1. The Now-Activity of the Christ
#456-1: 1962 Glendale Open Class 1:1
Excerpt: #146-2: 1956 First Steinway Hall Closed Class 3:2
Excerpt: #241-2: 1958 First Maui Lectures 1:2
Excerpt: #477-2: 1962 Princess Kaiulani Open Class 4:2
Excerpt: #375-2: 1960 Melbourne Closed Class 1:2
2. First Steps on the Path of Discipleship
#491-1: 1962 Manchester Closed Class 1:1
3. The Sword of the Spirit
#527-1: 1963 London Work 3:1
Excerpt: #111-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 2:1
Excerpt: #120-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 11:1
Excerpt: #447-2: 1962 Hawaiian Village Open Class 4:2
4. Life Unfolding as the Fruitage of Attained Consciousness
#457-2: 1962 Glendale Open Class 2:2
Excerpt: #245-1: 1959 Maui Advanced Work 3:1
Excerpt: #518-2: 1963 Kailua Private Class 3:2
5. Putting Off the Old Man and Rebirth
#490-1: 1962 London Closed Class 4:1
#491-2: 1962 Manchester Closed Class 1:2
6. Building the Transcendental Consciousness
#413-2: 1961 Manchester Special Class 2:2
Excerpt: #475-1: 1962 Princess Kaiulani Open Class 2:1
Excerpt: #161-1: 1956 Chicago Closed Class 4:1
7. Preparation for Spiritual Baptism
#416-1: 1961 London Open Class 3:1
8. The Fourth Dimension
#230-2: 1958 London Open Class 4:2
#267-2: 1959 Hawaiian Village Closed Class 6:2
Excerpt: #112-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 3:1
9. From Humanhood to Divinity
#230-2: 1958 London Open Class 4:2
#445-2: 1962 Hawaiian Village Open Class 2:2
10. Call No Man Your Father upon the Earth
#481-2: 1962 Princess Kaiulani Closed Class 2:2
#483-2: 1962 Princess Kaiulani Closed Class 4:2
11. Teacher and Student on the Path
#226-2: 1958 London Closed Class 3:2
#490-1: 1962 London Closed Class 4:1
#325-1: 1960 Chicago Closed Class 1:1
#453-2: 1962 Mission Inn Closed Class 3:2
#526-1: 1963 London Work 2:1
#267-2: 1959 Hawaiian Village Closed Class 6:2
Excerpt: #111-1: 1955 Kailua Study Group 2:1
12. Spiritual Illumination
#483-2: 1962 Princess Kaiulani Closed Class 4:2
#444-2: 1962 Hawaiian Village Open Class 1:2
“There are two ways of life open to a person here on earth,” says Joel Goldsmith in Living the Illumined Life. “There is the human way, the way of the unillumined, and there is the spiritual way, the way of the illumined.”
What is the difference? The unillumined individual is living by and through his own powers, wisdom, and strength, Goldsmith explains. It is a life of toil, effort, and worry, often limited in education, limited in experience, limited in background, or limited in finances. The illumined individual is living in conscious awareness of an indwelling Presence, Being, Power. He has realized that he is not living his life alone: “I live, yet not I; this spirit of the Lord God which is upon me is living my life.” This is a life of infinite capacity and complete freedom.
Goldsmith boldly asks the reader: “Do you believe that the spirit of God dwells in you? Do you believe there is an indwelling Christ in you? Do you believe that you are the temple of God? Do you believe that you can do all things through Christ that dwells in you?” If you cannot answer in the affirmative, he says, you are still the unillumined. But, he encourages, you are the one who can change that.
For those who are inspired to make the transition and live life as one of the illumined, Living the Illumined Life clearly lays out the principles and practices that can purify consciousness and lift the sincere seeker to the awareness of the Presence and Power within. Then as illumination comes, he can walk free and unfettered, without fear, by Grace.
[Note: Living the Illumined Life is the collection of the 1972 Infinite Way Letters.]