2012 Study Guide
"It is the nature of God that we be free. It is the nature of God that we
be whole," Joel S. Goldsmith exclaims and then goes on to
emphasize who "we" are - "The son of God is more than a man who
lived two thousand years ago; the son of God is the spirit of God that dwelt in the
man Jesus, and that dwells in every man, therefore, the son of God is present in you
and me." Discovering that son of God within us, and then knowing what it
means to express that in our world, is the message of this volume, one which is
particularly relevant today."
The trustees of the Valor Foundation have chosen the Infinite Way Letters
of 1980, Showing Forth the Presence of God, for the 2012 Study Guide. This
is the tenth of the eleven book series made up of The 1971-1981 Infinite Way
Letters, prepared and edited by Lorraine Sinkler, from Joel S. Goldsmith's
tape recorded classwork. They are fine-quality soft cover books which
include Scriptural References and Notes, as well as a listing of the
recorded classes corresponding to each chapter of the book. In this way
students can work with the cassettes or CDs along with each monthly letter.
The Valor Website also provides suggestions for using Lorraine's class work
with each month's study.
"There is no selfhood apart from God," Joel explains, "
nor is there a creation apart from God. What we call a material creation is not a
material creation: it is a material sense of creation... everything in this universe
answers, responds, and is subject to the divine consciousness which is God."
(The 1980 Letters)
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Archive of Past Study Guides
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| January |
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"Lift Yourself to a Spiritual Altitude"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 1
Noonday Meditation Classes, Chicago 1966-1967
Tape 1; Side 2; Catalog No. 6603 — Arise and Go Unto I Within
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| February |
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"Freedom by Grace"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 2
The 1979 Palm Beach Class
Tape 2; Side 1; Catalog No. 7905 — Freedom Through the Realization of
The Presence
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| March |
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"God’s Blessing Is Not Dependent on Thought or Thing"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 3
The 1977 Chicago Class
Tape 3; Side 1; Catalog No. 7712 — Penetrating The Disguise
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| April |
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"The True Demonstration"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 4
The 1982 Chicago Closed Class
Tape 2; Side 2; Catalog No. 8202 — Function of Problems
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| May |
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"God, the Substance of Universal Being"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 5
The 1977 Auckland, New Zealand Class
Tape 1; Side 1; Catalog No. 7701 — Purpose and Fruitage of Meditation
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| June |
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"The Substance of all Good"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 6
The 1977 Sydney, Australia Class
Tape 3; Side 2; Catalog No. 7705 — Consciousness Unfolding As Supply and
Security
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| July |
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"Freedom Through Grace"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 7
The 1977 Lombard, Illinois Special Class
Tape 1; Side 2; Catalog No. 7713 — The Divine Consciousness In Action
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| August |
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"The Spiritual Life"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 8
The 1982 Chicago Closed Class
Tape 5; Side 2; Catalog No. 8205 — Living Out From Unlimited
Consciousness
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| September |
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"Seek the Substance. Not the Form"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 9
The 1982 Chicago Closed Class
Tape 4; Side 1; Catalog No. 8204 — Establishing A Consciousness of
Oneness
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| October |
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"Start the Flow to God"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 10
The 1978 Palm Beach Class
Tape 3; Side 2; Catalog No. 7817 — The Transforming Power of Love
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| November |
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"Spiritual Vision Alone Reveals the I Am of Individual Being"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 11
The 1976 Palm Beach Class
Tape 1; Side 1; Catalog No. 7601 — Consciousness Is What I AM
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| December |
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"God Alone Is Power"
Showing Forth the Presence of God, Chapter 12
The 1980 Palm Beach Class
Tape 2; Side 2; Catalog No. 8002 — Living the Principle of One Power
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