Circle of Christhood

Dear Reader,

Dear Friend:

All that has gone before this is as nothing unless you have seen that over and above all "knowing the truth," you must be overshadowed by the Christ.

When the Christ dawns in individual consciousness, the sense of personal self diminishes. This Christ becomes our real being. We have no desires, no will, no power of our own.  The Christ overshadows our personal selfhood.  We still perceive in the background this finite sense and at times it tries to assert itself and even dominate the scene.  "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do," says Paul.

But let it be clear to you that the personal self cannot heal, teach or goern harmoniously. It must be held in abeyance that the Christ may have full dominion within our consciousness.

The work that is done with the letter of truth, with declarations and sop-called treatmetns, is insignificant compared with what is accomplished when we have surrendered our will and action to the Christ.

Christ comes to our consciousness most clearly in those moments when we come face to face with problems for which we have no answer, and no power to surmount, and we realize that "I can of mine own self do nothing."  In these moments of self-effeacement, the gentle Christ overshadows us, permeates our consciousness and brings the "Peace, be still" to the troubled mind.

In this Christ we find rest, peace, comfort and healing. The unlabored power of spiritual sense possesses us and discords and inharmonies fade away as darkness disappears with the coming of light.  Indeed it is comparable only to the breaking of dawn; and the gradual influx of divine Light colors the scenes in our mind and dispels one by one the illusions of sense, the darker places in human thought.

The stress of daily living would deprive us of this great Spirit unless we are careful to retire often into the sanctuary of our inner being and there let the Christ be our honored guest.

Never let vain conceit or a belief in personal power keep you from this sacred experience.  Be willing.  Be receptive. Be still.

Sincerely yours,

Joel S. Goldsmith