The Art of Meditation

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Summary: Brilliant Joel Goldsmith
Review: As with most of his work, The Art of Meditation does an excellent job of illustrating Joel Goldsmith's approach to prayer and meditation.

The key to happiness, says Joel, is to make conscious contact with the presence of God within. Prayer and meditation can be excellent assistances in this regard.

The Art of Meditation isn't so much a "how to" book as it is a "why to" book. After years of diligently praying and meditating, Joel Goldsmith himself received inumerable insights and helped thousands of people to heal.

Highly recommended, along with almost all of Joel's other work.

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Summary: Provides spiritual insights on which to contemplate.
Review: Being a Christian in a twelve step recovery program, I was in search of books on the topic of meditation. Goldsmith's "The Art of Meditation" surpassed my expectations and presented me with an alternate to the "mystical" appraches to meditation that are so popular today. It has been very helpful to me, uplifts me and glorifies God.

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Summary: Sparse information
Review: Goldsmith throughout all his works stresses the importance of meditation as the superior method to entering reality. But he does not provide many details as to how to meditate. If you have not read any of the authors other books it might be better to start with Living The Infinite Way. If you are looking for books on meditation you might want to examine Thomas Merton (Christian) or Hazrat Inayat Khan (Sufi) for instance.