On September 6, 2025, we will begin a study program on spiritual healing as taught in The Infinite Way.
What resources will we use?
It might seem natural to begin this program with The Art of Spiritual Healing. That book is indeed a significant resource, yet it was published in 1959 and draws only upon Joel’s classes through 1958. After its publication, Joel gave twenty classes on spiritual healing in Hawaii, about which he said: “I would like you to know this too—that I have embodied on ten tapes [two classes on each tape] the entire healing principles of The Infinite Way.”
In 1960, Joel also outlined another program on treatment work and healing principles. Beyond that, he continued his ministry for four more years, during which his presentation of spiritual healing deepened and evolved.
Other books also emphasize healing, though their titles are less direct. Joel described The Master Speaks as a superb, nondenominational book on spiritual healing, and Realization of Oneness carries the subtitle, The Practice of Spiritual Healing.
For these reasons, our study will not be confined to a single book or set of recordings. Instead, we will draw from the full breadth of Joel’s books and classes, selecting those that best illuminate the themes we explore.
What is included in the study program?
The study program will have five parts:
Part 1: Introduction / Overview
We will refresh our understanding of what spiritual healing is and is not, emphasizing that healing is not a technique, but the natural fruitage of a developed spiritual consciousness.
Part 2: The Principles
Here, we will emphasize that there are no separate healing principles; the healing principles are the same as the core spiritual principles of The Infinite Way. We will consider the nature of God, the nature of individual being, the nature of error, and the nature of prayer, and how each of these relates to the healing work.
Part 3: The Practice
In this part of the program, we will explore what is involved—and what is not involved—in spiritual healing. We will look closely at what constitutes a healing consciousness and how it can be developed. We’ll consider the subjects of treatment, impersonalization, and nothingization, as well as how a patient benefits from the practitioner’s work. We will also reflect on the importance of language in healing, and the respective responsibilities of both practitioner and patient.
Part 4: The Issues
The fourth part will address the issues that arise in spiritual healing, including the difficult question of why healing may not occur, as well as the various challenges that can present themselves in the practice.
Part 5: Beginning the Healing Work
Finally, we will explore how to begin the healing work, even when no one is directly asking for help.
Access to Recordings
After we hear a recording the first time, we will post it in the Study Center and on the telephone recordings line for the duration of the study program and for four weeks afterward. You will be able to access the recordings at any time, regardless of when you started participating. We are most grateful to Sue Ropac, on behalf of the Estate of Joel S. Goldsmith, for permission to post these copyrighted recordings.
It will be a joy to take this journey into spiritual healing with you.