Here, with you, we have delved into these subjects; they are placed here to be investigated. We investigate this when we are close to the experience itself. Otherwise, we remain only in theory, we stay only in ideas, and that is not our purpose.
Here, the only purpose we have is to perceive directly. When we have direct perception, we have something beyond intellectual formulations, something beyond concepts: we are before a comprehension. Therefore, what we need is comprehension.
These meetings here, these moments we have, are moments of discovery, moments of verification. So, let's touch on this matter of fear with you here. The question is: "How to overcome fear?" That involves a comprehension, and it can only be real if it is direct; it involves the comprehension of thought, not the theory about thought, not what books say about thought, not what this or that specialist says about thought, but rather your own direct verification.
No theory - and theory is what someone has already told us - no concept - and a concept is what we are intellectually capable of explaining - no theory, concept, or opinion about this is real. If our proposal here is to investigate this issue of fear - and here the question is: "How to overcome fear?" - we already need to correct our language in approaching this subject.
What you achieve through struggle, through self-discipline, through effort "overcome," you will continue to be present having to win other times. It's not about overcoming fear, it's not about you being present in this victory, it's about the comprehension of fear. It is the comprehension of fear, the seeing of fear, the liberation from fear.
Therefore, there is a difference between the end of fear, the ceasing of fear, and the victory over fear, the overcoming of fear. The interest in overcoming is the interest of someone having a victory. Here, there is no such someone. Here, the comprehension of the presence of fear requires the clear vision that it is exactly the presence of that someone, of that person, of the person you are, that is the presence of fear.
An irregular approach, an unsatisfactory approach to this issue of fear, does not resolve it. To approach fear is to become aware of yourself in relation to that given experience, and it requires a clear vision about thought. Here, we are facing something that permeates our lives, that is present in everything in this particular life of the person, of this "me," of this someone, which is the presence of thought.
What is thought? Thought is an element in you that doesn't allow contact with the present moment in a free way, because our eyes become blurred and internally we become insensitive to life in that encounter with it, from the standpoint of thought. It is thought that sees, and when it sees, it compares, it accepts, it rejects, it judges, it colors the experience of the present moment.
It is this thought here, it is that thought there - it is the presence of this element - the truth about fear. You don't have fear without the presence of thought. Only when thought tells you something does that thing become real to you. It happens because thought arises as an element that, upon arising, creates a separation between you and it.
Thought in us spins around, functions, happens by evaluating for us, judging for us, accepting or rejecting. This "us" is the very presence of thought. When you are sad, angry, or afraid, it is thought that created this idea of someone being present in that feeling, in that emotion. This is the continuity in us of the pattern of thought; it needs someone to be present, and that someone is this "me," this "I."
The presence in you is of you being what thought says you are, to live that, to feel that. Therefore, thought has constructed an image; that image is you. You are the very self-image. So, you are the self-image; the element present to live the experience that thought proposes in this format of feeling, sensation, emotion, or experience. Then, this division is established in us, and in this division there is someone present for fear, someone for sadness, someone for this or that type of suffering. This is the life of thought; it needs someone involved in this. That someone is the presence of the thinker.
We don't know how to deal with thought, because we know nothing about the awareness of thinking. So here, the first point is this: it is thought that speaks to us about a future it doesn't want to live. When you remember a disease you had and don't want it to happen again, notice that it is the presence of thought, of that memory, of that remembrance, that upon arising, speaks to us about you, speaks to us about this "me," about this person who went through that.
You wouldn't have any memory of yourself, in the fear that that illness might return, without the presence of thought. You remember yourself being sick again because thought is present, bringing this "you," this image. This self-image is you. And when you appear, fear appears, because thought is present. It is the presence of thought, the presence of fear. Without thought, there is no you with fear.
Therefore, the presence of thought and you is a single phenomenon, a single appearance. There is no separation between you, who is this self-image, and this memory that causes you fear. Therefore, it's not about overcoming fear, it's about getting rid of the self-image. The self-image is the presence of thought itself. There is no separation between that self-image and that memory, which is thought.
Once you get rid of the self-image, there is no more you, there is no more thought, and there is no more fear. You are not going to overcome fear; there will be a full awareness of the truth that there is no you when thought is not present. Thus, we need to discover what thinking is.
When a thought arises, at this moment, become aware of it, become aware of its presence. It is because you are not aware of the presence of thought that it settles inside you, creating this psychological condition of separation, supporting this image, this self-image, and sustaining this memory. Looking at a thought, the truth of this direct looking at a thought that is arising here, at this instant, this ends the thought.
Thought cannot continue when it is verified, when it is observed. But this observation is only observation when there is no one observing; it is only observation when thought does not separate itself by constructing this "I," this self-image. Therefore, everything here revolves around this vision, the vision of the truth about yourself, about how you function, how the mind functions. This is the awareness of thinking.
We don't know what thinking is. We have the pattern of thought happening, exactly in this way we've described here, creating this separation. The truth about thinking is the vision of what thought represents, and also what feeling, emotion, or sensation represent.
The truth about thinking is that when thinking is present, there is no "I," there is no such element as the thinker, the experiencer, the observer. So, it becomes clear that looking at thought without someone in this looking. And when this is present, thought ceases, fear does not arise - what is seen at that instant, in that way of looking, is this memory, is this remembrance, is this picture, which is the picture of a disease, of the memory of having gone through some illness, and this memory is now returning.
Notice, this is just one example of the presence, in a specific form, of fear. We have countless forms of fear, and all of them are tied to the issue of thought, of memory, of remembrance - something that comes from the past. Therefore, this way of looking dissolves this image, dissolves this thinker, this experiencer, this "I" of fear.
The end of fear is something different from overcoming fear - it seems that now this has become clear here. You don't overcome fear. There is no fear in this Attention to our reactions. There is no experiencer when there is this Attention. There is no observer when there is this Attention: that is the presence of thinking.
We were not taught, in life, about thinking. We were told what to think, because we were given the illusion of the continuity of a thinker. This is the presence of ego, of this false identity, of this illusory identity we are assuming. Therefore, the comprehension of life is the comprehension of ourselves, and this comprehension ends with this illusory identity present for the experience of living, for the experience of feeling, for the experience of fear.
In your True Nature, in your Real Nature, what You Are in your Being, this self-image, this thinker, this experiencer, this observer is not present. The Truth of your Being, the truth about you, the truth of the person you appear to be, must be investigated and comprehended. If this happens, the illusion of this person dissolves, the illusion of this identity that separates itself from life, vanishes; we have the presence of the Reality of this Being.
Therefore, there is a Reality about You, and there is this presence of the person, which is the truth about you, what you have assumed to be in this illusion of separation, where this memory is still present, bringing at this moment this identity that comes from the past to project itself into this time, which is the future, in fear or in some form of despair or psychological suffering.
To assume the Reality of your Being is only possible when you comprehend the truth about this "me," about this "person," about this "I." Our invitation here is for a direct look at this instant. A possible look is this direct look, free from thought and therefore free from the past, then there is no fear, no conflict, no contradiction or suffering.
This is our proposal to you here, working with you in these online meetings on weekends. They are two days together, Saturdays and Sundays, where we go deep into this. These meetings reveal the Truth of What You Are in your Essential Nature, in your Real Nature. The Reality of this Being needs to be comprehended.
Therefore, we are together for two days. You have here, in the video description, our WhatsApp link to participate in these meetings. Besides these online meetings, we have in-person meetings and also retreats. If what you've just heard makes any sense to you, here's an invitation. Go ahead, leave your "like," subscribe to the channel and leave a comment: "Yes, this makes sense." Ok ? See you next time. Thanks for the meeting!
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