The Perspective of a Healed and Happy Mind
San Rafael – Interview from James Twyman—The Perspective of a Healed and Happy Mind
An interview with David Hoffmeister on the experience of living the teachings of A Course in Miracles. Topics discussed include the nature of humility, spontaneity, having an empty mind, and following Spirit’s guidance. Enjoy this short gem of a talk that offers much insight into life, from the perspective of a healed and happy mind.
Gold Nugget:
“When I wake up in the morning, I often do not have a clue of what is coming in the day, and I feel like it is being moved through or done through, is the metaphor that I enjoy. Because when I was very still and was in the woods in my hermitage experience, I was in a surrendered state, and what came after that was being used for lots of traveling, speaking, counseling, writing—all kinds of things that I did not even imagine, could not think of. It just came very naturally. There was an involuntary nature to it, and I think that is the strongest thing that I feel now. It feels like everything is involuntary.
Oftentimes people like to divide the world up into what is voluntary, what is involuntary, what do I have a choice over, what do I not have a choice over, and it seems like the big merge is just starting to realize that everything is happening in an involuntary way. The miracles are involuntary and should not be under conscious control, (T-1.I.5:1-2) because that is when the ego is trying to get in there and thinks it knows something, then looks into the future and Ah, this is coming next.
It is like the everyday miracles, the ordinary miracles. Whoever we meet, wherever we are, it washes away this idea that there is something holy in the world. It is more like we are emanating the holiness with that humbleness. It is all-inclusive; there is no dividing or separating; the comparison has gone.”
Recorded at The Bridge to the Real World Retreat on March 13, 2015 in San Rafael, California
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