How-To: Pamphlets

What Slows Our Spiritual Progress? (Pamphlet)

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This essay was originally presented as a session in the 1959 Chicago Open Class. In this talk, it is as if Joel Goldsmith had stepped down from the dais to come nearer to the room full of attendees to talk to each, personally, one on one. He says, “The main thing that disturbs me in my travels around the world meeting Infinite Way students and talking to them, is the slow progress they are making.” He continues: “Now in these years of travel, teaching, I think that I have glimpsed some of the reasons that our progress is so slow, and I would say the major reason is that we have not emptied ourselves of our former concepts of truth, and that we are trying to add to what we already know, something that is going to be the Messiah or Savior or healing principle.” This declaration by their teacher may have startled the students in attendance.  However the specific instruction and guidance presented in this essay are a timeless wakeup call.

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Recording #295-2, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1959 Chicago Open Class: Tape 1, side 2.

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A Lesson to Sam (Pamphlet)

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A Lesson to Sam is Joel Goldsmith’s heartfelt message written to his stepson who was going away to school. The author knew that the profound spiritual principles contained in the letter, principles that had been a living part of their life at home, would guide his son no matter what new experiences he was to meet. He provides a simple practice of meditation for Sam that need only be a moment or two long several times a day: “…listen way down inside of yourself; and then remember that this day which lies ahead of you is now God-governed, God protected, God-maintained, and God-sustained because you have consciously opened your consciousness to the presence and the government of God.” This small booklet is not only a gift of love from a father to a son, but a practical guide for spiritual seekers of all ages.

The Truth of Being (Pamphlet)

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This not to be missed writing is a compilation of two of Joel Goldsmith’s “recommended chapters.” “Love Thy Neighbor,” the first essay, is a chapter from the book Practicing the Presence. Taking as its premise the principle that Love is the law of God, and God and all individuals are one, the author writes, “When we see God as the cause and our neighbor as that which is in and of God, then we are loving our neighbor whether that neighbor appears as a friend, relative, enemy, animal, flower, or stone.”

Part two of this writing, “The Relationship of Oneness,” is one of the most important chapters of all the Infinite Way writings. “Your world and mine is an outpicturing of our consciousness: When that consciousness is imbued with truth, our universe expresses harmony, orderliness, prosperity, joy, peace, power, and dominion; when there is an absence of truth in our consciousness—an acceptance of world values and world beliefs—then our world takes on the complexion of the chance, change, and luck characteristic of world belief. All conditions reflect the activity of the consciousness of the individuals concerned.” In this essay, the reader has guidance about how to apply principles of the Infinite Way in specific life situations. These two chapters encapsulate the whole of the Infinite Way message as it applies to relationships and to expressing love to family, neighbors, the community, so-called enemies, and the world.

The Easter of Our Lives (Pamphlet)

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With vivid clarity, Joel Goldsmith takes the reader to the Garden of Gethsemane to stand by the side of the Master as he reflects, alone and deserted by his disciples. “‘Then, have I failed? Did I fail?’ and from somewhere deep within his own being comes the answer, ‘you could not succeed and you could not fail, because this is not your work. This is My work, you are My instrument.’”

This powerful message captures the essence of what it means to realize “God, Itself, is our power; God, Itself is our presence.” The author emphasizes that the celebration of Easter is not about an event that took place two thousand years ago.  Rather it is the symbolic revelation of a principle that God alone Is. This is the Easter experience that lives in us, but only if we have “eyes to see and ears to hear.” He teaches, “There will come a time in our own experience when we are in that courtyard, and when we know that before us lies inevitability in one form or another. Before us stands the desertion of everything and everyone upon whom we have placed reliance, and we find ourselves alone with God. It is in that aloneness with God that we find the spiritual reality of wholeness and completeness.”

This essay is Joel Goldsmith at his finest. Each paragraph yields a treasure of spiritual guidance and truth.

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Recording #10-1, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1952 New Washington Series: Tape 9, side 1.

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Protection (Pamphlet)

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Protection is one of the writings highly recommended by Joel Goldsmith. This essay originally appeared as a chapter in the book The 1955 Letters, but stands alone as a thorough and illuminating study of what it means to live fully in the dimension of spiritual awareness. In the material world, “protection” summons up images of defensive armor or offensive weaponry to be taken up against innumerable outside forces or situations. Always, the question is, how to find protection against these outside forces?

Goldsmith lays out a wholly new consideration of protection: “In The Infinite Way we have learned that God is One: therefore, God is one power, and we live in that conscious Oneness.” With that cornerstone of spiritual life, what does protection mean to the spiritual seeker? That important subject is the theme of this essay. The author describes a way of life that is a constant turning within to know the truth of being. He writes, “As we consciously bring ourselves back, day after day, day after day, to the actual awareness of God as Infinite Being, God manifesting and expressing Itself as our individual being, we understand more fully that all power flows out from us, through us, as a benediction and blessing to the world, but that no power acts upon us from without our own being.”

If readers were to have this one essay alone for study, they would have the whole of The Infinite Way teaching.

I Am the Vine (Pamphlet)

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In this well-loved essay, Joel Goldsmith explores secrets revealed in the 15th Chapter of John:  “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” Goldsmith illuminates the universal principle that there is just One Being expressing as the many.  Most live as if they were separate from that One, and so miss the infinite bounty that is their inheritance. The author expands on the mystical teaching in John, that no man or woman is separate and apart from the vine of their true being, the Kingdom within. He writes, “there is only one subject on which you need to be enlightened: What is the nature of God?” It is this inward realization of “I am connected to the vine” that transforms a limited outer life into one of abundance and service.

The Fourth Dimension of Life (Pamphlet)

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In this excerpt from the outstanding “Thunder of Silence” talk, which remains among the most profound of Joel Goldsmith’s teachings, he writes, “There comes a point in your experience when you are not solely you—but in which you are conscious of a Presence within.” What the author unfolds in this talk is not a mystical cloud nine expectation that is available to the few who are called.  Rather, he presents how to attain the higher dimension and details very practical steps that living in this realm requires in day to day life. This is a message that is as accessible to readers as it is profound. “Do you see?” the author exclaims, “There is a Spirit in you; there is a divine Spark which we call the Christ, which lifts you into the Fourth Dimension of life—into a state of Consciousness in which you do not live by personal efforts, personal will or wisdom, or even personal health—in which you find yourself empowered from within, from the Kingdom of your own being.”

This small book is a loving and compelling invitation to all to come into the fulfillment of their true being.

Meditation and Prayer (Pamphlet)

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Written with clarity and depth, “Meditation” addresses the questions of how to meditate and why to meditate. From first waking in the morning, carrying on through the day into evening, Joel Goldsmith teaches that it is essential that a spiritual student take time away from the daily routine to contact the Spirit within. “The grace of God which we receive in these periods of meditation or prayer becomes tangible to us in the fulfilling of our so-called human needs.”

The author writes in “Prayer,” “Communion with God is true prayer.” In prayer—not the beseeching prayer to get something from some far-off God, but true communion—the individual finds that indeed, the kingdom of God is within his or her very own being. As spiritual seekers move away from a prayer that attempts to get God to do something for them or their loved ones, they find “it is our conscious awareness of the oneness of Being—the oneness of Life, Mind, Truth, Love—that results in answered prayer.”

Truth (Pamphlet)

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Using the analogy of Moses leading the Hebrews out of captivity, the author teaches what it means to live in the world free from concepts and limitations. This is an excellent study about not only knowing the truth that God is universal Good, but about bringing that principle into realization. “There has to be some kind of a process, some kind of a realization with one, that makes it possible to make God a continuing experience.”

The Secret of the Twenty-third Psalm (Pamphlet)

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In this two-part essay, the author uses two beloved Psalms to unlock the mystery and meaning of true prayer. Using the Smith translation of Psalm 19, Goldsmith points to the truth that for prayer to be effective, an individual must come into an understanding that “Prayer has nothing to do with anything we voice … whether in the form of a petition, affirmation, denial or any other form of speech or thought. Rather, prayer is that which we become aware of in the silence … the word of God uttering Itself within our consciousness.” From Psalm 19: “Day unto day pours forth speech…. Night unto night declares knowledge. There is no speech nor are there words … their voice is not heard, yet their voice goes forth through all the earth and their words … to the ends of the world.”

Part two of the essay is called, “Practical interpretation of the Twenty-third Psalm.” In this message, which came through inspiration, Goldsmith writes, “Here is a form of prayer that harmonizes most beautifully with the message of The Infinite Way and its idea of prayer.” He goes through the Psalm—”the Lord is my shepherd”—verse by verse and brings each into the light of new understanding. This volume provides much more than instruction and guidance about prayer.  The final pages express the poetic reality of life lived in communion with the Divine:  “As a weary wanderer, I have sought Thee and now my weariness is gone. Thy Spirit has formed a tent for me, and in its cool shade I linger. Peace fills my soul. Thy Presence has filled me with peace. Thy love has placed before me a Feast of Spirit. Yes, Thy Spirit is my resting place, an oasis in the desert of the letter of Truth.”

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Recording #614-2, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1951 First Seattle Series: Tape 1, side 2.

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The Deep Silence of My Peace (Pamphlet)

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This inspired message is one of the most beloved of all of Joel Goldsmith’s recorded talks. It is both a healing meditation, and a revelation of the Christ presence, the “peace, be still,” available to all seekers of divine wisdom. “From the depth of this inner silence come forth the healing waters. These waters bring everlasting life. Out of the depth of this silence comes the Spirit, which appears as our cloud by day and our pillar of fire by night. Out of the depth of this silence come the safety and the security which always follow the peace that God gives.” Many have turned to this talk in times of sorrow or doubt and have found healing and release. “I do not ask you to believe the signs. I do not ask you to believe, even if you experience a healing; I will only ask you to believe if you feel the Touch within you, the Presence, the Light, the Life.”

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Recording #8A-2, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1952 New Washington Series: Tape 5, side 2.

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Contemplative Meditation with Scripture (Pamphlet)

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“Contemplative meditation is the preparatory step before pure meditation without words or thoughts and its main purpose it to keep the mind stayed on God—to acknowledge Him in all our ways—so that in quietness and in confidence we may ‘be still and know that I am God.’”

In this invaluable message, Joel Goldsmith guides the reader through the practices of contemplative meditation. Not only does this book outline specific exercises useful for daily life, it reveals that meditation is a way of life that will bring the meditator into the ultimate experience of Oneness with his or her Source. That experience “without words or thoughts” brings peace and spiritual abundance into limitless expression.

“Your having contemplated these truths is the reason there is peace in our midst. You have brought ‘the peace of God which passeth all understanding.’ If there is love here with us, you have brought the love that is without limit. If there is supply you have brought God’s storehouse. All that the Father has is yours, and you have brought it here.”

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Recording #8A-2, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1952 New Washington Series: Tape 5, side 2.

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Love and Gratitude (Pamphlet)

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Love and Gratitude is a compilation of two noted essays by the author.  The first essay uncovers secrets of Love and how readers may experience love flowing from and to them in all areas of their lives. Exploring the many dimensions of Love—as supply, as forgiveness, as the Source, as outward expression—the author affirms that in order to experience and express Love it is necessary to come into a new understanding of Love and its source. The author emphasizes that individuals do not have the capacity to “be more loving.” Rather, “There remains but one way to bring peace on earth and that is through spiritual means.” As individuals begin to practice the principles of divine Love, they become as a “sun” of Love touching their entire universe.

The essay, “Gratitude” was a divine impartation received by the author and shared with others. Here the principles are presented with a vitality that invites in-depth study. “Gratitude has a meaning far beyond the word gratitude itself, or even any idea connected with gratitude. It goes deep into the reality of being.” Like the essay on Love, Goldsmith opens facets of gratitude which are at the heart of the deepest universal spiritual principles. “The infinity of good must unfold from within you, through you, to the world.” This is a booklet that may well be carried in purse or pocket until well worn.

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Recording #615-2, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1951 First Seattle Series: Tape 2, side 2.

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The Real Teacher and The Seven Steps (Pamphlet)

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“The Real Teacher and the Seven Steps” message is in the “not to be missed” category. Compiled of two essays, the first part reveals that the real Teacher is not a person, and a real teaching does not come from the human mind. “Christ is that state of consciousness which is man’s Teacher.” Only with that realization may a seeker of truth come into a higher way of life. In the second essay, “The Seven Steps,” the author lays out, and then elucidates, seven spiritual principles. They are presented in a way that is conducive to consistent study—taking each principle one by one or as a whole. This is a volume of interest to a new student or to a long-time seeker of truth.

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Recording #237-2, a Joel Goldsmith class from the 1958 Manchester Closed Class, Tape 3, side 2, in which Joel Goldsmith explains the origin of The Real Teacher and The Seven Steps.

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Ye Are the Light (Pamphlet)

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This essay is not only a joyous message of love; it is a focused instruction about true being. “Jesus said, ‘Ye are the light of the world.’ Do you believe this?” The author writes, “Within you and within me, within individual consciousness is perfection—perfect health, perfect body, mind, beauty, harmony, eternal being. This spiritual self was never born and can neither age nor die. It embraces within itself every requisite by right of this sonship as ‘joint-heir with Christ in God.’”

Wisdoms of the Infinite Way (Pamphlet)

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Over a two-year period, soon after the book The Infinite Way was published in 1947, Joel Goldsmith began to write down divine impartations that he received throughout the day and night. He shared these writings with one or two and then more of the growing number of students studying The Infinite Way, and they were so well received that a new section was added to the end of the book called “The Wisdoms.” The author encouraged students to take one or two of these gems into meditation and contemplation, until experienced within consciousness. These Wisdoms are deep and at times surprising. An example: “Attainment comes only as one is loosed from all concepts of Truth, and this comes only by Grace.”

Supply (Pamphlet)

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“Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.” Starting, in part one with an in-depth study of Luke 12: 22-32, the Master’s quintessential teaching about supply, the author reveals that, “within you and within me there is…a law—a law of life—and our awareness of the presence of this law is our supply.” That law of Life, he teaches, is always “producing its own image and likeness in the form of those things necessary to your well-being. “

Part two presents an invaluable yet practical application of this principle of Oneness in daily life. To live humanly, he maintains, is to live in a world of concepts about supply—a world governed by chance, limitation, mental and health laws—universal beliefs which act as law upon those who are not alert and awake. “What must we do to keep ourselves free of these suggestions, so that we can live above them?” The author teaches that as concepts and beliefs about supply are eliminated, the unlimited nature of supply is revealed. He writes, “In an individual way, God is expressing Itself as you, and your abilities are really the abilities of God; your activity is actually the activity of Mind, Life; and therefore, the responsibility for you is God’s responsibility. Gain this consciousness of God’s presence and you have the whole secret of success in every walk of life.”

Metaphysical Healing (Pamphlet)

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In his many years, first as a Christian Science practitioner, and then leaving that, travelling the world expounding the message of The Infinite Way, Joel Goldsmith never wavered from the principles and the practice of spiritual healing. In this essay, he writes, “we bind ourselves by believing there is a power outside of us—power for good or for evil. All power is given to you. And this power is always good because of the infinite source from whence it flows.” He goes on to write, “Whenever you are faced with a problem, regardless of its nature, seek the solution within your own consciousness.” The author maintains that the failure to heal resides in mis-knowledge about God and about individual being. The revelations in this essay bring to light a new understanding of the individual as infinite, spiritual consciousness. With that key understanding as a foundation, Goldsmith lays out, step by step, the way of spiritual healing.

Business and Salesmanship (Pamphlet)

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In these two essays, the author breaks down the myths about business and salesmanship, myths that include good business seasons and bad, dependence on the economy and getting an edge on one’s competition. He emphasizes that business and salesmanship are divine ideas, and limitations appear only when individuals believe that they are separate and apart from the divine source of their good. “The beginning of our understanding, or the starting point is this: there is but one Mind, and this Mind is the Mind of individual man. Therefore, the Mind of the buyer is the Mind of the seller; the Mind of the customer is the Mind of the storekeeper; the Mind of the designer, the manufacturer, the wholesaler, retailer and ultimate consumer is one and the same Mind, the only Mind individually expressed.” This essay was ahead of its time when first published and is still ahead of its time.  It is of particular use for anyone providing services to the public.