The Infinite Way message was brought to this world through the spiritual revelations of Joel S. Goldsmith. It is a mystical message that teaches spiritual principles to live by and practice for harmonious living, and it is a blueprint for the attainment of God realization. Joel described The Infinite Way this way:
“Let me explain briefly what The Infinite Way is: It is a spiritual teaching consisting of principles which anyone may follow and practice, irrespective of his religious affiliation. The Infinite Way reveals the nature of God to be one infinite power, intelligence, and love; the nature of individual being to be one with His qualities and character, expressed in infinite forms and variety; and the nature of the discords of this world to be a misconception of God’s expression of Himself in His universe. These are universal principles based on the message of the Master, Christ Jesus, who taught that man can realize his oneness with God through conscious communion with God, thereby bringing about peace on earth, harmony, and wholeness.”
(The Art of Spiritual Healing, Chapter 4, “The Language of Spiritual Healing”)
Joel Goldsmith first wrote about The Infinite Way message in his book The Infinite Way. He published the book himself, knowing that there might be no interest in the book, and that the copies would remain in boxes under his bed gathering dust. However, the books sold out so quickly that a Los Angeles publishing company asked Joel for permission to publish a second printing of the book and give it a national debut in bookstores. Joel agreed, and The Infinite Way became the first ambassador for the message of The Infinite Way. Many more books followed. Some were written to illumine key aspects of the message; others compiled collections of Joel’s Monthly Letters to his worldwide body of students.
Early in his teaching ministry, students asked Joel to tape record his classes. He agreed, making it possible for even more students to learn from him. In 1951, Joel established The Infinite Way Office, where he kept all these original recordings, as well as his original book manuscripts and writings. Establishing the Office ensured that students would always have access to the authentic Infinite Way materials. Seventy years later, this Office continues that same mission, preserving, maintaining, and making available all of Joel’s original work so that students can be instructed by this spiritual master himself.
Joel lectured throughout the United States and around the world, but he went only where he was invited, and he never advertised. Even as Joel continued to author books and maintain a demanding worldwide teaching schedule, he carried on an extensive healing and practitioner ministry. His healing ministry was a demonstration of the spiritual principles of The Infinite Way message, and The Infinite Way name became and remains recognized around the world by the sheer momentum of its spiritual application.
Joel S. Goldsmith had a deep respect for and an abiding confidence in the God in mankind. He knew that The Infinite Way message would find a home with those individuals who were meant to begin a spiritual journey beyond words and thoughts, because he knew that it is the Father within us who awakens us to seek Him aright. The Infinite Way message is an individual experience. There are Infinite Way students all over the world, and there are thousands of stories from students who found this message in wonderfully timely and mystical ways. The message instructs us to seek God aright in the secret, sacred silence of our inner kingdom. While there are many of us all over the world, we are not a congregation. Our bond comes from the shared desire to seek God aright and to live in this world harmoniously; to be in the world, but not of it.