And I have found this: all the preaching in the world that these men get from many sources, doesn’t change their nature or their character or their way of life. But when they come under the influence of a metaphysician who really knows, their nature is transformed, their character is transformed, their conduct in prison is transformed. Continue reading Resurrection II 3/5
The reason it makes no difference what their religion may be is, of course, that there is only one God, there is only one Spirit. That Spirit doesn’t know the difference between a Jew or a Gentile; it doesn’t know the difference between a Protestant or a Catholic, an Oriental or an Occidental, or an American Indian. As far as the Spirit is concerned, it is entirely without any religious beliefs, convictions, ceremonies, rights, creeds, or forms of worship. It is an absolutely free and independent Spirit that permeates us just the same as the life of nature permeates a blade of grass, or it permeates an orchid, or a daisy, a violet, and it really doesn’t know the difference. And it makes no difference to it, whether it is a mongrel dog or a full-blooded dog – the same Life animates it; the same Spirit animates it. Continue reading Starting The Contemplative Life (1/5)
Every human being is imprisoned in his mind with problems and his own false beliefs. The love that meets our need is the love that flows out through us. If we are not an outlet for that impersonal love, which is humility, benevolence, forgiveness, praying for the enemy, then love is locked up within us. Continue reading The Escape Of The Imprisoned Splendor
1959 San Diego Special Class Tape 269 Side 1 The Nature of God compBy Joel Goldsmith Part 3 of 5 Now, I have had experience in mental institutes with mental patients. I have had experience in prisons, and so I speak to you from 30 years of experience when I say that if you or any of your friends or relatives are in sin, don’t try to stop it or correct it but, rather, see if you cannot awaken in them or yourself a desire to know God because that’s all that’s necessary. When the realization of God takes place … Continue reading The Nature of God (3/5)
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