I would like to discuss some issues with you here in this meeting, in this talk. The first of them is about this encounter with God. Here the question is: how to find God? The Truth about God is that we are before a Reality present here, at this moment. Thus, the idea of meeting presupposes a whole movement towards, at some point in the future, this happening.
Thus, we already come across a mistake, basically, because when we deal with God, we touch on the only present Reality, everything else, exactly everything else, is within a delusion that is here now and that will disappear, because everything, absolutely everything, in life is temporary, it is fleeting, it is there in one moment and in the next moment it may no longer be there.
Why is everything in life temporary? Precisely because everything in life is within time; if it is within time, it began and will have an end, it appeared and will disappear. Divine Reality is not like that, the Reality of God is not like that.
Therefore, this very idea of seeking, of searching to find, is something that is established in a model of thought that we have about God. But a thought about God is an image that thought creates and projects; if it creates and projects it, it is within it. It is not the Divine Reality, it is not the Reality of God that we are touching when thought is involved in this. Any involvement of thought, because it involves the presence of thought itself, is part of thought.
Thus, what do we really need to find God? Here, first of all, is to become aware that this Reality, this Divine Truth, is not somewhere, it is not within space, it is not within time, like any temporary thing that is here and will disappear. We are before That which is present; and if it is present, it is not something that will be found, but rather something to be verified. This is the difference that we make here, within this channel, regarding this awareness of God.
Most people are involved in the process of spiritual search; here you become aware, we are together with you approaching a new approach, a new way of looking at all this and, thus, we become aware that this is not a spiritual search or a search for spirituality, this Truth of the Revelation of God. And here the expression is Revelation of God, Acknowledgment of God, it is not this "finding God." So, this is a second aspect within this speech.
And here we also come across another point. Who is this element involved in this search or quest? If the only Reality present is Divine Reality, an element involved in this search is part of the mistake, part of the illusion, part of an appearance within time. And who is this element within time in this search or quest? It is the presence of the "I," it is the presence of this "me."
Thus, we are projecting this Reality based on an idea that the thought within us is projecting, and this element in this projection process is the "I" itself. So, here we also come across yet another confusion on our part: the idea that "I," this "me," the "person" will have an encounter, through the search, with God. Therefore, through the search, there will be this encounter with God, and the element that will have this encounter is the "I."
Here, we are investigating exactly what prevents us from having a Real awareness or Revelation or verification of this Reality in this instant, which is the Divine Reality. What prevents us is exactly the presence of this "I," this sense of someone in the experience of this instant, which is felt, seen, perceived - of course in thought, in imagination - as a present entity separate from this instant.
Our focus here is to become aware of this Reality, which is the Reality of God, and this is the true and profound purpose of life, of learning about life. We have been involved throughout our lives with learning. Everything in life consists of something that is accomplished through learning. Everything that you represent yourself to be within the context of this existence is something learned. Everything that you know, everything that you do, every thought pattern present within you, is something learned.
And what is the truth about why we learn? What is the deep truth, the real meaning in life of this need to learn? Yes, for practical purposes in life, everything we do, know, and accomplish has been learned. Speaking is something you learned, writing is something you learned, everything you do you learned, and in life we also need to learn about ourselves. Note that everything you know, do, and accomplish is external, but who is this element involved in that knowing, doing, and accomplishing? You don't know.
You do not know the truth about yourself, and to become aware of the truth about yourself, you need to learn. And here we are telling you exactly this: when you become aware of this learning about Self-Awareness, when you become aware of this "I," you discover something beyond this "I" - which is this entity that is in time, that is part of time - then at that moment you can have the Revelation of That which is beyond the "I," through Self-Awareness. Then, learning about yourself is what gives you the basis to discover the truth of the illusion of this element that sees itself present doing things, knowing things and achieving things; this element is the "I."
What is the truth about you? Who are you? So, notice, in life we are here for this discovery, only for this discovery, only for this Revelation, for this becoming aware of this Reality of God, which represents the end for this "I" when there is this awareness of Self-Awareness. And that is what we are here with you investigating, deepening, working with you, discovering that becoming aware of God is the only thing in life, that it is life itself that matters.
See, the only awareness that matters in life is the awareness of life, and the awareness of life is the awareness of God. This awareness of God shows itself when we have the end of the "I," the end of this illusion of this sense of someone who sees itself as separate from life, separate from existence, separate from others, separate from its own thoughts, feelings, or emotions, this sense of someone who sees itself as a thinker, or one who feels, or one who sees, who perceives, who relates to.
Life consists of relationships happening and this "I" sees itself relating to people, places, and situations. All of this is part of a mistaken view we have about who we are, about what life is, about others, that we carry about God. All of this is inside us, inside a model of illusion to be discarded, to be comprehended.
When there is comprehension, we have a clear vision; when there is no comprehension, because of lack of clarity, we are confused. If confusion sets in, because of this lack of comprehension about ourselves, we are living in ignorance, in illusion about all this, in illusion about life, in illusion about ourselves, in illusion about God. That happens to us because of the lack of comprehension about ourselves.
Our way of thinking, acting, and feeling in life is completely wrong. Thus, we also come across another question: why does that happen? And why are we living in this format of illusion and ignorance? We are living this way because we were programmed to live this way, taught, organized, placed in this condition because of this mind present within us, this form of mind we know, in which we are structured for this life. This is the presence of the conditioned mind.
Since we were little, our parents have told us things; they told us "this is right," "this is wrong," "don't do this," "don't do that," "this is good for you," "this is not good for you." We received from our educators, from our teachers, teachings of ethical, social, moral values, of this community, of this world, patterns of sociological, philosophical, spiritual teachings, that gave us this formation. The formation we have is what makes us evaluate life from the perspective of thoughts that we received from this culture, this society, this world, from those who arrived here before us. Therefore, the mind is conditioned.
We follow the patterns of the culture we were born into, the society we grew up in, the world we know. So, your entire way is learned, and we need to find out the truth about all of this here because this Reality of God, this Divine Reality is not within this context of society, of the world, of cultural thought. We are here wanting to become aware of something that is outside of the known, which is the Divine Reality. As long as we are within these walls, as long as we are within these walls of this conditioned mind, all we will have within these walls, living within this structure, is something within the known.
There is a Reality present, but it is not part of what is known, it is not part of the mind, it is not part of time. We can only become aware of the Truth when we leave illusion, and illusion is this context of life, it is this context of existence where a behavior is present in us that is the repetition of all this behavior of the world, of society, of culture. These internal states that prevail, invariably, expressing themselves externally in our relationships, are internal states of a conditioned mind.
Envy, jealousy, fear, anger, the sense of people, the difference, the divergence, the conflict that we establish in our relations, all of this is within a context of human history. Our parents, grandparents, and our ancestors lived this way, and if today we have a family because we are married and have children, we are communicating exactly this to our descendants. In this context of egoic identity, without this awareness of Divine Truth, we are simply maintaining or continuing this frame of ignorance and, therefore, of human unhappiness.
Here we are together looking at this Spiritual Awakening, this Spiritual Enlightenment, this awareness of God, which is the Truth of your Being. This is what we are working on together with you, showing you how it is realized in this life. These meetings we have here on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, two days together online, have this purpose. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to participate in these meetings. In addition to these meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, here is an invitation. Please give your 'like,' subscribe to the channel and write here in the comments: "Yes, it makes sense." Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for the meeting and see you next time!
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