Joel Goldsmith | Living the Illumined Life | What is Self-awareness? | Marcos Gualberto

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

Today I will read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Living the Illumined Life." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Everyone should be awakened to the comprehension and knowledge of their True Identity."

Master, in this excerpt, Joel talks about knowing ourselves. Within this subject, can the Master share his vision of what Self-awareness is?

MG: Gilson, comprehending the Truth about oneself is not understanding, it is not theory, it is not belief, it is not imagination about oneself; it is something direct! This comprehension is, by nature, based on Self-awareness. We need to know ourselves, know our thoughts, our feelings, our emotions, our sensations, our perceptions. This knowing is not the knowing of someone who separates himself to see himself, from this separation. We have a mistaken idea about the vision of the Truth about who we are. For us, this vision is the mere recognition of who we are to improve, to change ourselves, to transform ourselves, to become another person. This is what people generally call self-awareness: "I need to know myself to improve as a person, to be a better person." So, there is this knowledge to be acquired about "me" and there is this "me," this "I," to acquire it.

This is not the sense in which we use the expression "Self-awareness" here. Here, knowing oneself, comprehending oneself, requires discovering what it means to look and realize that this movement within us, of thought, emotion, feeling, and that every type of response we are giving to life, is something that comes from a background of memory, which represents exactly this "me" and knowledge, this "I" and thought, this one who feels and feeling. This human consciousness, this consciousness of the "I," this consciousness of the "me," lives in this duality, in this separation. What you have about yourself is a thought that this "me" has, that this "me" carries. This is within this duality.

What we have called here the vision of Self-awareness is the comprehension that this duality is based on a mistake, on a mistaken view of life, a mistaken view of ourselves. This is because there is no such thing as "I." This "I" is this very model of present thought, which is a conditioning that is present in each one of us. The end of this conditioning is the end of this "I" and knowledge, is the end of the one who feels and feeling, is the end of this ego, of this ego-identity. Therefore, Self-awareness is the end of the illusion of someone present, separating from life, separating from thought as the thinker, separating oneself from feeling, as the one who feels, or from knowledge as the one who knows.

From the moment we learn to look at our reactions, we realize that these reactions are something that comes from memory, from remembrance, they are something that comes from the past. It is not the Truth about your Being, it is not the Truth about Real Consciousness. This "I" with this non-"I," this thinker with thought, this one who feels with what he feels, is something within this egoic consciousness, this consciousness in duality, which is the consciousness of the person. Looking at our reactions is discovering this illusion and discarding this illusion for the emergence of something new. This new something is the presence of Intelligence in this Real Consciousness, in this Divine Consciousness, which is the Consciousness of God.

Therefore, it is not a change in the person, it is a radical and profound change when Real Life is present. It is not the person changing, it is not the person transforming, it is something new present. This is the Real change, it is the Real transformation that we need. This brings about the awareness of this Being, the awareness of this Real and Divine Consciousness. Thus, the vision of life free from the ego, free from the "I," becomes possible. Thus, we have two elements here: this work that is necessary and the mysterious Presence of this Grace. Just as we cannot speak of Love - I refer to Real Love, not what we know as love, which is linked to feeling, emotion, memory, remembrance and which, in general, in us turns into anger, disappointment, frustration, feelings of rejection, jealousy. This is not Love! I refer to Real Love. The awareness of this Real Love is something that we can experience and need to experience in life, but there is nothing to say about it. There is nothing that can be said about it, just like this question of Grace. These two elements are fundamental for the flourishing of this Natural Divine State, this Natural State of Being, which some call Awakening or Enlightenment. It is the presence of Self-awareness and this mysterious Presence of Grace.

We are facing something that reveals itself when Meditation is present. This encounter with the moment, becoming aware of this instant, is what we are calling an encounter - it is not something that happens in time, it is something that is verified in this instant. This encounter with the moment is observing what is present here, externally and internally. It is possible to look at what is outside and look at what is happening inside us, without any involvement of the past. This past is the thinker, this past is the experiencer, this past is the element that comes and separates itself to like what is seen externally or reject it, to want or not want it. This also applies to the internal. When you appreciate some thoughts in yourself and hold on to them, you are placing this egoic identity in the experience of thought, or feeling, or emotion. And when you don't like that thought or feeling or emotion, you reject it. And, once again, there you are, that element that comes from the past, getting involved with what is showing itself here.

The presence of this attention, which is this look without getting involved with what is outside or with what is inside, is the presence of Self-awareness. When there is no such involvement, there is not this duality. If there is not this duality, there is a space that opens up, and this space is the Presence of Silence. The mind becomes quiet, the brain becomes silent, a new space is present. This space is the presence of Meditation. All of this is possible because of the work. All of this is possible because of the presence of this Divine Mystery, which is the Presence of Grace. This makes this vision of life possible in this instant, of life in this moment, without the ego, without the "I," without the experiencer, without the thinker. Your encounter with the Reality of your Being is the encounter with Life in this instant, free from the "I," free from the ego.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Wellington asked the following question: "Good morning! Could you talk a little about free will and how one person's consciousness impacts the consciousness of others?"

MG: Gilson, we need to investigate this issue of this element. Who is this element with freedom? What is this element that says it has the freedom to make choices? Why do we use expressions like "self-consciousness" or "free will"? This issue of making choices, of being able to choose, is this what we call "free will"? Who is this element present making choices, being able to choose? From where does he choose? From where does he make choices? Isn't it from his memory, from his experiences? From what he likes and what he doesn't like? From what he wants and what he doesn't want? Is this free will? Isn't this a biased inclination from this background, from this past? What is the truth about this "me"? What is the truth about this "I"? Is there a difference between the thought you have and this "you" involved with thought? So, follow this calmly here. Is it true that you can, in fact, choose? Or is this something that comes exactly from this background, from this reaction? When you have a thought, do you have thought because you want to have it, choose to have it, resolve to have it, or does it just appear? Observe!

We were raised with a vision, an idea, a perspective, a model of belief where we believe we are the masters of thought, the masters of action, the masters of choice. Is there this master of action, of thought and of choice? Or is this so-called action, thought and choice something that happens? See, that is exactly what we are saying here. There is no such thing as "I," what we have present are reactions that come from the past. These reactions are what determine our actions, like our thoughts and our choices. It is the idea, it is the illusion of a personal consciousness, of an individual consciousness that gives us the belief that someone is present.

Note that, in your question, you ask exactly this, about this consciousness. You ask how a person's consciousness influences the consciousness of others. Note, it is the illusion of this person, of this individual consciousness making choices, having thoughts and taking actions. All of this, Gilson, revolves around a mental confusion that we have. In fact, it revolves around a cultural conditioning that we bring: the idea of ??someone present in this moment in life, as a separate element of life; someone present in this moment, having an individual consciousness. Note that the model of thought present in human beings is the same, human beings have the same model of consciousness. This consciousness is the consciousness common to all! Fear is something common, anger is something common, worries are something common. Jealousy is something common, envy is something common, ambition is something common to everyone! See, we are dealing with internal states that only change in terms of the objects for each individual in particular, but the movement of consciousness is one.

There is no such thing, Gilson, as this individual consciousness - or this individual consciousness is only the particular representation, in this body and mind, of this human consciousness, which is the consciousness common to all. Our consciousness is the collective consciousness. The particularity is that each organism, each mechanism has lived through some experiences and this is particularized in this brain, but the condition of human consciousness is the condition of consciousness common to all. This idea of ??someone having consciousness and, from this consciousness, moving freely, this does not exist. We are living within a model of conditioning, being exactly what everyone has been before us. We are envy, fear, jealousy, anger, ambition, worries. This condition of this egoic consciousness, which is the consciousness common to all, is one of ignorance, not of freedom, not of intelligence, not of wisdom.

When there is the end of illusion, when there is the end of ignorance, there is something present, and it is no longer this individual consciousness, as thought imagines. It is no longer this condition of consciousness common to all, which is this collective consciousness, involved in this movement of thought, emotion and feeling, and particularizing this for each one of us. There is the presence of something new, which is the Presence of this Being, which is the Presence of Truth, which is the Presence of God. When there is Real intelligence, Real Presence, Real Consciousness, it is Intelligence that determines everything, and not choices, and not this idea of ??liking and disliking, of wanting and not wanting.

There is something present in this Natural State, Gilson, in this Natural State of Being, which some call Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment. This energy, this power, this presence takes over this body and this mind. It is no longer someone in this idea of ??consciousness, in this belief of free will or freedom. It is the Truth of God, it is the Truth of your Being. Thus, all this illusion of someone dissolves, and this model of a person is undone. This is what we are here, working on with you, going deeper with you. Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from a subscriber here on the channel. Gisele asks the following question: "Would an inspiration be a thought that does not originate from human memory?"

MG: Gilson, you ask about inspiration - if there is Real inspiration, there is no someone. When we have Real inspiration, there is no model of this thinker, this experiencer; there is no longer the model of this "I." So, why talk about a thought? Why talk about an inspiration for this "me," for this "I"? This word "inspiration" is quite delicate, because the idea that in general we have is of someone having this inspiration. When there is the Truth of this Intelligence, this Wisdom, this vision, it is not for someone. So, it is not an inspiration, it is an awareness of the unknown, a vision of That which is indescribable. The Reality of this Being, which is you in your Real Nature, does not need inspiration, does not depend on inspiration, has no moments for inspiration. This is another aspect! The idea of ??an inspiration is something that happens at one moment and the next moment it is no longer there. It is something that happens sometimes and sometimes it is not there. So, you can be inspired now and not be inspired the next moment.

The Reality of your Being is not like this. What you are in your Real Nature is Wisdom, Intelligence, Love, Truth, Comprehension. This awareness of life is all that is necessary for each one of us, and not inspirations, and not moments where you have some glimpses, some insights, some perceptions of something outside of memory, outside of the known. Yes, this is possible to happen, but the sense of "I," of the ego, is still there. Here, with you, we are investigating the end, exactly, of this "I," of this ego and, therefore, the end of these moments, the end of these insights. The awareness that is you is the Truth of God. There is no separation between life, you and Divine Reality. It is not about a visitation of the unknown, expressing yourself in an inspired way, it is about your speech, your gaze, your silence, as well as your actions and gestures, being born from this State of attention, this State of Presence, this State of Consciousness.

In general, people are concerned about what happens in those moments when a person feels inspired to paint a picture, to write a poem... when, at that moment, they know that they have been touched by something outside of memory. But, look, that doesn't matter! When you are presented here, clearly, with the vision that you, in your Real Nature, are inspiration itself, you are the unknown itself, you are the indescribable presence of Truth, Art, Awareness, Beauty, Truth, Love. The good news is that you, in your Being, are That. This is revealed when this sense of "I," of the ego, is no longer present. That is why our emphasis here is on this self-discovery, this vision of ourselves. It is the discovery of what is here, it is the realization of what is here. It is not something to be done tomorrow, in the future. This future, this tomorrow, is something that thought imagines. When we are dealing with something outside of thought, we are dealing with something outside of time.

This is the Reality that is present, and this Reality is timeless. This is the Truth of inspiration, this is the Truth of your Being. Assume this in this life and this life will be an inspired life. It is not someone else's life, it is Divine life, it is the life of God, it is the Truth of God. This is the Truth of your Being, this is the Truth of God. Okay?

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is now over. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following the videocast until the end and really want to delve deeper and live these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers. There are online meetings, as well as in-person meetings and retreats. In these meetings, Master Gualberto, in addition to answering our questions directly, shares this State of Presence in which He lives. And in this sharing there is a Power, there is an Energy, there is a Strength and a Grace, that we end up being carried by this energy of the Master, just by being in his Presence. And by doing so, it is much easier to investigate ourselves, we spontaneously enter a Meditative State, we silence our minds, and we can have a comprehension, a vision of what is beyond intellectual understanding. So, here is the invitation. In the first comment, pinned, there is the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings. And tgo ahead and give a "like" to the video, subscribe to the channel. And Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

May, 2025
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Practicing Self-awareness. Escape and self-awareness. What is Self-awareness? Self-inquiry.

A very common thing in life is this movement in us to escape from pain, to be always looking for something that fills us sentimentally, emotionally, psychologically, and that takes the place of this pain. Note that it is undeniable that, psychologically, as human beings, we live in a confused, disoriented way. We have problems of various types; and there is this movement of escape within us.

Here we have explained to you the difference between approaching oneself for Self-awareness and this movement of escape. So, escape and Self-awareness are something to be comprehended, investigated. We need the Truth of Happiness present in life, the Freedom that is present in it, the Love that is present in it. We do not have eyes for this, because we are always looking at life from the model of thought; and in this model of thought, we are looking for something.

I want to touch on this with you here, this no need for search. We have two ways of doing this: the first is by searching in the world, in the material environment; the second is by searching outside the world, in the so-called spiritual world or in the spiritual environment. Either we are searching for material achievements or spiritual achievements. This movement of search is, in fact, a movement of searching for experiences. So, let us touch on this here with you now, at this moment.

This search for experiences are projections that we have of what would be ideal for each one of us. Where do these projections occur? In the mind. The mind within us is the presence of the projection mechanism. What we call the mind is this present movement of consciousness within us; this movement is a movement of thoughts.

We were educated to live within a cultural context in which everyone is at some level of internal dissatisfaction, at some level of internal psychological condition of suffering, guiding their lives in this search, in this pursuit. And we have learned this, and we are constantly projecting, from within ourselves, from this conditioned mind, from this cultural model that we received from the world, also our ideals, our projects, our dreams, that which will make us happy. This is how we are moving through life, in this search.

This search is the attempt, in this projection of an ideal to be achieved, in this accomplishment of an experience, to escape from what is present here, which presents itself as dissatisfaction. Here I want to touch with you on the beauty of this encounter with what is here in this moment, without running away.

People are looking for relief from pain, for a refuge, for a place where they can hide, hide away, so as not to be reached by suffering, by some level of discomfort. Hence these two alternatives - this so-called material search or spiritual search - are learned alternatives, they are alternatives of thought, of this pattern of cultural conditioning.

What would it be like to face pain without running away? They don't show us the importance of this. You will never become aware of the end of this pain while you are escaping from it. This movement of escaping pain is a movement that does not end. Thus, every form of search does not end. It does not end because this element in the search, like this element in the pain, continues to live. And who is this element? It is the element that seeks to separate itself, to preserve itself, to distance itself from life as it is, from life as it happens. This element is the "I," this element is the ego, this feeling of personhood that you have, of someone, of this "me."

When you, for example, are angry with someone, instead of dealing with the pain of anger, the internal movement within you is to justify the anger, explain the anger, or take revenge, because there is in us the imagination that by doing so, this pain will end or diminish. This is the movement of running away from the pain, of escaping from the pain. We do not know how to deal with anger, but we also do not know how to deal with fear, with anxiety. We do not know how to deal with the pain that jealousy is causing in each one of us. The movement is to take revenge, to justify, to explain, to seek some new experience; this search for a new experience is to escape this contact with the pain.

The Truth of the Revelation of Bliss, of Love, of the Peace of Freedom, resides in the awareness of the Truth about You, and you do not have this awareness while you run away. Thus, this search is a distancing from oneself - this search for a new experience. This escape is a distancing from oneself. All this in an attempt to not deal with the experience and not to contact the experience, not to confront it, not to come into direct contact with it. This preserves this sense of ego, this sense of "I." In this self-preservation, pain, dissatisfaction, anger, fear, jealousy, envy are constantly present.

The various problems that you have in life only exist because you, as someone, are seeing yourself in this context, in this model of seeking new experiences or escaping from this condition. Here, the presence of Self-awareness gives us the basis for the end of this psychological condition, which is the condition of this someone, of this "me," of this ego. So, what is Self-awareness? Self-awareness is the awareness of what is. It doesn't matter what is present; what is present is what needs to be seen. What is present is what is revealing itself, what is present is what was inside and is coming to the surface; what was hidden and is coming to the surface; what was deep inside and is showing itself at this moment.

The basis of our relations, when they are based on this ignorance about this "me," this "I," this ego, are relations that are constantly producing suffering, producing discomfort, producing problems. This is present because of the presence of ignorance. You see yourself as a separate element from him or her; this separation is sustained by a construct of thoughts that you have about who you are, about who he or she is. This is how all our relations are. They are producing confusion, producing disturbance, producing disturbances for both, for this "me" and for the other, for this someone and for the other. This is the life of the "I," this is the life of the ego.

So, what is the presence of Self-awareness? It is the presence of the awareness of how you are functioning at this moment, of how you feel, of how you think, what your emotions are, what your vision of him or her is, what your vision of yourself is. The awareness of this is the presence of Self-awareness. Comprehending oneself, becoming aware of oneself, and discovering what this "me" is, what this someone is. This is only possible when you are no longer in search, either of experience or escape. In search of an experience of gratification, of greater fulfillment, of greater satisfaction, of greater external fulfillment, or in search, in this sense of an escape, the search to escape from this state in which you find yourself.

If there is fear present, it is fear to be seen. If it is frustration, if it is disappointment, if it is anger, that is what is present here, that is what you are. Getting closer to yourself is becoming aware of how you function, of what these internal processes are in this consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I," which is the consciousness of this "me." And when there is no such separation, this contact with oneself brings us closer to the Revelation of how this "I," this thinker, this element in feeling, this element in action responds to this moment. When we come across this comprehension of ourselves, a new quality of action emerges; this action is the end of this reaction response, which comes from this past movement.

You have always responded with sadness to thoughts of sadness; you have always responded with anger to thoughts of upsetment - ??of frustration of your desires - and now you are realizing this. Your relation with him or her has always been, within you, suspicious, insecure, fearful; this has just revealed to you the presence of jealousy, of emotional dependence. Note, the awareness of oneself is not to do something against it or to do something with it, but it is simply to become aware. The simple and direct look, without this element that comes from the past to interfere with it, is the elimination of the ego, it is the elimination of the "I."

So, what do I do to free myself from jealousy, envy, fear, anger, worries? Observe! Just observe the pattern of thought, the pattern of reactions, that have always been repeated there in this structure, in this body and mind, whenever they appeared, whenever they appear. Be aware of this, in this instant. You are in touch with the present moment without this element that separates you, which is the observer, which is the thinker, which is the experiencer, which is this "me," this "I." This is the presence of Self-awareness.

So, what is Self-awareness? It is to realize, to become aware, to bring to this moment the comprehension of the very movement of this "I," which separates itself into observer and observed thing, into thinker and thought, into experiencer and experience, into this "I" and the "non-I." When you become aware that an image has been constructed, and from this image this movement of reaction maintains its continuity, due to inattention, simply looking at it is the presence of Attention, it is the presence of Consciousness, the presence of this passive, real vigilance. Thus, a new quality of action emerges.

This is what I could call here as the practical vision of Self-awareness. Some out there call the practice of self-awareness something entirely different from what we are addressing here, because it is not about someone knowing themselves in order to adjust, to change, to behave in a different way. Here, the presence of Truth, of the awareness of Self-knowledge, of practicing Self-awareness, is not someone involved in a practice, but the pure awareness of the revelation of this "me." This is practicing Self-awareness! It is not someone practicing Self-awareness. It is Truth of the awareness of oneself revealing oneself.

Revelation itself is the end of this psychological condition of duality, of "I" and "not-I," of observer and observed, of experiencer and experience. So, the truth of this self-inquiry is the awareness of this looking, without the past. It is just looking, listening, perceiving; it is becoming aware of oneself, in this instant. This is the end of the "I," this is the end of this "me," this is the end of the ego. This ends the search for experiences, this ends the escape for these states. This is the end of the "I" in search or in escape, this is the end of the ego.

A contact with the Reality of this Being is a contact with the Reality of That which is beyond this "me," this sense of someone present. Then, there is a profound change, there is a profound transformation. Something new emerges, and this new Something is the presence of Love, it is the presence of Freedom, it is the presence of Happiness, when the "I" is not there, when the ego is not there, when all this psychological disorder, which thought sustains in this egoic consciousness, is no longer present. This is the Flourishing of your Natural State of Being, which is Real Consciousness, which is Real Bliss. It is the presence of God, it is the presence of Truth.

This is what we are here with you delving into these weekends. We are together for two days, where we will be working on this with you on Saturday and Sunday. How to have this approach to yourself in life, in order to end this "I." You can find our WhatsApp link here, in the video description, to participate in these online meetings on the weekend. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Leave your "like," subscribe to the channel and leave here in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense." Ok? And we will see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

May, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | Conscious Union with God | What is Attention? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is here with us. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today I will read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Conscious Union with God." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Bring your attention again and again, and as many times as you lose that focus, I will gently bring it back." Well, on this issue of attention, can the Master share his vision on what attention is?

MG: Gilson, this issue of attention is one that, when investigated, makes us comprehend the reality of what is present. It is the presence of attention that brings us closer, precisely, to life as it is happening. We do not have a direct look at life as it happens, because we lack this direct perception. We lack this direct proximity to this given thing, because we lack attention. Sometimes we express attention; when something arouses our interest, we look at it. In this look, it occurs naturally, because of this interest in it, a complete attention at that moment. So, we are before that in attention. We spend our lives, Gilson, in fact, inattentive. We do not pay attention to what is present here, neither externally nor internally. This moment of interest in a given thing brings about a moment in which we are whole, in which we are complete, there, in that given situation; it is when we are attentive.

Therefore, the presence of attention is fundamental. We do not know ourselves, due to the absence of this attention. We spend the day, for example, loaded with thoughts, heavy, burdensome thoughts, overloaded with ideas, opinions, judgments, beliefs... as well as feelings, emotions, sensations. And, in general, in this form of consciousness, which is the consciousness that we have, we do not bring attention to this moment. This is what gives us this form of consciousness that we are, that we express, that we manifest ourselves to be. This form of consciousness in us is unconsciousness... We are not aware of thoughts happening in us. Feelings, emotions are processed - as well as every type of response that we are giving to life at this moment - generally all of this occurs unconsciously. It is just an automatic response, it is just a mechanical response! This response in us is something that comes from the past.

Psychologically, internally, we are the result of memory. The experiences we have gone through have given us this formation - this formation is the formation of the "I." Thus, the way we respond to life is, invariably, the form of the past, because it is the way of remembrance, it is the way, it is in the format of past experiences, and this response is automatic, it is unconscious, it is mechanical. We do not know how to deal with the present moment, because we are not, at this moment, aware of what is here. It is just the automatic way of responding, it is just the mechanical, unconscious way of the action of thought, feeling, and emotion. At times, as I said a while ago, we have some interest in this moment, in this instant. So, at times, this instant causes us a deep, significant interest. When this happens, a moment of attention naturally occurs.

When you are walking in a park, looking at everything there. when you are walking in a forest, hiking, on a riverbank or sitting on the beach. these moments naturally awaken in us the interest to look, to observe, to stay with the details, with the vision, in such a present way that there is no separation, because our whole heart is there, our whole mind is there, our whole being is there, in this look at these details. So, in that moment, there is an internal level of perception. This perception is a perception where there is no longer a separation between the "I" who observes and what is there, being observed. Real interest brings this attention to the point that what is there is the only thing. In that moment, there is a contact; in that contact, the sense of "I" disappears and there is this look, this perception, without separation, without division. That moment is the moment of attention.

In life, we need to awaken to attention, we need to become aware of what is present here, in this moment. It is in this contact, it is in this closeness, that we push away ideas. There is no space in this moment, because there is no separation, there is no division between you and what is present there. Note that this is very easy to happen and happens very frequently when we are in contact with nature. When you are in front of a tree or a flower, in a garden or in an open field, that solitary flower attracts your attention. So, in this contact with nature, this happens very often, but we do not pay the same attention to what is happening here, inside each one of us.

When you have a thought pattern, if it is pleasant, pleasurable, comforting, or encouraging, at that moment your attention does not exist, because you are so involved with thought, so identified with thought that there is a condition of unconsciousness for this quality of thought. There is no attention to this reaction. By force of habit, we have a very strong tendency to confuse ourselves, to identify with ourselves, to value the thought that gives us pleasure, the mental image that gives us pleasure. In this moment of identification with thought, this enjoyment of this quality of memory, of remembrance, of image - because thought is this - we are in this consciousness of the "I," this egoic consciousness.

This also applies to bad thoughts. When they are unpleasant, instead of identifying with them, we reject them. We want to get rid of these bad, unpleasant images, these remembrances, these recollections, these thoughts. And, in this moment, this separation, this division occurs. Therefore, we are either identified with thought or rejecting thoughts, and in both ways, we are feeding the condition of unconsciousness. There is no attention to this reaction, there is no attention to this instant, to this moment. Whether it is a thought, a feeling. later it becomes an emotion, a form of expression of this feeling, and all of this happens to us in an unconscious, mechanical way.

However, when there is this attention, this consciousness, there is a release of this consciousness of the "I," there is a release of this unconsciousness. There is neither identification with thought, nor rejection of thought, nor feeling or emotion. There is only one look, a gaze free from the "I," a gaze free from this separation. The truth of this attention brings you closer to Self-awareness, and Self-awareness reveals Meditation to you. This is what we have worked on here and shown you here: how, in this life, to assume the Truth about your Being, about That which you are in this Real Consciousness, in this true Consciousness that is this attention, which is the basis of Self-awareness and Meditation, makes it possible. Okay?

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber on the channel. Maria das Graças makes the following comment and asks: "So, there is no such thing as Awakened one, we are born sleeping and we die sleeping. What is life? Very complicated! In fact, a great confusion that no one can explain, because no one has access to and true knowledge. In Divine Consciousness we are individuals with unique thoughts."

MG: Gilson, there is some confusion here in this question: We are born sleeping, we live sleeping and we die sleeping in this unconsciousness, in this model of egoic consciousness, of consciousness of the "I." So, in this model of this egoic mind, of this unconsciousness, what life is, is confusion! So, what is life in this state of unconsciousness? Suffering, confusion! We have to become aware of what is, in order to naturally go beyond this. For what is life, in this life of the "I"? Envy, ambition, conflict present in these desires, the presence of fear, all of this is present in life as it is in this egoic condition. That is not what we are putting here, for you. We need to become aware of what is, in order to understand what is, and that is the end of this condition of unconsciousness. Your Natural State of Being is Awake. Yes, it is Awake, it is free from this unconsciousness, it is free from this dream, it is free from what is in this particular life of the "I." Therefore, there is Real life, Real life as it is, but in this sense of "I" we are unaware of it, we are living a life created by thought, fed by this condition of unconsciousness. So, this life as it is, the life that is as it is in the ego, is what we need to free ourselves from, along with this sense of "I," because it is not natural. We are faced with ordinary life, ordinary thought, ordinary feeling, ordinary responses to this pattern of life that we know.

Gilson, we need to get closer to life. Yes, to comprehend how it is, to go beyond what it is, to the awareness of Real Divine Life, the Real Life of God, the Real Life of this Being. Therefore, Awakening in this life is the only thing that matters. Going beyond this internal, psychological, emotional, sentimental condition of egoic existence, where all this movement within us is egocentric movement. The movement that separates itself from life as it happens, because we are not dealing with life as it really is, but rather as thought idealizes it. This idealization of thought is giving us life as it appears to be, as it seems to be, as it is, but we are faced with this artificial model of life, which is the model of separation. There is the presence of this "I," this "me;" this person and life. There is no such thing as a separation between this "I" and life; Truth is life. But life, being Truth, is the presence of this Being, of this Divine Reality. This is the Awakened State, this is the Awakened State. So, this confusion in thought is something that disappears when there is this Awareness of Truth, this Divine Awareness, this Awareness of God.

This contact with life is a possible contact when this separation no longer exists. We are not in contact with life; our contact with life is contact through thought. We do not recognize life, we are always in the recognition of thought; every form of recognition is based on the past. We believe that we are in contact with our wife, but in fact, we are in contact with the image we have of her. in contact with our husband, with our family, with the world around us. It is through the curtain of thought, it is through the way in which thought represents the husband, the wife, the family, the world. So, there is no real contact - the real contact is that which is present when the "I" is not. So, in that moment, there is no separation. This is Awakening, this is your Natural State, free from the "I," free from the ego. Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. José asks the following question: "And what is this dream for? And then? . And why dreaming?"

MG: Your question is: "What is this dream for?" I ask you: What is this dream for? Why is this dream present? Because we have been conditioned to a way of responding to the instant, to the present moment, within the model of thought. Since thought is a response that comes from the past, all our response from thought is from an element that is within that experience, which is the experiencer, which is the thinker. That is what makes the dream possible. That is what makes the dream happen. Yes, it is a good question: "And what is this dream for?" Really, what is the need to live in this psychological condition of thought pattern, where we constantly continue such an artificial life as this, which is the life of separation? And you keep asking: "And then what? Why continue in this dream?" The Reality of life is the comprehension of the Beauty of this encounter with this moment, without the past. That is the end of the dream!

In these meetings, we are working on exactly this with you: having a clear comprehension that life consists of what it is. It is not what thought says it is, what a feeling involved with thought says it is, what an emotion involved with feeling - which, in turn, this feeling is involved with thought - says it is. It is when, based on thought, our identity consists of this someone in feeling and in the expression of emotion, that this illusory identity is present, which sees itself separate from life - this is the condition of the dream. The encounter with the Reality of life is an encounter with Beauty, it is the presence of sensitivity that brings this intelligence in this encounter with the Beauty of life. This is what shows us the Reality of That which is here, free from the past, free from the experiencer, free from the thinker, free from the ego. This contact with Beauty is contact with Intelligence, which is contact with this sensitivity of a response to this moment without the past. This is how, in this encounter with Reality, That which is beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond all this movement of self-centeredness, of egocentric self-interest, is revealed.

Yes, there is no need to maintain this continuity of the dream - it ends when thought ceases. It is not about stopping thinking, it is about freeing oneself from conditioned thinking, from mechanical thinking, from psychological thinking, from the pattern of thought that gives foundation to this life of the "I," this life of the ego. Here in these encounters, our approach is to this vision of life, to this vision of Reality, to this vision of God. There is no dream in your Natural State of Being. This dream is in the model of thought, in this imagination of the "I," in this idea of ??someone who is living in this moment because he came from the past and is going to the future. All of this ends when illusion ends. All of this dissolves, all of this disappears. Life in this moment is the Truth of your Being, and there is no dream here. Okay?

GC: Thank you, Master, our time has come to an end. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are following the videocast until the end and really want to have a real comprehension of these teachings, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are intensive weekend meetings. They are available online, in person and also as retreats. In these meetings, in addition to the Master answering our questions directly, something much more impactful than that happens. Because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, He shares this State of Presence in which He lives. And in this sharing there is a Power, a Strength and a Grace, so that we are carried along by this Master's energy. And by taking this ride, spontaneously and naturally, we enter the meditative state, we silence our minds... So, here is the invitation. In the first comment, pinned, there is the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings. In addition, give a like to the video, subscribe to the channel and also leave comments here, bringing questions for the next videocasts. And once again, Master, thank you for the videocast.

April, 2025
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The art of Meditation. The observer is the observed. Learning about Self-awareness. Real Meditation

I want to talk to you here about this approach to the art of meditation. What is Meditation? What is Real Meditation? Here, we have addressed this to you. Meditation is the awareness of this Being. This Being reveals itself when there is the presence of this space, a space of liberation from contradiction, disorder and confusion, something that thought establishes when it is present. When we free up this space, this disorder, this mess disappears.

We have no internal space, no psychological space. We are always occupied with something internally: the presence of a memory, a recollection, an image, something that comes from the past, creating states here, establishing states here, present in us. So, internally, within ourselves, psychologically, the mind is always occupied - occupied with the past. Our internal occupation is with the future or with the past, but it is an imaginary occupation. There is no past here, no future here, but thought is here, telling us about a future, telling us about a past.

We need to discover life as it happens, and as it happens there is no interpretation to be done by thought, which is what we usually do, and we do this all the time. We are always projecting onto life the ideas we bring, the thoughts we have, exactly these internal occupations in which we are involved all the time. Something happened to you yesterday and it is coming back here, at this moment.

Why is it that an experience we had yesterday is coming back here, at this moment? First, before all else, how does it come back? It comes back as a memory, it comes back as a recollection, like those images; and notice that all these memories that come back, come back because they are not complete. If I upset you yesterday, you will remember that today. If I made you happy yesterday, you will remember that today. I created a provocation: either I upset you or I made you happy.

And why is this memory here, coming back? Because this memory has taken on a great importance for "me." What is the truth of this "me"? What is the truth of this "I"? Why does it value memory? Why does it value remembrance? Why is all this value present, which is the value we have given to thought? The answer is that this "me," this "I," lives on thoughts.

The person you are, the person you believe you are, the person you feel you are, cannot live without memories, cannot live without remembrances. We are constantly in this movement of continuity of the story that was, which is memory, and we do this when we hold on to thoughts. And these thoughts are coming back and repeating themselves because that experience we went through was not completed. This sense of "I" still wants the continuity of that, still seeks the continuity of that, because it survives in this way.

Note the implications of what we are putting here for you. If you retain images of pleasure, you also retain images of pain. This "you" is this present movement of inattention. We do not know what it is like to deal with this moment, allowing this moment to be completed; we do not know it because, in general, we are inattentive, always placing the sense of an experiencer within this moment to experience this experience. And this experiencer records this experience, keeps this experience to continue living in the past, living in these experiences, living from these experiences - this is the story of the "I," of the ego, it is the story of this person.

The cultivation of this quality of psychic life, of psychological life, which is the quality of memory present in us, I have called psychological memory: it is the memory that gives continuity to the "I," that gives continuity to the ego. Thus, we are preserving the continuity of the past and projecting it into the future. All this internal movement present in us of consciousness is a conflicting movement, creating and generating conflicts, problems, confusion and suffering, because we are established in the illusion of an identity that sees itself as the center of its experiences, which are experiences of memories, which are experiences of the past.

We live internal states that we do not know how to deal with, such as, for example, when someone offends me, and I cannot free myself from this pain, this discomfort, this unease, this suffering; I cannot do so because I am constantly in this model of inattention, cultivating memory, cultivating the past. When someone compliments me, I feel happy with him or her and I keep this compliment, so he or she is now my friend.

"I love those who accept me, praise me, applaud me, agree with me, and I reject, detest, hate and separate myself from those who do not accept me, reject me, do not like me." This sense of "I," of the ego, the presence of someone - of this someone that I am - lives within this pattern of behavior. This is present because of the presence of the past. The past is person's life.

What is this encounter with the Truth of this instant? It is an encounter with a moment where there is such complete Attention to everything that happens that, in that instant, we do not register it; and when there is no registration, there is no strengthening of this center, there is no memory record for this ego, for this "me" to maintain any continuity, because in this Attention the "I" is not there; since there is no sense of "I," since there is no inattention, there is no record, this does not perpetuate, it does not give continuity to the past.

This contact with life at this moment requires an encounter with the end of the experiencer, of the thinker, with the end of this ego, with the end of this "I." This way of approaching this moment requires Attention. This Attention opens up this vision of comprehending this entire movement, which is the movement of the continuity of the "I." Truth revealing itself here as it is, is the presence of Meditation. Once this Attention is present, we have the Truth of Self-awareness; this is when this space arises. It is the space that makes possible a vision of this moment without record.

Can we live this life without the illusion of this "I," without this element that comes from the past? Can we live our lives, at this moment, free from the past, free from memory, free from this praise I received, free from this criticism I received, free from this idea of ??friend and enemy? What does life mean here and now, without the "I," without the ego? This requires learning about Self-awareness, this requires discarding this ego identity.

Contact with this instant, when we pay attention to whatever is happening here, in this attention we eliminate this separation, which is the sense of someone being an experiencer. There is the experience, but since there isn't this someone, this experiencer, the truth of this encounter with the moment is an encounter with the experiencing. In this experiencing, since this attention is present, this situation is complete, so there is no record, there is no sense of this "I" wanting more of that, wanting the continuity of that experience, whether of pain or pleasure. This is the contact with life in this instant, in this state free from the ego; this is the presence of Meditation.

Meditation is the awareness of the Truth of the instant, of the moment, without the thinker, without the experiencer, without the observer. Thus, the observer is the observed thing itself, there is no separation, so there is no such observer, no such experiencer. When that which is present is the only Reality, because there is no division, no separation, no difference between the observer and the observed thing, the Reality of the moment reveals the awareness of this Being.

Thus, Meditation is not about crossing legs, breathing in a certain way and chanting a mantra, or trying to push your thoughts away. The Truth of Meditation is the approach to this moment free from the past, it is the approach to this moment free from this "I," this experiencer, this meditator. Life is something present in this instant, no interpretation, no evaluation, comparison, judgment, acceptance or rejection is necessary. It is exactly when the sense of "I" arises, in this inattention, that this record happens, this memory remains and we thus have this continuity of the ego.

An encounter with life in this moment is the Revelation that Life is the only Reality present. If this sense of separation is not there, if this sense of "I" is not there, then Something is present. This Something is indescribable, it is unnameable, it is of great beauty. It is the presence of Real Bliss, the Truth of this Being, when there is Real Meditation present.

Can we attend to life as it is? This attending to life cannot come from someone, it is Life attending to Itself, it is Life aware of Itself. So, the Reality of this Being, the Reality of That which is You in your True Nature, is the Truth of God, which reveals itself when there is Real Meditation. This is a playlist here on the channel. There are two playlists that I want to recommend to you: "Learning about Self-awareness" and "Real Meditation in practice." Real Meditation is Meditation in practice. There is nothing more important in life than the awareness of this Being, which is the awareness of God, which is the Truth about Life.

A life free from the ego, a life free from the past is a life free to respond to this moment through this Intelligence, which is Divine Intelligence, which is the Presence of Wisdom, which is the Presence of Truth. When Love is present, everything is present: Intelligence, Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Bliss. All of this is the Nature of your Being, all of this is the Nature of God, all of this is the Truth of Love.

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

April, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | Living Now | How to free ourselves from suffering? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is here with us. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today I am going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Living Now." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "The more we live with it, the less we look at the body and the less we fear our pains and sufferings." In this excerpt, Joel comments on the issue of suffering. Can the Master share his vision on how we to free ourselves from suffering?

MG: Gilson, here we come across a very frequent question. but what is suffering? Who is this element present in suffering? If, in fact, we want to discover the truth for the end of this psychological condition - because let's comprehend one thing: suffering is based on this psychological model that is, in fact, the existence of the "I," the existence of this "me," of this person. It is the psychological condition of this sense of being someone that sustains suffering.

There is a difference between physical pain and a psychological condition of pain. This psychological condition is the condition of suffering. When you have physical pain, it is pain in the body, in some part of the body. Yes, this pain is a form of suffering. When we touch on this issue of suffering, suffering in this psychological condition in which we, as human beings, find ourselves, is the suffering of the mind, it is psychic suffering, it is this psychological condition present in the "I."

You ask how to get rid of suffering. By getting rid of this psychological condition, which is the condition of an identity present in life, at this moment, as a separate element of life itself. The condition of suffering needs to be studied, investigated, comprehended. When you have a physical illness, you take it to the doctor for treatment, for him to attend to this issue, but when you have an internal condition of suffering due to fear, mental confusion, the fact that thoughts within you are running fast and producing various forms of internal disorder - such as, for example, anxiety, guilt, depression, or various other forms of fear - dealing with this requires the presence of a direct comprehension of how this occurs, of how it happens.

You, in your Essential Nature, in your Real Nature, in your Divine Nature, are something, in fact, beyond this. something truly beyond this psychological condition, which is the condition of the "I." So, what is interesting here, is to understand what this "I" is, to understand what this condition is in which we find ourselves, with which we are confused, in order to go beyond this internal condition of suffering. So, the awareness of comprehending this is the Truth that liberates. It is not the desire to be free that liberates, but it is the Truth that liberates, it is the investigation of the Truth, it is the understanding of the Truth, it is the awareness of the Truth.

What do we need, Gilson, for this liberation? What do we need for this vision of life free from suffering? We need to have an approach to what is happening to us, to what we are, without denying, without running away, without creating theories or beliefs about it. We have just stated here, for you, that the Reality of your Being is not this, but you cannot take a statement like this and simply believe it. Based on statements like these, people start to get attached to concepts, ideas, and beliefs. So, they talk about this Divine Self, this Higher Self, this Supreme Being, but this remains only at the theoretical level, at the level of words and, therefore, of beliefs.

Here, we need to come into direct contact with what we are, with what we present ourselves to be, with the condition in which we, truly, in fact, find ourselves here. How are you at this moment? So, we put theories aside, we put beliefs aside. This Truth of this Bliss of Being, this Freedom of Being, yes, it may have already happened for A, B or C, but for "me," for this "I," at this moment, I need to investigate what is causing this pain, what is causing this suffering. See, more than the cause of the suffering itself or the cause of the pain, I need to discover the root of all this. Why is suffering here? What is this "I" that suffers? This is how we get closer to the truth about the end of suffering, Gilson. It is about comprehending this present element and the condition in which it finds itself in this relation with the present moment, with life as it happens.

We can look at fear here, jealousy, annoyance, contradiction, envy... We can look at this conflict established within us, due to the presence of desires that contradict each other. Investigating what is happening here, inside each one of us, looking at it, this is how we can break with this condition, break with this quality of life centered on this "I." Here, we are showing you that it is exactly this movement of life centered on the "I," where all of our behavior is egocentric behavior, where we are constantly repeating patterns of life, of existence, where all of this behavior in us, of ego-centeredness, is creating problems for this "me," for this "I" and, naturally, for others, for the world.

Every problem in the world concerns this problem of the "I" itself. And what is the truth about this "I"? We are dealing here with an imagination, with a construct of thought, with a condition of repetition of thought, which has given each one of us a pattern of mind that is programmed, that is conditioned, that is living within a cultural model. This human culture, this social culture, this world in which we find ourselves, lives like this, and we are just repeating it, replicating it, giving continuity to all of this.

So, what can put an end to this condition? It is the awareness of the truth about who we are. The comprehension of this entire process of "I" consciousness, of egoic consciousness. This vision of how the mind works here, in each one of us, shows us this entire pattern of egocentric activities, of behavior centered on this false identity. Wherever there is the presence of this egocentrism, this model of ego-identity, there will be a constant separation between you and the other, between you and life, between you and Divine Reality. This is the root, the true cause of suffering, but no theory about it can solve it. It is necessary to learn to look at this, to look without the past, to look without conclusions, to look without condemnation, rejection, to look without even the desire to get rid of it, since this desire to get rid of it is still part of this conditioned mind.

That is why we have been talking to you here about the presence of Meditation, which is the real way to approach the Truth about who we are, through Self-awareness. Thus, Meditation is Self-awareness. Self-awareness is Meditation. We are facing a single movement; discovering the Truth about oneself requires Self-awareness, requires Meditation.

We have a playlist on this subject here on the channel: "The Truth about Self-awareness and Real Meditation in a practical way," then you can take a look here on the channel. Comprehending the truth about oneself is the basis for the end of this suffering, because it is the end of this "I," it is the end of this ego. This is the answer to your question, this is the answer to the awareness of Bliss, to the awareness of Freedom, to the awareness of God.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. He makes the following comment and asks: "The ego is strong and when we least expect it, it comes back in full force. What can you tell us about this? Gratitude."

MG: Gilson, notice what an interesting thing we have here. He says, the questioner here puts it this way: this statement "it is strong and comes back in full force." What is the element, Gilson, in us, that has conclusions, and on what basis are our conclusions? Don't they have a basis in experience, and isn't this basis also part of thought? What is this element of experience? And what is this element that has conclusions based on thoughts? Isn't it the movement of thought itself, which is the movement of the "I" itself? See, Gilson, one of the main things here is to learn to look at these reactions without conclusions, without ideas, without concepts, without beliefs.

As long as we are stuck in conclusions, beliefs and ideas, we will still be within a mistaken vision, which is the vision of thought itself. When you ask: "What can you tell us about this?"... We are here to present it to you! Any idea about the "I," about the ego, the idea that it is weak, that it is strong, that it goes, that it comes... any idea, any of these ideas, are ideas of thought itself. Getting closer and looking requires a look without conclusions, evaluations, beliefs, deductions and concepts, since these beliefs, concepts, deductions, conclusions, are born of the "I" itself. This is still the result of thought itself.

So, what is the real way of being in this moment, of facing this instant? In this case, in front of this experience? Looking! It is looking without someone in that look. It is perceiving! This perception is a perception without someone in that perception. It is feeling! In this feeling, it is the feeling without someone in that feeling. Obviously, this sounds quite strange to most of us, because we are always putting the intention of getting rid of it, the intention of doing something with the experience. This intention arises from the past and, therefore, arises from this very element, which is the element "I," which starts from conclusions of what is and what is not, of what is right and what is wrong.

So, can we discard all of this? This is the true way to approach Self-awareness, this is the true way to approach Meditation. Then, we can have the end of this psychological condition, which is the condition of this "I" and all these beliefs related to it, to this sense of this "me," this ego. Confusion arises because thought itself separates. Thought creates this thinker to look at thought from these conclusions, these opinions, these beliefs, and all of this is still within the movement itself, which is the movement of the "I." Letting go of this requires looking without the observer, this perceiving without the perceiver, this feeling without someone in that feeling. Then, Something new emerges. This new Something is the end of the "I," it is the end of the ego, it is the end of this illusion of separation between Reality and You.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Monica asks the following question: "Why is love false? How is it that we have no love to give?"

MG: No!. It seems to me that most of us have not comprehended this issue of Love. Love is not false, it is the sense of someone present in this love. The Reality of Love is Divine Reality! The sense of this "I," this ego, this "me," lives in a model of isolationism, of egocentrism, involved with its own self-interest. This whole movement of the "I," of the ego, is not the movement of Love, it is the movement of the search for something. The ego has no Love to give. The sense of the "I," the sense of the ego, lives in isolation, in a sense of separation, always looking outside in search of something. The ego in us, Gilson, is a beggar. Love is the presence of a generous king, and this generous king in Love is the Divine Presence, it is the Presence of God, it is the Presence of Truth. This sense of person, in this relation with the other, is associated with a business relation, an exchange: if I give you pleasure, you give me pleasure. In this pleasure, in this fulfillment of mutual satisfaction, we feel affection, care, while this is happening. The moment you deny me this pleasure - also this affection and care, I feel resentful, hurt, sad or angry with you.

The model of the "I" is a model of relations between images; these relations between images are business! The human being lives within a model, in this sense of the ego, of projection of search in the world out there, always for something. So, there is always this dissatisfaction, this incompleteness. The Reality of Love is the Divine Reality; when It is present, this "other" no longer exists. It is the Reality of God, it is the Reality of Truth. We have to comprehend the classic difference between the present Divine Truth, which is the presence of Love, and what we have called "love," which is in reality something filled with possession, control, dependence, attachment, desire, and fear. What we call love is associated with this acknowledgment, acceptance, pleasure, and satisfaction in this relation with him or her, but it is also filled with control, possession, attachment, desire, insecurity, fear, jealousy. suffering!

The Reality of Love carries none of this. It does not carry conflict, disorder, dependence, lack, or suffering. When there is this real awareness of Truth, of Freedom, when there is this Real awareness of Bliss, this is the Presence of your Being, but it is not the presence of this "me," this "I," this ego. The Truth about what you are in your Divine Nature, in your Essential Nature, is the presence of Love, but this Love needs nothing; It seeks nothing, It depends on nothing. It is like that flower that perfumes, but without any idea of ??being there, bringing its perfume. This sharing of the Divine Presence, of the presence of Bliss, of the presence of Freedom, is the presence of Love. This is something present in those who have realized the Truth about themselves, in those who are free from this sense of separation between themselves and life.

So, when the Truth of your Being flourishes, you are Love. It is the presence of this flower, it is the Presence of this Divine Reality. This is the Freedom of God, this is the Freedom of Bliss present in this Self-Realization, in this Awakening of Consciousness, in this Divine Vision, which some call Spiritual Enlightenment. To assume this in this life is to assume the Truth for which you were born. You were born for Love, you were not born to search, to seek, to want based on feelings, emotions, sensations. The Truth of this Divine Reality is something indescribable, it is something that is beyond everything that thought knows, beyond everything that feelings and emotions can identify.

Our great confusion lies in confusing this feeling, thinking, emotion, sensation. something present in this body and mind, when we identify it as some kind of satisfaction or pleasure with the presence of Love. Love is not pleasure, love is not a sensation, love is not a wish fulfilled, love is not fulfillment in him or her. Love is the presence of That which is indescribable. It is possible to realize this, but never describe it. It is possible to assume this in this life, but never put it into words, such is the singularity, such is the Beauty of the presence of this Grace, of this King, of this Truth, which is the Truth of God, which is the Truth of Love.

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master. Our time has come to an end... Gratitude for yet another videocast. And for you who are following the videocast until the end and truly have a sincere desire to experience these truths, and for whom what Master Gualberto is sharing makes sense, I invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that the Master shares. In these meetings, which are held online, in person, and also as retreats, Master Gualberto, in addition to answering our questions directly, live, something much greater and more profound than that happens. Because Master Gualberto already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he ends up sharing a State of Presence that is pure Power and Grace. And in this energy of the Master's Presence, just by being in His presence, we end up riding along with this energy of the Master's Presence. And this Presence is pure Silence, pure Stillness, pure Meditation. So, it is truly revealing to be able to be in Satsang - which is the name of these meetings - and to be able to have a vision of what is beyond intellectual understanding. So, here is the invitation. In the first pinned comment there is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Give a "like" to the video and subscribe to the channel. And Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

April, 2025
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What is thought? Self-observation. Our self-image. The sense of duality. Dualistic mind.

Here with you we are investigating how to free ourselves from this sense of "I," from this egoic sense. This is a liberation from this whole structure, which is the psychological structure of the world. This psychological structure of the human mind, of mental conditioning; this is the psychological structure of society, of the values ??of the world. Unless there is this liberation, this release, the end of this condition, we will continue to be stuck in this old model of this sense of "I."

First, before all, what is this "I"? In the ancient theaters, that mask was worn by the actors, they called it persona. Persona is a Latin word for person. So, the person that we are is actually this character. This personality in you is not the Reality of your Being, it is the truth about you as a person, like a mask. So, over time the word persona has taken the place of the person.

The person is the persona. The Reality of this Being is not this persona, it is not this person. This person, this persona is the "I," this "me," this "ego." When we are proud of the person we are, our pride is the pride that thought sustains over the image it makes of itself - this is pride. We are faced with something that is illusory, that is based only on imagination, on a movement of image constructed by thought.

Unless we free ourselves from this psychological condition of the person, from this "I," from this self-image, we will never know the Truth of God, the Truth of this Being. There is no real separation between that which is Truth, Reality and this Being. Thus, there is the truth of the person, the truth of the person's life, of this character, of this mask, and there is the Reality of Divine Life. Discovering the awareness of your Being is coming face to face with the Reality of God.

Every response we have to life based on the person we are, show ourselves to be, seem to be, who we actually express by being here, at this moment, the truth about this is contradiction, conflict, disorder. We are violent, aggressive, possessive, domineering, ambitious creatures. We live within a model of separation, of duality. The sense of duality is present in this dualistic mind.

The mind in duality is the mind that has created separation between this thinker and thought, between this experiencer and experiences, between the one who sees and what one sees, that is the observer and the thing observed, in this dualistic mind, in this mind in duality, which is the person. Life is not dual. There is nothing that can be separate from Life. Since Life is the only Reality, everything in it is itself. There is no such thing as "I" and "not I," this "I" and the other, this "I" and Life.

This "I" is a false center, it is a construct of thought. Thought has built this on the basis of memory. Notice how important this is to be understood here, because this involves the question of thought, the truth about thought, the question of what thought is. Notice how important it is to understand this.

When you have experiences, these experiences are stored in the brain, registered in the brain as memories. When you go through experiences, you have memories of them, remembrances, recollections about them. These recollections, remembrances, are images established in the brain about what happened. Here lies the presence of thought. So, what is thought? Thoughts are these memories, these recollections.

When I meet you, I remember your name and also your face. The next time I meet you, I can recognize you; this recognition is a recognition of memory. Only the brain is in this recognition because of this process of bringing back remembrance. So, thought is basically this: it is just memory, it is remembrance.

We do not know how to deal with thought in a real way, because thought does not remain only at this level. It goes to another base, to another line, to another level, which is the level of psychological support of an entity present in this memory. This entity in the memory is an imagination of thought. And who is the person who is remembering? There is no person remembering, there is only memory. But thought created a person, created this "I," this me: this is our self-image.

We need to understand this issue of self-image, because this self-image is a fictitious element, created by thought; and all that thought does from this self-image is to give an ever greater formation to this self-image, accumulating it with greater experiences, knowledge and memories. This self-image is the presence of the experiencer; it is the presence of the thinker; this is the element in the mind that is present sustaining this separation. This element is the "I."

The way you deal with experiences from this "I" is a way in which this "I" is the most important element at that moment. Thus, there is this self-centeredness. Since there is this separation, in this separation, contradiction, violence, fear, aggression, this suffering of anxiety, this suffering of anguish, this desire to possess, this desire to free oneself are established. All of this is present with the presence of this "I."

This is a typical behavior in this egocentrism, in this sense of person - this is the person. However, this person is not real, he assumes this truth of being from this self-image. We are not dealing with Reality, we are dealing with imagination, with fantasy, with the movement of a mask, of a character that is at the center of the moment, at the center of the experience, at the center of this feeling, this thinking, this acting, this acting in life. This is the structure of the "I," the structure of the "ego."

Can we break with this? Put an end to this continuity of imaginary life? Because this is character's life, this is person's life. My contact with you is like your contact with me: a contact between images. The way I represent life around me, I represent life based on the symbols I have, on memories, remembrances, recollections that I have within me, in this "I." I am not in contact with life, I am in contact with the idea about life, I am in contact with thought about life. So, there is a separation between life as it is happening and the representation I have of it based on the thought that I have, which is within me. This thought is the present past. There is the instant and it is present, in this moment, the past.

My contact with people is contact with abstractions. Our relations in life are illusory relations, they are relations of mental abstractions, they are relations in this dualistic mind, in this egoic mind. The Truth of Bliss is unknown, the Truth of Love is unknown, the Truth of Peace is unknown. Looking at the world, we realize that there is no such thing in human relations. This is because these human relations are mental relations, they are relations between people, they are relations in thought.

Thought is the element that has taken over life, the life of the "I," the life of this egoic entity, which lives in isolation, which, in its self-defense, has built this self-image and does everything to achieve greater growth, greater expansion for this self-image, pure egocentrism. This is how we have situated ourselves in life: There is life as it is and there is the idea of ??life as it needs to be for me.

Thus, divisions between people, confusion within relations, psychological suffering present in this "I," is something typical of this social psychological consciousness, this psychological consciousness of the world. Looking at all this, becoming aware of everything that happens psychologically and breaking free from this psychological model of existing, of being, of situating oneself in life as someone, as a person, this is our purpose.

We need a new consciousness. The consciousness we have, the consciousness we know, is this consciousness of this egoic mind, this separatist mind, this mind, which is the mind of the "I." When we learn to look at this, when we learn what it means to bring a new look to this entire process, which is the process of thought, which has given form to all of this, we can then, in that instant, free ourselves from thinking. Then, this thought ceases, this quality of thought ceases to sustain its continuity, when we learn about ourselves, when we discover what it means to know oneself, what it means to observe oneself, to perceive oneself, to observe ourselves.

Yes, the basis for this Attention to this entire movement of thought, which allows this thought to dissolve, which allows this thought to lose its importance, its value and disappear, consists of self-observation. We do not know what it means to look at ourselves, what it means to become aware of our reactions, aware of a thought here, a feeling here, a sensation, an emotion. To bring awareness to this is to observe oneself. So, this psychological content undergoes a change.

The truth is that all this content is completely emptied of its importance, of its self-worth, when we place Attention on the reactions of the "I," of the thinker, of the experiencer, of this element that looks and observes from the past. Learning to look, to observe oneself, is to abandon the observer, the thinker, the experiencer, it is to abandon this "I." It is this contact with Self-awareness - we have a playlist here on the channel: "Learning about Self-awareness" - that brings you closer to the Truth of Real Meditation in practice - this is another playlist here on the channel: "The Truth of Meditation."

What is Real Meditation? Meditation in practice. This is how we get closer to the truth of emptying all this psychological content, this is how we free ourselves from this psychological model of consciousness common to all towards something new, this Real Consciousness, this Divine Consciousness. Then you can take a look at the channel, these videos, these two playlists.

So, these meetings that we have here, also online on the weekends - we have two days together, Saturday and Sunday -, we are delving deeper into these issues. Here is our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard makes any sense to you, here is an invitation. Leave your "like," subscribe to the channel and leave here in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

April, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychic suffering. Human suffering. How to deal with thoughts? Anxiety. Psychological time.

Here, the question is: "How is this issue of psychic suffering, which is the basis for this human suffering, established?" When you have physical pain, you have a very specific pain; it is a pain in your foot, a pain in your hand, in some organ of the body, this is physical pain. But there is a difference between this physical pain and this human suffering, which is psychological suffering. Where is this issue of psychic suffering established? When do you suffer?

We know what human suffering is; every human being has been going through suffering since birth. When you feel hungry, when you are still a baby, and you cry, your mother attends to you; the hunger disappears and so do the tears. But what about this issue of psychic suffering? Is there someone to wipe away these tears? Or is this idea of ??someone looking for consolation, comfort, encouragement? While, in reality, pain still continues.

We can be consoled, comforted and encouraged, and yet pain will continue until we learn to deal with this issue, which is the issue of time. See how interesting this issue of time is. When someone leaves, disappears and I don't see that person anymore, and I loved that person, there is pain here. Why does this pain arise when one leaves? Is it because one actually left or is this pain present and I don't realize it?

Even when the person is there, there is a level of separation, of division between me and one. In this division, in this separation, something is established that I am not aware of, it is the presence of some form of dependence, of a search for fulfillment in him or her. That is why, when one leaves, the pain is not because one left, it is because at that moment came the awareness, the clarity, the realization of the presence of this lack, this need, this pain.

See how important it is for us to investigate all these issues in depth. Suffering is something present in human beings. When a loved one dies, he disappears, and you cry not because he died, you cry because pain is present in you because of the lackness he causes you, and he causes you a lack because, psychologically, there is a need there that is not being fulfilled.

We call what we feel for the other person love, but, in reality, what is the truth about Love? We do not know Love! But, in reality, what is Love? Is love that which creates a facilitation for a void and in that void the presence of pain? Is love the presence of pain in the absence of the other person? Or is this absence of the other person, which is the reason for the pain, that which indicates an unfulfilled psychological need? When I have a psychological need and it is not fulfilled, there is pain; this psychological need is not love.

We do not know the Truth of Love. Love is a presence of completeness, it is not an absence, it is not a lack, it is not a psychological need, that when satisfied, when fulfilled, makes me happy, makes me fulfilled. Being filled with the presence of the other is not being in Love, it is being filled psychologically, because the other accepts me, understands me, gives me pleasure, brings me some compensation, and vice versa. This is what we generally call love in our relations.

Can we investigate this in depth to go beyond this issue of psychic suffering? When I feel jealous, when I feel the lack, when I feel abandoned, rejected, not accepted by someone I say I love, who I feel I love, what is this relation that I have with him or her? If there is the presence of jealousy, neediness, dependence, is this the presence of love? Or what is there within this relation is pleasure, satisfaction, fulfillment?

All of this needs to be investigated, we need to discover the Truth of Love, the Truth of your Being, the Truth of God, the Truth about Life. The Truth of the Love of this Being, of God and of Life is something that is present when the illusion of this "I," this ego, this "me," is not. Every form of psychological suffering, psychic suffering and emotional disorder in us is the presence of thought about things, about people, about myself. The way I deal with the present moment in this experience, in this relation, something determined by thought present in this "me," is sustaining this psychological condition of attachment, dependence, psychological need and, therefore, naturally, of suffering.

So, unless there is a real understanding of what is happening here, inside each one of us, unless it is clear how to deal with these thoughts. Because it is these thoughts present here, inside each one of us, that are determining this model of life that we have. So, the question is: "How to deal with thoughts?" The vision that I have of him or her is the vision that thought here affirms, concludes, believes, feels, witnesses, expects, thought is cultivating all of this here, inside each one of us.

When you feel rejected, it is thought that tells you so, thought that tells you about this rejection. Who is the present element that feels rejected within a relation? Your answer is simple: it is the person. But what is the truth of the person? Who are you as a person? You have an idea of ??who you are, a model of being someone as you believe yourself to be, that is the person; the person as you see yourself, the person you believe yourself to be, is the one who feels rejection, feels abandonment in the relation with the other.

So, the sense of "I" present here is a set of images that I have about who I am and also about who the other is, and this is creating this separation between me and him, me and her. This is giving this "me", here, an idea of ??what to expect, of what to expect from him or her, and thus the life of the person, of thought, is established. We do not know how to deal with thought, we do not know how to deal with the person, with the person that he or she is, with the person that I am.

What is present in these relations are relations that are based on thought, on the way each person represents who the other is. This representation of him or her, this representation of what I am to him or her is what is determining our relations. When our contacts, when our relations are based on the model of thought, these relations are structured on past experiences. We are not dealing with the past, we are dealing with life. Life is a movement that is present here, at this moment.

We are always dealing with something dynamic, of extraordinary vivacity, which is the presence of this person. The person that we are is something that is changing at every moment; at every moment we are having new impressions of the present moment and reacting to these impressions based on this structure, which is the structure of the experiencer. Thus, all this dynamism and vivacity of this "I" needs to be seen, needs to be understood.

Now, notice what a delicate thing is here: in this contact with the other, the other also carries this vivacity, this dynamism; as a person, he or she is never the same person. She is not aware of herself and we are not aware of ourselves, and yet we are within this encounter, this relation. Thus, disorder is established, confusion is established.

Unless you understand the truth about yourself, learn about yourself and go beyond this "I," this "me," this ego and therefore this vivacity and this dynamism, this illusory entity, which is the ego, unless this is resolved, this life centered on this false identity will be constantly in contact with the other, creating disorder, creating confusion. We are not dealing with Real Life, we are dealing with a model of psychological identity, which is constantly in movement between this past, present and future; and this movement is the movement of psychological time. This is how, internally, this dynamism and vivacity of the ego takes place.

We are constantly involved in our psychological world, in our particular life, which is the life centered on the "I," and so it is with the other. We do not have real contact in our relations; they are based on models of thought, where we have the illusion of a relation where love, comprehension, freedom, peace, and happiness are present, while in reality, when we look closely, we realize that all of this is completely imaginary.

Thus, we are constantly maintaining the continuity of a life centered on the model of thought, and all I have of the person I live with and he has of me are images, a game between images, a game between beliefs, ideas, evaluations, conclusions, opinions. This is what we have called a relation. What is present is a level of relationship where thought is the predominant element. We are not living the Truth of comprehension, Freedom, Peace, and Love in our relations. This explains all this psychic suffering, all this disorder and confusion in life, in this particular life of the "I."

Contact with this moment is what reveals Life when thought is not. However, when thought is present, and this has been the case in our lives, there is no truth within these relations. What brings us closer to the real vision of Love, the real vision of Happiness, of Freedom? It is the presence of Self-awareness.

Once we have discarded this illusory identity, once we have a direct comprehension of the Truth of That which is present beyond the "I," beyond the ego, beyond this person and, therefore, beyond thought, this Truth reveals Happiness. Then, there is the end of this psychological condition, which is the condition of suffering.

You were born to realize God in this life, to realize the Truth of your Being. This comprehension is the comprehension of the other, because, in reality, the other does not exist, there is a single Reality present in this contact, in this true relation, in this true communion. And this is something present when you assume the Reality of That which is You in your Real Nature, in your Essential Nature - this is what some call God Realization, Enlightenment or Awakening.

This is what we are working on here with you in these online meetings on the weekends. We are together for two days - Saturday and Sunday. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these online meetings. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If this makes any sense to you, here's an invitation. Leave your "like," subscribe to the channel and leave a comment saying: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you soon. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

April, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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