Practicing the Presence (Hardcover, r.e.of 1958 ed)

Practicing the Presence is the celebrated guide to the awareness of the divine and transcendental in our daily lives. This modern spiritual classic is one of the three books Joel Goldsmith felt contained the essence of all his teachings. Considered as one of the best introductory books to the message of The Infinite Way, this book allows the student to gently work with Goldsmith in the realization of his or her true identity. Quiet guided meditations are accompanied by the profound light and depth so associated with his teaching. The student is then gradually lifted into that wonderful state of consciousness that is beyond words and thoughts. The message of this book is not a personal message. It is an age-old wisdom that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word remembered in consciousness, by every word and thought of God held within us. By this we live. When we try to live without God, we are living only with the human weapons of this world. When, however, we take this great truth into our consciousness and let it abide in use, then we are clad in spiritual armor, and the only sword we need is the sword of the Spirit. And what is the sword of the Spirit except "every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"?