Eckhart Tolle, in speaking about Joel Goldsmith's teachings, says that they are for "mature seekers, receptive to spiritual truth." This is because Joel is transmitting a direct experience of Christ Mind and invites us to enter in along with him. That makes his teachings, like all teachings on Nonduality, "pointing out instructions:" moment-by-moment nudges that bring the "receptive seeker" into states of mystical immersion and oneness with God. What makes Joel's teachings so tailor-made for our time is that they are incredibly practical. Generally speaking they can be distilled down to two stages of development: First, studying and contemplating the principles of The Way or "the letter of truth." This is where the serious student becomes familiar with the "nuts and bolts" of the teaching, and thereby increasingly acclimates to the atmosphere of the Spirit. Once the student is highly attuned to the Presence within, there follows the second stage: a direct contact with the Infinite Invisible. One then discovers the living Presence of God as I, the very center of one's self and being, and naturally becomes a powerful instrument of the Spirit in the world.
Living The Infinite Way introduces us to the foundational teachings for entering into the direct current of the Infinite Way. We will study and contemplate together the all-good, all-powerful, and all-sufficient nature of God, learning how to increasingly depend upon Him in all instances and in every circumstance. This will better prepare us and fine-tune our discernment capacities to know how to navigate and enter the Silence of meditation, where we rest in and commune with the all-pervading is-ness of the Holy Spirit at the.very heart of our "I." Inner and outer harmony greatly increases as we learn how to accept and operate in the limitless Law of God; forgiving and seeing beyond limiting appearances of lack and insecurity. Finally, a major part of this teaching is coming to accept Christ's offer of divine healing. As Joel puts it, "Healing is an activity of the Christ; it is an activity of God's understanding. The moment we open our consciousness to the flow of God and stop all this nonsense about our understanding and our good and bad behavior, we can be assured of this: The flow of God will erase and purify whatever of error or deed is in our thought today and will wipe out all penalty for past infractions. We must come into the realization that it is not our understanding that does this, but God's, and we must come out from the Judaic ideas and beliefs of a God of punishment and reward. God is love. God is life."
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In Practicing The Presence, Joel teaches us how to cultivate intimacy with God by learning to quiet the mind and enter the sacred silence within our own being. We come to realize that each and every moment is an invitation to allow the Spirit to guide us, heal through us, and manifest whatever we need when it is needed. This book aims at awakening in us the spiritual consciousness, that lives in the presence of the Infinite Invisible, the Kingdom of God within. We will become witnesses to this one Power and Presence as it flows out from us to perform that which is given us to do. As Joel puts it, "The Infinite Invisible perfects that which concerneth us. The Invisible Grace is our sufficiency in all things. The Invisible Presence goes before us to make the crooked places straight." Here we are given an invitation to reclaim our lost inheritance and live a life utterly dependent on God, completely free of anxiety and worry. There is, however, one prerequisite for such a revolution in consciousness. As Joel tells us at the very start of his book: it is written solely for those who have come to a state of deep dissatisfaction with life and have reached "the point of quietly, inwardly wondering and pondering the possibility of finding a way out," a way that will set the mind in a state of "perfect peace." If that sounds good to you, register below.
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This book is divided into three parts, so we will be splitting it up into three modules of 8-week classes.
In Part One: The Circle of Eternity, Joel lays out "the basis of mysticism," going over the all-important preliminary distinctions that are a vital preparation for awakening to divine consciousness. He covers topics that will help us successfully orientate and navigate our time-bound consciousness toward the "other shore" of eternity. These topics will include:
Joel considers our temporary experience of "humanhood," from birth to death, to be nothing more than a "parenthesis in eternity." The purpose of this book, and this class, is to help us erase that parenthesis and usher us back into the direct experience of cohabiting with God in the here and now of eternity.
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