What I've noticed is that people find it difficult to follow a speech like this. That’s because we already have a pattern, a formula, a specific way of thinking about subjects, and this way, this manner is with assertions of words, with assertions of beliefs, with pre-established conclusions.
If we want to approach a subject like this... Notice, it involves the end to all confusion, all disorder, all human suffering. We are working with you on the Realization of your Being, the Divine Realization, the Realization of God – some call this the Awakening of Consciousness or the Spiritual Awakening.
Here we are dealing with you with the end of that center which is the “I.” So, let's first clarify this for you. What is this “I”? What is this center? When you look at a wheel, you know that it has a center. There is the center of the wheel and the spokes, there is the outer part, the periphery. Thus, there is the center and the periphery. There is the center. Looking at a bicycle wheel, there is the center, the spokes and the rim.
The sense of “someone” present here at that instant is exactly the idea of this center. Around this center we have the spokes, we have the experiences of life and we have the rim, which is life itself. So, this is how we conceive, idealize our human life, from a center.
This center is the “I,” the ego, the “person.” Life is happening around this “person” – at least that's how we believe. Therefore, that’s how we are living. We can't say that this isn't real. What we can say is that it needs to be investigated because the basis of the reality of it, of the truth of it, is that this is what all the confusion, all the suffering, all the disorder in our lives consists of. So, this is what shows itself, this is what our life is at that instant – the life of this “person,” the life of this “me,” the life of this “I.”
What we're dealing with, here, together is the importance of having an approach to recognize that what we call “life” or “my life,” within this design where we have a center around which life happens, is something we need to discard since it has no truth when we have the Divine Reality present, when we have the the Reality of God present.
So, note: we are dealing with what is, with what shows itself to be, with what seems to be. This is the truth of this “I,” where we have this private life. But, will there be anything else besides that? And that's what we're saying. Yes, there is certainly something beyond that, which is the true Divine Life, the true Life of God, not the private life of this “I,” this center, this ego.
Then, how can we get closer to it? By learning to look at it. I've said that there's a difference between seeing and looking. When you see something, you know what's there from the knowledge you have, which you bring. When you see a person, you know who they are. This knowledge of who they are, this knowledge you have when you see something or when you see someone, is based on past experiences you've had with them. So, when you stand in front of him or her, you see them. It's one thing to see, but it's quite another to be before that looking.
Here, we need to discover a life where there is a space completely free of this center and this periphery. Then, the Divine Life, the Life of your Being, the Life of God, the possible life for you is the Life where there is no longer this center and therefore no longer this periphery. How can we get closer to this Life? By learning to look.
This looking is possible when there is no center to see, which observes, perceives. When there is no center, we no longer have this seeing. Notice the beauty of this. We can recognize a person's face, but at the same time we don't have any knowledge of them, any experience, any memory based on the past, because we don't have that center.
Perceive the difference. Looking is completely different from seeing. You are in this “looking,” in this living, in this contact with the “other” without separation because that center, which is the “I,” the observer, the one who brings from the past all the experiences you've had with him or her, is no longer present.
Here, I refer to these psychological experiences. You've had pleasant and unpleasant moments, moments when you've had pleasure and also suffering with that person, and this has given you a foundation. This is the foundation of this center; this center is the ego, the “I.”
Is it possible to live a life free of this center, this ego, a life completely free of this relationship with the “other” based on all of these past experiences? Our relationships with people are relationships of love and hate, of liking and disliking, of pleasure and pain, of comfort and discomfort. This is because of this ego, this center.
Then, as long as there is this center, there will be this periphery, there will be this way of approaching where what is showing itself there, what is being seen, because of this center, is being evaluated, judged, accepted, rejected. So, our human relationships are conflictual relationships, because there is this separation, and this separation is present because there is not that space.
Thus, we're here with you going deeper into this. Looking without the image I make of who you are. The image I have of who you are is an idea, a conclusion, something that comes from all the past experiences in this relationship with you. So, we are never before the new, the unusual, the unknown.
Thus, a life free of contradiction is a life free of suffering. This is present when there is no longer this separation, this division, when there is no longer this center, when the space is free of the “I,” of the ego. Then, all the space present in the relationship is filled with a new perfume, which is the perfume of Love, of Comprehension, of Intelligence.
The matter here is: how can we get closer to it? How can we approach it in this life? By discovering the Truth about who we are, when we become aware, when we become conscious of all this movement, which is the movement of the “I,” of the ego, what shapes this center and how to dismantle these mechanics.
“If you praise me, I like you,” “if you applaud me, I like you,” “if you recognize me, I like you,” but “if you criticize me, condemn my speech, reject my ideas, oppose my opinions, I don't like you.” So, the mechanics of this center, which is the “I,” the ego, is structured exactly like this. This is the foundation of this center, this ego is the proper foundation.
We are always keeping images of the people we relate to; therefore, we are continually, invariably, living in the past. When I come into contact with you, I see you, I see you from that background, from that like and dislike. So, we have this mechanism of forming images in relationships. These images give shape to this center.
This contact with you is not a contact free from the center, it's a contact stuck in this pattern of images. So, the mind is trapped in duality. If the mind is trapped in duality, the brain is trapped in this pattern of duality, it's trapped in conflict, it's trapped in these distortions that thought produces. What is this thought? The memory.
So, when I say “I love you,” what I'm saying is that at that moment I feel comfortable with your presence because you warm, comfort, cheer, applaud, recognize and accept my ego, and vice versa, so “you love me and I love you.” When we disagree with this because of this mechanism that forms images and places us within these relationships where there is no space...
Notice, there is no space between this center and this periphery, this “me” and this not-me. There is no space. Not that space which is the Perfume of Grace, the Perfume of Love, the Perfume of Intelligence. There is only this space of contradiction, distrust, fear and disorder. So, we have here very clearly why the human being, why we in our relationships are not at peace.
How to find peace? People ask: “How do I find inner peace?” There can be no peace as long as this space is the space of duality, of separateness, of this “me” and not “me.” So, our proposal here is to break away from all this for a life free of the ego and, therefore, where there is a space, but without the center, there is a space without this “I” and the not-“I.”
Notice that life is about relationships. We can't have a life without relationships. So, the other is present, but psychologically, internally, within ourselves we don't have the image because we don't have this center. Then, your contact with life, your contact with situations, your contact with events, your contact with the “other,” your contact with yourself is happening without this “me.” Thus it's just to look.
Becoming aware of this body-mind without an egoic, personal identity present within it, this is the Real contact with yourself, where there is no such thing as “me.” Becoming aware of an arising thought, an emotion, a sensation, a perception without placing this “center” having this thought, feeling, emotion, perception, having it as something separate, seeing this “I” as the identity that can control, monitor, like, dislike this sensation, this thought.
Notice, this is the end of this duality, the end of this sense of separation, of this egoic duality, this sense of duality. In India this is recognized as Advaita, Non-separation, the end of the ego here and now. A life free of this center is a life free of the experiencer who forms images, acquires images and lives on this basis.
For this purpose we have online meetings that take place here on weekends, where we are going deeper into this through questions and answers and having a contact with the awareness of Meditation. We explore this in depth with you here on these weekends. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these meetings, ok? We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and say “Yes, it makes sense” in the comments. Please, leave a like and subscribe to the channel. And see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!
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