There are a very large number of mistaken views about life. One of them is this issue of learning, in relation to learning how we function. For example, we have the case of this search or this quest to discover how to deal with oneself, in this issue of self-image, something known in psychology.
So, people want, theoretically, through lectures - listening to lectures - or books - reading books - to have an approach to this self-image according to psychology or to any psychological aspect of the "I," having a theoretical, conceptual - in words -, verbal approach to this. Here we are with you investigating in a direct way, by ourselves, in an experiential way how we function.
See, we need to abandon this mistake, this great mental confusion that we have, which is this belief that we can learn psychology outside of ourselves. These internal aspects of thought, feeling, emotion, sensation, perception are something to be studied here, within us. No psychologist, no philosopher, no book, no specialist will give you the vision of who you are.
We need to have a vision of life; this vision of life requires a vision of who we are, and this vision of who we are cannot be given to us by another person. You cannot learn about yourself according to this or that expert, from this or that book, or from this or that technique.
Here we are with you discovering what this new learning is, this learning about Self-awareness, this learning about ourselves. This requires the presence of this direct look at how we function, in this contact with relationships. Note, our relations with people we have called relationships. But these relationships are not only with people, our entire relation with life is of relationships. We are always in relationships with situations, with events, happenings.
When we are in an environment, we are in a relationship with that environment, with everything that is present there; it is a matter of relation, yes, and relationship too. But we especially use the expression "relationship" in this contact with people, so here we are dealing with this matter of human relations.
We need to become aware of what these human relations are, of how we function in these relationships, because my contact with my husband, my wife, my son, my boss, my employees, my workers, the people around me, you see, these are contacts that will always be present, but they are contacts in which there is not the presence of what is necessary for a relation - and I will clarify this to you here.
Our relations are mistaken relations, they are relations without real and direct contact, therefore there isn't the presence of the main element in this relation, which is the presence of communion, of sharing with him or her. Thus, there isn't the presence of Truth, which is the presence of Love, within the communion, in the relation. So, what is present in these relations, in these relationships is, in fact, separation.
Contradiction, conflict, suffering, and problems arise within relationships due to the absence of this communion, this sharing, this intelligent vision within the relation, and it is not present due to this self-image, the image I have of who I am and the image I have of who the other person is within this relationship. This self-image creates separation. Notice how basic this is here.
What, in fact, is this self-image? When I look closely at my reaction, I realize that it is based on the thought I have about him or her; this thought I have about him or her is not real. We are not dealing with the reality of the moment when our response to this moment is a reaction that comes from the past - it comes from the past because it is born out of thought.
So, this contact I have with him or her based on thought, based on self-image, is a relationship of separation, of division. If there is division, if there is separation, if there is this distance, there is no communion, there is the presence of divergence, of difference, of misunderstanding, there is the presence of illusion. This is what has fueled conflict and suffering in our relationships.
The husband does not know his wife, but he has an idea of ??who she is. In a fifteen-year contact, you have been keeping from her or him, you have been recording from her or him experiences there, in your thoughts, in memory; it is this thought, this memory, these experiences that react. You are never in real contact with him or her when this contact is based on thought, on this record of memories from fifteen or twenty years ago.
So, we have a false sensation, a false perception, a false vision of the present moment in this encounter with him or her, because we believe that we know the person, while, in fact, what there is present of him or her are images, some unpleasant and others pleasant, and that is all I have of him or her. Therefore, we are not dealing with truth when we are dealing with images. This is separation, this is the division between me and her.
Note that this division is not only established in family relationships, between husband and wife, between wife and husband, between children and parents, it is established between cities, between nations. So, we are living a conflicting, distressing, suffering life, due to the presence of this self-image, and psychology does not solve it, reading books does not solve it, listening to lectures does not solve it.
It is the approach to oneself, this direct look at this that is present here, when you learn what it means looking at this in a direct way, without using this element that comes from the past, which is the very thought, to agree or disagree with an image that thought itself is producing. See, at this moment, we are able to break with this separation, which is the separation between thought and the thinker. This separation is what thought has been using to maintain its continuity, which is the continuity of self-image.
So, what does it mean looking in a new way? It is to look without the observer, without the thinker, it is to look without this "I," it is to become aware of this image when it appears in this contact with him or her; when you simply become aware, at that moment you are bringing attention to this instant, a complete attention that eliminates the continuity of this "I," of this self-image. See, at that moment we are approaching not only the Truth of Self-awareness, we are approaching the awareness of Meditation.
What is the Truth about Meditation? It is to get closer to yourself at that instant, without placing this "me", this "I", in this look, in this observing, in this realizing, in this perceiving. Yes, that is exactly it: perceiving without the perceiver, looking without this element that looks, observing without the observer, it is thought without the thinker.
So, at that moment, there is contact with that which brings the presence of this Silence, because at that moment the brain becomes quiet, all that movement of reaction, of egocentric response, centered on the "I," is undone. At that moment, there is a new space; this space is the space of Silence. So, Silence is present, because the mind becomes quiet, and when it becomes quiet, there is contact with the present moment without the past, without the "I," without the "ego." So, at that moment, something happens, and that something is the end of this self-image.
Therefore, is it possible to look without the past, to perceive without the past? Try it. The next time you have contact with someone you know, notice this movement of the past emerging. Just notice it, look at it. When you look at it, you get rid of the past, so you are looking at the other person for the first time. See, it is a look without the past, it is a look without this background of memory. At that moment, there is only the recognition of the face, the timbre of his or her voice, but you do not have any psychological content of image, of mental representation, that comes from the past, in this liking or disliking him or her. So, it is a look free of the "I," free of the ego, it is a look that is Meditation, it is a perception that is Meditation.
We need this state of Presence of Attention, of Real Attention, for this moment, to break this pattern of mental conditioning, of mental programming, this is the end of self-image, this is the end of the "I." So, what is the truth of this Mindfulness? What is Mindfulness? There is a playlist here on the channel: it is learning to have this approach to this moment without the past.
So, the truth of this look without the background of memory, of recognition, of knowledge, which comes from the past, is Attention. Note that this is very simple, for example, in contact with nature. When you are in a new space or in contact with nature, your look is without the past. You just look, observe, note, but there is no you in this observing, in this look, in this noticing.
Can we eliminate the past from our lives to be in contact with the present moment here, in this instant? This is the contact with Life, this is the contact with Freedom, which is the end of the "I," which is the end of the ego. So, Something shows itself in this instant. This Something is not in time. This Something is not in the mind. This Something is not in the past. This Something is not part of thought. This is when we can have the awareness of Being, the awareness of God, the awareness of Truth. Then, your contact with him or her is the contact with Life, because there is no separation, there is no division. There is the Presence of a real contact, of a true communion, this is the Presence of Love.
So, see, we are saying here, in a clear way, that in this life, yes, it is possible to have a life free from the ego, free from the "I" in this contact with him or her, without the idea that thought creates and establishes, producing confusion, producing disorder, based on this structure of self-image; it is a contact, a look, or a vision without the past.
Here, we are delving deeper into this subject; this subject is the Awakening of Consciousness, it is Spiritual Enlightenment, it is the vision of God, it is the vision of your Being. A contact with life in this moment without the past is Advaita, it is the vision of non-duality, it is the vision of non-separation, it is the vision of God.
The word Advaita means "the One without the second," which is what we have emphasized here in these meetings. There is a present Reality, and this present Reality is not the person, this present Reality is the Divine Reality. This sense of person is something that thought, like a curtain, is bringing, creating this illusory separation, this illusory division between this "I" and the "non-I." Reality is the Reality of your Being; this Reality is the Reality of God.
This is what we are working on here with you on this channel. We would like to invite you to our online meetings on the weekends, where we will be together on Saturday and Sunday to delve deeper into this with you. You can find our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings in the video description. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and leave a comment here, "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And see you soon. Thanks for the meeting and until next time!
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