Living the Illumined Life

Original and Authentic Acropolis Books, Inc. is dedicated to preserving the author's original and authentic teaching. This book is published with exclusive permission from the Estate of Joel S. Goldsmith. “There are two ways of life open to a person here on earth,” says Joel Goldsmith in Living the Illumined Life. “There is the human way, the way of the unillumined, and there is the spiritual way, the way of the illumined.” What is the difference? The unillumined individual is living by and through his own powers, wisdom, and strength, Goldsmith explains. It is a life of toil, effort, and worry, often limited in education, limited in experience, limited in background, or limited in finances. The illumined individual is living in conscious awareness of an indwelling Presence, Being, Power. He has realized that he is not living his life alone: “I live, yet not I; this spirit of the Lord God which is upon me is living my life.” This is a life of infinite capacity and complete freedom. Gol