Having an approach to the truth about yourself requires having a perspective that we generally do not know. It is the perspective that some like to call self-observation. But there is confusion here because the idea behind this self-observation is someone looking at themselves.
Here, when we present this expression to you, self-observation, we even prefer the term observation, plain and simple. We need the science of pure observation, because this is not about the self, this "I," this person, looking at themselves in the sense of introspection or self-analysis. Here, the better term would be self-inquiry or self-investigation.
So, we are at the threshold of a portal that opens to this study of ourselves, to this learning about ourselves. Thus, we observe what happens in this perspective. We simply observe.
This is what I want to invite you to understand here with great clarity. We have a playlist here on the channel that talks about the truth of this self-discovery and the beauty of this self-revelation. Studying oneself is learning about Self-Awareness.
This is a playlist on the channel: Learning about Self-Awareness. We don't know how to learn.
We are learning the way machines learn: acquiring information, acquiring knowledge, and applying this knowledge, this information, in action. And then we call this acquired experience.
So, for us, knowledge and experience are the foundation of learning. At least, this is how we function. In life, we learn everything this way: knowledge and experience. Everything we know how to do in life, we do based on this principle, on this foundation. Knowledge and experience.
As for this science of the nature of the self, which is the nature of God in you, learning about this is something different. It is not about acquiring knowledge or gaining experiences. See, here we already face a problem because, for most people, the encounter with God is possible through studying about God.
But what do we have to study about God? Generally, we believe that what we have are the things written in books, in spiritual books, in sacred books. So, after many years of reading many books, we develop a highly capable intellect to quote the scriptures, to recite pre-packaged phrases of things we have learned. How do we learn them? By acquiring knowledge and practicing speaking about it, or by listening to it over and over again. So, this is what we call knowledge, this so-called spiritual knowledge.
Now, understand this. This remains at the level of the intellect. Yes, we can have some so-called spiritual or mystical experiences, but the element that sustains this knowledge, this experience, remains.
And that element is the "I," this self, this ego. Whereas the reality of the revelation of this divine science is precisely the absence of the ego. Therefore, the learning we receive, that we have, that we cultivate, that has been taught to us, that we need to have, is a mistake.
We need to discover what it means to learn about God. But learning about God requires approaching the discarding of this element that sees itself as an entity present in time and space, which is the "I," having a particular life, separate from life itself, separate from the other, separate from God. Thus, the science about God requires the discarding of this "I."
That is when God reveals Himself. This is the real learning about God. So, how to approach this? How to learn about Self-Awareness? Because it is the absence of this understanding of oneself that places us in this mistaken condition of acquiring more and more theoretical, intellectual, verbal knowledge from books, this cultivation of experiences still for this element which is the "I." This is the mistake. We need to approach ourselves, observe ourselves, become aware of this movement, which is the movement of the "I," of the ego.
Therefore, the idea of bringing the reality of God into our lives, since my life is still a mistaken life, a conditioned life, a life imprisoned in a model of fear, anger, violence, ambition, conflicting desires, where all kinds of disorder, disharmony, problems, and suffering are present-that is the mistake. The real way to approach God is by discarding this illusion, which is the illusion of the "I," the illusion of the ego. So, the true form of this approach to learning requires this perspective, observing, becoming aware of the person you are, that you present yourself to be, that you demonstrate to be, in this context of relationship with him or her, with the world around you, and with yourself.
Hence the real need for the truth about Self-Awareness. And it seems to me that it is already becoming clear to you here that we use this expression not in the sense of this person changing, improving, learning more about themselves, acquiring more experiences, having a better foundation for a successful life where results are achieved through this tool, this so-called tool of Self-Awareness-a better position at work, in human relationships-this is not it. Here, the truth about Self-Awareness lies in becoming aware of this sense of separation between you and life, between you and the other, between you and God. So, an encounter with what you are is the discarding of yourself for something new to emerge.
For this reason, the presence of the true vision of Self-Awareness is something close and naturally aligned, without separation, without divorce, with the art of meditation. We need the foundation for meditation. You learn the art of meditation when you unlearn a life centered in this turmoil, this disorder, this noise, which is the noise of the "I."
The presence of meditation is the presence of this mystery, which is silence, the silence of truth. It is not the silence achieved within a meditative practice, within a meditation technique, but the silence that is present when the sense of separation is not. This is the presence of meditation.
So, we also need to discover what meditation is. When people answer this question, they immediately point out a technique and explain the benefit of the technique or practice they are prescribing to you. But a technique, a practice, see, is something mechanical, and the benefit of something mechanical is also the mechanical result of a system, a technique, a practice.
This is something that benefits someone. Someone benefits from the technique or practice of meditation because there is someone performing the meditation. Whereas here, we are telling you that meditation is exactly the absence of someone, in practice.
So, there is no such thing as a benefit to someone. There is the end of the illusion of someone. This is the presence of divine reality.
Thus, the real purpose of the truth about meditation-and here meditation is not something mechanical, it is not a technique, it is not a system, it is not something that someone does, that someone practices-the truth about meditation is that meditation reveals that which is beyond the known, which is the reality of God.
Our work here together consists of this discovery, the discovery of this present moment without someone present in this moment. Notice how we need to approach this topic in a new way here. When you have a thought, or feeling, or an emotion, the idea behind this subjective experience, this internal experience, this experience in you, the idea behind this experience is someone present, having the experience.
See, we were educated for a life where there is a central figure within it, having experiences. Whether they are experiences of this quality, which are subjective experiences, or objective experiences, in the sense of contact with the external world, when you are talking to someone, or seeing something, perceiving something external to yourself, the idea behind it is someone present in this objective experience. Talking to someone is the idea of someone saying something to another. Seeing something is the idea of someone being the observer of what is being seen.
When there is music playing out there, the idea is someone listening. So, there is the music there, the sound there, and someone here; there is the vision there and the observer here.
Notice that we have been educated, programmed, our psychological model of mental functioning is of this type. We believe we exist as someone present in the experience. Whether it is internal-when I am thinking, I am the thinker, when I am feeling, I am this element that feels, when I am sad, it is me and the sadness, when there is fear present, it is me and the fear-or when we are in contact with the external experience, we are present as the observer, as the one who speaks, as the one who listens, that which is outside of me. See, here we encounter an illusion. Because there is no such thing as someone, an experiencer, the "I" present in life. But this is our belief, this is our stance. So, dealing with life as it happens, the idea is that someone is capable of doing this.
A direct perspective on the truth, on who you are, requires the presence of this learning about yourself, this new perspective on these reactions. This will show you that this feeling, thought, and sensation of being someone, this experiencer, this observer, this element in the feeling, is a suggestion of thought. It is the idea of a thought present.
It is the idea of this "I" thought in this feeling, in this thinking, in this speaking, in this listening. Here, with you, we are seeing together the end of this illusion, for a direct understanding that life is what is present, being the reality itself, unique. And it is exactly this confusion we have about who we are in this context that is producing all kinds of disorder, confusion, suffering, and problems in our lives.
What is it to look at this moment without this observer? What is it to listen to this sound without this element that listens? What is it to speak to someone without someone seeing someone? What is it to look without the observer? Where is the looking present, just the looking, the sound present in listening, where only listening is present? What is life when the "I" is not? When the ego is not? This is what we are proposing here to you.
Therefore, in this approach to oneself, in this learning about what you are, it is learning about what life is in this moment. Here on this channel, as well as on our other channel, we are having a perspective, a listening, a perception, an approach to a unique vision regarding life.
Evidently, this requires unlearning all this that culture, society, human history has given us. We need to discover life in life as it happens when thought is not, when this trained model of thought is no longer present. So, what is the truth of this observation, this self-observation? It is the vision that there is no such element present that separates itself.
Notice that in this separation, we have space, and it is within this space, from this "I" that sees itself as separate from this or that or the sound, situation, or event, that conflict, problem, and suffering are present. Notice how important an understanding of this is.
Looking and perceiving that your relationship with him or her, from the perspective of thought, is a relationship based on an element within you that sees from an idea it holds, from a thought it has, from a concept it carries, from an image it has formed within itself about who he is, about who she is. Notice, we are not dealing with the truth when we are dealing with thought. Once thought is a representation that comes from the past, based on a memory of something that happened.
But our relationship, for instance, with someone, based on the idea that we are someone, this basis is a basis that rests on thought. I form an idea about who I am. I have an image about who I am.
And I have an image of who you are. When I meet you, I am not meeting you; I am meeting the image I have of who you are. And you are doing the same with me.
Thus, our human relationships, which are these relationships, are founded and anchored in this form of contact. And the presence of thought there is the most important element. And when it becomes more important, and once you understand that it is only distorting reality because what it brings is only something from the past to this present moment, we face a great problem.
Thus, our human relationships, our relationships, are full of problems because my contact with him or her, in this contact, the truth is not present. We do not have the truth of love but the search for something thought is projecting onto him or her. So, it is something completely mistaken.
This feeling I have for him or her does not rest on freedom; it does not rest on truth. This explains why there is no love in human relationships.
We have companionship, complicity, appreciation, care, affection, in a convenient way, as long as it is advantageous. When this no longer brings advantage to this self, to this "I," to this self-image, which is the ego, we break off the relationship and move on to another or maintain this game where a game of interest is present, an artificial life, which is the life of the ego. So, we have this aspect in this relationship with the external and, from the internal point of view, we naturally have all this complication. See what we are presenting to you here. As long as there is no real approach to this learning about ourselves and this truth about the science that reveals God, which is meditation-and here on the channel, we have some playlists working on this with you-until this is present, we will also be psychologically burdened with internal states that are present and will remain present because of this illusion that we see ourselves as this "I" in feeling, this "I" in thinking. Thus, internally, states such as anxiety, anguish, depression, low self-esteem, fear-see, there are countless internal states of conflict within each of us, problems within each of us.
Naturally, this is expressed in our relationships with him or her. Thus, conflicts, problems, and suffering are present in the absence of this science of divine truth. Why? Because we lack this understanding. We lack this vision of reality. There is no intelligence, no freedom, no wisdom, no love.
Here, we are working on this with you, showing you that in this life, yes, it is possible to become aware of the truth about who we are. You see here a photo of Ramana Maharshi. In his days, he shared with those who approached him what became known as Atma Vichara.
To look, to see the science of meditation. Becoming aware of what true meditation is: Atma Vichara.
So, Atma Vichara, from Ramana Maharshi, is this approach to the truth about meditation. Atma Vichara means self-inquiry, this self-observation, this science of how you function. This is what brings you closer to the truth of Self-Awareness and reveals to you the truth of meditation.
Here on the channel, we have a playlist about this truth of meditation, of this Real Meditation in an experiential way, in a practical way. This is one playlist. The other is about the truth of Self-Awareness.
So, here is an invitation for you. We also have online meetings on weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays, we are deepening this with you here.
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