How to overcome fear? How to overcome anxiety? Truth of Real Meditation. Presence of Self-Awareness.

Alright! We are here, dealing with you, on some subjects, within the channel, which are subjects linked to this problem that is the problem of the “I,” of the ego. And one of these topics is the issue of anxiety. Because people ask: “How to overcome anxiety?” and it is very common for a speech of this type, which seems to invite us to overcome anxiety, to end up telling us about controlling anxiety. This is because, actually, the movement of the “I,” the movement of the person, which is the movement of the ego, is one of natural anxiety. The natural anxiety of the ego, of the “I,” of the person, no one exactly talks about the end of anxiety. See how curious all this is: we believe so much in the sense of the person, of the “I,” of the ego, that we never talk about the end of anxiety because this naturally represents the end of the ego.

Now, see, we are dealing with exactly that here with you. When people talk about fear, they talk about controlling fear, even though the invitation is to overcome fear. “How to overcome fear?” That's the proposal. Then you listen to it, the talk is about control, about negotiation, about how to deal with fear. Why don't we talk about the end of fear? I repeat: because, in fact, we believe that the sense of an “I” is so real that it cannot really be free from fear. Because it is the nature of the “I” to carry the sense of fear as well as the sense of anxiety present. So, we can control, but not put an end to fear, not put an end to anxiety.

Here is where we want to invite you to discover the Truth about the end, not just the end of fear. One of the most intriguing topics is also the end of the fear of death. We may even say, “I am not afraid of death,” but understand this: as long as there is a sense of an “I” present, since the “I” represents everything it possesses – and it is very scary to lose things – that is the presence of fear. Therefore, the fear of death is not, in itself, of death, because we do not know death, death is the unknown. Fear is present because of what is known, it is the fear of losing what is known. We know that death takes everything, including the body. And what will become of “me”? This “me” that is identified with the body and the mind?

So, in fact, it is the fear of losing the known, which is the body, the mind, a loved one, the house, or the family. Then, the sense of an “I” present is the presence of fear, the presence of anxiety, and the presence of suffering. Here on this channel, we are working with you to end the illusion of the “I” and, therefore, the illusion of fear, anxiety, and suffering in all its multiple forms. Depression is part of it, anguish is part of it, the pain of existential emptiness, the pain of loneliness. This so-called “love” that we know, which is full of jealousy, possession, control, and desire for power over the other. That's what we call “love.” We are afraid of losing love.

So, what do we know about the Truth of Love? What do we know about the Truth of the end of fear, anxiety, or suffering? The answer to that is: absolutely nothing! That's the answer. We know absolutely nothing about it, about the end of suffering. Unless we have an approach to the truth – see, not the truth we idealize, we imagine it to be the end of suffering, but the truth of what suffering represents.

So, I want to talk to you here, in the next few minutes, about the importance of closeness, of Communion. Yes, of Communion. You can only have close contact with something if you enter into direct Communion with it, with that given thing. Thus, this Communion with suffering, this approach to suffering, this sympathy to look at what suffering represents, is only possible when you enter into intimate contact to look at it closely, very closely. What applies to suffering – of course: fear, anxiety, depression, anguish, loneliness, existential emptiness, whatever the “I” represents at this moment – having a close approach is possible when you are in direct Communion with it, when you examine it closely. It's not about separating yourself, but about approaching, looking at this movement of thought, feeling, emotion, sensation, fear, anxiety, without putting an idea on it.

This is where we come across difficulty, firstly because we never come into direct contact with the problem, with suffering. We never enter into this Communion, this close look, when we feel some pain. And this is where we face the difficulty: we turn away, we run away from it, we create ideas about it. By creating ideas, we move away. When we look for a way to avoid living the pain, we escape. So, we are always moving away from the experience of the present moment, when that moment represents some form of pain. Our reaction to pleasure is different, we want what gives us pleasure. This wanting, this will, implies the presence of an experiencer to enjoy that moment of pleasure. This is the presence of the “I,” the ego. Enjoying this presence of pleasure sustains this duality, which is the “I” enjoying the pleasure. What we don't realize is that, with this response to pleasure, we are also sustaining, in a practical, habitual, conditioned way of behavior in relation to pleasure, how we react internally, psychologically, to the presence of pain as well.

So, when pain appears, we escape. Escaping from pain requires the presence of someone who rejects pain; approaching pleasure requires the presence of someone who approaches pleasure. Notice, it is a single movement, it is a movement of separation, although one is of approach and the other is of warding off. But we are within this principle of duality. This is not a Real Communion to investigate, to look closely at this. Looking closely at this represents being present with the experience, without placing the experiencer. This is where all our difficulty lies because our readiness is to escape, to flee, or to cling and seek, which strengthens the sense of the ego that is the “I,” “me,” the experiencer within the experience.

Notice how important this is since here lies the key to the end of fear, anxiety, and depression. That's why we live in this negotiation of control. The end of this requires the end of the ego. Experts don't tell us about the end of the ego because you have to understand the nature and structure of that ego. This is not something intellectual, you don't learn it from Jung, from Freud. You don't learn it in psychology books, you learn it here and now, in this direct contact with the verification of this principle of separation, of duality. You can only deal with something that is actually a present reality for you. So, this reality of the end of the “I” is something that you experience, not ideologically, theoretically, or conceptually, but in the Awareness of Self-Knowledge, of the Vision of what the Truth of Meditation means. Do you follow that?

So, here when we talk about the end of the ego, the end of the “I,” we are talking about the end of this sense of someone present within the experience. There is “it” and the experience. When there is this vision of the end of “this,” the experience undergoes a radical and profound transformation. We have the end of suffering when we have the end of the “I.” Notice the importance of this subject here with you. We are talking about the end of duality. Duality is the presence of the thinker with the thought, of the experiencer with experience, of the one who is seeing what is there, being the observer of it. This is the end of duality.

So, fear requires the presence of someone. Fear is always something within a relationship between two. A relationship is between two: the experiencer and the experience, the fearful and the fear, the anxiety requires the anxious one. Notice how simple this is; we never separate, we cannot separate, there is no way to separate, and yet, the experiencer is separating, the “I” is separating, the ego is separating. And because it separates, it sustains. There is no separation between fear and the fearful, between anxiety and the anxious one, between suffering and the sufferer. The “I” separates itself to sustain the experience. Notice how the movement of the ego of preservation, of self-preservation, is always present. It is always preserving itself, and it does this when it separates itself to do something with the experience.

So, when it approaches and grasps the experience, being the experiencer, it is preserving itself. When, in the face of the experience, it rejects the experience and flees from the experience because the experience is painful, it is strengthening the experiencer. Notice that this is how we have been functioning, but the truth about this is that there is no experience without the experiencer, there is no thought without the thinker. This requires a look, an approach, and direct Communion. This Communion, I will repeat, is only Real when there is no judgment, comparison, or evaluation... when we do not deny or identify with the experience... when we remain in simple observation, simple listening, simple hearing, and simple feeling. Becoming aware of the movement of experience itself, without someone involved in it – I repeat – to reject, judge, compare, or do something with it. This way we are before the Presence of Self-awareness, before the Presence of the Truth of Real Meditation.

Here on the channel, we have a playlist that works on this, signaling it, and clearly showing it to you. How we must approach this direct Communion with the given thing, without putting the experiencer element inside it, since only then do we have the possibility of going beyond the experience. This is because, at that moment, we stop confirming the identity of the “I,” the ego. So, the experience is an experiencing without the experiencer. This is when this experiencing, without the sense of an “I” present, vanishes. Our work together, here, is to verify the Reality of That which is present, that’s all. What is it that is present at this moment, when the “I” is not there? Then, here we have the answer to this question of the end of fear, the end of anxiety, and the end of suffering. Your Natural State of Being – Consciousness – Happiness, this is the Nature of Love, it is the Nature of God! It is the Reality of your Being, it is the Truth that you are, it is the Divine Truth.

So, in these meetings, we have the opportunity to enter into this clear Vision of this Divine Reality, the Reality of this Being, the Reality of God. For this purpose, we have online meetings here on weekends. You can find the link to our WhatsApp group in the video description to participate in these meetings. We also have in-person meetings and retreats to work on this. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead, leave a “like,” comment “Yes, it makes sense,” and subscribe to the channel, okay? See you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

February, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Pure psychological conditioning | Free from self-centeredness | Love your neighbor as yourself

Today, we will delve into the fundamental matter of Love. I see a closeness, something very intimate between Love and death. We don't really know what Love is. For us, love is an experience of sensation. Look at what we're saying here. This association of the word “love” with an experience of sensation is something very strong in us – it's been like this since we were children. Every kind of caress, affection and touch we have received, which gives us some form of pleasure, this pleasure is a sensation. A child has been receiving this from a very young age.

The association in our brain, in our intellect is that caress, affection, pleasure, which is a mere sensation, we associate with the word “love.” So, “the one who gives it to me is the one who loves me.” Then, our conditioned brains are always relating a sensation of pleasure, of fulfillment, of satisfaction to this thing called “love.” Is that what love is? Is love a feeling?

A sensation is within the feeling, but the thought also carries the feeling. Notice that when you have a memory, it is a thought, but it's a thought that also carries a feeling. A thought carries a feeling. So, in general, we associate all this sensation of pleasure, feeling of pleasure, with this thing called “love.” Then, we use the expression “love” without knowing what it means.

But human beings are very curious because they are very interesting beings. Not only the word “love,” but also the words “God,” “truth,” “freedom,” all of which have associations within us; associations of sensations, feelings and emotions. So, we believe we know what the word “God” means because there is a strong sensation involved.

In our culture, where there is this general belief in God, from an early age we grew up listening to songs, phrases, poetry, lectures, and there was this word “God.” So, the religious life we receive is very much associated with that word. Thus, our experience of sensation, emotion and feeling in relation to this word is very strong, then, we have the illusion that we know God because it moves us, creates a sensation, a particular feeling. It's the same with the word “love,” with the word “freedom.” Especially for those who are within political conditioning or within a certain philosophical training, the word “freedom” has a strong impact on them. The same is true of the word God for religious people.

We can't deny the Reality of Freedom, Love or God, but we can't associate these words with what we believe in – and that's what we've been doing. So, we think we know what Love is. In fact, all we know is conditioning, a specific way of thinking linked to a feeling of pure psychological conditioning, pure physical conditioning too, at the level of feeling, sensation and emotion.

Now, I ask you: what is Love? Will it be this love we know the Truth of Love? Will this “God,” which is a word for us, linked to a sensation, will that be what God is, a word linked to a sensation? “I love you!” What does that mean? Actually, if you take a closer look, you'll see that by “I love you,” what I really mean is that you give me pleasure, that you satisfy me, at least for the moment, that you fulfill me in some way. What I really mean is “I want you,” “I need you.”

Does love need something? The sensation needs to be fulfilled. I don't know if you've noticed this, that when we have a desire, which is actually a sensation, it's always looking for a form of fulfillment. When that sensation is denied, a desire is rejected in “me,” for “me,” I get upset, I get angry. If you don't fulfill my satisfaction, if you don't fulfill my desire, if you don't fulfill that sensation I'm looking for in you, I don't love you anymore, I get angry, you bore me now, I'll leave you for someone else. Where's the love?

Love is present while you fulfill me, while my sensations are satisfied. Do you get what we're saying? That's the game. So, when I ask you: do you love your wife? You most certainly say: “Yes, I love her.” Don't be upset with me, but if she cheats on you, what will happen to that love? Will there be anger, a desire for what? What will your reaction be? Will love be there? How long will it be there? Do you get what we're saying?

So, what do we find in a wife? A companion, an accomplice in our confusion, our pain, our fear, our desire. She is my accomplice as long as she is part of “my world.” What is “my world”? An exclusive world of this “me” that I believe I am, I appear to be, I show myself to be, full of demands; and one of them is to be loved, and to be loved is to be satisfied emotionally, physically, affectively, psychologically and sexually. If one of these things is missing, love goes down the drain.

There is no love. What exists between us are sensations. If you fill my “I,” my ego, give me pleasure, satisfaction, a pleasant sensation, “I love you,” until.... So, that's how it always works. We don't know what love is, we know what attachment is. An object that gives me pleasure, I cling to it because it satisfies me. This applies to any level of object. I said exactly that: for any level of object. So, at any level... The levels of objects seem to be different, but from the viewpoint of this so-called “love,” which is the search for sensation in this experience, all these objects for “me,” for this “I” are just objects. You say “No, it's special”. It depends on your perspective.

We're always dealing with objects because that's the position of the subject. Verify this, look inside yourself, observe the truth of these relationships we have with each other, observe this clearly and you'll see. A car gives us satisfaction, fulfillment and a sensation, but it's not sexual. So, the difference lies in the sensation that objects cause us and what we expect from each object. I know it's not very much... it's not even tolerable to hear it passively, without getting upset, but that's exactly how it is. The difference between objects is the sensations they bring us and how much they fulfill us egoically, in this self-centeredness. We call this “love.” Notice that here.

We don't know what love is because we don't know what death is. You will know what Love is when you discover what death is, what it is to die to any and all experience. So, sensation is present, there is a moment of pleasure, but the pleasure is released, the sensation loses its importance because this “I” disappears when death happens within the experience. Then, it's in this sense that I use the word “death” here. Dying for each moment, that means a life free of the “I,” of this self-centeredness. Thus, your relationship with your wife, with your children, with your objects will be an entirely new relationship since there will be freedom.

Freedom is present because death is present. So, if we want to discover what Love is, we must never confuse this; don't confuse sensation, pleasure, fulfillment, don't confuse this in this mind that seeks this. The presence of Love is the absence of the mind, of this mind that seeks sensation, that seeks fulfillment in experiences, that is internally dependent, that is externally dependent. Internally it is psychologically: “I remember her, I miss her, I love her.” “I remember her, I miss her because she satisfies me, she's all I need for this moment”: desire reigns supreme.

When desire is present, the image of the other is present, then “I love her.” Can you love people you don't remember? If I say, do you love your wife? The image of the wife comes. Is there the presence of a wife without the memory of a wife? There is a sensation. What is an image? What is a thought? A memory. Do you love your wife? You'll say: “I used to.” And why do you say “I did”? Because before you were cheated on, you loved her. You see? The memory you have of her now, where's the love?

So, notice: what we call “love” is associated with memory, with thoughts. What is the truth of all this? The “I” doesn't know what love is, humans don’t know what death is. They don't know anything at all. They don't know who God is, but they say “my God,” just like the other person says “my love.” Is love a personal thing? Is it a particular thing, associated with that sensation that, when fulfilled, leaves me relaxed and tranquil, and when denied, makes me irritable and greatly upset? What is the truth of all this?

You don't know what Love is. You don't know who God is. You don't know who the other is. You don't know who you are. But religious people say, Jesus said: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Yes, what Jesus said is perfect. What is not complete is what we do with what Jesus said. What is not complete is what we make of what Jesus said. We don't know what Jesus said, but we have ideas about it. Can you love your neighbor? Can you love your neighbor? The question is: who are you? Without discovering the Truth of this Love that You are, what does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself? Do you get that?

If you don't know what it means to love yourself, how can you love your neighbor as yourself? We think it's beautiful, we associate it with feelings of care, affection and renunciation for others. What's behind all this? What are we hiding behind all this? What kind of interest do we carry? What kind of search for fulfillment are we looking for? Perhaps they aren't so declared, but in a subtle way there is a so-called “spiritual” interest, which also represents a much more particular form of sensation for the ego in this so-called “love,” associated with care, appreciation and affection for the other, which is nothing more than charity.

Love is not charity, Love is not the sensation of feeling better about yourself because you're making someone else happy. Maybe you'll say: “No, there's no selfishness there, the ego isn't involved in this, this is unconditional love.” Is that true? Listen to this: is that true? Have you ever noticed how happy you feel when you make someone else happy? Are you doing it to make them happy or are you doing it because it feels good to be good? It's good to be good, it makes you happy to do good. Do you get that?

So, it doesn't matter whether this so-called “love” has these external, apparently crude aspects of a purely egoic, personal, declared search for fulfillment or whether this search for fulfillment is veiled, hidden, disguised in the application of so-called “spiritual” principles because Jesus said so, Buddha said so, or Krishna said so. Are you all right? Do you follow me?

So, what is Love? Love is that which is present when the “I,” the ego is not present. Then, we need to discover what it is to die within the experience of pain and pleasure, then we can discover something beyond the mind, beyond sensation, beyond fulfillment, beyond pleasure, beyond objects, beyond things, beyond the world, beyond the person. Thus, the other is no longer there, no longer present. The other is me. This is the presence of Love – “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

If the sense of ego is not present, the Truth of Love is present, and this Love is not the other, this Love is the presence of Reality. So, the Truth about your Being is the Truth about Being, and here there is no other. This is fulfilling what Jesus said. The vision of Truth is the vision of Love. This vision is present when the “I” is not present, when the ego is not present. This is Love, this is death, this is Life, this is God, this is Freedom, this is Happiness.

Notice, we use these words very widely, associated with all kinds of things, and none of it is Real. And here we are saying that we are dealing with a Single Reality. Realize your Being, Realize God, be Still. Discover the Truth about This, let This take its place in the body, in the mind, and Love will be present there. Before that, it's a journey of the “I” itself in this illusion of knowing things and knowing their truth. It's all false. Okay? Shall we stop here? That's it!

February, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | The art of spiritual healing | Ego-free life | Master Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We are here for another videocast. Again, Master Gualberto here with us.

Master, today I am going to read an excerpt from Joel Goldsmith's book called “The art of spiritual healing.” In an excerpt from the book, Master, Joel says the following: “Whatever your struggle is – against illness, against poverty, against unemployment, against sadness or against sin –, stop fighting and wake up.” Master, how to free oneself, how to stop the fight against sadness, against anxiety, against the fear that pulses in human beings?

MG: Gilson, our inclination, in general, is to fight, because we learned that we have to win. We have lived in an effort, in a movement to achieve, to free ourselves, to fight, since childhood.

Everything we accomplished, we accomplished through effort, and everything we got rid of, we got rid of through effort, had effort. So, this model is the model that we learned. And here we believe that dealing with internal states – which are these states of the consciousness of the “I,” which is the consciousness of the ego –, dealing with them is also through struggle, through effort, you have to strive yourself, because we have to win, we have to triumph. But we never ask who this “we” is?

The delicate point here, Gilson, is that we never ask who is the one who has to win, who has to fight, who has to achieve, who has to get rid of. The truth about this is that the “I” consciousness itself… that is where the problem lies, and it separates itself to deal with the problem. And when we do this, we are part of one movement, which is the movement of continuity of the problem itself. So, for those of us who can't overcome – and we can't overcome because it's our own consciousness that created the problem, separating itself to try to deal with the problem, and that doesn't work –, we've already realized that it hasn't worked. We cannot get rid of fear, we cannot get rid of envy, nor jealousy, nor violence, nor anger, nor anguish, nor depression. As we were unable to free ourselves, despite all the effort, all the struggle, we ran away.

So, there are two movements: one movement is the movement to flee, the other is to fight against. The one who fights and the one who runs away are still the problem. We don't separate the problem from the problematic, Gilson. This is an illusion! We want to deal with the problem from the problematic viewpoint, we want to deal with fear from the fearful, we want to deal with jealousy from the jealous, we want to get rid of envy by being the envy itself. So, we want to deal with a problem at the problem level. We cannot end a problem by being the problem dealing with the problem. We have to discover what it means to have a new approach to the problem, whatever it may be.

I have really emphasized the importance of letting go of words. We are very attached, Gilson, very attached to verbal expressions, to words. So, we cultivate, we admire words a lot. We carry an illusory feeling that words give us something like the power, for example, to deal with that situation.

We love naming problems, that's why we have these classifications for internal states. These are internal states of unhappiness: anguish, fear, depression, envy, jealousy, attachment, desire to control, dominate, stress... So, we name, we give different names to these internal states of unhappiness with the intention of dealing with it. We have the intention of dealing with these states, we believe that by naming we will control it better, by naming we will explain it to ourselves, we will be able to explain it to others, and, however, we remain within the same condition, because we have separated ourselves in thought, in the idea, in the imagination of that condition, to try to deal with that, but here we are facing an illusion.

There is no separation. When you are sad, there is only sadness, there is no “I” sad. Let's take this example: When you are sad, there is only sadness, but then thought arises inside you, explains that it is sadness and explains why you are sad. At this moment, you are falling into a prank: the “I” prank. This prank has been catching everyone for millennia. Look at that, Gilson, it's a prank that catches everyone. It’s the idea of ​​“someone” being sad… so there is “someone” sad, which is not true. And why is it a trick of ego itself? Because when it gives you the feeling that you are something separate from sadness, you – who is this sad person – believe that you can get rid of sadness, then the fight, the effort, or the escape begins.

Both the fight to free yourself, the effort to free yourself, or the fight to escape, the fight to get rid of sadness, amounts to the same thing, because it is the same sense of the “I,” of the ego – I hope it is getting clearer here for you – that is sustaining itself and perpetuating itself in this time that it is creating when it fights against that or runs away from that.

In general, we run away from states of pain, because we know we can't get rid of them; so, we run away. When they are states of pleasure, the “I” separates itself and says: “Great, I want more!” So, either we confuse ourselves with this state of pleasure and cling to it, or we try to escape this state of pain by running away from it, and when we do that, we are captured by the egoic identity.

So, this has been the condition of human beings for millennia! We don't learn to deal with the present moment. The present moment contains what appears; and everything that appears, appears to be seen, observed, without the sense of someone within it. And why, Gilson? Because life is something that happens in this moment, and, in this moment, the presence of this “I,” this ego, this experiencer who separates himself from the experience, whether external or internal, is an intrusion. This is how the ego has maintained itself, is maintaining itself in this world.

So, what do we need to do? It's not running away and it's not fighting against, fighting against or running away from that. All we need is to become aware that we are facing a model of separation, a model of duality, then we have the possibility of awakening. Awakening is seeing the experience without the experiencer. This is the true way to deal with states of unhappiness. So, what is valid for dealing with thoughts is valid for dealing with feelings, or emotions, or sensations. In other words, do not place an identity present in the experience. Do this and observe what will happen with the experience. This is the end of the experience, because at that moment we have the end of the “I,” of the ego, which is the experiencer. I hope this is becoming clear to you.

We verify this, Gilson, in living. As you approach life without rejecting and without clinging to whatever is appearing, you discover what it is like to let go of the experiencer's illusion. Then, your contact with this moment becomes a real, unique contact, free from the past. You are, at that moment, stopping valuing the sense of “I” within living, within experience; and when this occurs, you are renouncing, nullifying, becoming aware of the end of this sense of someone present. Then, something new becomes possible, something arises, and that something comes from outside that condition, which is the condition of time, of memory, of the known, of the recognizable, it is That which I have called “the Presence of Unknown,” “the Presence of Truth,” or “the Presence of Grace.” So, we have the end of problems.

We do not fight with problems, we become aware of the one who is involved in this so-called “problem,” which is the “I.” It is only this sense of “I,” Gilson, that carries problems. Life is as It is. It doesn't have any problem. However, the sense of “I,” in this contact with Life as It shows itself, is always translating, interpreting, judging, evaluating, rejecting, fighting, running away… because it is always dealing with problems. It is the problem! And this problem lies in this egoic consciousness, which is the consciousness of the “I.” I hope this is becoming clear to you here.

GC: Master, it's impressive how, for me at least, before meeting the Master... and then, meeting the Master, participating in the meetings, in the Satsangs, I began to have clarity, an understanding of this. There was a specific situation in my life, Master, that repeated itself cyclically for more than twenty years. There was a pattern of thoughts that generated bad feelings, and then... Look, I fell for the ego's trick this way, a lot! And think: twenty years of falling for this prank! And it was cyclical: it wouldn't appear for months, then soon a pattern of thought would appear again that generated feelings and so on, and then I would run to escape, get away from it or try to resolve it, do analysis, go to therapy, whatever.

And then, after I met the Master – the Master brings this vision –, I could see the unconsciousness of a complete identification with thoughts, then feelings, and it ended up generating all that disorder, all that suffering. After I realized and started to see this pattern of thought emerging, as well as feelings, staying in that experience, it ends up that today some thought may even come occasionally, but it is seen and, at the same time that it is seen, it doesn’t turn into a feeling.

So, it's amazing how I fell for the “I” prank and still do in other circumstances. I'm talking about this specific one, but it's impressive how liberating this vision is, right, Master?

MG: Yes, because what there is always, Gilson, within the experience... The fundamental element of the experience is the feeling, the emotion, the sensation, the energy of the experience. The “thought” element appears only to explain, to clarify, to strengthen, in one way or another, the continuity of experience, because all that thought wants… thought is the thinker itself! The point is this: thought is the thinker, it is the experiencer itself, and all that this experiencer, who is the thinker, wants is to maintain its continuity. So, it corroborates with the feeling, with the sensation and with the energy when it brings its story to explain, to justify, and to escape. When you eliminate this thinker, which is thought, from experience, you are eliminating the experiencer.

Notice how fascinating this is! If you eliminate the experiencer, because this Consciousness, this Attention, is present, – naturally this experiencer is being eliminated… If this experiencer is being eliminated, which is the thinker, thought is being eliminated, then this experience loses its value, and if it loses its value, its energy dissipates. And why does it dissipate, Gilson? Because it is not being fed back again! You said, “for twenty years,” Gilson. The human being spends eighty years of his life in the ego and doesn't wake up!

This work here is something unique. We are indicating to you the end of the ego! You hear this, but you cannot appreciate the beauty of it, what it represents. Folks, this is the end of suffering, this is the end of confusion, this is the end of disorder, this is the end to the life of the “I,” this is the awareness of the Reality of God taking over this body-mind. So, Gilson? Can we evaluate this?

An ego-free life is a life of absolute Intelligence, of absolute Freedom, of absolute Love, of absolute Peace. And, here, Love, Intelligence, and Peace are real! It is not the peace that we know, it is not the intelligence that we know, it is not the love that we know. What we know in the ego is mixed with a series of confusions behind it. These are mere feelings still related to negotiable situations, and we are not talking about that here.

Love out there is something negotiable, peace is negotiable. You know what I mean by that. We have love for those who love us! So, what we call love is a feeling, a sensation, a pleasure. Peace is the same thing; it is something negotiable! If there is a good negotiation, we are at peace. If we disagree, we enter into conflict. We disagree and we will fight. So, here we are talking about a free life, Gilson, a free life, a life in full Intelligence, in Freedom, where there is awareness of Truth.

This is the end of life; this is the end of death. You awakened! You are living What You Are! You are living Life! Life, as I have said, is the only purpose. It is not someone moving in some direction, it is Life in its own mysterious movement. As there is no separation between you and Life, there is only Life! This is Real Life, Gilson. This is Abundant Life. This is something far beyond anything thought can imagine. That's the beauty of these encounters: becoming aware of it.

You said, “for twenty years,” Gilson. I will repeat: human beings spend a lifetime! It's not twenty years, it's seventy, eighty... He doesn't enjoy the Beauty of Being, he doesn't enjoy his Intelligence potential, his Divine potential, the Reality of his Being, the Truth that he is, because he doesn't become aware of Truth. When you are in your Being, there are no more conflicts, no more dilemmas, no more problems, no more the affliction of the contradiction of desires, the internal contradictions so common within each of us, in this conflict between opposing desires. And all these psychological conditions of unhappiness present in the “I,” all of this disappears when there is this awareness of the Truth of your Being.

What we have stated, Gilson, is that the only thing that is necessary here is to have a real interest in That. You need to be burning for This. This has to be burning there! This has to be the only thing! If that's the only thing, It reveals itself.

The human being, in this model of conditioned thinking and egoic programming, is divided between many desires, opposing desires, desires that contradict each other. He has no real, unique interest in investigating himself, in discovering the Truth of his Being, in becoming aware of this condition. Then, there comes a moment when the human being, in his dissatisfaction – because it is in dissatisfaction that he finds himself living in the ego –, his heart opens to ask for something to be revealed.

That's interesting, Gilson. The human being is not in search of the Truth, he is in dissatisfaction looking for greater satisfaction out there. Until a moment comes when he gets tired, and when he gets tired, something happens inside him, an interest awakens within him, because he discovers that there is no way out, there is no solution to the problems. And it is clear that there is no solution to the problems! When one is resolved, another emerges. So, there is no solution to this movement of the “I.” Then, something starts to happen, which is when Grace reveals itself. That's it.

GC: Master, it is truly a very unique and indescribable work. And the one who burns, who has something burning inside for something real, this mysterious Grace ends up revealing itself, right, Master? Even within this topic, we have a question from a subscriber to the channel called “Segundo Degrau.” He asks: “What is Satsang?” Can the Master tell us a little about what it is, what these meetings are, what Satsang is?

MG: The word “Satsang” is a Sanskrit word: Sat is “being,” and Sang comes from Sangha, it comes from “encounter” or “meeting.” So, it is a word used in India for when you have the opportunity to come across the company of a Realized Being. When you have Fortune, Grace – because only Grace opens your eyes to see – then you can see and realize, in front of you, that you are in front of a Being who has realized the Truth of his own Being. And when you have the opportunity to stand before a Realized Being, you are in Satsang. Satsang means “the encounter with the Truth” or “the encounter with He or She in whom the Truth is already.” This is Satsang. So, the encounter with the investigation of the Truth, before the Truth in a human form… that is what it is generally called in India and in all parts of the world – borrowing this Sanskrit word – this kind of encounter.

For example, this is a Satsang. An opportunity for an encounter with the investigation of Truth. The difference is that Satsang is not a meeting with those who study the Truth. Some may use this word in this sense, but that is not the truth of this word. The truth of this word is the encounter with Sat, with the own Being, in which the Truth is. Then, something happens, and that something is beyond speech, beyond words. It is an investigation or a perception of Reality, of that very State of Pure Consciousness revealing itself, where you are touched by the very Consciousness of the One who lives the Truth, so, in that moment, there is a sharing of Consciousness.

Being vulnerable to this is the key. Knowing this internal disposition to apprehend, to receive, to experience this sharing, this communion with Presence itself, with Grace itself, there, in that moment, within that encounter, that is Satsang.

It is not about the intellect involved in this process. There is something beyond intellect, beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond cognition, beyond perception of senses, within Satsang. There comes a moment when something opens up and it becomes clear; something opens within us and it becomes clear that we are not facing words, we are facing the Truth, the Truth of our own Being, the Truth of What We Are. So, it's a flow, it's a verification. This we discover experientially in Satsang. So, what is Satsang? You will have to find out what Satsang is in Satsang. That's it.

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master. Here's the invitation, then. Here, in the first pinned comment, there is the WhatsApp group with information about the meetings, and whoever is burning in his heart to experience it, to understand – it is difficult to translate into words – what Satsang is, it is a matter of living Satsang and looking in the eyes of the Master... It is a look that says more than words, it says more than what is possible to understand, because in this sharing of Silence, of Presence, something that is outside the known is revealed, and it is amazing, it is Grace; and gratitude.

Master, we'll stick around here. For those of you watching the video, leave a “like” too, leave a comment and see you soon! Ok, Master?

February, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Action of psychological conditioning | Truth of Self-Awareness | How to do the right thing?

We are here together looking at this issue of action. We need to discover what action free of the ego is, Real action, true action. This action is action free from contradiction, free from problems and therefore free from suffering. We really want to get it right, so much so that we ask questions like: “How to act under pressure?”, “How to get it right?” or “How to do the right thing?”

We all want to have an intelligent action, a wise action, but we need to know here what this action is, what the truth of this action is. Without a direct understanding, without a direct, non-theoretical, conceptual, without a Real vision of the issue of action, we will never know what it means to act correctly. There will never be Peace, Freedom, Love in our lives, because our actions will be driven by this center that is the “I,” the ego.

We have all realized that our actions are actions to be, to achieve, to get rid of, to obtain, to conquer, so this action is, naturally, the action that is born from an intention, from an idea, from a purpose, and, therefore, it is an egocentric action. However, this is the only action we know, the action centered on the “I,” on this desire, on this motivation or on this impulse from fear, to free ourselves, to move something away from us.

Note that our life consists of actions, everything is action. I have emphasized this here, notice this. Right now, these gestures are actions, this speaking is an action, this listening is

an action. When there is a sense of “someone” present, this is the “I.” It is always moving with some motive, with some reason. This intention, this motive, this reason that drives us to action is the motive of the “I,” of the ego. All we know in life is to live an ego-centered life.

Here, the purpose of this channel is to show you the possibility of the Awakening of your Being, of your Divine Nature, of the Real Truth about each one of us, which is the Reality of God. Being aware of this, becoming aware of this, understanding this in living, this is our purpose here within this channel. Then, there will be an action of a different order, an action free of ideas.

This may seem very strange to you, the possibility of an action free from ideals, motives, purposes. I refer to a free, spontaneous, natural action, free from desire and fear, without this impulse to get rid of and without this ambitious impulse to achieve, to acquire. Note that until today our actions are based on the ego, on the “I” and therefore on this person… This person is moving within this program, within this model of action, this is how it has been in our lives. Investigating the nature of the “I,” studying oneself, is Self-Awareness.

It is Self-Awareness that gives you the basis for action free of the ego and therefore for Real action, where Truth is present. There is only Truth in action when the “I” is not there. As long as the sense of the ego is present, all your movement will be a movement to achieve or get rid of. So, we are always within an action model of time, a time idealized by thought, produced by thought. This is how we, psychologically, are functioning.

The movement of the “I,” of the person, of the ego, is the movement within time, this psychological time. This thought is the one that sustains this psychological time. Thus, our actions, when they are born from thought, which is memory, remembrances – thoughts are remembrances, they are recollections, they are stored memories, experiences that we have gone through –, when we are driven to action, and this action is born from this pattern of thought, our action is limited.

We need to observe life happening. Every moment we are faced with something new, and we are faced with this new thing, confronting it, encountering it, facing it from the past. The past is thought, which is the result of these memories, remembrances, and these recollections that we have. We are dealing with this present moment from this past viewpoint. Our functioning in the ego is our functioning in psychological time. So, thought is the structure of the “I.” Thought is the structure of that thinker. The thinker is the “I,” the experiencer, the one who has had an experience, has kept that experience, which is memory, and that memory is now a thought, a remembrance.

Thus, the experiencer is the one who gives shape to this thinker, and this thinker is the one who, based on a motivation, an intention, a desire, facing the thought it brings, sets itself to act. So, there is no truth in the action of the thinker, who is this experiencer, who is the ego. So, all these conclusions that we have are conclusions of the “I,” of the ego. This is how we are operating. This is our personal consciousness producing personal actions, egocentric, private actions, centered on fear, centered on desire, centered on conflict, centered on these conclusions, which are calculated conclusions.

Follow now what we are putting here for you. The truth of action, it is Real, it is complete, it is complete when it is just a response given to that moment, without this psychological movement, which is the movement of the “I,” of this thinker, of this experiencer, of the one who acts from beliefs, conclusions, and ideas.

We are always moving in the world out of ambition, out of envy, out of desire, out of fear. This movement is the action of the “I,” of the thinker, it is the egocentric action – “I like you or I don't like you,” “I need you or I can’t stand you.” Note, we always have this “I” as the center of actions. There is no flow in Freedom, we do not know the Truth of cooperation, of understanding, of the relationship in Freedom, in Love, because there is always this sense of “I” present in this “liking,” “disliking,” in this “seeking,” in this “trying to reach” or “trying to break free.”

What we are saying here is that this moment calls for action. Every moment is an instant where something is happening, that is, every moment is a moment of action. There is no way to be free from action. Meeting this moment is something that always appears to us as a challenge. The response given to this challenge from this “I,” this ego, this center of separate identity is the inadequate response, it is the inadequate action, it is the action of contradiction, of conflict and therefore of suffering; while an adequate response to that instant, given by this Intelligence, which is born from this understanding of Silence... Silence is the presence of this State of Understanding, Silence is this Understanding, this Understanding is the Truth of your Being revealing itself when the “I,” the ego is not there. Then, a new action is present. This is the action of Life itself.

So, notice what we are saying here: either you have an action from this “me,” this ego, this “I” or there will occur, in a natural way, an action free from the presence of this “me.” This is the action of Reality, of the Truth of God, of the Truth of your Being. Becoming aware, in life, of Life itself is the Awakening of the Divine Nature, of the Nature of your Being, so Something new is present. This new Something responds to everything that is here in a simple, direct way.

So, in this Silence, which is Understanding, in this Understanding, which is the presence of this Silence, there is an action. There is no separation between this Silence, this Understanding, and the action taking place, when it is complete, when the “I,” the ego is not involved in it. All of this may seem very strange to you, because all we have known so far is the action of psychological conditioning, it is the action centered on will, on wanting.

We have a few brief moments of free action and we don't realize the beauty of these moments. At times in your life you find yourself outside of this movement, which is the movement of the ego. For example, in contact with nature, when you are in front of a sunset, when you are going for a walk, when you are hiking. There are some moments in which there is an internal stillness, there is a space of Silence that opens up before something like the sunset in the afternoon, standing in front of a lake, looking at those waters. A space opens; in it lies the absence of this thinker, this experiencer, this “I,” so we are facing an action without “someone” present. It is a happening, it is an event, it is an action free of the “I.” So, we have moments like that.

We can discover in our life a life free of this ego, for a response no longer based on this center, which is the ego. That's what we're working on here with you, showing you the possibility of this. For example, in contact with another, looking at the other without the past, try this. Whenever you look at someone, you already have an idea about who he is, who she is: this idea is just the past.

We live cultivating this model of thinking. It is this model of thought that leads us to action, to egocentric action, to action that is not appropriate to this moment, to this challenge. He or she is always new, but we are always absorbing this moment, this new, this encounter with the new based on memory, thought, and idea. So, the idea does not allow us a free action, so we have the sense of “I” present in this experiencing, here and now, of life, looking at this moment, living this moment, attending to this moment, in this encounter with the new.

Just a moment ago, you were in front of the sunset, that is new, but thought can keep that image, and when it keeps that image and you want that sunset again, you can no longer have it. All you can have now is just a remembrance, a memory, it's when the ego absorbs the new into the old. This is how our relationships with people are, we are never faced with someone new, we are always faced with the image we make of him or her. In other words, we are always absorbing this moment that requires an action free of the ego, we are always absorbing this new moment in this old model, in this old “I,” in this old ego.

So, there is no Love, there is no Freedom, there is no Truth, there is no Intelligence in our actions since this relationship with the other is action, since this contact with life is a relationship, which is an action. We are always in relationship with places, with people, with situations, and we are always bringing this past, which is the “I,” the ego. So, the ego lives in this movement, which is the movement of the past, which is the movement of memories, of recollections, it is not aware of the beauty of this moment.

Another aspect of the ego is that it is always projecting the future from this past, so our calculated, planned, objectified actions by this past are incomplete actions, which are always producing confusion and suffering in our lives, because there is no presence of Love. An action free of the ego, this is the invitation in this meeting, having the truth of Self-Awareness and the Understanding of the Beauty of True Meditation, the Truth of Self-Awareness in this action free of the ego.

This is our work here within this channel. We have a playlist dealing with this issue of Freedom of action, of action free of the ego, in this Truth of Self-Awareness. Deepening it, Realizing It in this life is the only thing that matters. For this purpose, we have meetings here online on weekends – you can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description. If this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and join the group and let's investigate this together. In addition, we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats. So, here's the invitation. OK? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting. Go ahead and leave your “like” and subscribe to the channel. Until next time!

February, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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What is ego death? Truth about Meditation. Pure Consciousness. Mindfulness. Real Consciousness

So, the thing that really matters for us to realize is: this Understanding of Truth, of the death of illusion – and the only thing that can die is illusion – we are dealing with the death of the illusion of this “I.” This word “death” is a word that scares, it scares a lot because it takes you to the end of something. But the truth about it is that we never experience the Beauty of the end of things. Our movement is always this movement of acquiring, possessing, keeping, accumulating, and having. We always have the idea that the more we have – because we have acquired and now we accumulate – the more secure we feel.

Here, when we deal with the end of this psychological memory, something that I have called “memory complexity” or “complex memory,” we have two types of memory. We have simple memory, the memory we use technically, technologically, functionally, in our lives, and we have complex memory, which is the psychological memory. To be offended by someone is to have kept the memory of him or her as being someone who doesn't like you, him or her being someone who mistreated you. This is a simple example of complex memory, of psychological memory. Our life in the “I,” our life in the ego… this is the life of the ego, it is memory. So, is it really possible to no longer carry this “I” and, therefore, this complex memory, which is the memory of this ego-identity?

In other words, would it be interesting for you to live without being offended, without getting hurt, without getting upset, without feeling sad with anyone? Would it be interesting for you not to depend on the other's appreciation or rejection to have a position on who the other is? In other words, would it be interesting for you to live without an image of others? In a relationship between a couple, would it be interesting for you to have a relationship with your wife without ever having any psychological disgust, sadness, anger, irritation, or demanding that she be different from how she is so that you can feel good in this relationship? Would it be interesting to live without images of people? Would it be interesting for you to live without any image of yourself? In other words, not having anything to defend regarding the way others see you? Regarding what they think about you, what they say about you? About whether they like you or not?

This is what I have called “the death of the ‘I’.” A life free from the sense of someone present, within this moment, in this relationship with the other. This is the end of this complex memory, this complexity of memory, which is the memory of the “I.” It is this memory of the “I” that has beliefs and disbeliefs. It is this memory of the “I” that uses expressions such as: “I think,” “I think that,” “for me this is not important.” We are always with this “me,” with this “I,” with our opinions, with our beliefs, with our disbeliefs. All of this is part of this “I,” the illusion of this ego-identity.

An interesting thing about this ego-identity is also the fact that it feels like an entity present that carries a very peculiar, very unique, very singular individuality, which is not true. Because everything you feel, think, believe or don't believe is something common to everyone. There is no sense of separate individuality, there is no real sense of someone present within this experience. All we have is a set of memories and an unconscious ability, but very present in this brain, to be constantly evaluating, judging, comparing, and forming new images from relationships.

So, we are always giving continuity to the “I”, to the ego, to this complex memory, this sense of someone present. And that is conflict, that is suffering. This quality of life in the “I,” in the ego, is ignorance. Then, when we approach this work on ourselves, this vision of the truth about who we are, we come across this “I,” this way of relating to the moment, always from this center that is forming images, supporting ideas, having opinions, and always evaluating. And this makes us complex people, it makes us people with this pattern of living, centered on the “I.” We have not yet discovered the beauty of allowing experience without the mind. It is the presence of the mind that makes experience something we keep, we record.

So, we are always giving continuity to this recorded past, this stored memory, this image that the “I” has of itself in its relationship with others. We are always giving continuity to this past. What is this death of the “I”? What is ego death? It's the end of the past. Then, it's this present moment, where the experience has lost its importance because the mind is not present. Follow that: the Presence of the Truth of What is you, not what appears to be you: this is the end of the present mind, which represents the end of experience. Thus, you are before experiencing. When meeting someone, experiencing is so Real, there is such Mindfulness, such a true Presence, of full Consciousness, of full Attention, that the experience has lost its importance. The recording of that experience has lost its importance, so experiencing is significant. This is what I have called the death of the “I,” ego death.

It's worth saying here that this is now, always at this moment. So, you are always before something new, because there is no “I,” there is no experiencer, there is no more importance in this experience. It's just experiencing. And in this experiencing, the sense of “I” is not present, the sense of the ego does not show itself, the experience has lost its importance. Experiencing is significant, the moment is significant, this instant is unique, there is no “I.” You have moments like this, where experiencing is meaningful. Experience loses its importance because the experiencer has no importance there, where the mind does not enter there. When you are before a sunset, or walking on a trail, just walking, or looking at the forest, the smell of the trees, the breeze blowing... the mind is not present, the experiencer is not present, there is just this moment. This is experiencing. The ego does not register it, there is nothing to register! It cannot take possession of it, the ego has no sexual interest in it, no emotional interest in it, no sentimental interest in it, no intellectual interest in it. It cannot acquire this moment. At that instant, there is no “I.” This is the moment of ego death: the moment of pure experiencing without the experiencer, without the mind, without the own observer.

The observer in us is the one who observes and separates itself to record. The observer in us works like a camera. The camera is here and the object is there, what the camera does is separate itself to record. This is how the ego works. This “I,” this observer, this experiencer, is like this in your life. When you meet people, you live that experience and record those experiences so that when you meet that person again with that background you already bring within, you know how to position yourself in that relationship. All of this occurs in our relationships with each other, because the ego carries fear, it feels insecure and it wants to control the experience. That's why it comes into experiencing, it comes in to register. So, it is like a camera that is always photographing and recording.

When you are on a trail, when you are before a sunset, sitting on a rock... the sea, the sunlight shining on the waters, the waves come with their foam and hit those rocks... there is only the look, only the moment, there is only experiencing. There is no record, there is no such camera. Do you get that? At that moment, Something is present, this Something is not the “I.” There is no separation because there is no camera, no record, no observer. The thing observed and the one who observes are just one Reality. The rock, the one sitting on the rock, the sea foam returning after having hit the rocks, it's just not an experience anymore, it's a Real experiencing, because it's not recorded, so the “I” is not present.

A life in relationship with husband, wife, boss, employees, in living, moment by moment, without the “I,” without the mind, without the observer, without camera, without record, is a free life. This is the death of the “I,” the ego death. That's the end of this complex memory. So, it is contact with life in its totality. So, you can make use of your memory in a very simple way. You can even remember that you were on that beach, that that moment occurred, but it no longer carries a background of demand, it is no longer the moment that the ego sustains, that the “I” was able to capture, that this “me” would now be saying: “It’s mine, I have to go back to that beach again and feel that same thing.” This doesn't happen, because the ego wasn't there, there was no record! It was just a moment gone! Do you get what we are saying? (laughs)

Life at this instant is happening this way. You don't need to be on the edge of a beach, before a sunset. You are before people, in a relationship with people, in a relationship with this moment, without registering, without this complex memory that the “I” demands, that the “I” seeks to maintain its continuity. Alright? So, what is the Truth of your Being? It is this Presence of this Reality of this Pure Consciousness, this Real Consciousness, when the mind is not present. And here, of course, I refer to this egoic mind. When the “I” is not there, when the record is not there, when the experience loses its importance. Then, your Natural State of Being reveals itself. This is the approach to Meditation. Put this in evidence, here and now, at this moment. You don't need to be on the edge of a beach, you don't need to be before a sunset, you are here and now! A thought arises, a feeling, a face, a person, whatever is occurring around you. This “I” is dispensable, this record is dispensable, this internal movement of unconsciousness that makes you value the experience in order to capture it, is not needed.

So, in these meetings, we are getting closer to the Truth about Meditation. And Meditation is here and now, it requires nothing but being here and now, without record, without the “I,” without the ego. You might say, “And what’s that like?” Attention! Full Attention to this moment. No ambition, no desire to capture, no intention of carrying it to a moment later. Then, there is no record. We can spend a whole life, but a life in the “I” is a life in death. A life free from the “I” is a Real Life in the Truth of Being, in the Divine Truth, in the Truth of God. This is Self-Realization, this is Realization of God. Simple memory is present, but psychological memory is not. The simple memory is present, but the memory of the “I” is not. And that is the end of illusion, the end of every form of complication, suffering, fear, and desire. This is the end of the “I,” this is the Freedom of Being, this is the Freedom of God. This is the Realization of God, this is Love, this is Happiness. Here is the Truth, here is your Being. And that's it. OK?

January, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Real psychological change | Psychological conditioning | Satsang: the encounter with Truth

We want to talk to you here today about the importance of this change, the real psychological change. Note that this is something essential for each and every one of us. Now, we need to point out a few things here.

It seems to me that the use of words in communication – observe – is insufficient. If we want to approach a subject like this, we need to have the care, attention, affection, and necessary application to have an approach of this beyond these words. Why is that? Because the use of words... when we hear a word, we are hearing a symbol, a formula, an image. Each of us, when we hear a speech, interprets it in a very peculiar way, very particular to each of us, because of the meaning we are giving to the words, that we have given to this or that word.

So, look at the difficulty we have here in an encounter like this. If we remain only at the verbal level, at the level of words, at the level of expressions, images and symbols that are words, we won't have an encounter at the level necessary for this transformation to occur, for this real psychological change to happen. Why is this important to say? Because some people come to the channel, watch a video and expect to understand everything we talk about and address in the channel after watching just one video.

Here we use expressions. They are not technical expressions from philosophy, religion or psychology. We are pointing to something that is not simple to understand, even though the words are simple because they are words we use every day. They're not technical words, they're words we're used to hearing. But this is where the difficulty lies because each of us interprets these words in our own way, the way we like, the way we prefer or in the way we are used to interpreting them. However, an encounter like this requires something beyond words. We need to put aside our particular viewpoint of this or that word and become capable of listening without giving this or that word a meaning, as we have done.

There is a great secret in this contact when there is true communication. What is this communication? It's when we meet on the same level, in the same intensity, in the same tune, in the same resonance. When there is a single understanding, then we have the Truth of communication, something becomes possible when there is communion. But this communion is not possible when we interpret, when we translate, when we compare what we are hearing here with knowledge we already have, with a particular interpretation we already have, with a concept, a prejudice.Do you get that?

So, this requires something here beyond speech. Something that occurs when Silence happens between us. A moment of Silence is needed. In this moment of Silence there is this instant of non-verbal, non-intellectual understanding, where words are not necessary, then at this point, at this level, in this resonance, we have the presence of the understanding. And why is this fundamental here in this meeting? Because we're not dealing with a technical subject. This isn't like studying mechanics, mathematics or physics.

We are here studying something that requires from each of us an encounter with an inner revelation, with a profound non-intellectual, non-verbal, non-technical understanding. Physics can be studied in a technical way, mathematics can be studied in a technical way, mechanics, science, biology... It is possible to have a technical approach to subjects related to everything that lies within the field of logic. We are dealing here with something that requires an internal approach. I don't like the word intuitive very much, I would say that we have here a subject that requires contact with something outside this brain that deals with known subjects and, therefore, with technical subjects.

We don't need any technique, we don't need any deductive, conclusive, experimental basis for the understanding of what we are dealing with here. We are discussing with you the subject of the Realization of God, the Awakening of Consciousness, the Awakening of this Being we are. Understanding the illusion of this being we seem to be, we show ourselves to be, understanding this movement, which is the movement of the “I,” of “me,” of the ego, understanding this is the discarding of this illusory identity, this illusory center, this false “I,” in order to contact this Divine Reality, which is the Truth about ourselves.

The approach we have here in these meetings is for the direct experience of this Real change, for a new way of living, feeling, thinking, acting and moving in this Existence. So, this requires an approach of heart and mind. We need a new mind and a new heart.

This mind as we know it, wrapped up in feelings, emotions, sensations, perceptions, within patterns that have already been conditioned, programmed, sustained by this model of collective consciousness, of human consciousness, doesn't help. We have lived and are living in this condition. We need a real, radical change in this structure, which is the structure of psychological conditioning present in each one of us, which places us in this movement of existence from this center, which is this “person,” this “me,” this “I,” in this pattern of “mind and heart,” occupied with the affairs of this old identity, this egoic identity. Do you get that?

To approach this Truth requires a new heart, I repeat, a new mind, a new way of feeling and thinking, something that becomes possible when you discover the art of Meditation. What is Meditation? It's approaching this movement of thought, feeling, emotion, sensation, perception; looking at it, just being aware of it, without putting this element, which is the “I,” to interfere with this process, which is this conditioning.

When we don't put this “I” that is addicted to interfering in this idea “I'm thinking,” “I'm feeling,” “I'm doing,” “I'm acting,” when this element, which is the “I,” doesn't enter into the experience of life happening, at that moment this psychological movement of conditioning can be undone, can be annulled. When this happens, we have this Real, psychological change. That's what we're dealing with in this channel with you. An approach to the Truth of your Being is the end of the illusion of this conditioned being, this psychological being, this conditioned mind, this conditioned heart, where what prevails is this conditioned feeling and thinking.

We've been discussing this subject with you here on the channel. You need to find out what it's like to have an approach of study to this subject. It's a delicate subject. This psychological subject, this subject that when we approach it we have the possibility of experiencing a profound psychological transformation, in this breaking, in this undoing of this model of cultural pattern, of social pattern, for a new Life, for a Real Life, for a Divine Life, for a Life in Love, Freedom, and Happiness. This, of course, requires you to learn how to approach this subject.

More than watching these videos here on the channel... What we have in these videos are tips on how to work on it, in yourself. But more than these tips on how to work on this in yourself, it's having a much more direct approach to how to study this, how to approach this. And nothing replaces the power of the Presence, which is the power of Grace, which carries this power of Silence. You can access this in online meetings that we also have here on weekends.

So, come closer to these online meetings. There's something in these meetings that you won't find in these videos here on the channel; something beyond these tips, something beyond this invitation – because that's what we have in these videos: tips on how to work on this in yourself. And these videos are meant to be an invitation to get closer to the Truth of the Revelation of your own Being and, therefore, to the end of suffering, which is the end of the “I,” of the ego, of this “me.” Thus, more than this, we have online meetings, within face-to-face meetings and also during retreats; so, we have the power of this Presence, the power of this Grace, the opportunity to investigate in a very direct, very private way, where the questions you have are investigated.

You can't rely on this model of thought. We need the power of this Silence, the power of Grace, the power of Presence. So, there is something present in online meetings – I want to say this to you once again – that we don't find in the videos. Just as there is something present in face-to-face meetings that we don't have in the videos.

The work of Realization of the Truth of your Being is the only thing that matters in this life. Becoming aware of this is the end of this psychological disorder, the end of this internal confusion, in this illusion of being “someone” who believes to need things that actually don’t, who has the illusion that in the future will find love, happiness, peace and freedom. None of this is real. The Reality of Love, Peace, Happiness, like the Truth of God, is Something that is here and now, when the sense of “I,” of the ego, is no longer present.

The silencing of the mind, this inner stillness that arises when the brain quiets down, the mind quiets down and this Real heart arises, when this is present, Something is revealed here; Something that is outside the known. So, the Real Truth about Meditation is the Revelation of your Being. Meditation is the Truth of your Being revealing itself when no psychological conditioning, when no model of social, cultural, collective consciousness is present. Then, we have the Unknown, the Unnameable, the Indescribable, the Presence of Divine Truth here and now. This is the end of this model of egoic identity. The approach of this Truth of your Being takes place within Satsang.

The word Satsang means “the encounter with Truth.” A Sanskrit word for “encounter with this Reality of this Being we are,” the encounter with the power of Silence, with the power of Grace, with the power of this Presence. For this purpose, we have online meetings on weekends, face-to-face meetings and retreats. I'd like to invite you to take part in these meetings – you'll find our WhatsApp link to join us here in the video description. Okay? If this makes sense to you, give your like here and subscribe to the channel. And see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

January, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | The thunder of silence | How to get rid of anxiety? | Master Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is here with us. Master, today I'm going to read an excerpt from Joel Goldsmith's book called “The Thunder of Silence.” In this excerpt from 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.” Master, about the problems that the conditioned mind generates, and bringing an example: the issue of anxiety… How to get rid of anxiety?

MG: So, Gilson, there is something here that people hardly realize. They won't have the slightest chance of realizing this, in fact, until they are called to attention to this perception. And here I am referring, exactly, to this sense of someone present facing this or that situation. We do not pay attention to the illusion of what is

present in this or that condition. For us, it is very certain that we exist as someone present and, when something happens to us, it is happening to “me,” to this “I.”

So, when we talk about an internal state, be it sadness, anguish, fear, desire, anxiety, the fundamental belief here is “I” in this: “I” and this experience, “I” and this thing. Immediately, the idea of ​​getting rid of it comes to us. This is where the big problem lies and we need to pay attention to it. The problem consists of the illusion of separation of this “I” and this, “I” and this thing that we call fear, sadness, anguish, anxiety, and depression. There is the illusion, Gilson, of someone feeling this, someone living this. So, there is someone and this thing.

So, to investigate the nature of experience is to understand that this separation is an illusion. We are conditioned in this belief of separation. For us, fear is one thing and “I am,” something else. So, when I feel fear, there is “I” feeling the fear; When I feel anguish, there is “I” and anguish, there is “I” and sadness, because we have an illusion: the illusion that we are not always within that experience and that we are always, as an “I,” passing through many experiences. Then, experiences pass and this “I” is always the same. This is an illusion!

The Truth of Experience, Gilson – that's why we have to study the question of experience... We usually say or ask “what to do?” or “what can I do?” or “what do I have to do to get rid of anxiety, fear, and anguish?”, because the idea is that this “I” can get rid of it, because it is not always distressed, it is not always afraid, nor is it always sad.

So, the idea is that this “I” is having experiences, but it is not those experiences. This is where illusion lies, because when fear is present, we do not separate the fear from the fearful. Fear is the presence of the fearful, sadness is the presence of the sad one, just as, when there is a thought, we have the presence of the thinker. They don't separate! The illusion we have is that we are the thinker who has thoughts, we are the experiencer who has experiences, whereas, in fact, when the experience is there, the experiencer is also there, and it does not separate itself! We can never separate fear from the fearful, sadness from the sad one, anguish from the distressed one, depression from the depressed one. This separation is a fantasy created by thought.

So, thought, through the thinker, wants to get rid of experience. But this experience is the experiencer itself! It's very simple for us to see this. When there are thoughts and you want to get rid of them… notice: can anyone get rid of thoughts whenever they want? All the effort to get rid of a thought, what does that effort do? It only strengthens the thought. And why does it strengthen thinking? Because thought and the thinker are one! The effort itself is the effort of the thinker strengthening the experience of thought. In this sense, thought is still the thinker.

So, the problem here, Gilson, is learning to deal with the experience without putting the experiencer inside the experience. That's what we haven't figured out yet. If we truly want an end to fear, we have to… unlike trying to get rid of fear, we have to get closer to what the experience is. Only when we approach the experience without creating the conflict of separation, of fighting, of rejection, of resistance, of trying to get away… because all of this only strengthens separation and therefore strengthens the experience.

This explains why, no matter how hard we are trying, no matter how much we try to free ourselves from an experience, we are only strengthening it. Here, awareness is the awareness of seeing what is here, and not separating oneself from it.

When we don't separate... I'll say it again: we separate ourselves when we reject, when we fight, when we want to get rid of it, when we want to push it away. When we do this, we are sustaining this sense of separation, which is the experiencer and the experience.

So, that's the first thing: don't resist, don't fight, don't have an intention! Just verify it, become aware of it! Another thing – that was the first – the second: don't name it! When we name an experience, we name it with the intention of doing something with it. That's why we have a habit of naming experiences. Another thing that makes us name the experience is that, when we name it, we classify the experience, with the idea of ​​controlling the experience. But who is this controller? If not the experiencer? Isn't that still part of the experience? So, there is no point in naming it to control it, nor is there any point in naming it to try to do something with it, which is to get rid of it, or explain it, or clarify it for others. These are the reasons why we name experiences.

We just need, Gilson, to notice the emotion, the feeling, the sensation, the energy that is present. We don't need to name it. In reality, we shouldn't name it, because that won't help us at all to be in contact with the experience; nor should we fight against it or create a thought about it. All we need is, in fact, to do what we have not done until now: to learn to approach this moment to look closely at what it represents; and one detail: just to look! It's not to analyze, it's not to explain to yourself, I'll repeat, it's not to fight against, it's not to try to understand, it's just to see! To see the experience as it is, without this element that is the experiencer. Or, to put it another way: when we do this, we unite this experiencer with the experience, so there is no longer duality, there is no longer space.

See, Gilson, we are touching here on something fundamental for this contact with the Truth of Clarity, of Understanding what is. This is Self-Awareness. This Self-Awareness, which is this awareness of what is, without this identity – which is the experiencer separating itself and wanting to do something with it – is also Meditation. So, the way to approach any internal state is this. Thus, we eliminate duality: experiencer and experience, thinker and thought, the fear of the fearful, the sadness of the sad one.

Notice how unique this is, Gilson. Whenever a feeling is present, a thought arises – notice this – to explain the feeling, to name the feeling, and try to do something with it. This is a game of egoic identity, this is a game of the experiencer itself! Why does it do this? Because it always intends to maintain the continuity of the state. This is how the ego, Gilson, preserves itself, this is how it maintains its continuity.

So, we spend thirty, forty years of our lives stuck in internal states, naming, classifying, explaining to ourselves, analyzing, identifying with the patterns, without ever approaching it in a real way. To approach this in a real way is not to put the experiencer back, once again, into that experience. If we do this in a correct way – which is to have this approach to Self-Awareness, which represents the Truth of Meditation – when we do this in a correct way, we have the end for the experiencer, and when it is not present, the experience fades away, then a breakdown occurs, the end to this psychological condition. With this, Gilson, we empty all this content of the “I,” which is the experiencer, which maintains this center of memories, states, feelings, emotions, sensations, and thoughts as a culture within each one of us. This is the existence of the “I,” this is the existence of the ego.

Of course, I spoke here in a very summarized way. We are, within the channel and in online meetings, delving deeper into this. We need to have a new approach to what is going on inside each of us. This approach is without the sense of a present “I”, which becomes possible when there is Self-Awareness, when there is Real Meditation. That's it!

GC: Master, really in Satsang – which are these meetings that the Master provides, both online and in person –, the Master deepens this investigation, because at first it is really challenging to understand and comprehend. Now, of course, with the sharing of Master's Consciousness, soon an Understanding unfolds. Bringing an example, Master, I myself had anxiety, and the first thing that happened here was: “I am anxious because of this thing.” Obviously, the desire to get rid of that anxiety was already coming. So, I would get rid of it and look for a therapeutic technique, be it meditation, going for a run, doing physical activity... That's what I did until I met the Master and, in Satsang, gained some of that understanding.

And I even ask the Master to talk a little more today. For example, when anxiety appears, it is an energy, as if it were an energy. As the Master comments, you don't have to give a name, but, if you were to give a name, there is an energy of anxiety. But whatever it is, right? It's just this state of alertness, this experience in the body, of energy or whatever. Is that so, Master?

MG: Our inclination, Gilson, in general, is that when the state that arises is pleasant, we identify with the state to sustain the state psychologically. So, we feed the state by thoughts, by memories, by remembrances, to sustain the state. And when the state is unpleasant, we want to get rid of it, and to get rid of these states, the means we have is to occupy ourselves with something else that can distract us from this condition of feeling, emotion, and thought that the state is carrying. So, we replace that with something else.

So, it's very common for us to run away from these unpleasant states and cling to these pleasant states. When we do one thing or another, we are strengthening the sense of ego, of “I.”

The human being, Gilson, spends an entire life without ever freeing himself from this sense of “I,” because he is not aware of this movement of duality present when a state arises due to a background in the past or an external stimulus, bringing back this state that, in fact, is already within him. Just an external or internal stimulus brings that state again, and when it arrives, it once again finds the human being inattentive to the state. Again, he will flee the state if it is unpleasant, and if it is pleasant, he will embark on the state, on identification with the state. This way we spend our entire lives: stuck in this movement of the “I,” of the ego, always living as an experiencer, repeating, repeating, repeating… maintaining the continuity of this past.

This attention to the movement of the “I,” to the movement of the ego, makes you aware of whatever arises in this instant, and to look at that without placing the element that is the “I,” the experiencer, within the experience, this is the end to the experience.

Note, I am not naming the experience here. It doesn't matter what experience the ego has to present here and now and what name it has for that experience. This is also something fascinating, Gilson, because in our culture we are valuing names a lot, and we don't realize that this is a big ego trap. We love classifying, naming, and I'll tell you why, I just put it: when we name, we explain it to ourselves; when we name, we explain to others; when we name, we justify; when we name, we name it because we know it is a bad thing, and if it is a bad thing, “I” have to get rid of it; if it’s a good thing, “I” have to keep it. “I” who? The ego, the “I,” the experiencer itself. So, getting closer to yourself means staying with what is here without separating yourself to name, classify, condemn, justify, escape...

So, when we talk here, Gilson, about the importance of Meditation, we are talking about being, in this moment, vulnerable to life as it appears. It is clear that, in a meditation practice, we do not have access to this, we have access to it here right now. What have people done? They are running away from exactly this opportunity to confront the state, to look at the state, because it is when we look at this, how it manifests itself here, that we can go beyond that. We can move beyond this by letting it fall apart. It is necessary to bring Attention to this moment, Awareness to this moment, so we are in direct contact with what is happening here, without running away, without escaping... without giving a name, we can do that; without getting attached, if it is pleasant, we can do it.

So, learning to deal with each and every state here and now arising without this experiencer, Gilson, is the key to the end of the “I,” to the end of the ego. This is Real Meditation, True Meditation, Awareness of Being. To be that which shows itself here and now is to go beyond this being which shows itself here and now towards the Reality of the True Nature of Being. So, the awareness of what is, is the end to this. This, yes, is the end of fear, because it is the end of the fearful; it is the end of suffering, because it is the end of the sufferer; it is the end of ignorance, because it is the end of that “I” that sustains the illusion of ignorance; it is the end of stupidity, because it is the end of the stupid one. So, this is the Revelation of Wisdom, this is the Revelation of Intelligence, this is the Revelation of Truth. So, you in your Natural Real State of Being do not suffer, there is none of that.

GC: Master, about this Self-investigation, this Attention to everything that happens: how to maintain, how to awaken this Attention at every moment?

MG: Simple, Gilson. It’s not discipline, it’s not self-discipline, it’s not practice, it’s not effort… the word here is “interest.” The only thing that is needed is interest. Be interested in yourself! In general, our energy is scattered in the mind, in the idea of ​​becoming – becoming this, becoming that, achieving this, achieving that… We have enough energy, but it is being wasted in this chattering movement of thought, always projecting itself into the future. So, we are always either in the past or in the future. This is a complete waste of energy! When we place an interest in just observing the thought when it arises, the feeling when it arises, something that the eyes are seeing at this moment, when we simply place the interest in looking, this interest brings this Attention.

So, I'll say it again: it doesn't require effort, it doesn't require practice, it doesn't require self-discipline, just interest! Effort is when we are divided between one thing and another. When there is interest and that interest is alive, burning within you, to look at whatever is arising here, that interest carries no conflict. Note that, in effort, you have to make an effort. You only strive because you have opposing desires: one part of you wants to see and the other doesn't. You discipline yourself, because one part wants to do it and the other doesn't. You discipline yourself because one part of you wants to adjust and the other doesn't. When there is interest, no! Interest is natural, it’s spontaneous! Notice: when you look at a tree, there’s no effort at all, it’s just a look! In this look, because there is this interest, Attention is already present.

Our job, Gilson, is to discover the beauty of having a real interest in the Truth. These meetings here, like online and in-person meetings, are wonderful, because they awaken in us a deep and real interest in seeing here and now this whole process of thinking, feeling, acting, gesturing, the way we speak. This Attention comes from this interest. So, your question is: “How?” Place your heart in the Truth and get involved with It and your interest deepens, it grows. When it grows, attention follows.

This work, Gilson, requires this Attention on yourself. This comes from this interest in letting go of error, letting go of confusion, letting go of illusion, letting go of what is not real. So, Self-Discovery, the Realization of Truth, is very natural when there is this interest. This awakens this Attention. This Attention brings you closer to the vision, the observation of each and every thought, feeling, emotion, sensation... and, at that moment, you no longer run away or identify yourself, you realize! And as this deepens, the Beauty of being here and now becomes evident.

See, it is not an experience, it is an experiencing of this Beauty, this Silence, this Stillness, this Truth of Grace. This operates a change in the body, in the mind, in the brain, in the cells of the brain. So, this shows itself to be the end of the sense of someone. This end of the “I,” this end of the ego, is the end of ignorance and, naturally, it is the end of suffering and of all these conditions that we have given different names to.

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master! Indeed, in Satsang, in this sharing of the Master's Presence, we begin to understand and feel a little of the taste of this complete Freedom that is the life that the Master lives today and, naturally, more and more this interest in looking at oneself emerges. It's... it's pure Grace!

And, Master, we're going to stop here, because our time has come to end. Thank you for this videocast.

And for you who are watching the video, here is the invitation to participate in a meeting, both online and in person, including retreats, which are these Satsangs, where there is a deep investigation conducted by the Master, where, in this sharing of Consciousness, of Presence, we can receive this Real Meditation and feel the taste of what this Truth is, what this Freedom is, which is beyond what the intellect can translate into words. So, in the first pinned comment, there is the link to the WhatsApp group with information about the meetings, and here is the invitation.

Ok, Master? Thank you for this videocast.

January, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychological conditioning. Life in its purpose. The truth of Self-awareness. What is life?

This question is common: “How do I find my purpose in life?” Or: “How to find purpose in life?” There is something here that we have to clarify for you. First, we need to discover, first of all, what life is, because we talk about life as if we already knew life. So, “I already know life, now I just have to find my purpose in it.” That is true?

So, notice how strange our vision is: first we believe that we already know life and that now we just need to find our purpose in life; but what is life? So, that's the first question. And is there such a thing as “the purpose of life”?

Note that we are in a mess. Psychologically, we feel like we are someone, so we have this psychophysical being that we believe we are, body and mind, will, freedom, autonomy of thoughts, actions... Is this true? Is it really like that? Are we who we believe we are? And can we do what we believe we can? And now we have this ideal, the ideal of discovering our purpose in life.

The point here is that none of this is real, we don't know ourselves. What is the truth about you? What is the truth about life? This idea of ​​being “someone” in this moment, here, within the experience, naturally separate from the experience, is an illusion. It is the illusion of control, it is the illusion of doing, it is the illusion of power, it is the illusion of being. For example, the idea you have about yourself is an image, it is just an image that does not fit reality.

See, it's very simple to see this. The idea you have about who you are, observe the internal states of contradiction present within each of us. You feel one thing, but you would like to feel something else, so there is a contradiction between what you feel and what you want to feel. There is a contradiction of movement of thoughts too: you have a thought, you believe that thought is yours, but you cannot get rid of it when you want to get rid of it.

Notice the thoughts in us, how they process. Is it true that you have these thoughts or are they thoughts that arise in spite of you? If you had control over your thoughts, you wouldn't have thoughts producing internal contradiction between what you want and what you don't want, between what you feel and what you don't want to feel, between what you think and what you don't want to think.

The truth about thoughts is that they are automatic, they are mechanical, they process inside the brain. Have you ever found yourself humming a song? Have you ever found yourself with a song repeating inside your head? Is it true that you brought that song or did it appear? Have you ever noticed that thoughts arise and you don't know where they are coming from? So much so that you want to get rid of them and that desire to get rid of them is one thing, and the power to get rid of them is quite something else.

We don't get rid of thoughts when we want to, we don't think when we want to, we don't get rid of thinking when we want to, we don't feel what we want to feel, we don't get rid of feelings when we want to get rid of. So, we live internally in states of contradiction, without any control over feelings, emotions, perceptions, and sensations, this simply happens in this body-mind due to a programming model in this structure, in this brain, in this body.

The body is just reacting to stimuli, the brain is just responding to stimuli. There are external stimuli and internal stimuli and, even so, you believe that you exist as an entity present in control of this entire process. The idea of ​​a present “I” being the manager, the controller, who has autonomy, freedom and power over this entire process of thinking, feeling and acting, this is an illusion.

With a little honesty, you may see what we are saying. Just look at yourself and you will notice the contradiction, the guilt, the remorse, the regret, the doubt, the fear, all of this shows internal states of contradiction and, therefore, suffering within each of us. This is the presence of this “me,” this “I,” this ego, the illusion of an identity present in living, in experience. And how can we talk about knowing the purpose, “my purpose?”

First of all, we need to understand the truth of this “I” to discover if there really is any purpose for it. We need, first of all, to discover what the truth of Life is and to discover if, in truth, in Life there is this element that is this “me”, this “I”, this person. What is the truth of “I”? What is the truth of Life?

That's what we're seeing here together. As long as we do not get rid of the illusion of this “I,” which is the ego, that which lives within this condition of complete ignorance regarding this entire process of movement of itself, as long as this brain, this mind does not find order, as long as there is no psychological order, while all this movement of the brain is a movement of psychological conditioning, where our responses are reactive responses of conditioning, of memory, reactions of memory – of motor memory, of emotional memory, of feeling memory, of thought memory – , as long as the entire movement of this psychophysical being is this, all we have is disorder, all we have is confusion, all we have is still part of illusion.

What is the truth of this “I”? Is there a purpose for this “I”? Or is this “I” a set of conditioning, a programming, a movement of unconsciousness present in this mechanism, in this body-mind, moving in what we call “life”? What is the truth of this “me”? What is the truth of this “I”? Getting closer to oneself is becoming aware of this movement, then a psychological deconditioning becomes possible, deconditioning of this entire movement that occurs in an unconscious, mechanical way in this mechanism, in this body-mind.

So, the great truth is that we don't know ourselves, we don't know how we function, we don't know how this mind works, how this brain works, how this “I” has established itself in this condition using this pronoun, and pronouns like “mine,” “my,” “my story,” “my life,” “my name.”

Studying yourself is going beyond this condition of egoic identity, of personal identity. It is understanding the truth about yourself, it is understanding the truth about this “me.” Then, we are faced with Life without this movement, which is the movement of “me,” of “I.” So, yes, at that moment, it becomes possible to discover Life in its purpose. I didn’t say the life of this “I,” this “me” finding its purpose in Life. I am saying that it is possible for us to discover together, in the Awakening of the Truth about who we are, the purpose of Life. It’s not the personal life of this “me,” it’s Life.

Life has a purpose, the “I” carries no purpose in Life. The purpose of Life, the purpose in Life is Life itself in its purpose, there is no “me,” no “I,” no ego within it. But we are facing something fascinating, because once it happens, once this understanding of the Truth about who we are occurs, we have the end of the illusion of this “I.”

So, at this moment, Life carries a great Beauty, a great purpose. At that moment, Truth reveals itself, shows itself to be You in your true Being, in your Real Being, which is not separate from Life and, therefore, is not separate from purpose. So, in this moment, we have Life, this Being, this Truth, we have this purpose, the Reality of Being what you were born to be, That which is You in this Life when the sense of “I,” of ego, of “me,” this dream of being “someone” is no longer present. Therefore, to be aware of the Truth of this entire movement of thought, feeling, emotion, the sensation of what this “me,” this “I” is, is to have an understanding of what Life is.

So, studying oneself is having this contact with the Truth of Self-Awareness. Note that the expression “Self-Awareness” here is not what people generally use in psychology or philosophy out there. We are talking about this realization of the awareness of the Reality of That which is this Being, when this illusion of this movement, which is the movement of the “I” – which, by the way, is always within a movement of psychological time, in this specific idea of ​​ becoming, accomplishing, achieving, coming to be – is no longer present. It's another aspect here within the subject.

In general, people speak of this purpose as an idealism in the future, having the idea of ​​an “I,” of an ego, of a person accomplishing something for oneself, in this movement of ambition, of searching for something, in the idea of ​​becoming greater than he or she sees oneself; That's why people talk about this purpose in life. So, here we have the end of this condition of this sense of an “I,” of an ego that projects itself to achieve, to accomplish, because here we have the end of that time, of that psychological time idealized by thought itself in its projection onto that which the ego calls as life, which is the idea of ​​this better future for itself.

The Realization of God's Truth, of the Reality of His Being, is the end of time. So, the future is now, Happiness is now, Love is now, Freedom is now, Peace is now, so in this instant we have Life and purpose. Note that this purpose and Life is Happiness, and this is now. So, that purpose, Life and Happiness are now. So, it is not about a purpose in life, but it is Life now in its own purpose, it is the presence of that Reality, which is the Happiness of Being.

So, it is not about the future, it is not about something to be achieved, it is not about something to be accomplished by “someone,” but it is the realization of the Truth of this Being that we are in that moment. This is the purpose in Life, this is the purpose of being here. The only purpose in Life is Being, and Being is Happiness. This is the encounter with the Truth of God.

So, we have online meetings here on weekends to work on this with you – they take place on weekends. If this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead, here is our WhatsApp link in the video description to participate in these meetings. So, we have online meetings on weekends; You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these meetings. We have face-to-face meetings and we also have retreats. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and leave your “like” and subscribe to the channel. Until next time. See you!

January, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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