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Table of Contents
A New Interpretation:
Part 1 Metaphors of the Course and the Bible
Going Deeper
Only One Mind
Healing in Mind
My Meaning in Scripture
Purpose is the Only Choice
Awakening through A Course in Miracles
Movie Watchers Guide to Enlightenment
Davids writings are available in print, e-book and audio formats. Select materials have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Online Materials
www.acim.cc
www.acim.biz
www.acim.me
www.awakening-mind.org
www.livingmiraclescenter.org
David Hoffmeister has touched the lives of thousands with his consistently peaceful state of mind, radiant joy and dedication to Truth. He is a modern-day mystic who has been invited to over 30 countries and 49 states to share the message of Love, Oneness and Freedom. His journey involved the study of many pathways culminating in a deeply committed practical application of A Course in Miracles. His immersion was so total that when he put the book down, to his surprise, the Voice of the Course continued speaking to and through him.
David was always known for questioning everything rather than accepting conventional answers, thus he was delighted to find in the Course support and encouragement for his careful examination of every idea, belief, concept and assumption in his mind. Jesus became Davids internal teacher, answering his every question, guiding him to hand over the day-to-day management of all relationships, circumstances and events in his life. David stepped back and let Him lead the way, W-155 withdrawing all investment in the ego and the world. Students began to appear, engaging with David in deep dialogues and sparkling correspondences like the ones that grace these pages.
In 1996 David was guided to a small house in Cincinnati, Ohio, called the Peace House, where he welcomed those desiring to step back from the world to go deeply into the mind to discover the Christ within. Living Miracles communities have since sprung up in Utah, Hawaii, Canada, Spain, Mexico and Australia. Under Davids living demonstration of taking the Course all the way, those devoted to awakening have come together to join in living the steps laid out in the Course for unwinding the mind out of the world, back to God. They join David in extending his non-compromising teachings through a vast internet ministry, audio/video media forums, written publications, inspirational gatherings using music and movies for awakening, live stream web events, and an annual Strawberry Fields Music Festival and Enlightenment Retreat.
David has also shared his insight on many spiritual talk shows and radio programs. The multiple forums through which David freely shares his heart allows those with a deep call to connect from wherever they find themselves. The material in this book has been collected from his email messages, website postings, and interviews as well as transcripts of in-depth dialogues from the earliest days of Davids work with those who came from around the world to join with him.
For those who hope that enlightenment in this lifetime is possible, David is pure inspiration. His gentle demeanor and articulate non-compromising expression touches all who listen. His interest in practical application means the Answers are for everyone. You will recognize the questions asked of him, as there is only one mind and it is yours! You will recognize the Answers for the same reason. As you enter this book you are accepting an invitation from deep within your own heart. You are joining with mighty companions devoted to awakening. Awakening requires the dismantling of all that we made as a cover over the Light that I Am. As David did, we must invite the Holy Spirit to unwind our mind from all ideas, concepts and beliefs everything we think we think and think we know until all that is left is the Love that we are. David Hoffmeisters life is a living demonstration of the Awakened Mind.
I will work with your beliefs, guiding you step by step as you unwind your mind from the many false concepts you believe keep you safe and make you happy. Only the release from these false beliefs will bring you True Happiness and lasting Peace.
David often gives voice to thoughts within the mind. These thoughts are presented in italics rather than within quotation marks.
The words the Course, and the acronym ACIM, are used interchangeably throughout this book to refer to A Course in Miracles.
UNWIND YOUR MIND
BACK TO GOD
Experiencing A Course in Miracles
A Course in Miracles
Second edition, 1996
Foundation for Inner Peace
P.O. Box 598
Mill Valley, CA 94942
www.acim.org
Course quotes are referenced using the following system:
T: Text
W: Workbook for Students
M: Manual for Teachers
Example:
All real pleasure comes from doing Gods Will. (T-1.VII.1.4)
T-1.VII.1.4= Text, Chapter 1, Section VII, paragraph 1, sentence 4
When your mind is riveted on the holy purpose of healing Gods Son, then you know what the world is for. This is content. To focus solely on content (the Holy Spirit) is to give the world a unified purpose. It is only by seeing past the egos separate purposesform-based purposesthat true happiness and joy can be found.
The world of form, of specifics, was made as an attack on God, as a hiding place for the mind that was terrified of the believed repercussions of separating from God. The mind is addicted to form because form is a defense against truth. The mind that believes it separated from God is terrified of the truthit has become totally dependent on form for its survival because it believes that its source of life is within the world of form.
To perceive specifics and treat them as whole units in and of themselves is to close the mind to healing. The mind that is focused on form is asleep. It has forgotten wholeness, communion, Oneness; it has forgotten God. The way back to this remembrance is through the healing of distorted perception. A unified purpose is given, and is to be transferred and applied to every aspect of the mind, to every experience, in order to return the mind to a focus on content. Content sees two categories: love and a call for love. Every moment is an opportunity to join in the holy instant, where there is no past, no bodies, and no world.