William Samuel ~ The Simplicity of Reality ~ Non-Duality

A reading of selected excerpts from texts and talks given by
William Samuel. William Samuel (1924-1996) was born in Alabama to
a Jewish father and Christian mother. Samuel taught and wrote
from his home at Mountain Brook, Alabama, for over 40 years. He
was a spiritual teacher who taught and lectured on the subject of
metaphysics based upon the Absolute, or as referred to today,
non-duality. Samuel never sought to be well known or venerated
himself, and did not embrace the idea of being called a
"teacher". However, he has been widely recognized by many as a
genuine true Master. Samuel also preferred not to be labeled,
categorized or assigned to any religion, particular study, nor
tied to any spiritual teaching. William Samuel was the first
American student to meet and sit with Ramana Maharshi, and
recounts the meeting in a short anecdote: “Some years ago I was
honored to be the first American student of a renowned teacher in
India. For fourteen days a group of us sat at the feet of this
"Master," during which time he spoke not one word—not so much as
a grunt—until the final day when he bade us farewell and assured
us we had learned much. And to my surprise, I had. It took months
before the seeds of those silent days began to sprout one by one,
revealing that there are indeed many things for which the
uptight, recondite babble of books and teachers is more hindrance
than a help.”


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