How to find God? Meditation: What is it? Learn about Self-Awareness. Mindfulness: How to practice it

The idea of ??mindfulness as a practice is quite interesting. People ask, "How to practice mindfulness?" I want to draw your attention to something very basic. Every morning, you find yourself in front of the mirror. It's not something you practice; it's something so natural, and you've been doing it since you were a child. Looking in the mirror is observing your own face, becoming aware of yourself.

So, the real question is: How do you become aware of yourself? How do you become aware of something? Isn't it by looking, by observing? And does this require some technique, some practice, in the sense of something being done in a way that's like an exercise based on a method, a system?

The awareness of self-observation is the awareness of looking at ourselves to comprehend who we are. Therefore, it's not a practice, a technique, but a way of looking, of perceiving. It's something that involves perception, awareness. All we need in life, here, is to become aware of the Truth of What we are in our Essential Nature.

The awareness of the Truth about yourself is what you truly need. This awareness requires Self-awareness, learning about Self-awareness. And learning about Self-awareness is being attentive to ourselves, aware of this psychological face, this psychological structure, this psychological image that thought has constructed about who we are.

So, looking in the mirror of life, of relations, of contact with people, of contact with situations, of contact with oneself, of contact with the present moment. The mirror is present in these contacts, and it is in contact with these given things, with these situations, it is in this contact that the vision of the mirror resides.

Life consists of the presence of a mirror. We can become aware of ourselves in this mirror, in this contact, or we can remain in our dream world, in our dream world, in our sleep. The encounter with the Truth of your Being is the answer to the question some ask without investigating, without studying it. The question is: "How to find God?"

The awareness of your Being, which reveals itself in the mirror of Self-awareness, of comprehending the truth about this image, this is the work that puts us in direct contact with the Truth of Meditation. Thus, we have three very basic things here. The first is the importance, the value, the beauty of this self-discovery, of the discovery of this "me," in this learning about Self-awareness. The second is something directly linked to this first, which is the Truth of Meditation.

After all, what is Meditation? Is it something that someone practices? Is it something that, through a technique, an exercise, or a practice, I can do? And for what purpose? What is the truth about Meditation? What is Meditation? Here we have emphasized for you the importance of Meditation and what Meditation truly is.

When you approach and investigate the nature of the "I," you become fully aware of this image that thought has established in you as you, as being yourself. The end of this internal state of imagination, of self-image, is the presence of Meditation, which naturally requires the Truth about yourself.

Therefore, learning about Self-awareness is bringing this very Mindfulness into this moment. The Truth about this Mindfulness brings us closer and allows us to see this face in the mirror directly, and thus we have this self-revelation of Truth, this third fundamental thing, which is the awareness of God.

The yearning, the longing for this encounter with something beyond the known, beyond the world, beyond this boredom, routine, this monotonous life, beyond this search for love, happiness, and peace-here is present the Realization of God. The Truth about Yourself is the Supreme Bliss, the Supreme Happiness. However, it is impossible to have this Revelation of God, this encounter with God in time.

When we engage in any kind of search, any kind of practice, we move away from this Truth, from this gaze upon what we are here and now, in this contact with life; looking at who we are when we are in relation with people, in relation with situations, in relation with thoughts that arise within each of us, as well as with feelings and emotions. Therefore, the true way for the Revelation of What we are requires the presence of this Attention, this Mindfulness of our reactions.

Thus, when we have this Mindfulness, when we pay attention to our thoughts, here, in this moment, to our gestures, the words we use, what we feel in contact with him or her, with life's situations, observing what is happening within each of us, as well as externally, bringing to this moment a gaze that does not judge, compare, or make choices, a gaze where there is no sensor, no observer, this element that comes from the past, which is the thinker, behind this gaze. Thus, there is a noticing of these internal reactions and of everything that happens externally, without any involvement from this "I."

Thus, your contact with the present moment allows a new space to open up, because the mind naturally quiets. Then, this silence arises, the brain quiets, and thus there is the presence of Meditation. Meditation becomes possible in this moment because there is a natural stillness that arises from this observation without the observer, from this perception without the perceiver. Therefore, the presence of Mindfulness is the presence of awareness-awareness of this moment, of this instant.

We need to discover the beauty of a new brain, a new mind; a brain free from the model of thought and, therefore, from everything we know; a mind that no longer lives in this restlessness, chatter, and unawareness of its own movement. Yes, because when you place Attention on your reactions, the brain quiets. All this internal chatter, this restlessness, is creating, producing, and sustaining within you the continuity of the movement of this image, this self-image, which is the "I," the ego.

What people need to comprehend is that there is no truth in the person to have an encounter with God. What we understand as a person is a set of images, memories, and recollections that thought has established in each of us. The mere description of an image, of a self-image, is the presence of the person. However, what is the Truth of your Being? The Reality of your Essential Nature is the Truth of God.

You won't find God; you will become aware of the Reality that is present when the sense of "I" is not. When you become aware, this awareness is the very awareness of God. You don't go to God, you don't find Him. He reveals Himself as the Truth of your Being. We need to deeply and clearly comprehend the truth about who we are, about who we show ourselves to be in this self-image.

That's why all this contact with people, situations, and thoughts is revealing. Because you place attention here, in this moment, to observe what's happening within you, in this contact, when someone treats you well or badly, when someone likes you or dislikes you, when someone accepts you or rejects you. What you feel, who is this element in that feeling?

When you're sad, who is the sad element? When you're happy, who is the happy element? When you feel special, who is the element that feels special? When you feel diminished or rejected, who is this element? Thus, we have, in this revelation of this "I," this "who I am," the end of this psychological structure of egoic consciousness, of mental consciousness, of self-image, because the clarity in this mirror makes you perceive illusion.

It is Truth, it is clarity, it is comprehension that liberates, that puts an end to this internal psychological disorder present in this self-image, in this "I." Only then do we have, in this moment, the Revelation of God's Truth. You in your Natural State of Being are the Reality of Life. The Truth of Life is the Beauty of God. Comprehension, Wisdom, the Presence of Love, Freedom, and Happiness is what is present here when God reveals Himself. When He reveals Himself, illusion is gone, illusion is no more.

Therefore, it is Truth that liberates, not desire, not will, not the desire to be free. This is why the comprehension of what Meditation is, is fundamental in life. Comprehending this Attention, bringing the gaze, the perception, without the past, to this moment, is the Truth about how to live this Attention-this Mindfulness. Your Natural State of Being is this a new, free mind; in fact, it is this Reality beyond the known. Thus, this meditative mind reveals Something indescribable, Something beyond thought. Thus, there is Life revealing itself, God revealing itself, the Reality of this Being present.

Here, these weekend meetings we hold, where we are on Saturday and Sunday, have this purpose: to work on this together-two days online. You can find our WhatsApp link here, in the video description, to join the online meetings on weekends. In addition to the online meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's the invitation. Like it, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment below: "Yes, it makes sense." Ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon.

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Escape from reality psychology. Fear what to do. Fundamental questions of life. What is meditation?

This is a common way of dealing with life, as it happens. We don't have the readiness to respond perfectly to life's events. Life consists of situations arising, situations happening. Our psychological condition of existence in this sense of person, in this idea of being someone in the context of life, in this context of living, places us in a position where we do not truly respond, in an appropriate way, to these demands of life, to these challenges of life, to what life represents. And why are we unable to do this? Because our responses are ready-made, they are based on past experience that we have already had.

So, let's calmly look at this. We are here with you studying these fundamental questions of life, and one of these is our inability to deal with the present moment. This ends up representing for each of us various forms of complications, problems, and suffering. And, since we don't know how to deal with these complications, these problems, and these sufferings, we enable ourselves to escape - what is known as "the escape from reality" in psychology.

Our approach to life, our approach to the present moment is inadequate. Since we don't know how to respond to it, suffering is present, and we don't know how to look at it, we don't know how to deal with it, we don't know how to deal with the present moment. So, notice: there is the present moment, it is challenging; our inadequate response to this moment produces suffering; we don't know how to deal with suffering, so we run away! It's the escape from reality. We're going to work on this a little bit with you here.

For example, we have the issue of fear. We do not know the beauty, we do not have an idea of the importance, the value, the comprehension of what fear is. There is great Beauty, there is great Truth, there is an indescribable Freedom in life, when there is no fear. And we do not know how to deal with the experience of the moment; because of this, fear settles down. Since we do not know how to deal with this pain that fear causes, that it provokes, we run away. Then, the question arises: "What to do with fear?" "How to deal with fear?" "Fear, what to do?" We do not know how to deal with the present moment, because we do not know how to deal with what we are.

The present moment requires new action, because we are always facing a new challenge. Life happens like this: it is happening for the first time at this moment. Everything present at this moment is unique. That has never happened before and will never happen again. We do not know how to respond to this moment because we have the idea that we are someone present and that we need to respond to this moment. So, the first point here is the idea of being someone; it misleads us. There is life happening, but there isn't someone present in life as we believe to be someone and situated in life, separate from it. This is the first point: you believe that there is someone present, and then you believe that you have to respond to life as it happens.

Here, with you, we are working on the Awakening of Spiritual Intelligence, of the Vision of Wisdom, of the Freedom of living free from the past. And, free from the past, we have a comprehension of this moment based on this Intelligence. And, when there is this Intelligence, the answer to this moment is not of someone. There is no past, there is no someone, and we do not have an inadequate answer to this moment. So, life happens, but you in your Essential Nature, in your Divine Nature, are one with life. There is in you, in your True Nature, this Divine Intelligence to deal with the present moment with wisdom. Then, no form of contradiction, disorder, separation and conflict is established.

Naturally, there is no room for fear when Intelligence is present, and Intelligence is Divine Truth. Then, how can we deal with what we are feeling, living, going through, within this context of life as we know, for example, fear? It may be that when you hear all this that we have just explained to you, it may seem like a utopia, like something so good to be true. But here I have to tell you: what we are saying, yes, is real. What is real is Bliss, Happiness, Love, Peace. Therefore, why do we have these meetings here? We have these meetings with one sole purpose: to become aware of the Reality of God. And this Reality, when it is present, there is no longer that someone, no longer that past, and no longer that inadequate response to life as it happens. All of this is arising due to a psychological condition of existence that thought has established within each one of us, as if it were really the truth about who we are.

Thus, there is a mistake: we are situating ourselves in life as someone, we are situating ourselves in life as a person. Your way of relating to the present moment is not a real way of attending to what is here, but it is a way in which we try to adjust the reality of the present moment to this thought within us that comes from the past. This is where the problem lies, this is where fear lies. So, you ask: "Fear, what to do?" If there is one of the subjects within these fundamental questions of life that we deal with here with you and we continually return to, it is this issue of fear.

We greatly underestimate the truth of the presence of fear in our lives, but the human being, psychologically, is fear. Look at yourself and you will, if you are honest, recognize that your life is based on actions that are based on desire and fear. In general, we separate desire from fear, but we do not realize that the presence of fear is what drives us to desire. When you want to obtain something, you want to obtain it because you are dissatisfied at that moment. What you want to obtain, this desire, is the projection of an ideal of fulfillment and satisfaction in that achievement. And you only have this because, at that moment, you are feeling emptiness, insufficiency, lack, some level of discomfort, of pain.

So, this impulse of pain, discomfort and lack, which is suffering, drives us to seek something to free ourselves from this condition of suffering. Behind this desire, there is the worry that this will not be achieved, that this will not be accomplished, that this thing will not be obtained. This is fear! If there is something that we are not aware of, it is the truth that life, in this sense of the "I," of the ego, in this psychological condition in which we find ourselves, is a life full of fear, dissatisfaction, suffering, conflicts and contradictions. Thus, we are unable to give an answer to life at this moment, an adequate answer to life, because the foundation seeking to provide this answer is the basis of the illusion of a present identity, which sees itself separate from life, trying to attend to this moment based on the past.

So, we need to discover, in life, what life is free from the past, what life is free from the "I," what life is free from this psychological movement of the existence of an identity, which is this someone. Notice, this someone is situated in this dissatisfaction, in this fear, desire, and suffering. Thus, any response that one can give to this moment will be inadequate. This is the sense of the "I," this is the sense of the ego. We are here, with you, investigating how to assume, in this life, the Reality of That is. Now, it is important that we understand this together, too: that there is no one who can do this.

So, what happens to us, dealing with life as it happens because of this individualistic personal position, this "me," this "I," this ego, this someone, is dealing with life in this discomfort, this pain, this suffering, this fear. And as long as we are running away from this reality - because this is the reality of "me," this is the reality of each one of us - as long as this sense of egoic identity remains, the reality that we know, the known reality is the reality of fear, it is the reality of suffering, it is the reality of pain. Can we discover in life, at this moment, what it is to look at this without running away, without running away from this reality?

See, we are before something very basic, very simple, easy to observe. The truth for the end of this escape from reality is to become aware of our reactions at this moment, when you become aware that this element, which is this "I," is looking for something to escape, to run away from. It is separating itself, and in this separation, it is maintaining the continuity of this pain, this suffering, this fear, this conflict. All this alternative of achieving something out there through desire is just a way of escaping from oneself, of running away from this pain. So, approaching the truth of this moment reveals this sense of someone present, and when you learn to look, just to look, to observe, to become aware of this pain, this conflict, this contradiction, this dissatisfaction, when you learn to just look, without running away, without escaping, it ends.

So, the beauty of this encounter with Self-Awareness reveals to you this psychological condition of dissatisfaction, fear, conflict, pain and suffering, and it ends. But we spend an entire life feeding the continuity of this someone and, therefore, of this past. And therefore, of this idea of facing this present moment from this background. The encounter with life at this moment requires the presence of this awareness of this separation, of this idea of this "I" and the non-"I," of this observer observing things; of this person who, when faced with situations, is always looking at these situations from a particular and personal perspective, which is the perspective of this person who lives in this acceptance or rejection, in this liking or disliking.

So, how can we get closer to ourselves to go beyond this "me," this "I," this someone? By looking, discovering what it means to listen to life as it happens, to look at life as it happens. to look at all the movement that arises in you and perceive that this movement is something that comes from the past, creating the illusion of this someone. Discovering what it means to look at this is to put an end to this condition, in contact with life at this moment without the past, without the observer, without this experiencer, without this "me," without this someone. And this approach is what occurs when we have the answer to the question: "What is Meditation?"

The presence of Meditation is the awareness of this moment without someone present within it. So, the way life shows itself, the way life reveals itself - without someone who is the past, at this instant, at this present moment - reveals That which is beyond the mind, which is beyond all that is known, which is the presence of the Divine Reality. Then, this is the contact with the Truth of Meditation. There is no someone in Meditation. There is no past in Meditation. We have life, at this instant, revealing itself without this "me."

Here we are, together, looking at this, delving into it with you and saying that yes, this is possible in this life: the awareness of the Reality of God, the awareness of the Reality of life without the "I." So, this is our topic here, with you. We have online meetings on weekends, where we are, on Saturday and Sunday, delving into this with you. These are our online meetings. Here, in the video description, you can find our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. In addition to these meetings, we have our in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you've just heard makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Please, leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel and write here in the comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time.

December, 2024
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Joel Goldsmith | Living the Infinite Way | What is spiritual life? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, and Master Gualberto is with us once again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Master, today I'm 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: "Enlightenment dissolves all material bonds and unites men with the golden chains of spiritual understanding." In this excerpt, Joel Goldsmith comments on spiritual comprehension. Can you share your vision of what spiritual life is?

MG: Gilson, there's a great deal of mystification, a lot of misunderstanding. This issue of spiritual life is viewed in a very misguided way. So, first of all, we have to find out the Truth about Life before we can even touch on the question of a spiritual life. We don't know the Truth about Life. What we know as life is not Real Life. It is a centered, grounded life, grounded in an illusory pattern of behavior-of actions, behaviors, interactions, interacting with life of human relations and relations with what happens-where the misunderstanding of a personal life is present.

There is no such thing as a personal life in Life; that is a misunderstanding. This is the vision we have of life, it is the vision from thought. It is thought that gives us the model, the form, the formula of what life is. Thus, we live in a mental life, a life idealized by concepts, beliefs, judgments, opinions, ideas! Therefore, to know the Truth about spiritual life, we need to comprehend the Truth about Life. The Truth about Life is the naturalness of Life, free from illusion, free from thought, and this Life is Divine Life, it is Real Life, it is Spiritual Life.

The thing is, in general, when we use the expression "spiritual life," we are projecting a life of someone, a person's life, their spiritual life. This is an illusion! Here lies mystification, a mistaken vision, an erroneous view of the Truth about Life. Thus, we have all kinds of fantasies, ideas, and suggestions from thought about what "divine life" is, someone's "divine life," or a person's "divine life."

When there is Real Life, the presence of Real Life? Real Life is present when the illusion of a person is no longer there, when the idea of ??someone present, separating themselves from Life, no longer exists. Every feeling, emotion, sensation, form of perception, and thought, within a principle of image-something that thought has constructed within us-is the vision of an illusory life, the vision of a life in dream, in a sleep of unconsciousness, where the consciousness present in the person is egoic consciousness, the consciousness of the "I."

There is no real life in the ego; what is present is a movement of thought, sustained and maintaining permanence due to the presence of a time it has established, constructed. This is how person's life is. All information you have, for example, is acquired knowledge, acquired over time. Thus, as you go through experiences in the past, those experiences become, for you, knowledge-they are now a memory.

They are a memory present in the brain, in the mind. Thought says it is a memory of yours, placing an entity present in the memory. This entity is the "I," it is the sense of a person-a person who separates themselves from the other person, a person who separates themselves from life, a person who is speaking of spirituality. What can a person say about spirituality? What they know! But what is a person? They are the result of thought, a set of memories, of remembrances. This is the sense of "I."

This will never be real, and therefore, when they use the expression "spiritual" or "spirituality" here, they don't really know what we are talking about. All thought can do is give these expressions a meaning it recognizes and that, therefore, is still part of itself. Every spiritual idea is a thought about this.

Divine Reality is spiritual Reality, but it is not in the known, it is not in thought; it is something unattainable by the mind. Every kind of description we have heard, everything spoken in the name of spirituality, the use of expressions and language-which portray only thoughts-is merely a way of imagining things, of constructing an imagination about That which is real, about That which is spiritual.

Therefore, the Truth of Divine Life is Life free from separation, free from duality. Duality is the presence of the "I" and the "non-I": I, the world, life, and God. It is thought that separates, it is thought that divides, it is thought that creates this suggestion. When this ends, yes, we are faced with Life, Real Life, but Real Life is not a life of someone, it is not the life of the person.

The true comprehension of natural Life, which is Life free from ego, which is the Truth of your Being, which is you in your Natural State, free from suffering, free from problems, free from the sense of separation, is the Spiritual Life. Therefore, natural Life, which is Life free from ego, is unknown to us. This is Spiritual Life! It is not someone who is spiritual, it is not someone who has become spiritualized.

The pattern of seeking spirituality arises from the idea of ??the future and fulfillment in the future, for someone. There is no such someone, no such future, no such fulfillment. True realization is now, and it is not realization for someone. It is when the illusion of the "I" is no longer there, it is when the illusion of time-the notion we have of past, present, and future, from a psychological point of view-when this is no longer there, there is the Truth of the Awakening of Consciousness, of Spiritual Enlightenment, of That which is real, but there is no longer a sense of "I," there is no longer a sense of ego. This is the Truth of spirituality, this is the Truth of Spiritual Life.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel who makes the following comment: "Master, I've always associated spiritual life with something that happens in church or at a spiritualist center, but I feel something is missing. How can I live this spirituality in a more integrated and personal way in my daily life?"

MG: In your question, here once again we face the misconception, the idea, the suggestion of the thought that someone can live this spirituality in their daily lives. There is no one to live this spirituality in their daily lives. The Truth of Life is here and now. It is not for someone; it is already present, and there is no such someone.

You ask: "How can I live it?" So, the idea is of someone, of someone living. The investigation of the nature of the "I," self-inquiry, shows you the truth that the "I" is not real. The idea of ??someone present is just a thought, something given to us by culture-the concept of someone's existence, of someone to be good, of someone who must stay with the positive side and not the negative, of someone who must find the truth and move away from illusion, of someone who must live in integrity, of someone who must live spirituality.

There is no such someone! This someone is an idea constructed by thought. It is when there is the Truth about this that we have the Reality of Life, where you, in your True Nature, are spiritual Life itself. This notion of time, like everyday life, disappears. Yes, we have days, weeks, months, and years, from a chronological point of view, but there is no such person present in everyday life.

It is the Reality of Life, without any separation between you and Life as It happens. Therefore, there is no conflict, because there is no separation. There is no longer the notion of a positive life, a fulfilling life, a spiritual life, in contrast to a negative, unfulfilled, problematic, or unhappy life.

You, in your Natural Divine State, in your Natural State of Being, are Love, Bliss, and Happiness. And this is present here; not in everyday life, it is present here and now. It is something present as the Truth of God, present as Life itself, present as the Nature of your Being. There is no separation.

Thus, the other, your family, your children, the world, everything around you is within a single context: this context is Divine Life, it is Real Life. Where there is no longer a separation created by thought, sustained by illusion, of a projection of psychological time where there is, constantly, the desire to obtain things and the desire to get rid of other things. The presence of fear is the intention to get rid of.

When your question is "How do I free myself?", "How do I overcome?", "How to overcome fear?", you see: we are still within a movement of mental time, of psychological time, of desire. This disappears when real Life is present. When the mind becomes silent, still, Divine Reality reveals itself-there is no more dream, no more sleep, no more ignorance. It is the Presence of Truth, it is the Presence of Love, it is the Presence of God.

The Reality of Life, of your Life, is this! But when we are living in thought, the movement of thought is sustaining a particular life that is not real, and we are fighting against it, idealizing and projecting something different.

Here, we need to look, perceive, investigate-because the awareness of illusion is the end of illusion, the awareness of ignorance is the end of ignorance. Therefore, Divine Reality is here and now.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Bruno asked the following question: "Master, is there evolution on this spiritual journey?"

MG: Gilson, that's another false notion, another mistaken notion. We've seen a child become a teenager, then a young person, then an adult, then they get married and have children; their children also have children, and now they're a grandfather. So, we see this process of evolution all around us all the time.

We've seen a seed become a plant, which then turned into a tree. When we look at nature, at life around us, at the environment, we see this. This happens in nature, things evolve; it happens in medical science, science has been evolving; it has happened in technology. So, technologically, scientifically, biologically, the presence of evolution is undeniable - it's in everything!

But here we have to investigate the psychological truth - psychologically, there is no such thing; there is no such thing as psychological evolution. An internal, psychic state does not evolve into something else. You cannot transform an internal, psychological state into something else.

A state of feeling, emotion, and sensation like joy is joy; it doesn't change! A state of feeling, emotion, and sensation like sadness doesn't evolve! Sadness doesn't evolve into joy, nor does joy evolve into sadness.

A feeling, emotion, or sensation of envy doesn't evolve into jealousy. Jealousy is jealousy, envy is envy, sadness is sadness, and joy is joy. Psychologically, there is no such thing as change. Hate is hate, anger is anger, fear is fear. Thus, we have a mistaken view of this internal, psychological issue.

Here, we need to discover the Truth of the end of the internal psychological condition, not of the evolution of this condition. We cannot alter or change it, but we can become aware. And when we are aware of what is present here-because we have the presence of attention on this state of feeling, emotion, and sensation-something new happens.

This something new is not a change from one state to another, but rather the end of this psychological condition of identity present in the experience of sensation, of emotion. We need to investigate the nature of the "I," the nature of the ego, the nature of the person. It is direct understanding, the direct observation of what it represents, the end for it; because we are dealing with a psychological condition, which is being sustained by thought. It is also the structure behind sensation, feeling.

The end of the psychological condition of the "I," of the ego, is the end of illusion. Thus, the idea of ??spiritual evolution is not real. That which is not, is not, period. It is thought that projects the "becoming," the achieving, the getting there psychologically.

Therefore, the idea of ??psychological evolution, of spiritual evolution, is the imagination of thought. It is thought that projects the idea of ??someone, of a person, of an ego-identity improving, evolving, growing until it becomes spiritual. Here, the realization of the truth of the "I," of the ego, is the end of the ego.

Therefore, That which is already present, which is this real Consciousness, is not in the psychic sphere, not in this psychological dimension to evolve. What we need, rather, is the end of the psychological sphere, the psychological dimension, the psychological condition of the "I," of the ego, this illusory identity.

So, we have here and now the revelation of That which is Real, of That which is spiritual. You, in your Essential Nature, do not evolve. The idea of ??evolution is the idea of ??a change in time. This change in time requires the presence of the psychological continuity of the "I" itself, of the ego itself.

The presence of the "I," the presence of the ego, the psychological condition present in each of us, is the presence of a mental conditioning-something sustained by thought, something that arose in time and that also has its continuity in time. As we go through experiences in the past, this is transformed into knowledge and experiences, and this is what forms this "I."

But when psychological memory, the continuity of thought ends, there comes the end of time. And when time ends, That which is real, which is outside of time, reveals itself.

Only that which is within time evolves, not That which is beyond time, beyond the known, beyond the mind. Thus, the Reality of your Being is the Reality of God. Therefore, it is not about evolution, about growth. It is about the Awareness of Truth; here it is about the end of illusion, the illusion of the "I," the illusion of the mind, the illusion of time.

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is already up. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching the video to the end and truly desire to live these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are intensive weekend meetings, available online, in-person, and also multi-day retreats.

These meetings are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions live, and second, and more impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, He shares this State of Presence with those around you, which is a field of Energy, Power, and Grace.

And in these meetings, we end up being carried by Master's energy. And by being carried by the Master, we end up, naturally and spontaneously, entering the meditative state, silencing our minds. This self-inquiry ends up being much easier.

So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. And go ahead, like the video and subscribe to the channel.

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

August, 2025
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You and self-image. The end of self-image. What is thought? What is thinking? Real Consciousness.

There's something I want to draw your attention to here, in this meeting. Note that, as time passes and we grow older, our mind-because it has already experienced various situations such as incidents, accidents, and experiences-ends up stuck in a condition where our internal life is a routine.

Thus, we fulfill some desires and not others; we achieve some goals and miss others. And throughout life, we situate ourselves, in life, within our relationships and contacts, in a very limited, very narrow way, because we see life based on these models that are already predetermined within us.

Here, we situate ourselves, in the mind, within a pattern of behavior, action, and feeling already predetermined by this mind we know, which is the conditioned mind. Thus, we end up positioned within a routine, a pattern of behavior, in this contact with life as it happens, already based on what thought within us is determining.

And thought present in each of us is the continuity of memories, of recollections of the past. Therefore, this prevents us from connecting with life in this moment from the viewpoint of a new, free mind. This is the condition of the conditioned mind, of this consciousness, which is egoic consciousness.

The Reality of this Being, of this Divine Truth we carry, is neglected. So, we spend an entire life without the awareness of Divine Reality, without the comprehension that this Being that we are, this Being, is Consciousness.

We have the consciousness we know, in this mind as we function-a busy, preoccupied mind, burdened with all the scars of the past. This is the presence of this consciousness we know. Here we are working with you on the end for this consciousness, as well as the end for this mind.

It is contact with Divine Reality, contact with the Reality of your Being, the presence of this new Consciousness, this new mind. Our mind has been shaped, adjusted to everything we have heard, everything we have learned. There is no complete freedom to look at the present moment without the past. We look from these scars, these memories, these recollections, this format of conditioning we have received.

Thus, what we are, what you are, based on these scars, this conditioning, is the self-image. Therefore, you and self-image is the presence of the consciousness of the "I," of the mind present and known within us. We need to have contact with something beyond the mind, beyond this known basis, beyond this pattern of worldview from this old structure.

We need to have real contact with the presence of Reality, with Divine Truth. And this Reality is something unknown. It will never be comprehended within this structure of mind that we know, which lives within this continuum of memories, of remembrances, which is always wounded, hurt, offended, experiencing moments of fulfilled desires and, after these desires, frustrations, disappointments.

This is the condition of an old mind, of a consciousness that is within this psychological condition that is familiar to us all, trapped in all forms of contradiction, conflict, problems, and suffering. It is, in fact, contact with the Unknown, contact with the Reality of this Being, beyond egoic consciousness, beyond this mind, which is the mind of the "I," it is this contact that is the Flourishing of Divine Truth.

Therefore, we need to go beyond this routine. We need, in this life, to Awaken to the Reality of That which we carry, of That which we are in our True Nature, or we will always be trapped in what we are based on what thought tells us we are; we will be operating within this routine until the end of our days, as it has happened to most people around us.

It is this contact with Divine Reality, this contact with the Truth of your Being that is Liberation in this life, Liberation from this construct of thought, from this construct of conditioning, which is this self-image, the person as you see yourself. Here, together, we are investigating the end of self-image, the end of this routine, continuity, the permanence of the "I," the permanence of this egoic mind.

It is the emptying of all this internal content of this consciousness, something new present, which is no longer the mind as we know it. Verifying this, becoming aware of this, requires looking at all this internal movement within us. Becoming aware that we are constantly, day after day after day, adding new experiences to past experiences.

This entire process of accumulating experiences is the presence of the formation of this old structure repeating itself. Each day, from experiences, this experiencer is constructed, maintained. Thus, the continuity of this experiencer is the continuity of this old consciousness.

What we've just discussed here is the process of thought, the basis of all experiences, the basis of every peculiar, particular way of looking at what happens, at life unfolding. This particular vision arises from thought.

So, what is thought? It's something we need to comprehend, because it's based on thought that we have this entire structure of continuity and routine. This explains this entire internal state of frustration, of boredom, it explains all these internal states of emotional conflict. These are scars that are constantly opening within each of us.

The situations we've experienced in the past-the element present in this experience is this self-image. Therefore, this is the result of the experiences stored within us by this experiencer, by this person that thought has constructed, which is the self-image. When these scars open-and they open because they are indeed scars that haven't healed-this is the continuity of thought.

Thought within us is something that is incomplete, something that never ends, just like all the experiences we go through. That's why these experiences are constantly remembered, they keep returning.

Note that with old age, the insistence of these scars that haven't healed is constant. At every moment, you have a remembrance, a recollection, a memory, and with it, a present pain, something that comes from the past. This is because the presence of thought within us never ends. Thus, we are always trapped within the circle of the known, of the model of the past.

We don't know what it's like to live this present moment, allowing it to complete itself and, therefore, having no continuity and not returning again, again and again, from the past. We don't know what it's like to die for each moment. Thus, not only does the body age, but this experiencer, this self-image, this experiencer, this thinker maintains its continuity, and thus, thought sustains itself within us-it is the constancy, the permanence of the scar on this tree, which is the egoic mind, which is this consciousness of the "I."

The work of Realization or this encounter with the Divine Flourishing, which some call Awakening, is the end of the past, of the continuity of the thinker, which means cessation, the end of thought, of this type of thinking, which is psychological thought-the basis for this experiencer, for this thinker, for this one that observes from the past, who is this observer.

The presence of a new mind, of a new Consciousness, is the presence of the Unknown. Looking at this moment without the past, dealing with this moment dying to everything that occurs here and now, is maintaining a brain free of these remembrances, these memories, recollections, free of these scars that never heal. Basically, this is the life of ego-identity, it is the life of self-image.

Therefore, contact with the presence of That which is the Truth of this Being, the Reality of this Essential Nature in each of us, is the end of the "I," it is the end of the ego. It's when contact with the present moment requires the presence of an Intelligence capable of dealing with this instant, yes, with the Freedom to deal with feelings, emotions, and, especially, thoughts, without making them a basis for continuity, for the permanence of ego-identity. This is what we call thinking.

When we explore the question with you here, the question "What is thinking?", we are talking about this contact with thought free of the thinker. When, in this contact with thought, we lack the presence of the thinker, dealing with thought is a matter of Intelligence, of the presence of a vision of life free from the past. This is the answer to the question "What is thinking?"

Note that we didn't learn this; they don't show us what thinking is. Society, the collective, our parents, teachers, the world around us-they gave us what to think, how to think. There was no clarity about what thinking is. You can't learn this from someone else. You discover this by looking at your reactions and freeing yourself from all forms of continuity, routine, repetition, and the formation of experiences for the experiencer.

When we learn to observe the movement of thought, we free ourselves from it. This is the space we need; the space that allows us to see life as it happens, without ideas, opinions, evaluations, conclusions, or choices, since all of this stems from this background within us of conditioning, repetition, routine, the continuity of the "I," the continuity of memory.

Can we have a contact with life, allowing life to occur in every moment, and with life, the presence of this death to the past, to the pattern of memory repetition, of remembrance? When you have a contact with the present moment, and it is complete, in that instant you don't need thought.

Observe this clearly: when there is full attention to what is present in this instant, thought does not enter. Note that this is an experience common to all of us. When you are attentive, this attention is simply the interest of looking at it in that given moment, and in this attention there is no thought, idea, opinion, conclusion, like, or dislike. It is simple Attention.

When a thought arises about it, in that moment there is no longer any attention, because you are situated in thought. When you see something, you are with it, without any separation between you and it; there is no space. But when a thought arises in you and you internalize a phrase, such as: "How beautiful that is, I like it," or "I want it for myself," or "How interesting it is"-any of these phrases, when they arise, in that moment there is no longer any attention, because, in that moment, a separation occurs between you and that thing.

Finding it interesting, despising it, wanting it for yourself, or having the idea that something is special or beautiful is a curtain. Then, you appear, and between you and that thing, we have the curtain of thought. But every contact with the present moment is a contact free from the past, unless thought arises. With thought, the presence of a thinker arises, and then there is a separation between that thinker and what they are observing, because there is a separation between that thinker and that thought. Then, there comes the presence of the past.

It is with the past that duality is present, division, separation, inattention. But every moment occurs without the past. Can we learn to deal with the moment without the past? Just looking, perceiving, feeling, becoming aware, but without this "I," without this element that is the thinker, who judges, compares, evaluates, chooses, likes, dislikes. This, in life, is the presence of Meditation.

When there is the presence of a gaze without choice, opinion, evaluation, or judgment, this moment reveals Something outside this consciousness of the "I," this egoic mind, and then this experience is complete. It is not, therefore, an experience for the "I." It is when we no longer have a scar that will later return, that will later open, because the experience is complete. It is complete because there is no room for thought.

When there isn't the presence of thought, we lack the reinforcement of this experiencer, this thinker. Yes, we do not need, in life, the presence of the "I," the presence of the ego, the presence of this experiencer. Your contact with your husband, with your wife, with life as it unfolds, can be, and must be, in this moment, only what this moment represents. We don't need to place this sense of someone present and, therefore, maintain this separation, from the thinker, from the experiencer, which is the presence of thought.

Therefore, contact with Meditation, with Real Meditation, is the direct looking at this moment, in this Attention. So, there is no such thing as the years go by. Dealing with the present moment without the past is dealing with the new. It doesn't matter if the body ages, here we are facing this Real Consciousness, this Divine Consciousness, this Awareness of Life as it happens, without the presence of the "I," without the presence of the past.

Living life in this moment is assuming the Reality that there is no one to be the experiencer, to be present, alive, being the thinker-we don't need this. We can give the entire answer to the present moment, without the past, when this new perspective on the moment is present, when we are aware of the beauty of Meditation. So, there comes the Truth of Real Consciousness, of the real response to this moment, before the challenge, the stimulus that this moment, which is the very Mystery of Life, represents.

Your contact with Reality is the presence of the Unknown, it is life in its expression, this encounter or discovery of Reality about You without any image. If there is no image, if thought does not establish an image of who you are, there is no image of who the other is, of what life represents. Contact with the present moment is the Reality of this Real Presence, this Real Consciousness. Your Natural Divine State is one of Wisdom, Love, Bliss, and Freedom.

Here, in these weekend meetings, we are working on this with you. We are together for two days: Saturday and Sunday. You can find our WhatsApp link to join these meetings here in the video description. In addition to these online weekend meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's your invitation. Give your "like," subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!

August, 2025
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Joel Goldsmith | Conscious Union with God | True Consciousness | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, with Master Gualberto again. Thank you, Master, for your presence. Today, I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called: "Conscious Union with God." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "The truth is that power lies in recognizing the Presence of God, not in words or thoughts." On this subject, can the Master share his vision of what True Consciousness is?

MG: Gilson, here, when you ask what True Consciousness is, first, before anything else, we have to comprehend what consciousness is; what we know about consciousness. So, here, the first thing is: what is consciousness? So, let's go... when are you conscious enough to say: "I am conscious?" Isn't it when you remember something? Isn't memory, within you, the presence of thought: thought recognizing itself?

When we have a self-recognizing thought, this self-knowledge of thought is what we call consciousness. When you have a memory, you say, "I am conscious of this." When you have a memory, you say, "Yes, I am aware, I remember it." So, what is this "I," this recollection? Isn't it the presence of thought itself? When there isn't the presence of thought, do we have any recognition? When there isn't the presence of memory, is there any "I" remembering? Therefore, what we call consciousness is self-consciousness. And self-consciousness is merely the consciousness of the "I," and the consciousness of the "I" is the thought conscious of itself in that memory.

Therefore, the great truth about consciousness is that we are faced with a process in which we are unaware of what is actually happening. We spend much of the day, for example, having memories, but you rarely become aware that you are having memories-you just have memories. In other words, thought is constantly appearing, but without any awareness of its appearance. Therefore, what we call consciousness is unconsciousness.

When you are angry at someone-let's take an example-your consciousness is the image of that person who upset you, who made you angry. But that person is just a present thought, and it is thought within you, the image you have of who you are, that is angry. This is something that occurs unconsciously. You don't bring awareness to the state; you don't become aware of the state the mind is in. To be aware of the state the mind is in is to be naturally free from identification with the state. This doesn't happen! You are entirely identified with the state of anger. The condition of the "I," the condition of the mind, is of anger.

We are not aware of the state we are in. We are not aware because we do not have true Consciousness of what we are, here and now. You ask: "What is Real Consciousness?" It is the full awareness of the mind: restless, chatty, repetitive, living in states of affliction, conflict, and suffering... but when Real Consciousness is present, the mind is no longer there, because identification with the state dissolves.

This is the Beauty of Liberation in this life: assuming the Truth of Something present beyond the "I," beyond self-consciousness, beyond this egoic consciousness, which is unconscious, carrying a mechanical movement. Our work here consists of becoming aware of what is present here. Thus, when we use the expression "Real Consciousness," we are not talking about a consciousness as we know it, a consciousness of someone, for someone. We are talking about a present Reality, beyond the mind we know, beyond the consciousness we know, beyond the unconsciousness of which we are unaware. Encountering the Truth about Yourself is the Awareness that this "you," you now recognize based on thought, does not exist, because this is what we have.

The person you know is the person thought recognizes, who is present. Your name, your story, your memories of pleasure and pain, of troubles and moments of joy. your memory, the recollection of everything you know, the people you know. All of this is part of the person about you, the person that thought says you are. This is your self-consciousness-in other words: a memory, a remembrance. In fact, a set of remembrances, a set of memories. It is the presence of the person, the consciousness of the "I."

The realization of the Truth about yourself is the Revelation of a Reality present beyond this "you," this person, this consciousness. The way we constantly interact with life, interact with the world, and relate to ourselves and others is within the pattern of this self-consciousness, which is egoic consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I." When we investigate this, when we learn about ourselves, we discover something beyond this internal psychic condition, this egoic consciousness. We discover the presence of something beyond the mind, beyond time, beyond our notion of space. Then, the present, indescribable Reality is revealed.

This Reality is Real Consciousness. It is not someone having consciousness, it is not individual consciousness. There is no such thing as individual consciousness in the mind. In the mind, what there is, is the presence of an egoic consciousness. A consciousness constructed by memory content. It is not a real entity present, it is an unconscious movement of thought occurring. Therefore, it is not individual consciousness. We are faced with an illusion: the illusion of the "I," the illusion of the ego. We are faced with the illusion of self-consciousness, and this ends in this Realization, in this Real Divine Vision, in this Real Vision of Truth.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Sofia asks the following question: "Master, my mind is very noisy and I often feel like I'm living on autopilot. How can I begin to cultivate this true Consciousness amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life?"

MG: Note your question: you talk about cultivating this Real Consciousness. Every movement will always be a movement from an impulse, a desire, an intention, a will. This will, impulse, intention, is unconscious, it is something automatic, because it is something that arises from the center itself, from this illusory center, from this center that is memory, which is the movement of thought itself, which moves from unconsciousness. Therefore, you cannot cultivate Real Consciousness, because you, in the movement, are unconsciousness.

The moment it becomes clear that all your movement is the movement of unconsciousness. Once this becomes clear, there is a withdrawal from the continuation of the movement; there is nothing to do. This is where we face the work of the Awakening of Truth. This requires being still, becoming aware of the movement of thought itself. And when you are still and a reaction arises-be it a thought, a feeling, an emotion, a sensation-because you are still, this reaction doesn't find the impulse, doesn't find the will. This requires the presence of attention on the reactions. Thus, we eliminate this "you," this impulse, we eliminate this automatism.

Therefore, learning about ourselves is becoming aware of our reactions. When you become aware of your reactions, you are learning about yourself. You are not learning how you function. You are learning, here and now, how the mind moves unconsciously, how it repeats itself, how it happens. So, in this learning, this sense of "I," this "you," loses relevance. It's a direct observation of thought itself, or feeling, or gestures, or the way to speak or to feel, but the sense of the ego, which is egoic consciousness, the unconscious movement of thought, loses relevance. I don't know if this is clear to you.

You can't cultivate Real Consciousness, but you can become aware of unconsciousness, of the egoic model of consciousness. And that's all you need to do. Here, "doing" is silencing, being still, observing, perceiving. Therefore, the presence of Self-awareness is the presence of Meditation.

Becoming aware of the movement of the "I" is the end of the ego's movement, the end of the person's movement, the end of the movement of thought. This is what brings the Awakening of Consciousness. It is not the consciousness of the "I," it is Real Consciousness emerging, flourishing, taking over the space, because now there is a new space, a space that opens up because of Silence, because the mind has become aware of its own movement. Then, it quiets, it becomes silent, and the space opens up; and with the emergence of space, there is the presence of Meditation.

The presence of Meditation is the Presence of this Real Consciousness. It is not something you cultivate, it is a reality revealing itself when you, the "I," the person, loses relevance; when the sense of a thinker, of an experiencer, of someone who looks from the past, feels from the past, is no longer present. As for the question of doing this day by day-when you use the expression "cultivating consciousness"-here, all that's needed is the presence of this moment. This is the moment to bring attention to these reactions. Therefore, in each moment, you have the opportunity to become aware of yourself, to notice the movement of thought, feeling, emotion, the suggestion of thought, the suggestion of emotion or sensation. It's just being aware! It's not doing something with it; it's just being aware of the reactions. This is the work! Therefore, here is the Presence of Self-awareness. And here is the Awareness of Meditation.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. He asks the following question: "Master, is Meditation the path to reach God?"

MG: Gilson, the practice of meditation, as some understand it, is not the path to God-because that was your question. You asked if meditation is the path. Some understand meditation as a practice, a practice as the path. Divine Reality is the present Truth. There is no path to this Present Reality except the very awareness of the present moment! We have no awareness of the present moment. So, what did the mind do? The mind created a path, a path through meditation, prayer, prayer, reading books, and spiritual practices and disciplines imposed by reading sacred books and religious doctrinal practices.

Thus, thought built a path. Here, the reality of the present moment, the awareness of this instant, is what reveals the Truth of God. There is a Present Reality beyond the mind, beyond thought, beyond beliefs. beyond everything books tell us, words tell us, thoughts portray. It is the Presence of That which is indescribable, which is beyond the known. And, naturally, it is something that reveals itself when the known is no longer present: beliefs, thoughts, teachings. when all of this disappears. Including mystical, esoteric, and spiritualist practices. Because we are faced with Something that is the Only Reality, and yet, what thought has constructed, it has constructed based on what it knows, what it recognizes, what it has experienced.

But every present thought, with its knowledge and experiences, is something that is within time, because it is something that arose in time. If it arose in time, it is within time, whereas Divine Reality is not part of time. There is only one real way, Gilson, to approach Truth for real, and that consists in discarding illusion, the illusion of the egoic mind, the egocentric mind. When there is [the discard of] the illusion of the mind, when there is [the discard of] the illusion of time, the illusion of the known, illusion of thought with its knowledge and experiences, there is the revelation of That which is present here. Then, This reveals itself when the egoic mind is not.

You ask about the path. There is no path, but there is a work, yes, to realize this Reality. It is not a work that someone does based on effort, but it is a work that happens based on the very Presence of this Divine Grace, when we look at our reactions, when we place ourselves in a disposition to observe, to become aware of how the mind happens, of how the mind works.

This is what we are proposing to you here. The Presence of the Awareness of this Real Consciousness is the Reality of your Being. It is Something that flourishes when there is this looking, this perceiving, when there is this learning about ourselves; it is when Meditation is present. It is not something you practice, it is Something that reveals itself, it is Something that shows itself, it is Something that is present here, when there is this attention.

GC: Gratitude, Master, our time has come to end. Gratitude for this videocast. And, for those of you who are watching the video until the end and have a genuine yearning to live these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are weekend meetings that exist online, in-person, and also retreats. These meetings are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions live, directly. And second, and more impactful, it is because, as the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares an Energy, a State of Presence, with those around him. And, in these encounters, we end up being carried by Master's Energy field.

And, by being carried along by Master, naturally and spontaneously, we enter the meditative state, quiet our minds, and can gain insight into what lies beyond the limitations of our intellectual knowledge. So, here's the invitation: in the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, please give a like to the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment here, bringing more questions for us to bring to future videocasts. And, once again, Master, thank you for the videocast.

July, 2025
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How to find God? Meditation: what is it? Learning about Self-Awareness. Self-Awareness in practice.

When you're angry, sad, anguished, depressed, or worried, what are your reactions? What do they represent there, at that moment? What does it mean to be someone angry, worried, or depressed? What is the truth about this person? What is the truth about you at that moment? It's the direct vision, you see, not theoretical, not conceptual, not a mere description of words, but the direct vision of yourself in that moment, the comprehension, in practice, in a practical way, of Self-awareness.

So, Self-awareness in practice is the presence of learning about Self-awareness. And you learn about Self-awareness when you learn about yourself, about how you, psychologically, internally, are functioning. At the same time, this contact is Meditation. When people bring up the topic of meditation because they have a purpose, a goal, an objective... It's quite curious how people seek meditation. They imagine the practice of meditation for themselves.

We do not comprehend the Truth of Meditation to the question: "Meditation, what is it?", the truth to this answer about what meditation is, is that Meditation is the Revelation of the awareness of your Being. Here, the first obstacle or difficulty lies precisely in the illusion that Meditation is something like a practice you do, like an exercise you perform for this or that purpose, including the purpose of finding God. For spiritual seekers, the question is: "How to find God?"

So, here, the first obstacle or difficulty lies precisely in the illusion of a separation between the one who practices and the practice, between the one who seeks and that which is sought or searched. This separation, this division, is the first obstacle. And, in reality, the first obstacle among many others, but the basis of every difficulty in the Truth revealing itself here and now lies precisely in this separation.

There is no clear vision of Truth about the awareness of this being-this psychophysical being in its background of psychological expression, its mental conditioning, its egoic conditioning-and the Reality that is present beyond this psychophysical being-which is this body and this mind-which is the Truth, the Reality of something that is present here, beyond the body and mind, which is the Reality of this Divine Being, this Truth of God.

We place this Truth of God as something "there," somewhere. You are here and this Divine Reality is "there," somewhere, waiting to be found; found by someone who is here. The foundation is completely illusory, a mental fantasy. What we don't realize, what we are not aware of, is that the present mind, the mind within us, this mind we know, which has its truth in thought, ideas, concepts, images, and beliefs, is that this mind is laden with illusion.

There are countless illusions present in the mind, and the truth of this gaze upon what we are here, in this moment-just looking, becoming aware, knowing ourselves-is to know the world of ideas, opinions, beliefs, concepts, images, of what is happening within us, superficially and also deeply. Knowing ourselves means knowing how we are dealing with others in this relation to them, how we are dealing with ourselves.

Knowing ourselves means becoming aware of how thought within us is creating images of situations, of people, how thought within us is predicting the future and trying to escape the unpleasant past it has lived. It is thought itself in the form of a person, an idea it has constructed. This idea is you. This person is the "I," the "me."

When we have a direct gaze toward practical vision, in life, within relations, in contact with the world around us, the condition in which we position ourselves begins to become clear. We position ourselves as someone present: someone who likes, someone who dislikes; this someone who loves, this someone who doesn't love, this someone who hates; this someone who distances oneself from, this someone who approaches. This someone is the model of thought, the structure of thought within us.

Life within a person, the life of a person, is the presence of thought. Is life possible without thought? All your contact with the present moment-see-you don't need thought, and yet, thought is present. When you meet someone, why meet them based on a memory you carry of them? Why do this? Why do we do this? We do this because the sense of "I," the ego in each of us, seeks security in relations. But it only seeks security because fear is present. If there were no fear, we would have no idea of ??any need for security in relations.

Note the trick, the old model of continuity, of egocentric movement present in each of us, how this "I" seeks continuity. First, thought constructed this "I," this image-the image you have of who you are-and then this "I," which is thought, made present, within this relation of the moment, the past, when it wants everything to be the way it wants, which is basically fear, insecurity.

We haven't investigated the nature of thought, so we know nothing about the "I," about this whole game that occurs in life, in the life of the person, in this "my life." Therefore, I return to the question: is life possible without thought and, therefore, without this insecurity, without the presence of fear?

The sense of personhood in each of us carries attachments, the desire to possess, dominate, control the other. And, note, this is only one aspect, or two or three aspects of the "I," of the ego. But we are also envious, ambitious; there is this insecurity in its various forms of expression. These are expressions that we are completely unaware of within our relationships. Therefore, this is the life of thought.

Is there a life free of thought? Can thought cease? Because we don't need it, I repeat, we don't need thought. Here, to deal with the other, we only need Intelligence, Freedom, Comprehension, Wisdom. Then, there will be no conflict, no disorder, no confusion, no suffering. The presence of dependence, the search for acceptance, appreciation, acknowledgement from others, the inner condition of the "I," the ego-sustains separation, isolation.

The end of thought, the cessation of thought, is the cessation of fear. Look at yourself, look at the world. Fear is something that is present from the first days we become aware of ourselves, of this person. The awareness of this person is self-consciousness. From the moment we become aware of this "me," in this self-consciousness, from that moment on, we begin to become aware of this self-image, this character, this idea constructed by thought. And so, throughout our lives, we carry this self-image in fear, in the contradiction between pleasure and pain-the search for pleasure through desires, the search for pleasure in escaping pain, which is the presence of fear.

This encounter with Life, in this moment, is the encounter with Life without thought, without the past, when the "I" is gone, when the ego is no longer present. Is a life free of the ego, free of the "I," free of thought patterns possible? Without this image? An image we've been holding for thirty, forty, fifty, seventy years. Can we free ourselves from this self-image so that we no longer depend psychologically on this need to possess, dominate, control?

A life free from fear is a life free from suffering. Then, Something new reveals itself. When the question is "How to find God," here is the answer: He is not something that is "there." This is the Truth present here, when the thinker is no longer present, when the experiencer is no longer present, when this self-image no longer assumes this role, this figure. All we truly need for this awareness of the Truth about God, for this realization, in this encounter with Divine Reality here and now, is the presence of Meditation.

So, what is Meditation? What is the Truth of Meditation? It is looking at this moment without conclusions, choices, rejections, or condemnations; without the idea that thought constructs when we are in contact with others, with life, or with situations in this present moment. Thus, when we bring Attention, looking at whatever is arising here, in this Attention, in this gaze, in this perception, we nullify the past, we nullify thought, and then the mind becomes still.

You won't accomplish something with a practice called meditation. Meditation is here, in an experiential, practical way, when the looking at the present moment without the image that thought is constructing about what is here. When thought is not present, because of this Attention, this looking, this perceiving, we eliminate the separation between what is being revealed here and someone else looking at it, liking it or not, wanting more or wanting less, carrying this insecurity, this urge to control, to dominate, to possess.

Therefore, we are here, together, becoming aware of the Truth about ourselves, when we discard the illusion of this "me." The encounter with the Divine, the encounter with Truth, is the realization of Truth here and now. Unless we have an encounter with Divine Reality in this moment, in this contact with life as it happens, everything else about an encounter in future, a divine realization in future, is pure imagination.

When you sit down to meditate and wait a few minutes for your mind to quiet down and achieve, through a practice or technique, a stilling of the mind, when that meditation ends, that practice ends, the mind stirs again. Here we are inviting you to bring attention to this moment, to your reactions, to a direct encounter with the awareness of Self-knowledge. Then, a natural silence in the mind reveals itself; then Meditation occurs naturally.

The encounter with Meditation is here and now, moment by moment. It is not something for some special moment, for some particular moment of the day; it is the encounter with the instant, with the present moment, without the past. So, we eliminate time, we eliminate practice, we eliminate technique. We are in direct contact with the truth of what is here, looking at what is present, discovering what it means looking without this background, without this past, without this memory of self-image.

We are working on this together here with you. Two days: Saturday and Sunday. I want to extend an invitation to you: here, in the video description, is our link to join our online weekend meetings. In addition to these meetings, we also have in-person meetings and retreats. If what you just heard resonates with you, here's your invitation. Give a like, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment: "Yes, that makes sense." Okay? See you soon. Thanks for the meeting, and see you next time!

July, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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