A downloadable MP3 recording of Consciousness Class 35 given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on January 17, 1974.

An audio recording on compact disc of the Consciousness Class given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on January 24, 1974.

A discussion about total consideration; discussion of energy and tiredness as related to levels of consciousness and developing awareness of those levels; definition of reasonable control and self-control; clarification of the Law that Like Attracts Like and becomes the Law of Attachment and that opposite poles attract the opposite in creation; instruction as to how to meditate and remove the obstructions to still the mind during meditation; interpretation of the soul’s review of previous incarnation and preview of the lessons to be learned in the next incarnation; discussion of awareness and understanding as it relates to the soul faculty of duty, gratitude, and tolerance; also, covered in this class are the topics of evolutionary incarnation; astral and spiritual vehicles of expression, the influence of the mass mind; matrimony and spiritual awakening; the giving up of attachments in order to make spiritual gains.

A downloadable MP3 recording of Consciousness Class 36 given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on January 24, 1974.

An audio recording on compact disc of the Consciousness Class given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on January 31, 1974.

An expansion of the teaching in Discourse 44 that God is a Divine neutral power which neutralizes or perfectly balances anything and everything that comes in contact with it and the value and benefit of attaining peace or perfect balance periodically throughout the day; explanation of biblical quotations of “many are called and few are chosen,” and “the sins or the errors of the parents shall be invested unto the third generation”; understanding of the soul faculties and the sense functions with the particular examples of duty, gratitude, and tolerance; reason, continuity, and greed and also an exercise to determine the extent of one’s gratitude; the meaning of selfless service and using service as a device; discussion of the illness of a child as being a reflection or effect of parents’ imbalance and how to help; the difference between the thinking process and the soul faculty of reason; discussion of the teaching that what we entertain in thought, we experience in life and how we give power to others; preparing for the here and now, not only on the physical plane but also in the astral, mental, vital, and spiritual worlds by facing ourselves, our thought and feeling forms.

A downloadable MP3 recording of Consciousness Class 37 given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on January 31, 1974.

An audio recording on compact disc of the Consciousness Class given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on February 7, 1974.

Remarks concerning facing oneself objectively and making the effort to grow in order to fulfill the purpose of the soul’s incarnation; much discussion upon the meaning, great importance, and various aspects of selfless service as the path to finding the God within—God as the greatest servant of all, examination of true motivation for doing service, joy in effort and not in recognition, and an awareness exercise to determine whether our thoughts and acts are selflessly or selfishly oriented; how to tell what work is right for a particular individual; the golden rule discussed in terms of levels of consciousness; organization and how it affects our lives; the meaning of spirituality; the relationship between individuality and personality; expressing through the soul faculties of duty, gratitude, and tolerance; understanding that thoughts of lack and limitation are a denial of our own divinity; expressing principle versus personality and how to stay in principle through receptivity to the Divine Intelligence when acting as a channel to help another to help himself; explanation of the divine flow as working through the principle of givingness; using a magnetic principle and calling upon spirit guides to rise to another level of consciousness; the relationship of attitudes of mind to parts of the anatomy and the electromagnetic field with example of how shoulder ache is related to not understanding or expressing courage; how to become aware that one is in a level of intellect when discussing things of a spiritual nature; how fear from the subconscious level discourages one from following through on an inner feeling to take a particular action.

A downloadable MP3 recording of Consciousness Class 38 given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on February 7, 1974.

An audio recording on compact disc of the Consciousness Class given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on February 14, 1974.

Commentary upon the fact that The Living Light is patterned after Life herself, in that there is nothing stagnant upon which the student can rest; the teachings are a guideline to show the student a way to use the faculty of reason; discussion of the divine merit system and the soul’s evolutionary incarnation into form; explanation that on Earth one uses soul faculty of faith to learn lessons; how to determine one’s lessons of life; what determines whether a particular soul returns to a certain expression, especially after reaching total awareness and becoming aware of the errors of the universes; what determines the rapidity with which we experience the effects of a law set into motion and how do we counterbalance a law; discussion upon retardation; the wisdom of charity; the principle of duality; the principle of change; success and failure; the duty of the soul to produce in a world of creation.

A downloadable MP3 recording of Consciousness Class 39 given through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin on February 14, 1974.