Here we come across the beauty of an encounter with this knowledge of ourselves. And to know ourselves means to know our relation with life, with the world, with everything around us. Not only our relation with people, but also with ideas, with the situations that occur, with everything that happens.
So, we are here looking, investigating, going deeper into this matter. And what we have placed here is that we don't need technical, specialized knowledge, like, for example, to learn something. To learn something, you need knowledge and experience, it's something that gives you specialization.
Here, the approach to this view of life, of the world, of ourselves, in contact with him, her, situations and events, all that we really need to learn about Self-awareness consists in perception. Notice the importance of this expression here, within the context of this talk.
Perception is the way of looking at the situation; looking without the sensing element, without the element that compares, evaluates, that judges the present moment, that judges the experience. When you are with someone, you can look at them from a sensor, from an element in you that makes evaluations, judgments, comparisons, or you can look at him or her without this element. Here it is about perception, about perceiving, and not about evaluating, comparing, and judging.
So, when we learn about ourselves, we are in front of a mirror, of comprehension, of vision. When you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, you don't look to censure, you look to be aware of what shows up there, which is yourself.
Our contact with the world, with life, with situations, with ideas, and with people, in general, this relation is very mistaken, because our relations come from the principle of the thinker. The thinker in you is the sensing element.
When you like someone, you like from the sensor, from the element that evaluates the other based on wanting or not wanting to be with him or her. That's because you like him or her, or you do not. You already bring this liking from the past.
The way we are dealing with the experience of the present moment is not an opportunity we take; at least we don't make this moment an opportunity for comprehending ourselves, because we don't use this mirror that is here. I look at the other from the idea I have of him or her, and in the same way, I look at myself.
Here we are inviting you to a contact with perception, and perception doesn't require that. We are not inviting you to be the perceiver, but to be in a perception. Self-discovery, the Self-awareness is the presence of Meditation.
There is no such thing as Meditation separate from Self-awareness. Therefore, what people practice in the name of meditation is not Real Meditation. Because Meditation is not separate from self-discovery, from self-verification, from the comprehension of the Truth.
The presence of Meditation is the absence of an element in Meditation, in the practice of Meditation-this element is the element that struggles for results. The struggle for results is the pursuit of the will for a goal. You have a goal and try to reach the goal in that struggle, from an effort. Meditation is not that.
There is no effort in Meditation, there is no struggle in Meditation and there is no purpose in Meditation. Meditation is the Awareness of the Reality of Life as it is, without the "I," without the past, without the sensor, without the meditator.
Therefore, Meditation, what is it? What is Meditation? It is the Awareness of Life, which reveals the fundamental element in life, which is present here and remains unknown; this element is the Divine Reality, it is the Reality of God.
Thus, the importance of Self-awareness is that Self-awareness is the basic element for the Truth of Meditation, of the space that opens, where the Reality of the encounter with God is revealed. How to find God? Becoming aware of the space where He is. It's not where He is located; He is not there. Where is He? He is present as the Reality of Life itself.
Another mistaken thing, besides the idea of someone, by effort, by practice, with the intention of obtaining the result of Meditation-as if there were a result in Meditation... For many, the result is the silencing of the mind, it is quietness, it is relaxation, it is the presence of a mystical or spiritual experience. Beyond this mistake, we also have the illusion of, by effort, in time, meeting God.
So, the person asks: "How to find God?" The idea is that, as a person, they can have this encounter. The Reality of God is the absence of the "I," it is the absence of the person, because the Nature of your Being, the Truth about You is that there is no person present. The person present is the illusion of the "I," of the "ego." It is exactly the element that is discarded within a clear view of Self-awareness.
It is here that we have the importance of looking. Just like you in the morning look at your face in the mirror and there you find your face. Here you look at the mirror of relations, you look at life as it is happening, and you come across the illusion of an identity present, that separates itself from Life. When you come across the illusion, the illusion ends.
The illusion is the presence of the "person," it is the presence of the "I." If it vanishes, now the space is the presence of the Truth, the space is the presence of the Mystery, of the Unknown, it is the presence of God. All this thought present in us, that comes from the past, that comes from a set of beliefs, of learning, in this so-called spirituality, is a mistake.
I refer to this knowledge, this thought that supports all this belief, that sustains and reinforces this separation between you and God. As if there were really something there, somewhere, to be found at some moment, from meditation practices or techniques, or from some form of spirituality, some model of practice, of search for exercises, so-called spiritual, for esoteric, mystical experiences.
Reality is different. Reality is that the Truth of God is the Truth of this moment, when the "I" is not present, when the "ego" is not present, when Meditation Blooms. Here is the encounter with the Truth of this Being, in the absence of the "I."
So, what do we need? We only need to be conscious, be aware of how the mind happens, of how thought processes itself. How do you become aware of the presence of a tree? By approaching it, looking at it, seeing the details, the branches, the leaves, the fruits. Looking at that tree, becoming aware of its presence, having an intimacy with the contact with it in this observing. It is only observing. The simple and direct observing reveals the details.
So, how do we approach ourselves? We approach ourselves by looking. In the same way that by looking at that tree you don't want to change anything, you just want to be aware of what it represents, of the beauty of that moment, of that encounter, here the same happens. You just look at these reactions that arise, at the thoughts, at the feelings, at the sensations.
When you are talking with someone, become aware of the gestures, of the tone of voice present in you, present in the other. You are not going to change, you don't wish to change, you just become aware, look, observe, become entirely conscious of that moment, of that instant, of that appearance. Then, in that moment, you are in front of a mirror. Then the comprehension of how the mind works occurs.
The comprehension of the mind, the comprehension of the gestures, of the tone of voice, of the feeling, of the gesturing, of perceiving all the movement present in that moment is the encounter with this mirror. Then, the truth of what you are reveals itself. It's not about something like the idea of who you should be, how you should be, or how you would be. You are before Life, before the revelation of what you are.
So, this moment reveals the non-separation of the totality of this encounter, of this moment. Then, Something new arises in this non-separation between you and the present moment, and everything that reveals itself there: it is the presence of Advaita.
The word "Advaita" comes from the Vedas, from Vedanta, from Advaita Vedanta. The word "Advaita" means non-duality, non-separation. Therefore, an encounter with the present moment is an encounter with Life as it happens. The encounter with Life as it happens is Advaita, it is non-separation, non-duality. Then, in it Something is revealed beyond the "I," beyond the "ego," beyond the egoic mind.
Thus, learning about Self-awareness, here, is the moment of the Revelation of this Being, it is the presence of Meditation. Then, That which is beyond the known reveals itself. This is the answer to the question "how to find God?" God is the Reality of the moment when the "I" is not present, when the "ego" is not present.
The very verification of the present moment, whatever is revealing itself here, at the level of separation, of duality, of egocentric model, at this moment it dissolves. It is the power of this Awareness of the present moment. It is the power of the presence of Meditation.
Therefore, Meditation is now, it's not in a reserved place, there, cross-legged, repeating a mantra, breathing in a certain way. You are here, talking to someone, driving your car, or engaged in some intellectual, professional activity.
The encounter with this moment, in this looking, without interfering, without getting involved, the very vision of the Reality of the moment, operates a deep change, a deep transformation, because the sense of the "I," this sensor, this experiencer, this thinker, doesn't enter. It's when, at this moment, the brain becomes quiet, the space that was before occupied with unconsciousness, with all this mechanics of psychological conditioning, is no longer present. It is a new space now. There is a space present, and in this new space the Awareness of God reveals itself, the Awareness of your Being.
We need, in life, to discover what Meditation is, what Real Meditation is. We need, in life, to become aware of this art, also, of learning about ourselves, because it is exactly this presence, it is this awareness, it is this space that reveals the Reality of God.
Life in God is the Life free from this duality, from this sense of "I" and "not I." When we have the end for the "I," for this ego-identity, we have the Revelation of Life, of the Real Divine Life, of the Real Life of God.
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