Graceful Relationships- Part 2

Join us for a transformative series of talks exploring our relationships. What are the fundamental forces behind them? What does an enlightened relationship look like? From another perspective, we’ll explore the non-dual nature of existence, following the song of Mahamudra, ultimately bringing both aspects—personal and universal—into unified harmony.

Co-hosted by our beloved Carly Beaulieu.

The Song of the Mahamudra – Part 2: Chapter 2 The Root Problem The song continues: if one sees nothing when staring into space; if with the mind one then observes the mind, one destroys distinctions and reaches buddhahood. The clouds that wander through the sky have no roots, no home, nor do the distinctive thoughts floating through the mind.

Once the self-mind is seen, discrimination stops. In space, shapes and colors form, but neither black nor white is space tinged. From the self-mind all things emerge; the mind, by virtues and by vices, is not stained.

Transcript

Hello dear people,

Welcome to this unique opportunity we give ourselves to stop the rush,

Hold hands and walk the path together,

Not just as individuals but also as a united consciousness that grows and evolves while asking itself and answering itself.

And this meeting is going to be dedicated to the complex and beautiful topic of relationships.

So like last week and like every meeting on this series we are going to address relationships from both sides.

From the bottom we'll discuss all the drama around it,

All the difficulties,

All the challenges,

All the lessons that we are learning about ourselves through relationships.

Gently and carefully and delicately untying knots that prevents grace to suggest itself through our relationships.

And then from the other side we are going to observe relationships from the perspective where they reveal itself to be an illusion.

Because a relationship can only happen in a dualistic system where there are two confronting each other but from the perspective of oneness relationship is a myth,

It's an illusion.

And in order to do that we're going to use the song of Tilopa that we started singing last week.

We're going to continue to the next chapter today.

So this is what we are gathered here to do.

Are we all on board?

We started and we are going to start today with addressing your questions.

Anything you feel you would like an answer to in regards to relationships.

Relationship with your loved ones,

Relationship at work,

Relationship with your family,

Relationship with yourself.

Anything that you feel that is still preventing peace in the context of relationships.

The stage is yours.

Feel free to jump in.

Who would like to be the first one to taste the waters?

Do you want me to believe that you came to a discussion about relationship and you don't have any question about relationship,

They are all solved?

I don't.

Mark says,

I would love to hear about beginning a conscious relationship with another.

It's a good question.

Am I allowed to share how our relationship began?

Definitely.

You know,

When we started,

When we just started,

You know,

We were friends and then we started discussing a relationship.

I told Carly,

The only interest I have in having a relationship is to create a vessel that would allow energy to expand in a way that is impossible for me to do alone.

That was my only interest.

And that's something we both agree as our prime interest,

Right on the table before we made the first step,

Right?

Would you like to share from your perspective?

I didn't really know what I was looking for in a relationship other than that I wanted an opportunity to express my true self,

Which I saw as a way to spread love into the world.

So then we had a meeting one time where we said to each other,

We can ask anything,

We can ask anything of each other that anything is on the table.

You can ask any kind of question that you want.

So my question was,

What what do you want out of this relationship?

What are you looking for?

And this was his answer.

And that was the most perfect answer I could have asked for.

You said something like,

After you said that,

Now I realize that this is the answer I was looking for.

Right,

Yeah,

So I think,

You know,

If this is something that you really look for in a relationship,

Put it there on the table.

No,

Don't dance around it,

Don't try to be shy about it or,

You know,

Don't push it aside because some other benefit might be more achievable or at least seem to be more achievable.

No,

No,

Don't talk,

Don't compromise,

You know,

Find a partner that this is what drives her as well,

Or at least is willing to be on board with you in that sense.

So I guess if the question is,

I would love to hear about beginning a conscious relationship with another.

If you're starting out with the idea of looking for a conscious relationship,

That's a really nice place to start when you actually can recognize,

Even though I say myself,

I wasn't,

I didn't really know what I was looking for,

But I knew it when I saw it.

I knew it when it came in front of me because I started out knowing that my definition of myself was that desire to spread love,

That was it,

That was all that I knew and all that I saw.

Longing.

Yeah,

Longing.

Desire comes with feverishness,

You know?

It's a good opportunity to mention the cause that brings people together in the first place.

Why do people find a partner?

In most cases,

What leads people to look for a partner,

Find a partner,

Be with a lack.

And the idea that maybe through that partner,

I can feel hold.

He or she will provide whatever I lack,

Hence the human drama.

Yes,

What brings us together,

What keeps us together is a sense of lack and the idea that the other party will provide.

It doesn't matter if it's a sense of security or stability or whatever it is that we are hoping to gain.

That's the truth of it.

You know,

Look,

Look,

Look back to your history and what propelled you to be with someone.

You'll find it's in most cases based on the sense of lack and the hope that through this happiness you can be filled.

And gain whatever you feel you miss.

You know,

What happens when we are in love?

We are able to glue to each other somehow because what the infatuation blinds us.

That's the that's the purpose of infatuation to begin with,

To blind us,

Because if we were clearly were able to see our partner,

We would never hook up with her.

We only see an image,

A vision of of of possible happiness.

So we are on a pink cloud together,

But eventually that cloud disappears and we face the actual person that we hooked up with.

And then what keeps us together is the hope that through that relationship we can gain what we lack.

So if you ask me about conscious relationship,

It starts with.

A sense of.

Wholeness.

You don't hook up to each other,

Hoping that the other party will fill you up because you're already full.

And that's not the motivation at all anymore.

That's what I'm saying.

You don't look for a partner,

Hoping that through that relationship you will be happy,

Fulfilled.

Gain some stability,

Love,

Attention,

Affection,

Whatever you feel you lack.

It's not the point at all.

So if you really want to start a meaningful.

Conscious relationship,

Make sure that.

Before you approach relationship,

You are.

Balanced as an individual.

And not as half of a partnerhood.

You are balanced,

You are fulfilled,

You are an expression of wholeness.

The opposite of lack.

That's how conscious relationship starts.

Both sides.

Have realized.

That their.

Existence is an expression of.

Abundance.

Now we can go and create a partnership.

But not fear is binding us together.

Yes,

OK,

And as I said,

Put it on the table first.

Make a declaration.

That's what I'm looking for.

Somebody who doesn't cling to me,

Hoping that I will provide her with happiness,

Stability.

That's if she's not resolved,

She's not a partner for me.

She needs to be resolved.

Together we can go now.

Truly go.

You see what I'm saying?

Yeah,

It's a challenge.

What else?

So Debra asked,

How do you deal with self-doubt?

You add self-knowledge.

You doubt yourself because you don't know yourself,

That's it.

You don't know who you are,

What you are.

You only see very.

Marrow aspect of the real you.

And you identify with that narrow aspect,

Therefore you.

You don't refer to the greatness of what you are,

That's why you are doubtful.

Once you know who you are,

Doubt has no room anymore,

It disappears,

It dissolves.

You don't need to deal with the doubt because it's not there anymore.

So how to deal with self-doubt?

Add self-knowledge.

That's what we are doing here.

We grow through self-knowledge.

So you're in the right place.

What else?

So Telia and Jeff are asking,

What steps can be taken to help you get back to your spiritual foundation in relationship when you feel you've lost your way?

Excellent question.

What steps can be taken to go back to the path?

Yes?

So the four S's.

Seva,

Satsang,

Sadhana and Sadguru.

Four.

Seva is an attitude of service.

Add this attitude to your life.

I am here for you.

What can I do for you?

Instead of being so self-centered,

Self-concerned,

Me,

Me,

Me,

What about me?

Now,

Switch that.

I am here for you.

Add that to your life.

Satsang is the community of people that surrounds you and supports your growth.

Like we do now.

This is Satsang.

What we are doing now is Satsang.

People that help us to remember what is most important to us.

Sadhana is the daily practice to keep reminding yourself again and again and again and again.

Whatever it is.

If you do meditation,

It's excellent.

If you light a candle,

Whatever you do to remind yourself,

Ah,

Right.

And Sadguru is the teacher,

The source of inspiration.

Surrender to the presence of a teacher in your life.

It could be a live person,

It could be a dead teacher,

It could be a book,

A tree,

A river,

Whatever.

But have that source of inspiration,

Live and accessible.

Yeah,

Keep those Seva,

Satsang,

Sadhana and Sadguru alive in you and on your path.

And you'll find yourself on the path.

And you'll find it's much easier to go back to the path if you've lost your way temporarily.

Keep those burning in you.

Seva,

Satsang,

Sadhana and Sadguru.

And if you want more information about that,

There is a whole talk about it on my Insight Timer page.

Go and listen to it.

Don't be lazy.

Spend some time with this knowledge.

It's very beautiful.

And also there's a book coming up with this specific knowledge.

So hold to your seats.

And edited by her.

Okay,

April says,

I don't want anyone depending on me for their happiness.

I want interdependence.

No,

No,

No,

No.

You don't want interdependence.

You want transdependence.

You want transdependent relationships.

That's what you want.

You want to be free on the spiritual path.

We are longing to be free.

What's the point of being dependent on somebody?

It's counterproductive,

Can't you see?

It doesn't matter if only one side is dependent or both sides are dependent.

It's not what we are here to do.

Independent.

Independence equals freedom.

No?

You are free with a partner and you are free without a partner.

Because you all are free.

That freedom is translated into a relationship.

You don't find freedom in relationship.

You are free and you bring that essence into the relationships you have with life.

You found love in you as you.

Then you go and spread that love in the context of relationships.

Not the other way around.

You didn't find love in a relationship.

A relationship is just an opportunity for you to spread your love.

Your found love.

Do you see the difference?

You make sure that you are not dependent anymore.

If somebody chooses to be dependent on you,

It's no problem.

Let them.

Because your love is unconditional.

But you are not dependent.

That's the key factor.

If you can find somebody who is equally not dependent,

Fantastic.

If your partner chooses to be dependent on you,

That's okay too.

But you feel at home in any situation.

What do you say?

April said,

I've battled with being too independent in relationships.

Listen,

Independent has nothing to do with doing.

Don't tell me what to do.

You know the attitude?

I will do whatever I want.

And you don't tell me what to do.

That's not the independence that I'm referring to.

The freedom that we are looking for is the freedom of being,

Not of doing.

Find freedom as the essence of your own self.

And translate that into your doing.

Into your decision making process.

Of what to do and what not to do.

Do you see the difference?

You can be completely committed to one person.

And completely independent at the same time.

It's good.

These two work on two different levels.

When you are an expression of unconditional love.

You just provide to the present moment whatever is required.

And how do you know what is required at any given time?

When you choose from all the possible options on the table.

The one option that you would have chosen if you would be free of fear.

Do you get it?

Whatever you choose to do or not to do is an expression of love.

Not fear.

Not a sense of lack or need.

Yes?

And then you are available to provide to the present moment whatever is required.

Don't look for independence in the doing.

That's not what we're here to do.

I'm confused about what being independent in a relationship means.

It means that you are not dependent anymore.

That's what it means.

I need you.

Without you I'm lost.

You are the source of my happiness.

You are the source of my sense of security.

Stability.

You are the source of love that I don't have.

And without you I'm lost.

So that's being dependent.

That's dependent,

Of course,

Because you are my fountain.

Without you I'm dry.

So what does April mean by being too independent in a relationship?

Guaranteed.

Without her explaining.

It's got everything to do with doing.

I will do whatever I want.

So not being enough of a partnership or a commitment?

Again,

This is not where we are looking for independence.

The independence is in the level of the being,

Not the level of the doing.

I'm not dependent on you to provide anything.

Any definition of self.

Yeah.

Even the definition of who am I?

Who am I?

I am the husband of.

I am the wife of.

I am the mother of.

I am the daughter of.

That's an illusion.

Even that will reveal itself to be an illusion.

We'll talk more about that in the second half of the meeting.

April says they found the right balance in my second marriage.

Balance between what and what?

April says overdoing for myself and not letting anyone help me.

I grew up in a single parent household.

Me,

Me.

It's all about me.

It's all thanks to me.

It's all because of me.

And I control it.

It's my responsibility.

I'm to hail and I'm to blame.

When I'm not governed by fear.

I don't need to keep controlling relationships.

How much I give,

How much I take.

I don't need to keep monitoring that so diligently.

You see,

What motivates me to keep control.

Keep being in control.

Keep being dominant.

Keep doing whatever I think is right.

Is the fear.

Fear.

That's it.

Fear of pain.

Fear of hurt.

Why?

Because I've been burnt before and I know how painful it is.

So now I'm making sure that my environment is within my control.

My relationship is within my control.

You see that?

But that's hiding.

There's no freedom there.

You're covering yourself with layers and layers of protection.

Against life.

Against the pain life inflicts.

Me versus life.

This is ego.

Our path is here to help us realize ego is an illusion.

When consciousness is awakened,

You realize there's nothing to protect against.

Life is not happening to you.

Or for you,

For that matter.

And nothing that life suggests can destroy what you are.

It can't even touch what you are.

We will refer to it today.

When we look at relationship from the higher perspective.

But just remind yourself,

Whatever life has to throw at you,

You are much bigger than that.

It might feel overwhelming,

But it's never beyond your means.

So what to do?

Let go.

Relax and let go.

Surrender.

Surrender to the present moment.

Don't bother trying to tame the horse.

Let it go in its own pace.

It knows the way home.

It doesn't need you.

You just enjoy the ride.

Do you see the difference?

Who else?

A while back.

Mark was saying about conscious relationships beyond sexual attraction to true compatibility.

Finding true compatibility.

And then Barbara said back to Mark's question,

You ask us at the beginning of each session.

You ask us at the beginning of each session.

Do you want to grow?

We want to grow and evolve.

So if this question of wanting to grow and evolve has to do with consciously being in relationship with others.

Again,

You are not dependent on that.

You can grow alone and you can grow in a relationship.

Because self-knowledge has got nothing to do with circumstances and events.

So in any situation you can grow.

You can know yourself.

If it's convenient and comfortable or if it's inconvenient and uncomfortable.

It doesn't matter.

Don't try to create a comfort zone where you feel protected enough in order for you to let go and surrender.

It doesn't work like that.

And there's no freedom there,

No?

Because you're always on guard protecting your comfort zone.

Somebody would come with a pin and blow your bubble.

It's just a matter of time.

Guaranteed.

Pop your bubble.

Pop your bubble.

So,

You know,

Don't hide from life.

That's my invitation.

Don't hide from life.

Don't cover yourself with shields,

Protecting shields.

There cannot be intimacy there.

If you're covered with protective shields,

There cannot be intimacy.

Yes,

Life is painful sometimes.

Embrace the pain.

Embrace it just as much as you embrace the pleasure.

It's a powerful statement.

What else?

I was thinking with my midwife brain the other day about watching somebody in labor and the pain of contractions and then simultaneously how pleasurable that can seem or feel when you think about what's coming.

That you gladly go through this pain with pleasure to have the outcome of the baby in your arms.

Yeah,

That's what they say.

Pleasure and pain are one and the same.

And you cannot have one without the other.

Sometimes one is the other.

Isn't it?

What else?

Kiara says,

I seem to be in constant lack of fear,

Greed.

Wait,

Sorry.

This is too far away.

I have to read on my phone.

Nope,

Back here.

I seem to be in constant lack,

Fear,

Greed,

And survival mode.

I can't see a way out of it and it's making me so unbelievably sad and depressed and anxious.

How do we get out of this cycle?

You can't.

You seem to be in constant lack,

Fear,

Greed,

And survival mode.

Right.

Yeah.

How to deal with that?

I mean,

The fact that you acknowledge it is a good step in the right direction.

You know,

Many people are driven by fear and sense of lack and not even being aware of it.

You are aware of it.

So it's a good step in the right direction.

Now what to do?

Gently,

Patiently,

And with a lot of compassion,

The work that we are doing here is helping to untie those knots.

And every knot that we untie reveals itself to be an illusion.

You know,

We live in a cage that we created.

A self-created cage in which we feel protected.

It's not a cage that is designed to keep us from escaping,

But to keep dangers away from us.

So we live in a cage and the bars of the cage are our fears.

Some people don't even believe that there is a door to that cage and it's even a possibility to get out of it.

Some people know there is a door but they don't have the nerves to try it.

Some people,

Fortunate enough or desperate enough,

Try to open the door and then they see that it wasn't locked.

And then they step out of the cage,

Those lucky ones.

They look back,

They know what they see?

They see that there was no cage.

The cage is not there.

It never existed.

It's an illusion.

A self-created illusion.

But you have to be outside to have that perspective.

That's the catch.

So all the drama that you described,

Survival,

Fear,

Greed,

What was that?

The whole list?

It's all.

.

.

It feels very real,

But it's all an illusion.

Based on lack of self-knowledge,

That's it.

So how to cure that?

You add self-knowledge.

You learn more and more about what you are.

And as you learn,

False identifications drop.

And you become more and more available to express your true nature,

Which is unconditional love.

That's it.

It's that simple.

And if it seems really far away from the perspective of where you are now,

Don't be discouraged.

You are on the right path.

Keep on.

Seva,

Satsang,

Sadhana,

Sadguru.

Keep those alive.

Keep coming relentlessly.

Make this the most important thing for you.

What is it?

I want to realize my true nature.

Unconditional love.

I want to realize that.

Not just as an idea,

But as a direct experience.

I want to know that in the biblical sense.

I want to be one with that.

That's the most important thing for me.

That's it.

I'm willing to commit suicide on that.

I'm willing to,

You know.

That's a direct translation from Hebrew.

It probably doesn't sound so good in English.

Willing to die on that hill.

Yeah,

I'm willing to die on that hill.

Thanks.

Many things don't sound so good as a direct translation from Hebrew.

Anyways.

We don't have much time.

Is there any more questions before we go back to Tulopa?

April is saying,

Unconditional love is uncommon.

We are indoctrinated to love conditionally.

True.

Don't be a victim to that reality.

We are conditioned.

But we can grow beyond that conditioning.

100%.

So.

Are you willing?

How much are you willing?

How much are you willing to let go in order to realize that?

Realize you as an expression of unconditional love.

How much are you willing to let go?

That's the question.

Kiara says,

Yes,

Feels so far away and don't know how.

One step at a time.

And you're in the right place.

The right place.

Keep on.

You know.

Seva,

Satsang,

Sadhana,

Sadguru.

Listen to that talk about the four pillars.

Okay.

Mahamudra.

Oh.

Is it time for Mahamudra now?

Yep.

My paste is not working now.

So a quick reminder.

We are following a song.

Sang by a teacher called Tilopa to his beloved disciple called Niropa.

Realizing that what he is experiencing is beyond words.

Beyond concepts and ideas.

Beyond his ability to explain.

So.

He cannot describe it other than sing about it.

So he's singing a song.

And this song we follow.

It's called the song of Mahamudra.

Maha is huge.

Great.

The biggest.

Mudra is position.

So the greatest position.

This song is there referring to the greatest position.

The one that we mentioned in the beginning of this session.

Where there is no two anymore.

There is no relationship because there are no two.

Discussing with each other.

There's only one.

Something weird is happening.

I posted it,

But it's not showing up.

Can you see the text?

Anyway,

No text.

Okay.

So Carly is going to read it slowly.

Just be with that.

And remember.

The song is not meant for the intellect.

It's meant for the heart.

So keep the heart open when you listen.

Okay.

The root problem.

The song continues.

If one sees not.

When staring into space.

If with the mind one then observes the mind.

One destroys distinctions and reaches Buddhahood.

The clouds that wander through the sky have no roots.

No home.

Nor do the distinctive thoughts floating through the mind.

Once the self-mind is seen.

Discrimination stops.

In space shapes and colors form.

But neither by black nor white is space tinged.

From the self-mind all things emerge.

The mind by virtues and by vices is not stained.

Let it echo internally.

So let's go back to the text.

And slowly cut it into pieces that we can swallow.

It starts with.

If one sees not.

When staring into the space.

If with the mind.

One then observes the mind.

One destroys distinction and reaches Buddhahood.

What does he mean by that?

If one sees not.

When staring into space.

We are so caught up with the realm of phenomena.

Our eyes always go to the object.

To the motion.

Like a predator.

We are praying for drama.

Do you know that many predators.

They only detect motion.

You know a mouse can be very still and the cat will not recognize the mouse.

He can just walk pass by him and would not know that it's there.

But if the mouse runs then the cat immediately recognizes the mouse.

And immediately focus on that.

Have you seen that?

Same way our mind is so obsessed with.

The motion of objects.

The realm of phenomena.

And it's always changing.

So the drama is endless.

There is always something to observe.

When you look at the sky.

Your eyes immediately go to the clouds.

And you find shapes in the clouds.

They move.

They are interesting.

The background is not interesting.

It's not changing.

So the eyes look at the clouds.

Immediately.

Automatically.

Isn't it?

But Tilopa says.

If with the mind one then observes.

No.

Tilopa says.

If one sees not.

If you can see the not.

Not the object.

But the lack of it.

The space between the objects.

When the skies becomes more attractive to you than the clouds.

You are not so compelled to attach your attention to the drama of changing events.

That's the meaning of not.

Isn't it beautiful?

If with the mind one then observes the mind.

That's just exactly what we did when we started this session.

Remember?

We found movement in all the levels of existence.

Physical,

Body,

And its surroundings.

And then the breath that moves in and out.

And then our mind,

Thoughts,

Emotions.

Everything is happening.

So much movement.

But then the invitation was to take that attention.

And break from the hypnotic attachment to changing events.

And now observe the mind itself.

The mind is now observing the mind.

The observer is observing the observer.

That invitation was generated by Tilopa.

When I constructed that guided meditation,

This is my inspiration.

The mind is observing the mind.

Instead of being so hooked up on circumstances.

The essence of meditation is the ability to break the hypnotic attachment to changing events.

And put your attention on the non-changing.

Once you are committed to that perspective.

You realize there is only one place you can find true peace.

And that is your own being.

Your own perspective.

Everything else is changing.

Because that is the nature of the realm of phenomena.

It is defined by the fact that it is changing all the time.

The only thing that is not changing,

Never changing,

Is consciousness itself.

That space within all change happens.

Then one destroys distinctions and reaches Buddhahood.

When we are pre-obsessed with objects.

The definition of this and that.

This versus that.

There cannot be Buddhahood.

Because there is always duality.

What is Buddhahood?

Buddhahood is a state of spontaneous recognition of oneness.

Within that perspective,

There are no two.

There are no distinctions.

There are no different objects relating to each other.

A state of Buddhahood is the realization of the nature of the universe.

Which is oneness,

Dancing.

Wholeness,

Dancing.

The clouds that wander through the sky have no roots,

No home.

No distinctive thought floating through the mind.

What a beautiful comparison.

Just like the clouds in the sky.

It is not rooted anywhere.

They just fly.

Same with thoughts and ideas and opinions and beliefs and positions.

They are not truly rooted anywhere.

It is just us stuck with one position versus the other.

Once the self-mind is seen,

Discrimination stops.

Discrimination between this object and that object.

This perspective versus that perspective.

True and false.

Right and wrong.

Good and bad.

Ideas.

Those distinctive drops.

And they lose their meaning.

They lose their grip.

Once you realize,

Because you made that switch,

And you focus on the nature of the observer itself,

You realize everything is included in it.

Nothing can be excluded.

Everything is already there.

Included.

Mahamudra.

What is the greatest position?

It's that position that doesn't exclude anymore anything.

This versus that.

Me versus the other.

No,

It's an illusion.

It doesn't really exist.

In space,

Shapes and colors form.

But neither by black nor white.

Is space tinged?

Yeah,

You can see all forms and shapes.

You can see phenomena appear and disappear.

Born and die.

All the colors of the rainbow,

All the shapes possible,

Are available for you to see and experience.

But the seer is not affected.

Therefore,

Cannot be intimidated by the object of observation.

Do you see that?

Just like the theater hall is never intimidated by the type of show currently running on stage.

It could be a comedy.

It could be a tragedy.

It could be a drama.

It could be a concert.

Whatever.

The theater hall.

Why is it important to the theater hall?

Same as consciousness.

When it reveals its own nature,

It's not intimidated by changing events anymore.

Clouds are not able to tint the skies.

They can only temporarily block the sunlight.

But when the clouds disappear,

The skies are there.

Same color.

There are no stains because of heavy clouds.

Do you see that?

Consciousness,

Whatever it's experiencing,

It's not intimidated by changing events because changing events cannot tint or tame consciousness.

They don't belong to the same realm.

Events start and finish.

That's how they are defined.

Consciousness was never born.

And consciousness will never die.

It's not personal at all.

The eternal cannot be intimidated by the temporary.

Ponder on this suggestion for a minute.

The immortal?

No.

The eternal cannot be intimidated by the temporary.

From the self-mind,

All things emerge.

The mind,

By virtue and by vices,

Is not stained.

Sorry for my bad spelling.

It's not stained.

Two suggestions in this last sentence of this chapter.

First,

From the self-mind,

Things emerge.

Everything that you see,

Everything that you encounter,

Everything that you are experiencing is a manifestation of consciousness.

There is no difference between energy,

Matter,

And consciousness.

Energy and matter are born out of consciousness.

That's giving a meaning to the sentence of you are the creator of your own reality.

If your consciousness is filled with fear and a sense of lack,

That's the reality that you generate.

If your consciousness is an expression of unconditional love,

That is the reality that you generate.

Of course,

You are not the only creator.

You are surrounded by 7 billion other creators.

Not to mention everything that is growing and living around you.

But yeah,

That's how you contribute to creation.

So it's your responsibility to reflect on that and see what kind of creator would you like to be.

So everything that you encounter was born in consciousness and is a manifestation of consciousness.

And then the realization that nothing is able to stain consciousness.

Everything that was born out of consciousness,

Reality as you meet it,

Cannot destroy consciousness.

It's contained within consciousness.

So you versus life is just an illusion of separation,

Of lack of self-knowing,

Self-knowledge.

Are you afraid of life?

It's a true expression of ignorance.

Wake up to realize that life cannot touch you.

Life cannot harm you.

Life cannot destroy you.

Life cannot stain you or tint you in any way.

Pure consciousness.

Unthreatened.

Is what you are.

Let's take a deep breath in.

And let go.

Remember,

The song of Tilopa is there for your heart,

Not your intellect.

Don't be too bothered about understanding everything.

Just ponder about that.

Is it possible that life is just an expression of my consciousness and cannot really inherit it?

When the answer to the question of who am I is pure consciousness.

Can I continue to be intimidated by life?

How does pure consciousness experience itself in the physical world?

Ask yourself.

Ponder about that.

Pure consciousness experiencing life.

The only self-identity remains for me is pure consciousness.

Now go and experience life.

How does it feel?

Questions?

Yair has joined us.

I've just finished 30 minutes of meditation.

This was amazing.

I was the complete opposite a year ago.

I never thought that I would ever meditate.

Just wanted to share.

Fantastic.

Thank you.

What do you recommend to do to develop consciousness of wealth?

Accept self-knowledge.

Know who you are.

And that question would lose its meaning.

You don't develop a consciousness of wealth.

You express it because you know who you are.

You see the difference?

Yeah.

So,

Dear people.

I would like to thank you very much for coming.

And sharing your path,

Sharing your questions,

Your doubts,

Your difficulties.

Relationships is the context of how we experience ourselves in life.

As long as we are still evolving.

So,

It's crucial that we have this opportunity to grow together in this context.

And keep reminding ourselves again and again that the complementary aspect of relationships is oneness.

Where relationship doesn't really exist anymore.

If everything is included,

There are no two anymore.

There's only one.

So,

This Saturday we're going to meet at 12 p.

M.

Mountain Time to continue discussing an open Q&A session.

And then next Thursday we're going to meet again at 7.

30 p.

M.

To continue our discussion.

Regarding relationship and we'll reflect on the third verse of the Mahamudra.

See you next week.

Bye-bye.