Sweet websites

[Guest guest]

I'm posting this for Sandy Jones (willsam), a beautiful friend in

Ojai, California. As the webmistress and literary executor of the William

Samuel estate, she has just updated the William Samuel website at

http://www.williamsamuel.com/ . I think she's also a member of NDS and/or

! She edits a printed newsletter, and also handles the

distribution of William Samuels' books, audio and videotapes.

 

William Samuel (1924-1996) was a remarkable teacher, a true American

original. He had been exposed to various Western metaphysical teachings,

and then while stationed with the U.S. Army in Asia during WWII, he learned

Taoism. He synthesized these Western and Eastern understandings into a

sweetly compelling non-dual, heart-filled, down-home American idiom in

several books, including A GUIDE TO AWARENESS AND TRANQUILITY, THE CHILD

WITHIN US LIVES!, and 2 + 2 = REALITY. Although not widely known by the

spiritual community, Samuel wrote books, received visitors and corresponded

with his readers from his home in the American South for almost twenty

years. Here is a quote from A GUIDE TO AWARENESS AND TRANQUILITY:

 

"There are not two selves, God and me. Or, we could say,

there is not God and humanity. There is God and God being

Self-aware. God's Self-awareness is this Self-being-reader,

aware of these words. There is no other "you" or "me."

 

There are some related sites. Sandy has her own site at

http://www.celestialsong.com/ and features a book called CELESTIAL SONG

coming out soon. Excerpts are on this site. She communicates with

irrepressible joy, lightness and charm. As she says about her book, "This

book is for any one who wishes to be happy and carefree. These little

glimmers of light will lift your heart." Even her site itself looks happy.

Who can resist?

 

Another site is maintained by Rose Burrows at

http://www.peace-and-tranquility.com , for contributions by those attracted

to William Samuels' teaching. Check out the moving butterfly-pointer and

falling flower petals on these pages!

 

With love,

 

--Greg