Joel Goldsmith, an internationally known spiritual leader, has here brought fresh insight to the practice of contemplation and meditation in everyday living.

This is a guidebook to attainment of inner peace and joy for those who are seeking a way to live a full and complete life here and now. How the mind can transcend its apparent limitations and become what it is intended to be, an instrument for the free flowing of the Spirit, is specifically explained by the author in his description of the resources available in meditation.

Goldsmith, author of "Realization of Oneness" and "Beyond...

Joel S. Goldsmith devoted his life to teaching this spiritual belief so others may discover and experience the presence of God within. But, sharing this philosophy was not an easy task. Before he could reveal this profound spiritual principle, Goldsmith realized he must first overcome obstacles that were deeply-rooted in traditional religious teachings.

The prevailing perception of God was portrayed as a heavenly spirit that one could only reach through prayer or religious clergy, making this the most challenging obstacle Goldsmith faced.

Goldsmith met this challenge by writing an...

Standing on Fishes is the result of the author's attempt to continually live the questions "who am I, why am I here?" It is through the process of asking these questions that we continually discover and live our destiny. According to Homestead, "Over the years, people have often asked me why I don't seem to want a more settled life and career. The truth is that once I risked following my inner promptings, I could no longer ignore them. That would be an act of rebellion against my deepest self. I made a conscious decision to deal with the practicalities of life as best I could without letting...

"Leave your nets and follow me". -- Jesus, the Christ. A call to set forth on that great adventure, the journey of the Spirit. This title in no way suggests we leave our occupations, our families, or other obligations. Joel sets forth the premise that unless and until we leave our dependency on the material consciousness of things to develop spiritual consciousness, we will be bound to the limitations of human existence.

In God, the Substance of All Form, Goldsmith establishes the mystical truth that God is the reality, the divine consciousness of our being, and that the purpose of the spiritual life is to bring us to the fullness of that realization. He teaches that we can come to this realization through meditation, in which we can gain a conscious awareness of the presence and power of God. The very object of a spiritual path, the author explains, is to experience the truth that I and my Father are one.

Man's eternal quest for self-knowledge and self-fulfillment demands a continuing expansion of consciousness. Consciousness, the secret of life, determines man's experiences. Discovery of this secret is the primary purpose of man's presence in the world.

"On the mystical path, you learn that the goal in life is releasing the soul from the tomb of human existence, more especially the tomb of the human mind. If we are to experience the soul, we have to break through the limitations of the body and the mind. The reason that this realm of the soul is so little known is that God is spoken of as...

Letters Joel wrote to patients in all parts of the world during the years of his healing ministry as a Christian Science practitioner, demonstrating the spiritual bond that exists between practitioner and patient in the realization of Oneness. "You will feel the love that revealed itself as the healing Truth".

Ascending from the metaphysics of demonstrating effect to the higher dimension of mystical consciousness, in which life is lived by Grace, the reader is led into the realm of the soul: the earth of material experience melts and the light of Spirit dawns as stillness and silence of the soul-experience within.