Joel Goldsmith. The Thunder of Silence. How to overcome conditionings. Master Gualberto.

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is here with us. Thank you, Master, for another videocast. Today, I will read an excerpt from Joel Goldsmith's book called "The Thunder of Silence." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "If we had been correctly guided since childhood and had had knowledge of the spiritual law, we would have learned to avoid many of the discords in our experience." Regarding this issue of the conditioning we have had since childhood, can the Master share his vision of how to overcome these conditionings?

MG: Gilson, here, we need, first, to realize the truth of this. So, without realizing the reality of this conditioning, we cannot go beyond it. So, becoming aware of this, realizing this, is the principle, it is the basis. The truth is that we are not aware of this, we do not have full awareness of the psychological condition in which we find ourselves. So, notice the difficulty: we can hear a speech about it, attend a lecture on the subject, we can read a book or many books about it and, nevertheless, continue without knowledge, without this "realization." So, we remain only at the intellectual level, and at this intellectual level there is no Real Comprehension.

One thing we have always emphasized here, Gilson, is the importance of comprehension. You cannot understand a certain thing if you do not have an approach to it. You cannot, for example, drive a car if you do not learn. We are not born knowing how to drive a car; we learn, and this learning requires that you have an approach to a motor vehicle. So, once you come closer to the car, you learn to drive; that is when you have a comprehension of the subject. But you can stay in theory about what it means to shift gears, about what it means to approach a shoulder...

In the model of thought in which we find ourselves, we can imagine all kinds of things. We can imagine driving, we can dream at night that we are driving... Without any direct approach to the subject - and here, in this case, it is the car -, we are left only with imagination, with thought, with dream. So, what we need, Gilson, is comprehension. Comprehension is something that determines everything! We are very attached to theories, to concepts, to ideas, to a set of thoughts that form these patterns of ideas. We get too attached to this! So, we always stay in theory.

Here, we need to observe what we are in our relationships with the world, with others and within ourselves; the relationship we have with the thoughts that happen within us, with the feelings that occur, with the emotions that emerge. So, in this way, we come closer to understanding this study of ourselves. It is in this study of oneself that the truth of conditioning is revealed.

When we begin to realize that our reactions are reactions that come from a movement of memory, which is the past, leading us to say things, to feel things, to do things based on the past, on memory, we begin to realize that we are within a model of conditioning, that we are just reacting to this moment based on the past.

So, this is having an approach of comprehension - see, no longer of theory, but of comprehension - of how we function. We can break with this, there is a way to break with this, because we stop at this moment giving continuity, maintenance, support to this element that is the ego, which is the "I," which separates itself from this instant, from this present moment, and evaluates everything that is here at this instant based on the past. This is the conditioning. We are breaking with this because of the presence of Self-awareness.

So, you ask: "How can we break free from this? How can we free ourselves from this conditioning?" Self-awareness! Discovering how to look at our reactions, how to become aware of them, how to realize everything that is happening to us. You see, this is not such a simple task, because for millennia we have been involved in a mechanical, unconscious movement of speaking, acting, thinking, feeling, and this is what has put us in this psychological condition of suffering, creating suffering; of conflict, and creating conflict. We are in conflict with ourselves, we are in conflict with others, so a work is necessary here, and this work is to approach and discover how to not react before this new look on these reactions.

That is why we have focused, Gilson, here, on the importance of the awareness of Meditation, because when the mind begins to become aware of itself, of its reactions, a new energy takes over, a new energy is present: it is this energy of observation. Before, it was being wasted in the movement of the ego itself, of the "I" itself, in this unconsciousness. We are shedding light, bringing awareness to these reactions, and now this energy is available. So, when the mind becomes aware of itself, it becomes quiet. We can indeed break with this pattern of internal restlessness, of the psychological movement of the "I," of the "me."

This is how we approach this awareness that reveals God, which is Meditation. This Revelation of God is the Awareness of your Being. We are no longer in this condition of egoic identity, we are becoming aware, at this moment, of ourselves: of envy, jealousy, anger, fear, of the image we have of him or her. This is when you become aware of how you function internally, of how you react or respond externally. Being aware of yourself is going beyond this "me," this "I." This is what we are working on here with you, having a new look and approach to all of this.

GC: Master, we have a question here from a subscriber on the channel, a subscriber named Daniel. He makes the following comment and asks: "Master Gualberto, how can we observe without the observer? Doesn't the act of observing depend on someone observing?"

MG: So, Gilson, here we have another question, and in this question, another model of belief that we have: the idea that we are present at this moment, for example, listening to this speech or watching this video. The sense of someone present in this experience is the dream. This is the conditioning that we have. We believe that we are the observer, and when this belief is present, what we are seeing is evaluated, judged, and receives evaluations and comparisons from this observer.

So, in this sense, this act of observing from the observer is the model that we know, but here we are telling you that it is possible to observe without this element that is the observer; that it is possible to realize, at this moment, the awareness of this look without "someone" looking; of this perception without "someone" perceiving; of this listening without someone listening. See, Gilson, we are faced with something that has never been told to us: that at this moment, there is no "I," there is no observer, no dreamer. This dreamer, this "I," this observer, appears when it transforms this moment into an experience for itself. This is when the sense of "I" is present, but our conditioning, which we have received from human culture, is that there is always an observer to observe things, there is always a thinker to think thoughts, we always have the presence of a doer to do things. Our idea, in this model of psychological conditioning, of a particular worldview, is that we are present within experience, being the experiencer of it. So, all experiences occur "to me." "My" particular and conditioned way of "positioning myself" in life, of "positioning myself" in the world, is from a center, which experiences, which sees, which listens, which perceives. We are faced with an illusion, which is the illusion of the "I," of the ego.

Here, we are inviting you to discover the art of looking without the observer, of listening without "someone" listening, of perceiving without "someone" perceiving. It is when we come close to discarding the "I," which is the observer, which is the thinker, which is this listener, which is this "me." Then, we are faced with the most extraordinary art of life, which is the art of Being, which is Meditation. It is when we come close to ourselves, we learn to look, we learn about ourselves, how we function, that we discard the illusion of this "I" in this moment. Then, there comes the art that reveals God, which is Meditation.

When you ask: "Doesn't the act of observing depend on an observer?" See, observation does not depend on an observer, but this act of observing, when we draw conclusions, evaluate, stay in this liking or disliking, in this wanting or not wanting, in this naming and making choices, yes, there is the presence of the observer, and this is the way we have been maintaining ourselves in the world for a long time, always bringing the observer's sense to this moment. So, one looks from the background that one brings. From this background, one likes it or not.

When, for example, you look at a color, it is just the look, but at the moment when the brain identifies the color and you name the color, and at that moment you say "I like blue, but I don't like yellow," notice, at that moment, there is, for example, the presence of the observer, because it has already separated itself from the pure experience, which is observation. See, in observation, there is no such thing as this "I" and the color, there is only the look, the awareness. The awareness of what is present there requires the presence of pure observation, but the naming, the classification, the liking or not liking, the choosing requires the presence of a background of memory, of a response that comes from the past. That is the observer. Clearer?

We have moments in life where there is only observation. When you are in front of a sunset, there is only the sunset, there is no "you." In observing, there is no experiencer, there is only this moment, and this moment is the moment of experiencing, because there is no experiencer with the experience. So, in front of that sunset, there is only the sunset, but the moment when thought arises and says "how beautiful this is, tomorrow I will come back here again," or there is a memory of what happened a year ago, or a month ago, or a week ago, over there on the other beach. At that moment, the thinker arises, the observer arises, and, at that moment, there is no longer the sunset; there is you and the sunset, there is the principle of duality.

So, when there is the observer, there is the observed thing, but, notice, there is no separation! This separation is something that thought is introducing into the experience. There is only looking, there is only perceiving, there is only experiencing. Is that clear? The awareness of Meditation reveals the absence of the "I," it reveals Life. You, in your Natural State of Being, do not have the "I," there is no observer; there is the presence of Reality, pure observation, pure perception, pure feeling, pure living. Thus, the invitation here is for a life free from the "I," from the ego, from this observer, in this Awareness of Being, where God reveals Himself. This is the Awareness of the Truth of God, it is the Awareness of Divine Reality. So, we are facing our Natural State, which is Meditation.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber on the channel, a subscriber named Gi Nielsen. She makes the following comment and asks: "Another thing: if I am dreaming, then does that mean I am also dreaming that Master Gualberto is saying that life is a dream? Am I dreaming that I am watching this video right now?"

MG: Yes, exactly that! All you do, as an observer, is visualize the world from a particular, personal experience. That is the dream. So, this moment here is a moment of dreaming. If the thinker is present, the observer is present, you are facing a dream. Everything that is happening here now is part of this dream for this dreamer. Unless you wake up, you will be captured by this psychological dream condition. So, this hearing is the hearing of a dreamer, this seeing is the seeing of a dreamer, this feeling is the feeling of a dreamer.

Here, it is quite curious to tell you this, I appear inside your dream, and there is a purpose. The purpose is to tell you that this here is a dream. The only purpose of this meeting that we have here is to Awaken. My work with you is to tell you: "Look, this is a dream. My image is a dream, my speech is a dream, everything I say is inside your dream. Go beyond it, discover That which is not part of this dream." And you can, indeed, go beyond it. The good news is that time is not necessary, it is precisely the annulment of time that is necessary.

Here, our work together is to become aware of God, which is the art of Awakening through Meditation. The awareness of Meditation is the art of Awakening. So, Reality is present now when the element that sees itself as separate and apart from this moment is no longer there. That is what we are doing here together: we are in an encounter for Awakening. I am not a teacher, I cannot teach you anything, I have nothing to teach you about yourself. Everything about you is ready in you. My job, here, in entering this dream, is to tell you: wake up!

The Realized Being is the one who says: "Come on, it's time to get up. It's time to get out of bed, to get out of this dream state, of sleep, of unconsciousness." That is what we are doing together in these meetings. So, our proposal here, with you, is to look directly at the Truth of That which is You, which is the Truth of God. There is only God, everything is God! This is the Reality when this dream is no longer present, when this illusion of separation is no longer there.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time has come to an end. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching the video and have a genuine, sincere yearning to comprehend these subjects, we invite you to come to the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are online weekend meetings; in-person meetings are also held, including retreats lasting several days. In these meetings, Master Gualberto, in addition to answering our questions directly, something much deeper happens than that.

Because Master Gualberto already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares this State of Presence; and in this sharing, we end up getting lifted by this Presence of the Master, this Silence of the Master, and this is an incredible facilitator for us to be able to observe ourselves and to have a comprehension of something that is beyond the intellect. So, here is the invitation.

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

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

November, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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How to get rid of problems? Spiritual Enlightenment. Spiritual Awakening. The Awareness of Happiness

For most of us, life consists of effort. The idea of a life free of effort is inconceivable to us. We already have this notion within each of us that we can't live without striving, without effort, so in this social life, in this economic life, in this so-called “spiritual life” we always carry this idea, the idea of the need to strive, to struggle.

The question is: why do we make an effort? Why do we believe so strongly in the importance, the value of effort? Isn't it because we want to achieve something? Isn't it because we aim to do something? And why do we want to achieve it? Note that we have an idea of what we need to achieve in order to feel complete, happy, and fulfilled. Isn't this idea, this concept, this plan something that is already born out of dissatisfaction, out of the very pain of lack? How can we trust that this project, this plan, is in fact real? Do you understand what we're saying? Isn't this effort part of this activity, which is still the activity of dissatisfaction and therefore of the ego itself?

Note the invalidity of this search, this seeking through struggle, through effort. That's what we're investigating here with you in this channel. It seems that very few can see this. Very few can clearly understand this, that it is not through struggle, that it is not through effort, mainly from an ideal that we already have, that we will get rid of our problems. We need to discover something different from that, something entirely different from everything else in life.

Here we are proposing to you a life free of struggle, free of effort and, therefore, free of these projects, these ideals, these purposes designated by thought, since these thoughts are still part of this psychological condition which is the condition of the “I,” of the ego. Do you follow that? That's what we're working on here with you.

Unfortunately, most of us continue to nurture and feed this hope, the hope of achieving love, peace, freedom, and happiness through effort, struggle, and this ideal. And that's what we're telling you here: this is impossible, because we're dealing with the very movement of the ego, the movement that continues to sustain the sense of separation. Where there is this separation, which is you and Life, you and Truth, you and God, there will be conflict, there will be problems. So, problems can't be solved that way.

People ask: “How to get rid of problems? How can I see myself free of problems?” The point is that the “I” will never get rid of problems, will never be free of problems, because the “I” is the problem. In reality, there is only one problem in life, and it's not Life. There is only one problem in the “I,” it is the problem of the “I” itself. The “I” is the problem. So, Life is not a problem, it has no problems. The “I” is the problem. All this needs to be seen, understood.

So, it's not through effort, it's not through struggle that Happiness comes, that Truth comes, that God's Reality comes. It's not something that will come, it's not something that comes from somewhere. The awareness of Happiness is the understanding of That which is present when the “I” is not. This is the same for Reality, Truth and God. As long as there is this sense of an “I” present in its egocentric movement, there will be suffering, problems will be present. Are you with me?

So, this struggle to be happy, this effort to be happy results in nothing. It does result in more conflict, more problems, more difficulties. All the steps that are taken as a result of this effort and struggle – look at your life – are generating more problems. We get what we want, we achieve what we're looking for, and yet we're still unhappy, full of problems. It's possible that these achievements add even more problems. Not only are they not the solution, but also represent more problems being produced. Follow this carefully, observe this, see the Truth within what we are putting here for you.

So, this agitation, this struggle, this whole effort to find is a waste of energy. Another thing implicit in this movement is the movement of thought. Note that thought is time. Every thought present in you is the presence of time, every thought is a memory, a recollection. A memory is something that is part of time, it is something present in the past, it is the past present. That's what we call thought.

When the past is present now, its representation is thought. So, this movement of thought, which is the past, projects itself into a time that it idealizes called the future in order to accomplish something. So, what we call achievement in the future is just the materialization of the past, it's just the presentation of the ideal of the past, which is thought. See how interesting that is. When a dream is achieved, we actually have the achievement of the past, and if this is the achievement of the past, it has no reality within the moment in which it occurs, because the moment in which it occurs is something that is outside of time. See the implication of this.

That's why no achievement brings Completeness, brings Happiness, brings Real Love, Real Truth to your life, because “your life” is an illusion. The Real Life of your Being is not in time, and this Being, which is your Real Life, is already Love now, already Peace now, already Happiness now, it doesn't need an achievement, it doesn't need the model of thought, it doesn't need the concretization of that past, which is thought. Are we together?

So, Happiness is now, Love is now, God is now, Reality is now. That's what we're working on here with you. We have online meetings where we are going deeper into all these issues that we deal with here on the channel. What is this subject? This is the subject of the Awakening of a new Consciousness, the Awakening of this Being that we are, this is Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Enlightenment. Let's also look carefully at these expressions here, because perhaps the meaning placed here within the channel is different from what you know, what you've heard, or what you've seen out there.

We're talking about the end of psychological time, the end of the “I,” the end of the ego, a Life now, here, free from the illusion of this becoming, this reaching, this coming to be which, as we've just said, is only the past, only the past showing itself. This idea of present, past and future is part of thought, it's a product of thought. In fact, thought is time, time is thought.

It is on the basis of this thought, which is time, that there is this effort, this struggle. And why do we do all this? And why are we involved in this thought model? Why are we sustaining this psychological condition, the continuity of the ego, the continuity of the “I?” Simply because we don't pay attention to what is, to what is here. What is your real psychological condition at this moment? Is it stress? Is it anxiety? Is it fear? Is it suffering?

Note that your intention is to get rid of it. Getting rid of it implies the presence of time, it requires the future. So, we're always chasing the future and never paying attention to what is in this instant. What is in this instant needs to be seen, understood. When that is seen and when that is understood, it dissolves. We don't need time, but most of us live in this movement of time. We use techniques, practices, various resources to get rid of what's here, and it doesn't seem to solve it, it hasn't been solved so far. That's because we can't get rid of something created by thinking within time by making use of time.

We need to become aware of what is here, in this instant. We haven't learned to look at this pain, we haven't learned to observe this movement of the “I” in this moment, which is the movement of thought, which is the movement of the past, which is the movement of this character, a character that sustains itself in this time that it creates, which is the movement of thought itself.

So, we don't stay with what is shown here, we don't look at it. Thought is projected onto an ideal of achieving, of getting rid of, of becoming something other than what it is. So, what is doesn't interest us, what should be is what interests us. But what should be is a projection of this thought, so this is still part of an imagination, an illusion of the “I” itself, of the ego itself. Do you understand what we're saying?

We can't get rid of what is by having an ideal of how it should be. We can become aware of what is, and if we do this in the right way, there will be an end to this condition, then what will be present is not what should be, but a Reality outside the known. So, that's what we're working on here with you, at the end of this condition of what is, something becomes possible when there is an Understanding. This Understanding is the Revelation of Self-Awareness and the Truth of Real Meditation, so we have the end of this condition. Are we together?

This doesn't have to do with a practice, a method, a formula; it doesn't have to do with introspection, with the well-known practice of therapeutic meditation that people know out there. It has nothing to do with self-analysis. We are not proposing psychotherapy here, but the awareness of the Revelation of Self-Awareness. When there is Self-Awareness, we have the basis for Real Meditation, the basis for True Meditation, for the awareness of this Real Being. This Real Consciousness is not this egoic consciousness, it is not this movement of “I” in this idea of “I was, I am, and I will be.” That's the end of it.

So, to have an approximation to the Truth of what is happening here, in this instant, to discover how to bring attention to this moment, without resisting, without any effort, without any struggle, without disapproving, without running away, but to be with it, to have such a significant approximation of direct communion with this state that is showing itself here, without separating.

When we don't separate ourselves from fear, from anguish, from anxiety, from this or that form of suffering – the name doesn't matter now – when we don't separate ourselves, when there isn't this sense of an “I” to reject, to fight, to do anything with what arises, this division ends, this separation ends. Then, the experience has no name, there is no experiencer for this experience, we are in front of this state. When we know how to approach it without separating ourselves, what happens? What happens to the experience when it loses its name and that “I” that identifies the experience and wants to do something about it? What happens to that experience?

Here we are telling you: this is the end of the experience, it's the end of what is shown, it's the end of this internal condition. Notice that this internal condition is given a name and an experiencer, it's the experience, which is the condition, and the experiencer, who is the one who names the experience and wants to get rid of it. This disappears because there is no longer this division, there is no longer this separation. And when there is no longer this separation, this psychological condition, this condition of this psychological being falls apart. Then, we have something new that arises, something that is beyond the “I,” beyond the ego, beyond the experience and the experiencer, beyond this thought and this thinker, beyond this internal condition of separation between this “Life and me.”

So, that's what we're dealing with here in this channel, showing you the possibility of a life free of the “I,” of the ego, and therefore a life where Love, Truth, Happiness, the Reality of this Being Consciousness, which is Happiness, is present. For this purpose, we have meetings here on weekends. You can find our WhatsApp link to take part in these meetings here in the video description. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and give your “like” here, subscribe to the channel and put “Yes, it makes sense” in the comment, OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

January, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The search for God. Psychological time. Life free of the ego. Practical True Meditation. Finding God

Our purpose here in these meetings is to encounter the Revelation of Truth. The whole point is to discover together where this becomes possible. Will it become possible tomorrow, in the future?

We're going to emphasize a few issues with you here in this meeting, and one of them is this question of the importance we have given to time for something to be accomplished, for something to be attained, for something to be done. Here, when we deal with the Revelation of Truth, which is the Truth of God, which is the Truth of Who We Are, we are not dealing with something to be achieved.

For us there is always this idea, always this thought about what we are going to do to obtain something. So, we have an idea, we put ourselves into action with a purpose so that in the future there will be an achievement of that. So, our actions are always centered on self-interest, on the movement of the “I” itself, which is exactly the element that needs to be investigated in order to realize Reality.

What we've been saying here, and we're verifying with you here, is that when we're dealing with Reality, Truth, God, That Which is Real, we're not dealing with It as an element within time. Therefore, we can't get It, get there, reach It, come across It in the near or distant future, because we are dealing with Something that is not in time: Divine Reality, God's Reality or Truth – whatever you want to call it.

Notice, the purpose of this channel is the discovery or realization of That which is outside this condition known to all of us, which is the condition of the “I,” of the ego. So, yes, we are pointing to Something here, and that Something is Ultimate Reality, the only thing that is Real and that represents the end of all the confusion in our lives. Of course, we are referring here to the Reality of God, and That is not in time. So, this movement of action in us, which always proceeds from intention – in turn, this intention is the result of a movement of thought in us, moving in this time, and we want to talk about exactly this issue of time – in order to realize This, does not apply here.

The Reality of God is outside of time, and this movement, which is the movement of the “I” in the action to accomplish This, does not proceed. So, we are faced with an illusion, an error, a misunderstanding: this movement of the “I” to accomplish. That's why we've been saying – and you can investigate this and become aware of it directly here – that this whole movement of the seeker – because there is this movement in us, it's instilled in us within religious culture – is the movement of the search for God, this search for God, this finding God; for us, this is something very important.

However, we never investigate the question of who this seeker is, who this searcher is. We set out on this quest, this search, starting from a mistaken principle, which is the idea of “someone” who can have an encounter with God, “someone” who can have contact with God, “someone” who can achieve communion with God. But what is the truth of this “someone”? We've never investigated that.

So, our initial proposal is to have an encounter with God, but what is the truth of this “I”? What is the truth of this seeker? What can this seeker do? First, let's look at something here: all thought inside you is just an idea. Thought doesn't deal with Reality, it deals with concepts, so a thought is a symbol about something. For example, the word “table,” that's a symbol, because it's a thought, but that thought, which is a symbol, which is the word “table,” doesn't represent that object.

So, look how interesting it is investigating this here. Our model of thinking and also of feeling is a model of symbols. Look how simple it is. When you remember someone, a feeling arises, and along with that thought, a feeling goes with it, a “like” or “dislike,” a “want to see the person” or “want them far away from you.” So, a feeling arises along with a thought. So, thought, which is the symbol, is an image, a representation, is also accompanied by a feeling.

Observe: every thought in us is accompanied by a feeling. But what do we have in that sensation, in that thought, in that feeling? A self-projection. This is something very particular, something only real to this “I.” What is this “I”? It's the experiencer, it's the one who is in this experience of experiencing, and what they are experiencing is the past. Follow this: what you feel is real for you, it's not real for the other, it's not real for that object, for that symbolized thing of which thought is the symbol. The feeling that accompanies that symbol is something personal, particular. Therefore, we are dealing with a projection, a projection of the “I” itself. Note that the “I” is only a projection, the projection of an idea is this “I.”

So, this feeling you have about who you are, who the other person is and what life represents is something very personal, private and therefore a projection of the “I” itself. This projection is a movement, the movement of the ego, the egocentric movement. So, notice how simple it is to observe, to see, that what we feel is not real, it's a projection of the “I” itself, it only carries the reality of that egoic existence, that separate identity, which is the “me,” the “person.”

Thus, this feeling about life, this feeling about God, this feeling about others, is based on an egoic projection. Perhaps we don't like to hear this, perhaps we don't appreciate it, but it's a very simple fact: we are living in this projection, we are living in this self-image, which is the “I,” the ego, this “me,” living from these projections. So, what we call “love” is based on this idea of who the other person represents to me. This thing we call “hate,” the relationship is exactly the same. “I love,” “I hate,” “I like,” “I don't like,” what reality does that have? Only the reality of “I.”

We don't know the reality of love, but we experience the sensation. This experience of the sensation called “love” is also accompanied by its opposite, which is hatred. What I love I can stop loving at any moment, and because I stop loving it, it can become hate. So, what I “love” I can stop loving, or I can immediately turn to hating what I “love.” Who is this one in this “love”? What does this “love” really represent if not a sensation, an experience of pleasure? If this experience of pleasure alters, changes, it can become an experience of displeasure, anger, frustration, and fear.

So, what we call “love” carries its opposite, which is hate. What we call “joy” because of the presence of the other also carries its opposite, because if the other disappoints us, that joy goes away and displeasure takes its place. This displeasure takes its place because, in reality, it has always been there. So, what we call “love,” what we call “joy,” what we call “pleasure,” which is being sustained by thought, by the symbol, by the image – which is basically memory, something that comes from the past – has no reality, only this truth of the “I,” which is the illusion of an identity present in sensation.

Notice that all of this has been sustained and is being sustained by the experiencer. When we go through experiences, we record them. If they are pleasurable, they are stored as joyful experiences. But joyful experiences are memories of pleasure. So, we go through experiences and cultivate these memories and they become mere egocentric sensations that we call “pleasure,” “joy,” “love,” and “peace,” but we always have these and the opposite inside each of us.

So, this “I,” this ego, is made up of conflict and peace, love and hate, pleasure and pain. Note that all this is part of thought for this experiencer, who at every moment is recording experiences and sustaining his life on this thought model. To become aware of this thought model is to go beyond it.

Now we can return to the question of the search for Truth or the search for God. What is this search for Truth? What is this search for God if not also a sensation, a projection of thought itself? If we are willing to become aware of Reality – this Nameless, Indescribable Thing that we call God – we need to go beyond sensation, beyond the search for sensation, beyond the search for this movement, which is the movement of thought itself, of achieving some form of satisfaction, fulfillment, or pleasure within a sensation. Are we together?

Thought is responsible for sensation. Divine Reality, the realization of Truth is That which is present when thought ceases, when there is an end to that thought pattern, when that thought conditioning disappears. That's why we need an emptying of all this psychological content, which is the “I,” the ego, which is thought, its sensation and its projection. Then we are faced with a Reality that is present now, when thought is not. That's why we have to understand this question of the presence of time.

Notice that this thought is projected because of a movement towards the future. So, the idea of tomorrow, the idea of the day after, the idea of reaching, achieving, getting there, coming to be, becoming, finding God, this is something that implies the presence of time. We cannot separate this time from thought, because it is thought that projects this time. This time is only given validity by thought. Notice that when there is no time, there is no thought, when there is no thought, there is no time. I'm referring to this time created by thought, which is psychological time. I'm not talking about clock time; I'm not talking about chronological time. I'm talking about psychological time. In this idea of coming to be, of becoming, of achieving, psychologically, the “I” projects itself using thought, which is time.

We can free ourselves from time, from this time created by thought, sustained by thought, so here we have the ceasing of thought, the end to thought. This is the end of time. When time ceases, thought ceases; when thought disappears, there is no time. So, we are facing a Truth that reveals itself when the “I,” the ego, is not there. So, the presence of Love in our relationships, the Truth of Love is something that becomes possible when thought, in its sensation of pleasure, satisfaction, egoic fulfillment in the relationship with the other, is no longer present.

So, if we have the Reality of this Being, which is the Reality of God, which is Truth, which is present when psychological time, when the time created by thought is not, when That is present, we have the Reality of Love, we have the Reality of God, we have the Reality of this Being, which is Completeness, which is Happiness, which is Truth. So, it's not a search, it's a realization when the ego is no longer present.

And how do we get rid of this ego? How does that become possible? It becomes possible when time is no longer important. So, it's not about an encounter that takes place within a project created by thought. It's about emptying yourself of all that thought content, and that's her and now. The Truth of Meditation, the Practical, True Meditation puts you in direct contact with That right now.

Here on the channel, we have an extensive playlist on how to approach the Truth of True Meditation in a practical way and this awareness of the Truth of Self-Awareness. The awareness of this brings about this emptying of all this psychological content, which is the “I,” the ego, the basis of this experiencer that is always cultivating thoughts and seeking a life of sensation from these thoughts, and that gives different names to these sensations, but which are, in fact, mere thoughts projected by the “I” itself.

The emptying of this content is the Truth of Self-Awareness. The knowledge of that Reality which is outside thought when thought is not. When it ceases, when it is no longer present, we have this Revelation. We can discover here a life free of thought, therefore free of this sense of “I,” of the ego, in its search for sensation, in this confusion of existence based on sensations, for an encounter, or rather, for a realization of this Reality here and now, which is the Divine Reality, which is the Reality of God.

That's our work here on the channel. We have online meetings; you go to the link in the video description and take part in these meetings on weekends to go deeper into this, to discover this in this life, to Realize This. We have these online meetings and we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, if this is something that makes sense to you, go ahead and leave a comment here: “Yes, it makes sense,” leave your like and subscribe to the channel, ok? And we'll see you at the next online meetings. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

January, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The Truth of Self-Awareness and ego-free action | Spiritual Awakening | The True Meditation

It's very natural for people to be looking for an action that doesn't produce suffering for them. So, it's quite natural for us to seek action with Truth. Then, there's the question: how to act with wisdom? Or: how to do the right thing?

Notice what we're going to work on with you here in the next few minutes. This quality of action requires a vision of the Truth about you. So, the relationship between the Truth of Self-Awareness and ego-free action is very close. Only this action, which is natural action – and we're going to work with you here and show you what this action is, the Truth of natural action, of action free from this sense of “I”, this personal sense, this egocentrism – is the only Real action, it's the only action that doesn't produce conflict, that doesn't produce suffering.

So, we're going to investigate this matter of action with you over the next few minutes. First, we have to ask: what is action? What is the truth about action? Where does it come from? Where does it proceed from? Look at yourself and you'll realize that your action is born of an idea, it's born of thought, it's born of an internal impulse of movement of thought, of movement of feeling and emotion. So, all our actions originate from this movement, which is the movement of the idea, which is the movement of thought. We only know this quality of action, this type of action. It is precisely this action that is producing in our lives some form of conflict, some form of disorder and, therefore, of suffering.

So, here on the channel we are working with you, inviting you to a free life. As life consists of actions – note that in life everything is action, from the movement of atoms to the movement of the stars, when you look at everything around you and when you also look inside yourself, into your head, you realize that everything is movement and, naturally, everything is action, life consists of actions – so there is a relationship between everything, and this relationship is within this movement; this movement is action. So, life consists of actions, actions taking place, actions happening. That's life.

Here it's interesting to realize that at every moment you are being challenged to a quality of action. The point is how we respond to that moment; the point is how we respond to that action being requested by life. So, life has this challenge, the challenge of movement, the challenge of action, and we are part of this, we are within this context.

So, every moment, every minute, every second, we are expressing some kind of action. The gestures here are actions, speech is action, this listening is action, every way of doing is action. So, there's this question from people: “How to do the right thing?” And why is that? Basically, we're in the process of doing something at every moment, that's the movement of life. So, there's the challenge and there's the answer. What kind of response are we giving to life at this moment in order to meet this challenge? The quality of this response is action. This action, with this quality of response, is naturally determining our life. So, let's look at this with you, let's investigate this with you.

There is always this action in us, the action of the idea, whether it is accompanied by feeling, emotion or thought itself. The motivation for action is born in that instant when it is driven by this “I,” by this “person,” by this sense of “someone,” which is how we feel in life – this is exactly how we feel in the world. When this action is driven by this “I,” it is the action of separation, it is the action of division and, therefore, it is the action of conflict. Let's clarify this. There is this “I” present, the motivation, the goal and the purpose, and then the action, then there is this division; there is a gap between this “I” and this action. So, our actions are premeditated by thought, premeditated by idea, something that is coming from the past. So, notice what an important thing we have here to investigate.

We have life happening right now and we have this element, which is the “I,” the ego, the “person” as we see ourselves. Notice that everything you have about the “person” you are, with whom you identify, with whom you confuse yourself, is this “person” that comes from the past. Every reference you have about yourself comes from the past: it's your memories, recollections, opinions, conclusions, and beliefs. So, these purposes present in us can only be coming from this reference that is the “I.”

So, our actions proceed, are born from the past. So, we are always trying to adjust this instant, this moment, this challenge of the present moment, to an action that comes from motivation, intention, the purpose of the past. So, there is no Real action present; that action is the action of division and, therefore, it is the action that will unfailingly produce some disorder, some level of conflict and, therefore, suffering in our lives. Not just in your personal life, but in the people around you; the result of this action will produce in them, too, some disorder, some complication, some form of suffering. Our action, therefore, is an inappropriate action.

So, when we have the question “how to act with Wisdom?”, acting with Wisdom requires action that is free of the “I,” of the ego. This quality of action is not the action that comes from idea, that comes from an impulse, a motivation, a purpose linked to self-centeredness, self-interest. This action is an action that is born free of this matter of purpose, this self-interest, this self-centeredness. This quality of action is action free from the motivation of this illusory center, which is the “I,” the ego.

So, when we talk about a free action, a Real action, a natural action, we are talking about an action free from the illusion of this illusory center that is the ego. Is there any possibility of living our lives free from this center and, therefore, a life that is not personal, self-centered, in a Real, natural and true action? Then, we have a “to do the right thing.” It's not the right thing because the “I” has decided to do the convenient thing, to let go and give up the wrong thing. It's not about an intention to do the right thing or to act with Wisdom. It's about understanding what Life itself is in its own movement of action; a harmonious action, a free action. There is, then, a natural, real, true flow. This quality of action is born from Intelligence.

So, there is no gap between idea and action; the gap is the purpose, the goal, the intention, the centered motivation of the “I,” of the ego. The Truth of life is the action free from the “I.” So, it's not a personal life moving within a correct action, within an action with Wisdom; it's Life itself in this intelligent movement, free from the “I.” Then, action is not separate from Life itself. This Intelligence, Action and Life are the same thing.

Here on this channel, we are working with you on the vision of the Truth of understanding this movement, which is the movement of the “I,” which comes from the past with its ideas, opinions, judgments, evaluations, this sense of the “I” that is always trying to adjust to this instant, to this present moment, but always with self-centeredness, self-interest, self-centered motivation as its principle. An approach to the Truth of Self-Awareness makes you realize that this movement in you is not Real, not natural. It is precisely this internal movement of unconsciousness, of psychological conditioning that makes you feel that you are the person you believe yourself to be and moving in this egocentric action, in this egocentric activity, producing suffering to yourself, producing suffering to others.

The investigation of the nature of the “I” is Self-Awareness. The discarding of the illusion of this illusory center is the end of this mistaken quality of action. So, the Truth of Self-Awareness is the action of Freedom. So, when there is Self-Awareness, which is the understanding of this illusory center that is the ego, it is possible to become free from this activity of the “I,” this action of the “I,” then we have the ego-free action. Therefore, when there is Self-Awareness, we come closer to the Truth, to Divine Reality, to that Being, to that Beauty of Pure Consciousness, of True Consciousness that we bring. When there is this understanding of the Truth about who we are, it is the expression of Love, it is the expression of Compassion, this Intelligence is present, this natural flow with the moment, the awareness of the Reality of God, the awareness of the Reality of this Being, of this Divine Reality that we bring.

Getting closer to yourself reveals to you the art of Being-Consciousness-Bliss. So, together with this, we have here the presence of the revelation of what Meditation is; it is the presence of Meditation, of True Meditation. I use the expression “True Meditation,” not “meditation” as people use that word out there, trying to approach it through various techniques or practices. The Truth of Meditation, Real Meditation has, as its principle, the vision of Self-Awareness. So, when there is Self-Awareness, we have the presence of this True Meditation; in it reveals this Being, this Consciousness, this Happiness.

Real Consciousness, Real Happiness, the Truth of this Being – some call it Spiritual Awakening –, Spiritual Awakening is the awareness of the Revelation of this Being that we are here and now, in this action where what is present is no longer this illusory center, it is no longer this false “I,” this false identity, it is no longer this sense of the experiencer, of the thinker, of the one who moves based on his experiences and intentions of thoughts, as this thinker does. There is Something present now and that Something present is the awareness of the Truth of that Being, of that Divine Reality.

So, our approach here is to have this vision together, this understanding, a direct revelation of the Truth about you. So, that's our subject here. We have online meetings on weekends, where we are working on this with you. You can find our WhatsApp link to take part in these meetings here in the video description. In addition, we have face-to-face meetings and also retreats, where we are deepening this with you, becoming aware of this Truth for this Realization, which is the Realization of God. Okay? If this makes sense to you, please give us your “like,” subscribe to the channel and leave the comment: “Yes, it makes sense.” OK? See you then! Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

December, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Self-awareness and action free from ego | Psychological conditioning | How the mind works?

We are here talking to you, working with you on the question of the action free from the ego. This quality of action requires an inner movement of expressing Intelligence. So, we're going to work on this with you today. We're going to investigate what this Intelligence is that makes possible the quality of action free from all the suffering and problems that the presence of the ego represents. So, our meeting here is to go deeper into this.

Notice that our actions happen all the time. From morning until night, we are in the movement of action. This speaking right now is action, this listening here is action. The movement of thought within each of us is a movement of action, gestures are actions. At every moment we are practicing a certain action, so at some level of our lives action is present. It's always like this: at a family level, at a professional level, at an intellectual level.

All this physical movement of doing something, of occupying oneself with something, all this requires the presence of actions. The problem arises when our actions are actions born from a movement in us that is not this movement of Intelligence. So, first of all, I want to touch on this question of the Truth about Intelligence. For us, intelligence, in general, is the ability, capacity and knowledge to manage certain things. So, we measure intelligence based on perception, ability, capacity and knowledge. In general, for us this is intelligence. Now, take a closer look at this question of intelligence as we understand it, see if this intelligence is really keeping us free of confusion.

All this ability, capacity, knowledge and perception to deal with technical matters, with functional matters in life is something fundamental, something important, but here we are talking about something much bigger when we talk about this Action in life. We're not talking about a specialized action, not a technical action, not a specific action such as driving a car or engaging in some professional activity. We are talking about this Action in the Totality of Life.

My contact with you, your contact with your family, with people, your contact with the very thoughts that arise within you, with the feelings that arise, with the emotional responses that arise, all of this is the movement of action, and here this Action requires a vision of oneself, an understanding of oneself. See how interesting all this is. In order to get to know a particular profession, we have to study it; the more we study, the more we learn, the more we specialize, the greater our efficiency.

The question is: How could we dispense with the understanding or the vision, the study of who we are? Because we have neglected this, or because we are unaware of its importance, our life has turned out to be a disoriented life, where there is all this psychological disorder in this action, in the relationship with the other, with ourselves. So, look at how complex this matter of action is and how much we need to investigate it.

We can't attend to Action in life without this presence of Intelligence. Here, this Intelligence awakens as you discover how to study yourself. So, the ability, the capacity, the expertise to deal with certain matters in life naturally requires knowledge, learning, and experience. Now, with regard to this Truth of What we are, in this contact with the other, with ourselves, the vision of approaching “knowing oneself,” “studying oneself,” this Truth of Self-awareness... This Self-awareness is what makes it possible to understand how the mind works, how the human mind works, how these thoughts in us work, how our emotions occur, our feelings occur within a relationship with life.

Thus, the vision of the Totality of Life requires an understanding of ourselves for a free action. We don't have an action free from the illusion of the “I,” from this complexity that is the ego. We don't have an action free from this sense of separation, from this egoic identity. So, our action, our movement in life is a movement of suffering, it's a movement of disorder, it's a movement of confusion.

Here we are offering you a new vision, a new understanding, a new way of thinking, acting and feeling. This requires the presence of the Awakening of this Intelligence. This Intelligence is That which is present when the “I” is not, when the ego is not. So, this Intelligence itself is this Action. Notice the difference between calculated action, planned action, action idealized by thought, which, therefore, places an agent, an author of actions present in this experience of action. See the difference between that and this Action of Intelligence, an Action that is not programmed, not idealized, not projected by an intention, by a motivation of an egoic order, of that order of the “I,” of the “person.” This quality of action is unknown, but it is the only Real action in life, because it is the Action of Intelligence. So, we have to understand this here.

When we go through experiences, we acquire knowledge and memories about that experience. When we encounter similar situations, we make use of this knowledge, this learning, this experience, and we act. In this way, our action is a calculated action, present because of prior knowledge. We have action that arises from the past, this action has the presence of an experiencer behind it, while the action free from the ego, free of the “I” is not a calculated, planned action, which arises from a previous experience, which arises from the past. It is that action which here, in this instant, represents Presence. This quality of action is the Action of Love.

We have tried, through ideological systems, studies of human behavior, elaboration of political vision, social behavior changing, we have sought through this – in our life, in our relationship with others, in our human relationships – harmony, complicity, mutual cooperation, and peace in our relationships. And yet we realize that this ego overrides all of this.

The movement of the self-centered, self-interested “I” within envy, greed, selfishness and particular positions is overriding that quality of action that we simply idealize – religiously, politically, and philosophically. See: none of this has worked, because the ego overrides it, our egoic behavior overrides it. So, we are always destroying, boycotting the Truth of Peace in our relationships, with family, with friends, with people around us, with ourselves, because what is still present is the ego, this sense of being “someone” present in this model of behaving, thinking and feeling in a cultural way.

We know that what prevails in this culture is ambition, envy, control, self-interest, acquisition, possession, and all kinds of egocentric patterns of action and behavior, so no matter how well-designed our human relations programs are to live in peace with each other, it hasn't worked. So, we live in the ego making agreements, but we don't have the Truth of Peace, the Truth of Love, the Truth of Happiness in ourselves. And naturally, if this isn't present here, our relationship with the world is one of self-centeredness, of seeking out “my” projections, “my” desires. So, the ego is present, illusion is present. So, the action that comes from this past, that is born from this background of program, of human culture, of psychological conditioning, of behavioral conditioning, is creating confusion.

We have to investigate together here the nature of the Action of Intelligence, of the action free from the ego. We have to work together on the Truth of the Revelation of Self-Awareness, which expresses itself in a very natural way in this action free from the ego. That’s when we have the real opportunity to attend to Life. The response that Life demands from each of us for action is what really happens.

At every moment we are being asked by Life, by Existence, to take a given action, but this action... either it is born from this egoic state and is therefore an activity of the “I” itself, an egocentric activity, or it is born from this new space, which is the space of Real Consciousness, of Intelligence, expressing, in this action, Compassion in our relationships, Peace in our relationships, Happiness being shared. Therefore, a life where the Truth of action free of suffering is present, is the Truth of a Life where we have the Presence of God, the Presence of Divine Reality.

So, notice how important all this is, to have an approximation of the Truth about who we are through Self-Awareness in order to Awaken this Intelligence. I've been telling you a lot about this: Real Intelligence is not that which expresses itself in a mathematical way, in a musical way, in a perfect sense of space, it's not the so-called “emotional intelligence.” Real Intelligence is Integral Intelligence, the Intelligence of Being-Consciousness-Bliss in this Action here and now, free from the ego.

So, our approach to these meetings is for this study of ourselves, for this understanding of the Truth about who we are. Thus, we are faced with the possibility of Spiritual Awakening, and I always emphasize when I use the expression “spiritual” here that we use this expression in a slightly different way. It's not about this so-called “spirituality” as we know, where there are rituals, mystical practices, ceremonies, where there are dogmatic doctrines from Sacred Books being taught and practiced. The Truth of Spirituality, True Spirituality lies in the Awakening of this Real Being. This is the end of this psychosomatic being we know, this “person” with his thoughts, feelings and emotions expressing themselves in ego-centered action.

The Truth of Spirituality, True Spirituality is the awareness of your Being. Thus, Spiritual Awakening is the Awakening of this Divine Life. If That Awakens, the sense of “I,” of the ego disappears – some call this Spiritual Enlightenment, the Awakening of Consciousness. True Spirituality is living in God. Living in God is not “someone” living in God, it is God being the only Reality present in the experience. So, this so-called “human experience” is actually now the experiencing of Divine Reality. There is a difference between being in this experiencing and living experiences. Humanly we can be living experiences or we can, in the Reality of this Being that we are, be in this Divine experiencing, in this contact with Life now without the element of separation, without the element of division.

So our focus here, our work here consists of discovering the art of Being this Consciousness, which is Happiness, which is Intelligence, Real Intelligence, the awareness of Being, which is Wisdom. So, when there is Real Intelligence, we have the presence of Wisdom. Our emphasis is on the Awakening of Wisdom, which requires Self-Awareness, which requires the presence of the awareness of the art of Meditation.

We don't know what Meditation is, we haven't discovered the beauty of Meditation. Meditation is what is present when there is this vision of what is here in this instant – whatever is arising – and in this moment, that element, which is the “I,” the ego doesn't enter. So, there's no separation, no division. So, we have the presence of the art of Meditation. So, we need to find out what Meditation is. You can have everything in your life, but if there isn't this perfume of Presence, which is this art of Being Consciousness, which is present when Meditation is present, if there isn't this presence of Meditation, if there isn't this art of Being this Consciousness, no matter what you've already achieved in your life, there's something that's being neglected, that's not being realized.

It's important to say this to you. You were born to Realize God, you were born to Realize Love, Compassion, the action free from the ego. This is Real Life, True and Abundant Divine Life. If That is present, everything is present. If This is not present, no matter what is apparently present, internally, psychologically, in your heart there will always be this emptiness, this absence, these unresolved internal issues, this or that form of restlessness and worry, because there will be fear; the fear of not being able to sustain all that you believe you have acquired, the fear of not being able to achieve what you still project as something you believe you need in order to be happy, to complete yourself, to fulfill yourself.

So, we live in this “I,” in this ego, in this projection of supposed egoic needs. This happens until the end of our days, unless this Realization is present, this Truth of this Being is present, and therefore this Life in this Action now, here, not calculated, not planned, not idealized by thought.

That's the subject we're dealing with here. We have face-to-face meetings and we have online meetings. We are working with you on the Truth of the Revelation of What we Are. So, these meetings take place on weekends. We have weekend meetings; you can find our WhatsApp link here in the description of the video to go deeper into this. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. So, here's an invitation for you to get closer to this work, okay? If this is something that makes sense to you, please give us a like and subscribe to our channel. And see you!

November, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Experience of God | The Real Consciousness and True Happiness | The observer and the observed

It may seem that the answer to the question “how to find the Truth?” lies in this encounter with Truth. The answer to “how to find Happiness?” lies in an encounter with Happiness. And the answer to “how to find God?” is in that encounter with God. But how are we going to investigate this here? Here we want to investigate this with you, we want to put it very clearly. Do these questions have a basis for a psychological, philosophical or religious answer?

In my view, the only way we can answer these questions is by the encounter with the Truth that you are. The Truth that you are is the Truth being realized. I didn't say found, I said realized. The Truth that You are is Happiness being realized. This Truth that is You is God being realized.

So, we're going to work through this with you over the next few minutes. First, we're going to discover a few things here. The first is that we always use the expression “how”: how to win, how to get rid of, how to achieve, how to discover, and here: how to find. Notice that this “how” presupposes someone in an execution, someone accomplishing, someone in a doing. What is the nature of this someone? Could it be that if we find this person's nature, we will have the answer to Truth, Happiness and God?

This approach that we have together here in this channel through Self-Awareness, through the investigation of the nature of the thinker, of the experiencer, of the one who also observes and, from within himself, sees; the awareness of this “I,” of this “person” who is in this seeing, in this feeling, in this perceiving, the understanding of this “I” is the understanding of Truth, it is the understanding of Happiness, it is the understanding of God.

The question is: what is this experiencer? What is this observer? What is this “I”? Is there really a separation between the observer and what is being seen there? Is there a real separation between the experiencer and the experience? Let's start from here.

Life is happening right now, as it shows itself, as it presents itself. Is there a separation between the one experiencing life and Life? For us, there is. Just as for us there is a separation between a thought and you, so there is this “I,” which is you, who is the thinker, and the thought; there is this “I,” which is you, the observer, and this thing being seen. So, there is separation. There's this “I,” which is you, this “I,” this “me,” and this experience. So, there's the experience and you, there's the thing you see and you, there's thought present there and you.

What is the truth about this? Is there really separation? Have you ever noticed that when there is no thought, there is no thinker? When nothing is being seen, where has the observer gone? If, for example, you close your eyes now, nothing will be seen. Where did the observer go? If you close your eyes now and a mental image appears, there is a thought present, and in that thought, of course, the presence of the thinker, the presence also of that observer who sees the image on that mental screen. But if there is no image, if there is no thought, is there a thinker? Is there an observer of that screen?

So, understand what we're getting at. There is no Truth of this “I,” which is the observer, of this “I,” which is the thinker. The presence of that thinker is the presence of that thought. The presence of that observer is the presence of the image or the thing being observed. Otherwise, there is no observer.

So, our job here is to discover the Truth about Truth, the Truth about God, the Truth about Happiness. And what is the nature of this one “Thing” that we call Truth, Happiness and God? Note that the expressions, the words “Truth,” “Happiness” and “God” do not express the very Reality of the Thing. The word “happiness” does not express what Happiness is. Each person has an image, an idea, a belief, and a concept of what happiness is. It's very clear that this concept, this image, this idea is still part of thought, and if it's part of thought, there's the presence of the thinker behind that thought, so it can't be Real.

Notice how easy it is to discover that nobody knows this thing. We're looking for something or asking for something we don't know what it is. Nobody knows what Happiness is. Our experience of the world, which is the experience of the experiencer, is the experience of what one knows. So, what we call happiness is some form of sensation, some form of pleasure, some image that thought has projected, that the thinker is projecting. That's what we call happiness. We don't know what Happiness is, but we are on this project, this search, and this quest.

It's the same with Truth. The psychological definition, the philosophical definition or the religious definition of the word “truth” is just a verbal expression. It's just another concept within what we know, because it's within that model of thought, and thought is what is already known, it's what the thinker projects as part of itself. That's very simple. All thought is just a projection of the thinker, but the thinker is not separate from thought. So, in fact, the thinker is thought itself. You see? So, what you idealize as being true is a thought, it's a belief, it's a concept, it's an imagination. And what about God? The same thing.

You can only have an idea of what thought fabricates, what the thinker fabricates. It may sound very strange for you to hear this, but the idea of God is not God. Is it so strange that we can clearly see that the word “God” is not the Truth of That which is Sacred, of That which is Indescribable? We call God, but it's an image that thought constructs. So, this search of ours for Truth, this search of ours for Happiness, this search of ours for God is a projection of the “I” itself, of the ego itself, of the person who is projecting an ideal, an image, an imagination. Are you with me?

What is the Truth of Truth, the Truth of Happiness, the Truth of God? The Nature of Truth is the Nature of Happiness, which is the Nature of God, but this is outside of thought, so this is Something outside the known. If it's Something outside the known, because it's outside thought, it can't be recognized. Anything you find is not the Thing, because you can recognize it.

Notice how delicate this subject is here, because people want an experience, an experience with Truth, an experience of Happiness, an experience of God, but this experience presupposes the presence of someone to live the experience, to recognize the experience, to describe the experience. Who is that someone? The experiencer. But what the experiencer can do is only verify what he already recognizes, so that can't be the Truth.

It may sound very strange, but it's something that you can simply become aware of very clearly. Every experience becomes just a remembrance, a memory, so it is something that is already part of the past, it can be recognized by the past because it is part of the past. So, whatever your experience, however broad, deep and meaningful it may be, it won't be the Real Truth, the Real Happiness and the Reality of God.

So, the first thing here is for us to clear this ground, to get rid of this belief, this illusion of being able, as a “person,” as a “someone,” as a separate entity, this “I” being the thinker, the observer, the experiencer, to experience the Reality of Truth, Happiness, or God. This is the Real way we have of approaching Reality.

Therefore, the Reality of Truth, the Reality of Happiness, the Reality of God is That which is present when the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, the “I,” the “person” is not. The “person,” the experiencer, the “I,” the observer is the past. The Reality of God is That which is outside the known, the recognizable and therefore outside time, that past, and that ideation of the future. The Reality of this Being, which is God, which is Nameless, Indescribable, that we call God, is the Reality of Real Happiness, of Real Truth, but This is Something here and now when the “I” is not, when the experiencer is not, when the thinker is not. Are we together?

The recognition of the illusion, the awareness of the vision of the illusion, the realization of the vision of this illusory condition of being – let's put it this way – the verification of what is false, something beyond a mere recognition – here we are talking about a realization of the false, this sense of an “I” with its imagination – the end of this model of separate identity, which is the “I,” which sees itself separate from life, which sees itself separate from the world, which sees itself separate from Truth, which sees itself separate from God, and which is therefore in search of these things – the “I” lives in this search... When it tires of searching for its so-called “material” things in the world, it turns to the search for so-called “Truth,” “Happiness,” and “God.”

So, first we look for Happiness out there, the Truth in things, and the God of the ego, of the mind, is in the world, in its achievements, in its search for fulfillment, satisfaction, and pleasure. Until the moment comes when he gets tired and now he himself begins to project a Truth, a Happiness, and a God that he idealizes. Thus, we're all under the same illusion.

When there is the realization of the Reality of this illusion, the realization of the Reality of this illusion, that is the end of this illusion. Then, at that moment, something new opens up, something new is present, and it is no longer a recognition of this so-called “Truth,” “Happiness,” or “God.” It is the realization of That which is Indescribable, Unnamable. The Reality of Happiness is not the happiness that thought imagines, that the “I” has projected. The Reality of Truth is not that which is conceivable by thought itself, which can be described psychologically, philosophically, or religiously. Wherever there is any description, thought is present, and that is an illusion.

Truth cannot be described. It is not an encounter with something recognizable, created by thought. The Reality of God is the Reality of this Being. The Sages have said that this Being, which is the Nature of each one of us, is the Real Consciousness and True Happiness. That Being is Truth, Happiness. This Being is That which is God. So, the realization of Reality is here and now.

The work in this direction consists of emptying all this content of this “I,” this ego, this sense of experiencer and observer. Then, there is an end to this sense of separation between the observer and the thing observed, between the thinker and its thought, there is an end to this illusion. All that disappears. The end for this experiencer and its experience. This is the end of this encounter between this “I” and God, of what is known and limited, a creation of thought itself. It is the end for this “I.” So, it's not this limited “I,” the illusion of an identity called “I,” “me” having the encounter with God. Here it's about this Reality of this Indescribable Being that is present. The Real approach to this requires a true vision of Self-Awareness.

Here on the channel, we have two playlists, one on the Truth of Self-Awareness, the other on approaching the True Meditation in a practical way. Getting closer to yourself requires emptying yourself of all the illusory content of a present identity. This is the end of ignorance, the Awakening of Truth, Happiness, and God, which is the Reality of this Being that we are.

So, that's our subject here on the channel. It is possible, yes, in this life to Realize That which is You. That is the end of all suffering, the end of all illusion, the realization of Divine Reality. For this purpose, we have meetings here online at weekends. We have the link to our WhatsApp group here in the video description. You can join our group, find out about these meetings and come and join us. We also have face-to-face meetings. We also have retreats where we work on this with you.

So, if this makes sense to you, please give us your “like,” subscribe to the channel and add the comment “Yes, it makes sense,” OK? So, here's the invitation. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

November, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Paths of Wisdom | The psychological conditioning | Ego-free action | How to do the right thing?

The Truth of Wisdom. Some call it “paths of wisdom” … There is no such thing as “paths of wisdom.” The Truth of Wisdom lies in the Revelation of Self-Awareness. There is only one direct path to Wisdom, and that direct path lies in understanding the Truth about who we are. Studying oneself is the basis for the Awakening of Intelligence, and that’s what also leads to an ego-free action. If there is no ego-free action, because there is no Intelligence, no knowledge, however deep, broad or significant, could represent the Truth of Wisdom.

I want to study this issue of action with you today. What is this ego-free action? Notice that life is a movement, and as a movement, the only thing present in life is the presence of action; wherever you look, you will notice movement. There is the particular movement of atoms and stars, there is the movement of the Universe, there is the movement of thoughts, of emotions, of perceptions, of sensations, there is the movement of physical action, of emotional, sentimental action. Everything is movement. Life is action, life is movement.

I want to investigate with you whether it is possible, in this life, to live a life free from this sense that is the “I,” the ego. All our action based on this center, which is the ego, is an action born out of past conditioning, a movement of thought, which is something from the past. Notice how simple this is. First, experience happens in life. It becomes an experience because it can be remembered. It is remembered because it has been recorded. This record is a reminder, it's a memory, it's an impression stored in the brain. It carries the idea of an experiencer who went through it. When we face new experiences, these new experiences are seen from the standpoint of these old experiences, from these memories of past experiences.

Our actions are taking place based on knowledge, experience, memory, and recollection, on the presence of an experiencer. That experiencer is the “I.” Notice how interesting it is to investigate the question of ego-free action. Every action is an experiencing here and now. Right now, listening is an action, speaking is an action. In this fraction of a second, there is only experiencing. At this very moment, there is no presence of psychological time, of time created by memory, created by recollection, by thought. So, what we have now, here, is the experience of this instant, but the brain registers it, so a few seconds later, it has the remembrance. This remembrance is the past, which is memory, which is the record of experiencing. So, it's no longer experiencing, now it's just an experience for an experiencer.

So, our actions are always coming from a background of past experiences. When I meet you, I have a facial recognition, I have an auditory recognition of the timbre of your voice, but beyond this recognition, which is a simple brain recognition, I have an image of who you are; this image of who you are is already a projection of that “I,” of that ego, of that experiencer.

So, what we do in life is, when we go through experiences, record those experiences and turn them into something from this collection that is this center, this particular egocentric storehouse of memories. So, this is at the service of the experiencer, which is the ego. So, my contact with you is not a simple contact, it's a contact based on an image I make of who you are, based on a past that has no reality here, at this moment.

This past is the ego's psychological past. It's very simple, it's something you can observe. You compliment me and I like you. This “I” that likes you is the experiencer, it's the ego, it's the one that is registering a recollection, a memory of pleasure and is cultivating this memory. In this next meeting with you, I'll be in front of a friend or someone I like. Who is that seeing this friend? Who is it that is liking you? It's the presence of the ego.

So, our actions in life are on this level. So, I have friends, I have enemies, I appreciate and hug friends, I despise and turn away, or I violently attack enemies. So, our actions are conflicting actions because they are born from the ego, they are born from that memory. See how simple it is.

What is the Truth of an ego-free action? An action free from the ego requires the presence of an Attention of Full Consciousness in this moment, in this instant, so that there is no further record. So, the Truth of the Revelation of Self-Awareness is what truly brings you closer to life within true Wisdom. So, there is only one direct path to Wisdom. So, it's not a matter of “paths of wisdom,” but the only one direct path to Wisdom. The Truth of Wisdom lies in Self-Awareness, in observing this movement of registration.

I've said a lot here about the psychological conditioning. What is it basically? It's this mechanism of registration, of memory, giving us the illusion of this center. So, we're living in the ego, in the “I,” in this identity that is a set of recollections, memories, and remembrances, resulted from past experiences. There is no encounter with life now. When life presents itself now, that encounter is this old model of the past trying to adjust this instant, this moment the way it wants. This explains the disorder, confusion, and suffering in our relationships. We are always separate, divided. These images divide us, this approach based on the past separates us. So, these actions are conflicting actions, they are actions in disorder. We don't know what an ego-free action is.

Here the invitation is to understand the Truth about who we are, then to see all the mechanisms that are sustaining the conditioning – this inner conditioning that we carry. The ability to look, to observe, and to become aware of this mechanism is to break this mechanism, to get rid of this mechanism, to go beyond this mechanism. Only then can life, here and now, truly be found without this element of the past, without this “I” in this encounter with life, with the other, with whatever is appearing here. So, this action of life is a new action – thinking, feeling, acting, speaking, and listening.

What is the quality of ego-free action? It is the very action of life. Life is nothing other than an extraordinary challenge of expression, of action. Everything is this action happening. There is no direct response to this moment. At that moment, the psychological past is intervening, it's interfering.

When you look at a sunrise, it's never the same sunrise. A sunset is unique, the presence of the moon is always a moon present at that moment. Life is what happens here, in a new way. We don't have the same sunset, the same sunrise. We don't have the same moon, the same sunset, the same sunrise. We don't have the same person. When we meet the other, there is no such thing as “me and him,” only the thought in this sense of an “I” present within the experience, which is the experience of the ego, which is constructing this illusion. This is the time that thought has been constructed, that its conditioning has been appropriated to maintain itself as a mechanism of reaction, of action that always comes from the past. This is how our actions are constituted in this psychological time, which is the time of the ego. They are not actions here and now. They are reactions.

Look at the mess our lives have become in our relationship with ourselves, with others, with the world, because we are not in that freshness, that new thing, that newness of being Consciousness, Freedom, and Happiness. You see, This is the nature of What we truly are when the illusion of what we believe we are, what we seem to be, what we show ourselves to be, what we want to be is no longer present.

So, the presence of the Divine Reality is the presence of the Reality of God, this is the Reality of this Being that we are in this action, which is not a mere response of the past, a mere reaction of memory, of this experiencer. Is it possible to have a response for this moment free from the ego?

When we have the presence of this Attention on this movement that is the past, this psychological past, of registering, remembering, recalling, of conditioning the mind, this Attention eliminates this condition, so there is a break with this ancient and old movement, which is the movement of the ego. So, it's very important to have an approach to life without the ego.

People have questions like: “How to be calm?”, “How to act under pressure?” or “How to do the right thing?” Their intention is Happiness, it's Peace, it's Harmony, it's the presence of Intelligence in action. However, this is not possible in the ego. When the ego isn't there, a new action is present that doesn't have that gap between remembrance, desire, and action. So, there is the plan, the intention, the motivation and the action, that's how the ego appears within the movement of action creating confusion.

When the Truth of action is present, we have this Truth of this Being, which is Intelligence. That is action. There is no gap. Then, we have the presence of Wisdom. So, the Truth of Wisdom in Action is the presence of Divine Reality. This action is the ego-free action. So, we're exploring this here with you, investigating this here with you, delving into this here with you. We have a playlist here about this Truth of Self-Awareness in ego-free action, the presence of Self-Awareness, Self-Awareness and the ego-free action.

So that's our work here with you. We're going deeper into this here on the channel, we're going deeper into this in online meetings on the weekends. You can find our WhatsApp link in the video description to take part in these online meetings on weekends. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats.

If this is something that makes sense to you, if the Awakening of Wisdom, if the Truth of a life in Love, Compassion, with full awareness of the Reality of God, if this makes sense to you, please leave your like and subscribe to the channel, ok? And let's work on this together. Thanks for meeting me and see you next time!

November, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The True Meditation. Approach Self-Awareness. What is ego? How can I get rid of suffering?

This is the true way, the right way to approach life. We have a wrong way of doing it, it's the way through thought, through what experience represents. Perhaps you have this question inside you: how to get rid of suffering? The truth is that your approach to life is wrong. We approach this instant with thought, with experience.

When you go through situations, you keep them inside you, and when you approach that moment, you approach that moment with those situations that have been stored. It's very curious that we approach to look and see this, that our action at that moment is an adjustment to an intention, a desire, a motive of ours, a thought and a past experience. In my relationship with someone, there is no freedom, so in this contact, conflict is present.

Life is a mysterious movement. Life is always a new moment, but we approach life in this new moment with our past, with our experience, with our thoughts. So, we don't have new eyes for the moment, we don't have a new feeling for the instant. So, we have no contact with the other from that moment on, it's always from the past. Look and you'll see this, the thought in you translating the experience.

You bring experience from the past, thought translates that experience into the present moment, and all it does is take that present moment and interpret it. Your contact with your wife, with your children, with your family, with the people in your relationship are never free relationships, free from the past, free from thought, and this implies confusion.

You like some people, but you don't like other people. The people you like are an interpretation of you, of your experience, of your thoughts. The people you like and the people you don't like are all part of your past, all part of your fear, your desire, your problems. So, these people are projections of the “I.” This ” I ” is the one who, at that moment, is trying to adjust itself to what is happening in order to get something out of it.

When you come to these meetings, I talk to you about Reality, about Happiness. This is Something Real when thought is no longer present, when the experience of the past no longer interferes in these relationships. So, your relationship with people based on this Joy, this Freedom, this awareness of the Truth is a relationship in Peace, it's a Real relationship.

What you feel about another person says a lot about how you feel about yourself. If you are Free, the other person is part of your Freedom. If you're Happy, the other person is part of your Happiness. If you are unhappy because you see yourself in trouble, with difficulties, with various forms of conflict, and in this internal contradiction between what you think, feel and do, if there is all this internal confusion, your relationship with the other is also this.

In general, we want people to make us happy, we want people to give us peace, we want them to offer us happiness. That's why we have this question: why do I suffer so much? Or: what can I do, how can I get rid of suffering? For you, the problem is that people cause suffering, it's the world that causes us suffering. But is that true? Is it the world that makes us suffer? Is it the other person who makes us suffer? Is it true that people don't understand us? Is that true? Do I have problems with people? Do people have problems with me? Or the truth is that I'm the problem?

The problem of the world, the problem of “my world” is “me.” The question is “Who am I?” The question is “How do I interpret experience?” What is this thought? What is this experience? Why are we always, in this moment, making this moment an old moment? It's not old, it's not outdated, there's nothing ugly about it. And why is this happening?

We absorb the new, which is this moment, into the old of our past. Look what a curious thing happens: the moment is new, but we absorb the new into our old, so our old is the new altered, distorted, problematic, suffering. So, what I want to tell you is that there is no problem in life, there is no problem with the other, there is no problem in this moment. It's just a question of absorbing the new into my old “I,” my judgment, my comparison, my evaluation, my liking, my disliking, and my experience.

It's just a particular way of looking at life, the particular way of the “I,” of interpreting everything. “Okay, you've shown me the problem. So, I'm suffering because I'm someone. My idea, my judgment, my comparison and evaluation are something very important, and it's wrong. Now I understand that I'm absorbing the present moment within my past, I'm interpreting the new with the old, the people, with the images I have of them. My demands are the real reason for my suffering.” Do you realize that? “Now I realize it. Okay, you've presented me with the situation. How can I deal with this?” What would you say to me if I came to you and said: “I have problems”? What would you say to me? How can I approach it? How can I go beyond that?

So now, in a few minutes, let's touch on that. How can I approach this moment without this past? That's possible, but you need to understand that this moment, you can't approach it in the same way as you always have done. That's why I've been inviting people to the art of Being Consciousness. This is Awakening, this is getting out of this condition. From that condition I've just described, which I call the dream – the dream of the “I,” the dream of the ego.

So, how should I approach this moment? Without the “I,” without the ego, without thought. It's not complicated. I've talked about this a lot with you. When you look at a person, if you look carefully, you'll notice the play of the image that thought presents when you look at them. So, when you look at someone you know, immediately a set of images appear; they're just memories of the past, of moments of pleasure and pain, of moments of joy and sadness that you had with her. So, something inside you says “I like her,” or something inside you says “I don't like her.”

When we come into contact with people, we are not in contact with them, but with the idea we have of them. Have you noticed that? That's why some people make us happy and others make us sad. Is that true? Do they give us joy? Do they make us sad or is it our thoughts about who they are, about what they represent to me? What is this “me?” Can we separate this “me” from the set of images that arise in this relationship? Do you perceive it? Or is this set of images this “me?” So, when I'm sad, what's sad? The “I.” What is happening to this set of images? Is it in discomfort? Perceive that. This is the sense of our relationships with each other. That's the point! The question is: does it make sense?

If we can look without the image, or if we can simply welcome this image from this understanding that it's just an image, does that cause any problems for us? When does it cause a problem? When you do something with that image, when you agree with that image or disagree with it, when you find pleasure in it or displeasure in it.

I've talked a lot about the existence of the “I,” the existence of the ego, and someone might ask: “But what is the ego that you talk about so much? What is the “I?” The “I” is this intention to do something with what appears. What is appearing? The image. When I look at him, an image appears; it's something from the past, it's a memory, it's a memory of a good moment I had with him, I had with her, that's an image. And what is the “I?” What is ego? It's the one that says “I like you,” it's the feeling that arises when this image appears. Can I become aware of this feeling? I can't do anything with the image, because it's automatic, it comes automatically, but I can become aware of the one that arises together with the image, which is the one that will observe the image, that will like the image or dislike the image, that will feel happy or unhappy with that image. That's the “I.” Is that clear?

So, what is the “I”? It's the one or the thing that wants to intervene, that wants to interfere, that wants to translate, interpret, reinterpret this image, which is the past. When this happens, what am I doing? I'm absorbing this present moment, this new moment into my past, I'm confirming the existence of the “I.” Is that clear? I'm saying: “You're important to me” or “You're worthless,” “I like you” or “I don't like you.” I'm giving to this present moment... Notice how subtle it is, how quick it is, how we do it all the time. Isn't it automatic? It's automatic. Thought arises, image arises. That element arises to do something with that thought, to do something with that image, and that “something” is to like it, to dislike it. When you do this, you're absorbing the present moment with your past.

So, after thirty years of being in a relationship, married, forty years, all we have is a set of images, of memories that this “me” carries, that this “I” carries, that “I” have of her and that she has of “me,” that “I” have of the boss, that “I” have of the employer, that “I” have of people. So, I spend my whole life in this process of cultivating “me,” of cultivating this “me,” because I have images of everything around me – not just people, I have images of places.

“I like some places; I don't like other places.” What is really going on? This whole moment is new, but it's always being absorbed by my past, by the sense of an “I” present within the experience, places, in contact with people and situations. Can we disarm this? The sense of an “I” present within the experience, in the relationship with people, with places.

I'm putting an external aspect here, but we also have the internal aspect of all this. It's when we have an image of ourselves. We can be alone and feel good about ourselves, or bad, without knowing the reason, without knowing the cause, without knowing why. It's just an image, a self-projection of the “I.” An image emerges, something unpleasant is here, there's nothing going on around me, no one around me, and I'm unwell. What is this “I unwell”?

If I'm not aware of what my thoughts are bringing up, what the image of the past is bringing up, if I'm not aware, I'm plunged into this condition of not liking that image, and that's sustaining a good or bad feeling. Here we touch on the most important thing for all of us: knowing ourselves, knowing what is happening here, in this instant, in this moment.

What is this “me”? What is this image, what does it represent for this “me”? The image I make of “myself” or the image I make of the other, the image I make of the world around me, the image of places, of situations: I'm always there. This “I” is this centering of an identity in experience, this self-centeredness. To approach this is to approach Self-Awareness. So, Meditation is the revelation of That which is outside of it. I approach this recognition, the recognition of the game, the game of the “I,” this is Self-Awareness.

To perceive Reality outside of this game of the “I” is Meditation. There is something we can call True Meditation, Real Meditation. It's when this Self-Awareness reveals Something outside the “I.” When this “something” shows itself, you are no longer present absorbing the present moment in your past. Your past, which is the “I,” loses relevance and this moment reveals itself. This is Self-Awareness. In this Self-Awareness Something outside of what is known by the “I” presents itself: this is True Meditation.

So, what is meditation? Eyes closed, legs crossed, breathing in a certain way, listening to a mantra? No! Meditation is the awareness of the Truth of this non-I, so it's the end of separation, because if that image is seen and there's no one valuing that image, it can't sustain itself. If pain appears, sadness appears, suffering appears... We start talking like this: “How can I get rid of suffering?” How can I get rid of it? I suffer so much; how can I get rid of it? By becoming aware. You become aware of what's happening here, now, you become aware of the “I”; and when you become aware of the “I,” there's no you; the brain quiets down to observe its own movement when you're aware of the game. The brain quiets down, the mind silences, something new emerges out of the game. This “something” is the Presence of Reality, the Presence of Truth, it is the Revelation that True Meditation brings.

Right now, all that is present is Truth. If that “I,” that “me,” doesn't appear and tries to absorb this present moment into its game, all that is present is Beauty, is Love, is Truth, is Silence, is Freedom; all that is present is Pure Grace; all that is present is Meditation; all that is present is the absence of the “I.” This is the Truth of God.

“How can I get rid of suffering?” You can't get rid of suffering, you can become, you need to become aware of the one who suffers. You see? The awareness of the sufferer is the end to suffering. It's the sufferer who sustains suffering. There is no suffering without the sufferer. There is nothing in this moment that represents suffering for you if you are not there rejecting, fighting, interpreting, translating or trying to do something with what is here and now. Is that okay?

Everything is here and now, just look at it, become aware of it. That's True Meditation. Okay?

November, 2023
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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