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.
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