Religious life. How to overcome fear? Real Spirituality. What is thought? What is thinking?

Who is God? Some are satisfied with what the Holy Books say about God, so there is an intellectual approach. Others have an approach to this question that is not only intellectual, but also emotional and sentimental, for example, “who is God?”, based on a belief. You know that here we are working with you on these so-called “life’s big issues.”

Human beings have unresolved issues – first let’s look at that here. Why have these issues not yet been resolved? What is the origin? What is its nature? Where do they come from? How do these questions arise? Where do they appear from? That's what we're addressing here to you. We are working with you to put an end to this element that creates these issues.

We want to have answers to these big questions in life. So, people ask, “What is the truth about God?” Can we solve this issue simply by believing in or engaging in what some call “religious life”? That's another question: what is religion? For many, religion consists of attending temples, churches, listening to the sermon and songs there, returning home on Sunday and for the rest of the week, living life as usual, until the next weekend, until the next Sunday.

So, for many, the answer to this question of religion and to this question of God consists of ceremonies, rituals, and doctrines. So, this so-called “religious life” is this life of belief, where there is an intellectual, emotional and sentimental involvement. So, for most people here is already the answer [to the question] “what is God?” But is this true? Does belief really show you Reality? Even because, after believing, or even believing, you still remain a person filled with fear and all forms of psychological suffering due to a totally egocentric model of life and existence.

So, despite a so-called “religious” life – this so-called “religious life” – there is not this Reality of the absence of the ego, of the absence of this center of separation, of duality. In fact, most people are not even aware of the importance of the value of releasing from themselves the idea of ​​this “me,” this “myself,” this “I,” this ego.

So, whether we are religious or non-religious, we are all still involved in these so-called “issues.” The big questions remain unanswered. How to overcome fear? How to stop suffering? How to abandon egocentrism? How to stop being selfish? What is love, Real Love?

What we also know as love is a question that has not yet been resolved, because the idea we have about love is also still a belief. Love for us is pleasure, it is satisfaction, it is fulfillment in the relationship with another, and if this stops happening, if I no longer receive this in this relationship, there is no more love. I become indifferent to that person or they could even become my enemy, because she doesn't give me what I want.

We don't know what love is, it is something linked to attachment, possession, control, jealousy, dominance, and, therefore, suffering is present. How can there be suffering in love? So, this is not love, nor is this the Reality of God; It's just a belief. If the ego is present, there is no such Reality of God, there is no such Reality of Love.

This is another unsolved question: who am I? One of the big questions in life that a person does not answer, because the person is this “I.” But what is this person? We do not know. Thought has no answer for none of that. Thought creates the idea. The idea of ​​God, the belief in God, all of this is within thought, the image that it forms. Thought creates the idea of ​​love, but it does not resolve the question of what the Reality of Love actually is. Thought creates the idea of ​​this “I,” but it does not resolve the question of what this “I” is, what this “person” is. So, notice the situation where we, in this “me,” in this “I,” in this ego, find ourselves; this is the real creator of all these “life´s big issues.”

Here we are coming closer to the Revelation of the Truth of our own Being. The observation of the movement of the “I,” which is the movement of thought, the thought that creates the image of love, the image of God, the image of that person. Is there anything beyond this thought? This is another issue, one of “life's big issues.” Note that all these questions have a single origin, a single nature, a single structure, a single basis, and the basis is thought.

Is there anything beyond thought? It is thought that has created God for “me” that is different from the God he has, because he has another religion. So, there is this division: “my God is stronger than yours,” “my life is more important than yours,” “what I feel is more real than what you feel,” and all of this is within this model, which is the model of the ego, of this personal sense of being someone within living, within experience. Are we together? Is it possible to go beyond thinking? Go beyond this sense of “I” present in living, in experience?

So, we don't have answers to the “life's big questions” and that's what we're working on here within the channel with you. We don't know what it is to live because we don't understand the Beauty of life. What we call “living” is routine, it is boredom, it is envy, it is ambition, it is a projection of happiness, idealized by thought, because life appears to be complicated, difficult, a life full of desires and attachments.

We don't know what death is. Just as we don't know what life is, we don't know what death is. The Beauty of the end to all this, that is death. We identify the word “death” ... for us death is losing the body, losing the body to illness, to an accident, old age comes and puts an end to the body, illness ends the body, an accident can end the body. For us, this is death. But what is the Truth of death? There is great Beauty in understanding what death is, what life is, what Love is, what God is.

So, we are here on the channel working with you on this, the Awakening of Wisdom, which is the Awakening of this Being that we are outside of this ego that we believe ourselves to be, of this person with whom we identify as being ourselves, as appearing to be who we are, as we express who we are. This person in relationship with the other, this person in relationship with this idea of ​​life, with this idea of ​​God, with this idea of ​​love, all of this is completely false.

Here the work consists of discovering the Truth of Being, Happiness and Consciousness, which is the nature of each one of us when we are living a life free from the ego, free from this sense of separation, where there is no longer this “I,” there are no others anymore. When there is no longer this “I,” there is no longer the conflict of desires, the conflict created by fear, by the fear of losing, by the fear of not acquiring, by the fear of not being able to hold on, by the fear of not being able to continue maintaining alongside this “me,” this “I,” what it believes to be its own. All of this is conflict when the “I” is present.

The presence of this “I,” this ego is the presence of illusion; the presence of this ego, this “I” is the presence of ignorance. The truth about ignorance is the illusion of this “I.” As this “I” is not real, it is sustained due to conditioning, programming, a specific way of continuing because it cannot be seen. The presence of this “I” is an illusion. Therefore, the truth about the ignorance present in us is the truth of this illusion of the ego, of the “I,” which is the illusion of the “person.”

So, what do we know about the Truth? What we have about the Truth is the illusion of this ignorance. Sustaining this ignorance is maintaining this illusion, this is the absence of Truth. It may seem quite complicated or even a play on words, but it is very simple: as long as there is the illusion of “someone” present, there will be ignorance for that “someone,” there will be these unanswered questions, because this ego, this “I” is the one that creates these questions because it sees itself as a separate element and, because of fear, it is asking questions, because of illusion, it is trying to discover something. All of these are things constructed by thought itself. This illusion is a construct of thought itself, these questions are constructions of thought, these issues are constructions of thought.

So, thought creates questions and goes in search of an answer and finds no answer. From birth to death, from our birth to our grave, this sense of a present “I” lives in fear, lives in suffering, lives in ignorance, lives in illusion. Here we are proposing to you the end of this “I.” This is the end of these so-called “life´s big issues.”

So, our work here is to observe this movement of the “I,” the ego and become aware of this sense of separation, of illusion. This is possible when there is an approach and I want to invite you, here on the channel, to investigate how to approach this. We have two playlists here: the truth of Self-awareness – this is one playlist – and the other is True Meditation in practice. Take a look at these playlists. Furthermore, we have meetings on the weekends where, in a direct way, we investigate these issues with you, we work on these questions – our Whatsapp link is there for these meetings on the weekends.

So, this is our work here within the channel with you, showing you that the Realization of God is possible, the Realization of your Being. This is the Truth about Real Spirituality; this is the Truth about true Religious Life when this sense of “I,” of ego, is no longer present. It is nothing like what we have believed and have been following until now. A life free from the ego, the Real Religious Life, the true Religious Life, Real Spirituality is a life free from this sense of separation, from this sense of duality, it is a life in Non-Duality – the Sages call it Advaita, a life free from this sense of separation.

So, that's our job here. We have online meetings on the weekends, you can find our Whatsapp group here in the video description, so join the group and get closer to these meetings. We have face-to-face meetings and also retreats, where we are working on this with you. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and leave a “like,” subscribe to the channel and put it in the comment: “Yes, it makes sense,” ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

September, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Atma Vichara Ramana Maharshi. Self-observation. How to get rid of suffering? Spiritual Intelligence

I want to touch on the issue of suffering and how to free ourselves from suffering with you today. That's a playlist on the channel that we are working on with you. Together, we are learning how this Liberation becomes possible, a new state of consciousness where suffering is no longer present. However, we have to look at this in a new way, as I have always emphasized here in these meetings.

We have a way of perceiving life based on a background of knowledge, of experience, within a propaganda model - that is, of acceptance as we are taught, shown, as we are instilled - in a mistaken way. We need to discover what suffering represents, what it means. In general, we only get into superficial contact, which in fact is not a contact, it is a reactive way of responding to the experience in this format of suffering, but we never get closer to the truth of suffering to investigate what suffering is. It has many forms, it appears in many ways in our lives, but we do not study it.

Notice how we behave. All our energy of interest in life is to take care of "our life," and here I always put life in two ways: either we have the Real Life, and the Real Life is unknown, or we have the known life, which is life as we know it. Our job here is to become aware of the Real Life and free ourselves from this life as we know it. It is in this life as we know it that we are involved with these various interests to make it better and better within a cultural, social, human standard or model. Thus, our energy, in general, is only involved in this.

Here we are, with you, exploring this issue of the Awakening of Intelligence. This is another subject here, of great relevance to all of us. The Awakening of Intelligence is the vision of Real Life, it is the end of this particular life we are living, where suffering is present. We do not even perceive our real internal condition, mental, sentimental, emotional, of thought, of internal contradiction within each one of us! We do not perceive what is happening to us, because all our interest is in achieving things in life.

For us, this is life, this particular life where we are, within it, doing things, obtaining things. We have a thought that we need a lot of things or many things; we need everything that the world shows us. So, we live within a formulation of human history, of human life, without the awareness of our internal condition, where suffering is present. For example, fear is a form of suffering, but we have already become accustomed to this condition. At most, we try to escape from situations that keep us away from the issue of fear.

So, we are always moving away from fear - notice, fear is a form of suffering. As for the issue of desires, for example, we do not perceive what this movement of desire within us implies. Thus, we move away from fear, we do not perceive that the presence of fear is, in fact, the presence of suffering, but the same happens with desires. In general, we just want to get rid of fear because we feel the suffering present in fear, although we are not fully aware that fear is one, just one among the many forms of suffering we have. But as for desires, we keep going after them.

The illusion present in our mind, in this consciousness, is present because we have not studied ourselves, we have not observed what is going on within us. The illusion is that in the fulfillment of desires there is happiness, that we find peace, love, freedom; this is something entirely false. Since we have not studied what fear is, we have not comprehended what desire is. Not comprehending what desire is also constantly puts us in this or that other form of fear.

For example, in order to deal with suffering, we need to comprehend desire and fear. So, a large part of our lives consists of this process of desire and fear, where suffering is present. But part of suffering is not just fear and desire: we have worry, anxiety, depression, anguish, and conflict in our relationships. Now, when you get closer and look at this closely, you perceive that all of this is sustained by fear.

Desire is basically fear. You are looking for something. The idea of ??finding satisfaction and pleasure in that has, deep down, an apprehension that it might not happen, that it might not work out; there is a search at the level of anxiety to achieve that. So, notice, fear is present in desire itself. The anguish in us is about the past, about events and happenings that occurred in the past. That creates anguish here. This uninvestigated internal state within each of us also has as its principle some form of fear. Worry is the same thing.

It is very important for us to comprehend this issue of the end of fear. Once you comprehend what fear is and how to end it, you have an end to suffering. So, how can we free ourselves from suffering? When we discover what it is to enter into direct, real contact with experience, we perceive this experiencer within it, separating itself from the experience. This experiencer is the element within us, which is ourselves, within fear, desire, anxiety, and worry. That is why we have studied here with you this issue of the comprehension of the truth about the "I."

This is the basic issue, and there are many other issues, such as the end of suffering, "How to get rid of suffering?", "How to deal with fear?" We have countless questions; some we have formulated and others we have not formulated, but we carry them within us. That's because there is something in you that, with great intelligence, perceives that it is not natural to suffer, just as it is not natural to fear. So, anxiety revolves around desire, fear revolves around desire. Note that everything is interconnected: suffering, desire, fear, anxiety, the past. The element that connects all of this, like a thread that connects the beads of a necklace, the main element is still the element of thought, present within you.

Our work here together has a single purpose, and that purpose is the Awakening of the Truth about ourselves, which requires the Awakening of this Divine Intelligence. So, Real Spiritual Intelligence is the Divine Intelligence, and the only Truth about Intelligence, the Real Intelligence, is this quality of Intelligence. Human beings are in suffering for many reasons, and no matter how intelligent they are and how accomplished they are in this or that area, no matter how competent they are in applying what they know as intelligence in this or that area, they still remain within illusion, which is the illusion of seeing themselves as a person, as someone, having an identity that is separate from life.

So, you are a scientist, you have great intelligence, which implies the presence of knowledge, skill and experience in your field. You are a mathematician; you are a physicist. You have great ability to deal with the issue of space, so you are an architect. Human beings have developed this so-called "intelligence" in this or that area. Here, we are emphasizing with you what we have called Real Intelligence, the Intelligence of the Sage, Divine Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence. Being in this Intelligence is discovering how to deal with yourself, it is to comprehend yourself in this context of life, for the realization of Real Life free from suffering.

So, the way I see, when there is true Intelligence, it is not an intelligence specialized in this or that area, it is the Intelligence of the vision of the totality of life, it is the Intelligence of the comprehension of yourself. Human beings live, despite everything they manage to achieve or accomplish based on their capacity, skill, technique, experience and intelligence, they continue in ignorance - in ignorance about themselves. As long as you do not know the Truth about yourself, there will be suffering because ignorance will be present.

A sage from South India named Ramana Maharshi, when people came to him - including scientists, very learned people - and asked about Truth, he would say: "Until there is an understanding of the Truth about who you are, each and every knowledge will still be knowledge within the context of ignorance." Today, we have a great deal of contact with experience, with various forms of knowledge, which are growing and expanding every day, but all knowledge, even though it is growing and expanding, still remains without awareness. Therefore, knowledge is still part of ignorance.

Here, we are dealing with you, presenting to you the awareness of Reality, of Real Life. So, we are dealing together here with something that is outside of this so-called "science" or "common knowledge," which is the knowledge that is always within a shadow, which is the shadow of ignorance. Our knowledge has to be expanded, it has to grow, so it is knowledge that still and always carries some level of ignorance. The Truth of your Being, Divine Reality is that which is present in the Awakening of this Real Intelligence.

How can we access the end of ignorance? By having a direct comprehension of this "I." That also represents the end of suffering. So, the answer to how to get rid of suffering is there, the answer to how to deal with fear is there: in the comprehension of the Truth about who you are. Ramana Maharshi, the sage of Arunachala, recommended to people something that is known, in Sanskrit, as Atma Vichara. Ramana Maharshi's Atma Vichara is the direct path to this Awakening of Intelligence, to the end of this illusion, of this illusory center that is the "I," living this particular life that is the life where the sense of an identity that sees itself separate from God is living. The word "Atma Vichara" in English would be something like "self-investigation," "self-inquiry" or "self-observation."

Here, on the channel, we are working on this with you, showing you how to realize that in this life. This was my path; my contact with my teacher was in 1986. The Awakening of your Natural State of Being is something possible in this life. So, these instructions or direct teachings are not something you acquire intellectually, but rather something you discover within yourself, in an experiential way. My teacher, Ramana Maharshi, used to say to everyone who approached him: "The Truth of your Being is Wisdom." Contact with the Presence of this Grace is the door that opens up this Liberation in life. We are here to become aware of this. This is when life really makes sense, because we are beyond this format of being someone within life. We are living in our Real Nature when the sense of the ego, of the "I," is no longer present.

So, this is our focus here, within this channel; this is what we are working on with you. We have opportunities to investigate this. One of them is these meetings we have here online on weekends - on Saturday and Sunday we are together, approaching this investigation. And it is an opportunity for you to discover what the Truth of Meditation is, which is something that people also do not know. In life, discovering what the awareness of Being is, is everything! A life without the Truth of Meditation is a life of the "I".

So, we are together here, Saturday and Sunday, investigating this, investigating the Truth about who we are and realizing this Awakening. Here, in the video description, you have the WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. Thus, here is the invitation. Go ahead, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and also take a look at our other channel called Marcos Gualberto. There is a link here in the description, we also have hundreds of videos there. Here is the invitation and we will see each other! Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

November, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Learning about Self-Awareness. How to overcome the fear of death? How to deal with fear?

Here we have a single purpose and that purpose is the awareness of the Divine Truth. However, we didn't start here talking about God, we started here talking about the meaning of the “I.” This is very interesting because, in general, people want to hear about God, especially when they want to overcome difficulties, obstacles and situations beyond their control. But, notice, the idea is to overcome difficulties, such as overcoming the fear of death.

The question is: “How do you overcome the fear of death?” For example, this is a question. Fear is present, it's something that arises, it's something that appears, just as death is also something that arises, it's something that appears. We have a way of approaching life as it happens, note, from ideas, from concepts, evaluations, opinions and also beliefs. So, we also believe that approaching God will help us overcome fear.

Here I have something to tell you: the revealed Divine Truth, the awareness of this Revelation, of what God's Truth is, is the end of fear. Because where does fear lie? Fear is an element in you that is basically based on the future. You're only afraid of the future. Look at that. All your fears are of what might happen, because, here and now, at this moment, there is no fear.

We have the fear of getting sick, the fear of getting old, we have the fear that something that happened in the past will happen again, we have the fear of death, we have the fear of being abandoned. Notice, all fears, all our fears are about the future. Now I ask you: where is the future?

Here in these meetings we sit down, we stop, we look, we watch, we listen to these speeches to investigate all this. So, here the question is: where is the future? Since all fear is of the future, look for a fear in yourself that isn't of the future. Tell me about a fear that isn't of the future. Fear is something linked to tomorrow, to the day after, to a little while from now, it's what might happen, could happen, or maybe happen. Note, it's basically what thought says about the future.

Thus, what do we have in the presence of fear? The future, what thought says about what will come, about what will happen, about what might come. That's what fear is, fear is the future, and the future is thought. What we have as the future is thought. So here we have three things which, in reality, are one: we have the future, we have thought and we have fear.

When people ask how to deal with fear, I usually ask them what fear they're talking about, and they can't show me any fear that's separate from the future. You can't tell me about a fear now; you can tell me about something about to happen in relation to a situation here and now. So there's a present situation, that situation is what it is, it's what happens, and there's nothing in that situation other than a present fact that arises, that is here, but the thought constructs an idea about that fact, about that which is here.

So, how do we come closer to the truth of fear? By becoming aware of the idea that is thought, because the fact of fear is the idea of thought. Therefore, fear has this characteristic present in each of us, it has the presence of the idea, the concept, the belief. Then, how can we deal with fear? By becoming aware of thought, because the only fact of fear is thought.

But thought, notice, is an abstraction. Thought is a symbol of image, of representation, something that comes from the past representing the future, appears here and now because of a present situation as an image, as a representation of the past for the future. How can we overcome the fear of death? By discovering the reality of the end here and now.

Once there is this resistance to what is here and now, and this resistance is the idea of what should be, contrary to the fact that is happening at this moment... See, the fact is here, but the idea is in the future. To perceive the idea, to become fully aware of the idea, is to end the idea. That's the end of this idea of death, because it's just an idea.

So, how do you overcome the fear of death? Become aware that you are dealing with a thought and not a fact. The fact is what is here. Notice how important that is. If death happens at this instant, in this instant, in this single second that is here, there is no fear. Someone with a terminal illness may fear death when the thought of what will happen at the final moment or when the afterlife appears. Only when a thought is present is fear present. If there is no thought, there is no fear. See how fascinating this comprehension is. You see, this is not something intellectual, it's not something theoretical, it's not something conceptual, this is a fact.

A fact is not an idea. A fact is what is here showing itself exactly as it is, and we are dealing with a fact. The fact is. The idea is not the thing, the idea is an abstraction, it's a concept, it's an image. Can we go beyond the idea, the concept and the image? The answer to this is very clear. The awareness that we are facing an idea is the end of the value of that idea. The continuity of that idea is the movement that thought sustains.

So, where is this suffering from the fear of death really established? In sustaining an idea about what might happen, or should happen, or will happen. The continuity of thought is the maintenance of the state. The awareness of thought is the end of thought and, naturally, the end of the state. Then, what do we have here and now? We have the presence of the state because of the presence of thought. Without thought, without the state.

Where is that element in fear, with fear? That element is thought. It is this thought that has created, in this image that it constructs, an entity present in this pain, in this conflict, in this suffering, in this problem. So, what can I recommend to you right now? Be aware of this element. Don't react, don't fight, don't do anything with this element when this pain is present, when this picture is present: become aware of it, approach it and look at it. Any resistance, any struggle, any attempt to resist this thought is to maintain its continuity and therefore the continuity of the state.

So, how can we deal with thought? Become aware of it, give it full awareness, give it full presence, give complete presence to it. Become aware of it, look at it, observe it, listen to it, perceive it. That's it. Any involvement you have with thought will sustain an element present in thought. That element is the thinker, the experiencer. That experiencer is the fearful one, that thinker is the continuity of that element in this pain. What we're discovering together here is how to approach this moment without someone in it, without this thinker, without this experiencer, without this sufferer, without this fearful person, without this person in pain.

Notice how basic this is, but we have an inclination, and I've already pointed this out to you a few times: either we oversimplify by putting an intellectual conclusion on the subject and defining it as a merely verbal, wordy, intellectual conclusion, and we say “yes, I understand, I've understood,” or we overcomplicate it and make it too complex, and we say “no, that's impossible to understand, it's too difficult, I can't, I can't understand that.”

You see, here we are inviting you just to listen. In this listening, it requires an internal moment of silence to just listen to this speech, to listen to what we're saying here. Then it's clear what we're saying, without this oversimplification or over-complication. We are dealing with something to be seen without the observer, perceived without the perceiver, understood without that element that intellectualizes the subject. So listen. When faced with an experience, approach it, whatever it is, just to look at it, perceive it, become aware of it, but don't get involved in it.

See, here we touch on the beauty of this encounter with learning about Self-Awareness – we have a playlist here on the channel. How can we learn about ourselves? By becoming aware of your reactions, by discovering how you function, since, psychologically, this whole structure of the “I” consists of thoughts, and thoughts are those representations that hold the past in us, the idea of someone who has lived and doesn't want to live it again, has been through something and doesn't want it to happen again, or this someone who has an idea about what will happen.

Note that this person is the “I,” it's the ego, and it lives within this psychological context of thought, of abstraction: the past, the present and the future. However, this past, present and future is only a construction of thought, so it constructs fear. Then, all these internal states, frames linked to thought, are present because of this model of being someone, something present when there is no such thing as studying the truth about who we are.

We spend a lifetime in this confusion of the illusion of someone present in life, and this someone present is this element that has come from the past, is in the present and is heading towards the future. So it's scary, but it also has desires. It's not the subject of this speech right now, but in reality, fear and desire are part of this movement of dissatisfaction towards this supposed present entity. This is also the issue of desire.

Human beings carry a dissatisfaction that sustains desire and fear in them, and we think they are different things. In reality, we are dealing with the same phenomenon. Your fear of death is your desire not to die. Your desire to win is, in reality, your fear of not succeeding. So, psychologically, we are living in fear and desire, and all of this is within this movement, which is the movement of thought, which is this quality of psychic life in this abstraction. Because life is what happens here and now, whereas thought is this idea of what should be, or what could be, or what has been or what hasn't been.

So, life consists of the Reality of what is present. A life free of the ego is a life that highlights facts, does not deal with ideas, is a life that is not bound by ideals, positive ideals or negative ideals, good proposals or bad proposals. Here we are with you, breaking this fictitious, illusory quality of life, centered on this movement of time, where all these internal states of disorder and psychic suffering are present.

That’s why human beings suffer from anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, regret, disappointment and insecurity. All this quality of life is the quality that is sustained by this psychic model of “I” identity, of egoic identity. Here, we invite you to the end of all that, to a Real Life, to a Divine Life. Here, we invite you to the end of fear, the end of the ego, the end of the “I.” Therefore, it's about this Freedom, the Freedom of how to deal, not just how to deal with fear, but how to deal with life as it happens. Okay?

That's our subject here. Saturday and Sunday we're here together working with you on these issues. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description, so you can join these online meetings on weekends. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Go ahead, leave your “like” here, subscribe to the channel and please, write in the comments: “Yes, this makes sense.” OK? And see you! Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

November, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Learning about Self-Awareness. The fundamental questions of life. Awakening of intelligence.

Here, with you, we are exploring this matter of self-discovery, of this flowering of the Truth about who we are. This naturally requires learning. If you drive, you learned to drive; if you write, you learned to write; speaking is something you learned. A baby learns even as a baby; in the baby’s life, they learn to listen, they learn to look. Notice that in life, we learn everything.

Here, concerning the vision of the Truth about who we are, this also requires learning. Here, the difference is that this learning requires the awakening of something new! So, it is not about knowing this sense of the “I” in its details. But here, it is about understanding that this sense of the “I” is something that thought within us has established as being the truth about who we are. But this is completely illusory!

Thus, the truth of self-awareness—not what psychology, philosophy, or some out there call self-awareness—is used here in a very specific way, in the sense of knowing this “I,” which is the understanding of the illusion of this “I.” When you approach and investigate the nature of the “I,” when you truly approach to investigate—here I am not referring to introspection, self-analysis, or the attempt to adjust your feelings, emotions, or thoughts to a given form of action, a specific mode of behavior, as people generally see this matter of so-called "self-awareness" out there.

Here we are talking about the end of the illusion of this “I.” A direct look at oneself in investigating the nature of the “I,” leaves no “I,” no “me,” no feeling of “being someone,” this sense of “person” dissolves because it is something centered in the model of psychological memory, of psychological thought, of responses that arise now because of the past, of unfinished, unresolved experiences.

So, the sense of the “I,” of the “ego,” of this “me,” of this “person,” is nothing but memory, recollection, experience, thoughts situating the "illusion of a thinker," perception situating the “illusion of a perceiver.” That is the “I,” the “me,” the “person.”

Investigating the nature and structure of the “I” is realizing that there is no such thing as an element present here and now. We only have life! Life as it happens! Because immediately, this science of Being is the end of this illusion of the “I,” in this “becoming,” in this “ceasing to be,” in this “continuing to be.” This is within the structure of thought.

Here, with you, we are investigating various questions. The word question is a problem; that is the meaning. A question is a problem; a problem is something, some situation, or issue unresolved, unsolved. This sense of the “I,” of the “ego,” is exactly that! If I ask, “Who are you?” Any and every description you have of yourself is nothing but a model of thought established in beliefs, evaluations, self-conclusions, memories, recollections. So, this sense of the “I” is an unresolved problem. You cannot exactly tell me who you are when you tell me your name, when you tell me your story; your story is not you, your name is not you. When you point to the body and say “I,” what exactly are you talking about? So, we are faced with a question, a problem. Therefore, the “I,” the “ego,” is a problem. But it is not a simple problem; it is a complex problem that gives rise to various other problems.

Thus, the various questions we call fundamental questions of life... See, life has no questions; there are no problems specifically in life as it is. It is in human thought, in the “idea” of being human, in the model of the “I,” of the “ego,” it is in this model that we find these fundamental questions of life! In reality, they are fundamental questions within the “I,” the “ego.” But since the “I” itself, the “ego” itself, is the greatest of all questions or problems, everything revolves around this “center.”

So, what are we seeing here with you, exploring here with you? We are becoming aware of the reality of life and clearly perceiving that “this life,” where “these questions” are, is the “life of the ego.”

We have put this here in various ways, always with different words, but pointing in the same direction. There is no problem in life! Every problem consists of "my life." Life as it happens is a mysterious occurrence. Something that seems challenging to me because of this “me.” It is the presence of this “I” that makes life as it happens seem problematic. But the problem lies in this “me,” in this “I”! So, we need to have a clear vision of life. This requires the presence of the Awakening of Intelligence, and this intelligence flourishes due to this direct approach, this learning about self-awareness.

Once the truth about self-awareness is present, the idea of an identity in the experience of a particular life carrying problems is discarded.

See how fascinating a real approach to all this is! We spend an entire life... forty, fifty, sixty, ninety years of age, without the slightest awareness of the Reality of Real Life, because we are living in the particular life of the “I.” This condition is the condition of ignorance!

The condition of ignorance places you in a position where you are surrounded by problems and creating more and more problems because all your movement of performance, action, manner, behavior in relation to life provokes more and more problems since these actions are born from the past. And they cannot address the mystery, the beauty, the truth of the moment, of life as it happens here and now. We are always bringing from the past the motives, the reasons, the values, the interpretations of "how life should be, could be, would have to be."

Here with you, we are approaching the awakening of this Divine Intelligence, the awakening of this Spiritual Intelligence, and in it, it becomes clear that life is Beauty, is Grace, is Mystery, is the Indescribable, is the Unnameable, is the Truth of God! As human beings, in this psychological model of existence, in this egocentrism, in this conditioning—why the expression conditioning? We have several videos here on the channel explaining this to you. Because it is the habitual way of maintaining the continuity of memory. This is how thought processes within us.

The truth about thought is that thought is a present memory. And you know that memory sustains itself within continuity when it repeats; the more repetition, the more established this memory becomes. Thought in you works exactly like this. Why is it that you can easily say your name? It doesn’t even take a second, less than a second. I ask: What is your name? And that response comes immediately. But if I ask the name of your great-grandmother, and if you indeed know her name, it takes some time, a longer time, for that memory to arise. So, we have a memory that comes quickly and one that takes a little longer. Observe that memory requires the presence of time. Therefore, memory, which is recollection, is time. And why is it easier for you to remember your name than your grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s name? Because you surely use your name more frequently, repeating it to others than your grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s name. It’s simple! Memory requires repetition! The more the memory repeats, the stronger it becomes. Then it presents itself more easily and quickly. See, all the knowledge we have rests on the practice of memory. The more you practice, the more this memory is present, functional, and efficient. See, it’s very simple! Our “I,” our “ego,” due to repetition, maintains its continuity of memory. This is the presence of this model of psychological time since this memory comes from the past. That is how thought works in each one of us. See, all this is part of a mechanism, which is the mechanism of memory, showing itself within this context of time, which is repetition, which is practice; this is the psychological model of conditioning in which we find ourselves!

This model of thought is what I have called psychological thought. It is what sustains the illusion, the belief of a present identity in the experience. So, what is the experience? The experience is saying the name, but the experience can be thinking about this “I,” this “someone.” See, we are faced with a movement of thought. What will be the truth of Clarity, of Lucidity, of Intelligence, of your Natural State?

The truth of this Real State is the truth of That which is present, but that dispenses with this model of memory that has a name, a story, and a continuity of repetition due to this affirmation of time. When, for example, you say, “I was,” or “I will be,” once again you are bringing memory to this illusory idea of a present identity in time, in this past when you say, “I was,” or, in this future when you say, “I will be.”

Let us calmly understand this here. What is the awakening of this Real Intelligence?

It is the vision of life without the “I.” So, we have a response to this moment, but no longer based on the past. So, what is the truth of this learning? Here, this learning is no longer using this model, this old learning, which before was based on memory, knowledge, experience, on the affirmation of time: “I was,” “I am,” and “I will be.” Here, the truth of what you are in your Divine Nature is the Unknown, it is the Mystery, it is the Reality of Life here and now, without the “I,” without the past, the idea of the present or the future. Are we together?

A contact with this moment is a contact free of the “I,” it is when a response to this moment becomes possible without the past. Perceive the beauty of this! When facing the wife, the husband, or someone known, you have the memory, yes, the memory, the record of the face, the timbre of the voice; you have the simple, natural recollection of that one before you. But you no longer have this psychological memory register of the ego-centered memory, which is “this element in you” that makes you like some people and dislike others. We carry an element present in us of memories, of registers, of the past, which sustains this “ego-identity.” Everything I “went through with you”—you hurt me, upset me, made me angry, left me annoyed. So, internally, when I meet you, I always encounter an enemy. Then there is this separation, a separation sustained by this ego-identity, by this movement, which is the movement of this “me,” this “I,” something that comes from the past. This sense of a model of thought is present here, but it is also present “in him” or “in her.” So, our relationships are relationships established in psychological memory, in the affirmation of an identity, which is the identity of the “I,” the “ego.” That is how our relationships are! So, we are always sustaining within this context of relationship a pattern of relating where some form of conflict, disorder, suffering is present; or desire, attachment, possession, control, which thought also calls love, a psychological condition of lack, dependence. What will be the truth about love?

We do not know it because what we have within this context of relationship are relationships between images, between psychological states of disorder, as are all these states of the “ego.” Can we understand the truth about all this? And break free from it? So that, in fact, in this contact with “him” or “her,” we only have the memory, as was mentioned, of the timbre of the voice, the face, of the “person” who is there before each of us? But without this image that I have “of him” or “of her,” without this psychological image that this “self-image,” which is the “ego,” here, creates “of him” or “of her”? Then we are faced with the beauty of an encounter with the Truth! If the Truth is present, something new arises in this contact. We have the Divine Presence, which is the Presence of Love! Notice the beauty of this approach, of this new way of approaching the other, having as a principle a clear vision of the truth about you.

Thus, when we have the awakening of this intelligence, when there is this realization of the Truth, here and now, this sense of the “I,” of the “ego,” this movement that comes from the past, that maintains this continuity based on thought, it dissolves. Can we live a life free of the “ego,” therefore free of the past, responding to this moment, without this background, without this psychological memory, without this self-image? This is what we are proposing here for you! A Real Life is a life without problems, without these questions; it is a life free of this pattern of time that thought sustains. This type of time is what we have called psychological time here.

Life is this reality that is present now. And in this Life, without the sense of the “I,” of the “ego,” once with this understanding of the truth, of all this movement of the past, it has been undone. What is now here is Life itself! There is no separation between the Reality of God and Life! And, the Truth of Life and you in your True Nature, if this is present, the other is life! The other is God! The other is you! Therefore, there is no such thing as the other! You, in your Divine State, in your Natural State, are living without “this sense of separation”! Then there is Beauty, Truth, Presence, Grace, Intelligence.

You were born to realize this in this life, to assume the reality of what you are! Evidently, this requires the end of the past, the end of this psychological condition of structure. I am referring to this psychological social, cultural, human structure that is based on fear, violence, confusion, disorder. Then we are faced with Life, Real Life, Real Freedom, Real Love!

These meetings we have here on weekends, Saturday and Sunday, are online meetings where we are with you deepening this, where we are with you becoming aware of how to approach this direct vision of self-awareness, of meditation. You have the link to our WhatsApp in the video description to participate in these weekend online meetings. Besides these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Take the opportunity to leave your like, subscribe to the channel, and comment: "Yes, this makes sense!" Okay? And we’ll see you! Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

November, 2024
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Learning about Self-Awareness. Spiritual Intelligence. What is thought? What is thinking?

I consider that, approaching these subjects that we are dealing with here is something that requires each of us to approach them in an intelligent, enlightened, very lucid way, and it seems to me that this is the first problem because this is exactly what, in general, most human beings don't have. That explains all our difficulties in having an appreciation of a subject that involves the awareness of your own Being, the comprehension of the Truth about yourself. Because human beings believe they know themselves, they think they know who they are, they are very sure of their conclusions. And what are these conclusions? The conclusions they have received from this society, this world, and this culture.

There comes a time when you perceive that you're very sure of yourself. Note, be sure of yourself in the midst of confusion. How, in a state of confusion, how is it that in a state of emotional disorder and great mental confusion, in the midst of all that, we feel aware of the truth about who we are? Notice how the mind works.

The mind has a way of functioning in us – notice, and I want to touch on this here with you – it has a way of functioning in us within models, patterns, forms, shapes that are already very specific, already very delineated, very determined. That is how we function psychologically, that is our conditioning. It has already been seen in psychology, but it has also been seen in philosophy. Note, theoretically we may know something about it, or even know a lot about it, but this theoretical, conceptual knowledge solves absolutely nothing. We remain within the same scheme, in the same way.

Here, I want to work with you in this meeting, and this is the purpose here in this channel, we are working with you on the Awakening of a new Consciousness. This consciousness we know is the consciousness that lives within this regime, this format, this conditioning that is clearly known in both philosophy and psychology, and yet we haven't solved any of it. We need to get rid of this conditioning.

So, here we're talking about psychological deconditioning, the end of this continuity of this movement of the “I,” this movement of the ego, this movement of the sense of someone present here at this instant, in life. Thus, that's our proposal here for you within this channel. We have online meetings, we have retreats to work on exactly this: a contact with life, but free from this programming, this conditioning, this format of being someone.

It seems to me that, there is nothing more important in life than comprehending it. We cannot have the comprehension of life based on a conditioned intellect, a conditioned mind, within a life programmed within these values we receive from a society, from a world that is in conflict, in disorder, in confusion, in suffering, precisely because of this model of mind present, of consciousness present in the world.

It is necessary and urgent, fundamental for each of us, to know the truth about who we are, the presence of a new Consciousness. Now, how do we approach this if we're already approaching it based on these old principles we've received? So, this requires a heart inclined towards it and a mysterious action of the Divine Presence making it possible for each of us.

If you're here on this channel following this speech, if you've already returned to this channel and are watching other videos, it's because something in you is awakening you at this moment to the investigation of the truth about who you are, precisely to the breaking of this pattern, this model, to what we've been calling here “the Awakening of Spiritual Intelligence.”

The Truth of this Intelligence is the awareness that there is a Presence in life, and this Presence in life is within this new Life, where there is a new way of feeling, acting, and moving in the world, there is a new way of living, possible when the mind is free, possible when the intellect is free from all forms of conditioning. Then, we come into direct contact with the awareness of what we are.

Here we are exploring with you, investigating with you various issues. Some have called them the fundamental issues of life. We have a playlist here on the channel about these fundamental issues of life. The truth is that these issues are countless, and without a comprehension of these issues... And it's interesting that it should be said here: they are issues linked to this pattern of mental conditioning, psychological conditioning, conditioning of the mind, which includes this conditioned intellect, feelings and emotions also within a conditioning, something so common.

We live our days, our lives, as if this were the most natural thing in life. Although in the midst of some levels of suffering, it ends up that we seek help, but only when these sufferings are too blunt, acute, very, very strong, because, in general, we lead our lives in the usual way, in the midst of all this psychological complexity in which we find ourselves, without a deep investigation into all this.

But now, here, at this moment, you who are here on this channel following this speech, I'd like to ask you a question. We've been asking questions, people write and ask questions, and I'd like to ask you a question: what is thought? That's one of the questions, that's one of the issues. An issue is an unresolved problem. What is thought in you? Have you ever realized it? Is it possible to perceive how thinking works inside you?

You may have perceived that thoughts happen to us. We don't control them, they arise. Some thoughts are good and others are bad. At times we have good memories, at other times we have bad memories. And along with these thoughts, sensations accompany them, feelings, emotions, and along with this an element of wanting or not wanting, of will. The psychological condition present within us, due to this conditioning we find ourselves in, is one of restlessness because we don't know what thought is.

And there's another question very close to this: what is thinking? Most people, in a very superficial way, say that thought is present because “I” am thinking, it is present because “I” remember. See how strange our view of thinking is. We don't perceive that this very expression “I,” this pronoun that we use, is also a thought.

I ask: who are you? Then you say: “me”. Notice, when you say “I,” why do you say “I?” You say “I” because you address yourself from a thought, from an idea that makes you feel like you're the “I.” But what is the “I?” We don't know what the “I” is. So notice: what is thought? We don't know. What is the “I”? We don't know either. If you're going to describe this “I” to me, you're going to say your name and your story, but your name and your story, just like the pronoun “I” is just a thought.

What is the truth about you? You don't know, just as you don't know what thought is and how it works inside you, why you think what you think, why you think what you don't want to think, why you think and want to get rid of this or that thought and you can't. If you were the master of your thoughts – we've said this here in several speeches – if you really were the thinker of these thoughts you have, you would only have thoughts that you would choose to have, and these thoughts would naturally be happy thoughts, and not filled with worry, anxiety, guilt, remorse, producing various forms of fear.

The fears within us are present because of the thoughts we have. Observe this calmly. It's our connection with the movement of thought that sustains psychological frameworks that frighten us. The more loaded a person is with frightening thoughts, the more fearful they are. You see, all this is very basic. The quality of the thoughts you have, first of all: they're not thoughts you produce, they're thoughts that happen, and the quality of these thoughts determines your inner states of joy, lightness, tranquillity or restlessness and heaviness.

The truth is that we don't know what thought is. We don't know that thought is what appears because of a memory or recollection that comes from the past, and we don't know how to deal with it because we don't know how to be aware, aware of the thought when it is present, with its accompanying sensation, emotion or feeling. That's because we don't know anything about this learning about ourselves. The moment you start investigating the truth about yourself, you'll become aware of all this movement of thought and what thinking is.

Thinking is the mechanics of thought, but these mechanics of thought are not something you do, but something that happens in this mechanism, in this body and in this mind. This is part of the mechanics of the brain. We need the awareness of thinking, but we can dispense with the model of stuck thinking, tied to this programming, which comes from the past, from psychological conditioning. Here, in this speech, we don't have time to explore this, but we have a playlist here on the channel, we have several playlists, and these are the subjects we cover here with you. All of this is revealed in this approach to learning about Self-Awareness. Later, take a look at this playlist here on the channel.

What is the truth of this learning about Self-Awareness? Becoming aware of the movement of consciousness in you, of this old consciousness, which is the consciousness of the egoic mind, which is the consciousness of this thought pattern that comes from the past, the comprehension of this being aware of thinking. We need to have a real approach to ourselves, that's what brings about the Awakening of this Spiritual Intelligence, which is Divine Intelligence.

Some people talk about this Spiritual Enlightenment or this Spiritual Awakening, and they also use the expression the Awakening of Consciousness, but they are theoretical. And it's very clear when they speak, because they speak from the intellect. A clear view of this subject shows you that without this real basis of comprehension of studying oneself, there is no such thing as an experience called Spiritual Enlightenment.

Enlightenment or Awakening is not an experience, it is the Blossoming of Wisdom, due to the Awakening of this Intelligence, this Spiritual Intelligence, something only possible when there is a vision of Self-Awareness. And there are various elements here to be investigated, and that's what we've been doing with you in these meetings. We are addressing various themes directly linked to this Blossoming of the Intelligence of God, of this Spiritual Intelligence.

Without this real basis, we don't have, for example, the awareness of Meditation. People practice meditation, but the practice of meditation is not Real Meditation revealing itself. When there is Real Meditation, Meditation reveals itself here and now, at this instant, in this looking without the observer, in this “becoming aware” without that element involved in it, which is the “I,” which is the ego. When this observer, when this thinker, when the sense of “I” is not present, we have the Blossoming of Wisdom, we have the Awakening of this Intelligence and the real comprehension of what thinking is.

So, we're with you investigating all this, working on it here with you in these online meetings on weekends. Saturday and Sunday we're working on it. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description. Getting closer to yourself, investigating the truth about yourself requires work at this instant, getting closer to the truth of who you are, the truth of who you really are. Then, Saturday and Sunday we're together. You can find our WhatsApp link in the description.

Besides, we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, that's our work with you here on this channel. If this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead, leave your “like” here and please, subscribe to the channel. If you've already been watching and have watched several videos, but haven't subscribed to the channel: do it now and please, leave a comment. This supports our work, so go ahead, and subscribe to the channel, OK? And we'll see you. And see you next time!

December, 2024
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Joel Goldsmith. The art of spiritual healing. What Spiritual Intelligence is. Master Gualberto.

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is here with us. Thank you, Master, for being here.

Today, I will read an excerpt from Joel Goldsmith’s book called “The Art of Spiritual healing.” In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel Goldsmith makes the following comment: “(…), because God within us is an omniscient intelligence.” Regarding this subject of intelligence, can the Master share his vision of what Spiritual Intelligence is?

MG: Look, Gilson, this issue of Intelligence is something that helps us understand what it really represents. We call “intelligence,” see, the ability, knowledge, experience, and the skill to learn new things, based on this principle of knowledge, ability, and experience. This is what we generally call “intelligence.” We have divided intelligence into mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence… There are several forms of intelligence. And here, your question is about this Spiritual Intelligence. Look, Gilson, in my opinion, there is only Intelligence.

So, Real Intelligence is this Divine Intelligence. You can have all kinds of knowledge, experience, skills and the ability to learn things, in this or that specific area of ​​life, and still be a person, a “someone,” carrying some level of dissatisfaction, disorder, contradiction, conflict, and suffering. Therefore, you can be a scientist, a mathematician, a chemist, with a degree, a postgraduate degree, a doctorate, a master’s degree and still continue to suffer from envy, jealousy, emotional dependence, attachments… still living internally in conflict, due to desires that contradict each other.

So, the Truth of Intelligence, in my opinion, is the Freedom to live in this Divine Awareness, which is the Awareness of God. If this is present, the sense of “I,” of the ego, is no longer present and, therefore, none of what we have just mentioned exists for that human being, that human being, that person free from the “person,” from what we know as a human being or human entity, as we know it. For that one, there are no more problems, complications or suffering. The Nature of your Being, notice, the Nature of your Being is the Nature of God; in It there is Truth, Wisdom, Comprehension. It is only in this sense that we use the expression “Spiritual Intelligence.”

Here, the word “spiritual” ... We are pointing out, when we use this term in these meetings, we are pointing out something outside of thought, something outside of the known. It is only in this sense that we use this expression. It does not have the old connotation of “spiritual,” in the sense of common spirituality. Thus, the Truth of Divine Intelligence, of this Intelligence of God, is the religious life. Also, once again, this expression is not in the sense of the practical life of organized religion, of belonging to this or that so-called “religious” group, with its beliefs, dogmas, rituals, ceremonies and spiritual, mystical practices and all sorts of things. Here, we are pointing out to you the possibility of a free life, in this Awareness of your Being. This is Wisdom! A life free from attachment, free from desire, free from fear, free from suffering. So, yes, there is the presence of Wisdom, of Real Intelligence.

So, we were born, Gilson, to realize This in this life, to assume this Truth in this life; for a life in Love, in Happiness, in Peace, in Freedom. It is when, in that moment, you are a free human being, a happy human being, because your life is no longer the life of a person, but is the life of Truth, it is Divine Life. This “sense of person,” as we know it, which sees itself as a separate element and apart from life itself, separate and apart from God, is no longer present.

So, this subject, Gilson, of an approach of what we are is something fundamental. This quality of Spiritual Intelligence is only possible in life when there is an understanding of oneself. Studying yourself is being able to study the other. You cannot understand the Truth of who the other is, as well as the Truth of what life is, without first having an understanding of who you are. Here, we are proposing that you discover the life of relations. Note, there is a possibility for a life of relations. We do not have this life of relation. Our life is isolationist, separatist. We are centered on the movement of this particular “I.” Even in this relationship with the other, this self-interest in ourselves places us in this isolationism. In this self-centeredness, there is no true relationship.

See, it is very strange to hear this, but this is exactly how we are living our days – your contact with your husband, with your wife, with your family, with the world around you. As long as this sense of ego, of “I” remains... and, see, as we have just said, no matter your background, your education, what you have received from culture, if psychologically the sense of “I” is present, if there is no vision of the Truth of your Essential Nature, of your Divine Nature, your model of relationship with the other is not a real relationship, it is a mere relationship, where you are living in this self-centeredness.

In relationships, the husband is interested in himself, in his own things; the woman is interested in herself and in her own things. So, they have a physical, emotional, sentimental, romantic, and also sexual encounter, but each one is living within their own psychological program of existence. Each one is burdened with their own fears, concerns, their own ambitions, internal conflicts, emotional and psychological disorders. This is due to this model of self-centeredness, something that makes us live a life in this isolationism. There is no contact of relation with the other. You do not know yourself and you do not know the other either. It is a contact between images that fit together, between people who seek to understand each other. But how will you understand the other if you do not understand yourself? How will you give Love to the other if you are still waiting to receive something from him or her?

So, our psychological condition, Gilson, is one of disorder and, therefore, of confusion and suffering, because we do not know ourselves. And if we do not know ourselves, there is no Wisdom, there is no Intelligence. The beauty of a meeting like this one is that we are, with you, investigating this, seeing the possibility, in this life, of realizing the Divine Truth, which is the Flourishing of God. Some call this “Awakening” or “Enlightenment.” It is the Divine Truth, it is the free Truth, it is the Truth of your Being, it is the Nature of God, here, in this moment, naturally present in relations. So, yes, we have the truth of relations when the “I,” the ego is not there, because we have the presence of Love, of Happiness, of sharing this Intelligence.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, Luiz. He makes the following comment and asks: “Give me a tip on how to direct myself towards True Meditation. I don’t want a philosophical tip, but rather a practical tip.”

MG: It’s interesting when you say, “give me a tip.” See, Realization requires the presence of the awareness of Meditation, and the awareness of Meditation is possible when the foundation is present. So, if you want a tip for this awareness of God’s Revelation, which is Meditation, the tip consists of this approach of the Truth about yourself. In general, when people want to discover a technique or a practice, they want a way to get closer to meditation, but they don’t understand that the basis for Real Meditation is the ground ready for the flowering of this Awareness of God. So, in general, an approach that people have for this so-called “meditation” is to de-stress, to calm down, to relax, to feel a little peace, “bliss.”

Meditation is not that. Meditation is the awareness of the revelation of That which is this Divine Truth. It is what reveals this Unlimited Space, yes, of Love, of Peace, of Happiness, but the basis for this True Meditation is Self-awareness. It is not a technique, a relaxation practice. It is about learning about yourself, discovering how you function, becoming aware of your reactions here and now, moment by moment. In addition, there is another element present within this approach, this Art of Being, of assuming the Divine Truth, which is the presence of Grace. The beauty of meetings like these here is that they bring you closer to a real look at your reactions and give you contact with something outside of the known, which is the Power of this Grace, which is the Power of this Presence. It is That which makes this great event possible, which is the flourishing of your Being through Meditation.

And it’s interesting when you say, “Don’t give me a philosophical tip.” See, everything we’re doing here in these meetings is precisely discarding this whole idea, this whole concept, this whole model of language structure, of word structure, because we don’t really need any philosophical concept, any philosophy, any theoretical concept. To truly get closer to ourselves, all we need – and that’s what we’re doing here, together – is to learn to look directly at what’s happening to us, because it’s when you become aware, when you verify yourself, when you perceive what’s happening to you, that you perceive this model of separation, of duality, of contradiction that thought sustains here within you, sustaining stories, representations, images, memories that come from the past.

So, this work here consists of a direct look, where this Divine Presence, this Presence of Grace, makes a complete emptying of all this psychological content possible, which is the content of the “I.” That's why we've been telling you here about the importance of online meetings, in-person meetings, and also retreats, because there's something present in these meetings that we don't find in a video. Look, we have hundreds of videos, thousands of videos, and in them, yes, we're giving you tips on how to get closer to all of this, but there's something present in these online and in-person meetings, and also retreats, that we don't have in these videos. So, here's the big tip, this big tip.

GC: Master, another question, from another subscriber here on the channel. Actually, from subscriber Maria. She asks the following question: “And is suffering necessary for us to achieve Self-awareness?”

MG: Your question is very interesting. Note, if the presence of suffering were the basis for Awakening, the human being would have already awakened. Note, the condition of suffering is like a present pain. When you feel pain, it's because there's some level of disorder. It is clear that if this pain is present, it is signaling the need for treatment, for care, but pain in itself is only a sign of a disorder. So, when you feel your body hurting, if you feel pain in your foot or hand, naturally, you feel inclined to resolve it, because it is uncomfortable, it is painful, and it is clear to you that you cannot keep this pain. You have to solve this issue of pain before going out with this hand or foot. So, the body is asking for attention, asking for treatment, asking for care.

So, this contact with suffering, yes, is revealing, but it is revealing a disorder. We need to have direct contact with this disorder, with this problem. We have to have an approach to eliminate this condition of pain, of disorder, of problem. So, in this sense, suffering is a sign that you are not in your Natural State. The time comes when you realize this. The time comes when the urgent, imperative need to deal with this becomes very clear, and here we are, with you, showing you how to truly get closer to yourself. This “me,” this “I,” this ego, living as it does, in its egocentric isolationism, within a psychological condition of disorder and mental confusion, everything it has produced and has been producing for millennia in humanity and in your life now, at the moment, is confusion, disorder, problems, suffering.

We are here to realize the Truth of That which we are, to become aware of this Divine Reality. So, suffering has this place, it is this sign that we are living alienated from the Truth about who we are. And what we “are,” in this model of “being someone,” is the condition we are in at this moment, in this disorder, confusion, and suffering, but this is not the Divine Reality, it is not of the Nature of God, which is the Reality of this Being. So, here, we are in life to Awaken, to go beyond this psychological condition, where egoism, fear, desire, and all these complications are present. See, all of this is the absence of this Wisdom, this Intelligence, as it was stated a moment ago.

So, it does not matter what the human being has achieved, is achieving or may yet achieve in life. As long as the sense of separation is present, as long as this illusion – which is the illusion of this ego-identity – remains present in our lives, there will be suffering, we will have all kinds of problems, due to ignorance. The beauty of an encounter with Truth, the beauty of an encounter with That which we are, is the end of the “I,” it is the end of the ego, it is life in Bliss, in Happiness, in Love. Here, when we are faced with the different situations that we have to go through or live through, it is necessary to learn to have contact with this without this element that separates and interprets or evaluates what emerges, from this false center, this false identity, this model of “being someone,” of “being a person.”

What is the most efficient for this Awakening, for the Flourishing of this Truth, is what my Master called “Atma Vichara,” self-enquiry. Atma Vichara is the investigation of what we are, it is when we learn to look at this “I.” Here, the question is: “Who am I?”, that is, what is this “I” at this moment? So, what is here at this moment? It is envy, it is fear, it is jealousy, it is anger… When we come across this or that situation in life, we feel like this. What is this “I”? What is this “me”? This artificial psychological condition of existence centered on the “I” is what is feeding this condition of suffering.

Here, we are telling you that, in this life, the Atma Vichara of Ramana Maharshi, having this approach of this new perspective on these reactions... See, this is what we are discussing with you in these meetings, in these videos here on the channel, in these online meetings, in these in-person meetings, in these retreats. We are showing you how, in this life, to realize That which is You, assuming the Truth of your Being, for a life in Love, in Freedom, in Happiness, where there is no more suffering, because there is no more ignorance.

GC: Gratitude... gratitude, Master. Gratitude, we have now reached the end of another videocast.

And for you who are watching the video until the end and have a real and sincere desire to delve deeper into this knowledge, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto provides. The Master, by the Grace of his Master, already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, and in these weekend meetings, which are online Satsangs – there are also in-person ones and retreats – the Master, in addition to answering our questions directly, shares this State of Presence in which he lives, and we end up catching a ride on this energy of the Master's Presence, and in this ride, it becomes much easier for us to be able to observe our thoughts. Many times, we take this ride in this Silence, which is plenitude! So, here is the invitation.

In the first comment, pinned, there is the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings.

And, Master, thank you for yet another videocast.

December, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Learn about Self-awareness | What is true Mindfulness and Full Attention | Atma Vichara

When you become aware of the importance of being aware of your reactions, of giving that Attention to those reactions – and giving Attention to them means being able to look at how you function internally, psychologically and, of course, how you respond externally in your actions, gestures, words, behaviors – when this happens, you are faced with the opportunity for the Revelation of the Truth about Yourself.

When someone turns to this work, the first thing they realize is that they are unaware of the Truth about themselves. Here we know nothing, absolutely nothing, about who we are, about what we appear to be, what we demonstrate to be, what we believe to be and what we make others believe about who we are. We are unaware of this.

So, discovering what is to pay Attention to these reactions is discovering the Truth about this Full Attention to oneself. So, when someone asks what mindfulness is, you see, some people take mindfulness or this approach to full attention as a technique or practice to better deal with the situations of the present moment without all the suffering that the past represents psychologically within us. But this is seen as a technique, as a practice, as something that you practice.

Here, what is mindfulness, the truth about mindfulness? The word mindfulness means this alertness of the mind, the mind in its state of awareness of itself. So, there is great beauty in the real, experiential understanding of this awareness of approaching yourself, about who you are or about what you represent yourself to be at this moment. Here together we are watching a playlist about learning about Self-awareness.

Our emphasis here is to discover the difference between learning and merely acquiring information, knowledge and experience. So, you acquire information, knowledge and experience, and act based on this information, experience and knowledge. The real way to learn is not something like this, it is not something mechanical. This is the way the brain naturally acquires knowledge, experience and the ability to deal with life's issues.

Yes, this has real importance within this context of life as we know it, but there is a new way of learning that does not consist of accumulating information or acquiring knowledge. This way of learning requires the awareness of this moment, of what is here and now. Looking at what is showing itself at this moment.

Something new happens inside you when the brain quiets down, when the mind becomes aware of its own movement, when it simply becomes aware of this movement that it has. When there is this awareness of the movement of the mind, once the mind is aware of its own movement at that moment, it becomes still, it becomes silent. At that moment, you are in a new state, which is the state of Attention to your reactions. So, this is a moment of alertness, a moment of mindfulness.

You are walking down the street, you are talking to someone, you are watching a movie, you are having lunch, dinner or a snack and at that moment, at that instant, there is only that moment for this awareness of yourself, so the mind becomes aware of itself at that moment. Everything continues to happen, but there is no psychological, internal, inner involvement within the experience. At this moment, there is a break in the continuity of this movement, which is the movement of the past. This movement of the past in us is a movement of the “I” in us, of this “me.”

Your evaluation, notice, is based on criteria that you carry, that you have. These criteria are based on memory, and this makes you have conclusions about what happens, conclusions about the moment, evaluations about it. And if this is present, the state is the common state of the mind stuck in the old and ancient movement of continuity. We have just put here, in different words, our psychological condition of ego identity.

Why is anxiety present, fear present, worry present? Why is guilt present, regret present, sadness present or this so-called joy, this euphoric thing due to the fact of remembering having just received a gift? Why is this present, why do we have these states? We have these states because the psychological condition of functioning in us is the condition oriented by the movement of thought.

Since thought is nothing other than a movement that comes from the past, forming images, pictures of pleasure and pain, you are always as a someone, someone in time, someone in this moment. This is how we are someone, and this sense of someone is the continuity of a psychological condition guided by this movement of past, present and future. Thus, there is no awareness of this moment.

Note how simple and at the same time very complex all of this is. There is a simplicity in the statement here, but there is also a complexity of understanding here, because psychologically our way of approaching these subjects is quite complicated. Life is now, here, totally here, and yet we are subjectively stuck to a psychological pattern of existence in time.

This is how human beings work: either they are in the past or they are in the future, due to the movement of thought itself and everything it represents when it arrives; because thought carries sensations, it carries the story linked to feelings, emotions, pleasure, pain, and our psychological life is within this condition. And why are we living like this? We are living like this because we are living in this sense of separation, in this mental conditioning, in this way of being someone separate from life, from the totality of life, alienated from this moment.

So, life is happening here, at this moment, and yet our way of approaching this moment is from the past, it is from what was, of what will be. We are always between the past and the future. Here we are with you working on learning about Self-awareness, on uncovering this psychological condition for something new, for something unknown, for something possible in this life and that some have already verified, which is the awareness of Divine Truth.

So, learning about ourselves, studying each one of us, studying ourselves, when this is present, in this contact with the other, in this study of oneself, we are facing a moment of revelation, of understanding how the other works, once we understand how the mind works. Our psychological condition is one of disorder and, therefore, of suffering, because we are living a life centered on the ego.

So, an approach to what is true Mindfulness and what true Full Attention, this means looking at each one of us at this moment. Just looking, bringing all this energy of Attention to this moment. Thus, we abandon this internal psychological dispersion, of orientation towards the time pattern “I am not, but I will be,” “I do not have, but I will have,” “I cannot, but one day I will be able to, I will achieve.” As long as this movement exists within us, there will be no awareness of life in this moment, of what it reveals here and now.

What we have recommended here for you is: become aware of this moment, become aware of your reactions. This does not require any technique, practice or effort. When there is a real interest in studying oneself, in self-observation, this occurs naturally, this happens. When you speak or when a thought is present or a feeling arises, it arises in that moment. We are never dealing with the past, we are only dealing with the moment.

Thought has a model of representation of history, that means, of what was; the model of thought does not deal with what is, but rather with what was. So, one of the most complicated things about human beings is precisely trusting in thought, because thought does not deal with reality, it deals with speculation: it speculates about the future, it interprets the present and it guides this interpretation of the present and this speculation about the future based on the past, but the past is just history, memory, something dead.

So, notice how interesting this way of functioning we have is, our life, based on thought, is grounded in something that has already happened. We are constantly, due to inattention, which is the lack of awareness of this moment, of what is happening here and now, vivifying that which is no longer, that which is not real. The past is something dead, but it receives life due to this inattention present in all of us.

The point here is that we have been conditioned, educated, programmed to continue the movement of the past, which is the movement of the “I.” This feeling, thought and sensation of being someone present in you is present due to the past. Here, this moment reveals life without the “I,” but thought interprets this revelation and places a present identity, an element that comes from the past.

So, we are constantly sustaining time that thought constructs: “I am not happy, but I will be happy,” “I have no peace, but I will have peace,” “there is no joy, but I will find joy,“ one day I will achieve love.” We are always looking to the future, comparing what is here with what will come, with what will be. This is how thought works, comparing what is here or what is not here with what was. So, we live within this psychological condition of lack of awareness of being.

So, what does it mean to have an approach to life as it is? It is to abandon the illusion of the idea of ​​someone present. The idea of ​​being present in this moment is a thought about yourself. You identify with the body, you identify with the mind, you identify with history, with all the memory, with all the past and, thus, you place a present identity here.

When you look at someone, if they are a known person, you see them from the perspective of thought, you treat them from the perspective of thought, you feel about them from the perspective of thought. So, what do you have about them? Absolutely nothing, just a projection of your own ego. This is how our relationships with the world around us, with the people around us, this is how our relationships with ourselves are.

The various psychological conditions present in human beings, in their relationship with themselves, in a mistaken way, as occurs due to the presence of the past, which is thought, which is this model of self-image that they have, puts them in situations of emotional disorder, mental suffering, and conflicting states. Here with you we are working on ending suffering, ending this illusion, this sense of “I” that sees itself as separate from life.

So, a new mind is necessary, so a new mind is something fundamental, a new way of perceiving, listening, feeling, acting, moving in life. Discarding this sense of “I,” this illusion of ego-identity is the end of this egoic mind. So, at this moment, there is Something beyond the mind, the presence of Something that is beyond the known, which reveals itself only when we have put an end to this illusion of this old condition, which is the condition of the ego.

Here in these meetings, we are working with you exactly on that. On Saturday and Sunday, we have meetings, they are our online meetings. So, through questions, answers and within contact with this self-investigation – what Ramana Maharshi called Atma Vichara – we are working here with you, on this channel, to get closer to Atma Vichara, this self-observation, this look at this whole movement of the “I,” this disposition for the revelation of Self-awareness. So, we are together on Saturday and Sunday. Here in the video description, you can find our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings on the weekends.

In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard makes sense to you, here is the invitation. Leave your “like” here and subscribe to the channel. If you have already been watching these videos and have not yet subscribed, here is the opportunity, and take advantage and leave here in the comments: “Yes, that makes sense.” Ok? And we will see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

August, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The fundamental questions of life. To learn about Self-Awareness. What is meditation? Atma Vichara

Here, in this meeting, we have an expression that I want to work with you on: the expression is “Atma Vichara.” Ramana Maharshi, the sage of Arunachala Hill, shared this vision of life with those who approached him. He addressed to them the importance of approaching themselves through Atma Vichara. There is a way to directly approach Truth, Reality, the Nature of God, and that way is by accessing the Reality of your own Being. This requires looking at oneself.

We are not usually looking at ourselves, we are looking outward. Our purpose in life is to accomplish things, to achieve things, to obtain and gather things. Very few people are occupied and involved with what we have called here “the fundamental questions of life.” A question is something to be solved; you cannot put a question aside. A question left aside is still a problem that you intend to forget. As far as life is concerned, this is a deception, a self-deception; trying to forget that which needs to be seen, understood, clarified, and solved.

Thus, this question of who you are – and therefore the question is “Who am I?” – this is the most important question in life and we cannot simply turn our backs on it. Human beings spend 80 years of their lives accumulating assets; movable assets, immovable assets and relationships. So, we have these inanimate assets, which are movable and immovable, and these animate assets, which are our relationships. Thus, we live accumulating things around us, and we forget or try to forget this basic question that we are here in life to solve, and the question is: “Who am I?”

This is exactly the question that resolves who God is. You were born – listen to this carefully – you were born for Love, for Peace, for Happiness, for Freedom. And you don’t find this out there, in external achievements, in these movable and immovable assets, inanimate goods and in these animate goods, which are relationships. As people we gather things, we gather people around us. Note, family is part of these people, they are around us. We gather animals, just as we gather material goods, so we live collecting things, acquiring things, obtaining things.

We do not know the truth about who we are, this Reality beyond the body and beyond the mind. Especially because we mistake ourselves for this body and this mind and we see ourselves as an entity present in life. And, for us, life consists of this confusion that we, as human beings, get ourselves into, in these different relationships. Relationships are with people and relationships are with things, with objects, with situations, and with places. So, we see ourselves as an entity present within this experience, this so-called “life” as we know it. But what do we know about this life? Absolutely nothing! Only what we are living, which are the different problems that we face.

Thus, without comprehending this situation, which is the situation of the “I,” which is this basic problem of “who I am,” we have many other unresolved situations. They are present because we are living in a condition of ignorance, of absurd ignorance about who we are. And if we do not understand the Truth about ourselves, we do not know the Truth about the other person with whom we have been living for 15, 20, 30 years. There is no Peace, there is no Love, there is no Freedom, there is no Intelligence in our relationships, because our relationships are conflicting.

It all starts with the very fact that, internally, you are restless, you have internal problems with your own thoughts, with your own desires. And it is easy to confirm this: human beings have concerns. So, notice: the inability to deal with situations in life when they arise, puts us in an internal condition of worrying about them, and the presence of this worry shows us that there is no Intelligence to deal with life without producing conflict, problems and suffering. Since worry is a form of suffering, it is a form of problem, it is the absence of this Intelligence to deal with the matters of life.

And why does it happen? Because we do not have the awareness to deal with ourselves. How can we comprehend life as it is, as it happens? How can we deal with life, exactly as it shows itself, if we do not know how to deal with our reactions, with our own thoughts, feelings, and emotions? They are always contradicting themselves, we have internal contradictions, we are dealing with images within ourselves, producing emotional disorder. The fact is that all of this is present because we have never investigated anything about ourselves.

All our energy is available to achieve things, to obtain things and to deal with these things in the best possible way, so as not to lose these things. This is another interesting element present in this identity of the “I,” of the ego, in this ignorance about who we are: we do not just achieve things, we do everything to keep them with us. As human beings, living in this sense of the ego, we are possessive, controlling creatures, loaded with attachments. Naturally, if attachment is present, insecurity is present, and we have the presence of fear. We do everything to achieve and then we do everything to not lose. In this doing there is effort, struggle and everything to obtain something that will one day inevitably go away.

Let us comprehend this clearly here. There is nothing that you can take with you. There is nothing that you can take with you because there is nothing that is really yours, not even this sense of this “I” is yours. This is an imagination of the thought about who you are – about who you are and what you have, and what you control. There is absolutely no control over anything! (laughter) Nothing is under the control of the “I,” of the ego, and yet we are living in this fantasy. This is the condition of inner contradiction, of disorder, confusion, and suffering. There is nothing – I say again – there is nothing in life that can make you happy.

The Reality of life is Happiness, but life does not consist of this idea of ​​the “I” with all that it has or believes it has. The Reality of life is the Reality of God, and this Reality is present when the sense of the “I” is not present. This represents the end of everything that is known, of everything that is monitored, controlled, possessed by this imagination, which is the imagination of the ego, of this “me,” of this “I,” that believes it has these things, possesses these things. Note that all of this is within this principle of ignorance, of illusion regarding the Truth about who we are.

Here, with you, we are approaching how to learn about Self-Awareness, discover the Truth about yourself – just that, discover the Truth about yourself. Once you have realized this, become aware of it, life, this external life becomes light, without conflict, without problems. We still have challenges arising, but they are answered not from this illusory center that is the ego, but from a present intelligence that knows how to deal with everything that happens without fear, without desire, without conflict, without attachment, without this sense of control, therefore, without this effort.

A life free from the ego is something indescribable, it is life as it is, in Beauty, in Grace. This coming closer to oneself requires the Presence of this art that reveals who you are. So, Atma Vichara, something that Ramana Maharshi shared in his days, we are working here with you. We are showing you how to come closer to the Truth about Meditation and, therefore, bringing you the answer also to the question: “What is Meditation?” We do not dissociate the comprehension of the Truth about ourselves, which is Self-Awareness, from the coming closer to the awareness of God, which is Meditation. This requires the presence of this self-observation, this looking at these reactions, which is Atma Vichara.

We have several playlists here on the channel that delve deeper into each of these subjects. In fact, these various fundamental questions of life are all addressed here, on this channel. Because our proposal is a life of Wisdom, a life of Grace, Beauty and Truth. This requires, in this life, Liberation, the end of ignorance, the end of illusion. The true solution to this question, “Who am I?” One thing we have been telling you here: there is a very well-known phrase, in some way you have come into contact with this phrase and we think it is a beautiful or very philosophical or quite spiritual phrase, but we know nothing about it, it is just theory. And the phrase is a very old phrase, from the ancient Greeks: “Man, know thyself.”

Note, we have many theories, many beliefs and many ready-made phrases. We repeat them, we think they are beautiful, we think they are something interesting, something intelligent to say, and so we repeat them, but we have no direct contact with them. We know nothing about this encounter with the Divine Truth, with the Truth of this Being, with this Reality of God. We are living within programming, and here on the channel we have worked and shown you what this programming is. It is the programming of psychological conditioning, mental conditioning, where we are alienated from the Divine Truth, living in this identification with the body, with the mind and with everything that culture has given us, in this feeling, also, and thought of being someone present in life to conquer things, to accomplish things.

Here, with you, we are approaching the Divine Reality, the Reality of God. This Reality is that which is present when there is this true Intelligence, which is Spiritual Intelligence, which is the Intelligence of God. Some call this state “Spiritual Awakening” or “Spiritual Enlightenment.” It has nothing to do with everything you have heard out there about this Awakening. It is an encounter with the Divine Reality, but this encounter with this Reality is something present when the sense of the “I,” of the ego, is not present.

So, we are working with you on the direct path to this vision. As we said at the very beginning: there is a direct path to this Realization, according to Ramana Maharshi, and that direct path is Atma Vichara, that's the answer – and now it is clear to you: it is not intellectual, it is not verbal, it is not something presented only as a concept, but in an experiential way – the answer to the question “Who am I?” Then, there is a comprehension of the Truth, of That which is Real, when this illusion of this sense of separation is not present. We are here for That, which is beyond the known, to assume That which is beyond the recognizable. It is paradoxical, but it is exactly like that.

The Presence of Divine Reality is the absence of someone to know anything, to see oneself as someone in the world and needing the world for something. Here, together, we are exploring this with you, going deeper into this with you: the Truth of this Divine Revelation, the Truth about what Meditation is. We have a playlist here on this channel: Real Meditation. Note, it’s about Real Meditation in practice… There’s another playlist here on the channel, which I recommend for you to watch, it’s “The Truth about Self-Awareness.” What is the Truth about this? How can we approach this in this life? This is Atma Vichara.

Here, on Saturdays and Sundays, we are together. We have online meetings on weekends. Here, in the video description, you can find our link to participate in these online meetings. So, we are together for two days, working on this with you. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you've just heard makes sense to you, here is an invitation, go ahead, leave your “like” here and subscribe to the channel. If you have been watching the videos, several videos, and have not yet subscribed, please, subscribe to the channel too; don't forget this time. Write here in the comment: “Yes, that makes sense.” Okay? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

August, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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