Joel gave several beautiful classes on world work and topics related to world work. Since Joel’s recordings are still under copy protection, we have obtained permission to post these recordings for your online or telephone listening. Each recording will be available for listening at any time for one month after it is posted. There is a list of previously posted recordings at the bottom of this page.
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This month’s recording is Recording 486A, from the 1962 Los Angeles Special Class, titled “Christ Ascended.” This recording is the basis for Chapter 12, “Christ Ascended,” in The Art of Spiritual Living.
Preview of the Class
In his instructions for world work meditation, Joel tells us to “realize the Christ.” We all have our own interpretation of what that means, but can we go deeper into the meaning? In this recording, Joel takes us further into the meaning of “the Christ” and how our experience of the Christ can be instrumental in bringing the peace of Christ to the world.
Joel says that when you think of world peace, you may think as people have thought for centuries—that peace simply means no war. That isn’t peace, nor is it the peace that Christ promised. The “peace” that Christ promised is a peace that “this world” cannot give, a peace that does not come simply by “putting up the sword.” If we hope to bring freedom to the world, we must seek the peace that the world cannot give, the kingdom that is not of this world. Even though we may not know what “My kingdom” or “My peace” is, we know that we must discover their meaning.
If you can pull Christ out of two thousand years ago and consciously establish Christ as incarnated within yourself, if you can recognize and acknowledge that the Son of God, the spiritual presence and power of God, dwells in you, you have the secret of the spiritually harmonious life that gives the peace this world cannot give.
Then, remember that the Christ you have raised up in you is in every individual on the face of the globe. When you are one with this spiritual center of your being, you are one with the spiritual essence of all that exists everywhere on the face of the globe—and beyond. You are one with all being, and as you begin to experience the fruitage of your own spiritual contact in some measure, in that same measure, you bring that spiritual Presence to the entire world.
We pray, “Thy will be done on earth,” but it isn’t being done very much, as evidenced by the evil prevalent in the world. When will “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven?” First, you must demonstrate it to some extent in your personal experience by living and communing with this Son of God. Then you must remember that this same Presence indwells every individual, and that your recognition of It helps awaken it in the rest of mankind. This is your contribution to establishing “the peace that passeth understanding,” the real peace that will change the consciousness of man.
The recording will be available for listening through May 31, 2025.
April 1-30, 2025
Recording 474A: 1962 Princess Kaiulani Open Class
“The Principle of Power and Love”
March 1-31, 2025
Recording 562B: 1964 London Studio Class
“World Work 1964 – We May Not Pass on the Other Side”
February 1-28, 2025
Recording 504B: 1962 Cape Town Class
“Love Expressed”
January 1-31, 2025
Recording 252B: 1959 Halekou Special Work
“Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There is Liberty”
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