A Course in Miracles (ACIM) Podcast

Welcome to the October 17, 2026 Movie Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, featuring commentary by David Hoffmeister on the theme "Limitless Being, Full Focus on His Guidance". This profound episode invites listeners to transcend the illusions of linear time, space, and the ego's projections to remember their true identity as pure spirit. Using a mind-expanding 2014 science fiction film...

Welcome to the October 16, 2026, Opening Session of "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, exploring the theme "Limitless Being, Full Focus on His Guidance" with David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton. This session encourages participants to shift their focus away from the ego's heavy reliance on the physical body, sensory perception, and the illusion of time, and instead move inward toward the expansive...

Welcome to the October 10, 2026 Movie Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, featuring profound commentary by David Hoffmeister under the theme "Grace and Gratitude, the Joy of Our Single Purpose". This session takes participants on a deep metaphysical dive into the illusions of linear time, space, and hypothetical thinking. Using a mind-bending sci-fi film centered around a character with...

Welcome to the October 9, 2026, Opening Session of "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, exploring the theme "Grace and Gratitude, the joy of our single purpose" with David and Kirsten. This session dives deep into the profound difference between worldly thankfulness—which relies on fleeting circumstances and comparisons—and true, eternal gratitude directed toward God. David and Kirsten explain that w...

Welcome to the October 3, 2026, Saturday Evening Q&A and Inner Dance Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat with David Hoffmeister, Kirsten Buxton, Greg, and Helena. Continuing the weekend's theme, "Happy Learner, The Attraction to Innocence," the session begins with an insightful Q&A segment. David and Kirsten offer profound guidance on the power of our decisions, addressing questi...

Welcome to the October 3, 2026 Movie Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat with David Hoffmeister. Anchored in the weekend's theme, "Happy Learner, The Attraction to Innocence," this profound session uses a classic sci-fi thriller to illustrate how the ego constructs a substitute reality to keep the mind asleep. David draws powerful parallels between the film's highly controlled, dystopian...

Welcome to the October 2, 2026 Opening Session of "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, exploring the theme "Happy Learner, The Attraction to Innocence" with David and Kirsten. This session delves into the profound relief that comes from surrendering personal decision-making to the Holy Spirit, illustrating how the ego's illusion of control only breeds guilt and anxiety.  Through engaging everyday par...

Welcome to the September 19, 2026, Saturday Evening Q&A and Sharing Miracles Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat. In this session, David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton answer questions and explore the shift into a quantum forgiveness state of mind, discussing how to let go of future-focused planning and the drive for achievement in order to live a life intuitively guided by the Holy...

Welcome to the September 19, 2026, Saturday Morning Movie Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, exploring the theme "Celebrating the Collapse of Time Through the Miracle" with David Hoffmeister. In this session, David uses a gripping cinematic parable about a father and son communicating across a thirty-year gap to illustrate how linear time is merely an illusion projected by the ego. The...

Welcome to the September 12, 2026 Saturday Evening Q&A and Mystical Music Dance Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat. In this session, David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton answer questions and explore the profound concept of "undoing the doer" by releasing the ego's false sense of personal responsibility and the need to constantly plan. Through interactive discussions with attendees,...

Welcome to the September 12, 2026 Saturday Morning Movie Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, exploring the theme "Consistent Miracles - Your Life Depends on It". In this session, David Hoffmeister provides profound commentary on a film featuring a young girl whose simple, unwavering faith leads to extraordinary events. Through this cinematic parable, David illuminates core principles fr...

Welcome to the September 11, 2026 Opening Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, featuring an introduction to the weekend's theme: "Consistent Miracles. Your Life Depends on It," presented by David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton. This episode explores the profound shift from ego-based, turbulent perception to a stable, right-minded awareness guided by the Holy Spirit. Through relatable par...

Welcome to the September 5, 2026, Saturday Evening Q&A and Dance Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, hosted by David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton. This session explores the deep theme of true charity and the journey toward consistent miracle-mindedness. David and Kirsten share experiences of living under divine providence, reminding listeners that true miracles are involuntary and...

Welcome to the September 5, 2026, Saturday Morning Movie Session from "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, featuring movie commentary by David Hoffmeister. In this episode, David uses a romantic comedy centered on reincarnation to explore the themes of Holy Relationship and True Charity. By analyzing a story in which a reincarnated character attempts to reconnect with his past-life wife, best friend,...

Welcome to the August 29, 2026, Saturday Evening Q&A and Dance Session from "The Way" series, hosted by David Hoffmeister, Jason Warwick, and Kirsten Buxton. This dynamic episode begins with an insightful analysis of a Star Trek mini-movie, using the sci-fi narrative to expose how the ego leverages worldly desires—such as the pursuit of physical satisfaction and the illusion of returning "home...

Welcome to "The Way" Online Weekend Retreat, August 29, Movie Session with David Hoffmeister. In this episode, David explores the theme of the dawning of holy relationship, emphasizing the shift from fragmented, ego-driven perceptions to a unified, spiritual awareness. Using a film about a love story in which an artificial intelligence serves as a metaphorical guide, David illustrates how the mind...

Welcome to the August 28, 2026, Opening Session of "The Way" series, featuring presenters David, Kirsten, Dineke, Lorena, Jason, and Helena. In this episode, the group explores the profound theme of the "Dawning of Holy Relationship" and the daily practice of dropping into the "Holy Instant". Drawing on principles from A Course in Miracles, the discussion highlights how true holy relationships shi...

Welcome to the August 22, 2026, Movie Session from "The Way" series with David Hoffmeister, recorded live at the Living Miracles Monastery, Awakening Mind Center. This episode focuses on the metaphysical concept of timelessness and the importance of detaching from the linear constructs of time and space. Using scenes from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager, the session illustrat...

This episode is a recording of the Movie Session from the Devotional Stay Weekend Retreat in Duchesne, Utah. Presenters David Hoffmeister, Jason Warwick, and Kirsten Buxton lead a spiritual discussion centered around an animated film to explore the nature of autonomy and true freedom. The session contrasts the ego's illusion of physical independence with the liberation of the mind, illustrating ho...

This recording is from the Saturday Evening Closing Session of the August 15th episode of "The Way." During the session, David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton answer questions directly from participants. Following the Q&A, the episode concludes with a dance playlist created by Greg Donner. These gatherings take place all summer until September 2026 and include comedy, teachings, films, music, p...

In this Saturday Morning Movie Session for the August 15th episode of "The Way," David Hoffmeister explores the weekend's theme, "I can’t go home without you: TIMELESS union". Using a well-known superhero film about mutants as a teaching tool, David discusses the true meaning of forgiveness and the illusion of linear time. He explains that attempting to alter the past or fix external circumstances...

In this Friday Opening Session of the August 14th episode of "The Way," David Hoffmeister and Kirsten Buxton introduce the weekend's profound theme, "I can’t go home without you: TIMELESS union". They explore the deep spiritual meaning behind this concept, explaining that true timeless union requires a full commitment to seeing Christ in everyone and recognizing that we all share a single purpose:...

In this Saturday Evening Closing Session from "The Way" weekend retreat, David and Kirsten lead a profound Q&A session reflecting on the time-loop movie from the morning. They discuss the main character's journey of dismantling the ego and arriving at a place of true clarity and purpose. Throughout the session, David and Kirsten answer deep questions from participants regarding the struggles o...

In this Saturday Morning Movie session from "The Way" weekend retreat, David leads a deep exploration of the theme "Before the Fall, I AM". Through the lens of a time-loop movie, the episode examines how human beings are often caught in repeating patterns, illustrating how linear time acts as a trick of the ego to keep the mind asleep. David explains that while the ego uses the body for pride, ple...

This weekend's theme on "The Way" is "Before the Fall, I AM", and in this opening session, Jason Warwick leads a powerful 'Levels of Mind' session. The episode begins by emphasizing the importance of true heart expansion—using a striking metaphor of running toward thunder and dissolving into the light to demonstrate who we are before the separation.   During the session, Jason helps a participant...