| We begin our series on spiritual healers with Joel S | | | | experienced a mystical union with God by following |
| Goldsmith, a Christian mystic and one time Christian | | | | the Infinite Way. Goldsmith explains his teachings in |
| Science healer. Goldsmith separated himself from | | | | great detail in his published works which were put |
| Christian Science after he felt he had learned all the | | | | together from a collection of his transcribed class and |
| movement had to teach him. He later founded an | | | | lecture materials. |
| independent movement known as the Infinite Way. | | | | Students of spiritual healing and healers will find the |
| According to his teaching, the Infinite Way is a mode | | | | works of Joel Goldsmith remarkable and enlightening. |
| of consciousness. Goldsmith experienced this mode | | | | Goldsmith's published works include The Art of |
| of consciousness with increasing intensity over a | | | | Meditation (1956), Practicing the Presence (1958), The |
| period of many years. He understood Christhood as | | | | Art of Spiritual Healing (1959), Conscious Union with |
| the perfect attainment of full conscious union with | | | | God (1960), Living the Infinite Way (1961), The |
| God. Such Christhood is the attainable spiritual destiny | | | | Thunder of Silence (1961), A Parenthesis in Eternity |
| of all human beings. The Infinite Way is a blueprint for | | | | (1963), and Leave Your Nets (1964). |
| the attainment of this God realization. | | | | The Infinite Way has no organization, no |
| As we experience increasing awareness of being with | | | | congregations, and this was an instruction Joel |
| our source, or God, pain, suffering, and disease cease | | | | Goldsmith made very clear in all his tapes and |
| to exist. A spiritual life of prayer and meditation leads | | | | publications. It was his practice never to accept fees |
| gradually to this profound awareness. Students are | | | | for his healing work. Today, the Infinite Way |
| taught to live harmoniously in the world without being | | | | continues to operate without fees or dues. They do |
| subject to it. | | | | not advertise or solicit for donations or participants. |
| This message is an individual experience. There are | | | | They have no mailing lists of student's names. There |
| literally thousands of stories from students who have | | | | are no fees for healing or practitioner work. |