Our work here consists of the Discovery of this action free from the “I,” the ego. It is common for people to have questions, and we are looking at, investigating, and delving into this issue here, with you. Questions like: “How do I do the right thing?” or: “How to act wisely? How to act under pressure?” These are questions that people ask because they want to discover what this free, intelligent, complete action is, the action that will not produce conflict or suffering. They ask these questions because, in fact, they have already discovered that many of our actions are conflicting.
We live in internal states of contradiction. There is a contradiction between thinking, feeling, and acting. Thus, our actions are contradictory. We have contradictory thoughts, feelings, and actions. We do not know what this free, intelligent action is. So, after such action, we perceive unpleasant consequences; therefore, some level of conflict shows itself and some form of suffering is present after these actions. Then regret and guilt arise.
In general, we are not conscious of the Truth of the action because we are not aware of the one within us in this action, which is the “I,” the ego. We need to understand the truth of this “I,” this ego, the person we feel we are, we believe ourselves to be, and we appear to be in this relationship with others and ourselves. What we lack, in fact, is the vision of Self-awareness. Here, we are working with you to end the illusion of the “I,” the ego. For an action free from the ego, all that is needed is to understand the Truth about who we are. Thus, the subject here is Self-Awareness and action free from the ego – the Truth of Self-awareness and the action free from the ego.
First, we must understand what action is: life is a movement, and this movement is action. Everywhere you look, you will see action happening. From the atom to the stars, everything is in motion. Life is motion. Speaking here and listening are a movement. Thought is movement; feeling is movement, gestures... Everything is life in action, life in motion. And we have this private life of the “I,” the person. That is where the problem lies because life is not personal; it prompts action and puts us before this challenge. Every instant, we are before a new, unique, singular moment, and this moment is a moment of challenge for a given action.
We are responding to this challenge based on this particular life of the “I,” the ego. Thus, based on the past, knowledge, memory, remembrances, the impulse of thought, feeling, and emotion, we are seeking to meet the challenge of this present moment that life presents to us. Then, conflict arises because this action at that moment is the challenge, but we are continually before a new challenge, responding to this new challenge based on the past. So, conflict is present.
The truth is that this moment is a unique, new moment, and we are trying to absorb it in this psychological past, which is the past of the “I,” the ego. Note that this “I” is a set of images, memories, remembrances, something coming from the past. This sense of “I,” of ego, is an impostor, a fraud, a foreign element to this moment. And we seek to attend to life from this center, this “I,” this ego, this alien element.
Thus, our lives, life centered on this illusory center, which is this impostor, the ego, is life in conflict, in contradiction. This contradiction, this conflict is expressed in actions. Is it possible to take action right now that meets this challenge of the present moment without the ego? The possibility of this quality of action, of true action, real action, is possible if the ego is not present. An approach to this look at the internal movement of that consciousness, which is the personal consciousness, the consciousness of the person, of the “I,” this “me” ... When the mind becomes silent due to this attention that it gives to itself to observe this movement, to become aware of this movement, is to become aware of this consciousness, which is egoic consciousness.
This way to approach is Self-awareness. Self-awareness is the basis for the Awakening of Wisdom. When there is the Awakening of this Wisdom, which is Real Intelligence – precisely because there is an emptying of all this content of the ego – an action free from psychological time, therefore, of this element, this illusory identity, this ego-identity, this impostor, becomes possible. So, we need, in life, the action of life itself, not this personal, particular, self-centered and egoic life. Thus, attending to this encounter with the new is from the fresh, not from the old, not from the thinker, who is the old, from the experiencer, who is the old, from the false identity that, as facing this instant, judges, compares, evaluates, and takes actions based on the past.
Realize the importance of what we are dealing with here, with you, the value and significance of Self-awareness and the Truth of Self-awareness for the revelation of the action free from the ego. We have a playlist on the channel dealing with this Truth of ego-free action. There is this Reality, the Truth of Self-Awareness, and this action free from the ego. So, that is a playlist here on the channel. We are delving deeper with you into this issue of a life free from this egoic motivation. That is an aspect we have already mentioned here; we are exploring it with you.
Note that our action is either technical, objective, or practical; it is a functional action – I always like the example of driving a car. There, you need to have knowledge, experience, memory, and skill. That is all registered in this body-mind. So, driving a car is something simple that does not require the presence of a sense of identity, which is this illusory center that is the ego, which comes from the past. It is a simple technical, mechanical activity, something practical and functional… writing, speaking! So, this quality of action is the action we know in a very simple and direct way, which does not naturally require the presence of the “I,” the ego.
But, in fact, life does not consist only of this type, this quality of action. There is another kind of action: attending to the relationship with others, with life, with yourself, requires understanding the movement of the “I,” the ego. Otherwise, we will have a mistaken action based on comparisons, judgments, evaluations, this psychological movement of egoic identity, this false identity. For example, in the meeting I have with you, the image I have of you and the image you have of me place us in action, in a kind of action, in a quality of action centered on the “I,” on the ego, because, psychologically, there is a comparison, an evaluation, a “like,” or “dislike”. See, it is not a simple action like driving a car.
So, in our relationships with people, in our relationships with situations, with ourselves, with the various challenges of life, we cannot respond with a quality of action free from the “I,” the ego, because we are always within this background, this psychological conditioning, this psychological memory evaluating, judging, comparing, accepting, and rejecting. This way, we are getting in conflict with life, with this moment, because there is an action based on this background, this past, this memory, this illusory center that is the thinker, the experiencer, the one who is continually attending to the present moment based on his psychological background, on these evaluations, comparisons, judgments, this “like,” or “dislike.” Then, we have conflicting, suffering, and inadequate action.
See, life asks each of us for a response to this moment, a response to action, and this sense of “I” is giving that response. So, as long as there is this presence of the “I,” this “me,” responding to this present moment based on the past, there will be conflict, suffering, and disorder. This action is inappropriate. Will there be an action free from this past? Will there be an action free from this “I,” this ego, and, therefore, free from this past? This is the action of Intelligence that responds to this challenge, to this present moment, without the past.
So, this work here consists of investigating it with you, delving deeper into it, here with you, discovering an action where, at this moment, this moment itself is the moment of this Intelligence, this Life, in motion. An action free from the ego is an action of Life itself, responding to this instant from this Intelligence, this Presence of the Divine Reality. Then, this action that responds to this moment without the past is the action of the Presence itself, of Intelligence itself; it is the action of the Divine Grace itself. The Truth of Being, Consciousness, and Bliss is Pure Intelligence. That which is Real here when the “I” is not present and responds to this moment. Thus, it is Life responding to itself in this request, without the presence of the “I,” this “me,” this ego.
To have an approach to the Truth of Self-Awareness is to have an emptying of this psychological background of conditioning that comes from the past, in which this ego consists of. So, when there is an end to this ego, this action flows in a real and natural way. There is no longer this idea that comes from the past, this intention, this motivation, this objective that comes from the past, and this action occurring because of this idea, this motivation. The end to this quality of action is the end of conflict in our relationships, of suffering in our actions. Thus, we have the Presence of Love and Compassion in this flow of Intelligence, this action, where the “I,” the ego, is not present. That is the result of Self-awareness, the Blooming of the Truth of True Meditation.
That is the subject here with you, within this channel. We have online meetings on the weekends when we work this with you. You can find our WhatsApp link in the video description to go deeper into this with us on the weekends. In addition, we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats. So, if this makes sense to you, please leave your “like,” subscribe to the channel, and put it here in the comment: “Yes, it makes sense.” OK? And see you! Thanks for the meeting, and see you next time.
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