154. Cesar Teruel

At the age of 4 or 5 I was already feeling puzzled and confused by human behavior. At the age of 11, due to the discovery of the identity of my real mother, I lost respect and credibility for human culture and there arose in me an urge to understand the unreasonable behavior of humans. The search for truth started in the streets and I went through multiple phases: drugs, alcohol, religion, shamanism, spiritism, politics, revolution and spirituality. I didn’t find anything there but brief moments of tranquility - nothing permanent and tangible that could be called THE TRUTH - so I decided to find the truth for my self by my self. But I couldn’t, so I surrendered. And there and then I realized there is nothing to understand. In an instant, the clarity of this truth was there in such an obvious way and interpreted intellectually in this way: the one that perceives, the act of perceiving and what is perceived are one and the same. Separation simply does not exist. There is nothing to understand or to attain. There is only the totality. Life is an indivisible unit. Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 12/22/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background of Cesar Teruel 00:03:58 - The Cracking of the Ego Structure 00:07:09 - The Nature of Maturity and Permanent Realization 00:11:17 - The Illusion of Being the Doer 00:15:14 - Tranquility amidst Visa Problems 00:18:45 - Unity and Non-Physical Perception 00:21:50 - Dissolving the Identity 00:25:54 - The Process of Dissolution and Awakening 00:28:38 - A Very Interesting Discussion 00:32:09 - The Importance of Perception in Society 00:37:43 - The Importance of Affection and Connection 00:41:58 - Dissolving the Sense of Separation 00:45:37 - The Consequences of Behavior 00:50:03 - The Meaning of Not Knowing 00:54:07 - The Contracting and Expanding Universe 00:57:39 - Understanding through Undivided Observation 01:02:10 - Stepping out of the Mud Puddle 01:06:13 - The Hidden Truth: The Challenges of Maintaining a Spiritual Persona 01:09:58 - The Fascinating Process of Self-Awareness 01:13:29 - Being a Target of Judgment and Criticism 01:17:27 - The Paradox of Knowing and Not Knowing 01:21:04 - The Indivisible Unit of Electricity 01:24:33 - The Freedom from Identification 01:27:32 - Debunking Myth of Mayan Human Sacrifices 01:30:43 - The Energy Movement within Us 01:34:00 - Finding Freedom from Repression and Control 01:37:07 - The Terrifying Authority 01:40:42 - The Internet as a Source of Information and Rubbish 01:44:38 - The process of refinement and clarity 01:47:41 - Concluding Remarks 01:51:20 - Introduction and Background Music