Ideas the Ego Doesn’t Want Us to Know
Session 2/2 of the Quantum Love Retreat—Ideas the Ego Doesn’t Want Us to Know
God created us perfect! And to help us understand this fact, David Hoffmeister uses Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in this session. David also shares his experience from darkness to revelation. He also speaks about raising the dead to remind us that all is well in truth! This talk also explores addictions, abilities, and service. Enjoy!
Gold Nugget:
“Jesus tells us he cannot take our fear away because our mind is his mind, it’s as powerful as his mind. And he said those who are created perfect don’t need to be rescued. They need to be instructed and informed how they’re doing it to themselves so they can stop doing it to themselves. So he said, I can’t take your fear away, but if you listen to me, I will show you the conditions that you set up in your mind to make yourself fearful. This need not be. You can stop doing this. Your mind is so powerful. You are not at the mercy of the ego; the ego is at the mercy of your mind! If you decide not to believe in ego, it’s gone! It relies on your mind for the energy.
And you should not be afraid of the ego because I’ll tell you this: the ego is afraid of you! You are created as the Christ, and the ego is afraid if you remember how powerful you are, that the ego will cease to exist. Jesus said, in this one thing is correct, you are not to be afraid of the ego. The ego is afraid of you! The ego is afraid of the part of your mind in which the Holy Spirit resides. The ego doesn’t know the Holy Spirit, but it has this feeling that there is something above it and something more powerful than it, and it’s correct. But it can never know this light directly because the ego is the belief that there is no light, and it will disappear when you embrace the light.”
Recorded at the Quantum Love Weekend Retreat on February 9, 2020 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico (with Spanish translation)
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