Joel Reads the Chapter “The New Horizon”

To help us re-visit this important chapter and get new value from it, we offer an opportunity for “slow listening” and deep contemplation.

The excerpts below are recordings of Joel reading the chapter “The New Horizon” from The Infinite Way, formatted so as to encourage serious, thoughtful reflection on each paragraph.  The chapter contains ten paragraphs.  For each paragraph, we have  provided the excerpt of Joel reading that paragraph.  There are nine excerpts, not ten, because one very short paragraph in the chapter blended naturally with the previous one.

Each excerpt follows this format:

1. Joel reads the paragraph.
2. Following the reading, the recording includes a five-minute period of silence for contemplation; there is no need to pause or restart.
3. Joel reads the paragraph again.
4. Another built-in five-minute contemplation period follows.
5. Joel reads the paragraph a third time.
6. A final five-minute contemplation period is built in.
7. Joel concludes with “Thank you.”

We have found that this format—considering the paragraph three times—encourages deep contemplation, which can result in more profound understanding and new insights. Having silent periods built right into the recording allows you to relax and simply listen and contemplate; you don’t have to interrupt the flow to stop or start the recording.

If you use these recorded contemplations, you might want to include these questions as part of your contemplations:

• What does this paragraph mean for me and my life?
• How can I apply and practice this lesson?

(Added on August 23, 2025) As we worked with the paragraph excerpts, it became clear that a final recording of Joel reading the entire chapter would be valuable. We realized that after hearing and contemplating the chapter paragraph by paragraph, listening to it as a whole would open the way to a more profound experience of this essential chapter than we might ever have had. We have added the recording of Joel reading the entire chapter as the tenth recording in the series.

Telephone access information is given at the end of this page. 

Return to the study page for this lesson.

Day 1 (Paragraph 1):

 

Day 2 (Paragraph 2):

 

Day 3 (Paragraph 3):

 

Day 4 (Paragraphs 4 and 5):

 

Day 5 (Paragraph 6):

 

Day 6 (Paragraph 7):

 

Day 7 (Paragraph 8):

 

Day 8 (Paragraph 9):

 

Day 9 (Paragraph 10):

 

Day 10 (Entire Chapter)

 

These excerpts are also available for telephone listening.  There are two ways to access the extension numbers for the contemplations.

1. Call 1-641-715-3900, and enter 883603#. Marty Parker will list the extension number for each contemplation.
2. Use the table below. Call 1-641-715-3900, and enter the extension shown for the contemplation you want to hear.

918546#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 1

923600#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 2

968475#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 3

968601#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 4-5

975750#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 6

978169#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 7

983799#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 8

986363#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 9

993828#                   Joel Reads The New Horizon Paragraph 10

834104#                   Joel Reads the entire chapter