From Theory to Practice - Nemours, France with David Hoffmeister and Urpi Milla Navarro David expresses his gratitude for the teachings of "A Course in Miracles" and emphasizes the importance of practicing and deepening one's prayers to God. David and Urpi highlight the beauty of devotional prayer life, sharing personal experiences of how prayer has become a natural and essential part of their life, guiding decisions and bringing joy and happiness. David explains that true spiritual...

From Theory to Practice - An Uncompromising Path - Cologne, Germany with David Hoffmeister and Urpi Milla Navarro During David and Urpi's Europe tour, their final event takes place in Cologne, Germany. They enjoy a delightful time with Sabyne, the German translator, making the event a lighthearted exploration of transitioning from theory to practice. They discuss the importance of interpretation, using the example of Martin Luther translating the gospel from Latin to German, making it...

9th. Session - Closing Session - Barcelona Rertreat with David Hoffmeister The closing session is intended for participants to share their miracles and insights. One participant expressed immense gratitude for the mystical experiences during the event, describing how each movie-watching session transformed into feelings of love, light, and devotion. The experiences at the Chapel were particularly profound, culminating in a divine musical moment. Enjoy the participant's sharing and...

7th. Session - Movie Workshop - Sunday Evening - Barcelona Retreat with David Hoffmeister This movie workshop emphasizes the devotion to prayer and its transformative power. It illustrates how prayer opens opportunities to teach and learn, showing that when we pray to God, we often find what we seek within ourselves by giving it away to others. The film introduces the concept of discipleship, depicting characters who assist the protagonist on his spiritual journey, symbolizing the support...

6th. Session - Morning Sunday Service - Barcelona Retreat with David Hoffmeister From the Chapel service: The purpose of this chapel is to remind us that the chapel, the monastery, the church, and religion all mean the same thing. It means experience. It is the state of our heart and the state of our mind. It is not a structure, it is not an institution, it is not a theology, it has no history and no future. This instant is the only time there is. We pray together for God to use our...

5th. Session - Movie Workshop - Saturday Evening at the Barcelona Retreat with David Hoffmeister This movie workshop reminds us that our desire to open to the light and remember God is activated by our hearts' prayer. A Course in Miracles teaches that truth will be returned to us by our desire, just as it was lost by our desire for something else. The Holy Spirit, described in the Bible as the Comforter, is our bridge back to love and oneness. The movie symbolizes the journey from darkness...

4th. Session - Saturday Morning - Q&A - Barcelona Retreat with David Hoffmeister Embracing Divine Abundance: The True Meaning of Sacrifice David delves into the idea that God asks for no sacrifice but offers everything. This perspective challenges the traditional view that the spiritual journey involves sacrifice, highlighting instead that true sacrifice means giving up what you don’t truly desire. Jesus teaches that our greatest joy comes from following our intuition, leading us to...

3rd. Session - Friday Evening -  Movie Workshop - Barcelona Retreat with David Hoffmeister In this movie workshop on forgiveness, Jesus aims to help us understand that time is a reflection of our consciousness, not a linear sequence. The linear perspective often used to perceive grievances spreads them out over time. These grievances represent the ego, and the sleeping mind is addicted to linear time. Newtonian physics, studied by Sir Isaac Newton through the scientific method, deals with...

2nd. Session - Friday Morning - Barcelona 5-day Retreat - From Theory to Practice with David Hoffmeister The projected world of space and time is an ego trick, diverting our attention to external discomfort instead of recognizing it within the mind. This belief in separation and a fall from grace is a mental construct that needs to be exposed and released. The ego is intricate, with layers of illusions and varying levels. Our heartfelt prayer is, “Give me the simple life,” yet we often don’t...

1st. Session - Opening of the Barcelona 5-day Retreat - From Theory to Practice with David Hoffmeister In the opening session of the Barcelona 5-day retreat, David discusses intuitive guidance, which helps individuals let go of their personality self. This guidance can be experienced through interactions with people, signs, symbols in the environment, and dreams. David emphasizes the importance of releasing attempts to interpret the past and living carefree, like a child at play. He...

6th. Session - Closing with David Hoffmeister at Awaken to Love Center, Torrox, Spain In this closing session at the Awaken to Love Weekend retreat, David discusses the phenomenon of guilt using three Star Trek episodes and answers questions from the participants.  The ego's chief weapon is sleep through the private mind, thoughts, and dreams, creating a mental attack. This illusion of a private mind, associated with the body, leads to secrets and 6.8 billion private dreams on Earth. This...

5th. Session - Sunday Morning with David Hoffmeister at Awaken to Love Center, Torrox, Spain David: Jesus taught us that our entire perception is built on judgment and fragmentation but that God Himself will wipe away all tears. He teaches us that our tears stem from our judgments. We perceive the world as fragmented because we judge, but we see a happy world when we cease to judge. God’s world is always there for us to see, and there is no external world apart from our mind. Judgment is not...

4th. Session - Saturday Movie Workshop with David Hoffmeister at Awaken to Love Center, Torrox, Spain The workshop movie and David's commentary are a metaphysical exploration of the heart's desire to disidentify from the body and personality self. Most people are unaware of this, but it is essential to experience experiences that show you are more than you think. The movie teaches about consciousness, which is the receptive mechanism of the mind that receives messages from the right mind...

3rd. Session - Saturday Morning with David Hoffmeister at Awaken to Love Center, Torrox, Spain At the beginning of David's Saturday morning talk, he discusses the concept of choice and the duality of life. We seem to live in a world of duality where one of the primary goals is to find a life partner and a pairing that will go. If you accomplish that one thing, you're on your way home. You've succeeded. But from the episode we watched last night, we can see that even that is dualistic...

2nd. Session - Movie Workshop with David Hoffmeister at Awaken to Love Center, Torrox, Spain The 2nd Retreat session features two movie episodes focusing on the authority problem. The first episode features a gentleman with a virtual reality program, where the cosmos of time and space are projected to play out everything we believe in our consciousness. The goal is to empty the mind of false ego beliefs and forgive ourselves for attempting to generate intelligent characters in an artificial...

1st Session - Opening Session,  "Do Not See Error" with David Hoffmeister at Awaken to Love Center, Torrox, Spain  In this talk David discusses the importance of understanding forgiveness and the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding us through life. He emphasizes that everything we perceive as linear time is a false perception invented by the ego, and God is eternal. The Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost, is an immortal being capable of seeing errors but always looking to the light of...

Movie Gathering with David in the Awaken to Love Center, Spain, 22nd Oct 2024 David spends a Tuesday evening with the residents at the Awaken to Love Center in Malaga, Spain, before a weekend retreat starts Friday. While showing a movie, he talks about many things, like how Jesus emphasizes that unholy relationships prioritize bodies, the need for forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit's ability to bring love and forgiveness into relationships. If you want to know more about David Hoffmeister and...

David Hoffmeister in Spain - 4th. Session - Movie Workshop - Weekend Retreat, Malaga - Oct. 20, 2024 David uses a Star Trek movie at the last session at the Malaga retreat to talk about The Holy Spirit and that it is the highest interpretation of the world, allowing for complete non-judgment. It teaches us the contrast of variable perception, where no two people see the same world. This makes relationships difficult, as they are not seeing the same world as a projection of personal beliefs...

David Hoffmeister in Spain - 3rd. Session - Sunday Morning  - Weekend Retreat, Malaga - Oct. 20, 2024 In this Sunday morning session at the Malaga Weekend Retreat David talked among other things about that Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of needs, focusing on self-actualization as the top goal. This concept is based on the Greek belief that "Know thyself" is the ultimate goal of human development. The ego attempts to deny this through hypnotism, mesmerism, and imagination, covering the...

David Hoffmeister in Spain - Movie Evening - 2nd. Session - Weekend Retreat, Malaga, October 19, 2024 Movies can serve as a profound tool for spiritual learning and application. With David´s commentary on this evening´s movie, we are guided to look beyond the body to what we might call a unified awareness, which takes us deeper into the heart and mind.  This film exemplifies a life dedicated to God and encourages us to focus on the Spirit. It highlights the importance of recognizing and...

How to let God touch your life - David Hoffmeister in Spain - Opening session weekend retreat in Malaga, October 19, 2024.  David is touring Spain, starting in Malaga, and the theme of this weekend's retreat is "How to Let God Touch Your Life," emphasizing the openness of knowing God's will. David emphasizes the importance of allowing God to touch our lives, asking Him to show us the way. He refers to Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life, and we must be willing to invite Christ and the...

"Hypnotic Illusions: Jesus' Teachings on Perception, Conflict, and Divine Guidance" by David Hoffmeister The Bible speaks about seeing the world through a darkened glass, like having dark sunglasses on. We perceive a world of darkness, with separate people, places, things, situations, and events. Jesus teaches that the world was made in hatred and is a place where God cannot enter, but we are not fully aware of this. We are beginning to realize that nothing is what it seems—but distorted and...

"Unmasking Illusions: A Journey Beyond Linear Time and Specialness" - A Movie Commentary by David Hoffmeister David's movie commentary dismantles our belief and perception of linear time, private thoughts, and people-pleasing. Private thoughts are defense mechanisms against the Holy Instance, love, light, and simplicity. Jesus teaches that the present moment is the closest approximation of eternity, and all mystics and saints emphasize being present and bringing God's love. However, the...