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 Joel Goldsmith's book called "The Foundation of Mysticism." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "If there is pessimism, fear or danger in the air, you feel discouraged, sad and afraid." Regarding this subject of fear. Can the Master share his vision on how we can deal with fear?
MG: Gilson, the question is "How to deal with fear?" There are several other questions that also involve this issue of fear. We have, for example, "How to overcome fear?", "How to overcome fear?", "How to get rid of fear?" ... See, we need to discover the truth about fear. First, before anything else. Here, the question before all these should naturally be, "What is fear? In general, we want to get rid of, or overcome, or deal with something without first having a direct comprehension of it. Here, in this case, it is the issue of fear, but we also have this in relation to death - we want to overcome death, to free ourselves from the pain of death - and issues such as rejection, worry, anxiety, depression.
See, what is the truth of all this? Why don't we get closer to it, investigate it closely and become aware of it? If, for example, I have a car and it breaks down, I go to the mechanic, because I have no knowledge in this area. So, it is natural that we go to the mechanic, that we seek out the mechanic. If you have a health problem and you are not a doctor, then you seek out, consult a specialist in that area, preferably in that specialty, in that specialization of your health problem. So, it is natural that we are always looking for someone to help us.
Regarding issues such as a car breaking down or poor or problematic physical health, and also for these emotional disorders, we are always looking for someone who can help us, we go looking for a specialist. But see, when your car breaks down on the highway, you call a tow truck. Now, dealing with yourself, you see, is not that simple. In a state of anxiety, filled with anxiety, anguish, depression, the tow truck doesn't always arrive quickly. At night, when you lie down to sleep and your thoughts are present and don't let you sleep, producing all kinds of anxiety - and anxiety is fear -, you don't have a specialist by your side to help you, to take care of you. You are alone.
So, if your car breaks down on the highway, you call a mechanic. call a tow truck or call a mechanic. But, when we look at ourselves, we can't always resolve our internal issues this way. In fact, they don't get solved. We can take medication, a tranquilizer, a sedative. Seeking help in therapy is excellent, it's wonderful, but there are always limitations. Here, we need to become aware of the truth of fear, here and now, in each one of us, and we have to ask the question, in addition to all those we have already asked: is it possible to live a life free from fear, because fear, note, is something common to everyone and is constantly appearing, in one way or another.
Is it possible a life free, absolutely free from all forms of fear? So, let's go to the answer to the question. What is fear? We do not know what fear is, and we cannot have a theoretical, verbal answer from someone, and we cannot just have medication or a therapy that will help us temporarily deal with it. We need to discover the truth about fear, become aware of how we function, because it is within us that this presence, the presence of fear, is. And, here, there is no other specialist inside you to deal with this, to resolve this.
Here, we are working with you on the Awakening of Consciousness, of a new Consciousness, because this consciousness that we know is the consciousness that lives in fear. But what is fear? Note that fear is something related to the thought model that is present in us, to the thought profile present within each one of us. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of the past happening again? Something that you experienced yesterday that caused you pain, you don't want it to come back. You are afraid of losing things that you have and that give you pleasure, fulfillment and accomplishment at this moment... And you are afraid of losing.
This fear of losing is the fear of the future, of that being taken away from you. So, you are afraid of the past and you are afraid of the future. You are afraid of bad things happening again, now, reappearing, things that you experienced in the past, and you are afraid of losing things that are with you now and that, perhaps in the future, in a day, two days, or a few years, you will no longer have. So, we are afraid of the past, we are afraid of the future, we are afraid of people, we are afraid of unforeseen situations that we do not want to happen to us.
Notice, we have many forms of fear, there are countless forms of fear - you can find examples of them there - and all these fears, take a good look at this, are all linked to thought. At this moment, here, there is no fear, but if a thought arises about the past or the future. And thought, notice, thought moves in time. Thought is the basis, the structure of fear, of this pain that we call fear. See, what is fear? It is this pain, this pain of losing, or this pain of not being in control, or this pain of suffering something. And this fear is always linked to thought, and thought is always linked to time, because at this moment, there is no fear, but thought arises, time arises, and with time and thought, fear arises. So, what is the truth about fear? It is the presence of thought. What is the truth about fear? It is the pain, the conflict, the disorder, the confusion, the suffering that thought represents within each one of us. This is the structure of fear.
So, when you come and ask, "How to deal with fear?". Here, the question would be, "How to deal with thought?", because thought is the basis for fear. If you have a remembrance of something that happened to you in the past, but it is only a memory, an image, and thought does not capture it and transport it to the future, the memory is just a recollection. See what interesting thing we are going to tell you here: it is when thought takes possession of memory. Memory is thought, but when thought takes possession of this memory and transports it to the future, there is the presence of fear. And the element that does this is the "I," it is the "me," it is this element that is also coming from the past, which is the observer. It is the one that is observing the memory and making with this memory a picture of pain in the future. This is the movement of the ego; it is the movement of the "I."
So, what is fear? Fear is the presence of thought with this "I," which is the thinker, which is the manager, which is this element that manages this memory, this remembrance, this past. You ask, "How to deal with fear?" Be aware of the memory and stay only with the memory. Do not get involved with the memory, do not get involved with thought. When you get involved with thought, this involvement is the involvement of the "I." But what is this "I"? This "I" is just a part of this thought that emerged, that separated itself to do something with thought. We have several videos on the channel that delve deeper into this issue of this thinker and thought. So, I recommend that you take a look at these playlists here on the channel: "What is thought?", "What is thinking?", "What is this learning about Self-awareness?" All these subjects here on the channel are in playlists here. Then you take a look and delve deeper into this.
So, what is fear? These are playlists here on the channel. Can we break free from it? That is the purpose. Becoming aware of the Truth about our Divine Nature, about our Real Nature, about the Truth of That which this Being represents. This is the end of this "I," of this thinker, and when this ends, fear ends, suffering ends.
GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Fernando asks the following question: "Master, how can we fill this existential void?"
MG: How can we fill this existential void? Look, Gilson, our idea is just our thought. The thought we immediately have is of magical solutions. When, for example, we want to get rid of, or overcome, or deal with that particular thing as quickly as possible, or we want to fill it. So, there is this pain, this existential void, and the idea of filling, of filling this void. Because our thought is that if there is a filling, we will be free from pain. Look, that is exactly what we have been doing all the time. We are constantly looking for situations that can break with old situations; new situations of pleasure that can break with old situations that we carry with us of pain. And we are constantly looking to fulfill, to replace.
This is what we have been doing, however, it does not solve anything. What you fill now will soon be empty again. You will have to try to fill it again and soon it will be empty again. Here we need to investigate the nature of this void. What is the truth of this existential void? Why has nothing, in fact, filled it definitively until now? Although we have been trying to do this for years, and now we want to know how to fulfill it. But, look, we want something definitive. See, there is nothing definitive in this sense.
Here we need to become aware of this void. Gilson, this existential void in the human being is something present, and here I will reveal to you who are in this video, watching this speech: This is something present because of the sense of "I," of this "me," of this ego. This ego, "I," this "me," will never be happy, satisfied, fulfilled or filled. It lives within a sense of separation from life, from others, and from God.
We need to break this illusion, with this psychological condition of existence, of an identity that is the "me," that is this person. As long as this is present, pain will be present, as well as all these internal states of conflict, disorder and suffering. See, only the names are different. We can call it the pain of loneliness, of existential void, of anxiety, of anguish, of depression, of fear. The names are different, but this sense of separation is the same. And it is this that sustains all these situations of suffering, of conflict, of problems for human beings.
A closer look and a direct look at how you function will clearly show you your attachments, your fear of losing things, your desire to control things, to possess things - see, things, situations and people - and all of this sustains this pain of this existential void, this pain of loneliness, this anguish, this depression. As long as the ego is present, there will be suffering. Breaking with this is assuming the Truth of your Being, it is Realizing God in this life. This requires the presence of Meditation. Delving deeper into these subjects here, in these different playlists that we have here on the channel, is essential.
Note that we have hundreds of videos, and they are placed here in playlists, because each of these subjects requires a deeper understanding. And as you get closer and learn to listen to these speeches, you get closer to yourself to this realization of the "I" and the illusion that it represents. That is when you truly get closer to yourself, to this "me," to this ego. So, at that moment, you no longer depend on external support, on external help, to deal with yourself, because you are in this process of learning about yourself. You have discovered the art of learning about Self-awareness.
This is another playlist here on the channel: Learning about Self-awareness. Learning about how the "I" works, the ego works, as I have emphasized here, this Self-awareness, this expression here. Here it is not about technical knowledge so that you can improve yourself as a person. Here we use this expression in a very specific way, pointing to the liberation of the end of the "I," of the end of the ego, through the understanding of the movement of the "I." This is not about improving the ego, about a tool or technique to help you improve as a person. It is not that. This is about approaching self-discovery, about verifying exactly this illusion, which is the ego, for the awareness of the Divine Truth.
Approaching Wisdom requires Self-awareness, and Wisdom is God's vision. Looking at life without this sense of ego, this is God's Vision. This is the proposal of the truth about Self-awareness. Having this self-discovery is the key to ending confusion, to ending suffering, to ending this essential void.
GC: Master, we have another question from a subscriber here on the channel. Maria asks the following question: "How do I get out of sadness? I don't know what to do anymore."
MG: Gilson, the question is: "How do I get out of sadness?" By investigating the truth of sadness, you will discover that there is no separation between sadness and you. Have you ever noticed that when you are sad, you don't have any idea inside your head that you are sad? When there is only sadness, there is no idea of you, it is just sadness. Only when a thought arises inside your head and that thought is: "How bad this is, I don't want this, I have to get rid of this," then there is the presence of the "I," the presence of this "you" and sadness.
Notice what an important point we are making here. We need to investigate the nature of sadness. We have already begun to do this here, with you. There is only sadness, there is only this state. It is only when thought arises that it separates itself, creating this "I" and sadness. And when it appears, it wants to get rid of this state, because it is painful, it is suffering, it is bad, it is unpleasant. But there is no such element present, which is the "I." When this thought arises, it creates this entity, this identity, this "me," this "I," this "you," separate from sadness. But this sadness now also becomes an idea for this "I," which this "I" wants to get rid of.
Here we are inviting you to become aware of sadness, without this being sad, without this "I." The approach to the truth of the end of sadness, you see, is not about someone getting rid of sadness, it is about the end of sadness. The truth about the end of sadness is the awareness that there is only sadness. When we have no idea what to do with this state called sadness, we only have the state itself, there is no separation. And when there is no separation, this sadness disappears. Note, it disappears precisely because there are no more thoughts around the state, explaining this state, justifying this state, bringing images to justify its presence, bringing images of liberation from this state.
So, there is the presence of the state, but there is not this element anymore, which is the "I," this "me." There is sadness, but we do not have this sadness. And, if there is sadness, which is the state without someone, this sadness disappears, it dissolves. Note that we are the ones who sustain these states, when we sustain thoughts around these states. See how simple this is, and how extremely beautiful this comprehension is. When you are angry at someone, how long does this state of anger remain without the memory of that person? Isn't it the memory of that person, of their image, of what they did to you, of this frustration, this rejection, this disappointment they caused you, or this mistreatment? Aren't these images that sustain the state? But is there a separation between the state and these images? Is there any separation?
So, notice, it is the lack of attention to this state. This is what makes thoughts keep revolving around the state itself. And this thought is being sustained by the observer, by the "I," by this "me," by this ego. It is separating itself and sustaining sadness, anger, anguish, worry, fear. See, we are facing the same phenomenon, and this phenomenon is the phenomenon of the illusion of the experiencer with his experience, of the thinker with his thought, of the feeling with the one who is feeling. This division is the illusion that sustains this condition.
Here with you, within the channel, we are showing you how to go beyond the "I," beyond the ego, how to live life free, absolutely, completely free from suffering. A life in Love, in Freedom, in Bliss, is the life of Divine Reality, it is the life of God's Reality, it is the life of your Being. It is not the life of this "I," this "me," this ego. Getting closer to oneself is becoming aware of this, it is going beyond this old condition to something totally new, radically new - I would say revolutionarily new. It is the presence of Wisdom, it is the presence of Truth, it is the presence of Love. And if this is present, there is no more sadness, there is no more suffering, there is no more existential void, there is no more confusion that thought and feeling have established here, present, in each one of us. This model of egoic consciousness, of consciousness of the "I," is no longer there. We have a new mind, a new heart, a new consciousness. All this language, all this speech, are just words before That which is indescribable. This is what we are working on here, with you.
GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master. Our time has come to an end. Gratitude for yet another videocast. And for those of you who are watching the videocast until the end, I would like to invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are online meetings, but there are also in-person meetings and retreats. In these meetings, Master Gualberto answers our questions directly and much more than that. Since the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares this State of Presence. And in this sharing, we end up taking a ride on this Energy, this Grace. And this helps us a lot in this investigation of ourselves, in being able to perceive, to have a comprehension of what is beyond intellectual understanding. So, here is the invitation, in the first pinned comment there is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, give a like to the video and subscribe to the channel. And, once again, Master, thank you for this videocast.
No comments:
Post a Comment