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!

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
Further information

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
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
Further information

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
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
Further information

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
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
Further information

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
Further information

What is thought? | Fear: what is it? | How to achieve the desired reality? | Anxious attachment

We have different ways of behaving in life, and all of these ways have as their principle, as their model, as the basis, thought itself. Thus, when you are seeking to understand how to achieve purposes, goals and objectives, the basic idea is the idea is rooted in the model of present thought. When, for example, you touch on this issue of achieving what you want, and you ask "How to achieve the desired reality," notice that there is already within you an idea of what this reality means and how significant and important it is to you. You already have an idea, a thought, a belief that by achieving this, you will be happy.

All our behavior in this model, which is the model of thought, is always in search of pleasure and escape from fear. So, we need to investigate here this issue of pleasure and fear, and see the direct relation of this with this program that is running within us, which is the model of this mind that is already programmed, conditioned to believe in happiness as a target to be achieved, as an objective to be accomplished, that revolves around this idea of desire.

We are not dealing with life as it happens and attending to life from this Intelligence. We are attending to life from this thought program, from a conditioned mind, living in this ideal: the ideal of love, the ideal of peace, the ideal of prosperity, the ideal of happiness, the ideal of the reality of desires, and for us this ideal is in this desired reality.

A contact with life in this moment, free from thought, and it will become clear that this ideal, this movement, which is the movement of thought, is exactly a projection of imagination of an accomplishment in the future, while, in truth, everything that we seek as the ideal in this so-called desired reality is already present in this instant as being the nature of the Truth about You. Nothing in this world, nothing in this accomplished, desired experience sought, searched by thought will make you happy.

All this movement in us is a movement that thought is producing. We need to know, in life, what is the real place of thought, what real place thought should have; otherwise, we will always be victims, victims of this psychological condition, which is the condition of this movement of thought processing itself in an unconscious, mechanical, automatic way, in each one of us.

All the values you have, this whole way of dealing with life as it happens is something that thought present in you has an interpretation of. This interpretation of how life happens, of how everything is processed, is the interpretation of a model common to everyone - this is the way everyone thinks. So, we have a belief - and it is based on thought - that the achievement of something that you miss. See, this thing that you miss, this you, is thought itself.

This is important here: when you use the pronoun "I," you are simply affirming again and again the presence of thought. It is the presence of thought that causes you the sensation, the feeling and the emotion of existing as someone, this is you. So, there is the idea of achieving something in the future that can fulfill you as someone. However, this someone, this you, is thought itself, projecting itself.

Here I have something to tell you: the Reality of That which is You, exactly when this thought is not there, is Completeness, it is Love, it is Bliss, it is Freedom, it is the awareness of God. When you come to this work and ask, "What is fear?" Fear is the presence of thought. There is no separation between fear and thought. When do you feel fear? Is it not when thought is there creating the image of something bad that might happen to you?

There is no such thing as fear and the absence of thought. You cannot detect the presence of fear without thought. You cannot detect the presence of you without thought. There is no such thing as a separation between thought, you and fear, it is one presence. So, when you ask, "What is fear?" It is the presence of thought.

Living a life free from thought is the awareness that there is no such thing as fear. Something bad happened to you in the past. Who lived this experience in the past? You! Where is this memory possible? In you! What is this memory? It is thought! So, what is fear? It is thought! [What is] the fear of what happened in the past and that it might happen again? It is thought! You only have the notion of something that might happen to you, you only have the notion of the future also through thought. See how we need to investigate this issue of the presence of thought in us.

So, what is thought? It is this movement, it is the movement of memory, of remembrance, talking about the past, and talking about the future, and talking about this "I," this "me." At every moment, life is happening, at every instant, it is only the present life. The idea of being someone arises when some bad, unfavorable, unpleasant situation is happening to this "me," to this "I." But detecting this is only possible due to the presence of thought, because it is thought that says: "I don't like this," it is thought that says: "this is wrong," or it says: "this shouldn't be like this."

So, notice how essential it is for us to discover within ourselves how thought is processed and all this game established by thought will be undone. Here we are inviting you to a life free of thought. We need thought in an objective and practical way. For professional affairs, you need knowledge and experience, which is thought. The information that you have is stored in you in this memory, in this remembrance, this recollection is thought.

So, technically, you need knowledge, experience and thought. But in this contact with life at this moment, thought is something completely dispensable. It is when it appears that you have problems; problems like: "I like someone." Notice, this is a problem, because this liking creates an image that, psychologically, is fixed in you as part of this "you," this "I," and you cling to this image. If this person ignores you or leaves your experience, this "you," this "me," this "I" suffers.

See how important this is. It seems very simple to like people, but this idea of people for this "me," for this "I," for this ego is very complicated. Can we live in a relationship with people in a new quality of feeling about them, which is not this liking? This liking can become disliking. It is friends that we stop being friends with; sometimes, friends become enemies, and all of this is within this very movement of thought, of this liking and disliking.

"I like you when you please me and I am very displeased with you when you displease me." Who is this "I" that feels pleased, happy, fulfilled with the other, and feels unhappy, miserable, annoyed, angry at the other? Isn't it thought? Isn't it the presence of this "you," this "me," this ego? Can we have contact with him or her with a new quality of feeling about him or her, something beyond this condition, which is the condition of thought?

You see, we do not know what love is, what love is in relations, because we are living in thought, we are living with this problem, which is the problem of the "I." Thought is just a picture that I have of you from the past, because you pleased me. Thought is just a thought that I have of you from the past, that you provoked anger in me and became my enemy: this is how we are living our lives, with friends, enemies and indifferent people.

And here the challenge, in life, is to attend to life as it happens, free from the past and, therefore, free from thought, because these thoughts that this "I" has, that this ego has, that make in this moment, in this encounter here, everything be seen from this mistaken perspective. Meeting him or her, without the presence of thought, is meeting him or her without the presence of the "I." Try looking at someone without their past. Notice, you will not be faced with something so simple, because the model of thought in us is sustaining the idea of someone, of this "me," of this "I," of this present you, having an encounter with him or her.

Life as it happens, in it, when thought comes in - I refer to this quality of thought -, there is the presence of suffering. This is what sustains internal states such as attachment in us. People talk about "anxious attachment." The quality of the sense of "I," of the ego, is to produce attachments, and where there is attachment, there will be suffering. So, you don't need to do what thought projects to be happy, you just need to assume the Truth of What You Are in your Real Nature when thought is not there.

As long as we are sustaining this quality of being someone, based on thoughts, on all this movement that comes from the past, which are the images I have of him or her, that I make of myself, I will always be in this illusion of one day achieving fulfillment, satisfaction, accomplishment, achieving desires, this so-called desired reality. Can we, in this life, assume Truth free from these attachments? This "anxious attachment" is naturally the presence of dependence. This is fear, this is suffering. This is something present in this sense of the "I," of the ego, something present in this self-image, something present in this model of thought.

Looking at life in this moment, attending to life in this moment as it happens, in this relationship with people, those closest to you, such as relatives, husband, wife, children, and those farthest away, but without the "I," without the ego; so, we are faced with a new feeling about him or her, a new way of thinking in this moment, free from the past. So, there is the Presence of Love, there is the Presence of Truth, there is the Presence of God. If This is present, there is no longer a future, there is no longer this projection of thought to achieve something or get rid of something. Here is the Presence of Truth, here is the Presence of God.

It is not about you with God, it is about the Reality of God when the thought "I," this "me," this "you," is no longer present. Some call this Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment, which is what we are working on here with you. So, on Saturday and Sunday we are together delving deeper into this subject here. There are two days, online, where we have the opportunity to sit down and investigate this, also having this encounter with Silence, with the awareness of Self-Knowledge. You can find our WhatsApp link in the video description to participate in these online meetings on the weekends.

In addition, we have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard makes sense to you, leave a "like" here, subscribe to the channel and leave a comment saying, "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
Further information

Observer and the observed | How to be free from suffering? | How to overcome fear? | Satsang

Here we are with you investigating this question of the end of suffering. Yes, the possibility of a life free from suffering. When you ask how to be free from suffering, that question is understandable, but we're asking the question in a mistaken way. That's because the idea behind the question is that we exist as someone and as someone we are suffering. Here we are investigating exactly that.

The truth about the end of suffering, not about someone being freed from suffering. The idea of being someone, of existing as someone, of living as someone, is exactly what sustains within us an internal condition of separation from life as it happens, from thoughts when they arise, from feelings, from emotions, from sensations, from perceptions. This division, created by thought itself, is the illusion of someone. We have emphasized exactly that here with you. We are investigating the truth about the one who observes all this.

What is the truth about this "I," about this "me"? When you are in front of a scene, the idea is the presence of the scene and you. That is the idea. This idea is a thought. A thought that, in the face of that situation or scene, that object, person, place, we have the presence of someone.

Here we are approaching this topic, using various terms, various words. These expressions are pointing to this simple truth: that there is no separation in life in this moment, no separation between the one who observes and that which is being observed. This is a playlist here on the channel of great relevance, of great importance. The direct vision, the clear awareness of this is what we call understanding. The understanding that the observer in front of what he is seeing-there is no real separation between that observer and the observed thing.

This division is a division created by thought. Thought is the idea, is the belief that speaks to us of a separation, of a division, between the one who sees and that which is seen. The reality, the truth, the fact is that this separation does not exist. This separation is the element that fuels all forms of confusion, of problems, and of suffering. Notice that when you are afraid, your fear is of something.

So there is you and the cause, the reason for fear, which is something else. Here we have a separation. It is the presence of this separation between you and that thing-because fear does not exist without this separation. You are afraid that something might happen to you. You are afraid of something that happened, that might come to light, that might be discovered.

This could put you in a complication, in a difficulty. So there is you and that memory of what happened. There is you and what might happen again, which is exactly the memory of what happened. This separation between you and the memory, between you and what happened, is something that is present due to what thought is saying. It is something that is present due to the presence of thought.

Every form of fear, which is suffering, is something present because of this separation. When people worry or engage with this question of fear, to investigate, to approach, they realize there is no fear without the presence of thought. So the question is: what is fear? How to overcome fear? Is a life free from fear possible?

A life free from fear, for example, is a life free from this separation between you and thought, between you and memory, between you and the past. The past, memory, thought-these are the root of fear. But this root of fear lies in the soil of thought. So these are two topics here, among others that we address with you, that we are dedicating ourselves to exploring, to investigating, to understanding. Therefore, the old idea of overcoming or freeing oneself is based on a mistaken principle, which is the principle of separation.

It is this division between you and that from which you want to be free. We are constantly maintaining this division, this separation. That which gives us pleasure-we see ourselves as separate from it, in the eagerness for more of it. So, within each of us, within this view-a view established in us due to the presence of thought, because thought is the basic element, the key element of this separation between what is here and that other thing over there. The linking element between these two things-the common element between them-is the presence of thought.

It is thought within us that has established ideas, concepts, evaluations, and beliefs. This belief in separation, this belief in division, is sustaining within each of us internal states of emotional disorder, of psychological disorder. That's because we believe in existing as someone-someone who has pleasure to enjoy and someone who has pain from which they must be free. This very movement of belief, of concept, of idea, feeds within us the presence of the "I." These meetings of ours, whether online meetings, in-person meetings, or retreats, are gatherings called Satsang.

The word Satsang means the encounter with the Truth. It's an opportunity for us to investigate these questions together-questions of the "I," of this "me," of this ego, of this person, of this sense of someone. See, all these expressions refer to this observer, who sees himself as separate from the other thing. This other thing can be a person, a place, a feeling, an emotion, a thought. Here, understanding the truth about this is approaching Satsang.

The word Satsang means the encounter with the Truth. With the truth of what is present here in this moment. Learning to look at what is here in this moment. Perceiving this separation that thought is creating. Perceiving this illusion of duality present, going beyond it-that is approaching divine reality, the reality of God.

All these talks here consist of a possibility of direct perception. Without this, we will remain only in the realm of ideas, in the realm of words, of theories. When you, for example, are thinking, the idea of someone in that thought is something inherent to the process. This happens because we have a mind stuck in this model-this particular view of experience. This is the presence of the mind's conditioning in each of us.

Because when you are thinking, what we have present is a process taking place. That process is the process of thinking. There is no one present in this thinking process. What we have present is the thought itself. If, for example, I invite you to imagine a castle right now, you will imagine a castle, because you have the image of a castle inside you.

You can only have an imagination based on a thought that arises within you. That thought only appears due to a reference it brings, a reference it has. So you can imagine a castle. You imagine a castle based on the thought you have of how a castle should be or how you would like your castle to be. But notice, here we are faced with a trick of thought, which is the idea that you are the one doing this.

It is not you doing this castle, idealizing, building, imagining this castle. This is a process that is happening in your brain based on elements it already holds, which are the memories it has. The brain has images, the brain has memories, it has recollections of a castle. It is the brain that is establishing the castle, that is building the castle, imagining the castle. This is a memory process, a process of brain reaction.

There is no element present in this process. That element, supposedly separate from the process, is also an imagination of thought. Just as we imagine a castle-and that imagination is a process that occurs in the brain due to the movement of thought itself, and it is thought itself that is establishing that castle-we also have the illusion of this "I" as an element separate from thought itself. This is part of the imagination of thought. It is thought in you that imagines this you as the thinker.

Yes, there is something present, but that something present is not the thinker. Yes, there is something present, but that something present is not the experiencer, it is not the observer, it is not the "I." This is what we are here deepening with you, becoming aware of with you. We need to become aware of the present reality, the reality of that which is not the "I," which is not the thinker, which is not the imaginer, which is not the observer. We must become aware of the present reality.

That present reality is life itself. There is no such thing as you and life. There is no such thing as the thinker and the thought, the observer and the observed. There is no such thing as someone building this castle and the castle being built. What we have present is the presence of thought.

It reacts to a stimulus. It reacts to a challenge. When you were invited to have a castle, to build a castle, to imagine a castle, at that moment your brain was challenged, the mind was challenged. Since the mind functions based on memories, on recollections, on thoughts, it expressed itself. That expression of the mind is the expression of consciousness.

This consciousness is the consciousness of the "I," it is the consciousness of the thinker, of the experiencer, of the observer. Are we together? Here we are placing before you the beauty of realizing an encounter with something that does not belong to that model, which is the model of consciousness, the model of the mind, the model of the "I." Contact with that reality is the revelation of Satsang, it is the revelation of that which is indescribable, which is unnameable, which is beyond the mind, which is beyond consciousness, which is beyond the "I." Everything we've been doing here in these meetings is in the direction of that realization, of that discovery, of that awareness that this element that separates itself from life as it happens, from the world as it is, is an illusory element.

That is the illusion of separation. That is the illusion of duality. The awareness of the truth of life, as it happens, is the understanding that life as it is does not include this psychological condition-of fear, or anxiety, or worry, or any form of psychological suffering-because that very psychological condition is not real. In life, we need an approach in this moment that comes from a new moment, from a new brain. Our approach to this moment must be an approach free from the mind.

What is this mind? This mind is nothing other than a mistaken movement-a movement that, in disorder, has established this model of psychological thought. From a simple point of view, the mind is nothing but a movement of thoughts. The presence of the movement of thoughts is the presence of the mind. In an objective way, thought is necessary. Memory is necessary.

Recollection is something functional. Knowledge is something practical. Thus, thought is something very objective for practical purposes in life. I have called this life, where thought occurs in a practical way, a dream. Your name is something practical-it is an objective thought.

Within this dream, we all have names. Thought has given names to things. In this objective and practical dream of life, if things didn't have names, we would have a great difficulty dealing with experience. So we give names to things. When something new arises, we name it, we label it.

We give it a name in order to approach it through knowledge. So, in this dream, this dream of life, everything has a name-a name established by thought. From that name, we engage with experiences. So we have experiences, we name those experiences, we classify those experiences in order to deal with them. Thus, thought is something practical.

However, from a psychological standpoint, thought has also introduced imaginary names-constructions of its own ideas-within a context in life, which is the context of human relationships, of our relationship with life as it happens, placing the illusion of a present identity that thought calls "I." And when this "I" arises, confusion appears, disorder appears, suffering appears. That's when problems arise in our relationships. We cannot approach the totality of life from thought-and yet we are trying to do so from this illusion, which is the illusion of that background, which is the illusion of this quality of thought that I have called psychological thought. So, we have practical, objective thought in this dream of existence, and we use it in a direct way-these are thoughts about facts, about things, about situations. But we also have psychological thought about things, about facts, about situations, about people, about feelings, emotions.

This quality of psychological thought is what has given life to this "me," to this ego, to this "I." Can we eliminate this quality of thought from our lives in favor of a lucid, clear, intelligent, free mind, so that we are simply responding to life as it happens-without the sense of this "I," of this "me," of this psychological movement of thought? This is the life free from ego, the life free from the "I." It is the life in which the divine reality is present-the reality of your Being. Full awareness of this is revealed through an approach to this investigation into the truth about ourselves, in this encounter called Satsang.

The word Satsang means encounter with the Truth-an encounter with the reality of what is here, in this moment. Looking at this moment without the observer, perceiving life without the perceiver, engaging with experience without the experiencer is Truth in expression. It is life as it happens without the "I." Here with you, we are working on this. The end of ego.

The end of ego is the end of fear. It is the end of suffering. It's not about how to get rid of suffering. It's about understanding the end of suffering. It is when suffering ends that we are free from suffering.

It is when fear ends that we are free from fear. It is not someone conquering fear and having to conquer it again and again and again. It is not someone getting rid of suffering and having to get rid of it every time it appears. It is the awareness of the reality of your Being, free from the model of the "I," free from the model of the ego. Then thought ceases.

Then suffering is no longer present. And fear has vanished. Here, in these online meetings on the weekends, we are working on this with you. It's two days together. I want to leave you an invitation.

You'll find our WhatsApp link in the video description to participate in these online meetings on the weekends. Outside of these meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. So if this is something that makes any sense to you, here's the invitation: go ahead and leave a like, subscribe to the channel. Drop a comment here: "Yes, this makes sense." Thanks for the meeting, and see you next time.

March, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
Further information