Bentinho Massaro - 'Free Awareness' - Interview by Renate McNay

[@Jessiethegirl23]

Wow. 13 years ago. He is so adorable and young! So wise and amazing where he is now!

[@AutumnleafMind]

Dayam! listening to teachers above my own knowing and inner trusting has been the greatest challenge.! What a relief to hear you say this! It took me longer. So clear and simple. My own simple being. No capitals needed.

[@AutumnleafMind]

This is one of the simplest clear direct pointers I have ever heard. Somehow it really hit the spot. Thanks!

[@alljo11]

thank u conscious tv for so many great shows and guides. Bentinho has been a great insight for me, i could connect with his words and teachings. thank you so much bentinto, without even knowing me you have taught me so much of my own self discovery path. I am forever grateful :)

[@sighwilly9473]

I identify with Bentinho's teaching/sharing and have also reached a similar place of being for a few yrs. I Am enjoying relating to his words, & looking forward to meeting him in person... I appreciate the light & energy he shared.. :)

[@arikayaeli]

Oh wow Bentinho is so gentle and young and sweet here. And as powerful a message as ever of course 😍

[@estrellacollective]

I would have liked to hear more if his personal journey after he left the teacher training and how he found the blakan

[@benjapeterson6333]

It seems like every spiritual teachers all have been thru yoga and meditations and then let go, even Buddha himself , had the same experience.

[@adambrunt2677]

Bentinho seems to have a solid back ground or education in communication. That's what really makes his message effective in this interview. Words can only point but the right words at the right time can change one's thinking permanently and that's what is fascinating about human communication.

[@Pfuetzenspringer]

Thats because he relaxes and let the words flow. Be like water my friend. :-)

[@astonesthrow]

When the student is ready, the teacher appears

[@starprice7389]

I love Bentinho Massaro He teaches with so much love and authenticity. His work on challenging limiting beliefs is awesome also. he is an amazing example of the new generations coming into the world today, they are coming to change the previous paradigms.

[@chromakey84]

the yoga vasishta really helped me remember my enlightenment which occurred at a very young age.

[@david203]

At one point Renate characterizes the "new teaching" (Direct Path Advaita) as "Just forget everything, just relax," and Bentinho seems to agree. But there is a big difference between relaxing into full Spacious Awareness and relaxing into ordinary dullness or egoic thinking. Taking the injunction to "relax" out of context is deadly, because living our "ordinary" life and taking hot baths to relax is not a way to end suffering. The whole message must be communicated, for it to be effective.

[@Soundvermont]

ok here I go again. Very good I always thought it should be this easy. Just completed a theta healing class and it seemed so complicated. All the going to the 7th plane stuff. I always believed God is within so why go anywhere? Loved this Robin

[@TerryLightfoot]

Om Gosh, thank you for this.. I know I'm late to this interview, but I was beginning to lean towards this concept just in the last few days and now boom: this guy who I'd been avoiding for no real reason(other than I wasn't ready to understand it yet?) lays it all out exactly, today, the day I decide to give him a chance, a day after having felt these things. Talk about confirmation. Thank you so much for doing this interview.

[@marlaadamson1633]

Same for me... 5yrs later

[@threeoms]

Clean! Powerful, real and so alive. You are my brother; my heart resonates with Jesus & Ramana Maharashi and now here is a beloved who came in their spirit thank you!

[@chymarsowell]

threeoms %1000

[@CFSLosAngeles]

To me, Bentinho's biggest strength is his ability to share "that which is already the case" in such a simple and direct way, that ANYONE can understand what he is pointing at. Furthermore, his love & caring for his fellow human beings as well as his unwavering confidence in Awareness sort of transfers to the listener. And when you throw in that infectious smile of his, honestly, what chance does a poor illusory ego have!? :) Much love, Michael Jeffreys

[@amarjit360]

🥰❤

[@ingmariroug8307]

I'm 57 and have been realising myself actively for the past 30 years and bentinio speaks laud to me. this realising is ageless.

[@justbreathe50]

I get what he's talking about. But usually if I have a problem, I do the worst case scenario (so there is a story to get me there), enter the emotion layer by layer till you feel one with the pain totally. Then the pain is released and there is bliss and it never comes back. He sounds like he has an easier way, but I don't know how to do it his way. Wish I found him sooner.

[@karelhoogendoorn]

Great interview Renate, thank you ❤ I'm currently following a series with Bentinho and two dutch guys about life, truth and everything associated with it. In dutch! I love listening to his clear pointings.

[@easternpick]

Unbelieveably fabulous!! Such a clear teacher. Much gratitute for posting this video!

[@alicepopkorn]

thank you Renate and Bentinho, what a wonderful co creation and clear message, Much Love Cornelia :)

[@krzysztofwarzybok2111]

Amazing interview. I love young Bentinho and his pure and child like transmission of the Boundless Awareness. Although I felt in moments Renate and her feminine heart was confused with the Ben`s perspective on the Truth. Still amazing realizations I have opened to, when watching it. Great love

[@jan-peterschuring88]

“Young” Bentinho is key. Not sure what happened to him later but here he speaks with great clarity and authenticity.

[@CMCA79]

bentinho your words have had a profound effect on me...what a relief! You are wonderful THANK YOU PRECIOUS!

[@OscarTjin]

Dude! Thank you for sharing this realization of existence! It feels already very pure only by watching and listening to this video. I will read your book and wish you well, with love and light...

[@Rorre65]

This guy is so great, thanks for sharing

[@MrDouglasmitchell]

Bentinho has such a naturalness about him. He is so open to life as it is without any grasping for a reference point outside of his own aliveness. He is a breath of fresh air!! He helped me realize how caught up in my own story I have been, all the while missing the natural joy of life in the moment. Like Bentinho describes in this interview, I too have lost that natural childlike joy in just being. I am now reclaiming it day by day, experience by experience. It is a wonderful process.

[@michele292]

Breathtakingly simple and true and gorgeous.

[@dabrupro]

@13:16 -- "So whenever I believe I have a problem, what's really going on is a kind of like a disrespect to my existential nature...to the miracle of being in life. If I worry about something I already acquire the arrogance to believe that I know better what I should experience than life itself and I totally disregard...I totally miss the opportunity that's here to recognize the very fact that I exist -- that existence is." 😂Brilliant!!!! 🔷

[@Uberlaser]

And Eckhart Tolle ripped off Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, perhaps? Does it really matter? The truth is the truth regardless of who is speaking it. Peace

[@EvelynEinhaeuser]

This is a really beautiful interview, thank you so much. ❤

[@TheSolsonia2003]

Excellent awareness Bentinho......Thank you!!! ...And thank you Renate for your sweet heavenliness...

[@Uberlaser]

The video has a some-what shaky start, but Bentinho comes alive around 12:30 'We are so focussued on forms. More fundamental to all these forms, is the very fact that we perceive. The very fact that we know we exist' Exactly! Gold Thank you

[@Simon0]

I love him!

[@iwnunn7999]

Not many 23 y/o's are this aware. I know that I wasn't at 23.........the ego was way too much with me then. I'm a fan and will follow his journey as I'm on mine.

[@iwnunn7999]

Perhaps you're right. I've lost interest in his journey.

[@iwnunn7999]

That's too bad. There was a glimmer of hope that the young people of today were discovering a path of enlightenment.

[@iwnunn7999]

Same to you friend. Much appreciated.

[@mikezooper]

He's gone off the rails now. He is building up a cult. He's either dangerously delusional or manipulative and after recognition, power and money. His early talks were good... he's a case of good guru gone bad. Watch this space. I hope he returns to a better place.

[@phoggee]

yes he has, very disappointing, I thought he was sincere. Watch his later videos and facebook, he is now aiming to be more like tony robbins, teaching abundance, etc. He is turning out to be a complete fraud.

[@mikezooper]

I just hope people realise in time. Sadly there are always vulnerable people who will follow these charlatans. He's a businessman and cult leader.

[@skatingandsuch]

he is you, and he is a reflection of you, so who has really gone off the rails? Does teaching abundance and being forward thinking make him "dangerously delusional"? I think not. You've probably never spoken to him or been to a retreat, so why do you feel the need to spread falsities about him? I've met him many times and he is one of the most loving, genuine, service-to-others oriented human I have ever met. Check yourself before you wreck yourself, cuz false judgements in your mind are bad for your health.

[@phoggee]

Nico Holloman. what nonsense

[@edzardpiltz6348]

Whatever your mind thinks and appears to need to judge about something or someone, Do not Fall into the trap believing in that. Then you will have lost yourself in the Maya of life. You will have gone uncouscious😉 But please don't get me wrong. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with hanging onto ones believes or judging others. By all means if you feel you have or you want to, please feel free to do so. All I am saying is that if you do so you probably won't be able to remain in the Realisation of your true nature. But even if you don't it is still completly ok. You will still be a perfect and beatifull expression of devinity but only not knowingly so😄 Love you all😘

[@zozon989]

Beautiful.

[@Fnelrbnef]

Yeah, she is

[@cshortridge1]

Ageless Timeless Brilliant Perfection.

[@joanneshepard5449]

grant yourself confidence💋💯💙💛💙

[@YonKat24]

Thanks you Renate and Bentinho, very nice :)

[@daniomri4058]

love you, your simplicity, authenticity, amazing

[@aymericchabert6155]

I exist !

[@lukesanthony]

what book are they talking about !!?

[@Cookieblood1]

Remember the king janaka that ashtavakra was teaching learned enlightenment instantly? Same thing that bentinho talks that anyone can do it no matter how old or enmeshed they are 30:00-35:00 in the video

[@McLKeith]

Bentinho is more of an Anthony Robbins type than a spiritual teacher. Massaro’s book is called “Super Accelerated Learning: How to Manifest an Epic Life.”

[@SkylinYo]

Beautiful! You two are both so cute in this!! Lol Love it! Thank you! Yes it seems like such a foren thing to do, but I found that when I stopped fighting or resisting something I didnt like about myself or a past hurt/fear/whatever, I basically accepted it and embraced it, and through that I could heal that part of me much easier. That is what made me who I am today! I found all teachings are tools. And I Loove Bentinho!

[@chaddenver5111]

To me "Age" has nothing to do with awareness....I would say "choice" seems to have more implication. What I have loved about any assumed turmoil in the world is that awareness is broadening...more people are becoming in alignment with the mass immagration into fully self-realizing as not"before". I too have noted his "age" but at 72 find him only to mirror many of my practices and beliefs. But I too realize that playing in possibility a new is the delight of the experience what ever focus reality of which one is most aware. So aligning to what ever extent is jus a choice. The I AM percieved is all I need..other than you (with out which how would I identify?)

[@cristellewhite5351]

chad denver ... thank you for those last lines. They delivered a lot of clarity for me. My gratitude to you.

[@zebadri]

Thank you so much! Just perfect!

[@david203]

Good points, thanks. Rupert Spira and Mooji both have excellent videos on KZbin that describe how to relax into awareness for those who see this as mysterious or difficult. Some searching by interested readers will greatly repay the effort. One may need to listen to a few different Advaita teachers before one finds harmony and resonance in the message.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Kid,I should wait for life, to share it's 'surprises', Just when one feels all is how it should be. the adventure begins.

[@steveverhaeghe7698]

Brilliant.

[@AnimatoStrings]

@David Spector You can't really relax into egoic thinking as egoic thinking is always stressful to some extent as it is mixed with fear. That type of shallow relaxation is indeed shallow, and it won't reveal life in its fullness. The relaxation as indicated in this interview requires alertness, not dullness - but it also takes the pressure of the egoic mind that it 'should be alert'.

[@phaila]

I love this, and everyone connected to it :)

[@evangelinaogren]

I love you Renata as you are! A beautiful human being full of Life as it is!

[@hypnosysgeneve4615]

@cavemeister7262..." The only thing ones can understand from your comments is frustration and non understanding. Just Surrender and give up and you will find out. Why to try to dirty the comments when a 23 yo talks so nice ? Your words "life will put you on your knees" show that you live in the beliefs, still. Just find Peace in yourself and watch dual videos if you don't agree to this one. Because all here is about sharing happiness and Joy.Love and Peace to you

[@MrNakhann]

What are you talking about ? =) Renata is in her egoic dream a lot, even if she believes in what she does and even if she is nice. She would like everyone to be wonderfully happy, you can tell in her eyes. It's somehow difficult to have a young fellow telling you that everything is fine.She probably spent her life searching for answers ;) That's all

[@elpetr2738]

thank you :)

[@CactusLand]

Finally, a spiritual teacher whole seems authentically happy and joyous. I love this guy!

[@cavemeister7262]

Nondual teaching/experience is a good beginning. But a human being has to embody their life fully. I've been around teachers for 30 years--life will bring you to your knees--especially if you think you're non dual:)

[@GG74K]

I'm a bit perplexed at how Renate has interviewed all these people over the years, some like Rupert Spira with such clear direct pointers and she still doesn't even seem to grasp it on a intellectual level. I think she has a hard time with the fact that once this is seen there really isn't this great desire in the people to go out and fix the world, that the world doesn't need fixing. I hear a lot of .."Ya But" in her interviews...doesn't seem to like the idea that suffering is just what is.

[@Gyandeva-57]

Bentinho, That was very nice. Thank You as always. You are a river of full potential! " I Exist"

[@AnimatoStrings]

@CAVEMEISTER7262 Your understanding of non-duality seems to overlook the awareness in which your understanding arises.

[@ebutnoekim]

gradually we're starting to cut through the forest of ideas/teachings mikeg

[@princesshumbletor]

there is many ways to reach that experiential understanding of truth.and even though the ultimate insight is, that you are the guru. making such a statement like * we dont really need teachings* is dangerous. Just because once you have realized truth, it seems simple, it doesn't make it less complex. Otherwise everybody would get it, as soon as they are told! It is mostly not the case! Teachings and practice are necessary as long as we need them! beautiful smile. young? Time?

[@lejazzetmoi]

maybe the fact that someone wants to knock bentihno of his pedestal is because the interviewer is emphasizing his young age and special abilities. when she would know that freedom has no age and is nothing special, she wouldn't speculate so much.

[@carinamagdalena4961]

In this Interview he sounds so nice. But now he has turned to a narcissistic cultleader. It is really difficult to find an autentic master with a good heart.

[@jan-peterschuring88]

Yup I think he ended up with a monstrous spiritual vanity Ego. Young Bentinho is quite powerful and authentic but I feel the difference when I watch the newer version of himself.

[@QuantumTraining3321]

Wow!

[@TheObserver2012]

Heres a thought....there is no thinker of the thoughts....we are the thoughts aware of itself.....thanks for this upload, it's got me thinking...

[@SAMTHINKS2]

Telekinesis would actually be the most valuable ability on the planet. There must be a million useful applications. The lives you could save working alongside surgeons or research scientists. He brushed off an incredible gift as a useless trick.

[@ThePinkrose14]

HI VERY PROFOUND what he's saying.....I think that the ultimate person and feelings to trust is what you yourself feel to be at all times....trust only yourself...nobody else is you!!!!

[@chaddenver5111]

Perfection is a moment because being is a process...so You are perfect because you are a reflection of the focus collective in one manner or another.

[@cavemeister7262]

Does anyone here smell something fishy? Nonduality is a reality--but its a perch--a nondual perch. Like many nondual teachers, he refuses to embody--to get dirty, to get real and go beyond nonduality and become human. I don't see the heartache--why? Because that would mean embodiment. She tries to catch him, can you see that? But he wont let go of his formlessness, which is a pity.

[@hiphopyngve]

cavemeister7262 heartache is a kind of disembodyment tho

[@Soundvermont]

Trying to post a comment but it wont let me!

[@dianaroo12]

Thank you Bentinho!

[@AnarchistDictator]

Isn't this just a repackaging of mindfulness? Ancient Buddhist concept

[@rejeanoe]

totally living this bentinho!

[@nn47777]

WooooooW

[@MrSA1829]

I really like this guy

[@jesuisravi]

I look on him as a sort of Mozart of Advaita--the best is yet to come.

[@cavemeister7262]

That's old school nondual. Old nondual is only half the way there. The new "neo-nondual" or full humanhood way sees no distinction between true nature and "body/mindhood" --"superficial body existence" is every bit as important as nondual awareness. Be careful of nondual teachings that have "nondual perches"--its just another perspective even if it is is nondual. It's not full humanhood which is the highest teaching.

[@horler100]

enjoy emotion hes talking about awareness and awakening being then says enjoy emotion which emotion is he enjoying ..the purpose of being with emotion in the way he describes is to minimize emotion ,so it becomes the lesser part of you ,,thier is no emotion in life and life is not awareness ,in the body life is sensational not emotion !

[@Cosimocarbini]

😊

[@DanielShai]

Bentinho, so much resonance!

[@lilacwine1971]

wow ,you did ?

[@humnhumnhumn]

You should know that the most effective guru is not your friend.

[@leannecampbell4551]

He explains New Age 'Spirituality' so expertly; just more order following false Dogma

[@EMAGA]

Not awake.

[@EvenStarLoveAnanda]

Not awake sees not awake, awake sees awake.

[@thomasbarchen]

Cult!

[@sowti2000]

at least he says something usefull

[@toroza1]

I see the ghost of brent wilkins standing behind him

[@ichhabedich1]

sehr schöne sprech hier

[@reposession2]

Doubt the doubt :-)

[@mementomori5374]

Brothers sisters i have a beautifull method i would love to share when i totally wanna stop i say mentally everything around me in me everything including me is utter nonsense bullshit lol 😝😂 its SOOOOOOO relaxing amazing way to life or i say everything including me is wonderfull thats very relaxing to but not i am only wonderfull EVERYTHING also your thoughts emotions ego whatever

[@kopilit]

Jobs teach one nothing about life apart from how to submit to others agendas.

[@ziikzaaak]

look at her face at 26:08 - touchdown :-D

[@susancanonigo3108]

Hindi ako nagka Mali ikaw yon 2014 pa ganyan kapa ka bata Hindi ka tumitingin sa akin page uuwi na ako galing sa bahay ng pinapasukan ko magkasalubong tayo sa daan ako lang na tingin sayo yuyuko kalang or iiwas ka ng tingin sa akin babe ikaw talaga yon

[@rosa-boom-nonduality]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️⚪🎈

[@benaberry]

James Randy has a million dollars for you.

[@ShaolinHero1]

Nonsense

[@made4mystery930]

He and Jeff Foster are the "wannabe enlightened". I never bought their schtick, they seemed to me to be very insincere. Glad to see others are seeing this too now. They say nothing that isn't said better, clearly, and more authentically by the likes of Rupert Spira, Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Greg Goode, Ramesh Balsekar...

[@humnhumnhumn]

I am you

[@thomasbarchen]

Red flags all over the place with this guy.

[@arthurnomad]

sexy

[@marsbeads]

This guy turned out to be an abusive cult leader.