Gratitude at the David Hoffmeister ACIM Monastery

[Asad shaikh]

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 opportunity to see shining types of the teachings of A Course in Miracles, and for initially in an extended while, I do not feel alone.



Element of me wanted to stay longer, but beneath that desire was the idea that I would be this for the wrong reason; as a means 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 was not yet clear in those days; only on the drive away did it coalesce.



That morning, several lines from a Vance Joy song kept running through my head, “I never should have told you, never should have allow you to see inside. Don't want it troubling the mind, won't you allow it to be?” This confused me as I really could not think of whatever I had said that I felt regret for.



Eventually, the phrase, “don't want it troubling your mind” stood out. This reminded me that the most prominent fear I had in visiting the Monastery was that I would somehow interfere with its residents'reassurance, by just my presence alone. acim teacher This belief that I really could negatively affect other people's state of mind has been with me for quite some time, and has colored a lot of my past experiences and relationships.

 

This fear left my awareness soon 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 issues that happened that felt important, but I can't think of them right now.