Spiritual community with focus on love & forgiveness makes lakeside their home
Combined with the low cost of living, open-mindedness, welcoming environment and large population of English speakers, it ’ s no wonder that many practitioners of the spiritual path, A Course in Miracles , are choosing Lakeside as their new home. One of these practitioners is David Hoffmeister, international speaker, author and teacher of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) . Several years ago, Hoffmeister was part of a group that bought a large home in Chapala and turned it into a major ACIM center for gatherings, workshops and events. Joining with the many other ACIM students already at Lakeside, he envisions hundreds of students living here and coming together for celebrations, study groups, movies and concerts, all with the same purpose of forgiveness and extending love. This summer, more than 30 ACIM students have been relocating to the area, with the last group arriving in September. Homes are being bought up, including a co-housing-like community of homes atop a hil
