David Hoffmeister & A Course In Miracles

Finding Out There Is No World - Online Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterThis week's movie is the ultimate forgiveness movie and will take viewers symbolically toward the light. He emphasizes that true forgiveness is about forgiving the ego and not just individuals and that forgiveness is necessary to remove barriers to the awareness of love's presence. Love is far beyond the awareness of this world and requires forgiveness. David speaks about the concept of being born again in spirit, which involves being fully present and giving up the belief in the horizontal plane. He explains that true forgiveness involves overlooking the belief in separation rather than forgiving individual people. David believes the movie will take viewers symbolically toward the light and help them bring the darkness in their minds to the light of truth.Enjoy the profound commentary on "Solaris'' by David Hoffmeister.To learn more about the Weekly Movie Workshops, look here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Movie-Workshop.You can watch the intr

"Pray, Listen & Follow" Online Weekend Retreat - Closing Session with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuIn this session, David and Frances discuss and answer questions on the retreat theme of learning to pray, listen, and follow. They express their gratitude for the attendees' heartfelt questions and interactions. They also discuss the movie shown during the event, which they see as a metaphor for stepping into one's calling and following God's voice. The conversation then turns to the original four people who brought A Course in Miracles into being. When they finished scribing the Course, they didn't know what to do with it. The four prayed together and heard the guidance to "commit first." They didn't have preconceived ideas of the outcome, which allowed them to receive unexpected guidance that led to a lifelong collaboration. David quotes a passage from the Course that suggests that every decision is for the whole sonship and can influence a larger constellation of events.Enjoy this Closing Session from

Trust that Jesus Will Carry Me - Pray, Listen & Follow Online Retreat - Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterOh, What a beautiful Retreat Weekend. We are going deep into the topic of prayer. Let's call it our new lifestyle of PRAY, LISTEN, and FOLLOW. In the past, we were trying to be educated and learn about the world. Learn how to analyze, compare, and do things based on past learning so we can survive as a person and a body and, hopefully, grow old and eventually die.Work hard, grow old, get sick, and die. But, hmm. Maybe there's more than that. Maybe there's more. Perhaps, we had it all wrong. Maybe we were in a fantasy land trying to make the best of this world. You know, try to be a decent person and then try to make it into old age and then yeah, and then succumb to death like everyone else. Maybe we had it wrong. Maybe there's a higher calling for us than such trivial pursuits. Enjoy the profound commentary on "'The Girl Who Believes in Miracles" by David Hoffmeister.To learn more about the Weekly

"Pray, Listen & Follow" Online Weekend Retreat - 2nd. Session Q&A with David HoffmeisterEnjoy this Question and Answer session with David Hoffmeister, where he engages with the participants in the monthly Heart of Christ online retreat. The overall topic for the retreat is "Pray, Listen & Follow" - Three Steps That Will Take Care of Everything. If you want to know more about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, here is more information: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded onMarch 3, 2023, Online at La Casa Quantico, Chapala, Mexico.

3 Steps to Awakening: Pray, Listen & FollowIf you were at a movie theater and your attention went to the screen, you perceive everything personally through the dream character. You seem to see the things in the dream with the body's eyes and hear with the body's ears.When we learn to pray, the prayer of our heart is to come in touch with our desire for God and to start to activate the miracle in our mind. We're all being activated to be miracle workers, but the miracles come to our minds through our consciousness from the Holy Spirit and Jesus. Then they extend and radiate out into the world that we perceive. To the screen, but when we try to interpret, PRAY, LISTEN, and FOLLOW in terms of the dream character, we'll still find doubt. Critical thoughts, and belief in failure, because it's not like the dream character wakes up. The mind dreams the world, and the dream character needs to forgive and wake up. And so when we look at PRAY, LISTEN, and FOLLOW, we tend to interpret things through the personality

Go from “I Can Do It” to “You Do It Through Me” - Online Movie Workshop with David Hoffmeister.Jesus and all the mystics and saints of the last 2,000 years have had the same message. Empty your mind of everything you think you think and think you know. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "Judge not, lest you be judged".If you hold a concept in your mind about your identity, then you will see the whole world through the filter of that concept. For example, if you have a concept of a body, you believe you're a body. You see everybody as bodies. You see animals as bodies, You might even say a tree has a tree body, or a cloud has a cloud body. It's everything.You see, anything that you can think of in time and space is part of the self-concept, and that means that what Jesus is teaching us with the Course is that as long as you look through the filter of the ego, you will see yourself and everyone, and everything in a very distorted way as if it's fragmented and separate. So the whole message of A Course in M

Realize I no longer want to try to control this world - Online Movie Workshop with David Hoffmeister.I think some of you realize deep down that you can't control the world, but you are still trying daily. You try with people around you or your cat or dog, and you try with the environment. You try to have an opinion, and of course, it doesn't matter what that attempt is. It doesn't go very well. We are never delighted when we're trying to control the world, even when we try to control the body. Maybe you try to control the weight of your body or the shape of your body, or the look and appearance of your body: parents and children, partners and lovers, other community members. Whenever we think we can control anybody, we are lined up with the ego and won't be happy because we weren't meant to be controllers. We are terrible controllers. We can see it's been a mess, if we are honest. We're never really in control of the situation. And when we finally realize that, we forgive it and feel so happy instantly. Enjoy

Knowing the Path is Already Laid Out for You - Online Movie Workshop with David Hoffmeister"The Truman Show" is a film that explores several themes; it questions the nature of reality and the role of fate in our lives. Truman, the main character, lives in a manufactured world where everything is controlled and manipulated for a TV show. David suggests that our experiences, like Truman's, may not always be authentic and that forces that seem beyond our control may predetermine our lives. Another aspect of the movie is the theme of self-discovery and the search for meaning in life. Truman embarks on a journey to find the truth about his life and the world around him, which can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual quest for enlightenment and understanding.He ultimately learns to question what he has been told and trust his instincts and experiences, which can be interpreted as an encouragement to seek the truth and our ultimate purpose. In this sense, "The Truman Show" can be seen as a commentary on the impor

David discusses the upcoming movie "The Truman Show" in teaching the metaphysics for spiritual Awakening through forgiveness as taught by Jesus in A Course In Miracles. Join in watching the movie this weekend.From Jesus:No one wants madness, nor does anyone cling to his madness if he sees that this is what it is. ²What protects madness is the belief that it is true. ³It is the function of insanity to take the place of truth. ⁴It must be seen as truth to be believed. ⁵And if it is the truth, then must its opposite, which was the truth before, be madness now. ⁶Such a reversal, completely turned around, with madness sanity, illusions true, attack a kindness, hatred love, and murder benediction, is the goal the laws of chaos serve. ⁷These are the means by which the laws of God appear to be reversed. ⁸Here do the laws of sin appear to hold love captive, and let sin go free. (ACIM, T-23.II.14:1-8)No one can waken from a dream the world is dreaming for him. ²He becomes a part of someone else’s dream. ³He cannot cho

Closing Session "Purpose is Everything" Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuThe underlying purpose of the world is still unchanged. It is still saying that something is lacking here and that the world can provide it for me. So let me get get get get and see what I couldn't get to fulfill this lag inside. So we're trying to manipulate relationships, manipulate every situation to get something. Still, regardless, you reach a point where you realize that you can't get what you want from the world, and that's not a tiny realization but, in most cases, leaves you disillusioned. When you see, there is nothing to get, and you give up. But, at that moment, you don't see a body anymore; you begin to see kindness. You love children, you love people, and you become generous. You become a true giver.Enjoy David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu's closing session for this monthly Heart of Christ online retreat with the topic 'Purpose is Everything.'If you want to know more about David Hoffmeister and Living Mirac

Forgiveness: Uncovering Lessons in Every Situation - Online Retreat Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterLike with computers, while you believe in duality, everything is part of a binary system, zeros, and ones. We're finding that the world isn't that complicated now. In linear time, we're saying no to God, and by saying yes to God, we accept the holy instant in perfect innocence. A simple yes or no. This world is true or false. Love is true, and the rest is not.Jesus is teaching us only an instant does this world endure. Everything boils down to one instant, and in A Course in Miracles, Jesus calls this one instance the unholy instant, and the correction is, of course, the Holy Instant. So what Jesus is telling us is that our issue is a time issue and that whenever we try to get from this projected world esteem, recognition, pleasure, comfort, and convenience, we're still looking into the unholy instant to try to find our happiness.Enjoy the profound commentary on "Groundhog Day" by David Hoffmeister. If you

Opening Session - Purpose is Everything - The Heart of Christ Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuJesus says in A Course in Miracles, You have been called, together with your brother, to the holiest function this world contains. It is the only one with no limits and reaches out to every broken fragment of the Sonship with healing and uniting comfort. At the beginning of this journey, you can feel quite clueless about what you are called into, letting up all your darkness and being called to join with your brothers in authentic ways. But soon, bubbling joy starts in your heart, maybe for the first time. When you feel this way, you realize there is no reason to return to a depressing state of trying to make it in this world. If Heaven feels this way to you, that's all you want. That's all you would give your life over to. You have to make a conscious choice. 'I want happiness. I like this bubbling joy to be forever for me. That's all there is. Then suddenly, when you are looking back, with this

How to Find the Holy Spirit’s Prompts in Your Mind - Online Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterEven when you contact the Holy Spirit, you start to live a much more intuitive life and much less of an analytical life. However, when you focus more on the present moment and less on the past, you will still find that you must become very conscious of where you reject or ignore the Spirit's prompts. Jesus told us, let your yes be yes and let your no be no; the Spirit's guidance will not be saying yes to everything and everyone; it will require discernment. And there will be times when you must let the Spirit put the word in your mouth - Yes. And sometimes you must let the Spirit put the word in your mouth - No. But the Holy Spirit is the one who's helping the mind navigate toward the light.You have to start to learn to forgive the past and forgive the person and forgive the image that has been made to take the place of Christ. It's about letting go of the self, which the ego made, and letting the light shine thro

Strengthen My Inner Connection with the Spirit - Online Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterPretty early on in the beginning of the second chapter of A Course in Miracles, Jesus offers a prayer; 'I am here only to be truly helpful. I'm here to represent Him who sent Me. I do not have to worry about what to say or what to do, he who sent me will direct me, and I'm content to be wherever he wishes, knowing he goes there with me. I will heal as I let him teach me to heal.' So whenever Jesus puts the words 'truly helpful' in a prayer, that's an interesting, open-ended prayer that means we have to unlearn a lot of our beliefs and thoughts, which the ego believes is truly helpful, and let the Holy Spirit replace it. Who knows what is truly helpful at any moment? Enjoy the profound commentary on "The Peaceful Warrior" by David Hoffmeister. If you want to know more about the Weekly Movie Workshops, look here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Movie-Workshop.You can watch the introduction to the movie workshop on YouTube: https://

Accept the Gentle Unfolding of God's Plan - Online Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterAccept the gentle unfolding of God's plan. For most of us, when we're going through trials, challenges, and tribulations, we doubt there is a plan. We seriously doubt it. We think this is madness. The world is madness. My life is madness, and there's no way out. It seems like we're stuck in hell. And so when we have emotional difficulties, we feel, if there is a plan, I don't know what it is. And if there is a plan, it's a mystery to me. That is the human perspective. We like the idea of happiness. We like the idea of joy and freedom, but we only randomly seem to have access to it until we go into deep prayer and surrender. Then it's like, wow, maybe I've been wrong about the whole thing. And perhaps I need some help. I need help here. God help me! Let me accept the gentle unfolding of God's plan.Enjoy the profound commentary on "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" by David Hoffmeister. If you want to know more about the Weekly M

Closing Session - The Light Has Come Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuThe Kingdom of Heaven is a spiritual Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Heaven is a state of mind. It's a beatitude. It's a presence of mind that is entirely independent of the body. And so when you ask if healing involves bodily activity. I would say it consists of the purpose or the use of the body, but not the body's activities. If everything's an illusion, which it is, and the body is an illusion, it can't mean whether the body is active or inactive is essential. What Jesus tells us is that the miracle is involuntary and shouldn't be under conscious control. And so we have to get into every moment. What would you have me do? Where would you have me go? What would you have me say? I'm here, I'm giving my body over to you, Spirit, and I'm no longer in charge of it. I take zero responsibility for it. And I'm going to give it entirely over to you and then the miracles start to happen.Enjoy David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu's Clos

Movie Workshop - The Light Has Come Online Retreat with David HoffmeisterThe theme of The Light Has Come is profound because it teaches us who we are. It's the answer to everything as being a divine creation of God. It's the spirit. It's the Christ idea, the pure Christ idea, and that Christ idea is pure light. And so when we say the light has come, it means that right now, that light is fully available to us through a decision to forgive the world and accept our I Am Presence before time. It's an invitation to go beyond time into this amazing state of being.Enjoy David Hoffmeister's Movie session for this monthly Into the Heart of Christ online retreat with the topic 'The Light Has Come.' If you want to know more about the Weekly Movie Workshops, look here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Movie-Workshop.You can watch the beginning of the session on YouTube.https://youtu.be/XcL519f9jd0If you want to know more about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, here is more information: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter

Opening Session - 'The Light Has Come' Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuWhen we say the light has come, what we're doing today is opening to an actual state of mind already there. Or we could say it already here. It's not a future thing. The temptation is to believe that things would improve if the circumstances of my worldly life changed. It could be my body or my relationships, but that's just the temptation to defend against the light that has come. Nothing needs to change in form. Only our perspectives on the world have to change.If the light has come, and Jesus is not putting an IF in front of that statement. He is just teaching. The light has come with no ifs, ands, or buts. In other words, it's not hypothetical. People say to me, I know I'm only love, and we're all one, but... But means there's an exception. And Jesus is not giving us an exception when he says The Light Has Come. Enjoy David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu's opening session for this monthly Heart of Christ online retreat

Stay Focused on My Spirit-Given Function - Online Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterGod didn't create anything in time and space. God didn't create time. God didn't create space. God didn't create gravity. God didn't create motion, black holes, stars, and gasses. God didn't even create what we would call light that travels through time and space at lightspeed. He didn't create anything changing. Wow. Everything in this cosmos is changing. I've even seen billboards that say the only constant thing is change. No. Christ is changeless, and Spirit is changeless. God is changeless life. Eternal Love and Light, in reality, are changeless.Enjoy the profound commentary on "Einstein and Eddington" by David Hoffmeister. If you want to know more about the Weekly Movie Workshops, look here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Movie-Workshop.You can watch the introduction to the movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SZ6zXgLCIdoLook for more info on David Hoffmeister and upcoming events: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.The

Have No Fear of Consequences - Movie Workshop with David HoffmeisterIsn't that a great way to live? Live every moment of your life without any fear of consequences? Who wants to fear a bunch of hypothetical consequences that don't exist? Why would we live our life based on fear when we have everything we need and want? When we say, God, I want to live in happiness. I want to live in joy. I want to live in peace. That request is granted to us now, and the only thing that prevents us from experiencing that joy and happiness is a belief in a hypothetical future, which is a projection of the past. So when we are afraid of potential consequences that could come to us as a body or a personality. We're just into erroneous thinking. We're thinking thoughts of nothingness with the ego, and we don't have to hold on to those thoughts. We can be free right now. Enjoy the profound commentary on "Last Holiday" by David Hoffmeister. If you want to know more about the Weekly Movie Workshops, look here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Mo