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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The recording for this month is Recording 356B, from the 1960 England Open Class, titled “Putting Up the Sword Is the Secret.” This class was not used as source material for any book.
Preview of the Class
In this class, Joel reiterates that there is no human solution to the significant problems of this world. But is there a spiritual power that can dissolve the evil forces that seem to be operating in the world and bring freedom, abundance, harmony, health, and peace to earth? Joel says we now know how problems can be met at an individual level, so we know how the world’s problems can be solved.
The secret of harmony is this: Evil, regardless of its name or nature, has no inherent power. If God didn’t ordain it, it isn’t ordained. If God didn’t empower it, it isn’t empowered. If we are even concerned with the world’s problems, we are doing nothing to help ourselves or the world come out of the mesmerism. But if, in some measure, we can prove in our own experience that evil isn’t a power, we will be ready to help the world.
Joel points out that there have always been tyrants and dictators we could blame for the world’s problems, but even though these people have come and gone, new ones appear. Why? Because the “axe has never been laid at the root of the tree.” We have lopped off branches but left the life of the tree—the belief that evil has power. Now, we must lay the axe at the root and stop fighting evil conditions. We must face them with the realization that because of omnipotence, they have no power. The harder we fight them, the more power we give them.
We can relax in the realization that there is only Omnipotence, the all-power of God, and anything that is not of God is not power. Then, we will be contributing to the safety and security of the entire world. Eventually, we will have the confidence to say, “Ten righteous men in a city can save the city,” and I am one of those ten who can say, “Thou couldst have no power.”
October 1-31, 2024
Recording 427A: 1961 New York Special Class
“World Affairs Spiritually Handled”
September 1-30, 2024
Recording 191A: 1957 First Halekou Class
“A Meditation: Ye Are the Light”
August 1-31, 2024
Recording 387A: 1961 Waikiki Infinite Way Center
“The Light That Dispels Darkness”
July 1-31, 2024
Recording 35A: 1953 Second Seattle Class
“Fishers of Men”
June 1-30, 2024
Recording 442A: 1961 Hawaiian Village Open Class
“The Secret of the Word Made Flesh”
May 1-31, 2024
Recording 428A: 1961 October Los Angeles Special Class
“Laying the Axe at the Root”
April 1-30, 2024
Recording 243B: 1959 Maui Advanced Work
“The New Life by Grace”
March 1-31, 2024
Recording 495A: 1962 London Special Class
“Nature of Spiritual Power”
February 1-29, 2024
Recording 387B: 1961 Waikiki Infinite Way Center
“Attaining the Light That Dispels Darkness”
January 1-31, 2024
Recording 356A: 1960 England Open Class
“Solving World’s Problems”
This class is one of three used as source material for Chapter 10, “The Government Is on His Shoulders,” in Our Spiritual Resources.
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