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.
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