True Healing | Accepting Correction, Collaboration, Duchesne Utah, Fear, Guidance, Judgment, Living in Community, Personality Self, Salvation, Series Strawberry Fields Festival 2024, Sickness, The Matrix, True and False Empathy, True Forgiveness
Relax, Step Back, and Unwind from the World – David Hoffmeister shares about the importance of placing the future in God’s hands, a concept that requires enormous trust. This trust is crucial as we have been conditioned to learn the past and plan the future. Trust is the foundation of a teacher of God and allows us to relax and feel divine ease. During this profound talk, David also gives an overview of the very first Strawberry Fields Festival in 2009. Jesus tells us to go from nightmares to waking with a transition between happy dreams and gentle waking. This process helps us feel softer and gentler, making the struggle and challenge easier. Enjoy this deep discussion with the participants that goes deep and yet fun.
Spiritual Practice | Anger, Beliefs and Concepts, Body Issues, Bringing Illusions to the Truth, Death, Divine Providence, Empty Your Mind, Expectations, Guidance, Guilt, Hayama Japan, Healing, Jesus, Living in Community, Miracle Worker, Miracles, Needs, Non-Judgment, Personality Self, Playfulness, Prayer, Purpose, Self-Concepts, Series Putting God First Japan Retreat, Sex and Sexuality, Signs and Symbols, Special Relationship, The Bible, True Forgiveness, True Joy, True Peace, Unified Perception
Opening to Deeper Prayer – David Hoffmeister begins this 4-day Japan retreat by exploring the concept of undoing the self-concept—a conditioned expectation that obstructs our understanding of the world. The ego arises from the mind’s pursuit of self-improvement, crafting illusory goals that keep the mind preoccupied and detached from its boundless nature. The ego’s game is endless, as it neither begins nor concludes. The purpose of our practice is to abandon the pursuit of temporal goals and relinquish the false identity—the mask of the ego. In doing so, we experience the mind’s all-encompassing nature, recognizing that the world, society, and everything once perceived as external are within the mind. As the mind reaches a state of rest, the external world reflects this peace, becoming more harmonious.
True Healing | Beliefs and Concepts, Cause and Effect, Contentment and Happiness, Death, Expectations, Guidance, Health, Identity Confusion, Intuition, Perception, Prayer, Purpose, Right Mind and Wrong Mind, Sickness, State of Mind, Time and Space, Tokyo Japan, True Forgiveness, True Helpfulness, True Joy, Trust
Going Beyond Sickness – David speaks about the need to release all false self-concepts and answers a set of questions in-depth about sickness and living an inspired life instead of one based on fear of consequences.
Spiritual Practice | Authenticity, Bringing Illusions to the Truth, Control, Distractions, Duchesne Utah, Feelings of Lack, Healing, Holy Instant, Intuition, Judgment, Living in Community, Miracles, Movie-Watching, Perception, Possession, Prayer, Presence, Reciprocity, Series Mystical Community Living Retreat, Signs and Symbols, State of Mind, Time and Space, True Forgiveness, Unified Perception, with Friends
It’s All About Intuitive Presence – In this session, David Hoffmeister discusses the spiritual journey, a lifelong journey of prayerful presence and deep connection. He talks about the importance of letting go of anything hidden and letting it move through, the importance of authenticity and accepting emotions rather than trying to hide them.
Spiritual Practice | Body Issues, Cologne Germany, Contentment and Happiness, Empty Your Mind, Guidance, Holy Instant, Intuition, Mystics and Saints, Non-Compromise, Non-Judgment, Personality Self, Playfulness, Prayer, Purpose, State of Mind, Stillness, True Forgiveness, True Joy, True Peace, Trust, Unwinding from the World, with Friends
Non-Compromise with the Christ – In this talk, David Hoffmeister discusses the importance of translation, using the example of Martin Luther translating the gospel from Latin to German, making it accessible to ordinary people. The purpose of translation is to share meaning despite the complexity of languages and cultures. The Holy Spirit’s interpretation is simple, innocent, lighthearted, and accepting, leading to true abundance and happiness.
