This book is for those who want Illumination itself, not a description of it--and for those who want to know how to live it. This volume, THE AWARENESS OF SELF-DISCOVERY, is a companion to A GUIDE TO AWARENESS AND TRANQUILLITY. It will expand the themes presented in that book and permit a degree of insight into the not always easy, but requisite living of them... This book is intended for those who want peace of mind and are prepared for it. Those who are prepared are those who are willing to leave old landmarks--willing to forsake ego and intellectuality. Those who do will find these words instantaneously effective. All of us who have lived this philosophy have found that we are able to see the immediate end of much personal agony the instant we pull the rug from the under our former value judgments. It is our continual ''This is good and that is bad; I love this and hate that; this is valuable and that worthless; this, dangerous, that safe, etc.'' that precludes either a clear perception or a full enjoyment of the Perfect NOW. Mystic, Writer, Teacher of Truth and Self-Discovery William Samuel taught and wrote from his beloved hills of Mountain Brook, Alabama, for over 40 years. William was a brilliant and prophetic spiritual teacher who taught and lectured on the subject of metaphysics based upon the Absolute, or as referred to today, non-duality. He was a prolific writer of truth, science, religion, and spiritual awakening. William Samuel's work continues to illumine many, as he has the ability to share those ideas which are nearly impossible to put to words. His message on Awareness and the Here and Now has been shining a light of wisdom and providing those much needed answers to the perennial questions for thousands of seekers who have studied his simple, yet profound and liberating message of Truth. William Samuel was known as the ''teacher's teacher'' perhaps because so many teachers come to study with him. There was an inordinate number of philosophers, theologians, and members of the academe among those who would seek his help and guidance toward Self-Realization and greater understanding. He was a humble and authentic mystic who could communicate in ways that allowed those who listened to find ever growing insights toward genuine Self-discovery. It seemed to William that he would get the most earnest and dedicated students of Truth. Among them were quite a number of Taoists and Buddhists who had found William's message and came to study--even some who were called Masters. Many have gone from his study to become authors, writers and teachers of Truth, as William's work gave them the clear insight, understanding and unbound knowing they had been searching for. In some marvelous way his story has been found by the metaphysical and scientific elite of all the word--at least by a few. He said ''When it is told perfectly, my whole world will hear.''