True Healing | Anger, Attack Thoughts, Cause and Effect, Control, Dark and Intense Emotions, Family, Fear, Feelings of Lack, Guidance, Guilt, Holy Instant, Marriage, Money, Needs, Parenting, Personality Self, Projection, Roles, Rules for Decision, Self-Concepts, Series Mystical Community Living Retreat, Sex and Sexuality, Spiritual Journey, The Bible, Unwinding from the World, with Friends
I Taught the World to Teach Me – In this session, David Hoffmeister emphasizes the importance of loyalty to the Spirit, the inner teacher, over personal desires and external opinions. This loyalty stems from truth and a deep connection with the Holy Spirit, not the ego’s demands. David shares parables of taking full responsibility for our state of mind by recognizing that we taught the world to teach us. By keeping this empowering thought in mind, it’s possible to remember that we don’t need to wait for externals to choose to be happy.
Relationships | Attack Thoughts, Beliefs and Concepts, Christ-Identity, Communication, Dark and Intense Emotions, Family, Fear, Hayama Japan, Jesus, Listen and Follow, Living in Community, Movie-Watching, Needs, Perception, Prayer, Projection, Self-Concepts, Series Putting God First Japan Retreat, Special Relationship, with Friends
Coming Together with the Purpose of Healing – David Hoffmeister explores the perceptual problem, which pertains to the belief that the subject and the object are different, that the observer is different from the observed, and that the personality-self is different from the world that surrounds it. When we see an issue in the world, it really is just a split in the mind. This belief can result in significant problems such as conflict, climate change, and hunger, all of which can be traced back to the division within the mind. “Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved,” (W-79) and “Let me recognize my problems have been solved.” W-80 By examining the projected world, we often fail to identify the core problem because it manifests in many forms. You may resolve a few problems today, only to encounter more tomorrow. Therefore, the key lies in our perspective, which stems from our interpretation.
True Healing | Atonement, Beliefs and Concepts, Bringing Illusions to the Truth, Cause and Effect, Christ-Identity, Communication, Contentment and Happiness, Control, Dark and Intense Emotions, Ego, Eternity, Family, Jesus, Living in Community, Malaga Spain, Memory, Miracles, Movie-Watching, Mystical Experiences, Needs, Practical Steps, Presence, Private Thoughts, Self-Honesty, Separation, State of Mind, Temptations, The Bible, Time and Space
A Path of Gentle Letting Go – In this session, David Hoffmeister speaks about Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, focusing on self-actualization as the top goal. This concept is based on the Greek belief that ‘know thyself’ is the ultimate goal of human development. The ego attempts to deny this through hypnotism, mesmerism and imagination, covering the truth with unreal images. Atonement, the correction, is the awareness that the separation never happened.
Modern Mysticism | Beliefs and Concepts, Christ-Identity, Cluelessness, Comparison, Eternity, Expectations, Family, Holy Relationship, Leap of Faith, Listen and Follow, Living in Community, Meaninglessness, Movie-Watching, Mystical Experiences, Perception, Personality Self, Presence, Purpose, San Antonio Tlayacapan Mexico, Spiritual Journey, Stillness, Time and Space, True Joy, Trust
What Is the Holy Spirit’s Curriculum of Joy? – In this session, David Hoffmeister discusses the importance of recognizing that what seems important and valuable in the world is part of a trick or deception to keep us from the present moment. The spiritual journey involves letting them go. In Lesson 133, Jesus teaches us to discern valuable from valueless, that if something will not last forever, it has no value. This helps us understand that gain and loss, winning and losing, success and failure are equally destructive thoughts when put on the timeline.
True Healing | Attack Thoughts, Christ-Identity, Divine Providence, Ego, Family, Guidance, Jesus, Miracle Worker, Mystics and Saints, Non-Compromise, Sao Paulo Brazil, Self-Awareness, Series Take Me Home Workshop Brazil, True Forgiveness, Trust, Victimhood, with Friends
How Do We Know If It’s Guidance? – David Hoffmeister and friends go late into the evening answering questions from participants, some brand new to A Course in Miracles. David begins this vibrant discussion by stating that his only focus and the only important thing is an actual experience of the truth. This passionate session gives courage and encouragement through a wide range of parables. Learn from the firsthand experiences of those who have faced the darkness and emerged into the light.
