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List of All Previously Posted Questions, Starting with Most Recent 

• Q: This is a question about the different statements in the writings and classes on meditation, and more particularly, about the time given to individual meditations. (12-21-24)1
• Q:  What if, when we search our own thought, we find that honestly, our major motive in studying is seeking health, or seeking supply, or seeking a home or companionship? (12-7-24)1
• Q: When we come together with people who do not know anything about The Infinite Way or any other mystical teaching, how are we to participate in their conversation, though we do not agree with their standpoint, without hurting them and our own integrity? (11-16/24)1
• Q: Is it possible to heal anyone without their knowing it and without them asking for help? (11-2-24)1
• Q: How is it possible to develop that spiritual consciousness, or that reliance on the Invisible rather than on the visible? (10-19-24)1
• Q: About prayer—in your book The Infinite Way, on page 1111, you say, “Before our enlightenment in truth we sought to gain some personal end,” and then you also quote Emerson on prayer. In the Bible, Jesus is quoted, “Therefore, I say unto you, what things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them,” and “All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive.” (10-5-24)2
• Q: Is giving a spiritual principle? (9-21-24)1
• Q: Why do practitioners and teachers still have physical discords and problems to overcome? (9/7/24)1
• Q: Can you say a few words about the handling of so-called evil? (8-17-24)1
• Q: Why is it not all right to smoke or drink if these things are neither good nor evil? (8-3-24)1
• Q: When faced with a problem and seeking divine guidance, alternative answers—each apparently reasonable—may come. How does one know which is the real? (7-20-24)1
• Q. And this [question] has to do with Genesis, giving us the fruit of the tree and all of our food, and there being no authority for killing any living thing, such as cattle for food, and of course, reminding us that Jesus fed loaves and fishes for the multitude. (7-6-24)1
• Q: You never seem pressed for time or pressed upon by the outer. Has this come through grace gradually, or did it come as a revelation through the practice of the Presence? (5-15-24)1
• Q: What part does the mind play in meditation, or what part does the mind play in our entire experience? (6-01-24)1
• Q: Since the I that I am is God, life eternal, the same yesterday, today, and forever, is age the belief in two powers? (5-18-24)1
• Q: How am I to know my purpose and plan in life if I am to cut out all desires and ambition? (05-04-24)1
• Q: Will you please explain pre-existent consciousness that one brings forth with them? (4-20-24)1
• Q: Will you please explain further your statement that this world is in reality a spiritual world? One feels that the spiritual world must be entirely different to the human sense of it. (04-06-24)1
• Q: It says In Isaiah: “I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord do all these things.” In Genesis, we read: “And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.” Then we have these passages that seem to bring out such similar ideas: “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity,” and so forth and so on. Please address this idea of God creating good and evil. (3-16-24)1
• Q:  Why does God take us down into “Egypt?” (3-2-24)1
• Q:  Is health and accident insurance contrary or contradictory to living The Infinite Way? (2-17-24)1
• Q: Will you say if it is because we are praying amiss when we are on the mountaintop and then down in the valley by a claim of illness? (2-3-24)1
• Q: The question is about these scriptural statements to the effect that “Your heavenly Father knoweth that you have need of these things,” and yet in other places it says, “Ask and ye shall receive,” “Knock and it shall be answered unto you,” and so forth. (1-20-24)1
• Q:  When I look out upon the world and see selfishness, unkindness and false sense, should I recognize that none of this is taking place out there, but is really an image or conception in my own mind? (1-6-24)1
• Q: When we pass on, do we meet our loved ones again, and shall we know them? (12-16-23)1
• Q:  Should we discard the meditations and aphorisms we have employed before in favor of the listening meditation we have had in this class? (12-2-23)1
• Q: Frequently in your writings, you state that the structural universe is not the spiritual universe of God’s creating, and yet they are one, not two, only one universe. Will you please be so kind as to help us understand this? (11-18-23)1
• Q:  In John 15:7, it is said, “If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” And again, “Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.” In the light of these, why is it wrong to ask a blessing for a specific person by naming him in treatment? (11-4-23)1
• Q: How do you work for the world or a group from the standpoint of absolute truth, from I AM, or I am That? (10-21-23)1
• Q:  What is “body in you?” (10-7-23)1
• Q: Please explain grace. (9-16-23)1
• Q:  Why is it that when I practice the presence, a great pressure or ache appears on the back of my neck? How can it be overcome? (9-2-23)1
• Q:  Now I am confused.  Last night you said faith has nothing to do with healing. Yet in Luke 8:48, Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has made you well,”. . . so forth and so on. (8-19-23)1
• Q: Would you kindly explain how you go about praying for your enemies? (8-5-23)1
• Q:  Throughout the writings of The Infinite Way, it is stated that Jesus did not condemn or judge. In fact, he said, “Who made me a ruler over you?” or “Who made me a judge?” or “I judge no man.” And he said to the woman taken in adultery, “Neither do I condemn thee.” And he said to the thief on the cross, “I will take you with me this night into paradise.” But it was quite a different thing when he was talking to the high officials of the Hebrew Church.  (7-15-23)1
• Q: Does reiteration of truth statements mentally, ever result in these truths becoming an experience of Spirit? If not, what is the step? In The Art of Meditation, it speaks of these statements becoming an experience of the heart. Could this be what is meant by the mind being used as a medium of awareness? (7-1-23)1
• Q: Is it not true that everything a man thinks, says, does, feels and attracts to himself is an outward expression of an inner consciousness? If this is true, I do not understand how good thoughts can be of no value in the helping of oneself or one’s friends. Is it not true that all good thoughts are conceived in God-consciousness? (6-17-23)1
• Q:  What do you mean when you say that all evil is impersonal? Isn’t all good impersonal also? (6-03-23)1
• Q: In the past, we have been using affirmations and denials. Now in The Infinite Way, it is the realization of the Presence. Since we have been warned not to mix these two systems, and it takes time to develop spiritual consciousness, what system should be used in the interim? (5-20-23)1
• Q: If we are on the spiritual path and do not see death, what will the others not on the spiritual path see? (5-6-23)1
• Q: The elimination of mind as a synonym for God is clearly understandable when used to express a creative source. But what about its use in the sense of “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.”? (4-15-23)1
• Q: Since the healer must not think about the patient, why or how is the patient benefited, and not somebody else? (4-1-23)1
• Q: How can we rest in work and activity and not get tired? (3-18-23)1
• Q: Is it the mental part of man on the subliminal level which makes the decision as to the time of passing on? (3-4-23)1
• Q: Why is it that so many people who never think seriously of God or of spiritual things find a great deal of success and happiness in the world, and very often experience few problems or none at all? (2-18-23)1
• Q: Is there any western method for stilling the mind? (2-4-23)1
• Q: Please explain flesh. (1-21-23)
• Q: My understanding of the point made during the first session, that God is not mind, is as you explained last night: Mind is a reasoning faculty—which seems to refer to the human mind. Will you please clarify? (1-7-23)1
• Q: Why is it that some of these discords and inharmonies come into our experience? For instance, why does an intelligent person all of a sudden become insane? And of course, the same question would be why a normally healthy person should all of a sudden become ill. (12-17-22)1
• Q:  When any inharmony comes such as business, illness, or nerves, why is it so difficult to control the mind in spite of the fact that one does not consciously accept these beliefs?” (12/3/22)1
• Q: Did not Jesus mean for us to ask for food, health, things, and so forth, when he said, “Ask and ye shall receive,” “Knock and it shall be opened unto you,” “Whatsoever ye ask in my name,” and so forth? (11-19-22)1
• Q: What do you mean by grace? (11-5-22)1
• Q: What is our duty in regard to the present world crisis? Your explanation of how to treat was most helpful. Please give more examples of how to treat, for instance, world peace. (10-15-22)1
• Q: When we recognize our errors and have learned not to condemn ourselves for them, why don’t they then automatically disappear? Is it because deep down somewhere we still want them; we still think they are going to do something for us? (10-1-22)1
• Q: There is one power. Then are not all demonstrations upheld by this power, be they so-called good or bad? (9-17-22)1
• Q: This is a request to bring out the idea of spiritual idea and form. (9-3-22)1
• Q: Please explain “flesh.” (8-20-22)1
• Q: In the light of last night’s class work, healing work sounds very simple. It sounds it, but it isn’t. Yet cases seem to take so long to clear up, even when the one asking for help is a truth student and cooperative. Why is there so much conditioning? (8-6-22)1
• Q: Please define “effect.” (7-16-22)1
• Q: You made the statement that God has no knowledge of evil, and hence no knowledge of the terrible things that have been happening, not only of recent years but in all ages. This statement I accept, but I cannot reconcile it with the fact that He sent His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to redeem it. (7-2-22)1
• Q: How does one stop conscious thought from racing through one’s mind during meditation? (6-18-22)1
• Q: In your book The Easter of Our Lives, you often speak of guardian angels. What do you mean by guardian angels? (6-4-22)1
• Q: What do we know of the hereafter? (5-21-22)1
• Q: Why do we not bring forth the demonstrations of health, of supply, of companionship—whatever it is that is the seeming need—more quickly than we do? Why do some attain it quickly, some slowly, and some not at all? (5-7-22)1
• Q: Why do some students fall by the wayside, if the teacher knows when a student is ready? (4-16-22)1
• Q: Please discuss contemplative meditation. (4/2/22)1
• Q: Much is stressed on the importance of gratitude. How is this expressed when one is alone and in quietude by oneself, or not in the company of personalities. Just praying daily, “I thank you God for blessings I have already received,” seems insufficient. (3-19-22)1
• Q: If, for example, we pray, “Bless my enemies, give them Light,” isn’t that an intercessory prayer? (3-5-22)1
• Q: What should a serious Infinite Way student’s attitude be about nutrition and vitamins? (2-19-22)1
• Q: Do you consider it advisable or important for Infinite Way students to curtail the reading of newspapers? (2-5-22)1
• Q: If, when treating a patient, the patient passes over, is that our lack of demonstration or is that the Father’s will? (1-15-22)1
• Q: Whilst appreciating that we do not take a problem into prayer, are we not ever to sit quietly and seek a solution to the problem on the human level too? (1-1-22)1
• Q: In The Infinite Way on page 24 [2] you say, “We cannot accomplish this evangelization of humanhood by mental might or physical power, but by the spiritual sense of existence which all may cultivate through devotion of thought to things of the Spirit.” (12-4-21)1
• Q: I am very much ashamed to keep calling you about a condition, which continues to manifest. Is that bad? (11-20-21)1
• Q: Do not judge of your spiritual progress by any material sign. Then what are we to judge by? (11-6-21)1
• Q: Is it not cruel or wrong to kill beasts, birds and fish, for human food? (10-16-21)1
• Q: Did Jesus walk on the water, or did the Red Sea open for Moses? Did Elijah awake to find cakes baked on the stones in front of him? (10-2-21)1
• Q: Can effective protective treatment be given for another? For example, in order to protect them from road accidents and so forth?” (9-18-21)1
• Q: Because of different interpretations, we would appreciate The Infinite Way unfoldment of “agree with thine adversary.” (9-4-21)1
• Q: In your book The Easter of Our Lives, you often speak of guardian angels. What do you mean by guardian angels? (8-21-21)1
• Q: If God created all, and everything was perfect, how did there arise even a suggestion of the illusion of evil and a universal belief in two powers? (8-7-21)1
• Q: You don’t mention the Lord’s Prayer. How does it fit in? (7-17-21)1
• Q: Please tell us about forgiveness. What is it? What it is not? Is it necessarily a conscious process? What actually is done by the forgiver? (7-3-21)1
• Q: Please enlarge on the statement “Take no thought.” How may we avoid this human planning? (6-19-21)1
• Q: Would you please enlighten me on the Master’s words: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.” (6-5-21)1
• Q: Will the study of Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, or Steiner Spiritual Science, be a help or a hindrance to progress in The Infinite Way? (5-15-21)1
• Q: This question has to do with the practical application of what I said about having neither good nor evil. (5-1-21)1
• Q: During class, there is an alert listening attitude. Afterwards, at home, there is the same clearness of perception as one sorts out and digests the teachings given during the evening. Then, normal sleep until five-thirty, when comes the first desire to go on sleeping, but this [desire] is thrown aside while going about the work. The moments of quiet and meditation during the day are alive, but afterwards, sleep. Is this the old, old sin of inertia? Please explain the sleep that is needed, and how or when it becomes something to transcend.” (4-17-21)1
• Q: What is the actual state of man immediately following the change called death? (4-3-21)1
• Q: Would you please delve more deeply into the ways that we who are not practitioners, artists, or writers, can apply the principles of The Infinite Way in our daily lives at our offices? (3-20-21)1
• Q: Century after century, people buy the Bible and read the promises and rely on them and then wonder why nothing ever happens. Why doesn’t it come true that “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee?” Why doesn’t it come true that “None of these evils will come nigh thy dwelling place?” Why doesn’t it come true that God is the healer? Why are these Bible promises not fulfilled? (3-6-21)1
• Q: You have said that our bodies are ours, but not us. You have likened them to an automobile. I understand that the natural sensations of hunger and thirst are not in our bodies, but in the universal belief. Should our minds, and therefore our bodies, be as free from these so-called natural feelings, for instance probably, as an automobile? If not, what place have these in our life? How do we deal with them? (2-20-21)1
• Q: Will one eventually rise above a sense of duality or will it be something to contend with or refute throughout eternity? (2-6-21)1
• Q: “The Father and I are one.” This appears to be duality. (1-16-21)1
• Q: When contact within is truly made, shouldn’t one expect that to appear in improvement—better health, morals, government, at every level of consciousness? (1-2-21)1
• Q: After these deep spiritual talks, it has seemed impossible for me to immediately talk with people, even those working along the same lines of thought. Is this the wrong attitude, and if so, how can it be corrected? (12-19-20)1
• Q: Please comment on the quotation that appears in the Infinite Way books that starts “Illumination dissolves all material ties.” (12-5-20)1
• Q: Can you give us something with which to answer the current fears and anxieties about the radioactivity of the earth’s atmosphere due to the atomic explosions? (11-21-20)1
• Q: “What is the Infinite way viewpoint regarding the theory of evolution?” (11-7-20)1
• Q: Is it not possible that the consciousness which is now filled with human concepts could become so purified and full of light that what appears as a human body would fade out from human sight, and therefore not have to go through the process called death? Is it not because of the earthly consciousness that the body appears to die and dissolve into the earth? (10-17-20)1
• Q: Could you please talk to us about the Circle of Christhood? (10-3-20)1
• Q: When tempted to indulge in negative thoughts such as antagonism and so forth, what is the best way to cope with them and nullify the effects? (9-19-20)1
• Q: All my life I have lived with a fear of some kind … and then it mentions different fears … and how can I overcome this? (9-5-20)1
• Q: Would you please explain the unreality of death and life eternal? (8-15-20)1
• Q: If God is present; if God already knows my need; if it is God’s good pleasure to give me the Kingdom; then why am I not experiencing it? (8-1-20)1
• Q: What is the difference, if any, between realization and illumination? (7-18-20)1
• Q: Please explain the term “the Christ” as it is used in our work. (7-4-20)1
• Q: How do we specifically annul the belief of heredity? (6-20-20)1
• Q: How can I truly believe in medicines and [other] cures, and continue to [use them], secretly having a belief that they will ease and cure aches and pains? (6-6-20)1
• Q: This is a question about whether trials are proof of God’s care. (5-16-20)1
• Q: Please explain your statement, “Realization is demonstration.” (5-2-20)1
• Q: “Why is it that so many people who never think seriously of God or of spiritual things find a great deal of success and happiness in the world, and very often experience few problems or none at all?” (4-18-20)1
• Q: Some of our students will remember that I brought to their attention last year a magazine article, in which an editor of a national magazine asked the question of prominent ministers, rabbis, and priests: “If there is a God, why is there so much sin, disease, death, and war on earth? If there is such a God as is taught in the churches, why do we have crippled children, stillborn children, moronic children, and other innocent victims?” (4-4-20)1
• Q: Why should a person be “on the mountain top,” and then down in the depths? (3-21-20)1
• Q. “A drop of water, though separate from the ocean, has the properties of the ocean, but when it is put back in the ocean it becomes merged in it, the drop no longer has its own identity. So with water, ice, and so forth. Now then, our identity is surely lost as we return to God.” (3-7-20)1
• Q: “Why is it that I have been studying this, that, or the other metaphysical truth for years—two, five, ten, twenty—and achieved so little result?” Or, “I have had healings, but now they either do not come quickly or do not come at all.” Or, “Why is it that I must always go to a practitioner for my help, and I’m not able to do my own work or do the work for my family?” (2-15-20)1
• Q: Jesus, in a state of transfiguration, speaking to Moses and Elias—this is often regarded as a phenomenon of spiritualism. I know that it is not so, but an elevation of consciousness. Please tell us something about it. (2-1-20)1
• Q: When we turn to God, when we are seeking divine guidance in our daily affairs, how do we know whether or not it is divine guidance? (1-18-20)1
• Q: Would you please explain in your own words this statement: “When we can look at a problem without running from it or struggling against it, this very problem ceases to exist”? (1-4-20)1
• Q: “Where does error come from since God is all in all?” (12-20-19)1
• Q: How does one stop conscious thought from racing through one’s mind during meditation? (12-7-19)1
• Q: The Christian Science Reading Rooms sell a pamphlet, “Resolved: To Watch Our Conversation.” I have been wondering just how one who is following The Infinite Way should answer those who come to us with statements of discord or who seem to expect from us some comment relative to some discordant subject, without raising antagonism or inviting an argument. (11-16-19)1
• Q: Please explain the meaning of the following words from Love and Gratitude: “Should you experience what we know as death, you will find just what Jesus demonstrated—that you have not left the body here, you have taken your body with you.” (11-2-19)1
• Q: Is fear the basis of all disease, particularly in case of inflammation and fever? (10-19-19)1
• Q: Would you please clarify these statements from recent monthly letters. In the March Letter (1962) —”Not a single thing in you is responsible for any of your ills. By seeking within yourself or within your patient for the cause of the trouble you are helping to perpetuate it.” (10-5-19)1
• Q: You have said that our bodies are ours, but not us. You have likened them to an automobile. I understand that the natural sensations of hunger and thirst are not in our bodies, but in the universal belief. Should our minds, and therefore our bodies, be as free from these so-called natural feelings as an automobile? If not, what place have these in our life? How do we deal with them? (9-21-19)1
• Q: Why do truth students still come under claims of illness now and then and have to work out of them? (9-7-19)1
• Q: If we are reincarnated, why does the population increase? (8-17-19)1
• Q: Can one ever make a decision if he successfully refrains from judging? (8-3-19)1
• Q: Some say there is no physical body, only spiritual body. What then is this body which we now use? (7-20-19)1
• Q: Is it the material body which manifests God? (7-6-19)1
• Q: Moses had been initiated in all the secrets of occultism at the court of the Pharaohs. That’s the mental plane. When he returned to Egypt after his revelation of “I Am That,” how did he do his work—turn a stick into a serpent and so forth, usually regarded as phenomena of hypnotism? (6-15-19)1
• Q: Jesus, in a state of transfiguration, speaking to Moses and Elijah—this is often regarded as a phenomenon of spiritualism. I know that it is not so, but an elevation of consciousness. Please tell us something about it. (6-1-19)1
• Q: Christian Science teaches that the body is a sensual concept. The Infinite Way teaches that the body is the temple of the living God. Would you clarify this, please? (5-18-19)1
• Q: “You have said in your writings that supply is one of the easiest demonstrations for a spiritual student to make. Why?” (5-4-19)1
• Q: What is your interpretation when Jesus said, “My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (4-20-19)1
• Q: How does one pray for one’s enemies if one does not take cognizance of error into prayer? (4-6-19)1
• Q: Do you recommend the New English Bible, New Testament by Oxford University and Cambridge University Press, and other versions and translations such as the Revised Standard Version Holy Bible by George Lamsa and the Smith Goodspeed Bible? (3-16-19)1
• Q: Please explain how to distinguish the difference between the Presence and an emotional sensation. (3-2-19)1
• Q: Please explain: “Your heavenly Father knoweth what things ye have need of, even before you ask for them.” (2-23-19)1
• Q: How can I experience myself more and more as Spirit without getting into the mental plane? (2-2-19)1
• Q: Will you please explain pre-existent consciousness that one brings forth with them? (1-19-19)1
• Q: Why is the so-called spiritual healing only a partial healing, and why sometimes is it never a complete healing? Also, why is it that a person about to undergo surgery asks for help and receives a miraculous healing, although not one that precludes the necessity for surgery? Why is it that the patient undergoing surgery is kept entirely free of infection or after-effect and makes a more rapid recovery than would normally be the case, and yet, if God has anything to do with that much of the healing, why did not God make the surgery unnecessary? (1-5-19)1
• Q: Would you say that for a student who is progressing on the spiritual path that it is more important to study your later writings? (12-15-18)1
• Q: I would like to have your opinion on astrology. (12-1-18)1
• Q: Where does error come from, since God is all in all? (11-17-18)1
• Q: You spoke about stilling the mind. Can you give us more help with this? (11-3-18)1
• Q: Will you enlarge on the statement “Take no thought”? How may we avoid this human planning? (10-20-18)1
• Q: Will you please speak further on reincarnation? (10-6-18)1
• Q: What should the proper attitude be for an Infinite Way student when faced with economic hardships or pressing bills? (9-15-18)1
• Q: While appreciating that we do not take a problem into prayer, are we not ever to sit quietly and seek a solution to the problem on the human level as well? (9-1-18)1
• Q: You say that God has nothing to do with disease, pain, old age, and death. [Joel interjects: “First remember that it wasn’t I that said that. It was scripture that said that—’God is too pure to behold iniquity; God has no pleasure in your dying, turn ye and live.’” Yet everything in nature dies—flowers, butterflies, trees, everything—and many animals only live by eating each other, causing fear, pain, and death. If God did not create nature and the four seasons which bring decay and death, then please, what is the answer? (8-18-18)1
• Q: My mail [Joel’s mail] always abounds in questions, and the most frequent question is, “Why? Why do I not make more rapid progress? Why do I not receive healing? Why do I not find companionship or home or supply?” (8-4-18)1
• Q: If God is mind, or even if He is consciousness, is His activity not mental? (7-21-18)1
• Q: In your publications you write that God speaks to you, telling what you should teach, and so forth. If God knows nothing about the human experience, how could He be conscious of one needing light? (7-7-18)1
• Q: If one has a physical problem, what is the best and quickest way to rise above it?” (6-16-18)1
• Q: How does one begin the elimination of human planning by taking no thought for tomorrow, before one has reached the point where spiritual direction is given? (6-2-18)1
• Q: Would you please speak about the appearance of change? Where do we go when we go on? I’m trying to overcome the fear of a so-called transition. (5-19-18)1
• Q: Now this next question is one that I love, not for the question itself, but for the things that surround it: “Can effective protective treatment be given for another, for example, in order to protect them from road accidents and so forth?” (5-5-18)1
• Q: What is it that brings us under the government of God, under the protection of God, under the healing influence of God? What is it that maintains us under the healing influence of God? (4-21-18)1
• Q: If we are not to petition God, then of what avail to say, “God bless a dear one”? (4-7-18)1
• Q: How is body to be regarded? As an ex-Christian Science practitioner, I am familiar with the concept of perfect spiritual body. But I am somewhat confused regarding The Infinite Way approach to the subject. (3-17-18)1
• Q: Please define Soul. (3-3-18)1
• Q: Please explain the loaves and fishes miracle. (2-17-18)1
• Q: How can we help an individual who has taken on the habit of gloom, to the extent that they cease to smile or respond to a friendly greeting? This person is so in need of light. How can we keep from falling under the weight of their depression, and still try to extend a friendly hand? (2-3-18)1
• Q: How would a truly illumined soul die? Would they make an ascension? (1-20-18)1
• Q: When we turn to God, when we are seeking divine guidance in our daily affairs, how do we know whether or not it is divine guidance? (1-6-18)1
• Q: How can I overcome nervous exhaustion? (12-16-17)1
• Q: Would you discuss the meaning of “abide in me, and my words abide in you” as in “If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it will be done unto you”? (12-2-17)1
• Q: Much is stressed on the importance of gratitude. How is this expressed when one is alone and in quietude by one’s self, or not in the company of personalities? Just praying daily, “I thank you, God, for blessings I have already received” seems insufficient. (11-18-17)1
• Q: I have heard it said that “Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matt. 5:48) means to have limitless love, even as God. (11-4-17)1
• Q: “Man is an individuation of God.” And that’s in quotes. (10-17-17)1
• Q: How do we not pray for things, when a seeming need arises, or a seeming desire comes to mind? (9-21-17)1
• Q: What is the role of patience in demonstration? (9-16-17)1
• Q: Does God ever have an impartation especially for you? (9-2-17)1
• Q: Please explain to your students the importance of eating proper food to stay strong for their work. It is misunderstood by some. (8-19-17)1
• Q: When I look out upon the world and see selfishness, unkindness and false sense, should I recognize that none of this is taking place out there, but is really an image or conception in my own mind? (8-5-17)1
• Q: Would you please explain the unreality of death and life eternal? (7-15-17)1
• Q: Does God have a plan for each person before he is born or is a person the maker of his own destiny? (7-1-17)1
• Q: The most frequently asked question in the world is: How is it, if there is a God, that there can be so much sin, disease, death, lack, and limitation, and wars – evil – on earth? How is it, if there is a God, that these horrors can take place on earth? (6-17-17)1
• Q: Will you please say something about parenthood? (6-3-17)1
• Q: Mr. Goldsmith, if you had a case of anemia, would you concentrate your meditation on the idea that there’s no life in it? (5-20-17)1
• Q: Can we give help to those who have passed on? (5-6-17)1
• Q: You spoke about stilling the mind. Can you give us more help with this? (4-15-17)1
• Q: It is so often stated that Jesus died for our sins. Will you please explain this? (4-1-17)1
• Q: Please explain illusion. (3-18-17)1
• Q: Joel often refers to “the white poodle.” What is the story behind the use of this? (3-4-17)1
• Q: What is the purpose of life? (2-18-17)1
• Q: When you are meditating, do you use positive statements, affirmations, or do you remain silent, keeping thought on some question or on a single idea? (2-4-17)1
• Q: Some of our students will remember that last year I brought to their attention a magazine article, in which an editor of a national magazine asked the question of prominent ministers, rabbis, and priests: “If there is a God, why is there so much sin, disease, death, and war on earth? If there is such a God as is taught in the churches, why do we have crippled children, stillborn children, moronic children, and other innocent victims?” (1-21-17)1
• Q: Do you consider it essential to study the Scriptures, and if so, what is the best approach? (1-1-17)1
• Q: After two thousand years of Christianity, why do we still have wars? (12-17-16)1
• Q: What does the word “transparency” mean? (12-2-16)1
• Q: There seems to be a contradiction in the two following statements: “The healer alone must accept responsibility for healing” and “There are those who are so engulfed in material sense that they will resist healing.” (11-19-16)1
• Q: We have said that God is the substance of all form, that God is the reality of all form, the substance and reality of all effect. Are we then to understand God as the substance of the body, trees, flowers, sun, moon, stars, and all that we cognize with the material senses? (11-5-16)1
• Q: Now I have two questions here on the subject of reincarnation. (10/15/16)1
• Q: Please explain the Scripture verse “Unless ye be born again of water and the Holy Spirit ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”[2] (10/1/2016)1
• Q: Does reiterating truth statements mentally ever result in these truths becoming an experience of Spirit? If not, what is the step? In The Art of Meditation, it speaks of these statements becoming “an experience of the heart.” Could this be what is meant by using the mind as a medium of awareness? (9-17-16)1