Have you ever realized how much importance you attach to the issue of freedom in your life? What is freedom? When you're looking for a space, that space needs to be large. The whole idea we have of comfort in a space is for it to be spacious. When you enter a room, the idea of comfort in that room is not just of what is there in that room, but of the space present in that room. Your first description is: "look, it was a very large room; or: it was a very spacious room".
We always look for comfort in life, and space is part of that comfort. And why do we appreciate space so much? A big swimming pool, a big bedroom, a big living room, a big bathroom. Why aren't we content with narrow, cramped places? Because we want freedom to move around, to do things. Thus, what is freedom? Freedom is the presence of space. When you have freedom, you can do things, you can do things that you can't do in a narrow, cramped place, because now, here, you have space.
When you're stressed, internally you lack space. The state of depression, for example, is a state of present suffering, very common in human beings, and they find themselves in a squeeze; they are imprisoned, squeezed, the condition is one of tightness. When you're stressed, you're out of space. When people travel to relax, they want space. This "relaxation" is about stretching out, about having space. We need space internally. The basis for a free life is the presence of space.
Here, with you, we are investigating the revelation of a life where this Freedom is present. So, what is Freedom? It's simple: Freedom is space where you can relax, where you can be happy, where you can know Love. If there is no Freedom, we don't have the possibility of this "relaxation," this Peace, this Love. Can we realize Freedom in this life? Not this physical freedom, which is also important, but first and foremost this internal psychological Freedom.
So, what is Freedom in psychology? See, not in the theoretical aspect of a psychology study about freedom, but here I mean internally; because internally this whole process in us, called consciousness, is a psychological process, which can be in confusion, in disorder, in affliction, in conflict, in suffering, without any freedom. Then, what is the Truth of this inner Freedom, this psychological Freedom? It is the mind free from this complexity that is the "I," from this complexity that is the "ego."
The condition of this ego-identity is the condition of narrowness, of limitation, of the absence of Love. What are we doing together in these meetings? We are dealing with you about the Truth of this psychological Freedom, which is the Liberation, in this life, of this sense of "ego," of this sense of "I," which is this vision of separation that is present when thought claims to exist there, within you, as a present identity, which is this thinker, this experiencer, this "me," this "person,"
Here, our position is challenging, because we are saying that this is not real. This is true because of the confusion we find ourselves in psychologically, internally, because we haven't investigated the nature of this "me," this "person." We haven't become aware it yet, we haven't perceived it yet, we don't have clarity about it yet, of that all this internal movement, called consciousness, which is the consciousness of this "me," is a set of memories, of recollections, of history, something that is present because of all the experiences we've been through and which the brain has recorded in this format of recollection, of remembrance, of psychological memory. This is giving life to an illusory identity.
When you affirm the person you are, within the behaviors and responses of reactions of feelings, emotions and thoughts, you are only dealing with an imagination of the thought-feeling itself. That basis of existence is a basis of a process of repetition of mental conditioning, of conditioning that we call consciousness. To investigate the nature of the "I" is to become aware of this egoic consciousness, this consciousness that sees itself as separate from life, that sees itself as being the thinker, the experiencer, the observer of everything that occurs, of everything that happens.
So, we are positioning ourselves from a center that is a false center. From this center, we are having experiences. Therefore, this "ego" is a false center. From this center, which is the "I," the "ego," we are living in constant moments where thought is the element guiding this whole process of events, and so are our actions. All the forms of behavior we have are merely egoic activities, merely egocentric activities. As long as it continues, there is no Freedom because there is a space between this center and this periphery.
When you look at an object, you perceive that, all objects, around these objects, there is a space. When you see an object, you only see that object because it's in space. You're not aware of the space around you, around that object, but it's there. You're not aware of the presence of space, you're aware of the object, but there's space; it's a space around the object. Between this object and the presence of this space, we have a condition; whatever happens around this object, it's happening around this space limited by the object.
What we know as the space, between you and an object, there is a space. You are the center of the experience, the object is part of the experience. Between you and that object there is a space, and in that space things happen. Here, together, we are also investigating this issue of space, of the presence of a space free of this center, which is this false center - the ego is this center. Is there a space free of this center? Here we are saying that this space is the only space where the Truth of Freedom is present.
As long as there is this limitation of space, that is, space from a center, there is no Freedom. When we have the presence of a space without a center, we have the presence of Freedom. That's what we're investigating here together, the Truth of this space without a center, the Truth of unlimited Freedom, something that is present and yet remains unknown. I refer to this Freedom of God, this Freedom of Being, this Freedom of the Truth of this Divine Consciousness. This Real Consciousness is the Consciousness of God, in It there is this space, this unlimited space of this Being.
Thus, what is Freedom? Freedom is the presence of this space. The Truth of What is You in Your Real Nature, in Your True Nature, is That which is present when the model of the thinker, the experiencer, the model of the "I" is not present. So, attending to life as it happens, Life being the very Reality of this Being... This "attend" is the true action, it is the action that is not born of the past, that is not born of this center, that is not born of this "I."
Can we deal with this moment without the past? The past is the center, the past is the known movement, the past is the movement of thought, of memory, of remembrance; that gives us the illusion of something happening at this instant, which is the present moving towards the future. This whole notion of the "I," of the "ego," is a notion of life taking place between the past and the future. This is the limitation of the center, this is the limitation of the "ego," this is space. Everything that occurs within this limitation of space for this center that is the "I," the "ego," occurs between this, so-called, past, present and future.
Here, the comprehension of the Divine Reality, the Reality of God, is the Truth that is outside of time. Only when the Truth of this Being is revealed, is that life now, is no longer the life of the "ego," is no longer the life of that "I." Comprehending that the life of this "I" is a suggestion given by thought, it is not the Real Life of your Being. As human beings, we can have a long life, but this long life from the idea of an entity present in experience, of a thinker present in thoughts, of someone living this idea of an identity located in time, in this idea of past, present and future, however apparently successful, happy and fulfilled this life may be, it is still an illusory life.
Real Life is the Life of God, Real Life in Wisdom, in Love, in Happiness, where the Reality of true Freedom is present. Here, this encounter with the moment, without the idea of someone being present at the encounter, is the awareness of Life free from this "me." Thus, can we have real contact with this moment without the past? Without this idea of the present? And without this belief in the future? Contact with this instant, free from all these thought models, is the approach to Reality, to the Truth of Freedom.
So, what is Freedom? Freedom is life free of this "me," this false center. This is something present in this Awareness of God, this is something present in this Truth about You, when the sense of "I" is not present, when the illusion of a thinker, of an experiencer, of someone looking from ideas, is no longer present. Everything that we are deepening with you here concerns how to approach this, how to approach this Natural State of Being, which is the Reality of Liberation, which is the Truth about this Divine Freedom. Some call this the Awakening of Consciousness or Spiritual Enlightenment. It is the Awareness that there is only one Reality present, and Life consists of this Reality.
So, what is the Truth about You is the Truth about Life, it's the Truth about the other, it's the Reality about God. Here, in these online weekend meetings, we have two days together, Saturdays and Sundays, where we are with you deepening these issues because realizing That in this life is the most important thing; in fact, it's the only thing that matters. When That is present, life flows in Joy, in Love, in Beauty, in Grace, in Wisdom. Thus, there are two days together: Saturdays and Sundays. You can find our WhatsApp link to take part in these online meetings here in the video description. Apart from these meetings, we also have face-to-face meetings and retreats. If this is something that makes sense to you, here's an invitation. Go ahead, leave a "like," subscribe to the channel and say in the comments: "Yes, this makes sense" Ok? And we'll see you. Thanks for meeting us and see you next time!
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