The issue of action is a fundamental question. In our lives, actions are being taken. The question is: where do these actions come from? Where do these actions proceed from? What is the nature of these actions? Why do we act the way we do? Why is the action this way or that other way?
It is very common to ask questions like: “How to act correctly?” Another common question is: “How to act under pressure?” There is a third question which is: “How to be calm?” All these three questions are related to the issue of this problematic, the problematic of action, of free action. Because our actions, notice, are always compromised or committed in some way.
We want to work with you here on this issue of free action. I refer to the free action of the ego and therefore to the action that does not translate or show itself in the short, medium and long term as a conflicting action, as an action in suffering, as an action of disorder.
We all want to get it right, we all want to be successful in actions, but there is a problem here, and the problem is the failure to understand that when we devote ourselves to external actions without first having an understanding of the nature, the truth, the structure of that action, that action will not be Real, it will not be adequate; it will not be the action that, in fact, will produce for us and the world around us Happiness, Freedom, and Peace. It will be an action in conflict, an action in suffering.
Not understanding the internal movement within us, which is the movement of the “I,” not investigating the nature of the “I,” this is what we have been dealing with here with you within the channel. The basis for correct action, for free action is Intelligence. There is no Intelligence present in us. Human beings talk about spatial intelligence, emotional intelligence, mathematical intelligence, musical intelligence, naturalistic intelligence. So, we take the word “intelligence,” which in fact is a skill, knowledge and ability to deal with this or that specific area of life, and we conform ourselves to this condition, we do not realize that the Truth of Intelligence is something else. And that is what we are dealing here with you inside. We are talking about the Truth of Intelligence – the way I see, Real Intelligence, as I have called it.
Real Intelligence – I could call it Natural Intelligence here. I am not referring to this so-called “human intelligence,” to these categories of intelligence. I am referring to this Natural Intelligence, this Real Intelligence, this Divine Intelligence. The only Intelligence – in my view – at this level is the one that gives you a vision of life free from suffering. A life free from suffering is a life where action takes place, where action happens without producing suffering. A quality of action of this level arises from Real intelligence, that is Love, that is Compassion. So, Intelligence that does not produce suffering for others, that does not produce suffering for oneself, is the Intelligence of Love, is the Intelligence of Truth, is the Real or Natural Intelligence.
So, here we are working with you to end this illusion of this false center that is the “I,” the ego, for Real action. So, let's explore here, within this vision of Real Intelligence, what action is. We are impulsive and move in action. Life consists of actions happening, actions being taken, actions taking place, but if we do not have a basis for this Real Action, all we have are mere and still self-centered activities. These egocentric activities are what we have called action.
It is always this “I” in its restlessness, in its absence of Intelligence that needs to be calm, because it is stressed. Then it asks: “How to be calm?” It is always this “I,” this ego in doubt, in its mental, psychological confusion that asks: “How to act correctly?” Because when the presence of Intelligence is – here, now this is clear, here I refer to Real Intelligence –, when Real Intelligence is there, you don’t ask “How to act correctly?” There is no separation between this Intelligence and action. The presence of this gap between action and thought is what creates questions of this type – “How to act under pressure? How to act correctly? How can I be calm?”
So, we need to explore this here. It is a very vast subject, this issue of action free from the ego and therefore the action that is born from this Real Intelligence, this action that is born from the presence of Love. Respond to this instant, this present moment without this background of the past, without this experiencer. What is this experiencer? It is someone who has already gone through experiences and stored these experiences in the form of knowledge, memory, remembrances and is now acting. And when we act from these memories, which are the past, our actions are mere egocentric activities. Exactly, here lies the absence of this action of Intelligence.
We have to discover a quality of action free from the “I,” free from the ego. This quality of action is the only Real action, it is the non-conflictual action, it is the action free from suffering, it is the action free from confusion, because it is not born from the impulse, from the ego, from this experiencer, from this “I,” from this past. Notice what we are bringing to you here: our action based on the past, happening right now, is the action of adjustment, of trying to get it right, of attempting to do something, to obtain something, to accomplish something. So, it is an action motivated by this ego, by this center that is the “I.” Do you see?
Every motivated action, loaded with an intention, a motivation, a desire, is born from an egoic conclusion, from a particular positioning of this center, which is the ego. Will there be a free action? We're putting it here: yes, absolutely. It is the action of Intelligence; it is the action of Love. It is not born from the past. It is not born from this reactive background of the “I,” the ego.
Notice how important it is to understand action. Look at the world, the mess we find ourselves in. Human beings live in this dream of life, of existence in suffering. One is producing suffering for oneself when one is producing suffering for others. In fact, there is no separation between “me and you,” between “us and them.” The only suffering present is the suffering of this illusory identity, which is the “I,” the ego, creating the illusion of this individual, particular “I,” creating the illusion of this particular group called “us,” which separates itself from that other group called “them.”
So, there is “you and I,” there is “us and them.” In this division, we have confusion, because our ideas, our beliefs, our positions are divergent, so we don't agree, we don't match, we don't adjust or, at most, we adjust until the next mismatch. So, look at the situation in the world. Every year we are living a new year, already in a new century. In our generation we are repeating what our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents did.
Look at the world, the mess we find ourselves in. In this century, we are repeating the conflict between “us and them.” We have all that conflict right now, at the moment, going on, going on in the Middle East, this has been going on for millennia. Everything we do is fight, conflict, produce suffering for each other, all in the name of ideologies, beliefs, tradition, and culture, all in the name of the past, all in the name of history constructed by thought, sustained within each one of us, giving us an illusory identity, which is the ego, which separates us from each other and, therefore, is always willing to get into conflict and fight.
So, we are experiencing chaos, confusion, disorder, and extraordinary suffering. This is the dream of human life. This condition of existence is the dream condition. In fact, a great nightmare of human existence. Can we wake up from this? Can we go beyond this dream? Can we let go of this illusion of separate identity and therefore be free from this world? Because only when you become free from this world, the world finds peace.
It is your presence, it is the presence of this “me,” it is the presence of this “I,” it is the presence of this “person” in this dream of existence, of separate identity that is creating all this confusion. This is the psychological condition of the ego: disorder, fight, conflict, fear, desire, and suffering. What is this action free from the world? What does it mean to be free from this world? Here I mean psychologically free from this confusion, this disorder, this sense of separation. What is it to remain free from this center that is the “I,” the ego? That's when the world ends, that's when the dream ends, that's when confusion ends.
We can, in our lives, discover the Truth of life, abandoning this sense of “my particular life,” “my particular existence,” “my particular world,” where this dream exists, where there is avarice, envy, jealousy, possession, control, and contradiction? Is Real Life possible in this Real Action, where the presence of Compassion, Love and Freedom is the only Reality present? Is it possible to live a life free from all forms of suffering? That is the Realization of your Being, that is the Realization of God. This is the answer, at this moment, to this present moment, to this challenge of existence in living, it is the answer to this, of an action free from illusion, of an action without this “me,” without this “I.” At this moment, we have Intelligence in action.
You see, there is no separation between acting and Intelligence, which is Love, which is Compassion, which is the presence of Truth, which is the presence of Grace, which is the Vision of your Being, which is the Vision of God. Some call this Vision, the perception of Reality in this Real intelligence, of the Awakening of Consciousness; some call it Spiritual Awakening. This is the presence of the Truth of your Being that is born from Self-awareness.
Thus, we are sharing with you the Awakening of true Intelligence and Real action free from ego. Something that becomes possible when there is Self-awareness, when there is this Truth of Self-awareness, when there is the Flourishing of True Meditation, which is your Natural State of pure Being, of pure Consciousness revealing itself here and now.
This is our subject here with you within this channel. We also have meetings on weekends – the online meetings that take place on weekends. You can find our WhatsApp link here to participate in these meetings. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and leave a “like” and subscribe to the channel, ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!
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