The Infinite Way is a spiritual teaching and activity, which to created by 20th century
American healer, mystic and lecturer
Joel S. Goldsmith (1892–1964).
"The Infinite Way is not (just)* a message, it is an experience."
According to Goldsmith, the Message of the Infinite Way is a spiritual teaching and set of specific practices, including meditation, centered around four principles which anyone may understand and demonstrate, irrespective of their religious affiliation.
Those four principles are:
The Nature of God,
The Nature of Individual Being,
the Nature of Error,
and, The Nature of Prayer
Goldsmith taught that the faithful and devoted study and practice of these principles, and of the form of meditation which he taught, would result in lifting ordinary humans into a state of higher consciousness which has been called God realization. Goldsmith, and many of his students have demonstrated the result of this higher state of consciousness to be the appearance of health and healing, harmony, serenity, prosperity and service to the world.
The Infinite Way reveals the nature of
God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
to be one infinite, eternal power, presence, intelligence, and love; the nature of the individual being to be one with God's qualities and character, expressed in infinite forms and variety; and the natueachingre of the discords of this world to be a misconception of God's expression of Himself in His universe."
History
Goldsmith started teaching the lessons of the Infinite Way in 1940 and in 1947 published the book, ''The Infinite Way''. He began teaching and lecturing extensively that year, first in
New England
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, then on the
West Coast of the United States
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and finally in Hawaii. In 1950, Goldsmith began recording his lectures world-wide.
Framework
"'The Infinite Way' is not a religion... but an experience in spiritual living. There is no organization, no structure, no rules, no church buildings, no congregation, no dues, and no bureaucracy. (There are no rituals, strict dogmas, or prescriptive practices.) 'The Infinite Way' Message is composed solely of the inspired works of Joel Goldsmith based on his revelations and experiences: the more than fifty-one books he authored, and the more than twelve hundred hours of his lectures and classes." During his life Joel Goldsmith asked for no remuneration for his healing work but he did take it if offered. He also did not participate in overt advertisement of his books and tapes, knowing instead that people would find them as they needed them.
[Sinkler, L. (1973) ''The Spiritual Journey of Joel S. Goldsmith, Modern Mystic.'' Harper & Row.]
See also
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Joel S. Goldsmith
References
External links
* , official office and website for study, resources, and access to the purchase of all copywrited Joel Goldsmith materials, audio tapes (1300+), tape transcripts, books, pamphlets, etc; electronic search tool feature, accessing all Joel Goldsmith writings and recordings, etc;
*https://goldsmithglobal.org site offering online tape groups, related study, meditations, and resources
*https://www.acropolisbooks.com/, official publisher of the complete library of all Joel Goldsmith written materials, (print and e-books, pamphlets, etc with brief explanation of each book or pamphlet). Large free library of Infinite Way information and study materials, free electronic concordance-style search tool, accessing all Joel Goldsmith writings and recordings.
*https://iwstudentcontactcenter.com/, Infinite Way resource site, with a searchable database of Infinite Way teachers, practitioners, and students.
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Spiritual organizations
Panentheism
Religious belief systems founded in the United States
New religious movements established in the 1940s