How to get rid of thoughts?

You might say "how to get rid of thoughts which torment me?" Look, the problem are not thoughts that torment you. The basic problem is your identification with them. So, there is an illusion here, among a lot of others: the illusion that there are some thoughts that torment us, as if others do not. In fact, because the experience of pleasant or so-called "positive" thoughts fulfills us psychologically, causes an egoic physiological fulfillment, and not a discomfort. Whereas negative thoughts, worrying thoughts, or that sort of thing, cause torment.

So, we say: "I want to get rid of thoughts that torment me!"

See the problem is not with thought that torments you. The problem is in the identification with thoughts. When you are not free of the identification with thoughts, the so-called "positive" or "negative" thoughts will always be present. Those which torment you or not will always will be present, creating a false identity in this experience: the experience of thought that you are identifying with, in which you have an identity.

So, the liberation of thoughts that torments you is the liberation of identification with thoughts. So, when you want to get rid of negative thoughts yet keep positive thoughts, this means you have not understood the movement of thoughts.

In this work, we are proposing to investigate the nature of thought and for whom they occur. So, the idea that "someone" exists there to produce thoughts is an illusion, this is not real. This is an idea or a belief of thought itself producing this idea, this illusion.

The fact is You are Consciousness. As Consciousness, You are and always remain free of thoughts. I say "of thoughts" because there is no true identification in your Being, in relation with thoughts, be it with positive or pleasant thoughts, or negative, unpleasant thoughts; thoughts that do not torment or thought that torment us.

My focus here is to show you the importance of the observation of this movement, which is the movement of thought. Not important if there are positive or negative thoughts, just disidentify with them, go beyond them, beyond the mind.

I have used an expression that for some it is difficult to understand immediately. The expression I have been using is "remain in your Being."

Then someone comes and asks: "But how is it possible if at the same time, you say that there is no effort necessary?", and I continue saying: remain in your Being! Remaining in your Being is something most natural, as paradoxical it may seem, because in fact what you believe is natural, is a most artificial thing there is, which is to be constantly identified with thoughts. Because of this identification with thoughts, you suffer. So, you say "I have suffered and I am suffering. What can I do to get rid of thoughts that torment me?"

This suffering is because of this identification! You, in an unconscious way about who You are, or about what You actually are, you are doing this with yourself, with yourself, you are confusing yourself with thoughts and with what thought represents, which are feelings, emotions, sensations, memories, remembrances...So here is this illusion, the illusion of "someone" present in this experience, and this is to remain identified, entangled with thought and suffering.

So, the proposal is: Disidentify with thoughts, remain in your Being!

In other words, assume what You are, naturally, and disidentify with this artificiality, this habit, this addiction, this mechanical and unconscious continuity of always keeping identified with thoughts.

Of course this requires a work, a patient work, dedicated, applied… I have used a lot the expression "focus." It is necessary to have a focus. It is necessary to bring Awareness to yourself. Abiding in your Being implies to remain aware of what You really are, and without getting confused with what thought says about what you are, or about what is happening around you, or about what is happening in the world.

So, this break with identification of this movement is the basis for this Freedom, the basis for this Liberation, this unconscious, mechanical continuity of this false "I." So, your Being is the natural revelation of What You are, while thought is this mechanical and unconscious artificiality of programming and conditioning that you have been living in all these years and is the basis of this so-called "human culture"… So, Divine Realization, Realization of Truth, is the end of thinking, conditioning, programming and identifying with thought, and it is natural that this is the end for thoughts that torment you. But in fact, that is the end of thought, the end of this subjection of this false identity, this false center. OK?

February, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Meditation | Mental Health

See, basically, mind is conflict. The nature of the egoic mind, the dualistic mind, this separatist mind, of all this movement we call psychological movement… the nature of this is, basically, conflict, suffering. So, basically, mind doesn't know sanity.

Mind, in its movement, is something always ill, something always conflicting, something without sanity. Your Being is not the mind. This so-called "social," "cultural," mind, this so-called "conditioned mind," this programming, which is all this movement of thoughts producing disorder and producing conflict… this mind doesn't know health.

So, there is no health in the egoic mind, there is no mental health. Then, neurosis is the basis. All form of contradiction, conflict, is the basis. Mind is something living within this condition. The good news is you are not the mind. The good news is that all this conditioning, all this programming, all this insanity, this absence of health, can disappear.

My invitation, in Satsang, is for you to find out your Real Nature, which is by nature something free from this condition of insanity; which is, by nature, Peace, Love, Freedom, Intelligence. This is your Real State of pure Consciousness, free from this psychological insanity, free from this mental insanity.

So, our work together is to become aware of the Truth of this Natural State, which is Consciousness, of this Natural State free from this mental insanity, this psychological insanity; free from this lack of mental health, which is the condition for this ego-identity, for this false identity.

When you look at the world, what you notice is this imbalance, this confusion, this disturbance, this disorder, all this insanity manifestation, the presence of despite, fear, envy, all forms of violence, all forms of disorder, anxiety, depression…

There are countless forms of manifestations of this insanity, this psychological insanity. If there is a direct Acknowledgement of this, if there is disidentification of this egoic mind, if it occurs, if it happens, suffering ends, insanity ends.

Our Self-Realization work is the direct and simple Acknowledgement that You are not the mind, this so-called "dualistic mind," "separatist mind," "insane mind." The basis of self-investigation reveals your Natural State for you, which is pure Consciousness, which I also call Meditation… your Natural State. Some people call it Awakening or Divine Realization or Enlightenment, but it's only and directly your Natural State of Being, which is Consciousness.

February, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Fear of death

This matter of fear of death is a quite frequent question. Then, you come and ask: "How can I lose the fear of death?"

See, death is something that causes fear, however, the problem is not death. The real problem is the sense of existing. Your real fear isn't of death, your real fear is of losing this sense of existing, this sense of being someone.

Now see, this sense of being someone is the basis for this identification with the body, and your fear is not of coming across death since death is something outside of what has been your experience.

It isn't death that scares you, it's not even the fact that it is something unknown that scares you. It is the fact of seeing yourself about to lose your identity since you are identified with the body. So, your fear is of the known disappearing.

You are attached, clinging to all your known experience, and something quite intimate about this experience is the very presence of the body. You see yourself as an entity present inside the body and see that the disappearance of the body – that's what you believe – is the disappearance of this "me," this "I," this "person" that I believe to be.

This disappearance represents the end of "my" attachments, the end of "my" goals, of "my" projects, of "my" dreams.

So, basically, your fear of death is not the fear of death, since you don't know what this represents, it's something that remains unknown. Your fear of death is the disappearance, the breaking, the destruction of all your egoic projects. So, the fear of death will always be present, as long as this sense of identity, which you believe exists, remains present.

So, to free yourself from the illusion of this fear... And see, your question here is about the fear of death, but something inherent in this question is that in the ego, in this false identity, your problem is the illusion of being alive, and this upholds fear and not just fear of death. All forms of fear present are within this illusion, the illusion of being someone, who has to fight, who has to defend oneself, who has to protect oneself, who has to achieve goals, carry out projects, who has to broaden out, who has to be someone...

And the body has an expiration date. Therefore, if you identify with the body and notice it's heading towards its end, it's despairing, it's scary, but it's not just the fear of death, it's the fear of not accomplishing your projects, your dreams, your desires, your goals.

So, the liberation of the illusion of this false center is the liberation of the attachment to this belief: "I am the body," "I am inside the body," "I am someone and I need to accomplish things" or "I need to sustain or maintain the things I believe I have accomplished." All of these thoughts are settled basically on fear, on this false idea of existing as a separate entity.

When this identification with this false center breaks, this identification with this movement of the egoic mind and the identification with the body break, fear disappears, and here the fear of death is included.

If the Truth of your Being reveals itself, you have the Truth of the Divine Reality, and this Reality doesn't come and go; It is neither born nor dies; It doesn't have things to cling, to uphold; It has no projects to carry out; It has no goals to achieve.

The greatness of Self-Realization is the direct experience of the Happiness of Being, simply, what You are. Since You are not the body, since You are not the mind, since You are not born, naturally You will not die.

The Divine Reality, the Reality of Truth about You, is the end of fear, and here the fear of death is included.

I'd say that perhaps this fear is the most representative, at the moment, for you. But if you look more carefully and accurately, you will see you've been afraid all your life, and fear is the basis of this egoic life, this egoic mind.

The beauty of the Realization of Truth is that This represents the end of this illusion, the illusion of someone present in this experience so-called "life," a life that can disappear, disappear with death. The Realization of your Self, which is Consciousness, which is Meditation, I would call This immortality, or timelessness, or the Truth beyond life and death. This is the end of fear.

February, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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The fear of being nothing

Mind knows this notion very well. The very notion of time, to a present identity, creates the illusion of fear. So, fear is an illusion, which appears directly in this relation of a supposed identity, which is, in fact, an apparition of thought.

Then, there is this fear, the fear of being nothing... the fear of being nothing.

The Truth about Yourself is Being, and Being is not anything. Being surpasses all notion we have about something or nothing. Being is something that transcends all this notion of belief, idea, or concept about being nothing or being anything.

The Reality of your Self is timeless and spaceless Consciousness, something that is beyond all notion that thought may produce, beyond all ideas that thoughts may produce.

So, this fear of being nothing is an inherent fear of thought. Thought has created this notion of a "me," of a present identity living, experiencing, being "someone."

So, this fear of being nothing, in reality, is the fear of thought. It is thought that has been creating this notion, the notion of losing something, which is a fantasy, a belief, an imagination.

So, all the present fear you feel, all of it, is grounded in thought, and always in this relation between a present identity with an object. And here, the object is thought itself, in this notion of world, objects and relationships.

That is where the basis of fear is settled, the fear of being nothing, of being nobody, which is something purely egoic.

Realize That which You are! What you are doesn't carry fear. That which You are not, and believe to be, never gets rid of fear, because it is something inherent to this illusion, this notion of losing, of disappearing, of not being somebody anymore.

So, the fear of being nothing is something implicit in this illusion of a separate entity, in this notion of an ego identity.

You are not a "person", you are not a separate identity, you are not who you believe to be.

Then, there is no space, no real reason, to this notion of separateness, to this conflict of separation and, therefore, to fear. Fear is purely egoic, grounded in the thought imagination of this false identity.

February, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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Doubt and confusion

The truth is that, as long as there is doubt, there will be confusion, but we don't separate confusion from doubt either. As long as there is confusion, there will be doubt. However, as long as the internal psychological disorder remains, as long as this disorder remains, as long as you continue living this disorder internally, there will be confusion, and in this confusion what prevails is fear.

So, the presence of doubt is inevitable within confusion, and this confusion is produced by thought. When there is order, there is no confusion, and order is possible only when thought isn't present. Thought is the basis of confusion, and therefore, thought is the basis of doubt that upholds fear and all forms of suffering.

I want to invite you to Recognize the Truth of who You are. This direct Recognition shows you there is no room for confusion, doubt, and fear in What You are. It's always in the notion of being someone that confusion is present, that doubt is present, that fear is present.

So, this suggestion here "tell me something about confusion, about doubt and confusion"… Doubt and confusion is something present, always carrying fear. The whole idea you have about life, about yourself, based on thought is something always full of doubt, therefore it's something full of fear since all this is grounded in the confusion thought creates.

So, basically, the cause of confusion is thought. Your Being, in Its Integrity, in Its Silence, in Its Intelligence, doesn't carry confusion and, naturally, there is no fear present, there is no conflict between certainty and doubt. That's what we talk about in Satsang: the end of this confusion produced by thought and of course, the doubt inherent to this confusion.

Thus, the Revelation of your Natural State, of your Real State, is Clarity. There's no room inside for doubt, there's no room inside for fear, there's no room inside for confusion since all of this is part of the disorder thought produces for this entity you believe to be, for this "sense of someone" you believe to be.

February, 2022
Gravatá-PE, Brazil
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