An anthology of his smaller works and booklets that weave the Infinite Way philosophy into a variety of topics while giving the reader a diverse sampling of his spiritual wisdom. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Supply: Metaphysical Healing, Meditation, Prayer, Business, Salesmanship, Ye Are the Light, The Real Teacher, The Seven Steps, Truth, Love, Gratitude, The Secret of the 23rd Psalm, The Easter of Our Lives, I am the Vine, The Deep Silence of My Peace, Contemplative Meditation with Scripture, The Fourth Dimension of Life, A Lesson to Sam.
Metaphysical Healing is a short work by the healer, mystic, and educator Joel S. Goldsmith. It explores the true nature of self as an infinite spiritual consciousness that brings forth health, peace, and joy. Goldsmith was born in 1892 in New York City. His experiences as a Marine in World War I, and the great suffering and pain he observed on his business travels led him to ask fundamental questions about humanity and God. He began a course of inquiry, searching for universal truth. As a spiritual scholar, he studied writings from ancient Greek, Sanskrit, and Aramaic cultures. On a return trip from Europe in the 1920s, Goldsmith developed pneumonia. A Christian Science practitioner who was on board ship with him was able to heal him of this illness. He soon found, after his recovery, that he too had a healing gift. Strangers began to approach him, requesting relief and prayers. While Goldsmith had no religious training, he is said to have healed many of these people. Still looking for answers to his spiritual questions, he joined the Christian Science Church, where he remained for 16 years. In 1945, he left the church, as he felt that organized religion was a hindrance rather than a help to spiritual growth. After leaving the church, he began to write, espousing his own philosophy on the nature of humanity and God. His pamphlet, Metaphysical Healing, was one of his earlier works. This short guidebook explains that truth is to be found within, not without. Rather than turning to an external God, Goldsmith proclaims that, "The truth is that God is the Mind and Life of the individual. God is the only 'I'. When we understand this, we can transcend the limitations that we have placed on our minds and spirits. Instead, a free-flowing mind can dispel the illusions of illness, hate, and evil. They do not exist. They are mere unrealities accepted as realities, illusion accepted as condition, the misinterpretation of what actually is." Rather than viewing the outside world as a power that we must struggle with, the truth is that all power is within us. Because that power comes from the infinite source, flowing through us as water flows from a lake into a river, that power is always good. With correct knowledge of God and the nature of man, Goldsmith believes that we can see what is. When we reject the unreality of illness, we are able to heal ourselves. "Whenever you are faced with a problem," he writes, "regardless of its nature, seek the solution within your own consciousness. In the quiet and calm of your own mind, let the answer to your problem unfold itself." Joel Goldsmith's philosophy was later referred to as The Infinite Way, named for his 1948 book of the same name. After its release, people began to seek him out for further education and guidance. A reluctant teacher at first, he found that there were many eager to hear his message. He went on to teach in Boston and California, and later traveled throughout the world delivering lectures. As he had learned through his experience in the Christian Science Church, Goldsmith was insistent that his teachings never be "organized" into a formal church-like structure. He felt that this kind of rigidity would obscure the teachings. While there are still many adherents to Goldsmith's philosophies, there is no formal organization or leadership for his followers.
More than 30 books have been compiled from Joel S. Goldsmith's tape-recorded lectures and class work, feeding a worldwide student body which continues to practice and preserve his work. His writings cover a variety of topics that revel the same core belief - from within you will find Grace. Collected Essays is an anthology of his smaller works and booklets that weave the Infinite Way philosophy into a variety of topics while giving the reader a diverse sampling of his spiritual wisdom. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Supply: Metaphysical Healing, Meditation, Prayer, Business, Salesmanship, Ye Are the Light, The Real Teacher, The Seven Steps, Truth, Love, Gratitude, The Secret of the 23rd Psalm, The Easter of Our Lives, I am the Vine, The Deep Silence of My Peace, Contemplative Meditation with Scripture, The Fourth Dimension of Life, A Lesson to Sam.
Goldsmith explains the Circle of Eternity--the basis of his approach to mysticism--and tells how to transcend the "parenthesis'' of our everyday lives that falls between birth and death.
Jesus said, Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free. What is this Truth that we must know? What is the freedom that it gives? These are some of the questions answered by Joel Goldsmith in Spiritual Power of Truth. The fact that Truth is
The famed lecturer and teacher explains the principle that there is an inner grace available to all and offers concrete directions for hearing and understanding the voice of God.
2010 Reprint of 1947 Edition. According to Goldsmith, those who find god, who attain even a small measure of understanding, have wealth that neither time nor circumstance can affect. These have no concern for their material or physical well-being, because they have found that their permanent and unchanging good, their invariable life and substance are all included in god."--From Introduction.
"The world is not in need of a new religion, nor is the world in need of a new philosophy: What the world needs is healing and regeneration. The world needs people who, through devotion to God, are so filled with the Spirit that they can be instruments
2011 Reprint of 1949 Third Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. JOEL S. GOLDSMITH (1892-1964), was an important teacher of practical mysticism, and devoted most of his life to the discovery and teaching of spiritual principles which he founded and called "The Infinite Way." Goldsmith self-published his most famous work, "The Infinite Way" in 1947 based on letters to patients and students. In this collection of important essays Goldsmith describes the spiritual truth as he gleaned it though over thirty years of study of the major religions and philosophies of all the ages. He assures his readers that inner peace will come as one turns to the spiritual consciousness of life, and an outer calm will follow one's human affairs as a result.
