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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This month’s recording, 342B, “Transparency and the New Dimension,” is from the 1960 Holland Closed Class. It was not used as source material for any book.
Preview of the Class
Joel begins by reiterating that there are no material solutions to today’s world problems. Neither agreements nor wars have solved them, and regardless of their good intentions, leaders have not found solutions. Yet there is a spiritual solution that can bring forth harmony.
We know that where God is, there is no problem; there is peace. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” “In Thy Presence is fullness of life and joy.” Therefore, the solution to world problems is to have God’s presence consciously admitted into this world. Individuals can do this who know God as the Father of all, and who are willing to let themselves be instruments for God’s power and presence to be made evident on earth. Consciously admitting the presence and power of God to the world is precisely the intent of world work.
To be an instrument, a transparency, through which God reaches mankind, we must be willing to give up the personal sense of life and live in the love of God and the love of neighbor. We must have less and less of self, and more and more of love, forgiveness, praise, and gratitude. We must be willing for God to touch the consciousness of the sinner, the tyrant, and the ignorant. We must live the way of love, free of judgment, condemnation, and criticism, with no thought of self-gain, self-profit, or self-righteousness. Only then can we be the instruments through which God’s grace reaches the earth.
The recording will be available for listening through November 30, 2026.
October 1 – 31, 2026
Recording 219B: 1958 New York Closed Class
“The Still Small Voice Is the Only Power, Part Two”
September 1-30, 2026
Recording 137B: 1956 Melbourne Class
“The Principles of ‘As’ and ‘Is,’ continued”
August 1-31, 2026
Recording 420B: 1961 London Closed Class
“The Nature of Spiritual Power”
July 1-31, 2026
Recording 400B: 1961 San Diego Special Class
“The Essence of The Infinite Way, continued”
June 1-30, 2026
Recording 323A: 1960 Chicago Open Class
“The Way”
May 1-31, 2026
Recording 341A: 1960 Holland Open Class
“Understanding God and Prayer”
April 1-30, 2026
Recording 55B: 1953 Second New York Practitioner Class
“Isaiah’s Nature and Fulfillment of Christ”
March 1-31, 2026
Recording 506A: 1962 Cape Town Class
“Past and Present Civilizations”
February 1-28, 2026
Recording 8804: 1956 Holland Closed Class
“The Word Made Flesh”
January 1-31, 2026
Recording 507B: 1962-63 Princess Kaiulani Open Class
“1963 New Year’s Message”
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