Anlage Publishing

Joel S. Goldsmith

"God must become an activity in our consciousness"

As a young businessman, Joel Goldsmith's father was lying in a hospital dying. Joel visited a friend who was associated with the Church of Christian Science and a prayer was offered to help his father recover. The next day, Joel Goldsmith’s father fully recovered from his illness and Joel went on to become a Christian Scientist.

Over the next 15 years, Joel Goldsmith became one of the most successful healers in the Christian Science movement. He eventually left the church to pursue his own beliefs and, in 1947, published The Infinite Way which is widely considered to be his most notable work. Students of the Infinite Way message commonly practice both meditation and healing principles according to the teachings of Joel Goldsmith.

We will never be able to stop the mind completely. If human thoughts or concerns enter, do not fight them. Relax, let the thoughts come and then let them go. As you practice, this interference will subside. Be patient.

Someday, while meditating and pondering this idea, "What is God?" realizing now the nature of prayer, you will suddenly find that you cannot think anymore; you have come to the end of thought about God and prayer. Then you will sit there, quietly, at peace, no more thoughts, no more questions, no more answers, just peace.

Goldsmith was also admired for his refusal to charge any money for his healing practices. Bills were never sent but patients and students still sent gifts of gratitude and he eventually acquired large amounts of property, art and monetary gifts with which he supported further causes like The Boy Scouts, summer camps and educational activities. His belief was that the world would advance by lifting it’s level of both education and consciousness.

Spiritual consciousness is attained through the activity of truth in consciousness. Dwelling on scriptural quotations or statements of truth helps to spiritualize thought. The more truth that we read and hear, the more active is truth in our consciousness.

Eventually Joel studied Sanskrit at Harvard and went on to read thousands of books about enlightenment. Other books were eventually published such as Practicing the Presence and The Art of Meditation which are still widely read today and available from The Infinite Way office in Peoria, Arizona.

You see there are these major points in The Infinite Way and their importance is not in the fact that they are in a book, but that they may become active and alive in you. The degree in which you embody these truths in your consciousness makes you free.

The books which came as a result of Goldsmith’s classes still inspire readers from all religions today. They have helped to introduce the practice of mystical meditation and to spread the original messages which were given by both Jesus and the Buddha many centuries ago. The Infinite Way is not a religion or an organization but a powerful message of both healing and spiritual communion with God.