Here, together, we are exploring with you these issues, these various issues that are the real fundamental questions in life, and we are exploring with you each one of them. And one of these questions is the issue of human relations. We don't know anything about it, or we haven't investigated it in depth.
Observe that life consists of relations happening. We are constantly, at every moment - in fact, at every instant - in contact with things, places,
people, thoughts, feelings, emotions and sensations. Thus, our life consists of relations that occur. And, in particular, this issue of human relations, which is our contacts with other people, we have not investigated this, we have not approached it, we have not explored this issue.
Confusion in life does not consist of life being confusing, disorderly, problematic. Confusion in life consists of this particular life present in this context of our relationships, of our human relationships. We do not have, especially, a problem with objects or situations when they happen, when they are not unfavorable to us, but as soon as these events are unfavorable to this "me," at that moment conflict is established.
But, in particular, our relationships with people are conflicting most of the time; this is because there is in each of us a model of being present, of existing as someone, living within a self-centeredness, self-interest. In this egocentric interest, interested as we are in ourselves and so is the other, each person is defending or trying to defend what they want for themselves. This is typical of this pattern of egocentrism, of egocentric self-centeredness.
Can we discover, in life, the Real Life within these relations, where there is something present outside of this context of confusion, disorder, conflict and suffering? This is what we are working on here with you. Investigating the nature of the "I," the truth about yourself, learning about yourself, is learning about Self-awareness; discovering how you function, how your mind works, your emotions, your feelings, your sensations, becoming aware of this egocentric pattern of being someone, becoming aware of this.
This is an interesting statement here, because becoming aware of this, becoming aware of this is not to change it through an adjustment, self-discipline, to become a different person or a better person, but it is becoming aware so that it can be broken, so that there is a break with this psychological condition of identity of the "I," of egoic identity. This is the real purpose of investigating the nature of the "I."
It is in this sense that we use the expression "Self-awareness" here, understanding this sense of "I," this movement of separation from life, from others, from oneself, towards the end of this psychological condition, towards the beginning of something new. This new something is what some call the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Enlightenment, it is a quality of life unknown to thought.
There is a purpose in life, and this purpose in life consists of life itself being lived free from this sense of someone present within it. See, it is exactly what you just heard: it is life in expression; it is not someone alive in expression, it is life itself in expression, in this natural Divine Intelligence within relations. And since a good part of these relations - as we have just said - are our human relations, the vision of Reality about you is the vision of the Reality of That which is You free from the "I," free from this "me"; and this You is something outside of the known, it is Divine Reality.
Therefore, we need to learn about ourselves, becoming aware of this construct of thought within each one of us. Thought has constructed in us a representation that seeks to maintain its continuity from a center that it has established, which is this "I." This is the construct of thought in each of us; it has constructed an idea, a picture, a mental representation of itself: this is this self-image.
See, we are presenting something here to you that is not a theory, not a concept, not a belief, it is a fact. The person you see yourself, you feel you are, is a self-image, an image that thought has constructed. So, this construct of thought has established within each of us this central figure; it is exclusively interested in itself, it does not have an inclusive vision of life, but rather an exclusive one. A direct observation of the movement of thought within you, a simple and direct observation, will show you that your thoughts revolve around this ambition that you have, this desire that you have, this search that you have, this quest that you have for some level of satisfaction, of achievement, of fulfillment.
So, this exclusive pattern of being is something centered, revolving around this self-image. When you use the pronoun "I" or the expression, within a speech context, such as "me," "myself," you are always referring to this self-image. The way you relate to others, whether they are your husband, wife, children or family, your boss, your co-worker, your entire relation with the world is the relation of this center, this self-image. Thus, you see the world based on your conclusions, opinions, inclinations, desires, motivations and choices.
This self-centered way of sustaining yourself in life as someone places us in isolationism. This exclusive, egocentric, isolationist pattern of being someone, everyone is living this way, so we are separate from each other. We can even come together to achieve common purposes, but even in this union, there is not the presence of true communion, because what prevails is still a group idealism - "my group has this purpose, but the other group has another purpose."
So, this model of identity of the "I" can be personal or it can be group, but we are always working towards this isolationism, this separation; and within this separation, we sustain some level of disorder, contradiction, conflict. Follow this carefully. Can we liberate ourselves in this life from this sense of "I," from the ego, from this "me"? Can we free ourselves from this self-image?
The husband sees his wife from this place, and she sees him from this place. If the vision you have of the other person is from the image you have of yourself, the vision you have of him or her is the particular vision of a choice, of what you like or dislike about him or her, therefore, conflict is established, suffering is established.
Can we free ourselves in this life from this self-image and, therefore, from this "I," from this ego? Note that this is one of the fundamental questions of life, because once we are free from this sense of "I," from the ego, we are free from suffering, from sustaining suffering within ourselves. And notice, once you are free from suffering within you, you do not create suffering in the world. It is only when you are unhappy and suffer that you produce suffering and unhappiness around you.
The encounter with the Truth of That which is You is the end of this self-image, because here we are telling you that there is Something present here that remains unknown and that cannot reveal itself until there is an end to this psychological condition in which we find ourselves, of self-centeredness, of self-image. This Reality is the Divine Reality. That is why the basis for comprehension of this Reality requires the presence of knowing ourselves.
Learning about Self-awareness is discarding the illusion of this sense of "I," of the ego, of this image that thought has established as being real in each of us, for an comprehension of something that is beyond the mind, beyond the "I," beyond the ego. The structure of the ego, the basis of the ego, is this pattern of thought present in each of us: an unobserved thought, an unnoticed feeling, an unseen emotion; we need to become aware of these reactions, become aware of them.
Observing thoughts, feelings, emotions, as well as your gestures, words and actions, becoming aware of them, becoming aware of them. Discovering what it means to look at all of this is to investigate the movement of this illusory center, this false "I," this illusory "I," this self-image; it is when we first approach, through Self-Awareness, the Revelation of the awareness of God, the awareness of your Being. Meditation is this awareness.
We don't know what Meditation is. Here, we have these videos being placed in playlists, these different themes. What is the truth about Meditation? What is Real Meditation? How to meditate correctly? What is this awareness of God's Revelation called Meditation? Obviously, we are not talking about traditional meditation here, what people out there call meditation. We are talking about something that you approach through Self-Awareness, through this relationship when you learn to observe thoughts, feelings, emotions, perceptions, gestures, actions, without reacting to them, that is, without this element, which is the "I" itself.
Learn to look, to observe, to perceive: perceive without the perceiver, look without this element that looks, observe without the observer. This is how we discover how to discard this self-image, this self-centeredness, for a life free from all this pattern of behavior of the "I." This is what we are seeing here, working here with you. What gives us the real basis for this approach is the art of this look, this self-investigation, this self-inquiry.
We are working on each of these subjects here with you. Thus, we are adding hundreds of videos here, all addressing this possibility of realizing the Truth of That which is You in this life. The nature of your Being is not the person you believe yourself to be. This present Reality is the Reality of Life itself, and in line with it there is no conflict, no disorder, no confusion, no suffering. You were born to realize This, to assume, in life, the Truth of Life.
Can we establish, in our relations, the Truth of relation? The beauty of this Truth is the presence of communion, where there is no longer this "I" and the other, this us and them. A look at the movement of life without the past, without the thinker, without the experiencer, without this center that is sustained by beliefs, conclusions, evaluations, judgments and choices. A life free from the sense of separation is the Life of God, in Intelligence.
This is the Reality of Love - as we have stated here countless times for you. What we have identified or with which we are identifying ourselves out there, in this idea of love, is completely illusory. The Reality of Love is That which is present when the "I" is not there, when there is no longer this background, this element, this idea of someone present in this contact with the other. Thus, the Truth of relation is the presence of communion; in this communion Love is present, and if Love is present, there is no more confusion, disorder or suffering.
A Divine Life is a Life in Intelligence, in Freedom. Some call this Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment, and this is our subject here on the channel. Here in these meetings, Saturday and Sunday - we are together for two days, online - we are going deeper into this with you. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to join the group where we have these meetings. So, here is an invitation. If what you just heard makes any sense to you, leave a "like," subscribe to the channel and leave a comment saying, "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!
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