Saturday, February 4, 2017

Identity Discovered and Lived

Excerpt from

"A Guide to Awareness and Tranquillity"

by William Samuel

Overspreading this Self-perception is God's knowledge of the contraries—what God is not, making what God is, fully understood. To whom? To God's perfect Self-Image, the Child we are.

As we get this straight and begin to see the subjective idea—“I am perceiving/perception happening; I am Awareness itself, perceiving naught but my own perceptions”—the correct identification become more and more the basis for our thoughts and actions. At this point our experience begins to undergo greater changes.

“But, Sam, this is the whole question. How do we go about making the proper identification become the basis for thought and action?”

Good question. How do we do this? By the conscious acknowledgment (knowledge acted on) that the Ineffable, the Supernal One, Isness, Reality, Godhead, is the only possible Identity that actually exists and is, therefore, being this Awareness-I-am here and now. Hanging onto this realization, we slowly let go the old sense of self. Who is the old one who says MY mind? We let that one go “line upon line” and the greater Identity confirms Itself “precept upon precept, here a little, there a little.”

This is the first step toward the “rebirth” spoken of by those who know what they're talking about. When the Child within (The God Identity) is really acknowledged, It comes alive. We feel it. With this Child, that we actually feel within, comes a simultaneous refutation of the old bastard's view of things—and, blessedly, a natural forsaking of them. We also let go the thoughts and actions that supported the “old man's” position. Suspicion, doubt, judgment of the motives of “others” and many forms of judgmentalism simply vanish.

“Would you say this experience is essentially God's experience rather than mine?”

In reality, of course—and not just essentially, but totally. But at the same time, the world experience is the time we are still saying, “ This is my experience and that is yours.” It is also the time we're saying “This is good” and “That is bad.” From the peak of the mountain—Identity discovered and proven—things under our feet are, for the most part, understood. At this high place, one looks in retrospect to see without doubt that nothing but God has ever gone on. We understand without equivocation that the world experience is our own step by step, line upon line discovery and confirmation of that fact of God's allness.

Yet the Child within us (which is the Christ of us!) allows us to suspect this a long time before we're atop the mountain in conscious fact. Inwardly we're claiming that no Identity exists but God, and doing this, sometimes, against great odds; outwardly, we're slowly beginning to live judgelessly and to see good, God, in everything. Do you see?

(Pause) “Hey, I'm starting to understand! Yes, yes!”

If you would like further guidance in understanding any of William Samuel's work based on Self discovery you are welcome to contact me, Sandy Jones - samuelandfriends@gmail.com - Ojai, California -