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!