Contemplative Meditation (3/6)

Infinite Way Letter August 1956 By Joel Goldsmith Part 3 of 6 CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATION The Middle Path – continued Freedom is a quality enjoyed when we have overcome duality by refusing to entertain any sense of iniquity or destruction, or beliefs in a presence or power apart from God. We are clothed and in our right mind when we are clad with the liberty of the Sons of God. As long as there is a sense of duality in an individual’s consciousness he is subject to the discords of the world, but they will not come nigh the dwelling place … Continue reading Contemplative Meditation (3/6)

Contemplative Meditation (1/6)

Infinite Way Letter August 1956 By Joel Goldsmith Part 1 of 6 CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATION The Middle Path Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God. Matthew 19:17 The universe of God’s creating is within us. God’s love permeates, enfolds, and upholds this universe and all that is therein. All that exists is of God, and God is the good unto us and unto all creation. This is a spiritual universe, and in it there is nothing good nor evil. Let us make this lesson a meditation, whereby we prepare ourselves to be receptive and … Continue reading Contemplative Meditation (1/6)

Higher Meditation

IW Morsel – Human Mind Cannot Know God cannot be known with the human mind, but if we listen and are still, in that stillness, God reveals Itself. Right where we are God Is. From – The Art of Meditation By Joel Goldsmith P. 40 From – Tape 604-1 1951 Second Portland Series A Higher Meditation – Part 1 By Joel Goldsmith This is Joel in Portland. We’re still in the midst of the Second Portland Series. The subject tonight is a higher meditation, and the thought for this came from a note in my notebook. How can we look … Continue reading Higher Meditation

The Nature Of God (5/5)

1959 San Diego Special Class Tape 269 Side 1 The Nature of God By Joel Goldsmith Part 5 of 5 Now, illumination isn’t anything of a material nature or even of an occult nature. Illumination really means light, the receiving of light, and light doesn’t mean light in the physical sense but in the mental. It means understanding, awareness. Therefore, when you are illumined, it means only that you have received the actual experience of knowing God’s presence, knowing God’s grace. There is nothing emotional about it, I can assure you. Those who look for emotional experiences not only miss … Continue reading The Nature Of God (5/5)

The Nature of God (2/5)

1959 San Diego Special Class Tape 269 Side 1 The Nature of God By Joel Goldsmith Part 2 of 5 Probably one of the reasons that our great Herbert Hoover has reached this magnificent age of 85 in full possession of his faculties and at the very height of his mental capacities and in good physical health is due to the fact that all of his life he has felt that it was a demand upon him personally and upon all mankind to help those who at the moment could not help themselves – even when they were enemies. He … Continue reading The Nature of God (2/5)

#11 – Wisdoms of the Infinite Way Prayer is the absence of desire in the recognition of IS. From – Tape 705-1 1955 Johannesburg Closed Class The Inner Meaning By Joel Goldsmith Good Evening! (Response) I have been asked if there is a way in which we can train ourselves to practice the presence of God, some simple way that everyone on the face of the globe could practice. And there is such a way. It is a way that has very, very deep possibilities. And yet it is so simple that it can be taught to a six-year old … Continue reading

It Shall Not Come Nigh Thee (1/5)

Infinite Way Letter 1964 – October Aka – Realization of Oneness By Joel Goldsmith Part 1 of 5 “It Shall Not Come Nigh Thee” If you have studied the preceding chapters carefully, you should be beginning to understand that the universal belief of good and evil operates hypnotically upon every person in the world. Every phase of discord that comes into any person’s experience is a mesmeric influence from which he has not learned to protect himself. What with automobile collisions, sudden storms, and even coconuts falling from the trees, a person who leaves his home in the morning has … Continue reading It Shall Not Come Nigh Thee (1/5)

SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES IN WORLD AFFAIRS

5 – Wisdoms of the Infinite Way In the spiritual life, you place no labels on the world. You do not judge as to good or evil, sick or well, rich or poor. While appearances may show forth harmony or discord, by not judging, you merely know IS, and let that which truly IS define Itself. From the book – The Infinite Way Joel S. Goldsmith From – Our Spiritual Resources By Joel Goldsmith Pages 149-150 SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES IN WORLD AFFAIRS The principles of spiritual healing are effective not only in the healing of disease and the regeneration of the … Continue reading SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES IN WORLD AFFAIRS

Prayer (3/3)

4 – Wisdoms of the Infinite Way When living out from the center of Being, you are untouched by the thoughts, opinions, laws, and theories of the world. Nothing acts upon you because you do not react to the world of appearances. From the book – The Infinite Way Joel S. Goldsmith Letters By Joel Goldsmith Chapter 4 PRAYER Part 3 of 3 When there is the temptation of sin, disease or lack, do you believe that you have become separated from God or instantly turn to that one word – Omnipresence? “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee…I … Continue reading Prayer (3/3)

Prayer (2/3)

IW Morsel – State of Consciousness If you are aware of yourself as finite personality, that is your state of consciousness. If you are aware of yourself as infinity, that is your state of consciousness. From – 1955 Kailua Study Group Tape 113 Side 1 By Joel Goldsmith From The Infinite Way 1954 Letters By Joel Goldsmith Chapter 4 PRAYER Part 2 of 3 In Luke 12:22-32, the Master, Christ Jesus, lovingly admonishes us – “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on – and which of you with … Continue reading Prayer (2/3)