David
Gender: Male
Location: Cincinnati
Relationship: Single
Orientation: Straight
Children: Don't Know
Body Type: Athletic
Religion: Other
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Skype: mysticspiritone
Yahoo: mysticspiritone
About Me: David began his journey to spiritual enlightenment in 1986 when he encountered A Course in Miracles and recognized it as the tool he had been seeking for a radical transformation of his mind and perceptions.
In the early years David studied the Course with passionate intensity, often reading it for eight or more hours a day. After two years of this study, David began to seek the company of other students of ACIM, attending as many as five groups a week. He was startled to find that a Voice was speaking through him with great authority, so that many began referring their questions to him.
Among family members, friends and teachers, David was always known for questioning everything, rather than accepting conventional answers. Thus he was delighted to find in the Course support and encouragement from the Voice of Jesus for his careful examination of every idea, belief, concept and assumption in his mind. Jesus became David's internal teacher, answering his every question, guiding him to hand over the day-to-day management of all relationships, circumstances and events in his life, and providing inner discernment.
In 1991 David was impelled to make another leap of trust and to begin traveling around the United States and Canada, sharing his clarity of understanding related to A Course in Miracles. He followed Jesus' instructions to "become as a child", allowing himself to be totally dependent on the Holy Spirit for money, transportation, shelter, food and the words to speak in countless ACIM gatherings, churches, metaphysical and spiritual groups and a host of holy encounters with persons who knew nothing of the Course.
David found that it was his constant joy and peace that was the best teacher in all encounters, and that it was this peace that all his brothers and sisters were seeking. The Voice of Jesus told David as it instructed the apostles 2,000 years before, "Freely you have received; freely give."
Thus David has never charged for his time, teaching or any of the many materials he gives away, but has been supported entirely by love offerings.
In all his years of traveling and sharing the wisdom of Christ, David has become a Living demonstration of the principles of A Course in Miracles, such lessons as:
"I am sustained by the Love of God." "I am the light of the world." "I will step back and let Him lead the way." "In my defenselessness my safety lies." "God's Will for me is perfect happiness."
David learned through countless miracles that he could perfectly trust the Holy Spirit to provide for him and guide him through every situation. Everything he seemed to need to accomplish his purpose as a teacher of God was given without his making any effort whatever. Several hermitage experiences helped David to free his mind from ego chatter and enter into deep Silence, where he ultimately experienced Enlightenment.
David was guided to a small house in 1996. It became a place of quiet and meditation between travels, but also a place where he could welcome those desiring to step back from the world and to go deeply within the mind to discover the Christ within. David's time at the PeaceHouse opened a new phase of his ministry as Holy Spirit guided him to acquire computers and use internet technology. The result was the making of a number of websites. His main website, (Foundation for the Awakening Mind), today offers a huge array of resources related to A Course in Miracles and the metaphysics of Christ. David has been invited to 20 countries and travels between 4 continents as an ambassador of Divine Love and Inner Peace. Friends can subscribe to David's e-group, Awakeninginchrist, where for several years he answered the questions sent in to him from all over the world. This group now serves as a global mailing list to announce foundation events and new resources as well as David's travel schedule.
Always a lover of music, and seeing it as a path to God in its own right, David has set up a number of Music Pavilions on his website highlighting a variety of artists who share spiritual ideas through music. Also available on the site are video clips of television interviews he has done, audio recordings of gatherings and teaching sessions, searchable archives, and writings such as Mind Overhaul, Purpose Is The Only Choice, and The Movie Watcher's Guide To Enlightenment. (David sees movies as another helpful path to God.)
While the computer ministry was unfolding a friend was inspired to establish a non-profit organization, the Foundation For The Awakening Mind, which now serves as a framework for coordinating all aspects of the ministry and for handling larger donations. All donations help David continue to share the experience of: Christ's Divine Love or Perfect Oneness
Music: Secret Garden, John Lennon, Jaci Velasquez, Resta Burnham, Donna Marie Cary, Oman and Shanti, Karen Drucker, Madonna, Susan McCullen, Ysabellabrave, Shania Twain, Miki Huber, Christian and Julien, MaryBeth Scalice, Max Highstein, Erin Jacobson, Laurel Emryss, Shardad Rohani, Pat Clemence, Rob Whitesides-Woo, Chris Cornelius, Rainbow Music Festival, Vincent Lebrun, Kerri Lake, Scott Kalechstein, Mitch and Friends, Chikur and Darrell, Sarah Brightman, Leta, Cecilia, Enya, David Gates & Bread, Maire Brennan, Adiemus, Beatles, Crystal Gayle, Olivia Newton-John, Ambrosia, Chicago, Van Morrison, BJ Thomas, Cliff Richard, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Jewel, The Carpenters, The Guess Who, Electric Light Orchestra, Juice Newton, Patula Clark, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Willie Nelson, Paul McCartney, Enigma, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, George Harrison, Cat Stevens, Bliss, George Michael, Little River Band, Dan Fogelberg, Iona, Jana Stanfeld, Jacob Mathiassen, James Horner, Kirtana, Lorena McKennitt, Ramon York, Shaina Noll, Elvis, The Babys, and many, many more artists and groups.
Movies: Movie Watcher's Guide to Enlightenment on:
http://global-miracles.net
TV: Touched By An Angel, Ally McBeal, Cheers, Frazier, Friends, Joan of Arcadia, Quantum Leap
Books: A Course In Miracles, Urantia Book, Science &; Health: With Key to the Scriptures, Disappearance of the Universe, Your Immortal Reality The Bible Books of Wayne Dyer
Likes: Enlightenment
Dislikes: Nothing
Hobbies: http://awakening-mind.org
http://miracleshome.org
Vices: Nothing
Virtues: Universal & Unconditional Love
Heroes: God, Christ
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Beloved One,
DavidHere is a parable I just received in my inbox tonight.
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been
dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side
of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill,
it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch
that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate
looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as
he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.
'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought
right up.'
The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the
traveler asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and
continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came
to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had
never been closed. There was no fence.
As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a
tree and reading a blue book with simple gold letters on the cover.
'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'
'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.
'There should be a bowl by the pump.'
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-
fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.
The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself,
then he gave some to the dog.
When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who
was standing by the tree.
'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.
'This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road
said that was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'
'No, not at all. I'm just happy that the Holy Spirit screens out the
errant thoughts and beliefs that tempt a mind to ignore the mighty
companions by their side and the holy Friend within.'
All Glory to God for creating Christ as One Self.
In Love & Gratitude,
David
10:06 AM CST