We want to spend the next few minutes exploring the issue of change, of real change or real psychological change. This will be our focus here with you. Now, it's important that we approach this. See, there is a lot of difficulty in this communication.
In general, when we communicate using words, we encounter a great difficulty; and the difficulty lies in the fact that when we hear these words, we usually already have a formula, a model, an idea, a concept, a specific belief about the meaning of this or that word, and so here we come across the greatest difficulty of all, which is the difficulty of communication, of verbal communication.
Sometimes I find some comments on the channel, where people say: “You talk, talk and you don't say anything. You talk, talk and don't explain.” This kind of comment is very interesting because it shows us exactly what we're saying here. We come up against this difficulty in communication, especially when we don't use technical, very specific words to deal with a particular subject, as we do here. We use common words, not technical words. In general, they are not words used in books on the subject we are dealing with here.
We are dealing with this real psychological change in each of us, with the need for this change. And we don't use expressions from psychology, technical expressions, because we are addressing an audience here that is only trying to investigate this in a direct way, without all this theoretical knowledge about it since what we are communicating here we haven't discovered in books.
When we talk about the importance of this psychological transformation or this internal change – something that is necessary for each of us – this is something that we discover for ourselves. We don't discover it by reading or studying what others say about it. We discover it when we come close to observing the inner movement taking place within ourselves. The richness of this understanding arises when we approach this study of ourselves. So, to study ourselves is to have a direct approach to the truth about who we are, about what we are at this instant, about what we are at this moment. And so, we have the possibility of a direct, experiential approach to this Truth.
So, this is not about verbal communication. It's not a matter of comparing the speech being given here with the knowledge we already have, with these formulas, ideas, concepts, specific beliefs, as we have just said. We don't have the slightest possibility of approaching this subject theoretically. We use words here, but those words won't mean anything to you if you don't understand what's going on inside you.
In other words, our approach here is to a very delicate subject. We're talking about a significant, profound, real change in this psychological model of being someone that we know, that we see in ourselves, that we see in others, that we see in the world around us.This, of course, requires a dedicated heart, a dedicated mind to investigate directly, beyond these words, beyond the meaning of these words. So, notice the difficulty we have here.
We use words, we use words because they are necessary, but there is something here much greater than these words, something much greater than the verbal meaning of each of these words, and this is something that is revealed when there is a deep communion between us. Notice that every time you are in contact with someone, in a dialog, and a moment of communion takes place, the words become clear to the point that those words can even be dispensed with because something happens on an inner level that is the comprehension; and when there is comprehension, there is a perception on the same level, on the same frequency, on the same basis for that contact.
So, real communication occurs when words are not so relevant, when what is now relevant in this contact, in this communication, is this communion. Then, when people say “You talk, talk and you don't say anything,” notice, it's not possible to approach a subject like this without this openness, without this sensitivity, without this communion. Thus, it's very interesting that you investigate the videos on the channel here.
In just one video like this, you can't get a sense of everything that we're dealing with here in terms of this deep psychological change that is needed for this Realization of Truth, for this Realization of God, for this Realization of this Divine Truth we bring within. We must take a very careful approach. So, watching other videos here on the channel is very important. And even more important than watching these videos is taking part in meetings like the ones we have, which are online and face-to-face meetings.
If, in fact, we are feeling something inside each one of us, which is the burning for Truth, which is this fervor for the comprehension of the Reality, the Reality we are, the Reality of God, the Reality of Life, we need to get closer to work like this. Words are not enough, we need something much greater than words within this work. So, getting closer in an online meeting, in a face-to-face meeting, will certainly make all the difference to you because there is something present in an online meeting and in a face-to-face meeting beyond what we find here in these videos, and that makes it possible for us to have access here to something beyond words.
So, this encounter in India is known as Satsang. Satsang means “the encounter with Truth.” In this encounter there is something beyond the communication of words, it is the Revelation of the power of Silence. There is great power in Silence. It's not the silence of the absence of sound, it's the Silence of the presence of Grace. When the brain and the mind quiets down, there is Something that is Revealed beyond all that we know, it is the Presence of the Mystery of the Divine Grace.
Thus, these meetings are not for us to follow intellectually, but for us to learn to follow together, following in this communion, and this communion becomes very clear, very strong, very powerful when we are inside Satsang. Then, these invitations and these videos are invitations to get closer to the Truth of your Being, which is the Truth of God. It's an invitation to go beyond words.
Note that most of us have already read a lot of books. By the time you get here to this channel, you have studied a lot, read a lot, been to different places to study the Scriptures, and books. Here we are offering you something different. We are offering you a vision of what you are here and now, at this instant. This requires investigating and studying yourself, and not books, teachings, doctrines – religious, spiritualist, philosophical, or psychological doctrines.
We are offering you a profound vision of the Truth of What Is You. The Comprehension of it here and now, can reveal something beyond this “me,” this “I,” this ego. Now, let me make it very clear to you: it's not possible in a video of just a few minutes like this to get a real approach to this. So, what we always have in these videos, in addition to the hints of looking at yourself, of studying yourself, of understanding what's going on inside you, what we have in these videos, besides that, is an invitation for a direct approach, for a deeper, more meaningful, more relevant approach. That's when it makes perfect sense, indeed, because there is a direct understanding of yourself in this study of yourself, in this observation of what is happening to you.
So, notice what we say here, but you need to go beyond what we put into words here. You need to directly experience all this psychological movement, which is the movement of the “I.” This “I” is this psychological movement in us that works within a time that thought has produced. The notion of “I was, I am and I will be” is a psychological notion of time. There is no such thing as “tomorrow,” as “yesterday,” as this psychological “today.” This is something created by thought. We are living in this condition. Not understanding the illusion of this means maintaining this continuity, which is the continuity of the ego. What is this ego? It's this center around which this life of the person we believe we are, is happening.
To investigate these subjects here is to understand something fundamental. We are investigating a subject that is complex. These psychological subjects are not so simple. Theorizing about it doesn't solve it, reading about it doesn't solve it, hearing words about it doesn't solve it. Direct contact with all this internal movement is needed in order to understand how this “I,” which is this movement of thought in this time, in this psychological time, is happening, occurring. Then, we can dismantle this condition, we can see the end of this psychological condition of this “person,” this “I,” this ego. That's when this change, this real psychological change, becomes possible. It's something we need to live here and now.
Human beings live in pain, in suffering. We carry various forms of grief, emotional and psychological pain. In this sense of the “I” we carry envy, ambition, anguish, boredom, the pain of loneliness, depression, fear, the various aspects of violence present in us, something that is very present in our lives, in our daily lives. The presence of jealousy, for example, which we mistake for the truth of love. Jealousy is insecurity, jealousy is fear, jealousy is violence. This is just one example of other internal states we bring with us, which are causing suffering for ourselves and for others in our relationship with the one we claim to love, with the people closest to us.
So, yes, we need real psychological change. We do need a psychological transformation. Some call this the Awakening of Consciousness, the Spiritual Awakening, the awareness of the Truth of your Being Revealing Itself. Therefore, I want to keep telling you here: it's important to assume that in this life.
Becoming aware of this Truth requires this approach. That's why we have online meetings on the weekends that take place here. Investigate this further, open yourself up to this moment of the power of Grace, of this Presence. In addition to these weekend meetings, we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, I want to leave you with this invitation. And if this is something that makes sense to you, take the opportunity of this moment to give your “like” here and subscribe to the channel, OK? And see you. Thanks for meeting me and see you next time!
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