Gratitude at the David Hoffmeister ACIM Monastery

[Asfand]

I wish 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 samples of the teachings of A Course in Miracles, and for the first time in a lengthy while, I do not feel alone.



Element of me wanted to remain longer, but beneath that desire was thinking that I would be doing so for the wrong reason; as a 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 talk about wasn't yet clear at that time; 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 allow you to see inside. Don't are interested troubling the mind, won't you allow it to be?” This confused me as I really could not consider anything that I had said that I felt regret for.



Eventually, the phrase, “don't are interested troubling your mind” stood out. This reminded me that probably the most prominent fear I had in coming to the Monastery was that I would somehow interfere with its residents'reassurance, by simply my presence alone. acim teacher This belief that I really could negatively affect other people's state of mind has been with me for many years, and has colored lots of my past experiences and relationships.

 

This fear left my awareness immediately 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 like 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.