As I studied ACIM, Jesus was having me focus on “pray, listen and follow.” He would tell me, “In place of your analytics, I will guide you and tell you exactly what to say, what to do, and where to go. I will handle all of time and space if you will give your mind to me. I will handle all the arrangements.”

This was mind-boggling to the ego! What

Something inside of us resonates with the question, “How can I let go of the past and be happy?” It is a feeling or an awareness that knows that there is something more than this world is showing us. There is something within us that is ready to burst and to shine.

Once we’ve had a glimmer of joy, there is a sense in us of Wow, I like that

Jesus was a man who reflected the Light of Christ. He reflected our actual being as the Christ, and the most a body can ever be, is a reflection of the mind.

When the mind becomes pure and unified, it recognizes Itself as the Mind of Christ. When that Divine Mind is reflected in a body, you have a reflection of that, but a reflection is not actuality. Christ is

When we go on this journey, we think that we need to learn and understand a lot, that we need to understand what mysticism is. Yet, when we go into this mystical direction, the purpose is to release everything that stands in the way of receiving inner guidance and following that.

Once we start to give ourselves over to this guidance, we start to see that we were wrong about

In the Bible, Jesus tells us to take no thought for tomorrow; that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. He emphasizes living in the present moment, in the eternal Now. He gives us the key to peace and eternal life. These are the Heralds of Eternity!

God is pure love, and God wants to reveal pure love in which everything is shared. “In the holy instant God is remembered,

In A Course in Miracles, Jesus tells us that miracles should be involuntary, and that they should not be under conscious control. (T-1.I.5) When we find ourselves being happy for no earthly reason, or we are in a flow, that is the miracle! You can yield into it, but you cannot control it.

All that we are asked to do, is to ask Jesus, “How would you

Somebody once wrote me, asking, “There are a lot of teachers and students of A Course in Miracles out there, but there must be something that you've hooked into, or caught onto? Something that triggered a transformation or a major healing. So, what was it?”

“Trust,” I said.

Think about your life as it seems to be in this world in terms of the story. How do we answer the

When we were growing up, nobody talked to us about allowing our emotions to come up. No one gave us permission to be truly open and vulnerable and give ourselves the allowance to be in touch with our feelings.

We were taught how to take care of ourselves, how to survive, how to be more successful, how to become the best, etc. while it is only through an allowance of

One of the biggest secrets we try to keep is a sense of autonomy and pride. The idea or feeling that you are important in some special way, that you are loved by a special person, that somebody is giving you special attention, these are some of the ego’s very subtle secrets. We are trying to hide our Divine Self and are playing all these different games, which seem to

Everything that seems to die in this world will live again in you when you recognize who you are. This is where life is! Life isn’t in bodies. Life can’t be snuffed out as easily as that. The ego made up the world of so-called organic and living things where there seem to be cycles of birth and death. It is all part of the fabric of the same dream.

Take a moment and inquire about this very important question: Where do I believe my safety lies?

This whole world—everything that we perceive through the five senses—is built on unconscious fear. How can this be? By the power of our mind. The mind simply can only see what it believes, which is why we need to release false beliefs. In the end, the spiritual journey becomes all about facing this

By not judging you are free. The less you judge anything in your life, the more it seems like you are just watching a movie or theater play (sometimes with lots of good acting going on!). Rather than being within thA course in miraclese movie as a character among other characters, you have the greater perspective of an observer. It’s only the ego that tries to separate out

How to Not Judge and Reach Divine Innocence

To Truly Know Is to not know Anything About the World. When you live in a state of non-judgment, you naturally live in a state of ultimate freedom and compassion because you accept everyone and everything regardless of what happens.

The I-don’t-know mind is the highest state of mind, higher than “yes” or “no.” This is essential. This state of mind doesn’t

What Is the Holy Spirit and How Can I Hear His Voice?

The Holy Spirit can be referred to as the still, small voice within the mind or the intuition that guides us. It’s like a presence that we can sense whenever we get still enough to tune in and listen inwardly.

You need the Holy Spirit’s help to see things as they are, to see clearly without projection,

I walk through the doorway within

I have found an answer so deep that it can bring truth and healing to everyone and to this whole world. I think we have been searching for it everywhere, except in the only place we could truly find it: within. I have come to find a present moment experience that extends all the way to eternity; a “now” that extends peacefully and is

Enjoy the following email written to David Hoffmeister about the concept of "guru" as it relates to the teachings of A Course in Miracles, with David's helpful reply below.

Question:
Dear David,

Is it helpful to have a guru in your life, especially when you have a dark night of the soul to go through? I have read that we all need some kind of help to undo all

Enjoy the following email written to David Hoffmeister about A Course in Miracles, the body, and holy relationship, along with his helpful reply below.

Question:
Dear David,

My sister was secretly anorexic, and she died at the age of 32 by starving herself to death. And in fact, my whole family has major issues around the body and weight. It's an area I avoid talking about, and so I'd really

Question:
Dear David,

I notice that Jesus says in the Bible: Love your enemy; resist not evil; turn the other cheek. And in the Course he says: "In my defenselessness my safety lies"; "if I defend myself, I am attacked.”

But aren't there exceptions to this? If someone tells me to stop publishing quotes from A Course In Miracles without permission, shouldn't I resist? After all, this work is from

Greetings Beloved One,

Following the Spirit within seems like a leap of faith because it leads in a direction that is completely unlike the world the 5 senses perceive. Trust, in this world, has previously been misplaced in persons, places, situations, and things and in the laws of lack (economics, physics, nutrition, friendships, families, and institutions).

Trusting the still Voice within must develop and become consistent, and miracles light the

Hello Dear One,

I love You forever Beloved Light Bearer. Here are some happy thoughts from the Mind we share in God:

Valentine's Day is a perfect opportunity to remember that the Heart comes first and always. It's an opportunity to acknowledge those we love (EveryOne) and to remind ourselves, as always, that Love is the Solution, the Answer, and the Way.

In the spirit of Valentine's Day we are

Greetings Beloved,

The belief in hierarchies of illusion, levels of reality, levels of teaching, etc. are all different forms of the one erroneous belief that there is an opposite to Love. Love is simple because it is true.

What is true is beyond question or doubt. Self-realization is the experience of releasing any Self doubt. For the Self of God knows no doubt.

What is true is clear and obvious

Question:

Dear David,
I have this fear of intimacy and attachment that hinders me from openly expressing my love and affection to others. When I am with my friends and family my heart is cold and I don’t feel any warm attachment or feeling toward others.

David Hoffmeister:

Beloved One,
Thanks for writing and opening up about what is troubling you. The fear of attachment of which you speak

Question:

I feel such a tension because now I'm more sensitive to the consequences of my choices, how the world is set up and how relationships are set up, and how sex is supposed to be.  Please help me to understand what is happening.

David Hoffmeister:

Beloved One,

Thanks for writing and sharing what is on your heart. The desire for sex (and other ego appetites) falls away,

Question: I realize that the body does not create, but I don't understand that "the mind can miscreate in the body.” Is this another way of saying that fearful thoughts create disease in the body?

David Hoffmeister ACIM: Beloved One,

Thanks for your questions. Yes, you are on the right track. It can be believed erroneously that the mind can miscreate in the body, and this is the attempt

Question: What is Enlightenment? Does one still experience physical pain as unpleasant? Does one experience pain or displeasure about ANYTHING? Also, do you think the Holy Spirit would EVER guide one to harm or take the life of another being (eg, meat eating?)

David Hoffmeister: Dear Beloved One,

Thanks for asking the questions that come to your mind, even if they seem "rather peculiar" to you. In Enlightenment all perceived

David Hoffmeister ACIM: There can be no more important trait in authentic Awakening than Integrity, for without Integrity peace of mind remains an affirmation instead of an actual experience. Integrity depends on consistency and purity of thought, and without alignment with the Holy Spirit, Integrity will seem out of reach and guilt will seem real in awareness.

It is possible to desire, believe, think, feel, perceive, and act with consistency

Question: Dear David,

You say "Pockets of guilt must be exposed and voluntarily given to the Holy Spirit, and as this occurs it becomes apparent that the guilt was never real." How do I bring guilt for something that never happened to light and give it to the Holy Spirit? How do I know that I have been successful at this?

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles: Hello Beloved

Question: Dear David,

How do I recognize what I can control and what I cannot control? and what does it mean that nothing is random and there are no accidents?

David Hoffmeister: Beloved One,

Awakening is simply the clear awareness that State of Mind (Peace, Happiness, Freedom, Joy) is true Self Responsibility and the belief (ego) that seemed to make the cosmos has had no effect on Reality (Truth of

Question: Dear David,

I would appreciate any guidance you could give me on the question of fear and control in relationship and the way out of Specialness?

David Hoffmeister: Dear Beloved One,

Thank you for writing and for sharing what is on your heart. I am so happy to hear from you. The more the ego is exposed and raised into awareness the less it is likely to be

Question: Dear David,

How do I deal with illusions? How do I manage body thoughts, therapies, and beliefs in nutrition? If the body is not real should I simply pay it no attention?

David Hoffmeister:

Hello Beloved One, Thanks for taking the time to describe what is going through your mind. The belief in many levels is the ego's basis, for the ego was a fragmenting belief which seemed

Question: Namaste David,

I want to lead the life of 'complete reliance on Holy Spirit.' I ask Holy Spirit for specific guidance but do not seem to get anything definite. Is it possible for you to ask Holy Spirit on my behalf and tell me what message if any you are getting for me? 

David Hoffmeister: Beloved One,

Thanks for writing.

I am glad to hear that you are in

Question; Dear David,

I really need some help and I wonder if you could guide me please. I am having difficulty in work dealing with a colleague who seems to be constantly engaged in lies and deception.

David Hoffmeister;  Hello Beloved One,

It may be helpful to think of lying and deception as synonymous with the ego thought system and then to remember that the goal is to look upon

Question: Dear David,

I have prayed deeply for a Holy Relationship, a Sacred Union with my new partner and I am open to any help or wisdom you can offer.

David Hoffmeister: Beloved One,

Thanks for writing and for being open. Our deepest desire is for Union. I join you in a prayer of trust that all things are working together for good. I offer you and your friend and

Question: Dear David,

Do you have to renounce this world completely (give it all away) in order to really know the peace of God?

David Hoffmeister, Living Miracles Community: Hello Beloved One,

Thanks for your expression of gratitude and your willingness to address what's on your mind. The short answer to your question is yes. Yet it is very important to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you step by

Question: Dear David

Someone new has entered my life and so much fear, doubt, and confusion has been flushed up. Can you please share some thoughts on letting go of fear of rejection and perceived upsets in the world?

David Hoffmeister: Hello Beloved One,

Thank you for your question. Relationships and Silence have a way of flushing into awareness what has been buried and pushed out of awareness. When emotions

What could harm the power and glory of God's Divine Love? A Love which knows no opposite has no opponent or ‘enemy.’ This is the meaning of True Strength. Having no enemy, the concept of ‘overpowering’ is meaningless to Love. For Love can only look on Love and see Its Perfection radiating Eternally.

The ego is the belief in vulnerability. It is the belief that something (anything) can be attacked

Question: Dear David, I am practicing trust in God, forgiveness and listening to Holy Spirit. I need guidance on the question of finding employment and taking care of worldly responsibilities.

David Hoffmeister: Greetings Beloved of God,

Thanks for sharing the prayer of our Heart. Our focus now is unlearning, and every seeming situation that comes will be an opportunity to trust in God and embrace the care the Holy

Question: Dear David,

Can you offer any clarity please on what the Course calls “level confusion” and on the “magical” use of medicines and supplements?

David Hoffmeister: Beloved One,

Thanks for writing. The saying goes: "Mind over matter." Illness and health are solely mental, and the belief in the physical, or the manifest, is the basis of all conflict, disease, stress, and upset. The mind is causative, yet the

Question: Dear David,

I am battling within myself because the ego is very strong. How do I go to the edge of my comfort zone and jump into God`s hands when I am so afraid?

David Hoffmeister ACIM: Blessings Beloved,

I am happy to hear from you. I am with you all the way in your commitment to applying the Course to your mind. Resistance is the ego's interpretation

Question: Dear David,

I am relatively new to A Course in Miracles but understand it to be saying that I should live in the moment and be guided in that moment to carry out the plans that I receive through listening to wisdom that is not my own. Does this work for business decisions too?

David Hoffmeister: Hello Beloved One,

Thank you for writing and sharing your thoughts which

Question:

Dear David, I was abused as a child and have difficulty with issues of trust, integrity, respect, and holding my own power. Can you help please?

David Hoffmeister ACIM:

Beloved of God,

Thanks for writing and sharing what is on your mind. Opening to Integrity and Self-honesty is the willingness to feel the Love within and let it shine without limits of any kind. The ego wants to discourage

~ Miracles are reflections of healed perception! What a wonderful world ~

Question: Dearest David,

I am new to ACIM. Since the ego created this world, and ego is based on fear and destruction, why am I seeing so much beauty and love everywhere? Is this the influence of the Holy Spirit?

David Hoffmeister: Greetings Beloved One,

It is a Joy to hear from you! Thank you for your willingness

Question: Dear David,

I allowed a friend to stay with me during a challenging time and now I feel that she is taking advantage of me and manipulating me into feeling guilty. I want to be helpful but I feel used. Can you help?

David Hoffmeister: Hello Beloved,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings. I appreciate your desire to be truly helpful and giving. In true giving,

Question: Dear David,

I have heard you say that "all struggle is the attempt to deny One's True Identity as Christ". I am struggling right now with judgments and fears around my husband’s addictions and I need help to see things clearly.

David Hoffmeister: Greetings Beloved One,

Thank you for writing and for opening to the Holy Spirit. You have seen the call for love and have allowed the Holy

Question: Dear David,

I am confused about care for the body, healthy living, and health insurance, etc. If I place my trust in God, can I ignore my physical body and trust it will be taken care of? Thank you in advance for any direction you can give me.

David Hoffmeister: Dear Beloved One,

Thank you for writing and for your desire for healing which is a deep call to

Question:  Dear David,

How can I discern between a thought and a communication from Spirit? And is there a way to transmute suffering, such as sadness, or physical pain, and illness into Awakening?

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles:

Hello Beloved One,

Prayer is desire, and desire is continuous or constant. You might call prayer the power of the mind, and you might call streams of thought the currents

“This is the time in which a new year will soon be born from the time of

Christ. I have perfect faith in you to do all that you would accomplish. Nothing will be

lacking, and you will make complete and not destroy.” A Course in Miracles (T-15.XI.10)

~ Free from the past with David Hoffmeister ~

Greetings everyone,

I love you all! All of you are very

Question: I am feeling very depressed right now. Why does God or truth elude me? I am tired of this search. I just want truth. I'd like to say "I give up!" But I don't know how. How do I surrender David? Why do people claim it's so easy? Why can't I feel peace of mind? Help Please! Please!

Living Miracles Community David Hoffmeister:

Hello Beloved One,

I am so

~ David Hoffmeister on mind training and vigilance for the Kingdom of Heaven ~

Beloved One,

Blessings of love. In a world of obsession with outcomes of bigger, better, more, increased, improved, advanced, successful, consistent peace of mind is obscured from awareness.

The sleeping and dreaming mind is into competition, entertainment, and flash, and enlightenment is a state of Mind that in this world seems to be nothing more than

Question: I shared my enthusiasm for my spiritual awakening with some friends and now I wonder whether this was a good idea. I have been met with fear and judgement. I am open to hearing anything you have to say on this subject.

Living Miracles Community, David Hoffmeister: Many of your close friends will not understand the direction the Spirit is leading you in. Using the metaphor of

Dear David,

I have not read A Course in Miracles, I am too young, but I do believe in miracles. I have a burning question. Am I too young to believe? And is asking Christ to help me to win an art contest wrong? By doing this will I never wake up from what you may call the dream?

David Hoffmeister on children and prayer:

Hello beloved One,

Thanks and

Self, Spouse, and Miracles: Access Part 1 of this 2 part discourse on undoing fear.

Question: I am studying A Course in Miracles and learning to live in the moment. These changes in me are making my husband afraid. Can you help?

David Hoffmeister:

You are voluntarily opening to the experience of unconditional, universal Love, our very Being. Our Divine Love is Spirit and all-inclusive. Our Divine

Question: I am working with the forgiveness lessons of A Course in Miracles and my husband is afraid of the changes he sees in me. Do you have any words or actions of wisdom on undoing fear that could help me to help ease his anxiety?

David Hoffmeister ACIM:

Hello Beloved One,

Your prayer is for help in easing the fear in your husband, yet it is the

Question: I am practicing unwinding my mind and working with forgiveness but I never have a thought about telling anyone about this maybe because, I tell myself, everyone is only a figure in my dream. I have great resistance to sharing these teachings, I say, “It's not them that need the help; it's me, there is no one else out there.” Can you help me?

David Hoffmeister A Course in

~ David Hoffmeister ACIM on the undoing of special relationships and special love ~

Question: This year I don't have much money to spare and I’m thinking of telling my family I’m not buying any Christmas presents. This thought makes me feel guilty and I go into lack and limitation. You say we are the meaning of life as Spirit, and that the world of images, persons, places, and things have no meaning. What is the point of Christmas presents if they have no

David Hoffmeister of the Living Miracles Center shares:

As we open our Heart in the Great Awakening, we realize that we cannot take another's path as our own and neither can we judge it. Watching our thoughts is a "full time" task, as is releasing those thoughts which do not serve our peace of mind. The world brings witness to our thoughts, and it remains within our power to change

David Hoffmeister shares:

The world cannot get "better" or "worse" because unreal effects (images) from an unreal cause (ego) are unreal. There are no "conditions" such as "good unreality" or "bad unreality" or "better unreality" or "worse unreality." Time-space-matter is unreal. Spirit is real. The Holy Spirit is the Answer that discerns until there is no further need of discernment.

I shall use some examples from the parable of the

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles: Clearing the way to inner peace means exposing and releasing the belief in addiction. What seems to be a physical addiction is always only a symptom of the mental addiction to judgment, and the release of judgment is the release of the ego. Judgment always involves concepts and comparisons, and this entire cosmos is built upon the premise of judgment. The Being Which

Question: Does "the script is written" mean that there is nothing that can be done to speed up our acceptance of the Atonement? I heard someone who claims to channel Jesus and the Course said this. Am I being misled or have I misunderstood something?

David Hoffmeister ACIM: Ahhhhhh Beloved One, you have come upon the DEEPEST teaching on Being Awake! You are the One Now, and nothing of linear

Living Miracles Center, David Hoffmeister: What could harm the power and glory of God's Divine Love? A Love which knows no opposite has no opponent or “enemy.” This is the meaning of True Strength. Having no enemy, the concept of “overpowering” is meaningless to Love. For Love can only look on Love and see Its Perfection radiating Eternally.

The ego is the belief in vulnerability. It is the belief

Question: Three weeks ago my sister mysteriously died. She just collapsed. Now members of my family keep saying that they have dreams about her, as if she is trying to contact them. This disturbs me because I identify more with the abstract Oneness. I can feel her within me, but there is doubt. Does a person retain their individual form and personality in some way after death?

David Hoffmeister: Thanks

Question: Is there a method of praying for individuals? I feel guided to hold certain individuals who are on my heart in the light, seeing them free, flooded with peace and light, complete and "one," having escaped the illusion of duality. Is there a more powerful way one might pray for another who has not become aware of the error of duality?

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles: Your

David Hoffmeister ACIM: What is true for you is true for me and is true for all if it be the Truth. Divine Principle has no exceptions, and there is no misperception that forgiveness cannot heal. God has no favorites and since there is no order of difficulty in miracles, one seeming situation is as forgivable as the next. Yet by forgivable I mean that no illusion can stand in

David Hoffmeister of the Living Miracles Center shares:

Beloved One,

Following the Spirit within seems like a leap of faith because it leads in a direction that is completely unlike the world that the five senses perceive. Trust, in this world, has previously been misplaced in persons, places, situations, and things and in the laws of lack (economics, physics, nutrition, friendships, families, and institutions). Trust in the still Voice within

Question: What was/is paradise?

David Hoffmeister: Pure Spirit/Eternity/Light/Love/Infinity

Question: What is Heaven on Earth?

David Hoffmeister: Seeing the world without judgment

Question: Do you believe it is possible?

David Hoffmeister: It is a stepping stone, or metaphor, in Awakening to Spirit.

Question: What is healing of the world?

David Hoffmeister: Accepting that the mind is whole, not fragmented.

Question: How can you socially help, so a soul that is experiencing

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles: The ego was based in control, and therefore the world it projected was a "controlled environment" designed to keep Love—God—hidden from awareness. That is why there seemed to be so much disillusionment with interpersonal relationships, for these thoughts were always the past. The mind that clung to the past was deceived about itself, for it attempted to deny its Self and God. Yet

David Hoffmeister ACIM: It is the diet of ego thoughts that seem to fatten or reinforce the self-concept and block awareness of the Christ. Nothing in form is causative. It is not what goes into a mouth which “defiles.” All laws of nutrition are of the ego (read ACIM Workbook Lesson 76). Food, like all the images of the world, is an unreal effect of an unreal

Greetings Beloved One,

It is humble to accept your Self as the perfect, eternal, vast, vibrant Spirit that You are. It is arrogant to think of yourself as tiny and little and fighting for "survival." Let us not retain any foolish thoughts that would deny our Magnitude as Spirit. Let us soar in the vastness of Being in the living Moment, and Sing the Song of our Heart! It cannot

David Hoffmeister: I have been asked to share my thoughts on this topic and have taken the request to prayer. The spiritual journey is voluntary if it is authentic. Everything that is real is experienced through acceptance, and everything that temporarily appears to be real is experienced through desire and belief, until Awakening. The Spirit is Eternal, a State of desireless Being. The linear time-space cosmos spins with desire.

Question: How is it that we can KNOW the experiences we seem to be enduring are just bad dreams? In Chapter 6, last paragraph, of A Course in Miracles it says "You have chosen a sleep in which you have had bad dreams." My question is: WHO chose this sleep? And WHY? WHO would choose to live in nightmares?

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles: Thanks for your email

Question: Me and my wife are expecting a baby. I have recently started studying A Course in Miracles and KNOW that this is the path for me. My desire is to lead the life that you do: Go where God wants me to Go, Do what God wants me to Do, and Say what God wants me to Say. However, I can’t imagine such a life when I have family

Living Miracles Community, David Hoffmeister: In any situation it is most important to ask “What is this for, what is my purpose here?” For the situation will be perceived according to the purpose that was set in advance. Awakening means releasing judgment and not trying to judge the motives of self or others. I learned that being attentive to one’s mind was a full-time practice and required the utmost attentiveness

Question: I'm having a tough time with some folks refusing to believe that this "world" was not created by God, that actually Love is One. They believe that it was created by God, as were we, and that He lives in all the pretty flowers, etc. Now I know that's not so, but how does one handle that kind of rigidity?

David Hoffmeister ACIM: Releasing the belief in a

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles explains: The ego was made by belief and is dispelled by withdrawing belief from it. The mind is very powerful, and the seeming "mistake" of putting faith in an illusory belief in separation is undone by questioning the ego belief system that is unconsciously assumed to be true. The Holy Spirit is mighty and an ever present Help, and this is reason for happy

Living Miracles Community, David Hoffmeister – Communication is not limited except by belief. We are talking of a very limited aspect of communication when we speak in terms of physical bodies communicating, with or without words. Even when we think about communicating with the dead there’s a linear element to it. We think of them as “passed on” or “gone to another dimension.”

The deeper we go with the process

Question: Could you please help me understand the difference between the Holy Spirit and the Christ?

David Hoffmeister ACIM: The Christ is True Identity as Spirit, at One with God forevermore. The Christ is Abstract, Infinite, Eternal Love, a Creation of God. The Christ is the I Am Presence. The Thought "I am as God created Me" refers to the Christ, Who's Perfection and Innocence remain forever Pure in the

Question: I have gone through fears, anxieties, and depression, but now my heart has opened and I am receiving divine love. This love flows through me and I feel the joy and bliss. My mind will battle with this though, and will start bringing up past fears. It becomes quite strong sometimes, as if I'm two people. What can I do to stay in the love?

David Hoffmeister A Course

David Hoffmeister of the Living Miracles Community:

Beloved One,

Listening to your Heart—you will understand. It takes determination to listen to your Heart in the midst of expectations and voices from the past. Love transcends the cultures and traditions of the world, which must always clash. The desire for peace and harmony brings a resolution to conflict.

If open to Inner Guidance, the direction is received by a consciousness willing

David Hoffmeister ACIM: Illness is an error in thought, and all thoughts err which follow the erroneous belief that a body can be ill or well, dead or alive. Death is the belief that separation from God, from the One, from the All, is possible. Illness and death are the same illusion, for each would deny the Totality, the All-inclusiveness, and the eternal Everything that is Life.

All Life is

Question: Can you explain the idea “awareness of God," as it is used in ACIM Lesson 46: Forgiveness thus undoes what fear has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. Is this awareness an inner experience totally beyond human perception?

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles: Awareness of God is experienced in the Holy Instant and is indeed "an inner experience totally beyond human perception." The awareness

Helpful questioning is a matter of purpose:

What is it for – does it serve the light?
What is it for – does it serve the Christ?
Does it bring me joy, or a stab of pain?
Does it bring me peace, or the fire of hate?
Can I truly say that it comes from God?
What is it for,
what is it for,
what is it for?

What is

Question: I have been studying the Course for many years. My dilemma is when to ask for and follow guidance, surrendering my will to Holy Spirit's, and when to use my earthly logical mind. Thinking that I am following His guidance has often led me astray. I guess I am not a good listener. If I choose love, it seems to lead to peace. Perhaps that is following guidance?

David

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles – There is no way to figure out the past or the future, for they are the same illusion and cannot be understood. The past is gone, the future is but imagined. These concerns are but foolish distractions and defenses against present change in focus. Decide what to see and watch the world bring forth witnesses to the Holy Spirit's focus immediately.

Life is

Living Miracles Community – We are always in the right place at the right time, and this is so no matter how twisted and convoluted the journey seems to be or how we travel. Our Heart Calls to us and we receive signs that lead us onward toward our final Destiny in Love. We move closer when we do not "settle" for "shoulds and ought to's" and remain open to

David Hoffmeister ACIM – The Kingdom of Heaven is Now. There is one "step" of Surrender to be experienced to know the Kingdom of Heaven as One Self: "Wait on no body." Cause and Effect are simultaneous, not separate. Salvation from illusions is immediate.

There is no "gap" between God and Christ. This is the end of the illusion of linear time. Our only "task," therefore, is to accept and

The inward journey requires taking the Road less traveled. Relationships take on new meaning and any worldly goals formerly associated with them fall away as the new direction deepens. The desire to be truly helpful becomes the core of Life, and in learning to be truly helpful we are Helped to Awaken.

The miracle of forgiveness, seeing past appearances to the love inside, is the key to happiness and

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles – The life of Mysticism is one of devotion and reverence to God and therefore to all. It is a discipline of mind, of training the mind to hear and follow only the Voice for God. The goals are everlasting peace of mind and the humor, gentleness, happiness, freedom, and joy that flow from such a state of mind.

The life of Mysticism is

Living Miracles Center - Question: I keep hearing that there is nothing to do but remember. That seems to be very elusive. I also keep hearing that it all comes together when we finally give up seeking for the light. I know that the desire for it is of key importance, but how can one desire something so much and not try for it?

David Hoffmeister: To desire wholly is

The Holy Spirit has a Purpose for the world: the miracle of forgiveness. Words, like all symbols, are neutral. It is their purpose which makes them helpful or not. Words that inspire and bless and are used to expose and release error are helpful indeed. Words that are used to support or reinforce past associations are always a distraction from attentiveness to the present moment. It is the present moment,

David Hoffmeister ACIM – The world of perception was the past, the pictorial representation of error, or false belief. Healing is Now! The world was nothing more than sleepiness, and forgetfulness dreamed it to be. Change the mind about the dream entirely, and with the Spirit's Perspective see the world differently. There is no "afterlife" or "prior life," for all dreams are imagination.               

Living Miracles Community – Sin was the belief in time. It was a mistake that has been Corrected, a belief in a lack of Love that was properly perceived as a Call for Love. By extending Love you see you have Love and are Love. The human or mortal mind was an error, for it appeared to have forgotten the Reality of Eternal Love and Oneness.

Wrong-mindedness—fear—was a mistaken choice

David Hoffmeister ACIM – Be willing to discover that you are a "seeker" no longer, but One Who Is. Just what would change in experience—besides everything—if the Real You experienced True Identity and flowed from knowing Union with God instead of clinging to doubt and walking on fearful eggshells seeking it? You know the Answer. You ARE the Answer.

It would mean having no excuses for holding on to the

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles – There is a saying, "You get what you ask for." It has been stated many ways, "As you sow, so shall you reap; giving and receiving are the same; and the mind gets exactly what it wants." The One Basic Law of mind indicates that everything that I experience I have requested, I have desired; and that there are no exceptions to this

The miracle of forgiveness – The world is afraid of what it cannot understand, label, and categorize. Powers and communication abilities of the Mind which go beyond accepted norms are often judged harshly, for they hint that there is much more to Life than what seems to be material. Yet the development of such powers and abilities which defy traditional "scientific" explanations is very natural as consciousness releases limiting beliefs

Living Miracles Center - The true evidence of Awakening is an experience of Peace, Happiness, Joy, and Freedom unlike anything that seemed to come before. Therefore, how you feel in your heart is the barometer, and ends the search for “proof” with the five senses. The five senses were part of the error.

If we have to prove Innocence, there will be doubt as to its truth. "Proving" comes from

The quest for true safety and comfort and health will lead us on a journey of Self discovery. While we believe the source of dis-ease to be outside our mind, we will attempt to change our environment to bring about a "cure." As we journey inward we discover the power of the Mind and the ability to release all dis-ease through forgiveness. Letting go of false beliefs about our self

David Hoffmeister – In this world, praise and condemnation are two sides of one coin: the coin of judgment. Both flattery (pride) and criticism are in the realm of error. And yet Christ Calls the lost and teaches: "Judge not." God the Father is Perfect Oneness, the Divine Heavenly Creator Which is Eternal Love.

Though Eternal Love Knows not praise or worship as it is conceptualized in this world, it

David Hoffmeister A Course in Miracles – The world is a funny place. In the thought of "gain," it is forgotten that we've always had and always will have Everything. When we think we've "lost" and that the world would be better off without us, we forget that we gave it all the meaning it had for us.

Then suddenly we have a change of heart and a miracle shows

Hi David,

A Course in Miracles does not say anything about sex, as if it did not exist, but it very much exists for me. I am gay (though not presently in a relationship) and I have been interested in “sacred sexuality” for some time. Having no sexual partner, I arouse myself to orgasm on my own a few times a week and thanks to the books I have read,