A farmer,
evaluates...
the “kindness” of a tree
based on the kind of fruits that it produces.
A tree’s value,
is assessed according to the type of fruits it produces.
Similarly,
a man,
is evaluated,
is assessed,
-relative to his kindness-
depending on the kind of fruits that he will produce.
Based on how he is,
on how he lives,
and how he behaves
when he is among a group of people.
Man is a precious creature.
He is a precious creature,
with great potential,
but he is not aware of that.
Usually, a human being lives unconsciously.
He walks,
unconsciously.
He talks,
unconsciously,
he simply talks,
he thinks unconsciously,
he acts unconsciously,
as if he’s asleep.
So, there is a difference between a creature
that is conscious,
and a creature that although alive,
but in essence, is asleep.
The value of a tree is evaluated,
-it’s “kindness”-,
upon the type of fruits that it will produce.
And a man is evaluated,
-his "value"-,
his kindness,
depending on the kind of fruits he produces.
Α human being is of great importance
as he keeps the energy of God within him.
So, today,
in order to help you,
we’ll say a few things,
which will help you,
be more conscious.
One of the things that we’ll say
-it may sound strange to you –
Is to play a role.
How does an actor play a role on stage?
You are asked to play this role,
as if there is an audience in your life.
As if you are not alone.
That something,
all of the times,
the moments when you are alone,
when you have company,
when you are sleeping
that you are not really alone,
but someone is watching you.
Even so, this is happening anyway.
It’s not that someone is watching and spying on you.
It is that what you are, is visible to the Existence.
What you are,
what you’re offering to Earth
holds great potential.
So, your potential is not judged just when
you are closing your eyes and meditate,
but this potential and
this thorough gazing of consciousness
should be able to continue all day long.
So, let’s play this role.
So, play this role,
not as if you are having an audience,
but as if you are a teacher.
As if you are teaching by the way you are.
As if with your presence,
you are called to teach something to the people.
Science fiction!
Give me some time to work it on.
Give me some time to work it on.
You were not expecting it, it’s quite sudden.
What you are,
-let’s do it this way-
what you are
through what you are living every day,
I wonder what are you teaching to other people?
Are you teaching kindness?
Are you teaching patience?
Are you teaching meekness?
Are you teaching peace?
Are you teaching forgiveness?
It’s not necessary for someone to teach by words,
because words are useless and they vanish.
They don't matter at all.
But if a creature is,
all these I described previously,
even if he is not expressing himself,
he does teach them.
This is his presence.
These are his "fruits".
Think that your presence on Earth
is for you to teach nice things.
A (spiritual) Teacher is not the one that teaches.
A Teacher is one who lives within his kindness.
Within God’s qualities.
So, if your potential is
that of teaching to yourself,
I wonder how are you when you’re alone?
How are you, while being with yourself?
What’s the potential that you’ve acquired,
throughout the years,
to easily reverse a situation and
move to a point within you,
whereby you are saved.
You have to teach that to yourself.
You are a teacher.
You are here,
and since your presence,
your energy,
could as well be the energy
such as this of a gift to Earth
and not such of a burden,
a gift to Earth.
Let your presence be a gift to Earth.
Your presence, what you are, let it be a gift.
Let it be a gift.
For you, when you are alone,
when you close your eyes,
when you get through difficult situations,
while you grow up within God’s path.
Something is watching you.
Something is watching you constantly.
Something is aware of your existence on Earth.
So, consciousness
is about being awakened at all times
and as much as possible.
To be awaken.
I wonder, what have you taught yourself this week?
What have you been taught?
If you were standing apart,
knowing that with your attitude,
and your being
you were teaching,
you were passing on your teaching on Earth
I wonder, what have you taught?
What have you taught the people in your life,
up to now?
What have you taught to your family?
What are your prints on Earth?
What is your presence?
What are your fruits?
So, what we are saying today is
somehow mental,
it is a hypothetical situation,
but it is an open door,
so that you can get into the game
of recognizing yourself.
To get into the game where all the times,
every hour,
something is watching who you are.
Something…
is craving within me,
so as that I can become capable
of producing these beautiful fruits of God
here on Earth.
So, this week what did you teach people?
Fear?
No, no not good!
What did you teach people this week?
Panic?
Did you teach people sorrow?
What did you experience this week?
So, the state of being conscious while you talk,
while you sleep,
while you eat…
Some people,
especially to their relatives...
they are not very conscious.
Ok, when they leave home,
they try to be conscious,
but when they are at home,
you understand…
in such a situation a man may not be
-as we are saying-
in his center.
He might be rude,
without compassion,
without kindness,
lacking patience,
and there at your
intimate environment,
people do relax
and they are kind of on and off.
And you are on stage,
and you are part of God’s play
and you are the lead actor.
And the lead actor should always be conscious.
He must accomplish a work.
He should mature and
give off the sweet smell of those beautiful fruits,
of God’s gifts.
So, every person is offering his services on Earth.
Every person offers on Earth what he is,
and that never ever stops.
It’s a relentless day and night procedure
that never stops.
So, to be awake...
constantly,
to be constantly awake...
is the next step.
It is...
the succeeding one.
There is the time where you close your eyes,
and there is the time where you open your eyes,
and you move among people.
Today as I was walking,
I watched a taxi driver
as he was exchanging insults with another man
and everything on him
his posture, his voice
the words,
and I was thinking...
-I cannot express it-
Nevertheless, a human being can be beautiful,
can be conscious.
Even in hard times,
to be able to turn within himself.
So, he should have this desire
not to 'polute' other people.
To stay with himself until he is straightened,
untill he finds the kindness within him.
A creature that turns within him,
-to God-
God who dwells within him,
and to produce these beautiful fruits.
So, we’ve mentioned earlier this stupid example
about you pretending to be an actor.
-don’t do it-
Nonetheless, you are an actor.
Or pretend you are a Teacher.
All right.
It would be a good thing not trying
being a teacher to others through words.
It would be a good thing
to produce the "fruits" of God
within you, even if you never talk.
This is the perfect teaching.
This is the first door.
The second door is…
-this is the one that will help you-
Whatever takes place outside yourself
no matter the situation externally of you,
whatever you’re facing,
regardless of how the other people around you are,
you should remember that...
it doesn’t concern you.
You should remember that...
no matter how difficult it is,
your job is not to let go of yourself
be sucked into the situation, or the person.
This is a reminder to be conscious.
It is a reminder of not letting yourself lost
to events taking place in the external surrounding.
To keep yourself focused,
and strong
within God’s embrace.
Turn back within you.
What do people in your daily encounter
usually come to teach you?
Those who are not in their right place?
They have to teach you one thing.
Usually,
usually,
many times,
that you shouldn’t become like them!
As far as this.
As far as this.
Don’t let all this drag you away,
Don’t let all this harm you,
to make you sad,
to make you feel weak within you.
In other words,
don’t identify with it.
No matter what happens,
turn back within yourself to cleanse it,
and don’t pay particular attention
to events (occurring) outside yourself.
Focus within yourself.
That’s what 'being conscious' means.
And the third one…
The third one is in this book,
‘The seven keys of Grace’
“Constantly ask for your heart’s purification
and for your Mind’s revitalization
through the Holy Spirit."
Very important.
Constantly ask for your heart’s purification
and for your Mind’s revitalization
through the Holy Spirit.
Clear Mind, clear heart,
clear Mind, clear heart.
clear heart, clear Mind.
These form your headquarters.
These are the points you should be focusing on,
in order to find again yourself,
your peace, your clarity…
within you.
Heart,
-we’ve talked recently about the heart-
Observe your motives,
how pure they are.
Observe your emotions.
You should be crystal clear.
Disappointment doesn’t suit us.
Not At all.
Wrath doesn’t fit us.
Hate doesn’t fit us.
Criticism for others doesn’t fit us.
All these are a burden for the heart.
Fear,
Fear doesn’t fit us.
Attachment to others…
-that makes things difficult-
does not fit us.
So, the first thing is to look at
your heart’s clarity.
How clear it is.
And then comes the Mind.
Can you see how many parts there are?
How many parts there are within man?
How greatly his attention
should be focused within himself?
I wonder: "Does perfection exist"?
Will, there be a moment where a creature
won’t have to check upon his heart's and
upon his mind's clarity?
Will this ever be possible,
for any living human being on Earth?
Does this kind of perfection exist?
No, it doesn’t!
There can never be.
Even for someone who has reached the state of enlightenment,
there is always the necessity
that he checks on a daily basis
within his heart
and within his mind
about his absolute clarity
about his entire lack of ego,
his entire absence of ego
and moreover, to examine whether his actions
are in accordance with the Holy Spirit.
Whether his actions, his thoughts
are in agreement with God’s Will.
Perhaps you thought that things were different,
but I have to remind you
-we’ve said that before-
that Jesus,
every day,
for as long as he lived,
-during those few years that he lived anyway-
every day he was constantly soughing
this prayer within him:
‘For the others, my Father, for the others’
For the others.
So, where does consciousness reside?
Where does consciousness reside
relatively to this particular creature whose
one and only job was to help human beings?
And every day He was praying
so, as he wouldn’t be deceived.
Every day,
all the time,
Ηe wanted to be clear,
that in no way would he allow
something to spoil His clarity.
He wanted to be protected.
He was constantly saying:
‘For the others my Father’
‘Not for Me’
‘For the others’
We talk today about consciousness.
Be conscious as much as you can.
This is our subject.
Consciousness
is something
that you should try for
so long as you are alive on Earth.
Even enlightenment per se,
cannot protect you from the traps of ego.
Because there is a great distance from head to toe.
If for any reason there is a wrong impression,
one wrong recording,
a bit of dirt that might come from out there,
something might spoil the clarity of mind,
the sound actions that you have to take,
of how you should be while being alive on Earth.
This clarity of Mind and heart will determine
your next steps.
I am saying that for those who rush,
or for those who are impatient
or for those who think that:
‘But I am tired’
“Please let me fall asleep just over here."
"To lean back, to recline.”
Consciousness is actually the love for God.
Consciousness is actually the desire to smell fine,
just like God’s beautiful flower.
Consciousness is,
‘I’m not living here for myself,
but I live to offer my help to the people.’
Consciousness is,
‘that I keep my True form somewhere inside me,
and I am keen on finding it.’
I want to resemble my Creator.
I want to learn the ways…
I want, for as long as I live,
not to fall asleep on Earth.
As some say:
‘Let me fall asleep, I can’t hear anything else'
And Jesus every single day was praying
to His Father for protection .
Therefore, many times,
a creature may have been allowed
to get to this house of God…
You know that head is really high up
but when you have to go back down,
you may confuse things.
For this reason, man has to be conscious,
a Teacher has to be 100 percent conscious
of what s/he is saying
and of what s/he is teaching.
And you must be conscious
of how you live every day,
of how you converse with people,
of the kind of emotions you let pass through you.
I have noted something extra to tell you.
So, let’s shed light on a mistake that
has passed...
has passed down to people…
because of a Teacher’s failure, so as to speak,
maybe in the past,
maybe now, I don’t really know.
There is something that goes around
and is in fashion nowadays…
the opinion that it is not necessary
to practice meditation.
"It’s not needed for someone to meditate".
This opinion circulates widely.
Maybe you're not listening to it
because you have me….
It circulates widely.
"It’s not needed, it’s OK…"
Let’s talk a little bit about this.
Man,
while on Earth,
with this specific body of his,
and with his perpetual tendency to focus outside himself,
it is impossible to find the Truth
if he does not gather his whole attention within him.
If he doesn’t shut the external senses
and focus within him.
This has always been the way,
and it is the same one now,
during this period.
It hasn’t changed,
this is the right one,
and that’s what man has to listen to.
So, there are many meditation techniques
which are not techniques in a sense,
they are helpful to man.
It is a relief for man to dance, isn’t it?
But this is not meditation.
No one can reach the Truth by dancing.
No one can reach the Truth just by listening to music.
If that was the case then
all dancing clubs…
would have seen the True Light.
No, it is not like that.
Man has to turn himself within him,
to focus within him,
to honor God who resides within him,
and to lift up his energy
and what else
-as Jesus was saying? -
To place all his attention
100 percent,
with his whole heart
with his entire self
with his whole mind.
It is important that your thought…
in order to be conscious,
to sit down for meditation
and get yourself in the state of absolute silence.
Silence, silence, silence
no question, no question,
no question,
and slowly after,
whatever it is not positioned soundly,
starts to go away
and to slip away and distance from you.
That’s it…
within you
The Truth resides within you.
Your mind…
Your mind could be your adviser.
If you have the patience to turn back within you
and remain there,
your mind could become clear and unambiguous
and through your own mind
you could be capable of connecting
the upper part with the lower.
Be certain that whatever you say
is God’s desire...
and not yours.
It is God’s thought.
It is what God would like for the people
and not what you need.
So, all these have to be transparent
both heart and mind.
What else must we add on
so as to help to attain a pure Mind?
In what way can we have a pure Mind?
No substances.
Not at all, nothing.
In any form… ‘light’, ‘medium’, ‘natural’, unnatural’
No, finished, nothing.
And you’ll come to ask me:
‘But why?’
‘What about that Teacher…?’
‘That technique...?’
It is wrong!
It is wrong!
Wrong.
That Teacher made a mistake.
Completely wrong.
Just think rationally.
That you need to be 100 percent conscious,
100 percent cautious,
you have to give your full attention there
in order to cleanse your system.
So, you won’t have any fantasies
no fantasies at all,
in order for your system to be fully washed from ego
from those desires that you used to have,
from those tendencies that you used to have.
Therefore, you have to keep your system clear.
You have to keep your brain clear.
So, everything that’s being offered this period,
any so-called spiritual path,
this "never mind, who gives a damn"
It is wrong!
Therefore, the spiritual path is about
focusing within myself,
meditating within myself.
If there are any kind of other techniques,
they could as well be sort of ‘preparatory’
something to relax the system,
something like listening to the music
so as to start imagining and
to propel emotions and go high.
This is not spiritual path.
So, we will
go through it from the beginning…
I gave you a ‘facility’ at the beginning.
Think that...
someone is watching you,
constantly.
The one who is actually watching you is You!
Something inside you is watching you.
Something inside you is watching you…
Your Soul is watching you.
And sometimes, it wants more of you.
Many times, it desires more sensitivity,
greater kindness,
greater consciousness.
That’s the first thing.
The second one is to never be discouraged
from events occurring outside yourself.
Do not be discouraged,
from the other people around you.
Return within you.
The third one is:
Continuous inspection between heart and mind.
All answers reside within you,
all answers reside within you,
but for you to be there,
your heart and your Mind
should be completely free from fear.
If a man has fear,
then finds it difficult to quieten
and listen to himself.
He finds it difficult to reach his centered point.
The fourth one is
that there is no such thing as perfection,
in the sense that people are imagining it.
Therefore, you must accept it,
and carry on being conscious and beautiful
every day for the rest of your life.
Who is perfect?
God!
People are simply…
those who help…
people, the Teachers,
are...
those who serve Him.
Those who serve Him.
But this means nothing.
This means that until the end of their life,
they should check,
day and night,
if what they say to people,
if what the teach,
relate 100 % with God’s will.
One should speak and pass on things
that are not tinted with his personal self,
something that has frequently occurred in the past.
The way to check your heart and your mind,
is achieved through meditation.
Don’t move away,
don’t get off course,
losing the sense of moderation within you.
"And in what way will I remain pure
in the maximum possible level?"
No substances.
"Ok, but what about a drinkie?"
A little bit of wine, some beer.
Ok, but to a man’s measure.
If you lose yourself,
if you lose your consciousness…
then?
If you must be conscious...
You realize that
many times,
I am not referring just to you,
you know that.
Because there are other people
listening to us now,
and I have to talk about things
that you already familiar with.
Isn’t it so?
But for some others they are unprecedented.
For some people, these are new.
