Man Was Not Born to Cry [Paperback]

Joel S. Goldsmith (Author), Joel S. Goldsmith (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Acropolis Books (GA) (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889051322
• ISBN-13: 978-1889051321
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joel S. Goldsmith (1892-1964), a monumental teacher of practical mysticism, devoted most of his life to the discovery and teaching of spiritual principles which he founded and called 'The Infinite Way.' After the publication of his seminal book, 'The Infinite Way,' in 1947, Joel traveled throughout the world as a teacher and a healer. Although Goldsmith's message was neither organized nor advertised, students of The Infinite Way increased as people from around the world shared his spiritual wisdom.

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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely the Portal to the Mystical Life of the Spirit!, July 22, 1996

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This review is from: Man Was Not Born to Cry (Paperback)

Among the various Infinite Way books available, this volume is probably the best entry point for the layman to the subject of mysticism and the mystical life. From its pages spring forth words of spiritual comfort, as the reader is led gradually but definitely to the realization that he/she is not meant nor doomed to suffer the travails and woes of mere human existence. I remember that on the evening I first read this book, I could not let go of it until I had read it from beginning to end. It was almost daybreak when I completed the book. By then, tears of joy were welling and flowing freely, as I felt the deep sense of peace and utter relief that came over me. From that moment on, I was drawn to the mystical life where I have come to know the "peace that surpasses all human understanding".

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Precious Gift of Freedom, October 6, 2003

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This review is from: Man Was Not Born to Cry (Paperback)

From the moment I first opened this book..., to the moment I closed it..., in between..., and ever since..., its pages spoke loudly -- They continue to speak into my soul with a deafening roar! This book has been a most precious gift to me -- it can be equally such a gift to you! It is a treasure of unmeasured beauty! It is a simple gift of divine wisdom! A gift of unbounded and limitless blessings!

~ There is Glory in this book!
~ There is Magnifiscence in this book!
~ There is Grace!
~ There is God!

In each and every one of its pages, there is Spirit, and Truth, and Life! There is an unfolding of every Truth Principle we might need for living. The kinds of Truth Principles that enable us to live more fully, more abundantly. The kind that invite us to live the life, that by design, we were created to live. It is an invitation to that life. It is a clamouring call to awaken and live it! It is a life that silently awaits -- that has, always, been waitng -- ever so patiently - for us to acknowledge it, for us to claim it as ours! It is the eternal gift of a Creator to his creation!

The Truths of Christ's teachings, the Truths of all illumined masters and their teachings, are layed out for the taking in the pages of this most incredible book. The message is the same that has been spoken throughout the ages; The "call" is no different from that voiced since the beginning of time; It is God' message to his (prodigal)children, to each and everyone of us, to return home; It is God's "call" to us to "arise and walk" and live under his loving Grace! The only variant, if there be one, is the simplicity in which the message is given and the call is made: The author delivers it in our own language, for our own modern times, in which we live.

I can not recommend this book highly enough! I urge you to gift yourself with it! It is a must-read! More importantly, it is a must-live! And there is where the Grace of God must enter / flow in and out of us, to enable us to live, practice, the message of this book, from day-to-day, from glory-to-glory! That, then, becomes my prayer: That the Spirit of God that is within me, within you, within all of us, translate the words printed on the pages of this book into a message that finds its way into our daily living; That they may act as planted seeds, grounded in fertile soil, with firm roots that will extend deeply and widely, establishing themselves at the core of our very being, within our minds and its every thought and image, within the feelings of our hearts and its whispers, within our souls and its stirrings, that we may be truly transformed and our lives made "anew" in the Spirit that is our freedom!