Happiness Is Having No Ambitions

Modern Mysticism | Ambition, Barcelona Spain, Christ-Identity, Comparison, Contentment and Happiness, Forgiven World, Holy Relationship, Prayer, Separation, Series Barcelona 2015, True Love, True Peace, Trust

Undoing all attachments comes from trust—not trust in persons or things, but trust in the higher Self and intuition. You will reach a state of mind with no ambitions. There is a Presence of Love that transcends differences and comparisons and judgments. Everything blends into one experience, like a happy, delicious milkshake.

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Gold Nugget:

“We want to come to a state of mind that sees beyond the veil of illusion, where we don’t need special holidays to celebrate because every moment is a celebration; where we become so identified with the Spirit that the emotions of up and down start to fade away in our life. And the one thing that this requires is trust. It requires trust because our past learning has never brought us into that state of mind. This is what I discovered: everything I learned as a child, everything I learned as a teenager, and everything I learned in ten years of university as an adult was all blocking me from living in the present moment.

Absolutely everything that I learned was blocking me from Love. And that is why Buddha said that you have to empty your mind. I have devoted the last 25 years to emptying my mind of everything. If I think I know anything at all about this world, it will be a block to my awareness of Love. If I have the slightest opinion about anything at all in this world, I cannot know who I am! Because our identity is not an opinion. We have to be willing to drop all of our opinions.

I have heard people tell me, ‘That is absolutely impossible!’ But that is not my experience. It is the only thing that is possible. When we are judging and full of opinions, we are trying to accomplish the impossible. And why is this impossible? Because we are trying to think apart or different from God. So, my life has become very, very simple. I have no ambitions. Zero ambition. I have zero motive to change this world. I am not trying to save the world. I am not trying to change people. I have learned to accept everything exactly as it is, and in that, I am filled with energy—just the energy of being. I no longer have to try to channel my energy in some way. It is like I have released my soul from pursuing the future. And I feel like I make no plans of myself.”

Recorded at the Barcelona Retreat on May 15, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain (with Spanish translation)

I Taught the World to Teach Me

I Taught the World to Teach Me – In this session, David Hoffmeister emphasizes the importance of loyalty to the Spirit, the inner teacher, over personal desires and external opinions. This loyalty stems from truth and a deep connection with the Holy Spirit, not the ego’s demands. David shares parables of taking full responsibility for our state of mind by recognizing that we taught the world to teach us. By keeping this empowering thought in mind, it’s possible to remember that we don’t need to wait for externals to choose to be happy.

Coming Together with the Purpose of Healing

Coming Together with the Purpose of Healing – David Hoffmeister explores the perceptual problem, which pertains to the belief that the subject and the object are different, that the observer is different from the observed, and that the personality-self is different from the world that surrounds it. When we see an issue in the world, it really is just a split in the mind. This belief can result in significant problems such as conflict, climate change, and hunger, all of which can be traced back to the division within the mind. “Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved,” (W-79) and “Let me recognize my problems have been solved.” W-80 By examining the projected world, we often fail to identify the core problem because it manifests in many forms. You may resolve a few problems today, only to encounter more tomorrow. Therefore, the key lies in our perspective, which stems from our interpretation.

Relax, Step Back, and Unwind from the World

Relax, Step Back, and Unwind from the World – David Hoffmeister shares about the importance of placing the future in God’s hands, a concept that requires enormous trust. This trust is crucial as we have been conditioned to learn the past and plan the future. Trust is the foundation of a teacher of God and allows us to relax and feel divine ease. During this profound talk, David also gives an overview of the very first Strawberry Fields Festival in 2009. Jesus tells us to go from nightmares to waking with a transition between happy dreams and gentle waking. This process helps us feel softer and gentler, making the struggle and challenge easier. Enjoy this deep discussion with the participants that goes deep and yet fun.

Opening to Deeper Prayer

Opening to Deeper Prayer – David Hoffmeister begins this 4-day Japan retreat by exploring the concept of undoing the self-concept—a conditioned expectation that obstructs our understanding of the world. The ego arises from the mind’s pursuit of self-improvement, crafting illusory goals that keep the mind preoccupied and detached from its boundless nature. The ego’s game is endless, as it neither begins nor concludes. The purpose of our practice is to abandon the pursuit of temporal goals and relinquish the false identity—the mask of the ego. In doing so, we experience the mind’s all-encompassing nature, recognizing that the world, society, and everything once perceived as external are within the mind. As the mind reaches a state of rest, the external world reflects this peace, becoming more harmonious.

A Path of Gentle Letting Go

A Path of Gentle Letting Go – In this session, David Hoffmeister speaks about Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, focusing on self-actualization as the top goal. This concept is based on the Greek belief that ‘know thyself’ is the ultimate goal of human development. The ego attempts to deny this through hypnotism, mesmerism and imagination, covering the truth with unreal images. Atonement, the correction, is the awareness that the separation never happened.

Teaching the Holy Instant

Teaching the Holy Instant – At the beginning of this talk, David Hoffmeister discusses the concept of choice and the duality of life. We seem to live in a world of duality, where one of the primary goals is to find a life partner. We can see even that is dualistic because even a successful life match involves two, while reality involves only one.