Não há ordem de dificuldades em milagres. Um não é mais "difícil" nem "maior" do que o outro. Todos são o mesmo. Todas as expressões de amor são máximas. UCEM-T-1.I.1.

"...os últimos serão primeiros e os primeiros, últimos." Mateus 20:16

Não acredite no ego quando ele diz que você ainda tem que estudar muito para alcançar seu irmão ou irmã. Não há ninguém superior ou inferior, nem avançado ou atrasado, portanto ninguém está atrás de ninguém.

Um "erro" que cometemos ao iniciar o Curso ou qualquer outro caminho espiritual é transferirmos nosso antigo padrão de pensamento para este novo caminho. Deixamos de idolatrar as coisas e pessoas que consideramos do mundo e passamos a idolatrar coisas e pessoas do Curso, então não houve realmente uma mudança quantitativa suficiente para produzir um deslocamento qualitativo real.(UCEM- T-5.I.7:6).

É claro que o Espírito Santo usa todas as nossas habilidades, sem exceção, para nos ajudar a Despertar. Mas Ele também precisa da nossa ajuda, do nosso reconhecimento de que estamos Prontos e temos muita Disponibilidade. Jesus diz que o ensino e o aprendizado é simultâneo; que não há diferenças entre o professor e o aluno. Todas as ilusões são uma, assim como a Verdade é Una.

Onde você pensa que está é onde todos estão com você, e onde você pensa que todos estão é onde você está. Aquilo que você pensa que é, é aquilo que você pensa que os outros são. E aquilo que você pensa que são é o que você é. É só por isso que Jesus pede para não julgarmos, não porque seremos punidos, mas porque pensaremos que estamos sendo punidos. Nos sentiremos culpados e oprimidos. Não acredite no que o ego diz. Não reprima, nem tente "fugir" dos pensamentos que ele te oferece, mas pegue tudo que ele te diz e entregue ÀQUELE que Sabe. Se não for o suficiente, então converse com um amigo, um irmão, alguém que te faça sentir à vontade para expor a sua aflição para que ela se dissolva na Luz. Mas não dê ouvidos ao ego que vai fazer com que a sua aflição aumente. O ego sempre busca as testemunhas que se aliam a ele.

Jesus sempre diz que se soubéssemos Quem Caminha ao nosso lado, jamais teríamos uma única aflição. No entanto, buscamos algo "sobrenatural" para podermos Confiar Nele. Acredite, a Resposta está em você, a Luz está dentro de você, e está disponível Agora, neste exato momento.

Caminhamos lado a lado numa jornada sem distância. Estou sempre com você em todos os momentos e em todos os lugares.

Bênçãos de Amor, Paz & Gratidão

Cecília

olá Amados Amigos,

o website Fundação para o Despertar da Mente, a versão em Português do site Foundation for the AwakeningMind já está disponível. Não está completo como a versão original em inglês, mas como sempre aos poucos chegaremos lá!!!

e nada melhor para o treinamento da mente como alguns "erros" gramaticais, de pontuação, tradução, etc... Confie no Espírito Santo, toda a mensagem que você precisa receber chegará até você!!!

a tradução "correta" para a Foundation for the Awakening Mind, seria Fundação para a Mente que está Despertando, depois de conversarmos a respeito da tradução decidimos que Fundação para o Despertar da Mente é perfeito!!! Tudo está Perfeito exatamente como é Agora!!!

Divirtam-se e tenham muitos insights!!!

http://www.global-miracles.net/Portuguese_AM/index_port.html

com Amor, Paz & muita Gratidão

Cecília

Olá,

Esta mensagem é uma notificação para informá-lo que um novo arquivo foi
adicionado no grupo ProfessorDosProfessores.

   Arquivo         : /08 A Paz de Deus/24 Citações de Um Curso Em Milagres.doc
   Carregado por   : cecimmm70 <cecimmm70@...>
   Descrição       : Tudo o que penso, ou digo, ou faço, ensina a todo o universo

Você pode acessar o arquivo pela URL:

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%20Deus/24%20Cita%80%A0%A6%E7%F5es%20de%20Um%20Curso%20Em%20Milagres.doc

Para saber mais sobre compartilhamento de arquivos no grupo, leia:

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Atenciosamente,

cecimmm70 <cecimmm70@...>

Olá,

Esta mensagem é uma notificação para informá-lo que um novo arquivo foi
adicionado no grupo ProfessorDosProfessores.

   Arquivo         : /08 A Paz de Deus/25 Nossas Viagens Começam.doc
   Carregado por   : cecimmm70 <cecimmm70@...>
   Descrição       : Quando o estudante está pronto para aprender, as
oportunidades para ensinar serão providas

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%20Deus/25%20Nossas%20Viagens%20Come%80%A0%A6%E7am.doc

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Atenciosamente,

cecimmm70 <cecimmm70@...>

Conversei com o Espírito Santo sobre esta situação e o que recebi' foi, "Agora que você sabe que consegue seguir uma disciplina tão rigorosa e segui-la à risca, quero que você comece a seguir uma mais rígida ainda... peça a Mim para te guiar constantemente sobre o seu processo alimentar. Saiba também que o que quer que o seu irmão sirva a você é abençoado por Mim."

Que a Bárbara "converse" com o Espírito Santo ainda posso entender mas que ela ouça em resposta Ele dizer  "Agora que você sabe que consegue seguir uma disciplina tão rigorosa e segui-la à risca, quero que você comece a seguir uma mais rígida ainda... peça a Mim para te guiar constantemente sobre o seu processo alimentar. Saiba também que o que quer que o seu irmão sirva a você é abençoado por Mim." tenho muita dificuldade em aceitar. Vocè acha que ela ouviu mesmo estas palavras tal como ela as disse? foi um pensamento que surgiu e que ela identificou como vindo do Espírito.

Penso que já estou a julgar a Bárbara mas...não consigo evitar.

Um abraço

************************************************

Ola,
 
Eu comecei a ler o livro "Um Curso em Milagres", a principio como curiosa e procurando respostas.
O Que acontece agora e que li ate a parte " A Cura com a liberacao do medo", estava lendo sozinha e fiquei meio conturbada com tanta inf.
deu um boom na minha cabeca cheguei ate a ficar com medo e ter dor de cabeca.
Ontem pensando e vindo dez mil questoes na minha mente, achei q tinha muitas entre elas q nao eram minhas, e pedi q se tivesse alguem ali procurando por respostas ou luz, que por favor fosse procurar em outro lugar pq nao tinha condicoes no momento de ajuda-los mas q o amor de Deus e infinito q eles iriam encontrar o caminho, e pedi que me deixassem em paz.
E tb ouvi uma outra coisa q eu tenho a eternidade para ter minhas respostas q eu podia parar de ler o livro ate o momento q tivesse alguem para me ajudar o ler junto comigo pra eu nao ter pressa q Deus esta comigo sempre. Eu hj acordei me sentindo melhor.

Enfim, sei q agora vou dar um tempo e esperar alguem para ler comigo.

Mas  a razao pela qual estou escrevendo, e saber qual sua recomendacao e o q vc acha q aconteceu comigo se isso e comum, se tem algo que preciso fazer antes de ler por onde comeco.

Obrigada desde ja pela sua ajuda e apoio.

*************************************************

Olá Amado Milagre,

Agradeço sua sinceridade e disponibilidade para abrir seu coração.

Sim, é comum isso que aconteceu com você. Nós associamos o "medo" com muitos sensações e crenças, principalmente crenças inconscientes que acumulamos durante toda a nossa assim chamada vida. Crenças que nem imaginávamos que acreditávamos que surgiram dos livros, estórias e filmes que assistimos, lemos e ouvimos.

Mas saiba que o medo, no contexto do Curso ou como Jesus se refere no Curso, não se limite à palavra "medo". O medo é simplesmente o oposto do Amor, ou seja, qualquer sentimento que não seja Amor é medo: frustração, irritação, depressão, raiva, ansiedade, angústia, aflição, etc. Mas o maior medo, se é que existe um, é o medo do desfazer de todas as nossas crenças, que é o ego. O ego não quer que ele seja desfeito, ele "morre de medo" de ser descoberto e que no final descobrimos  que o medo não existe. Porque lá no fundo, por baixo de tudo está a crença no ego, e quando o descobrimos ele é desfeito, pois ele é simplesmente uma crença na qual não iremos mais acreditar.

E o ego usa todas as "armas" e todos os truques, todos os nossos sentimentos e crenças, ele vai fazer de tudo para você não abrir todas as portas do seu coração para que a Luz entre e vá fundo, bem fundo até a base quando descobrimos que não havia nada ali, só Amor.

A recomendação é que você siga o seu Coração. O ensino do Espírito Santo é altamente individualizado e cada um deve seguir a Sua Orientação Interior. "Não há nenhum momento em que a Sua Voz deixe de dirigir meus pensamentos, guiar minhas ações e conduzir meus pés. Estou caminhando firmemente em direção à verdade." Ex-60.4(49) A realidade é certa e segura e totalmente benigna para com todas as pessoas e para com todas as coisas. Não existe amor maior do que aceitar isso e ficar contente. Pois o amor só pede que sejas feliz e te dará tudo o que faz a felicidade.T-16.II.8:6

Pode ter a certeza de que Deus está contigo em todos os momentos, sem exceção.

Vou te contar um pouco sobre a Cecília só para que você saiba que o que está escrito aqui não vem do intelecto ou da mente, vem da experiência própria. Até os 18 anos eu dormia com os meus pais. Um deles sempre tinha que ceder o lugar na cama pra mim. Depois pulei para cama do meu marido. E a primeira vez que dormi sozinha na vida já tinha 37 anos. Eu morria de medo de ficar sozinha. Nunca tive medo de pessoas. Era o medo do "sobrenatural", um medo horrível, aterrorizante, inexplicável, uma sensação de completo terror. Tinha pesadelos horríveis pelo menos uma vez por semana. Mas depois que comecei o Curso, esse medo foi diminuindo, diminuindo até que sumiu por completo. Passei cinco meses no exterior, sozinha. Jamais imaginei que fosse capaz disso: dormir completamente sozinha, quero dizer fisicamente sozinha. Porque depois que comecei o Curso eu nunca mais me senti sozinha. A certeza de Deus passa a ser tão grande, tão intensa e tão verdadeira que ninguém jamais se sente sozinho novamente. Não há nada que possa abalar a Paz de Deus.

Uma coisa muito importante para ler o Curso é ter a mente muito aberta, isso quer dizer, permitir que todos os conceitos, palavras, sentimentos e crenças tenham um significado completamente diferente daqueles em que você acredita saber o que é. Permitir que Ele te mostre o significado de cada palavra contida no Livro. Tentar ler o livro com o Coração e não com a mente, e no seu Coração só há Amor.

Siga o seu coração e pode ter a certeza de que Ele está contigo em todas as suas decisões, seja para ler ou ler não o livro. Todos os caminhos levam até Ele, não existe exceção. 

Com muito Amor, Paz & Gratidão

**********************************************

muito obrigada por suas palavras, tinha certeza que isso me ajudaria, apesar de acreditar em tudo isso que venho lendo aprendendo neste momento.
O chamado ego tb esta como vc disse fazendo o possivel p/eu desistir mas eu nao vou por que eu confio em Deus, e como vc disse nao vou ficar abandonada pq Deus esta em tudo.
Tenho acompanhado o blog do Moises recomendado pela Anna Sharp, ele tb mandou um retorno e tb ja li alguns do textos do seu site, isso me inspirou ainda mais

Obrigada mais uma vez,

Saudações

   Eu conheço o processo de perdão. Resumindo:reconhecer o problema como um
sonho; perdoar e entregar com confiança ao Espírito Santo.
   Mas diante de tantos ataques contínuos de minha parte, como usar este processo
na prática a todo instante em situações tristes ou simplesmente
aborrecidas,mal-estar,esbarrões na rua,filas,remorsos e daí vai.
   Enfim, existe alguma frase prática para usar o processo, ou diferentes
conforme a situação?

   Um abraço e muita paz à Cecília e a todos estudantes.

                         Marcos

A Lei do Amor / A Verdadeira Empatia e Compaixão

O que é certo para todos os envolvidos foi, é e será.

Tudo aconteceu, acontece e acontecerá e

Todos agiram, agem e agirão do modo que o Espírito Santo espera, seguindo o Plano de Deus.

Criação é extensão do Amor, estender o Amor de Deus. Você, meu irmão / minha irmã, é co-criador de Deus junto comigo. Nós recebemos o tanto quanto Aceitamos.

Devemos olhar para todos aqueles que parecem estar adormecidos como reféns do ego, como se estivessem amarrados e controlados pelo ego, e estivessem gritando e implorando por nossa ajuda. Eles só estão pedindo Amor, assim como nós.

Quando parece que eu ouço alguém dizer coisas tolas ou agir guiado pelo ego, a melhor resposta que posso dar a este alguém é o silêncio. O silêncio consente. Sim, o silêncio permite que o Espírito Santo nos cure. O silêncio, a quietude fala verdadeiramente e abençoa a todos. A correção não é a nossa função, é a Dele. Portanto, a Verdadeira Empatia não é apontar o erro, mas sim ignorá-lo. Pois ver o erro em qualquer forma ou qualquer pessoa significa unir-se ao ego.

Quero ser refém do ego ou  Anfitrião de Deus?

Quero estar certo ou ser feliz?

Quero a escuridão ou a Luz?

Quero o conflito ou a Paz de Deus?

Se sou o Anfitrião de Deus, então eu sei que este alguém que parece insano é só uma ilusão da minha mente, sei que este alguém é Perfeito, Imutável, Amado e Amável, pois ele é o Filho de Deus.

Só a mente certa, a mente voltada para o milagre vivencia a Paz de Deus. Olhe para o mundo e ouça o que Deus está dizendo. O que Ele está falando para você? Ouça, preste muita atenção! Sim, esta é a Resposta de Deus: O Silêncio. Tudo está Perfeito exatamente como é. Permita que todas as coisas sejam como são. Não cai uma folha da árvore sem a permissão de Deus.

O Espírito Santo tem fé em todos, Ele sabe que cada um desempenhará o seu papel perfeitamente. Ninguém irá falhar. Nem eu e nem você. Então permita-se desempenhar o seu papel, não se julgue, não se condene, não se culpa, não se aflija. Saiba que Deus está no comando de tudo e tenha paciência com você mesmo.

No Instante Santo, a mente não procura mudar absolutamente nada, mas meramente aceita tudo. O propósito do Instante Santo é suspender o julgamento por completo. Todo instante, todo momento pode ser um Instante Santo abençoado por Deus.

Somos uma idéia brilhante na Mente de Deus que não retém absolutamente nada, somos uma luz transparente que permite que tudo atravesse por nós e não nos atinja, e ao mesmo tempo somos a Luz do Amor que abrange tudo e todos sem limites ou restrições.

A realidade é certa e segura e totalmente benigna para com todas as pessoas e para com todas as coisas. Não existe amor maior do que aceitar isso e ficar contente. Pois o amor só pede que sejas feliz e te dará tudo o que faz a felicidade.T-16.II.8:6

Deus não é medo, mas Amor.

Deus não é julgamento, mas Aceitação.

Deus não está aí fora, mas aí Dentro.

Não há nenhum momento em que a Sua Voz deixe de dirigir meus pensamentos, guiar minhas ações e conduzir meus pés. Estou caminhando firmemente em direção à verdade. Ex-60.4(49)

Com muito Amor, Paz & Gratidão

Cecilia

Olá Amado Marcos,

Estamos muito felizes por você ter se unido a nós e também agradecidos por questionar.

O primeiro princípio em milagres diz que não existem dificuldades para perdoar porque não há diferenças na ilusão. Reconhecer o problema como um sonho já é um milagre. Então o perdão pode ser aplicado em todas as situações sem exceção.

Cada um deve buscar a sua frase prática para usar em cada situação que parece ser diferente uma das outras pela intensidade que sentimos o "ataque". No entanto, hoje alguém pode me xingar no trânsito e simplesmente posso não sentir nada e não ter qualquer reação em relação a isso. Mas em um outro momento o mesmo tipo de "ataque" poderia gerar um intenso conflito interno e uma reação explosiva. Isso mostra que nunca estamos realmente aborrecidos pela razão que imaginamos. E quando reconhecemos isso, então podemos simplesmente respirar fundo e buscar o motivo daquele aborrecimento. Será que fiquei furiosa com a pessoa que me xingou no trânsito porque a palavra que foi dita tinha mais peso do que das outras vezes? Ou será que hoje estou um pouco insatisfeita com a minha situação de vida? Ou será...? Se tentarmos buscar um "motivo" que seria um motivo "justo" visto pelo ponto de vista do mundo, então teremos milhões de razões para justificar a nossa reação interna ou externa. Mas se considerarmos o que o Curso nos ensina, então a razão pela qual estamos aborrecidos é porque ainda queremos ser alguma coisa que não podemos ser. Ainda não aceitamos o Perdão completamente e também não queremos oferecê-lo. Ainda acreditamos que estamos separados de Deus e podemos levar uma vida à parte Dele.

Mas, aplicar o Perdão em todas as situações "pequenas" ou "grandes", ver a mesmice das ilusões é um passo gigantesco, é como pular de A para Z. E para aplicarmos os ensinamentos do Curso é necessário passar por todo o alfabeto, não podemos pular nenhuma letra.

Quando algo me afeta, geralmente respiro fundo e busco a Presença da Paz dentro de mim, quando isso não funciona, rapidinho busco alguma frase do tipo: "Hoje entrego todos os meus pensamentos e sentimentos a Ti. Pois eu não sei qual o significado deles e não quero usá-los de forma equivocada. Então peço a Ti que me oriente e decida por mim." Assim, entrego os pensamentos e sentimentos e deixo a minha mente e coração limpos.

Isso realmente funciona, a última vez que alguém me xingou no trânsito foi há mais de dois anos. Aliás, o trânsito de São Paulo deixou de ser um problema para mim. Nunca mais cheguei atrasada em qualquer compromisso, mesmo com passeatas na Avenida Paulista ou mesmo tendo perdido a hora de acordar. Jesus diz que se apresentarmos um milagre, Ele arranjará tempo e espaço para nós e Ele tem cumprido a promessa.

Enquanto percebemos problemas específicos o Espírito Santo dará respostas específicas. Não há nenhum momento em que Ele não irá nos orientar, mesmo quando pensamos que não estamos ouvindo a resposta. Toda vez que o resultado de qualquer situação for um sentimento profundo de Paz, então tenha certeza de que você está com a mente alinhada ao Propósito do Curso.

É essencial que façamos todos os exercícios do Livro de Exercícios para aprendermos a praticar o Curso em todas as áreas da nossa vida. Algumas pessoas necessitam fazer os exercícios anualmente, outras fizeram 2 ou 3 vezes e outras uma vez foi o suficiente. Mas não importa quantas vezes é feito o que importa é o resultado, e o resultado é sempre a Paz cada vez mais constante e consistente.

Com Amor, Paz & Gratidão

Cecilia

--- Em ProfessorDosProfessores@..., "marcoscukierkorn" <marcoscukierkorn@...> escreveu
>
> Saudações
>
> Eu conheço o processo de perdão. Resumindo:reconhecer o problema como um sonho; perdoar e entregar com confiança ao Espírito Santo.
> Mas diante de tantos ataques contínuos de minha parte, como usar este processo na prática a todo instante em situações tristes ou simplesmente
> aborrecidas,mal-estar,esbarrões na rua,filas,remorsos e daí vai.
> Enfim, existe alguma frase prática para usar o processo, ou diferentes
> conforme a situação?
>
> Um abraço e muita paz à Cecília e a todos estudantes.
>
> Marcos
>

Beloved One,

Blessings of Joy.  Tomorrow morning I fly to New Hampshire to meet my friend Andy LeCompte and share at the Miracles Camp in Greenfield, New Hampshire.  It will be my first visit to New England in awhile, and I am so happy to be returning to visit my many friends in the area.  If you have the opportunity please join in the celebrations and songs and talks and expressions of Love.  Here are the details of the weekend event hosted by my friend MaryBeth Scalice and the Sunday night event hosted by Chris Casasnovas:

Greenfield New Hampshire

The Foundation of Open Hearts presents the 4th annual

CAMP FOR MIRACLES

May 8-10, 2009

Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center, Greenfield, NH

With David Hoffmeister, Regina Dawn Akers, John Mulrooney,
Douglas Macintyre, MaryBeth Scalice, Cathy Jay, Jody Ebling.


Accommodations: Single room: (very limited number) Room & Meals $235/Camp Program Fee $180 Total Cost $415 Double room: Room & Meals $165/Camp Program Fee $180 Total $345 Registration Make check payable to:
Foundation Of Open Hearts. Mail check and Information/registration form to:
Joanna Zarkadas 27 America St, Framingham, MA 01702

http://foundationofopenhearts.com/camp.html

The Foundation of Open Hearts

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An Evening Gathering Sunday May 10th

A Gathering with David
Sunday Evening, May 10, from 7:00 - 8:30pm
At the home of Chris Casasnovas
3020 Bodwell Rd. Manchester, NH 03109
cell (603) 858-9555

see Directions and Map & Itinerary

In addition there are new online videos available at:

Youtube:

http://acim-online-video.net/

Myspace:

http://jesus-christ-videos.net/

Yahoo:

http://video.yahoo.com/search?ytag=1&p=david+hoffmeister

You can subscribe to the videos for free with each of the online networks, and have them delivered right to your inbox when new ones are posted.

See you in New Hampshire or in Cyberspace.  :)

Forever in Love,

David

Beloved One,

Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden. As promised I have uploaded the photos I took
at the Consolations Monastary on the hill in Mallorca. We will be visiting this
monastary for meditation and prayer and singing and discussions from our villa
in the valley. Participants in the retreat can join at the monastary from their
villas or places of residency, and just tonight we were talking about the
acoustics and the harmonizing of voices in a spontaneous chorus.

Here is a slideshow of the monastary photos:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awakening-mind-photos/photos/album/28609266/pic/li\
\\\st?mode=slide&order=ordinal&start=21&count=20&dir=asc

Join the Awakening-Mind-Photos Yahoo group at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awakening-mind-photos/

to view the photos.

Hope to see you there in November or early December.

Please write to Jenny at: jenny@... or call her at: 513-898-1364
at the PeaceHouse in the USA to make your reservation.

Forever in Love,

David

--- In AwakeningInChrist@yahoogroups.com, "David" <mysticspiritone@...> wrote:
>
> Beloved One,
>
> Greetings of Happiness. I am at an Internet Kiosk in Miraflores, Spain, up in
the mountains, and Helena and Fabienne and I just enjoyed 2 days of gatherings
and 2 days of rest with Ana and Dharma and friends at their villa. Helena and I
are about halfway through this Europe Summer ´Sing Me Awake´tour, and already
plans are unfolding for a return trip to France and Spain in November and early
December.
>
> Helena and I will be joined by Jenny and Sarah and Thomas in Paris, France for
a conference on Sat. November 7th and a workshop on Sun. November 8th. Then we
will all fly to Mallorca, Spain on late Sunday evening and arrive in the early
morning hours at the villa in the southeast corner of the island that we have
rented for a month for sharing retreats with our European friends. On the 13th
Helena and I will take a tour of a seaside town and hotel where our friends
Jordi and Miguel are thinking of hosting a big, European Course In Miracles
Experience Conference with Ken Wapnick, Gary Renard, George from Colombia, and I
in Fall of 2010. On the 14th and 15th Helena and Thomas and I will be in
Mataro, north of Barcelona, for a weekend gathering of teachings and movie clips
discussions, and people will already be arriving on Mallorca for our month of
events.
>
> Here is a preliminary message I just received from Thomas, who is putting
together a flyer and a website for the events in Mallorca. Jenny will be
coordinating the November month of events in Mallorca and our friends on the
island (Lynne, Mary, & Mark) have already offered their love and help and photos
to get the planning underway. Sarah has prepared a black and white flyer for us
to share on the remainder of our Europe tour:
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> Hi David and Jenny,
>
> (There will be a...) full A4 color poster for Mallorca.
>
> ...I have begun building the web page. It is available to preview by going to:
>
> http://www.awakening-mind.org/mallorca/
>
> I am still gathering content for the site and its design is based on the
flier.
>
> Once content is finalized, we can move forward to have the site translated
with links to Spanish and French versions.
>
> Let me know your thoughts and feelings.
>
> Love,
>
> Thomas
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> After our weekend in Paris Nov. 7th/8th Jenny and Sarah and Thomas and I will
join our friend Fabienne in flying to Mallorca, Spain where we have rented a
beautiful villa in the warmth of Southern Europe from Nov. 9th through Dec. 8th.
We will have weekend retreats on 3 weekends (2 in Nov. & 1 in Dec.) If you want
to come we would love to have you join us for a weekend, or if possible for the
entire month!
>
> For more details or to book a space you can contact Jenny at jenny@... who is
now in Cincinnati but will be in Canada and possibly Paris before I arrive back
in Europe in November. You can call Jenny at: 1-513-898-1364 in Cincinnati
during most of the month of July, and reach her by e-mail anytime.
>
> The 3 weekend retreats with me in Mallorca are Nov. 20-23, Nov.27-30, and the
first weekend in Dec., and you are invited to attend an additional Nov. 13-15
with Jenny and Sarah and Fabienne at the villa in Mallorca while Helena and
Thomas and I are in Barcelona/Mataro. There may be a dedicated French retreat
for people from France if my friends Fabienne and Christine can organize it, and
Jenny will be writing to our friends Laurent and Sylvain and Caroline as well.
Perhaps Carolina Corada (from Malaga) or my friends Ana (from Madrid) or Isabel
Cristina from Colombia (who is currently in France) could translate for a
dedicated Spanish weekend.
>
> We will be visiting and meditating in and singing in a nearby monastary on a
hill (Consolation) with reverent Presence and wonderful chapel acoustics, and I
will post these monastary photos when I am able to. Here is the link to the
slideshow of the Mallorca villa in the valley photos:
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> The weekend retreats have a suggested donation of 130 euros, and if someone
wishes to live with us the whole month there are about 4 openings and the
suggested donation for the month is 1200 euros.
>
> Let us know if you can join us.
>
> Showers of Love & Joy,
>
> David & the Messengers of Peace

Meu nome é Márcio, moro no interior de MG - Brasil. Através de um amigo e
professor de curso em milagres estou participando junto com minha esposa Bete de
um grupo que se iniciou a 06 meses. Nos reunimos sempre na quarta-feira e
estamos caminhando, procurando entender e assimilar os santos ensinamento do
UCEM. Estou na lição 152 e realmente cheio de dúvidas, mas com a certeza de ser
filho de Deus, criado a sua imagem e semelhança e que minha única função é a
salvação.
Irei procurar sempre colocar minhas dúvidas aqui para os colegas e não espero
respostas certas ou erradas, mas quero compartilhar os meus pensamentos com
aqueles que também o desejarem para juntos buscarmos a evolução destes sábios
conhecimentos.
"Nada real pode ser ameaçado, nada irreal existe"...
Obrigado

Cecilia tenho observado pouca movimentação no grupo e parece que a maioria deles tem sua participação. Percebo que sua evolução no curso é muito grande e gostaria de trocar uma idéia com você:
Estou na lição 164 e procuro dentro do possível ler gradativamente o livro texto. Para mim está muito claro o pensamento sobre o que realmente somos, considerando este mundo como irreal.
Contudo tenho pensado muito na questão da salvação de cada um, pois sou católico e já fiz curso de teologia. Nós que temos o previlégio de conhecer este atalho para o céu precisamos ser luzes para nossos irmãos que a estão procurando, também está claro. Mas fico me perguntando: como fica a questão de nossos irmãos que não seguem uma vida voltada para o amor ao próximo? Vamos ser diretos, vamos falar daqueles que direta ou indiretamente matam pessoas? As pessoas que cometem suicídio? As pessoas que não terão a oportunidade de conhecer este caminho?
No final das contas vamos todos para o mesmo lugar? Tenho comigo que Deus é infinitamente bom mas também é infinitamente justo!
Não sei se você vai entender minhas dúvidas, se for possível posso lhe passar um e-mail mais detalhado em PV.
Obrigado e continue na paz de Deus.tenho observado pouca movimentação no grupo e parece que a maioria deles tem sua participação. Percebo que sua evolução no curso é muito grande e gostaria de trocar uma idéia com você:
Estou na lição 164 e procuro dentro do possível ler gradativamente o livro texto. Para mim está muito claro o pensamento sobre o que realmente somos, considerando este mundo como irreal.
Contudo tenho pensado muito na questão da salvação de cada um, pois sou católico e já fiz curso de teologia. Nós que temos o previlégio de conhecer este atalho para o céu precisamos ser luzes para nossos irmãos que a estão procurando, também está claro. Mas fico me perguntando: como fica a questão de nossos irmãos que não seguem uma vida voltada para o amor ao próximo? Vamos ser diretos, vamos falar daqueles que direta ou indiretamente matam pessoas? As pessoas que cometem suicídio? As pessoas que não terão a oportunidade de conhecer este caminho?
No final das contas vamos todos para o mesmo lugar? Tenho comigo que Deus é infinitamente bom mas também é infinitamente justo!
Obrigado e continue na paz de Deus.

************************************

Cecilia

Boa tarde! entrei hoje neste grupo e fui até os anexos porque ando um tantinho
angustiada com minha resistência em perdoar , liberar uma pessoa que me é muito
próxima. Então como não consigo realizar este perdão total me sinto culpada e,
bem, voces devem conhecer o círculo vicioso tbém....e li um anexo enviado que me
deu a verdadeira dimensão deste meu sentimento -  O primeiro Milagre - e por
este milagre que me fez sorrir  eu agradeço!

Beloved One,

Merry Christmas.  Our Messengers of Peace and friends are all over the world. 
Here is a video that our friend Deb made, and it serves as a good christmas card
for everyone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6L7x3YsBQ

We hope to see you in 2010 in the USA and on our world travels.

Thanks to our Family of Light.

Forever grateful and in Joy,

David

Paz e Alegria a todos .Exatamente a 251 dias estudo um livro em
milagres.Compartilhar conhecimento e muito enriquecedor .A busca pela Verdade
sempre nos foi dito que nos libertaria.As necessidades que temos quando nossa
Mente esta identificada pelo ego saos inumeras e passageiras.Jesus comentou
sobre o caminho largo e estreito,o ego nos oferce diferentes ilusoes nenhuma
digna ou capaz de satisfazer a Mente do Filho de Deus,o Espirito Santo como guia
nos oferece um caminho seguro e confiante,os truques astutos do ego sao
reconhecidos perdendo assim o valor,uma viagen me oferece prazer e conforto mais
e passageiro e ilusorio .....A Paz que sentimos quando nossa mente esta liberta
atesta que realmente vivemos no mundo mas nao somos daqui,o retorno a Mente do
Cristo realmente e a nossa unica necessidade.

Hi everyone,

A group of us have gathered here at the Living Miracles Monastery in
Utah for the 1st retreat of the year, and we have volunteers from
Cincinnati and Australia and Las Vegas and other areas. With the
Messengers of Peace & participants from as far as Ireland there will be a total
of 40 at the retreat.

Join us later in June for the next one, which is a weekend retreat.

http://miracles-monastery.org/


Love,

David



PS: Visit http://global-miracles.net/gatherings.html for more of our upcoming
retreats this Summer & Fall.

Here is a new song I just received from my dear friend Noell Grace:


Invocation

Spirit is my strength
Spirit is my Source
Loving is my sustenance
Loving guides my course

Now I yield up
Illusion of control
Holy Will is done through me
This is my only goal

I joyfully invite
the living mind of Christ
Govern every thought and word
Illuminate my sight

Now I open up
and let the power flow
Nothing that I need to do
but say Yes and let go

I release the thing
I dreamt myself to be
Every concept, every thought
Every held belief

I bring it to the altar
Within my Holy Mind
There is no true sacrifice
To be the living Christ

Living in the Mind of Christ
Living as the Mind of Christ
Living as the mind of Christ



Blessings and Joy to all gathering for the retreat...

Love,

Noell

Beloved One,

Blessings of Love.  Helena has put together a new website dedicated to the
Devotional Retreats that Messengers of Peace offer around the world:

http://beoneness.net


In Love & Gratitude,

David


_____________________________________________________________________

The Practical application of A Course In Miracles

Messengers of Peace have now held devotionals all around the globe in the USA,
Canada, Ireland, Australia and in Spain. The devotionals are meant to be for the
ones that want to take the mind training to a deeper level and grow in the trust
that it IS possible to know thy Self by getting rid of the obstacles to the
awareness of Love's presence. The devotionals help you to get in touch with your
compromises, where you have chosen fear instead of Love, and in that way see
what stands in the way for your ability to hear and follow the Guidance of the
Holy Spirit.

"Know thyself." There is nothing else to seek.
ACIM, T-8.III.5

The website includes the following links:

      * Coming Devotionals
      * Coming Events
      * Newsletter subscription
      * Advanced studies
      * Mp3 downloads
      * Materials


Coming Devotionals

Sweden, Stockholm

19th - 29th of September 2010

Welcome to a 10 day long devotional with Helena, supported by Jason and Jenny,
in Stockholm! This devotional will give the participants an opportunity to go
deeper into the practical application of the Course's teachings. Sessions will
be held which will include discussions, movie clips, full length movies and
music. There will also be other activities during the retreat that will serve as
beautiful backdrops for mind watching and training.

Main purpose:
- Getting clear about mind watching
- Observing distractive egoic patterns
- Choosing the Holy Spirit's Purpose

      * Place: Sweden, Stockholm (Väddö) at the retreat center Fjällbo
      * Physical retreat center address:
        Fjällbo Kursgård
        Fjällbo 35
        760 40 VÄDDÖ
        SWEDEN
      * Language spoken: English
      * Cost: 7 900 SEK (transaction details will be given after your application
has been approved). This includes everything, except for your travel costs to
and from the retreat center before and after the devotional
      * Scholarship: There is a possibility of a working scholarship if you don't
have the money to pay for the whole devotional (see question in the application
process)
      * Contact: Write to helena@... if you have any questions
regarding the devotional
      * Application process:
        Step 1: Answer the questions below

        Step 2 (Note! This step is optional): Record a You Tube video with
yourself answering the questions. See instructions here

        Step 3: You will be contacted by one of the Messengers

The application form for the Messenger's devotional in Stockholm 2010

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Spain, Mallorca

16th of October - 27th of November 2010 (totally 2,4 or 6 weeks)

Each participant chooses how long to stay
(minimum of 2 weeks and maximum up to 6 weeks)

The 2-weeks slots available are:
16 Oct -30 Oct
30 Oct - 13 Nov
13 Nov - 27 Nov

David and The Messengers of Peace invite you to join in a 6-week devotional
while they are in residence at a beautiful Villa in the South Eastern
countryside of Mallorca, Spain. This is a wonderful opportunity for European
Course in Miracles students to gather in one location: Using songs, movies,
discussion and meditation and joining with mighty companions in releasing the
blocks to remembering the Peace, Love, Joy and stillness that is available in
every instant. The Devotional involves abiding together in spiritual community,
where the purpose of every moment is devoted to the Holy Spirit.

The Team
Messengers of Peace: David, Helena, Jason W., Jenny and Lisa
Messengers full time Volunteer: Jason P.
Organizers: Christian, Lynne, Mary and Claire
Read more about this devotional
For more information you can go to http://global-miracles.net/mallorca/index.htm

Venue
"La Ruina", located on the South Eastern countryside of Mallorca

Venue website
http://www.thomaswegner.de/casas_blancas/A_la_ruina/03_rundgang/index.html

Detailed logistical answers
Our organizers answer logistical questions at
http://sonship-online.com/mallorca_faq.php

Registration website
http://sonship-online.com/mallorca_retreat.php
Cost
1050 EURO per person and per 2-week slot (everything included: food, lodging and
shuttle run to and from air port at set times)

Please contact the organizers for further information
Lynne Sears: lynnesears@...
or Claire Waling: cwaling@...

Application process
There is no application process for this devotional

Hi everyone,

My friends Devan & Lisa & all of us have collaborated on a wonderful Ning
website for sharing the Joyful Good News of A Course In Miracles (ACIM).  Devan
started the site awhile back, and the Messengers of Peace and our friends around
the world have been actively participating on it.  Now the site will serve the
Living Miracles Monastery as well as extending A Course In Miracles (ACIM)
teachings and ideas and networking for students and teachers!

http://iamacim.ning.com

Feel free to check it out and Join In.

In Love & Gratitude,

David

Beloved One,

Blessings of Love.  Forty of us gathered at the monastery last week for our
first retreat of 2010.  There were volunteers from as far as Australia and
participants from as far as Ireland and Canada in attendance.  Devan and Lauren
and friends and family held a wedding on Wednesday night, and after the
reception we held our first Wed. night candlelight service.  People poured out
their gratitude for the miracles that have been extending through their
awareness, and everyone rejoiced in how the Spirit is moving in their lives.
Rozes and Kathy formed a sun & wind team to explore the use of solar and wind
power at the monastery (...and this week we met a man named Orrin who lives in
the canyon and is the main distributor for solar equipment in Utah).  Suzanne
and Frances and Anna Carol and Kerri and Jason Press will be moving out to Utah
in 2010 in support of the monastery this Summer and Fall, and Leila is headed
back to Cincinnati to begin the process of relocating to the monastery.

The shift from our base in Cincinnati to using the monastery as our base for the
Global Ministry is now fully underway.  We are Guided to keep the monastery open
year round beginning this year, and we are grateful for the plan to have a
support house for volunteers nearby here in Utah, much like the Lighthouse has
been a support house for the Peacehouse in Cincinnati.  The new support house in
Utah will have high speed Internet access, and since we have been unable to
obtain this for the monastery this Internet access will enable us to maintain
our Internet ministry and communications from rural Utah.  The support house in
Utah will also house full and possibly part-time volunteers and an office for
mailing out requested resources and published materials around the world.

We welcome any and all support for our westward movement, and we are filled with
gratefulness for all the love and support that the volunteers and participants
are continually offering in our shared Purpose.  Everyday is miraculous, and we
rejoice at every step that is Guided & Given.

Late June & early July are periods of travel for most of the Messengers of
Peace.  Jason & Kirsten will fly to Costa Rica in mid-June, and I have a trip to
Canada at the end of the month.  In early July we have a trip to Las Vegas, Los
Angeles, and Santa Barbara scheduled.  There are weekend retreats scheduled for
June and July at the monastery, and another full week retreat is set for late
August.  I will be coming to the Northern mountains of Georgia in early
September, and return to Northern Kentucky for a weekend retreat in
mid-September.

Please see our Coming Events page for more details:

http://global-miracles.net/gatherings.html

I hope to see you this Summer and Fall in North America, before I continue on my
travels around the world in Europe & Australia at the end of 2010 and into 2011.

In Overflowing Gratitude & Joy,

David & the Messengers of Peace

Olá Amados Milagres!

Ainda caminhamos neste mundo de ilusão. Nada que vemos com olhos os
do corpo muda como um passe de mágica ou um milagre. Porém, nossa
visão mudou, os olhos do coração enxergam um mundo sob uma nova
perspectiva, um coração leve vê o mundo como uma sala de aula onde
a lição a aprender é o PERDÃO. Um coração que aprendeu a
perdoar está sempre em Paz. Um coração em paz não revive o
passado e nem se preocupa com o futuro, pois sabe que o único momente
que realmente existe é o Agora. E agora podemos caminhar tranquilos
sabendo que cada passo, cada momento, cada instante é um instante
santo. Cada pessoa que entramos é um encontro santo. Com os olhos do
coração vemos o reflexo do nosso Ser em tudo e em todos. E sabemos
que somos todos inocentes e todos perdoados. Pois o nosso valor é
estabelecido somente por Aquele que nos conhece como realmente somos.
Somos o Amor de Deus.

Sempre com Amor, Paz e Gratidão

Cecilia

Olá,

Esta mensagem é uma notificação para informá-lo que um novo arquivo foi
adicionado no grupo ProfessorDosProfessores.

   Arquivo         : /Issue 95.pdf
   Carregado por   : mysticspiritone <mysticspiritone@...>
   Descrição       : Miracle Worker Issue 95- Interview with Ian Patrick

Você pode acessar o arquivo pela URL:

http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/ProfessorDosProfessores/files/Issue%2095.pdf

Para saber mais sobre compartilhamento de arquivos no grupo, leia:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/br/groups/files

Atenciosamente,

mysticspiritone <mysticspiritone@...>

Beloved One,

I have uploaded the latest issue of the Miracle Worker e-newsletter.

My friend Ian Patrick interviewed me back in 2009, and the article was uploaded
as a PDF file to the online Awakeninginchrist Yahoo group.  I will share it
below as well:

Love & Blessings,

David

_____________________________________________________________________

In Conversation with
David Hoffmeister

Miracle Worker talks to prominent people in the
A Course in Miracles community Interview conducted by Ian Patrick, February 2009
in San Francisco, California

Ian Patrick (IP): As a Course teacher, what is your `angle' on A Course in
Miracles?

David Hoffmeister (DH): For me, the
state of mind is the teaching. Without a
consistent state of mind, words and
actions that come from it would make it
an inconsistent teaching. I feel that we
teach by words and actions, but our
attitude is the most important thing. As I
have done my work, traveled and
spoken, resistances and preferences have
seemed to fade far away and the joy and
peace have become more consistent.

IP: Is that the state of mind you talk about
cultivating — being in a place where you
are at peace whatever happens?

DH: Yes. For example, once I found myself at the front of a ferry when a foghorn
went off behind me. A woman I was with, jumped about a foot in the air and I did
not even flinch. Things like that are little symbols along the way — telling me
that this mind training seems to be transferring — because in the past I would
have jumped. With relationships and all kinds of encounters, I have sunk deeper
into this peace, which is not disturbed by situations that seem to happen.

IP: That state of mind is really the aim of the Course. How do you teach the
achievement of that?

DH: In that state, there is such contentment that the `should's,
`ought to's, `have to's, trying to do something all disappear.
Then, the guidance is there, the prompts, the invitations come.
A lot of people, who find out about me, are excited to talk
about the Course, bring up their issues and learn how to
transfer the training and so on. For me, the metaphysics is important. We have
to be clear about that, but the actual experience comes from transferring the
training to all aspects of your mind, without any exceptions. So, I have been
able to teach that many times since 1991, when my traveling started. It has
helped stabilize the experience for me.

IP: You apply those principles, moment by moment, to your
everyday experience?

DH: Yes. I read the Course for about eight hours a day for the
first 2 1/2 years, immersing myself in it in every spare moment
I had and, then, I did not hear an audible Voice for God in my
head like Helen. It was more like a chain of thoughts. But it
was very practical and would tell me where to go, what to do.
The first couple of years were about listening carefully and
following it. After a few years, though, the voice began saying:
"I want to speak through you now". And, for someone who
was extremely shy, that was even more of a challenge, initially,
than hearing, because I was not used to public speaking.

IP: Is that what you do now, primarily, when you have a
session or a workshop, let that voice be spoken through you?

DH: Yes. I let it come through and address whatever is
presented. It is not like channeling, in the sense that some
people go to psychics and ask if they should get married, or
divorced, or whatever. My feeling is that people are going to do
what they do, but I can look at their thoughts and beliefs and,
if they have issues, go deeper into the mind. I feel like that is
how the Holy Spirit works with us — loosening our thoughts
and beliefs, not necessarily telling us to do this or do that.

IP: Does the voice sound almost like your own thoughts?
DH: It does. At the beginning, it seemed to be a separate
voice. Because it was consistently speaking such profound
things, I thought it could not be from me. Over the years, I
realized it was teaching me that it was my true voice, my
higher voice, so I was willing to own it. That is why I have never
called them channeling sessions, because I am not
channeling another being or entity from another place. It is
about letting it become so consistent and exemplified in my
mind that it feels like it is me. I think that is the goal of the
Course and that is what enlightenment is all about.

IP: Do you go into a workshop or a session with ideas about
what you are going to speak about, with a plan, or are you
totally open to the guidance, the voice that comes through?

DH: Totally open. If there is a theme, that gives a bit of a
format, but the specific questions that are asked are different.
I have never given the same talk more than once.

IP: How was your life before you started doing this and before
you were a student of the Course? What were you doing?

DH: I was pretty much like a professional student — ten years
at university for my undergraduate and graduate courses. I
had the time to contemplate. I had a strong feeling that I had
to be careful how I would use this lifetime and to be sure
before I jumped onto something. So, I spent a lot of time
pondering, going to nearby woods for long walks. I got
degrees in urban planning and general studies — a lot of
different things that took me all over the university, meeting all
sorts of people. In retrospect, I can see this has helped me
relate to people from many different traditions and professions.
That was an important time in my life.

IP: What were you busy pondering?

DH: I was pondering on the nature of things. I had the
frustrations and struggles that everybody has. I talked to Jesus
a lot — questions about what I was to do with my life and why
I was working so hard at university, doing all these papers and
committees. Gradually, in these dialogues with Jesus, I `got'
that I was going for the things most people do — love,
intimacy, freedom, peace — but that I was going about them
in the wrong way. I was looking for them in form — in
relationships, finding a peaceful place, or having physical
mobility. That helped re-orientate me.

IP: Clearly, you had prior spiritual
or religious belief. What was the
essence of that?

DH: I was raised in Christianity. When I got into university, though,
I began questioning things. I read psychology, philosophy, religion,
esoteric books and opened my horizons. In one sense, I
stepped away from Christianity because there were so many
contradictions. Around 1985, in graduate school, I started
going to many churches and I had different reactions to each.
This was part of my discernment because I was still very
drawn to Jesus, but there were things they were saying that I
was not drawn to, that I thought were distortions.

Sense of Direction

IP: Were you happy during this search period? Were you
frustrated that your life seemed to be lacking a sense of
direction, or curious about what was going to happen?

DH: I would say I was in a state of denial in my high school
years. I would look at the world and say: "I don't know what
I'm going to be when I grow up". I felt disillusionment,
boredom. In my yearbook pictures my eyes were half closed,
as if nothing looked appealing. And I was shy in high school
and in college. I did not go on my first date till I was 27 years
old, so my life was unusual. I think I had a pretty good childhood. I was not
extremely unhappy, but I was unfulfilled. There was a hole, an emptiness. I did
not know what my purpose was. Then, I started to get a calling, like monks and
nuns do. I could feel that Jesus was
involved, but it was not a monastery or a traditional calling. I
did not know how it was going to play out and then A Course
in Miracles came in and I thought: "This is the answer."

IP: How did the Course come into your life?

DH: It was 1986 and I went to California to a humanistic psychology conference.
It was the last year of Carl Rogers' life and he had touched me. His books were
so powerful. Abraham Laslo, Virginia Satir — a lot of the humanistic thinkers —
were also there. I was very drawn to the ideas of transpersonal thinkers, like
Frances Vaughan, Roger Walsh. I found myself where the psychologists had their
books and tapes and drawn to the end of the room. There, some students of Tara
Singh had A Course in Miracles on display and they had a video playing. I
listened and it touched something deep in my heart. It
was almost as if he was verbalizing some of the things that I had been
contemplating. It was a surprise to hear them actually spoken in front of me. It
was a powerful experience that launched me. I felt waves of love pouring over
me. I had the feeling that my life would never be the same, that I was going to
go off on a different vector from what I had been doing before.

Ready to Ascend

I bought the Course, Forgiveness and Jesus, by Ken Wapnick,
and Nothing Real Can Be Threatened, by Tara Singh. I was
ready to go to the next mountain and ascend! But the voice
laughed at me and said: "You are at the beginning, not at the
end. Go back to your relationship and start working". I had
student loans to pay off, so the voice was very practical. I say
voice, but it took me a couple of years of really immersing
myself in the Course before I could hear consistently the
thoughts that were instructing me.

IP: Were you no longer studying, but working at that point?
DH: I started a job training with people who were 18 or 19
years old. I was 27 or 28. One job was in a re-hab, so the
vocational thing was still there. I used some counseling skills.
The jobs helped pay off the student loans, but they took away
all the pride of thinking that I knew how to work with clients.

IP: Had you learned psychotherapy and counseling?

DH: I picked up some of those skills. I was hired to teach
psychology at an art institute though I had not completed a
degree in psychology, but it seemed like the Spirit was going
before me. There were synchronicities that showed me that
Spirit was in charge and, if I was willing, the stuff would come
— which was different from my way of going about life.
I had to learn how to pray — not like Christian prayers, but to
get out of the way and receive inspiration and wisdom. That
was another important phase for me.

IP: How would you describe the process of that kind of prayer?

DH: I had always looked into problem solving using my past
learning to get answers. Now prayer, for me, was coming to a
state of not knowing what was in the best interests of myself,
the client, or whoever was in front of me, and going into a state
of openness and receptivity prior to intake interviews or
counseling sessions. I was amazed at how beautifully the
sessions would go when I did not read the history of the client,
or use strategies I had learned in counseling, psychotherapy
and psychology, but was just open and receptive.

IP: Were you studying the Course as well at this time?

DH: Yes. It was quite intense to be studying and working with
the clients, because it brought up a lot of stuff for me. I started
to see where I needed to be healed.

IP: How did it come about that you became a Course teacher?
Was that the next step?

DH: There was a phase when I was guided to go to up to five
ACIM groups a week. It was perfect for me, because I had
been so shy. I went and the Holy Spirit would start speaking
through me with such clarity and authority that they were very
strange meetings. One long-standing group, for example, had
20 or 30 people and no facilitator. When I started going, the
spirit poured through when a question was asked and all heads
would turn to me. People gained respect for these answers so
quickly it was surprising for me. I did not set out to be a Course
teacher or facilitator. I did that for a number of years. Then, the time came to
travel, to go to see Ken Wapnick, Tara Singh, Robert Perry and Beverley
Hutchinson and spend weeks with each, immersed in
listening to them. Those trips showed me people who had dedicated their lives to
the Course, which I think was another important step, because it is one thing to
read it in a book but when you actually meet the people it is inspirational.
That moved me more in that direction.

Their Teacher

Then people started showing up, listening to me and calling
me their teacher. That was quite startling. I worked very closely
with a small group and we went deep into more of the
subtleties of mind-training. At one point, they said: "You are an
unrealistic role-model, as you are too happy". That was a
surprise. I felt I had to be authentic and that was how I was
feeling. They said: "You would be more human and a better
learning model if you would get upset, angry, sad and so
forth". I said: "If you had known me, you would see that my
face was wet with tears for many years, working through many
emotional issues" but, by that time, they had washed away.
I started traveling in 1991, going where I was invited, trusting
and living by donation. At some point, one student set up a
non-profit organization, because they said: "You'll be doing
more traveling than you know". That has served to funnel the
donations in a way in which there are no taxes involved. It all
goes back into the `ministry'. I don't collect a salary. It is simple
and really helped.

I had no plans to start a foundation. It was just for me to keep
it as simple as possible. It is called the Foundation for the Awakening Mind.
There is a group of people who steward it. I do not own things, or have things
in my name, etc., so it has been a walk of trust. Usually, when people come
together, there are a lot of legal things that are put in place for protection.
But I have been strongly guided to trust all along. And it has really worked out
very smoothly. When I trust, then I get witnesses of trust.

IP: Did you glean something from all the teachers you
mentioned — Ken, Robert, Tara and Beverley?

DH: Right at the start of these travels, Jesus told me: "Every
one of these teachers has a gift to offer you and before you
move on from each, you must receive the gift". So, it was very
important, with every one, that I stay and spend time with
them. I made so many contacts, because when Ken was at
Roscoe, it was such an international hub.

Commentary On the Teaching

It was interesting that, as I listened to each teacher, the Holy
Spirit gave me a commentary on the teaching. It was all for my
own discernment. Even when I popped into the Endeavor Academy in Wisconsin, or
other offshoots of the Course, I got this commentary.
The Holy Spirit would say, while I was working with Ken: "The
metaphysics are very clear here". When I was with Tara Singh,
Spirit told me that there was a real devotion there, with the
silence and the reverence coming in through the teachings
that I was to pay attention to, which was important. As you
know, the Course's metaphysics is so deep and beyond many
spiritualities that it was like the Holy Spirit was just filling me in: "OK,
this is good, this is a good example", etc. Going to
Endeavor Academy, there were all kinds of metaphysical
distortions and confusions and a focus on singularity there,
things like physical resurrection. And Spirit said: "No, that's not
it. Ken has got it right there".

With Robert Perry, at the Circle of Atonement, there was a major
teaching, too. In most cases, the Spirit was able to clarify things
for me. That was all very helpful because, like everyone who
studies the Course, I had lots of questions about metaphysics
and applying it, taking it all the way and go for the atonement.
It was interesting because traveling, teaching, living on
donations and facing the things that people face I really got a
practical, hands-on approach to the Course. Sometimes, I
would be guided to a Course group or a friend's house and I
would be told: "You will be staying here", or I would go into a
group, would just hear "Wait", three people would invite me to
stay with them and Spirit would say: "Go with Frank", or whoever.

IP: Very specific instructions!

DH: Yes. That made my life so much easier. It would be like
having a beneficent, loving guide in my mind, who knew my
best interests and was willing to tell me.

IP: Was it later apparent why you had been guided to go home
with Frank, rather than with John or Susan, or whoever?

DH: Yes, I was amazed how things unfolded. Sometimes, I would be with them for
several days and we would get into something that was a deeper issue for them.
And there were all kinds of synchronicities. When it was time to move on, it was
definitely time to move on. Being on the road, there was this discernment, every
few days, that it was time to move on. If I hesitated or resisted the guidance,
I would quickly see that I needed to heed it, because it did not feel right
otherwise.

Spiritual Seekers

IP: How is your life, now, compared with how it was before the
Course came along?

DH: I was quite shut down, isolated. In childhood and through
much of high school and college I was a loner. Now, for
example, this is the first day for me of a month and a half trip
that will take me to Australia, Fiji and Hawaii. I meet thousands
of A Course in Miracles students and spiritual seekers every
year. And a lot of them are brand new. It is extraordinarily
different for me from being voted the quietest in my senior
class. Now, I have many life-long friends — because we share
the same purpose. I feel like I have known them forever. There
is a very different quality. If someone had shown me a picture
of how my life is now, back then, I would either have said:
"That will never be me", or I would have been terrified of it.

IP: How happy and peaceful are you, now, by comparison?

DH: Then, I was disillusioned, bored and fatigued by the ways
of the world. Now, there is a vibrant energy. I love doing what I
do and it could change at any point and I would be OK with that
too. It's been a huge change. I cannot even compare the two.

IP: Are you okay with everything? Do your `buttons' get pushed?
" Every one of these teachers has a gift to offer and before you move on from
each, you must receive the gift."

DH: No, they really do not. That is the thing about
enlightenment. I cannot remember the last time I had a bad
day. It is beautiful. I think that is the only reason people would
invite me. I get so many invitations and unless I was
consistently happy, I cannot think of another reason. I know
people like the Course, but there are many wonderful teachers
and books out there. There is a deep connection I feel with
people and they invite me back and that has spurred it on.

IP: Do you not think people also like teachers they can identify
with, who are also going through issues that they can relate to?

DH: Yes, I think they do. It is helpful to read in the Bible about
Jesus' 40 days in the desert being tested by Satan, or going
through his trials and tribulations. I have shared a lot of what I
call the Parables of David, so I am transparent in that way. I
think it does make a stronger connection. I do believe that
people need to relate to anyone they are going to learn from,
otherwise it is more like having an alien there. The parables are
teaching examples that really happened. When people are
going through those same things, those examples are useful.
I use movies a lot. I have been in 22 countries and Hollywood
is big everywhere. So, I will show a quantum physics movie,
the Truman Show, the Matrix. Spirit gave me this book called
the Movie Watcher's Guide to Enlightenment, which people
resonate with. They have burned out on church, even on
metaphysics, but they love the movies.

What are unfolding more than ever are metaphysical movies. I
did a session in Venezuela once with the movie Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There was a woman who had
been studying the Course for 14 years and had never had a
mystical experience. In the middle of the movie, as Spirit
poured through, she had her mystical experience and came to
me with tears rolling down her face.

IP: You talk through the movie?

DH: I give the Holy Spirit's commentary during the movie and I
tell people, beforehand, what to look for. I set it up, so people
are ready and open. The Spirit provides such insight that
people have powerful experiences during the movie itself, just
as if it was part of their meditation practice.

Enlightenment

IP: Tell me about enlightenment. You speak about being
enlightened. What does that mean to you from an A Course in
Miracles point of view?

DH: Firstly, it is a consistent state of mind. I do not see
enlightenment as a partial thing. I think of it as much like the
`forgiven world' or the `happy dream' that Jesus talks about,
where it is still a dream, you still perceive the world, but there is
no judgment on it. For example, a year or two ago I was
traveling through Australia and my friend, who was with me,
finally spoke to one of the groups and said: "It is amazing to
travel with someone who is not judging anything". He said he
was eating a pizza with me, saying: "Isn't it a good pizza? And
I was just smiling at him. "He would not even judge the pizza!"
He got so euphoric and giddy that he had to get grounded. So
I asked him what he needed. He said: "A bottle of wine and a
big steak." To me, it is independent of the form, so I went and
had a bottle of wine and a steak with him.

IP: And you still enjoyed it, without judging it?

DH: Yes, it was more like a prop — a way of joining with him —
because it was something he felt comfortable with. So, when
people say: "Let me cook you your favourite meal", I just ask:
"What's your favourite meal?" They tell me and I will say: "Why
don't we have that?" So we both have a good time with it,
because it is just a backdrop for joining. There is not so much
a preference for things, but just what can be used.
That is how my relationships have gone, too, in the sense that
we tend to think, in human terms, of who we are with, how long
we have been with them and `significant others'. For me, it is
more about what serves the whole. I see relationships as being
orchestrated by Spirit to serve the whole, as opposed to
focusing in on a person to be a partner.

Expectations Result in Irritations

IP: Do you have preferences — people you like to hang out
with, or particular things you like to do for pleasure?

DH: No, actually, they have gone. That is part of the
enlightened state I think, too, in the sense that even if you are
just leaning here or there, there are still expectations tied in with
those leanings. And those expectations result in irritations. Like
Jesus says, they are like a "veil drawn over intense fury" (W 32).

IP: How do you make everyday decisions like, say, in the
morning, to go to the shops, go fishing or whatever?

DH: The things I do have more of a communication function. As
it says in the Course the purpose of the body is to let the Voice
for God speak through it. So, in the morning, it is very
spontaneous. I do not really have an agenda. Over these past
20 years, the Holy Spirit has scheduled me into people's lives,
at conferences, workshops, because they are invested in time.
It feels the same to me, but I see how our coming together
helps. A listening takes place. If I am left at home I have to put
a note with a little magnet on the fridge to tell me what day to
put the garbage out, because I do not keep track of the days.
It is almost like a spiritual dementia, or something, because I
am just living in the moment and I do not think of those things.
But when I am traveling the Spirit comes in and is very
attentive with things like airline flights, hotels and talks. It is
more like it is just given to me.

IP: It sounds like you stay open to possibilities, go with the flow
and see what transpires that day — who turns up.

DH: Exactly. I have a cell phone, I go on the Internet and I try to
stay accessible. Then, there are times, even putting all that out,
when there is silence, nobody calls and it is just a time of
stillness. And I feel that is given, too. When I am supposed to be
in motion I am and when I am supposed to be still, then... the
mind stays still anyway.

Deep Into the Course

IP: Was there a particular event that brought enlightenment
about, or was it by consistently working with the Course?

DH: It was gradual. Eckhart Tolle talks about being on a park
bench when, suddenly, wham! Buddha was walking and lotus
petals appeared under his feet. Mine was more gradual, by just
keeping at it. When I look at my early life, no dramatic things
happened. Some aboriginies talk about shape-shifting, or
psychic phenomenon. When I went really deep into the
Course, I started to have psychic episodes. I actually had a
raising the dead experience, like Jesus had — really `far out'
stuff that I would not have predicted. I began mind reading. I
would sit down to meditate before doing a workshop and it
was like having a giant satellite dish, picking up all the
thoughts, judgments, jealousies, etc. from the people waiting
in the next room. I felt like I did not have a private mind. I did
not know where the phase was going. It was intense.
As I got deeper into it, Spirit gave me intuition of what would
be helpful to work with people and I did not react to those
attack thoughts any more. I was being shown that I could "be
hurt by nothing but my thoughts" (W 438), but that these were
not real thoughts. I became more like the witness-self, not
attached.

IP: Are you saying you literally raised a dead person?

DH: Yes, I had one such experience. It was very surprising,
because you do not expect these things! I stopped at a grocery
store to buy some food for my grandmother. That morning, I
was doing the Workbook lesson: "There is no death. The Son
of God is free" (W 309). I was repeating it in my mind, as if it
was involuntary. It was rolling through my mind. In the grocery
store, there was a woman lying on the floor, not breathing. I
watched, with this idea from the Workbook going through my
mind. There had been paramedics working on her for a while,
then they stepped back. As I picked up my food, I felt a strong
energy inside my chest and `third eye' area. Then the woman's
diaphragm started moving again. The most striking thing was
how natural it felt, not like I was raising the dead, in the literal
sense, but more that this was a symbol of the teaching that:
"There is no death. The Son of God is free". I also see how
symbolic Jesus seeming to come out of the tomb, or raising
Lazarus, are. Jesus had a much greater message to teach us
about the resurrection of the mind and the atonement.

IP: Indeed! Why would he not have raised everybody from the
dead? No, he used them as examples.

DH: Yes, that was the feeling. It just felt very natural. I paid the
cashier and went to my grandmother without talking about it.

IP: You really seem to have fun with all this.

DH: When you are going through the darkness to the light and
darkness is coming up, it does not feel good, but the Course
says that the Holy Spirit needs happy learners. I always thought
that sounded pretty good. I can see, now, how enlightenment
and the consistency came much faster as my trust in the Holy
Spirit grew. Then, it became more fun. I would not do it if I did
not feel glee and joy with it. I would do something else that was
fun. So, I really want to convey to people that it does not have
to be painful, like people make it out to be. It can be fun.

IP: Thank you very much.