How to attain happiness? How to deal with judgments? How to attain Spiritual Enlightenment?

We have a mistaken notion of life, of how it works. When people want to discover the path to Happiness, Freedom, Peace, Love, they have this notion of the path as a journey. The idea in us is always of a walk, and that's why we need a road, a journey.

The idea for us always consists of this notion of direction, of reaching out. So, we go from one point to another. All our life experience, over all these years of life, has shown us that everything we accomplish, we need time for it to come true.

Everything in life, for example, we learn. We are constantly learning; we learn about everything and, despite this, we still know nothing , we are always learning. So, we reserve within ourselves a clear notion of the need to learn, and that requires time. Then, we need time to learn and time to realize.

Here I want to investigate with you this issue of Spiritual Awakening, of Spiritual Enlightenment, and see if it's the same here, if it's true that we need time. Note, we do need the art of learning, but not learning as we know it. For us, learning is something that happens, that occurs, that happens when we go through experiences and store them away, record them. Thus, there is an accumulation of knowledge and experience. This is how we generally deal with "learning" something.

We've been talking to you here on this channel about the value of learning. Yes, we need this art of learning for the Awakening of Consciousness, for Spiritual Enlightenment, but we have to take a new approach to this here, as we have always said. It's not about the question of how to attain Spiritual Enlightenment, as people generally treat this issue. Notice that they put forward the notion of time and this journey, this walk towards this purpose, towards this goal.

So, the notion is exactly that, that we need time to achieve something, so we need time to attain Spiritual Enlightenment too. Here we are talking to you about this Awakening, yes, this Spiritual Enlightenment and this learning, but a new learning.

Here, this learning consists, at that moment, of directly seeing that given thing, and within that very vision, in that "seeing," an action takes place, an action is processed.

So, the truth of this learning here consists in our being aware, moment by moment, of what is happening in this instant, here and now, in this moment. So notice, in this way, we eliminate this notion of time to achieve and of this learning by accumulating information, knowledge and experience.

So, there's a new way of learning, and that's what we're dealing with here. Only in this learning does Spiritual Awakening take place, and it doesn't take place over time, it takes place at this moment. It's not about an experience to be had or knowledge to be acquired, it's about discovering, at that instant, the end to this psychological condition of being an experiencer, of being a thinker, of being an observer, of being someone moving through time.

Notice that the notion of being someone that you have - as has already been said - is the notion of being someone on a journey, on a walk. "How to attain happiness?" Questions that always involve the expression 'how' are very common, because we are conditioned to believe that we need time, that we need the walk, that we need the journey, that we need to learn by accumulating, that we need to have experiences and grow and evolve with them.

We need to review this, take a closer look and perceive the illusion of this conditioning we have received. We don't need time. In fact, what we call time is just a creation of thought. It is thought that has constructed this notion of time for each of us.

All the problems we have are problems of disorder, which exist precisely because of the presence of time. We want to resolve the issues we have; they are issues that we have created on the basis of thought. These issues are problems. Thought has built up these problems, created these issues, and we want to resolve them on the basis of time. But thought is time.

We have emphasized this and we have to see it, look at it, listen to it, become aware of it in a very direct way in order to have a true approach to what we are putting here for you. The thought in us tells us about the past, it tells us about the future, it tells us that we haven't achieved what we wanted to, what we tried to achieve and haven't succeeded.

The thought generates in us, and that thought is the memory reserved, kept in the brain, inside each one of us... That memory, that remembrance, that thought is the element that sustains time by telling us about the past, about what we didn't achieve yesterday. This element is the thought telling us what we need to achieve tomorrow, and that generates a feeling of guilt and also worry. This guilt and worry is the presence of fear and anxiety.

Therefore, the various internal states of psychological suffering that we know are present because of the presence of thought, and this thought is linked to this time. Observe it: without this thought, there is no time. Without thought, there is no time, and without time, there is no such issue, no such problem.

A life free, psychologically, from time, is the Real Life here, at this instant, of your Being. It's because we're living in this psychological life of the "I," which is life in thought, which is life in time, that we're having issues, that we're having problems, that we're seeing a journey, a path, something to get in the future, also something to get rid of, that we carry from the past.

We need to investigate this issue of thought, of how it is processed within each of us, and we will soon realize that it is processed on the basis of memory; a memory that we don't know how to deal with right now, and therefore it is sustained in this format of the "I," of "me" of the thinker. The person, you see yourself as, is nothing other than a set of remembrances, memories, recollections, thoughts that don't end, don't come to an end.

When you look at yourself, you see inside your head all the restlessness, all the restless, chatty, repetitive, uncontrolled thought patterns, the famous intrusive thinking, the forms of anxiety present because of the thought patterns, the anguish, the depression. When we look inside, we perceive that we are confused human beings, in psychological disorder, there is no serenity, no stillness, no silence. The brain is always in this accelerated movement.

The psychological condition of the existence of the "I," this "me," this "person," is one of anxiety and worry. The various problems we have are present in this model of unfinished, not finished thought, in this memory format. Thought is always projecting the future. So there's fear, because there's this future that thought is projecting, based on the past, on memory, on projecting; it doesn't want this or that which it remembers.

You see, the thought has the memory, the recollection; that memory, that recollection is something that happens in the brain. Thought projects itself into the future, based on this memory, and there is fear. So, based on the past, we have fear of the future. Then, our psychological condition of being someone, in this model of unfinished thought, is one of suffering.

We are studying this here, investigating the nature of the "I," of this "me." We have put here for you the value of this approach, of this direct look at this model of thought, which is the model of conditioning, as our brain is functioning, as our intellect is stuck to it within this conditioning.

Can we free the brain from this condition, the intellect from this prison of memory? To become aware of the movement of the "I" is to go beyond this "I," this ego. The various problems we have are present because of this notion of time that thought within us represents.

Here we are telling you that it is possible to put an end to this model of thought, that is, this psychological death of this sense of "I," of the ego. If this sense of "I," which is this "me," which lives within this psychological model of unfinished memory, continuing this notion of psychological time, if it ends, we have this psychological death, the end to this psychological condition of being someone, to the Reality of your Being, to the Truth of That which is beyond this sense of person, of ego-identity. So here, yes, is the answer to Happiness.

It's not about, in the future, as an answer to the question "how to attain happiness." It's not about happiness in the future, but the awareness of the Reality of this instant, of what is present here when this "ego," this psychological "I," has disappeared. When this pattern of behavior, of thinking in which the brain is conditioned to live, and this intellect stuck to sustain, to hold on, if there is an end to this condition, we have a new brain, a quiet mind, a silent brain, the presence of this awareness of this instant, the Reality that is here and now.

This is the Truth of your Being, the Truth of non-duality, of non-separation, where the Presence of Divine Reality, which is You in your Being, is free from this sense of the "I," of the ego, and therefore free from this psychological time, this psychological thinking, this egocentric, personal behavior pattern.

There's another question - look, all these questions based on this "how," which are sustained over time, resolve themselves - "How to deal with the judgment from others? How to deal with judgments?" The end of the illusion of the "I" is the end of this self-image, this image that carries the fear of rejection, of comparison, of non-acceptance, of judgment from others.

Here we are working with you towards the end of psychic suffering, the end of this emotional disorder, the end of this illusion of someone who sustains themselves in this illusory life, always looking for something in a future that thought idealizes. Divine Reality is the Reality of God, and that is Love, Peace, Freedom, and Happiness. That is the Nature of God, that is the Nature of your Being.

This is what we talk about with you here on the channel and also on our other channel, called "Marcos Gualberto" - take a look at it later, here in the video description you'll find the link to our other channel. We also have online meetings that take place on weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays, we're together, through questions and answers, going deeper into these subjects with you.

So, a contact with Meditation, with Self-Awareness is to get closer to the Truth of God's Revelation, the Revelation of your Being. Here in the description of the video you have our WhatsApp link for these online meetings on weekends. We also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If it makes sense to you, here's the invitation. Please, leave your "like" here, go ahead and subscribe to the channel, and say in the comments: "Yes, it makes sense". OK? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!

November, 2024
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Practicing the Presence | What is Self-Awareness? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello everyone, we're here for another videocast. Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here. Master, today I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Practicing the Presence." In an excerpt from this book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Do not seek harmony or health; not even God. They cannot be found, they already are. Be still." In this excerpt, Joel speaks of the futility of seeking what already is. On this subject, can you share your perspective on what Self-awareness is?

MG: Gilson, Self-awareness is the comprehension of oneself. We don't have any comprehension of who we are, of what we are here, at this moment. We are constantly expressing ourselves, expressing who we are, but we are not aware of it. Thought within you, for example, is something that is processed unconsciously, just like feelings and emotions. We are not aware of how thought is processed within us. We have thoughts, but we don't know what thought is.

We also have feelings connected to thoughts. Therefore, feelings arise due to the presence of thoughts and sensations that have arisen. This process also triggers emotions, and we are unaware of this. The fact is, we don't know the truth about who we are, about what we appear to be, what we show ourselves to be. We lack a vision of ourselves. The absence of this vision places us in a movement of separation in life. The presence of the mind within us separates itself from the present moment. The experiencer and experience separate themselves. Thought and the thinker separate themselves. The truth about this is that, in this context, we are living in ignorance.

Self-awareness is clarity, the truth about this. And when there is this foundation, something emerges; something beyond this unconsciousness. This entire process within us is the presence of unconsciousness. The presence of the mind, as it occurs, as it happens, is in unconsciousness. We have divided the mind into conscious and unconscious. The most contact we have with here on the surface is the conscious layer, and what we have least contact with are the deeper, hidden ones of memory... The presence of memory is the presence of this mind, this consciousness. Both the superficial layer, which we call "conscious," and the deeper layers of memory, which we call the "unconscious" mind within us, all of this occurs unconsciously.

We are unaware of the truth about the mind, about the consciousness we recognize as present within us. Therefore, learning about ourselves, exploring, investigating, deepening this vision of the truth of how we function, opens up the door to liberation from confusion, suffering, disorder, and problems that are present in our lives. We need clarity. All our relations with people, before we have clarity about who we are, show to be confusion. We cannot comprehend others without first comprehending ourselves. We cannot comprehend life as it unfolds without first comprehending who we are. We see ourselves as a separate element from life, due to ignorance, a lack of comprehension of the truth about ourselves. We see ourselves as separate from each other. This is within ignorance, the illusion of this particular vision. This is how we live our days: in ignorance, in the illusion of the person.

What is the truth about the "I"? What is the truth about this "me," the person that "I" am? The descriptions I have of who "I" am are the memories and remembrances of what "I" know about myself. But what "I" know about myself is only the presence of knowledge being reported, put into words. Knowledge is the presence of ideas, of thoughts present in this brain, in this mind. But what are thoughts? What are these memories? What are these remembrances? They do not portray the reality of who "I am." They present an idea of ??what "I believe I am," "I imagine I am."

The importance of knowing oneself, the importance of Self-awareness, is to have a vision of yourself so that the Real Truth can reveal itself. Because the truth we have is not real; it is the truth constructed by thought, established by a set of beliefs. This is what we demonstrate, this is what we appear to be, this is what we live, being someone. But there is no such thing as "someone." This "someone" is an illusion.

Why are we concerned with this study here? Because without this study, there is no Truth in our relations. And life occurs constantly within relations: our relations with people, our relations with situations, with events, with happenings, our relations with ourselves... We don't know the truth about relations. We lack the awareness of Divine Truth. See the importance of this: what is most important in life is the Awareness of God. We have beliefs, concepts, theories. We have what religion has given us about God, but there is no Truth about Divine Reality, about That which is eternal, about That which is present here, beyond this dream of human existence, of personal existence.

Self-awareness gives us this foundation for the flourishing of this Divine Vision, this Intelligence, this True Perception of Life, of Reality; of the Reality of this Being, of the Reality of That which We Are. The Truth of your Natural, Real State of Being-not this common state of being someone, which is an illusion-is what we are delving into here with you, based on the presence of Self-awareness and true contact with the Awareness of Meditation, which is part of Self-awareness.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Vanessa made the following comment: "Master, I spend my life seeking to be a better, more spiritual, calmer person. Is this constant search a way of not accepting who I am now? How does Self-awareness fit into this?"

MG: Yes, that's the point. Gilson, our conditioning here is to reject what is present here, because we live in the realm of ideas. We disregard the reality of the moment because of the value we place on ideas. Thus, for us, what should be is more important than what is. We don't investigate the truth of what is present here. We have the ideal of what should be here, in this place. That's why we want to improve as people.

Because, yes, we are aware of the pain present, but we are not aware of the element present in that pain, which is the presence of the "I," which is the presence of the ego. So, the idea is to change as a person, to transform ourselves as a person, to become a different person, to become a better person. We have to rid ourselves of anger, fear, jealousy, and envy, but with the ideal as our starting point-the ideal of what we should be: "I can't continue to be envious, jealous, afraid, angry. I have to change as a person." You ask, "Where does Self-awareness fit into this?" Self-awareness comes in by showing that it's not about what should be, but rather the investigation of what is, here and now, in this moment. This is where the possibility of real transformation, of real change lies. It's not about changing to what should be, but rather about changing to something completely different from the idea, the imagination of what should be.

In general, the way we deal with what is shown here is by coming into conflict with it, because we project what should be, we idealize what should be, we imagine what should be: "I can't continue feeling anger, fear, and envy. I can't continue being depressed, distressed, sad. I have an idea of ??what I should be." The presence of this self-study puts us in direct contact with what is here. So, yes, we can investigate it. The investigation, the study, the observation, the perception, is what ends this model, this pattern. It is not the idea of ??being free that liberates us. It is the investigation of the truth of what is present here that brings this Freedom, this Liberation.

Self-awareness is what allows us to become aware of who we are, without any idea of ??what we should be. This requires the presence of attention to our reactions. This attention shows us the pattern of the "I," the pattern of the ego, the way it separates itself from thought to reject the thought it has, or to adopt the thought it has, being the "I," this thinker. Pure observation-looking without interfering with what is-shows us something beyond what we demonstrate ourselves to be, what we appear to be. It shows us something beyond what we are, without any idea or imagination of what should be. Thus, we eliminate the conflict between what we are and what we wish to be. And when this is eliminated, the present "I," the ego present in this separation, dissolves. Then, something reveals itself beyond the "I," beyond the ego.

This whole pattern of wanting to change, of striving to change, of an idea to change, is a complete waste of energy. It's still the movement of the "I," it's still the movement of the ego, projecting itself into the future to get rid of something. Here, I repeat: it is the vision of the moment, the attention on reactions that breaks the pattern of repetition, of the continuity of the movement of thought, and also of feeling and emotion, where the condition is the condition of the duality of this "I"-"I" and "non-I"-of this emotion of "someone," of this feeling of "someone, "of this thought of "someone."

The truth of contact with the present moment, without the separation between what is here and what should be here, is the presence of the truth of comprehending ourselves. Since there is no longer this waste of energy, it becomes available for the end of duality. Then, the habit, the pattern, the addiction to duality, here, in the moment, is undone. Then, a new state becomes present. This state is a state free of "I" and "non-I," free of this angry "someone," this jealous "someone," this fearful "someone." It is the presence of Meditation that makes this possible, because of the vision present in this "perceiving oneself" without the past. It is in this sense that we use the expression Self-awareness here, the basis for Meditation.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel. Rony asked the following question: "What is the difference between awakening to life and having awakened moments?"

MG: Notice that you speak of "awakened moments" and "awakening to life." When you have what you call awakened moments, are you awake or still sleepy?

See, when you wake up... Note this, Gilson, see the question. When we wake up at night and are not fully awake, we are sleepy. When you are awake, you are awake. But when you are sleepy, you are not yet awake. We have moments at night when we are sleepy, but not awake. We are between waking and sleeping. Thus, we have drowsy moments. However, awake is awake. That which is Truth reveals itself when there is Awakening. If there is not Awakening, that which reveals itself, reveals itself in drowsiness. Living in the sense of "I," of the ego, we have some moments of drowsiness where we have brief glimpses of something beyond sleep, but this does not mean Awakening.

Awakening is something definitive, while drowsiness allows you to do some things, but always between being asleep and being awake. Soon, you return to sleep, because sleep is what predominates when you are sleepy. Whereas the Awakened State, That which is Real, is no longer sleep, no longer drowsiness. This is your Natural State, this is your Real State. So, you ask what is the difference ... The difference is very basic: we are either asleep or awake. Drowsiness is within sleep, and the Awakened State is the Awakened State. That is the difference.

What is most meaningful in life is the beauty of the encounter with Awakening, with the State free from sleep, from this unconsciousness that is the life of the "I." The person lives in a state of sleep. The life of a person is a life in drowsiness. Yes, you may have glimpses of something beyond the world, beyond the mind, beyond the body, beyond thought, but you are back again and again to the pattern of sleep and, therefore, of unconsciousness. What enables Real Awakening, Real Waking-Up, the Truth of Awakening, is the awareness of how the mind works, how consciousness is present within you. There is the end of consciousness to something new, indescribable, in Awakening, in Waking-Up. Therefore, there is a huge difference. In reality, a great, unbridgeable abyss between the state of sleep and the Natural State of Being. This is what we are seeing here with you, delving deeper here with you.

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master, our time is now over. Gratitude for this videocast.

And for those of you who are watching the video to the end and truly wish to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers.

These meetings are much more profound and transformative than these videos here on YouTube. First, because the Master answers our questions directly, live.

And second, and more impactful, is that, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares a Field of Presence around him, and this Field is of Pure Strength, Grace, and Power. And in these meetings, we end up being carried by Master's Field of Presence, this Energy Field. And being carried by the Master, spontaneously, without any effort, we enter the meditative state, silence our minds, and can gain true insight into ourselves and the topics discussed here on the channel.

So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings.

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

September, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture | How to Overcome Fear? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone, we're here for another videocast. Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here. Master, today I'm going to 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: "He who has found God no longer fears man or circumstances." Regarding this subject that Joel Goldsmith discusses in this excerpt, the issue of fear, can you share your perspective on how to overcome fear?

MG: Here, Gilson, the big question is this: How to overcome fear? But note one fundamental thing here: before we ask about overcoming something, about conquering anything, what is the truth about it? If you have an enemy and want to win, you need to defeat that enemy, you have to be aware of how he acts, what his capability is, how he functions. You have to study your adversary if you want to defeat them.

Here, we come across some very curious things. From a psychological point of view, our adversaries need to be studied, not to be defeated, but to be comprehended. We need to comprehend these adversaries. Comprehending these adversaries gives us victory over them. Not because we will defeat them, but because these adversaries, from a psychological point of view, are adversaries that have established themselves in our lives, in our experiences, due to ignorance.

Therefore, our greatest adversary is not the psychological adversaries we have, such as envy, jealousy, fear, anger, rage, sadness, depression, anxiety. You see, our "psychological adversaries" are countless. These adversaries, which cause us psychological suffering and emotional disorders, are not the adversaries we must overcome. Here, the real adversary is the presence of ignorance: not knowing the truth about yourself, about how the mind works.

Memory has become established. Feelings arise because of these memories. How are these memories sustained? Sustaining internal, conflicting, suffering states, which we call adversaries and which we believe we must overcome. We need to investigate this, become aware of it. So, our greatest adversary here is the presence of ignorance. We are living in ignorance about ourselves. We are unaware of how the mind works, how it happens within each of us.

So, we have to investigate the structure, the nature, the basis, the foundation, the basis of this psychological condition present within us, which is the condition of ignorance. What we lack is not victory over our psychological adversaries, over what causes us problems, conflicts, and internal suffering. What we lack is the presence of vision about ourselves.

So, the foundation is knowing yourself, studying yourself. Learning about yourself. Learning why the hurt, the resentment, the anger, the pain of loneliness are within "me." Why is the presence of fear in "me"... What is the truth of this "me," what is the truth about fear and about what "I" am when I am here in feeling-in feeling fear, in feeling anger, in feeling worry, the pain of loneliness... So, we need to become aware of the truth about the "I," about this "me."

So, the end of ignorance is the real victory over problems. But it's not someone having a victory over problems. It's the fact that problems exist because of the presence of ignorance. Free from ignorance, we are free from problems, which includes the presence of all these "inner adversaries." Otherwise, we will always continue to have to overcome, and again, and again, and again.

See that you have already had, during your lifetime, twenty years, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty. Or are you eighty? How many times have you overcome internal states of suffering? But, in fact, have you overcome them? Or were they there for a while and disappeared, and then others arose?

So, we are in life, throughout our lives, struggling with problems, trying to overcome difficulties, problems, disorders, various sufferings, conflicts, countless internal contradictions. These states of pain... fear is just one. In fact, there are countless fears. So, we have "fear," but countless fears. The names are different, but we are dealing with only fear.

And we are dealing with fear from a mistaken perspective, where the presence of the "I" is present, separating itself from fear, to triumph over it, to overcome fear. This is the situation in which, psychologically, we find ourselves: one of ignorance, of illusion. Breaking with this, going beyond ignorance, is going beyond fear.

Not only fear, but every form of suffering. Since all suffering has its basis, its foundation in this illusion of the "I," which is the presence of the ego within us. This is the root of ignorance. The root of ignorance consists in the sense of someone present separating themselves from the present moment, from what it is arising, what it is showing itself, what it is presenting.

So, what it shows itself, with what it is presenting, we separate ourselves from. This sense of separation is the "I," the ego, the root of ignorance. Investigating the nature of the thinker, the experiencer, the person, this me, is going beyond fear.

See, it's not about overcoming fear. It's not about getting over fear. It's about discovering the Truth that is Life here and now, when there is no longer this sense of "I," there is no longer ignorance. If there is no longer the presence of ignorance, there is a vision of Life as It truly is. And in It is present the Divine Reality, the Reality of God. Life is, in truth, You in your Essential Nature. And in It, there is no conflict, no disorder, no suffering.

The egoic mind is the presence of the "I," and this "I" is the root of suffering, because it is the basis of illusion. The present ignorance is this sense of separation between you and life, between you and others, between you and God. This is what establishes within us an internal condition of suffering, of fear.

This is what puts us in a mistaken disposition: in the illusion of defeating an adversary that is not there, of overcoming an adversary that is not outside. This adversary is the presence of thought, the presence of the "I," the presence of the ego, the presence of ignorance.

When this ends, there is feeling, thinking, and acting here, in this moment, free from illusion. Since we no longer have the sense of separation, there is no longer conflict, no longer fear, no longer suffering. This requires the presence of Self-awareness. This requires the Awareness of True Meditation. Not what people out there call meditation, but Real Meditation in an experiential way, in a practical way of living.

The awareness of your reactions is the liberation of this sense of "I," of all this movement that is the movement of the ego. Then, Divine Reality reveals itself beyond the mind, beyond conflicts, beyond the sense of separation between you and life, between you and others, between you and God.

Therefore, it is not about overcoming fear. It is about discovering the Truth of Life without the "I," the end of suffering, the end of illusion, the end of ignorance. Okay?

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel who left the following comment: "Master, I live in constant fear of the future, of lack of money, of getting sick. How can I find God to dissolve these fears?"

MG: Notice this. There is, once again, the idea. This is the thing present within us, the confusion we find ourselves in: the idea of ??overcoming fears. It comes back again and again. And here your proposal is to find God to overcome fears.

See, there is a Reality present here and now. It is not negligent. It is not absent. It is not missing. It is here and now. This Reality is Life. This Life is Divine Truth. It is already present.

So, here, the first point to be investigated is that you cannot find God. He is a present Reality, but He does not show Himself present to the "I," to the ego, to the person. Therefore, freeing oneself from fear requires investigating the structure and nature of fear itself.

When we get to the root of fear, we realize that the structure of fear, the root of fear, is ignorance about who we are, about the truth of this "me," of this "I." When there is awareness of this, clarity, when there is a precision of vision, when Reality reveals itself, this ignorance ends.

This is the end of the root of ignorance, which is the basis of fear. Therefore, you do not have an encounter with God. You have a revelation of God's Truth here and now, when this sense of "I" is gone, when this "person" is no longer present.

Then, we no longer have the sense of separation. The person sees themselves as a separate element of life, separate from others, separate from God. This separation produces and sustains the various forms of fear. Fear is, in fact, the presence of ignorance.

When thought is present, projecting itself into the future, based on the illusion of someone here, to experience a bad, unpleasant, unhappy, or complicated future, it produces this internal state of suffering that we call fear.

However, this state is present because of the presence of thought projecting itself from the idea of ??this "I," which is also the presence of a thought. As long as you see yourself as someone, as a person, you are sustaining your psychological existence in the movement of thought.

This psychological existence, which is the movement of thought, projecting itself into the future in a bad, negative, unpleasant way, is the presence of fear. Therefore, this fear is present because of ignorance.

The awareness of the truth about this game of thought, creating this thinker and their future, this experiencer with their experience of the psychological tomorrow; seeing this game is freeing oneself from ignorance. When there is no ignorance, Reality reveals itself. Reality is the Truth of God.

Thus, you do not have an encounter with God. God reveals Himself when the "I" is gone, when the thinker, the experiencer, when the thought model, which is the psychological conditioning model we carry, is no longer present.

Therefore, the Truth about That which is You is the Truth of Life when illusion is not, when ignorance is not. Then, there is no more fear, no more various fears. In reality, any and all forms of suffering dissolve.

The presence of suffering is the presence of the sufferer, just as the presence of thought is the presence of the thinker, of the experiencer's experience.

There is a Reality here and now, present, revealing itself. It is the Reality of this Being, it is the Reality about You. Clearly, this requires work, work on oneself, a deep engagement with this self-discovery, with this clarity, with this vision, with this perception.

It is not someone having this perception, vision, or clarity. It is the clarity here, due to the presence of this vision about oneself, that ends the "I," that ends the illusion of separation. So, Truth is present, Truth reveals itself, and It is here and now as Supreme Bliss, Love, Freedom. Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel, who makes the following comment: "Master, how can we be aware of thoughts without becoming confused with them?"

MG: Notice your question. Your question is how to avoid becoming confused with thoughts. Look, Gilson, there's only one real way to do this: by becoming aware of thought. It's necessary to bring to this moment a gaze, a perception, an attention that's completely different from what we usually have.

In general, when you perceive, you perceive to like or dislike, to accept or reject, to appreciate or set aside. So, we are always taking a position in the moment of perception. It's, in fact, the perceiver present. It's a perception from a perceiver.

Here, perception is the gaze, it's becoming aware, it's becoming aware without interfering. This is the quality of perception that makes you aware of the play of thought.

For a long time, in fact, throughout your entire life, when a thought arises within you, what it has done is give you an identity behind it. That's what thought has done. And it's been going on like this for a long time.

So, we're addicted to the model of being someone. "Someone" thinking. When a thought arises in your head, behind thought there's already the sensation of the thinker. This comes with the package. It's automatic, it's something mechanical, unconscious.

So, we're constantly identifying with thought, confusing ourselves with thought, when we like it or dislike it, when we want more of thought or don't want it with us. Therefore, the addiction, the force of habit, is to always continue affirming the presence of the thinker, the perceiver.

Here, the invitation is to bring into this moment the gaze without the observer, the perception without the perceiver. It's to bring the awareness of thinking without the thinker. Then, the game of habit, of addiction, of the continuity of the "I," of the continuity of the "person" becomes clear.

And, immediately, something happens. Because, once again, the game is shown, but there's no one else to engage in the game. There's no one else to engage with the game. So, a shift occurs in this structure.

The model of thought in us, of feeling, of sensation, is always, constantly placing someone in the process, someone getting involved. This someone is the "me," the person.

So, what is this looking, perceiving, becoming aware of? It's the "realization." That's the way! It gives you a clear vision of how the movement of feelings, emotions, and sensations takes place, when you're with him or her, talking to your husband, your wife, your coworker, or anyone else.

It gives you insight into your reactions, here and now: the feeling, what's behind the look, what's behind the tone of voice you're using. It shows you internal states that you're becoming aware of here and now, for the first time-like anxiety, or worry, or fear.

And this gaze is enough. It's not meant to interfere with it, this observation is enough. Then, a new energy emerges: an energy of attention, of awareness, of presence. This transforms this moment into a moment of Meditation.

It is no longer that old moment of unconsciousness, of mechanicity, of automatic response, of memory, of reaction, where the sense of "I" is present, where the ego is involved, there, without any awareness of how it is happening, of how it is processed.

At that moment, this pattern is broken. There is a break with the model of desire, of fear, of choice, of worry, of the intention to obtain something from him or her, or of fearing him or her. Then, Something is now present; this Something reveals itself as the presence of Meditation.

There is, indeed, in that instant, the end to this identity, which is the thinker. There is, then, the presence of this Freedom, this Awareness of Being, this Vision of Life, free from the sense of "I," the sense of ego, the sense of the thinker.

Thus, there is a break with the model of thought, as well as of feeling, emotion, and sensation, in this freedom to flow with the moment, to flow with the present moment, without "someone" here, in this moment.

So, the foundation is Self-awareness, and the result is the presence of Meditation. Okay?

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master. Our time is over now. Gratitude for this videocast.

And for those of you who are watching the video to the end and truly wish to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers.

In these meetings, in addition to the Master answering our questions directly, something much more powerful, much more transformative, happens: because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, he shares a State of Presence, an Energy Field around him.

And, in these meetings, we end up being carried by this Field of Presence of Master. And, by spontaneously and effortlessly being carried, we enter a meditative state. We can gain a real insight into the topics discussed here on the channel.

So, here's the invitation. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to join these meetings. Also, leave comments here, asking questions for us to bring to future videocasts.

Like the video and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

September, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | The Heart of Mysticism | What is the art of meditation? Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast. Master Gualberto is here with us again. Thank you, Master, for being here.

Master, I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "The Heart of Mysticism." In an excerpt from that book, Master, Joel makes the following comment: "Silence is the language of God. Everything else is a bad translation." On this subject, can you share your vision about what the art of meditation is?

MG: Gilson, the presence of Meditation in our lives is the most important thing in life. Because, without the presence of comprehension of the Truth about yourself, whatever you do, think, or feel will be within a model, a mistaken pattern of the egoic mind, of a mind in duality, in separation.

Let's clarify this for you: thought within us is a background of memory, of remembrance, of knowledge, and we are always acting in life from this background. But the model of thought within us is based on a misunderstanding. Here, the mistake is the idea of ??someone controlling thought. Thus, there is the presence of thought and someone in control. There is the presence of an action occurring, and actions within us are also driven by thoughts, as well as by feelings and emotions. And we place, in this quality of action, the illusion of someone in action, as well as in sensation or perception.

Here, we find ourselves, in this position, within an illusory, mistaken view, because there is no one present here, in this moment, in life, as if life were happening for "me." See, there is no such thing as "someone and life." There is only the presence of Life. It is thought within us that suggests this, that creates and sustains the idea within us of this thing, that we are now thinking, as we are now speaking, or hearing, or feeling, or doing.

Here, there is the presence of a movement: it is the movement of Life itself, and the illusion of the idea of ??someone moving and responding to life. This is false! It is only Life pulsating, happening. You don't make the heart beat, you don't make a thought arise, you don't make an emotion surface or a feeling occur. All of this is Life in expression.

Just as when you look at the sky and there is no rain, and suddenly the weather changes and the rain arrives-and you did exactly nothing. that is exactly how Life is. You did nothing to make that rain happen, and now it is there, emerging, happening, for as long as it decides to happen. Then, it decides to stop, and there is no one in that decision. It is a natural event, something Divine, that you have no control over. But we have the illusion of someone present here, having control over life, having thoughts, feelings, emotions, having certainties and doubts. It is the suggestion of thought within you, creating the illusion of someone, making the rain, this particular rain of yours, which you call "my life."

So, what is the art of Meditation? It's the awareness of looking, the comprehension of looking, the perception without the perceiver, the free gaze that allows you to see Life as it happens, without the illusion of someone present. This "someone" is creating problems. This "someone" is supporting evaluations, comparisons, beliefs, conclusions about life, about how it happens. And that's why the person suffers.

Every problem in your life is solely in your particular life, in the idea of ??someone who particularized the experience of living. There is living, but there is no one living. There is Life, but there is not "someone" in Life. So, the art of Meditation brings you closer to what is most important and fundamental: the presence of a true gaze at Life. It's the gaze that allows you to witness the rain, with the clear certainty that you didn't make it. It's not you who makes the rain happen, not for the duration it lasts, nor do you make it stop when you wish. It is just there.

The beauty of encountering Meditation requires a deep comprehension of how, in illusion, thought within us establishes beliefs, establishes ideas, draws conclusions, and gives us suggestions. Direct vision of this is Clarity, Lucidity, the presence of Intelligence, which frees us from the illusion of someone, which allows Life to be what It is, without someone present. Thus, in the presence of this direct vision of Life, there is the revelation of Divine Awareness. This is Meditation. Either we continue living our days as we do, or we embrace the Reality of the days, without someone present in this experience. Thus, experiencing is Life flowing, happening here and now, moment by moment.

The presence of the art of Meditation requires Self-awareness, it requires the investigation of the nature of the "I," the structure and nature of the thinker, the experiencer, the observer, for the discarding of that illusion. When it is discarded, because there is now a new space, due to an emptying of this old content-which is the content of memory, knowledge, experiences, records, this entire history of the "I," the ego, which is, basically, thought- when we empty this history, we have a new space, and in this new space, That which is indescribable is revealed, That which is beyond the thinker, beyond thought, beyond the "I."

Therefore, the art of Meditation is the art of living. This "living life" is not someone living, it is Life in expression. Dealing with thoughts, feelings, or emotions is like dealing with rain. You don't directly engage with what happens when it rains. You stay with what is reasonable, simple, and practical so as not to get wet. You protect yourself from the rain. Dealing with thoughts requires the presence of an Intelligence to not be confused with thoughts, and to not create an identity behind thought. This identity is the "I," the ego. This is what we have been doing. This is our mistake, our mental confusion, our suffering. The reason behind fear, anxiety, depression, anguish, worries, and all human suffering lies in the illusion of someone behind thought, behind feeling or emotion, making choices, making resolutions, believing in the power to act, to interact with the present moment. This someone separates himself from Life itself and believes they can control: control thoughts, feelings, emotions, and everything else.

So, we are living in ignorance because we lack the art of Meditation, we lack the presence of Self-awareness, of a vision in Wisdom, of a perception in Lucidity, of feeling in Truth the present moment. Attending Life is not something for someone. Attending Life is something for Intelligence. Something that is present, being You, in your Essential Nature, when the ego is not, when the mind, in its confusion, is no longer present. Therefore, we need to discover what Life is without the "I," Life without the mind, Life without the ego, Life without the past. Then, there is Clarity in looking, feeling, acting, perceiving, interacting with him or her, because the ego is not there.

Thus, the art of Meditation reveals God, reveals That which is Real, that which is Eternal.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "Master, I try to meditate, but my mind doesn't stop for a second. I get frustrated and end up giving up. Am I doing something wrong?"

MG: Notice, you say: "I try to meditate." In the presence of Meditation, there is no one-as we just stated here, in the first part, in the first answer. The Truth of Meditation is the moment revealing itself as it is. So, what we've been learning about meditation out there is mistaken, because they tell us we have to meditate, and meditation is about pushing away thoughts and focusing on a single thought, or visualizing a blue globe, or visualizing a blue ball, or breathing in a certain way, sitting in a certain way, in a quiet place. Therefore, what we're taught as meditation technique or practice is mechanical, something someone does.

We don't need to do what's already here. You don't get involved in doing it. If someone presents you with a cake, a chocolate cake, it's ready. It's placed before you; you have nothing to do but eat the cake. The presence of meditation is the Awareness of God. This Awareness of God is already here. The only thing you can do is enjoy this Divine Presence by embracing the Truth of your Being, which is the Awareness of God itself. That's eating the cake. But people dedicate themselves to techniques and practices, and then become frustrated, because they haven't grasped the truth that Meditation, like rain, happens. Meditation is also happening here, moment by moment. It's not happening for someone. That's the problem. You can't be in Meditation. In True Meditation, there is no one meditating, as people try to do. The presence of Meditation requires no effort, because it's not something-I repeat-it's not something you do, it's something that happens when the space is present.

So, what do we need for the Awareness of God, which is the Awareness of Meditation, which is already here, to reveal itself? What we need for this to reveal itself is the foundation, and the foundation is looking, perceiving, becoming aware of our reactions. Therefore, Self-awareness is what gives us the foundation for the revelation of Meditation. Therefore, what gives us the foundation to eat the cake that is already here-which is Divine Awareness, which is the Awareness of God-is Self-awareness. Paying attention, becoming aware of our reactions, at every instant, at every moment. Be aware of the thought. A thought arises, become aware of it. A feeling arises, become aware of the feeling. When an emotion arises, be aware of the emotion. Don't neglect it. Follow it, look at it. Don't get involved, don't commit, don't fall into a pattern of liking or disliking. Just look, observe, be aware. So, with the foundation of Self-awareness, the Awareness of God is revealed, this cake here is revealed, what is present here is revealed as Love, Silence, Freedom, the Bliss of this Being, which is You in your True Nature.

When you speak of an effort, when you speak of the difficulty that ultimately leads you to give up, both this effort, the difficulty and this giving up, there is the sense of someone doing the thing or trying to do the thing, and even giving it up. Here is someone there. We have countless videos here showing you. We have a playlist here on the channel showing you that the Truth of Meditation is the absence of the meditator, the observer, the experiencer. This is not something that requires effort, concentration, or technique. All involvement with technique, effort, or practice is to obtain something. Here, it is not about obtaining, it is not about achieving. Here, it is about noticing, this "becoming aware" of That which is present here, revealing itself as Divine Truth. This is the Presence of Meditation, this is the Presence of God.

So, forget absolutely everything you've learned, throw it all away. If you truly want to get closer to Real Meditation, come closer to Satsang. The word "Satsang" means association with Truth. We have online meetings taking place on weekends. Log on to Zoom and participate. We have in-person meetings, we have retreats. This requires a deep commitment to this surrender to the Truth of Self-awareness. And that's what we're working on here with you. Okay?

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel who made the following comment: "I feel like I'm living on autopilot. Can you talk more about conditioning?"

MG: Gilson, the movement of the mind is automatic. And why is it automatic? Because it's a learned movement, and it repeats itself over and over again. Such are the internal processes within each of us. What we call the mind is nothing more than a movement of repetition, of continuity, of self-maintenance of the past. The presence of thought is memory. It's the past. Look at your head! You're constantly having thoughts. Where are these thoughts coming from? From memory. And what is this memory? It's the reinforcement of the past. But notice, the past isn't here. It has no importance; and yet, thought is constantly valuing the past, inside your head. And why does thought do this? Thought does this to sustain the continuity of a supposed identity, which makes you believe it is you. And why does thought do this? Thought does this because it's sustaining the idea, within you, of someone present thinking. This someone present thinking is the "I," the person you believe you are.

So, notice the game, notice the trick, the great trick of thought. All it does is maintain itself in this automatism, this mechanicality. Therefore, what we call consciousness is the presence of thought telling us something. Notice, that's what we call consciousness. When are you conscious? Isn't it when you remember? When there is the memory, you are conscious. This is what we call consciousness. Now, this consciousness, which is memory, is actually just a movement of thought. And this movement of thought is automatic. This automatism shows us that what we call consciousness is, in reality, complete unconsciousness. Mechanicity. Automatism.

We do need awareness of our reactions. This awareness of our reactions is Real Consciousness. We don't have real consciousness; we're just responding reactively, that is, from memory, from the past, within automatism. You ask: "How can we break...?" Your investigation is to break this automatism. Become aware of automatism. This awareness requires the presence of complete, deep, real, true attention, here and now, on every thought, feeling, emotion, sensation. Discover how to follow with real accuracy, with real precision, with depth, each occurrence, each event, internal or external: to look, listen, perceive this reaction. This is bringing awareness to the present moment. It's not about doing something against it, but simply about acknowledging it. When you begin to become aware of your reactions, you notice the play of thought. You notice the movement of unconsciousness. You realize that your reactions are mechanical and automatic. Then, there is a break from this old condition. This is because, in this moment, the mind becomes silent, the brain quiets, and there is a direct perception of the reality of the moment. And, at this moment, there is no longer this "I." So, in this instant, all automatism dissolves, because it is based on the pattern of unconsciousness, repetition, non-observation, non-attention.

Therefore, all the automatism present in this model of the "I," of the ego, is, in fact, inattention. This is the unconsciousness of this egoic consciousness. What ends this condition is looking, perceiving. It is what brings this Mindfulness to the moment. Then, we break with the sense of "I," with the sense of ego. We thus have an approach in this Self-awareness of the Truth of Meditation, the Awareness of Meditation, which reveals that which is beyond the mind, beyond the "I," beyond the ego, and therefore, beyond the unconsciousness and automatism of the mind, this egoic mind. Okay?

GC: Gratitude, gratitude, Master. Our time is over now. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching to the end and truly desire to experience these truths, I invite you to participate in the intensive weekend meetings that Master Gualberto offers. In these meetings, which are much more profound than these videos here on YouTube, something very powerful happens: because the Master already lives in this Awakened state of Consciousness, He shares a field of presence around you. And, in these meetings, we end up being carried by this field of Master's presence, which is pure Power and Grace. And, by being carried by the Master, spontaneously, effortlessly, we quiet our minds, enter the meditative state, and can truly glimpse what these Truths are. So, the invitation remains. In the first pinned comment, there's the WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Also, please like the video and subscribe to the channel. And, once again, Master, thank you for the videocast.

August, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Joel Goldsmith | Living by the Word | How to get rid of psychological suffering? | Marcos Gualberto

GC: Hello, everyone! We're here for another videocast, again, Master Gualberto here with us. Thank you, Master, for your presence. I'm going to read an excerpt from a book by Joel Goldsmith called "Living by the Word." In an excerpt from that book, Joel makes the following comment: "There comes a certain moment in each person's experience when a touch of the Spirit breaks through, not because of them, but in spite of them." Master, in this excerpt, Joel Goldsmith comments on this touch of the Spirit. On this subject, can you share your insight on how to free yourself from psychological suffering?

MG: Gilson, here we have to investigate this issue of suffering. What is the truth about suffering? We have physical suffering. If you have an accident and your leg or arm is hit in the accident, pain is there. So, suffering is present. Thus, we have physical suffering as something that is present in the body. Our body has this sensitivity or this vulnerability to pain. This is, in fact, a mechanism of self-protection, of self-defense of the organism, the presence of that pain and, therefore, of suffering. Dealing with this quality of suffering requires medical care.

However, here we are discussing with you the possibility of ending suffering. As long as the body is present, it will go through processes of pleasure and pain, but is there a possibility of going beyond suffering? This is not about physical suffering; it is about another quality of suffering, present in all of us, that we need to investigate and go beyond. We need to transcend this psychological condition, because it is in this psychological condition that this type of suffering, this quality of suffering, resides. Thus, we have two types of suffering: physical suffering and psychological suffering.

Here we are, with you, investigating the end of suffering. Physical suffering is addressed by medicine, by treatments and medication, but what about psychological suffering? Is there, in fact, a way to go beyond psychological suffering, beyond the suffering of the mind? We have various forms of psychological ,psychic suffering. In truth, there are countless forms of fear: anxiety, anguish, worry, guilt, shyness. Note, all of these are forms of fear. We have countless fears; the presence of fear, with its various names, is essentially suffering. Is a life free from fear and, therefore, suffering, possible?

But it's not just fear. We have many other forms of conflict, internal contradictions that constantly produce psychological pain, sentimental pain, and emotional pain in our lives. So, how can we deal with this? What is the truth about the quality of psychological suffering present within us? The truth about this suffering, about this quality of suffering, consists in the presence of an internal sense of separation, where there is this "I" and the "non-I." We live within a psychological model of existing as a person, where duality is present. We have likes and dislikes, good and evil, true and false, positive and negative. We have sadness and joy, pleasure and pain.

So, psychologically, we are sustaining a model of existing as someone in duality-this someone lives within this principle. And here we are, with you, investigating, deepening, becoming aware of the truth about this someone. The idea of ??existing as a person, from an internal, psychological perspective, is a condition created by thought model present within us. This is not real! Notice what we are presenting here to you: physical pain receives medical treatment. However, this psychological pain. how can we become aware of the truth of a real treatment for it? Having clarity, lucidity, direct understanding of the truth about the "I," about the existence of this someone, this "me."

And here we are telling you that this type of suffering, this quality of suffering, as it is based on a pattern of internal duality, within each of us, in this psychological model, created by thought, adding a present identity, which is the person, the "me," if we free ourselves from this idea, this belief, this thought suggestion, we will be free from suffering. Because it is the presence of this someone, this idea of ??being someone, that is the cause of internal, psychic, and psychological pain.

We must investigate the truth about thought, the truth about the "I," This will give us a direct comprehension of the truth about fear. Here I'm mentioning fear, but we have anger, we have anxiety, we have various forms of internal impressions of suffering present within us. And all they are, in fact, tied to this sense of duality. We are the ones who give slightly different names to, basically, the conflict of duality present within the "I," due to this pattern of thought we are living, which we know.

We need a free mind, a free brain. Yes, I mean a free brain, a mind free of thought, because the quality of thought we know is what gives us this model of psychological existence. It is this that provides the basis for sustaining the illusion of a person present in life here, in the present moment, with a personal, particular, and, therefore, egocentric mind. Here, a new mind, a new brain, a new heart is a new way of approaching life without thought, without psychological thinking, and therefore without suffering. Is a life free of the ego, free of the "I" possible? This is a life without psychological suffering, this is a life free of psychological pain.

When we cling to objects, people, ideas. when we cling to circumstances, situations, projects, desires. This imprisonment is the basis of suffering. And this imprisonment occurs due to the presence of this "I" and the other thing one holds, that one possesses, that one controls. This is how we are living a self-centered life, a life of separation. Our attachments sustain the presence of suffering. It is the presence of the "I," the presence of the ego-the model of existing as someone present here in life, in this moment-holding onto what it believes is its own. Therefore, the idea of ??"I" and "mine" sustains suffering, sustains the illusion of this person.

Here, with you, we are investigating this: the possibility of going beyond suffering, beyond this ego condition, toward a free life. Thus, your new way of feeling, acting, and thinking, from a new heart, a new mind, is of Real Divine Presence, of Real Intelligence. Your life is no longer guided by the model of psychological thought. Your life is no longer situated in the idea of ??separation between you and it, between you and life, between you and God. Therefore, this life of yours is no longer the private life of someone, of this "me." This requires the presence of a self-awareness for the discard of illusion, this duality, this pattern of separation. When this dissolves, the idea of ??this "I" and this belief, which is the belief of "mine," disappear.

You don't exist as you believe you exist and you don't have what you believe you have. It is thought that is producing this illusion within you and sustaining the suffering of desires, attachments, beliefs, and certainties of someone in control. which represents an egocentric movement to exist as someone. This is what we need to free ourselves from in this life. Then, yes, there will be an end to suffering.

GC: Master, we have a question from a subscriber here on the channel. Helena made the following comment: "Master, it often seems like my suffering is endless, like a cloud that haunts me. How can I understand the origin of this pain and stop identifying so much with it?"

MG: So, you say your suffering is endless, and you want to discover the origin of this pain. Note, Gilson: in general, we want to discover the origin of pain to rid ourselves of it. Yes, self-investigation is essential, studying what's happening to us, but not to rid ourselves from the idea of ??someone present to rid ourselves of. When we approach the investigation of the truth about who we are, yes, the cause, the reason for that pain becomes clear, but so is the presence of someone present in the pain, someone who is creating this separation, this division between oneself and pain.

Therefore, our thinking here proves to be mistaken. We have the idea of ??someone to rid ourselves of the pain; we don't have a clear vision that this someone is the very presence of that pain. We only want to rid ourselves of the bad things, not the good things. So, there's a separation between what "I" enjoy, which is pleasurable, and what disturbs me because it's painful. So, there's a separation between this "I" and something else. The truth about suffering, just like the truth about pleasure, is the same truth. What we understand as emotional, sentimental, romantic, and psychological pleasure, and what represents pain, suffering, and discomfort for us, also internal and psychological, carry the same principle. And the principle is separation between "me" and the other, me and what "I" want, "me" and what "I" don't want. But this separation is an illusion.

When you are sad, there is only sadness. When you are angry, there is only anger. The idea of ??someone being angry is a belief; of someone being sad, it is a belief. Observe this clearly: filled with anger, you are anger; filled with sadness, you are sadness; filled with anguish, you are anguish. When a thought arises about anguish, you separate yourself; when a thought arises about anger, you separate yourself. You see, thought is the element that creates separation between someone and anger; between someone and anguish; between someone and fear. Here we are faced with a single situation. Thus, the presence of pleasure or the presence of psychological pain carries the same structure: the structure of duality.

Once free of the "I," free of pain, free of pleasure. The presence of the "I," of the ego, is the presence of suffering, is the presence of pleasure. This is what we need to comprehend in this life. Therefore, the idea or thought of getting rid of something we don't want, doesn't work. You seemingly have a temporary freedom from that condition, from that situation. However, as long as the sense of "I" is present, new situations will arise. These new situations are still the old situations of pain, of suffering... because it's like a tree: you get rid of some branches, but others are still there; you get rid of some leaves, but other leaves are still there. Other leaves will come and other branches will grow as long as the tree is present.

The awareness of the Truth of your Being, the revelation of the Nature of God, the Real Divine Life, is the Freedom from pleasure and pain, from joy and sadness. It is when we face something beyond the mind, in this mind free of the ego. When the mind becomes silent, the brain becomes still, something beyond the mind reveals itself. Something beyond this brain reveals itself; it is the presence of Divine Revelation. What brings this Revelation is attention to our reactions, it is the discarding of the psychological condition of egoic conditioning, of mental conditioning.

Therefore, when you talk about "stopping identifying with pain," comprehend that as long as the idea of ??someone exists to disidentify or identify with, pain will be present. Free yourself from the illusion, the belief, this idea of ??"someone." Then, yes, there will be a break with identification, but not just the identification of pain, but the identification of the illusion of someone with pleasure.

GC: Master, we have another question from another subscriber here on the channel, who made the following comment: "Why do we so easily fall into what thought tells us? Can you comment on that?"

MG: Gilson, we very easily fall into thought model because our habit, our addiction to being someone, is very huge. This tree has very deep roots. From a young age, we live within a culture, a world model, surrounded by people; that is the model. Our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, teachers, the entire world.

As human beings, we don't know ourselves, because we are trapped in thought model, from a young age. Our trust, certainty, and security are sustained by the illusion that thought intelligently guides our lives, which is completely false.

Everything thought has produced and continues to produce in our lives is a model of existence of someone present, who is not real, dealing with speech, action, feeling, and thinking in a profoundly illusory and mistaken way. We can only free ourselves from this, Gilson, by becoming aware of how we function, how we internalize the experience of the world, the experience of others, and our own experience. Comprehending how we internalize what happens externally and internally. Direct comprehension will reveal the illusion that this experience is being sustained by an experiencer, and that this experiencer is not real.

What allows us to see this is the presence of Self-awareness. When you begin to become aware of how the mind works, noticing the emotions, feelings, thoughts, and all the reactions arising, it becomes clear that all this movement is learned, something that comes from the past, the result of memory, and therefore, something within a conditioning of social and cultural structures. This is the psychological pattern of the "I." You become aware of this when you no longer engage with the reactions. If you engage with your reactions, you lose yourself in them. So, the way to break free from this is by learning to look, to observe, to be aware, without bringing the presence of someone, this "me," this thinker, this experiencer, to interact with it.

Therefore, it is Self-awareness that provides the foundation for encountering the new space of Freedom from this old consciousness, this egoic consciousness. This new space of Freedom arises when there is the presence of Meditation. Meditation is a new State of Being, a new State of Consciousness, a new State of Presence. You cannot produce it; it arises naturally when you learn to observe your reactions. Notice that when you talk to people, you are not aware of yourself at the moment you speak. You are not aware of them while they speak. You are not aware of thoughts inside your head at that moment, of your sensations, your feelings, or emotions.

We are completely immersed, immersed in a deep identification with the past, with all the results of learned knowledge, and we are merely reacting all the time, without the awareness of looking, of perceiving. This is what we are inviting you to do here. This doing is simply observing. It is not something "someone" does; it is doing without someone. It is a simple and direct verification, without reacting, without interacting. So, something new emerges at this moment. Something beyond the mind, beyond words. It is the presence of Meditation, this Awareness of Being, of pure Being, of simple Being. Okay?

GC: Thank you, Master, our time is already over. Thank you for this videocast. And for those of you who are watching the video to the end and truly wish to experience these truths, we invite you to participate in the meetings that Master Gualberto offers. These are intensive weekend meetings that are available online, in person, and also as retreats. These meetings are much deeper and more powerful. First, because the Master directly answers our questions; and second, because the Master already lives in this Awakened State of Consciousness, He shares an energy field around Him. And in these meetings, we end up being taken on a ride by this field of Master's Presence. And by catching this ride with Master spontaneously, effortlessly, we enter the meditative state, quiet our minds, and can gain a true insight into these topics discussed here on the channel. So, the invitation remains. The first pinned comment contains the WhatsApp link to join these meetings. Also, please "like" the video, subscribe to the channel, and comment here, asking questions for future videocasts. And, Master, once again, thank you for the videocast.

August, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Practicing Self-awareness. What is Self-awareness? Ego-identity. What is Mindfulness?

For some people, the idea of ??self-awareness is something to be practiced. That is why they use the term "practicing self-awareness." The Truth about Self-awareness, of this awareness, the direct answer to the question what is Self-awareness, refers to an approach to oneself for the direct comprehension of the movement of the "I."

Unlike studying this in books or through a system, a technical methodology, this look at our reactions, which are these internal processes that occur within each one of us, requires the presence of attention on this. This attention is looking directly at what occurs within each one of us and outside of ourselves.

And why is this fundamental? Because this is what makes you have direct contact with the form, with the pattern, with the model of this consciousness, which is the egoic consciousness, which is the egocentric consciousness, which is the consciousness of the "I." Without this approach, there is no comprehension; and without this comprehension, person's life is the egocentric life of this ego identity.

The quality of life in the ego, the life in the "I," the perspective, the particular vision of the world present in the person is one where the presence of ignorance is present. This sustains in us suffering, the illusion of a relation with the other, having, by nature, this mistake, which is the mistake of the egoic mind, of this personal consciousness. This makes us live an egocentric, exclusive, isolationist, separatist life. Thus, basically, this is the life of ego-identity.

What is this ego-identity? It is the egocentric identity. We are not in touch with the beauty of life, with the uniqueness of life, with the totality of life, because our actions are born from this background of experience and knowledge, present in each one of us, which is the result of memory. We have several unresolved issues; these unresolved issues are the problems.

The various problems present in the life of human beings are something that are present due to the lack of awareness of the Truth of Life. When people talk about problems, invariably, within these problems - and this is the basis for the problems they have -, when they talk about problems, they are speaking precisely from the perspective of someone present, having a vision of life in resistance.

We do not comprehend life and, nevertheless, we are projecting onto life objectives to achieve, to be happy. We lack the Truth that Happiness is something that is already present, being something innate, inherent, something present in life itself, when there is no longer illusion. But the fact is that we are born within a context of life in separation; this separation is established in us due to the presence of the error of thought.

The element of separation is the condition where memory has taken on this prominent place. We have given thought an extraordinary value, and since thought is the result of memory, memory has taken over our lives. See what important things we have to comprehend here; hence the need for a real vision of Self-awareness.

We need to comprehend the place that thought has in our lives or, otherwise, thought will be occupying this place, this place of command, of control. You never doubt, for example, beliefs, and the fact is that, psychologically, our entire formation of consciousness is based on beliefs, on things that were shown to us, taught to us, given to us by this context of human history, by this context of culture within humanity.

We were raised within patterns of behavior, speech, thought, language, within a doctrine of human culture. So, we have been indoctrinated to be exactly who we are, to live exactly as we are living, and the quality of life we ??have is the quality of life centered on this illusion of separation, where there is a strong feeling, a frequent thought that life is something separate from what we are. So, there is "us and life," there is "us and them," there is this "me" and the "not me."

What we have been emphasizing here with you is the importance of this vision, this new vision, this real vision of yourself. It is only when you start to look at what is happening inside you, it is only when you start to look at the world on the outside, without the interference of thought, without the interference of preconceived ideas, that you begin to perceive life as it happens, externally and internally.

We were not raised for this Intelligence, for this approach to the moment, to experience, to events, to what is happening externally, that is, outside the body, and to what is happening inside each one of us, that is, in our mind and in our heart. We were not educated to look, to see, to listen, to perceive, to know what is happening to us. On the contrary, we were raised precisely to follow, to copy, to imitate, to be like the other people around us.

Thus, this pattern of conditioning in which we find ourselves places us within a consciousness that is not this true Consciousness, that is not this Real Consciousness - the feeling that we have present, for example, of an individual consciousness. You have the illusory sensation that you think what you want, that you feel what you desire, that you know what you need.

We have various forms of perception of life, both externally and internally, which are based on the illusion of a belief, which is the belief of this "I" in control. For example, you see yourself as someone who is thinking about things. One of the things we have been studying here with you is the truth that you are not thinking; thinking is a process in you that occurs in the brain. It is part of the mind, of this known mind in us, the presence of thought, the presence of thinking, but there is not someone in thought.

If I ask your name, you have your name; if I ask your address, you have your address; if I ask something about your story, you have your story. But this story, your name, your address, are not the truth about you, they are just a remembrance, a recollection, something that comes from this memory. And we are living in memory, living by memory, living within memory, being memory itself: this is the life of this "I."

But what is this "I," what is this "me," this sense of being someone? We don't know it! We are identifying it exactly with the name, with the story, with the address, with all the remembrances we have from the past. What are these remembrances? These remembrances within us are the presence of thought. What are these thoughts? These memories, these recollections of the history, of this body and this mind.

But what is the truth about you? The question seems simple, but we are faced with a question that requires a depth, a dimension of vision that we do not have in the intellect. All that we can answer from the intellect will be answers given by thought, and these thoughts are these remembrances.

We believe that we are these thinkers, we believe that we are the element of this answer, as being someone, as being this "I," while these answers are coming from this intellect, from this memory, from this brain. We continue not knowing the Truth about ourselves, we continue trapped in the illusion of this "I," in the illusion of this mind. What we call the mind is this mechanical, unconscious process, this movement of memory, of memory response, these are mere reactions that arise at every moment due to stimuli, to challenges. We remain in ignorance.

What is the truth about you? This encounter with Self-awareness will reveal this Truth about you. The first aspect of this Truth is this state of psychological conditioning in which we find ourselves. As a person, you are fear, you are anger, you are someone who has friends, who has enemies. As a person, the human being is what he or she shows himself or herself to be, what he or she appears to be. This is what we are in this sense of "I," in this sense of ego, in this sense of someone present in this moment, seeing oneself as someone separate from the other, separate from life itself.

What is this look for each of us? It is this observation of everything that is happening in this moment. When you are faced with a thought, the idea of ??you being present thinking is an illusion created by thought itself. When you are angry. We all have had moments of anger in our lives, for countless reasons. There are many reasons for anger, and there are countless ways in which anger can be expressed, but anger itself, the feeling, sensation, emotion, and presence of anger is one.

We all know what anger is, we have all lived with anger since childhood, but look at how much harm, how much confusion, how many problems you have created in your life due to sudden moments of anger, due to the presence of anger, and yet you still do not know what anger is. We have lived with anger since childhood; but not only with anger, we live with fear. There are countless fears, there are many forms of fear.

Do we know what fear is? We still do not know! Do we know what anger is? We still do not know! And yet, we are victims, in this sense of the "I," of the ego, of these states, which are problematic states, which are states of disorder, confusion, imbalance, suffering, and we are constantly maintaining this continuity of anger, of fear - fear in its many forms. Envy is part of this, jealousy is part of this.

Some people associate, in a pleasurable way, this issue of jealousy with the presence of love. Love is not pleasure. Pleasure becomes displeasure, pleasure can produce irritation, insecurity, annoyance; pleasure can produce fear, it can produce jealousy: this is not Love. Note that we are living in various states of conflict, distress, suffering, disorder, imbalance, due to the fact that we do not know ourselves.

We do not know what it is like to have an approach to these reactions, to look at them closely, to come into direct contact with them, to go beyond them. This is what we are working on here together, talking to you about the possibility of a life free from all this complication, from all this disorder, from all this unawareness, from all this unconsciousness; a life free from this model of egocentric consciousness, from this consciousness of the "I," which is, in fact, unconsciousness about all this, which is the untruth, the lack of comprehension of all this.

An encounter with Divine Reality is an encounter with the vision of God, an encounter with the vision of your Being, an encounter with the vision of life, free from the "I." Thus, it is this coming closer to oneself, in this instant, to put an end to this inner confusion in which this sense of "I," of the ego, has placed us, that we need to understand, that we need to discover. The Truth of God is the Truth of Life, free from the "I," free from the ego, free from this consciousness, which is the egoic consciousness. Thus, this model of thought, which is the model of memory, which has become the most important part of the egocentric life, of egoic life, this is undone.

We need memory, just as we need thought, but only on a practical, objective, direct level, to deal with very simple matters in life. Your address is just technical knowledge; your birthday is all part of the story of this body, this mind; your phone number, each and every form of knowledge that you have, professional knowledge, is something practical. Here we are dealing with thought, but with practical thought.

A thought about facts is not a thought that deals with the purpose of an egocentric identity, to imagine things about it. You cannot create anything special with your address, with your technical, professional knowledge. However, the sense of "I," the sense of ego, which is this sense of psychological self-preservation, in this egocentric life, is creating a particular life for an identity that does not exist, for a being that is not real, which is this "me," this person.

Can we come into contact with life in such a way that this sense of person is seen, comprehended and, therefore, undone, nullified, annihilated? This is the end of the ego, this is the end of the "I," this is the end of this sense of identity that sees itself separate from the other, from life and from God. It is the presence of the comprehension of these reactions present in each one of us. How can we approach this? By observing.

Observing does not require the presence of an observer; it is precisely this observer who, when observing, judges, evaluates, likes, dislikes, accepts, rejects: this is the life of the "I." We are living within this observer, as being this observer, we are living as being the thinker of thoughts, as being the one who has feelings.

When you are sad, the illusion present is the idea of ??someone in the experience of sadness; this someone is "I," this "me," this person. Here, what is present is a suggestion given by thought; it created the one who is in the feeling, the one who is thinking about what one is feeling. Thought created this "I," thought is sustaining life and continuity of this "I." It is this quality of thought that we need to free ourselves from, and we free ourselves when we become aware that this "me," this "I" does not exist.

It is only the observation, the looking, the perceiving, the listening to these reactions that puts an end to the continuity of someone present in this old model, which is the model of this thought of memory, of history for this identity. Looking at life without this model of thought is to break with this conditioned intellect, with this conditioned mind, with this conditioned consciousness, with this pattern of person, of "me," of "I," of egoic identity. This is what we are working on together, here, with you.

Can we have contact with life, with the present moment, with what is here and now, without this pattern of conditioned mind, conditioned intellect, psychological memory, which is this pattern of thought that is giving continuity to the illusion of this "me"? Can we have contact with this moment without the past? See the beauty of this. Life is something now, happening here, we do not need thought - not this quality of thought.

Now, here, at the moment, we are using speech. Speech, of course, is the presence of verbal expressions; the word is part of thought. But what is the basis of this word? Does it come from this psychological background of conditioning, from this memory of psychological thought? So, notice, we can use speech, as a use of thought in our relations, without the presence of the model of an identity behind this thought. We can use speech without this conditioned intellect, which is promoting itself and maintaining its egocentric continuity, based on thought.

We can simply deal with life, in this moment, as it happens, without the weight of this psychological thought, this conditioned intellect, this particular vision of this "I", this ego. Thus, contact with the moment is the contact of life with life, this is the awareness of God, this is the awareness of your Being. This is what we are working on here in these online meetings on the weekends; we are together for two days: Saturday and Sunday. I would like to leave you an invitation here: you can find our WhatsApp link here, in the video description, to participate in these online meetings on the weekends.

In these meetings, we are delving deeper into these subjects with you, discovering the art of this approach to Self-awareness and the Truth about Meditation, which is what makes all this possible. So, we are together for two days. In addition, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you have just heard makes any sense to you, here is an invitation. Go ahead and leave your "like" here, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment saying: "Yes, that makes sense." Ok? And we'll see each other. Thanks for the meeting and see you soon!

May, 2025
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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