A MESSAGE FOR THE AGESGuidelines for Spiritual Unfoldment through The Infinite WayTape Recordings

1964 Instructions, Tape Group Leaders, 1963 Teaching557, 509, 511

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The basic and foundational tapes and books are essential for the development of spiritual consciousness.Among such tapes I can recommend the 1959 San Diego and Lausanne work, the 1960 Santa Barbara,Toronto, Grand Rapids, Holland, Lausanne, and Denver work, the 196 I San Diego and Lausanne work, andthe 1962 Holland and Lausanne work. All these contain basic foundational points and the application of theseprinciples to daily human problems—not the use or the application of God, but the use and application ofspecific principles to the problems of everyday living.

Infinite Way PearlsImpersonalization, Essential To Illumination

1963 Instructions For Teaching The Infinite Way 1:2, 3:1509, 511

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The greatest problem that comes to me with patients and students is that they do not understand the 1959 work.Somehow the problem that is brought up is always a person, a condition, or a series of events, and very fewseem able to grasp the fact that we are not dealing with persons, but dealing with appearances which weunderstand to be of the nature of illusion. . . It takes years and years before students and patients can realizethat we are dealing not with persons or conditions but with universal beliefs.

Infinite Way Protective WorkBuilding A Consciousness Of One Power

1963 Instructions For Teaching The Infinite Way 6:2550

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[The principle of One Power] is completely covered and thoroughly explained in The Infinite Way Letters of1955, chapter three, which should constitute a daily text for our study. There is also a chapter in Man Was NotBorn To Cry covering this, and the April and May letters of 1964 (Realization of Oneness) devoted entirely tothe healing ministry of the Infinite Way, setting forth specific principles that must enter into every treatmentwe give. But there must be the consciousness of what is contained in this material, and all the 1964 Letterspound away and hammer at the specific principles so that we may develop the consciousness of the message.

CONSCIOUSNESS TRANSFORMEDAs Ye Sow 2/3/63Chapter:

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If our students understood The Thunder of Silence there wouldn’t be a need for a class.Behind god there is no other 2/10/63Chapter:

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I know it was a very important tape (1960 Denver Closed Class: Advanced Spiritual Healing Class: ProtectiveWork. Tape 314)Whatever value there is in the message of The Infinite Way, whatever power is in it, is in this point: that thereis only One–that you are never using one power over another, nor are you protecting yourself from a power.Your protection is the realization of your Self as the only power. . . There is no such thing as a God protectingus. The I of us is the power and there is nothing to be protected from. That is why I go back so often to the1955 Letters, Chapter 3. It is very important.

Christ Coming into Ascendancy 1964Chapter:Topic:

I think it is safe to say the this first side of tape number 4, 1964 Honolulu Series [#540] gives you the workingtools with which to develop the spiritual power of discernment or the capacity of spiritual discernment.

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communication of Oneness 1/19/1964Chapter:Topic:

You can see now why the tape number 1 and tape number 2, Honolulu Infinite Way Study Center 1964, willhave to be practiced diligently in order to lead up to this ability to be still and let divine consciousnessestablish the communication through you, in you, for you, without your taking thought. This is the ultimate ofmeditation.

Experience God 1964Chapter:Topic:

The points that were brought out on this morning’s tape must be consciously remembered: Between TwoWorlds – Reconciliation and Fulfillment, 1964 Oahu & Maui Series, Reel V, Side 1. [Tape 548]Through these papers and the tapes of 1963 and 1964, I hope that more Infinite Way students will begin tospiritually perceive the nature of the message instead of perpetuating the false belief that it is another form ofmateria medica, or of going to God for material good.

Into the Mystical Consciousness 1964Chapter:Topic:

If God did not create it, it has to be a myth. If you would read this in its fullest form, I urge you to study thechapter, “God, the Consciousness of the Individual” in A Parenthesis in Eternity.

Nothing Can Be Added 7/27/1963Chapter:Topic:

Ever since I have had the copy of The Contemplative Life, I have not been able to stop reading it. I cannottruthfully say I am learning something from it, and I do not claim to be learning something new. But, aftermany years of study, the time must inevitably come when you read just for inspiration, for a depth ofconsciousness of that which you already know.

Silence! Stillness! Quietness! 1964Chapter:Topic:

The Contemplative Life is what is providing us with the working tools for our healing work, for our instructionwork, and for the development of consciousness.

the adjustment must be made within your consciousness – Secrecy September 1963Chapter:Topic:

Never hesitate to urge students to study the bound copies of The Infinite Way Letters. More profoundteachings cannot be found in literature of The Infinite Way, because these books pound at the basic principles

The Word Becomes Flesh 1963Chapter:Topic:

During the past week I have read the May Letter not less than ten to twelve times, and I am continually readingThe Contemplative Life. Each time, an inner peace settles down over me.

HORIZONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (SINKLER)

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Tapes Joel recommends in Horizons of Consciousness:

64101-102107-109130-132160101-102107-109130-132160212243247-248262-267318359-361421

LIVING BY GRACEMessage to Teachers on the Spiritual PathSpiritual Discernment

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There must, of course, be an orderly procedure of study. I recommend that students start with the introductionto my book Living the Infinite Way, spending several days on it and then going on into the book. Then Irecommend spending two or three days studying the introduction to my book Practicing the Presence (NewYork: Harper Bros., 1958), then go on into the book… Then I recommend the student to The Art of Meditation(New York: Harper Bros., 1956) and The Art of Spiritual Healing. From there on, any of The Infinite Waybooks are in any order. However. I always point out that the books The Infinite Way Letters of 1954,1955,1956, 1957, 1958, and 1959; and Our Spiritual Resources (New York: Harper & Row, 1960); and TheContemplative Life (New York: Citadel, 1976) contain in every chapter certain principles and their application.You can always go to these books and find a working tool…I do not know at what point students will be readyfor The Thunder of Silence (New York Harper & Row, 1961) and Parenthesis in Eternity, (New York: Harper& Row, 1963), because these two books are a hundred years ahead of their time.

LIVING BY THE WORDSpiritual Discernment of the BibleAcross The Desk

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Our Spiritual Resources is one of the most practical of all our Infinite Way writings. In fact, some studentshave said that if they could have only one Infinite Way book, that would be the one because it embodies theprinciples of spiritual living so clearly and concisely and in a way that leaves no doubt as to their practicalapplication to everyday situations. . . “Release God from any obligation to us and recognize that God's onlyobligation is to maintain and sustain His own spiritual universe. Set God free! God owes us nothing, but Godowes Himself the joy of living freely and joyously—freely expressing, freely being—and we are the recipientsof God's grace. God is forever in expression. And I shall live with the word is. God is, Good is, Life is, Infinityis, Omnipotence is, Omnipresence is. My prayer is to know this truth, not to set forces in motion.”– OurSpiritual Resources: A New Life by Grace

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LIVING THE ILLUMINED LIFEBuilding the Transcendental ConsciousnessRising Above Sowing And Reaping

1961 Manchester Special Class413 2:2

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When we sit down to meditate . . . instead of letting the mind keep going around and around over theseproblems, we turn from them, knowing that we have the capacity to govern the mind because it is ourinstrument: My mind is not a battleground for the belief in two powers: my mind is an avenue through whichthe I of my being flows. As the pure unconditioned mind, it is untouched by carnal thought and is an open doorfor the outpouring of the beauty and truth of God's kingdom from the eternal Source within my being. . . Theconstant pressures of this world bring moments to all of us when it seems that there is more than one Power,and at such times we must be alert to this temptation. Instead of capitulating to the temptation, we takepossession of our mind and put it in its proper place as our instrument, subject to our direction, our servantrather than our master. The following two chapters from the writings should help you do this: "Dominion OverMind, Body, and Purse," Our Spiritual Resources; "Unconditioned Mind," The Thunder of Silence

PRACTICING THE PRESENCELove thy neighborLove Thy Neighbor

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Chapter contains tremendous lesson says Joel in Awakening Mystical C. p 5, Also, “will open a limitlessvision. . . it is deeper than you think” Infinite Way Letters 1958 Chapter 2 Across The Desk. Recommendedagain in ‘59 Letters]

REALIZATION OF ONENESSPure BeingAcross The Desk

1964 LChapter:Topic:

17 recommended tapes,

SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENTGod Must Be an Experience, Not a ConceptAcross The Desk

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Living Between Two Worlds was first begun by Joel while waiting for a plane at the airport in Seattle. Wash.,in July of 1951, but it did not come to fruition until 1964 in a series of classes held in Hawaii. It points the wayto living the spiritual life in a troubled and problem-ridden world. You will enjoy every word of it and find itmeat and manna for today.

Rejecting Appearances and conceptsBecoming Aware Of Spiritual Reality

1961 London Open Class418 5:1

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From the very beginning, the major vision of the Infinite Way has been not to treat disease to get rid ofsickness and get health or to take human footsteps to gain supply, but to rise to another dimension of life.These ideas, together with that of incorporeality, have given us in plain ABC's, not only what the vision is buthow to attain it. What our daily practice must be and how we are to train ourselves when these appearances arebrought forcibly to our attention is thoroughly explained in “Contemplation Develops the Beholder” in TheContemplative Life and in "Living above the Pairs of Opposites" in A Parenthesis in Eternity. . . No one isreally in the Infinite Way until he is not only recognizing the unreality of the evil appearance but also theunreality of the good appearance.

SPIRITUAL POWER OF TRUTH

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Joint HeirChapter:Topic:

I don't mind telling you that I live with The Contemplative Life morning, noon, and night; and sometimes I getup in the middle of the night to be sure that I haven't overlooked something in it.

THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFEDaily preparation for spiritual livingAcross The Desk

1959-1961Chapter:Topic:

Joel recommends God Is One (Living The Infinite Way)Meditation on life by GraceAcross The Desk *

1959-1961Chapter:Topic:

One of greatest discoveries, Joel's 7 recommendations for reading.In order to build a consciousness of truth, all Infinite Way students should know the following passages aswell as they know their own names:The New Horizon,The Infinite WayGod is One, Living The Infinite WayBreak the Fetters That Bind You, 1958 Infinite Way LettersContemplation Develops the Beholder, The Contemplative LifeIntroduction, Love Thy Neighbor, Practicing the PresenceThe Relationship of Oneness, The Art of Spiritual Healing

Supply and secrecyAcross The Desk

1961 LChapter:Topic:

I have suggested that those new to the message begin with Living The Infinite Way. . . Practicing thePresence. . . The Art of Meditation. . . The Art of Spiritual Healing. . . The Infinite Way. . . SpiritualInterpretation of Scripture.

THE INFINITE WAYThe New Horizon(the New Horizon)

1946Chapter:Topic:

[This chapter is sometimes called The Practitioner’s Chapter and is the most important writing in the entiremessage. . . says Joel in The Infinite Way Letters 1956, A Beholder. Recommended again in ‘59 Letters]

THE INFINITE WAY LETTERS 1958August: The Father-ConsciousnessTravelogue

1956 First Or Second Steinway Hall Practitioner Classes147-152

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This Manchester class [1958] proved to be something out of the ordinary.March: The Practice of Spiritual HealingUnderstand The Nature Of Specific Work

1956 Portland Closed Class171:2

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The Master Speaks: Reality of Spirit, A High Form of Treatment, Healing and SilenceMay: The Object of Our SearchTravelogue

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. . . one of the clearest messages of how to heal and how to be healed. . . [recordings 1958Adelaide Closed class Tapes 203, 204]

THE INFINITE WAY LETTERS 1959

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August: Conscious DominionAcross The Desk

1951 Second Portland Class602: 1&2

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“Protection” The 1955 Letters, December ‘58, June ‘59“Love Thy Neighbor” Practicing The Presence.Reels 5 & 6 1959 Maui Advanced WorkReels 3 & 4 1959 Hawaiian Village Open ClassHawaii Class Work July ‘58; San Diego August; London and Manchester September; The Hague andLausanne OctoberNYC November

February: A Lesson to SamA Program Of Study For 1959

1959Chapter:Topic:

[Recommendations for study]Go back, again and again, to the December 1958 Letter. Let its spirit fill you. It contains my dream for yourattainment. For many years I have had this vision, and nowhere in my writings is it so clearly set forth.Go back, again and again, to the December 1958 Letter. Let its spirit fill you. It contains my dream for yourattainment. For many years I have had this vision, and nowhere in my writings is it so clearly set forth.

January: Individual ResponsibilityAcross The Desk

1959Chapter:Topic:

The March and October 1958 Letters and the chapter “Love Thy Neighbor” epitomize the essential principlesof Infinite Way spiritual healing.The Letters of November and December, 1958, and of January and February, 1959, point the way forbeginning the spiritual journey above words and thoughts.

July: Spiritual FreedomAcross The Desk

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Be sure to begin every day with the chapters, “The New Horizon,” in The Infinite Way, “Love Thy Neighbor,”in Practicing The Presence, and The Letters of December 1958 and June 1959.[For treatment and healing Joel recommends related chapters in Letters ‘54-’58]

June: Specific Truth for TreatmentSpecific Truth For Treatment

1959 Halekou Special Class245:2

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[Joel recommends this chapter for daily study in Letters 1959 July Across The Desk]

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