The truth about death. How to deal with death? Psychic suffering. Suffering and Self-awareness

There is something here that I would like to discuss with you: the illusion that we have between the beginning and the end of things. There is an illusion present in our lives, in this particular life, which is the life that thoughts in us have established as being real: it is the distance between life and death. I want to discuss this issue with you here, which is something that generates a lot of problems, a lot of discomfort. The issue of death is part of human suffering.

We ask ourselves how to deal with death, we ask others how to deal with death, but we never really care about the truth of death. We always stick to theories, abstractions, concepts, a mere intellectual approach to this subject, or through these so-called psychic or spiritual experiences, to try to unravel the truth about death. But the truth about death consists in comprehending the mystery of life.

There is no such thing as a real distance between life and death, that is our belief; This is within what we have observed through our senses and interpreted through our thoughts. For us, life is the beginning of everything and death is the end, so there is the end and the beginning. Since we were children, we have seen people die. Our contact with our pets - that kitten, that puppy -, our relatives, our uncle, our cousin, our grandmother. So, from an early age we have been in contact with death, and we see death as the end.

What is the truth about death? What is behind this mystery called death? I say again: there will only be a clear comprehension of this when we understand what life is; and unlike what we think, what we call life is disappearing at every moment. We are never the same. At every minute, psychologically and biologically, there is a different structure of the body, just as there is a different structure of the mind. Everything in life is, at every moment, undergoing changes, renewing itself at every moment; and it is only renewed at every moment because it dies at every moment.

You look at a river, after two seconds, there is a new river; after one second, you are faced with a new look. See, the river is the same, but it is not the same. You look at the sky, and a second later, with your gaze fixed on the sky, you no longer see the same sky. A camera recording in slow motion will show you this, that life is something that carries this dynamism. So, life and death are not separate, the end of something is the beginning of something; the end of that thing is the beginning of a new thing.

So, at every moment, life is happening in such a dynamic and real way that there is no separation between what was and what will be. This idea of separation consists of our attempt, through thought, to create a fixed structure. So, when people come and say that they are afraid of death and want to find out how to deal with death, this is because there is an element present in us that seeks to give fixed structures to life, and there is no fixed structure in life.

A person you have been dealing with for thirty years, you think is the same person. We have just put this here for you: at every minute he is a new person, at every minute you are someone new. Every problem in human beings consists of the illusion of a thought in them, of a model of thought that is trying to bring fixed structures to life as it happens.

Here, with you we are dealing with the Awakening of the Divine, the Awakening of Truth, Spiritual Awakening, which involves having contact with life. This contact with life represents the awareness of comprehending death. We do not accept life as it happens, because we do not allow ourselves to be free of the past, since this past is the fixed structure of thought.

Note that it is thought in you that, as photographing something, clings to it. It is thought in you that tries to make an interpretation of life as it happens based on the past. So, we don't know how to deal with death because we don't know how to deal with what was, and we don't know how to deal with what was because we are living by thought. The beauty of the Flourishing of your Divine Nature is that here we find Life in death, there is no longer this continuity of the past. Let's comprehend this clearly here.

All suffering in you, all present psychic suffering - anxiety, depression, anguish, fear, anger, boredom, the pain of loneliness - everything that remains at the level of a fixed structure in you, by thought, this invariably is turned into some level of suffering. This is where the structure of the "I" is.

This ego structure, this psychological structure of the person is a structure fixed in thought, supported by thought, structured by thought, and this is something that is giving continuity to this model of time; and it is in this model of time that thought has structured this illusion of distance, of separation between what is here and what will be in future. So, life begins now and death is the end of this life in the future. So, between this "now" and the "future," there is the beginning of life and the end of life, there is life and there is death.

Is life possible without this idea of time, of continuity? For us, life is continuity. There is no such thing as the continuity of life. Life is something that is present in constant change, in constant transformation, in a constant modification of how it happens, moment by moment. There is no such thing as death - let us understand this clearly. It is the idea, it is thought, it is this structure of the "I," of this "me," of this ego, something that is just a conditioning, a model of thinking, of feeling about life, that has given us this illusion, the illusion of death.

All suffering in us is psychic. When you have physical pain, this pain is localized, it is in the body, in a part of the body, but the body is not the reality about you. You are not the body, your hand is not you, your leg is not you, your brain is not you. What is the reality about you? You do not know! You confuse yourself with the body, you localize yourself in a part of the body, and you transform this pain into psychological suffering, due to the presence of thought.

It is thought in us that creates the illusion of separation, of the distance between you and life, between you and the body. The body is what happens, life is what happens, and that is you. When you see yourself separate from the body, saying "me and my hand," in this separation there is an illusion. Notice, when I said just now here "you are not the body," the rest of that statement seemed contradictory to you, but notice what I mean when I say that you are not the body. I am saying that you are not just the body, you are life, and life contains everything. Life is everything that appears, there is no separation between life, the body and you.

We believe in particularities, so we particularize this hand and say, "my hand." We particularize the person in our relationship and say, "my wife," "my children," "my house." So, this sense of "I" believes it has a body, it believes it has a family, it believes it has a house, it believes it has a history. And I keep saying: you are not the body, you are not the house, you are not the family. The Reality of your Being is the Reality of Life. There is no separation between you and life as it happens, but it happens in this change, it is changing at every moment, undergoing transformations.

We need the awareness of the Truth about Self-awareness. So, Self-awareness gives us the real vision of life, which includes the presence of appearing and disappearing, which includes pleasure and pain, which includes joy and sadness, but there is not the presence of someone who sees himself separate, as a separate entity, wanting to sustain, through thought, all these changes. The vision of Divine Reality is the vision of the Reality of your Being, this is the Reality of Life. This is revealed when we embrace the end of the "I," the end of this illusion, of this sense of separation, of this "the body and I," of this "the other and I," of this "life and I," of this "God and I."

Here, the Truth of this Revelation of Life, of Real Life, of this Life where everything is what it is and is, at every moment, revealing itself new. The vision of this New, of this Life, of this Reality, which is Divine Reality, is That which is shown to be present when there is within us the end to this psychological condition of thought, where there is the illusion of this separation. This is the sense of the "I," this is the sense of the ego.

Every problem of the human being consists of the illusion of a present identity, which is this identity of the "I." The end of this is the end of psychic suffering, it is the end of psychological suffering, it is the end of this illusion of continuity, which is the continuity of the ego, which is the continuity of the "I." It is the presence of this ego, it is the presence of this illusion, that sustains fear; the fear of disconnecting from things, the fear of losing things, the fear of death, the fear of life.

This contact with Reality, what we are proposing here for you, consists of a basis, and this basis is the real vision of the Reality present here and now. This real vision brings this clarity, this lucidity, this perception of Reality. It is not someone becoming aware of it, it is the awareness of it present, and this illusion of this "me," this "I," this "someone," dissolving, disappearing.

Therefore, the real encounter with Divine Life consists in comprehending the end of this illusion, which is the illusion of the "I," which sustains the belief in this so-called death. This ends when this clarity, this lucidity is present. This is what some call Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment. It is the awareness of life without this sense of separation, therefore, without this illusion of duality, within this psychological aspect, this separation between life and death. The end of this illusion of separation, the end of this illusion of duality is the awareness of Love, of Bliss, of Freedom. This is what we are working on here with you.

A new vision of oneself is the real vision of life as it happens, without thought, without this model of this ego-identity. We have online meetings here on the weekends, where we are, on Saturday and Sunday, deepening this with you. We are together for two days. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these online meetings. If what you have just heard makes any sense to you, here is an invitation. In addition to these meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. So, this is our message to you. Does it make sense? Leave a comment below: "Yes, that makes sense." Alright? Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

April, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Arrows on the Infinite Way | Psychological Time | 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 Joel Goldsmith's book called "Arrows on the Infinite Way." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "God's tomorrow is the unfolding of now. God is God now." Regarding this issue of time, can the Master share his vision on this subject with us?

MG: Gilson, this is one of the basic subjects for all of us here. The clear vision that every thought in you is a movement in you, which is affirming, all the time, an experience that has already happened. The idea we have is about a notion of something that will come, of something that will happen, but this something is thought itself creating an image about it. So, notice, there is something very important to be investigated: the illusion of thought we have about this thing called "time." What is present here, as a present thought, is a memory. It is just a memory of something that has already been. If it has already been, it is not here; if it is a thought, it is an image about it. So, when we talk about time, we are only talking about an idea, a belief, something that does not exist.

There is no such thing as "time." The past is not real; the future is thought projecting itself, it is not real either; and this idea of present, you see, it is always thought of asserting its own presence with this word called "time," because the only thing there is at this moment is thought. There is no such thing as time. Time is an illusion! We have chronological time: "Tomorrow, at three o'clock, I have an appointment." That is chronological time. To learn something, it requires the presence of practice, of experience, of knowledge. That takes time, chronological time; it takes hours, days, months or years. So, we know this time, which is calendar time, but psychologically there is no such thing as time.

This comprehension is important, Gilson, because when people have, for example, the ideal of Realizing God, it is tomorrow. Because the idea, in thought, is that God is somewhere, and to get there, this naturally requires time. If He is somewhere, you need time, because you have to leave here to find Him there. If you want to free yourself from some suffering, such as anger, fear, jealousy, the pain of loneliness, anguish, depression... See, there are countless forms of suffering that, as human beings, we are experiencing. All of this suffering originates in the psyche, it originates in the mind. What is this psyche? What is this mind? Here, we are faced with the movement of thought itself. It is only with the movement of thought that there is this mind, there is this psyche, and this movement of thought is exactly the movement of time.

So, notice what an interesting thing, here there is the movement of thought itself, which constructs exactly this idea of time: "I went through something yesterday and I am suffering exactly because of what I went through yesterday, here, today, in this present moment. I am upset, angry, upset because of something that happened to me yesterday." If I am upset, this upsetment about what happened yesterday is in this moment, it is in this instant. This is happening now, here, today, to me, but what is this suffering really? Notice: it is the presence of the image, it is the presence of memory, it is the presence of thought. So, it is the truth of thought that creates this time, this past and this present. It is based on thought that this entire psychic structure is grounded in, which is the structure of the mind. This is what affirms an identity present in this moment, which is the "I," and this is exactly the presence of time: this yesterday, this today and the idea of tomorrow.

Notice that all of this revolves around thought. So, it is thought that creates time and sustains the identity of someone in that time, suffering for something. This suffering is a suffering constructed, established by thought. The present element in this suffering is this supposed present entity, which we call "I," "me," "person." So, see how important it is for us to have a direct comprehension of this subject here. When we eliminate thought, we eliminate time, we eliminate the past. If we eliminate the past, we eliminate the illusion of someone present today, here. Elimination of this someone is the elimination of this past, of this memory, of this remembrance, of this thought. This is the end of time. When time ends, there is no "I." So, there comes the end of thought. This is the end of time, because it is the end of the past; this is the end of the "I."

The encounter with the present Reality is the encounter with this instant, free from thought, therefore free from the past, therefore free from the "I," free from this "me," this ego. Thus, the Reality is that there is no such thing as time, when thought is not there. But when thought arrives, time arrives with thought; and with this time, the idea of someone who has lived that or who will live, in the future, something else. All of this is within the model of thought. Can we eliminate from our lives thought and, therefore, time and, naturally, this feeling, emotion, sensation, of this "I"? With the end of all this, a discovery appears, in this instant, a realization presents itself in this moment: it is the Awareness of your Being, it is the Awareness of Divine Truth. This Divine Truth, which is the Truth of God, is not something in time, it is not something that is within the model of thought. It has no relation with this so-called "past," "present" or "future."

This is what we are seeing here, together, working together: the end of this illusion, of the illusion of time, of the illusion of the "I." So, the Awakening of your Divine Nature, the Flourishing of the Truth of God, is the Awareness of That which is here and now, free from time. Thus, we are facing a new feeling, a new thinking, a new perception of this instant, this moment. This is what we are, together, deepening in all these meetings. Discovering the nature of your Being requires the discarding of this "person," how you see yourself, how you feel you are, how you think you are, how you move each day, being it, seeing yourself as it. There is something present, and this something present is not this "person," it is not this "me." Thus, these meetings have the purpose of becoming aware of This, for this Vision, for this Direct Comprehension.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Rafael asked the following question: "Master, how do we observe thoughts?"

MG: Gilson, look at the question. Your question is: "How can we observe thoughts?" By becoming aware of them! Become aware of their presence. It's quite interesting, we spend a good deal of time unaware of the psychological movement within each of us. In one minute - this is the chronological time we call a minute; it's 60 seconds - we have, during 60 seconds, dozens of thoughts, and we don't even realize all this internal movement. hundreds of thoughts! A thought appears, then another, and another, and another, and another, and we don't realize this internal movement. This movement is a movement of complete restlessness, of agitation. Along with these thoughts, we have feelings, emotions, sensations. During one hour of the day, we go through hundreds, thousands of thoughts, but we don't become aware of these thoughts.

It's essential to have an approach to how the mind works. This mind, here, is nothing other than this movement, which is the movement of thought, of internal restlessness. Without this basis, we cannot go beyond this movement, which is the movement of the "I," of the ego, of the "me." Since it is something that is made up of memories, remembrances, recollections, what we call "me," "I," "person," is nothing other than a set of memories, a set of recollections, a set of thoughts. And we are within this movement, we are this movement itself, when we are not aware of these reactions. Thus, all we really need in life is awareness of Life itself, and we are not aware of Life when all the movement present within us is a movement of thought, occurring, processing itself in an unconscious way. Thus, this identity, this "me," this "I," is this restless, chattering, distressing psychological movement.

This is quite interesting: we only want to get rid of thoughts when they bother us. Notice how interesting it is: only when discomfort happens do you realize that you are thinking. So, what we call "I-consciousness," "my-consciousness," is something that generally goes unnoticed. We only become aware of this "I-consciousness" - which is actually this movement of unconsciousness - when these thoughts create some level of discomfort, suffering, and conflict. That's when you realize it and say, "I need to get rid of these chattering thoughts. I need to get rid of these obsessive thoughts, this compulsion to think, these negative thoughts." Only when we become aware of the discomfort do we realize that thought is an element that is present, creating problems. But the great truth is that it is present all the time, occupying this space, taking over this space, which is this awareness of this "me," this "person."

Here, the question is: can we free ourselves from thought? Is this Vision of Life possible, free from this consciousness of the "I," which is this model of unconsciousness of thought? That is what we are working on here with you. Is a silent mind, free from thought, possible? A clear, lucid, intelligent Vision of Life, free from this position, which is the position of bad, unpleasant thoughts, which create suffering, and from this other position, from these so-called "good," "pleasant" and "happy" thoughts? Can we go beyond this duality created by thought, sustained by thought, producing in each of us states of dependence, of searching for more, of longing, from these desires, as are the "good thoughts," which generate this impulse in us to do things for this "me"? And can we free ourselves from these bad, unpleasant thoughts, which generate fear, anxiety, worries, for a totally free mind?

It is this Silence, this Vision of Life, that gives you the complete comprehension that there is a present Reality, and this Reality is not the "I," it is not this "me," it is not this "person." Thus, our approach here must be this real approach to what is happening to us, here and now, to go beyond this psychological condition of identity of the "I," of egoic identity. It is this identity that is moving in this time, as we have said. All these internal states of suffering, conflict, problem, disorder, which are naturally reflected in the life of relations with people, with situations, this is something that is present due to this internal confusion, this conflicting state of existence of the "I." All this occurs due to the lack of awareness of the movement of thought itself. Here, observing thought is becoming aware of your reactions. It is not about someone in this observation, it is about pure and direct observation. Getting closer to oneself requires this ability to look without the past, without the observer, without the thinker, without the experiencer. This is when we approach Meditation.

This is what we are working on with you in these meetings, especially in these online meetings on weekends and in-person meetings. Becoming aware of the Truth about your Being is discovering what is present, that is beyond this observer, this thinker, this experiencer, this condition of restlessness, of thought.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Elias asked the following question: "Master, so the observer can never be seen?"

MG: So, Gilson, this observer, this element called "observer," is the one who appears observing things. There is only an observer observing things. Thought within us causes us an illusion: the illusion that there is an observer and that which he is observing. In fact, both appear together. The observer himself is that which he is observing. The end of this observer is the end of this separation between the observer and the thing observed. Here, the truth is that there is no such element called "observer." When a thought is present, what is present is thought. There is no such thing as someone being the thinker of thought. So, the presence of what is there gives us the illusion of an element capable of becoming aware of what is there. There is no such element; this is a "trick" of thought. Thought itself is creating the idea of this thinker. That which is being observed by thought is creating the illusion of an observer in that which is being observed.

What is present at this moment is observation, perception, and looking. There is no element in this looking, in this perceiving, in this observing. Now, what you are hearing here cannot be viewed only from an intellectual point of view. Intellectually, any understanding of this is useless. Here, we need a direct vision of what is being presented, that there is something present and this something is beyond what is observed, beyond this observer; there is something present and this something is beyond thought and the thinker, beyond feeling and the one who feels; there is something present and this something is the only Reality. Any and every other movement is a phenomenal movement of appearance without any importance. Thus, Divine Truth, the Truth of God is the Truth of your Being. It is that which is present and is the only Reality!

You ask: "So, the observer can never be seen?" Who would be seeing the observer? Who would be the one to see the observer? Do you see? There is only one Present Reality, and that Reality is everything! To realize the awareness of this is not something that someone does, that an observer does, that someone, in this seeing, can see, can become aware, can become aware of. Here, the awareness of your Being is becoming aware, but it is not someone becoming aware. The awareness of your Being is observation, but it is not someone in observation, it is not something observing; it is observation! There is no separation, there is no duality. There is no such thing as something else separate from life as it happens, from this awareness of Being, as it expresses itself, as it happens. Thus, a real approach of life is the real approach, in this moment, of That which is present being the only Truth of all things, being the only Reality.

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

And for those of you who are watching the videocast until the end and really want to live these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These meetings are held online, in person and also as retreats.

In these meetings, Master Gualberto directly answers our doubts, our questions, and much more than that: he shares this State of Presence in which he lives, and this sharing is a field of Energy, a field of Silence, a field of so much Power that we end up getting a ride on this Energy of the Master. And this is an incredible facilitator for us to be able to investigate ourselves, to be able to enter the Meditative State spontaneously and naturally, to be able to silence our minds.

So, here is the invitation. In the first comment, pinned, there is the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, please give a "like" to the video and subscribe to the channel.

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

April, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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What is thought? Self-image psychology. Today's relationships. Relationships.

What is the real difference between today´s relationships and relationships, in this case, relationships of the past? Look, there is absolutely no difference; or this difference that we find is a difference of appearance, of surface, and not of structure. So, in this sense, there is no difference. From a structural point of view, the sense of ego, of "I," of this "me," has always been present in our relations.

Here with you we are exploring this issue of the end of conflicts in relations; but not only that, but the end of suffering itself in life. Life consists, you see, of relations. We are constantly dealing with people, with situations, with things that happen externally and internally. Externally in the world of relations with objects, places, situations, and internally within ourselves, in each one of us.

Here, in this life, we are faced with a challenge, and the challenge consists of seeing ourselves within this context of life without conflict, without disorder, contradiction, and suffering. This requires the presence of a vision of life that we do not have. This explains all this confusion we have gotten ourselves into, where we are in life, in this context of living. This is because we do not comprehend the truth about who we are.

We are distorting the reality of life as it happens, we are not satisfied with life as it happens. And where does this dissatisfaction come from? From this complex, psychological condition in which we find ourselves. We live within a learned psychological complexity, and we do not know how to deal with what we have been given, what we have acquired from the world, from life, precisely in this contact of relations.

Here with you we are studying, investigating, verifying this. What is happening to us? What is the truth about who we are? Who am I? The lack of an answer to this has put us in a condition where we do not know, for example, something fundamental, which is how to deal with emotions, feelings and, above all, with this issue of thought.

We do not have the answer to the question "What is thought." We are thinking, but everything we are thinking is what was given to us by culture, by society, by the world. So, we live in this thinking, but we don't know what thought is; and we live in this thinking, thinking what we were given to think, but we don't know how to think.

So, there are two questions here. The first is: What is thought? And the second is: What is thinking? We don't comprehend this, and without this comprehension, we place ourselves within relations, falsifying relations. We don't have a direct contact of relation. Relation implies the presence of a sharing, of a real encounter, of a communion, and we don't know this.

Your relationship with people is not a relation; you see yourself as someone separate from them, with your interests, desires, reasons, motives. This is present and established in us as a rule of behavior, a pattern of existence, a pattern of life in relation. Therefore, there is no relation, because he or she feels the same, thinks the same way, behaves and acts exactly the same way. So, there is no such encounter, no such communion.

The thought you have about who you are is nothing more than an image you have established within yourself for yourself, about yourself. If someone criticizes you, they are criticizing this image that you have established within yourself as being you. This self-image is known in psychology, but, you see, theoretically, conceptually, each and every knowledge about it is not enough.

We need to comprehend how our life of relation is processed within us, because life is about relation. As long as this egocentric impulse is established within us that keeps us separate from the other and interested in the other, only in what he has to offer me, because I live egocentrically, as long as this continues, suffering is present within relationships.

Thus, our relations with the world are relationships that are established between images: the image you have of the other, the image you have of yourself. In this sense, today's relationships are like the relationships of ten thousand years ago, relations established between the ego.

The condition of the ego is very curious. We can use expressions like "the egos meeting one another," but in reality what there is, is a single pattern present, functioning in an apparently different way, creating the illusion of a separate individuality, so there is "me" and "not me," there is "me" and the other, there is us and them. But the truth about the ego is that the ego is a behavior, it is a pattern of existence, it is a way of being, where the sense of "I" is present, living as a separate entity, a separate creature, with an individual consciousness, and there is no such thing.

This distancing, this separation, is sustaining the absence of Happiness within our relations. There is no Happiness, no Freedom, no Peace, no Love, because everything there is in this sense of "I," of the ego, is what we are within relations. I have put it here very clearly: with people, we call it relationships, and with objects, we have relations, with situations, there are relations, but it makes no difference what terms we are using. If there is a sense of an identity that sees itself separate from life as it happens, from the other as he or she shows himself to be, there will always be confusion, disorder, ignorance.

Can we discover, in life, life without the "I," without the ego and, therefore, without this separation, without this division, without this conflict, disorder and suffering? That is what we are proposing to you here. A thought is present in you. This thought is present in you and you are not paying attention to it when it arises, so you are captured by it, you are captured when thought itself gives you the illusion, the sensation... See, it is a condition of illusion, of hypnosis, of dream, of sleep, this condition in which thought arises giving you the sensation of someone having this thought, saying "I will do it," "I will speak," "I will do this," "I have something to say," "I have something to think about," "I have something here, at this moment," "there is something at this moment for me to feel, for me to live."

So, we establish the illusion of separation because thought present in this inattention separates itself to create this "I." So, it keeps producing, within each one of us - I refer to thought. We do not know what thought is. Thought is a movement within us of remembrance, of recollection, something that comes from the past, something that responds at this moment due to a stimulus, a challenge.

We have a playlist here on the channel: "What is thought?" These various topics are in playlists on the channel, we have hundreds of videos on this channel and also on our other channel. Thought is establishing in us the reality of an identity showing itself; it is the game of thought itself in its search for security and continuity, creating this "I," this "me," this "person," naturally linked to feelings and emotions. So, you carry this conviction, the conviction of being someone in life, separate from the other.

This is what has led us into this movement of separation, of ego-centeredness, of self-interest, of search for continuity. And why do we seek this continuity? Because the search for security is typical of this brain structure. See how interesting this is here. The search for security in this sense of the "I," which is the search for its continuity, is based on the brain structure itself. Thought is inside the brain, the movement of thought is a movement of cerebral memory, of consciousness of continuity within thought and, therefore, within what is known.

See how important this is. There is nothing spiritual about this "I." This "I" is a movement of memory, of continuity of thought, something material - this is the sense of the ego, the sense of "me." All the inclination of the ego is to maintain its continuity in materiality, in the search for things, people, sensations, pleasure, and escape from pain.

Unless there is a break with this ego. Notice, this ego, which is this movement of thought. This movement of thought has, by nature, memory. This is part of a movement present in this brain, and all of this is giving existence to this mind of the "I," to this egoic mind, to this isolationist, separatist consciousness, which we call consciousness. See, it is something that thought has established.

Here with you we are working on the realization of the Real and Divine Consciousness, something outside of this consciousness of the "I," this egoic mind, this movement of thought, which is memory, in this brain. So, contact with the Reality of life reveals something beyond the "I" and, therefore, beyond this self-image, which is the image of this "person," this "me," within this context of relation. So, at that moment, we come across something outside of thought, outside of the mind, outside of this consciousness of the "I," outside of this ego-centeredness.

The Reality of your Being is Being-Consciousness-Bliss; but it is not about this consciousness in this mind, in this pattern of conditioned thought, of conditioned brain, of conditioned mind. It is Real Consciousness. It is Divine Consciousness. Your Natural State of Being is Love, Bliss, Freedom. When this Reality shows itself, there is the end of these so-called relationships at this level. It is when we come across the truth of relation, but this relation is the truth of communion, this experiencing free from the "I," free from this self-image, free from the ego.

Looking at the other without the idea of this "I" in this look - then the other without this image that I have of him and that I make about who I am - is just the look of life; in this look of life, in this encounter, there is the presence of communion, the presence of the real relation. Here we are inviting you to a new mind, to a free mind, to the end of this conditioned mind, this conditioned brain, this separatist, isolationist consciousness, which is in conflict, because it is in separation, living in this format.

The Reality of your Being is the Reality of Life, something beyond everything that thought has established. Therefore, we need to discover the truth of the end of thought and, therefore, of the end of knowledge and experience. As we have pointed out here to you, thought, knowledge and experience have a place only within this context of dream, of physical existence, but the idea of an identity present in thought, knowledge and experience is the illusion of a psychological separate identity, which is the sense of the ego, of the "I."

All human problems consist of this illusion, the illusion of someone present, seeing themselves separate and apart from the other, separate from life, separate from God. So, what is this Awakening, what is this Enlightenment? It is the awareness that there is no one present at this moment, in life as it happens. So, there is a real contact with life at this moment, this is the truth of the relation, of the real relationship with the other, who is now not the other but Life. Then, there comes within you the awareness that there is no such thing as "me," this "I"; there is a present Reality, and this Reality is Love, it is Freedom, it is Bliss, it is Intelligence.

We were born to realize This in this life, to assume this Truth, to become aware of That which is present beyond this very birth, this so-called life and this so-called death. This is what we are working on with you here on Saturdays and Sundays. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these meetings on the weekends. So, here's an invitation: these are online meetings taking place on weekends. So, here in the video description you have our link to participate in these meetings. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard makes any sense to you, here's an invitation. Leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and leave here in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

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How to overcome fear? What is fear? Conditioned mind. How to deal with thought? Free mind.

It is quite interesting here some points we are making. They become interesting because they may sometimes seem contradictory, but the truth is that we are making use of speech here and, naturally, of words, and words carry a limitation, since all speech and, therefore, every spoken word is merely the expression of an image, something thought represents. Thus, speech is born, language is born, images are born from thoughts. But there is something being communicated here beyond speech, beyond words and thoughts. When you ask: "After all, what is this conditioned mind?" -

we have a playlist here on the channel about this subject. The conditioned mind is this mind that has a way of occurring, a way of expressing itself. When we make use of speech, we are, for instance, making use of something learned, something that is part of knowledge we carry, of an experience we have. Thus, all speech, all spoken language, is within a project, a plan, a program of happening; this is part of conditioning. Our gestures. You can write because you have a motor memory, you speak because you have a motor memory, all of this is part of something linked to this body, to this cerebral mechanics of conditioning.

Here, with you, we are investigating the matter of the end for the conditioned mind - and, here, the expression "conditioned mind" refers to this psychological condition in which we find ourselves. This has been the basis, the foundation of a present identity, completely false, which is the sense of the "person," which is the sense of the "I." This sense of being someone within life, in living, in experience, this is something thought has built, and it is being expressed because of this background of psychological conditioning. It is in this sense that we use the expression "conditioned mind" here. The truth of the awareness of your Self is the end for this conditioned mind, for this conditioned consciousness, for this egoic consciousness; it is within it that lies, for instance, this matter, the matter of fear.

When we want to break free from fear, we need to discover who is this element present within fear. That is because the question people usually ask is: "How to overcome fear?" There is a mistake here in this question, because it starts from a mistaken, erroneous principle that there is a present element, which is the "I," the "person," this "me," that can rid itself of fear. There is no real separation between this fear that the person has and the person itself. Notice that all of this requires from each of us an investigation, a deepening, a clarity.

People want to overcome the fear of death, but the element present in the idea of the fear of death, this element, which is the "I," is not separate from the fear it has, it feels, because it is the fear. So here we are, with you, approaching these matters, deepening this. "How to overcome the fear of death?" This is a fear present in this condition, which is the condition of the "I." The very "I," this "me," this ego, since it is this pattern of mental conditioning, something that has been repeating itself for millennia within this context of humanity, and it sustains itself in this pursuit of self-preservation of its continuity through thought, it is fear.

Notice that all of this needs to be investigated, understood, clarified. And all of this is within this conditioned mind; this conditioned mind is the egoic mind. Here we have also spoken about this free mind. Notice, we use the terms "conditioned mind" and "free mind." How is it possible for there to be a conditioned mind and a free mind?

What is the truth behind these expressions? Here, with you, we are investigating the possibility of Life happening; when it happens, and it is the present Reality, and we no longer have this psychological background of conditioning, we have the presence of Reality. This Reality in expression is what we have called the free mind. There is no such thing as conditioned mind, there is no such thing as free mind. This conditioned mind is a model of psychological conditioning within this structure, this brain, which is always repeating its old and ancient patterns.

This is what we call the conditioned mind. Can we break free from these patterns? Can we go beyond this psychological condition of illusory perception of reality, of perception of existence, of perception of life? Then there is a breaking with the "person," with the "me," with the ego, and this requires the presence of a new outlook upon all that is happening to us at this very moment. Thus, the work we are doing together here is a work in this direction, an approach to the investigation of the truth about the mind.

What is the truth about the mind? What is the truth about the "I"? What is this "mind"? What is this "I"? Likewise, what is fear?

Here, in life, we need to become aware of this present Reality beyond the mind, beyond this conditioned mind; it is the awareness of this that we have called the free mind. But I say it again: we are dealing with something that is beyond everything thought knows, everything thought recognizes. Therefore, the language, the speech here, all of it employed here on the channel, lies within a limitation, because this language, this speech, are expressions of words, of images, of ideas. In life, we need the awareness of it, the awareness of the Truth about it. Thus, what is the answer to this matter of how to overcome fear?

The answer to this lies in the vision that the model of thought, as we know it, as it is structured within us, within this brain, which is conditioned, this pattern of thought, this model of thought, is creating the illusion of someone here, at this moment, who has problems to solve, to deal with. When you went through bad experiences in the past, the brain stored those experiences, and that became a memory, a remembrance, a thought within you, within this structure, within this body-mind. This remembrance, when it appears, appears loaded with an illusory sensation, which is the sensation of an identity behind that remembrance, which is the "I." See, this is the structure of the ego, this is how it behaves in each of us. And when this memory arises, thought projects itself into the future.

You went through a bad experience and now you do not want that experience to happen again. So, what we have present is a memory being projected into the future, from this "someone," this "you." What is the truth about this? When we learn to look at this reaction, there is a break in this continuity of the thought pattern, which is always repeating itself within each of us, creating internal states of psychic suffering, of psychological suffering. This is fear, and it is present because there is this illusion of this center, which is the "I," the "me," the person, here, at this moment.

Our focus here consists of learning to look at what is happening with us. The end of fear is the end of this illusion of someone, of this "me." As long as we maintain the belief in the possibility of overcoming fear, we will constantly be seeking a method, a formula, a way, a path to deal with fear, and all of this represents escapism. As human beings, we are specialists in escaping from states of psychic suffering, including fear. But, despite all these escapes, we continue, as human beings, in this sense of the "I," of the ego, trapped in this pattern of person, of separated entity, loaded with anxiety, anguish, depression, worry, and all of this is fear.

So you approach and ask: "How to overcome fear?" Become aware of the nature of the "I" and discover the truth of what is present here when this "I" is not present. And how does this take place, how is this realized? Through Self-awareness. What is the truth about Self-awareness?

The truth about this is the truth of how you function. And there is a main element in all of this, an element that sustains or guides all that occurs in our lives: it is the presence of thought. So, what is the truth about thought? How to deal with thought? That is the question.

How to deal with thought? Observe thought in you; it is the one that brings from the past the remembrance of something that happened to you, something you do not want to happen again. But this thought is always accompanied by a feeling, an emotion, a sensation, still carrying this pain to this "I," to this "me," to this person as you see yourself. Thus, we do not know how to deal with thought. What we have here, at this moment, is not what is now happening, as happened in the past.

What we have here, at this moment, is memory, remembrance. But notice, it still carries an emotional weight of pain, and when it arises, we reject it, we separate ourselves to reject this experience coming back - it is something returning, arising again, coming from the past. At that moment, we separate ourselves, and we separate through thought, and we project this into the future. So, there is a separation between this arising state and a thought that separates itself. This thought is the illusory sensation of this "I," which no longer wants this; it is projecting into the future something that might happen, it is projecting into the future something that happened in the past, and it does not want it to return.

Notice, in this separation between this "I," which is thought, and this sensation, or feeling, or emotion, there is a division. In this division, we have present this duality, this "I," which is thought, and this "not I," which is the feeling, which is the emotion. Notice, we are doing this all the time, when we reject something that thought brings. We are constantly fighting against what is unpleasant when it arises, but as an entity that separates itself to reject it. This rejection is something present within this principle of separation, of duality.

By doing this, we are constantly maintaining the continuity of the presence of fear for this fearful "I." What is the truth about fear? Fear is an experience that arises at this moment, that comes from the past, but there is no separation between fear and this "I." It is a memory, a remembrance, an experience that has not ended, that has not finished, that has not concluded. Otherwise, it would not be coming back; it is coming back now; it is coming back to be seen, understood, and naturally ended, but we do not know how to deal with it, because we do not know how to deal with thought.

We do not know how to deal with this "me," with this "I." This "me," this "I," this thought is not something separate from this experience. What we have done throughout our entire life is to separate ourselves from what happens in order to control it. If it is something pleasurable, we want to control it by projecting this pleasure into the future, through desire. If it is something painful, we want to control it by fearing this painful situation in the future; this is fear.

We are constantly separating ourselves from life as it happens, from experience as it arises, so it does not conclude, it does not end. This is how we are maintaining the continuity of the "I," the continuity of the person, of this "me," of this ego. Here, what is the truth about the Awakening of Consciousness, the Blossoming of your Essential Nature? It is the end of the "I," it is the end of this thought, it is the end, naturally, of this experience. Why are these experiences always coming back?

Why are these thoughts always repeating themselves within us? Because they do not end; they do not end because there is a present element that is sustaining the continuity of these experiences, of these thoughts. This element is this sense of someone who sees themselves as separate from life as it happens. All these subjects, we have been addressing with you on the channel, all these issues that are not resolved in our lives, because, psychologically, the sense of the "I," of the ego, which is this conditioned mind, is sustaining. Thus, the way we sustain the continuity of the "I," this way happens due to this programmed manner of maintaining this format of being someone all the time, in life as it happens, in relationships with him or her, in relationship with events, with situations, in relationship with the very thought that arises within you, or a feeling, or an emotion, or a memory, or a remembrance, or an experience.

Are we together? I know this may sound very strange, and because of this we have several videos here on the channel, deepening each of these subjects. Can we, in this life, assume the Reality of life without the presence of this conditioned mind, in this quality of Being free from the "I," free from the ego? When the brain quiets down, the mind becomes silent, we are facing a free mind. This is possible when we approach and eliminate this separation, which is the separation between the experience and the experiencer, between the present experience and the thought about what to do with the experience.

Thus, we eliminate fear; there is an elimination of fear. See, it is not about someone overcoming fear, it is about the awareness of the end of fear, naturally when this someone is no longer present. It is exactly what you just heard: it is the sense of someone present, which is the "I," the "me," this thought that is sustaining fear. The end of this thought is the end of this quality of experience that comes from the past, this is the end of the "I," this is the end of the ego. Then we have the end of fear, the end of this conditioned mind, and Something new is present.

This Something new is the awareness of your own Self, it is the Reality of Life at this very moment, where there is no more suffering, confusion, disorder, problems, the various forms of fear, of fears that we know. Notice that fear is about the past happening again, but it is also about the future, about something that might happen. So notice, the future is time, but this time is thought. The past is time, but this time is thought. Look at yourself at this very moment, you cannot have the future here and now without thought, you cannot have the past here and now without thought.

Therefore, it is impossible for suffering to be present when thought is not there. The contact with the experience of life as it happens at this moment, without the element, which is thought, life as it happens is Life, but when thought comes in, it evaluates, judges, compares, likes, dislikes, accepts, rejects life as it happens, and when this occurs, suffering is present. This suffering is the presence of this element, which is the "I." This "I" is the presence of this thinker, of this experiencer, of this element within us that has recorded, and this is the pattern, it is the model of conditioned mind present within each of us. This is the continuity of the "I."

The end of this psychological condition is the presence of a new mind, of a new heart, it is the presence of this awareness of Being, free from the mind, free from the "I," free from the ego - as it was said: I refer to this mind as we know it. So, what are we deepening here together with you? The awareness of the Realization of God, the awareness of the Realization of ourselves, the awareness of the Realization of the Truth of What we are in our Essential Nature, in our Divine Nature. The Real way of this approach to this Real vision of Life consists in discovering what it is to look, to become aware, to become conscious of what is happening with us here and now. Thus, all this mental conditioning, all this so-called experience of this center, which is the "I," the ego, which is this thought, which is this thinker, the ending of all this requires the approach of this seeing.

All of this becomes very clear, and in this clarity, we have the presence of the end of all of this, when we approach Self-awareness. Hence the importance and value of this learning about ourselves. It is part of this vision of Self-awareness, an approach to the Divine Reality through Meditation. What is the truth of this approach to Real Meditation, of the beauty of this encounter with the Divine Truth? Through Self-awareness, in this direct seeing of this awareness that reveals your Self, which is Meditation.

How can we approach this? This is what we are proposing here for you. We must, in this life, assume this Truth of What we are, for the end of this psychological condition of illusory identity, so that Life, at this very moment, simply reveals itself as what it is, without the illusory sense of an identity, which is always maintaining its continuity, arising at every moment, coming from the past, within this mind pattern, within this pattern of mental conditioning. These online meetings we are holding here are to deepen this. They are two days together.

Saturday and Sunday, we are together deepening this subject here with you. You have here in the video description our WhatsApp link to participate in these online meetings on the weekends. Besides these meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If this is something that makes some sense to you, here is an invitation. Be sure to leave your like, subscribe to the channel, and leave in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense."

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

March, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | Living the Infinite Way | How to find God? | 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 "Living the Infinite Way." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "May each one experience God, know God." On this subject, can the Master share his vision on how we can find God?

MG: Gilson, finding God means becoming aware of Reality. It is not an element - this "I," this "me" - it is not someone having an encounter with God, it is the awareness of Reality that God is the only Truth present. So, there is a mistake here in this question, which starts from a totally false principle. The mistake is that someone is present here in life, separate from life; someone present in existence, separate from existence. This concept is the concept of separation. In thought, in belief, the idea present in us is of the existence of God separate from what "I am." So, there is this thing that "I am" - notice, this "I am" or this idea of this "I am," the whole idea that I have about who "I" am. We are faced with something that is based on thoughts, concepts, images that thought builds about "me." This too, of course, naturally, is a belief; every idea that you have about yourself. And we also have an idea about God. All of this is within this circle, which is the circle of thought.

So, thought is a circle. Within this circle are the beliefs, concepts, ideas, opinions, and conclusions. Everything that we have been taught and that is part, today, of this knowledge that we bring, is present in us at the intellectual level, at the level of words, ideas, thoughts. So, this separation between the reality of what is the truth about "me" and That which is the Truth about God, this separation, all this ideation that revolves around thoughts about this, is a mistake. So, people want to find God, but what is the truth of the person? We do not comprehend the truth about who we are and we have all kinds of ideas about who God is, all kinds of evaluations, beliefs, and conclusions. And we do this based on everything we have heard, everything we have read. Some go a little further and manage to obtain experiences, but these experiences, however rich and profound, still remain, afterwards, as a remembrance.

Every present experience that you have is the result of the past, of something that you have been through, and when you talk to me about an experience, you are only making me aware of something that you have been through. That is how experiences are! So, neither this idea of finding God is real, nor are these statements that are made based on acquired experiences. So, when you have experiences, when you go through experiences, you report these experiences, but we are faced with an intellectual game, with words.

You come and ask how to find God. Here, the real question would be: What is the Truth about this "me," about this "I"? What is the Truth about who I am? Or: What is this that I am? So, yes, we have an encounter with Reality. But as I have said to you here countless times, this word "encounter" presupposes something that is not present to be found, nor a present element separate from that which one wants to find, desires to find, needs to find. So, here there are three things: the first is that which is not present to be found; the second is that element which, in fact, is the main element in the search, in the quest, which wants to find; and the third element is the movement of the one who seeks towards that which one is seeking. We are faced with a construct of thought. All of this is a mere construct of thought! Thought gives you the feeling of "someone" present, it gives you the belief in a distant God and, because of the presence of thought, this notion of some moment to find. This moment is, of course, this whole notion of time. There is no such thing as time without thought; there is no such thing as the one that has not yet found - which is the "I" - without thought; and there is no such thing as God being an idea, a belief, which is also a thought.

Can we get closer to life, at this moment, to a direct vision of Reality, of That which is present when thought is not? We live in thought, with thought, through thought. What we call "life" consists of the idea of relationships with things, with people, with situations, with events. The main element in all of this is still, for the intellect, for this conditioned model of thought in us, ideas. Relations are based on ideas: "me and you," "us and them," "me and life." Observe the implication, what this presence of thought implies in all of this. It is thought that guides what you feel, what you say, what you think, and what you do within these relations. These relations are not true when they are based on thought, because it is thought that is superimposing upon this Reality of the moment, of everything that happens, this principle of separation - "me and the other thing." We do not know the Truth about ourselves, we do not know the Truth about the other, about life, about God.

You come and ask: "How to find God?" Become aware of the Reality that is present here and now. This will never be possible in this movement, which is the movement of thought. Thus, Comprehension here consists of the Revelation of this encounter. Yes, this encounter consists of this Revelation, which is this Comprehension. When there is a Comprehension of Life in this moment, this element called "thought" disappears, and when it is not present, we are in contact with the Reality of the moment. The Reality of the moment is the Reality of Life, when thought is not there; and without thought, this element, which is this "me," this "I," no longer exists. Without this element, there is no longer any movement of reaching, of obtaining, of finding. So, That which is this Divine Reality, this indescribable, unnamable thing, which is beyond words, reveals itself in this moment, as being the Truth of your Being, as being the Reality, the Truth of Life.

Thus, the purpose of these meetings here is to have, at this moment, a real approach, something possible when we are free from thought, free from this sense of "I," from this "me," then the Reality of God is present - this Reality is this encounter. It is not someone having an encounter, it is the encounter revealing itself.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Ione asks the following question: "When you say 'at the moment the disciple is ready'... I ask you: what does it mean to be ready? What does it mean to be ready?"

MG: Gilson, look at the question. The question is: in the phrase "When the disciple is ready, the Master appears," what is the meaning of the expression "ready"? What is the truth of this readiness? When are we, in fact, ready? When we have the real condition to become aware of something, to do something. So, this readiness is nothing other than a real disposition to assume the Truth of what is shown to us, of what is presented to us, here within this context of speech. When are you ready? When you are ready! There is no intellectual definition of words or verbal definition about this. A direct approach to what is shown to us as being the Reality of Life to be lived in this moment, without the illusion of this sense of "I," of the ego, without the illusion of this movement of thought - which are these constructs of imagination, memory, remembrance. The Vision of Life, clear, lucid, real. This true readiness to assume This means being ready.

Otherwise, we remain in theories, concepts, beliefs, words. And we can continue repeating these words - which are mere words - we can continue believing and finding all this beautiful, but there is no readiness for this work, for this Realization, for this Vision. What denotes this readiness more clearly is surrender, is the true surrender to the very work. Once there is the presence of this surrender, of this work, there is the presence of readiness. You ask: "How can I be ready?" From this instant, from this moment. If there is something there that shows you the truth of this and the importance of this, to be lived in this moment, it is no longer a matter of how to be ready. Here, you are either ready or you are not ready. When you come across a speech like this, a work like this, this work already finds you either willing to do it or to continue theorizing about it. There is no such thing as "how to be." Readiness is either present or it is not present.

Gilson, there is confusion here. We believe that we can, through idea, belief, desire, intention, effort, become ready for this. This readiness comes from this mysterious Presence, which is the Presence of Grace. This readiness is something that operates on a level outside of this intention, this volition, this wanting; it is something that is either present or not present. Right now, when you come across everything that is presented here, if this is something that really makes sense to you, internally - not only on an intellectual level, but on the level of the totality of the mind and heart - if this is something that burns inside you and drives you to this surrender, to this devotion, to this involvement, it is a sign that you are ready. You are ready because Grace has given you this readiness!

This work is very, very mysterious. It is beyond will, wanting, desire. It is beyond the knowledge that is acquired by listening to speeches, reading books. This work is also beyond experiences. So, it is not about an intellectual approach, about knowledge. It is not about the mere desire, will, or intention to do This, and it is also not about experiences that one has, that one obtains. There is a touch in each one of us beyond the mind, beyond this sense of someone present, who is fully willing to listen, follow, and learn about this subject. Here, the real way to approach this listening is not by listening as we usually do. This is not about following this subject as we generally follow any other subject; and learning is not about learning by accumulating information, acquiring knowledge or experiences.

So, this encounter with Reality requires the Presence of this Grace, of this mysterious Truth present, which places you in this readiness, in this real condition of full involvement, of total involvement, for the end of the "I," for the end of the ego, for the end of this illusion, for the end of this dream, of this psychological condition of separation, of duality.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber on the channel. He asks the following question: "How can we reach this State of Consciousness?"

MG: Gilson, here we come across another question: "How can we reach this State of Consciousness?" Our idea is to reach it. It is because the idea we have is that it is not here yet.

And, here, we have to stop and study this, investigate this, have complete clarity about it. It is clear that this is not something that we have to approach intellectually, verbally, with words. What is the truth of the absence of this State? Because the idea is the absence of this State. The great truth about this is that what we know, which is within the known, is what has provided the basis for this consciousness that we see present within us, which is this consciousness of the "I." So, when we use expressions like "reaching," "arriving," "obtaining," this is precisely within this condition of consciousness of the "I" in which we find ourselves.

And why do we find ourselves within this consciousness of the "I"? Because we lack a vision of the Reality of our Essential Nature, of the Truth about who we are, of the Truth about That which we are, and the Truth about this is that this Real and Divine Presence, Consciousness, is not absent. It is something present, but we are not aware of it, due to this model of consciousness, which is the consciousness common to all, which is the consciousness of the "I." And what is the basis of this consciousness of the "I"? It is this movement within us of thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, and perceptions that occurs unconsciously here, at this moment. So, bringing awareness to this movement, becoming aware of this movement, is what brings about the Awakening of this State, this New State, this New Consciousness - That which I have called Real Consciousness. This is the end of this consciousness that we know, which is the consciousness of the "I." This is the end of this unconsciousness that is the consciousness of the "I," where we are involved with the old model of thought, feelings, and emotions, within a completely, totally, dormant psychological condition.

Disorder, confusion, problems, conflicts, and various sufferings are something that is present because of this consciousness of the "I," this unconsciousness. You ask how to reach this State of Consciousness... Here, it is about investigating the nature of this old consciousness, getting closer to it, and it is through comprehending this entire process, which requires the presence of this vision about how we function. This is exactly how we use the word here - pointing exactly to this - "Self-awareness." Comprehending the nature of the "I" itself, the nature of the mind, how we process this issue of thoughts, feelings, emotions. The Awakening of your Essential Nature, of your Divine Nature, requires an approach to your reactions, to what is happening to you, to what is you in this movement, which is the movement of thought, of feeling, of emotion.

Our contact with this moment is a contact that has, by nature, the idea of someone within this contact, making choices, having ideas, evaluations, concepts, opinions, while, in fact, what is present is only this movement, which is the movement of thought. By becoming aware of this movement, you can go beyond it, and when we are beyond the movement of thought itself and these old reactions that come from the past, from this background of memory, of remembrances, of recollections, there is this New State present, this Real Vision of Life as It is, without the "I." Therefore, it is not about achieving, it is about verifying this present Reality, here and now, without the past, without thought! This is Realization, this is the Awareness of God, this is the Awareness of your Being, this is the Awareness of Life. Thus, we are faced with a single Reality: the Reality of God is the Reality of life.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is over. Thank you for this videocast.

And for those of you who are watching the videocast until the end and really want to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. Here, in the first comment, pinned, is the WhatsApp link so you can join the WhatsApp group about these meetings. In these meetings, Master Gualberto answers our questions live, and much more than that: because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, his Presence is an energy field, and in these meetings, we end up taking a ride on this Master's energy field. This is an incredible facilitator for us to have a vision of what is beyond intellectual understanding.

So, here's the invitation. In the first comment, there's the WhatsApp link. Also, please give a "like" on the video and subscribe to the channel. And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

March, 2025
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Psychic Suffering | What is Thought? | What is Spiritual Awakening? | Human Relations

Our life consists of relations - relations happening. We have divided relations - these human relations - into personal, interpersonal, and intrapersonal relations. See, what we do is create divisions to try to explain or seek to understand.

Here, with you, we are seeking to comprehend the truth about relations. So, all this conceptualization, all this planning or plan to organize this in words doesn't work. All we need to do is investigate this issue of relations, of our relationships, especially this relation we have with ourselves and with others, because this is what will also determine our relation with the Totality of life.

This contact I have with him or her is, in fact, an opportunity to comprehend what is happening here, inside me. This contact I have with thoughts, feelings and emotions, with memories and recollections that arise within me, is something that becomes a portal to a comprehension of who I am in this context of life and, therefore, in this context of relations. So, this relation with myself, this relation with others, this relation with life, is an opportunity to understand this vision of Totality, this awareness of the Reality of life.

Here, with you, we are investigating this, delving into it, telling you that, yes, there is a possible life free from this sense of "I," of the ego, and this represents a life where this relation with this moment is the relation with the Whole, it is the relation with God, it is the relation of Truth with Itself. See, it is not about this present element, which is the "I," in this contact with life that is much greater than this "I." It is the awareness of Truth that Life is the only Reality, and this "I" is an illusion.

So, these divisions in the attempt to find a path to peaceful, friendly, loving, happy relations, is something completely meaningless, since the only Truth of life in relation is Life in Itself, with Itself. This sense of "I," of the ego, no matter how much it adjusts itself to find a certain balance in the life of relation, there is still the presence of conflict, the presence of disorder, confusion, and suffering, because this element is contradictory.

This element, which is the "I," is an element that comes from the past, it understands nothing about this moment here; it is a set of memories, remembrances, and this contextualizes a present identity, but this identity is a fraud, it is an illusion. This sense of being someone is not real. Thus, your contact with him or her, this contact from the "I," no matter how great these adjustments for a better contact are, will still be conflicting, fomenting suffering, confusion, and problems.

Is it possible life free from this "I" and, therefore, a real relation with the other, a real relation within oneself, without this sense of "me," this "I"? See, we are talking about Life itself in expression, in its Totality, without this division - this is what we have called Non-duality here. The approach of the ancient Indian sages was though Non-duality, Advaita, the truth that the only present Reality does not have a second separate from it, apart from it; this is Advaita: "The One without the second."

A Real Life is a Life where God is present, and only God Is, that is You in your Being, that is the Real Life. So, your contact with him or her is the contact with Truth, with Divine Truth. If this contact is present, the truth of the relation is communion of mind and heart, it is the communion where the Truth of Love, the Truth of Life is present.

Looking at the present Truth of what is happening to you at this moment. See, the present Truth of what is happening to you at this moment, looking at this - it is not about theorizing what should be here and is not, what could be here and is not, how it should be but is not - looking at what is here, at this moment, what is happening to you, in you, at this moment, this is what reveals Something beyond this, beyond this condition, without any idea of how things should be or could be.

I say this because, in general, we remain in these ideals, these purposes. We do not remain with life as it happens, we remain with ideas of how it should be: this is where our greatest confusion lies. We cannot deal with the present moment, with life as it is, when we have concepts of how it should be, because we remain in a mental abstraction, in an ideal, in a model of thought.

Here there is life happening to be investigated, to be understood. For example, in this issue of relations: what I feel, what I think, what I am at this moment to be seen. A direct look at this is the change, it is transformation, it is the end of this condition. Thus, there is, for example, this issue of thought. What is thought? Note, all of this requires the presence of Self-awareness, and not theories, beliefs, concepts, ideas.

Here we are exploring with you this issue of this contact with ourselves, with the truth of what is happening to you, in your mind, in your heart. What is processed at the level of thought, emotions, feelings, and sensations, discovering what it is to look at what is present here. This sense of "I," which carries this idea of "mine" and "my things," is what we are investigating here with you, it is when we have an approach of what thought is.

Note, thought is a basic, fundamental element to be investigated, and we do not investigate this. Note that thought in you is a response that arises at this moment, due to a memory that comes from the past, and we are dealing with our human relations based on this; the basis of our relations with objects, situations, events, people, and with ourselves in thought.

But what is thought? Thought is this element present in us, which is memory. Every thought in you is the presence of a remembrance, a recollection, a memory, it is something that comes from the past. Thought is sustaining in us all kinds of confusion in our relationships, because internally, psychologically, we are suffering.

Human beings live and have been living for millennia in suffering. So, we do not know how to deal with this psychic suffering within us - anxiety, stress, anguish, the pain of separation, fear. There are countless psychic sufferings that we have and we do not know how to deal with them; and all contact that we have with others, without first having a comprehension of who we are and eliminating these internal states, will inevitably reflect within these relations.

So, what will be the truth of a real relationship with him or her? The truth of this relation is the presence of communion, of an encounter where Love is present. The Truth of Love present, due to the presence of this communion, in this contact with him or her, is reflected in our existence as Bliss, as Peace, as Freedom, and we are unaware of this, because we have not resolved this problem of the "I," of this "me."

Here, with you, we are exploring this issue of Spiritual Awakening. So, we are together investigating this issue of the Flourishing of Truth about ourselves. So, what is Spiritual Awakening? It is this awareness that Reveals the Truth of Life - and I say again: life is what happens in relations, there is no life separate from relations, life is relation. Our life consists of relationships at every moment, and it can only be real when the sense of the ego, of the "I," of this element that isolates itself, that separates itself and that lives in this impulse of self-centeredness, is no longer present.

So, we need to discard from life this illusion of this particular life of the "I," and this is possible when we learn to look, to observe, when we learn to become aware of what is happening to us here and now, in this moment. We are living within a consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I," of the ego, of this "me." So, all our relations, all our relationships, no matter how good they are, no matter how adjusted they are, they are still relations in this self-centeredness, in this ego-centeredness, some level of contradiction, conflict, and disorder is present there.

Only when we become aware of the Divine Reality, the Reality of God, of That which is You in your Being, do we become aware of the true relation, of the true presence of Love, which is the presence of God. We are working to end this psychological condition of separate identity, of egoic identity. Here we are investigating with you how to have an approach to life without the illusion of this element that sees itself as an entity present in control, in choice, with private ideas, with personal thoughts.

So, you see, it is not about a better relation with life in this relationship or in this interpersonal relation. Here it is about the Truth of Life itself in expression; if It is present, there is no suffering, there is no confusion, there is no disorder. So, this contact that you have with him or her is not the contact that thought is establishing, it is the contact free of thought and, therefore, free of this sense of someone who thinks, who feels, who knows, who controls, who chooses, because the "I" is not present, the ego is not present.

The truth about this is that we spend our entire lives relating to people, also in this idea of being a person, completely alienated from the Truth of Real Life, because we are within a particular life, of a particular accomplishment, where this dream of this identity that sees itself separate from life is present. Here, the truth of this Divine Flourishing, of the Awakening of Consciousness is the emergence of a new Consciousness and, therefore, a new relation with life, with the other.

What gives us the basis for all this is Self-awareness, it is the revelation of what is happening here and now, with each one of us, in this moment. We were raised in that old model of trusting in thoughts, and in those thoughts are present those old ideas, those old beliefs about what should be, what could have been, how it should happen, how it should have happened. So, we remain in the realm of ideas, in the realm of theories, in the realm of beliefs.

Eliminating all of that is assuming Life in this moment, it is becoming aware of the beauty of life as it happens here and now, without this element that sees itself separate from life, having ideas, concepts, thoughts about life. So, what are we working together here? The Revelation of this Divine awareness, this awareness of God. What we really need in life, at this moment, is to learn the art of looking, as well as listening, perceiving, and welcoming this moment without this movement of the thinker, without this movement of thought.

Thought has functioned as a present element that creates a reality that overlaps life as it happens; functioning in this way, we are, thus, trapped in a condition of sleep, of dream, of unconsciousness, of alienation from life. So, when there is this listening, this looking, this perceiving without thought, this "I" does not come up, this element that separates itself, which is the ego, is not present. Then, there is a Revelation of That which is outside the mind, outside the thinker, outside of thought; it is when, in that instant, one understands the Beauty of life in its Totality and, therefore, the truth about this relation with the other, because there is no longer this "other" for this "me." This "other" is Divine Reality, it is the Reality of God.

A life in Intelligence, in Love, in Wisdom is a life where this Reality is present, which is the Reality of your Being. This is what we are working on here, with you, in these meetings. On Saturday and Sunday, we have online meetings - there is in the description of the video our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings on the weekends. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, if this touches you on any level, in some way, here is an invitation. Leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and leave here in the comments: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

March, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture | What is Advaita? | 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. Master, today I will read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "From Advaita of India: 'I am my own spirit'." Joel quotes this passage from Advaita. On this subject, may the Master share what Advaita is?

MG: Gilson, Advaita is an Indian expression for non-separation, non-duality; it means "the one without the second." The ancient Indian sages, those who realized the Truth, left this written in the Vedas. This expression comes from the Vedas, it is the Truth that in Life, there is no such thing as division, separation. There is only one Reality present, there is only one Truth present. We can give many names to this present Reality, but none of these names, as a word, an expression - as all words are -, as an expression of thought, can explain its meaning.

So, this Divine Reality that we call God, Truth, Being, is the only Reality of Life. This is Advaita. This Divine Reality, of God, which is Advaita, non-separation, is the Reality of your Being, it is the Reality about you. Once this Awakening is present, the vision that remains of life is the vision of non-separation. There is no such thing as this "I" and life, this life and God; this "I," life, God, and the other. There is a Present Reality. It is present in this manifestation, but also beyond everything that we call here "manifestation." So, we are faced with something indescribable, unnamable. No term, no word, can explain it.

The good news is that the Realization of your Being is the Realization of God, it is the Realization of Advaita. The Truth of this is the end of ignorance, it is the end of illusion, it is the end of suffering. To get closer to life is to get closer to God. And to get closer to God, which is to get closer to life, is to discover how to discard this sense of "I," of this "me." All this movement of the "I," of the "me," of this "person" in us, having as its principle the model of thought as we know it, places us in a condition of ignorance, of illusion, of separation. If this separation is present due to ignorance, due to illusion, then confusion, conflict, disorder, and suffering are present.

In life, we are all here to become aware that there is only one Reality here. This is Awakening! Without this, this life, in this sense of separation, of duality, is chaos, it is an enormous confusion. Human beings live restless, lost, and psychologically disturbed. There is an internal restlessness, they do not know the Truth about themselves, they get confused with the model that thought has established as a rule, as a standard. This rule, this standard, is the model that we have called here "mental conditioning." We are always responding to life from this element that sees itself separate from it. This way of responding is inadequate.

When, for example, you deal with people, you deal with people from the idea of being a person too. You do not see them as they really are. But how could it be different? If you cannot become aware of the Truth about yourself, how would you have the Truth about him or her? Thus, the particular vision of the "I" is the vision that thought has established as being true, as being real, about life, about the other, about itself. So, this condition is something that thought is establishing as a standard, as a rule. This is the mistaken principle of separation, of duality. It was thought that created the idea of this "I" and the non-"I," of this "I" and life, of this "I" and God. To approach an encounter like this here is to approach the possibility of investigation, of investigating, of deepening this question.

The question is: "What am I?" What will be the truth of this "Who am I?"

This "Who am I" is a construct of thought itself. Having an approach of what "I am" is the approach of Self-awareness, precisely to discard this idea about "who I am." There is no such thing as "I," there is no such thing as "who." There is a Reality here, and you acknowledge this Reality beyond the "I." This "you," in this acknowledgment, is Divine Reality itself conscious of Itself. There is no separation between you, God and life. You are God in your Real Nature, but in thought you are a person. In the model of behaving, acting, feeling and living, something that thought is producing within a thought conditioning response, something common to all, you are a person, and a person is in trouble, a person has problems, a person is alienated from Truth - precisely because they are a person -, alienated from Reality, from Truth, from Life.

So, what is Advaita? It is the Truth of your Being, it is the Truth of God, it is the Truth of Life, when there is no longer this illusion, when there is no longer this model of thought.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Pedro makes the following comment and asks: "What makes thoughts arise, generate? What is the primary cause of this phenomenon?"

MG: So, Gilson, the first cause of thought - see, this has a very simple basis. the first cause of thought is memory. Every present thought is a memory of the past. When we go through an experience, this is recorded in the brain. This record appears in this thought format. How does this process work? Based on a stimulus, a response to a challenge. When you see a scene, it brings back a memory, see, this memory arose due to this stimulus, this challenge. This is the mechanics of the brain; this is how the brain works: it produces thoughts. But this production of thought, in fact, is just memory emerging. It does not bring thought out of nowhere, it brings thought from the past and from memory. Just as our physical heart beats due to electrical stimuli coming from the brain, our brain reacts to stimuli, to challenges, and produces thoughts. But it is not that it produces thoughts out of nowhere, it reproduces thoughts due to thought, memory, the recollection that it has. It is a record in it that is responding. This is the phenomenon of thought.

Now, let's go a little deeper into this with you. The problem is not in having thoughts. The problem is that human beings, as they function - I refer to the masses, to humanity. the common human being is not aware of thought. They are victims of a condition of internal restlessness, of internal chatter, of psychological disorder, due to this movement, this movement of thinking, of the brain. Here, we need to comprehend this: this psychological condition of life is not natural. This is something common to this model of conditioned brain, of conditioned mind, that human beings know. So, the problem with thought is that, in human beings, it functions in an unconscious, mechanical, repetitive, chattering way, producing, along with these thoughts, internal states of feelings, emotions, conflict, disorder, and suffering.

In this sense of the "I," of the ego, of this conditioned mind, of this egoic mind, of this conditioned brain, there is no stillness, silence, absence of thought. The brain is constantly producing thoughts, that is, connecting itself, at every moment, to all kinds of stimuli and challenges, and producing the illusion of an identity within this experience, which is the experience of thinking. See, this is not natural. This occurs because the human being does not know the Truth of That which he is outside of this conditioning. All the human being knows about himself is what thought is saying, and he is confusing himself with thought, identifying himself with these reactions and living in this restlessness, in this chatter. Thus, the brain in the human being is functioning in a mistaken, chaotic way. There is no such freedom from this awareness of the absence of this psychological time. Human beings live in thought, in this psychological condition of thought. Thus, we are constantly between the past and the future, and this movement of the present is the restlessness between what was and what will be.

Can we break with this, towards a new quality of mind, of a new brain, where thought is functional, so that it is only present when necessary and is not occupying all this space all the time? When it is occupying all this space... this space that is occupied all the time is what we have called here egoic consciousness, consciousness of the "I." May we know, in life, Freedom, that is, the end of this consciousness of the "I," of this consciousness of the ego? This requires the presence of Self-awareness, the presence of Meditation, the presence of this Space that reveals itself when the brain becomes quiet, when the mind becomes silent. So, something beyond the mind, beyond the brain, beyond the "I," beyond the ego is revealed.

This is what we are working on together here with you, showing you that, in this life, the Awakening of Intelligence requires the presence of Silence, of a new way of thinking, feeling, and acting in life. And this only becomes possible when we put an end to this psychological condition that we have just explained to you here, where the brain is busy all the time. Look, you are having lunch or working on some activity, but internally the brain is active, chattering, saying things, putting this feeling and thought there, locating a present entity, which is this "me," in the past or in the future. We are not aware of this moment, aware of the now, because there is no space, there is no stillness, there is no silence. And here we are telling you that this is not natural. This is common, but it is because human beings are in psychological disorder. The great truth about this is that human beings are neurotic, they are building exaggerations, they are exaggerating. The model of thought is to exaggerate.

So, this internal dysfunction, this psychological confusion, this movement of thought is the continuation of this ego, of this "I," of this "me." When this ends, something new is present, and this is what we are working on here, with you. The only thing in life is to realize Life, the Awareness of Life, the Beauty of Life, the Love that is Life. Then, we have the presence of Intelligence, the presence of Freedom, within our relations with others, with ourselves, with experiences. This is when thoughts are only occupying their real space, and not this psychological space, as occurs with the presence of the ego. The way in which we, human beings, are functioning psychologically is a problem, it is something to be discarded!

So, the Flourishing of your Being is the Awareness of Reality, of That which is beyond the "I," beyond this brain, beyond this mind, beyond this ego. What makes this possible is a work of Self-Awareness, of Meditation, due to the Power of this Presence, which is the Power of this Divine Grace.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Tânia makes the following comment, asking: "Master, so only after investigation without the ego can we reach the Truth?"

MG: You ask: "Only after investigation without the ego can the Truth be revealed?" Look at your question. The truth of the approach, of self-investigation, of the investigation of the "I," is the investigation of the ego itself, it is the awareness of looking at these reactions. So, let's correct this question a little here. We need to get closer to our reactions, but this approach requires a look, a look free from the movement of the "I," but this look includes a clear vision of this movement.

We have to discover, here, what it means to observe these reactions. This observation requires, yes, the presence of the absence of this observer, this thinker, this experiencer, but it is not about reaching the Truth. The awareness of this pure observation reveals something outside of the known. Truth is already present, it is That which is already present, but which, in fact, only reveals itself when we become aware of this awareness of Self-knowledge. Thus, learning to observe our reactions without the observer, learning to become aware of what is happening here and now, without confusing ourselves with this element that is the experiencer separating himself from the experience, the observer separating himself from what he observes, the one who listens separating himself from what he is listening to... To become aware of this is to have a real approach to the vision of Meditation. This is within this approach of Self-awareness.

Here, this Attention on our reactions requires a look free from this element that separates itself to interfere, that lives within a movement of liking and disliking, or of wanting to alter or change, that judges, evaluates, compares. Thus, the basis for this self-observation, for this self-investigation, is to bring this Attention to this moment, an Attention free of choice, free of alternatives, free of ideas, conclusions, beliefs, evaluations, judgments and all types of responses that come from the past, that may arise from the past. It is just looking, it is just noticing, becoming aware of what is happening here and now. When you look at a thought, your inclination, in general, when you look, is to like it or not. When a feeling arises, you like it or not. So, in general, we are always accepting or rejecting what is happening inside us and what is happening externally in this relation with the other. We are always approaching life, this instant, this moment, from this experiencer, this thinker, this observer, while here we are showing you that there is a new way of approaching this instant. This new way requires the presence of this Attention, precisely, on these reactions. This Attention does not interfere, it does not get involved. This Attention is what gives us the basis for Self-awareness, and with the basis of Self-awareness, we come closer to Meditation. So, there is a new quality of action that emerges when the "I" is not there, when this experiencer, this observer, this element that separates, judges, evaluates, is no longer present.

So, what is the real approach to life? The real approach to life is the real approach to the truth about us. Without this verification of what is happening here and now in you, with you, there is no way to break with this old condition, for this Reality to show itself, for this Truth to flourish. This is what we are approaching here in these meetings.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is over. Thank you for this videocast.

And for you who are following the videocast until the end and really want to live these teachings and have this vision in Freedom as the Master has, I invite you to participate in the intensive meetings that Master Gualberto provides. These are intensive weekend meetings in an online format and there are also in-person meetings and retreats. In these meetings, Master Gualberto, in addition to answering our questions directly, because he already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares an Energy Field that is a Power, a Grace, which helps us a lot in this comprehension of ourselves, because we end up taking a ride on this Energy Field of the Master. And this really makes it much easier for us to spontaneously enter the meditative state, to silence our minds... So, here is the invitation.

In the first comment, pinned, there is the WhatsApp link to be able to participate in these meetings.

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

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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