Joel Goldsmith. Living by the Word. What is Real Meditation? Meditation in practice. Marcos Gualberto.

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

Today I am going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called Living by the Word. In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Meditation aims to admit the light that is God." Regarding this subject of meditation, can the Master share his vision of what Real Meditation is in practice?

MG: Gilson, this awareness of Meditation is something that we have to approach in a very real way. Otherwise, we will get lost in something that is taught to us, or passed on to us, in a technical way, in a mechanical way. Everything that is shown to us within a pre-established model, created, produced by thought, every result that you can obtain from something like this will be a mechanical result, it will be something still within the field of the known. This is what we need to understand. This is why no technique, in fact, works. This is because we are dealing with something mechanical. If you obtain, through a practice, through a technique of this so-called "meditation," silence, stillness, this internal stillness, this internal silence, it will be the mechanical result of a practice. Outside of that practice, you will be restless again, outside of silence again. So, when, in general, we are taught some meditation practice, we are shown how to silence the mind, how to quiet our thoughts. And, yes, through practice you can achieve this stillness, but it is while practicing.

Here, with you, we are investigating what it means to have an approach to life, exactly as it happens, without any way of artificializing it, for example, through a technique, a practice. While you are talking to someone, it is necessary to learn to have an approach to yourself. This approach is this Attention that one must give to oneself, at the moment of this contact, of this relation. This is how there is the foundation for Self-awareness. And without this basis, which is Self-awareness, in whatever we get involved, we will always be walking parallel, distant, from this very important issue, which is the understanding of what is happening to us. The Truth of Meditation requires the presence of Self-awareness. Without Self-awareness, there is no Meditation. There is technique, practice that you can do without the vision of Self-awareness. So, you look for a place, sit down, put on some soft music or, without music, start repeating a mantra and the mind becomes quiet. But, in your life, in your day-to-day life, in traffic, dealing with your husband, wife, children, boss, at work, you are, once again, far from this stillness, this silence.

That is the place of Self-awareness, and it is based on Self-awareness that, in fact, we can have the foundation of Meditation. Nothing prevents us, at every moment, from being aware of ourselves. It is clear that, for this, we need to pay attention to our reactions at this moment. So, this is the real way of approaching Awakening, towards the Awareness of Truth about us. So, the Awakening of Consciousness requires, in this instant, this approach to what is happening here and now, within this common consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I." And you cannot do this outside of this instant, outside of this moment. You ask: "What is Real Meditation?" It is the contact with Self-awareness, with your reactions, in this instant. This is what opens up the door for the mind to become still in a natural way, in a simple and direct way, since this stillness of the mind is not something that you are producing, but it is the mind itself becoming aware of itself, aware of its reactions. This naturally requires the presence of Silence. Once the mind becomes aware of itself, becomes aware of its own movement, it becomes still, it becomes silent in order to observe. And this observation, this is interesting, is not the mind observing thoughts. When there is this Silence, this Stillness, this Observation of this Attention, it is Pure Observation without the observer.

There is something present in this contact with this look at our reactions, where the sense of the "I," of the observer, of this element, which is the thinker, which is the experiencer, does not arise. So, the real contact with Meditation is the present Meditation without the meditator, without the observer, without the thinker. While you drive your car, while you walk down the street, at dinnertime, at lunchtime, there in your professional occupation. At every moment, we are in contact with ourselves and with situations around us, and with people too. So, there is a lot opportunities for us to become aware of these reactions that arise from within each one of us, at this moment, to give a response to someone, to attend to a given situation, to deal with thought that is here inside, with a memory that is arising, with the feeling that is appearing. Therefore, the only thing here is to observe without the observer. Any involvement that you have with this observation, this element is present. This is not this observing, it is observing from the "I."

Our psychological condition of consciousness is already this. We are already constantly engaging with thoughts, feelings, and emotions. We are already constantly responding to him or her based on conclusions, beliefs, and thoughts that we have about him or her. This is the way the "I" acts, it is the way the ego acts, this is our egoic consciousness, it is our common consciousness, but the moment you become aware of reaction and do not interfere, something new emerges. We are facing the flourishing of a new vision of life. It is when, in this instant, the Reality of this Being, of this Divine Presence, of this Divine Consciousness, is here. It is not someone present, it is this Reality present, assuming this space in relations. So, at this moment, there is the presence of Meditation, in life, in our daily lives, moment by moment. This is what we are emphasizing here for you: the importance of an encounter with Self-awareness based on this Attention, this look, this Full Attention to your reactions. So, at this moment, there is the presence of Meditation, this real approach of this Awareness that reveals That which is outside the mind, outside the "I," outside the ego.

We have several playlists delving into this subject here on the channel: what it means to have a direct approximation of this moment without the thinker, without the observer, without the experiencer.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. He makes the following comment and asks, Márcio: "Yes, Master, what you say makes sense, but it is confusing to me. As a seeker, looking inside myself, where can I start practicing Real Meditation? Which practice is the beginning of the journey? Is it through Advaita Vedanta?"

MG: Gilson, this approach, when you ask, "Where can I practice?" ... Here, at this moment. This question of Vedanta... What there is in Vedanta are just statements of words from the Sages regarding this Non-Separation, this Non-Duality. This truth of approaching Non-Duality requires the presence of Self-Awareness, and Self-Awareness is here, in this instant, in this moment. We have meetings where we are together bringing clarity on this subject, greater clarifications on this, where we also have the opportunity to be together in Silence. So, this is the space, the space of the Presence of this Grace.

If we are in search of a facilitation for this State, the best company is the company of those who have realized That, of those who are in that disposition to share this State.

That is why we have emphasized the importance of Satsang, these online meetings that we have on the weekends. You ask: "Where can I get closer? How can I get closer to Meditation?" Participate in the online meetings, the in-person meetings, participate in the retreats.

One important thing here, Gilson, is that a real approach to this requires the presence of an element greater than our efforts, greater than our dedication, greater than any commitment. After all, all this commitment, dedication, effort, is born from the "I." The presence of Grace, the Awareness of your Being, is something that is revealed by the Divine Power itself, by the Power of Grace itself. This instant, this moment, is always a time to look at these reactions, and a wonderful space to investigate this is within Satsang. It is in contact with the Presence of Grace itself, it is in contact with Silence itself, that Silence reveals itself, that Grace reveals itself.

This is what we are doing together on these occasions. Now, regarding the moment of Meditation, this is the moment. Always, at every moment, you are faced with the opportunity to look at your reactions. This contact with the look without the observer is fundamental. The truth about Meditation is that only the direct contact with this vision of Self-awareness, with this Attention, with this vision of Self-awareness, is what makes this Reality, the Reality of Meditation, the Real Meditation, flourish in a real way, in a practical way. So, there is something here that works. Not as something to calm, to quiet, to de-stress, but something that, when it flourishes, is the Awakening of Intelligence, it is the Realization of God.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Cleiton asks the following question: "How do I pay attention to my thoughts and not get tangled up in them?"

MG: You ask how to pay attention and not get tangled up in them? It seems to me that you are talking about thoughts here, but understand one thing here: this awareness of Attention to these reactions is not just the end of this identification with thoughts. In general, our idea... this is something mistaken within our particular vision. We want to get rid of bad thoughts, of what is unpleasant, of what causes or brings suffering. We do not want to get rid of what is pleasant, comforting or pleasurable. However, contact with the awareness of Meditation, which requires the presence of this Attention to these reactions, which are the reactions of the mind, this does not only involve thoughts, much less bad thoughts. It involves each and every reaction that comes from the past, showing itself in this moment, in this contact within relationships.

In this sense of the egoic mind, in this sense of the "I," this awareness of this "me," of this "person," moves within a principle of sensation of pleasure and pain. So, these two aspects so-called "positive" and "negative," "good" and "bad," "pleasant" and "unpleasant," pleasure and pain, all these aspects are actually part of the same context. It is this context of the "I" itself, of the ego itself.

Here, it is not a question of getting rid of what is unpleasant through Attention, Self-awareness and Meditation. Here, it is about the discarding of this illusory identity, which comes from the past and which carries this pattern of duality.

When we carry one aspect with us, the other is present. Our idea, the erroneous idea, is that we need to get rid of what is negative in this "me." We do not understand that the so-called "positive" aspect is just the other side of this "negative" aspect. One side carries the other.

Here, a direct work of Self-awareness is what reveals to you, through this Attention, the dual aspect of the "I," the dual aspect of this ego, of this sense of separation. So, Gilson, there is nothing more unique in life than the presence of this awareness, which is the awareness of Meditation. But I keep reiterating this to you here: something that relaxes, that calms, that psychologically alleviates pain, is not necessarily the truth of Meditation.

There are countless practices, countless systems, countless techniques, but all of this works on a psychological level, something similar to self-hypnosis. So, you calm down, you relax, you induce in yourself a psychic, mental condition different from the one you were in before, but this does not eliminate this sense of "I."

And this is our purpose here: to work towards the Vision of Reality, towards the end of this psychological condition of ego-identity. The Awakening of your Divine Nature is That which is present, completely ending all the psychological condition of duality, of separation.

We, in general, have questions, and they are always looking for a magic formula. "How do I not get tangled up?" All this movement in intention, in will, in wanting, in doing, is something that subtly always carries this sense of "I," of the ego, in the intention of achieving something, of obtaining something. The great difficulty, Gilson, for Meditation is that all this movement of meditation practice is something engendered, created, produced by the "I" itself to obtain results. These results are mechanical. Naturally, since they come from this "I" itself, they are egocentric. So, when we want a model, a formula, what the sense of "I" is still looking for is to maintain its continuity. Thus, many people use meditation practices to escape, to temporarily flee from conflicting states, from distressing states, from negative states. And that is not the purpose of Meditation.

At least what we call Meditation here is the Divine approach, the approach to God, but it is an approach that only becomes real when there is an emptying of this content, which is the content of the "I," this present element, which is the thinker, which is the experiencer; this present element that looks from the past, which is the observer. The end of this psychological condition is the emergence of something new, of something that is present beyond duality, beyond the "I." Here, we are telling you that, in this life, yes, it is possible to Realize That which is You in your Essential Nature, in your Divine Nature. The discarding of this illusory egoic presence, this illusory identity, which is present within relations, creating conflicts, creating problems, living in disorder, living in suffering, with all these different conditions of psychic suffering, mental suffering, emotional suffering. This is something present due to this sense of separation between you and God, between you and Life.

This sense of separation is something that thought has constructed. This model of duality has been constructed by thought through this thinker, this experiencer, this observer.

Looking at life at this moment, without the sense of someone looking at it, learning to listen, to perceive, to learn to act, to act, to feel, to move in this instant, without the past, without this psychological background that lives in this "like," "dislike," that is constantly occupied with its self-interest in its egocentric searches, this is to have a real contact with Divine Reality, it is to discover the Perennial Source of Joy, of Love, of Peace, of Happiness. This is the Awareness of God, this is the Awareness of your Being, something that emerges, that arises, that awakens very naturally when we approach this work on ourselves, when there is an approach to the Truth of this Revelation, through Self-awareness and Meditation.

GC: And for you who are following the videocast until the end and really want to live these truths, I invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto provides.

In these meetings, in addition to Master Gualberto answering our questions directly, the Master, because he already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, shares this State of Presence in which he lives, and in this sharing, there is an energy field of great power and strength. And in these meetings, we end up hitching a ride on this energy field of the Master, and this helps us a lot in understanding these truths. We enter naturally, spontaneously, into the State of Meditation, the State of Silence, a State that is beyond comprehension, beyond intellectual understanding.

So, here is the invitation. In the first comment, pinned, there is the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings. In addition, please give a "like" to the video, subscribe to the channel and leave comments here, bringing questions for us to bring to the next videocasts.

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

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Human relationships | How to find God | Search for spirituality | Learning about Self-awareness

A mistaken way of thinking about this encounter with spirituality or this encounter with God is what, in general, people have been doing. When they ask: "How can I find God?" Or: "What can I do to attain spirituality?" "What does this search for spirituality mean?" They do not understand that spirituality is not something that you positively achieve; because who is this present element that sets out to achieve such a thing?

We have to investigate the nature of this "I," which is the element that sets out to find this so-called spirituality. And as for this encounter with God, it is the same thing. It is not you who finds God; it is the Reality of God that finds you. It is not you who finds or, in this search for spirituality, realizes this spirituality. True Spirituality is not something that you do, just as the Reality of God is not something that you find. There is only Real Spirituality when the sense of "I," of the ego, of this "me," of this "person," is not there.

Therefore, it is not about a spiritual person or a spiritualized person; it is rather the Reality of the Unknown present in this body and in this mind. So, it is not you having an encounter with God, it is the Reality of God assuming the Truth of life there, in your mind, in your heart. It is not someone assuming It, it is God assuming It.

And how can we really get closer to this? And how can we, in fact, assume it in this life? Since it is not in a positive way, that is, it is not about this "I," this "me," doing This, finding God or, through the search, realizing Spirituality. So, how does this happen? By discarding the illusion of the "I."

See, I said exactly that: by discarding the illusion of the "I." You see yourself as someone real to accomplish things. This is because you have already accomplished some things in life. Notice, the idea of having accomplished, of being someone who has accomplished. So, you took a college course and acquired a degree, a degree, or you studied something and learned that, and now you are using this knowledge, this information in that given profession, then the idea of having accomplished. Or you built a business, and it is working, and it is doing well, so you are the person who accomplished it.

See, we are faced with an idea, a concept, a belief. A great number of things happened for these accomplishments to occur. However, we carry this feeling of "I who accomplishes" with us. The idea of someone who does things, in the belief that it all depended exclusively on me. This is a belief, it is an idea, it is a form of thought, it is an imagination.

Thus, we also believe that we can realize God or have this encounter with this Divine Life; and it is only in this sense that we use the expression "Spirituality" here. It has nothing to do with rituals, ceremonies or so-called mystical, esoteric or spiritualist practices. Here the Truth of Spirituality is the absence of someone spiritual. The Reality of God revealing Himself is the absence of the "I."

So, we return to the question: And how does this happen, since it is not I who realizes, since it is not I who does? See, what is the truth of this "I"? That is the first question. So, it is not about finding spirituality through searching, it is not about finding God from an internal movement of concepts, ideas, beliefs - which, by the way, we receive from religious culture.

So, how can we achieve This? By becoming aware of the Truth about You; and there is no separation between Life, God and You, in your Essential Nature, in your Real Nature. The encounter with Truth requires the presence of the investigation of the false. Investigating the nature of that which is not is the approach of that which is. You cannot positively go to the Truth of what is; you can indirectly investigate this Truth of what is by investigating what is not. This is the real approach of the Truth of God, of the Divine Truth.

What is the truth about you? Becoming aware of the illusion that you are, this is the true approach of this subject. Who are you? Here the question is: Who am I? What is the truth about this "me"? That is why we are exploring here with you, on this channel, we have a playlist about learning, what this learning about Self-awareness is. The truth of this learning is the discarding of the illusion of the "me." So, seeing the false, becoming aware of the illusion, the awareness of the false, the awareness of illusion is the vision of Truth. Illusion is this sense of "I," of this "me," of this "person."

How can we get closer to this? By learning to look at our reactions. For example, when you are sad, upset or worried, in general, you just respond or react automatically, without any awareness of this reaction. When you are angry, furious, upset, you respond with annoyance, respond with that anger, respond with that upsetment to that given situation.

So, our reactions are reactions that are born, that come from the past, and we are always responding in a reactive way, due to the presence of these states, without ever investigating what they represent. Thus, we are not aware of our reactions to go beyond them, to have a comprehension of something beyond them. We are always reacting, responding in a mechanical, unconscious and automatic way.

"When I am angry, I respond. When I am sad, I respond. When there is a state of sadness or depression or anguish, I respond. I have not yet learned to look at this, to become aware of this state, to investigate it, to study this here. What is this? What am I? Or who am I at this moment?" So, the presence of Self-awareness is this look without reacting. In this realization, what is shown is revealed; and when this is revealed, there is the end of this condition, because we are faced with a model of unconsciousness, of mechanicalness, of memory response, something that comes from the past.

To break with these conditions, with these internal, psychological frames of feelings, emotions and thoughts, is to break with this pattern of the ego, with this pattern of the "I." This requires the presence of this look, of this observation, of this direct perception of all this. See, we are dealing here with you with the basis for the Revelation of the Truth about God, the Truth about True Spirituality, this real encounter with the Divine, with the Nature of your Being.

Therefore, the basis for a free, happy, harmonious, peaceful and happy life is the awareness of the Reality of God; and this Reality of God is present when there is the end of this psychological condition. So, understanding this whole process that gives continuity to this present element, that sustains this present element, I refer to this process of unconsciousness of responses - that response of someone who is angry, upset, annoyed, upset, sad -, living within these responses, without looking directly at what this represents, for the end of this condition, is to remain within this old process of unconsciousness, of life of the "I," of life of the ego.

So, what is this learning about Self-awareness? It is discovering what it means to look, observe, perceive. See, it is to perceive, not to do something. Because the idea of doing something is the idea of an element that already sees itself separate to act in a positive way, that is, contrary to this condition. Since the idea is that this condition is a negative condition, this sense of "I," of the ego, when it interferes, it is to modify, it is to alter, it is to bring this so-called positive element of deconstruction of this condition. See, that is not what we are talking about here.

We need to learn to look, just to look, just to verify, to become aware of this. When there is this look, this psychological condition goes through a profound change, a profound transformation. There is something present, which is the condition of a new action that arises from this understanding, from this simple and direct look, perceiving and observing.

So, the true approach to Self-awareness is not by making choices, not by drawing conclusions, not by making assessments, not by creating adjustments or seeking to make changes. The Truth about Self-awareness is about learning to look without reacting. Then, Something emerges, Something outside of the known, Something outside of the mind, Something outside of the "I," Something outside of this process. This is the end of this separation, which is this element that is feeling this, involved with it, moving in it.

Notice how there is a great basis for the end of duality. Because the idea in us is of someone sad, so there is someone and sadness; it is of someone angry, rageful, afraid or worried, and this someone doing something against it. There is no separation between this state and this someone, and you become aware of this when you learn to observe, to look, to perceive. This is why we emphasize here the beauty of Meditation, of Real Meditation - we have a playlist on the channel about this subject.

The Truth about Meditation is the discarding of this particular model of separation, where there is this "I" and the state. Then, Something is revealed outside of the mind, Something outside of the ego, Something outside of this condition. So, at this moment, we learn, in life, what life is in this encounter with others, with the world, with situations, with events. Understand the importance of this.

The basis of our human relationships, for example, is confusion. We are always, constantly, sustaining some kind of disorder, confusion and conflict in our human relationships. This is because, internally, we are confused, disoriented, worried, distressed and unhappy, due to these conflicting states in which we find ourselves. The elimination of the sense of "I," of "me," of the ego, here, is Love in human relations, it is Peace in human relations, it is Happiness in human relations. It is when your contact with your husband, wife, children, the world around you is something entirely new, because the sense of "I," of this "me," of this ego, is no longer present.

To realize, in life, the Truth of Life is to assume the Freedom of God, it is to assume this Freedom of this encounter. So, there is nothing more important in life than this real encounter with Truth. So, the answer to the question "How to find God" lies in the end of this illusion, this sense of "I," this duality, this separation between this "I" and this other state, be it fear, anxiety, worry, anger.

The encounter with Divine Reality is the absence of someone, it is the Reality of God revealing itself. So, the end of illusion is the emergence of That which is Real. The vision of that which is false, of that which is not real, is Truth revealing itself in this moment. This is what we are working on here with you on Saturdays and Sundays. These are online meetings, here, in the video description, you have our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings on the weekends.

So, if this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Here is our link to participate in these meetings in the video description. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, here's an invitation, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!



March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Psychic Suffering | Human Suffering | Emotional Suffering | How to Deal with Thoughts

Here the question is: how can we deal with human suffering? The suffering that affects everyone. What is it and how to deal with it? What is this thing called suffering? And how to deal with it?

Notice that the basis - the real basis that sustains this issue of human suffering - is psychic suffering, is emotional suffering. So, how can we approach this issue of suffering? We know that a toothache is the presence of pain. If this psychologically affects you, beyond the physical pain, then you have the presence of suffering. Suffering is what affects you psychologically, whereas pain is what wounds or affects you physically.

If you burn your finger or stub your toe and fall, and find out your foot is sprained - and later discover the foot has a sprain - that is the presence of pain. So, there is a difference between pain and suffering. When you're angry at someone, you are suffering. When you're worried, you are suffering. When fear is present, you are suffering.

When you're sad, you are suffering. So, there is a difference between suffering and pain. Suffering is what affects the person; suffering is what affects this "I," whereas pain is what affects the body. If you have physical pain and internally feel irritated about it, angry about feeling that way, or worried about the pain, then you have both the presence of pain and the presence of suffering. So, notice how simple this understanding of suffering is.

Suffering is what affects you psychologically. Pain is what affects you physically. The way thought represents the experience - in that moment, what we have present may be just the pain or the presence of suffering. Here together, we are investigating this question of the end of this psychic suffering, the end of this emotional suffering. That is part of human suffering.

Here, in these meetings, we are exploring liberation in this life. The psychological condition of the "I's" existence, of the person, is the condition of a prison. As human beings, we live in this suffering because of the presence of this psychological prison that thought has built for this person. What is the truth of this person? This person is a construction of thought.

A construction that has a form, a name, a story, an image. That is the person. The makeup of this person, the structure of this person, the foundation of this person is thought. It may sound strange to hear this, but you are nothing other than a thought. When you use the pronoun "I," exactly what are you referring to?

To an idea, to a mental image. That is this you. What is a mental image? What is an idea? It is the presence of thought.

When you are sad, it is a sad thought. Notice this here with us. When you are angry, what is that anger? It is a feeling, it is an emotion, it is a sensation in this thought, in this self-image. That image is thought, that anger is thought, that emotion is thought.

See how important it is that we investigate this here. If we want to break free from this psychological condition - and that's what we are telling you here. In life, it is indeed possible to live a life free from suffering, from psychic suffering, from emotional suffering - but for that, you must become aware of the truth about yourself. You need to realize that you are nothing other than a thought. A thought that gets hurt, that gets sad, that gets upset, that becomes furious, taken over by anger - a thought in emotion, a thought in feeling.

This is the "I." Breaking free from this thought is breaking free from this image, is breaking free from this anger, from this emotional pain, from this psychic suffering. That is the beauty of an encounter with reality. An encounter with reality is the end of the illusion - the illusion of this self-image. So, let's touch on this now with you. Since the truth is that thought is the element behind all of this.

When you are angry, a thought is the element behind the anger; when afraid - it's thought; when sad - it's thought; when worried - it's thought. It is always thought as the element. Since thought is this you, this "I," and it is behind all of this - here the question is: what is thought? Here the question is: how to deal with this thing? How to deal with thought?

First, before anything else, let's understand something here. Once again, thought separates itself when it asks the question: how to deal with thought? The idea behind this question is of an element capable of dealing with thought. But look - the thinker himself is thought. We have a mistaken view of life because we have a false, completely illusory view of ourselves.

We see life as something happening, separate from what we are, because we see ourselves as someone present and life as something apart, separate. There is no such separation between life as it happens and you as you appear. By seeing ourselves as separate from life, as someone present - that someone is the one who, for example, is thinking, is feeling, is acting, is speaking. Here, speaking is life happening, thinking is life happening, feeling is life happening. It's when we have exactly that separation - notice - that we have the problem of suffering.

Exactly because we want to deal with it, do something against it, we create a separation. I don't know if this is a bit confusing here - for someone here for the first time on the channel, hearing this talk. You see yourself as someone present. But look - that's just a thought you have. What we have present is life as it is happening.

But you see yourself as someone who likes what's happening or doesn't like what's happening. Note that this is just a thought about how life should be, or how it could be. So, when you ask how to deal with thought or how to deal with thoughts, you see yourself as someone who is thinking and who can deal with thoughts. But who is it that is thinking? Is there such a thing as a separation?

The theory we have - which is just a belief - is that the thinker comes before the thought. First comes the thinker, and then he has thoughts. Look at yourself and tell me. Is that true? Is it true that you are first here and then produce thoughts of worry for yourself?

Are you the one who produces those thoughts of worry - or do they appear? Is it true that you are here and you produce sad thoughts in order to become sad? Are you the one doing that? Or are those sad thoughts that arise, and then you become aware that you are sad? If you were really the thinker of thoughts, would you manufacture for yourself thoughts of anxiety, of worry, of sadness?

Have you ever noticed that when you're afraid, it's thoughts that brought that fear? You're here, perfectly fine, and suddenly you're afraid something might happen to you. Is it true that you were here, then thought about it and made it appear - or did it appear and fear arose? Do you see? The great truth is that there is no thinker to think.

What we have present is thought arising. After the thought appears, then the thinker appears. First comes the thought of sadness, and then you find yourself sad. That's exactly how it happens. First comes the thought of worry, and then you find yourself distressed about being worried.

That's the order. First arises the thought that is the cause of fear, then you find yourself afraid. Notice that this is exactly how it happens. There is no such thing as someone thinking - there is only thought appearing. So we need to have a real approach to life in order to understand the end of suffering.

But to understand the end of suffering requires understanding the end of thought, because it is thought that is the cause, the reason, the truth behind psychic suffering, behind emotional suffering, behind this worry, anxiety, fear, or sadness. Notice that we go through much of life without realizing how we function. So, this kind of question - this type of question, how to deal with thoughts - presupposes an illusory base, a mistaken base, the belief that there is someone to deal with thoughts. There is no such thing as a separation between the thought and the thinker. When you come across a flower, there isn't "you" looking at the flower - there is only the seeing.

You only appear when an idea shows up. When, for example, you say: this flower is very beautiful, it would be so nice to have flowers like this in the garden at home. Notice - it's only in that moment that "you" appear, when you separate from the seeing, becoming the observer. When you're in front of a scene, what is present is the scene - "you" appear when you find it beautiful or ugly, when you like it or don't like it. Notice how subtle this movement is of the thinker, of the observer, of the experiencer of the experience.

It is the very movement of thought separating itself that creates this experiencer, that creates this observer, that creates this thinker. There is great beauty in this approach of studying ourselves. That's because through Self-awareness we realize there is no such element present as the "I." Here, the word, the expression "Self-awareness," is not about someone knowing themselves to become a better person. Here, it's about the awareness that this element called the "I" is merely a construction of thought in the face of experience.

Discovering the truth about yourself is becoming aware that this "I," this "me," this person, is an idea - it is a construction of thought. In this way, we completely dissolve this separation. And when that separation is dissolved, that element that could suffer dissolves. So, this great contact with life as it happens, without that element - thought - separating from the experience, that is the end of suffering. Suffering ends because that element that separates to clash with the moment, to clash with the experience, is no longer present.

When someone compliments you, you feel pleasure. When someone criticizes you, you get upset, or annoyed, or angry. That happens because, at the moment of the experience - in that instant, in that exact moment - this sense of self-image, this "I," notice it's just a thought, arises. When this self-image is flattered, this thought, which is the self-image, which is you, feels happy. When this self-image is criticized, you, who are that self-image, who are that thought, feel angry, feel annoyed, feel upset. So, the element present that sustains suffering is the same element that sustains pleasure.

Notice how important it is that we understand this here. In life, we are always in pursuit of pleasure - that is, of something that can flatter, soothe, pamper, bring satisfaction to this self-image. And we live constantly trying to defend ourselves from pain - from anything that might produce disturbance, offense, disorder, rejection toward this self-image. That is the presence of suffering. So we are constantly, in life, upholding the idea, the thought, the image, this mental picture of who we are, of who we cultivate to be, wish to be, hope to be.

That is the self-image. As long as that is present, we will always be experiencing pleasure and pain from a psychological standpoint. That is basically what sustains suffering. That is part of human suffering, that is part of psychic suffering, that is part of emotional suffering. Here, together, we are discovering how to break free from this self-image that lives in this psychological dependency on praise and rejection.

That when it is rejected, feels sad, angry, upset - that when it is praised, congratulated, feels happy, pleased, content. The end of this psychological condition is the end of that movement, which is the movement of thought, which is exactly this movement of separation. It is when that separation exists that suffering is present. Next time someone compliments you, just listen - give your full attention to hearing the compliment. Notice, we are dealing with something here that's not so simple, because throughout our lives this inner movement of thought in us has always defended its continuity through the self-image.

This belief that we exist as someone, as a person, is the self-image itself. This self-image loves to be praised and hates to be criticized. That is the addictive model of thought present in each of us. So, thought separates, creates this self-image, and sustains this self-image - wanting to be loved and trying to protect itself from being hated. So, the next time someone compliments you, pay attention in that moment to yourself and observe this reaction when it arises.

The first inclination of the "I," of the ego, of that past in you, is to receive that compliment and puff up like a balloon. But if you give full attention to that hearing without inserting this element that comes from the past - which is this "me," this "I," this self-image - if only the hearing remains, and that hearing requires free listening, and that hearing requires the presence of a new way of approaching the experience - the presence of that attention to that instant, that attention of that hearing - eliminates that "I," eliminates that past. Then only the compliment remains, but it doesn't touch you, because you are not present. As that "I," that "me," that person, that self-image - bringing attention to that moment - that is the end of the "I," that is the end of that self-image, that is the end of that sense of the "I," it is the end of the ego's sense for pleasure, for personal fulfillment. Do the same when faced with criticism, with insult.

Just listen. Give your full energy of attention to that hearing but do not place yourself as a person in the experience. Do not bring from the past this self-image, and observe what happens. Then neither the flattery makes you feel special, nor the insult makes you someone sad, angry, or upset. That is the end of that self-image.

That is the end of this quality of life centered in the "I," centered in the ego. That requires the presence of this attention upon your reactions. That is basic in this view of Self-awareness - for the end of this continuity of the "I," for the end of this continuity of the ego. Contact with life in this instant, free from this sense of the "I," is contact with freedom, with non-dependence on thought and, naturally, on emotions and feelings. Then something is revealed beyond the ego, beyond the "I," beyond this thought, beyond this flattery or this insult.

The encounter with the reality of your Self is the realization of truth, of happiness, of this absence of the "I." That is the end of suffering. That is the end of this old condition of human suffering, of psychic suffering, of emotional suffering. So, when we approach meditation, it is only possible through Self-awareness, which requires the presence of this attention. Then, the reality of your Self is revealed, the reality of God is revealed.

That is what we are working on here with you in these meetings. On Saturdays and Sundays we have online meetings here on the weekends. In the video description, you'll find our WhatsApp link to join these online weekend meetings. In addition to these meetings, we also have in-person gatherings and retreats. If this is something that makes any sense to you, here's your invitation - go ahead and leave your like, subscribe to the channel, and write in the comments: yes, this makes sense.

Ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting, and until next time.

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Consciousness is what I Am | Conscious union with God | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast. Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today I am going to read an excerpt from Joel Goldsmith's book called "Consciousness is What I Am." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Now, come to the Truth that the Consciousness that is God is the Consciousness that is you. And then you come to Unity." Master, on this subject of Unity, of union with God, can you share your vision on this subject with us?

MG: Gilson, on this issue of union with God, it is necessary that we first have a clear comprehension of the Truth about this Reality that we call God. The point is that we do not have any real approach to this through thought; and all we have about God, in theory, in concept, in idea, are thoughts. So, when we speak of this union with God, we are already starting from a mistake, here: the idea that our thought can have any true idea about it. Any idea is, by nature, an idea. Something that thought understands, something that thought formulates; and everything that thought formulates is within an illusion, since every thought is within a principle of limitation. Note that when you remember something, what you have about it is a thought. And that thought is not what you remember. No thought deals with, does justice to, represents, the truth of that. No thought represents what, in fact, is. Thought is only a representation of a mental image.

So, this idea of God, for us, is a concept, it is an image, it is a mental representation. And we have an idea of God, and the idea we have is of a Being separate from us, separate from what we essentially are. This is a great, great error, a great mistake on our part. The only Reality present, being Life itself when Life expresses itself, this expression of Life is this only Reality. This only Reality is the Reality of God. There is no separation between what you are in your true inner Reality and the Divine Reality. Therefore, it is not about a contact at the level of communion, based on a principle of separation between you and God. There is no such thing as "God, you and life." There is a present expression, there is a present manifestation, there is a present reality, and this reality is Divine Reality.

So, the truth about this "contact" with God, this "communion" with God, consists of the awareness of the Revelation of That which you really are, when the illusion of this supposed present entity, which is the "I," the ego, this "me," is no longer there. So, what is the truth of this approach, of this Real Communion with God? It is the absence of a present element that sees itself as separate, that sees itself as an element apart from this Divine Reality. So, all our work must be in this direction, and everything we receive as a teaching must be signaling and pointing to this Awareness of Reality that we are. And it is important to say this to you here too: every form of teaching that emphasizes this separation, that places us within a model of thought and, therefore, of belief, is mistaken. The true approach to teaching consists of a discovery; a discovery possible from a direct vision of what is happening to us, within us.

That is why our emphasis here is on becoming aware of the Truth about ourselves. This awareness requires the presence of a comprehension of this entire present, psychic mechanism that we call "mind," which naturally includes the brain itself. Comprehending the Truth about yourself means realizing how your mind works, how thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, perceptions are processed within us. what is the meaning of this within the context of relations, relations with people, with ourselves, with situations that arise, with things that happen. Without having a basis - and this basis is the comprehension of how we function - we do not have the foundation for this vision, for this vision of this Awareness of God. It is this Awareness of God that is the Truth of this non-separation between you and God. This is the Real Expression of this Unity, this non-duality, this non-separation.

We need to discard every form of thought, concept, idea and belief. Since every thought, idea, concept, belief in us is the presence, precisely, of this separation. It is precisely thought that separates you, it is precisely thought that creates this separation between you and Reality, between you and Truth, between you and God. As human beings, we are living in thought; our life is the particular life of thought. There is the present idea of an element here, which is this one that thinks, this one that feels, this one that does, this one that accomplishes things. This element is a construct of thought, and we have this way of approaching life from thought because of this conditioning. We were not taught how to deal with our thoughts. It is essential to learn how to deal with our thoughts, but even the idea of dealing with our thoughts is the idea of someone to deal with our thoughts. This someone is an illusion.

This is what we need to understand: there is no such someone, no such "I." This separate "I," this "I" apart, this "I" that sees the world as being this "I" that observes things, as being this "I" that thinks about things, as being this "I" that can have an encounter with God. Here, the Truth of the Awakening of Consciousness, of this flourishing of your Natural Divine State, which is the Awareness of God, consists of discarding this illusion, in getting rid of this illusion, in realizing that we are faced with a model of thought that has been established in us for millennia, which is the model of separation, where there is this "I" and the non-"I." In this format of thought, there is you, God, the world, and life. This is something very common in us. We are facing a psychological situation that is common to all of us, which is this vision of psychological conditioning, of mental conditioning, of the program that has been given to us by culture, by this world pattern.

So, all of this behavior in us, in this sense of separation, is egocentric, it is personal, it is particular. We are constantly involved, invariably, with this personal self-interest, something entirely egocentric. All of this condition of confusion within our relations... Our relations at home are our relations in the city, our relations with the world, these relations between countries. The condition of the world is one of conflict, of disorder, of confusion and suffering due to this egocentrism, this behavior of mental conditioning, due to the presence of this model of thought, which is the thought of the "I." The flourishing of your natural and Divine Being, the flourishing of your essential nature, which is God, which is the Truth about you, requires the end of this you as you know yourself, as you see yourself. So, when there is, psychologically, the death of this "I," the end of this psychological condition of continuity of separate existence, the end of everything that the "I" represents, which are its desires, its fears, its searches, its choices, its beliefs. When there is the end of this, there is the Awareness of this Revelation. And how does this become possible? Through Self-awareness.

Here, Self-awareness is becoming aware of the illusion of this "I." It is not about improving this "I," changing this "I," the improvement of this "I." I say this because, in general, people use the expression "self-awareness" in this sense. Here, we use it in a very clear way to you, only in the sense of becoming aware of this movement, which is the egocentric movement, which is the movement that sustains this separation, this duality. Full awareness of this is enough for a new action to emerge. This new action is the true Action, which is not born from this "I." Gilson, we do not know what this Action free from the ego is. Every action that we know is action centered on volition, on wanting, on this movement of will, intention and thought. Thus, we are always moving in life from this illusory "I," from this illusory identity. The end of this is the vision of Divine Reality.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. He makes the following comment asking: "Master, I am getting tired of searching for Enlightenment. What should I do?"

MG: Here, when you say: "I am getting tired of searching for Enlightenment," notice, the idea is mistaken; the idea of searching and the idea of someone present in this movement. There is no such thing as a real search, this whole movement of searching is just a movement of imagination of thought. Just as there is no element present - capable of carrying out this encounter - which is the "I." So, you say: "I am getting tired of searching for Enlightenment." Thought has created in us, at least in most people who have read about this subject, who have heard about it. there is the belief, the idea of this so-called "Enlightenment." An idea, a belief is an imagination. No thought represents the Reality of the thing itself. When you have a thought, you are having an idea, a mental image. So. the idea, the mental image of Enlightenment is a mistake, it is an error, there is no such thing in thought that is Real. All that thought does is create a picture, a portrait, an image of the thing itself.

So, notice, there is the image of Enlightenment, which is the idea of Enlightenment, we have the search for this Enlightenment... This can only be a movement of thought itself, in search of what it imagines. It creates the image and goes in search of this image; this is the search. And we also have this element in this search, which is the "I." This whole movement is a movement of thought. Thought in us is the element that created this idea of someone present, which is this "me"; it created this search and created this image that it seeks. So, it is natural that you are tired, but who is this element that is tired? See, it is thought itself in this search, in this quest, for what it imagines to be Enlightenment.

Here, together, we are investigating the truth about thought and understanding that it is precisely thought, this element present in us, that prevents us from becoming aware of this Reality that is already present. See, it is not something to be found. You do not have the address of it, you do not know where it is to be found. I have said that it is like a key that you lose. If you lose your car key at home, yes, the key is lost, but in fact, it is not lost, it is there, somewhere. But if you lose your key outside the house, in fact, you do not know where it is. You may even suspect the last place it was, and you remember the key being with you there, but you, in fact, do not know where the key is.

Here, on this path of Awakening, of the Realization of what some call Spiritual Enlightenment, we do not know where it is to be found. The Reality of Awakening is not something that is lost. Reality, the Truth of this Divine Realization is something present. All we need is this realization of this Reality. It is the realization of this Reality that is the Truth of this Awakening. This requires a work in this direction and not a search. Work in this direction is possible, because here we have a direction for this work. See how interesting it is: we do not have a direction for the search. The direction for the search would mean knowing the place where that thing is probably lost. We do not have this direction for the search, because we do not have the address of Enlightenment or where, supposedly, that can be found, but we do have a direction for the work, and the direction for the work consists of an approach to oneself. It is the understanding of this internal movement within us, which is the movement of this consciousness that we know, which is the consciousness of the "I." A consciousness that has within itself this movement, which is the movement of thought. It is precisely this movement of thought within us, not understood, not clarified, not liberated, that prevents us from this vision, which is the vision of the Reality that is already here, which is Divine Reality.

Here our work, together, consists of having, in life, a real approach, understanding what is happening within ourselves. This is the direction to Awakening, to Enlightenment. Without this, we will continue in this so-called "search" or "quest," in this illusion of one day finding it. This is another illusory element within this context of searching: it is the idea that one day it will be found. That is, we have the illusion of time, the illusion that thought has sustained in this idea of this psychological future, this psychological tomorrow. This is not real! There is no such thing

as a psychological future, as a psychological tomorrow. Investigating all this requires a work on ourselves, at this moment, for this Comprehension, for this Revelation, for this Awareness that is the Awareness of God. Therefore, the work is a fundamental thing, the search is a postponement, it is a distancing, in fact, from this real approach. It is the work that is necessary and not the search, and not this quest, since, I repeat, this quest and search is within this model of thought, and thought does not deal with reality. Thought deals with the idea, with the image, with the belief, while the work deals with reality.

Learning to become aware of your reactions, discovering how this condition of thought, feeling, emotion, way of perceiving life, perceiving yourself, perceiving others, processes within you; all of this is within the context of direct work towards the flourishing of your Being, towards Spiritual Awakening. This is what we are here together, investigating with you, deepening and exploring, working together. And then you ask: "What should I do?" The only thing here is to turn to this study of yourself, to investigate. The only thing consists of discovering how to look at what is happening to you. Studying yourself, investigating your reactions, does not mean living in this movement of searching, through so-called "spiritual" practices, reading books, listening to speeches, lectures. None of this solves anything. It is necessary to discover how to look at yourself, how to become aware of this movement present in you that comes from the past, which is the movement of thought, as well as feelings, emotions. This is what opens the door to an approach to Meditation. Meditation is this Awareness that reveals the Truth of your Being, that reveals the Divine Truth.

GC: Master, we have another question from a subscriber on the channel. Gilmara makes the following comment asking: "Master, how can we stop searching? It means just living?"

MG: Here you ask how to stop searching and live. Notice, what do you really mean by living, what do you call "living"? What we generally understand by "life" or "living" is life in disorder, this living in confusion. This living in the mind, this living in ignorance, is life in suffering. Therefore, here it is not about stopping searching to live, here it is about becoming aware of a direct work on oneself, to end the illusion of this so-called "living" in the "I," this so-called "living" of the person. So, it is not about stopping searching. It is about investigating the nature of this element of searching, this element in the search, this element that is involved in this searching. Therefore, it is a direct work towards the end of the "I." Only when the Truth of your Being becomes clear, That which is present outside the ego, outside this sense of person, do we have the beauty of life as it happens. It is not about someone in living, it is about life free from the "I," free from the ego. In general, people live resigned to this psychological condition of ego-identity, and they do not seek anything. Living conformed to this condition and not seeking anything is to remain in the same condition of ignorance.

So, let us understand this clearly, here. Here, in fact, it is not a search, but it is a work. As long as you, in this sense of the "I," remain resigned to this condition of life, as we know it in the ego, this condition of life without investigation, without getting closer to oneself, without direct work on yourself, everything will continue the same way. We need to become aware of the need for a direct work in this direction so that, in this life, the presence of this Real Awakening may flourish.

GC: Thank you, Master. We have reached the end of yet another videocast. And for those of you who are watching the videocast until the end and have a real and sincere desire to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are intensive weekend meetings, available online, in person, and even multi-day retreats. In these meetings, in addition to Master Gualberto answering our questions directly, He, because he already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, shares an energy field that helps us greatly in comprehending what is beyond human understanding. So, here is the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Go ahead and give a "like" the video, subscribe to the channel, and Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

February, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | The Thunder of Silence | The Conditioned Mind and the Free Mind | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We are here for another videocast. Once again, Master Gualberto is here with us. Thank you, Master, for being here. Today I am going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "The Thunder of Silence." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "When you know the Truth, this Truth will free you from all the conditions of the carnal mind, that means, from all situations or circumstances conditioned by good and evil." Well, Master, in this excerpt, Joel comments on the carnal mind, on the human mind. Can the Master share his vision on what the conditioned mind is and what a free mind is?

MG: A real answer to this requires each of us to look directly at what is happening inside each of us. Note that our way of responding to this present moment, when we are asked, is invariably always from the perspective of thought. And this model of thought that we have for the response to life at this moment is the model of a thought that comes from the past, which is the result of experiences that we have gone through. There is a way of responding to life based on memory, based on these remembrances. These recollections, remembrances, memories are experiences stored within us in the form of thought. The point is that responding to life at this moment, responding in a complete way, in a true, real way, requires the presence of a vision of what is really important and necessary here at this moment, and thought does not do that. Thought comes with a ready-made answer, with an answer that comes from the past, that comes from memory.

So, we are responding to the present moment based on the past, and we respond because the mind, as it is happening at this moment, is programmed to respond. This programming is conditioning.

We live within a pattern of mental, psychological conditioning. We have a way of sitting, we have a way of eating, we have a way of walking. Each person walks in a different way. At the table, one behaves in a typical, characteristic way. This has to do with our body's conditioning, with the way we deal with the experiences of the moment, with life as it is happening. At this level, this physical conditioning of this body is reasonable, but as human beings, we are living a conflicting, distressing, burdened, heavy life, full of problems of various kinds, due to another quality of conditioning, totally dysfunctional and unnecessary, which is this conditioning of the mind, which is this psychological conditioning. The way you deal with your husband, with your wife, with your family, the way you deal with yourself, this is causing stress, it is causing division, it is causing confusion. And this behavior, in us, is born from thought, from these mental postures.

Just as we have physical repertoires, we have mental repertoires. We are constantly responding to life from these postures, these mental postures. We do not know how to deal with the present moment, because we do not know how to deal with ourselves. The external confusion is just an externalized extension of this internal confusion, which is within each one of us due to the presence of this chaotic movement, which is the movement of thought. We are living in the past or in the future. This is the form of the person, this is the form of the "I." This sense of personality present is due to this form of consciousness, which we recognize present in each one of us. This is happening in this way because the mind is not free.

You ask: "What is the free mind?" It is the mind that is no longer trapped in this pattern. How can we, in life, assume the Truth of That which we are, beyond this model of being that we present, of the model of person, of personality, of consciousness that we express in our relations, while we continue to be trapped within this pattern of thought, while we are trapped within this model, which is the model of this culture, which is the model of this society, which is the model of this world? We need to go beyond this conditioning to assume the Truth of God. The Truth of God is the Truth of your Being, of your Essential Nature, of your Divine Nature. This encounter with Reality requires the discarding of the truth that we express at this moment. There are two things here: there is the truth that we express, what we express to be, what we demonstrate to be, what we appear to be, and there is a Reality present, beyond all of this. This Reality only has space when the mind becomes silent, when it becomes still, when it undergoes a profound and radical change, when we completely strip ourselves of this condition of egoic consciousness, of conditioned mind. That is why it is essential to know ourselves, to know what is happening to us. It is this awareness of ourselves, it is this vision of the truth that we express, it is the awareness of this that brings about the discarding of this condition for the emergence of Reality. Any idea or belief about who we are is still part of the old thinking, still part of this programming, still part of this conditioning.

We are always responding from memory. Thus, expressions of the truth of this "I," this ego, are present all the time. When you feel hurt, angry, sad, upset, anxious, worried, depressed. These are just some of the countless states that we know, which are egoic states, states of this consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I." Our attachments, jealousy, envy. All these types of things represent internal psychological states of conditioning. It is the way in which the truth of the "I," of the ego, expresses itself. Is there a Reality, as we are placing it here? Yes, we have been addressing it, investigating this, deepening this here, with you, but I say again: the idea, the belief, the concept about this does not solve it. What brings us closer to this Real Vision is the awareness of Meditation. This awareness of Meditation requires the comprehension of Self-awareness. There is no separation between Self-awareness and approaching the Truth about Meditation.

We have a playlist here on the channel: "Real Meditation in Practice" and "The Truth of Self-awareness." There is another playlist: "How to learn about Self-awareness?" It is when we get closer to ourselves, when we look at what this "I" represents, this model of thought expresses, that we begin to realize the reality of this conditioned mind, because the mind becomes quiet and this model of conditioning is seen. What we call the conditioned mind is just this model of how the mind is functioning, how this conditioning is processed, due to thought, feeling, emotion. The end of this condition is the beginning, it is the emergence, it is the appearance of something indescribable, of something unnameable, which is Divine Reality. This is the truth of approaching a free mind, free from the "I," free from the ego, free from this conditioning.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Tatiana makes the following comment and asks: "I don't want anything anymore. How do I let go of this bag of thoughts?"

MG: Letting go of this "bag of thoughts" requires understanding this movement of conditioning. Our problem is not thoughts; we need thought in a practical way, for practical matters in life. Your name is a thought. Your address is a thought. Your professional knowledge is present because of thought. So, at this level, thought is important and necessary.

The problem arises when the old model of thought is being processed in a conditioned way, in this conditioned mind, in this conditioned brain, in this conditioned intellect. This model of thought is thought that gives rise to this sense of "I," this egoic sense. So, discarding this model, which is the model of conditioned thought. It is this model of thought that we need to get rid of.

I have called this form of thought "psychological thought." It is the psychological memory of the "I," it is the pattern of thought, which is knowledge, experience, memory, that gives structure to the sense of an ego-identity.

So, getting rid of thought is getting rid of the thinker, the experiencer. It is getting rid of this structure, which is the structure of this ego-identity, something that is always repeating itself. All the experiences we go through, thought records them in its old memory format, and this sense of a thinker behind thought is maintaining its continuity. This is the story of the "I," it is the story of the ego.

It is the approach of this look at our reactions, it is the discovery of the truth about how thought in us is processed that gives us a clear vision of the truth about this, for the end of thought. Can we have a free mind, a free brain, a free intellect? Can we live life free of the past, responding to this moment without the images, beliefs, conclusions, opinions, ideas that come from the past? This is what we are working on here with you.

Participating in these online meetings on the weekends is essential! In-person meetings, retreats... all of this is part of this real work that is necessary in this life, for the end of this psychological condition.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Idalina makes the following comment and asks: "Congratulations, I loved it! I'm one of those people, I've been suffering for years from too many thoughts. I can't change, I'm too emotional. How can I change?"

MG: Yes, Gilson, this change is essential! Otherwise, we will always be continuing with this model of thought. This model of thought, this old model of thought, this condition of thought, which carries sensation, feeling, emotion, all this story from the past, this old pattern of envy, jealousy, control, possession, fear, anger, worries. All of this is the presence of suffering. This is the condition of this sense of "I," this egoic sense.

The presence of suffering causes us to be alert. Note that, when everything is fine or everything is going well, you have no alertness. When something gets complicated, difficult, and some form of suffering arrives, then the warning goes off that something is not right.

Human beings live their days completely unconsciously. Their restless, chatty, repetitive, continuous model of thought, loaded with beliefs, concepts, prejudices, all of this passes through us unnoticed. We are, in general, unaware of this entire process of egoic consciousness, of consciousness of "I," of a restless mind. But when a situation arises and suffering arises, at that moment we realize, and at that moment we ask ourselves: "Is there something beyond all of this? Beyond this condition of suffering that I find myself in?" Because when everything is fine, you don't ask yourself; but when you realize that you no longer have control and that suffering is present, and all the old escape routes are no longer working, you realize that you need to discover something beyond all of this.

Life is constantly challenging us. The triggers, the challenges, the proposals, what happens in this moment, is something that always presents itself as an opportunity for us to give a response to life. If it is inadequate, suffering is present; if it is in line with life, something new is present.

We do not know the Truth about Life, we do not know the Truth about ourselves. When you say: "I have suffered for years due to excessive thoughts" - comprehending the Truth about yourself is going beyond thoughts, it is going beyond this old condition of identity of the "I," where suffering is present.

Thought is something practical, it is something functional. At a certain level, it is necessary - as we just said in one of these answers - but, at a psychological level, all this occupation with thoughts, all this pattern of behavior, where there is all this internal restlessness, where the illusion of someone here, who came from the past, is here now and moving towards the future is constantly being repeated. Thought is processed like this, this is how it happens inside each one of us.

Unsatisfied with the present moment, this form of thought, this pattern of thought, is running fast inside each one of us, projecting itself into the imagination of a future where it will be happy. Thus, thought creates an identity, which is the "I." The feeling you have is of being someone who came from the past, is here in the present moment and moving towards the future, and who needs to be happy in the future.

This is how thought is processed inside each one of us. It lives within this restlessness, generating this stress, this anxiety. It is always in this agitation, and this way in which thought is processed, based on this illusory identity - which is the thinker -, due to this separation between thought and the thinker, this illusion of time is always established, to achieve happiness one day, to achieve peace one day, freedom one day, while suffering is present for this thinker at this moment, this restlessness, this existential void, this absence of Peace, Freedom, Bliss... This will never be attained by thought, because it is exactly the presence of thought that favors this psychological condition of mental suffering, of psychic suffering.

What is the truth about life? What is the truth about this "me"? Who am "I"? We have stated here, many times, to you, that there is a present Reality. This Reality is not the truth of what you are, in what you present yourself to be, in what you demonstrate to be. This is the truth of the "I," this is the truth of the person, whereas there is a Reality here, and this Reality is beyond thought, beyond feeling, beyond emotion, beyond this format of being someone. This Reality is the Reality of your Being, it is Divine Reality. The presence of this Reality is the presence of Bliss, of Love, of Freedom. Unless we attain, in this life, this Silence, this Comprehension of ourselves, of the Truth about this mind free from the past, from all this old movement of thought, there will never be Real Awareness of God.

Here, the Awareness of the Truth about God is the Vision of the Reality of your Being. There are two elements present that are part of this Vision of Reality: the presence of Self-Awareness and the presence of Meditation. The basis for the Awareness of your Being is Self-Awareness, and this Awareness of your Being reveals itself when this Divine State, this State of God, this Natural State of this Being, which is your Being, reveals itself. This is the Presence of Meditation. It is not someone practicing meditation. It is the Truth of Meditation that reveals itself naturally, without any effort, when we place Attention on everything that happens to us at this instant, in this moment. This study of oneself is the end of this psychological condition of mental restlessness, of unconscious movement of thoughts and, therefore, this is the end of suffering.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time has come to an end. Thank you for this videocast.

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April, 2025
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Conditioned Mind | Learning About Self-Awareness | The Importance of Self-Awareness | Advaita

Here with you, we are investigating all these aspects related to this Truth of Divine Revelation, this Revelation of God. And there is a subject here that we need to approach and examine: it is this matter of experience, this pursuit, this search, this intention to obtain or achieve experiences in order to have an encounter with Divine Truth. So, one of the things here, one of the topics to be investigated, is this matter or this thing called experience. Why do we value it so much? What is the truth behind this so-called experience?

Here with you, we are taking an approach to the Truth that reveals God. And what is the Truth that reveals God? Truth is not experience; the Truth that reveals God is the awareness of Self-awareness. Notice the difference between learning about Self-awareness, which is what we address here on the channel with you—and here we refer to the Truth about Self-awareness! Some call self-awareness this approach of introspection, self-analysis, self-observation to change something, to alter something, to undergo a transformation as a person, having as a principle this transformation or change based on a desire, a will to change, to become a better person or a person who better aligns with their purposes, their ideals, their life desires.

Thus, in order to improve, a person aligns with a model of personal self-improvement due to a desire—for example, to get a promotion at work or achieve a certain result in a relationship with someone. So, they want to improve, they want to abandon certain aspects of themselves that they perceive as bad, as not good, as unfavorable in that connection with the other person, in that relationship with him or her. So, in terms of improvement, refinement, also with a purpose of self-interest, to obtain personal and naturally egocentric results, human beings seek improvement, and this improvement is this self-improvement through this thing called self-awareness. That is not what we are dealing with here with you. Here, the word "Self-awareness" refers to this encounter with oneself, merely an encounter with oneself.

Knowing what it is to observe your reactions is, in fact, knowing not to interfere with them—it is merely becoming aware of them, and then something happens when this is present. We know nothing about this. All our training, all our education is aimed at obtaining, achieving, conquering, changing, or altering things—of course, with a purpose, and the purpose is personal, the purpose belongs to the very “I,” to this “me,” to this very ego. Here, our approach, when we use the expression "Self-awareness", is for the investigation and clarity regarding the awareness of the “I,” the awareness of the “ego,” for the end of this entity that separates itself from life, that separates itself from the other, and therefore has nothing to obtain, nothing to achieve, nothing to gain—since this “person,” this “I,” this ego, is nothing more than a set of reactions present here, in this so-called human figure, which is nothing but conditioning, given that this “I,” this ego, this sense of “person” is nothing more than a formation of thoughts, emotions, feelings, sensations, and conditioned perceptions. See what we are investigating here with you.

We are investigating the truth for the end of this conditioning, which is the conditioning of the mind; the mind, made up of emotions, thoughts, sensations, and perceptions—we have present the very brain and how it processes all this. All of this is part of this conditioning of the mind, this so-called mind within us. Here, we are studying with you this question of the “I,” this study of ourselves for the discarding of this conditioning, which is the conditioning of the mind, which is mental conditioning. This is what we call Self-awareness here. Now we can address the very issue of experience. And what does experience have to do with this matter?

See, in general, people think of experience as something they need to obtain in order to have a vision of Divine Truth, of the Truth of God, of the Truth of their Being. Thus, here, when we discuss with you this matter of Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment, we are investigating that the foundation that brings this Revelation is not experience—I say it again—but rather an approach to oneself in order to investigate the nature of this “I.” And the nature of this “I” is structured upon and based on conditioning, and this mental conditioning is nothing but experience, and this experience is the experience that this “I” has sustained throughout its continuity. Thus, what we can have through experiences are conditionings. We cannot have, through experience, the awareness of God’s Revelation; what we can have through experience is the continuity of this element that places itself within experience as the one who has lived through it. This element is this identity; this element is the very “I.”

When you go through situations, they are remembered, they are stored. Storing situations requires memory, requires acquired information, requires recalling the situation. That situation is memory. Therefore, this memory, this recollection, this remembrance is experience. When you recall something here, you have a stored experience.

If yesterday, for example, I said something to you, and at this moment you can remember what I told you yesterday, what you have from yesterday, here, now, at this moment, is a memory, a recollection, an experience. This experience creates the illusion of an identity here—the “I” that is remembering. So, notice: what is the truth about experience? Experience is the memory that sustains the experiencer, which is the “I,” the one who went through that experience, stored that memory, and is now talking about it. So, what does experience bring to each of us?

More knowledge, more memory, more of the past. So, what can we acquire through experiences? Knowledge, memories, the past. This forms the “I,” this “me,” this ego. So, notice, we cannot come into direct contact with the Truth about God through the past, since the Reality of God is that if this Reality is present, It has no reference to the past within It.

If this Reality, which is Divine Truth, is present, It reveals Itself in this instant, and in this instant, there is nothing from the past that can comprehend or grasp its meaning. Notice, we are not dealing with something that exists within time, that is part of this time as we know it, which is past, present, and future. We are dealing with something indescribable, unnameable—this Reality that is present. Since It has no stored image, no representation of Itself, has never been seen, and will never be seen, it is not possible for an element coming from the past—the experiencer—to have any record of It. Every concept, image, or idea you have about Truth, about God—what you have about it is still part of thought, it is a photograph of thought. And thought is an element present within you as memory.

Every thought is memory. Every thought is something that comes from the past. So, you do not have a portrait of Reality, a portrait of God; therefore, you cannot have an experience of God. Because who is this element that will have this experience? This element is the “I,” and this experience is nothing but memory, and this memory is thought. Therefore, experience is memory, which is thought, and this “I” is the idea of this experiencer with this remembrance.

So, perceive this clearly: the Reality of God can be ascertained, but it cannot be experienced. It can be ascertained, but there is no element to ascertain it. Thus, we can only have an approximation of the Truth of God when there is precisely the discarding of experience, the experiencer, thought, and this “I.” Therefore, the truth of an approximation of Self-awareness is the awareness of the absence of the “I,” the absence of experience, the absence of the experiencer, the absence of the past. When this ends, we have the end of this conditioned mind, since this conditioned mind is the very presence of this conditioning, and this conditioning is nothing other than thought itself, which, when it appears, makes use of this pronoun—the pronoun “I”—with this idea of “my” or “mine.” “My” experience, like “my” things, “my” memories, “my” purpose, “my” house, “my” car, “my” name, “my” story.

So, when this pronoun “I” arises, we have this conditioned mind present with this idea of having things, of possessing things, of having acquired things. These things are material, intellectual, physical, mental, and, in reality, all of this is still within the scope of the dimension of thought. When I use the pronoun “I” and this “my” or “mine” arises—“my” car, “my” house, “my” family, “my” name, “my” story, “my” joy—we bring this idea, we bring this model of belief, this model of thought, this model of experience to this experiencer. So, what is the truth about this Divine Science, about this Science of God? The truth about this requires the presence of this learning about ourselves, discovering what this sense of the “I” is with this idea of “my,” of “mine.”

We carry this “my” and this “I” with us. This is within this form of mind program structured in knowledge and experience. It is knowledge and experience that bring us this conditioning, that give us this conditioning, that bring us this sense of the “I.” Looking at what happens here and now—and all we have here and now is life as it happens, without the past. When thought arises, it arises at this moment to interpret, to evaluate, to accept and reject life as it happens, at this moment.

And we only do this based on this experience, this experiencer. In you, the element that likes or dislikes, that wants or does not want, that accepts or rejects, that carries this feeling of pleasure and pain—see, from a psychological standpoint, this element present in each of us is nothing other than the experiencer. Therefore, everything the experiencer can assume is something he has lived and recorded from the past. Thus, every encounter he has with the present moment is based on his background of memory, recollection, remembrance. So, this element, which is the “I,” which lives off experiences, being the experiencer, cannot have an encounter with Reality. All it can do, based on experience, is maintain its own continuity, always interpreting, evaluating new situations based on its background of past experience.

All we can do as experiencers—notice this—is maintain the continuity of the “I.” The experiencer, I repeat, cannot have an experience outside the scope of the known, and the Divine Reality is not within the known. We are dealing with something that is beyond time, beyond the mind, beyond thought. This is the importance of Self-awareness, as this Self-awareness dismantles the sense of an identity present in this moment, since this approach of a new perspective on this moment puts an end to that identity, which is always maintaining the continuity of experience, always relying on what it has lived in the past. Therefore, the beauty of the importance of Self-awareness, of this encounter with this new learning about ourselves, is that looking at this moment without placing the experiencer, without placing this “I,” without placing this element that comes from the past to evaluate this moment based on its background, we have in this moment a contact with life in this instant, in this moment, without the “I,” without the experiencer. When, for example, you have a thought, it is just a memory that arises here, in this instant, something that comes from the past, but when you place an identity in this thought that slides with the thought or slides into the future or the past—into the past with memories, recollections, into the future with imaginations, ideas, and projects—when this identity arises, as soon as thought appears, we have the continuity of the “I,” of this experiencer.

And here we are inviting you to the awareness of the truth of this moment, where time does not exist, where this past and this future do not exist. Therefore, learning to look at this moment without placing this present element, at this instant, we are before this Attention, this perception, this new perspective, this perceiving without the perceiver, this awareness without this element—the “I”—being involved in it; it is when, at this instant, we have the Revelation of the awareness of this Being. This revelation is the very awareness of God. Perceive this clearly here. The Reality of That which You Are is not the “person,” it is not the “I,” it is not the experiencer.

The Reality of That which You Are is this perceiving, this awareness, this seeing without the past. The clarity of this is the Truth that Life is present, Life itself being the Divine Reality; this Reality is the Reality of God. So, when the mind falls silent, when the brain quiets down due to the absence of this “I,” this experiencer, this element that comes from the past to judge, compare, evaluate, like or dislike, accept or reject what is here, in this instant—when this element is absent, we have the presence of non-separation; it is when, in this moment, your contact with him or her is not the contact of someone with him or her—it is the very contact of Life with Life, because at this moment there is no other. He or she is You in your Real Nature, You in your Being. Can we discover what it is to look at life without the past and, therefore, without the experiencer, without the “I”? So, this contact with the moment is the contact that reveals That which is beyond thought and, therefore, beyond the past, experience, the experiencer. We are before Life itself.

When people ask what Advaita is—we have a playlist about this subject here on the channel… Advaita is non-separation, it is seeing without the observer, it is listening without this element being present in listening, which is the listener, which is the “I.” It is perceiving without the perceiver. It is a contact with Reality without the past. See, this is not an experience, this is the awareness of pure Being, of pure experiencing, of pure living, of pure Divine Life. This is what I have called Real Consciousness; this is the truth of Advaita. Advaita is an Indian expression for non-separation, for non-duality. So, what reveals the Reality of God?

The awareness of this Being, and this is Advaita, this is the presence of pure Meditation, of your Natural State of Being, free from the “I,” free from the ego. This is what we are working on here with you, telling you that in this life, yes, this is possible. Two days together. You have the link to our WhatsApp group in the video description to participate in these online meetings on weekends. Besides these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats.

If what you just heard resonates with you on any level, that is the level of your own Being. Here is an invitation. Leave your like and subscribe to the channel, okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting, and until next time!

February, 2025
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How to Deal with Thoughts? Escaping Reality: Psychology. Practical Meditation. What Is Thinking?

We are going to address with you here a rather delicate subject. I am referring to this condition we have, in which we find ourselves and do not know how to deal with it. I am referring to the condition of suffering. For us, this entire movement of trying to escape or flee is quite natural. This is what we generally call achieving liberation from suffering.

We confuse this matter of escaping and fleeing with the truth of the vision of what suffering represents. That is why we call this being free, finding freedom. When you ask how to get rid of suffering, in general, your intention is not really to become aware of what suffering represents, but rather, simply, to get rid of suffering. But for most of us, getting rid of suffering means escaping from what makes us suffer, fleeing from what causes us this conflict, this disorder, this confusion, this problem. So, this is indeed a delicate subject, the subject of escaping reality.

Psychology touches on this. When you look at yourself, within yourself, it becomes very clear-once you manage to look-that this is already quite rare, because we do not pay attention to what is happening with us. We are always looking outward. We are always attributing something out there as the cause of the suffering within each of us. So, this is very typical of this very movement of fleeing or escaping pain.

But when we learn to look and we look at what is happening here, within us, it becomes clear that this present psychological condition is what guides every form of contradiction, disorder, confusion, conflict, and suffering. So, here we must approach this very calmly. The suffering present in us is something inherent to this psychological internal condition in which we find ourselves. And yet, we are attributing this suffering here inside to something out there. And we believe that by getting rid of what is out there, we will be free from this suffering that is inside.

It is very common for you to think that someone makes you suffer. So, let's examine this, let's investigate this, let's approach this in a real way, or we will constantly be trying to get rid of the situation out there-and this situation is the other person, he or she-especially within these relationships, which are our human relationships. This is how we live, making substitutions within this game. Believing that by getting rid of this or that person, believing that if we get rid of this external element, the issue will be resolved inside. What is the truth about suffering?

So here, the first thing is understanding what suffering is. As for trying to flee, trying to escape, for millennia, the human being, within this model of mind that we know-the programmed mind, the conditioned mind-to flee, to escape, has been doing exactly that. For millennia, we have developed various skills to flee, to escape suffering. But up to this moment, we still do not truly know how to deal with this psychological condition. All we know how to do is rid ourselves of what makes us suffer.

By doing this, without awareness of what suffering is, without realizing that, in fact, it is not out there but here, within our psychological condition-which is the condition of the "I"-we will always be replacing this old condition with a new one, believing that we will no longer have the problem. However, the problem does not consist of something out there. It actually consists of something within each of us. It is the very psychological condition in which we find ourselves that sustains any form of external expression of a situation that arises, that appears. Thus, this external movement will always be an external movement of substitution within this game.

Here with you, we are investigating this. The real cause, the reason for the entire problem, is not out there-it is in here. It is in this psychological condition, in this confused, chaotic, disordered, restless state-it is this state of ignorance, illusion, self-projection, fantasy, ideation. Thought is the main element in all of this, producing all these things in us, in this "me," in this "I," in this mind-the real cause of the problem, the real cause of suffering. As long as there is no clarity, lucidity, comprehension, real vision, intelligence in each of us, in our mind and in our heart, this so-called life will be a life entangled in various conditions of dissatisfaction, disorder, confusion, problems, and suffering.

Thus, this entire movement in us of escaping reality. What is this reality? It is the reality of life as it presents itself. But this reality of life as it presents itself, for the one who observes, for this observer, is conflict, is confusion. Notice that we are presenting here to you, within this discourse: your way of looking at the moment, your way of looking at the experience, based on this "I," which is this element that observes from the past, from memory, from recollection, from this movement of the experiencer-it always looks from the perspective of separation, of division, of liking and disliking.

So, this way of looking gives you a mistaken sampling of life. As long as this psychological condition of the "I" exists-which is this observer, who lives in wanting, not wanting, liking, disliking, in evaluating, comparing, judging-this encounter with life is the encounter with a supposed reality, which is the reality of this "me," this ego. Here, in a clear way, we are presenting to you, within this channel, in these various videos we have, that the whole problem, all suffering, all disorder, is not in the reality of life, but in this supposed reality of life that the "I" is constructing, that the ego is constructing. And because it suffers, due to this conflict, this separation, it tries to escape, it tries to flee from pain-but it cannot escape itself. So, we remain within this illusion of one day achieving freedom, one day achieving peace, happiness, love within relationships, peace within ourselves.

We remain within this illusion, doing nothing other than fleeing toward these so-called new situations, new choices, new relationships, while the old condition of the "I," of the ego, remains. And if this remains, this issue of suffering, this issue of confusion, this issue of conflict is never resolved. There is no problem in life. The entire problem lies in the way the sense of "I" approaches this issue of life, in the way it relates to this issue of life. It is strange to hear this, because for a long time, within a pattern of conditioning, we have always wanted to fix the world, fix the other, fix the situations out there.

We do not realize that there is nothing out there-everything is within this perspective of the "I," of the ego, of this center, of this conditioned mind. However, this conditioned mind is the conditioned mind in everyone. We are faced with the same conditioned mind. Thus, my relationship with him or her is a conflicting relationship because not only am I in conflict-he is in conflict. This encounter is an encounter of disorder, of confusion.

So, we are fleeing from ourselves, from this pain present in what this "I" represents. And in this escape, we come across the world out there, with the other out there, but the other is also doing the same. How can we break with this psychological condition of ego identity, of illusory identity, of escape behavior, and thus the sustenance of this confusion, this problem that has become our life? The answer to this is: by breaking with the "I," with this "me," with this person, with this feeling, this thought of being someone in life, in this contact with what happens, including with him or her, with the world around me. Thus, we come across a fundamental question here.

For this direct approach, the question is: how to look, how to perceive, how to have clarity within this context of relationship with the other, with ourselves, with life? Putting it differently: what is thinking? The truth about thinking-how to have clarity in thinking? So, what is thinking? We do not know what thinking is because we are within a movement that is the movement of thought.

It is this movement of thought that is guiding this center, which is the "I," the "me," the ego. We are constantly responding to life through thought. But the truth is that we do not know how to deal with thought. So, we have this question: how to deal with thought? What is the truth about dealing with thought?

We need to understand that it is thought within each of us that gives us a vision of who the other is, of who we are, of what life is. Thus, as long as we do not understand what thought is and how to deal with thought, we will always be lost in this old condition of this ancient model of feeling life, of thinking about life, from this "I," from this ego. It is precisely this "I" and this ego that form the foundation that sustains problems, the foundation that sustains suffering. It is precisely this "I" and this ego that are within this movement of escaping from something that, in fact, they cannot escape. They are trying to flee from themselves.

This is the very movement of thought, which, in most of us, operates in a confused, disoriented way, filled with concepts, prejudices, fantasies, dreams, desires, fears. All of this is part of this confused and chaotic state within us, due to the presence of thought-unobserved, misunderstood. So, what is the truth about thinking? How can we have clarity, lucidity, comprehension, intelligence in the midst of all this, in the midst of life as it unfolds? This requires an approach to ourselves for the awareness of a new space, which is the space of silence, of stillness, of the absence of this old model of thought.

Since this old model of thought that we know is thought that is programmed, conditioned for the repetition of this old model of culture, of worldview that we have received within this conditioning from all the generations that came here before us. Notice that we are merely maintaining the continuity of all this chaos, of all this confusion. We are so envious, possessive, jealous, ambitious, attached, filled with fears. As human beings, we are so emotionally and psychologically dependent on situations, events, people. Notice that all of this exists within a model, within a program of human cultural conditioning.

This is the condition of thought-this form of conditioned thought, programmed to function within each of us. We need to discover what a brain free from thought is. What is a mind free from thought? What is this space of stillness that arises when this psychological condition-which is all we know, which is all we have ever known-is no longer present? That is why our emphasis here is on an approach to meditation, the truth about meditation.

I am referring to the awareness of practical meditation. Not the practice of meditation, but practical meditation. Practical meditation is the awareness of life in this instant, without this element that comes from the past, which is the model of this conditioned mind, which, as mentioned earlier, is always responding in a way that follows a cultural program-that is, precisely, the model of past generations that arrived here before us. And we know what that model is. Touching on this again briefly, this model is the model of anger, fear, envy, attachments-of all kinds of confusion, present precisely within relationships, where the perspective is always the mistaken perspective that something is wrong out there, when, in truth, that "out there" is merely a reflection of what is in here.

Within this movement, which is the movement of the conditioned mind, the programmed mind, the mind where this entire movement of thought is neither seen nor understood. Thus, this approach to practical meditation requires the presence of Self-awareness. Understanding how you function, since there is no separation between you, how you function, and the other. How you function and the world as it happens, as it expresses itself. Once there is clarity, lucidity, truth about yourself, it will become clear that this "you" consists of a model of human cultural conditioning, where all this confusion, all this suffering, is precisely present.

And the understanding of this "you"-notice what we are going to present to you here-this understanding of this "you" is the end of this "you" as you see yourself, as you feel yourself to be. This is the end of the world as you perceive it. So, the end of this illusion of this "me," this "I," this "you," is the end of the illusion of this world, of this other, as thought designs it, as thought shapes it. Thus, we come across the truth about the awareness of this new thinking. So, what is thinking? It is this new thinking. It is this new feeling about life.

Something possible when there is this release from this "me," this "I," this sense of "you" as thought has designed, idealized, and projected it. The approach to life in this instant is the approach to love in this moment. If love is present, there are no more problems. That is when we reach the end of the need for this "I" to escape, to flee, to try to get rid of something out there. I say it again-there is nothing out there if this illusion of this "I," this "me," does not exist, which is this model of thought operating in this conditioned brain, in this conditioned mind.

Here, the encounter with truth, the realization of reality, is the presence of this awareness of life as it happens. Happiness consists in this. Love consists in this. Freedom consists in the awareness that there is no separation between the reality of your Being. This is you in your real nature, which is real and divine consciousness and life itself. There is no separation between life, this real consciousness, and this divine truth. The beauty of this work lies in pointing out to you that, in this life, the only thing that matters is embracing this reality.

Living love is living the freedom of your own Being. This is the awareness of God. It is in this sense that we use here the expression Awakening of Consciousness, Spiritual Enlightenment, the Truth of God. So, we can break free from this psychological condition, from which, for millennia, human beings have been trying to escape and flee. And exactly what are they trying to flee from?

To flee from this pain, from this illusory sense of being someone, producing confusion-being itself the confusion and the suffering. Can we break free from all of this into this vision of God, into this vision of reality? Here, we have online meetings on weekends, where we spend Saturday and Sunday deepening this with you. I would like to extend an invitation to you. You will find our WhatsApp link in the video description to participate in these online weekend meetings.

Besides these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard makes sense to you, here is an invitation-go ahead and leave your like, subscribe to the channel, and write in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense." Okay? And we'll see each other soon. Thanks for the meeting, and until next time.

February, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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