Gratitude at the David Hoffmeister ACIM Monastery

[Asfand]

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 chance to see shining types of the teachings of A Course in Miracles, and for the very first time in an extended while, I don't feel alone.



Element of me wanted to keep longer, but beneath that desire was the idea 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 had had any insights. What I'm about to share wasn't yet clear in those days; only on the drive away made it happen coalesce.



That morning, several lines from a Vance Joy song kept running through my head, “I never should have told you, never should have enable you to see inside. Don't are interested troubling the mind, won't you allow it to be?” This confused me as I possibly could not consider anything that I had stated that I felt regret for.



Eventually, the phrase, “don't are interested troubling your mind” stood out. This reminded me that the most prominent fear I had in coming to the Monastery was that I'd somehow interfere with its residents'peace of mind, by just my presence alone. acim This belief that I possibly could negatively affect other people's state of mind has been with me for quite some time, 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 his videos that minds cannot attack. I cried and laughed, and now feel as if the belief is being (has been?) released.



You will find other things that happened that felt important, but I can't consider them right now.