William Samuel Quote:

The days have already begun when we shall see the world as it is presently perceived come tumbling about our feet in a strange sickness and inscrutable insanity.  Within a personal concept of self, it is inevitable that we shall see what appears to be a mysterious mental madness eating away at the victuals of a society holding itself separate and apart from Reality.  Indeed, soon to make its appearance under the guileful label of individual and collective freedom will be a searing, drugabetted, uninhibited and nearly unrestrained metaphysical upheavel of such masochistic proportion that it will lay bare, dismember and devour everything conventional and familiar.  It is our inescapable obligation to help as many as are willing to discover, uncover and be the Tranquillity untouched by turmoil-a tranquillity as effortlessly available as our own Identity.  Those who find it are enabled to be passers-by, tall and untouched by the world.  Those who find it are healed.

Recognizing the Authentic One

    Most of us need a guide to help us recognize the very delicate and ever so gentle murmurings of our own heart. 
       
 A valid 'teacher' is one whose guidance comes from within his own Being; s/he has not only heard the message within but lived it and proved it so.  S/he will be speaking from his/her own experience and not from the words of others.  That one will be pure of heart, most humble and does not claim to be a teacher but a way-shower...one that can point you to the moon but you have to see it for yourself.  

Prove Me now herewith!

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others
and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us,and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak,  the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.                             

 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
   

        With this quote in mind, I would like to share with you how I found such a teacher that led me directly to the joy and wisdom of my own heart...not that I hope to convert anyone. I am simply sharing with you how my shopping frenzy finally came to an end..


       I searched through many secondhand stores, junk stores, department stores, warehouses, and pawn shops...religion, psychology, self-help, malls of New Age and power of mind...flotation tanks...rebirthing and hyperventilating in hot tubs ... hypnosis, even tried walking on hot coals...trans-mediums, spiritualism, Unity and New Thought...healing classes, Course in Miracles, metaphysics, eastern and western philosophies, Infinite Way and I did not find my Heart.  Basically, I had learned to be a shopping addict in search of a way to improve the human condition.  I had eliminated a few possibilities.  I did know that what I was looking for had nothing to do with mind control but I was still living in duality.  I was seeing a mortal man said to be illusory, something to deny and discard.  What a struggle it was trying to be spiritual.
     
  It is said that when the student is ready the teacher will appear.  That was certainly the way it was for me. Right where I was, Heaven opened up and dropped into my lap three beautiful  books written by William Samuel, a soldier turned luminary who discovered The Presence on the battlefields.  Bill was a most prolific writer who could address the most complex subject matter by communicating heart to heart.

       
  I read  " 2+2 = Reality", "Awareness and Tranquility" and "Awareness of Self-Discovery".
        
  I knew this message was different but I was not able to discern how the message differed from what I was studying at the time, namely "The Infinite Way" teachings of Joel Goldsmith.  There was a  feeling here in Bill's writing, there was something fresh and new, yet familiar.  What was it?  I didn't know for sure until I ordered and read "The Child Within Us Lives.Well, then I put away the old teaching and stayed with Bill's message.  What an I-Opener!  Yes, it was clear to me now that Bill's writings put me in touch with the Joy in my heart, a joy that was a homecoming!  Once I came upon "The Child Within Me Lives"  it became my constant companion, satisfying not only the heart but the intellect as well.  I never felt the need to read other books after this one. This is not to say that I haven't read another book since, but that I didn't read out of need because that which I sought I now have...I am it! 
 
Shortly after, I listened to a tape entitled "Springtime in Alabama" and I heard:  

...The value in any message of truth is in direct proportion to that message's insistence that we turn within and discover for one's self the message, the divine identity that has ever been all one is...

... The honest truth message, as we said, lies in one that turns one to discover himself within, one that turns one within where the real discoveries are made, to turn within to the secret place, to the holy of holies, to the Shekinah and there find the true message. The beauty of such a message, it seems to me, lies in its fulfilling the function of way showing, but doing it void of theory, void of speculation or commentary and it's a message that doesn't bind the seeker, it doesn't induce guilt nor encourage the veneration of the messenger or the messenger's words. The childlikeness of such a message encourages one to find the beauty and power and the wonder of his own words and to express the discovered life within...

... If, as is the case with nearly all organized theology, the message speaks primarily of healing and demonstrations and of altered states of consciousness, and all of those peripheral events, such a message can be as stultifying and misleading as it is helpful. Therefore, it isn't worthy of identity. 

     ...Ultimately, we have done with following the messages of others to become the finder or our own Messiahship, we find our own message. Salvation lies in this action and in no other. The first freedom and the last freedom lie in self-discovery. That discovery is immaculate, untouched by anyone else. It is a virgin discovery and recognition of deity within and without. Any message that has one following a personal leader or teacher for anything longer than is absolutely necessary to find the authority that one himself is, is a distorting, thwarting teacher...       
 
          The words contained in the above frame were my "Damascus" experience.... a very warm and loving, soft and ever so, gentle Presence responded to these words,  yet it was the greatest power I had ever known.  It was my heart's response to truth...unmistakable...  ...undeniable...  "Yes..Yes!  Yes!!!  This is IT! This is IT!  I felt it, I heard it, it was loud and crystal clear! The words were electrifying, empowering!  My heart tells me true!  My heart does know and this is how it tells me.  It tells me what is true; it tells me what is untrue; it tells me I am Truth, I am Love, I am simplicity and gentleness and trust and joy and beauty.  Love am I.

         I had always known but now I knew that I knew, I felt it so intensely!.  This is how my heart tells me true!.  It is Love and Love is this feeling.  This is how my heart tells me what is true and what is untrue!  This feeling is It! I knew my Heart!  Now, I knew I could never again be duped, my shopping spree was over! I had found My Beloved One, the Child that would hold my hand forevermore!  I was  out of the shopping malls, away from the crowds, away from the neon lights...the Boutique had come to me, quietly, unobtrusively!  My Child was a painless home delivery!  A friend had brought me the books.  Bill's words breathed life into my soul, he woke me from the dream. His words were the Song in My Heart, My Song of Joy, I recognized my very Heart and Soul in the soft gentle living Love that I felt so intensely.  It was Love felt, recognized, known, alive and living!
 
       From this experience I became aware of so very many times I had encountered this Sweet Presence and passed it by. I passed it by on the other side, searching for something more flashy, more spectacular...I'm not sure what.  This experience told me it is true,  heaven truly is spread over the face of the earth.  I saw that my Heart introduces Itself in 'little joys', as Bill referred to them...the pennies from heaven...ordinary daily living, extraordinary when seen through the eyes of the Child. The evening shadows of tree branches dancing in the wind, how I knew the Love they revealed now that I had eyes to see.  I saw and felt them forever in my life never recognizing what I had.  A Child happily running to catch a butterfly...trusting and living in the joy of the moment!  Gentle breeze caressing my face and blowing through my hair! And what about the feeling of glory of a starlit night!  As a child, the joy of running carefree in large fields with my grandfather looking for pretty wildflowers and spotting a happy yellow buttercup dancing in the breeze,  waiting just for me! The magic of all those images in the clouds and all the stories they could tell!   All those carefree moments when the Child came out to play!  Those 'little joys' were always there.  I had always known, but never realized it was that simple; I never realized it was so humble.  I can look upon all the wasted pennies cast aside for lack of recognition of their value.  Well, I did wake up from the dream!   Those words in Bill's tape, when I realized that is how my heart speaks to me, that is how I know. This is what I was searching for.  Inspiration, the daily bread, the manna falls from heaven.  That which I seek I am.
 
       The mall experience (living the 'is not') is my Cinderella story.  There is work to do and we do it, we pay the price and then we get to know what is. The fairy godmother appears and we get to go to the ball...and we drop our slipper and our Prince comes in shining armour .  Our prince arrives!  Light dawns and Light is living Love.  It isn't necessary to change the human scene.  We walk the edge of the sword between the two worlds, understanding the reasons for the "is not" and knowing what to do about it.  We understand and love our world; we give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's. What a love story! 

       I am grateful to Bill, my wayshower and to Sandy Jones who was a dynamic booster, she was the midwife that delivered My Child to me!

      I did not find my Heart in a religious teaching or Joel Goldsmith or any of the other teachers I met along the way but I know that all of them played a part in making the truth plain.  This is not to say that mine is the only way.  I am not surprised if you find your way via religion or an eastern philosophy or a different teacher.  Love knows the way for each of us.

        It was a matter of a few weeks from the time I opened  "2+2+=Reality" to this experience with "Springtime in Alabama".  Every line I read of William Samuel's writings touched my heart strings, every line was a journey to the core of my being.  His message was fresh and new, uniquely his.  He was so childlike and the most effective teacher I have ever known.  William Samuel pointed me to my Heart and I found My Love!
      "In My House are many mansions!"
Love and Living Light to all of you,
 
- Rose Burrows
 
 
And the end of all our searching shall be
to return to the place where we started
and know it for the first time.
 
- T.S. Eliott    

Becoming a Child Again

It is Jean and Marie's child that is full of trouble - that suffers, that is lonely, confused, tortured and even desperate.  Jean and Marie's child does not seem to be able to find a lasting peace or solution to his problems. 

When he was a child, Richard knew that his parents loved him and he knew they would take care of him.  He did not try to resolve his problem. When trouble arose he automatically, instinctively ran home to the comfort and safety of his parents' loving arms.

As I go back in time to the days when pride was such a governing force in my life,   I recall becoming a single parent and having this thought:  “My little chicks and I will do it ourselves”.   I did the best I could at the time but I did have to eventually capitulate and get off my pedestal. What a slippery slope that was! That determination did not hold water for very long.   The better and only way to go is to become a child again.

“Unless you become as a child again
you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.”

 And how can one accomplish that?  The only way I know of is what I was  inspired to do and have done.  That is to TRUST.

“ Trust in the Lord with all your heart
 and mind and soul
and lean not
on your own understanding.”

Listen to and follow your Heart.  That is and has been my guiding light for some time now and I know it is right for me for I return to those lines when I am in doubt or troubled in any way and I an always comforted with the response: “I shall never leave you or forsake you.  I am within."

My experience has been that in times of trouble or confusion, letting go of the issue, not wrestling with it but simply letting it go and trusting and knowing the Truth is the way to freedom. 

Taking the high road leads to knowing "what to do" in the tangible, everyday life.

"Thou shall know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

As I reread my words what astonishes me is that I do not really know the bible but of late, these quotations seem to pop up out of the blue in support of my own writing.  The Child is so amazing!  It never lets you down!

Love, Light, Liberty!

The Eye of the Storm

The Eye of the Storm
by:  Rose Burrows

Let the wind blow, let the storm rage
Observe the tornado, so fearsome it seems
Feigning doom and disaster
A drama of chaos and confusion
Of death and destruction
Yet the eye of the storm is silent and still
Undisturbed, untouched by the images below
The storm, a passing scene
Waxes and wanes
The Eye, the Center of peace
Everlasting and Real, Is and Ever will Be
The I Am that I Am

Come to Me Now, 
come to My Meadow and rest
Tarry a while, forsake all your burdens
Discard the pebble from your shoe
Relinquish the search and forever be free
In childlike Wonder observe
The extra-ordinary in the ordinary
Love needs no doing, It bids you just "BE"
It is Here Now... Here, There and Everywhere
Accept it for you, just for You
The Alone One You are
Is the Eye of the storm

“The Child”

The child is a soul
That is lost in its oversized garments.
Let the parents give him a childhood
That will adjust to the size of his heart.
Show him what is visible to his eyes
In turn he will let you know
What is invisible to yours.
The child is man’s father.
Raise him and he will raise you.
Something in his smile knows.
Do not try to make him happy.
All children already are happy.
If they are at times unhappy
It is perhaps that the adult
Tries to make them happy when they already are.
Who is the child?
I believe that it is a being
That remembers being One with God
And tries to relate it to the adult
Who does not even remember being a child.

African poem
Wakonda 1900
 
Translated from French by myself 


"L'Enfant"

L'enfant est une ame
Qui se perd dans ses vetements agrandis
Fassent ses parents lui donner une enfance
Qui s"ajustera a la taille de son coeur.
Montrez-lui ce qui est visible a ses yeux,
A son tour, il vous fera connaitre
Ce qui est invisible aux votres.
L"enfant, c"est le pere de l'homme,
Elevez-le et il vous elevera.
Quelque part dans son sourire, il sait.
Ne cherchez pas a le rendre heureux
Tous les enfants le sont.
Si ils sont malheureux quelquefois,
C'est peut etre parce qu'une grande personne
Cherche a les rendre heureux alors qu'ils le sont deja
Qui est l'enfant?
Je pense que c'est une etre
Qui se souvient avoit ete en Dieu
Et qui essaie de le dire a des adultes
Qui ne se rappellent meme pas avoir ete enfants...

Your Own Message

Your Own Message

You have longed and yearned for and wished to know the Truth and have been looking "out there" and listening to the words of others.  But which one is telling the Truth?

You will find the Truth hidden in your very own Heart in your very own words, your very own language.  If you need help to 'slay the dragon' it will be for a relatively short period until you learn how to take back your own power, how to claim your own divine inheritance. 

William Samuel suggested in his books to pick up a pen or pencil and start a sort of journal by writing every day something good, something  beautiful, something that makes you smile, something that makes your world feel happy.  Doing this is like knocking on your heart's door.  It is the first crack at getting to the real treasures.  You are not going to get the diamonds right off the bat.  You have to prove yourself just like in any other love story. 

At first it doesn’t seem like much.  Personally,  I read such beautiful eloquent enlightning words from William Samuel and Sandy Jones and mine were not so grandeloquent, so lofty to say the least.  They put me in mind of a young child running home to proudly present a bouquet of dandelions to his mother and the mother is so touched at the gesture, she gives them a place of honor and thanks him profusely.  It is the pure and innocent intent of the offering that is important.  You do not need to be a poet laureate to please God and you have to walk before you can run. 

When the child is inspired to start walking his legs are pretty wobbly.
He trusts his mother enough that he feels secure holding her hand knowing that she will hold him up until he is ready to let go.  Likewise, you may need a coach for some time but you will find your own wings and fly away freely.

Well, I took my dandelion bouquets to Sandy Jones and they were well received.  I got the coaching and the help I needed and sure enough I found my own message written in my Heart.  It is my heart’s desire to share it with my ‘others’. 

I love you!

                  

                    Letter to a Friend

What I want to say to you is that God didn’t let you down. God will never let you down. It’s the church that let you down.  They gave you the wrong idea about God and made you dependant on their teachings.  THEY, not God had you on your knees praying praying praying  and begging God to hear you...you don’t treat your children that way.  Are you better than God?  Just think about it.   Is God stupid enough or mean enough or forgetful enough that you have to beg and beg to try to influence him to bend an ear your way and listen to your wisdom.   That is how the church controls you.  They keep you from thinking for yourself.  They keep the truth from you to stay in control.  They brainwashed you and con- trolled you..and now you’re left holding the bag!

Do you know where to find God?  God is nearer to you than your fingers and toes and closer than your breathing.  Listen to your Heart.  That’s where you find God!  I kid you not.  I’ve spent 35 years doing that and I couldn’t be happier than I am today even with the failed marriage, just like you...the leg and surgeries...actually they were gifts that helped me get where I am now...completely happy!  So I know for sure that God knew better than I did what was good for me.  I can’t tell you how happy I am.  I can just be me with no apologies! That’s why I told Steve to cut the cake in four!!!  I was having so much fun with all you guys.   It’s silly...it’s fun...and it doesn’t hurt anybody.  And you were all such pleasant company.

You think the world isn’t perfect...no it certainly isn’t...if it were I wouldn’t have searched  for the Real Truth for myself...I would have been the puppet on the string always feeling guilty and scared and unsure of myself and full of dreams that could never come true - just how you said your rosary over and over and over again and thinking that would influence an angry God to save you from hell and keep your kids on the straight and narrow.  The worst you might get in this world is a few minutes in the naughty corner!!! ha ha! Do you think yourself higher than God, that God is meaner than you or me?

Do you think that God is just moody or bad tempered?  What do you suppose he’s so angry about anyhow?  And what about the b.s. about being damned for eating an apple they were asked not to eat?   The “original sin” is believing all this crap that you listened to so devotedly and  now you feel like you’ve been stabbed in the back and rightly so.  Your soul is created in the image and likeness of God.  If the church was honest they would tell you that
the place to find the truth is in your very own Heart.  The place to find peace and wisdom and courage and strength and love and joy is in your very own Heart. 

 You know what God is?   God is not a superman up in the sky or a Santa Claus that rewards you if you’re good and if you’re bad “to hell with you!”  God is good.   God is not even a  person.  God is LOVE!  That’s what God is.  And being God’s Child means you are love too.  You have a divine DNA imprinted in your heart/soul sure as you have a human DNA.  Honest to God you do.  And if you quit battling with the world and just get quiet and listen gently with your heart, you will KNOW it’s true!  YOU will KNOW the truth for yourself and the truth will set you free.

You think you’re left with nothing for all your praying?  Look again!  God reads the intention in your heart and your heart was/IS pure.  There is LOVE in your heart...there is love in your family Jeanette.   You love your family so much and they love you!  Can you get a better gift than that?

It’s not a matter of location.  God is as much at the Timbucktwo Assisted Living as he is in the big city “avec les mechants!”   You CAN be happy!  You can feel good about yourself.  And when you pray they will be “Thank God” prayers IF you’re willing to do what it takes to reconnect with the treasures of your Heart that you’ve been cheated out of by the church. 

Try to feel the love and joy in your heart  Jeanette.  Relax...go for a walk and feel the breeze on your face and smile while you’re walking.  Look and don’t go home until you find something GOOD!!!  Something to smile about!

Remember that you are God’s Child and that God loves you.  That Child holds your hand on one side and God's in the other.  

 “'He will send his angels
 To watch over you and to guard you and,  'They will lift you up, so that 
You will not strike your foot
Against a stone. ”  
(Doesn’t sound like an angry God to me!)

God did it for me and one of the angels He sent me was your son.  Be very proud of him Jeanette.  He is so precious, so big-hearted, so kind and so generous.  Plus, he is fun to be with.  He knows how to crack a joke and he likes to laugh!  Now there is something you can be happy about.  Just add it to your list of the blessings in your life and love will grow until there is no room left in your heart for all those dark thoughts!

I wrote a little book some years back about an exercise I did with my grand kids.  I called it “The Little Love Light”.  I had forgotten about it but recently a lady in the US wrote to me and said that it was the key for her to feel that happy loving feeling that we all so wish for.  It does happen Jeanette...that is why I was laughing at your b-day party...you can feel carefree and happy and joyful in spite of all the misery in the world when you know the truth....anyhow,  back to the book.  It should have been a recording...a CD but I didn’t know how to get it on CD so I wrote the book.  I want to try to fix that because I think it might be useful for you and others who are in the same boat as you...having been conned by the churches.  But for the time being, the little booklet is available on the internet.  If you’re interested I’ll make sure you get one.

Don’t put it off  Jeanette!  I’m not kidding you!  You can get so that you don’t even care about that place you’re living in if you’re happy in your heart.  If you’re ok in your heart your world will be ok too.  I’m telling you the TRUTH!!!