Since the early 1990s, students of A Course in Miracles have felt drawn to David Hoffmeister for his profound love and devotion to truth. Over the years, a community has organically grown around him consisting of those who wished to follow his example of pure devotion to God and selfless love. This community has come to be known as the Living Miracles community,a course in miracles and is now comprised of a thriving global internet ministry with physical centers in Utah, Mexico, and Spain, including the first A Course in Miracles-based Monastery in the world.
Enjoy the following excerpt taken from a transcribed talk by A Course in Miracles teacher David Hoffmeister. It’s very much like when you go to a movie theatre, you are going to watch a movie. It's already been shot. It’s in the can. It’s being projected. You can't change what is happening in the movie. Well, they actually are coming out with movies now where you can, but for this metaphor, we are talking about the last decade of films, black and white. etc. You can't change it. People do talk to the screen. Like, Don't go down that hallway. Don't go in there! Don't go in there. Don't. Get away from him. You know it’s a bunch of images on a screen but they are talking to them as if they were real people. That's the mesmerism of this whole world; forget that you are dreaming, watching a movie and become so identified with the characters, you really believe that they are real characters that can hear you. Jesus talks of that in A Cours...
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