Living now / Joel S. Goldsmith ; edited by Lorraine Sinkler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldsmith, Joel S., 1892-1964.

Contributor:

Sinkler, Lorraine.

I-Level Acropolis Books.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 239 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

[First Acropolis Bks. edition].

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia. : I-Level Acropolis Books, Publisher, [2000]

Summary:

All that God is, we are, for God manifests also as individual being. "I am the light that lighteth every man who cometh into the world," said Christ Jesus, expressing the consciousness of the Father. Our oneness with God, the realization of God's presence as our life, is experienced not through thought, not as concepts, but by consciously becoming aware of and resting in the "now moment" -- an awareness of now that is free from dwelling on past memories or hopes for the future. So much of life is caught up in the time-function of the mind alternating between past and future. This is nothing more than an activity of conditioned thought which prevents us from becoming aware of the eternal being that we have in oneness with the Father. It is only as we come into complete awareness of the present that we experience God as our consciousness, God fulfilling Himself as universal life and our individual being. Awareness of God in the present moment allows all that God is to flow into our life, manifesting the kingdom of God as our experience. In that experience God is the only power that can operate in His creation to demonstrate in our circumstances and environment the allness, goodness, and perfection of Spirit. Dwelling on past experiences, or projecting those past experiences into expectations or fears for the future, prevents us from receiving our spiritual heritage that is to be experienced in all its fullness and lived now, in this moment. This moment is all there is, for it is extended into every future moment as now.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Living Now 1

Every Day Is a Day of Decision

Now Is the Power and the Dominion

Our Consciousness of Today Molds Our Tomorrows

The Inseparability of God and Man

Consciousness Is I

God as Individual Consciousness

Daily Sowing and Reaping

Living Love Is Living the God-Life

Across the Desk

Chapter 2 Barriers to Spiritual Attainment 15

The Fruitage of Conscious Oneness with God

Being Single-Minded

Give up Seeking Forms of Good

The Continuity of Life Is Not Dependent on Processes

Conscious Oneness with God Brings Fulfillment

Letting the Divine Intelligence Operate in Human Relationships

The Realization of God's Presence, the One Essential

Losing Fear of Effects

Losing the Material Sense of Body

Releasing Desire

Chapter 3 When the Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Us 33

The Road Back to the Father's House

Practice, Practice, Practice

Becoming Universal Through Uniting with the Source

Unfolding Spiritual Experiences

Living Through the Spirit

Receptivity Is Developed Through Contemplative Meditation

A Technique for Transcending the Mind

Spiritual Discernment Brings Healing

How Great Is the Drive Within

Chapter 4 The Power of Resurrection 51

Gaining a Release from Fear

Life Is the Eternal Reality

Attaining the Unconditioned Consciousness

Resurrection Here and Now

Love Is the Power of Resurrection

Learning to Release the Gift of God

All Power Is Within Us

Chapter 5 God-Endowed Dominion 73

Recognize the God in Everyone

The Universal Impersonal Nature of Evil

"Nothingizing" the Problem

There Is No Law of Disease

One Power

Remove Malpractice by Impersonalizing the Error

The Immortality and Eternality of Life

Chapter 6 Mind Imbued with Truth 91

Mind as a Transparency

Feeding the Mind

The Fruitage of a Mind Imbued with Truth

Mind Is the Substance of Body

Unconditioning the Mind

Chapter 7 Living Divine Sonship 111

God Constitutes Individual Being

Do Not Separate Your Body from God

Business under the Jurisdiction of God

Self-Surrender

Life Is in Spirit

The New Birth

Notes from Hawaii

Chapter 8 Beyond Words and Thoughts 131

Let the Nature of God Be Revealed in Meditation

Effective Prayer Is Dependent upon an Understanding of the Nature of God

Disease Is Not God-Ordained

The Meaning of Faith

Chapter 9 The Nature of Consciousness 151

Consciousness Knows Your Every Need

Your Spiritual Destiny

God Is Individual Consciousness

Forgiveness and Love as Activities of Consciousness

The Fruitage of a Consciousness at Peace

The Dignity of the Individual

Chapter 10 An Idea Whose Time Has Come 171

An Idea in Consciousness Must Manifest Itself

God's Instruments

The Infinite Way Ideal of Freedom

Freedom Has Been Loosed in Consciousness

Establish Truth in Consciousness by Living the Contemplative Life

Live as Guests of Life

Only a Change of Consciousness Can Bring Improved Conditions

Chapter 11 Transcending Karmic Law 193

Karmic Law Operates in Human Consciousness

New Light on Karmic Law

How to Come Out from the Law into Grace

Eliminating the Personal Sense of "I"

Thanksgiving Meditations

Note from Hawaii

Chapter 12 The Revelation of Spiritual Sonship 215

Mankind Is on the Threshold of a Spiritual Age

A New Concept of Prayer

The Immaculate Conception

Christmas Reveals Immortal Indestructible Being

Human Selfhood "Dies" That the Christ May Be Born

The Spiritual Interpretation of Givingness

Peach on Earth

Christmas Message

Notes from Hawaii.

Notes:

Originally published: New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books, 1965.

"Published ... under an arrangement with Citadel Press"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239).

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1889051500

9781889051505

1889051519

9781889051512

OCLC:

44952100