What is God?...
the answer is "I am" God is the mind
and the life of the individual"
"There is but one universal I"
Joel Goldsmith
JOEL SOLOMON GOLDSMITH
Joel S. Goldsmith's father was cured by a Christian Science practitioner, as well as Joel himself when he had pneumonia. He had no religious training since his parents were non-practicing jews. In 1928 strangers began to approach him asking for prayers and healing..
'Joel, I don't know what your religion is, but I do know that if you pray for me, I could get well.'. To seek answers about this phenomenon, Goldsmith entered the Christian Science Church and worked at Rikers Island prison as a First Reader. After 11 years, he left the Christian Science Church and moved to Boston, where he set up his own office.
"Illumination dissolves all material ties and binds men together with the golden chains of spiritual understanding; it acknowledges only the leadership of the Christ; it has no ritual or rule but the divine, impersonal universal Love; no other worship than the inner Flame that is ever lit at the shrine of Spirit. This union is the free state of spiritual brotherhood. The only restraint is the discipline of the Soul; therefore, we know liberty without a license; we are a united universe without ceremony or creed. The illuminated walk without fear - by Grace"
The Infinite Way
Goldsmith stressed stillness..meditation to listen to the still small voice of intuitive guidance.
"...God may reveal Itself as our individual consciousness:
I am the Word
become flesh.
The beginning of wisdom
is when we draw our
attention away from the outer world, from the world of effect
or appearance, and begin
to realize that power is not in it, but in me. All power is given unto me. I have dominion over everything that appears in the world of effect"
 Joel Goldsmithis to show forth the nature of God. Man originally was intended to be he instrument though which, or as which, God lives on earth This is the meaning of incarnation, God incarnated as, or in, individual man |  Joel GoldsmithTo refrain from seeking the help of God is to be functioning in reality. God is the mind and the life of the individual |  Joel GoldsmithEvery skill, every talent, every capacity, and every ability of the mind are really the soul action made visibly tangible |
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 Joel GoldsmithIn order to be sure that control over the people is maintained by political or ecclesiastical authorities, it is necessary to keep them in ignorance of truth |  Joel GoldsmithGod may reveal Itself as our individual consciousness: I am the Word become flesh. The beginning of wisdom is when we draw our attention away from the outer world, from the world of effect or appearance, and begin to realize that power is not in it, but in me. All power is given to me. I have dominion over everything that appears in the world of effect. |  Joel GoldsmithIn seeking God through Jesus, men failed to find the omnipresent Christ in their own consciousness |
 Joel GoldsmithWe must become the beholder of Life and Its harmonies. Be a beholder, a witness. Watch the unveiling of the Christ in your consciousness. Let us learn to stand back of ourselves and see God at work. There is a constant joy within that needs no outside stimulus. |  Joel GoldsmithLasting happiness and prosperity are found when we have a principle or cause to which we can devote ourselves. |  Joel GoldsmithThere is no conflict with person or condition, but rather a false concept mentally entertained about person, thing or condition. Therefore make the correction within yourself, rather than attempting to change anyone or anything. |
 Joel GoldsmithThe word consciousness contains within itself the entire secret of individual and collective life. The secret of harmony or discord. |  What you want is YoursGod has nothing left to give us...God has implanted in our consciousness the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and now we must turn within and draw it forth, let it flow. |  God is the Soul of Man.The reason that the realm of the soul is so little known is that God is spoken of as God without the realization that God is the Soul of man. |
 Man created to be freeMan was not created to be a slave -physically, economically, or mentally. The purpose of man is to show forth the nature of God. |  JG The purpose.jpgThe purpose of our study is that God may reveal Itself as our individual consciousness: I am the Word become flesh. The beginning of wisdom is when we draw our attention away from the outer world, from the world of effect or appearance, and begin to realize that power is not in it, but in me. All power is given to me. I have dominion over everything that appears in the world of effect. |  Feeling the TruthFeeling truth is accomplished in proportion as we give less thought to the letter and more receptivity to the feel. This word feel incidentally, refers also to the awareness, consciousness, or sense of truth. |
 The Power of Truth.This universal power of truth, Life and Love is ours regardless of which church we attend or what philosophy we follow. It abides at the center of every individual recognition, saint or sinner, awaiting only our recognition. |  There is Peace inThere is a 'peace be still' within our own consciousness which will still every storm in our experience, heal our diseases, lift us above the strife and weariness of human existence. |