Very good! Here we are talking to you about what consciousness is, what the mind is and what thinking is. These three subjects are topics discussed here on the channel, as well as several other subjects that we are investigating with you. And why do we do this? Because these subjects are very important issues within this proposal here on the channel.
What are we working on with you here on the channel? We are working to end the illusion of this present “I,” this ego, this sense of “someone” in life, here, in this present moment. This is the end to suffering, to anxiety, to depression, to anguish, to all these situations of psychological unhappiness that we know. Your encounter with the Divine Truth, your encounter with the Truth of Being, with the Truth of God is the end for conclusions of the type “my consciousness,” “my mind,” “my I.” So, this is what we are dealing with here with you – also “my thoughts.” See, this is all something significant here.
So, let's work with you now on this issue of consciousness, let's take a closer look at this. People have been talking about this, about what consciousness is, because that's the question: what is consciousness? And then comes the description. There are many books talking about what consciousness is and we have divided consciousness into unconscious, conscious, subconscious, and so on; we speak of “my consciousness”. And here we are addressing the question of simple human consciousness.
What is human consciousness? Let's not get stuck in more technical words and terms because we leave that to the experts. What is this human mind, this “my mind?” Is there such a thing? What is this human consciousness? Is there such a thing as “my consciousness”? See, we are dealing here with human consciousness, this, yes, is this consciousness in me, it is the consciousness in you, it is the consciousness in everyone. We are dealing with the human mind; it is the mind common to everyone.
How does the mind work? How does consciousness work? Consciousness is basically a movement of thoughts within each of us. This is what we call consciousness. Being aware of the experience of the moment, seeing yourself as someone who identifies with that experience, this is something possible when there is this movement of thought that recognizes. The recognition of this experience from thought is what we call consciousness, this is the sense of being conscious, of being aware, and this is human consciousness; a consciousness trapped in a pattern, a model of existence, where we know very well what is present in this model of human consciousness: anxiety, anguish, fear, depression, envy, jealousy, possession, control, and suffering. We also recognize within this consciousness some so-called “positive” aspects of this human life, of this life in all of us: pleasure, joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction.
We carry these aspects, the positive ones – in short: pleasure – and the negative ones – in short: pain –, so on one side we have suffering in this human consciousness and on the other side we have pleasure, and all of these are aspects of this consciousness in us, this is human consciousness. The question is: can we go beyond this condition of human consciousness to something unknown, this pattern of pleasure and pain, beyond this pattern of positive and negative aspects within this “my consciousness,” this “my thought,” this “my mind,” this of this “my I”? Can we discover something beyond that? This is what we are working with you here within this channel; we are signaling to you the Liberation of this “I” and, therefore, the Liberation of this human consciousness.
What is beyond this human consciousness? What is the Reality when this so-called “human consciousness” – or this mind as we know – is no longer present? We have to first investigate what this mind is, how we have been working, what this consciousness is, how we are working within it. Notice, it is always within a principle of separation, of duality, it is always in an idea of a present “I” feeling these positive and negative aspects and claiming to be conscious of them – of these aspects –, it is always the sense of a present “I” in this movement of thought saying that you are conscious of these thoughts.
What are these thoughts? Notice, what is thought? Thought is basically memory. All the experiences you went through you recorded at some point, this became memories, remembrances, and memories within you. Is a life free from this condition possible, where we are free from this model of identity, which is the “I” living these aspects of consciousness – the positive and the negative – and these aspects of this mind loaded with this memory, with this model of memory? Is there anything else besides that? That's what we're investigating here with you.
The Reality of your Being, the Divine Reality, the Reality of God is not within this pattern, this model. All these aspects that are known of this so-called “mind” and this so-called “consciousness in us” are aspects of egoic identity, of the movement of an existence that sees itself as separate from life, separate from the other, separate from Divine Reality, separate from God.
Here we are not dealing with a belief about God, we are talking about a Reality that reveals itself when this “I,” this ego, is no longer present, when this sense of egoic consciousness, which is the consciousness that carries these two aspects – the positive and negative – is no longer present, when this dualistic mind, which is the mind that sees itself separate, in control or believing itself to be in control, is no longer present. Then we have the Truth of the Revelation of Being, which is Consciousness.
The question is: how does this become possible? This is made possible by a study. Not going to books or going to experts to hear about it, but by looking at yourself. A self-awareness expert cannot give you the Truth of Self-awareness. Understanding the Truth of your Being is something that reveals itself here, in this instant. There is no expert in self-awareness, just as there is no book capable of giving you the Truth of Revelation about who You are. Unless you get closer to yourself, you will never have this vision, this understanding.
So, here it is about studying yourself and understanding the truth of the mind, the truth about consciousness. Thus, this condition of human consciousness, which is the result of an entire programming of culture, society, the world, a specific and conditioned way of sustaining ourselves within each one of us, all of this falls apart within this Real Understanding of the Truth about who we are, the realization of this true Presence of Being, which is Real Consciousness. Then, a new quality of mind arises.
Having an approach for the investigation of the movement of the mind. When the mind becomes still and begins to become aware of its own movement, this is the way we have to get closer to the true Revelation of this Being that we are, this true Consciousness, this Real Consciousness that we are. This is what is Real, beyond this psychosomatic condition that we assume to be in this illusion of the ego, in this illusion of the “I.”
This may seem very, very strange to you at first. Having an approach to yourself to look, to study yourself and observe the movement of the mind, then there is an understanding of what is outside this restless, chatty mind, with its different patterns of obsessive thoughts, negative thoughts, acquisitive thoughts. All models of thought patterns present within this egoic memory, this memory of the “I” are understood when the mind becomes quiet, silent. So, looking at this very movement of the “I,” that is self-observation.
People ask: “How to observe the mind?” How to observe the mind? The answer to this is by becoming aware of each and every movement that arises without reacting. Non-reaction to each and every movement of thought, feeling, sensation is the secret. Non-reaction is the secret, this is the way to truly get closer to observing the mind.
How to observe the mind? By becoming aware. How not to react? By becoming aware of yourself here and now. Then, a new space opens up, which is the space of the Truth of Self-awareness. Note that this is possible when we place our attention, this Full Attention on the entire movement of consciousness, this consciousness common to everyone. When you pay attention to this movement of consciousness and see this whole game, in this Attention there is not this element that is the “I” trying to do something, there is only this observation, this observing the mind, this observing the movement of this consciousness in this Mindfulness. Then, we have the Revelation of Self-awareness. All of this is part of an approach to the Realization of your Being, the Realization of God, because now the Truth of Real Meditation is present, which I have talked about a lot here on the channel.
Discovering the art of Being this Presence, of Being this Consciousness is discovering what it means to Be. It is something possible when there is this approach to True Meditation. The work consists of looking at this entire movement of the “I,” so we discard this illusory consciousness, this condition of consciousness, of pattern, of conditioning of consciousness that is this so-called “human consciousness,” for Something new, for Something unusual, for Something unnamable, which is the presence of Real Consciousness.
This is the way to get closer to the Truth of our own Being, what some call the Spiritual Awakening or the Awakening of Consciousness. All of this requires an approach to oneself that, in general, we have not given ourselves, because we are always within this continuity of egoic life, within this pattern of repetition, model, and continuity. An approach to this moment is necessary, it is necessary to study oneself, to learn to look at oneself, to bring this Mindfulness here and now to this observation, to this discovery. So, we have this proposal here for you within this channel.
So, this is the way to get closer to ourselves, to get closer to the Truth about the Realization of God, to this Silence, to this Beauty, to this Grace, to this free life, to this completeness of Being Pure Consciousness, of Being Pure Presence. Divine Truth is Something that is here and now, all that is necessary is the end of this illusion, this sense of separation created, sustained by this movement of the egoic mind, by this movement of human consciousness, which is the mental consciousness, which is the consciousness of the “I.” For this purpose, we have meetings here, within this channel, and we have online meetings on weekends. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description. If this is something that makes sense to you, join the group now. Go ahead and leave your like on the video and subscribe to the channel. I want to remind you: we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!
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