A Course in Miracles (ACIM) Podcast

The Movie "Lucy" - Live in full integrity and be uncompromising in your desire for truth! with David Hoffmeister - Weekly Online Movie Workshop Living in full integrity. We always say if that person has integrity, that they have consistency. They say what they mean, and they mean what they say. They follow through on what they promise. So that's what we think of when we think of integrity. Jesus h...

The Movie "Hollywood Stargirl" with commentary by David Hoffmeister - Weekly Online Movie Workshop Actively choose the Spirit's thoughts, no matter what the seeming circumstances. Why is that so important? Jesus tells us that this whole world of time, space, and the cosmic universe is a self-concept. It's an identity. It's a self-concept that God didn't create. So, we're here to wake up from the a...

Closing Session - "This Holy Instant" Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu David: I had just completed ten years of university, and then Jesus instructed me to delete my resume, and you know, I tried to throw all the papers away, but he said, No, go to your word processor and delete the memory of the resume, not just the paper. I want that resume out of your mind now because I will...

The Movie "Fatima" - This Holy Instant Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister The title of this workshop or retreat is "This Holy Instant," which is the most profound teaching in A Course in Miracles. Forgiveness takes you towards the Holy Instant, the present moment, the powerful now moment that releases the mind from time and space. That frees the mind from believing in the cosmos. The holy insta...

Opening Session - 'This Holy Instant' Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu There's no learning in heaven. God created you perfect. The spirit doesn't learn. So when we think about the Holy Instant, the Holy Instant is not learned. So we're entering into a whole different realm than human beings have ever known because all humans have ever known is the past repeating itself day afte...

Episode 'The Chosen S01E03' - Movie 'Awake - The Life of Yogananda' - Living in the giving, give as God give with David Hoffmeister - Weekly Online Movie Workshop. Living in the giving. Give as God gives. That's no small thing when you think that God is just pure love and light. It radiates, it extends, it gives. God is pure giving. Getting has no meaning to Him. To God, achieving has no meaning,...

The Movie "Holy Man" How to Enter a Life of Pure Inspiration! with David Hoffmeister - A Weekly Online Movie Workshop Today's movie shows a very tense relationship between Ricky and Kate. Even though they're working together for the same company and trying to improve the ratings to make more money, everybody wants love and connection, and everybody wants to feel alive. That's all we want - love, c...

Closing Session - The May Renovatio Movie Retreat with David Hoffmeister Join David Hoffmeister in closing the second residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. In this last session, after 4 deep movie sessions during the week, David opens up to questions from...

The Movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once" - The Simultaneity of Time with David Hoffmeister - Renovatio Residential Movie Retreat So, simultaneous time as opposed to linear time, what does it mean? It seems to be an oxymoron and a contradiction in terms. Simultaneous time is entirely different from linear time. This movie will help us move toward the experience of simultaneous time or the pres...

The Movie "Free Guy" The Hero's Journey with David Hoffmeister - Renovatio Residential Movie Retreat So we're going for a movie tonight that follows the hero's journey. Typically in the projected world, we have heroes and villains, and the heroes are supposed to be succeeding and saving the day, and the villains are always doing bad things and so forth. Underneath is the stratification that says t...

The Movie "X Men Days of Future Past" - Time and Space Are the Same Error with David Hoffmeister - Renovatio Residential Movie Retreat Jesus says in the course that time and space are the same error. We can think of time and space as perception, as subjectivity. Each person perceives the cosmos, their body, and other people from the point of view of a private mind with private thoughts. And so eve...

Movie "Just Friends" To Know God Is Everything with David Hoffmeister - Renovatio Residential Movie Retreat. Join David Hoffmeister on this first-day residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. To know God is everything and has to be everything in your life. Th...

The Movie "The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe - The Unheard Tapes" Falling into Dependency Traps? - Commentary by David Hoffmeister This Movie Workshops number one theme is 'Falling into dependency traps, versus rising up my Self as Spirit.' So here's what Jesus has to say. Except you become as little children, which means that unless you fully recognize your complete dependence on God, you cannot know...

Closing Session - The Happy Dream Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu You cannot wake yourself, but you can allow yourself to be awakened. That's a big one. You cannot wake yourself means the personality self doesn't have a contribution to make. The only contribution you have to make is your willingness in your mind. When you're willing to heal false and distorted perceptions and...

Movie Session - "How Do You Know" - The Happy Dream Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister Before you come to a state of consistent happiness, you seem to go through a dismantling. It's a dismantling of the self-concept, the image you believe you are, and the image you think the world is. Some of you may say it's quite a big thing to let go of this personality, including letting go of your belief i...

Opening Session - The Happy Dream Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances Xu Consistent happiness is no small topic at all. When Jesus says, "Dream softly of your sinless brother, dream of his kindnesses rather than the hurts he gave," he's always pointing us to the mind as to where the happiness originates. God created you as Spirit, and your happiness radiates out to everything and eve...

Happy Dream Retreat and Monastery Goin’ Green. David shares the new direction for the Living Miracles Monastery in rural Utah: 1. Passive & Hybrid Solar Projects 2. Greenhouse Shared Space & Soft, Central Climate 3. Harnessing Wind Power 4. Water Retention And Garage 5. New Windows/Staining/Stonework/Repair Projects 6. Collaborations And Practical Mind Training 7. Daily Prayer And Communication Op...

The Movie "Only You" - Accepting My Part In God's Plan for Salvation with David Hoffmeister - Weekly Online Movie Workshop Accepting my part in God's plan for salvation sounds beautiful, and it sounds like it must be kind of profound. But, accepting my part in God's plan for salvation is, in simple terms learning to come to live in the present moment. If you're living a guided life, you accept you...

The Movie "Ira and Abby" Allowing All “Unfinished Business” to Be Healed with David Hoffmeister - Weekly Movie Workshop. The number one theme deciding this week's movie was, Allowing All “Unfinished Business” to Be Healed; what could the unfinished business be, except unconscious beliefs that we're still hiding from the light? One time Helen Schucman was flying with Jesus, and they looked all over...

Closing Session - 5. Session at the Renovatio Movie Retreat with David Hoffmeister Join David Hoffmeister in closing the residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. In this last session, David opens up to questions from the participants, like can you talk about...

“Knowing” - 4. Movie Night at the Renovatio Movie Retreat with David Hoffmeister Join David Hoffmeister on this fourth-day residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. Through prayer, David is “Given,” the perfect movie from Spirit that best meets our present he...

"Perfect Sense" - 3. Movie Night at the Renovatio Movie Retreat with David Hoffmeister Join David Hoffmeister on this third-day residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. Through prayer, David is “Given,” the perfect movie from Spirit that best meets our prese...

"Her" - 2. Movie Night at the Renovatio Movie Retreat with David Hoffmeister Join David Hoffmeister on this second-day residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. Through prayer, David is “Given,” the perfect movie from Spirit that best meets our present healin...

Movie "Evan Almighty" To remember God is to follow His guidance with David Hoffmeister - Renovatio Residential Movie Retreat. Join David Hoffmeister on this first-day residential movie retreat in Utah! This intimate, in-person retreat is for those who desire to go deeper with the teachings of A Course in Miracles, using movies as the primary tool. Through prayer, David is “Given,” the perfect movi...

The movie "Before I Fall" - Let Go of Thinking for Yourself with David Hoffmeister. Today's movie is a looper movie given to help you wake up because it shows you your mistakes. The only mistake you're making is trying to hold on to the past, and when you try to hold on to the past, you repeat it and don't let it go. But Jesus wants us to forgive the past and recognize that it's already gone. So w...