“A Course in Miracles is a modern-day program for healing the mind, removing all judgement, learning to trust the higher Self/Holy Spirit/Intuition, and coming to consistent peace of mind.”
–David Hoffmeister
The course was initially scribed and typed up during the years 1965–1972 by two professors of medical psychology at Columbia University: Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford. With the aid of Ken Wapnick, Robert Skutch, Judith Skutch Whitson, and philanthropist Reed Erickson, “The Course” was published on June 26, 1976, and has gone on to sell over 3 million copies in 25+ languages.
What Is a Course in Miracles?
A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a self-study program with a unique approach, designed to bring a consistent state of happiness and peace to the student through the application of its principles. These principles can seem radical and “not of this world.” However, this uncompromising approach is very effective for those looking to heal abandonment, victimhood, and any other seeming lifelong issues.
Following the intentional and careful structure laid out in A Course in Miracles leads inevitably to an experience beyond words. As the course states, “A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible but necessary. It is this experience toward which the course is directed.” C-in.2:5-6 The simplicity of this statement becomes evident through the study of the course.
The practice of A Course in Miracles can be like climbing a ladder. Each rung represents a new realm of understanding where beautiful pearls of wisdom have more depth the higher one climbs. Another simple yet profound theme from the introduction of ACIM:
“This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.” In-2
A Course in Miracles consists of three books: the text, the workbook for students, and the manual for teachers. It also includes a glossary-style “Clarification of Terms” and two pamphlets (supplements).
Un curso de milagros—read the Spanish version of A Course in Miracles.
What is the awakening mind?
Awakening Mind—About us and our spiritual community: We have been brought together by a devotion to awakening that we feel in our hearts. The direct experience of inner peace and connection with the Spirit is our purpose.
David Hoffmeister’s Foundation for the Awakening Mind is about awakening to the truth of who we are. It is a collaborative venture about undoing the ego and learning to live a life that is truly inspired by A Course in Miracles. Every moment is an invitation to extend the love we have and to forgive what is blocking our awareness of our true identity.
Spiritual community has nothing to do with specificity in form; it isn’t about including or recruiting ppeopleor growing and expanding. It is a ministry in mind—a state of mind of total peace, Llove and constant happiness. That is what Awakening Mind extends and shares.
A Course in Miracles defines awakening as the end of the dream of separation, conflict, fear, pain, and death and the experience of the reality of the joy, peace, and love of God. The meaning of awakening is therefore is experiential and not fully describable in words. Awakening occurs when the mind is willing and ready. The last step in awakening is taken by God. Thus, awakeningawakening cannot be planned; it can only be a spontaneous occurrence.
Just as our dreams cannot be relied upon to tell us of our waking state, we cannot understand what lies beyond spiritual Awakening from within the dream. What we can talk about is spiritual Awakening symptoms or signs. These are the miracles of forgiveness, which are the focus of the training of A Course in Miracles. This training is therefore not on how to awaken your psychic abilities but rather on seeing reflections of truth within the dream. These are the moments where you learn experientially that there is no separation between you and your brother. The ego will attempt to twist and turn these experiences into specialness, fragmenting love into specifics. Centering prayer on inner Awakening focuses on the practice of forgiveness so errors of differences and specialness can be replaced by the experience of oneness in the holy instant, for God has only one Son.
Living A Course in Miracles in spiritual community, as all symbols, can be allowed to be used in the most helpful way for the whole. Awakening is not individual or personal; Awakening is of the whole, of the one mind waking up, getting in touch with everything it believes so it can be released. In order for us to accept the truth of who we are, and receive the gift that God wants us to have and be—true happiness—we have to allow the flow of Spirit to wash us of everything that is not Love.
The Practical Application of A Course in Miracles
David Hoffmeister is a mystic and a living demonstration that peace of mind is possible, because it is the Will of God. David’s gentle demeanour and articulate, non-compromising expression are a gift to all and an example of how to live in simple surrender to Spirit. David is world-renowned for his practical application of A Course in Miracles and his clarity about the function of forgiveness in spiritual Awakening as well as his radical use of mindful movie-watching in the release of judgement and fear is unique, individual, and unsurpassed. The purity of the message he shares points directly to the source—God—and to a consistently peaceful state of mind.
Since the early 1990s, students of non-duality and A Course in Miracles have felt drawn to David Hoffmeister for his profound love and devotion to truth. Over the many years since David began his travelling ministry, a community has organically grown around him, consisting of those who wished to follow his example of pure devotion to God and selfless Love. This devoted community has come to be known as the Awakening Mind and Living Miracles communities, and comprises a thriving global internet ministry with physical centres in Utah, Australia, Europe, and Mexico, including the first A Course in Miracles-based monastery in the world. Enjoy the many links and resources available to support you in your study of A Course in Miracles, your journey to spiritual Awakening, and the experience of lasting peace. David Hoffmeister and Awakening Mind welcome you to join our family of light!
The Foundation for the Awakening Mind
Awakening Mind is a foundation dedicated to Enlightenment. Forgiveness dissolves illusion and restores a state of mind that delights in experiencing the present moment! We welcome you to join our large global mailing list for inspirational messages and information about gatherings. David Hoffmeister radiates the experience that can be reached through single-minded devotion to forgiveness. “Seek and ye shall find” and “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” are statements of destiny. All of the streams and rivers of consciousness must eventually arrive at the ocean of Self in God!
David Hoffmeister and devoted community members live the experience of A Course in Miracles, having discovered it to be a clear, direct path to God.
The time for words and concepts is almost over. Now we seek direct experience. We gladly lay aside techniques, repetitions, and rituals, so that we may come to experience the still reality within. We claim the peace, happiness, and Love that is our inheritance, and we come with empty hands and open arms to receive and give the blessed miracles given us to share. As we look around, we see that mighty companions have gathered beside us for this joyous ascent. A friend’s a friend forever in the Spirit of Love. The welcome never ends, for those who walk this way see their brothers and sisters as themselves. The holy relationship has at last come into awareness, blessing everyone and everything. The blanket of peace has spread across the face of the earth. Tranquillity and grace are accepted! Prayer is the medium of staying in connection, in communion, and we pray unceasingly. If you wish to contact us we would love to hear from you! The Foundation for the Awakening Mind is supported through donations and Love offerings. When Enlightenment is deeply desired, the means are always provided.
ACIM Text
The ACIM Text (622 pages) lays out the concepts upon which the Course is based. Here we find the theory and the “metaphysics” of A Course in Miracles. The ACIM Text is divided into chapters which move through topics and themes providing the theoretical framework for the application of the workbook lessons.
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapters 10-12
Chapters 13-15
Chapters 16-18
Chapters 19-21
Chapters 22-24
Chapters 25-27
Chapters 28-31
ACIM Workbook for Students
The ACIM Workbook (365 lessons, one each day for a year) is presented in a very practical format, encouraging the student to apply the ideas to the best of their ability without making exceptions.
The daily ACIM Lessons of A Course in Miracles are very practical. A day by day, step by step approach to unwinding the mind from the ego thought system and limiting beliefs. This is what the workbook is for, clearing away the ego debris from the mind and learning how to trust in the Spirit and let go of judgement, guilt, criticism, and condemnation.
Lessons 1-99
Lessons 100-199
Lessons 200-365
Principles of Miracles and ACIM Daily Lessons on YouTube
David Hoffmeister reads from the beginning of the spiritual classic A Course in Miracles. This recording is from the “Introduction to A Course in Miracles Online” and Chapter 1, “The Meaning of Miracles,” after which the playlist will continue with "A Course in Miracles Daily Lessons" on YouTube, with reading and commentary by David Hoffmeister.
David Hoffmeister speaks from Awakened Mind and, with that Presence and Clarity, he guides the sincere student and teacher of ACIM through one section of the Text and a lesson from the Workbook each day, followed by a profound commentary. Listen once and you will feel the amazing gift from the Spirit! What a wonderful way to start your day!
Website: https://awakening-mind.org/resources/a-course-in-miracles/
