The Middle Path / Be Still

Do not seek harmony or health or even God. These are not to be found. “Be still.” Only in deep silence, in refraining from “taking thought,” only in the giving up of the struggle for God, for peace, for plenty, for companionship, can these be experienced. Do you “see” what I am saying? God, health, abundance, freedom, friendships—these are not entities or identities—but experiences. Continue reading The Middle Path / Be Still

Easter: The Rising Above All Material Ties

That brings us to the Resurrection when, after having died to personal sense and having entombed that false sense of self, our true Self rises out of that tomb of the little self and walks this earth free: free and infinite, immortal and eternal, full of God-being. That is our Easter, our day of ascension, and we find that in our self-renunciation, as in our humility, we have stepped out of a tomb. We are walking the earth now, not full of personal possessions or personal virtues, but filled with the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of the Lord God Almighty which is upon us, and then we are ordained. Now that material sense has been thoroughly quenched, our real nature, our real being, can come to light. Continue reading Easter: The Rising Above All Material Ties

Contemplative Meditation (2/6)

Infinite Way Letter August 1956 By Joel Goldsmith Part 2 of 6 CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATION The Middle Path Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matthew 5:23,24 If, at any time, you attempt to pray or commune with God and remember that you are holding varying concepts of good and evil—stop right there and make peace within yourself by agreeing that only God is good, … Continue reading Contemplative Meditation (2/6)

What About This Body? (2/4)

What About This Body? – Part 2 of 4 Chapter 9 Let us assume that John Jones has asked for help for a physical condition. He may have mentioned that his problem was influenza, which at that time was raging throughout his community and may have reached almost epidemic proportions. In your treatment, your first recognition is that this is a suggestion of a selfhood apart from God, and that leaves you free to forget the patient and the condition. The entire truth that you know is about God, and the entire treatment remains on the level of God: If … Continue reading What About This Body? (2/4)