant presence.

So, there is no understanding of the Truth about who we are because we do not understand this internal movement, which is the movement of the “I” within each one of us. It separates itself into this “I feel,” “I think”, “I want,” “I don't want,” “I like,” “I don't like,” “I, he”, “I and the world,” “I and life,” “I think.” Where is this issue of fear based? Since in fear all this is present, in fact, what is fear? Since fear sustains all this confusion, all this suffering, all this unhappiness in this life, which is the life of the “I,” what is fear?

Notice that fear is present because thought is present. At this moment, there is no fear, you do not have a single fear present at this moment without the presence of thought. Look what an interesting thing: fear is something present in everything, there is always fear, just look closely and we will notice the presence of fear, it is there, involved in our feelings, in our thinking, in our actions and, however, here I am saying that fear is never present here and now, without thought.

It is the presence of thought, thought is the one that brings the presence of fear, the memory of what did not happen and what could happen, the memory of what happened and what may not happen again. So, notice, the memory of what happened and what might happen again is fear, the memory of what didn't happen and what might not happen is also fear. It is with thought that fear is present. When the thought arrives, the idea of ​​suffering linked to this or that experience of memory, of remembrance, shows itself, and that is fear.

So, fear is of the past or fear is of the future, there is no fear here and now; and past and future is the presence of thought. The pleasure I enjoyed from him yesterday, I may no longer get from him tomorrow: that is fear. It's always thought bringing fear. The pain I experienced yesterday may be repeated again: that is fear. Note: thought is always the basis of fear. So, thought is the psychological basis of being “someone.”

The psychological basis of being “someone” here and now, in experiencing, is only established because thought is present. See, the idea of ​​being “someone” here and now, in the experience, in living only becomes present when thought arrives. So, what is fear? Fear is thought. There is no fear without thought.

There is physical fear. A car comes towards you and you move away, is this fear or is it intelligence? There are aspects of physical fear in the face of imminent danger here and now, so fear appears. But this fear is an intelligence movement of the organism itself to protect itself, to defend itself from suffering. So, this is a movement of fear, but, in reality, of the intelligence of the machine, of the organism, of the biological mechanism, of protecting itself from pain.

Here I am referring to this psychological fear, this fear in this sense of the “I,” of the ego. Fear is thought. How to deal with thinking? Observing this movement of thought. If you get rid of the movement of thought, you get rid of fear – if there is not this psychological movement past, present, here and now.

I will repeat: if there is no movement of the psychological past in this present moment, here and now, there is no fear. If there is not this psychological movement of the past projecting itself into the future, in this instant, here and now, there is no fear. It's always thought.

So, getting closer to yourself and looking at the movement of the “I,” the movement of the ego is possible when there is an approach to the Truth of the understanding of Self-awareness. To see this movement of the “I” present here and now, is to dismantle this model of egoic identity. So, this is the end of conflict in this relationship with others, with life, with the world. That’s when your contact with those that are close to you, without this movement of thought, is something completely different from what we know.

So, a life in Love, a life in Peace, a life in Freedom, a life in this Complicity, in this relationship with the husband, with the wife, with the children, with the family, with business, with the boss, with the employees, a Real life, deeply Religious, a Divine life is a life free from the ego and, therefore, free from this movement of thought, which represents the end of fear; a life in relationship with the world without this background of psychological conditioning, beliefs, concepts, ideas, images that sustain this “I,” this ego in fear; a life free from this model of thinking, this model of egoic thinking.

We have meetings on the weekends, they are online meetings, you can find the Whatsapp link here in the video description. If this is something that makes sense to you, join our group and get to know these weekend meetings up close. In addition, we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats, where we are working on this with you. So, here's the invitation: if this is something that really makes sense to you, go ahead and leave a “like” and subscribe to the channel. OK?

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September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to make dreams come true? How to grow self-love? Existential void, restlessness. Self-image

Alright. We will examine with you here, work with you here, today, two questions that, in general, people ask. The question is: “How to make dreams come true? How to make our dreams come true? What do I do to accomplish them?” The other question people ask is: “How to grow self-love?” Notice what a curious thing about our perspective, our viewpoint, our particular way of seeing life, the world, and existence. For us, life is happening for our accomplishment, for our fulfillment.

So, notice what a strange thing: there is in us a restlessness, a dissatisfaction, an existential void. And we want to have this existential void, restlessness, and frustration resolved. We want to have this solved in this self-love, in the accomplishment of this self-love, in achieving self-love, or in achieving goals such as dreams. Dreams are diverse; they are innumerable. For us, externally, life is happening to fulfill us. Notice how we feel in life: unhappy, dissatisfied, incomplete, in this existential pain, in this existential void, in a search for something.

In the mind… and what is the mind? We have to investigate this here. In these meetings, we are working with you to end the illusion of this “I,” which represents all kinds of projections for your fulfillment, accomplishment, and happiness. Here, the work consists of discovering the Truth of your Being. We are dealing with you on this channel solely about the beauty of the Realization of God or the Awakening of Consciousness, which we also call Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment. That requires an approach to ourselves that enables us to look at this psychological condition of imagination, which places us in an illusory perception of reality.

The truth about this is that we do not perceive the reality of life as it is because we do not understand what we are in the context of living. So, in fact, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, incompleteness, and pain are present not because something is missing or we have not achieved self-love. Then, it is not about “how to grow self-love?” That is not present because we lack a car, a house, or a private jet to travel to the beaches of Hawaii. That is lacking here, in fact, because we ignore who we are. We are not aware of the Truth about ourselves; we are identifying with a false center, an “I,” a false identity.

This illusory identity that we believe we are is a set of beliefs, ideas, concepts, cultural, social, educational, political, and religious conditioning. The sense of an “I,” an ego, an entity present here, this illusory identity, is an imagination, a false center. We are living within this condition. And people are trying to figure out how to make their dreams come true. They accomplish one, but another is missing. Later, another one is missing. And one more is missing.

Even if you become a millionaire or a multimillionaire and can achieve all your material dreams, all these dreams are projections of your own mind – your thinking. Therefore, this is within what is known. That will never make you happy. Because the nature of the “I,” of the ego, is unhappiness. It is not something being added to it or taken away from it that can give you happiness.

In the ego, we live within this view of duality, of separateness. We see ourselves as separate creatures – the more things we have, the more fulfilled we will be. So, the world is here to serve us; love is here to fulfill us. The truth about this is that none of this is real. We live within imagination, within the fantasy of this ego, this “I.” So, in this set of beliefs, imaginations, ideations, and particular perspectives, this “I,” this “me” lives.

We do not know the truth about this “me” because we have never investigated it. We cannot understand a given thing if we do not approach it. If we do not get closer to exploring it, to look closely at what it is, its meaning and its significance, we cannot understand it. Here, we are showing you that it is possible to “study yourself,” a direct understanding of this “me,” this “I.” The beauty of this is that when it happens, the Awakening of a New Consciousness happens. So, this content of consciousness of the “I,” everything that is part of what is superficial and easily accessible to this mind we call conscious. Both, this and these impulses, motives, hidden and secret reasons within us in this so-called “unconscious,” are something that also reveals itself.

In this way, we can discover a Truth beyond this consciousness of the “I,” the ego, made up of this conscious and unconscious. That’s when we are beyond this condition of separation, of ego-identity. That is the Realization of God, of your Real Being. It is the end of that person as you see yourself, missing and trying to attain and grow self-love. It is the end of that person as you see yourself, believing you will be happy when you are on a yacht or in the house or plane of your dreams. All of this is nothing but a fantasy, an illusion projected by the ego, by the “I.”

Thus, understand the Truth about your Being, become aware of innate Happiness, your Divine Nature, this Truth that was born with you. In fact, this is present only in this dream of being someone who believes was born. This Reality is here. It is before birth. It is what is present. The Truth about you is that, as the Truth of Being – here, I refer to that Pure Consciousness, which is your True Nature – this was never born and therefore cannot die. Those who come closer to the Truth, to this study of themselves, this discovery, perceive what the sages have been saying for millennia: your True Nature is the Nature of God. So, you, as Pure Consciousness, will not be happy inside a private plane or a house that is your dream home. You are happy here and now. Your Real Nature is Happiness, Love, Peace, and Freedom.

We are working with those who approach these encounters to become aware of this in a direct way. In these meetings, where we are together – on weekend meetings, online – we work on this with you. Investigating all this illusion, this fantasy that is born from this ignorance about who you are, the Truth about who you are. So, we lack the understanding of the Truth about who we are. That is the end of this ignorance. It is the end of this set of beliefs about what we must have and who we must be for this Happiness, Freedom, and Love.

I have been saying that the Reality of your Being is Bliss and Completeness and therefore what the mind has never achieved, never been able to imagine, idealize in all its big, imaginary projects; it has never come closer to the unique and singular Truth of this Beauty, the Real Happiness of Being Consciousness, which is to be what God is. There is a Reality here, the Reality of God. That is Completeness, absolute Peace, Happiness, and Freedom. That is born when there is an understanding of this entire movement of the “I.”

And how can we discard this internal movement of the “I”? Through Self-observation, through the observation of this imaginary movement, where there is this “I” who is the thinker with his thoughts, this “I” who is the person with his imagination. So, in this duality, there is suffering, conflict, and, therefore, this yearning for more, this imagination, this so-called absence of love, self-love, this absence of happiness because this or that dream is yet to be achieved. All of this disappears when there is this vision of what True Meditation is in a practical, experiential way.

Here on the channel, we have a playlist working with you on this issue of Self-awareness and the importance of this True Meditation in Practice, too. So, it would be interesting for you to look at these playlists. Our work here is to get an approach to who we are. That is the end of the self-image, this lack, this need, this illusion, this need for self-love. That is all within the ego and self-image.

Our work consists of observing this movement of thought in imagination and creating an entity to live this imagination, to project itself into it. So, the Beauty of Meditation is that there is an end to this movement of thought, to this continuity of this conditioned thought, this conditioned mind. The end of this conditioned mind is the end of this “I” programming; it is the end of this illusion.

So, this is our purpose here on the channel. We are working with you on the end of the illusion of the “I” and therefore an end to this suffering, to this entire model of ego-identity projection. We have online meetings on the weekends. There is our WhatsApp link here and you can join the group to get information and participate in these meetings. We have face-to-face meetings and retreats… Thus, in addition to these online meetings, we work in person with you. If this is something that makes sense to you, so, please, leave a “like” and a comment: “Yes, it makes sense,” and subscribe to the channel. OK? Thanks for the meeting, and see you.

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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What is the human mind? Religious life. Real Meditation. Awakening of Consciousness. Mindfulness.

Notice that here, with you, we are investigating a few things. In fact, we are discovering together what a free, loving life, a life in Happiness, Peace, and Completeness, represents, and this, of course, requires a new mind.

Will it be possible for us to realize This, to become aware of a new mind? Would it be here the word acquire? Maybe not, and instead, becoming aware of a new mind – because that new mind is where This, which we have just put here for you, becomes possible.

Lovingkindness, Peace, Freedom, Happiness, or Intelligence become present when there is this new mind. How do you acquire This? Through a method, a form of practice, a system, a philosophical, a psychological, or spiritual method? A spiritual, philosophical, or religious practice? Could it be through this that we can acquire a new quality of mind capable of understanding the Truth, which is life in its Totality? Because without this understanding, it naturally becomes impossible. This new mind is the one present in the comprehension of this Totality of life.

We have lived our lives within a mind that is already standardized, trapped, imprisoned, within systems and patterns of repetition and continuity, within a culture where we do not know what Love is. How can we live this lovingness? We do not know what Peace is because we are always in conflict with each other. How can we live a life in Peace? We do not know what Freedom is. How can we live a life in Freedom? Our proposal here to you is a new life with a new mind. Not the same old and ancient mind we know.

After all, what is the human mind? The human mind is conflict, contradiction, and restlessness. Every representation of insanity is present in this so-called “human mind” condition – envy, jealousy, fear, desire, every form of affliction, and restlessness. Notice the internal chattering, this model of fast thinking that runs rampant, out of control within each of us. Is it possible to have a new mind, free from all this? So, it seems to me that this is the real challenge.

The real problem we have is not external; it is internal, and this problem consists of this “old mind,” this human mind, the psychological condition of being “someone.” So, how does This become possible? A life where there is an awareness of the Reality of God here and now. Not the belief in God, the knowledge of the Holy Books, the ability to recite the verses of the Bible, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, or any Holy Scripture. This ability is intellectual.

In this conditioned intellect, still stuck, of course, in this whole pattern of envy, disorder, and confusion, as long as the brain cells are functioning well, we keep all this, these verses, these sacred expressions, but it is a mere verbal, oral recitation, something intellectual; we are only at the intellectual level in this thing of our encounter with life, so-called, “religious.”

This so-called “religious” life is a life of practices of an organized religion, where we have these moments when we learn all this, keep these words, and then repeat them; that does not make any sense because it is something verbal, intellectual, and theoretical. We are here signaling the importance of the Awakening of the Truth of your Being.

As a matter of tradition and culture, we have many people teaching the Scriptures. In every country in the world, we have our so-called “spiritual” mentors, priests, and teachers who give us these doctrinal teachings and repeat to us what they have read. There is a distance that is, in fact, a true abyss between the Truth of Being and the theory about Truth.

Truth is the Reality of Being. The theory about Truth is words, concepts and we love it, adore it; we are sentimentally and emotionally very touched by the recitation of the Scriptures, but that does not give us a true Religious Life, which is a really loving, peaceful, free life, aware of the Reality that the only Truth present is the Reality of God.

The word God is not the Truth; the word God is just a word. The word “God” is not the Reality of God. The Reality of God is present when the “I,” the ego, fear, desire, contradiction, suffering, and selfishness are not present. That is what we call a new mind. That is what we call Real Religious Life here on this channel.

That really means discovering what living is – living life. It is not the “I” in life; it is life in living, in the absence of the “I,” and for that, undoubtedly, a new mind is essential for all of us. This new mind is a new heart, a new Being, a new Presence, a new Reality; it is the Totality of life in its Understanding. But it is not the understanding of “someone” or for “someone;” it is the Understanding in that Natural State of Being where this “I” is not present.

We are signaling Something here that is unknown, inaccessible to this human mind, this ordinary mind, this mind of the “I.” That reveals itself when there is a vision of what Real Meditation represents. That becomes possible when there is the vision of the Truth about this illusion of the “I,” which is Self-Awareness. Then, the awareness of the Truth of your Being, which is Real Meditation, reveals itself.

Here on the channel, we have been talking a lot about the importance and what True Self-Awareness represents, the value and beauty of Real Meditation. We have two playlists here on the channel. That is a very fascinating subject.

We live in a constant search for security. Why do we constantly search for security? Because we live internally in fear. As there is no Peace, no Love, no Happiness, no Freedom in this sense of the “I,” the ego, fear prevails, and in it there is this insecurity. No matter how much we seek security, psychologically and physically, we continue to feel afraid, frightened, and unhappy. That is the condition of the ego identity, this so-called “human mind.”

So, what is this “human mind”? What is the human mind? It is the condition of the illusion of identity present in this instant, this moment, in this living, living its own life, living in this sense of separateness, which is totally false. This duality is not real. Non-duality is the Truth. Non-duality – what in India is known as Advaita, Non-duality – is the Truth of your Being, God, your Essential Nature.

So, this work here consists of that discovery. We work together towards the end of fear, the illusion of this sense of ego-identity, of separateness. We are working together on the Awakening of Consciousness, the Blossoming of your Natural State – some people call it Spiritual Enlightenment. Thus, what becomes valuable here is to realize this Truth, the Truth of our own Being. The awareness of This gives you this Vision from this new mind, new heart.

We have to examine what this human mind is, how it works, and what it represents. We can discover this when we look at ourselves, observing this movement. Then, we can become aware of how the mind works. In general, we are just functioning in an automatic, unconscious way, without a direct insight into how we perform – to look at this inner movement of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions. When we become aware of ourselves, we can see all this movement of the mind, this restless, chattering, dull, worried, and prejudiced mind.

Observing the movement of the mind, becoming aware of yourself, and just looking at it. It is not doing something with it. Anything you do from that restless mind will be born from that restlessness. Anything you do from this chattering mind will be born from this chattering of the mind. Anything you do from this bored mind will be born from this boredom of the mind. From a stressed mind, only stress will be born. From a worried mind, only worry will be born. So, it is not a matter of something to do, but of having an approach to look at, to observe.

Perceive the beauty of this way of approaching this study of ourselves. It is not to do something with what we are seeing or what is showing itself, but to become aware. That brings Presence and Consciousness where there was no Consciousness but only automatism. That is how the human mind works.

So, what is this human mind? It is this automatism, this pattern of continuity of automatism. These are repetitions of past experiences, memories, and remembrances, now repeating themselves in a conditioned brain, in a conditioned intellect, expressing themselves as anxiety, chattering, restlessness, and worry. Looking at it, just looking at it, becoming aware of it represents bringing Attention to this moment.

I have been talking here on the channel about the importance of bringing Attention to this unconsciousness. Here we talk about Full Attention placed here, right now, on this pattern of unconsciousness. This pattern of unconsciousness is the human mind. Once there is Full Attention on this movement, which is the movement of the unconscious mind, this unconsciousness vanishes, and, when this happens, this pattern of repetition has a break in continuity, it has a continuity solution, and there is an end to this continuity because at that instant Something new has come into the spotlight.

This Something new is the presence of this Real Consciousness. When there is not this illusion of an experiencer, a thinker, an observer, of this element that is the “I” identifying itself with this condition of unconsciousness, when a thought arises, there is no thinker behind it; when a feeling arises, there is no one who feels behind that feeling; when worry arises, and there is not the “worried;” when a state of boredom arises but there is not the “bored;” when there is no sense of a present “I” separating itself to be the experiencer of this experience.

Notice, this experience is coming from the past, is just a memory, a recollection, a movement of continuity constantly placing an experiencer in it, an observer in it, a thinker in it, “someone” who feels this and, of course, who wants to do something about this pattern of the human mind, this pattern of the mind in the “I,” of egoic mind. When we do not put this element that separates itself from what arises here and now, when there is just an observation of the movement of this human mind, which is the mind of the “I” – just observing without intervening, interfering, getting involved – we now have this Real Attention, this True Attention, this Full Attention, this Mindfulness. So, there is no longer this continuity; there is a rupture.

I want to repeat this: there is that end to this psychological condition of the human mind because now we have this Attention. There is an understanding of this movement, which is the movement of the “I,” the movement of the egoic mind, and this movement of egoic identity. That is Self-Awareness, an approach to Real Meditation.

Here on the channel, we have two playlists focused on this, presenting it to you very clearly. We also have meetings. I want to invite you to see this up close. We have online meetings where people come in to ask questions, and we work with them on those questions. These are weekend online meetings. The WhatsApp link is in the description of the video, so you can join in and get closer to these meetings to work on this, the end of this sense of an “I,” of an ego for a life realized in God, where there is the Awakening of Consciousness, Spiritual Enlightenment, the Vision of your Being. We were born to realize this in this life. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. Here is my invitation for you.

I would like to remind you and also encourage you to leave a “like.” If this is something that really makes sense to you, write a comment: “Yes, it makes sense,” and subscribe to the channel. See you, okay?

Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Thunder of Silence | The conditioned mind | Master Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto has kindly joined us. Gratitude, Master, for this opportunity. Master, I'm going to read an excerpt from Joel Goldsmith's book, the book called “The Thunder of Silence,” which, in fact, was one of Joel's books that had the highest number of copies sold. And in a small excerpt here in the book, Joel says the following: “The conditioned mind generates our problems and sometimes this same mind can create the answer to the problem, but that is not what we are looking for.” Can you speak about it, Master?

MG: Problems. What is a problem? A problem is something that you come across and you don't know how to deal with that given thing. The question here, Gilson, is: what are problems? We have countless problems. Yes, we have countless problems, but it is this sense of someone, this movement of coming across something without understanding what it represents that turns that into a problem.

So, we have different problems as human beings: we have envy, we have fear, we have jealousy, we have ambition, we have different forms of suffering. These are all problems, but problems to whom? For a present entity, which is this “person I believe I am,” this “I,” which, when faced with this or that situation without understanding what it represents, gets in conflict with it. In this conflict, we have the problem.

If, for example, you are a mechanic and your car has a problem, that is not a problem. Yes, you have a situation to resolve, but you have the knowledge, the expertise. So, you can deal with it, and it doesn't actually constitute a problem. A difficulty, yes, not a problem. Thus, dealing with life requires an Understanding of Life. Here we are faced with a great difficulty, Gilson: we do not understand this Totality of Life as It is, what It represents, what It means.

Since we were children, we have been always dealing with situations in life without knowing what these situations represent. So, we grow old having problems, we spend a lifetime with problems, and these problems exist, exactly, in this sense of someone who wants to solve something they don't understand yet. So, we don't understand fear, we don't understand envy, we don't understand jealousy, we don't understand ambition, we don't understand suffering. So, we spend our entire lives in this absence of understanding what this represents and therefore suffering; and therefore, having problems.

Here, I want to say that a problem-free life is possible, but this requires a Vision of the Totality of Life, in which a new brain is present, not this conditioned brain, not this conditioned intellect, which we have had since childhood. What I want to say, Gilson, in other words, is: we can assume the Truth about who we are. This Truth about us is the Reality of God, and God carries no problems. This element in us that carries problems, that has problems, that sees itself in these dilemmas, coming into conflict with these different situations that arise – jealousy, envy, fear, ambition and every form of problem – this element is the “I” element, the ego element, is a false identity present.

So, all the problems in us consist of the illusion of a present identity, which is the “I.” The “I” lives in this psychological condition of being someone separating itself from life and asking something from life, demanding something from life, expecting something from life and, therefore, getting into conflict. That's why we carry fear, desire, jealousy, and envy, because this “I” lives in this model of separation and in conflict with life. It is never happy with what is shown here. So, it is typical, Gilson, of the nature of the ego, of the nature of the “I,” which is the conditioned mind, this conditioned brain, this conditioned intellect, to live with problems. When you embrace the Truth of your own Being, this sense of “I” falls away, so the problems also fall away, they are not present.

If you are free from envy, you cannot suffer from envy; if you are free from attachment to people, objects, situations, positions, social status, etc., if you are free from attachment, you cannot suffer from jealousy, you cannot suffer from envy, you cannot suffer from fear. The point is that, in the ego, all that this “I,” this “ego,” represents is this: it is attachment, it is desire, it is possession, it is control. This is fear, this is problem, this is suffering.

So, our work here, Gilson, consists of discovering the Truth about who we are. Assuming this Truth is putting an end to this sense of an “I” that is always wanting, seeking, demanding something from life and, therefore, suffering. Liberation in this life is possible... a Life in Love, a Life in Freedom, a Life in Peace, a Life where there is the Awareness of God's Truth. This Life is no longer the life of the “I,” it is no longer the life of the ego. This is the Life free from problems. It is the Life of the Sage. It is the Life of the Realized Being. It is the Life of one who, truly – and here I use the word with great emphasis –, has truly attained the Awakening of Consciousness. Not what some call out there “the awakening of consciousness,” I’m talking about something else. I'm talking about the end of the sense of an ego-identity, the sense of an identity present in experience, separating itself from life and carrying, naturally, suffering and problems. Then that's it! Clear?

GC: Master, it's funny how, in this proximity to the Master, we – I'm talking about myself, I don't even have an exact perception... but how, through this Grace, through this sharing of the Master's Consciousness, things are happening. Like, for example, I had a recent experience. Yesterday, I was with some friends, and they were talking about missing someone, about feeling the absence, and I was surprised because that issue, which used to cause suffering, no longer exists for me. I no longer feel the need to be with people or have that sense of longing or nostalgia for something. And then, to a small extent, I realize how liberating this State of the Master, this Natural State, is, because, in this proximity, in this immersion in Satsang, these situations are being investigated, and there are things that we don't notice and, when we realize, as I realized it yesterday, there is no longer this suffering that existed here, of longing, of wanting to be with some people. This is liberating!

MG: The reference, Gilson, the reference that the ego has, that the “I” has, is the reference of memory. What we haven't realized yet is that we are, in the ego, in the “I,” just a set of remembrances, of memories. The end of this condition of identity that identifies with memory is the end of suffering! See, it's not about losing your memory. You can have an accident and lose your memory; you can have an illness and lose your memory. This does not free you from this sense of an “I,” of a separate identity, and, therefore, of conflict and suffering. That's not what sets you free. What frees you from suffering, from conflict, is disidentification with memory.

Memory is a very natural functioning of the brain itself. It records and keeps memories. The whole point, Gilson, that I have said in these meetings, is that it is possible, yes, a life where you have your memory in its correct place. Memory in its correct place is the objective memory, not the subjective memory, the psychological memory. This psychological memory, this subjective memory, is one in which there is the illusion of an identity extracting, from this memory, life, egoic life.

Attachment consists of this. Attachment to memories consists of an identity clinging to a source of pleasure, vitality and life in that memory. This quality of memory can disappear and needs to disappear, because this quality of memory is the one that establishes the sense of an ego, of a separate entity and, therefore, of suffering. Pleasure and suffering go hand in hand. I would say that pleasure and pain, fear and pleasure go hand in hand. All of this is part of this psychological memory, and this is what disappears when you begin to become aware of a Reality that is your Being outside of the egoic mind, outside of this subjective memory, this memory of the “I.”

So, we make use of a functional, objective, practical memory, but not a subjective, psychological, egoic memory. Do you understand it? That's what we need to find out. Right now, we are making use of speech. This is remembrance, this is memory. Why having an ego, an entity, involved in this here and now? This is completely stupid! So, the “I,” the ego, is nothing other than this set of subjective, psychological memories to which it is clinging, surviving from these memories, carrying guilt, remorse, longing, and all kinds of feelings so particular that the ego has, that the ego knows. That's why, Gilson, people suffer from boredom, the pain of loneliness, anguish, depression, and anxiety. People live in this subjective memory, in this memory that is the memory of the “I.” That's exactly what happens. This is the point.

GC: Today I see how funny that is, Master, because these people that I had a great desire to be with, I know who they are, there is information about who they are. Now, this psychological background of the desire to be together, the longing, which generates suffering when you are not together, that is no longer there, it has disappeared! And it is pure Grace to truly free oneself from this prison, which is this psychological prison of thoughts, of ideas.

MG: This is a fascinating subject, Gilson, because... people suffer because they are people. And what does it mean to be, basically, a person? It is to be a set of memories, of remembrances, of responses that react based on the past. Life is something happening here and now, but if the sense of an “I,” of an entity, which is the ego, is present, one is not in that contact with Life as It is here and now, one is projecting, here and now, something one brings from the past. In other words, one is not in direct contact with this instant, one is someone in a time that thought has produced, what I have called psychological time. So it's here…

So, the ego lives like this, in this idea “I was,” “I am” and “I will be.” This is completely false, because there is no such thing as “I was,” “I am” and “I will be,” there is only this instant, and in this instant the ego does not enter. When it enters, it is to construct an imaginary illusion of a present entity, in what it calls “today,” “I am.” There is nothing like that!

So, Liberation, which is the Awareness of the Truth of your Being, is the Truth of That which is outside of time, and, outside of time, memory has no room. Memory outside of time is not necessary. We need memory to establish ourselves in time as a separate entity, as an “I” within experience, or, simply, we use memory in an intelligent, functional, practical way, but without this psychological prison of the ego. Your home address is a memory. Your name is also a memory. All of these are memories registered in the brain, but this does not create an entity, it does not create an “I,” it does not produce psychological suffering. But the image you have of someone is something else. The image you have of someone is an imaginary fantasy about that given person. It's just a very particular photograph of your ego, in this relationship with him or her, and that produces suffering. This quality of memory is the ego's quality of memory, what I just called subjective memory. Do you understand this?

Life as It is, you can live It without the sense of someone living in It. So, it is Life itself in this contact with him, with her, without image, without this psychological formulation of an identity, which is the ego. This is a Free Life, a Happy Life, it is a Life in Peace, it is a Life where the present is not a doorway to obtain something. In the ego, the present is just a door for you to go through and get to the future, to be someone gaining something from it. When there is this Reality of Being, Freedom is here and now, Happiness is here and now. So, you don't need a door to find Happiness, to be happy walking through that door. Then, this whole notion of time disappears: being happy tomorrow, having peace tomorrow, having love tomorrow, getting rid of guilt, the past... and there is no past, there is no future, there is only Beauty, Truth, Consciousness. This is now! A life free from the “I.”

GC: Master, and within this topic, we have a question here from Raymundo Fábio Alves. He asked the following on the Master's channel: “Your words and ideas convey clarity and Divine Light. Would you like to talk about how to deal with problems whose torments affect us now and tomorrow?”

MG: We just talked about this here. You only have a problem now when, right now, you are reacting with a background from the past. Here, I am referring to these problems that... it seems to me that you are clearly touching on these problems of psychological nature. Envy is something like that, jealousy, fear... All the internal states of conflict and contradiction present now reveal themselves here when this is not understood, when this is not seen as, in fact, what it is. So, let's calmly clarify this for you here.

The whole problem lies in the fact that, when faced with what is here, you bring a background of the past to, in the face of what is shown, do something. So, when you bring this past, which is this internal conflict, to deal with what is showing itself here and now, you have a problem, you are in conflict. We don't know, Gilson, how to deal with what is emerging here and now, which we call a problem.

I'll give you an example: if there is fear here and now, there is some form of fear, I need to observe that this fear is something that thought is bringing into this moment. It is always thought bringing into this moment an image of something it doesn't want, of something it wants to get rid of, of something it wants to resist, and that is fear. This fear is present because of the presence of thought. It is the thought present in this format of resistance, of trying to free oneself, of trying to fight against this remembrance, this memory, that is sustaining fear. Fear, basically, is thought.

So, thought is present and there is this movement of resistance, of struggle, of trying to free oneself. So, faced with thought and that response, there comes conflict, you have problem, you have fear. We don't know how to deal with the experience of thought because we are always bringing the idea of someone to ​​do something with that thought: getting rid of it, resolving it, attacking in a certain way, defending ourselves, protecting ourselves. This movement is a movement of separation, where there is this “I” and this memory and this thought. In this separation, there is conflict.

So, Gilson, we don't know how to deal with the experience, which here at the moment is fear, because we are always adding someone to experience it – to experience it in this way: resisting, fighting, struggling, wanting to do something –, then problem establishes itself, suffering establishes itself. Is there another way to approach this experience, which is thought, without placing this “I” in it? This “I” is the one who comes to experience this, is the one who comes to judge, try to get rid of it, do something with it. Is it possible to deal with this memory without putting someone inside it? This thing being seen without someone seeing it? This experience without placing an experiencer?

This way, Gilson, we eliminate separation. And when we eliminate the element “I” – which is the observer, which is the experiencer, which is the one that comes with this background – when we eliminate this from this image that appears, from this remembrance, from this memory, what happens with it? We have to look at this, we have to learn this art of simply observing what is shown here, without putting someone in that observation, seeing what is here without someone seeing it, observing without an observer.

I know this may seem very strange to you at first, but it's just a matter of a skillful approach. You know when you acquire a skill you didn't have and now you're able to do something you couldn't do? This approach to Meditation is a skill. The difference here is that in this skill you are not the one doing it. The very attention to this movement makes it natural. So, it's not a mechanical thing, it's not a technical thing, it's a natural thing to learn the art of not getting confused with the experience, of not putting the experiencer in the experience.

This is an extraordinary subject, Gilson, because here we have already touched on this aspect of True Meditation. Looking at this movement of the “I” when it arises to intervene, to interfere, to fight with experience, is Self-Awareness. This Self-Awareness is the real basis for True Meditation. In this True Meditation, there is no one meditating, there is the flow of Meditation, Meditation itself, which is this Consciousness taking its place. This is possible when there is this presence of Attention on this given situation that arises. That’s when the so-called “problem” falls apart, dissolves, because there is no possibility for fear without the fearful, for suffering without the sufferer. With the end of one, the other falls apart.

So, for the first time, we are discovering what it is to look without the “I”; For the first time, we are discovering that these problems, so-called “problems in us,” are present because there is this “I” element fighting, resisting, separating itself from and therefore continuing this element, which is the ego, this “me.” Is this clear?

GC: So great, Master, so great! Gratitude, gratitude. It's really like I've already said in several videocasts: the Master's speeches are truly revolutionary, they're indescribable. And, really, only by going beyond what the Master says, being in the presence of the Master to receive this State of True Meditation, is it possible to have some idea of ​​what the Master says in practice, in this experience.

We're done here, our time is over. Guys, you who are watching the video, leave a “like,” make comments, make questions for us to bring to the next videocasts, and, also, I renew the invitation to those who really want it, who burn inside, who burn in the heart, this desire to know God, who really wants to look at oneself, as the Master shows to us in this Self-investigation, this Real Meditation, so come to Satsang, come to the intensive weekend meetings, both online and also, with greater intensity, in person in Pernambuco, in the city of Gravatá (Brazil). So, here's the invitation. In the first comment, there will be a link to the WhatsApp group with information about the meetings. Master, gratitude for this videocast.

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Atma vichara. Illusion between observer and observed thing. How to overcome fear? What is the mind?

What is Atma Vichara? This is an expression of Ramana Maharshi. Ramana Maharshi was a Sage who lived in southern India and shared the Truth of this Being with those who approached him.

I want to talk about Atma Vichara. I've been calling this here on the channel the power of True Meditation. There is nothing quite like it. The approach to the Truth of Real Meditation is Atma Vichara. Atma Vichara means self-observation. And what is this self-observation? Some translate this as self-investigation, I prefer self-observation. What is this self-observation? It's an approach of yourself having a vision of the truth of how you work.

Human beings have been wondering how to control the mind, how to overcome fear, they have been asking how to observe the mind. Why is it important? Because without a vision of the truth about who you are, just have a look at the world and notice the condition the world is in. Not only this world made up of countries, nations, cities, and neighborhoods, but also this closer world.

Family, friends at work, our relationships between husband and wife, between parents and children, our relationships with each other, all of this constitutes this world, this “our world.” Without an understanding of the truth of who we are, of how we work, there is no Love, there is no Harmony, there is no Beauty, there is no Truth, there is no Freedom, there is no Happiness in these relationships.

So, the world is exactly what we are, what we present ourselves to be, what we demonstrate to be, what we appear to be. That's what the world is. The world around us is the world within us. A Divine approach, an approach to God, an approach to the Truth requires understanding ourselves. Everything we do when looking at the world, when interpreting the world based on what we believe it to be, has placed the world and ourselves within this condition.

I want to repeat this: there is no separation between the world and us. The world is us; we are the world. If there is confusion in this “me,” in this “I,” there is confusion in this world. Thus, discovering how we work is bringing into this life – in this context of our relationships with each other that constitutes the world – Harmony, Truth, Intelligence, and Comprehension.

We cannot give the world what we do not have. We cannot receive from the world anything other than what we are. If we are confusion, it is what we are giving to the world and it is what we are receiving from the world.

In our relationships with each other we want harmony, we want happiness, we want companionship, we want love, but what we are giving to the world is what we are receiving from the world. If there is confusion in this “I,” in this “me,” in this ego, in this person I believe I am, this is what I receive from the world, because this is what I give to the world, because this is what the world is, what I am.

Thus, the approach of Atma Vichara, of self-observation, shows you what the mind is and how to go beyond this condition of mind in the “I,” of personal mind, the mind of the world, the egoic mind. So, self-observation – which is Atma Vichara – is the Truth of Real Meditation, a quiet, silent brain, a mind free from patterns, which are the common patterns of the mind of the world, the “I” mind, the egoic mind.

What patterns are these? What is the mind, do we know it? The mind is what we carry within us with the weight of envy, violence, fear, all the characteristics of that center that separates itself, of that “I” that sees itself as a separate entity.

Notice, this is not confusing at all. It is very simple to observe and see how personal we are, how egocentric we are, how much we are tied to particular opinions, particular beliefs. This separates us from the other and places our relationship with the other in conflict, in a relationship where this self-interest. This merely personal interest makes us want the other to give us something, fulfill us in some way, satisfy us in some way, give us something.

There is always this condition of selfishness and therefore of fear in this world, in “our world,” in this world of this mind. Observing this movement of the “I,” perceiving this element that separates itself from the experience of the present moment to try something, to seek something, to do something with what it observes – this always puts us in a position to react to that instant, to react to that moment.

There is a difference between an action and a reaction. The movement of the “I” within us does not know an action. Action is what occurs in that moment, without this self-centeredness, without this self-interest, without this egocentrism. We are unaware of this. Our actions, our activities are egocentric and, therefore, they are reactive actions. Let's clear this up here to show you where the whole issue lies. In fact, that's the only problem we have.

What we have been saying in these meetings – and it may sound very strange to you – is that problems are illusory, but they are illusory if the sense of an “I” is seen as an illusion. If this becomes detached from us, if this sense of an “I” disappears, there are no more problems. All problems come from this “I,” this sense of an ego-identity that is reacting to this moment. Let's make this clear for you.

The sense of “someone” present, which is the “I,” is something coming from the past. All you have about the person you believe you are, is a set of images, a set of memories and remembrances, something from the past. There is a level of information that we have that comes from the past, that comes from memory, that is something practical, something functional, we need that.

On a certain level, we do need thinking. Note, every thought is something that comes from the past, it is a remembrance, it is a memory. Your name is a memory, your home address is a memory, your wife's name, your girlfriend's name, your son's name, this is memory and this is something practical, objective, functional, we need it here and now.

The world works like that. We work in life this way, so at this level memory is necessary. But there is also a quality of memory that gives this formation to this “I,” to this ego, to this person, and it is this set of memories that is shown here and now that makes me react.

So, our actions are egocentric activities because they are born from this quality of memory. It is the dysfunctional memory, it is the memory of the “I,” it is the memory of the ego, it is the memory of this mundane mind, this so-called “human mind.” It is the result of conditioning, programming, a way of happening that is always repeating itself.

I can give you one or two examples here and you will clearly understand what kind of memory this is. You told me something yesterday and I liked what I heard, and in this contact with you now, today – that happened yesterday, but I recorded those words –, I like you because you said kind words to me. So, this liking, for example, of this person who is you, is just an image that I bring back of someone I met yesterday. That someone is an image inside me.

So, notice, this quality of meeting at this level, at the level of the egoic mind, of memory, of this past, is a meeting between images. The image I make of you, I like it. This “I” is also an image I have of who I am. So, what I have about who I am is a set of images that I have of who I am, of what I have of myself, of all the experiences I have gone through – this I has gone through, this idea of ​​being “someone” has gone through this – and now this is here and this is the image I have of you.

So, this meeting is a meeting between people. People are nothing more than images to this “I,” and this “I” is nothing more than an image for them too. At this level, the quality of memory is egoic memory. So, our actions are born out of this type of memory: “I like you as long as you are kind to me, when you stop being kind to me I make another image of you,” “You are no longer someone I like, you are no longer someone I like, you are someone I don’t like.” “My liking,” “my not liking,” “my loving you or hating you” is a movement of memory and, therefore, is a reactive movement of the “I,” of the ego.

Understand what the ego is. What is ego? It's this movement of self-image, the image I have of you, the image you have of me. So, your name is a functional memory, it's a practical memory, it's an objective memory, but this self-image is a self-projection. I am projecting who you are, I believe I know who you are because of this image I have of you, I believe I know who I am because of this image I have of myself.

An approach to Atma Vichara, to self-observation, to the True Meditation, is to look at this movement of the mind and discard this movement of psychological memory, of the past, to deal with this moment free of this movement of thought – this movement of thought that I have called psychological time.

It is not objective memory, it is not practical memory, it is subjective memory, it is the imaginary memory of this “I.” Looking at this movement, becoming aware of this movement of the “I,” that’s the end of this movement. So, it is a contact with life in this moment free from this sense of separation of this “you and I.” We are free from the sense of duality, we are free from the sense of ego, we are free from the movement of memory reaction, so there is an action here and now.

I don't make an image of who you are, I don't record that, I don't record an image of who I am, so there is a contact free of this sense of separation, this sense of duality. So, there is no such thing as “you and I,” this is the end to this ego-identity, this is the end to this psychological memory of the ego. This is possible when there is an approach to self-observation, to observing the movement of the mind without the observer, this look without the “I,” relating without this image.

Our work here is to discover a life free from problems and, therefore, free from suffering. Such a life is a life free of the “I.” I want to repeat it to you: problems are present as long as the sense of “I” is present, problems are present within that sense of “I” which is present. Without this sense of an “I” that separates itself at that moment from this experience of living, there is only life. There is no longer that element that separates itself and, therefore, it does not create conflict, it does not create problems, it does not create difficulties.

So, our work here is to look at this movement of the “I.” This awareness of self-observation of this movement we call Atma Vichara or True Meditation. Here on the channel, we have a playlist about this Truth of True Meditation in a practical way, how to realize That in this life.

The approach to Self-Awareness is part of this, this self-discovery of the Truth of your Being, free from this movement of thought. So, it's not about controlling thought, it's about discovering the truth about this movement. This is the end of the movement of the “I,” it is the end of the movement of this psychological thought, this psychological condition of separation, of duality. It is the end of the illusion between the observer and the observed thing.

This is our work here within this channel. We also have online meetings on weekends – you can find our WhatsApp link in the video description. We have face-to-face meetings and we also have retreats. And here is the invitation for you. If this is something that makes sense to you, so, please, leave a like, subscribe to the channel and we'll see you, ok? Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

September, 2023
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Religious Life. Psychological Freedom. How to realize God? Divine Truth. Truth of Wisdom.

We are discovering the Truth of unlearning. That's it, unlearning! We are learning how to unlearn. We need to have an approach to the Truth of what we are, not what we believe to be. That is what, in general, we have from what we know. So, we know who the other is, who we are, and what life is. The idea we bring is this knowledge.

Here in these meetings, we are unlearning this knowledge. We are getting closer to the Truth, to the Understanding of who we are. Studying ourselves requires unlearning what we believe ourselves, others, and life to be. So, we are here approaching a Vision, a Revelation of the Truth of Wisdom, the Divine Truth, the Truth of God. That becomes possible when we discover the art of being Presence and Consciousness. That requires this unlearning.

Look at the life around you, and you will notice that everything you have from others, the world, and yourself in this relationship with this existence is beliefs, concepts, and ideas. That is what we believe we know. So, we need to unlearn, unlearn this knowledge. We need to discover the Truth about this so-called “knowledge”; and we find out this when we strip ourselves of this knowledge, this set of opinions, beliefs, ideas, concepts, and prejudices about life, others, and ourselves.

So, the work here consists of discovering the Divine Truth, this encounter with the Real Truth of Being that is Happiness, Love, Truth, Grace, and Beauty. People use the expression “communion with God.” If you do not understand the Truth about who you are, you have no true approach to the Truth about God. Everything you have about God is what you also have about others, about life, and about the world: ideas, a set of opinions, formulations, conclusions, and beliefs. That is what we have from each other, from life, from the world, from ourselves, and from God.

Thus, this contact with the Truth of our Being reveals this Grace, this Beauty, this Freedom, and this Real Happiness. When we approach in a very clear way... but, in general, we do not have this clarity, this authenticity, a true honesty for this approach. No matter how short this moment of clarity and honesty that in some moments we have in this contact with each other, we perceive that there is no Beauty, no Freedom. What is always present is conflict, disagreement, opinions, beliefs, conclusions, and personal ideals. It separates us, divides us, distances us from each other, and puts us in division, contradiction, and, therefore, in conflict in our relationships. There is no Love, no Compassion.

Here, we are working with you to end this condition by saying that a Real life is not a personal life. Real life is the true Religious life, in the sense that Religious life is not the life of religious practices. In general, we mistake Religious life for attending churches, temples, mosques, and so-called “religious” spaces, where there are ceremonies, rituals, teachings, and doctrines. We believe that contact with Religious life, contact with the Sacred, is contact with ceremonies, rituals, doctrines, sacred books, prayer practices, prayers, and songs.

Real religious life is one where the Truth of your Being reveals itself, here and now, as the Divine Reality, the Reality of God. That is the Presence of Real life in God. That is not the idea we have, “God with me,” or “God and I.” There is no such thing as “God and I”! Reality is the Divine Reality; the only one Reality in everything is the Reality of God. This sense of an “I” is of a person seeking or searching for this so-called “communion.” But what is this person? What is this “I”? What is the truth of this “I”?

This “I” is self-centered, self-interested, searching for something to obtain, achieve, get, to accomplish something for itself. This movement of the “I” is always personal, centered on this sense of separation from the other, life, and God. What is this “I”? What is the truth about this “me”? A set of images, memories, remembrances… the result of political, spiritualist, philosophical, and religious propaganda. That is the “I,” the result of a tradition, inheritance of humanity, human culture, and psychological conditioning. This sense of an “I” is present, loaded with fear.

This quest, this search, this attempt of yours to reach and find God… what is the reason behind this? You are boring and suffering. You are full – in addition to all this egocentric movement so common in this illusory center that is the “I,” the ego – you are full of fear. That drives you to this so-called “search for Truth.” All we want in the ego is to get rid of suffering, confusion, psychological disorder, anguish, existential void, loneliness, and this fear; and, therefore, we apply ourselves to rituals, ceremonies, and religious practices. However, the interest is always personal and egocentric. All of this is upheld by egocentrism and fear.

Here we are working with you to end the illusion of the “I” in this contact with others, life, and God, in which this “I” is not present. So, this Reality of God, the Divine Truth of your Being, encompasses the other, the world, and life. That is the real Religious life; the true Religious life is the absence of this “I” and, therefore, this egocentric movement of being someone. When there is true religion, a true Religious life, there is no fear, suffering, self-interest, egocentrism, confusion, and disorder.

It is no longer about continuing a life in contradiction, where you are one at home, the other at work, and another at church or in your religious space. It is not about this external aspect of religiosity, this apparent aspect of religious life, but an internal state of psychological Freedom, where the Presence of Being, which is Consciousness, is Meditation.

Meditation is the absence of someone present in this instant, in this moment, in this living. That eliminates rituals, practices, ceremonies, and all these external aspects, the external apparatus of religiosity. It is something present when life no longer brings any contradiction among thinking, feeling, and acting. So, there is no more contradiction. The Truth of your Being is the Truth of God. That is Religious life. It is no longer the life of the “I,” the ego, the person, that in this fear and illusion, in the presumption of being someone, is looking for something to temporarily be relieved of all this weight and all this suffering.

Look at this movement of thought within you, as well as feelings, emotions, and your very particular way of relating to those closest to you. Become aware of words, gestures, and what moves you to say. What is this internal movement of feeling and what motivates you to do this in contact with others and those around you? Being aware of this movement of the “I,” of the ego, this sense of an identity that separates itself from the other, from life, from the Truth, from God. Become aware of this “I,” have an approach to this study of yourself, this direct look with real clarity, with genuine intention to observe this movement and end this sense of ego-identity present at this moment. This is truly an approach to Religious, Divine life in God.

This is what we work with you here, our proposal to you within this channel. The Awareness of the Reality of your Being, which is the Reality of God, is the answer to questions like: “How do I get rid of fear?” “How do I get rid of anxiety?” “How do I get rid of envy?” “How to get rid of selfishness?” “How to realize God?” The answer to all of this is something that is within this Realization of what you are in your Being, when there is an emptying of all this psychological content of being someone within this instant, within this moment.

Thus, we abandon all this theoretical, intellectual, verbal and apparent aspect of the appearance of moral life, ethical life, life so called “spiritual” or “religious,” for a deeply Religious life, where there is this Truth of Being, which is Love. And when Love is present, Truth is present. That is something beyond this illusory apparently ethical, moral and religious stance that the ego disguises, all of this disappears when this life, a Real life, is a life Free from this sense of separation, free from the ego. Are you with me?

How do we approach this? Looking at this movement of the mind, this thinking, this feeling. Observing yourself – just observing, becoming aware of this movement, which is the movement of the “I” – this nullifies the condition of identity repeated in this model of egoic continuity. Therefore, the revelation of Self-awareness undoes this condition of egoic centering. That destroys this sense of “I.” When there is this approach to the Truth of Self-awareness, you have attention, at this instant, on yourself. Then, this internal model of thinking, feeling, and acting undergoes a radical transformation, a radical change. That is the art of learning about yourself, discovering the Truth of your Being, becoming aware that the only Reality present is the Reality of Love, Compassion, and Truth. The only Reality is the Reality of God, so there is no longer you and the other.

That is true Religious life, a Religious mind, a Religious heart, a feeling, thinking, and movement in life in Grace, Compassion, and Beauty. That is our topic here on the channel. Some call this “the Awakening of Consciousness,” “Spiritual Enlightenment,” or “Spiritual Awakening.” If this makes sense to you, I want to invite you – there is our WhatsApp link here in the video description. We have online meetings on the weekends. You can join our group and get closer to these meetings. In addition, we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats. Does it make sense to you? So, leave your “like,” subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: “Yes, it makes sense.” OK? Thanks for the meeting, and see you.

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Nature of Being | Real Happiness | The Awakening of Consciousness| Emotional Dependence

The question is: how to be happy? Here we are before a very interesting question. After all, what does happiness mean to you? Because, in general, people ask: “How to be happy?” We have an image, a concept, and an idea about what it means to be happy, and for most people, being happy involves moments of pleasure, satisfaction, or accomplishment on some level.

So, when we touch on the issue of happiness here, perhaps we are talking about something else. Here, we are signaling, pointing out to you What we consider Real Happiness and Real Happiness are not happy moments. For most people, to be happy or to know happiness is to have moments of pleasure, satisfaction, fulfillment, gratification, or accomplishment on some level. Then, at the moment of this accomplishment, there is this so-called moment of “happiness.” For most people, happiness consists of having happy moments, so people ask: “How to be happy?” They identify happiness with these moments.

Here we are working with you on the end of the illusion of this sense of “someone” being present, which represents something entirely different from “being happy.” That means the end of suffering, psychological suffering, egoic suffering, or the identity of an “I” present in suffering. So, the end of suffering is the end of the “I.” In my viewpoint, this is Real Happiness. It is not something that comes and goes that appears here and now and then goes away – as it happens with happy moments.

Yes, you are happy on your wedding day. Yes, you are happy when your first child is born, when you buy your first car, when you win the lottery, and when you become a millionaire, you are happy. Now, in no one of these moments, you do have the Reality of Happiness precisely because at those moments, you are happy, and the next moment, you are not anymore.

Happiness is the Nature of Being, the Nature of your True Consciousness. Your Real Consciousness is Happiness. So, how do the Sages deal with this? How do the Sages treat this issue of Happiness? In the vision of the Sages, Happiness is not a state that comes and goes; it is the Nature of Being that is beyond these states we know.

The states we know are within – all of them – the known, within the experience for the one who experiences. While the one who experiences is present in this given experience, if it is of pleasure, joy, fulfillment, satisfaction, or accomplishment, then, yes, there is at that instant a happy moment. But we are dealing with something known, within time, a time already recognized by the experiencer.

Notice that the pursuit of desires is rooted in the pursuit of this so-called “happiness,” this so-called “ordinary happiness,” or this “common happiness.” So, people are on a search for happiness, so much so that they also ask: “How to find that happiness?” because, for them, it is something they can find; it is just a matter of time, planning, effort, and work and they will achieve it at some point.

In this way, we are continually dealing with the aspect of what is known, which is the happiness that the experiencer – who is the “I” – can recognize; we always deal with this factor, which is the factor of time for the accomplishment of this, for the execution of this. That is always the sense of an “I” present in the experience of this so-called “happiness.”

Human beings, yes, search for something beyond this condition of routine, repetition, boredom, and continuity that life is. However, they are looking for this within sensations, new experiences – experiences of pleasure, experiences of fulfillment.

Here is where we come across a misunderstanding because, no matter how great these achievements, satisfactions, or pleasures that come from these experiences are, it is something for this “I,” which is the experiencer, the ego; something found and recognized by the “I” itself, so it is something that is part of what it already carries within it, as a project of personal fulfillment. Then, that cannot be happiness. It results in moments of pleasure, in happy moments.

What is the truth about Happiness? Happiness is What is, by nature, immutable. Thus, we are no longer talking about pleasure, sensation, or experience; it cannot be something in time recognized by that “I,” that experiencer. So, for the question “How to be happy?” We need to understand, first and foremost, what it means To Be. Because if our idea is to be happy in states where the “I,” the experiencer is, we will always be within this condition of living experiences of pleasure, satisfaction, and accomplishment.

Another curious aspect of this issue, of this so-called “happiness” that the “I,” the experiencer knows, is that it carries another side. All accomplishment, fulfillment, and pleasure, as it is something happening in time and sought by the “I,” still hides dissatisfaction, incompleteness, an absence, a lack; so we seek this because of desire, which is suffering.

Another aspect of the encounter with this so-called “happiness” is that the other side of this pleasure is the pain, and we already bring them together for this experience. So, this “I,” this ego in its dissatisfaction, finds satisfaction; this “I,” this ego in its pain, finds pleasure; in its state of restlessness, finds something that momentarily calms it, but it is something sought by the “I,” by the ego itself, so this cannot be Real.

This pleasure still carries its opposite, which is pain. This fulfillment still brings the opposite, which is this lack. So, notice how simple this is. There will never be full satisfaction in the ego because it is the dissatisfaction of the experience in its own satisfaction. There will never be eternal pleasure in the “I,” in the ego because it is the pain of the experiencer, the pain of pleasure in the experience. All this needs to be investigated and understood.

Then, we can discover the Nature of Being, the Nature of the Truth about who we are, and thus realize Real Happiness. So, our goal together is to go deeper into this with you. We can only verify the Truth of Happiness when we have the correct basis for it, and it is the Revelation of the Truth of this one who wants to be happy, who is looking for happiness and asking how to find happiness.

Another word that could very well replace the word “happiness,” once we understand what it really means, is the word “love.” Notice that we do not know what love is either. In our relationships, we have satisfaction, pleasure, kindness, care, and affection; all of this is present in our relationships with the “loved one,” but the “loved one” is here as an ideal we seek, at some point search for, and what we pursuit and find to be an ideal of ourselves, of that “I” itself, is still part of that sense of ego-identity, part of that sense of separateness.

In this encounter, we call it “love” because that is the name we know for this affection, this care; however, it carries, along with all these words, dependence, neediness, the suffering of not being able to have more, to see more and feel more the other, their presence, their attention and also their affection from there to here, their care from there to here. So, there is this game, in fact, of mutual emotional, sentimental, and psychological dependence, and we call this “love.” That is what we know in our human relationships, in those precious moments we call “love.”

We write poetries and books; we compose lyrics; we put music to these lyrics, always talking about this “love” I feel for the other. We do not see the hidden game in this. The sense of a present “I” that fulfills itself on this contact, that depends on this contact, suffers if this contact despises, ignores, or does not give any relevance to it..

So, what we have within this so-called “love” is mutual dependence. When there is deception, some form of lie – which happens very easily in relationships between egos amid people – then jealousy, spite, fear, aggression, violence, mental violence, verbal violence, and even physical violence arise. This so-called “love” is embedded in conflict.

So, in this so-called “love,” we have the presence of suffering. Suffering prevails in this so-called “love,” so this is not Love. The truth is that we do not know what Happiness is and what Love is either, and we are looking for both in our own way, externally, from the outside. Without a direct understanding of the Truth about who we are, we believe we can find it from the outside.

So, what are we seeing here together? We are investigating the Nature of the Truth about who we are, the Nature of God, Happiness, and Love. If this is found here, in the relationship with the other, Love is present, but there is no more mutual dependence, attachment, fear, or suffering.

If Love is here, your life has that fragrance, that perfume, that beauty. If Happiness is here, it no longer depends on situations or circumstances; it is not something that changes, that happens because of an external accomplishment, an encounter with something outside. Happiness is something present now. It is no longer the search for pleasure, fulfillment, and satisfaction. All right?

That is what we are working on here with you. That is possible when there is the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Enlightenment. There are many different names for this, but it is the end of the “I,” the Realization of your Being, the Realization of God.

We work on it here on the channel, and we also have weekend meetings. I'd like to invite you to take a closer look, to work with us on weekends. We have online meetings, and the link is in the video description. You can join our group and find out more about these meetings. In addition, we have face-to-face meetings and retreats where we work on this with you. Here is the invitation, and let us Realize this Truth of Real Happiness and Real Love in our lives, OK?

Here's the invitation and see you. Thanks for the meeting. Take the opportunity to leave your “like,” subscribe to the channel and let's work on this together, OK? Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

August, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | The Art of Spiritual healing | True Knowledge | Master Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto has kindly joined us to answer questions and provide comments on excerpts from Joel's books that I read here. Gratitude, Master, for this opportunity. Master, I want to read an excerpt today from Joel's book, one of Joel's main books, which is “The Art of Spiritual Healing.” In a short excerpt, Joel says: “Now I have only one problem: To really know God, because to know Him is to have eternal life. Once I know God, it means saying goodbye to all problems.” Can you tell us a little about [this], Master?

MG: There is something here, Gilson, that we have to clarify for you. Knowing God... The idea in us is that of knowing God, we need to know God. However, we don't know who we are, but we want to know God. How can we know God without first knowing the Truth about who we are? We don't know who we are because what we have about ourselves is an idea. We don't know the Truth about ourselves and we want to know the Truth about God, about who God is. The result of this is, because of this misunderstanding of who we are, we hold within us every form of belief about who God is.

The misunderstanding about who we are is the belief about who we are, about who we believe ourselves to be. So we have this belief about us. And based on this belief about us – and this is the problem here – we project an ideal, which is the divine ideal, which is God's ideal. So, we need to know God.

So, we need to investigate this, understand this, clarify this. The truth is, “Who am I?” Without understanding who we are, what we will always hold within us is an illusion.

Belief about God is an idea, it is an intellectual concept, it is an image that we formulate. This image is an image that we learn in our culture, in our world, where we were born and raised, in our country or in some countries where there is this belief in God. On top of this belief in God, we are trying to discover where He is, but we have not been told the most important thing regarding this discovery, this so-called Truth, which is the Truth of God. We were not told that, first, we need to know ourselves. It is understanding who You are, or discarding the illusion about who you believe yourself to be, that will truly give you a Vision of God's Reality.

So, here, knowing God is discovering the Truth about who we are. In this discovery about who we are, this Reality shows itself, and this Reality is not knowledge, in the intellectual sense of the word; it is a vision of Reality, where this Reality that we call God shows itself to be this Reality that we are. So, the Truth about God is the Truth about who we are.

The discovery of the Truth about our own Being is the Realization of the Reality of God, because there is no such thing as this “I,” there is no such thing as this “God” that this “I” projects. There is only one Present Reality. This Reality we have called God, but this is the only Reality. There is no “I” separate from this Reality, there is no such thing as God and “I,” there is only this Reality, which is the Divine Truth, which we call God.

The Awareness of God is the end to this illusion of an “I,” which sees itself as a separate entity, which sees itself as someone who needs to know God. There is no such duality, there is no such thing as “I” and God, there is no such thing as a knower becoming aware of what is known – that known being “God” and that knower being “I.” This is an illusion, this is a formulation of the intellect.

Our intellect, Gilson, is an intellect conditioned by patterns of beliefs, and one of these beliefs is the belief in God. It is necessary to become aware of this Reality, and not continue in this belief, carrying this sense of an identity, always searching for God or always trying to discover God.

Another point made here by Joel – and we have to review this – is that the end of this problem, of this “I,” is the Reality that there is only God. So, it's not about solving problems, it's about the Awareness of Truth that there is no problem, the Awareness of Truth that God is the only Reality present and, in that Reality, there is no contradiction, there is no conflict, there is no suffering, there is no fear, there is no problem. So, the True Knowledge of God is the Awareness of the Unknown, but this Awareness of the Unknown is not the awareness of this “I,” it is the Revelation of that Mystery, when the sense of a “I” is not present.

The truth of it is that we cannot reach This intellectually. It is possible for us to become aware of this Reality that there is only God, but the What becomes aware of this is God himself. When God assumes the reality of this body-mind, What is present is this Awareness: the Awareness of the Unknown.

So, we have contact with It through Meditation. In the practice of meditation, we reaffirm the existence of a separate entity searching for God, trying to reduce the volume of thoughts, trying to control thoughts, trying to do something to get rid of thoughts, and thus achieve contact with God. In this illusion of this so-called “meditation practice,” as people practice it, there is still this separation of this “I,” which is the knower, in search of what it is seeking to know, which is the known, which is God. This can't be real!

What the “I” does is project an ideal of God and seek through prayer, meditation or some other expedient, such as a ceremony, a ritual, to have a contact and, thus, the knowledge of That which is this Reality that is beyond the known, which is the Reality of God, and that is unfeasible, that is impossible.

True Meditation, Real Meditation, as I have called it, correct Meditation, is the awareness of the absence of the one who meditates, so this Divine Truth shows itself, presents itself. This is the Awareness of God!

So, it’s not about knowing God, it’s about God taking His place, when that “I” is no longer present, as occurs in True Meditation, as we have been telling within the channel. We need this art of being Presence, of being Consciousness. This art is the art of True Meditation in an experiential way, and that is what gives you the Revelation of God, but it does not give this Revelation to this “I.”

Here, we are faced with this paradox: this Truth reveals itself when this “I” is no longer present, because the Truth of God is the end of this “I.” So, there is no longer this duality.

All this language of ours is very complicated, because we use and make use of a dualistic language to talk about something outside of duality, and this is the confusion we make intellectually when we are reading books, when we are studying the scriptures, when we are listening to a lecture ... We need to discard all that and come into direct contact with this Truth, which is the Truth of Real Meditation. This is what reveals that there is only God. It reveals itself, and when This is present, there is no more suffering, there is no more problem, there is no more conflict, there is no longer any form of illusion. This is the point!

GC: Master, it's very complex for a person, someone with this intellect – and speaking of myself, who was on a search, wanting to intellectualize things –, it's perplexing to see that this “disappearance of the I,” as happened with you, Master, because the Master talks about this Natural State. Looking with human eyes, many people may think that there is a person called Marcos Gualberto, who is speaking, who knows... but, as I come in this proximity with the Master, I see that it is really something... it is this flow of life, and that... [from] these concepts of words, the mind can only, really, add a new concept – that there is only God, that everything is an illusion –, and it feeds on that and maintains itself with that.

Now, being able to witness and see that it is real, it is possible to really have a completely free life, like the Master has, because the Master is no longer a person with this ego-intellect identity, that is really indescribable, Master, it is something that humans have no comparison to. And it is a Grace to be able to have this proximity with you, to be able to have this opportunity to be in Satsang and be in the meetings, because it is something that is really possible to have a free life, free from this sense of an “I.”

MG: The truth about this, Gilson, is that there is no one now, for example, here. You talk in a way as if this were something very special, and in reality, this is something very natural and is already happening. Right now, you are listening to this speech, but you believe that you are here in this experience, in this “listening.” This is where all the illusion is, this is where this illusion resides. This is what a work of self-inquiry, of self-investigation, of True Meditation, shows you: that there is no such thing, that this idea of ​​someone present in this “listening,” or in this experience of being here and now, is a fraud, an illusion.

So, it's nothing special, it's something natural! But we leave That, which is so natural, and we are left with the artificiality of a conditioned intellect, where (in that intellect) there is the illusion of an “I” that separates itself, in this idea of ​​“I am listening this, I am speaking, I am seeing.” This separation between the speaker and the sound is an idea, a belief. He who listens and the sound is an idea. This separation is just an intellectual concept, an intellectual conditioning.

So, we have been conditioned within this sense of duality, where there is “I and experience,” “I speak and you listen,” “I” listen, “I” speak, “I” feel, “I” do... It's always that “I” in this movement.

This duality is not real, there is only Life now happening here, but there is this movement that comes from the past, which is a belief, which is a conditioning, which says “I think,” “I speak,” “I listen,” “I feel”... It's conditioning! There is only this Truth flowing here and now, and in It there is no “I” separating itself from the present moment. It separates itself from this moment when it looks at this moment and interprets it, saying: “I am thinking,” “I am feeling,” “I am doing.” It is the sense of an ego-identity, of an identity that separates itself from experience. This is a psychological conditioning, it is an illusory movement of separation, where you see yourself separate from the other, separate from experience, separate from life, and separate from God.

The problem with this is that, in this condition, you are in conflict, you are in suffering, you are trying to change, shape, adjust life to a proposal, which is the proposal of this “I,” which is the result of conditioning that comes from the past, that, when faced with this present moment, is judging, evaluating, rejecting, trying to change... And when this is present, conflict is established, suffering is established. This is the sense of an ego-identity.

So, Gilson, this Reality of being what You are is already present. You need to become aware of this, discarding this background conditioning, which is this movement of an illusory present identity, which judges, criticizes, condemns, evaluates, rejects, or wants to do something with what is here and now. This is the end of the ego, this is the end of this “I,” this is the end of the illusion of a duality. In that instant, That which is present is the Truth of your own Being, which is the Truth of God. This is the Real Revelation of what God is! It's not about knowing God, it's about being still and allowing God to reveal Himself as He is, here and now, when that “I,” that sense of an identity that comes from the past, is no longer present here and now. That´s it.

GC: Master, it is pure Grace! It is truly beyond every concept, beyond every idea. Master, on this subject, there is a question here from Nadir da Rocha Correia. She asks the following: “My ego understands everything you say, but why can't I get out of this illusion?”

MG: Once again, here, we are under that big mistake, when you say: “My ego understands everything you say.” This intellectual understanding of a speech like this just shows us that we already had, at some point, some intellectual contact with it, so it is simple to have an intellectual understanding of a subject that we already have, that we already know. But here the point is that we don't need to have an intellectual understanding of this subject. All we need is to Recognize the Truth of That which we are, and That is not intellectual.

So, it is not enough to have an intellectual view of this subject. At most we can, within this intellectual vision, agree with this or intellectually disagree with what is being said here. And the subject we are dealing with is something to be investigated and understood, not intellectualized. Therefore, an understanding shows you the Truth of what is being stated here. Understanding will show you the Reality of it or not. When there is understanding, it becomes clear that we are not dealing with ideas, with beliefs, but with a Reality that is beyond the intellect. So, when there is this vision that is not intellectual, this non-verbal understanding becomes clear.

So, it's not about understanding the subject. Agree with it or look at the subject and disagree with it. Here, it is a matter of becoming aware of a Direct Comprehension of That which is being pointed out here as a Reality that is outside the mind, outside the intellect, outside this intellectual movement in us.

So, approaching this encounter here requires work on oneself. Something touches you on a level outside the intellect, then this Understanding arises, and in this Understanding the experiential Truth of It becomes clear. There is no room for belief or disbelief, for certainty or doubt on a subject like this.

That's interesting to say, Gilson. People want to have an approach to a subject that is outside the mind, outside the intellect, through the mind and the intellect. That's why people spend years of their lives reading books, studying, learning, and they know everything intellectually, but, in fact, they know absolutely nothing in an experiential and direct way, because This is not in the field of ideas, in the field of words, in the field of thoughts. This is not in the field of the intellect, in the field of the mind. This requires a perception outside the intellect, outside the mind.

So, this is not something that you can achieve here by studying, reading books... You will read all the books in the world, you will use all the mental, intellectual techniques or practices – and this is something purely mechanical... You will continue within this time, which I have called “psychological time,” which is the time of ego, of the “I,” the very intellect, the own mind, of the ego-identity itself.

Something new needs to appear in your life, which is the presence of the Realization of your Being, something possible when there is this approach to the Truth of Self-awareness and True Meditation in an experiential way, which is what we have proposed within these meetings that we call Satsang, which is a Sanskrit word for “encounter with Truth.” OK?

GC: Master, now I see how funny it is, but I myself, when approaching you, Master, the only possibility that existed for an understanding was not an understanding, it was an idea. That is, wanting to understand, wanting to match with what I already knew. And then, through this closeness with the Master, with Satsang, with these intensive meetings, this Divine Grace starts happening, unfolding, and we – I speak for myself – really have a comprehension that it is not in our understanding – “ah, I understood that there is only God!” or “I understood that I am an illusion” – but, rather, as the Master brings us so much, in this self-investigation, looking at ourselves, verifying this illusion. Can the Master talk a little more about this self-investigation to us?

MG: Our emphasis, Gilson, here, is not on finding the Truth, because it is not a movement from here to there, it is a Realization here. It's not about finding God, finding the Truth, finding the Light. It's about realizing what's here, right now. All you need is to become aware of what is happening to you here and now, to investigate the nature of the mind, the nature of the “I,” the nature of this pain, this suffering, this fear, this conflict, this contradiction, this sense of separation between you and the other.

Observing yourself, studying yourself, is to clear the ground for this Truth, for God, for this Light, which is already here and now, to reveal itself. If you have a closed house, closed doors and windows, there is no light, but if you open the door and open the window, you will find that the room is lit, the house becomes illuminated. What happened? Was the problem due to the absence of light or the closed house, with the doors closed and the window closed? If the windows are closed and the door is closed, there is no light, but if the window is opened and the door is opened, the light that is already present reveals itself, because the Light of this Sun of this Divine Reality is already present.

There is no lack of God in your life, there is no lack of Truth in your life, there is no lack of Light in your life. This “your life,” in this idea of ​​the particular life of this “I,” is a house with the window closed and the door closed. So, it's not about finding God, it's about being still and no longer confusing yourself with the illusion of a separate identity, creating conflict for yourself.

So, with the end of this illusion of an ego-identity, which is this “I,” this sense of separation, – and this is possible when there is this “investigating oneself,” “studying oneself” –, this Reality that is the Light, God, the Truth, reveals itself. This is already here, but it is not shown here and now because what is shown here and now is this illusory identification with this false “I,” with this false identity, with this illusion of someone having a personal, private life, in control of it and doing everything the way, in this illusion, it has determined to do. All that ends and that Reality shows itself. So, here it is about becoming aware of yourself, studying yourself and realizing the Truth here and now. That's it.

GC: Master, namaste. Our time has come to an end. Gratitude for this meeting, this videocast, this Satsang, this encounter with Truth. For those of you who are watching the video, leave a “like,” make a comment, you can ask questions here, which we will bring in the next videocasts, and, also, we invite anyone who wants to delve deeper into this self-investigation, through the Satsang meetings, which are weekend intensives with the Master and also retreats. It is an extraordinary opportunity for this deepening. In fact, here in the first comment, pinned, will be the link to the WhatsApp group with information about Satsang.

Gratitude, Master, gratitude.

MG: Okay, see you soon.

August, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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