The Art of Effortless Living

Weekend Retreat in Tepoztlán, México - Saturday Morning—Finding a Life of Freedom The Spirit's purpose for this life is for freedom, to wake up from the dream of the world, not to attain and achieve. The ego's use of the body, of family and education...

In this interview David talks about his own journey and how much fun it has been, giving practical examples of how the Spirit has worked so playfully in his life. He shares with us how following guidance has led to building trust in the Holy Spirit a...

Taking Control of Your Mind

It is Safe to Let Go. This profound and uncompromising session centers on the awareness that everything is available now. There is no time to waste and no reason for delay. Learn of what it means to keep the Kingdom of Heaven as the only focus of...

The happy dream is a dream of non-judgment. People organize their lives based on false belief systems. Forgiveness is a belief system that swallows all of them up. When you experience forgiveness, you experience that all specific beliefs are complete...

Raising children while practicing ACIM can be very powerful! This experience gives you the opportunity to learn from your children. Just because you feel you are in a bigger body with a bigger brain and have read more books does not mean that you are...

When someone you are concerned about (such as a daughter) keeps coming to mind, it is a Call for Love to bring to the Holy Spirit. It may or may not call for a specific action (such as calling or emailing the person), but it is always helpful to take...

David Hoffmeister shares this idea along with a song from Donna Marie Cary: "If you knew who walks beside you along the way fear would be impossible." There are many ways the Holy Spirit reaches a willing mind: songs, movies, books, billboards, bumpe...

Give up the idea of protection. What are you protecting? Evil is not real. There is nothing other than God. The ego is not real. Only the truth is true. You are the dreamer.

The guidance of the Holy Spirit is always beneficial to everyone. Assignments are teaching-learning opportunities. The whole point of the mind training is to let go of everything you think you know about form and come into an experience of the conten...

Let your sleeping mind be reminded of the very important awareness that you are complete and healed and whole, and let nothing convince you otherwise. If you reacting to a situation in the world by feeling upset, you are reacting to something that is...

Awakening is to wake up from the dream of separation. Join David Hoffmeister as he shares about his spiritual journey. The process of forgiveness A Course in Miracles teaches is a skill that is strengthened with practice, just like riding a bike or b...

The path to Awakening doesn't need be a struggle. You really can tune in and follow your bliss. The Spirit will gladly use the things you love. Be willing to hand over all your skills and abilities to the One who knows (Holy Spirit) and see them used...

What is truly helpful? What can you really give? An unhealed healer is trying to give what he has not received. The alertness of the ego to the errors of other egos is not the kind of vigilance the Holy Spirit would have you maintain. The mind that p...

Give yourself permission to fall in Love with God, your Source! Spirit is in charge of your Awakening, and all you can do is to allow yourself to be awakened. Be like a child, hold out your hands, and be walked Home by Spirit in innocence. Allow Him...

A clip, from the May/June 2010 retreat at the Living Miracles Monastery, looking at the metaphor of "the script is written" and freeing the mind from the belief in choice in form in order for the mind to relax into stillness. "Seek not to change the...

The Holy Spirit sees only two orders of thought: love or a call for love. You as a person cannot make this distinction. Yet, this distinction is the gateway back to eternal life. Therefore, this important distinction is the Holy Spirit’s job to make...

Any upsetting thought is just a thin veil drawn over intense rage. Death is a decision. What happens to you, you have asked for. Atonement is accepting the correction that has already been given. Forgiveness is a life wish. The ego is a death wish. T...

There is no true answer to the question, "How did the separation happen?" A short while into the scribing of A Course in Miracles, Helen and Bill asked Jesus, “Wait a minute! How could the separation have happened in the first place!?” Jesus’ answer...

When we have "free will" associated with "choice," that is where the distortions of mind enter in. There is no free will in this world, for our will is imprisoned in this world so long as its believed in. In "A Course in Miracles," free will is equat...

Weekend Retreat in Tepoztlán, México - Saturday Morning—Finding a Life of Freedom The Spirit's purpose for this life is for freedom, to wake up from the dream of the world, not to attain and achieve. The ego's use of the body, of family and education...

In this interview David talks about his own journey and how much fun it has been, giving practical examples of how the Spirit has worked so playfully in his life. He shares with us how following guidance has led to building trust in the Holy Spirit a...

Taking Control of Your Mind

It is Safe to Let Go. This profound and uncompromising session centers on the awareness that everything is available now. There is no time to waste and no reason for delay. Learn of what it means to keep the Kingdom of Heaven as the only focus of...

The happy dream is a dream of non-judgment. People organize their lives based on false belief systems. Forgiveness is a belief system that swallows all of them up. When you experience forgiveness, you experience that all specific beliefs are complete...

How can I know that I am sustained by God? It helps, when venturing into something that seems unknown, to hear from those who have taken the leap before you. David Hoffmeister shares that the journey into divine providence is one of trust, which mean...

The spark for Awakening becomes a fire of inspiration when you commit yourself fully to your path. Relationships can be used for Awakening, and every relationship is a total commitment in th...