Worshipping the fountain rather than drinking the water

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Hi,

 

I came across this piece on the William Samuels website.

 

I only recently heard of William Samuels but he sounds wonderful.

 

Cheers,

 

WW

 

You see, every time the Seminal Idea has appeared in the world as an

articulated philosophy that can be understood and put to the living

test, it has been distorted by its own cult of leader worship. In all

history there are few Lights who have withstood the temptation to

accept personal veneration.

Look what churchdom has done to Jesus, and what a golden calf

Christian Scientists have made of Mrs. Eddy. How much time is spent

worshipping the fountain rather than drinking its water!

 

Q: Why do you not permit a following?A: I think that's been answered

already. It isn't that I don't permit a following; I simply don't

encourage one. I go to great lengths to stop any personal veneration

of Sambo. Please understand, to whatever extent I allow Samuel to be

the object of praise and veneration (instead of God-self) to the that

same extent I create the tangible situation which must appear to bring

Samuel down in the eyes of the venerator. That is self-flagellation I

can do without. It is difficult enough already for the few of us on

earth who have been given the task of waging worldwide battle against

the power of belief. Most tenacious among those beliefs is the

insanity that one must be either a leader or a follower. Allness

leads what? Singleness follows whom?