The Foundation for the Awakening Mind
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The Foundation for the Awakening Mind offers materials that are helpful to awakening including DVDs, CDs and MP3s that offer teachings based on A Course in Miracles. Our materials are offered freely. We gratefully accept donations to support our ministry. If you would like to receive any of the materials described below, you may request them using our online order form <include order form link here>.
Awake in the Mind:
Intensive on the Bay - MP3 files on 2 CDs.
David Hoffmeister discusses advanced spiritual concepts with Course students
who are ready to go deeper in the mind in order to awaken to the
Peace of God. This 17 ½ hour intensive
covered a wide range of topics and participant areas of interest, allowing for
in-depth exploration. Basic terms and the structure of the mind were presented
first, and then expanded as the theme of Purpose was clarified.
Awake
in the Mind MP3 file topic list:
File 1A
Introduction / Topics of Reference Guide / Ask about the mind and
dispel level confusion / Overview of 4 papers / Terms: perception, ego, Holy
Spirit, miracle, and revelation / Explanation of chart - diagram of the
mind
File 1B
Explanation of chart (continued) / Level confusion / Body
identification /disidentification / Present decision, not past event, causes
upset /
Choice is at the level of mind; behavior is symbolic, not causative / Choosing
between the valuable and valueless
File 2A
Consciousness and the push-pull of receiving-resisting messages from
the Holy Spirit / Attack or call for love? / Attack thoughts - perceiving
pain, victimization, etc. / Beliefs obscure real thoughts, so must be
examined /Continuous, habitual mind-watching
File 2B
Sickness, magic, healing / Only responsibility is to accept
Correction for my distorted perception / The body is not creative; body is a
learning
device the Holy Spirit uses for communication / Unforgiveness is healed by
forgiveness; guilt is released by disidentifying with the ego
File 3A
Self is hidden by the self-concept / Ideas leave not their source /
Sickness (continued) / The ego / Jesus symbolizes an awakened mind
File 3B
Sickness (continued) / Two uses of abilities / The mind, not the
world, is the classroom for learning / Consistently choosing with the Holy
Spirit
File 4A
Prayer / Sickness (continued) / All perceptual experiences are
symbolic / The mind is not here in the world - the world is in the split-mind /
Children /Discipline, intelligence, readiness
File 4B
Trap of making ACIM book, groups, conferences, etc., special / Going
within - setting the stage / resisting it / Relationships, intimacy,
freedom
File 5A
Communication in relationships / Conditions, compromise, completion
in the special love relationship / Uses of the body by ego, Holy Spirit
File 5B
Ego uses of the body (continued)
File 6A
Ego uses of the body (continued) / Concepts of sacrifice, marriage, and family
/ Getting it NOW and experientially / Holding to Purpose
File 6B
The two (ego & H.S.) uses of the body (continued) / The openness of
I don't know / No need to wrestle with attachments / The power of Intention
&
Purpose / The pursuit of pleasure is the pursuit of pain / Only One
Mind; another s mind is metaphorical
File 7A
The dreamer disidentifies from all figures in the dream and awakens /
The script is written / Identity crisis / Salvation s task: exchanging
concepts for expanded concepts / Wanting specifics / What do I do? / Projection
and misperception
File 7B
Lessons 1 - 14: the metaphysics of forgiving, overlooking what is in
my mind / Doing flows automatically from thinking / Manifesting as a
stepping-stone toward recognizing the mind s power
File 8A
Lessons 1 - 14 (continued) / Nothing you need will be denied you /
Mystical-revelatory experiences / Concept of competition / Truth is
uncompromising / Holy Instant - Atonement awaits acceptance
File 8B
Lessons 1 - 14 (continued) / Belief in competition with God / The two
(ego & H.S.) uses of relationship / Partner as a God-substitute in special
relationship / Attempts to keep another bound through guilt
File 9A
Mind-watching; detaching from thoughts / Concept of family / Food,
shelter, & basic needs are provided for in fulfilling function / No other
people or this person to wonder about / What is it for? instead of Why? / Ego
uses
of relationship (continued)
File 9B
The desire to awaken / Letting go of the self-concept / Community
defined at the mind level: intention / True communication IS the Holy Spirit /
Learning through contrast / Special relationship (ego uses of relationship
continued)
File 10A
Sexuality in the hierarchy of illusions / Trust / Wanting to be
understood / Doubt thoughts
File 10B
Urgency, single desire / The Immediacy of Salvation / Belief in time
is the attmept to hold cause and effect apart / Present decision is the only
decision there is
File 11A
Healing the pleasure, forgiving the good as well as the bad /
Examining the self-concept / Only one false belief, all illusions are one /
Projection retains the split in the mind
File 11B
Becoming aware of Purpose / The experience of right-mindedness /
Detachment from the illusion / Using movies for mind-watching
File 12A
Two uses of speaking / The impossibility of being peaceful AND
perceiving myself within a dualistic world / Talk at Unity on the bay:
Forgiveness of the human experience
File 12B
Talk at Unity on the bay (continued): Learning Forgiveness /
Questioning personal beliefs / Overview of the 3 books that comprise ACIM /
Underlying metaphysics / Change in form following a change in mind
Be Lifted Up: Gathering in Georgia – 2 CD set. David Hoffmeister discusses the
process of unlearning the learning of the world by following the guidance of
the Holy Spirit. David talks about specific "methods" that he used on
his own path to awakening. In this light-hearted, fun and interactive
discussion, David talks about:
Be Lifted Up, list of
subtopics
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Exposing the ego to the Light through
singularly-focused living
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Moving beyond doubt and fear
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Freeing oneself of distractions
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Unlearning the learning of the world
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Using mirroring to uncover and heal the
mind
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Laugh! and let the Light shine!
·
Movie watching to enlightenment
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Following one's inner guidance
Better Off if I Were
Wrong - 3 CD set. David Hoffmeister explores key concepts with
students who are ready to go deeper within the mind and the practice of true
forgiveness.
In this discussion, David helps Course
students face subtle resistance to letting go of the self-concept. The
discussion also helps provide clarity regarding The Rules for
Decision from A Course in Miracles.
Beyond the Yuck - 3 CD set. David Hoffmeister explores mind
watching, discernment and choice with Course students who want to understand their
role in the healing process. Everyday situations are examined and discussed in
the context of A
Course in Miracles.
Beyond
the Yuck, list of subtopics
·
Discerning between two thought systems
·
Letting go of the cause of seeming
"negative emotions"
·
The difference between the mind and the
brain
·
Metaphysics of the ego thought system
·
Choice and choicelessness
·
Looking at beliefs and concepts that seem
to cloud discernment
·
Perception, guilt and level confusion
·
Understanding forgiveness
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Now is my point of power
·
Destiny and freewill
·
The perception of "orders of
difficulty"
·
The "yuck" of looking at
thoughts
·
Intention, scarcity and reciprocity
·
The attraction of guilt
·
Looking at identification with the false
self concept
·
"It's my lesson"
·
Relationships and intention
·
Ego's plan for salvation / God's plan for
salvation
·
Mind watching; the belief in linear time
·
Letting go of judgment
·
The world of illusion
·
The mind gets exactly what it wants
·
Being truly helpful
·
Cause and effect
Clearing Away
the Darkened Glass: Gathering in Purpose in
Clearing
Away the Darkened Glass, list of subtopics
·
The commitment to unlearning the ego
·
The continuum of judgment
·
Using mirroring to let go of false
beliefs
·
Forgiving duality by forgiving the good
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Meeting your Self in your brother
·
The
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You cannot serve two masters
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Purifying perception
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Be gentle with yourself
·
The more you look at fear, the less you
see of it
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Pleasure and pain are the same
·
What is choice?
·
The 5 senses serve the ego
·
Healing is of the mind
·
Willingness is all it takes to be a
miracle worker
·
The Holy Spirit teaches through contrast
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What is free will?
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"I do not know the thing I am"
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You are entitled to Life
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Misdirected miracle impulses
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The disappearance of the world
Conversatorio
con: David Hoffmeister - Spanish/English teaching CD David Hoffmeister answers
several common questions asked by students of A Course in Miracles.
Some examples of the questions answered on this CD are: Why are we in this
human experience?; Why are we not happy in a permanent way?; If everything is
one, why do we experience separation?; What is the origin of fear?; How did
time and space appear, and what is the reason?; What is the reason of the
appearance of personality or ego? (Questions are asked and answered in English,
and translated into Spanish. So, this is CD is useful to English and
Spanish-speaking students of A Course in Miracles.)
Going Deeper - 6 CD set. David
Hoffmeister, explores advanced spiritual concepts with Course students who are
ready to go deeper in their understanding of the Course in order to practice
mind watching and true forgiveness.
Going Deeper, list of
subtopics
·
“One problem, one solution. Salvation is
accomplished.”
·
Lesson 79: “Let me recognize the problem
so it can be solved.” /
·
Bringing all problems back to the
mind
·
Subject-object split
·
Thought-forms and their “associations”
·
Concepts and constructs in the mind,
self-concept
·
Observer, observed
·
Practicing mind-watching
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Victimization
·
Control issues
·
Dreamer of the dream
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Belief in lack & scarcity
·
Forgiveness
·
Holy relationship
·
Cause and effect
·
Looking into the mind instead of out “in
the world”
·
Identifying false thoughts
·
Helping the untrained mind discern
between purpose of Holy Spirit, ego
·
Judgment and ordering of thoughts
·
“I Need Do Nothing”
·
“The Little Garden”
·
“Lay aside all thoughts of what you think
you are (body in a world) and what God is”
·
Revelation, holy instant
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Death, Resurrection of Jesus
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Two thought systems
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Development of trust
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Pain, pleasure
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“The Little Hindrance”
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“The Immediacy of Salvation”
Goodbye Body, Boxes and Linearity - 3 CD set based on the principles of A
Course in Miracles. Advanced teacher, David Hoffmeister, explores
advanced spiritual concepts with Course students who are ready to go deeper in
their understanding of the Course in order to practice true forgiveness. For
more information about this CD set, reference the excerpt below. The
excerpt is taken from the beginning of the recorded discussion.
Excerpt
from Goodbye Body, Boxes and Linearity:
Friend: One of the things I noticed early on is that I
know the truths of what you speak, but obviously they're not planted in my mind
yet. It's like I was looking for a formula on how to dealwith this. That feels
healthy. Is that right on? To look for a way to deal with this? I feel like I
need a method.
David: I think initially it is. The deeper we go, it will
come to a point where the method, or the stepping back, starts to become so
second nature so to speak, that it's not even perceived as a method. Or the gaps
just seem to get shorter and shorter. But in the beginning when the mind is
untrained, it is helpful to have some steps to trace it back.
Friend: So, one of the thoughts that came up was I know what
is best for my body. Which is utterly ridiculous, because
if I knew what was best I wouldn't be going through all this right now. I
recognize that's an authority problem. That I think I made this
body and that I know how I can take care of it.
So, then I experience all this confusion. I used to be real regular in my
exercise and I would eat a certain way. And breathing is very important to me.
. . Tai chi, yoga. But then as we've talked about this body as illusory, I've
kind of let these things fall by the wayside. Then I get into a lot of fear
because the ego comes up and says, "You're not taking care of your
body." So I'm going through all this confusion about what to do. And I
believe some of this is healthy. Like I believe exercising is healthy and that
I should be doing that.
I feel like there is this war going on inside me. Like there is this big war
between me and God. And then I look at that and I think that's crazy, because I
know God doesn't fight. So it doesn't really have anything to do with God.
If I let go of the body, it feels like death! I don't know how to be with the
Holy Spirit and totally let go of my body concepts and what I think I need to
do regarding this form.
I have this vision of how a Teacher of God should look as far as weight and
being beautiful and slim.
Another thought that came up was the power of visualization. I mean,Victor
Frankel got himself out of the concentration camp with health and well being
and still able to play golf, if I remember correctly, because of all his
visualizations and always knowing which way to turn and which way to go. So I
think, well, I need to visualize regarding the health of my body. Maybe if I
don't do anything about it that at least, if I visualize, I'll have health. But
then I think, but this is still going back to the body. So I know there is
something off with that.
So then I think about turning it over to God. And I notice how subtle [that
is]. It's like, I can turn it over to God, but I'll turn it over because
then I'll have a healthy body. I mean, I am
just so stuck on the whole idea of having a body.
David: It's an end. Even when you say, "Then I'll
have a healthy body." In your interpretation the body is --
Friend: It's almost like I think I can hide this thought
from God. Well, here God. You can take my body and I'll just let go. But then
there is this little thought hiding in the back of my mind saying, God doesn't
know, but you are just really hoping you'll still have a healthy body. I mean,
the whole focus is that.
I guess because the whole self-concept is so hooked into the body, my sense is
that if I can unravel this there will be a huge opening for God, because the
body is just connected to everything that we do. All of our self-concepts
ultimately come back [to the body]. The separation that we feel comes back to
the fact that I have a body or think that I have a body.
What I'm faced with is that when I keep looking at these thoughts . . . it's
that I don't know how to do this. And I just must have this immense
fear of God.
And yet, there's times when I feel this peace and I know that that's what I
want. I want the Peace of God. And I just invite you to join me in that
thought. I feel like I can't do this by myself. I really need to join with
someone and look at these ideas.
Laying Aside Judgment - 10 CD set.
David Hoffmeister explores advanced spiritual concepts with Course students who
are ready to go deeper in their acceptance of metaphysical principles, lay
aside judgment and practice true forgiveness.
Laying Aside Judgment, list of subtopics
Disk 1
Holy Spirit’s one meaning equalizes the value of
all images / Guilt from ordering, identifying with, unreal thoughts /
Preferences assert that form is causative / Responsible NOT for error, only for
choosing Correction / Ordering blocks function, happiness / Concept of “my own
place” / Clarity only in an instant / Ordering replaces the miracle
Disk 2
The flow of miracle-mindedness / Purpose unifies
and eliminates comparison, judgment / The world is not apart from my mind,
thinker and thoughts are identical / Ego metaphor: melting ice cube or massive
iceberg? / Peace is impossible to the mind that perceives itself in a dualistic
world / No change “in the world,” only in the mind
Disk 3
Judgment and the authority problem / Reality is free
of all images, concepts / Level confusion, believing images are causative / To
heal, replace attention to body symptoms with certain Intention / Only the mind
that believes in body, pain, sickness, loss etc. can “see” them
Disk 4
Making light of death / Examining belief in the
possibility of sickness / All images are past / One Solution to the many
different forms of the one problem / Beliefs or one belief? / Appropriate
behavior comes only from right-thinking
Disk 5
A person (body) causes nothing / Uses of body,
memory, abilities, all form, by ego, Holy Spirit / To feel deprived of
preferences and pursue pleasure is to misidentify with the body \ Mind
misidentifies with thinking, personhood, lifestyle, behavior / Consistency is
in thinking, intention in mind, not behavior or form
Disk 6
The mind, not the body or “external”
circumstance, is the learner, classroom / sexual impulses, celibacy / Sickness
retains self-concept and hides causation / Impossibility of sickness - unreal
effect of unreal cause / Seeking salvation where it is not / Projecting
attachment to ordering thoughts as attachment to form / Laws of God
Disk 7
The mind continuously teaches / The joy of seeing
no value in the world / Learning from the experience of holding to Purpose, not
from any doing / Doing flows when directed by Purpose; limitations imposed by
self-concept / Limitation of “teacher of God” concept when based on behavior /
Fearing, hearing, and not trusting Holy Spirit and the “threat” of having to
give up self-concept / Reminders and rebukes / No scarcity, competition among
ACIM teachers / Cannot be angry at a fact; what IS a fact?
Disk 8
What is/isn’t a fact (continued) / Linear time or
now? / Effort and vigilance cease / Jesus as a symbol / Am I dismissing or
repressing ego thoughts? / Mistrust / Deep-seated belief in time / Impersonal
love is equal, maximal love
Disk 9
Special love / No hypothetical since cause and
effect are simultaneous / Equality at mind, not form, level / Talking about
grievances, perceptions / In each instant the mind chooses Holy Spirit or ego /
“Problems of the world” can be corrected only in the mind, no objective world /
One Purpose instead of separate interests brings harmony without compromise
Disk 10
Concept of “being violated/invaded” / Intention is communicated / Know by my reactions if I have forgiven / Past, attachment to form, relationship, loss / Concept of “guru” / Loose self-concept by uncovering it / Focus on Purpose and care is taken of everything / The healer’s mind overlooks symptoms and petitions the mind of the patient.
Movie Gatherings in
Releasing the Past through Discernment:
Discussions from a Gathering in
Releasing the Past, list of subtopics
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Addictions (the belief in lack and
distorted miracle impulses)
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Doubt
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Hierarchy of illusions
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Desire to be released from illusions
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Spiritual rituals
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Mind-watching
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Projection and self-judgment
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Trust and acceptance
Reversing Cause and Effect - 6 CD set. David Hoffmeister
explores advanced spiritual concepts with Course students who are ready to give
acceptance to True Cause and realize the Peace of God.
Reversing
Cause & Effect, list of subtopics
·
The problem of thinking things would be
better if they were different than they are
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No beginning or identity in external
cause
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Believing in self-creation is the authority
problem
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The world has not left the mind of the
thinker (dream and dreamer are one)
·
Recognizing the false and returning
awareness to what has always been
·
The miracle transcends linear time, which
is the ego’s invention to keep cause and effect apart
·
Stepping out of the familiar picture and
prevalent backward thinking, shifting from readiness to mastery
·
All ego thoughts and the images they
produce are past, in the unholy instant, and have not effect on the
present
·
Nothing has occurred to need healing
·
Terror from thinking the hallucination is
real
·
Peace or self-concept, dreamer or a dream
figure controlled by other dream figures?
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Functioning in the world
·
To trace feelings back to the mind’s
belief and to generalize, begin with the specific and recognize it as
projection
·
Both “sick body” and “healthy body” are
interpretations of the mind that wants to be as it wishes, not as it was
created
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Healed mind has changed its mind about
itself and thereby laid aside doubts, restlessness
Sinlessness
Within - DVD David Hoffmeister uses beautiful
Straight Talk on Truth - 5 CD set. David Hoffmeister
explores fundamental spiritual concepts with Course students who are willing
to practice true forgiveness by choosing the thought system of the Holy Spirit
over the illusion of the world.
Straight Talk, list of subtopics
Disk 1:
·
The truth is simple and always present
·
The ego & the Holy Spirit have no
meeting point
·
Questioning the belief system of the
world
·
Manifestations of the Holy Spirit
Disk 2:
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The world as a substitute for Heaven
·
Questioning self-concepts
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The ego’s idea of love / God’s Love
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Choosing the Holy Spirit’s thought system
Disk 3:
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Manifesting as a wish / Manifesting
through purpose
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Praying without ceasing
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Letting go of body-identity
Disk 4:
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Realizing that I don’t know anything
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I am never upset for the reason I think
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Cause and effect
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Purpose and intent
Disk 5:
Question and Answer