Gratitude at the David Hoffmeister ACIM Monastery

[Asad shaikh]

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



Section of me wanted to keep longer, but beneath that desire was thinking that I would be doing so for the wrong reason; as a means in order to avoid 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 talk about wasn't yet clear during those times; only on the drive away did it coalesce.



That morning, several lines from the Vance Joy song kept running through my head, “I never should have told you, never should have let you see inside. Don't want it troubling the mind, won't you let it be?” This confused me as I possibly could not think of 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 most prominent fear I'd in visiting the Monastery was that I would somehow interfere having its residents'reassurance, by just my presence alone. acim teacher This belief that I possibly could negatively affect other people's state of mind has been with me for several years, 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 his true 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.
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