Archive for June 6th, 2009
CHAPTERS TO KNOW
From – The Contemplative Life
By Joel Goldsmith
Our students dare not forget for a single day that whatever transpires in their experience comes as an activity of their own consciousness, and therefore it is essential that there be a constant reminder of God as the one and only Power, the conviction that power is not in person or effect, but only in the invisible consciousness of the individual.
Because of mesmeric world sense, we must regularly bring to conscious awareness the understanding of these revealed principles. By a neglect of these principles, we unknowingly accept the problems of human existence. On the other hand, by a conscious remembrance that God is the only power and that there is no power in effect, we dispel the illusory belief in two powers and its activity.
In order to build a consciousness of truth, all Infinite Way students should know the following passages as well as they know their own names:
The New Horizon from The Infinite Way
God Is One from Living The Infinite Way
Protection from The 1955 Infinite Way Letters
Break the Fetters That Bind You from The 1958 Infinite Way Letters
Contemplation Develops the Beholder from The Contemplative Life
Introduction & Love Thy Neighbor from Practicing the Presence
The Relationship of Oneness from The Art of Spiritual Healing
1. Living the Infinite Way ~ so as to gain some knowledge of the basic principles.
2. Practicing the Presence ~ once a student begins to be aware of the Presence and to witness the effect of this awareness more and more, there comes an inner quiet that prepares him to study the next book.
3. The Art of Meditation ~ once some proficiency in meditation has been attained, the student is now prepared for serious study and practice.
4. The Art of Spiritual Healing
5. The Infinite Way
6. Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture
and then the other writings.