The Infinite Way


Source Materials for Your Study
The spiritual work and activity of an Infinite Way student normally begins with studying the teaching of The Infinite Way and learning its letter of Truth as found in the many published books of Joel S. Goldsmith, including recordings of his class lectures.  By studying the Infinite Way writings, the student acquires an understanding of the mystical principles which form the content of his contemplative meditations.  Study is crucial to kindling spiritual fire in the mind.

We cannot KNOW spiritual truth with our mind, although it can be learned with the mind by reading and study.  But that is not really knowing it.  The knowing takes place when the intellectual perception has gone a step further and has become spiritual vision.  So far as intellectual knowledge is concerned, there is no further place to go in our work.  But in spite of the fact that the message is there and students have the tapes, we are going to have to through this work again, and again, and again, until that knowledge which is in the head become knowledge in the heart, or spiritual discernment.

It is absolutely necessary that students live with truth, not only until they know it thoroughly with the mind, but until it has become a part of their very consciousness, until it has become so much a part of them that it is instinctive….
(Joel S. Goldsmith, from I Stand on Holy Ground, Chapter: “A Lesson on Grace”)
 

Because the learning and studying is processed by and through the intellect aspect of the mind, the nature of the student’s understanding of the teaching may tend to be intellectual initially.  As the student contemplates the letter of Truth taking his understanding of it into the silence of a meditation practice frequently and regularly, the student eventually experiences ever-deepening levels of spiritual or inner realizations of the Truth.  

The process continues and repeats itself with every aspect and at every level of spiritual truth that unfolds in individual consciousness.  This continuing process of progressive spiritual learning, deepening contemplation and meditation, and transformative inner realization fuels authentic spiritual growth, which takes place throughout the student’s lifetime, and ultimately brings about spiritual illumination.

The Infinite Way books are available from the following retail outlets or distributors:

 
 
Public libraries may carry some titles in their collections, so inquire from your local public library.

There are Web sites, ours included, that make some source materials for learning The Infinite Way available online. You can check them out.

 


Essential Chapters to Know   (Available as eBooks from us.)
In the book “The Contemplative Life” (at Chapter 10, page 175; published by Citadel Press), Joel instructs students: “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:”

    1.   The New Horizon – from “The Infinite Way”
    2.   God Is One – from “Living the Infinite Way”
    3.   Protection – from “The 1955 Infinite Way Letters”
    4.   Break the Fetters That Bind You – from “The 1958 Infinite Way Letters”
    5.   Contemplation Develops the Beholder – from “The Contemplative Life”
    6.   Introduction – from “Practicing the Presence”
    7.   Love Thy Neighbor – from “Practicing the Presence”
    8.   The Relationship of Oneness – from “The Art of Spiritual Healing”
    9.   No And! – from “Realization of Oneness”

The book chapters above were recommended by Joel as essential in studying The Infinite Way teaching.  (The chapter “No And!” was a later addition to the listing.)  Students who are familiar with the teaching will discern that those chapters embody and convey the core of the teaching’s mysticism.  I recommend them for continuing serious study over a lifetime. ;-)

NOTE: The itemized chapters are each available in PDF file format here at our site, as an eBook.  A single eBook version consolidating all nine chapters is available also.  The complete eBook set of nine (9) PDF files is available for THIRTY Dollars (US $30.00).  If purchased separately, each PDF file is available for Four Dollars (US $4.00) per PDF file. You may remit payment through PayPal at our Web site, or by mailing us a check in U.S. currency (a mailing address will be provided for the purpose).

 Please contact us by e-mail if you are interested in obtaining the eBooks.  

A sample eBook is available for viewing here at our site. (Click on the active link in the preceding sentence to open the sample eBook.)

We are currently working on a “learner’s edition” of the compilation for the use of students in our classes mainly.  Please check our site on this page for when it will become available.
 


Basic Activities for All Infinite Way Students
Joel instructed Infinite Way students to undertake three basic activities:

  1. To study and learn the letter of Truth as found in the teaching, so that students can arrive at its correct understanding;
     
  2. To experience the Spirit of Truth by contemplating the letter of Truth in meditative silence (the inner realization of the Truth or what he referred to as God-contact, also referred to as the mystical experience of union with God or oneness in God); and
     
  3. To come together in association or fellowship with one another or with other similarly-minded Truth students, for mutual support along the spiritual path.

 

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