Joel Goldsmith | Living the Infinite Way | What is spiritual life? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, and Master Gualberto is with us once again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Master, today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Living the Infinite Way." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Enlightenment dissolves all material bonds and unites men with the golden chains of spiritual understanding." In this excerpt, Joel Goldsmith comments on spiritual comprehension. Can you share your vision of what spiritual life is?

MG: Gilson, there's a great deal of mystification, a lot of misunderstanding. This issue of spiritual life is viewed in a very misguided way. So, first of all, we have to find out the Truth about Life before we can even touch on the question of a spiritual life. We don't know the Truth about Life. What we know as life is not Real Life. It is a centered, grounded life, grounded in an illusory pattern of behavior-of actions, behaviors, interactions, interacting with life of human relations and relations with what happens-where the misunderstanding of a personal life is present.

There is no such thing as a personal life in Life; that is a misunderstanding. This is the vision we have of life, it is the vision from thought. It is thought that gives us the model, the form, the formula of what life is. Thus, we live in a mental life, a life idealized by concepts, beliefs, judgments, opinions, ideas! Therefore, to know the Truth about spiritual life, we need to comprehend the Truth about Life. The Truth about Life is the naturalness of Life, free from illusion, free from thought, and this Life is Divine Life, it is Real Life, it is Spiritual Life.

The thing is, in general, when we use the expression "spiritual life," we are projecting a life of someone, a person's life, their spiritual life. This is an illusion! Here lies mystification, a mistaken vision, an erroneous view of the Truth about Life. Thus, we have all kinds of fantasies, ideas, and suggestions from thought about what "divine life" is, someone's "divine life," or a person's "divine life."

When there is Real Life, the presence of Real Life? Real Life is present when the illusion of a person is no longer there, when the idea of ??someone present, separating themselves from Life, no longer exists. Every feeling, emotion, sensation, form of perception, and thought, within a principle of image-something that thought has constructed within us-is the vision of an illusory life, the vision of a life in dream, in a sleep of unconsciousness, where the consciousness present in the person is egoic consciousness, the consciousness of the "I."

There is no real life in the ego; what is present is a movement of thought, sustained and maintaining permanence due to the presence of a time it has established, constructed. This is how person's life is. All information you have, for example, is acquired knowledge, acquired over time. Thus, as you go through experiences in the past, those experiences become, for you, knowledge-they are now a memory.

They are a memory present in the brain, in the mind. Thought says it is a memory of yours, placing an entity present in the memory. This entity is the "I," it is the sense of a person-a person who separates themselves from the other person, a person who separates themselves from life, a person who is speaking of spirituality. What can a person say about spirituality? What they know! But what is a person? They are the result of thought, a set of memories, of remembrances. This is the sense of "I."

This will never be real, and therefore, when they use the expression "spiritual" or "spirituality" here, they don't really know what we are talking about. All thought can do is give these expressions a meaning it recognizes and that, therefore, is still part of itself. Every spiritual idea is a thought about this.

Divine Reality is spiritual Reality, but it is not in the known, it is not in thought; it is something unattainable by the mind. Every kind of description we have heard, everything spoken in the name of spirituality, the use of expressions and language-which portray only thoughts-is merely a way of imagining things, of constructing an imagination about That which is real, about That which is spiritual.

Therefore, the Truth of Divine Life is Life free from separation, free from duality. Duality is the presence of the "I" and the "non-I": I, the world, life, and God. It is thought that separates, it is thought that divides, it is thought that creates this suggestion. When this ends, yes, we are faced with Life, Real Life, but Real Life is not a life of someone, it is not the life of the person.

The true comprehension of natural Life, which is Life free from ego, which is the Truth of your Being, which is you in your Natural State, free from suffering, free from problems, free from the sense of separation, is the Spiritual Life. Therefore, natural Life, which is Life free from ego, is unknown to us. This is Spiritual Life! It is not someone who is spiritual, it is not someone who has become spiritualized.

The pattern of seeking spirituality arises from the idea of ??the future and fulfillment in the future, for someone. There is no such someone, no such future, no such fulfillment. True realization is now, and it is not realization for someone. It is when the illusion of the "I" is no longer there, it is when the illusion of time-the notion we have of past, present, and future, from a psychological point of view-when this is no longer there, there is the Truth of the Awakening of Consciousness, of Spiritual Enlightenment, of That which is real, but there is no longer a sense of "I," there is no longer a sense of ego. This is the Truth of spirituality, this is the Truth of Spiritual Life.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel who makes the following comment: "Master, I've always associated spiritual life with something that happens in church or at a spiritualist center, but I feel something is missing. How can I live this spirituality in a more integrated and personal way in my daily life?"

MG: In your question, here once again we face the misconception, the idea, the suggestion of the thought that someone can live this spirituality in their daily lives. There is no one to live this spirituality in their daily lives. The Truth of Life is here and now. It is not for someone; it is already present, and there is no such someone.

You ask: "How can I live it?" So, the idea is of someone, of someone living. The investigation of the nature of the "I," self-inquiry, shows you the truth that the "I" is not real. The idea of ??someone present is just a thought, something given to us by culture-the concept of someone's existence, of someone to be good, of someone who must stay with the positive side and not the negative, of someone who must find the truth and move away from illusion, of someone who must live in integrity, of someone who must live spirituality.

There is no such someone! This someone is an idea constructed by thought. It is when there is the Truth about this that we have the Reality of Life, where you, in your True Nature, are spiritual Life itself. This notion of time, like everyday life, disappears. Yes, we have days, weeks, months, and years, from a chronological point of view, but there is no such person present in everyday life.

It is the Reality of Life, without any separation between you and Life as It happens. Therefore, there is no conflict, because there is no separation. There is no longer the notion of a positive life, a fulfilling life, a spiritual life, in contrast to a negative, unfulfilled, problematic, or unhappy life.

You, in your Natural Divine State, in your Natural State of Being, are Love, Bliss, and Happiness. And this is present here; not in everyday life, it is present here and now. It is something present as the Truth of God, present as Life itself, present as the Nature of your Being. There is no separation.

Thus, the other, your family, your children, the world, everything around you is within a single context: this context is Divine Life, it is Real Life. Where there is no longer a separation created by thought, sustained by illusion, of a projection of psychological time where there is, constantly, the desire to obtain things and the desire to get rid of other things. The presence of fear is the intention to get rid of.

When your question is "How do I free myself?", "How do I overcome?", "How to overcome fear?", you see: we are still within a movement of mental time, of psychological time, of desire. This disappears when real Life is present. When the mind becomes silent, still, Divine Reality reveals itself-there is no more dream, no more sleep, no more ignorance. It is the Presence of Truth, it is the Presence of Love, it is the Presence of God.

The Reality of Life, of your Life, is this! But when we are living in thought, the movement of thought is sustaining a particular life that is not real, and we are fighting against it, idealizing and projecting something different.

Here, we need to look, perceive, investigate-because the awareness of illusion is the end of illusion, the awareness of ignorance is the end of ignorance. Therefore, Divine Reality is here and now.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Bruno asked the following question: "Master, is there evolution on this spiritual journey?"

MG: Gilson, that's another false notion, another mistaken notion. We've seen a child become a teenager, then a young person, then an adult, then they get married and have children; their children also have children, and now they're a grandfather. So, we see this process of evolution all around us all the time.

We've seen a seed become a plant, which then turned into a tree. When we look at nature, at life around us, at the environment, we see this. This happens in nature, things evolve; it happens in medical science, science has been evolving; it has happened in technology. So, technologically, scientifically, biologically, the presence of evolution is undeniable - it's in everything!

But here we have to investigate the psychological truth - psychologically, there is no such thing; there is no such thing as psychological evolution. An internal, psychic state does not evolve into something else. You cannot transform an internal, psychological state into something else.

A state of feeling, emotion, and sensation like joy is joy; it doesn't change! A state of feeling, emotion, and sensation like sadness doesn't evolve! Sadness doesn't evolve into joy, nor does joy evolve into sadness.

A feeling, emotion, or sensation of envy doesn't evolve into jealousy. Jealousy is jealousy, envy is envy, sadness is sadness, and joy is joy. Psychologically, there is no such thing as change. Hate is hate, anger is anger, fear is fear. Thus, we have a mistaken view of this internal, psychological issue.

Here, we need to discover the Truth of the end of the internal psychological condition, not of the evolution of this condition. We cannot alter or change it, but we can become aware. And when we are aware of what is present here-because we have the presence of attention on this state of feeling, emotion, and sensation-something new happens.

This something new is not a change from one state to another, but rather the end of this psychological condition of identity present in the experience of sensation, of emotion. We need to investigate the nature of the "I," the nature of the ego, the nature of the person. It is direct understanding, the direct observation of what it represents, the end for it; because we are dealing with a psychological condition, which is being sustained by thought. It is also the structure behind sensation, feeling.

The end of the psychological condition of the "I," of the ego, is the end of illusion. Thus, the idea of ??spiritual evolution is not real. That which is not, is not, period. It is thought that projects the "becoming," the achieving, the getting there psychologically.

Therefore, the idea of ??psychological evolution, of spiritual evolution, is the imagination of thought. It is thought that projects the idea of ??someone, of a person, of an ego-identity improving, evolving, growing until it becomes spiritual. Here, the realization of the truth of the "I," of the ego, is the end of the ego.

Therefore, That which is already present, which is this real Consciousness, is not in the psychic sphere, not in this psychological dimension to evolve. What we need, rather, is the end of the psychological sphere, the psychological dimension, the psychological condition of the "I," of the ego, this illusory identity.

So, we have here and now the revelation of That which is Real, of That which is spiritual. You, in your Essential Nature, do not evolve. The idea of ??evolution is the idea of ??a change in time. This change in time requires the presence of the psychological continuity of the "I" itself, of the ego itself.

The presence of the "I," the presence of the ego, the psychological condition present in each of us, is the presence of a mental conditioning-something sustained by thought, something that arose in time and that also has its continuity in time. As we go through experiences in the past, this is transformed into knowledge and experiences, and this is what forms this "I."

But when psychological memory, the continuity of thought ends, there comes the end of time. And when time ends, That which is real, which is outside of time, reveals itself.

Only that which is within time evolves, not That which is beyond time, beyond the known, beyond the mind. Thus, the Reality of your Being is the Reality of God. Therefore, it is not about evolution, about growth. It is about the Awareness of Truth; here it is about the end of illusion, the illusion of the "I," the illusion of the mind, the illusion of time.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is already up. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching the video to the end and truly desire to live these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are intensive weekend meetings, available online, in-person, and also multi-day retreats.

These meetings are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions live, and second, and more impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, He shares this State of Presence with those around you, which is a field of Energy, Power, and Grace.

And in these meetings, we end up being carried by Master's energy. And by being carried by the Master, we end up, naturally and spontaneously, entering the meditative state, silencing our minds. This self-inquiry ends up being much easier.

So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. And go ahead, like the video and subscribe to the channel.

And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

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You and self-image. The end of self-image. What is thought? What is thinking? Real Consciousness.

There's something I want to draw your attention to here, in this meeting. Note that, as time passes and we grow older, our mind-because it has already experienced various situations such as incidents, accidents, and experiences-ends up stuck in a condition where our internal life is a routine.

Thus, we fulfill some desires and not others; we achieve some goals and miss others. And throughout life, we situate ourselves, in life, within our relationships and contacts, in a very limited, very narrow way, because we see life based on these models that are already predetermined within us.

Here, we situate ourselves, in the mind, within a pattern of behavior, action, and feeling already predetermined by this mind we know, which is the conditioned mind. Thus, we end up positioned within a routine, a pattern of behavior, in this contact with life as it happens, already based on what thought within us is determining.

And thought present in each of us is the continuity of memories, of recollections of the past. Therefore, this prevents us from connecting with life in this moment from the viewpoint of a new, free mind. This is the condition of the conditioned mind, of this consciousness, which is egoic consciousness.

The Reality of this Being, of this Divine Truth we carry, is neglected. So, we spend an entire life without the awareness of Divine Reality, without the comprehension that this Being that we are, this Being, is Consciousness.

We have the consciousness we know, in this mind as we function-a busy, preoccupied mind, burdened with all the scars of the past. This is the presence of this consciousness we know. Here we are working with you on the end for this consciousness, as well as the end for this mind.

It is contact with Divine Reality, contact with the Reality of your Being, the presence of this new Consciousness, this new mind. Our mind has been shaped, adjusted to everything we have heard, everything we have learned. There is no complete freedom to look at the present moment without the past. We look from these scars, these memories, these recollections, this format of conditioning we have received.

Thus, what we are, what you are, based on these scars, this conditioning, is the self-image. Therefore, you and self-image is the presence of the consciousness of the "I," of the mind present and known within us. We need to have contact with something beyond the mind, beyond this known basis, beyond this pattern of worldview from this old structure.

We need to have real contact with the presence of Reality, with Divine Truth. And this Reality is something unknown. It will never be comprehended within this structure of mind that we know, which lives within this continuum of memories, of remembrances, which is always wounded, hurt, offended, experiencing moments of fulfilled desires and, after these desires, frustrations, disappointments.

This is the condition of an old mind, of a consciousness that is within this psychological condition that is familiar to us all, trapped in all forms of contradiction, conflict, problems, and suffering. It is, in fact, contact with the Unknown, contact with the Reality of this Being, beyond egoic consciousness, beyond this mind, which is the mind of the "I," it is this contact that is the Flourishing of Divine Truth.

Therefore, we need to go beyond this routine. We need, in this life, to Awaken to the Reality of That which we carry, of That which we are in our True Nature, or we will always be trapped in what we are based on what thought tells us we are; we will be operating within this routine until the end of our days, as it has happened to most people around us.

It is this contact with Divine Reality, this contact with the Truth of your Being that is Liberation in this life, Liberation from this construct of thought, from this construct of conditioning, which is this self-image, the person as you see yourself. Here, together, we are investigating the end of self-image, the end of this routine, continuity, the permanence of the "I," the permanence of this egoic mind.

It is the emptying of all this internal content of this consciousness, something new present, which is no longer the mind as we know it. Verifying this, becoming aware of this, requires looking at all this internal movement within us. Becoming aware that we are constantly, day after day after day, adding new experiences to past experiences.

This entire process of accumulating experiences is the presence of the formation of this old structure repeating itself. Each day, from experiences, this experiencer is constructed, maintained. Thus, the continuity of this experiencer is the continuity of this old consciousness.

What we've just discussed here is the process of thought, the basis of all experiences, the basis of every peculiar, particular way of looking at what happens, at life unfolding. This particular vision arises from thought.

So, what is thought? It's something we need to comprehend, because it's based on thought that we have this entire structure of continuity and routine. This explains this entire internal state of frustration, of boredom, it explains all these internal states of emotional conflict. These are scars that are constantly opening within each of us.

The situations we've experienced in the past-the element present in this experience is this self-image. Therefore, this is the result of the experiences stored within us by this experiencer, by this person that thought has constructed, which is the self-image. When these scars open-and they open because they are indeed scars that haven't healed-this is the continuity of thought.

Thought within us is something that is incomplete, something that never ends, just like all the experiences we go through. That's why these experiences are constantly remembered, they keep returning.

Note that with old age, the insistence of these scars that haven't healed is constant. At every moment, you have a remembrance, a recollection, a memory, and with it, a present pain, something that comes from the past. This is because the presence of thought within us never ends. Thus, we are always trapped within the circle of the known, of the model of the past.

We don't know what it's like to live this present moment, allowing it to complete itself and, therefore, having no continuity and not returning again, again and again, from the past. We don't know what it's like to die for each moment. Thus, not only does the body age, but this experiencer, this self-image, this experiencer, this thinker maintains its continuity, and thus, thought sustains itself within us-it is the constancy, the permanence of the scar on this tree, which is the egoic mind, which is this consciousness of the "I."

The work of Realization or this encounter with the Divine Flourishing, which some call Awakening, is the end of the past, of the continuity of the thinker, which means cessation, the end of thought, of this type of thinking, which is psychological thought-the basis for this experiencer, for this thinker, for this one that observes from the past, who is this observer.

The presence of a new mind, of a new Consciousness, is the presence of the Unknown. Looking at this moment without the past, dealing with this moment dying to everything that occurs here and now, is maintaining a brain free of these remembrances, these memories, recollections, free of these scars that never heal. Basically, this is the life of ego-identity, it is the life of self-image.

Therefore, contact with the presence of That which is the Truth of this Being, the Reality of this Essential Nature in each of us, is the end of the "I," it is the end of the ego. It's when contact with the present moment requires the presence of an Intelligence capable of dealing with this instant, yes, with the Freedom to deal with feelings, emotions, and, especially, thoughts, without making them a basis for continuity, for the permanence of ego-identity. This is what we call thinking.

When we explore the question with you here, the question "What is thinking?", we are talking about this contact with thought free of the thinker. When, in this contact with thought, we lack the presence of the thinker, dealing with thought is a matter of Intelligence, of the presence of a vision of life free from the past. This is the answer to the question "What is thinking?"

Note that we didn't learn this; they don't show us what thinking is. Society, the collective, our parents, teachers, the world around us-they gave us what to think, how to think. There was no clarity about what thinking is. You can't learn this from someone else. You discover this by looking at your reactions and freeing yourself from all forms of continuity, routine, repetition, and the formation of experiences for the experiencer.

When we learn to observe the movement of thought, we free ourselves from it. This is the space we need; the space that allows us to see life as it happens, without ideas, opinions, evaluations, conclusions, or choices, since all of this stems from this background within us of conditioning, repetition, routine, the continuity of the "I," the continuity of memory.

Can we have a contact with life, allowing life to occur in every moment, and with life, the presence of this death to the past, to the pattern of memory repetition, of remembrance? When you have a contact with the present moment, and it is complete, in that instant you don't need thought.

Observe this clearly: when there is full attention to what is present in this instant, thought does not enter. Note that this is an experience common to all of us. When you are attentive, this attention is simply the interest of looking at it in that given moment, and in this attention there is no thought, idea, opinion, conclusion, like, or dislike. It is simple Attention.

When a thought arises about it, in that moment there is no longer any attention, because you are situated in thought. When you see something, you are with it, without any separation between you and it; there is no space. But when a thought arises in you and you internalize a phrase, such as: "How beautiful that is, I like it," or "I want it for myself," or "How interesting it is"-any of these phrases, when they arise, in that moment there is no longer any attention, because, in that moment, a separation occurs between you and that thing.

Finding it interesting, despising it, wanting it for yourself, or having the idea that something is special or beautiful is a curtain. Then, you appear, and between you and that thing, we have the curtain of thought. But every contact with the present moment is a contact free from the past, unless thought arises. With thought, the presence of a thinker arises, and then there is a separation between that thinker and what they are observing, because there is a separation between that thinker and that thought. Then, there comes the presence of the past.

It is with the past that duality is present, division, separation, inattention. But every moment occurs without the past. Can we learn to deal with the moment without the past? Just looking, perceiving, feeling, becoming aware, but without this "I," without this element that is the thinker, who judges, compares, evaluates, chooses, likes, dislikes. This, in life, is the presence of Meditation.

When there is the presence of a gaze without choice, opinion, evaluation, or judgment, this moment reveals Something outside this consciousness of the "I," this egoic mind, and then this experience is complete. It is not, therefore, an experience for the "I." It is when we no longer have a scar that will later return, that will later open, because the experience is complete. It is complete because there is no room for thought.

When there isn't the presence of thought, we lack the reinforcement of this experiencer, this thinker. Yes, we do not need, in life, the presence of the "I," the presence of the ego, the presence of this experiencer. Your contact with your husband, with your wife, with life as it unfolds, can be, and must be, in this moment, only what this moment represents. We don't need to place this sense of someone present and, therefore, maintain this separation, from the thinker, from the experiencer, which is the presence of thought.

Therefore, contact with Meditation, with Real Meditation, is the direct looking at this moment, in this Attention. So, there is no such thing as the years go by. Dealing with the present moment without the past is dealing with the new. It doesn't matter if the body ages, here we are facing this Real Consciousness, this Divine Consciousness, this Awareness of Life as it happens, without the presence of the "I," without the presence of the past.

Living life in this moment is assuming the Reality that there is no one to be the experiencer, to be present, alive, being the thinker-we don't need this. We can give the entire answer to the present moment, without the past, when this new perspective on the moment is present, when we are aware of the beauty of Meditation. So, there comes the Truth of Real Consciousness, of the real response to this moment, before the challenge, the stimulus that this moment, which is the very Mystery of Life, represents.

Your contact with Reality is the presence of the Unknown, it is life in its expression, this encounter or discovery of Reality about You without any image. If there is no image, if thought does not establish an image of who you are, there is no image of who the other is, of what life represents. Contact with the present moment is the Reality of this Real Presence, this Real Consciousness. Your Natural Divine State is one of Wisdom, Love, Bliss, and Freedom.

Here, in these weekend meetings, we are working on this with you. We are together for two days: Saturday and Sunday. You can find our WhatsApp link to join these meetings here in the video description. In addition to these online weekend meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's your invitation. Give your "like," subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

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Joel Goldsmith | Conscious Union with God | True Consciousness | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, with Master Gualberto again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Today, I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called: "Conscious Union with God." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "The truth is that power lies in recognizing the Presence of God, not in words or thoughts." On this subject, can the Master share his vision of what True Consciousness is?

MG: Gilson, here, when you ask what True Consciousness is, first, before anything else, we have to comprehend what consciousness is; what we know about consciousness. So, here, the first thing is: what is consciousness? So, let's go... when are you conscious enough to say: "I am conscious?" Isn't it when you remember something? Isn't memory, within you, the presence of thought: thought recognizing itself?

When we have a self-recognizing thought, this self-knowledge of thought is what we call consciousness. When you have a memory, you say, "I am conscious of this." When you have a memory, you say, "Yes, I am aware, I remember it." So, what is this "I," this recollection? Isn't it the presence of thought itself? When there isn't the presence of thought, do we have any recognition? When there isn't the presence of memory, is there any "I" remembering? Therefore, what we call consciousness is self-consciousness. And self-consciousness is merely the consciousness of the "I," and the consciousness of the "I" is the thought conscious of itself in that memory.

Therefore, the great truth about consciousness is that we are faced with a process in which we are unaware of what is actually happening. We spend much of the day, for example, having memories, but you rarely become aware that you are having memories-you just have memories. In other words, thought is constantly appearing, but without any awareness of its appearance. Therefore, what we call consciousness is unconsciousness.

When you are angry at someone-let's take an example-your consciousness is the image of that person who upset you, who made you angry. But that person is just a present thought, and it is thought within you, the image you have of who you are, that is angry. This is something that occurs unconsciously. You don't bring awareness to the state; you don't become aware of the state the mind is in. To be aware of the state the mind is in is to be naturally free from identification with the state. This doesn't happen! You are entirely identified with the state of anger. The condition of the "I," the condition of the mind, is of anger.

We are not aware of the state we are in. We are not aware because we do not have true Consciousness of what we are, here and now. You ask: "What is Real Consciousness?" It is the full awareness of the mind: restless, chatty, repetitive, living in states of affliction, conflict, and suffering... but when Real Consciousness is present, the mind is no longer there, because identification with the state dissolves.

This is the Beauty of Liberation in this life: assuming the Truth of Something present beyond the "I," beyond self-consciousness, beyond this egoic consciousness, which is unconscious, carrying a mechanical movement. Our work here consists of becoming aware of what is present here. Thus, when we use the expression "Real Consciousness," we are not talking about a consciousness as we know it, a consciousness of someone, for someone. We are talking about a present Reality, beyond the mind we know, beyond the consciousness we know, beyond the unconsciousness of which we are unaware. Encountering the Truth about Yourself is the Awareness that this "you," you now recognize based on thought, does not exist, because this is what we have.

The person you know is the person thought recognizes, who is present. Your name, your story, your memories of pleasure and pain, of troubles and moments of joy. your memory, the recollection of everything you know, the people you know. All of this is part of the person about you, the person that thought says you are. This is your self-consciousness-in other words: a memory, a remembrance. In fact, a set of remembrances, a set of memories. It is the presence of the person, the consciousness of the "I."

The realization of the Truth about yourself is the Revelation of a Reality present beyond this "you," this person, this consciousness. The way we constantly interact with life, interact with the world, and relate to ourselves and others is within the pattern of this self-consciousness, which is egoic consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I." When we investigate this, when we learn about ourselves, we discover something beyond this internal psychic condition, this egoic consciousness. We discover the presence of something beyond the mind, beyond time, beyond our notion of space. Then, the present, indescribable Reality is revealed.

This Reality is Real Consciousness. It is not someone having consciousness, it is not individual consciousness. There is no such thing as individual consciousness in the mind. In the mind, what there is, is the presence of an egoic consciousness. A consciousness constructed by memory content. It is not a real entity present, it is an unconscious movement of thought occurring. Therefore, it is not individual consciousness. We are faced with an illusion: the illusion of the "I," the illusion of the ego. We are faced with the illusion of self-consciousness, and this ends in this Realization, in this Real Divine Vision, in this Real Vision of Truth.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Sofia asks the following question: "Master, my mind is very noisy and I often feel like I'm living on autopilot. How can I begin to cultivate this true Consciousness amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life?"

MG: Note your question: you talk about cultivating this Real Consciousness. Every movement will always be a movement from an impulse, a desire, an intention, a will. This will, impulse, intention, is unconscious, it is something automatic, because it is something that arises from the center itself, from this illusory center, from this center that is memory, which is the movement of thought itself, which moves from unconsciousness. Therefore, you cannot cultivate Real Consciousness, because you, in the movement, are unconsciousness.

The moment it becomes clear that all your movement is the movement of unconsciousness. Once this becomes clear, there is a withdrawal from the continuation of the movement; there is nothing to do. This is where we face the work of the Awakening of Truth. This requires being still, becoming aware of the movement of thought itself. And when you are still and a reaction arises-be it a thought, a feeling, an emotion, a sensation-because you are still, this reaction doesn't find the impulse, doesn't find the will. This requires the presence of attention on the reactions. Thus, we eliminate this "you," this impulse, we eliminate this automatism.

Therefore, learning about ourselves is becoming aware of our reactions. When you become aware of your reactions, you are learning about yourself. You are not learning how you function. You are learning, here and now, how the mind moves unconsciously, how it repeats itself, how it happens. So, in this learning, this sense of "I," this "you," loses relevance. It's a direct observation of thought itself, or feeling, or gestures, or the way to speak or to feel, but the sense of the ego, which is egoic consciousness, the unconscious movement of thought, loses relevance. I don't know if this is clear to you.

You can't cultivate Real Consciousness, but you can become aware of unconsciousness, of the egoic model of consciousness. And that's all you need to do. Here, "doing" is silencing, being still, observing, perceiving. Therefore, the presence of Self-awareness is the presence of Meditation.

Becoming aware of the movement of the "I" is the end of the ego's movement, the end of the person's movement, the end of the movement of thought. This is what brings the Awakening of Consciousness. It is not the consciousness of the "I," it is Real Consciousness emerging, flourishing, taking over the space, because now there is a new space, a space that opens up because of Silence, because the mind has become aware of its own movement. Then, it quiets, it becomes silent, and the space opens up; and with the emergence of space, there is the presence of Meditation.

The presence of Meditation is the Presence of this Real Consciousness. It is not something you cultivate, it is a reality revealing itself when you, the "I," the person, loses relevance; when the sense of a thinker, of an experiencer, of someone who looks from the past, feels from the past, is no longer present. As for the question of doing this day by day-when you use the expression "cultivating consciousness"-here, all that's needed is the presence of this moment. This is the moment to bring attention to these reactions. Therefore, in each moment, you have the opportunity to become aware of yourself, to notice the movement of thought, feeling, emotion, the suggestion of thought, the suggestion of emotion or sensation. It's just being aware! It's not doing something with it; it's just being aware of the reactions. This is the work! Therefore, here is the Presence of Self-awareness. And here is the Awareness of Meditation.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. He asks the following question: "Master, is Meditation the path to reach God?"

MG: Gilson, the practice of meditation, as some understand it, is not the path to God-because that was your question. You asked if meditation is the path. Some understand meditation as a practice, a practice as the path. Divine Reality is the present Truth. There is no path to this Present Reality except the very awareness of the present moment! We have no awareness of the present moment. So, what did the mind do? The mind created a path, a path through meditation, prayer, prayer, reading books, and spiritual practices and disciplines imposed by reading sacred books and religious doctrinal practices.

Thus, thought built a path. Here, the reality of the present moment, the awareness of this instant, is what reveals the Truth of God. There is a Present Reality beyond the mind, beyond thought, beyond beliefs. beyond everything books tell us, words tell us, thoughts portray. It is the Presence of That which is indescribable, which is beyond the known. And, naturally, it is something that reveals itself when the known is no longer present: beliefs, thoughts, teachings. when all of this disappears. Including mystical, esoteric, and spiritualist practices. Because we are faced with Something that is the Only Reality, and yet, what thought has constructed, it has constructed based on what it knows, what it recognizes, what it has experienced.

But every present thought, with its knowledge and experiences, is something that is within time, because it is something that arose in time. If it arose in time, it is within time, whereas Divine Reality is not part of time. There is only one real way, Gilson, to approach Truth for real, and that consists in discarding illusion, the illusion of the egoic mind, the egocentric mind. When there is [the discard of] the illusion of the mind, when there is [the discard of] the illusion of time, the illusion of the known, illusion of thought with its knowledge and experiences, there is the revelation of That which is present here. Then, This reveals itself when the egoic mind is not.

You ask about the path. There is no path, but there is a work, yes, to realize this Reality. It is not a work that someone does based on effort, but it is a work that happens based on the very Presence of this Divine Grace, when we look at our reactions, when we place ourselves in a disposition to observe, to become aware of how the mind happens, of how the mind works.

This is what we are proposing to you here. The Presence of the Awareness of this Real Consciousness is the Reality of your Being. It is Something that flourishes when there is this looking, this perceiving, when there is this learning about ourselves; it is when Meditation is present. It is not something you practice, it is Something that reveals itself, it is Something that shows itself, it is Something that is present here, when there is this attention.

GC: Gratitude, Master, our time has come to end. Gratitude for this videocast. And, for those of you who are watching the video until the end and have a genuine yearning to live these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are weekend meetings that exist online, in-person, and also retreats. These meetings are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions live, directly. And second, and more impactful, it is because, as the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares an Energy, a State of Presence, with those around him. And, in these encounters, we end up being carried by Master's Energy field.

And, by being carried along by Master, naturally and spontaneously, we enter the meditative state, quiet our minds, and can gain insight into what lies beyond the limitations of our intellectual knowledge. So, here's the invitation: in the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, please give a like to the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment here, bringing more questions for us to bring to future videocasts. And, once again, Master, thank you for the videocast.

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How to find God? Meditation: what is it? Learning about Self-Awareness. Self-Awareness in practice.

When you're angry, sad, anguished, depressed, or worried, what are your reactions? What do they represent there, at that moment? What does it mean to be someone angry, worried, or depressed? What is the truth about this person? What is the truth about you at that moment? It's the direct vision, you see, not theoretical, not conceptual, not a mere description of words, but the direct vision of yourself in that moment, the comprehension, in practice, in a practical way, of Self-awareness.

So, Self-awareness in practice is the presence of learning about Self-awareness. And you learn about Self-awareness when you learn about yourself, about how you, psychologically, internally, are functioning. At the same time, this contact is Meditation. When people bring up the topic of meditation because they have a purpose, a goal, an objective... It's quite curious how people seek meditation. They imagine the practice of meditation for themselves.

We do not comprehend the Truth of Meditation to the question: "Meditation, what is it?", the truth to this answer about what meditation is, is that Meditation is the Revelation of the awareness of your Being. Here, the first obstacle or difficulty lies precisely in the illusion that Meditation is something like a practice you do, like an exercise you perform for this or that purpose, including the purpose of finding God. For spiritual seekers, the question is: "How to find God?"

So, here, the first obstacle or difficulty lies precisely in the illusion of a separation between the one who practices and the practice, between the one who seeks and that which is sought or searched. This separation, this division, is the first obstacle. And, in reality, the first obstacle among many others, but the basis of every difficulty in the Truth revealing itself here and now lies precisely in this separation.

There is no clear vision of Truth about the awareness of this being-this psychophysical being in its background of psychological expression, its mental conditioning, its egoic conditioning-and the Reality that is present beyond this psychophysical being-which is this body and this mind-which is the Truth, the Reality of something that is present here, beyond the body and mind, which is the Reality of this Divine Being, this Truth of God.

We place this Truth of God as something "there," somewhere. You are here and this Divine Reality is "there," somewhere, waiting to be found; found by someone who is here. The foundation is completely illusory, a mental fantasy. What we don't realize, what we are not aware of, is that the present mind, the mind within us, this mind we know, which has its truth in thought, ideas, concepts, images, and beliefs, is that this mind is laden with illusion.

There are countless illusions present in the mind, and the truth of this gaze upon what we are here, in this moment-just looking, becoming aware, knowing ourselves-is to know the world of ideas, opinions, beliefs, concepts, images, of what is happening within us, superficially and also deeply. Knowing ourselves means knowing how we are dealing with others in this relation to them, how we are dealing with ourselves.

Knowing ourselves means becoming aware of how thought within us is creating images of situations, of people, how thought within us is predicting the future and trying to escape the unpleasant past it has lived. It is thought itself in the form of a person, an idea it has constructed. This idea is you. This person is the "I," the "me."

When we have a direct gaze toward practical vision, in life, within relations, in contact with the world around us, the condition in which we position ourselves begins to become clear. We position ourselves as someone present: someone who likes, someone who dislikes; this someone who loves, this someone who doesn't love, this someone who hates; this someone who distances oneself from, this someone who approaches. This someone is the model of thought, the structure of thought within us.

Life within a person, the life of a person, is the presence of thought. Is life possible without thought? All your contact with the present moment-see-you don't need thought, and yet, thought is present. When you meet someone, why meet them based on a memory you carry of them? Why do this? Why do we do this? We do this because the sense of "I," the ego in each of us, seeks security in relations. But it only seeks security because fear is present. If there were no fear, we would have no idea of ??any need for security in relations.

Note the trick, the old model of continuity, of egocentric movement present in each of us, how this "I" seeks continuity. First, thought constructed this "I," this image-the image you have of who you are-and then this "I," which is thought, made present, within this relation of the moment, the past, when it wants everything to be the way it wants, which is basically fear, insecurity.

We haven't investigated the nature of thought, so we know nothing about the "I," about this whole game that occurs in life, in the life of the person, in this "my life." Therefore, I return to the question: is life possible without thought and, therefore, without this insecurity, without the presence of fear?

The sense of personhood in each of us carries attachments, the desire to possess, dominate, control the other. And, note, this is only one aspect, or two or three aspects of the "I," of the ego. But we are also envious, ambitious; there is this insecurity in its various forms of expression. These are expressions that we are completely unaware of within our relationships. Therefore, this is the life of thought.

Is there a life free of thought? Can thought cease? Because we don't need it, I repeat, we don't need thought. Here, to deal with the other, we only need Intelligence, Freedom, Comprehension, Wisdom. Then, there will be no conflict, no disorder, no confusion, no suffering. The presence of dependence, the search for acceptance, appreciation, acknowledgement from others, the inner condition of the "I," the ego-sustains separation, isolation.

The end of thought, the cessation of thought, is the cessation of fear. Look at yourself, look at the world. Fear is something that is present from the first days we become aware of ourselves, of this person. The awareness of this person is self-consciousness. From the moment we become aware of this "me," in this self-consciousness, from that moment on, we begin to become aware of this self-image, this character, this idea constructed by thought. And so, throughout our lives, we carry this self-image in fear, in the contradiction between pleasure and pain-the search for pleasure through desires, the search for pleasure in escaping pain, which is the presence of fear.

This encounter with Life, in this moment, is the encounter with Life without thought, without the past, when the "I" is gone, when the ego is no longer present. Is a life free of the ego, free of the "I," free of thought patterns possible? Without this image? An image we've been holding for thirty, forty, fifty, seventy years. Can we free ourselves from this self-image so that we no longer depend psychologically on this need to possess, dominate, control?

A life free from fear is a life free from suffering. Then, Something new reveals itself. When the question is "How to find God," here is the answer: He is not something that is "there." This is the Truth present here, when the thinker is no longer present, when the experiencer is no longer present, when this self-image no longer assumes this role, this figure. All we truly need for this awareness of the Truth about God, for this realization, in this encounter with Divine Reality here and now, is the presence of Meditation.

So, what is Meditation? What is the Truth of Meditation? It is looking at this moment without conclusions, choices, rejections, or condemnations; without the idea that thought constructs when we are in contact with others, with life, or with situations in this present moment. Thus, when we bring Attention, looking at whatever is arising here, in this Attention, in this gaze, in this perception, we nullify the past, we nullify thought, and then the mind becomes still.

You won't accomplish something with a practice called meditation. Meditation is here, in an experiential, practical way, when the looking at the present moment without the image that thought is constructing about what is here. When thought is not present, because of this Attention, this looking, this perceiving, we eliminate the separation between what is being revealed here and someone else looking at it, liking it or not, wanting more or wanting less, carrying this insecurity, this urge to control, to dominate, to possess.

Therefore, we are here, together, becoming aware of the Truth about ourselves, when we discard the illusion of this "me." The encounter with the Divine, the encounter with Truth, is the realization of Truth here and now. Unless we have an encounter with Divine Reality in this moment, in this contact with life as it happens, everything else about an encounter in future, a divine realization in future, is pure imagination.

When you sit down to meditate and wait a few minutes for your mind to quiet down and achieve, through a practice or technique, a stilling of the mind, when that meditation ends, that practice ends, the mind stirs again. Here we are inviting you to bring attention to this moment, to your reactions, to a direct encounter with the awareness of Self-knowledge. Then, a natural silence in the mind reveals itself; then Meditation occurs naturally.

The encounter with Meditation is here and now, moment by moment. It is not something for some special moment, for some particular moment of the day; it is the encounter with the instant, with the present moment, without the past. So, we eliminate time, we eliminate practice, we eliminate technique. We are in direct contact with the truth of what is here, looking at what is present, discovering what it means looking without this background, without this past, without this memory of self-image.

We are working on this together here with you. Two days: Saturday and Sunday. I want to extend an invitation to you: here, in the video description, is our link to join our online weekend meetings. In addition to these meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's your invitation. Give a like, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting, and see you next time!

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Joel Goldsmith | Consciousness is what I am | The Art to Meditate | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, and Master Gualberto is with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Consciousness Is What I Am." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "If we live every day in meditation and contemplation of the word of God, we will be nourished from within." Regarding this subject of meditation, can you share your vision of the art to meditate?

MG: Gilson, approaching life without the past, encountering the present moment without the presence of the thinker, the experiencer, the observer... since this observer is an element that separates itself in order to observe, this experiencer is an element that sees itself present in order to experience, and the thinker is an element that sees itself present in thinking. You see, we are confronted with a model, a pattern of duality, of separation. Therefore, approaching life as it happens, without this duality, without this separation, is the presence of Meditation, the art to meditate.

You can look from the past and you can look without the past. The point is that, when you are present, your gaze will always be the gaze of duality, where there will be an observer, an experiencer, a thinker. The meditative mind is like the meditative gaze: there is no one in it, just as there is no one in this mind. The good news here, for you, is that we can indeed approach life as it truly is, without someone present as an element that is separate from life. This is the Awareness of seeing God. It is not someone seeing God, it is the Reality of God being seen.

When God assumes Reality, this present Truth of this Being-I refer to the nature of your Being, the nature of the Truth about you-in that moment, God sees God, looks at God, witnesses God.

We are talking about something that is beyond thought; naturally, beyond the image you have of God, beyond the belief you have about God, beyond imagination and the idea you have about God. The encounter with the present moment without the past, where life is now, here, happening as it is, the presence of the Reality of this moment, is vision without the observer, it is perception without the perceiver, it is experiencing without the experiencer. This is the presence of Meditation. A life free of the ego, a life free of the thinker, a life free of the observer is life as it happens, where the past is no longer present.

Look at yourself: everything you have about who you are, everything you think about who others are, about what life represents, this is a complete alienation from the Reality of life, from the Reality about yourself, and from the Reality about others. Here, we are investigating what Meditation is not, to comprehend what It truly represents. We cannot describe, or write, the Beauty found when God is the present Reality of this Being, which is the Presence of Meditation, but we can investigate what Meditation is not.

It is the investigation of what Meditation is not that allows us to discard this illusory life of "I," the life of the ego, life of separation between you and God. It is the Real comprehension of the Truth about ourselves, about who we are, who we express ourselves to be, who we demonstrate ourselves to be. It is the comprehension of this psychological condition, which is the condition of "I," the discarding of this "I"-the emergence or appearance of That which is already present but does not reveal itself, due to the presence of ignorance, illusion, of this mind with its illusions.

There is nothing more important in life than the Awareness of Being. Culture, society, the world, which lives in the mind-and we were educated to live this way, conditioned to live this way-in this format, in this pattern, the intention of this "I" is to be, achieving something to be someone, achieving something to be something. In the mind, in the ego, we want happiness, we want love, we want peace, freedom, a life of wisdom, without suffering. but everything we've just stated is presented as a projection! It is thought that projects all of this into an ideal to be, to become, to happen for this being that thought imagines.

Here, our work consists of becoming aware of Happiness, here in this Being that is present. It's not about becoming, it's about the awareness of Being. You don't need to achieve, obtain, or accomplish. You simply need to become aware of Being, of this present Reality, which is present when illusion ends, when mental conditioning, when the way thought operates in each of us disappears. This is the art of Meditation!

Meditation flourishes when there is Self-awareness. This Self-awareness is present when we, in this moment, pay attention to these reactions, to each and every movement present in each of us. All this movement will, naturally, come from the past. Thought is something that comes from the past, as well as feeling, emotion. The response we give sentimentally, emotionally, and from thought to life as it unfolds in this moment, all of this is part of a movement within us, which emerges, which has its origin in the past. This is the life of the "I," of the ego.

Thought has constructed a story about itself and placed a character present, the one who tells the story and the one who listens to the story. This image that thought has constructed is the person, it is this "I," this ego. Human beings live forty, eighty, ninety years without the slightest awareness of Reality about themselves, because they are living in ignorance, because they are living this self-image, they are living this story that thought is telling. It is a complete alienation from the Beauty of the Truth of Life; from the Truth of Love, here and now; of Happiness, here and now; of Freedom, here and now. It's not about achieving something to "come to be," it's not about achieving something to be someone; it's about embracing the Reality that is present in this Completeness. We are facing something beyond thought, beyond the ego, beyond the mind. This is the presence of Meditation, this is the presence of Truth about you.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Cíntia asks the following question: "Master, do Meditation and self-inquiry have the same meaning?"

MG: So, why do we cling to expressions like "Meditation," "self-inquiry," or "self-observation"? And why do we link these expressions? My recommendation to you is: let it go, don't get caught up in words. Here, contact with the Reality of Meditation or self-inquiry, or self-observation, will show you something beyond words. So, this relation between Meditation and self-inquiry, or self-inquiry and mindfulness. I use these expressions in these talks these days. Obviously, this has some value, some importance, but in reality, it's very small. What we need is direct contact with Silence, with the absence of the thinker, the experiencer, this "I" that looks, this "I" that feels. Thus, we have a Real contact with Meditation. However, we are faced with something beyond words.

Our inclination, in general, is toward intellectual, verbal understanding, through words. We often confuse understanding with comprehension. I've been emphasizing this a lot: there's a difference between real, direct, experimental comprehension and theoretical, verbal, conceptual understanding. We need to go beyond words, beyond ideas, beyond books, theories, concepts, and beliefs. Learning to look at your reactions is the basis for Meditation to flourish. Learning to observe our reactions is self-inquiry, but it is also attention, but it is also Self-awareness, but it is also Meditation.

We try to place this event, which is Meditation, as steps being taken, step by step. There is no step by step! The presence of this gaze on the moment is the very presence of perception of Reality - which involves attention, self-inquiry, Meditation, and, of course, Self-awareness. What we truly need is not an intellectual understanding, not a step-by-step guide to this Awareness of Being. What we truly need is the power of this Grace. We have invited you to participate in online meetings on the weekends. There is Something present in these meetings that is Something greater than a speech like this. It is the Power of this Grace, it is the Power of this Presence, it is this mysterious Divine Power that makes possible the vision, the presence, the realization of Meditation, this encounter with the Truth of this Being. It is not someone having this encounter, it is this encounter revealing itself due to the presence of this gaze, this perception. Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. She makes the following comment and asks: "Master, isn't there a meditation technique, but is there a learning about self-awareness?"

MG: Yes, of course there is a learning-that's her question. If there is learning, in reality, the only real learning is learning about ourselves. This learning requires, at this moment, attention to our reactions. It's not like learning a language or a profession. From knowledge and experience, the learning we know reveals itself. So, you learned to speak a language, you learned a profession, it's from knowledge and experience, while this learning here consists of discovering what it means to look, discovering what it means to perceive your reactions.

It's not a technique, because it's not something you can say, "I've learned." It's something you are, at this moment, learning. It's learning, moment by moment, about yourself, about how thought happens, here, in this moment; how feeling happens here, in this moment. You don't take this experience with you; you are becoming aware, at every moment, of this movement that emerges, appears here, that comes from the past.

We are dealing with life at this moment, and it is at this moment that we are learning about ourselves. Everything you are, as a person, is what thought has established in you, as being you in a model of belief and also of feeling, emotions, sensations, and ways of perceiving. This learning about ourselves requires, in this moment, this looking. Looking at your words, your gestures, thoughts, emotions, feelings... What do you feel, what do you perceive, what is this perceiving? It's about looking! It's not about changing it, it's not about altering what is being seen, but about seeing, perceiving, realizing, being aware. So, something happens in this looking, in this perceiving, in this being aware.

All this psychological content that has formed and sustained this "I," when seen... this psychological condition undergoes a profound change. This is the emptying of this internal psychological content of this "me," this ego-identity. So, we are faced with this attention, this attention to our reactions, this attention to life as it is happening, internally and also externally. There is great beauty in this encounter with this learning. We do not carry this into the future, because there is no future; we simply become aware of this moment, and in this moment, this past ends.

The continuity of the "I," the ego, into this psychological future requires the presence of this psychological past. When we eliminate this psychological past, because of the presence of this attention, this learning about ourselves-which is Self-awareness-we eliminate the psychological future. Thus, we end this idea, this model of psychological time that this sense of "I," the ego, uses in this belief of this tomorrow, this future. Therefore, this encounter with the Reality of Life requires the presence of Meditation; and Meditation is the awareness of dealing with this moment without the past, without this "I." It is the pure, direct comprehension of the Truth of the present moment, without any adulteration, motive, reason, or intention to do something with what is here and now revealing itself, which puts an end to this continuity of this mental conditioning, this model, which is the model of the "I," which is the model of the ego.

This learning about ourselves is the Awakening of Intelligence, the Awakening of Wisdom, the Awakening of the vision of life, free from the past. The comprehension of this moment, the vision of what is present here in this tone of voice, in these gestures, in these feelings, in these words used within a conversation. this looking, this perceiving, puts an end to this continuity of the "I," puts an end to this continuity of the ego. Thus, we are faced with the Presence of Meditation.

I have said that Meditation has two aspects. This one we've just described is the practical aspect; it's Meditation in a practical way. Another aspect of Meditation is the awareness of this revelation of this Natural State of Being, free from the "I," free from the ego, where this Divine Vision, this Vision of God, is present. Thus, there is the Presence of this Silence, this Freedom, the Presence of Bliss, Happiness, and Love, when the ego is not.

Meditation is the absence of the meditator, the absence of the "I," the absence of psychological time. The Reality of this Being, the Reality of this Divine Consciousness, this Reality of God, is present as Meditation. And thus there is Meditation as your Natural State of Being, which is true Consciousness, real Consciousness, true Happiness, true Freedom. This is what we are working on here, looking at, here, together.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is over now. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following along and truly want to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These intensive meetings are available online, as well as in-person and retreats. These meetings are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube. First, because Master Gualberto answers our questions live. And second-and more impactful-is that because the Master already lives in this Awakened state of Consciousness, He shares a field of Presence, a field of Energy around Him. And in these meetings, we end up being carried by this field of the Master's Presence. And carried along by the Master, spontaneously, effortlessly, we enter the meditative state, quieting our minds, and gaining insight and comprehending into what lies beyond all limitations of intellectual understanding. So, here's the invitation: in the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to join these meetings. Also, please give a like to the video, subscribe to the channel, and comment here with questions for us to add to future videocasts. And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

July, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to find God? | Meditation: what is it? | Learning about Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness

There's a lot of confusion in people's minds about this study of ourselves, about what it means to study, to comprehend, to become aware of the Truth about who we are. Generally, the confusion revolves around the fact that we confuse an introspective look at ourselves with self-awareness. Self-awareness is not introspection; it's not also looking at oneself to analyze oneself.

When we talk about change, generally, in people's minds, the idea of change requires adjusting to a new pattern, a new way of life to deal with it. So, the idea of the need for self-awareness is the idea of a necessary change that we need to have, that we need to accomplish, and that we will achieve through introspection, learning to look at ourselves to remove the bad things and keep the good things. It's something that involves an analysis of oneself, self-analysis.

When the intention is to achieve a goal, a purpose that we already have clearly defined within ourselves that we want to achieve, this so-called change is, in fact, a modification. We are modifying what we have here and transforming it into something else that thought has constructed, that thought has established as a goal, as a purpose. And that's why we use introspection, and that's why we use this self-analysis.

The Truth about Self-awareness is none of that. The Truth of comprehension who we are is not about changing into what we idealize ourselves to be, what we want to be, what we imagine we need to become. Comprehending the Truth about yourself is the vision of how you position yourself in life. Yes, this brings a profound and radical change, but it's not a change toward an ideal, toward a purpose. It's the emergence of something beyond the mind, beyond any idea or imagination you might have.

The result of Self-knowledge is the awareness of the Truth about yourself. The awareness of who you are is the end of who you are, how you show yourself to be, express yourself and have been. There is a Reality in life revealing itself when there is the presence of this learning about Self-awareness. That's when there comes the Truth of Meditation. Because, look, what is Meditation? What is Meditation? It is the awareness of Self-knowledge.

Only in this sense do we use the expression "Self-awareness" here, as that which reveals Divine awareness, the awareness of God. Therefore, the vision of Truth about yourself is inseparable from the vision of Reality about God. So, here we find the answer to the question "How to find God?" You don't find God, you become aware of Reality present here, in this moment, when you, in this ancient and old structure of the "I," the ego, the person, are no longer present. Then, there is something new, completely different from this "you" that you recognize. This "you" that you recognize, recognize in thought.

The element of knowledge within us, of recognition within us, is thought. The realization of the Truth about yourself is the end of this "me," this person, for this present Reality, which is Life, which is God, which is You in your Essential Nature. This cannot be achieved, this cannot be realized in this old format of construction, assembling, edification, transformation, which implies the ideal.

You have something here and the ideal there, so, from here to there, a change, having the ideal as an image. So, all this improvement for the person is the improved, constructed, edified person. The Awakening of the Truth of your Being, the Reality of God present, is not a modified person, it is not a transformed person; it is the presence of Life, it is the presence of God. There is no one present.

It is very strange to hear this, the fact that Life is happening without people. The idea of people present is a mental construct, because thought has constructed the idea of people present-the movement of these people, who are merely ideals, purposes, desires, fears in motion-and there is the portrait of the confusion in the world, the photograph of the confusion present in our relationships, all the suffering present for this element that sees itself present in experience. An element, yes, illusory from the perspective of Reality, but within the context of this dream of separation, it is very real and it is present suffering.

Psychic suffering in human beings is the presence of suffering in the person. Free from the person, free from suffering. This psychic consciousness, this mental consciousness, is the psychological structure of society, of our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, of all human culture. See, it is the truth of ignorance, of illusion, of the imagination of an entity that sees oneself separate from the own life, that sees oneself in a relationship with another. There is no such thing as "another" for this person. For this person, the vision of the other is the vision that the person has constructed in this imagination of separation, of duality.

Life consists of relations happening. They are relations that occur between people. No! They are relations that occur between human beings. As human beings, we are in relations with one another. The idea of a person is a construct of thought; a thought that seeks security in the ideal of relationship it imagines, idealizes, and seeks. This is the egocentric behavior of the ego, this is the egocentric behavior of the "I."

We are living in an isolated relationship. Each of us is living an isolated, separate life. We are separate from each other and seeking for ourselves the ideal of the best that the ego imagines for itself. Therefore, the behavior is isolationist and egocentric, creating conflict, problems, and suffering, because violence is present. Based on violence, every type of action, due to the presence of fear, creates confusion, creates problems.

Therefore, when we approach the Revelation of Truth about ourselves, we become aware of the presence of this observing, perceiving, becoming aware of how we are acting from the perspective of thought, from the perspective of the person. The clarity of this vision ends this fallacy, this lie. This is the end of the idea of someone present in contact with others.

A Real Life is a life free of the "person." This quality of life is present when Meditation is present. We need a new brain, a new mind, a new vision, a new way of perceiving, feeling, speaking, acting, moving through life, without the "I," without the past, without the "I." This is the presence of Meditation.

So, what is Meditation? What is the truth of the Revelation of this awareness that reveals God in this moment? The Truth in this moment, the Supreme Intelligence in this instant, is Attention, observation, listening, perceiving. When we introduce the element of thinker, experiencer, observer, we place thought as the one that recognizes, interprets the experience. Then, there is a separation between the experience and the experiencer, what is being seen and this observer.

When we approach this new quality of perceiving, of looking, of observing, we eliminate the pattern of this egoic mind, this mind that positions itself in this separation. We don't know how to deal with the present moment because we position ourselves to deal with it. A full comprehension of the present moment requires the absence of an element behind this interpretation, evaluation, choice, and judgement.

When you look at what is here, you look with the eyes of thought, and thought distorts it. It places us in a project of what should be; it doesn't align with what is here. Observe the mind working within you: it always speaks of what was or what will be, of what it intends to achieve or what it intends to free itself from. It intends to free itself from what it experienced in the past, which was bad for it; it intends to achieve what it imagines will be good for it. However, the mind is you, as a person, in this self-image.

When we learn to look at the mind, in this moment, the instrument of perception, of looking, of perceiving, is the mind itself, which has become silent, which has become still. When it becomes still, a new space opens up, and in this space we have the presence of a quality of Consciousness, of mind, of perception, of seeing, of listening, beyond thought.

When we use expressions like "this mind in Silence," "this new Consciousness," "this Real Consciousness," we are pointing out Something beyond the known, unattainable by thought. Therefore, Divine Revelation, the true encounter with God-in the question "How to find God?"-is something that is present here, revealing itself when the "I" is not present, when the ego is not present.

Life consists of a single present Reality: it is the presence of non-separation, of non-duality, it is the presence of Advaita. The Reality of this Being is the One without the second. And this Being is Life, it is Happiness, it is Divine Nature, which is You in your Natural State of Being. The Presence of the Unnamable, the Indescribable, of That which is unattainable by thought, is the Presence of God.

Therefore, Self-awareness and Meditation are the Truth revealing itself as Wisdom, as Freedom, and all of this is the result of this listening, this looking, this perceiving. Bringing this Attention to this moment. You don't bring it from the past; you reveal This here as something already innate, present within You.

It's not something you learn, like you learn something out there. This learning about Self-awareness is the moment-by-moment acknowledgment of life as it happens. So, it's the moment of Bliss, of Happiness. It's the moment of Supreme Intelligence, this moment of acknowledging Reality, Divine Reality.

This is what we're working on here, with you, in these meetings. On the weekends, Saturday and Sunday, we have the opportunity to be together investigating this, delving deeper into these questions. It's two days online. So, I want to leave you with the invitation: here, in the video description, is our link to participate in the online weekend meetings.

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Joel Goldsmith | Invisible Supply | Conditioned Mind | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, and Master Gualberto is with us again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Master, today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Invisible Supply." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel Goldsmith makes the following comment: "At this stage, we no longer think about Truth, we no longer read it, nor hear it with the mind." Regarding this question of the mind, can you share your perspective on the conditioned mind?

MG: Gilson, the way we approach life, how it happens, is determined by how thought evaluates, compares, accepts or rejects, likes or dislikes, believes or not. When you ask, "What is this conditioning? What is this conditioned mind?", it's the way thought takes place within each of us. We were educated to think what we think, to feel what we feel, and to do what we do. You believe you have the freedom to think, feel, and act. However, you behave in a way that everyone around you is behaving, and you are unaware that this is happening. This is how the mind was programmed to position us in life; this is the presence of a mind that knows no freedom.

We talk about "freedom," but this word, in fact, means nothing. Doing what you like, what you want, is not freedom. You do what gives you pleasure. You like what gives you pleasure in liking. However, this is something that concerns the way this brain, this mind, is conditioned to like what it likes and to do what it does, or to dislike it, or not to do it. There is no truth about ourselves; there is the truth we receive from the thought present in each of us. It is thought that determines this truth. This truth is the truth of the "I," of this "me," of this person, which, by the way, is a way of thinking, acting, and feeling within this human consciousness, which we call the mind.

What is the Reality of What you are? What is the Truth about you? We don't know it! We have not the Reality of What We Are, much less, naturally, the Reality of Life as It Is. If you don't have a vision of yourself, of the Reality about you, you don't naturally have a true vision of who the other is, of what Life is. Our internal psychological condition of existence is the mere existence of the "I," of the ego. We have a way of responding to experience that always stems from the past. This is producing conflict, dilemmas, disorder, and problems in our lives.

It is enough to say that this life-since there is no Freedom in it, and the response is a response that has its origin, its basis, in thought, in this element present within us that comes from the past-all of our actions in life generate problems, generate confusion, and suffer, because there is no way to be otherwise, because there is no Freedom. This has alienated us from life. We are, in fact, in this condition of conditioned mind. Since everything we do, we do it based on the past, on this model of thought, which is part of a collective worldview, we are merely maintaining the continuity of a model of human problems, something common to all and also present in our lives. We lack the Awareness of Reality, the Truth of That which is present here, beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond this conditioned mind.

Thus, all kinds of problems are present, and we don't know how to deal with life as it happens. Because we don't know how to deal with life, the problem is the presence of this "I." It's not life that's the problem; it's the presence of someone, which is this "me," the presence of the problem. Can we, in this life, comprehend ourselves enough to go beyond this format? To go beyond this suffering, this disorder, this way of looking at others, ourselves, and life, as everyone is doing? You were born for the Awareness of the Reality of your Being. This Reality of your Being is something that is beyond this very appearance, this dream we call "birth."

See, here we're already presenting you something that is completely strange to our way of thinking about ourselves, about others, about life-including about God. What we were given within this pattern of cultural, social, and educational conditioning about God, were organized religions, sacred books, and scriptures. At best, within this psychological conditioning, we're content to follow what religions say. This movement of following, of accompanying, of thinking within this religious context, intellectually, based on the scriptures, this sense of "I," of ego, still remains, remains alive.

So, we have religious conditionings, also philosophical, political conditionings, cultural conditioning, the culture we were born into, tradition, family conditioning... Can we go beyond all of this? Can we assume, in this moment, the reality of life in this moment, without this conditioned brain, this conditioned mind, this consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I"? Is there another possible life different from this known life of thought? That's what we're investigating here, saying precisely that yes, this is possible. There is a present Reality; this Reality is the Reality of God, it is the Reality of Liberation from this confusion to something indescribable, to something beyond thought, to the Real Divine Life, where there is no longer separation between the Reality of your Being and the Reality of others, the Reality of Life, the Reality of God. This is what we're seeing with you, delving deeper with you, working with you. Okay?

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. She makes the following comment and asks: "My mind judges everything all the time. How can I silence these conditionings and see reality as it is?"

MG: Here, Gilson, regarding this question-note, the movement of the mind is precisely this movement. Thought within us is a movement that, because it comes from the past, it already has conclusions, it already has a basis for evaluation, for comparison; naturally, for judgment. We are faced with an addicted model of behavior, which is the behavior of thought. This is how the mind works, this is how the mind works. The mind sustains itself within us based on an identity it forms, creates, and establishes. Thought is not secure. Notice that no thought lasts more than a few seconds; it arises, and another thought follows. It's like a line! Thought is here, another one soon appears, but thoughts interconnect. So, they create a narrative, they create a story. They have something to tell, they just don't have someone to tell it to. But then they create! At that moment, you appear!

You are the element that is the "I" to hear the thought, to hear what it has to say. Note that this is exactly how the person, the "me," the "I" emerges. The "I," the "me," the person, is just a fragment that separates itself from thought itself, from the narrative itself, from the plot itself, from the very news that thought is bringing. So, follow this carefully: thought emerges, but it emerges with a narrative. A set of words, images, thoughts is an idea-this is a narrative. A thought separates itself from this narrative-this thought is the thinker to hear the news, to accept, reject, agree, like, dislike. This is the presence of the "I." This is the presence of this "me," this thinker.

We have a belief that the thinker comes first. In reality, what comes first is the narrative, the story that thought is telling. It immediately creates, it supports someone to like or dislike, to agree or disagree. Thus, evaluation, comparison, and judgment are born. This is the setting, this is the stage where this play is being performed. This performance of the play, the story, is the story of this "I." This is the presence of self-image, of the person, of this "me"!

We spend our entire lives wrapped in the illusion that we are thinking, that we, as thinkers, are the authors of these thoughts, these judgments, conclusions, evaluations, disagreements, and agreements. All this internal chatter is happening within us all the time. At times, this very thought, in this thinker's format, becomes stressed, nervous, tense, and wants to free itself from the thoughts it is producing. So, the ego, this "I," lives bored, anxious, worried, angry, fearful, stressed. However, all of this is part of the very game of thought, of this play in this theater of the mind. There is the mind as the theater, there is the play happening in this theater-this play is the presence of the movement of thought, this is the conditioned mind. And there is the protagonist, the main actor-he's still part of the story, he's still part of the scene. He's the presence of thought!

Here, together, we're discovering what it means to break free from this condition. Breaking free from this requires a gaze, a quality of mind that silences. When the mind becomes aware of its own movement, through silence, this is possible. You ask how to silence all this conditioning. Yes, because we just described all this conditioning; this entire model of mind is conditioned. You ask how to silence... By becoming aware of these reactions, without reacting, without getting involved! When the mind becomes aware of its own movement, there's something present in this new look. Then, the mind quiets, the brain becomes silent, a new space emerges. We are faced with a different mind, a quality of mind, where this attention is present.

This attention to our reactions is the end of this present element, which separates itself to fight against all of this, to mistake itself for all of this. Then, judgment stops, comparison stops, evaluation stops. This accepting, rejecting, liking, disliking... this dissolves, this disappears. Can we learn this art of looking without the observer, perceiving without the perceiver? Being aware without someone in this awareness? This is the presence of the mind free of the "I," it is the presence of the mind free of the mind. We need a foundation for this new vision, new perception, for this new mind. The foundation is this attention; it is what brings us closer to Self-awareness. And, with Self-awareness, a space opens up, which is the space of Meditation, of the absence of this model, this pattern, this format of conditioned thought. Then, Something new is present.

I invite you to participate in online meetings, so you can have a deeper approach-not to words but to something beyond words, which is present in these meetings called "Satsang." Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Paula makes the following comment and asks: "Master, I realize I'm always searching for security. How can I let go of this mental comfort zone?"

MG: Well... the illusion is that we are in a mental comfort zone, and we want security to maintain that mental comfort. In reality, this search for security is the greatest proof that, in fact, we are not in a mental comfort zone; there is nothing comfortable about the movement of the mind. The mind is restless, repetitive, chatty, insecure... It is the nature of the mind to seek security-not because it feels secure, but precisely because it carries nothing but insecurity, fear, discomfort. This restless, uncomfortable state of mind creates this impulse to seek security, stability, comfort, peace.

Can we free ourselves from this illusory identity, which is the presence of this "I," which is nothing other than this egoic mind, which is always in this search for security because it experiences this discomfort? This is the question. How does this become possible? By becoming aware of what is present here, precisely this discomfort present here, this dissatisfaction, this fear, this insecurity. This is the truth of this "I." This is the truth of this "me."

Most people, when they talk about the "I," about the "me," about the ego, they speak in the third person. When they talk about the mind, they speak in the third person. They say: "This mind in comfort," "this mind in discomfort," "this 'I'," "this ego, this 'me,'" as if there were a separation between what they are and the "I" itself, the ego itself, the mind itself. Can we become clearly aware that there is no such thing as a separation? The movement of this search for security is the movement of the mind itself, which is the "I," which is this "me," which is this ego. Unless we have a clear vision of what we are addressing, of this given thing we are talking about, we will never have a vision of Truth. Truth reveals itself when Freedom is present. The awareness of Truth is the very presence of this Freedom. We do not separate this Freedom from Truth. It is the clarity of this Truth-which is the truth about the "I," about this "me," about this ego-the presence of this very Freedom, of this condition that is the condition of this mind, which is the condition of this "I."

There is a present Reality that is not this mind, this "I," this "me." A Reality that reveals itself when the illusion ends, a Reality that reveals itself when Truth is comprehended. The clarity, the lucidity, the real vision of this truth, of this sense of duality, of separation, of ego-identity, of the egoic mind, is the end of this psychological condition of a conditioned mind, of a mind in discomfort, of an insecure mind, of a mind in suffering. Having an approach, in this moment, to what is happening here and now, learning to look, to perceive, to become aware of this discomfort, this pain, this suffering, in this instant: this is the end of the "I," it is the end of the ego, it is the end of illusion, it is the end of suffering.

Getting closer to yourself means learning to look at how you function, at how this mind is happening to this "I"... how it feels, how it speaks, how it acts, how it responds to life... how it responds to itself, how it separates itself as a thinker thinking, someone feeling, someone speaking, someone acting... All of this needs to be seen. This vision requires the presence of Self-awareness. It is when, in this moment, Meditation reveals itself. The Awareness of Truth reveals itself. Okay?

GC: Thank you, Master, we've reached the end of our time. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following along and truly desire to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings hosted by Master Gualberto. These meetings are offered online, as well as in-person meetings and retreats. These meetings are much more profound than the videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions directly, live. And second, and much more impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares a field of Presence, an energy field around him. And, in these meetings, we end up being carried by Master's energy.

And being carried along on this ride with Master's energy, spontaneously, effortlessly, we enter the meditative state, silencing our minds. We have an incredible facilitation for self-investigation; we can gain insight and comprehension of what lies beyond intellectual understanding. So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to join these meetings. Also, please give a like to the video and subscribe to the channel... And, Master, thank you again for the videocast.

July, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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