Sweet websites

07-21-2000, 06:02 PM

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
HarshaSatsangh! 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