A Course in Miracles (ACIM) Podcast

WE ARE BACK! Join David Hoffmeister, Marina Colombo, and Urpi Milla for this special Relaunch session of "The Way of the Mystic. "In this episode, the hosts joyfully welcome you back into the flow in preparation for the upcoming Weekend Revivals, resuming on February 6th. This isn't just about studying spiritual concepts; it is a call to a heart-opening adventure beyond rituals, rules, and structu...

In this vibrant bilingual session, David Hoffmeister uses a movie as a powerful parable for the spiritual journey. While the on-screen action features "Hunters" battling evil spirits, the deeper metaphysical teaching points to the "tiny mad idea" of separation and the ego's attempts to make fear real. David teaches that the world we see is akin to a theater. By viewing the intensity of the world—i...

In this bilingual movie gathering (with Portuguese translation), David Hoffmeister uses a film about a woman who gains the ability to hear people’s inner thoughts as songs to illustrate a profound truth: There are no private thoughts. Connecting the movie’s plot—triggered by an MRI and an earthquake—to A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 19, David explores the reversal of cause and effect. We oft...

In this transformative bilingual movie gathering ' Answering Your Inner Calling' , David Hoffmeister opens with a radical invitation: let the movie do the spiritual "legwork" for you. David explores the profound teaching that "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand"—not as a metaphor, but as a literal truth that shatters the illusion of linear time. Drawing from A Course in Miracles Lesson 158, David br...

🎬 The Impossibility of Sacrifice and the Reality of Oneness – Movie Session with David In this illuminating movie session with David, we are gently guided into the remembrance that awakening is a one-way ticket to the heart—a natural return to what has always been true. Through commentary on the second mini-movie from the series Pluribus, David reflects on Oneness, showing how resistance, anger,...

💜Last Movie Session of the Year - The Light of Communication 💜 Enjoy and sink deeply into this last movie session of The Way of the Mystic Weekend Revivals. In this session, David shared an amazing episode that reveals all the “devices” or “hoods” the ego uses to block communication. As David shared in his commentary, telepathic abilities are symbols that remind us that we are one. Their purpose...

💜 Movie Session: The Power of Decision is My Own 💜 Our weekend movie, Transcendence, gave us a powerful doorway into the ACIM theme that The Power of Decision is my Own. David opened the session by showing how the film’s story centers on Will, a brilliant AI researcher who wants to understand the world, and Evelyn, his wife, who has a heartfelt prayer for the world. The other characters, driven...

Movie Session – “The World Will End in Laughter” ✨ In this session, with commentary from David, Marina, and Urpi, we watched a comedy to explore the central theme of how we perceive the world and what purpose we serve. We were reminded that, as Jesus says in *A Course in Miracles*, the world will end in laughter, and this film helped us approach that idea in a lighthearted yet deeply meaningful w...

💜 Saturday Movie Session - How Can I Live as If There Is No World? 💜 In this session, David Hoffmeister uses the series Plur1bus to explore what it truly means to live as if there is no world — seeing that every experience arises from the mind. Through the characters, he shows how each thought ripples through the whole dream, either reinforcing separation or opening the door to Oneness. David we...

💜Sunday Session: Prayer is the Medium of Miracles 💜 This profound dialogue with David, Kirsten, and Helena centers on the true meaning of prayer. Their deep sharing invites us to look anew at what prayer really is and how past learning may have limited our understanding. Prayer, they remind us, is far beyond words—it is synonymous with our desire. What we hold in our heart is our prayer. We are...

💜Movie Session: Prayer is the Medium of Miracles 💜 In this movie session, David’s commentary considers how two opposing visions — two ways of understanding faith and guilt — can be transformed into a holy encounter when judgment is set aside. The main characters show us, through their dialogue and humility, what it means to release guilt, forgive one another, and recognize themselves in the same...

💜Opening Session: Prayer is the Medium of Miracles 💜 Our Revival Weekend opened with a profound and heartfelt session as David and Urpi brought us into a deep exploration of this weekend’s theme: Prayer is the Medium of Miracles. It was an invitation to see the simplicity, depth, and living presence of prayer. Miracles come from prayer—they are born in the stillness of prayer. As we turn our hea...

💜Closing Session  -  Living from Intuition: Returning to Worthiness and Innocence.💜  In this joyful closing session, Greg and Jiska share parables from their recent European tour. Their hearts were overflowing as they spoke of the purpose given them by Jesus—one they embraced with passion and devotion. The journey began in Holland, where they got married. The love and joy bursting in their heart...

💜Movie Session Living from Intuition: Returning to Worthiness and Innocence. 💜 The movie in this movie gathering is a profound quantum story that takes us far beyond the limits of time and logic. David guides us deep into the rabbit hole, inviting us to unlearn our assumptions about our search for meaning.  Unlike most films, this doesn’t follow a single linear timeline — it unfolds through many...

💜Opening Session Living from Intuition: Returning to Worthiness and Innocence. 💜 This weekend session opened with a deep invitation to live from intuition, reconnecting with our natural sense of worthiness and innocence. Erik and Susannah began with the song “Just Relax,” setting the perfect tone to release all fear so we can allow life to express itself intuitively. From there, David, Jason, an...

💜Closing Session Movie with David -  Responsibility for Sight is the Key to Happiness 💜  During the session, David and Marina guided us through a profound exploration of the central theme: “Taking responsibility for what I see is the key to happiness.” Through a film based on the life of Charles Mully, a man who transformed the lives of thousands of children in Kenya, we witnessed how an ordinar...

💜Movie Session with David -  Responsibility for Sight is the Key to Happiness 💜 Today’s session with David on the movie Her was an expansive journey of the mind. David touched on so many profound ideas that it felt like a “bottle rocket guide to God.” With the theme "Responsibility for Sight is the Key to Happiness," we were invited to see that perception is a choice and that the Holy Spirit gen...

💜Opening Session - Responsibility for Sight is the Key to Happiness 💜 October 25, 2025“ Responsibility for Sight is the Key to Happiness” emerged as the inspired theme for the weekend. David, Urpi, and Marina invited us to see that everything undertaken from personal responsibility and past learning feels heavy and difficult. Yet Christ's Vision comes through our union with the Spirit within. Wh...

💜Closing Session - Living in Full Authenticity 💜October 19, 2025 During the second part of session 3 - Week 3, David addressed many heartfelt questions and prayers. Each answer seemed to reach far beyond the surface of the question, offering light and clarity. Every question and prayer—no matter whose it was—spoke to something within all of us. For more information about The Way of the Mystic, D...

💜Saturday Session - Living in Full Authenticity 💜 October 18, 2025 In this Saturday session of this weekend themed Living in Full Authenticity, Jason, Kirsten, and David explored profound spiritual teachings inspired by impactful video clips of psychological experiments. These clips illustrated how the belief in external cause and effect leads to chaos and distraction from inner guidance—remindi...

💜 Closing Session 💜 In this deeply moving and contemplative worship service, David, Marina and Urpi take us into an exploration of releasing the inner blocks that stand between us and true peace. Through heartfelt sharing, we are guided to recognize that the desire to "go to church" is not about entering a building, but about returning to the altar within—the quiet, holy space in our minds where...

Movie Session - How to Release the Obstacles to Peace In this movie session, David’s profound commentary focuses on opening our hearts to God’s Will. Even a small willingness to follow God can grow into a complete surrender to His plan. Guilt only blocks us from experiencing our true innocence and God’s love. The ego uses guilt and past experiences to keep us from opening our minds and hearts. Dav...

1st Session, Week 2 - Opening Up to Unconditional Love with David & Urpi This session was an invitation to look within our minds and go beyond the five senses. By following the way of the mystic, we recognize that love is content and form of any kind. The fragmented world of the ego is sustained by preferences, which are part of a hierarchy of illusions; yet Jesus reminds us that the only illu...

The Way of the Mystic – Session 3: Resign as Your Own Teacher In this soul-stirring third session of The Way of the Mystic, David Hoffmeister responds to heartfelt questions from online participants, illuminating the path of surrender and divine guidance. With humor, clarity, and uncompromising metaphysical depth, David invites us to release our grip on planning and control, and instead embrace ra...

The Way of the Mystic – Session 2: Loosening the Grip of the Five Senses In this second session of The Way of the Mystic, David Hoffmeister guides us into a profound metaphysical exploration using a beloved animated film as a spiritual mirror. David's commentary invites us to loosen our mind’s grip on the five senses and open ourselves to the intuitive guidance of the Holy Spirit. Set against the...