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The Art of Spiritual Healing
ISBN: 978-1-939542-68-7
Retail Price $16.95
The Art of Spiritual Healing is based on Joel Goldsmith’s many years of experience in practicing spiritual healing. In a decided departure from other books on the subject, Goldsmith reveals the spiritual principles that are the foundation for spiritual healing. He alternates instruction with meditation to demonstrate his conviction that since physical health is a manifestation of consciousness, physical well-being is a natural result of attaining the consciousness of oneness with God. Complete in scope and non-denominational in approach, The Art of Spiritual Healing is a simple, straightforward explanation of what to many is a mysterious and complex subject. The book is presented in four parts: “The Principles,” “The Role of Treatment,” “The Practice,” and “Without Words or Thoughts.”
Goldsmith believes that the world needs people who, through devotion to God, are so filled with the Spirit that they can be the instruments through which healings take place. He says, “There is not a person reading this book, who should not be ready to accept the responsibility of beginning to heal now. It is not your spirituality or mine that will heal anybody; it is not your understanding or mine that is going to heal. It is God’s understanding to which we make ourselves receptive by becoming still.”
Together with The Art of Meditation, Living the Infinite Way, and Practicing the Presence, this is a foundational book of the Infinite Way message.
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PART ONE: SPIRITUAL HEALING: THE PRINCIPLES
1. What Is Spiritual Healing?
#158-1: 1956 Chicago Closed Class 1:1
#187-1: 1957 First Halekou Closed Class 1:1
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#192-1: 1957 First Halekou Closed Class 6:1
#152-2: 1956 Second Steinway Hall Closed Class 3:2
#163-2: 1956 Seattle Open Class 1:2
#163-1: 1956 Seattle Open Class 1:1
#207-2: 1958 First Chicago Closed Class 1:2
#207-1: 1958 First Chicago Closed Class 1:1
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2. Is God A Servant?
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3. One Power
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#207-2: 1958 First Chicago Closed Class 1:2
#158-2: 1956 Chicago Closed Class 1:2
4. The Language of Spiritual Healing
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#211-1: 1958 Second Chicago Closed Class 1:1
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#187-1: 1957 First Halekou Closed Class 1:1
#17-1: 1952 First Honolulu Closed Class 4:1
#222-1: 1958 New York Closed Class 4:1
5. What Did Hinder You?
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PART TWO: SPIRITUAL HEALING: THE ROLE OF TREATMENT
6. Developing a Healing Consciousness
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7. Practical Instructions to Workers
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#616-1: 1951 First Seattle Series 3:1
#184-1: 1957 Chicago Open Class 2:1
8. Treatment Is a Realization of Omnipresence
#34-1: 1953 Second Seattle Closed Class 3:1
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#609-2: 1951 Second Portland Series 9:2
PART THREE: SPIRITUAL HEALING: THE PRACTICE
9. What about This Body?
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#609-2: 1951 Second Portland Series 9:2
10. Spiritual Unfoldment – Not Human Birth or Death
#211-2: 1958 Second Chicago Closed Class 1:2
#34-1: 1953 Second Seattle Closed Class 3:1
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#240-2: 1958 First Maui Lectures 2:2
#68-1: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 4:1
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11. The Relationship of Oneness
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12. God Is Our Destiny
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#169-1: 1956 First Portland Open Class 2:1
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13. A New Concept of Supply
#203-2: 1958 Adelaide Closed Class 2:2
#158-2: 1956 Chicago Closed Class 1:2
#48-2: 1953 First New York Closed Class 1:2
14. Under the Shadow of the Almighty
#609-2: 1951 Second Portland Series 9:2
#203-2: 1958 Adelaide Closed Class 2:2
#49-2: 1953 First New York Closed Class 2:2
#48:1: 1953 First New York Closed Class 1:1
PART FOUR: SPIRITUAL HEALING: WITHOUT WORDS OR THOUGHTS
15. Beyond Words and Thoughts
#649: 1956 Johannesburg Practitioner Class 1 (no specific side available)
#52:1: 1953 First New York Closed Class 5:1
#148-1: 1956 Second Steinway Hall Practitioner Class 2:1
16. Is
#228-2: 1958 London Open Class 2:2
#148-2: 1956 Second Steinway Hall Practitioner Class 2:2
#179 – #182: 1957 Kailua Advanced Class (no specific tape number available)
17. If I Be Lifted Up
#156-1: 1956 Chicago Open Class 1:1
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L’art de la guerison spirituelle (French)
Die Kunst der geistigen Hellung (German)
A Arte de Curar Pelo Espírito (Portuguese)
El Arte de la Curacion Espiritual (Spanish) (Formato Impreso)
El Arte de la Curacion Espiritual (Spanish) (Formato Digital)
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Practicing the Presence
ISBN: 978-0-87491-000-1
Retail Price $16.95
Practicing the Presence is one of the four foundational books among Joel Goldsmith’s Infinite Way writings. Goldsmith recommended that new students begin with this book, together with Living the Infinite Way. Practicing the Presence is a celebrated guide to the awareness of the divine and transcendental in our daily lives. Goldsmith writes that it was during one of his periods of contemplation that the words came to him, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.” This surprised him, because at that time he was little acquainted with the Bible and only occasionally went to church. But through the study of Scripture and the practice of its teachings, Goldsmith realized that a Presence was with him, counseling, sustaining, and leading him into greater spiritual awareness. Following that realization, he traveled throughout the world, teaching others to know this Presence.
Goldsmith says, “Every person who has known dissatisfaction, incompleteness, and frustration will someday learn that there is only one missing link in this entire chain of harmonious living. That is the practice of the presence of God – consciously, daily and hourly, abiding in some great spiritual truth of scripture, and it makes no difference which scripture: Christian, Hebrew, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, or Moslem.” If we begin with practicing the presence of God, it leads to an inner stillness that makes it possible to meditate. Goldsmith sets forth for the reader how to practice the presence from the moment we awaken to the moment we retire for sleep.
To Goldsmith, harmonious living is all a matter of consciousness. When we have the right consciousness, we do not want things, but we express the very things which formerly we sought. So, instead of a change of circumstances, what the seeker needs is a change of consciousness. Practicing the Presence helps the seeker make that change by opening consciousness to the life by grace. In clear and direct language, Goldsmith shows that by constantly and consciously practicing the presence of God in every experience of our daily life, the struggles of existence pass and harmony is established in every department of our lives. “Seek neither health, nor wealth, nor fame, nor fortune,” the author writes. “Seek first the realization of this inner kingdom and be a beholder as these outer things are added.”
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1. Spiritual Consciousness
#126: 1955 Kailua Study Group 17 (no specific side cited)
#107-1: 1955 Chicago Private Class 1:1
#601-1: 1951 Second Portland Series 1:1
2. Demonstrate God
#126: 1955 Kailua Study Group 17 (no specific side cited)
#65-1: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 1:1
#65-2: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 1:2
#107: 1955 Chicago Private Class 1 (no specific side cited)
#130-132: 1955 Seattle Private Class (no specific class cited)
3. God, the Only Power
1955 May Letter
1955 March Letter
#65-2: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 1:2
#107 – 109: 1955 Chicago Private Class (no specific class cited)
4. The Infinite Nature of Individual Being
#19-2: 1952 Honolulu Closed Class 6:2
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#20: 1952 Honolulu Closed Class 2 (no specific side cited)
#116-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 7:1
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#617-1: 1952 Second Seattle Closed Class 1:1
5. Love Thy Neighbor
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#108: 1955 Chicago Private Class 2 (no specific side cited)
#125: 1955 Kailua Study Group 16 (no specific side cited)
#17: 1952 Honolulu Closed Class 4 (no specific side cited)
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6. To Him That Hath
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#116-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 7:2
#107: 1955 Chicago Private Class 1 (no specific side cited)
1955 March Letter
#622: 1953 Second New York Closed Class 3 (no specific side cited)
#130: 1955 Seattle Private Class 1 (no specific side cited)
7. Meditation
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8. The Rhythm of God
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9. A Moment of Christhood
#41-2: 1953 First Portland Class 5:2
10. The Vision to Behold
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De Goddelijke tegenwoordigheid in de Praktijk (e-book editie) (Dutch)
Pratique de la Presence (French)
Praktykowanie Obecnosci (Polish)
Praticando A Presença (Portuguese)
Practicando la Presencia (Spanish)
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The Art of Meditation
ISBN: 978-1-939542-67-0
Retail Price $16.95
Many books have been written about inward prayer, or meditation, but Joel Goldsmith’s classic, The Art of Meditation, presents meditation not as a theory, but as a joyous and rewarding experience. The book begins with these words: “Most men and women are convinced that there is a divine Power of some sort operating in human affairs, but they are not sure what it is, nor do they know how to bring this divine Presence and Power into daily experience.” In The Art of Meditation, Goldsmith shows the reader the way, and it is through meditation.
Goldsmith says that on the whole, the world has no knowledge of God as the living Power and Presence with Whom we are one. If it did, its anguish, wars, sin, and death would vanish. But, he says, individuals can learn the nature of God and how to contact God. He writes: “Christ buried in the tomb of the mind will not come forth and do works, but Christ risen in our consciousness, Christ raised from the tomb through meditation and communion – that is the miracle worker of the ages.” The Art of Meditation explains how this inner Presence, also called “the Christ,” can be realized and can operate in daily life.
While many people pray for the purpose of getting something, Goldsmith explains that we should enter meditation without ulterior motive: “Any meditation that has within itself a single trace of a desire to get something from God or to acquire something through God is no longer meditation.” He presents meditation as a turning within and listening. At some moment in that quietude, when human thought is stilled and the noise of human living is hushed, the God-experience comes in.
The Art of Meditation gives the reader careful instructions about how to undertake the beautiful spiritual practice of daily meditation. Goldsmith says that the purpose of this book is “to help students practice the art of meditation by which the Word takes root, so that they come into an actual awareness, an actual consciousness of living in the Spirit.” The object is to reach the state of consciousness revealed by Paul: “I live yet not I, Christ liveth my life.” Then God appears as the wholeness, the abundance, the harmony, the peace, and the joy of our experience.
One of the best known volumes of Goldsmith’s work, The Art of Meditation is one of the four foundational books in the Infinite Way teachings.
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PART ONE: THE PRACTICE
1. The Way
1955 July Letter
1954 Infinite Way Letters (p.19, 13)
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1955 August Letter
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1955 February Letter
2. The Purpose
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3. The Practice
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1954 November Letter
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#112-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 3:1
Metaphysical Notes* (p.53, 55,108,109,107)
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4. The Indissoluble Union
1955 June Letter
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5. The Difficulties
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#114-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 5:1
#115-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 6:1
#104-2: 1954 Seattle Closed Class 2:2
#622-2: 1953 Second New York Closed Class 3:2
#620-1: 1953 Second New York Closed Class 1:1
#67-1: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 3:1
#14-1: 1952 Honolulu Closed Class 1:1
#58-1: 1953 Chicago Lecture Series 2:1
1955 June Letter
PART TWO: MEDITATION: THE EXPERIENCE
Forward: The Meditation of My Heart
6. The Earth Is the Lord’s
#104-2: 1954 Seattle Closed Class 2:2
#60-2: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 2:2
7. For God So Loved the World
#620 – #624: 1953 Second New York Closed Class (no specific tape number available)
8. Ye Are the Temple
#101-2: 1954 Seattle Practitioner Class 2:2
9. The Silver Is Mine
#61-2: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 3:2
#117-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 8:2
#37-2: 1953 First Portland Class 1:2
#37-1: 1953 First Portland Class 1:1
#71-2: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 7:2
10. The Place Whereon Thou Standest
#38-2: 1953 First Portland Class 2:2
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#37-2: 1953 First Portland Class 1:2
#60-2: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 2:2
#61-2: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 3:2
11. For Love Is of God
#117-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 8:2
#119-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 10:1
#111-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 2:2
#61-2: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 3:2
#60-1: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 2:1
#39-1: 1953 First Portland Class 3:1
#8B-1: 1952 New Washington Series 6:1
12. For He Is Thy Life
1955 April Letter
#117-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 8:1
#117-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 8:2
#126-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 17:1
#59-1: 1954 Chicago Practitioner Class 1:1
13. Fear Not
#74-2: 1954 Honolulu Lecture Series 10:2
14. The Tabernacle of God
#38-2: 1953 First Portland Class 2:2
15. The Beauty of Holiness
#604: 1951 Second Portland Series 4:1
PART THREE: MEDITATION: THE FRUITS
16. The Fruit of the Spirit
#121-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 12:2
#125-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 16:1
#129-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 20:2
17. Illumination, Communion and Union
1955 Chicago Private Class 2:2
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#118-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 9:2
#111-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 2:1
#115-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 6:2
#121-2: 1955 Kailua Study Group 12:2
#8B-1: 1952 New Washington Series 6:1
#8B-2: 1952 New Washington Series 6:2
18. A Circle of Christhood
#115-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 6:1
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#118-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 9:1
#112-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 3:1
#111-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 2:1
#132-2: 1955 Seattle Private Class 3:2
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Die Kunst der Meditation (German)
Sztuka medytacji (Polish)
El Arte de La Meditacion (Spanish) (Formato Impreso)
El Arte de La Meditacion (Spanish) (Formato Digital)
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Living the Infinite Way
ISBN: 978-1-889051-79-6
Retail Price $16.95
Living the Infinite Way is one of the four foundational books of the Infinite Way teachings. Joel Goldsmith recommended that new students begin with this book, together with Practicing the Presence. In Living the Infinite Way, Goldsmith awakens the reader to the possibility that the presence of God is within every individual, and that one can live by that Presence and enjoy a more harmonious, loving, and abundant life.
The book focuses largely on the nature of God, for as Goldsmith says, “The writings of The Infinite Way contain hundreds of truths, but actually there is only one truth that we must know. This one truth is the nature of God. Take this one thought into meditation: What is God? What is the nature of God? What is the character of God? What are the qualities of God? What is the true God—not the God we were taught to worship as children, or that we ignorantly worship? Try to empty the already too full vessels, because they cannot be filled with the new wine. Even if you are seventy, empty your old misconceptions and be willing to begin all over with the admission that you do not know God or you would be showing forth more of God’s grace. Forget all that you have thought or been taught about God and start afresh with this question, ‘What is God?’”
Goldsmith answers these questions about the nature of God with “the letter of truth,” explaining that when one does not know the correct letter of truth, it is difficult to acquire the consciousness that leads to the God experience. But, he emphasizes, we must do more than know the letter of truth intellectually. We must consciously realize these truths, and it is the practice of meditation that will lift us to that realization. Goldsmith goes on to give the reader basic instruction in how to meditate and enter the secret sanctuary of inner quiet, where we become aware of the presence of God. “Meditation,” he says, “is the way by which we attain the kingdom of God, and then life is lived by Grace. The ultimate of meditation is a state of complete silence within.”
Living the Infinite Way thoughtfully ushers the reader along the first steps in the Infinite Way message, and helps the reader arrive at the truth that “That which I am seeking, I already am.”
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1. The Mystery of the Invisible
(No known source material)
2. Attaining the God-Experience
#20-2: 1953 New Hawaiian Series 1:2
3. God Is
#23-1: 1953 New Hawaiian Series 4:1
4. God Is One
#23-2: 1953 New Hawaiian Series 4:2
5. God as Law in Operation
#20-1: 1953 New Hawaiian Series 1:1
6. I Am the Vine
(No known source material)
7. God Is Omnipresent
#22-2: 1953 New Hawaiian Series 3:2
8. Meditation
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Den Unendlichen Weg verwirklichen (German)
Viviendo El Camino Infinito (Spanish)
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