Gina Lake Quotes on Ego

"The ego is not actually a thing. It's nothing real. It is just a sense of separateness that manifests as fear and operates to protect the self in a primitive, animalistic way. Fear is the antithesis of love. So the ego is out for itself (I guess you could say it loves itself, but it isn't actually an "it") and the ego doesn't see its connection to the whole or to Oneness. It sees itself as odds with others, so it has difficulty loving."

"“Much of the commentary that goes through people’s minds is a chain of thoughts designed to get them to take action in directions that will yield greater power, control, safety, security, pleasure, recognition, and comfort, all things the ego esteems. There is nothing wrong with these things, but there is much more to life. The false self doesn’t know how to create a happy, loving life. The life it creates is lopsided and detached from what brings true meaning to life.” –From The Jesus Trilogy.

A belief is a thought, and a thought can only remain in existence if you give it attention. If you give a thought attention, you breathe life into it. Beliefs are thoughts that you have given so much attention to that you now firmly believe them. Without your attention, a thought cannot live for very long, and without your repeated attention, a thought cannot become a belief. You are very powerful! You animate and maintain the false self with your attention. You breathe life into the false self by giving your thoughts repeated attention. Without this attention, thoughts wither and beliefs fade away.” –From The Jesus Trilogy