Living As God
P. Raymond Stewart
(Reviewer - Rev. Marie D. Jones)
2005 Namaste Publishing
ISBN: 0973651202

Healing the Separation. A profound & beautiful reminder of our spiritual union with the divine in the form of a modern-day sacred text.

Associate Reviewer Rev. Marie Jones writes:

Living As God: Healing the Separation is one of those rare spiritual books that contains such profound truths, that it can truly be called a modern sacred text. Author P. Raymond Stewart is, according to the book jacket, a pseudonym for the real author, said to be all of us as the collective whole. Whoever is responsible for this moving book, he/she is a writer with the extraordinary ability to present ancient wisdom in a clear & effortless manner.

The focus of the book is to remind us of who we are, where we came from, & to what we will return -- namely, the divine, & that our growing awareness of our connection to the divine, & to one another, is what will ultimately bring us back to the Source, & thus end all violence, hatred & despair.

Living As God does not so much try to teach actual tips & techniques for awakening to inner divinity, but rather it gently takes us on an inner journey of remembrance that urges us to just be, rather than to try to do.

As the author states so beautifully on page 69, “We are all different beams of the same light”, & this understanding of our unity with the Collective Soul & Mind is the crux of re-connecting to the source of all that is, & all that we are. This Source, & our connection to it, is the only thing that can truly bring us happiness, prosperity &; purpose, despite our constantly seeking for these things outside of ourselves.

Each chapter is like a brief essay, filled with lovely & inspiring language, almost poetic in content, that serves to bring us back into the flow of being in touch with our Self & turning away from the smaller self of the ego. Reading Living As God, one almost feels as though they are in the presence of a great master, for the author really has a way with words & presenting spiritual ideas, a way that evokes a feeling of possibility, wonder & awe. We can all collectively hope that another book is in the works, for the world could use all the healing it can get right now.

Living As God is all about being in the “right here, right now”, where life's real blessings exist, despite our obsession with the past & the future. & it is about coming back home to who we are & our unity with everything else around us, all of it equally divine. This is not a “how-to” self-help book, but rather a guidebook to the truths that already exist buried deep within each of us, just waiting to be rediscovered.
(06/19/05)

Rev. Marie D. Jones
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A RebeccasReads.Com Associate Reviewer

Reviewer's Bio:
Marie Jones is a New Thought minister, author of Looking For God In All The Wrong Places & a widely published writer of inspirational essays, gift books, short stories & magazine articles. She is also a screenwriter, & has produced a children's storybook video series for Gigglebug Farms Productions. she holds a Masters Degree in Metaphysical Studies & is a licensed pastoral counsellor.