The Substance Of All Form - by Joel Goldsmith

The Substance Of All Form by Joel Goldsmith refers to Reality & precisely 'how' to live in alignment with the Law Of "Divine" Life; the Eternal Law of Omnipresence Here & Now.

Consciousness is the All & ONLY Substance of Life in Perfect Self-Effulgent Omniaction, unchallenged & unchallengeable in its permanent Completeness. This Universal Truth cannot be 'separated' and is thus the specific Truth. This is why Awareness & Experience are synonymous. To Know Thy Self (As One - I Am That I Am) equates to 'right' experience; Heaven.

There isn't a more important converation for genuine aspirants. If you're asking the transcendent question - What Am I? - then you must know that genuine embodied Self-Recognition is the 'right' way of Oneness. In Truth, Knowing One TO THE EXCLUSION of what appears to be anything else (because there isn't anything else) is the Christ way; tangibly knowing manifest Heaven Now.

Enjoy this listening/reading below & the insights that will reveal Heaven right where you are. DON'T believe what you think you 'see/think/feel' as ANY kind of Reality, certainly not one capable of keeping you from your Omnipotent Perfection!

BE Truth Beloved (aka BE OMNIPRESENCE) & you WILL Know Thy Self in Pristine Grace & Glory, already Fulfilled, Whole & Complete.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCSlaUbqJME

Key 'takeaways' from The Substancy Of All Form by Joel Goldsmith - the 'way' to KNOW unchallenged Reality As I Am Now:

Role of Receptivity and Listening in Accessing Consciousness

Joel provides us with 'practical' guidance to be restored in our Inherent Unchallenged Perfection As One in 'receptivity' as follows:

1. Turning Within, Not Reaching Outward

You don’t reach out to a distant God; you "turn within to your own consciousness":

- You turn within “in a state of receptivity with that inner listening ear”.

- God is revealed as individual consciousness, “the real substance of your being,” closer than any external power; nearer than breath & closer than hands & feet.

So receptivity and listening are how you shift from looking outward to recognizing the kingdom of God within.

2. Not Telling Consciousness What to Do

A key point is that receptivity replaces mental effort and outlining:

> “You’re not to say things to it. You do not have to ask it for what you want. You do not have to tell it what you need... turn within, in a questioning attitude of receptivity, with a listening attitude, and let it unfold and disclose and reveal itself to you.”

So:

- Not: pushing affirmations, demanding specific outcomes, or mentally scripting the answer.

- Yes: quietly listening, allowing what is already true in consciousness to reveal itself.

3. Allowing the “Finished Kingdom” to Reveal Itself

Receptivity and listening are tied to recognizing that the kingdom is already complete:

- You’re not trying to create good (Creation is a misnomer - Completeness IS As All NOW Is); you’re letting the already-finished good “unfold, disclose, and reveal itself.”

- This is how “the activity of individual consciousness appears as demonstration in whatever form of good may seem necessary and wise at the moment.”

Thus, listening is the way the finished Kingdom becomes visible in experience.

4. Distinguishing Consciousness from Thinking

Speaker 1 makes an important distinction:

- Consciousness is not your thinking mind or reasoning process.

- The thinking mind is only a vehicle; consciousness is the Substance or Reality behind it.

Receptivity and listening are the posture that step back from mental effort so that this deeper consciousness can function. It’s less “thinking about truth” and more letting truth announce itself.

5. Trust and Surrender of Personal Outlining

Receptivity also means trusting consciousness (The One "I AM") rather than trying to control outcomes - it is CRITICAL to be standing In & As Truth/Conscious Awareness to KNOW Truth 'tangibly':

- The farm-and-oil story shows how outlining (“more strength to work the farm”) can limit what consciousness wants to reveal (the oil).

- Listening receptively says: “Show me what is already prepared,” instead of “Give me what I’ve already decided I want.”

So the role of receptivity and listening is:

- To stop obstructing the activity of consciousness with personal will.

- To let consciousness lead to forms of good you might never have imagined.

SUMMARY

Core Message:

The entire session centers on God as individual consciousness and the practice of turning within to realize and express this consciousness as our good.

Key Understandings:

- Consciousness is One and Shared

- There is only One Consciousness, which we all share.

- Awakening is not gaining something new, but removing unawareness of the perfection already present.

- God as the Substance of All Form

- God is described as infinite, eternal, immortal—and the very cCnsciousness of the individual.

- There is no far-off God; God is “closer than breathing and nearer than hands and feet.”

- Activity of Individual Consciousness

- All genuine good in our experience—health, supply, right opportunities, right people, right ideas—is the activity of our own individual Consciousness.

- The Eddie Rickenbacker story illustrates that it was the activity of his own consciousness appearing as food, rain, and safety.

- Infinite Scope of Consciousness

- Consciousness is infinite, like an ocean.

- The glass-and-ocean analogy: you only receive as much as you are willing to “bring” to it in Awareness (small glass vs. buckets).

- Receptivity and Listening

- Access to this consciousness is through turning within in quiet receptivity, with a “listening ear.”

- You do not need to tell it what you want, name the problem, or push affirmations.

- Instead, you recognize the finished Kingdom here and now and let Consciousness unfold, disclose, and reveal what is needed.

- Not Outlining or Limiting the Demonstration

- We are warned never to outline what the demonstration “should” look like.

- Farm-and-oil story: praying for strength to work the farm could limit the far greater good (the oil).

- Trusting the activity of Consciousness allows higher forms of good than the mind can imagine.

- God Found Within, Not in the World

- The Holy Grail story is used to show that people search outward for happiness, peace, and fulfillment, only to find it in their own Consciousness.

- When human effort and seeking are exhausted, the inner treasure is discovered as **what we already are**: full, complete, whole, inherently happy and abundant.

- Spiritual Path and Oneness with God

- The spiritual path is described as the ongoing unfoldment of Consciousness.

- As we practice receptivity and trust, we grow in awareness of our Oneness with God, eventually reaching the full realization symbolized by “overcoming the world.”

In essence, this session teaches that God is the very Consciousness of your being, and all true good is the natural, spontaneous activity of that Consciousness, revealed through quiet, trusting receptivity, not through effortful seeking or outlining.

CONTEMPLATION

Allow these prompts below to inform YOUR "Praying Without Ceasing" 'aligned' LIVING Truth Being. Truth is NOTHING BUT practical to be known tangibly, only you can know for yourself. If you like, you could pick one quote per day and sit with it in silence, letting it “unfold and disclose and reveal itself,” just as the talk suggests:

1. God as Individual Consciousness

> “There is no far off God. God is closer than breathing and nearer than hands and feet. Why? Because God is the consciousness of the individual.”

> “We have taken the veil off the subject what is God, and we've revealed God as individual consciousness.”

> “Think of God rather, as the real substance of your being, the very center of your being into which you can reach in silence and bring forth a whole world of harmony, peace and health.”

2. The Activity of Your Own Consciousness

> “It is the activity of your Consciousness which appears as the health of your body, as business opportunity, as the right knowledge at the right time, as the meeting of the right person at the right time and under the right circumstances. It is the activity of your own Consciousness appearing as your experience.”

> “God is my individual consciousness, and it is the activity of my individual Consciousness which appears to me as home, business or money or as talent, genius or ability.”

3. Receptivity and Listening

> “From now on, give not only much thought to this, but practice it, so that when a need of any name or nature arises, you will immediately turn within to your own Consciousness in a state of receptivity with that listening ear and let your Consciousness unfold, disclose and reveal whatever is necessary in your experience.”

> “When you turn within to this infinite Consciousness of your being, turn within in the sense of living, listening, of receptivity, of waiting for it to reveal itself.”

> “You’re not to say things to it. You do not have to ask it for what you want. You do not have to tell it what you need… turn within, in a questioning attitude of receptivity, with a listening attitude, and let it unfold and disclose and reveal itself to you, recognizing the finished Kingdom is here and now.”

4. Not Outlining the Demonstration

> “Never outline your demonstration to consciousness. It might not be what Consciousness has for you at all.”

> “Suppose you do outline and you do pray to God for more strength to work your farm, to plant it, to sow it… when right there, all the time is the oil waiting to spout forth.”

> “Do you see, never tell your Consciousness what you think your demonstration need ought to be. It may not work out that way at all.”

5. The Holy Grail Within

> “Our search for God is not out in the world… all the time, it was the activity of their own Consciousness. And when they gave up all worldly means and exhausted, gave up their search, it appeared.”

> “Consciousness is the all and the only. The Consciousness where you are right now you need nothing else.”

> “Explore consciousness right at the very source and cause of I and you will make the discovery of the Holy Grail… the greatest treasure that has ever been that is you full, complete, whole, inherently happy… truly in possession of everything running over, overflowing with more to give than you could ever have imagined.”