In life, we are constantly in contact with experiences. Our senses – these physical senses within us – are present all the time and are always in contact. These contacts are experiences. They are situations that occur, situations that happen, as well as perceptions that appear at every moment. And we underestimate the importance of this in life. What is the importance of this, of this contact we have, at every moment, with experiences?
Note, every moment is a new moment. When you get in your car in the morning and go to work, you pass by some places and you don’t perceive that you are always facing something new, a new experience, every moment while you are driving your car – just like at home before you leave for work; the contact with your wife, with your family, with a cup of tea or coffee… Everything in life is an experience arising here and now, at this instant. But when we come across these experiences, we are generally internally absorbed by thoughts, feelings, emotions, some present, subjective element that comes from the past. So, we don’t perceive what is present in the moment, when the experience is there.
When, for example, you leave your house walking, you pass by houses, trees, children playing on the street… but you are, internally, too absorbed by your internal reactions, mistaking yourself for them, identifying with them. And you are not aware of this totality of the experience because you are psychologically trapped in the model of the mind, of the programmed mind, of the conditioned mind, of the mind that is unaware of its own movement. Here, with you, we are working on the Awakening of Divine Intelligence, the Awakening of Spiritual Intelligence. We are working with you on this Realization of your Being, the Awareness of life free from this conditioning, free from this format of psychological subjectivity, where we are trapped in the psychological model of existence, which is the existence of the “I,” which is the egoic existence.
I want to touch on this topic of the Awakening of Intelligence, on this issue of learning about ourselves, of learning about Self-Awareness, the importance of comprehension of what is Mindfulness. To bring it to this moment, in a relaxed, easygoing way, but with a singular and profound interest in observing, perceiving, being aware of oneself, at this moment – both of what is happening internally and externally. Having this approach is attention. There is something present that reveals itself in this attention and this something present is the absence of the conditioned mind.
And how does this conditioned mind work? It is the mind that is, as it has been said, involved in its own self-centering, in its reasons, motives, intentions, thoughts, memories, recollections. This is how we situate ourselves as an entity present in time, seeing ourselves as someone in space. In time, why? Because we are stuck in the reference of yesterday or in the imagination of tomorrow. This is how we function psychologically, stuck in this identity of the “I,” in this egoic identity, in this subjective way of being absorbed in our egoic world, in our mental world.
Let us comprehend here, the importance of this because all these internal states of emotional disorder, of feeling, of thought, and these various problems we have in our lives, lie in this way of happening, where we are not aware of the Truth about ourselves, we are not aware of the Truth about life happening, about everything around us. Because we are trapped within this ego circuit, this circuit of self-centeredness. So, there is no such attention to the totality of life; since there is no such attention, this consciousness in us is the consciousness circumscribed to the ego model.
This is how we are constantly producing suffering for the world around us, because we are alienated from life as it is, we are trapped in life as thought has constructed it. My contact with the other is not real because I am not before the other, I am before a thought that I have about them, an imagination that I carry about them, a hope of achieving, from this or that person, something that this “I,” this “me,” idealizes. Thus, our relationships are egocentric because we do not know what it is to be in contact with the present moment, with this experience, without this “I.”
So, notice, there are two ways, the first is the one we know and it is in this way that we are living, in an inattentive, subjective way, centered on the own “I,” in a mistaken relationship with the present moment, with the experience – this is because we have, in this way, in this manner, the presence of an experiencer, which is this element that is trying to extract something for itself from this moment – or we have a new contact with the present moment that is the contact free of the “I,” free of the ego, free of this self-centering, of this subjectivity. This requires the presence of this attention.
Once you pay attention to your inner reactions and to whatever is arising or appearing in this given moment externally, a look free from this observer, this experiencer, this self-centeredness, is a look free from the “I.” Then, we have the presence of a contact with life at this moment, without the past. And when the past is not present — since the past is thought, image, memory, the mental representation that the “I,” the ego, this experiencer makes use of — once we are free from that, we are in a contact with the moment, with life as it is, without the past. And without the past, we have no future; that is how we eliminate from our life this notion of the continuity of the “I,” of the continuity of time.
So, here, it becomes important for you to get closer to yourself, studying what is happening to you. The truth of this learning about Self-Awareness requires looking at this moment without the past. Note that it is very simple, a little attention to this moment will show you how simple it is. The thing is that we live in an inattentive way, unaware of these reactions that occur within us, but it is something very simple. When you look at a tree, at a bird while you walk, at some children playing on the sidewalk, you just look. To put this attention to this moment of looking, without sustaining any thought in this look... just look!
So, notice, it is not complicated to pay attention to this moment, to look at or observe what is external. When you hear a sound, be it a bird singing – which is much simpler, just listen to that sound – but if it is human speech, just listen to the speech without adding an element that agrees or disagrees with the speech. In this way, we eliminate this thinker and this experiencer. Then, this attention to the external aspects of the experience is not at all complicated. It is that we spend our days without paying attention to ourselves and also to what is happening externally, because, as it has been said, we are always absorbed by this subjective model of the “I,” of the ego.
This attention to the external is simple. Here, everything becomes complicated when we need to become aware of our internal reactions, when we are before psychological challenges. When, for example, someone praises or criticizes you, listening to this criticism or praise, without this internal element that engages with its ideas about it, is not so simple. If someone praises you, at that moment an internal element arises to receive this praise. Here we are inviting you to pay attention to this reaction. The very attention to this reaction is the discarding of this element, so you listen completely to the other person's speech bringing the praise. But, once this attention is present, this look is present, this awareness of this reaction, here at this present moment, this makes it possible to eliminate the “I,” the ego… This element that feels special when it is praised or that can feel frustrated, angry, disappointed when it is criticized.
Here, we are inviting you to become aware of your reactions in order to decondition this program that is running within you, which is the program of the “I,” of the ego, of this psychological subjectivity of the egoic mind. This is how we get rid of this personal consciousness, this consciousness of the “I.” It is this consciousness that is sustaining in you – due to this lack of attention to your reactions – it is this consciousness of the “I,” it is this model of existence of egoic identity that is sustaining, in you, these various states of suffering. Living this way is living without Real Intelligence, Presence, Consciousness.
Here, Real Consciousness is the awareness of Divine Nature, it is the absence of this sense of the “I,” of the ego. We have been living for millennia as people within this ego-identity, within this model of being someone, trapped in this self-centeredness, within this circuit of psychological subjectivity, which is this mental conditioning, which is this conditioning of egoic existence. Here, with you, we are working on, in this channel – also on online meetings and in face-to-face meetings – on ending this illusion, the illusion of the ego, the illusion of the “I.” This requires the presence of this attention on your reactions. So, when we approach this learning about ourselves, this learning about Self-Awareness, we have the answer to the Truth of what is mindfulness. And, of course, we have access to the blossoming of this Intelligence.
Notice the importance of this. Without this foundation, we do not have the possibility of a life in Wisdom where we have the Real Presence of Freedom, the Real Presence of Happiness, the Real Presence of Love. Here we are with you, step by step, investigating this, showing you that the condition of identity of the “I,” of egoic identity, is one of separation, of isolationism, of support, in this egoic subjectivity, of an alienation from this moment. Because our contact with the present moment, our contact with experience, is from the experiencer; whereas, when the awareness of Truth reveals itself, which is the Truth of your Being, this moment is a moment of experiencing life as it happens… but it is only experiencing without the experiencer. This is when all experiences are no longer experiences for this experiencer, everything is now part of an experience that occurs moment by moment, without the “I.”
Thus, we are free from the time that thought records, in itself, experiences in order to maintain its continuity, with thought itself being the element that constructs the experiencer, the thinker that constructs the “I.” Here, we are showing you how, in this life, to realize the life free from the ego. This is what some call an “Awakening of Spiritual Consciousness” or “Spiritual Enlightenment.” A life free from this psychological time pattern, of separation from life as it happens. It is the life where Truth is present. So, in this contact with him or her, in this contact with this or that, whatever is happening externally or appearing internally is seen, without this separation, without this element that is the “I,” which separates itself to produce conflicts and problems.
The beauty of this encounter with the Reality of life as it is, is the end of suffering, confusion, and problems. In these online meetings we are holding here, on the weekends, Saturdays, and Sundays, we are working on this with you. It is an opportunity for us to be together. So, I want to leave you this invitation: we will have online meetings on Saturday and Sunday. Here, in the video description, you will find our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Go ahead and leave your “like” here. If you have been watching these videos but haven't yet subscribed to the channel, please subscribe to the channel. If you are here for the first time, here is the invitation. Leave your “like,” subscribe to the channel, and also leave a comment here: “Yes, that makes sense.” Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.
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