I'd like to talk to you here about a fundamental issue for this approach to the Awakening of Consciousness: it's the need we all have - and that explains why we seek the fulfillment of this need - for space. I want to talk to you about Freedom and how fundamental it is for this encounter with the Truth of What we are, but it requires fulfilling this need, which is the need of all of us, for space.
Have you ever noticed that when you rent an apartment or buy an apartment, or a house, or rent a house, one of the main elements you look for in a house is space. If it's an apartment, you want a large living room, a large bedroom, with a good bathroom - and a good bathroom is a spacious bathroom. If it's a house, you look at whether it has a good yard - in general, houses have more space than apartments. So, we're looking for freedom, that's why we want ample space.
Wherever you travel, you travel and the first thing you aim to find on that trip is space. Notice, when you travel to another city and stay in a hotel, you look for a hotel where there is good space, a big room, a big apartment, it must have a swimming pool. Notice, our vision of space is something that is always at the forefront of our endeavors, of our goals, purposes and achievements.
We want space in a house, in an apartment, in a car. If we're going to a mountain, why a mountain? Because there's plenty of space. If we love hiking, it's because we find space there. If we go to the beach, there's space. We want to go to the beach not just because there's the sea, but because there's the sand and there's a lot of space there. We want space; always space.
And why do we seek space? Because we're looking for Freedom. Within each of us there is a longing for Freedom. So here we first have this search for Freedom, but the imperative need for space because it is space that shows us the presence of Freedom. Then, from an external viewpoint, we want the comfort that space gives us because of the Freedom we find there.
And from an internal viewpoint, how do we function? We have experienced internal states of conflict, disorder, heaviness, contraction, suffering, because there is no space. Human beings need space, not just externally, but first and foremost internally. When people talk about this search for inner peace, the presence of stillness, silence, the presence of joy, note, all of this refers to the presence of inner space. When there is inner space, there is Peace, Stillness, Silence, Love, because that space is the space of Freedom.
So, we are here with you telling you that in this Liberation in life, in this Realization of God, in this assuming the Truth about who you are, the presence of Love is something that requires Freedom, and the presence of Freedom requires space. So notice how important this is for our lives.
Why have we emphasized the beauty of Self-Awareness and Meditation? Because when we get closer to the Truth of Self-Awareness, we get closer to Meditation. And what is the Truth about Meditation? Meditation is space, space without a center. Note, that's what I said indeed: it's space without a center.
When you see an object, there is space around it, but it is from the object that the space is referenced. When you enter a room, we have a space there, but that space is present when you look and see furniture; it's the space left over when the furniture is present there, in that room or in that environment. So, it's a space that has for reference the presence of objects; they determine what free space we have there.
So, when you look at an object, you perceive that there is a space around it; so the object is the center, but there is a space around it. From a psychological viewpoint, the sense of "I," of the ego, of that person in us also works from a center, and there is a space around this center. The "I," the "me", the ego, that feeling-thought "I" is producing a space around it, it is being the reference of a space around it.
Now, notice, this space around the "I," the ego, this "me," this thought-feeling and sensation, which is the presence of the person, is a limited space; limited because there is so much involved present in this environment. So, this environment doesn't have much space. That's how we function psychologically; we're crammed - this environment is crammed - with this old model of thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, and forms of perception.
All this puts us, psychologically, in a condition where there is no internal space, and without this space we have no Freedom. The sense of "I" in each of us is the absence of a space without a center. So, we have a space, the space from the center, from the "I." Thus, our model of action is self-centered, our model of speech is self-centered, our model of vision is self-centered, our model of perception of others is self-centered, and our model of life is self-centered.
So, it's from a center, with a specific space, limited by that center, that this personal life is happening. Then, we don't have the Truth about who we are. Or rather, the Truth about who we are, at this moment, within this context of culture, of humanity, what we are is this person loaded with problems, contradictions, disorder, suffering, due to this personal, particular, self-centered pattern of limitation.
So, if we approach the Truth of That Which is You in Your Divine Nature, in Your Essential Nature, outside of this cultural, social "you," within the pattern of human culture, there is a Reality present, it is the Reality of That Which is You in Your Essential Nature, in Your Divine Nature. Therefore, this contact with Reality is Liberation. Liberation in this life is the awareness of your Being, it is the awareness of God.
Here we are with you, deepening this. With each meeting, with each talk, we are exploring with you the different aspects of this sense of personal identity and perceiving that this entity, this identity is based on a mistaken foundation, which is the foundation of a model of thought, of pattern, of the organization of culture, within this model of the world as we know it.
Thus, we're talking to you here about the importance of Self-Awareness, Self-Awareness and Meditation, and this is something that naturally requires a new look at yourself, a real and true approach to what is happening to you here and now. Meditation, then, is the emptying of all that old, ancient content which, within this environment, is occupying all that space.
There is a Reality present, but it's like when you enter a space occupied by furniture; you can't be aware of the real dimension of the space while the furniture is there. When you walk into a room and it's full of furniture, you have no sense of space. If the furniture is removed, the notion of space is present, but without it you have no notion of space. Any idea you have is just an idea. This gaze doesn't see space, it sees the occupation of space.
The awareness of your Being is the Revelation of God. So, when someone gets involved with a Meditation technique or practice, they don't comprehend that the Truth of Meditation is the emptying of all that psychological content, and not the search for something to add to him or her there, in that practice, as people generally do. So you try to concentrate on a certain thought, to push others away, you try to breathe in a certain way, different from the way you do in your day-to-day life, you chant a mantra, which you don't chant while you're driving your car, while you're talking to someone or watching television.
Notice, we're always adding something to this doing in the practice of meditation. You have to be in a separate environment, at a private time, free from your work, from dealing with your children, your family, or from business. So, you're in a different model from your usual day-to-day life. Here we are telling you that the Truth of the approach to Meditation is the awareness of perceiving your reactions here and now, at this instant, at this moment; it's not about adding anything, just becoming aware of these reactions.
When you discover what it is to become aware of these reactions, at this instant, and realize that this "becoming aware" is just that... Note, it's not about someone becoming aware, someone intervening, someone interfering, evaluating, judging, comparing, accepting or rejecting what they perceive here, at this instant, within these reactions. It's simply looking at reactions; looking without someone looking, perceiving without someone perceiving, feeling without someone feeling. In this way, we have direct contact, at this instant, with this "environment." That's Self-awareness.
Observing reactions, a thought arising, a feeling, an emotion, a perception, a gesture happening, something being seen, a sound being heard, in the relationship with him or her, she speaks and there is this listening, a scene is seen and there is only the seeing. So, there is only this looking or this seeing, without someone seeing, without someone looking. There is only listening, without someone involved in that listening. There is only perceiving what is present at this instant.
When we approach ourselves in this way, we are studying our reactions, and what happens internally and externally can be seen without an observer, without a center; and when this becomes clear, without this center, without this observer, a new space is present. Then, in that space, the Truth of this Being is revealed, because it is a space without a center.
We need to discover what it is to have an approach to Meditation, so that we can perceive the truth of this emptying of all content, we can just become aware of this emptying; it's when the mind quiets down, silences itself and a new space opens up of the awareness of non-separation, of non-duality. This encounter with the Truth of your Being at this instant, from this Self-Awareness, which is the acknowledgment of your reactions without the sense of someone being involved in it, the presence of this Attention, this Mindfulness on all this movement, which is the old movement of the center, of this "me," this "I."
So, the awareness of this movement is the end of the "I," it's the end of this center, it's the end of the ego." Then, this issue of the Awakening of Consciousness or this Blossoming of your Natural State requires this space, this Freedom, so we have the Presence of Love, the Presence of God. That's what we're working on with you, too, in online meetings here on weekends. Saturdays and Sundays we're meeting together online. You can find our WhatsApp link here in the video description to take part in these online meetings, where we can go deeper into this through questions and answers and work on it with you.
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