Gratitude at the David Hoffmeister ACIM Monastery
I want to thank Jason, and everyone at the Monastery again for welcoming me with such openness. I'm still amazed that I was granted this possibility to see shining samples of the teachings of A Course in Miracles, and for the first time in an extended while, I do not feel alone.acim
Element of me wanted to keep longer, but beneath that desire was the thought that I would be doing so for the incorrect reason; as an easy way to prevent my problems. The stronger feeling was, and is, that my travels will continue.
Before I left, Jason asked if I'd had any insights. What I'm about to share was not yet clear in those days; only on the drive away achieved it coalesce.
That morning, several lines from the Vance Joy song kept running through my head, “I never must have told you, never must have enable you to see inside. Don't want it troubling your mind, won't you allow it be?” This confused me as I possibly could not consider something that I'd said that I felt regret for.
Eventually, the phrase, “don't want it troubling your mind
” stood out. This reminded me that the absolute most prominent fear I'd in visiting the Monastery was that I would somehow interfere using its residents'reassurance, by just my presence alone. This belief that I possibly could negatively affect other people's state of mind has been with me for many years, and has colored many of my past experiences and relationships.
This fear left my awareness right after I arrived. On the drive away it rose again, but I remembered David saying in one of is own videos that minds cannot attack. I cried and laughed, and now feel as if the belief has been (has been?) released.
You can find other items that happened that felt important, but I can't consider them right now.