Gratitude at the David Hoffmeister ACIM Monastery

[Asad shaikh]

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 possibility to see shining types of the teachings of A Course in Miracles, and for the very 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 could be doing so for the incorrect reason; as an easy way to avoid 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 generally share was not yet clear at that time; only on the drive away did it coalesce.acim

 

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 your mind, won't you let it be?” This confused me as I possibly could not consider whatever I had said that I felt regret for.



Eventually, the phrase, “don't are interested troubling your mind” stood out. This reminded me that the absolute most prominent fear I had in coming to the Monastery was that I'd somehow interfere having its residents'peace of mind, simply by my presence alone. 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 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 as if the belief is being (has been?) released.



There are other items that happened that felt important, but I can't consider them right now.