Explaining "God" In the Light of Non-Duality      

  By Sandy Jones

I was recently posting some of my thoughts at the Urban Guru Cafe. They have very graciously hosted an audio Podcast of William Samuel. They invite people to make comments about the Podcasts they present.

I felt that there might be some confusion about William Samuels' message among the neo-Advaitists, who aparently do not use the word "God" in their teachings (I am not sure of this, it just seemed like it when I read the adavitists blog, forums and so forth) William is very much about "God" and he uses the word quite freely, even though he too is 'pointing to' the Oneness of All That Is.

So I wrote this for them and I think you may get some insight from it also:

I have never studied “advaita” but I have understood Life as Being One Identity for a very long time now. I have seen how this Understanding of Oneness as Life Itself, began to show up everywhere over these last few years. As more and more recognize the Reality We Are, it seems as if a huge field of wild flowers is blooming in the Spring—

So, I took notice and I wanted to share William Samuel's wisdom with them, as he has such a way of communicating with simplicity and honesty that he makes our understanding of All This much easier.

I realized that this “advaita” thing was the exact same teaching that I had found many years ago when I studied William Samuel’s messages—Back then this study of Reality/ Identity/ Truth/Oneness really had no name, but those interested in it would call it something like 'The Metaphysics of the Absolute'.

I also notice that these wonderful and enlightened “neo-advaita” gurus seemed to shy away from the word “God”. They use words like Being, Source, Brahman, Pure Awareness but they do not use the word “God” so much.

Well, I do understand why; I know that too many folks get hung up on words and the word “God” can be an enormously sticky one, and unfortunately, off-putting for some..

I understand that today's modern "nondualist" approach is ‘trying to clean the slate of conditioning' so that we might see with Fresh New Eyes. Using words like "God" seems to congure up some very high hurdles for some.

So, it occurs to me that this might be a big help to those who are a little put off by William’s use of the word “God” and his Bible references and 'Chirstian' sounding phrases; William wrote a little booklet back in 1958 titled Two Plus Two Equals Reality and it explains through wonderful analogies a most marvelous “non-dual” definition of “God”—

As the story goes about this booklet, William owned a little bakery and many would stop by to discuss “Truth” with him—He would always have to explain what he meant by the word “God” so he wrote this little booklet to give to those who came to him with The Perennial Questions—He also wrote it for “The California Atheist Club” that would stop by his bakery twice a year on their way to and from Florida for the winter—They loved to talk to Bill about his “Absolute” metaphysics–

The booklet Two Plus Two Equals Reality—Is still available--I have it posted as a free PDF that can be downloaded in the books section of his website: http://www.williamsamuel.com

Or you can order from Amazon.

It is really a most amazing little book, although written in an old fashion kind of 1950’s Sweet Southern tone—-The Truth is the Truth—

I have a feeling that many of you would really like it.

Anyway, The Truth isn’t bound to meet human expectations and we all know that This Unbound, Unlimited, Unrestricted Light-I-Am (you are) is beyond words–So, go get that little book and I think you will find his ‘analogies’ to be really some of the best and truely helpful as you travel This Loving Path of Self-discovery.

Find the free PDF on William's website on Books page--scroll down that page, you will see 2+2 = Reality a free down load for you. http://www.williamsamuel.com   

 It is also available from Amazon

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