David Hoffmeister has been teaching the principals found in ACIM for many years. He has been uncompromising in his practice of what the Course teaches. Because of his uncompromising approach, he is now a living demonstration of the Awakened Mind. As “A Course in Miracles” states: “You will learn this Course completely or not at all.” This series of videos recorded at the Kalani retreat center in Hawaii helps one to understand some of the steps required to awaken to the clear and beautiful state that the Course describes as the Christ Mind. Enjoy!
Tag: State of Mind
Living with Purpose 5–10 mins, Ego, Holy Spirit, Non-Compromise, Non-Duality, Oneness, Questioning, State of Mind, Trust
An Uncompromising Path to God (Part 2)
David Hoffmeister has been teaching the principals found in ACIM for many years. He has been uncompromising in his practice of what the Course teaches. Because of his uncompromising approach, he is now a living demonstration of the Awakened Mind. As “A Course in Miracles” states: “You will learn this Course completely or not at all.” This series of videos recorded at the Kalani retreat center in Hawaii helps one to understand some of the steps required to awaken to the clear and beautiful state that the Course describes as the Christ Mind. Enjoy!
Living with Purpose 10–30 mins, Contentment and Happiness, Control, Demands, Gentleness, Hierarchy, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Kindness, Money and Finances, Rituals, State of Mind
Commercialization of Holiness
Kalani Retreat 2010. David goes into how the ego distorts the symbols of holiness.
Living with Purpose 10–30 mins, Certainty, Disorientation, Judgments, Mind Training, Mystical Experiences, Quantum Field, State of Mind
Mystical Experiences
Mystical euphoria is sometimes followed by a disorienting, even shattering, “re-entry.” With mind training practice a peaceful state is progressively maintained. Then experiences that were formerly experienced as fearful are given new meaning and experienced as fun.
Living with Purpose 5–10 mins, Comparison, Death, Ego, Knowing, Mind, Practical Steps, State of Mind, Theory vs Experience, True Forgiveness, True Joy
Experience and State of Mind
Spirituality has to be practical. We don’t really need another theology. We’re here to have an experience. A Course in Miracles says an experience will come to end your doubting. In heaven there are no concepts, but one concept that is still helpful while we are here is forgiveness. There is no thought of forgiveness in heaven; God does not forgive for he has never condemned. There must be condemnation first before forgiveness is necessary. The ego is a wish to be separate from God and forgiveness is a healing wish. Everything is mind. The question always comes down to, “What do you want?”
Guidance 5–10 mins, Guidance, Non-Judgment, Openness, Perception, State of Mind, Symbols, The Voice, Words
Forms of Spiritual Guidance
Guidance can come in the form of feelings, intuitions, words, streams of thought, signs and symbols in the world like billboards and bumper stickers, opening ACIM as an oracle, other books, music playing in restaurants or on the car radio, dreams, journalling, art, and more! Gradually you link into a glorious flow that draws you inward. Synchronicities show that it’s all just reflections of thought. Take the limits off. Pay attention and stay open.
Trust 5–10 mins, Family, Jesus, Perception, Present Moment, Script Is Written, State of Mind, Time and Space, Trust
One Responsibility – State of Mind
David Hoffmeister talks about the need to let the Holy Spirit undo the ego and its false “responsibilities” by developing trust in the Holy Spirit.
True Generosity
True generosity is the opposite of how it is perceived in the world and cannot be defined in material terms. A true teacher of God does not want anything that cannot be given away as everything that is given away is strengthened in himself.
Trust 5–10 mins, Atonement, Cause and Effect, Commitment, Creation and Extension, Guidance, Present Moment, State of Mind
Commitment and Awakening
As the ego mind has no idea of what commitment is, the Holy Spirit must introduce you to this idea. Hear David’s lucid account of the role commitment plays in the process of awakening to Spirit.
Stress and Worry 5–10 mins, Beliefs and Concepts, Body, Cause and Effect, Creation and Extension, Forgiven World, Jesus, Perception, Projection, Quantum Physics, State of Mind, Unwinding from the World
Everything Is Reversed through the One Ego
David Hoffmeister shares the wisdom of a state of mind some call Enlightenment. He speaks at a retreat in Mallorca, Spain and reveals that perception is the projection of an inward condition. The body and brain and world and feelings are all projections of thoughts, and everything begins and ends in consciousness. The mind is literally teaching itself and this teaching is of the mind and not the bodies. Everything that seems to be an external cause is only an unreal effect.