Being Us Perceiving God, a Radical View by Lewis Randa was written to be read in a matter of minutes, with the hope that the awareness it offers the reader might matter for a lifetime.

The book emerged from a profound personal transformation following the tragic death of a close friend of Randa’s daughter in 2010. During a period of grief and deep questioning, he experienced a vivid and life-altering dream that settled, in his mind, the question of whether there is a personal God guiding human existence. What the dream revealed was a radically different perception of the divine, one not separate from life, but inseparable from it.

Rather than seeing God as an external being existing outside the universe alone, Randa came to understand the divine as both beyond the universe and within it, present throughout all existence and consciousness itself. Humanity, nature, and what many call God are portrayed not as separate realities, but as expressions of a larger interconnected whole.

Blending ideas associated with Eastern philosophy, mysticism, and spiritual non-duality, Being Us challenges traditional distinctions between God, self, and creation. Suffering and tragedy are explored not as evil or randomness, but as part of a deeper reality often hidden from human understanding.

Written in a succinct, conversational style rather than academic language, the book was intentionally crafted so readers of all ages and backgrounds could connect with its message, an invitation to see themselves, others, and life itself through a deeper sense of unity, meaning, and shared existence.

BEING US was published by Palmetto Press in 2022.