Throughout his entire teaching ministry, Joel Goldsmith taught the spiritual principle that God is expressed as individual consciousness, 'as your consciousness and mine.' Often he used the scriptural quote: 'The place where thou standest is holy ground' to emphasize this principle. As Goldsmith says in I Stand on Holy Ground, 'There is but one God, and that God is within you. He is with you if you mount up to heaven; He is with you if you make your bed in hell; He is with you if you walk through the valley of the shadow of death. God will function in your experience in the moment of your recognition of Him.' In I Stand on Holy Ground, Goldsmith brings the reader to a profound understanding of how to live a spiritual, contemplative life, consciously aware of the presence of God within and constantly recognizing the key mystical truth: 'I and the Father are one.' He shows the practicality of abiding in this truth, as when he says: 'Where the threat of danger lurks, you will find your
