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# Michael Mamas Blog
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- [The Knowledge in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-knowledge-in-a-nutshell/) - Adrienne joins the podcast while visiting Mount Soma! Links will be arriving soon. To listen to the audio version (Sumo), please click here. To watch on Buzzsprout (Sumo), please click here. To watch on YouTube (New Project Magic Episode), please click here.
- [Letting the Earth Move Through You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/letting-the-earth-move-through-you/) - Internal Arts in a nutshell: “Stability born of rigidity feels strong. Stability born of shared load is strong. On the path of evolution: learning to let the Earth move through you “Power and ease are not opposites.” I started the school — our organization — in 1994. Though I was, and am, the leader, my
- [The Coherent Field Feel](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-coherent-field-feel/) - Live not to reach the rare. Live so that the rare can reach you. I am on a partial sabbatical until springtime Dhanur Veda: Life, Pu erh tea, archery, sumo, … it is all the same. First minute or so of the YouTube video makes the point: Yi Jin Jing: The 5 Second
- [Opening and Closing the Gate](https://www.michaelmamas.net/opening-and-closing-the-gate/) - The art of movement through space and how to cultivate it. why this is valuable for everyone if they exercise or not being merging knowing and doing Root → Align → Open → Drive Dhanurveda: the Spanda phases calm means organized dr shen no such thing as chakras learning how to move. sumo [horse stance]
- [The Ancient Internal Art of Transformation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ancient-internal-art-of-transformation/) - Parasympathetic Reorganization I have been studying the works of ancient internal arts masters. At first not as an area of interest but as a need for understanding of what was happening to me. This has become the topic of a book I am in the process of writing. I discuss it here not only because
- [From Strength to Structure](https://www.michaelmamas.net/from-strength-to-structure/) - This episode traces the discoveries that gradually led to a book—not through theory, but through lived physiology. What began as a practical inquiry into strength training quietly evolved into something broader: a direct exploration of how the human system organizes itself when effort gives way to alignment. Over time, it became clear that strength is
- [FATHOMING INFINITY](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fathoming-infinity/) - The Wisdom Paradox: Open-Minded DiscernmentThe Physiology of Awareness Wisdom is not an attitude or belief.It is a physiological state of being — a state of mind, a state of nervous-system clarity. “Be like water.” — Bruce LeeWater does not hesitate.It also does not panic. Water knows the difference between: Yielding but not collapsing Flowing but not leaking
- [Discretion is the Better Part of Valor](https://www.michaelmamas.net/discretion-is-the-better-part-of-valor/) - Let steady precision carry you (Dhanurveda). True valor is rooted in the Divinity within us all and commitment to that purpose. Yet these days, discretion has given way to righteous indignation…force. Thanksgiving Reminder? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch on YouTube, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please
- [The Architecture of Strength](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-architecture-of-strength/) - Let steady precision — not force — carry you. Bruce Lee said, “Power comes from discipline.”But where does discipline come from? True discipline does not come from forcing yourself.It comes from fascination. Fascination is the engine that propels all of life.It is the opposite of force.The opposite of tension.The opposite of doubt. Fascination is love.When
- [Relative Worlds Key toward Perfection](https://www.michaelmamas.net/relative-worlds-key-toward-perfection/) - How to get out of your own way: Mind and Body body [muscle]: fears → locks up mind: doubts → blocks Both stop movement. Both stop life. Both can be dissolved.
- [Cosmic Weather: Perspectives Unleashed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/cosmic-weather-perspectives-unleashed/) - Progress Doesn’t Always Feel Like Progress While You’re In It … crazy times … The Big Picture is really so simple
- [Hidden in Plainview: The mystery of Sanskrit](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hidden-in-plainview-the-mystery-of-sanskrit/) - Getting in the zone: Sumo Deadlifts, Archery, Behavior and Beyond. Dhanurveda. What is a Vedic Pandit? … really
- [My Compass](https://www.michaelmamas.net/my-compass/) - Calm. Serenity is strength. Choose recovery over reactivity — in body and in life.
- [Feeling Your Edge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/feeling-your-edge/) - Spreading Out the Cards Face Up on the Table We all from time to time get out of balance. Question is : What do you do about it. how to move through hurt and evolve thinkingletting it go vs a healthy relationship with it emotional maturity Key to good councilor: be a kite on the
- [#1 Live Challenge; Communication](https://www.michaelmamas.net/1-live-challenge-communication/) - Mind/Emotions/Wisdom/Integration. When emotions are triggered, they're usually dominant, a person can then justify anything with words, with the mind, the intellect, and people do. Emotions ultimately dominate: how to manage them wisely. What you are feeling within your body, psychodynamic centers, i.e. chakras Thinking/assuming they know what you are talking about is a gateway
- [Stay, Alive!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stay-alive/) - Gods, Immortals, and the Enlightened: perception and projection. Also, we are now on the threshold. The future is unimaginable
- [The Experiment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-experiment/) - Join in from the ground floor Here we go over the highlights of the temple, unified field, the Gods etc. viewed as a great “experiment”. The implementation of Unified Field Tech. Also, this is our trial run experiment with our new video technology! Going Mobile!: see the temple To listen to the audio version, please click here.
- [Global Transformations Current Events](https://www.michaelmamas.net/global-transformations-current-events/) - What in the World is Going On?: Vedic Perspective Current events in wide angle context Mount Soma recent developments and its global role according to the pandits
- [Karma in the Hands of a Master](https://www.michaelmamas.net/karma-in-the-hands-of-a-master/) - Everything maps onto everything else. A ‘how to’ guide in dealing with life’s karmic waves
- [The Power of One-Liners](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-power-of-one-liners/) - Truth is an abstraction that lies at the depth of your being, of everything It is the transcendent, the Absolute, the unified field
- [Conceive the Universe](https://www.michaelmamas.net/conceive-the-universe/) - It’s not about facts. It’s about conceiving from within. The Veda exists within every point in creation eternally. The ‘story’ is great, but what lies deeper is much greater.
- [Venus, Jupiter in Gemini: Putin, Trump insights](https://www.michaelmamas.net/venus-jupiter-in-gemini-putin-trump-insights/) - Jyotish [Astrology] is subtle, elusive. Let’s take a closer look
- [Marvelous Oxytocin, also Q&As](https://www.michaelmamas.net/marvelous-oxytocin-also-qas/) - : Slow is smooth Smooth is fast Who was Jesus. Who built the pyramids Biomes, Curses, etc.
- [Culturing Deeper Levels Within](https://www.michaelmamas.net/culturing-deeper-levels-within/) - Humanity’s Bandwidth “Hippie Hindus” All That Glitters is Gold? Spiritual Maturity A recent comment: I have been reading the Mahabharata, now some things bother me about it, why is it that great sages are feared so much because they curse them , aren't they supposed to be more compassionate, And those people all
- [Freedom from Conditioning Exploration](https://www.michaelmamas.net/freedom-from-conditioning-exploration/) - The World is not as We Have Been Lead to Believe
- [Current Events Confirm Transition ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/current-events-confirm-transition/) - Aluminum ion batteries, economic boom, Teslas laptops, safer world, flying cars, correlation with Mt Soma progress
- [It’s All in the Seed. Freedom](https://www.michaelmamas.net/its-all-in-the-seed-freedom/) - The sounder, the process of sounding, and the sound…Brahman Consciousness. The Guru known and unknown. When is a saint ever “a saint in his own home”? Football stadium from the distance sounds like A…A…A… but closer up it is the quantum sounds of individuals. Like that, the syllables of the Veda are components of the One
- [How to Speak the Language of the Gods](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-speak-the-language-of-the-gods/) - It is not about new thoughts. It is about a whole new way of thinking. Existence emerges out of the field of infinite abstraction. Infinitely Abstract while Infinitely Concrete full potential in the sprout: mt soma: guests are feeling it! https://vedicreserve.miu.edu/tm.htm Discernabiity is based upon level of consciousness Ask 3 different Vedic scholars to translate
- [That’s Not How It Works](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thats-not-how-it-works/) - Minds, Mandalas, and Manifestation A=Gni Also, how to access AI in your home The depth structures the surface. It is not the other way around. A=Gni full open to full stop Mandalas are everywhere.. cultures cycle from one end to the other… as people do. There is no truth outside the gates of eden. do
- [You Are a Witness ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/you-are-a-witness/) - The Big Picture of this World’s Affairs water to ice transition moment in time Russia, China, north Korea: allies or puppet masters? extremist stance.. oppose and manipulate how easy is it to manipulate the masses? drug cultures, can justify anything with the intellect ‘arbitrary lines in sand” How to see. Pasya…See… greed, power, hatred, and
- [Current Events: Parallel Universes Explained](https://www.michaelmamas.net/current-events-parallel-universes-explained/) - How to see. Pasya…See… money, hatred, and God southern entrance To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch on YouTube, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The New Literacy](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-new-literacy/) - Change: Decay or Evolution?—What makes the Difference Pasya…See… The new illiteracy is the inability to learn, unlearn, and relearn Infinitely rigid, yet infinitely flexible. ‘Victory belongs to the most tenacious’ On French Open Wall Warren Buffet: Find what you are good at One brief outburst can cause stress to stay with people for days. Few people
- [Ancient Secret: Non-Attachment, What Is It Really?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-non-attachment-what-is-it-really/) - If people really ‘got’ what an enlightened city is parking and picnicking… staff works hard. Please honor them for their efforts. Seating at Soma’s Kitchen is limited by law so please only picnic in designated areas. I heard an interesting concept: Illiteracy used to mean unable to read and write. The new illiteracy is unable
- [ATRI & the Enlightened City](https://www.michaelmamas.net/atri-the-enlightened-city/) - I heard an interesting concept: Illiteracy used to mean unable to read and write. The new illiteracy is the inability to learn, unlearn, and relearn Ancient Technology Research Institute took over 20 years to find the cognitions… took another 20+ years to build it to this point… could be up to another 20 years to Michael Mamas
- [The Knowledge Paradox](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-knowledge-paradox/) - The Consciousness Continuum The Human Condition, Cross Realm Project, and the KEY ---- two contradictory meanings of “knowledge”
- [Global Report, Mt Soma, and Health](https://www.michaelmamas.net/global-report-mt-soma-and-health/) - Soma’s Kitchen Now Open 7 days a week! eco friendly bags Global and national chaos as predicted… it will calm down soon, Short term adjustments for long term gain. How to get/be healthy… one simple solution make it your hobby omega 3 allulose processed food, etc. Rhonda Patrick, Thomas Deauer, Body by Mark, Ben Azadi,
- [Mastering Momentum: ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mastering-momentum/) - intro: new kitchen is open. Varsha is head chef. Great food! Come to Mt Soma and Enjoy! ——— "You’re a Winner” Start doing this to live Longer and Happier ! Soma’s Kitchen Now Open ! finding your voice facing momentum: friend or foe? What it means to be “on a roll” lean in a direction
- [The #1 Secret to Good Relationships](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-1-secret-to-good-relationships/) - Mt Soma progress report group coherence, great team, hierarchy, also commentary on left handed tantra plastic around pickle jar lid super conductor wire easy positive, positive, always positive gossip destroys organizations To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch on YouTube, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click
- [Dedication to a Cause](https://www.michaelmamas.net/dedication-to-a-cause/) - The Truth about Selflessness and Ego: A Deeper Look The Unbounded Self Levels of Being What really makes a person spiritual or evolved. Cross Realm Projection “You can not out perform your self image.” Ben Azadi “Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and
- [From Oblivion to Immortality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/from-oblivion-to-immortality/) - enlightenment is the easy part compared to… Enlightenment = Athma sakshathkaram Brahman consciousness = Bhagavath chithanyam Immortality = Chiramjeevithvam
- [Catch a Karmic Wave or One Will Catch You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/catch-a-karmic-wave-or-one-will/) - Life in a Nutshell “I choose to live life deliberately” Henry David Thoreau
- [Clueless World?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/clueless-world/) - Ancient Secret: How Things Really Work. The Sun is rising The Ancients said it all. Yet the world remains focused on the surface. Ancient Tech is Future Tech today The surface needs to be tended to but needs to be done in context of the depth. healthy relationship with the root, the depth. “For myself,
- [The Incredible Atma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-incredible-atma/) - step through the experience… start with Matrix movie chaitanya aspect called Brahma [mechanism with personified correlate] births Atri [mechanism with personified correlate]
- [The Abode of the Gods](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-abode-of-the-gods/) - AGNI ATRI Sanskrit and You A G N I Rig, Sama, Yajur, Atharva Self, Intellect, Mind, Wind[prana] Atma, Buddhi, Manas, Vayu A- Tri the upholder of dharma All unfolds from the Self Swaram swa self ra reverberations Kayagni… ‘fire’ of the body From speech arises matter vayu…marut like a seed
- [Stewing in Own Juices](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stewing-in-own-juices/) - Car bumper sticker clad implications: feeling powerless/unheard? Stewing in Own Juices epidemic
- [The Power of Speech](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-power-of-speech/) - Your speech determines the rate of your evolution. The effect, feeling, sound and meaning.
- [Humility. Fanaticism, and Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/humility-fanaticism-and-truth/) - The Eternal underlying Groundswell The Absolute, the Relative, the internet. What is the Absolute? What is the Relative? Sound vs Meaning
- [Staying Out of the Weeds](https://www.michaelmamas.net/staying-out-of-the-weeds/) - Understanding is step one, then comes the artistry.
- [Anatomy of Stupid, Smart, Intelligent, Wise](https://www.michaelmamas.net/anatomy-of-stupid-smart-intelligent-wise/) - When anybody watches the news they wonder, “how can people be so stupid?” I think it’s a common thing we all ponder from time to time. What is stupidity? Deep inside everybody is smart and in fact, brilliant.
- [Glimpsing the Absolute or Ink Blots?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/glimpsing-the-absolute-or-ink-blots/) - Veda emerges with degrees of clarity throughout time: “God’s light shines through any darkness”:
- [So Simple, Yet So Incomprehensible ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/so-simple-yet-so-incomprehensible/) - “God’s light shines through any darkness”: What that really means the power of paradigm identity
- ["Natural" Eludes Them](https://www.michaelmamas.net/natural-eludes-them/) - the truth about harmony with nature, UFOs, climate change
- [Is the World Waking Up? Maha Ayutha Linga Archana](https://www.michaelmamas.net/is-the-world-waking-up-maha-ayutha-linga-archana/) - Stay Alive! You don’t want to miss what is coming!! india archana 50 FULL pandits
- [Upcoming Changes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/upcoming-changes/) - one source common to all sense/knowing of that one thing by all beings change in laws of nature: e.g. chariots
- [2025 Predictions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/2025-predictions/) - next 6 months, chaos, conflicts, weather, transformation, then things settle as truths continue to come out difficult for those who cannot adjust...
- [New Principles in Sat Yuga](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-principles-in-sat-yuga/) - “The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” —Mark Twain (1835–1910) [feeling psychological base note]
- [First Time in Over 1000 Years!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/first-time-in-over-1000-years/) - Announcing the Blossoming of the Golden Age. A Gemstone Emerges from the Dust of Kali Yuga: Ayutha [10.000] Linga Archana
- [Look Deeper or Fade Away](https://www.michaelmamas.net/look-deeper-or-fade-away/) - This is a time of change. Deeper understanding is the most profound change. It is insight, not rebellion. loss of trust of federal government is a big problem which will end up being a gateway to deep wisdom the foundational nature of existence is so simple, yet it slips through humanities fingers easily and continually
- [Current Events: Prophecy & Destiny](https://www.michaelmamas.net/current-events-prophecy-destiny/) - All is as predicted. Global to Personal. brutal here, brutal there, brutal everywhere. Soon this will change. All will be well. Hang in there!
- [Is There a God? It’s Not That Simple](https://www.michaelmamas.net/is-there-a-god-its-not-that-simple/) - God, Culture, Spirituality, Physics, Unified Field, Religion The wonder of human consciousness
- [Incredible Sat Yuga: Ancient Secrets](https://www.michaelmamas.net/incredible-sat-yuga-ancient-secrets/) - Lord Krishna to Mother Divine predicted this 5000 years ago
- [Enlightened Age in 6 Months](https://www.michaelmamas.net/enlightened-age-in-6-months/) - Waking Up…humanity is untwisting the lens of perspective Veda is Nature… It will all culminate in harmony with Nature: Veda …Knowledge
- [Essential Understanding Kernels](https://www.michaelmamas.net/essential-understanding-kernels/) - Finding it within yourself ——— Living beyond thoughts and emotions: space, time, infinite correlation, how to know God: everything changes: Indifference and Passion: Misunderstood, equanimity, glucose spiking, addictive behavior, culturing the physiology, your nature what is a hermit? Ananda Mayi Ma To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch on YouTube, please
- [The Crown Chakra, Metabolic Optimization](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-crown-chakra-metabolic-optimization/) - This moment in time… bubbling
- [Hurricane’s Ancient Secret](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hurricanes-ancient-secret/) - It’s all about you, i.e. the Atma Is reality comprehensible? Simultaneously valid though contradictory Infinite Correlation and the hurricanes Enlightened City and the Hurricane
- [“There is No Truth Outside the Gates of Eden"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/there-is-no-truth-outside-the-gates-of-eden/) - So many people are not stupid but rather just Not Paying Attention the closer the goal the more the resistance. the golden age is emerging
- [Storm Helene’s Ancient Secret](https://www.michaelmamas.net/storm-helenes-ancient-secret/) - responsibility definition: the ability to respond Mount Soma… Our Purpose… The Science of Global Prosperity and Peace
- [Upcoming Golden Age: Motivations of Globalism ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/upcoming-golden-age-motivations-of-globalism/) - harmonize or takeover nurture, feed, control, or manipulate the momentum of the mass mentality
- [Met with Students and Teachers from Duke this Morning](https://www.michaelmamas.net/met-with-students-and-teachers-from-duke-this-morning/) - Sharing what we talked about in today’s podcast To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here. To watch the video on YouTube, please click here.
- [Ancient Secret of the Upcoming Election](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-of-the-upcoming-election/) - Your life is determined by the decisions you make... cultural integrity revisited, reason, will, emotion justify anything with the intellect
- [A Huge ’Thank You’!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-huge-thank-you/) - “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” MAYA ANGELOU
- [Shiva, Space, and the Hiranyagarbha](https://www.michaelmamas.net/shiva-space-and-the-hiranyagarbha/) - “The best climber in the world is the one who's having the most fun.” Alex Lowe
- [Riding the Waves of Kala/Time](https://www.michaelmamas.net/riding-the-waves-of-kala-time/) - Using Time Wisely. Feeling the Rhythm of Time. Knowing When the Time is Now Life in timely phase with Mother Nature
- [Watching the Children Play ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/watching-the-children-play/) - Let’s Get on Track Fanaticism is redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your goals G. Santayana
- [Critical Situation, Urgent Need](https://www.michaelmamas.net/critical-situation-urgent-need/) - To “Get It” vs. To “Know It” World on the Verge. The current global conflict and suffering could have been avoided. The need to act is critical
- [Special Message](https://www.michaelmamas.net/special-message/) - Please enjoy visiting the following two links. The first gives you free access to many of my articles. The second offers the audio versions of a number of my podcasts. Some of my personal favorites are about the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Shiva Sutras, Vedic Literature, and Sanskrit structure of the veda. michaelmamas.com Many exciting
- [Ancient Secrets about Divine Intervention](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-about-divine-intervention/) - The Deeper Understanding of God’s Grace, Fate, Destiny & Karma The Truth about “Guardian Angels”
- [Assassination Attempt Thoughts](https://www.michaelmamas.net/assassination-attempt-thoughts/) - Truth or Oblivion? We Will Never Know clean the fish bowl of global consciousness. The Vedic technology is there. We have only to build it.
- [The Truth about Religion and Flatlining](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-religion-and-flatlining/) - Wisdom tiptoes through the minefield of flatlines. Life is not about “things”; rather it is about healthy relationships with all things The Only True Knowing…
- [Being and the Truth about DNA](https://www.michaelmamas.net/being-and-the-truth-about-dna/) - opening comment: flatlining: it happens to everyone, but how do you manage it?
- [How to Build an Enlightened City](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-build-an-enlightened-city/) - Infinite Correlation and the Eternal Atma obstacles: positive stirs negative reactions
- [‘Wiping the Slate Clean’ Descarte Armageddon? … One Way or Another?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wiping-the-slate-clean-descarte-armageddon-one-way-or-another/) - I have done podcasts on Brahma Sutras, Upanishads, Shiva Sutras, and structure of Veda and Vedic Literature. I intend to visit specific aspects of Vedic Literature in the future
- [Consciousness Liberated](https://www.michaelmamas.net/consciousness-liberated/) - Cognition vs Perspective How to Know Everything Limits Upon Awareness "The real war will never get in the books." WALT WHITMAN
- [How to Negotiate with the Gods](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-negotiate-with-the-gods/) - Yagyas, Prayer, etc. How to Work with the Laws of Nature
- [Integrating the Transgradient Self](https://www.michaelmamas.net/integrating-the-transgradient-self/) - Behaving from what level of Being? To Question Your Relationship with God?
- [Creation Mechanics: Lord Narayana Shiva Rudra](https://www.michaelmamas.net/creation-mechanics-lord-narayana-shiva-rudra/) - How the Universe Works integration of heart and mind… kite or tail?
- [How to Live as Long as You Wish; Human Longevity in the Vedas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-live-as-long-as-you-wish-human-longevity-in-the-vedas/) - Essential Key: understanding the bigger picture… deeper knowledge than what is mainstream
- [Worlds within the Absolute… Chaitanya Unbounded Brahmanas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/worlds-within-the-absolute-chaitanya-unbounded-brahmanas/) - Reaching for the Ungraspable Brahmanas Somersaulting Mountaintop to Mountaintop Where all Paradox finds it Resolution e.g. How Krishna makes “Universes” One Thought of Brahma Opening Thoughts: “The Secret Doctrines”: This Moment in Time Close mindedness vs. Discernment The dissolution of empires —— my unedited personal notes: Of war and peace, the truth just twists Its
- [Power of “Naming”: Psychophysiology, Chakras Revisited](https://www.michaelmamas.net/power-of-naming-psychophysiology-chakras-revisited/) - This year: The global Ugadi ruler is Mars. The Worlds year of 60-year cycle is Anger. Next year is year of Peace Sidereal Jyotish is small fraction of jyotish
- [The 5 Tanmatras: Divine Currents](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-5-tanmatras-divine-currents/) - This year: The global Ugadi ruler is Mars. The Worlds year of 60-year cycle is Anger. Next year is year of Peace
- [“Inner Grit” What It Is and Is Not](https://www.michaelmamas.net/inner-grit-what-it-is-and-is-not/) - Spiritual growth is not about outward appearance. it is an evolutionary process
- [Paradise Lost? Found? & The Animal Kingdom](https://www.michaelmamas.net/paradise-lost-found-the-animal-kingdom/) - Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati explained mantra for COVID, etc. the world is waking up… Animals in the Veda.
- [Beautiful Veda: Karma Mimansa Finding Your "Groove"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beautiful-veda-karma-mimansa-finding-your-groove/) - Happy Easter, Christ Resurrection, What does Supernatural mean? Jesus and the Veda ———— Exquisite Structure of Vedic Knowledge: How to Become Great Upangas, Samskruthi, Sampradaya
- [Stable Flexible Mind: No Limits](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stable-flexible-mind-no-limits/) - Freedom and the Veda Natural vs. Indoctrinated Healthy Insights in a Conflicted Paradoxical World ”I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.“ SOCRATES
- [Cosmic Joke, Liberation & Afterlife 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/cosmic-joke-liberation-afterlife-2/) - It doesn’t matter and it matters a lot… when the anchor is strong, one feels deeper without the ship toppling
- [Gates of Eden, Life after Death](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gates-of-eden-life-after-death/) - "When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." CAROL BURNETT
- [How to Develop Your Mind](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-develop-your-mind/) - the key to integrated awareness… culturing the awareness Everything maps onto everything else. It is all right there in ‘how to play the piano’
- [How Not to Destroy Relationships](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-not-to-destroy-relationships/) - Rare But Essential Knowledge: Mahabharata Revisited emotional stability: be it international or interpersonal: emotional maturity kindness is the greatest gift
- [Vishnu Avatars](https://www.michaelmamas.net/vishnu-avatars/) - The enlightened age will occur when all religions are recognized as dedicated to the same one thing while realizing that the integrity of each nation is determined by the laws of nature unique to that land
- [Pashya: “See”: Just Look and See](https://www.michaelmamas.net/pashya-see-just-look-and-see/) - ‘Subtle Sight’ in higher states of consciousness Dharana of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras… effortless focus… Pashya… ‘see’, but what/who really sees?
- [Behold the Explosion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/behold-the-explosion/) - “That alone is the truth, nothing that you worship here”… Upanishads The Upanishads point in the direction of unbounded awareness.
- [Beyond “Trance States”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beyond-trance-states/) - nurture people for what they have as opposed to judging them for what they don’t have. do your best to understand them and speak to them accordingly. not as easy as it sounds
- [The Creative Mind; Miracles Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-creative-mind-miracles-revealed/) - The Creative Mind; Miracles Revealed Michael Mamas
- [Ancient Secret of Humility: Divine Emergence A to Z](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-of-humility-divine-emergence-a-to-z/) - blog: Humility Redefined; The Art of Learning; Hidden in plain view: Herbs, Rudraksha, Tech, UFOs Golden Age Emerging: Transforming Arrogance/Suspicion to Wisdom/Insight This week’s unedited notes: The Art of Learning The foundation of true humility. Veda, Darwin, Herbs, Rudraksha Havan of Seeds/Plants The UFO agenda To listen to the audio version, please click here. To
- [How To Heal Everything](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-heal-everything/) - This week’s unedited notes: the common denominator... hidden in plain view secrets of the fish bowl; also, rudraksha and why herbs work short term vision…
- [2024 Predictions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/2024-predictions/) - The year of anger and how it plays out; also a few Vedic verses explored. Upcoming year predictions are self-evident from watching the news and taking a step back. [as well as jyotish]. 2024:
- [Jesus and the Veda](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jesus-and-the-veda/) - My conversations with Southern Baptist Ministers stories of my meetings with Southern Baptist Ministers The half dozen or so I have spoken with are deep thinkers
- [Moksha: What it is and is not](https://www.michaelmamas.net/moksha-what-it-is-and-is-not/) - Veda: it is all there. yet remarkably ignored in world history; Veda is language of nature, not language of man Notions of Truth perceived as Truth hold Truth at bay
- [Shiva Sutras: The Ultimate Invitation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/shiva-sutras-the-ultimate-invitation/) - Ancient Secrets Revealed: Shiva Sutras and the three remarkable secrets of Brahman Consciousness. Join me as we explore the ultimate frontier: Hidden channels of the mind, soul, essence, divinity, Brahman.
- [Understanding Life: Shiva Sutras](https://www.michaelmamas.net/understanding-life-shiva-sutras/) - Deep dive into the Shiva Sutras here. Then some practical reflections. How much things would change if people first understood life, then lived accordingly.
- [How to Cultivate a Healthy Mind.](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-cultivate-a-healthy-mind/) - Sanskrit letters are the seeds of foundation of relative existence. Reading it, one can feel it. Attune to most fundamental level of existence.....
- [Brahman Consciousness Fast Track](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brahman-consciousness-fast-track/) - Maharishi: ‘These are Brahma Sūtras (sūtras about Brahman), not Jagat sūtras (sūtras about the world).’ you are Brahma
- [Our Universe Through The Eyes of Brahman](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-universe-through-the-eyes-of-brahman/) - Hiranyagarbha anatomy, dissolution and creation, Trimurti, Who is Rama “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” C.G. JUNG
- [Brahman Explores the Upanishads](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brahman-explores-the-upanishads/) - He Who Has No Name observes without bias the illusion Why the enlightened are not easy to understand: what is “this’? What is “that”? In enlightenment, what was ‘this’ becomes ‘that’ and what was ‘that’’ becomes ‘this’. God is closer than people think.
- [Where is the Light of God?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/where-is-the-light-of-god/) - Subtlety Within Words is Everything Aham Vishvam My universe is myself [Brahman Viewpoint] … vs I am the universe. [Relative Viewpoint; Taittiriya Upanishad 3.10 Brahman Consciousness [Brahmi Chetana] in a Nutshell
- [Essential Knowledge: Brahmanas, Vedic Literature, & You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/essential-knowledge-brahmanas-vedic-literature-you/) - knowledge and experience: knowledge changes experience. Veda/Brahma Sutras gives knowledge of the experience.
- [Ancient Secret Revealed: How to Attain Immortality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-revealed-how-to-attain-immortality/) - Consciousness is Brahman (Prajnanam Brahma). Aitareya Upanishad 3.1.3
- [Sound: The Only ‘Thing’ That Is](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sound-the-only-thing-that-is/) - blog: Ancient Secret Key: Vedanga, the power of speech This week’s unedited notes randomly collected, loosely or directly related to this week’s podcast: announcements: temple “Updates&Reflections” tab remodeling kitchen so no food service at Mt Soma for a while. Gyan is foundation of success. ——— Panini: one word properly used is enough to accomplish
- [Ancient Secret: Lord Shiva’s drum](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-lord-shivas-drum/) - "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." LEWIS B. SMEDES
- [Ancient Secret: Lord Krishna’s Flute](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-lord-krishnas-flute/) - announcements: temple “Updates & Reflections” tab remodeling kitchen so no food service at Mt Soma for a while. pandit boy school greenhouse
- [Ancient Secret: Who are you? Really](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-who-are-you-really/) - announcements: temple “Updates&Reflections” tab remodeling kitchen so no food service at Mt Soma for a while. have outgrown previous accommodations so will upgrade/remodel
- [Ancient Secret: The Misunderstood Enlightened Ones](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-the-misunderstood-enlightened-ones/) - blog: The Razors Edge: Beyond what is sure one knows announcements: temple updates tab coming soon remodeling kitchen so no food service at Mt Soma for a while. have outgrown previous accommodations so will upgrade/remodel ——— Mt Soma and purity of knowledge… rooted in rational, heart full what is ‘this’ vs what is ‘that’? the
- [Life, Death & Immortality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-death-immortality/) - ‘the entire universe is my expression’ befriend the devata … the laws of nature yagyas reorganize karma
- [Brahma Sutras Revisited; Upanishads Essence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brahma-sutras-revisited-upanishads-essence/) - the world is as we are.. it is your mirror
- [Brahma Sutras: The Experience 1.1.1-1.2.1](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brahma-sutras-the-experience-1-1-1-1-2-1/) - the relative: its presence is inferred by the effect it produces. Maya under the influence of maya, brahm appears as ishwara-personal god
- [Brahma Sutras: The Experience 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brahma-sutras-the-experience/) - Vision: Knowledge enlivens experience; experience redefines knowledge.
- [Brahma Sutra: Essential Knowledge “Now, the desire to know Brahman”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brahma-sutra-essential-knowledge-now-the-desire-to-know-brahman/) - Dedicated to all sincere and humble seekers athato brahma-jijnasa…”now the desire to know Brahman” everything gravitates to the Absolute.. i,e. evolution either drifting or Knowledge inspired
- [Eternal Cycle; Ultimate Endangered “Species”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/eternal-cycle-ultimate-endangered-species/) - It is the ‘energy’ [what you are doing with your energy] more than who you are or your actions.: chakras… psychophysiological centers subconscious mind = chit
- [Ancient Secret “cell phone” to the Gods](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-cell-phone-to-the-gods/) - first day of waxing moon is called “no moon” day. not a day to start new projects but good to worship ancestors, etc. then the next two days are “new moon” days. the second “new moon” day is auspicious and good day to start new things: Shiva Moon
- [Our Heads Work One Way; Universe Works Another](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-heads-work-one-way-universe-works-another/) - "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing." THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- [Ancient Secrets of Physical Health](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-of-physical-health/) - Inside the Guru Purnima Rainbow: the FEELING was amazing. felt like standing inside a giant magnifying glass. much more than just the visual…. like Alice in Wonderland Mt Soma… a mountain of soma
- [Ancient Secret Touchstone: Beyond Life and Death](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-touchstone-beyond-life-and-death/) - Woody Allen once said that 80 percent of success in life is just showing up. “Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.” ARISTOTLE
- [The Ubiquitous Elephant in the Room](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ubiquitous-elephant-in-the-room/) - “The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.” —ALEXANDRA K.TRENFOR
- [World Report: Essential Knowledge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/world-report-essential-knowledge/) - Get informed first, then make a decision
- [Ancient Paradox of Liberation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-paradox-of-liberation/) - "No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm." CHARLES KETTERING “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
- [The Depth and Breadth of Speech](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-depth-and-breadth-of-speech/) - Sanskrit The nature of pure language Agnim: John 1:1 KJV: In the beginning was the Word Mapping: fully open throat.. A-a-a Rig Veda
- [Mai Pen Rai; The True Kshatriya](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mai-pen-rai-the-true-kshatriya/) - Land of opportunity, not oppression, Tim Scott ivory tower head trips vs wisdom moral integrity: embraced or abandoned? fiscal policy… the debt tipping point
- [Kaivalya; Samhita; Kumbabishekam; Ultimate Tech](https://www.michaelmamas.net/kaivalya-samhita-kumbabishekam-ultimate-tech/) - Samhita Value, permeates everything in space and time Undefended means innocence just simple innocence You have to have experienced everything before you get enlightened
- [Child of the Wind](https://www.michaelmamas.net/child-of-the-wind/) - Jai Hanumanji! Sri Shivaya Namaha Sri Matre Namaha Happy Mothers Day!
- [Life Deserves Cultivation: How to Build a Fulfilling Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-deserves-cultivation-how-to-build-a-fulfilling-life/) - Home, Om, Womb are ultimately the same one thing. Tending to the Fountainhead of Life
- [Ancient Secret: How We Created and Sustain Our Current Situation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-how-we-created-and-sustain-our-current-situation/) - "Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself." EPICTETUS "Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly." PLUTARCH
- [AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Art of Reasoning and Elon Musk](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ai-artificial-intelligence-and-the-art-of-reasoning-and-elon-musk/) - What you feel is what you really believe but these days we have lost the ability to accurately feel what is really there e.g. when i taught hands on healing… the art of palpation…
- [Life’s Key Ancient Secret: The Foundation of Strength](https://www.michaelmamas.net/lifes-key-ancient-secret-the-foundation-of-strength/) - go to YOUTUBE and type: KGB AGENT 1985> Yuri Bezmenov Soviet defector in the 80s spoke of ideological subversion is already established in the west and like a cancer it would grow to become in fact what it is today
- [The Anatomy of Relationships](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-anatomy-of-relationships/) - The world is sick right now, but please, we must not quickly jump to hatred. quite simply the fishbowl is polluted, and it is making people sick physically, and mentally/psychologically/emotionally.
- [What One Eats and How Wide Angle Their View](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-one-eats-and-how-wide-angle-their-view/) - ’'The only way to have a friend is to be one.'' RALPH WALDO EMERSON Small minds talk about people. Mediocre minds talk about events. Great minds talk about ideas ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
- [Real World Jedi Knights of the Universe](https://www.michaelmamas.net/real-world-jedi-knights-of-the-universe/) - Krishna was a Kshatriya—embodiment of the Knowledge—“Bridged” Brahmins with Kshatriyas you might say
- [The Truth About ETs/Aliens: Ancient Secrets Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-ets-aliens-ancient-secrets-revealed/) - Hopis, Egyptians, Greeks, etc… various ancient “myths” Multiple slices through the one infinite Vedic Pie. Veda means Nature… just that simple.,,, not a religion.
- [Global Snapshot in Time: Any ETs Must Be Shaking Their Heads!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/global-snapshot-in-time-any-ets-must-be-shaking-their-heads/) - The only question is the nature of the transition. Will it be smooth and seamless or will it be an Armageddon? Does seem we have averted the worst!
- [The Counter Intuitive Culture](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-counter-intuitive-culture/) - The subtle art of over thinking the obvious and under thinking the sublime. Intuition: the Vedic understanding, Puranas
- [Rudra in Action as Off Axis World Self Corrects](https://www.michaelmamas.net/rudra-in-action-as-off-axis-world-self-corrects/) - Called “Ancient Wisdom” but to Vedic scholars its not just ancient but nobody’s listening.
- [Nagadevata, Fabric of Existence, the Transgradient Principle](https://www.michaelmamas.net/nagadevata-fabric-of-existence-the-transgradient-principle/) - Naga very powerful thread in fabric of existence, but easily goes out of balance and historically that gives a creepy feeling frightening
- [The Big Picture: Essential Knowledge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-big-picture-essential-knowledge/) - Are we losing the forests for the trees? Context is everything. Just look out the window and see for yourself.
- [Hidden Chambers of the Mind and Good Parenting](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hidden-chambers-of-the-mind-and-good-parenting/) - The world is not as we have been lead to believe.
- [The Motivation Underlying Abuse: Its Roots. Its Nature, Its Healing](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-motivation-underlying-abuse-its-roots-its-nature-its-healing/) - Decorum’s thin crust on the volcano of global stress
- [“We the People”: Are ”The People” Smart? Tyranny, Liberty, & Plato](https://www.michaelmamas.net/we-the-people-are-the-people-smart-tyranny-liberty-plato/) - . People everywhere are good, but easily manipulated by tyrants.
- [Humanity’s Moment in Time, Miracles, UFOs, religion, and the Gods](https://www.michaelmamas.net/humanitys-moment-in-time-miracles-ufos-religion-and-the-gods/) - This point in human history… what is really going on. Who we are becoming. Awakenings Cusp.
- [JYOTISH FOR THE WORLD, 2022-2025 By Jaikrishna Panigrahi](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jyotish-for-the-world-2022-2025-by-jaikrishna-panigrahi/) - THE 60 YEAR JYOTISH CYCLE
- [Fundaments of Freedom](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fundaments-of-freedom/) - “…to believe in the heroic makes heroes.” BENJAMIN DISRAELI
- [My 2023 predictions. Big changes coming.](https://www.michaelmamas.net/my-2023-predictions-big-changes-coming/) - Year of positive direction yet turbulent transition. A frozen winter, etc. will sober the west to the pragmatics of life.
- [Enchantment’s Gift](https://www.michaelmamas.net/enchantments-gift/) - Never underestimate the potential of enchantment, of love. Once embraced, enchantment heals all levels of life.
- [And the Good News Is…](https://www.michaelmamas.net/and-the-good-news-is/) - How to See What Really Is. The Rishi’s Eternal Yet Elusive Knowledge
- [Darwin’s Loop, the Veda, and the Mind: Global Awakening](https://www.michaelmamas.net/darwins-loop-the-veda-and-the-mind-global-awakening/) - The portal to Formless Genius: Fundamental under-standing eludes those too fervently devoted to the minds mode of function.
- [The Internet Revolution: Human History Unfolding](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-internet-revolution-human-history-unfolding/) - The Golden Age birthing process revealed: Next 2 months suggest critical timing.
- [Grassroots, Government, Military & Religion in the Golden Age](https://www.michaelmamas.net/grassroots-government-military-religion-in-the-golden-age/) - Not all ancients were wise, but only wisdom endures times test. It is there. Pursue it.
- [Mystery of Global Imbalance: The Ancient Secret Key](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mystery-of-global-imbalance-the-ancient-secret-key/) - : First Under-stand, Only Then Proceed: The Simple Elusive Solution
- [Liberations Paths/ Channels of the Mind](https://www.michaelmamas.net/liberations-paths-channels-of-the-mind/) - Beyond the maze of thoughts and emotions yet through them Refinement---the tip of the pencil, Atman, Ego and Chaitanya Bigger than the biggest and smaller than the smallest Most refined ‘feeling’ level What liberation really looks like Current ‘candidates’: Pele soccer star, Buckminster Fuller, Mother Teresa, Dali Lama ‘New Age’ notions: Too many superhero movies
- [Agni and the Cosmic Cycles: Ancient Technology of Global Fulfillment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/agni-and-the-cosmic-cycles-ancient-technology-of-global-fulfillment/) - How to keep the global engine running smoothly, never over heating. November 8 Eclipse: What it means as the cycle continues.
- [Hidden in Plain View: Blown in the Winds of Time.](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hidden-in-plain-view-blown-in-the-winds-of-time/) - Ancient Knowledge must be expressed in a manner acceptable to modern thought. The world is not as we have been led to believe.
- [The Silent Witness, Wisdom’s Eternal Paradox](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-silent-witness-wisdoms-eternal-paradox/) - John Kennedy: “Too many people at the top getting bail outs.Too many people at the bottom getting hand outs. People in the middle getting the bill.”
- [Mentality Currents](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mentality-currents/) - the invisible authority figure, global currents, sub currents, the power of innocence
- [Knowing the Heart](https://www.michaelmamas.net/knowing-the-heart/) - Confusion, self betrayal, Armageddon “…Honestly expressing yourself. Now it is very difficult to do…” B Lee
- [Ancient Secrets of Power, Wealth, and Intelligence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-of-power-wealth-and-intelligence/) - The Ancient Rishis reveal the secrets of the art of life
- [The Second Brain and How to Use It: i.e. "Enlightenment" in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-second-brain-and-how-to-use-it-i-e-enlightenment-in-a-nutshell/) - Examples: Sweden, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Belarus, usa Brazil, China, usa; Russia, Ukraine, usa China, Mexico, usa
- [Keys to the Kingdom and the Cultural Soup](https://www.michaelmamas.net/keys-to-the-kingdom-and-the-cultural-soup/) - "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." RALPH WALDO EMERSON
- [The Eternal Crystalline Touchstone](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-eternal-crystalline-touchstone/) - The ancient secret foundational mechanics revealed. How the world actually works…
- [“Owning Others Feelings/Behaviors/Beliefs”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/owning-others-feelings-behaviors-beliefs/) - Ancient Secret art of reflection and the Crucible
- [The Ancient Secret Fundamental Blueprint of Life and Existence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ancient-secret-fundamental-blueprint-of-life-and-existence/) - Essential yet lost knowledge and the consequences Also second podcast: Dr Mamas Talks with Mount Soma Guests
- [Ancient Secret Underlying Motivations: Churning the Ocean of Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-underlying-motivations-churning-the-ocean-of-life/) - No Thing is Not Nothing The Establishment, Ageless Wisdom, Rebellion, Evolution
- [Ancient Secret: How to Read Tea Leaves](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-how-to-read-tea-leaves/) - #post_excerptThe lost art of setting perspectives, beliefs, and convictions aside to see what really is
- [The Fossilized Grasp for Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-fossilized-grasp-for-truth/) - This weeks unedited notes: For starters: All in Podcasts not in notes and visa versa Larry Kudlow “where is George Orwell now that we need him” “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” Edmund Burke In times of extremism, only the coward can avoid divisiveness Managed
- [Veda explains the Big Bang and “Mount Soma; The Movie”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/veda-explains-the-big-bang-and-mount-soma-the-movie/) - Here are this weeks unedited notes: everything in podcast is not always in notes and visa versa so you may want to check out both. A movie based on the true story of Mt Soma Would have to be done as science fiction because people would not believe it. Movie would not need to embellish the
- [Hidden in Plain View: The Rishi’s Ancient Secret Key](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hidden-in-plain-view-the-rishis-ancient-secret-key/) - My unedited notes from the past week: If you were to see a filthy fish bowl with fish floundering, dying, behaving crazily then you would immediately know to clean the fishbowl. So lets just take a step back! Infinite Correlation At this Moment in Time JFK’s words apply: “there are milestones in human progress that
- [Human Condition: Big Bang to Personal Lives to Politics](https://www.michaelmamas.net/human-condition-big-bang-to-personal-lives-to-politics/) - Human Condition: Big Bang to Personal Lives to Politics
- [The World is in a Battle for its Soul](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-world-is-in-a-battle-for-its-soul/) - History continues to repeat itself: the manipulators and the manipulated. Control of the mass mentality. To live better, look deeper. Truthful News/Facts vs Opinion/Politics/Propaganda
- [Knowledge is strength. Opinion is fleeting](https://www.michaelmamas.net/knowledge-is-strength-opinion-is-fleeting/) - My notes for this weeks podcast: Knowledge is strength. Opinion is fleeting e.g. ivermectin, Russia hoax. Etc.f July 12 James Webb telescope , big bang, physics based upon what they can see… Galileo was limited, we are too! Ancient Technology Research Initiative... ATRI time is responsible for knowledge getting lost through the ages.
- [What Forms Your World View? Essential Knowledge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-forms-your-world-view-essential-knowledge/) - My Notes for this podcast: Understanding “prapancham” is huge step in understanding life, yourself and others. “Multiple universes” “parallel universes” everyones own unique prapancham. can’t really see it from within it how the soul enters the body.. The 5 Divine Currents and the karma around them. [discuss each] Understanding the full range from multiple “universes” Understanding “prapancham” is a huge step in understanding life, yourself and others. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Please post at michaelmamas.net
- [World Gone Wild: What’s Next?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/world-gone-wild-whats-next/) - The following are my personal this weeks random notes which led up to the associated podcast. More details and other points are in the podcast. Julie Andrews special Ancient Rishis on who and what we are: the soul, the intellect, bhakti, and darwin: utopia or oblivion: putting it all together human potential a glimpse at
- [Tantra and the Gordian Knot: Kitchen Table to Cosmos](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tantra-and-the-gordian-knot-kitchen-table-to-cosmos/) - As promised, here are this Weeks Thought Fragments Todays world: Gordian knot....easily solved “by finding an approach to the problem that renders the perceived constraints of the problem moot” This is a time to endure but not to cower. Everything will be fine for the world, but this is a time of transition. if you can just take a step
- [Wisdom of the Seers: How to Properly Toss a Thought Salad](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wisdom-of-the-seers-how-to-properly-toss-a-thought-salad/) - With voice recognition we have come to see how much can be communicated with imperfect typing. In response to a request for written blogs as I have done in the past, I thought to post voice recognition bullet point notes to the podcast. Please feel free to comment! [anonymous or not is fine] Conflicting narratives. Narrative Popcorn and the Jaimini Sutras… “On the other hand”.
- [Guns, Memorial Day, World Peace & the Ancient Seers](https://www.michaelmamas.net/guns-memorial-day-world-peace-the-ancient-seers/) - The simple solution the ancient seers knew but time has forgotten To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [How to Win World War III](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-win-world-war-iii/) - Nobody can win a nuclear war. So how will WW3 be waged? Has it already begun? And what is the defense? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Angels flying too Close to the Ground ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/angels-flying-too-close-to-the-ground/) - Willie Nelson’s song and cultural currents of the Ancient Vedic Seers . . To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Next Major Step in Human Evolution](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-next-major-step-in-human-evolution/) - The Ancient Seers said awakening to the depth of our being is the key to the golden age. But what will that look like on the surface of life? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click
- [Anatomy of Oblivion; Blueprint for Utopia](https://www.michaelmamas.net/anatomy-of-oblivion-blueprint-for-utopia/) - World Views, Chaos, and Armageddon—Ancient Seers In-Sights and their Offered Global Solution To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [How To Maximize the Power of Prayer](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-maximize-the-power-of-prayer/) - These days there seems to be some conflict between spirituality and science. But if there is a union of the two, would that affect prayer? And if so, how? The Ancient Secret is astounding! To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook,
- [Easter Message](https://www.michaelmamas.net/easter-message-2/) - The resurrection: What it really means and how it affects our daily lives. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here. Easter Message
- [The Ancient Secrets of Globalism](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ancient-secrets-of-globalism/) - Can globalism work? What would an ideal global world be like and how to attain it? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Anatomy of Life: The Dance Called “Existence”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-anatomy-of-life-the-dance-called-existence/) - Beyond the Vedanta “Perspective": From Will Smith to Biden to You: A Deeper Look To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Ancient Secret of the New World Order](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-of-the-new-world-order/) - The Great Reset is in the news. But what it is all about goes far deeper than most can imagine. Here it is from the perspective of the Ancient Seers. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please
- [Our World: What Really is Happening](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-world-what-really-is-happening/) - Few care to look more deeply into the rabbit hole. Let’s do it anyway. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [](https://www.michaelmamas.net/12536-2/) - Will Faith in God Save Ukraine? This reveals the mechanics and deeper principles of ’solidarity’ as explained by the Ancient Masters. Essential forgotten ancient secrets revealed here. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Ukraine: God’s Will?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ukraine-gods-will/) - Ancient Secrets reveal the mysteries of fate. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here. .
- [Angels: Vedic Ancient Secrets Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/angels-vedic-ancient-secrets-revealed/) - Might make right vs. Right makes might Natural Law: Our past, present and future To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Truth About Guardian Angels](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-guardian-angels/) - Is there really such a thing as guardian angels? What are they really? What is a mature relationship with all that sort of thing like? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Psychology of Division: Global Purification](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-psychology-of-division-global-purification/) - Is there an adult in the room? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Making Sense Blunder](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-making-sense-blunder/) - What is more compelling: logic or emotion? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [OOPS! We’re Doing It Again](https://www.michaelmamas.net/oops-were-doing-it-again/) - A case study in global mentality To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Great News Is … !](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-great-news-is/) - Who ever thought ‘ridiculous' would save the day?! To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The 2022 Pandora’s Box Explosion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-2022-pandoras-box-explosion/) - #post_excerptClarity trips at war to resolve
- [2022 The Good the Bad and the Woke](https://www.michaelmamas.net/2022-the-good-the-bad-and-the-woke/) - A navigational guide for 2022: Applying the ancient art of discernment To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [2022 Forecast](https://www.michaelmamas.net/2022-forecast/) - The Human Dilemma Comes to a Head To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [](https://www.michaelmamas.net/12480-2/) - The Truth about the Second Coming of Christ A basic understanding of the nature of existence reveals the ancient Secret of the second coming. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Ancient Secret of Fire](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ancient-secret-of-fire/) - Revealing the lost ancient secret key to the golden age - To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [The Truth about Christmas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-christmas/) - A delicate topic central to humanity from the perspective of the ancient seers - To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Ancient Secret: The World is a Fishbowl](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-the-world-is-a-fishbowl/) - Though in plain sight, if unnamed even the salient can remain hidden from view. Here the crucial Ancient Secret of our time is revealed. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Darwin and the Veda](https://www.michaelmamas.net/darwin-and-the-veda/) - Statistical studies show evolution happened too fast for Darwin to be the whole story. This ancient secret reveals the missing link. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here: .
- [The Truth About Bhakti: The Spiritual Path of Devotion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-bhakti-the-spiritual-path-of-devotion/) - This is a very delicate topic, so much so that it is often not discussed. But here we attempt to do so. Please understand this to be a humble invitation to reflect on your own. Nothing more. It is a suggestion not to label or judge, but merely to always look deeper. As Adi Shankara
- [The Truth About the Spiritual Path](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-the-spiritual-path/) - #post_excerptHere we clarify how to grow spiritually and what evolved people are actually like.
- [The Veda (Life) in a Nutshell: Essential Knowledge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-veda-life-in-a-nutshell-essential-knowledge/) - The Veda is nature—the natural essence of existence. At first it may seem difficult to see practical value of understanding the essence of the Veda. In fact it has largely slipped through the fingers of time. But soon humanity will see that it is the key that opens the door to everything—new dimensions of knowledge
- [Fundamentals of the Great Global Transformation: Our Future](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fundamentals-of-the-great-global-transformation-our-future/) - #post_excerptWe’ve discussed today’s world and the phase transition. Now the axioms of our global future.
- [Dawn of the Global Awakening](https://www.michaelmamas.net/dawn-of-the-global-awakening/) - #post_excerptEvidence that the mass mentality is shifting, just as the ancient seers predicted
- [The Global Perfect Storm; The Inevitable; The Aftermath](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-global-perfect-storm-the-inevitable-the-aftermath/) - Here we discuss what is becoming more and more obvious yet what ages ago the Ancient Seers somehow knew and predicted for our time. In our global past we have had many crises and factors contributing to them: WW2, Civil War, Great Depression, etc. But never before was there such a perfect storm when from The Global Unique Convergence (Armagedon?), and the Ancient Seers
- [Why so many Gods](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-so-many-gods/) - Hanuman in the Clouds Christian, hindu, atheist, or ideologue, here the ancient seers make sense of it all. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Harvard Elects Atheist Chief Chaplain: Spirituality in Transition?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/harvard-elects-atheist-chief-chaplain-spirituality-in-transition/) - Clearly spirituality is in transition. But where will it end up? So many people have turned their backs to conventional religion. Here we examine where spirituality is headed, why, and what the ancient seers had to say about it. The answer might surprise you. To listen to the audio version, please click here. watch the video on Twitter, Here we examine where spirituality is headed and why.
- [Stand up and THINK: Courage or Cower](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stand-up-and-think-courage-or-cower/)
- [Global Crisis: Ancient Seers' Solution Explained](https://www.michaelmamas.net/global-crisis-ancient-seers-solution-explained/) - Here, in a nutshell, we offer the big picture from the perspective of the ancient seers. Hidden in the secret doctrines of the sanskrit cognitions-the solution-so simple, yet so easily slipping through the fingers of humanity. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To
- [The World is not as we have been led to believe.](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-world-is-not-as-we-have-been-lead-to-believe-2/) - What’s really going on? Few will accept it. Even fewer will live by it. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Demagoguery, Our Future, Ancient Secrets](https://www.michaelmamas.net/demagoguery-our-future-ancient-secrets/) - #post_excerptKnowledge is lost, regained, and lost again. Demagoguery reins, but not for much longer.
- [Global Domination: Destroying Countries from Within](https://www.michaelmamas.net/global-domination-destroying-countries-from-within/) - #post_excerptGlobal Domination: Destroying Countries from Within. The Good News: Humanity is waking up as the Golden Age Emerges.
- [World in Chaos …Puppets on Strings](https://www.michaelmamas.net/world-in-chaos-puppets-on-strings/) - "These are the times that try men's souls.” Where will you stand? To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here."These are the times that try men's souls." Where will you stand?
- [‘Public Health’ Crisis: The Truth Be Told](https://www.michaelmamas.net/public-health-crisis-the-truth-be-told/) - #post_excerptHave ‘logical’ convolutions overshadowed humanity? Who are you---beneath the quagmire?
- [Not Our Children!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/not-our-children/) - #post_excerptNot Our Children!
- [The Question of Sovereignty AUDIO FIXED](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-question-of-sovereignty-audio-fixed/) - The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says the core meaning of sovereignty is “...supreme authority within a territory.” Here, in that context, we take look at our world today as well as our future. Also what the ancient masters had to say about it. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the
- [The Great Pandemic](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-great-pandemic/) - #post_excerptThe Great Pandemic: The Ancient Secret Behind the Scene
- [Awakening the Sleeping Giant](https://www.michaelmamas.net/awakening-the-sleeping-giant/) - #post_excerptThe Great Restructuring
- [Churches Burning: defiance vs commitment vs self actualization](https://www.michaelmamas.net/churches-burning-defiance-vs-commitment-vs-self-actualization/) - #post_excerptWhat motivates behavior is elusive, yet motivations create our world.
- [The Integrity of a Nation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-integrity-of-a-nation/) - #post_excerptWhat will happen to our nation-to every nation? And why?
- [Stop Telling Me What You Think I Think, Feel, Said, Did AND How to Heal the Planet](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stop-telling-me-what-you-think-i-think-feel-said-did-and-how-to-heal-the-planet/) - It is not about this stance or that on this issue or that. It's about going more deeply within..undistracted, unbiased, independant, autonomous, free the crowd/friend narratives. To thine own self be true. Easier said than done. The Ancient Seers offer the key. But is anyone listening and taking it to heart? To listen to theIt is not about this stance or that on this issue or that. It's about going more deeply within..undistracted, unbiased, independant, autonomous, free the crowd/friend narratives. To thine own self be true. Easier said than done. The Ancient Seers offer the key. But is anyone listening and taking it to heart? To listen to the
- [Who’s Telling the Truth?: Ancient Secret's Key](https://www.michaelmamas.net/whos-telling-the-truth-ancient-secrets-key/) - Simplistic understandings lead to simplistic perspectives. If you want to take a look at how deep the rabbit hole actually goes, here it is. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here.
- [Critical Theory: What the Ancients Said](https://www.michaelmamas.net/critical-theory-what-the-ancients-said/) - #post_excerptCritical Theory studies the formation of social norms. Here we explore what the ancient Rishis had to say about it and how that applies to modern times.
- [Am I Living in a Box? Are You? Are We All?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/am-i-living-in-a-box-are-you-are-we-all/) - #post_excerptIt is said that life is all about boxes-here we discuss daily life applications of that-how we think, behave and define our world.
- [The Chakras: A Practical Guide](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-chakras-a-practical-guide/) - #post_excerptExplore information about the chakras ranging from transcendental knowledge to daily life applications, separating the reality from the distortions.
- [Languages Most Important Term and Its Bounty](https://www.michaelmamas.net/languages-most-important-term-and-its-bounty/) - #post_excerptHere we explore the meaning of a word that, when understood and embraced, will bring about a Golden Age.
- [Global Upheaval, from ISIS to ISS: And the Good News IS!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/global-upheaval-from-isis-to-iss-and-the-good-news-is/) - #post_excerptThe World is in Conflict. People are in dismay. With the help of ISS, we put it in perspective.
- [The Truth About Diet and Exercise](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-diet-and-exercise/) - #post_excerptThere is so much contradictory information about diet and exercise. Here we give a much needed overview of these highly charged topics for your consideration.
- [Ma Durga Rising: Watch for These Signs](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ma-durga-rising-watch-for-these-signs/) - #post_excerptWatch for these signs that the Golden Age predicted by the Ancient Masters is just around the corner.
- [The Truth about Astrology (and Your Personal Ugadi Reading)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-truth-about-astrology-and-your-personal-ugadi-reading/) - #post_excerptThis Essential Astrology Knowledge blog includes your personal Ugadi reading.
- [“Desiderata Lost?: Ancient Secret of Apurva—The Missing Link”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/desiderata-lost-ancient-secret-of-apurva-the-missing-link/) - #post_excerptWhy is peace and harmony so elusive? This ancient secret of apurva reveals the solution.
- [The #1 Behavioral Cause of Conflict and Suffering](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-1-behavioral-cause-of-conflict-and-suffering/) - #post_excerptIntegrating the surface of life with our inner wisdom/depth/Divinity takes time. Here is the simple yet elusive ancient secret to harmonious behavior.
- [Ancient Secrets of Easter Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-of-easter-revealed/) - #post_excerptWho/what was Jesus? And what of The Cross, Holy Communion, Resurrection, and the Virgin Birth? What is the meaning of his life and death? View/hear it all here.
- [The Mount Soma Story](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-mount-soma-story/) - #post_excerptVisitors often ask: What was the motivation to build Mount Soma and what is this place all about? Here we touch upon many off the highlights.
- [From Oblivion to Utopia, The Process: What’s Next?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/from-oblivion-to-utopia-the-process-whats-next/) - #post_excerptKites spinning without tails. Where is the wisdom? Long term-Golden Age, but what about tomorrow? From oblivion to utopia, we examine the process.
- [The Solid Gold Lingam](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-solid-gold-lingam/) - #post_excerptWe are raising funds so Pandit Prasad can do Rudrabishekam to a gold lingam every day to radiate prosperity on all levels to the environment and participants.
- [Gold’s Ancient Secrets Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/golds-ancient-secrets-revealed/) - Throughout history, gold has been treasured and even worshipped. However the deep ancient secrets of gold have remained hidden. Here we reveal the essential ancient secrets of gold. To listen to the audio version, please click here. To watch the video on Twitter, please click here. To watch the video on Facebook, please click here. Throughout history, gold has been treasured and even worshipped. The ancient secrets have remained hidden. Here we reveal the essential ancient secrets of gold.
- [Ancient Text Discovered: Reveals Key to World Peace and Prosperity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-text-discovered-reveals-key-to-world-peace-and-prosperity/) - #post_excerptHere we reveal the key to World Peace and Prosperity
- [Our World Gone Mad, Our Future](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-world-gone-mad-our-future/) - #post_excerptWe look at what the Ancient Masters said about the world gone mad and what is ahead. Far-reaching stuff that will stretch the world view of many.
- [How to Cultivate Subtle Sight, Touch, and Hearing](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-cultivate-subtle-sight-touch-and-hearing/) - #post_excerptThere is a great deal of misunderstanding around the notion of subtle perception. Here we clear that up and explain how to properly cultivate it.
- [LIFE AFTER DEATH AND BEYOND: ANCIENT SECRETS REVEALED](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-after-death-and-beyond-ancient-secrets-revealed/) - #post_excerptLife after Death and Beyond. What happens? Are there past and future lives? What is heaven? Many questions answered here.
- [Behind the Scene: What’s Really Going On](https://www.michaelmamas.net/behind-the-scene-whats-really-going-on/) - #post_excerptThere are lots of theories about what is actually going on. Here it is. Probably not what you expect, but the unbridled absolute truth.
- [Finding the Moral Compass: Our Nation, Our Future](https://www.michaelmamas.net/finding-the-moral-compass-our-nation-our-future/) - #post_excerptHow to navigate the labyrinth of this world of passions and perspectives.
- [Fate? Averting Armageddon?: The Geometry of Time](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fate-averting-armageddon-the-geometry-of-time/) - #post_excerptA simple analogy reveals the lost Ancient Secret of the mechanics of time and how it applies in today's turbulent world situation-Essential knowledge!
- [Phase Transition! Fasten Seat Belts!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/phase-transition-fasten-seat-belts/) - #post_excerptExplore advice to find the truth behind the current conflicts and have a healthy relationship with the turbulent times ahead.
- [Our Future Chaos: How Bad? How Long? How to Fix It. Ancient Secrets Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-future-chaos-how-bad-how-long-how-to-fix-it-ancient-secrets-revealed/) - #post_excerptOur Future Chaos: How Bad? How Long? How to fix it. Ancient Secrets Revealed
- [Stand Back: It’s Gonna Explode!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stand-back-its-gonna-explode/) - We are making our way through the turbulent times of a phase transition. Here we go into some of the insights to understand and deal with it wisely.
- [A Realistic Guide to Peace on Earth: The Ancient Secret Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-realistic-guide-to-peace-on-earth-the-ancient-secret-revealed/) - Here we explore why peace on Earth has been so elusive. Then we explore the technological solution offered by the ancient masters. To listen to the audio version please click here. To watch the video on Twitter please click here. To watch the video on Facebook please click here.
- [Something Dramatic is About to Happen](https://www.michaelmamas.net/something-dramatic-is-about-to-happen/) - Turbulent winds are blowing. What the Ancient Seers said: Where we are headed, when and why.
- [Wisdom’s Paradox](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wisdoms-paradox/) - What do we believe and why? When does the expression of Truth cease to be Truth and become just another narrative? What is the perspective of the truly wise?
- [Mount Soma: 2020 Election, Ancient Technology and the Razors Edge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mount-soma-2020-election-ancient-technology-and-the-razors-edge/) - From politics to relationships, winds of karma knot the tree of life. At Mount Soma we are developing the ancient technology that can unravel the turmoil.
- [The Destiny of Chaos: Paradigms in Collision](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-destiny-of-chaos-paradigms-in-collision/) - For every herd mentality, there is an equally ardent but opposing herd mentality. It's entered a tailspin. Let's consult ancient wisdom to step out of the weeds.
- [The Ancient Secret of Tradition](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ancient-secret-of-tradition/) - We take a look at the deeper understanding of "Tradition" as explained by the ancient seers. The knowledge is incredibly profound and as meaningful today as ever.
- [The Fine Fabric of Need: This Holiday Season, the Election, Covid-19 and the Future](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-fine-fabric-of-need-this-holiday-season-the-election-covid-19-and-the-future/) - Todays circumstances seem unrelated, yet they have the same common denominator: Need. We reveal what the ancients said of the web woven within that word: Need
- [The 2020 Election: What the Ancient Seers Said About It](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-2020-election-what-the-ancient-seers-said-about-it/) - 2020-The Ancients foresaw this moment in history. Utopia or Oblivion-will humanity qualify for continuance?
- [Ancient Secrets Reveal the Technology of Our Future: The Language of Nature](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-reveal-the-technology-of-our-future-the-language-of-nature/) - Viewing the history of humanity as the cyclical gain of profound knowledge- then lost to time. The ancient secret technologies are waiting to be rediscovered.
- [Beyond the Confines of Karma, Mind, Space, and Time](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beyond-the-confines-of-karma-mind-space-and-time/) - Wouldn't it be better to understand life and existence before you try to live it, so you are equipped to live it wisely? Explore that essential knowledge here.
- [Darwin, Religion and the Soul](https://www.michaelmamas.net/darwin-religion-and-the-soul/) - Here we take a deep and reflective look at the nature of religion and the soul and put these pieces of life's puzzle together in a remarkable manner.
- [Ancient Secret Revealed: Your Inner Landscape](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secret-revealed-your-inner-landscape/) - Here we explore the nature of our own unique inner landscape and how that forms our lives. The light of awareness heals.
- [An Ancient Secret Revealed: The Lost Art of Subtle Sight/In-Sight](https://www.michaelmamas.net/an-ancient-secret-revealed-the-lost-art-of-subtle-sight-in-sight/) - Here we explore the progression from oblivion to observation to perception to in-sight, subtle sight and beyond
- [Life Beyond Polarization](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-beyond-polarization/) - A vision of what lies beyond this polarizing web of bias, opinion, judgement, fear and hatred that engulfs modern mentality and the path to freedom from that web
- [Dogma, the Law, and Religion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/dogma-the-law-and-religion/) - What is the greater dogma: the law or religion?
- [A Look Into the Crystal Ball: What Will Happen Over the Next Six Months](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-look-into-the-crystal-ball-what-will-happen-over-the-next-six-months/) - Here we hold up a mirror, inviting you to cast your gaze within-to see what lies "beyond the looking glass"- within the crystal ball.
- [Why is California Burning?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-is-california-burning/) - We can explore many facets of the diamond of life by considering the question: "Why is California Burning?" You may want to ask yourself what you would say.
- [TOMORROW (SUNDAY) EXTREMELY AUSPICIOUS DAY](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tomorrow-sunday-extremely-auspicious-day/) - Tomorrow (Sunday, Sept.13) is a very auspicious day. There is a planetary configuration that hasn't occurred for 200 years and will not occur for another 200.
- [Ideals, Politics, Peace, Harmony and All of Us](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ideals-politics-peace-harmony-and-all-of-us/) - We all share the same ideals, but many tend to demonize those with opposing views.Demonization breeds hatred which destroys so much of what we long for.
- [The Fight for People's Minds….and How to Free Yourself from It](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-fight-for-peoples-minds-and-how-to-free-yourself-from-it/) - Starting in childhood and going on throughout your life perspectives have been pushed on you. How c an anyone truly free their mind? What is true freedom?
- [Vedic Technology Open Letter](https://www.michaelmamas.net/vedic-technology-open-letter/) - The following open letter is an invitation to all of those in a position to assist in the construction of a Vedic Unified Field Generator
- [The Inner Voice: What You Know, What You Believe, What/Who You Actually Are](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-inner-voice-what-you-know-what-you-believe-what-who-you-actually-are/) - Here is the crux of the matter called life. The healthiest people have a healthy relationship with their Inner Voice. How to cultivate that healthy relationship?
- [Ancient Secrets Revealed: How the Universe Actually Works: Rishis, Gods, Siddhas and UFOs](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-revealed-how-the-universe-actually-works-rishis-gods-siddhas-and-ufos/) - The nature and structure of our universe is explained in Vedic Literature. It is not appreciated or understood. Ancient civilizations knew things that we do not
- [What is God?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-god/) - What is God? A deeper understanding replaces blind faith with knowledge and leads to ever deepening understandings of life and existence.
- [For God’s Sake! What does Personal Development Even Mean?!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/for-gods-sake-what-does-personal-development-even-mean/) - We explore the arena which should be the first thing we learn, but remains unaddressed. Find out what ingredients go into the world we create for ourselves.
- [Ancient Secrets Revealed: Religion and the Modern Mind](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-revealed-religion-and-the-modern-mind/) - Integration of heart and mind at the depth of your being. Here we go into the delicacy of the knowledge and how easily it slips through the fingers of even the devout.
- [UFOs?: Ancient Aliens, Gods and the Vedas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ufos-ancient-aliens-gods-and-the-vedas/) - What the Vedas have to say about UFO's and ancient technological marvels that some attribute to ancient aliens, from the perspective of Vedic knowledge..
- [Educating Our Children, Chakras and the Dehumanization of Humanity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/educating-our-children-chakras-and-the-dehumanization-of-humanity/) - From the decorum of human decency to dehumanizing indoctrination, we explore what humanity is and has become-how we got here and where we must go.i
- [The Rise and Fall of Societies](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-rise-and-fall-of-societies/) - This podcast gives insight into the secrets of the ancient Masters that offer direction to all societies.
- [Internet Upheaval](https://www.michaelmamas.net/internet-upheaval/) - Polarization between people has been with us throughout history. Here we consider the internet along with the jyotish for the next year to be better equipped to deal with what lies ahead.
- [This is Remarkable But True](https://www.michaelmamas.net/this-is-remarkable-but-true/) - What you are about to hear is outside the bounds of conventional thought. The truth must be found within your own being. Discover the remarkable mechanics underlying everything.
- [FUTURE TECH, FUTURE CULTURE, FUTURE WORLD](https://www.michaelmamas.net/future-tech-future-culture-future-world/) - In this podcast we take a look into the future technologies that will transform our world. We also examine the past and present: How they will bring forth a bright and positive future. This is not a vision of hope but rather a rational look at where we are at and where it all will
- [Its Gotta Make Sense: The Razors Edge of Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/its-gotta-make-sense-the-razors-edge-of-life/) - Be it religion, economics, or building a shed in the backyard; life just works better when it makes sense. But that is easier said than done. What does ‘sense’ mean anyway? We take a look at ‘sense’ from various angles as it applies to different fields of life. We explore that ancient secret, what it
- [The World is Not As We Have Been Lead to Believe](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-world-is-not-as-we-have-been-lead-to-believe/) - This is the world of illusion: Maya. Everything, including Maya, exists transgradiently, i.e. through the reality continuum.
- [Your Podcast Comments, Racism, Hatred, Peace, and the Ancient Secrets](https://www.michaelmamas.net/your-podcast-comments-racism-hatred-peace-and-the-ancient-secrets/) - Your podcast comments, the police, racism, riots, religion and more are all discussed as Ancient Secrets reveal the big picture and the deeper meaning. To listen, please click here.
- [The Common Thread](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-common-thread/) - At first glance who would ever believe that there is a common thread connecting Covid 19, Riots in America, and the Hong Kong/China conflict?
- [Coronavirus Perspectives](https://www.michaelmamas.net/coronavirus-perspectives/) - I have been receiving lots of comments and opinions regarding my coronavirus podcasts and blogs. I must say that I respect every comment I have received so far.
- [Coronavirus and the New Normal](https://www.michaelmamas.net/coronavirus-and-the-new-normal/) - The post coronavirus new normal will not seem weird or imposing. It will be a positive step forward for us all.
- [Front Line Doctor Says How to Not Catch the Virus](https://www.michaelmamas.net/front-line-doctor-says-how-to-not-catch-the-virus/) - Someone sent this interview of Dr. David Price to me. Finally a front line expert who makes sense?
- [Coronavirus, Etc. – A Look into the Future. What Is in Store for Us?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/coronavirus-etc-a-look-into-the-future-what-is-in-store-for-us/) - With everything (from Coronavirus to the economy to international tensions) that is going on in our world, everyone is wondering what the future holds.
- [Spiritual Knowledge… What good is it? 🙀](https://www.michaelmamas.net/spiritual-knowledge-what-good-is-it/) - I am talking about intellectual understanding here and, even more importantly, the integration of that knowledge into your behavior.
- [Upcoming Podcast – CORONAVIRUS: TAKING A STAND](https://www.michaelmamas.net/upcoming-podcast-coronavirus-taking-a-stand/) - I received the following thought provoking comment to my last podcast: Just some comments. In referring to your friend’s comment, “people are unable to believe the magnitude of the corruption on all levels” rings so true. I had that realization several years ago; albeit on a much lower level than what is being revealed these
- [Coronavirus: A Case Study in Human Behavior](https://www.michaelmamas.net/coronavirus-a-case-study-in-human-behavior/) - Crises such as the coronavirus certainly trigger peoples psychological tendencies. Of course, once triggered, it can be quite challenging to determine the best course of action.
- [Mama Bird](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mama-bird/) - She roosted her nest under a ledge on my front porch. I hope we can become friends. But she is afraid.
- [The Mystery of the "Enlightened City"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-mystery-of-the-enlightened-city/) - I learned a tremendous amount about the construction of an "Enlightened City" over the past 20 years. To describe it requires some background in Vedic Knowledge.
- [Beautiful Questions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beautiful-questions/) - I was recently asked some beautiful questions. Here are my responses.
- [Paradigms and the Mapping Key](https://www.michaelmamas.net/paradigms-and-the-mapping-key/) - Ancient paradigms involved the principle of mapping in very profound ways. Havans and pujas are based upon the principle.
- [Ancient Secrets Revealed](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-secrets-revealed/) - The podcast series is called 'Ancient Secrets Revealed'. We just finished recording episode 1 of the series.
- [Your Jyotish for This Year](https://www.michaelmamas.net/your-jyotish-for-this-year/) - Happy Vedic New Year! 60% of your Jyotish (astrology) depends upon your moon chart.
- [Looped Vashishtha Mantra to Assist Virus Prevention and Cure](https://www.michaelmamas.net/looped-vashishtha-mantra/) - A page has been created that loops the Vashishtha Mantra continuously.
- [Vasistha's Coronavirus Cognition](https://www.michaelmamas.net/vasisthas-coronavirus-cognition/) - Though specifically for the Coronavirus, this mantra from Vasistha supports the healing and prevention of all viruses and all cancers.
- [The Michael Mamas Show](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-michael-mamas-show/) - We have now posted a number of podcasts. Over time we plan to add features like occasional video podcasts as well as call in shows.
- [Ardra Nakshatra](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ardra-nakshatra/) - Right now and until the end of April, Rahu is in Adra Nakshatra. All the other nakshatras are part of groups of five.
- [Podcasting "The Michael Mamas Show"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/podcasting-the-michael-mamas-show/) - Though the podcast website is not finished yet, you can access the first few podcasts.
- [Scholars, Drugs, Fools and the Wise](https://www.michaelmamas.net/scholars-drugs-fools-and-the-wise/) - Scholars tend to be 'know it alls'. As is said, 'The only true knowing is knowing that you know no-thing.'
- [A Few Updates](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-few-updates/) - Thinking that I will start a podcast, I have not been blogging lately in hopes the podcasts would start soon. I will keep you posted.
- [Brainwashing, Cults, and the Razors Edge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/brainwashing-cults-and-the-razors-edge/) - It is important to realize that cult leaders are usually not intentionally malevolent. They too have been intoxicated with the very things they offer.
- [Rishis, Jiva, and God](https://www.michaelmamas.net/rishis-jiva-and-god/) - To find God is to refine and strengthen our experience of the Jiva, the Rishi value, the Self. It is an inward process, not an outward one.
- [Technology Will Pave the Way](https://www.michaelmamas.net/technology-will-pave-the-way/) - Quantum computing promises to exponentially propel the high tech industry forward...
- [The Current Jyotish](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-current-jyotish/) - During the month of January, there is some especially powerful Jyotish...
- [Mapping and the Ramayana](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mapping-and-the-ramayana/) - The following is a lovely example of mapping. All Knowledge exists at every point in creation and is expressed in every aspect of Vedic Literature.
- [Sociology and the Veda](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sociology-and-the-veda/) - Perhaps you would enjoy watching the following video. Click here to watch it. The second in the series is also interesting. I imagine the rest are as well. Sociology is obviously a huge field of study, but let’s take a look at it from the perspective of Vedic Science. Vedic Science explains: 1) There is an underlying essence (called the
- [God's Will](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gods-will-2/) - We are but tiny ships navigating the winds and waves of Karma on the ocean of existence...
- [Sacred](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sacred/) - The sky is sacred. The earth is sacred. The waters are sacred. Life is sacred. All things are sacred.
- [Chanting](https://www.michaelmamas.net/chanting/) - It is nice that some of the Mount Soma residents have been exploring and enjoying chanting. I recently discussed chanting with Pandit Prasad and we offer the following...
- [One Religion?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/one-religion/) - A friend in India emailed me saying that there is a movement in India, saying, "a new concept is fast moving here, that is one earth one religion.”
- [Thanksgiving Thank You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thanksgiving-thank-you/) - I have received a number of lovely cards, letters, and emails, for which I am deeply thankful. My heart… my heart… my heart… so touching. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
- ["Jupiter and Venus Opportunity" Revisited](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jupiter-and-venus-opportunity-revisited/) - Here at Mount Soma, both planets Venus and Jupiter were visible last night… A number of people looked and made their personal wishes and wishes for Mount Soma…
- [Jupiter and Venus Opportunity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jupiter-and-venus-opportunity/) - November 23-25, Jupiter and Venus will be very close to one another. As the sun sets, they will become visible for a short period of time in the southwestern sky.
- [The Web that has No Weaver](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-web-that-has-no-weaver/) - Where do our thoughts and attitudes come from? It seems as if they have no origin. Instead, they are part of a weaverless web we call “the world.”
- [A Heartfelt “Thank You”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-heartfelt-thank-you/) - Aboard the plane returning home from California class, I sit with the fine feelings of love and kindness that filled me over the past several days...
- [Kaivalya](https://www.michaelmamas.net/kaivalya/) - This started out as a private personal letter to a friend, but I decided to offer it in an open blog: Dear _____, You asked the other day if I was still experiencing kundalini changes as the Jyotishis predicted would happen this autumn. When I told you ‘no,’ I was being honest in the sense
- [Refining the Physiology Question](https://www.michaelmamas.net/refining-the-physiology-question/) - I was recently asked the following question: "I saw 'What is Genius? - Bruce Lee' again, and you said Bruce Lee refined his physiology through Martial Arts..."
- [Durga Havan 2019](https://www.michaelmamas.net/durga-havan-2019/) - During this autumn’s Nine Days of Mother Divine, we had the 6 hour Durga Havan. It is such a tremendous Havan. By the end, the Shakti is incredibly palpable...
- [Thoughts Evolve](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thoughts-evolve/) - We live in a world of hues, shades, curves, and contours. Everything is a multivariable equation. How do we go about making responsible decisions?
- [In God We Trust](https://www.michaelmamas.net/in-god-we-trust/) - In a recent poll, nearly half of college students said they'd like “In God We Trust” taken off of our currency. This, to me, screams out one thing...
- [Toothpaste, Diatoms, and World Peace - Revisited](https://www.michaelmamas.net/toothpaste-diatoms-and-world-peace-revisited/) - Evidently, a bacterium that consumes plastics in the ocean is already in the works!
- [The Power of Vastu](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-power-of-vastu/) - When SK, our temple Sthapati from South India, recently visited Mount Soma, he came to my home. There, he saw that the Vastu fence was not correct...
- [Toothpaste, Diatoms, and World Peace](https://www.michaelmamas.net/toothpaste-diatoms-and-world-peace/) - A healthy world is a delicate balance of limitless variables. For health, for world peace, the wholeness value of the ecosystem must be addressed...
- [Limitless Simultaneous Thoughts](https://www.michaelmamas.net/limitless-simultaneous-thoughts/) - It is said that humans think only one thought at a time, while God thinks a limitless number of thoughts all at the same time...
- [Phase 3 and the Kingdom Within](https://www.michaelmamas.net/phase-3-and-the-kingdom-within/) - Feedback from of Phase 3 Course participants led me to reflect on the experience of going through the door to what lies within...
- ['If' Does Not Exist](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-you-actually-do/) - Nick Kyrgios is a natural athlete and great tennis player. He is edgy, hot headed, not so disciplined, rebellious, and does not practice as much as he should...
- [The School’s 25th Anniversary is this Month!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-schools-25th-anniversary-is-this-month/) - Dr. Michael Mamas started this school in August, 1994. So, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary at Mount Soma...
- [What We Do Not Know About the Spiritual Path](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-we-do-not-know-about-the-spiritual-path/) - Adi Shankara said it beautifully; the spiritual path is the path of discernment. Let’s look at discernment as it applies to our relationship with what we do not know.
- [Natural Law](https://www.michaelmamas.net/natural-law/) - When the stresses and strains in the psychophysiology are released, people behave in harmony with their true nature spontaneously.
- [Emotional Balance](https://www.michaelmamas.net/emotional-balance/) - From time to time, we all lose our emotional balance. The real problem is that when people lose their emotional balance, they do not think they have lost it...
- [Words, Feelings, and the Gap](https://www.michaelmamas.net/words-feelings-and-the-gap/) - We humans rely heavily on words... Sincerity lies in the feelings that lie deeper than the meaning of the words we use...
- [Beyond Duality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beyond-duality/) - The dualistic mentality is not so easy to get past. This world is the world of duality (relativity). However, the root, the essence, the foundation is unity...
- [Upcoming July Eclipses](https://www.michaelmamas.net/upcoming-july-eclipses/) - The Jyotish astrology during the month of July remains very difficult. There will be a Total Solar Eclipse on July 2 in Gemini...
- [Wisdom and Perspective](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wisdom-and-perspective/) - Relative existence is born of and constructed in perspective. For each soul, each Atman, there is a unique perspective: a unique relationship with all that is...
- [Karma, Morality, and Justice](https://www.michaelmamas.net/karma-morality-and-justice/) - Is there a direct correlation, a connection between the law of Karma and the delivery of moral justice? If so, can we even begin to fathom such a principle?
- [Thoughts and Emotions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thoughts-and-emotions/) - Our psychological dynamic is rooted deeply in the physiology of the mind. Working with that can be likened to massaging a muscle...
- [My Bedroom Window](https://www.michaelmamas.net/my-bedroom-window/) - Most photographs I take are from my bedroom window. Each photo acts as a portal to an appreciation of the moment somehow more poignant than the moment itself…
- [Wisdom's Call](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wisdoms-call/) - When the waters on the ocean of life are undisturbed, it is easy to be wise. But it is when the daily disturbances of life arise that we need wisdom the most.
- [Current Jyotish](https://www.michaelmamas.net/current-jyotish-2/) - Reminder that we are in the midst of very difficult Jyotish for the next month or so. So, if you or others are having a hard time, please keep this in mind...
- [The Secret to Balanced Living](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-secret-to-balanced-living/) - The relative world is seductive. It pulls at you, demands attention. It compels you to turn your back on the depth of your being and keep loading your plate...
- [Confidence vs. Arrogance](https://www.michaelmamas.net/confidence-vs-arrogance/) - Regardless of what may occur in life, stay loyal to the greatness, the Divinity within yourself. That, in and of itself, is the key to greatness.
- [Seeing Beyond the Stories](https://www.michaelmamas.net/seeing-beyond-the-stories/) - Someone was telling me about a situation they found themselves in, and said they would “not attach negative stories to it.” This phrase has great implications…
- [Prayer](https://www.michaelmamas.net/prayer/) - n prayer, I said I would like to know what the future holds. The response came back swift and clear: “You are not supposed to know..."
- [Specious](https://www.michaelmamas.net/specious/) - The word “specious” means plausible, but false. “Specious” conveys a concept seemingly so simple, yet so incredibly profound...
- [Jyotish Challenge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jyotish-challenge/) - A challenging time is coming up from May 7 – June 22. Jyotishis are attributing what happened in Sri Lanka to the beginning of that influence...
- [Any Two Words](https://www.michaelmamas.net/any-two-words/) - The mind even enjoys connecting things together. Take any two unrelated words...
- [Christianity Reborn](https://www.michaelmamas.net/christianity-reborn/) - The understanding of any religion must evolve over time to interface with the mentality of the times...
- [Mindsets vs Belief Systems 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mindsets-vs-belief-systems-2/) - I hope the previous blog, “Mindsets vs Belief Systems,” offers a sense of the all-pervading depth and breadth of the concept of ‘mindset’...
- [Mindsets vs Belief Systems](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mindsets-vs-belief-systems/) - Our mindset determines how we process our life experiences, both intellectually and emotionally. When our mindset changes dramatically, it feels shattering...
- [Strength and Perspective](https://www.michaelmamas.net/strength-and-perspective/) - While street mentality may believe that strength is unswerving allegiance to perspective, doesn't strength include the ability to overcome current perspective?
- [On Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-truth/) - If we insist upon the notion of ‘Truth’, then we must understand that Truth is not concrete.
- [Dylan](https://www.michaelmamas.net/dylan/) - Bob Dylan captures subtle, elusive, abstract, yet often universal feelings with his words. Take these verses from "My Back Pages"...
- [Peace](https://www.michaelmamas.net/peace/) - As I look out over this world, I see such longing for peace and contentment. Yet I see the seeds of unrest and conflict in the hearts and minds of the people...
- [The Winds of Time](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-winds-of-time/) - Collective human mentality flows over our planet in currents, similar to the global 'winds'. Will we 'go with the flow' or move in positive directions together?
- [Innocence and the Whats and Whys of Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/innocence-and-the-whats-and-whys-of-life-michael-mamas-blog/) - Enlightened individuals are limited in what they can do in the world, by the group mentality of Kali Yuga... the age of identity and indoctrination.
- [Mona Lisa Shrugs](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mona-lisa-shrugs/) - Mona Lisa’s portrait is famous for saying so much with the slightest smile, while not saying a word. One day, I had a Mona Lisa experience from a shrug.
- ['Provincial' in the Age of the Internet](https://www.michaelmamas.net/provincial-in-the-age-of-the-internet/) - Before the internet, 'provincial' was so simple. Every town was a small-town. Even if you lived in a big city, your local neighborhood was your small-town, your province.
- [Healing Negativity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/healing-negativity/) - With so much negativity in our world, let’s take a step back and explore the nature of negativity in hopes that the exploration will heal it.
- [Wisdom, Psychology, Sociology, Mental and Emotional Health](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wisdom-psychology-sociology-mental-and-emotional-health/) - What is more important than what we think and what we feel? At first glance, we may respond with: 'Nothing.' By Michael Mamas.
- [What We Incarnate With](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-we-incarnate-with/) - We may think of the issues we incarnate with as psychological in nature and healed through the personal process of inner exploration and reflection.
- [Life is Not a Formula](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-is-not-a-formula/) - Life is not a formula.
- [The Only True Knowing...](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-only-true-knowing/) - I, like so many, am fond of the Socrates quote, 'The only true knowing is knowing that you know nothing.'
- [Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.michaelmamas.net/martin-luther-king-jr/) - "I have decided to stick with love… Hate is too great a burden to bear." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The sign of a great man…
- [Soma and Agni](https://www.michaelmamas.net/soma-and-agni/) - Fire and rain. Yang and Yin. The Sun and the Moon. Agni and Soma. The world needs these two poles to spin around. By Michael Mamas.
- [Beautiful Muhammad Quote](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beautiful-muhammad-quote/) - The difference between our modern level of wealth versus primitive humanity is not based upon money, gold, or treasure. By Michael Mamas.
- [Iswara and the Candle Flame](https://www.michaelmamas.net/iswara-and-the-candle-flame/) - When the subject of spirituality came up, a doctor commented that every spiritual group claims to have all the answers. Yet, the spiritual groups disagree with one and other.
- [Amazing Grace](https://www.michaelmamas.net/amazing-grace/) - With this song, I have always imagined an old woman living in a cabin tucked away in the woods of the Appalachian mountains, among the oldest mountains in the world.
- [Robert Frost](https://www.michaelmamas.net/robert-frost/) - To be completely honest, I was not all that impressed with this poem... until I read the last line. I learned from it.
- ["How to Be Nice and Not Be Mean"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-be-nice-and-not-be-mean/) - When my daughter was just a little girl, I asked her if she knew what I taught in my classes. She responded, 'How to be nice and not be mean.'
- [Facts, Wisdom, Truth, and the Dots](https://www.michaelmamas.net/facts-wisdom-truth-and-the-dots/) - Facts matter little. It is your relationship with those facts that makes all the difference. If you doubt that, just watch the evening news.
- [The Nature of Life in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-nature-of-life-in-a-nutshell/) - Consciousness equals ‘Is-ness.’ There is only one Consciousness. It is called pure being, the unified field, Ishwara, etc. Every person, every being, is rooted in that Consciousness uniquely, which births individuality—Jiva.
- [President Bush](https://www.michaelmamas.net/president-bush/) - Of all that was said and done after the passing of President Bush, what had the most impact upon me was his son telling us that his dad is now in Heaven holding the hand of his wife and hugging his daughter Robin, who passed years ago.
- [Thanksgiving Night](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thanksgiving-night/) - The rising moon is full, bright, and gold. The autumn air is fresh and still.
- [Universal Principles](https://www.michaelmamas.net/universal-principles/) - Many of our universal principles can be succinctly represented in one sentence or phrase. By Michael Mamas.
- [Psyochophysiological Basenote Revisited… Where Are You Coming From?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/psyochophysiological-basenote-revisited-where-are-you-coming-from/) - When the physiology and psyche are clean and pure, all experiences move from the surface to the depth of one's being, undistorted.
- [Our History Held Humbly](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-history-held-humbly/) - It's been said of war that history is written by the victors. I would expand that to say that the present defines the past. By Michael Mamas.
- [Everything is a Message from God](https://www.michaelmamas.net/everything-is-a-message-from-god/) - Everything is a message from God… but understanding it is usually not so easy. By Michael Mamas.
- [Wonderful Retreat!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wonderful-retreat/) - he Phase 2 Advanced Techniques Course was great. I am missing all of you already.
- [Advanced Techniques and the Bhrigu Nadi](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-and-the-bhrigu-nadi/) - I am getting so excited about teaching Phase 1 of the Advanced Techniques to more students next month and Phase 2 to the Ashram people and staff after that!
- [Guru Purnima](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gurupurnima/) - Tonight the full moon will shine bright and beautiful... Guru Purnima... the full moon in July.
- [Birds and Rabbits](https://www.michaelmamas.net/birds-and-rabbits/) - My kids wanted a pet, so we bought an outdoor cat. Over time, quite naturally, I became very attached to him. When he passed away, it was hard for me. By Michael Mamas.
- [Stable, Not Rigid... Pliability Revisited](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stable-not-rigid-pliability-revisited/) - Pliability is a beautiful notion with a profound implication on all levels of life. There is a big difference between 'pliability' and 'flexibility'. By Michael Mamas.
- [The Nature of Human Evolution in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-nature-of-human-evolution-in-a-nutshell/) - Everything fits together: physics, biology, anthropology, archaeology, psychology, etc. It all unifies and seamlessly integrates into a perfect whole. By Michael Mamas.
- [What Happens after the Body Dies?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-happens-after-the-body-dies/) - I received the following question: “I'm wondering what happens after life. I see the paradox of just living in a mystery, but I do believe there is some sort of experience after death.
- [Ancient Hawaiian Huna](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ancient-hawaiian-huna/) - I recently had a dream in which an ancient Hawaiian Shaman came and spoke with me. He talked about feelings and emotions. By Michael Mamas.
- [Srinivasa Ramanujan: The Man Who Knew Infinity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/srinivasa-ramanujan-the-man-who-knew-infinity/) - I spoke of this movie in the recent California class. It is a beautiful true story. Personally, I got choked up several times while viewing it.
- [Kindness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/kindness/) - What a precious gift is kindness. Don't we all wish there was more of it in our lives! Kindness sees, kindness understands, but kindness doesn't judge. By Michael Mamas.
- [Two Approaches to Music](https://www.michaelmamas.net/two-approaches-to-music/) - In my experience as a beginning musician, I stumbled upon an analogy that works in a limited way, but provides, I think, some valuable insight. By Michael Mamas.
- [Cheer for the Home Team](https://www.michaelmamas.net/cheer-for-the-home-team/) - It’s not uncommon for an athlete to thank God after a victory, or for some people to assert that God picks a side in a sporting event. Let’s take a deeper look.
- [Jordan Peterson](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jordan-peterson/) - Jordan Peterson is a professor, psychologist, author, and lecturer with perspectives on many things… masculinity, religion, etc.
- [Chance/Karma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/chance-karma/) - 'Chance makes a plaything of a man's life.' We would call it Karma. By Michael Mamas.
- [Novice Meditator Experience](https://www.michaelmamas.net/novice-meditator-experience/) - I have been meditating with your Surya Ram technique for about 6 weeks and love it. Am I connecting with my inner true being, or is it just deep relaxation?
- [Mars!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mars/) - With just basic classical Newtonian physics, so much is accomplished. And now another launch to Mars. By Michael Mamas.
- [Life: Looking Forward, Looking Back](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-looking-forward-looking-back/) - Forward, forward, always forward. Life is funny. Even the Bhagavad Gita states that the course of action is unfathomable. By Michael Mamas.
- [Stressed Vegetables (Veggies)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/stressed-vegetables-veggies/) - When veggies get 'stressed,' they become toxic. Different things can stress different veggies. By Michael Mamas.
- [Microbiome](https://www.michaelmamas.net/microbiome/) - The population of bacteria within the gut is known as a microbiome. Here we are focusing on the microbiome in the digestive system. By Michael Mamas.
- [Is It a Rocket?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/is-it-a-rocket/) - Have you ever noticed a jet stream that looked like it was going straight up? Have you wondered if it might be a rocket? By Michael Mamas.
- [Arthritis… A Chinese Medicine Perspective](https://www.michaelmamas.net/arthritis-a-chinese-medicine-perspective/) - Someone was told by a Chinese doctor that they had arthritis. The person was confused, claiming their joints always felt fine. By Michael Mamas.
- [Four Minute Workout](https://www.michaelmamas.net/four-minute-workout/) - Our resident chiropractor, whom some affectionately call 'Dr. Muscles,' shared the following 4-minute workout with me.
- [Advanced Techniques (Phase 2) – Guardians of Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-phase-2-guardians-of-truth/) - We recently finished the Advanced Techniques (Phase 2) instruction for the Ashram Group. Just as with Phase 1, it was a great learning experience.
- [Advanced Techniques Phase 1 Remote Course](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-phase-1-remote-course/) - We really want everyone to join us for Phase 2 this summer, so we've decided to offer an Advanced Techniques, Phase 1 remote course.
- [These Mountains](https://www.michaelmamas.net/these-mountains/) - I’ve been living in these mountains for some 20 years now. I remember thinking that in time people probably come to know these mountains pretty well.
- [Merry Christmas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/merry-christmas-2/) - There are so many different understandings of Christ: who he is, what he is. As we refine our understanding of nature and existence, so too do we refine our understanding of everything.
- [Matcha Tea](https://www.michaelmamas.net/matcha-tea/) - Matcha tea is my new favorite beverage. I like to use it to prepare chai. I buy it on Amazon.
- [Thank You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thank-you/) - Today we had our Christmas dinner at Mount Soma. As I looked around the room, I felt the family of dear friends comprising our Surya Ram community.
- [O Christmas Tree](https://www.michaelmamas.net/o-christmas-tree/) - Today after lunch, a few of us decorated the Christmas tree. It was delightful.
- [Life's Two Fronts](https://www.michaelmamas.net/lifes-two-fronts/) - The laws of nature are very different on the surface of life as opposed to the depth. For example, on the surface, you and I are separate. At the depth, we are all one.
- [Amazing Child Prodigy](https://www.michaelmamas.net/amazing-child-prodigy/) - We share the one same humanity. Such uniquely talented individuals such as Alma Deutscher stand as a celebration of the grandeur of what it means to be human.
- [How Civilizations Rise & Fall According to Their Harmony with Nature](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-civilizations-rise-fall-according-to-their-harmony-with-nature/) - Living in a log cabin with no electricity, going barefoot, and growing your own food has nothing to do with living in harmony with nature. By Michael Mamas.
- [Climbing the Mountain](https://www.michaelmamas.net/climbing-the-mountain/) - When you climb a mountain, commitment and dedication are required. You need to stay one-pointedly focused on the goal, with a ‘steady hand on the rudder'.
- [Rocket Launch](https://www.michaelmamas.net/rocket-launch/) - At Mount Soma, in the past, we have seen rocket launches such as the below in the eastern sky
- [Mount Soma Featured on UNC-TV](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mount-soma-featured-on-unc-tv/) - Mount Soma and Sri Somesvara Temple will be featured in a segment of North Carolina Weekend on UNC-TV tonight at 9:00pm (11/2/17).
- [Advanced Techniques Update](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-update/) - My favorite comment about the Advanced Techniques came from a student who said it is as if they don't even 'do' the Advanced Techniques anymore. By Michael Mamas.
- [Vulnerability](https://www.michaelmamas.net/vulnerability-2/) - Human beings are incredibly vulnerable creatures. The depth of our soul reaches all the way into the Transcendent. By Michael Mamas.
- [Fun Fact](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fun-fact/) - As you look to the sky, Mercury is always within 30 degrees from the Sun. Venus is always within 60 degrees from the Sun.
- [Your Human Nature: Friend or Foe?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/your-human-nature-friend-or-foe/) - 'Nature is what we are put in this world to rise above.' A fundamental understanding of this quote could transform perspective on human behavior and spiritual development
- [Good Manners](https://www.michaelmamas.net/good-manners/) - Good manners are just the latest casualty in the ongoing collapse of Western civilization.
- ['What I Find Funny' Blogs](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-i-find-funny-blogs/) - I may start a series of 'What I find funny' blogs: sayings or situations that make me chuckle, smile, or even laugh out loud. By Michael Mamas.
- [Today's Recorded Live Stream Video](https://www.michaelmamas.net/todays-recorded-live-stream-video/) - Thank you to all who tuned in to watch the live YouTube stream today!
- [Going Online Live!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/going-online-live/) - Michael Mamas will be streaming live on YouTube on Saturday, September 30th, 2017.
- [Community: The Fabric of a Nation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/community-the-fabric-of-a-nation/) - The members of a healthy community share a similar identity. In times past, it would have been a similar ethnic background or religion. By Michael Mamas.
- [Mithya or Illusion Part 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mithya-or-illusion-part-2/) - This whole world is a world of imagination. It was all imagined into being through a play of Consciousness. So we have a very profound distinction between imagination and fantasy.
- [Mithya or Illusion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mithya-or-illusion/) - One of the criticisms of Vedanta is that 'the world is just illusion'. The proper term in this context is not "maya" but "mithya". By Michael Mamas.
- [Pranama](https://www.michaelmamas.net/pranama/) - It happened again on my way to the temple this morning: I saw a deer, a buck with antlers this time. By Michael Mamas.
- [Timely Quote](https://www.michaelmamas.net/timely-quote/) - We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
- [Mount Soma's Video Stream a Great Success!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mount-somas-video-stream-a-great-success/) - We look forward to video streaming with the entire student body as well as the public at large.
- [Auspicious Day Today](https://www.michaelmamas.net/auspicious-day-today/) - Because it is Shravan Maas (Shiva month), Shani Shanivar (auspicious Saturn day during Shravan Maas), and Pradosham – Maasa Shivarathri (auspicious day of the month for Shiva), today’s auspiciousness is considered equal to Mahashivarathri (Great Night of Shiva). The Shani (Saturn) Puja just finished, after that a Rudrabhishekam, and there will be a Rudrabhishekam this
- [Advanced Techniques Video Stream](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-video-stream/) - This Sunday at noon, we'll be doing the first follow-up video stream for those who took the Advanced Techniques Course, Phase 1. If you took that course, you will receive an email right before it starts with instructions.
- [Sutra Tip](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sutra-tip/) - At times, people have mentioned that they would almost prefer to not practice the Sutras. The practice can, at times, feel almost uncomfortable. By Michael Mamas.
- [Qigong Arm Swinging](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qigong-arm-swinging/) - Regarding the Arm Swinging technique, it can be done not only when you are standing still, but also when you are walking. By Michael Mamas.
- [Watermelon](https://www.michaelmamas.net/watermelon/) - Watermelon is very cooling and good for Pitta. I understand that according to Chinese Medicine, the seeds are extremely cooling. By Michael Mamas.
- [Solar Eclipse](https://www.michaelmamas.net/solar-eclipse/) - Eclipses in General The sun and moon's rays have an effect on the earth. Of course, when we refer to "rays" here, we mean it not just on the more superficial levels, but also on the astrological and Transcendental level. Normal sun and moon shine create a normal environment for the earth. Physical earth is
- [Advanced Techniques Phase 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-phase-2/) - Advanced Techniques Phase 1 was so inspiring! Since immediately after the course, my mind has been on Phase 2. It is incredibly exciting. By Michael Mamas.
- [Hanuman Jayanthi at Mount Soma!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hanuman-jayanthi-at-mount-soma/) - May 20, 2017 was another great day. Lots of people fillled Hanuman Park for Hanuman Jayanthi.
- [The Trinity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-trinity/) - When Consciousness perceives itself as other, duality is born. Simultaneously, a third thing is born: the process of that perceiving, that knowing, of 'other.'
- [Wave Motion, Identity, Gravity, and Time](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wave-motion-identity-gravity-and-time/) - Identity comes with the notion of 'other.' On the deepest Transcendental level, there is no identity. On the deeper levels of relativity, identity is less concrete.
- [What Is Matter and the Nature of Identity?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-matter-and-the-nature-of-identity/) - The foundation of existence is Consciousness... i.e., the unified field. Identity is a quality of consciousness. By Michael Mamas.
- [Space-time, Special and General Relativity in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/space-time-special-and-general-relativity-in-a-nutshell/) - Michael Mamas explains space, time, special relativity and general relativity in a nutshell. Theoretical physics first must understand nature.
- [On Decision Making](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-decision-making-2/) - Wise decisions are based upon deep feelings, not intense emotions. It is not wise to make decisions based upon whatever emotions overwhelm you. By Michael Mamas.
- [Qigong Part 1 (3 Part Series)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qigong-part-1/) - According to Chinese Practitioners, this Qigong exercise is a cure all, opening every meridian and circulating Qi throughout the body. By Michael Mamas.
- [Great Things](https://www.michaelmamas.net/great-things/) - Great things emerge out of ideas that were originally abstract. Think Newton, Watson and Crick, Maxwell, and Einstein, to name just a few. By Michael Mamas.
- [Smart](https://www.michaelmamas.net/smart/) - Someone once said to the Guru, 'Intelligent people might be smart, but they have no deep feelings.' By Michael Mamas.
- [To Understand](https://www.michaelmamas.net/to-understand-3/) - You can take my teachings and come to understand them intellectually, and then file them away in a shoebox and decide you get it. By Michael Mamas.
- [Fundamental Principle #6: The Reality Continuum](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fundamental-principle-6-the-reality-continuum/) - The Reality Continuum is a much deeper theory than the simple notion of multiple realities and parallel universes. Our universe is a Reality Continuum.
- [Fundamental Principle #5: Personification Of](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fundamental-principle-5-personification-of/) - There is one God. Each Deity is the personification of a different aspect of God, as if God puts on a different attire to present another quality of His/Her divine nature.
- [Fundamental Principle #4: Mapping](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fundamental-principle-4-mapping/) - Everything maps onto everything else. This is a fundamental principle of nature.
- [Fundamental Principle #3: Structure](https://www.michaelmamas.net/structure/) - The Veda, the source of all existence, is born out of one, and only one, thing. It lies beyond relativity, beyond the realm of things.
- [Fundamental Principle #2: The Unified Field](https://www.michaelmamas.net/essential-knowledge-point-2/) - Modern Physics calls it the unified field. It is also called the transcendent & the absolute. The ancient rishis & some modern physicists call it consciousness.
- [Fundamental Principle #1: Discernment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/its-so-hard-to-listen-essential-knowledge-point-one/) - Students who excel in academics are the ones that really listen to what the professor says. It is so easy to tweak or distort what the real message is.
- [On Becoming Invisible](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-becoming-invisible/) - Our inner resistances and inner conflicts are what are visible to others. Having no inner resistance means to be invisible. By Michael Mamas.
- [Advanced Techniques 5](https://www.michaelmamas.net/advanced-techniques-5/) - I just want to make sure that everybody understands that the Advanced Techniques Course is much more than an 8-day program. It lasts a full year. By Michael Mamas.
- [Our Need To Feel Needed... And When It Must Change](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-need-to-feel-needed-and-when-it-must-change/) - While recently giving a lecture in the San Francisco area, I was asked: 'Would you please talk about the need to feel needed?' By Michael Mamas.
- [The Last of the Mohicans](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-last-of-the-mohicans/) - 'Do not try to understand them. and do not try to make them understand you.' This beautiful quote from the movie is so far reaching. By Michael Mamas.
- [Super Bowl Party](https://www.michaelmamas.net/super-bowl-party/) - The Super Bowl was so much fun! Like football or not, last night at Mount Soma, the Super Bowl party was great fun for everyone.
- [Mars, Venus and Moon](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mars-venus-and-moon/) - Mars, Venus and Moon are together this evening in the western sky. You may want to take a look.
- [The Spiritual Revolution](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-spiritual-revolution/) - We are in the midst of a spiritual revolution. In this video, Michael Mamas discusses the current spiritual revolution, and introduces the answer it demands.
- [Why I Love College Football](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-i-love-college-football/) - Two quotes from the Alabama coaches before the championship game tonight against Clemson. By Michael Mamas.
- [Maharshi Quotes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/maharshi-quotes/) - Quotes from Maharshi Mahesh Yogi.
- [Healthy Living](https://www.michaelmamas.net/healthy-living/) - The following short video could be the most important one you ever watch. By Michael Mamas.
- [Winter Solstice](https://www.michaelmamas.net/winter-solstice/) - Today is the first day of winter. The Sun rises in the southernmost location. Many have been feeling the challenging events of the past year. By Michael Mamas.
- [Political Correctness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/political-correctness/) - There is a concept in ancient Chinese philosophy called 'The Rectification of the Names' where it is socially no longer considered correct to use terms that most accurately convey the meaning of things.
- [Why I Teach: Reflections on Awakening Others to the Wisdom Within](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-i-teach-reflections-on-awakening-others-to-the-wisdom-within/) - For the past twenty years, my motivation for teaching includes, but has gone beyond, the more traditional motivations. By Michael Mamas.
- [Early Thanksgiving](https://www.michaelmamas.net/early-thanksgiving/) - We had a wonderful early Thanksgiving today, Tuesday, Nov. 22 at Mount Soma because Thursday will be busy with guests. By Michael Mamas.
- [Two New Articles Published](https://www.michaelmamas.net/two-new-articles-published/) - I just had two articles published – one on Entrepreneur.com and one on PositivelyPositive.com. Comments on the articles are welcome.
- [How to Avoid the Pitfalls of the 'I Get It' Syndrome](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-avoid-the-pitfalls-of-the-i-get-it-syndrome/) - The 'I get it' syndrome applies to just about everything in life and business. Our life's activities can seem little more than a series of entombed black boxes that we string together to form our days.
- [What Ever Happened to 'Peace and Love'?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-ever-happened-to-peace-and-love/) - Today I long for those peace and love ideals. What is peace and love anyway? Isn’t it far more than non-violence and free love? By Michael Mamas.
- [5 'Exercises' To Skip During Your Spiritual Workout](https://www.michaelmamas.net/5-exercises-to-skip-during-your-spiritual-workout/) - Let's take a look at the different approaches used by people for their spiritual growth to understand what works and what doesn't. By Michael Mamas.
- [Fifth Graders Visit Mount Soma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fifth-graders-visit-mount-soma/) - A wonderful group of fifth graders visited Mount Soma yesterday. Everyone had a lot of fun. Here is the brief talk I gave. By Michael Mamas.
- [How to 'Win' an Argument Without Losing the Relationship](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-win-an-argument-without-losing-the-relationship/) - If you win an argument, how much do you really gain, and how much do you actually lose? By Michael Mamas.
- [How Ancient Civilizations Fathomed the Unfathomable](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-ancient-civilizations-fathomed-the-unfathomable/) - Could there be an ancient approach to gaining knowledge that has been forgotten to time? By Michael Mamas.
- [Are Your Right & Left Brain Talking to Each Other?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/are-your-right-left-brain-talking-to-each-other/) - How do we attain peace within our being when our emotions and thoughts are in conflict? By Michael Mamas.
- [How to Make a To Do List Without Making a Career Out of It](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-make-a-to-do-list/) - You may want to consider my approach to a 'To Do List', which I feel is more real world, efficient, and, at least for me, more effective. By Michael Mamas.
- [Fall at Mount Soma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fall-at-mount-soma/) - Fabulous clouds and fall weather, all day every day lately here at Mount Soma! By Michael Mamas.
- [Want to Live an Inspired Life? Access Inspiration at Its Source](https://www.michaelmamas.net/want-to-live-an-inspired-life-access-inspiration-at-its-source/) - Inspiration comes from the depth of your being. Something is inspiring when it touches and awakens that depth. By Michael Mamas.
- [Hand Food: Why Eating With Your Hands Is So Satisfying](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hand-food/) - It's interesting to reflect upon why 'hand food' is so popular. By Michael Mamas.
- [The Spiritual Significance of Becoming Invisible](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-spiritual-significance-of-becoming-invisible/) - Our inner resistances and inner conflicts are what is visible to others. Having no inner resistance means to be invisible. By Michael Mamas.
- [How to Meditate](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-meditate/) - I just reviewed again my latest short, but sweet, YouTube videos on how to meditate and must say I am very happy with them. By Michael Mamas.
- [Key Principles to Building a Business Team](https://www.michaelmamas.net/key-principles-to-building-a-business-team/) - Apply these principles: there will be less turnover, both you and your team members will feel more fulfilled, and your business will run more smoothly. By Michael Mamas.
- [Reflection: A Gateway to Insight & Wisdom](https://www.michaelmamas.net/reflection-a-gateway-to-insight-wisdom/) - Thinking gets us only so far. We must learn to reflect. Reflection is a relaxed state, as if we have all the time in the world. SlideShare by Michael Mamas.
- [How Mourning Can Support A Soul's Journey](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-mourning-can-support-a-souls-journey/) - When a beloved one passes, it is natural to mourn. There are some aspects of death and mourning that can be helpful to know. By Michael Mamas.
- [How to Work with the 5 Classic Personality Types](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-work-with-the-5-classic-personality-types/) - By knowing about and working with the five classic personality types, you can understand yourself better and become more effective at working with others. By Michael Mamas.
- [The Lost Art of Self-Reliance](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-lost-art-of-self-reliance/) - Most of life (our feelings, morals, ethics, and values) transcends provable points and mechanical logic. Truth is found within ourselves. By Michael Mamas.
- [Thoughts During Meditation (靜坐時出現的念頭)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thoughts-during-meditation/) - Question: You said earlier that when you are meditating and you have thoughts, just kind of let it go?
- ["What is Genius?" Audio Series](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-genius-audio-series/) - The Michael Mamas 'What is Genius?' series has been uploaded to SoundCloud. There are eight audio tracks.
- [An Ounce of Prevention… How to Keep Problems From Taking Over](https://www.michaelmamas.net/an-ounce-of-prevention/) - Though it's tough to admit, if we could take a step back and look at difficult situations we encounter, we would realize we are creating our own problems. By Michael Mamas.
- [To Understand](https://www.michaelmamas.net/to-understand-2/) - Striving for clear communication, clear understanding, requires that we respectfully and sincerely speak up when something said feels hurtful or incorrect. By Michael Mamas.
- [Benefits of a Natural Meditation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/benefits-of-a-natural-meditation/) - The association that gets tied to a word can take on more significance than the actual meaning of the word. The word 'meditation' is a prime example. By Michael Mamas.
- [Staying Open – The Gateway to Life's Infinite Possibilities](https://www.michaelmamas.net/staying-open-the-gateway-to-lifes-infinite-possibilities/) - Staying open may feel like an uncomfortable place to be. It may even feel like it goes against every fiber of your being, yet it is the path of the wise. By Michael Mamas.
- [When Relationships Get Tense – How to Handle Tough Times with Care](https://www.michaelmamas.net/when-relationships-get-tense-how-to-handle-tough-times-with-care/) - When feeling tension in a relationship, find a way to address it. Timing is essential when you address a tense situation. Find the right time. By Michael Mamas.
- [In the Rhythm of Life, Timing is Everything](https://www.michaelmamas.net/in-the-rhythm-of-life-timing-is-everything/) - Everything in life has a rhythm. Everything cycles. The art of living has much to do with learning to ride the waves. By Michael Mamas.
- [7 Ways to Manage Adversarial Situations Wisely](https://www.michaelmamas.net/7-ways-to-manage-adversarial-situations-wisely/) - Unless you're some sort of unbelievable saint, if you're in business, you will encounter adversarial situations and perhaps even adversaries. By Michael Mamas.
- [How to Improve Your Gut Instincts](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-improve-your-gut-instincts/) - It is remarkable to witness how undeveloped our ability to feel has become. By Michael Mamas.
- [Given Human Behavior, Are We Truly More Evolved than Animals?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/given-human-behavior-are-we-truly-more-evolved-than-animals/) - The news is riddled with wars, deception, betrayal, and senseless killings humans have perpetrated on one another. It’s no wonder that many of us feel humans are the inferior species.
- [The Anger Apocalypse](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-anger-apocalypse/) - Our species is certainly angry. Just look at our history: wars and conflict over thousands of years. Surely that can't be innate, can it? By Michael Mamas.
- [Think Like a Snowflake](https://www.michaelmamas.net/think-like-a-snowflake/) - Every thought, every notion, is like the central point of a multidimensional snowflake with unlimited offshoots in every direction. By Michael Mamas.
- [Understanding People](https://www.michaelmamas.net/understanding-people/) - It is not easy to understand another person. But if we observe their behavior, how they hold themselves, their demeanor, we can gain insight into what makes them tick.
- [Why Everyone Believes in God](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-everyone-believes-in-god/) - Huge temples, cathedrals, and churches have been built throughout the ages in God's honor. Such resolute dedication is attributable to something far beyond blind faith.
- [San Francisco Trip](https://www.michaelmamas.net/san-francisco-trip/) - Michael Mamas will be traveling to San Francisco during the middle of August. He would like to organize an event for students and their guests one day.
- [Do This to Be as Successful as Henry Ford (Among Others)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/do-this-to-be-as-successful-as-henry-ford/) - Entrepreneur.com published another article by Michael Mamas: 'Do This to Be as Successful as Henry Ford (Among Others)'.
- [How Consciousness Solves the Puzzle of Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-consciousness-solves-the-puzzle-of-life/) - HuffingtonPost.com just published another article by Michael Mamas: 'How Consciousness Solves The Puzzle Of Life'.
- [In Defense of Millennials](https://www.michaelmamas.net/in-defense-of-millennials/) - Huffingtonpost.com recently published a new Michael Mamas article titled 'In Defense of Millennials".
- [How to Discover Your Ideal Profession](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-discover-your-ideal-profession/) - Entrepreneur.com published another article by Michael Mamas: 'How to Discover Your Ideal Profession'.
- [How to Become an Exemplary Team Player in Business](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-become-an-exemplary-team-player-in-business/) - Entrepreneur.com just published another article by Michael Mamas: 'How to Become an Exemplary Team Player in Business'.
- [Family Karma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/family-karma/) - A great deal of one's issues, traits and beliefs are the result of the tone, feeling, or energy of the mother while pregnant and while holding the child in the early preverbal stages.
- [Fathers](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fathers/) - A father must understand that for the wife, the child/children come first. As I have said, it is the role of the mother to hold the child and the role of the father to hold the mother.
- [Why You Can’t ‘Self-Help’ Your Way To Happiness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-you-cant-self-help-your-way-to-happiness/) - HuffingtonPost.com just published another article by Michael Mamas: 'Why You Can’t ‘Self-Help’ Your Way To Happiness'.
- [Intelligent Creativity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/intelligent-creativity/) - In response to my YouTube video about Einstein, I was asked: 'Can imagination be applied to fitness?'
- [How to Steer Workplace Tangents Back on Track](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-steer-workplace-tangents-back-on-track/) - Entrepreneur.com just published another one of my articles: 'How to Steer Workplace Tangents Back on Track'.
- [The Genius of Einstein](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-genius-of-einstein/) - The last two videos in the Michael Mamas "What is Genius?" series are now live on YouTube. In these videos, Michael Mamas discusses Einstein quotes.
- [Is Your Ego Your Spiritual Friend or Foe?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/is-your-ego-your-spiritual-friend-or-foe/) - HuffingtonPost.com just published another one of my articles: 'Is Your Ego Your Spiritual Friend or Foe?'
- [The Genius of The Matrix Movie](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-genius-of-the-matrix-movie/) - The Matrix movie, in one sense, is a story of genius. Neo finds his 'genius' within. The Oracle was living her genius. It is all about the path to genius.
- [On Paradox](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-paradox/) - I received the following comment: I'm reminding myself of the transience of life and don't see any point in anything. I see motivation as a distraction away from the present. It sounds depressing but it's actually liberating. I also find I perform the tasks that I have to do much better the less motivated I am
- [Paradox](https://www.michaelmamas.net/parodox/) - It’s important to have an open, healthy relationship with paradox. The alternative is limiting. If paradox makes you uneasy, remember one thing: All paradox finds resolution within you in the transcendent realm of existence; you hold within you all dimensions of reality and infinite degrees of freedom. We don’t need to figure it out. Understanding
- [New "What is Genius?" Video Series](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-genius-video-series/) - In a new YouTube video series, Michael Mamas explores how different individuals from Bruce Lee to Einstein found and lived their inner genius.
- [Two New Articles Published](https://www.michaelmamas.net/two-new-articles-published-2/) - I just had two new articles published – another one on Entrepreneur.com (the third this week) and one on ElephantJournal.com.
- [5 Ways to Communicate as Efficiently as a Computer](https://www.michaelmamas.net/5-ways-to-communicate-as-efficiently-as-a-computer/) - Entrepreneur.com just published another one of my articles: '5 Ways to Communicate as Efficiently as a Computer'.
- [New on Entrepreneur.com:
"5 Principles to Weather the Stormy Seas of Your Own Business"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/5-principles-to-weather-the-stormy-seas-of-your-own-business/) - I'm happy to announce that Entrepreneur.com just published another Michael Mamas article: '5 Principles to Weather the Stormy Seas of Your Own Business'.
- [Happy Mothers Day!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/happy-mothers-day-2/) - The connection between mother and child is the most beautiful miracle in all of nature. There is no stronger force in the universe than a mother's love for her children.
- [On Anger](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-anger-2/) - By Michael Mamas. When feeling angry, before you act, look deeper. What is the root of the anger? What underlies the anger?
- [In Case You Missed Them...](https://www.michaelmamas.net/in-case-you-missed-them-2/) - There have been a lot of new Michael Mamas articles, slideshows, and audios posted recently. Comments are welcome. Enjoy!
- [Truth is Elusive, Time is Limited](https://www.michaelmamas.net/truth-is-elusive-time-is-limited/) - True spiritual knowledge is so delicate. Every step of the way echoes of truth are heard and considered to be truth. How will people ever really move forward, go deeper?
- [Can You Really Find Your True Soulmate?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/can-you-really-find-your-true-soulmate/) - By Michael Mamas. HuffingtonPost.com just published another one of my articles, 'Can You Really Find Your True Soulmate?'.
- [Past Lives](https://www.michaelmamas.net/past-lives-2/) - By Michael Mamas. This poem by General George S Patton Jr speaks for itself.
- [Huffington Post Interview](https://www.michaelmamas.net/huffington-post-interview/) - My daughter, Jaya, recently interviewed me as part of Huffington Posts's #TalkToMe project, which encourages family conversations between the generations.
- [New Wikipedia Pages](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-wikipedia-pages/) - I'm excited to announce that we have two new Wikipedia pages - one for Sri Somesvara Temple, and one for Michael Mamas.
- [The Priceless Value of Embracing Multiple Paradigms](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-priceless-value-of-embracing-multiple-paradigms/) - For the fourth time, HuffingtonPost.com has published one of my latest articles, 'The Priceless Value of Embracing Multiple Paradigms'.
- [Some Quotes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/some-quotes/) - These quotes have been sitting on my desktop for a while. I thought I would send them along to you. Enjoy!
- [How Darwinism and Creationism Can Peacefully Coexist](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-darwinism-and-creationism-can-peacefully-coexist/) - For the third time, HuffingtonPost.com has published one of my latest articles, 'How Darwinism and Creationism Can Peacefully Coexist'.
- [How to Deal With Negative Emotions Responsibly](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-deal-with-negative-emotions-responsibly/) - HuffingtonPost.com just published a second of my latest articles, 'How to Deal With Negative Emotions Responsibly'.
- [Echoes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/echoes/) - Deep within every individual is Divinity. As awareness expands one becomes more and more fully conscious… more and more aware of the Pure Consciousness that underlies and structures existence.
- [Cats](https://www.michaelmamas.net/cats/) - We get a fair number of stray cats around our house. There's a whole spectrum of behavior among these cats, ranging from very tame and affectionate to completely wild and unapproachable.
- [Questions (问题)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/questions-3/) - 亲愛老師, Dear Teacher, 我可以在家自己或和家人閉關三天或更長吗? May I have my own retreat at home with my family for 3 days or longer? It is not wise to do a personal retreat at home. Over the decades, I have seen people do it with various unfortunate results. 自己在家閉關不是個明智之舉。數十年來我見到一些人如此做而得到各種不同的不幸結果。 ************ 靜坐時應该没有亮光吗?, 光絨對靜坐的影響是什么? Should there be no light while meditating?
- [Transcend （回歸於ㄧ)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/transcend/) - What we are talking about is cleaning up that bell. Getting all the mud, sand, and crust out of the way so that the bell of your own being can ring in harmony and resonate with the grandeur that dwells at the depth of your own Being. 我們所談的是把鈴鐘清洗乾淨，去除所有的泥漿，砂礫和銹，如此你的鈴鐘可以和你內心深處燦爛輝煌的自性起共鳴。 Your number one, most powerful tool is
- [Q&A:Burning Incense & Prayer (燒香拜佛)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/burning-incense-prayer/) - Dear Teacher, I have a shrine in my house. I used to burn incenses and pray to the deities everyday. I learned meditation from my teacher, and she suggested that we don't do such things. Why can't I? I invited deities to our house when I set up my shrine. If burning incense and praying
- [Proper Meditation (適當的靜坐)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/proper-meditation/) - Meditation is common. Proper meditation is rare. The subtle difference makes all the difference. The Knowledge is delicate; a slight adjustment here or there and it is lost. 靜坐是很普遍的，適當的靜坐卻是罕見的。絲毫的不同就會造成全然的差異。真知識是非常精緻細微的，一絲絲的調整，整個知識就失真了。 Everything in the pharmacy may be medicine, but the wrong medicine at the wrong time is life damaging. Similarly, selection of the appropriate mantra is critical.
- [Meditation Environment (靜坐環境)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meditation-environment/) - May I ask following questions? Why do we meditate in a closed room? With many people in the room, there is more carbon dioxide. As a result, the air is not good. There is not enough oxygen. Does keeping the room closed have something to do with the energy? Can the energy be maintained by
- [Meditation Question](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meditation-question/) - I was asked the following: 有人這樣問我： 若我只ㄧ天兩次靜坐保持，這樣最後我能走到哪兒？還需要做些什麼嗎？ If I meditate twice a day to maintain (my energy,) where would I end up eventually? Is there anything else to do? To which I respond: 我如此回應： Everything is born out of Oneness (Pure Consciousness, The Unified Field, God, the Transcendent) and everything returns to it. I discuss
- [Some Questions and Answers](https://www.michaelmamas.net/some-questions-and-answers/) - 1. Why am I going to sleep on meditation? There are many forms of meditation. Assuming you are doing what I consider to be a proper meditation, sleep coming in meditation is actually a good thing. Some people think meditation is done for the experiences you may have in meditation. That is actually not correct.
- [How to get Enlightened](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-get-enlightened/) - I was asked the following: 若我只ㄧ天兩次靜坐保持，這樣最後我能走到哪兒？還需要做些什麼嗎？ If I meditate twice a day to maintain (my energy,) where would I end up eventually? Is there anything else to do? To which I respond: Everything is born out of Oneness (Pure Consciousness, The Unified Field, God, the Transcendent) and everything returns to it. I discuss that
- [Retreats](https://www.michaelmamas.net/retreats/) - 为什么要一年二次閉關? 閉關的作用目地是什么? 在閉關中注意什么? Why do we have retreats twice a year? What is the purpose of a retreat? What should be noted during a retreat? Response: During meditation you take a dive into the transcendent. Then the transcendent is integrated into your physiology during activity. So both meditation and activity are important aspects of your
- [On Mindfulness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-mindfulness/) - Michael Mamas discusses Mindfulness. The notion of mindfulness has different meanings on different levels. Let’s start with the highest and go from there.
- [Sleep and Transcendence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sleep-and-transcendence/) - By Michael Mamas. It is possible that you had a moment of transcendence during sleep and the dream was a symbolic representation of the experience of transcending.
- [Meditation Retreats – Behind the Scenes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meditation-retreats-behind-the-scenes/) - Everything about the retreats is structured with intent. Meditation retreats are a time to quiet the fire of identity with the surface. During the day people bring their awareness to the absolute through meditation. In the evening we have a meeting. ~ One purpose of the evening meeting is to enliven the subtle value of
- [How do you Know if Your Meditation is Working?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-do-you-know-if-your-meditation-is-working/) - I recall the days when I gave public lectures back in the '70s. A common question was "What is enlightenment like?" Back then it was surprisingly common to have audience members using recreational drugs respond by saying, "Oh yeah, I know exactly what you are talking about! That is exactly what happens to me when
- [Meditation Question and Answer](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meditation-question-and-answer/) - I was recently asked, "Why, in the Surya Meditation, which is effortless, is it not possible for bad energy to influence you?" ~ To which I responded: ~ The natural tendency of life is to move toward the Divine. Moving toward the bad is not natural to the essence of our being. It is only
- [Proper Meditation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/proper-meditation-2/) - Proper meditation is a very natural process. So sometimes when you meditate, you may feel like nothing is happening.
- [How Meditation Opens Our Minds](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-meditation-opens-our-minds/) - I’m pleased to share that elephant journal just published another article, 'How Meditation Opens Our Mind.'
- [Recent Articles, Slideshows, Audios & More](https://www.michaelmamas.net/recent-articles-slideshows-audios/) - In case you missed them, there have been many slideshows, articles and audios posted recently from Michael Mamas.
- [Mount Soma Class Reflections](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mount-soma-class-reflections/) - Classes for me are a wonderful opportunity to take a step back from all the busyness of my life. It is my great joy to have a few days to sit and explore the Knowledge with everyone.
- [How to Find Spirituality in the Age of Distraction](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-find-spirituality-in-the-age-of-distraction/) - HuffingtonPost.com just published one of my latest articles, 'How to Find Spirituality in the Age of Distraction'. Comments on the article are welcome.
- [Everything is Fine](https://www.michaelmamas.net/everything-is-fine/) - Ramana Maharshi said, "The trick is to keep the boat in the water but the water out of the boat." I have seen a number of people feeling challenged by life lately. It may help to remember this quote. Though that is in the deepest sense determined by your level of evolution, everything (and I
- [Update](https://www.michaelmamas.net/update/) - I have been quite busy lately. Though I spend a great deal of time at Mount Soma addressing county, subcontractor, and logistical concerns, those matters are secondary. My primary activity is going to the temple in the morning to meditate, do my mantras, etc. There I reflect and seek communion with God. If the inner
- [Eternal Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/eternal-life/) - I received the following question: I recently was talking to a friend who told me he knew of a man who claimed to know the secret of eternal life. I am confused as to what eternal life really is. Would you be so kind as to give me his perspective on the true meaning of eternal
- [Masters](https://www.michaelmamas.net/masters/) - I was asked the following question: You are my teacher, but I was wondering if it was all right to visit other Masters. To which I respond: Everything is more about your relationship with it, than about it. Better to have a healthy relationship with a bad thing (which would mean stay away from
- [Retreat Question (閉關疑問)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/retreat-question/) - Question 問題： 亲爱的 Dr. Mamas 老師, 在閉關期間, 我可以請同修做按摩, 音波調理, 咨询吗? 为什么? Dear Dr. Mamas, During retreats, may I have massage sessions, voice healing, or exploration? Why and why not? Answer 答覆: Massage is ok. 按摩是可以的。 Not the other things. 其他都不妥當。 Reason: especially during retreats, you do not want to interfere with your self-correcting mechanism. Voice
- [Feelings and Identities](https://www.michaelmamas.net/feelings-and-identities/) - Dear Dr. Mamas, 我的感覺会是我的ID吗? Are my feelings the same as my IDs (Identities)? Response: No. Your feeling are colored by your identities. Some feelings are colored to a very small degree by identities. Other feelings are totally determined by very powerful identities. This is also true of how identities effect your thoughts. 不是的。你的感覺是受到你的IDs影響。有些感覺受到影響的程度非常的小。有些感覺則完全受到強而有力的IDs所左右。IDs會影響你的思想也是因為這個道理。
- [Knowledge vs. Indoctrination](https://www.michaelmamas.net/knowledge-vs-indoctrination/) - It is not uncommon. I am giving a lecture and people are with me. They understand what I am saying, and from within their own selves, they know it is true. They can feel the truth of it deep within themselves. It is the great joy of every teacher to see the 'light bulbs' go
- [存在的三層領域 – 可以改變你的人生的模式](https://www.michaelmamas.net/three-realms-of-existence-chinese-blog/) - This is a translation of the article, "The Three Realms of Existence – A Model that Can Change Your Life". 當人們面對矛盾的悖論時，通常不是妥協於某個觀點，就是否認相佐的看法。這是人類的特性。似乎只要認定這個觀點是對的，相反的觀點就一定是錯的。「存在的三層領域」(Three Realms of Existence)提供有關人生矛盾悖論的認知，簡單有力。這套概要能夠改變人們和存在本質以及存在結構的關係。 要了解人的存在和健康之前，必須先知道，我們不僅僅只是這個身體而已。我們是寄予在包含三層相互關連的領域，包括身體、心理能量和超越覺知的靈性生命領域，而每一層領域又細分出無數的層次。 現代社會把人類的主要存在定位在身體層面。牛頓的物理定律描述身體層面，且被奉為現代偉大科技的基礎。在身體的領域，實質的物體被視為東西最重要的本質。身體領域包含的不只是較大的身體結構，也包含更深的層次，譬如細胞結構，分子和原子。 比身體更深的領域，即是心理能量領域(Psychoenergetic Realm)，包括我們的思想，精神和情緒，緊貼著我們靈性生命的表面，也就是我們的個性。這層領域，就是針灸師，身體治療師和道士巫醫們所稱的「能量」。從這個角度來看，所有東西的根本都是能量。因此物體即被視為能量的一種表現。靈界的奇異現象也是屬於這個領域。 再更深處，我們來到物理學家所說的「量子力學層次」(Quantum Mechanical Level)。量子力學層次跨越心理能量領域，稱之為超越覺知的靈性領域(Transcendental Realm)。在靈性生命領域中的量子力學層次，我們和所有東西的本源合而為一，同時仍保持我們獨立的個體。不像心理能量領域的合而為一的感覺只是一種短暫的情緒狀態，這種和宇宙萬物的本源合而為一，是時時刻刻，分分秒秒，且具有生命力的清醒狀態。這個領域是感覺最細微的層次。當人們的身心狀態適當地淨化時，即能夠體驗到這個層次。這是相對存在(relative existence)世界中最細微的層次。體驗靈性生命最深處的感覺，是一種全然的幸福愉悅，和生命本源合而為一，和諧相融。不同宗教對這層超脫的境界有不同的形容，譬如說與神同在，成道見性，涅槃解脫等。 繼續往更深一層，我們進入超越覺知領域中的純淨生命共同體(Unified Field)。在這領域深處，生命共同體是以純淨的意識知覺存在。純淨的意識存在於其衍生任何多元分化或分裂之前。 從這個角度來看，由純淨意識所衍生出的任何分化或分裂，可以說都是虛幻的。在這個層面，唯一真實存在的就是這個完美無缺的「它」，也就是無遠弗屆，永恆合而為一的純淨意識。在這個層面，沒有所謂這個或那個，也沒有你我他之分。這個生命共同體(Unified Field)是萬物合而為一的地方。早期的靈性大師稱達到這個境界者為見性之人，純淨的存在，純淨的意識狀態，純淨的現狀，天人合一。 當我們朝向進入生命深處的共同體時，會開始感覺到我們和所有萬物都是合而為一，事實上，所有萬物本質一直存在我們的深處。這不是形而上的比喻，這是事實。當我們漸漸朝向內在深處，就會更加體驗到這個感覺。就如同我們把手伸向點亮的蠟燭，雖然感覺得到燭光的熱度，卻無法抓在手掌心。生命共同體散發在心理和身體層面的「光」，就是我們所認為的靈魂。 這三層領域不是一種概念，而是實際的存在結構，以平順的步調整體地相互連結運作。沒有心理能量領域，身體領域是無法存在的，就如同樹葉沒有樹幹和樹枝的支撐，即無法在空中飄揚。同樣地，假如沒有超越覺知的靈性生命領域，身體和心理領域也無法存在，就如同樹沒有樹根一樣。現代物理學家認為量子力學層次和生命共同體(超越覺知的靈性生命領域)是所有萬物存在的基礎。 「存在的三層領域」模式中，每一個點代表不同的現實，從每一個點看事物，其存在皆有獨特的認知和定義。這就衍生出無數的現實面，雖然相互有所關連，卻是明顯的不同。在這裡，現實面的定義並不只是指一個觀點而已，而是宇宙本身固有運轉的一個功能模式。每個現實面以流暢的運轉模式和其他的現實面融合一體，在同一時間產生無數真實卻又相互矛盾的現實面。悖論(Paradox)正是建立在這個系統中。從一個現實層面，所有的東西都可以純物理學來解釋，而從另一個層面，這個宇宙只是陰陽的運轉舞動。再從另一個層面來看，宇宙的一切都是能量。 這三層領域以完美無缺，精確的數理系統相互運作，我們不需花費任何力氣就能使其啟動固有的功能，因為整個系統早已建立好了。想要了解我們的生命，我們的自癒功能，以及我們的存在精髓，很重要的一點，我們必須了解這些層面層次的相互連結和互動運作關係。當我們隨著整體連續的運轉，從表層進入深層，我們的現實面也會隨之改變。縱使在同一水平的層次，我們也會從一個現實面走向接續的下一個現實面。這不只是自身的觀點改變，而是身心狀態在不同現實面的參數中運作。當你和所有的現實面和諧融合在一起時，才是真正的健康。
- [Entdecken Sie das Realitätskontinuum](https://www.michaelmamas.net/entdecken-sie-das-realitatskontinuum/) - This is a translation of the article, "Discover the Reality Continuum". Ich erinnere mich, dass ich mir als kleiner Junge mal die Hülle von einer Platte mit alter indischer Musik angesehen habe. Sie zeigte eine Gruppe von Musikern, die an einem königlichen Hof für den König und die Königin spielten, die beide in einem erhöhten
- [Die drei Ebenen der Existenz - ein Modell, das Ihr Leben verändert](https://www.michaelmamas.net/three-realms-german/) - This is a translation of the article, "The Three Realms of Existence – A Model that Can Change Your Life" Es ist ein typisches Merkmal unserer menschlichen Spezies, dass wir versuchen, Paradoxa entweder über einen Kompromiss von Perspektiven oder die Auslöschung der gegnerischen Sicht zu lösen. Offenbar nehmen wir an wenn eine Sichtweise korrekt ist,
- [Abbild](https://www.michaelmamas.net/abbild/) - This is a translation of the article, "Mapping". Alles bildet sich auf alles andere ab, alles ist allem anderen zugeordnet und gibt sich durch alles andere wieder. Dies ist ein Grundprinzip der Natur. Sie sind das Transzendente. Die Schuhe, die Sie tragen, sind auch das Transzendente. Das ist fundamentale Physik. Wenn Sie das Transzendente sind
- [Three Levels of Motivation (動機的三個層次)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/three-levels-of-motivation/) - This is a translation of the article, Three Levels of Motivation. 我們可以說動機有三個層次 1) 心靈交流的動機 在你的靈性生命來源之處，所有的動機皆基於這裡。這裡的一切，本來就已經很完美，很純淨。在這個層次，你和他人關係的動機是令人讚賞的。這層心靈交流的動機給予源源不斷愛的感覺，希望讓事情變得更好，並且給予關心的人事物全然的支持。這層存在真正本質中的動機是非常積極正向，支持生活。從這純淨之處，驅使我們的是，和他人分享這份純淨的慾望。 2) 下意識的動機 縱使是世界上最邪惡狠毒的人，他的內心深處也是充滿愛和慈悲，以及純潔的初念。他的所做所為或許不能原諒，但就算是一個殺人兇手，他的靈魂也是純淨無瑕的。問題就出在，當一個人的身心累積愈來愈多的壓力時，他的精神思想狀態即開始產生扭曲。那麼，隱藏在他純淨層次的動機到底是什麼呢？是心靈的交流分享(communion)，是純真無瑕的愛。這在剛出生的小嬰兒身上最顯而易見，他們的一舉一動無不散發出純真無瑕，這就是為何每個人都喜愛小孩。他們不在乎任何信仰系統，思維模式或是身分地位。他們唯一在乎的是媽媽和爸爸的愛。他們只想要感覺到自己是被愛的。假如媽媽對他說：「如果你做這件事情，就是壞小孩，」他就會盡可能不去做。當媽媽說「你很乖」，他們就會感覺到母親的愛。而這就是一個人根深蒂固慣有思想的起源。孩子純淨的內心深處開始受到外界人事物的影響，覆蓋一層又一層透過親身經驗所得的想法和信念。他們學習分辨哪些行為模式會讓他們達到所期待的心靈交流和愛。久而久之，這份純淨的心靈分享動機即深深地被覆蓋在慣有的思想底下。 當我們活在每天的日常生活和工作的層次時，總是把第二層的下意識動機當成是真正的自己。沒錯，這層動機的確也是隱藏在我們純淨的意識中。面對自己所隱藏的動機，是替內心花園鬆土的一大工程，必須毫不隱瞞地坦承面對自己。有時候，你的所作所為或是所說的話，背後的真正動機是難以捉摸的。 3) 表面意識的動機 第三層動機是最表淺的，是我們表層意識察覺得到且感到舒服的動機。我們相信這才是我們真正的動機，並且這樣告訴自己和他人。你可以對某人說「我愛你」，並且相信你的動機是坦白直率且明確的，但同時內心也可有隱藏「我恨你」的動機。你真正的動機可能是基於，「我恨你，因為你不愛我，為了要讓你覺得愧疚難受，所以我才告訴你我愛你。」但這個動機並沒有明確地表達出來，更沒被對方了解。你認為你所謂真正的動機，其實只是表層的。當然，你內心深處的純淨動機，也就是心靈交流，愛和相互支持的渴望，也是同時存在的。然而，這份最深層、最純潔的愛，通常隱藏在表面看不到的地方，被隱埋在心理能量層次的壓力之下，如此反而衍生出更多表面扭曲的動機。 以下是幫助您深入自我探測的問題 1. 回想最近你和他人所發生的衝突，回憶你對他所說的話。 2. 當時你說那些話的動機是什麼？ 3. 你可以找出隱藏在你內心更深層的動機嗎？在這層動機，你想說的話是否和先前所說出的話有所不同？或是你所抱持的初衷和你先前告訴自己以及別人有所不一樣？ 4. 再更進一步探索，去辨認隱藏在你內心深處，渴望和他人知心交會的感覺，也就是純淨的心靈交流和與他人的相知相惜。
- [Darwinismus oder Schöpfungslehre – Die Lösung der Debatte](https://www.michaelmamas.net/resolving-darwinism-creationism/) - This is a translation of the article, "Resolving the Darwinism/Creationism Debate". In den USA ist es Gang und Gäbe, dass Schulen stolz erklären, sie würden nicht Darwins Evolution lehren, sondern sich strikt an die Bibel halten. Die Frage, ob man an das eine oder das andere glaubt spaltet oftmals die Gesellschaft. Im Laufe der Geschichte
- [Q&A: Overcoming Your Karma (克服你的業障)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qa-overcoming-your-karma-chinese/) - Questions and answers about overcoming your karma (in Chinese) from Michael Mamas.
- [About Anger Video](https://www.michaelmamas.net/about-anger-video/) - Michael Mamas spoke about yesterday's blog in his talk yesterday. Here is a little clip of that talk.
- [Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/truth-2/) - The follow article was run throughout south India: ~ http://expressbuzz.com/lifestyle/the-master-on-the-mountain/278379.html ~ In response to which I received a number of lovely emails including the following: ~ I am still digesting the experience of being back there with you [during the temple inauguration], but it was powerfully moving. ~ When I would look at you during
- [Guru Purnima](https://www.michaelmamas.net/guru-purnima-2/) - ~ Yesterday's Guru Purnima was a beautiful day beginning with a Surya Ram class and ending with an evening of Vedic knowledge and sitting outside in the enchanting mountain night. ~ Dr. Michael Mamas' students honored him with some beautiful words spoken by Barbara Weisshaar. ~ If you would like to hear this, you may
- [Challenges](https://www.michaelmamas.net/challenges/) - ~ ~ ~ ~ Challenges dissolve when faced with self-honesty, courage, patience, and reflectively based conviction. ~ – Michael Mamas
- [Beyond Cookbook Spirituality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beyond-cookbook-spirituality/) - I receive lovely comments to my blogs. My last blog, "Your Church," was certainly no exception. You may wish to read the comments to that and all my blogs. The following quote applies: “If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.” ~ Tom Peters We have been indoctrinated into an on/off switch cookbook mentality. This
- [Quote](https://www.michaelmamas.net/quote-4/) - “Through patience and balance you will learn reverence for all things.” – Michael Mamas
- [Cupcakes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/cupcakes/) - One of the greatest joys of my life is that I do so deeply love my students. When the lives of any of them go astray, it causes me great heartache. Witnessing this, someone sent an email that they left cupcakes on my front porch in the evening to which I emailed back: "It's 3
- [Guru Purnima](https://www.michaelmamas.net/guru-purnima-3/) - ~ ~ ~ I hold all of you in my heart as we give thanks to the Tradition of Masters who have passed down this Knowledge throughout the generations. Jai Shiva Sankara
- [Tomorrow's Class](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tomorrows-class/) - Dr. Mamas' flight was cancelled today so he is unable to make class tomorrow. Class will begin on Friday morning at 9:00 AM. We apologize for the inconvenience. There is nothing that can be done.
- [The Heart](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-heart/) - I was asked the following: I have a question. I’m reading a very interesting book about enlightenment through the meditation and concentration of the heart. I was just wondering, is it possible to become enlightened through heart consciousness?Entering our mental space via the heart? To which I respond: "The Heart" has been incorrectly translated from
- [Thanksgiving Day Notions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thanksgiving-day-notions/) - Everyone has idealized notions. This is a good time to ask yourself what your notions of the ideal Thanksgiving look like. And then remember that it is different for everyone. For some, it is family joining around the kitchen table, preparing the feast, with loved ones in the other room playing scrabble. For others, it
- [Breathing](https://www.michaelmamas.net/breathing/) - If you look to the right of this page you will find a place where you can submit your own questions for Dr. Mamas to address in his blogs. Below is one person's question. Blog Question Lately, at the beginning of some of my meditations, I have felt tense or nervous and I don't quite
- [Devotion and Surrender](https://www.michaelmamas.net/devotion-and-surrender/) - Someone once said to his Guru, 'I love you so much and feel like I would do anything you asked of me. But what if you told me to go jump off a bridge? Should I obey?'
- [The Bliss Course](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-bliss-course/) - People here at Mount Soma’s Community Center and Student Union have been telling me they are receiving a lot of questions about the Bliss Course.
- [Are you special?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/are-you-special/) - I received the following question: I am embarrassed to say that with regard to "God" I think I have some sort of "chosen" status. I can best express the Vanity of it by saying I feel like I have some special inside track. I suspect it comes from my Irish Catholic family background where I
- [On My Mind](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-my-mind/) - Today we launch a made for iPad series, 'On My Mind.' This series is a compilation of Michael Mamas blogs from past years.
- [Do You Really Know What You Are Feeling… and Why?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/do-you-really-know-what-you-are-feeling-and-why/) - From time to time, I receive email questions from someone who seems upset. Instead of a sincere desire to learn, the motivation of the questions seems to be to find a flaw in me and/or my teachings. The intent seems to be to make me wrong. I usually try to find a way to help
- [Merry Christmas Everyone!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/merry-christmas-everyone-2/) - Regardless of religious affinity or nationality, Christmas is a time we can all celebrate the birth of a great soul. Whatever degree the accuracy of facts that surround his life, they wax insignificant in proportion to the Truth of the Absolute he has touched in the lives of so many throughout the centuries. With dignity
- [2014: The Year of Manifestation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/2014-the-year-of-manifestation/) - 2011 was The Year of Change. 2012 was the Year of Positivity. 2013 was the Year of Realization. 2014 is the Year of Manifestation. A couple days ago, that came to me 'from out of the blue'. It seemed a pretty bold declaration, but somehow I knew it was right. Just yesterday, I came
- [Lovely](https://www.michaelmamas.net/lovely/) - Just returning home from class in San Francisco, I received the following lovely note from one of the students in attendance.
- [How to Expedite Negotiations](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-expedite-negotiations/) - I just posted a new article on LinkedIn titled 'How to Expedite Negotiations'.
- [Interconnectedness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/interconnectedness/) - When I give a lecture on anything, my mind goes an unlimited number of directions at the same time. My thoughts are not like a line or thought stream going from point A to B to C, etc.
- [Quotes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/quotes-2/) - L.A. Reid offers some beautiful words.
- [New Articles Published](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-articles-published/) - Two new Michael Mamas articles have been published on PositivelyPositive.com and ElephantJournal.com.
- [Emotional Incontinence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/emotional-incontinence/) - By Michael Mamas. Human evolution, maturity, is about the integration of thoughts, emotion, and soul. Success in this arena is very much a physiological state.
- [A Tribute to Valentine's Day](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-tribute-to-valentines-day/) - Check out Michael Mamas' new SlideShare slideshow, 'A Tribute to Valentine's Day'.
- [How We See is What We See](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-we-see-is-what-we-see/) - I'm happy to share that elephant journal just published another Michael Mamas article, 'How We See is What We See.'
- [Courage](https://www.michaelmamas.net/courage/) - Quotes provide inspiration without manhandling the mind. The other day I came across the following quote about courage
- [The Divine Flow](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-divine-flow/) - Everything is born of and gravitates back to Oneness. Just as every drop of rain comes from and returns to the ocean. This natural flow of existence is called the Cosmic Stream.
- [Lots of Exciting New Stuff!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/lots-of-exciting-new-stuff/) - There have been many slideshows, articles and audios by Michael Mamas posted recently. You are welcome to share, like and comment.
- [Living from the Depth of Your Being (看深一點 － 節錄於活在你生命深處)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/living-from-the-depth-of-your-being/) - From the SlideShare slideshow, 'Look Deeper – Quotes on Living from the Depth of Your Being'. Translated into Chinese. By Michael Mamas.
- [Super Bowl](https://www.michaelmamas.net/super-bowl/) - A number of times yesterday and today, I have been asked to write something about the Super Bowl. By Michael Mamas.
- [Letting It Go](https://www.michaelmamas.net/letting-it-go/) - Perhaps the greatest human tragedy, the one tragedy that feeds all others, is hatred. It is remarkable to see how long people hold on to their hatred.
- [New on Entrepreneur.com:
"6 Keys to Developing a Successful Small Business"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/6-keys-to-developing-a-successful-small-business/) - I'm pleased to share that Entrepreneur.com just published another of my articles: "6 Keys to Developing a Successful Small Business". It has gotten a great response!
- [Deep Does Not Mean Intense](https://www.michaelmamas.net/deep-does-not-mean-intense/) - ByMichael Mamas. What does it mean to go deeply within your being? It's a place far beyond thoughts and emotions. It's like the silent depth of the ocean, quiet and still.
- [TV Asia Interview Video](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tv-asia-interview-video/) - In December, I was delighted to be interviewed by Gowri Goli & Gayathri Pandey from TV Asia. The video is now available on the Michael Mamas YouTube channel.
- [In Case You Missed Them...](https://www.michaelmamas.net/in-case-you-missed-them/) - In case you missed them, there have been many articles, etc. by Michael Mamas posted recently. You are encouraged to share, like and comment.
- [How to Say No... Artfully](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-say-no-artfully/) - I’m pleased to share that Entrepreneur.com just published another of my articles: “How to Say 'No' the Right Way and, Yes, There Is a Right Way”. You are encouraged to help spread the word by sharing my social media posts about the article. The links below take you directly to my posts. It is best
- [Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mercury-venus-saturn-mars-and-jupiter/) - All these planets will be in a row (pretty much along a straight line) in the early morning sky starting Jan 20 for about a month.
- [What it Really Means to Live in Harmony with Nature](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-it-really-means-to-live-in-harmony-with-nature/) - By Michael Mamas. I'm excited to report that Elephant Journal just published my article, 'What it Really Means to Live in Harmony with Nature'.
- [What Does 'God' Mean?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-does-god-mean/) - Everyone has their own fixed idea: Christians, Jews, Hindus, New Agers, agnostics, and atheists including denominations within each group. So has the term "God” lost its meaning? Does it make sense for each little caucus to uniquely use the term "God" in their own way? Or could it be that by deepening our understanding, we can free
- [The Mountain Stream](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-mountain-stream/) - Every drop of rain eventually finds its way back to the ocean. Some drops rush down the mountain stream and quickly return.
- [Venus, Saturn, and Moon](https://www.michaelmamas.net/venus-saturn-and-moon/) - Venus and Moon are very close together now and can be seen in the early morning sky with Saturn between them. Moon moves quickly so if you want to take a look, do so tomorrow morning. Of course, Saturn and Venus move more slowly so you can see them close to one and other for a
- [Vedic Knowledge Blog Posts](https://www.michaelmamas.net/vedic-knowledge-blog-posts/) - All Vedic knowledge related blog posts that were on this blog have been moved to the Vedic Knowledge Blog on drmichaelmamas.com.
- [The Resolution of Paradox](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-resolution-of-paradox/) - At first before enlightenment, the witness is experienced briefly from time to time. Particularly at first, the gap between the witness and the doer is huge.
- [New Web Pages, Articles, and More](https://www.michaelmamas.net/recent-articles-etc/) - The Vedic Knowledge website is filling out nicely, and two recent publications are doing quite well at attracting public attention.
- [New Opportunity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-opportunity/) - I am back from San Francisco class and getting caught up with things. ~ Again this time, class was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone there for that. ~ We are going to start something new on Saturdays at noon during the Surya Ram classes in San Francisco. ~ It will be a FREE
- [Fund Raiser Results](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fund-raiser-results/) - I am happy to announce that we accomplished the goal and raised matching funds for the $10,000 pledge! Thank you all so much. ~ A number of people asked what the desperate need is all about. The Student Union is under construction. After construction began and funds were raised to cover it, the county added
- [Deep Dive Course](https://www.michaelmamas.net/deep-dive-course/) - November 28, 2011 - May 28, 2012 ~ I will be taking a group of people deep into Kaivalya (the silent depths of the Transcendent.) This six-month program will be very inward, including extensive meditation and mantras. If you would like to join this course for a shorter time, you may do so if you begin
- [Mount Soma Housing](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mount-soma-housing/) - ~ ~ New Mount Soma Housing information is ready. You can download the information: ~ Introduction Letter ~ Mount Soma Cottages ~ Mount Soma Flexible Flats
- [Email Troubles](https://www.michaelmamas.net/email-troubles/) - Our server for both mountsoma.org and srisomesvara.org is having troubles, which is affecting our email. If you are trying to get in touch with anyone with an @mountsoma.org address or an @srisomesvara.org address, please send your email to michaelmamasoffice@me.com. Your email will then be conveyed to the appropriate person. Thank you for your understanding in
- [India Trip](https://www.michaelmamas.net/india-trip/) - It appears I may need to go to India February 21 for a month. If so, we will have to reschedule the San Francisco class. ~ I will keep you posted but just wanted to give a heads up for now. We will see what develops.
- [Tonight!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tonight/) - Tonight! Geminid meteor show, moving at 80 stars per hour http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-geminid-meteor-shower-20121213,0,740466.story
- [The Awakening Course](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-awakening-course/) - Course Fee Six Weeks: $1500 Three Months: $900 (This is not a typo.) Start date is any day in June 2013 you would like. In today’s world, bliss is often thought of as an intense experience on the surface of life. However, True Bliss is a sublime experience that exists at
- [Jyotish and the Deep Dive Course](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jyotish-and-the-deep-dive-course/) - I go largely by feel, by 'intuition' if you prefer that word. (Of course, it must always be tempered with the intellect.) I feel clearly that it is the right time to have a powerful deep meditation retreat this winter. Interestingly enough, when I last spoke with jyotishi, Sanjay Rath, he enthusiastically advised that we
- [Web Cam Update](https://www.michaelmamas.net/web-cam/) - We are in the process of finding a suitable video camera for the online live video of the temple at Mount Soma. It should be up and running before too long. Thanks for your patience.
- [New YouTube Video Series](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-youtube-video-series/) - We just filmed a YouTube video series. It is created with the modern, 30-second, sound bite mentality in mind.
- [Connect with Michael Mamas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/connect-with-michael-mamas/) - Are you curious about ways to connect with Michael Mamas? There are many options!
- [News Flash!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/news-flash/) - An article Michael Mamas wrote about the presidential debates was just published on the front page of Elephant Journal!
- [The Evolution of Consciousness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-evolution-of-consciousness/) - Michael Mamas just posted a new Slideshare slideshow titled 'The Evolution of Consciousness'.
- [New on Social Media this Week](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-on-social-media-this-week/) - New on Michael Mamas Social Media this week: New SlideShare Slideshow, a LinkedIn article, and a Medium.com article.
- ["Awakening to Your True Nature" Audio on SoundCloud](https://www.michaelmamas.net/awakening-to-your-true-nature-audio/) - An introductory lecture Michael Mamas gave in Walnut Creek a while back has been posted on SoundCloud. It's about awakening to your true nature.
- [Four Steps to Healthier Healthcare](https://www.michaelmamas.net/four-steps-to-healthier-healthcare/) - An article Michael Mamas wrote about how to fix the healthcare system was just published on the Elephant Journal website.
- [New Vedic Knowledge Blog](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-vedic-knowledge-blog/) - In case you missed it, Michael Mamas' new Vedic Knowledge Blog was recently launched on DrMichaelMamas.com.
- [Recently on Social Media...](https://www.michaelmamas.net/recently-on-social-media/) - In case you missed them, there have been many articles, etc. posted on social media recently. You are encouraged to share, like and comment.
- [The Solution to the Student Debt Crisis](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-solution-to-the-student-debt-crisis/) - Another one of my articles was just published on Elephant Journal that takes a look at the student loan debt crisis.
- [Better than an M.B.A. – Skills We Need in Business & in Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/better-than-an-mba/) - Elephant Journal just published Michael Mamas' fourth article. This one is about important skills needed in business and life.
- [The Wonder of Thanksgiving](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-wonder-of-thanksgiving/) - View Michael Mamas' latest SlideShare slideshow, 'The Wonder of Thanksgiving'. Also his medium.com article on Thanksgiving.
- [Recently on Social Media...](https://www.michaelmamas.net/recently-on-social-media-2/) - In case you missed them, there have been many articles, etc. posted on social media recently. You are encouraged to share, like and comment.
- [Master the Art of Negotiation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/master-the-art-of-negotiation/) - Entrepreneur.com just published Michael Mamas' article, '5 Steps to Master the Art of Negotiation'.
- [Look Deeper Live Better on Google+](https://www.michaelmamas.net/look-deeper-live-better-on-google-plus/) - By Michael Mamas. I am really excited to offer pages from my book, 'Look Deeper Live Better' on Google+ free of charge.
- [Free Will and Predetermination are One: The Experience](https://www.michaelmamas.net/free-will-and-predetermination-are-one-the-experience/) - On Dec. 20 I wrote a blog about predetermination Free Will vs Predetermination that you may wish to reread before proceeding.
- [New Years Day](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-years-day/) - The power of attention can not be denied. All over the planet people celebrate today as the first day of the new year. I enjoy the positive feelings all the attention to this day enlivens. It is beautiful, bringing a wave of positivity, renewal, and fresh beginning to everyone. I find it to be so
- [The Knowledge Challenge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-knowledge-challenge/) - By Michael Mamas. On some deep level of your being you long for new knowledge. New knowledge fascinates, enlivens, and thrills us all.
- [Nothing](https://www.michaelmamas.net/nothing/) - By Michael Mamas. You may have noticed that world history, when presented succinctly, often barely mentions India. Taking a deeper look reveals why.
- [The Potential of Social Media](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-potential-of-social-media/) - By Michael Mamas. I find social media to be a foreign world that demands I learn its language. Perhaps this gets easier with time and experience.
- [Our 2nd Nervous System: 3 Points of Caution Regarding Yoga](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-2nd-nervous-system-3-points-of-caution-regarding-yoga/) - I'm happy to report that Elephant Journal just published my article about Yoga.
- [Marvelous](https://www.michaelmamas.net/marvelous/) - It is all so simple, yet so illusive. Everything revolves around the Center. Yet the Center is at every point.
- [It’s Easy to Be Great](https://www.michaelmamas.net/its-easy-to-be-great/) - By Michael Mamas. Nature supports when you live in harmony with the high road. That is the simple formula to greatness. It is easy to be great.
- [Christmas is a Feeling](https://www.michaelmamas.net/christmas-is-a-feeling/) - By Michael Mamas. Feeling the deeper meaning of Christmas is what matters. I believe we can all agree that what Christ represents is wonderful, beautiful & exquisite.
- [Free Will and Predetermination](https://www.michaelmamas.net/free-will-and-predetermination/) - By Michael Mamas. The laws of karma create a predetermined universe. The laws of karma are God’s will.
- [How It All Works](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-it-all-works/) - By Michael Mamas. When presented with Knowledge of how everything really works, it can be a stretch. It touches that deeper place within you where you are eternally one with Truth.
- [True A](https://www.michaelmamas.net/true-a/) - The dial tone on a telephone is a true A. You can use it to tune a guitar.
- [Bigger than the Biggest, Smaller than the Smallest](https://www.michaelmamas.net/bigger-than-the-biggest-smaller-than-the-smallest/) - Transcendant, Atman, individual, family, community, society, city, state, nation, continent, hemisphere, world, galaxy, universe, Transcendant
- [The Hygienics of Consciousness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-hygienics-of-consciousness/) - By Michael Mamas. What is needed is a technology to clean consciousness. In so doing, world health would be attained and maintained.
- [Parking Garage Attendant](https://www.michaelmamas.net/parking-garage-attendant/) - By Michael Mamas. Your domain is the universe. Look deeper and you will definitely live better.
- [Self Confidence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/self-confidence/) - By Michael Mamas. Self confidence is simply a matter of knowing where to look for it. If you feel you lack self confidence, it is only because you are looking for it in the wrong places.
- [Where Knowledge Dwells: Part 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/where-knowledge-dwells-part-2/) - Is 'the backdrop' the same as the unmanifest? The simple answer is ‘yes’. Or we could say it is that deep, finest feeling level within.
- [Where Knowledge Dwells](https://www.michaelmamas.net/where-knowledge-dwells/) - It is said that Knowledge is contained in the gap. Knowledge in a book is not contained in the letters.
- [The State of the World and What to Do: Part 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-state-of-the-world-and-what-to-do-part-2/) - By Michael Mamas. While there is a great deal of science behind the technology of consciousness, few are willing to sit & listen long enough for it to sink in.
- [Beware of Swinging Pendulums](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beware-of-swinging-pendulums/) - They said/did something that hurt you. It made you angry so you just had to hurt them back. Once that pendulum swings, the conflict begins.
- [That Hurt Place Within You: Part Two](https://www.michaelmamas.net/that-hurt-place-within-you-part-two/) - If you can stay with the feeling of hurt without slipping into anger, the line then remains clearly delineated and even becomes more like a huge gap.
- [That Hurt Place Within You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/that-hurt-place-within-you/) - It can, at times, be good to say the following: 'I know better than this and would not actually act on it, but do want you to know how I am feeling inside.'
- [The State of the World and What to Do](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-state-of-the-world-and-what-to-do/) - We can and should do what is possible, but we also need to know that the real solution lies deeper. That solution is so incredible and yet so simple.
- [Mini Astronomy Lesson](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mini-astronomy-lesson/) - By Michael Mamas. Now, in the early morning eastern sky, you can see all four planets close together but with Jupiter above Venus, Mars, and the Moon.
- [Our World](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-world/) - We are now in the midst of a great transition in world affairs. Things will get more challenging before they get better. It has been said, and I agree, that it is like a birthing process that will last throughout this decade but will bring forth a great period of enlightenment. Value systems and belief
- [Animals](https://www.michaelmamas.net/animals/) - By Michael Mamas. Over the past years, I have noticed that my appreciation of animals has deepened.
- [The Quest for Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-quest-for-truth-2/) - By Michael Mamas. Having an understanding of the nature and structure of existence from a scientific or rational perspective provides a deeper insight.
- [Learn to Discern](https://www.michaelmamas.net/learn-to-discern/) - Discernment is not only the path, but also the goal… integration of all levels & aspects of your being… integration of thoughts & emotions with what lies deeper.
- [Momentum… Friend or Foe?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/momentum-friend-or-foe/) - Consider the perspective that your life is all about your relationship with momentum. Long term and short term, your life has momentum.
- [Moon Venus Mars Jupiter](https://www.michaelmamas.net/moon-venus-mars-jupiter/) - By Michael Mamas. In the US, these four planets are close together and these days easily visible in the early morning eastern sky before sunrise.
- [What Do You Know, and How Do You Know It?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-do-you-know-and-how-do-you-know-it/) - When asked a question, to really know the answer means to find it deep within yourself. But what does that mean?
- [The Pursuit of Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-pursuit-of-truth/) - Truth is often viewed as something that can be acquired by reading the right book or hearing the right speech. Only the wise know truth when they hear it.
- [About Death](https://www.michaelmamas.net/about-death/) - Someone who recently lost a loved one has asked me to talk about death. For now, what I say may be only a notion. However, as the cobwebs in consciousness clear, leaving you free of any programmed way of thinking, what I have to say becomes self-evident. Knowledge is not outside of you; nor is
- [Everything is Like Everything Else](https://www.michaelmamas.net/everything-is-like-everything-else/) - By Michael Mamas. Everything is, in essence, the same one thing. I am that. You are that. All of this is nothing but that. It’s all the same.
- [Q & A: Feeling Your Way (用感覺來引導)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/q-a-feeling-your-way-用感覺來引導/) - Michael Mamas answers this question: Thoughts matter little. It's how you feel about the thoughts makes all the difference. I don't quite understand this.
- [Thoughts on the Ego](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thoughts-on-the-ego/) - By Michael Mamas. Oftentimes, people think spiritual attainment is being free from the ego, often referred to as selflessness. That is not exactly right.
- [Response to a Cruel World](https://www.michaelmamas.net/response-to-a-cruel-world/) - By Michael Mamas. Children are naturally quite pure at heart. When they are exposed to the crudeness so predominant in the world today, they feel hurt.
- [Raw Potato Juice](https://www.michaelmamas.net/raw-potato-juice/) - Michael Mamas here. I just heard yesterday about drinking raw potato juice. It is supposedly a panacea… anti-inflammatory, diabetes, cancer, heart trouble, etc.
- [Communication in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/communication-in-a-nutshell/) - A very important point about communication in this blog from Michael Mamas: Don’t let personal issues get in the way.
- [Karma and Purification](https://www.michaelmamas.net/karma-and-purification/) - Michael Mamas discusses karma and purification. Most people have plenty of karma. In fact to not is to be an extremely, extremely, rare exception.
- [It’s Not a Matter of Opinion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/its-not-a-matter-of-opinion/) - Michael Mamas discusses spirituality. Someone mentioned that there are all sorts of opinions out there. Today’s arena of spirituality is a free-for-all.
- [Past Life Memories](https://www.michaelmamas.net/past-life-memories/) - Michael Mamas discusses Past Life Memories. Unfortunately, the way past lives are generally approached is so unwise that it is better left alone.
- [Arguing Respectfully](https://www.michaelmamas.net/arguing-respectfully/) - I was asked to talk about respectful arguing. To start with, I must say that the phrase is a bit of an oxymoron.
- [Wave Rings](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wave-rings/) - The dropped pebble radiates wave rings on the pond. Similarly, the cosmos, birthed from a point, radiates wave rings.
- [Who is Responsible?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/who-is-responsible/) - No one bears greater responsibility for the condition of this country than do the pastors,” said Cruz, quoting Rafael Cruz, who is a pastor.
- [It’s Not You. It’s Not Him. It’s the "Cell Phone”](https://www.michaelmamas.net/its-not-you-its-not-him-its-the-cell-phone/) - Communication in general is like your cell phone. You are not really angry with the person. You are upset with the barrier to communication.
- [Father and Son](https://www.michaelmamas.net/father-and-son/) - If a father knows his son is with him on the feeling level, that is what is most important to the father. If the father feels the son is pushing him away, it is very painful.
- [On Pride and Prejudice
](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-pride-and-prejudice
/) - It almost seems that there is a certain degree of pride and prejudice within people that simply must be directed at something. Could that really be?
- [On Prayer and Freedom](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-prayer-and-freedom/) - Prayer is communion with the depth. Communion with the One thing that is the source of all things.
- [The Anatomy of Faith](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-anatomy-of-faith/) - Faith is rooted in inner knowing. Yet faith’s vision is veiled by dogma, by lack of understanding, by emotional bias, by intellectual bias, by indoctrination.
- [Knowledge is Understanding](https://www.michaelmamas.net/knowledge-is-understanding/) - Memorizing facts has its value. Memorizing mantras has its value. However, to really know them is to understand them.
- [Summer Retreat](https://www.michaelmamas.net/summer-retreat-3/) - We enjoyed an incredible retreat and Guru Purnima over the past couple of weeks. The feeling here would be difficult to describe.
- [Bridging Mentalities](https://www.michaelmamas.net/bridging-mentalities/) - We speak of the 'family of humanity'. We speak of love. We speak of world peace. We speak of open-mindedness. Yet these things are not so easy to accomplish.
- [Two Kinds of Feelings](https://www.michaelmamas.net/two-kinds-of-feelings/) - There are two types of feelings: (1) Feelings in harmony with Nature, with Natural Law, and (2) Feelings rooted, not in the laws of Nature, but in conditioning.
- [Regarding Civilizations](https://www.michaelmamas.net/regarding-civilizations/) - Imagine a civilization that is in harmony with all of nature, in harmony with Mother Nature. Such a civilization would receive support from all of nature.
- [Business 101](https://www.michaelmamas.net/business-101/) - I have not seen these basic business principles offered in MBA programs, which tend to stick with the cold hard numbers aspect.
- [Theory of Induced Blindness ](https://www.michaelmamas.net/theory-of-induced-blindness/) - I very much like Kahneman's phrase, 'Theory of Induced Blindness'. With just a little thought, it is self-evident.
- ["The Blinding Absence of Light"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-blinding-absence-of-light/) - Mature, adult, inner light-heartedness is simple but not simplistic. It is playful, yet more about an inner state than an outer behavior.
- [Latest News
](https://www.michaelmamas.net/latest-news
/) - So much has been happening here at Mount Soma lately!
- [Q&A: Burning Incense and Prayer – Continued (燒香拜佛--接續)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qa-burning-incense-and-prayer-continued/) - Could you explain why it is fine to burn incense and pray to deities? Is it allowed to place a statue of Guan-Yin next to the Shiva on a table? Why and why not?
- [Just Be Aware](https://www.michaelmamas.net/just-be-aware/) - Over the next few days there will be a jyotish influence of conflict. If you feel negative or angry, you may do well to take a step back and give it time. It's not a good time for negotiations.
- [Overcoming Your Karma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/overcoming-your-karma/) - Your Jyotish chart is a 'map' of the karma that is mostly between your ears and in your heart.
- [Happy Mothers Day](https://www.michaelmamas.net/happy-mothers-day/) - One need look no further than to a mother holding her child to know that this is not a man’s world at all. This world is held by the Mother. It is Mother Divine that holds our world together, holds our universe, holds our hearts. Sri Vidya, Knowledge of the Mother, is known to be
- [The Double E](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-double-e/) - There is a very common practice that creates a lot of senseless problems for good people everywhere. It involves two E's… Emotions and Extrapolation. Extrapolation is the continuation on a trajectory. For example, if the temperature drops 5 degrees in one hour, by extrapolation you would think that in 24 hours we would all be
- [合宜正確的靜坐](https://www.michaelmamas.net/proper-meditation-chinese/) - This is a translation of the blog, Proper Meditation. 真正的靈性生命成長可以說就像攀爬在鋒利的刀刃上，或是穿過細小的針線孔，是令人難以捉摸的。然而要了解這個道理，你只需要真實地了解靜坐的方法。思想念頭是合宜正確靜坐的一部分。正確合宜的靜坐方式是個非常自然的過程。所以有時候你在靜坐時，可能會覺得沒有什麼動靜或感覺，你可能就會因此而停止靜坐，或是尋找其他讓你有感覺觸動或是令人感到興奮的靜坐方式。如此一來，你就讓真正靈性生命成長的機會從指縫中滑溜而過了。我經常被問道，在靈性生命的進化成長過程中，一個人還能做些什麼？我的回答是，「始終如一，不要分心，雙手握好方向舵！」 這就好比減肥或是熟練一種樂器，都是需要時間的。不過，真正靈性生命成長是一項終極挑戰，當你給予所需的承諾和時間，就會得到你所希望的成果。 ***** 歡迎在Comment(留言板)分享您的心得意見或問題 *****
- [Q&A: Spiritual Teacher (靈性指導老師)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qa-spiritual-teacher/) - I have been searching for a spiritual teacher for many years. When I met someone, I thought I had found the one I have been looking for in this life.
- [ Current Jyotish](https://www.michaelmamas.net/current-jyotish/) - I am not a jyotishi, but I have been told the following.
- [輪迴轉世](https://www.michaelmamas.net/incarnation-chinese/) - This is a translation of the blog, Incarnation. 索瑪山一位很受大家愛戴的成員最近過世了。在這個令人感傷難過和脆弱的時候，人們自然會感到不解，怎麼會發生這樣的事情？我們該如何面對失去摯愛的傷痛？為何一個本來是充滿生命希望和意義的人，就這樣離開了人世？生和死的本質是什麼？ 要坦誠地談論生死，我只能從內心深處來表達，但在這個敏感的時候，這樣做並不容易。我僅希望以下我所說的話能夠被大家真心地理解和接收。 與其問為何人要離開人世，最好先想想古印度梵文經書Bhagavad Gita中克里斯那神(Lord Krishna)所說的，「人生所有的事情是超乎我們可以預測或理解的。」這甚至不是簡簡單單就可以因果二字來詮釋一切。有些時候，一個人可能會被「召喚」到其他的世界或時空，讓他有機會加速他的靈性生命成長和進化，但我們不做這樣的猜測，或甚至假裝知道答案。面對人生因果所有的可能性，我們只能保持謙卑恭敬之心。 當然，從世人的角度來看，生命是非常珍貴的，並且自然地會去保護所有的生命。我們都是盡己之力在扶持你我和他人的生命。然而，如果這個時候能夠了解輪迴轉世的運轉機制，我覺得是提供最好的安慰。從世俗的角度去看待往生，是自然合宜的，不過如果我們是以謙卑恭敬之心來看待宇宙自然的運作，會是有智慧的，並且我相信，假如往生者的家屬親友願意敞開心門來了解的話，內心會獲得很大的安慰。 對我來說，失去一個很好的朋友或是心愛的人時，是往自己心靈深處沉靜的時候。這個時候我可以深切地感覺到他們的靈魂，並且希望在沉默中和他們共處。此時，我可以感覺到他們目前的狀況，並且在他們經歷生命轉換變遷的期間，給予我的愛和協助。 根據傳統習俗，這個時候往生者的親朋好友人會聚在一起哀悼。我理解這一點，但這不是我的作風。對我來說，此時比較合宜的作法是在靜默之中和往生者獨處，而不是和存活的人互動。我知道這樣做可能會冒犯一些人，但對我來說，此時參加喪禮並不恰當。說得更清楚一點，真正的喪禮是個人內心沉靜獨處的時候。這只是我個人的想法和做法，不過我覺得這樣做對往生者很重要。 此外，有一點很重要，大家必須明白，往生只是肉體死掉而已，靈魂依然還在。有關這個說法，外界傳聞和實證不勝枚舉，但我是以其他方式體會到的。當我在孩提時代就已有這方面的記憶，只是當時我並不知道我是怎麼記得的，但那的確是個記憶。一直到長大後，當我第一次聽到輪迴轉世時，才了解為何我會有這些記憶。所以對我來說，輪迴轉世這個概念是不言而喻的，且不容置疑的。 很多人想知道死亡之後人到底去了哪裡，我最多能說的是，死亡之後會發生的事情有無數的可能性，但絕大多數取決於死亡當下的「切入角度」。據說，一個人只要每天規律靜坐的話，往生之後即很自然地會回到純淨的本性層次，天堂的最高境界，對此說法，我是深信不疑的。當然，往生者在離開肉體之候，一定也很可能會出現短暫的困惑，但這種情形很快就會自然地澄清化解了。 我知道大家對於投胎轉世，死亡之後靈魂的去處等有很多的問題，但我覺得此時是我和這位往生的摯友沉靜獨處的時候。所以如果您有任何問題，請在部落格留言。假如我沒有回應的話，請大家諒解。在這段感傷且真心相對的時候，如果我所說的話有任何不恰當或不清楚之處，也請見諒。此時，有關往生的議題，我能說的都是來自內心的深處，因此很難以文字來表達，然而我相信這些文字可以給予些許的安慰以及對生死的瞭解。 ***** 歡迎在Comment(留言板)分享您的心得意見或問題 *****
- [The Lattice Structure of Consciousness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-lattice-structure-of-consciousness/) - Your awareness has a structure, like the lattice structure of a crystal. That lattice processes all the facts, information, emotions, and beliefs you have.
- [About These Blogs](https://www.michaelmamas.net/about-these-blogs/) - It is important to be clear on just what these blogs are and what they are not. Blogs are great for sharing concepts and ideas.
- [The Paradigm Shift](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-paradigm-shift/) - The new paradigm will offer technologies that promise to heal problems in our world that currently seem insurmountable.
- [Easter Message](https://www.michaelmamas.net/easter-message/) - Consider that the essence of the teachings of Jesus is 'freedom'. Freedom from what? Freedom from a limited and confined worldview.
- [Causality vs. Correlation vs. Coincidence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/causality-vs-correlation/) - The Sun rises and you notice that the seat of your garden bench warms up. At the same time, you notice that the driveway asphalt warms up. That is a simple example of correlation. It would be a mistake to think that if you warmed up the garden bench, your driveway asphalt would warm up…
- [為何取名為Surya Ram靜坐？](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meaning-of-surya-ram-chinese/) - This is a translation of the blog, What's the Meaning of Surya Ram?. 有人問我以下這個問題： Ram 是人的名字嗎？ 如果是人名，是否有什麼意義?？為什麼用Surya Ram 做為這個靜坐名字？ 謝謝您！ 以下是我的答覆： 非常美麗的問題！所有生命存在皆源自於共同體（oneness），純淨的意識。當純淨意識察覺到它自己，並視己為另一個個體時，便由一生二。純淨意識繼續和自己互動，即無窮盡地衍生萬物。這個結構非常精細準確，由一生二，二生三，三生無窮。這樣的自我互動產生了運轉和微波震動，交織合成出聲音。每一個音皆具有其獨特的質量，這是生命共同體的某一特質，也是吠陀或本性的一種特別質量。 Ram這個發音具有吠陀完整結構的光輝特質。它將生命存在本源的完整性充滿在一切創造物中，你的生命存在也包括在內。Ram喚醒所有東西自然地回歸到本質的精髓，回到生命的共同體。 Surya這個發音代表太陽。就如同太陽是我們太陽星系的本源，Surya突顯出太陽的核心價值，散發永恆的光芒，並且承載支持所有的生命和存在。 要了解Ram和Surya 的差異，最好是研究兩者的自然本質。每一個存在（包括人和物）都有其相對應的人格化性質，這也是為何人們自然而然會給他們的船，汽車，高爾夫球棍，長槍等等取名字。當你和任何事物的關係逐漸深入時，往往會帶上人格化的性質。因此，Ram和Surya也有獨自的人格化性質，依此劃分出兩者細微的差異。但Ram和Surya也可以說是一樣的…它們都是（生命）共同體…也就是純淨的意識。 然而，靜坐有其機制運作...它是一種科技。它的發音會自動與你的身體，心和靈魂的自然本質產生共鳴。因此為了達到靜坐機制的運作目的，很重要的一點，就是不要去思考研究這個發音的意義。 我們將這套靜坐命名為SuryaRam，是要強調這個靜坐是讓你覺醒到你內在真正的自己...覺醒到你內在的自然本質...覺醒到你內在那個核心太陽。SuryaRam靜坐沒有刻意灌輸任何東西，它只是自然地喚醒真正的你。
- [Obituary: Harry Beine (Nachruf: Harry Beine)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/obituary-harry-beine/) - Harry Beine passed away this week at the age of 50 due to the aftereffects of a heart attack.
- [Incarnation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/incarnation/) - To view the matter of incarnations from a worldly perspective is natural and appropriate, but humility regarding the cosmic scheme of such things is wise.
- [Luck](https://www.michaelmamas.net/luck/) - Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as luck. Life has two components: Karma and Dharma.
- [為什麼是Surya Ram靜坐？](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why-surya-ram-meditation-chinese/) - Surya Ram靜坐是源自喜馬拉雅山的古老靜坐方法，由美國靈修大師邁可瑪馬斯博士帶領傳授。這套靜坐沒有任何外到內的訊息灌輸，完全以自然輕鬆的方式來提升自我的靈性生命成長，培育健康光明的人生。
- [Remembering One’s Self](https://www.michaelmamas.net/remembering-ones-self/) - Remembering one’s Self is a state of consciousness that is not cultivated through trying. In fact, it is exactly the opposite.
- [Concepts vs. Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/concepts-vs-truth/) - After the superstition and confusion around Vedic Knowledge is discarded, you have a knowledge that seamlessly interfaces with all aspects of life & existence.
- [Der Platz der Menschheit im Universum](https://www.michaelmamas.net/humanitys-place-german/) - Die Geschichte des Universums ist eine hervorragende Abfolge: Zuerst kommt der nach aussen gerichtete Urknall. Bewusstsein wird sich seiner selbst bewusst und manifestiert sich als ausbreitendes Universum. Dann richtet sich alles nach Innen, und all die getrennten einzelnen Teile kehren zur Einheit zurück.
- [About Anger (說說生氣)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/about-anger-chinese/) - 別忘了，隱藏在生氣背後的傷痛才是你真正的感覺。能夠讓你自己生氣的原因就是否認你真正的感受，也就是內在的傷痛。生氣只是傷痛的表面情緒反應。
- [The Pendulum Effect, Vibrations, Gemstones, and the Universe](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-pendulum-effect-vibrations-gemstones-and-the-universe/) - By wearing a particular gemstone, the vibration it is tuned to permeates your being. If a particular vibration is needed by you, that vibration can be provided.
- [Inalienable Rights from Man or God?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/inalienable-rights-from-man-or-god/) - The US fathers of our country built a nation based upon rights they say are given from God. Secularists insist laws are man made. The debate rages on.
- [Gravitas, Pietas, Dignitas, Virtus](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gravitas-pietas-dignitas-virtus/) - The demise of ancient Rome came with the decay of virtues. Some say modern society is following in the footsteps of that demise.
- [Wo ist Wahrheit?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wo-ist-wahrheit/) - This is a translation of the blog post, "Where is Truth?" Wahrheit findet sich in der Tiefe Ihres Seins, nicht auf der Oberfläche des Geistes. Mit dem Verstand kann man Alles rechtfertigen. Wenn sich die Wolken und der Nebel klären kann man die Sonne besser sehen. Genauso ist es wenn sich die Emotionen und der
- [Where is Truth?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/where-is-truth/) - By Michael Mamas. Truth is found at the depth of your being, not the surface of your mind.
- [Common Sense, Wisdom, and Discernment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/common-sense-wisdom-and-discernment/) - Thoughts matter little. How you feel about those thoughts makes all the difference. Knowledge is accessed through feeling, not thought.
- [Q&A: Vedic Chants Volume (經文播放音量)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qa-vedic-chants-volume/) - 为什么Mount Soma 靜坐鈴聲小的听不到, 听Soma Veda也很小聲. 谢谢! Why is it the meditation bell so soft that I can’t hear? Sama Veda is the same way. Thanks! 靜坐的鈴聲音量應以聽覺的舒適度為佳。而聽吠陀經文時，如果聲音太大，因音量調高所產生的雜音會同時輸進你的生理機能。當音量低時，因為你身上原本就有和吠陀經文相應的振動頻率，因此你整體的生理機能只需要輕微地被碰觸或被喚醒，就會自動引起共鳴！ The bell should just be at a comfortable volume. However, regarding the Vedic Chants: If it is too loud, any distortion in the amplification would be imposed upon the
- [The Stars](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-stars/) - In the USA, the first 'star' you will see rising in the eastern sky these early nights is actually Jupiter. Directly above Jupiter, you will see two bright stars. They are the twins of the constellation Gemini. Then, off to your right (South) you will see Orion. I believe most people know how find Orion
- [Does God Exist?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/does-god-exist-2/) - It seems that fewer and fewer people believe in God these days. Even in India, the Land of the Veda, this is happening with many of the young people. We do well to examine why. When I was a kid, the idea of God was very odd to me. He was presented as someone who
- [Q&A: Ashram Program (問與答：閉關計劃)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/qa-ashram-program/) - Question: What’s the difference between staying (in the ashram) for a month and staying for a half year? 問題:請問參加索瑪山的閉關計劃(Ashram)，一個月和半年有何差別？ Response: What soaks in over time is so much better absorbed. It is like so many other things in life… the more months you lift weight, the bigger the muscles get. The longer you stay on
- [Only the Wise](https://www.michaelmamas.net/only-the-wise/) - Reflect. Ponder. Think deeper. Feel deeper… past emotions, indoctrinations, judgments, biases, and fears. Move beyond your comfort zone. Look beyond the horizon. Reach beyond the limited. Awaken to your true nature… your Divine Nature… bringing that forth to the world… ... expressing your Self fully… honestly… spontaneously… naturally... It merits saying again: Good advice is everywhere…
- [Liberation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/liberation-2/) - Do not ask me what you should think. That is not my job… You must learn to look beyond the conditioned, defended, encumbered being that you may think yourself to be… Spiritual teachings, shastras, Vedic texts, the Guru… they point in the direction…over the horizon... assisting you to find your own way. The Self is revealed
- [Nothing is Black and White](https://www.michaelmamas.net/nothing-is-black-and-white/) - Many factors are involved in most everything… every perspective, every decision, every philosophy, etc. Disagreements arise. Not so much because of the difference in opinion, but rather on how adamant one is regarding his perspective. Usually, if one is willing to reflect, he can see at least some truth in both perspectives. Conflicts amplify further
- [About Anger](https://www.michaelmamas.net/about-anger/) - Always remember that what underlies anger is hurt. To only allow yourself to feel the anger is to be in denial of the real issue, namely, the hurt. Your reaction to feeling hurt is to get angry. Allow yourself to feel the hurt. Denial (Don't Even Know I Am Lying) is unhealthy for your psyche, physiology,
- [Gewissensfreiheit](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gewissensfreiheit/) - This is a translation of the blog, "Freedom of Conscience". Ein älterer englischer Gentleman sagte in einem Nachrichteninterview, Amerika würde seine „Gewissensfreiheit“ verlieren. Im deutschen Grundgesetz, wie auch in der US-Verfassung, ist diese Freiheit als Meinungsfreiheit beschrieben. In anderen Ländern nennt man es Gewissensfreiheit. Es ist ein tiefgreifendes und geschätztes Konzept, das damit zu tun
- [Kaleidoskop - Die Struktur des Universums (Kaleidoscope - the structure of the Universe)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/kaleidoskop-die-struktur-des-universums/) - Stellen Sie sich einmal die Struktur des Universums geometrisch vor. Sie wäre wie das Innere eines Kaleidoskops, allerdings mehrdimensional und wesentlich komplexer. Eine Vielzahl von identifizierbaren Mustern existiert innerhalb dieser Struktur. Jedes dieser Muster beschreibt die gesamte Struktur des Universums mit seiner eigenen Sprache und seinen eigenen Regeln. Ein Beispiel ist die moderne Physik. Die
- [Freedom of Conscience](https://www.michaelmamas.net/freedom-of-conscience/) - An older English gentleman, being interviewed on the news, said America is losing its Freedom of Conscience. It is represented in the US constitution as Freedom of Speech. I understand other countries do call it Freedom of Conscience. It is a profound and precious concept sometimes thought of as listening within for Truth… the idea
- [Structure of the Veda](https://www.michaelmamas.net/structure-of-the-veda/) - We finished our three-day class here at Mount Soma a few days ago and now the Deep Dive Course is underway. The theme of the class (the Structure of the Veda) has carried over into the Deep Dive. I am having a wonderful time with it… incredibly fascinating. New insights are being revealed daily. It
- [Die Geburt des Universums (The birth of the Universe)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/die-geburt-des-universums/) - Dass Bewusstsein sich selbst bewusst ist, führt uns zu einer überzeugenden Perspektive zum Urknall und der Entstehung des Universums. Bewusstsein sieht sich selbst plötzlich als fremd, als anders, als nicht-sich-selbst an. In diesem Moment wird aus der Einheit Dualität geboren. Es ist ein wenig so, wie wenn Sie beim Zähneputzen aus dem Augenwinkel Ihr eigenes
- [Wessen ist sich Bewusstsein bewusst? (What is consciousness aware of?)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wessen-ist-sich-bewusstsein-bewusst/) - Im Laufe der Geschichte haben viele Kulturen intensiv über die Manifestation des Universums nachgedacht und interessanterweise kommen viele dieser altehrwürdigen Theorien zu ähnlichen Schlüssen. So sagten die amerikanischen Schamanen: „Das ist alles nur ein Traum“. Für Hindu-Philosophie ist diese Welt nur „Maya" oder Illusion. Die alten vedischen Seher stellen ähnlicherweise fest: „Das alles ist nur
- [Is the October Sky Really Bluer?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/is-the-october-sky-really-bluer/) - After asking this question some time ago, it seems the answer is 'yes'. Evidently, there are two things at work here: 1) When the sun is lower on the horizon, which it is during the fall and winter, more of the scattered light is directed towards the observer’s eyes, which increases the amount of blue
- [Weather](https://www.michaelmamas.net/weather/) - As Dr. Todd once put it, "I love weather." That is a quote I often fondly remember. It beautifully captures so much about life… so much about 'relationship with'. It is so simple, yet so profound. You may want to go to the homepage and scroll to the live webcam view of the temple. Even
- [„Ich denke, also bin ich" ("I think therefore I am")](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ich-denke-also-bin-ich/) - Schauen Sie um sich: Was sehen Sie? Was hören Sie? Was fühlen Sie? Was ist Ihre Erfahrung in genau diesem Moment? Woher wissen Sie, dass Ihre Beobachtungen wirklich sind? Wenn Sie 100% ehrlich mit sich selbst sind – woher wissen Sie, dass es nicht alles nur eine Illusion ist, wie z.B. in dem Film ‚Matrix‘?
- [The Secret to a Very Merry Christmas](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-secret-to-a-very-merry-christmas/) - Fulfillment comes not from what is showered upon you, but from what you allow to radiate out from within you. To be happy simply remember to give, give, give from the heart of your Being. Life's greatest secret, life's greatest mystery, life's greatest paradox is that by giving out what lies deep within, you become
- [Relationship with... (與...的關係)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/relationship-with-chinese/) - Your relationship with something is more important than the thing. Know that if you try to push out a personality quality you do not like, you are really just driving it deeper within you. Sooner or later, it will emerge again or show up in your health as some form of disease. 你跟某樣東西的關係遠比那樣東西重要。假如你想去除在個性上你不喜歡的一個特質，實際上你卻是把這個特質的根紮得越深。遲早它會重新出現成為身體健康上的一種疾病。 This idea
- [Thanks Giving](https://www.michaelmamas.net/thanks-giving/) - Giving thanks is not so much in the words or the actions as it is in the feeling. Yet it is in the traditions that we give ourselves the invitation, the opportunity, to rest in those sublime feelings that culture a life well lived. This is, in the larger sense, called cultural integrity. Traditions culture
- [Judgment vs. Discernment Revisited... Who Do You Think You Are? (批判與明辨… 你認為你是誰？)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/judgment-vs-discernment-revisited/) - Perhaps it is the most common question I hear: "How do I know if I am being judgmental or discerning?" Considering that "the spiritual path is the path of discernment" (Adi Shankara), it is perhaps the most important question you can ask. Yet it is also the most difficult for you to answer. 這可能是我最常聽到的一個問題："我如何知道我是在批判還是在明辨？"若以Adi Shankara（八世紀印度一位見性大師）所說的來考量，"心靈之旅是一個明白分辨的過程"，那麼這個問題可能是你可以問的問題中最重要的一個。然而這也可能是你最困難回答的一個問題。
- [An Old German Saying](https://www.michaelmamas.net/an-old-german-saying/) - “When there’s fire in the heart, there’s smoke in the head.” The fewer impurities in the fuel, the 'cleaner' the fire burns and the less smoke rises from the flame. As you evolve, you purify and the heart fire burns cleaner so you think more maturely… i.e. less smoke in the head. You do well to
- [All Cards Face Up on the Table](https://www.michaelmamas.net/all-cards-face-up-on-the-table/) - I have come to realize that when people hear me say, "All cards face up on the table" they think something is coming that they may not want to hear. That is not what I mean. "All cards face up on the table" means communion… that is to say, communication. It can be done in
- [In/Out vs. Out/In (內到外與外到內)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/inout-vs-outin/) - The Western approach to knowledge started at the surface of life and slowly went deeper. First, the physical was examined. Newton’s laws of physics describe this physical level. Then later, the deeper electromagnetic level was explored. The exploration also went deeper with the microscope, looking at cells rather than the overall tissues of the body.
- [Afraid of the Light?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/afraid-of-the-light/) - "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." – Plato Humans are such vulnerable creatures, particularly with respect to their inner feelings. The truth is that people are afraid of many of their feelings. They are even more
- [Judgment vs. Discernment Revisited... Who Do You Think You Are?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/judgement-vs-discernment-revisited/) - Perhaps it is the most common question I hear: "How do I know if I am being judgmental or discerning?" Considering that "the spiritual path is the path of discernment" (Adi Shankara), it is perhaps the most important question you can ask. Yet it is also the most difficult for you to answer. Lady Justice
- [The Classic Story Line](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-classic-story-line/) - For a book or movie to be successful, it has been said it must follow the classic story line… start with a content status quo, go into thrills and adventure, and return home to peace and contentment. It is said that is the formula that has worked throughout eternity. But why? The other day I
- [The Rose and Its Thorns](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-rose-and-its-thorns/) - I was asked the following question: "How it is possible to enjoy a beautiful sunrise when there is suffering in the world?" To which I respond: When the rose blossom gets larger, so too the thorns naturally get larger. The world will always need two poles to spin around. Up creates down. Left creates right.
- [Who Are You? (你是誰？)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/who-are-you-4/) - You exist on many levels. On the most superficial level, you are your physical body. Some would say the physical body has attributes like consciousness, thoughts, emotions, feelings, etc. 你的存在呈現於許多層次中，在最表面的層次，你是你的身體。有些人會說，這個身體還有識覺，思想，情緒，感覺等等屬性。 On a bit deeper level, you are a personality that is beyond the body. The body is just a vehicle. 再稍微深入ㄧ點，超越你的身體之外，你的個性是你，身體只是ㄧ個器具。 Some would define themselves
- [Who Are You?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/who-are-you-3/) - You exist on many levels. On the most superficial level, you are your physical body. Some would say the physical body has attributes like consciousness, thoughts, emotions, feelings, etc. On a bit deeper level, you are a personality that is beyond the body. The body is just a vehicle. Some would define themselves by their
- [Fundamental Principles](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fundamental-principles/) - Point Two of the Fundamental Principles is explained very well in this blog with the corresponding videos. Please click to view: POINT TWO I plan to get all the main points online. Please understand that these points are not something to just understand intellectually and move on. They must be found within you. That takes time. Then
- [Saturn Moon and Mars](https://www.michaelmamas.net/saturn-moon-and-mars/) - Sunday evening just after sunset you might be able to see Moon next to Mars with Saturn just slightly below them. Mercury will be a little further down near the western horizon and might be faintly visible as well. If skies are clear, I will be watching. Then, on Sept 4, Mars moves out of
- [The Virtual World and the Two Forms of Memory](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-virtual-world-and-the-two-forms-of-memory/) - As a result of the sum/total of all of your experiences in life, impressions are left upon the aspect of your awareness called 'chittam', the storehouse of impressions. These impressions are what memory is made of. Wipe the chittam clean, and there is no memory, at least not in the common sense of the word
- [The Soul](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-soul/) - Q: Could you please discuss the relationship between the soul and consciousness? A: Pure Consciousness is the source of everything. It is the Unified Field of modern physics. The one thing out of which all things emerge and ARE in their essence. It is transcendental… meaning it transcends relativity. It is beyond relativity. It cannot
- [Mother Teresa](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mother-teresa/) - These days, it is far too often assumed that this individual or that is enlightened. Actually, that level of life is far rarer than so assumed. Mother Teresa was one of those very rare and precious individuals.
- [Moon Jupiter Venus](https://www.michaelmamas.net/moon-jupiter-venus/) - These three planets will all be close together in the eastern night sky before sunrise tomorrow morning. Venus will be the bright 'star' and Jupiter will be just above it. It will be a pretty sight.
- [Carpe Diem](https://www.michaelmamas.net/carpe-diem/) - There is no greater fortune than to have this knowledge and be in a human physical body. Seize the day! Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Fortune favors the bold.
- [What is Enlightenment? (什麼是見性？)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-enlightenment-2/) - Everyone senses it within... people, animals, even insects... Some may simply call it the instinct for self-preservation. 每個人心裡都察覺得到它的存在... 人，動物，甚至於昆蟲.... 有些人簡單的稱它為自我保全的直覺。 It has many names... the soul, the Self, inner divinity, the unified field, Oneness, God... call it what you will. 它有好幾種不同的名稱... 靈魂，自我，內在的神性，共同體，ㄧ，上帝... 你要怎麼稱呼它都行。 Through evolution, the sense of it becomes clearer and clearer... Along the
- [What is Enlightenment?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-enlightenment/) - Everyone senses it within… people, animals, even insects… Some may simply call it the instinct for self preservation. It has many names… the soul, the self, inner divinity, the unified field, Oneness, God… call it what you will. Through evolution, the sense of it becomes clearer and clearer… Along the way, there are many awakenings…
- [Gravity (吸引力)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gravity/) - Everything is born out of Oneness and gravitates back to Oneness. That natural flow to Oneness is the vehicle you ride in meditation. You do not make the mind meditate. You allow it. Then, in time, your whole life flows in harmony with Oneness – with all that is. It is very simple, but highly
- [Free mp3 download](https://www.michaelmamas.net/free-mp3-download/) - If you were at the last Surya Ram Class at Mount Soma, you know that our Guruji gave an outstanding Free Lecture. For those of you who were unable to be there, you may download the mp3 file for this lecture. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD FREE LECTURE
- [The Key to Proper Behavior #2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-key-to-proper-behavior-2/) - Several people asked that I post this as a separate blog instead of a comment to the previous blog: What contributes to the challenge of life is that beliefs, be they based upon Divinity or samskaras within, are experienced as truth. Notions considered positive, constructive, wise, and laudable can still be the result of samskaras.
- [Piercing the Astral Veil (揭開靈異界的面紗)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/piercing-the-astral-veil/) - Channeling, Past Life Recall, Spirits & Ghosts, Demons & Ancestors, Hauntings, Visions & Sensing the presence of beings: 通靈，過去世的記憶，靈與鬼魅，惡魔，祖先靈魂，靈魂牽纏，想像的畫面，靈就在身邊的感覺： These things are of the astral realm. As the Masters have said: 這些都是靈異界的現象。誠如見性大師曾經說過： The astral realm is a vast and desertous wasteland. 靈異界是一個廣大無邊如沙漠般的廢墟。 Consider the story of the tar baby. When you touch it, you stick
- [On Negativity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-negativity/) - I entered the following as a comment to a previous blog, but was asked to post it as a separate blog: Everyone has negative thoughts in one form or another. That is ok… That does not matter. View them as nothing more than gnats buzzing around as you go about your business… your purpose…
- [Feel Unappreciated?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/feel-unappreciated/) - Do you feel unappreciated? Or maybe you would say it another way? Not Seen? Misunderstood? Taken advantage of? Walked all over? Judged unfairly? Do not feel alone. Essentially everyone feels that way… at least from time to time. Perhaps you would pick a different term than the ones listed here. What term do you relate
- [July 4th CRS Cheesecake](https://www.michaelmamas.net/july-4th-crs-cheesecake/) - INGREDIENTS Cream cheese Ricotta cheese Sour cream (approximately equal parts of each… to taste) lemon juice sweetener DIRECTIONS Mix with a little lemon juice and sweetener of your choice (sugar or stevia). No baking… ready to eat. Top with fruit if you wish. Have a wonderful Fourth of July!
- [Jesus in Kashmir](https://www.michaelmamas.net/jesus-in-kashmir/) - In many parts of the world this is considered common knowledge. I leave it to you to decide for yourself what you believe.
- [Devotion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/devotion-3/) - Someone recently asked me to write something about devotion. It would be easy enough to put down some soft and lovely words about waves of love and beauty. They would be true and inspiring. However, there is something here that, though delicate and easily misunderstood, reveals an exquisite aspect of devotion if it can be conveyed.
- [The Key to Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-key-to-life-2/) - Many of you have heard the story… God created the world. People entered the world, looked around and just wanted to return to God in Heaven and so they did. God was disappointed. No one wanted to enjoy his creation. Therefore he created a key to life so no one could return to Heaven without
- [The Depth of Your Being](https://www.michaelmamas.net/depth/) - "It's better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction." – Diane Grant It is fascinating to witness how many consider truth to be that which is most popular. Not a wise thing to do, particularly in Kali Yuga. Of course, these days it is most popular to want to be the
- [Perseverance](https://www.michaelmamas.net/perserverance/) - “Perseverance is the Hard Work You Do AFTER You Get Tired of Working Hard” Another nice quote from the fitness community.
- [Memorial Day](https://www.michaelmamas.net/memorial-day-4/) - Today, Memorial Day, is a good day to remember that it has been the warrior class that was entrusted with the Knowledge throughout the ages. Note that Lord Krishna was a kshatriya (warrior). Principles like duty, honor, trust, and loyalty are upheld by the military. This is so even while those principles may be somewhat
- [Rain Siddhi](https://www.michaelmamas.net/rain-siddhi/) - On a lighter note: We planted sod recently. It needs lots of water. i got up this morning and checked the yard…. it did not rain all night in spite of the forecast. i looked to the sky… not a cloud.. i checked the weather forecast and NC region radar… nothing. So I figured I
- [Feeling Your Way](https://www.michaelmamas.net/feeling-your-way/) - I was recently asked what I mean by "feeling your way" to which I respond: This is a big topic, but to say a little something about it: Essentially it means that anything can be justified with the intellect. Thoughts matter little. How you feel about those thoughts is what matters. As you evolve, the
- [Progress Don't Perform](https://www.michaelmamas.net/progress-dont-perform/) - Here is a nice little quote my fitness coach passed along today. "If you continually do the stuff you're already good at, you're not training, you're performing... When you focus on what needs to improve, now you're training." Everything maps. The principles of fitness map nicely on to life. People aspire to a comfortable life of familiarity.
- [Point, Counter Point, and Policy Making](https://www.michaelmamas.net/point-counter-point-and-policy-making/) - My daughter is writing a paper on gender rules. Should boys be allowed to play with dolls? Should boys be encouraged to play with dolls? Should girls be allowed to dress like boys? Etc., etc. What does it mean to be male? What does it mean to be female? Just as I mentioned regarding politics,
- [Forgive and Forget](https://www.michaelmamas.net/forgive-and-forget/) - It comes down to understanding. We all share the same one humanity. To forgive is to understand is to find within yourself what motivated the behavior of another. Remember that true Oneness means being one with everything, not just the things you approve of. To be one with everything, means to understand everything. Understanding (not
- [It Doesn't Matter](https://www.michaelmamas.net/it-doesnt-matter/) - Certainly, there is a place for political correctness. But why is there so much focus upon it today? We live in 'The Era of Things'. There are endless incredible things to capture your attention… computer gadgets, amazing cars, beautiful homes, and even limitless perspectives… social views… political stances and dogmas. Awaken to the level of
- [Time Stands Still](https://www.michaelmamas.net/time-stands-still-2/) - ~ ~ Everyone has those moments. Imagine a warm, quiet, summer’s Sunday afternoon. Perhaps you decide to take a moment… a moment to rest… to lie on your bed as a gentle breeze moves through the window’s sheer curtains. Once settled in you notice… a robin’s song echoes from a backyard tree… the faint hum of a
- [Webcam!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/webcam/) - The Mount Soma web camera is now operational 24 hours a day. To view, go the the Mount Soma or Sri Somesvara home page.
- [A New Sort of 'Nation' has Emerged](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-new-sort-of-nation-has-emerged/) - German media executive, Dopfner, says that the oligopolic power of the tech and social media elite is unconstrained and unchecked. He says that business leaders around the world are so intimidated by Google’s political and economic power that they fear to confront Google and that Google is currently an unstoppable force in the world. The economic,
- [Karma](https://www.michaelmamas.net/karma-4/) - Instead of just looking to the outside world to determine your karma, look to what lies within your emotions and your mind, your heart and your 'head'. For an illustration, watch the video below.
- [Respect](https://www.michaelmamas.net/respect-3/) - People have many diverse motivations in life. Some strive to make money. Others are devoted to mastering a musical instrument. Some aspire to higher and higher levels of education. Some are dedicated to certain principles, that is to say their beliefs regarding being in the right as much as possible. Still others focus on accomplishing
- [Divergence from Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/divergence-from-truth/) - The following quote is true in all fields of life… politically, philosophically, socially, morally, economically, and so on. The field of spirituality is no exception. Like a reed blowing from side to side in the wind, society swings like a pendulum through varying degrees of perception of truth. Though all things are rooted in Truth,
- [The Art of Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-art-of-life/) - Like all children learning to play a musical instrument, my daughter gets frustrated when she has to play the scales. At such times, with frustration, she decides she doesn’t want to play piano anymore. Playing piano is an art. It is learned through practice. Even if you are enlightened, it doesn’t mean you are a
- [Does God Exist?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/does-god-exist/) - All of the confusion, superstition and distortions around the notion of God have lead people to deny the existence of God. I do not believe in the distortions, superstitions and confused notions either. Do you believe in science? Science tells us there is a unified field… one thing out of which all things are born
- [Psychophysiological Addiction](https://www.michaelmamas.net/psychophysiological-addiction/) - Every chain has its weakest link. When the psychology is stressed, aspects of the physiology are stressed, and vice versa. During those times, the psyche crumbles into the weakest link of its chain, which we call the Psychophysiological Addiction. “Addiction” is the right word. It is a habit. For some people, it’s fear. For others,
- [Non-Attachment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/non-attachment/) - Some speak of enlightenment as a state of non-attachment. However, the state of non-attachment is generally misunderstood as an outward state of no material possessions or affinities. That is not correct. Such non-attachment on the surface of life is more a personality trait than an attribute of enlightenment. There certainly is the state of being
- [The Law of Subtraction](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-law-of-subtraction/) - As opposed to adding, take away. Continue doing so until all that is left is essence, truth. Neti, neti, neti… not that, not that, not that… until the only thing left is no-thing-ness… pure 'is-ness'… pure consciousness…pure Being... the source of pure Knowledge… the home of all Knowledge. Thereby, you come to know the One…
- [Relationship with the Self](https://www.michaelmamas.net/relationship-with-the-self/) - I was asked the following question: I feel I need a sense of ego to get me moving in a direction. A feeling of deserving, with my back straight and ready to face the day. But then I tell myself it is a lie, that it is just ego and I become deflated. My question
- [Two Quotes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/two-quotes/) - "People harvest only what they plant." (Galatians 6:7) "Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life." (Proverbs 4:23) Though these beautiful quotes are valid enough at first glance, lets take a deeper look. If you were not careful, you may think that you should just control your thoughts so your actions and
- [The Power from Within](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-power-from-within/) - ~ "Trust the Power from Within" ~ This quote came from a Duracell battery advertisement, but it certainly is an important concept we can apply to ourselves. Your power is in fact infinite. You have only to tap into it more fully and stop turning it back on yourself. To understand your potential, is to
- [Normal](https://www.michaelmamas.net/normal/) - The Deep Dive Meditation Retreat, going on at Mount Soma now, has permeated the atmosphere with a magnificent feeling of sweet stability, peace, and sustenance. In searching for a word to describe it, "normal" comes to mind. It feels normal to me. In this day and age, "normal" is something very rare and precious. It
- [Does God Love You?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/does-god-love-you/) - Well, the easy answer to that question would be a simple good feeling, "Yes." And that is true and all should be well and good to just leave it at that. But it is not enough. Even more than that, it is misleading. Why? Because it implies, at least to me, some sort of emotional
- [The World’s Strongest Addiction?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-worlds-strongest-addiction/) - Another thing I like about the fitness world in general, and about my trainer in particular, is the strong results orientation. Do what works! If it doesn't work, stop doing it! This makes his following declaration quite interesting. "Do not associate with negative people. Stay away from them. Get them out of your life!" That
- [How Do You Know?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-do-you-know/) - Regarding the 'Strength" blog, I was asked the following question: How can you distinguish for yourself what is a strong 'grip' versus a strong clinging to a belief or a perspective? How do you know you've rested into your essence/soul or just an overlay? To which I respond: This is a very good and
- [Spiritual Energy](https://www.michaelmamas.net/spiritual-energy/) - I was asked the following: In more ways than one it is possible to determine by experiment how the spirit helps even the development of muscles. I do not speak of Hatha Yoga, in which physical exercise is emphasized primarily. In other Yogas, physical exercise has not such significance, but the spiritual development gives the
- [Tuning Your Instrument](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tuning-your-instrument/) - “An instrument should be in tune with itself,” he says. “Everything else will then fall into place.” ...John Monteleone This is a lovely quote. In particular, a number of the old blues guitar players had little access to 'properly tuned' instruments or even intentionally down tuned their guitars for one reason or another. Certainly with
- [Strength](https://www.michaelmamas.net/strength/) - "If your grip is weak, YOU'LL be weak." This is another quote from the fitness world. I would like you to reflect upon how it maps on to your speedy spiritual evolution… and also how it could be twisted to compromise your spiritual evolution. After you formulate you thoughts, you can click
- [Staying on Course](https://www.michaelmamas.net/staying-on-course/) - I am continuing to have a great deal of fun (fascination) with physical fitness. It serves as a wonderful mini-model for life, certainly including spiritual growth. The proper routines and diet are of course more tangible than in the spiritual arena where things are so profoundly illusive (the razors edge), yet they are subtle enough
- [Tulsi Gabbard](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tulsi-gabbard/) - Hawaiian Congresswoman's YouTube video speaks for itself.
- [Neti, Neti, Neti](https://www.michaelmamas.net/neti-neti-neti/) - I have been working with a fitness coach/trainer for a while now. It has been a lot of fun. He is excellent. I have noticed that I am quite sensitive to how he responds to me. I sometimes wonder how he feels about a question I have… if he feels like he has already answered
- [The Guru](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-guru/) - “So long as you have faith in your Guru, nothing will be able to obstruct your way.” — Vivekananda, 1896 This quote (that Marty provided) is one of the most beautiful things I have recently seen. It immediately made me think of my teacher. Through his presence and his words, he touched a place within
- [New Year's Resolutions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/new-years-resolutions/) - I have two personal offices in my home. One is a traditional sort of office. The other is my home gym. It is a place where I go not just to workout, but also to hangout. It gives my mind some space… a different type of space to reflect, ponder, and plan my day. Before
- [Sin and Salvation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sin-and-salvation/) - In the USA, the television show called 'Duck Dynasty' has become very popular. Though I have never watched the show, I understand that an interview of its main patriarch triggered a great deal of controversy when he talked about what he saw as sin and the path to salvation. To fathom all this, we must
- [Hormones in a Nutshell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/hormones-in-a-nutshell/) - The cycling of hormones in the body is an incredibly complex and intriguing science. I have read a fair amount from many difference sources on the subject. I recently found a book that offers an interesting perspective on the hormone cycles involved in nutrient metabolism very concisely and very well. It is called The Renegade
- [What is Magic?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-magic/) - Magic is science that people do not understand yet. All science is a product of imagination. The only limit is that of the imagination. The Universe is a field… a unified field… of all possibilities.
- [The World of Wanting](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-world-of-wanting/) - In my longing for Truth, I went inward. I became full… and overflowing… I then returned to the world… … to offer what I had gained … to teach … to heal But then there were too many to heal one by one… So I began teaching others to heal… But to heal is not
- [An Hour](https://www.michaelmamas.net/an-hour/) - Years ago, as a tennis player, I wondered if my game would suffer after not playing for a couple weeks. Instead I went to a woman's professional tournament every day and watched. When I did go out again, I played the best tennis of my life. I have been studying hip flexibility. Recently, I sat
- [Happy Thanksgiving!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/happy-thanksgiving/) - Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Just to be sure it is clear, when Jesus says: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." He is saying that he is one with the Transcendent. There is only one Transcendent and that is (He is) the only way, the
- [Not a Diet, but a Lifestyle](https://www.michaelmamas.net/not-a-diet-but-a-lifestyle/) - If you are interested in losing weight or just having a healthy diet, you may want to click the link below. Though the author is not vegetarian, the diet can be followed using only vegetarian foods. The book offers multiple options. Intermittent fasting overnight along with a large evening meal is his most powerful approach.
- [Money, Money, Money… Again, Again, and Again](https://www.michaelmamas.net/money-money-money-again-again-and-again/) - I have receive the following question: Do you pay your own way or do you receive some financial compensation from your sangat? To which I respond: This is a question that I do understand some people are really concerned about. I am in the fortunate position that I donate to the temple, classes, CRS buildings,
- [The Challenge of Change](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-challenge-of-change/) - Like most everyone, I do try to take care of my physical body. Unfortunately, when I get too busy, the first two things to go are diet and exercise. During those windows of opportunity in my life, when I do exercise and watch my diet, I enjoy reading and learning about nutrition and training. I
- [Does Your Life Have a Context?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/does-your-life-have-a-context/) - It is good to have a reference frame or conceptual context for your life. It may be a philosophy or religion or intellectual understanding of just what life is and what your place in this universe is. These contexts, of which there are many, usually come with a moral code, rules of conduct, and model
- [Another Pet Peeve](https://www.michaelmamas.net/another-pet-peeve/) - You know how athletes get mocked for praying to God for help to win a sports competition? Everything has a personified aspect, which is the deeper more meaningful value. When you think of another person, you do not think of them as a machine built of organs, tissues, and flesh. You think of the being…
- [Patience](https://www.michaelmamas.net/patience/) - ~ ~ “Genius is eternal patience.” – Michelangelo What does it mean to be patient? On the surface, it may involve some self-control… resisting the impulse to speak or act. However, at the depth it is rooted in something quite different. The Transcendent is infinitely patient. There is no time. There is infinite silence… infinite
- [Happy Halloween!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/happy-halloween/)
- [Karmic Bubbles](https://www.michaelmamas.net/karmic-bubbles/) - You know how sometimes you can just take a step back and see another's behavioral pattern? Doesn't it sometimes feel like you wish you could just snap them out of it? Remarkably, it often seems most everyone can see that person’s pattern… except that person! Around and around they go, as if they are spinning
- [Money, Money, Money](https://www.michaelmamas.net/money-money-money/) - I was asked the following question: I have been reading your discourses for almost a year now as my wife follows your group, somewhat. Some of your writings are very good. I have been to India and became an initiate of Maharaj Charan Singh Ji (Surat shabd yoga). In their teachings they say that a
- [Atheists](https://www.michaelmamas.net/atheists/) - Last night, a television news program was discussing the rise of atheism. They were unsuccessful in their attempts to determine why it was happening. To me it is very simple: The spiritual understandings of modern day religions make no sense. The rationale is that you must 'have faith.' Such 'faith' is a rationalization for oblivion.
- [Emotion](https://www.michaelmamas.net/emotion/) - My favorite emotion is fascination.
- [NIne Days of Mother Divine Oct 5-13](https://www.michaelmamas.net/nine-days-of-mother-divine-oct-5-13/) - It is said that Sri Anandamayi Ma did not go through incarnations. Rather, She incarnated for her devotees. This has been my favorite picture of Her for over thirty years. "When it is found, nothing else remains to be found; the sense of want will not awaken anymore, and the heart's torment be stilled for ever.
- [On Decision Making](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-decision-making/) - When it comes to making decisions, don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Move forward and see the options… be aggressive, do not dilly dally, but keep your options open as long as you can. You never know what new opportunities lie around the corner so there is no reason to lock yourself
- [Overcoming Fear](https://www.michaelmamas.net/overcoming-fear/) - I was asked the following: Please write more about fear, how to have a relationship with such a crippling thing, how to conquer that negative looping, how to dispel how tightly it remains in the tissues and brain and the Transcendent safety net? Thank you. To which I respond: Just keep moving. People who feel
- [Spheres of Influence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/spheres-of-influence/) - Spheres of Influence is a common model regarding relationships. Imagine some concentric circles with you in the center. The inner most sphere of influence would include your spouse or immediate family, and perhaps your closest friends. Furthest out in the circle would be a total stranger. Somewhere in-between, you might find business associates. You behave
- [Management](https://www.michaelmamas.net/management/) - Generally “management” is thought of as a business term. People manage companies. In reality, management is everything, and it starts with the self. Do you want to be happy? Learn to manage yourself. Manage your behavior. Be attentive to how you interact with people. My children are very much concerned about the grades they get
- [What do you live for?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-do-you-live-for/) - When I had my practice in Florida, I repeatedly saw a particular dynamic in people. They moved down from Ohio, Pennsylvania, or wherever. For them, that was their home. Their roots remained “up north.” That’s the community they cared about. Florida was just a place to avoid the winters. It seemed their sense of responsibility,
- [On Being Right](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-being-right/) - Why is it so important to you that you are right? Is your sense of self worth so limited? It is imperative that you know your greatness extends far beyond simply getting this and that right. The quiet one, voicing no opinion either way, carries the beacon light of wisdom. The best of who and
- [More on Conflict](https://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-conflict/) - With Saturn and Rahu converging on one another this month, conflicts are on the rise. So it is a good time to take a step back, take a breath, and reflect on any conflicts in your life. Conflict between friends and associates almost always boils down to one thing: fatigue. Situations arise when it just
- [Magnificent!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/magnificent/) - How can it be put into words? It's magic… like a great miracle. To witness it is such an incredible privilege. The power is increasing daily. Yes, every single day. Is it even possible for the people immersed in it to fully appreciate what is happening? I am so moved by what they are doing…
- [More on the Experience of Oneness](https://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-the-experience-of-oneness/) - I was asked the following question: I am currently in Afghanistan and the knowledge that you speak of is very touching. But this place brings it out of me. There is so much pain and suffering here. People die everyday of the common cold. Children are starving and neglected. I can feel it. It takes
- [Fear of Death](https://www.michaelmamas.net/fear-of-death/) - I was asked the following question: When and how can I lose the fear of death? Lately, the thought that death may be "the end," and not the beginning of a different awareness or a new lifetime has repeatedly surfaced in my mind, bringing a moment of fear or even terror. Does it take full
- [Humility](https://www.michaelmamas.net/humility-2/) - “What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is unreal.” – Adi Sankaracharya When a pebble is tossed into a pond, concentric rings ripple out from the point of entry. The innermost ring may think, "I touched the pebble. I felt the pebble.
- [Mountain Folklore](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mountain-folklore/) - There are many fascinating things the old timers say about these mountains. One recently noted that the yellow jackets are building their nests in the trees instead of underground… "A sure sign that we will have a heavy winter." It will be interesting to see what happens.
- [The Kids](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-kids/) - I remember summers when I was a kid. Sun up to sun down, every day was an adventure. The air was fresh and sweet. Plants were lush. It was wonderful to be alive. It has been a great joy this summer at Mount Soma to watch the kids. They have added a marvelous and magical
- [Meteor Shower](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meteor-shower/) - Sunday and Monday, August 11 and 12, 2013, all night. The peak of the Perseid meteor shower, usually the best in the year, occurs in the middle of the day on Monday August 12, so both the night before and the night after will both be good to observe meteors. Usually meteors are more frequent
- [About Changing One's Name](https://www.michaelmamas.net/about-changing-ones-name/) - When Asked About Changing One's Name, I Responded: At times it can be wise to change ones name or title. However, it is more often wise for a person to change their circumstances and evolve their relationship with life. Yet those things are more challenging and more rare. A desire to change one’s name is
- [Guru Purnima](https://www.michaelmamas.net/guru-purnima-4/) - My gratitude to all those who sent their warm wishes, both written and 'through the ethers', this Guru Purnima day.
- [The Longing](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-longing-2/) - Longing for the deepest reality is the nature of all life and even of existence itself…. gravity moves everything back to center, back to oneness. Though all creatures have a sense of that, the clarity of understanding is not there. (The clouded glass Kathy referred to in her comment to my previous blog.) The lack
- [Resting into the Ocean of Bliss](https://www.michaelmamas.net/resting-into-the-ocean-of-bliss/) - Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? Just rest into your Self. Isn't that what everyone wants? Inner peace, inner contentment, satisfaction, fulfillment? But what happens when you do that? What happens inside of you? You see, most of life is lived as a distraction, an escape. By keeping your attention on the surface, the depth is avoided. Now why would someone
- [Anonymous Quote](https://www.michaelmamas.net/anonymous-quote/) - “Speak in anger and you'll give the greatest speech you'll ever regret.” – Anonymous
- [Steps To Success](https://www.michaelmamas.net/steps/) - In a nutshell: 1] You start but see little or no results. This is when most people get discouraged and quit. Fear and doubt take them over. They decide it is not for them, or they are just not cut out for it… something is wrong with them, etc. They quit and end up feeling
- [How to Deal with Conflict](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-deal-with-conflict/) - When you encounter conflict, it is good to remember that there are three things involved: 1) you 2) the person you are in conflict with, and 3) the conflict itself. Usually conflict puts you on one side of the fence and the person on the other. You equate the conflict with that person. Consider another
- [San Francisco Class](https://www.michaelmamas.net/san-francisco-class/) - If you were at class in SF, please take a moment to add a comment about one or two of the most impactful, interesting, or important points that came up or experiences you had over the long weekend. As I reflect on the three days, I feel there were many things that came up that
- [Your Destination](https://www.michaelmamas.net/your-destination/) - "Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination." – Anonymous
- [Circles](https://www.michaelmamas.net/circles/) - I remember as a kid being inspired by a short essay Emerson wrote about circles. Every culture is a circle with a high and low end. Every religion is a circle. Every ethnic group is a circle… even every individual. There is no end to circles. Even the horizon goes around 360 degrees to form a circle.
- [Expectation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/expectation/) - Stringing crises together with moments of quiet trepidation between and calling that life is no way to live. It is as if everything is viewed as unstable and ready to pop at any moment. Periods of fear and worry between one turmoil and then the next. Time to make the shift. Imagine a life of
- [Remember](https://www.michaelmamas.net/remember/) - Evolution is a journey, not an epiphany. Truth is not a concept, rule, idea, law, principle or notion. Enlightenment comes through a lifestyle, not an excursion. Your karma lies within you, mostly as your thoughts and your emotions. Spirituality is not emotional indulgence. Spirituality is not intellectual derivation. You can justify anything with the intellect,
- [Connecting Some Dots](https://www.michaelmamas.net/connecting-some-dots-2/) - "Fear or Stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions." – Albert Einstein "Failure does not come from falling down. Failure comes from not getting back up." –Anonymous Many failures are not acknowledged as failures, but instead are viewed through the eyes of denial… "Oh, that wasn't for me anyway" or "Oh, I'm glad
- ["Don't Bother Me with the Facts. I've Already Made my Decision"](https://www.michaelmamas.net/dont-bother-me-with-the-facts-ive-already-made-my-decision/) - Most allegiances are not determined by a fair evaluation but rather by familiarity and impulsive loyalty. This includes not only spiritual convictions but also personal and political points of view. Blind allegiances to friends, spouses, groups, and philosophies rule most individuals. Unfortunately, the most common exceptions are the impulsively militant crusader and the rebellious teen.
- [Colors and Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/colors-and-life/) - With the completion of so many homes, buildings, and cottages here at Mount Soma, I have learned a great deal about color. First, I learned that samples of paint chips are nearly useless. Many times, a group of people would put their heads together to pour over paint chip samples and finally came to an
- [Kali Yuga](https://www.michaelmamas.net/kali-yuga/) - The challenge of Kali Yuga is that you are led to believe Kali Yuga does not touch you, but instead, is about everyone and everything other than you and the select few with whom you see eye to eye. Most of your karma is in your mind and in your heart. It is a trance,
- [Attitude is Everything](https://www.michaelmamas.net/attitude-is-everything/) - Let's be very clear on one point. When first stated, you may think you already know it, but let's take a deeper look: The spiritual path lies within you. Let's say it a few different ways: Evolution is an inner process. The battlefield of human evolution is within. The spiritual journey is an inner journey.
- [Time Stands Still](https://www.michaelmamas.net/time-stands-still/) - Imagine being so caught up in a television program that you forget it is just a projection on a screen and believe it is real. That is exactly what you have done. The 'screen' is consciousness. It is the silent witness. It has no opinion. .. no comments… no shades or hues. It is crisp…
- [Life After Death?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-after-death/) - It is really very simple. When the body dies, the mind does not… just that simple. When the body dies, your dreams become your reality. If your mind was habitually in the gutter before death, that is what you get. If you have been living in denial, your bluff is called. If
- [The Right Stuff… Do You Have What It Takes?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-right-stuff-do-you-have-what-it-takes/) - Enlightenment is no small thing. Most everyone reading this likely believes they know that. But do they? Do they really? Great saints have attained their sainthood by steadfastly overcoming incredible obstacles… one after another, after another. Quite simply, they were willing to endure whatever it took to attain enlightenment… year after year of relentless one-pointed
- [Harmony with Nature](https://www.michaelmamas.net/harmony-with-nature/) - “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.” – Mahatma Ghandi There is a very profound message here. Namely, that what underlies
- [The Quest for Truth](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-quest-for-truth/) - “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” – Edward R. Murrow Prejudice reaches far beyond the limits that most project upon it. This is particularly so in how one views ones own personal prejudices. Through prejudice, you create your world. Most information is wrong information. Putting all
- [More on the Boiling Pot](https://www.michaelmamas.net/q-a/) - A comment including the question, “How do you fix a nation that doesn’t want to fix itself?” was posted in my last blog. My answer is below. The solution to not only this but all problems is the same one thing: Awakening of world consciousness to pure consciousness. By infusing pure consciousness (the Unified Field)
- [Gun Control and the Boiling Pot](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gun-control-and-the-boiling-pot/) - With all the debate about gun control going on, have you considered the topic from the perspective of Vedic knowledge? What should be done? Outlaw guns? Tighten regulations? Stricter penalties for violations? Imagine the world to be a pot of water. A fire burns beneath it. It inevitably boils over. To prevent it from boiling
- [More on the Iron Ball](https://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-the-iron-ball/) - I remember… It was over 30 years ago when I first learned the Siddhis. While deep within the transcendent a feeling of solidity, far beyond the solidity I had felt through meditative transcending, overtook me. It permeated my body. I remember trying to describe the feeling… "I feel like a walnut… solid, fixed, strong, established."
- [The Marshmallow and the Iron Ball](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-marshmallow-and-the-iron-ball/) - Every individual has a unique temperament. Some are naturally soft and easy, like marshmallows. Some are often hard and harsh. As you evolve, you naturally rest into your own true nature. The range of possibilities is far greater than people typically allow for themselves and others. Life is not about turning yourself in to something
- [Update](https://www.michaelmamas.net/update-2/) - My family and I have been moving into our new house at Mount Soma so please excuse that I have not written a blog for a little while. Also, I have become aware that I have not been receiving all the emails I have been sent. We expect to get back on track soon. Thanks
- [The Normalcy Bias](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-normalcy-bias/) - When radar showed the incoming attack to Pearl Harbor, the directive came back: "Don't worry about it." What you think, you become. Do take care, for the following words reveal your destiny: "Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your
- [Two Points Determine a Line](https://www.michaelmamas.net/two-points-determine-a-line/) - When one is not rapidly evolving, they are essentially like a single point in space. From the perspective of that one point, a line can be drawn through it in any direction and be argued as just as valid as any other line. However, after doing PROPER meditation for a while, another point is experienced.
- [Life in Bondage](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-monkey/) - It is a common legend. The monkey put his hand in the jar and grasped the content within. Unwilling to release his grip, he was unable to remove his fist from the jar.
- [Meaning](https://www.michaelmamas.net/meaning/) - No life of real meaning ever existed without unbridled, unbounded, unrelenting courage.
- [Looking to the Surface of Life](https://www.michaelmamas.net/looking-to-the-surface-of-life/) - The other day in the temple, the ashram people repeated a mantra in silence together. I felt the transcendental value enliven the depth of existence as they did so. It was significantly more palpable than even just a year ago. That is how I know my work is succeeding. Many look for surface changes to
- [Expansion of the Self](https://www.michaelmamas.net/expansion-of-the-self/) - “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein Only when you awaken to your oneness with everything does your life make sense. Then there is no 'other'. Said another way, the small 'you' ceases to exist. You function through such maya, illusion, but you are no longer lost to the illusion.
- [Yin and Yang](https://www.michaelmamas.net/yin-and-yang/) - I remember the early morning rains of my childhood. Invariably a time to pick up a stick and poke around at the ground and roadside as we walked to the school bus stop. I remember all the worms on the road… millions of them, it seemed. A gentle tap with the stick and they work
- [Concepts, Facts, and Beyond](https://www.michaelmamas.net/concepts-facts-and-beyond/) - Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt Between facts and concepts, concepts (ideas) are closer to Truth. Truth is unbounded, without edge. Facts melt into the deeper and broader arena of concepts, which melt into the deepest and broadest field of the Absolute… Oneness…Pure Consciousness… Pure Isness…Truth.
- [Ego](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ego/) - As one follows the path to enlightenment, the small self viscously fights back in the name of its very survival. That is commonly called "ego".
- [Some thought provoking quotes](https://www.michaelmamas.net/some-thought-provoking-quotes/) - - - - Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. – Jim Rohn __ All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. – Cyril Connolly __ An argument is the longest distance between two points of view. – Dan
- [Life is Just This Simple](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-is-just-this-simple/) - "Find purpose, the means will follow." – Gandhi
- [Happy Valentine's Day!](https://www.michaelmamas.net/happy-valentines-day-2/) - Today we celebrate love in all its many forms. I understand the ancient Greeks had forty different words for love in each of its forms. There is only universal love, yet it uniquely emerges in each relationship. Love holds the universe together. Love unifies. Love brings all separation back to oneness. Today then, is far more than the celebration
- [If](https://www.michaelmamas.net/if/) - If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being
- [Your Relationship with Others](https://www.michaelmamas.net/your-relationship-with-others/) - It is beautiful that giving is best done to a hand outreached with palm pointing not up but down… giving blessings to the giver. This was sweetly conveyed in the following interview of the wealthiest man in India. The nature of your relationship with people determines the quality of your life.
- [2013: The Year of Realization](https://www.michaelmamas.net/2013-the-year-of-realization/) - ` ` ` This is the year the world begins to reawaken. If you watch carefully you can already start to see signs of it in the news. Toward the end of this year, you will see things begin to accelerate. The dye is cast. All is well and wisely put. I have repeatedly advised
- [To Be Great](https://www.michaelmamas.net/to-be-great/) - “No man e'er was glorious, who was not laborious.” – Benjamin Franklin I would like to add that all want to be glorious, few are willing to be laborious. But what does it mean to truly be laborious? It is not about how much effort one expends. It is not about courage. It is about how deeply
- [Echoes, Mirrors, Parallel Worlds](https://www.michaelmamas.net/echoes-mirrors-parallel-worlds/) - “He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.” – Kempis, Thomas Everything exists on all levels of the reality continuum. It is fascinating to ponder what level a quote
- [Quote Suggestions?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/quote-suggestions/) - Pamla took this picture of my truck. The tire tracks were not planned at all! I think there must be some good quotes to go along with it. Please feel free to offer your suggestion. I thought of: Nature organizes best. Or I'd rather be lucky than good.
- [What is Truth?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-truth/) - My response to MB's comment on "the Razors Edge" Blog: Define "True." What does it mean for something to be true? If it is not refuted by anything... if it applies on all levels to all that is... is it then true? Well, not necessarily. You could conceive of something like "The Evil Deceiver" that
- [A Real Master](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-real-master/) - In response to my Razors Edge blog, someone asked how you can recognize who is a real master and who is not. The one word answer is 'discernment.' You must cultivate discernment. Of course that leads to the question, "How do you cultivate discernment?" That cultivation is a process. It can be compared to learning
- [The Razors Edge](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-razors-edge/) - I was asked the following: A master who talks about the light body says that you can transform your body from flesh to light. Is that true? To which I reply: There is an important lesson here. Yes, what you say here is valid, but the true meaning of words often eludes the use of
- [On Success](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-success/) - The most common barrier to success is not situational. It is not financial. It is not lack of sufficient intelligence. It is not lack of creativity. The primary barrier to success is emotional. How do you emotionally respond to challenges, obstacles, opposition, problems, conflicts, etc.? If you keep your emotional balance in such situations and
- [On Anger](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-anger/) - Anger comes in two forms. That born of the True Self, the Divine Self, one's own True Nature, which commands the world to align with Natural Law. And that born of the conditioned, programmed, personality self, with which most are identified and which demands the world conform to its petty will. Based upon observation, the
- [On/Off Switches](https://www.michaelmamas.net/onoff-switches/) - Though a great invention with many practical applications, the on/off switch has overtaken our lives. Turn off the lights, turn on the car, start the computer… there is no end… ongoing throughout the day. However in nature, the day gradually turns to night and the night to day. The seasons change gradually. Temperature, climate, arrival
- [On Thinking](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-thinking/) - Thomas Edison said, "There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking." On face value, I do not agree with Mr. Edison. People think all the time… way too much. Thoughts, thoughts, and more thoughts run through their heads incessantly. However, the deeper point I am sure
- [Wrong Information… Neti, Neti, Neti (not that, not that, not that)](https://www.michaelmamas.net/wrong-information-neti-neti-neti/) - Wherever you look (life's daily situations, business, politics, proper diet, proper exercise, personal relationships… it doesn't matter where) life is permeated with wrong information. Even in what seems to be the simplest matters, contradictory perspectives collide. If your relationship with that is not healthy, life can be most frustrating. What is the source of that frustration?
- [A New Years Resolution for You](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-new-years-resolution-for-you/) - “Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.” – J. Gitomer I have seen the truth in this quote over and over again. Yet I suspect some who read it see the untruth in it more than the truth. Another way of saying
- [Life After the Body Dies](https://www.michaelmamas.net/life-after-the-body-dies/) - I saw a brief interview with a neurosurgeon who had a 'near death experience'. He spoke very well. I liked what he said about consciousness… something to the effect that scientists see nothing to explain how the physical brain gives rise to consciousness. He said that the brain just acts as a filter (a reducing
- [The Dawn](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-dawn/) - I received this in an email last night. There is still a great deal to do of course, but the message is beautiful In a recent speech to the UN, Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, said that according to their tradition, December 21 marks the end of the non-time and the beginning of time. It
- [Honey and Vinegar](https://www.michaelmamas.net/honey-and-vinegar/) - It's simple enough, isn't it? So much can be accomplished through friendship. So much damage is done through conflict. Yet so many try to get what they want from others with vinegar… so few with honey. Think about it. There are those who are reliably polite and kind. Then there are those that consistently stir
- ['Tis a Joy to Be Simple](https://www.michaelmamas.net/tis-a-joy-to-be-simple-3/) - In response to a recent comment: The Christ is The Self. We are all one with God. Whether someone knows it or not, this still holds true. Or in scientific terms: Everything is the Unified Field. Whether someone knows it or not, this still holds true. The more you understand science, the more you understand
- [Simplistically Mayan](https://www.michaelmamas.net/simplistically-mayan/)
- [More on the Art of Discernment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-the-art-of-discernment/) - The good thing about atheists is that they are able to stand up and declare that the prevelant understanding of spirituality is deeply flawed. The unfortunate thing is that they have thrown out the baby with the bath water. “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend
- [Annual Mount Soma Christmas Cookie and Tree Decorating Gala](https://www.michaelmamas.net/annual-mount-soma-christmas-cookie-and-tree-decorating-gala/) - The atmosphere was delightful as people gathered in the Community Center, many with their own family recipe for frosting in hand. Carols played. Creativity overflowed. Sugar ruled. The day culminated in a trip to the movies for a group viewing of 'The Hobbit.' Watch below to see the real cookie monster in action!
- [Enlightenment](https://www.michaelmamas.net/enlighenment/) - This post is in response to a comment posted on my precious blog... I would love to find an ayurvedic doctor that I could recommend. However, for one reason or another (some reasons may be no fault of their own) I can not recommend one. So many people are reputed to be enlightened masters, but
- [The Cognitive Mind](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-cognitive-mind/) - We have the unique ability to reason. That is a most powerful tool. However, when it is not rooted in harmony with natural law, the results can be unthinkable. As a group consciousness, humans have yet to attain the ability to behave in harmony with natural law, i.e. with the Divine. As a result, terrible
- [The Only Way](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-only-way/) - Some say Jesus is the only way to God. Depending on what you understand the word 'Jesus' to mean, that is either true or false. Jesus knew he was the Unified Field. From physics, the Unified Field is the one thing that birthed all that is. There is only one Unified Field. All things gravitate
- [Ollie](https://www.michaelmamas.net/ollie/) - I do not consider myself to be a big animal lover in the conventional sense. What I mean by that is that though I do like animals very much, I do not have my pets sit all over the furniture or be a pivotal part of my life. I recall when I was young a
- [Mapping](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mapping/) - “If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.” – Napoleon Just one more step and Napoleon would have been on to one of creations deepest principles… namely, mapping. Just as there is a central source to our solar system, there is a central source
- [Deep Inside You Already Know Everything](https://www.michaelmamas.net/deep-inside-you-already-know-everything/) - The unenlightened state is really just a state of denial. If you could just be completely honest with yourself, you would Know the Truth immediately. You only choose to be deceived to perpetuate your bogus desires and convictions. Just as the wisp of cloud shrouds the magnificence of the sun, so too does that which
- [Special Havan Planned](https://www.michaelmamas.net/special-havan-planned/) - Message from Barbara at Mount Soma. We have received our Certificate of Occupancy for the Student Union! Obstacles from ever-changing county regulations have brought us many unforeseeable expenses. Those overages are an astounding 41.6% above the cost of the original, county approved, plans for the Student Union. As a result, we are in need of funds for
- [Mayan Calendar](https://www.michaelmamas.net/mayan-calendar/) - Some interpret the Mayan Calendar to say that humanity was created 5000 years ago and that Armageddon will occur this month. According to Vedic literature, 5000 years ago indeed marks a shift... from Dvapara Yuga to Kali Yuga. Also, Vedic literature says this current time marks the shift from Kali Yuga to an era of
- [The Big Bang of the Brain](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-big-bang-of-the-brain/) - I have spoken of how Darwinian evolution was accelerated by the fact that everything is gravitating back to the Unified Field. It is like a science fiction, outer space, magnetic beam that pulls a satellite to the mother station. Yet at some point, the Mother Station connects to the satellite directly and infuses the power
- [No Worries](https://www.michaelmamas.net/no-worries/) - Every economic situation is a great opportunity for success for those who know what is coming. You know what is coming. I have been telling you for years what is now clear to everyone who is willing to look. It is only for you to seize the opportunity. It's simple: just do not behave like
- [Phase Transition](https://www.michaelmamas.net/phase-transition/) - We are in the time of a great phase transition. Whether or not this nation catapults forward or, like the Roman Empire, collapses under its own weight, is up to us. The family of nations is so intertwined that the prosperity of the entire globe is at stake. I choose to live a life dedicated
- [Beautiful](https://www.michaelmamas.net/beautiful/) - Moon and Jupiter in Rohini are absolutely beautiful tonight. They side by side rose in the east over Mount Soma while Aarthi at the temple resonated and radiated through the mountains so exquisitely. It was a fantastic moment in time.
- [Your Inner World](https://www.michaelmamas.net/your-inner-world-2/) - I had a conversation with my daughters (ages just 10 and almost 14) last night about what I do. I said, "In a nutshell, I help people with their inner worlds." Though we all live 'in there' very few tend to it well. For most, it is what it is and that is where and
- [The Nature of Creation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-nature-of-creation/) - It always annoys me to hear theologians on television debate things like creationism. I just saw this again. When will the world understand the notion of multiple realities?! There are an infinite number of equally valid slices through the same one pie. Each tells its own story. Western science, Yin/yang theory, 5 elements…. there is
- [Farthest Known Galaxy](https://www.michaelmamas.net/farthest-known-galaxy/) - I do enjoy communicating with Clif. I emailed the following to him: I didn't read this, but the headline is fascinating…. and maybe all we need to know... http://news.yahoo.com/farthest-known-galaxy-universe-discovered-201051161.html To which he responded: So there are three interesting things about this article: 1. The age of the universe is 13.7 billion years since the Big
- [Phi and Pi](https://www.michaelmamas.net/phi-and-pi/) - My daughter drew a picture of a dragon and asked me how I liked it. I told her I felt it was very good, but the proportions were not natural. I told her about the Golden Proportions in nature. I told her it is not necessary to know the math to draw it if she
- [Who are you?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/who-are-you-2/) - False dignity is pride True dignity is humble integrity True Integrity is alignment with the True Self True Humility is rooted in abstraction… which lies beyond rules, codes, laws… yet proper use of rules, codes, and laws can help light the way to True Integrity and True Humility. Improper use of rules, codes, and laws
- [The Intelligent Fool](https://www.michaelmamas.net/theintelligentfool/) - To 'know all about' is one thing. To embody is quite another. This is true of everything from cooking, to psychology, to hard science, to spirituality and more. True knowledge is structured in consciousness. Superficial knowledge is about facts and techniques. Such superficiality most often shrouds the deeper meaning and knowing. As Benjamin Franklin put
- [Shifting Your World View](https://www.michaelmamas.net/shifting-your-world-view/) - You have been raised to think a certain way. Influences include your parents, your culture, your schooling, your friends, and your associates. People love to learn. But few are willing to change their world view. They neatly tuck away new information they gain that does not conform to their world view. It is like they
- [Sandy's Wake](https://www.michaelmamas.net/sandys-wake/) - A terrible storm that has directly affected millions… Yet so many more feel her wake… Have you found it difficult to sleep the last couple of nights? Many report that challenge. Do you feel a tightness and trepidation in your heart, your chest and belly? You are not alone. It is as if, through the
- [Victory Day](https://www.michaelmamas.net/victory-day/) - The Nine Days of Mother Divine has been among the most beautiful times we have ever had at Mount Soma. With the lovely group of Chinese in attendance, the lectures were translated into Chinese as the Chinese, Indians, and Americans came together to create a deeply moving feeling of our world family. The vision for
- [Demagogue](https://www.michaelmamas.net/demagogue/) - I’ve noticed that the term “demagogue” has been used it the news lately. Lest anyone has forgotten, the following definition from Wikipedia is worth repeating: A demagogue or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, prejudices, and ignorance of the poorer and less-educated classes in order to gain power. Demagogues usually oppose deliberation and advocate immediate, violent action
- [Questions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/questions-2/) - I would like to see what you might say about the following questions. I will post the answer after I receive some responses in comments. Please note that the 9 Days of Mother Divine course begins soon so I will be quite busy for a while. You can learn all about it HERE.
- [Worship and You are One with God](https://www.michaelmamas.net/worship-and-you-are-one-with-god/) - It seems a contradiction. Is God beyond you or within you? How do you find God? Though the answer comes rather easily in intellectual form, to live it, not as a philosophy but as a living physiological reality, is quite another. The temple is an excellent place to worship the outer expression of Divinity, as
- [On Being Reactionary](https://www.michaelmamas.net/on-being-reactionary/) - “Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise.” – Benjamin Franklin I would add: “Be neither silly, nor cunning, nor reactionary, but wise.” The first reactionary response is often terribly damaging. When stirred, give yourself the time to settle back into yourself before you act.
- [The Games We Play](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-games-we-play/) - I was recently asked the following question (edited for content) ...what do you do with someone who insists the dimension of God they “know” is sufficient? I am a little sad because I notice when there is combativeness (as I sense in this situation), I seem to lack the maturity to disregard all that and
- [The False God of Familiarity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-false-god-of-familiarity/) - The Transcendent is your touchstone. It is the one constant. When it is not known, people cling to the familiar as a substitute. That is the formula for failure. It is not A formula for failure. It is THE formula for failure. It comes in many forms, many guises, but it is the same one
- [Success](https://www.michaelmamas.net/success-2/) - Do you want to be a great success? What you truly love, what you really believe in, is there, alive, inside of you. Devote your life to that and your life will be a most fulfilling success. To do so, you must look beyond ego… beyond greed… beyond any and all conditioning. It is pure
- [The Humiliation Secret](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-humiliation-secret/) - Certainly, there are aspects of life that are private. It is appropriate to keep them to yourself. However, it is important to know the difference between these things and what I will call humiliation secrets. Humiliation secrets involve aspects of your inner world that you have a charge or shame around. They include false prides,
- [GMOs](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gmos/) - I recently received the following email: I sincerely appreciate your website. The topics and insights are helping me, my family, and patients so much every day as we try to have a healthier lifestyle in this modern, altercated environment. Below is the link to a powerful documentary film - "Genetic Roulette" - about the toxicity,
- [Why?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/why/) - To the following question: Would you explain why there is so much hate and anger today. I see so much fighting and killing going on. It seems everyone has a gun or thinks they should have one. I guess humans have fought each other for centuries but what is it that makes them hate another
- [Once Prophetic, Now Obvious](https://www.michaelmamas.net/once-prophetic-but-now-obvious/) - I have spoken and written so many times about the state of world affairs and warned of the economic and social challenges ahead. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have begun to write still another blog on the subject only to delete it. The truth is, you have heard it from
- [Connecting Some Dots](https://www.michaelmamas.net/connecting-some-dots/) - I was asked to blog on the following topics: Helplessness Cultivating Passion in constricted environments Compatibility in any / all relationships Can you see the underlying common denominator to this list? Can you 'connect the dots'? Why would one person ask about these three things? Are they separate issues… unrelated topics? No, they are not.
- [Superstition and Mapping](https://www.michaelmamas.net/superstition-and-mapping/) - Life is far more abstract and complex than most realize. The principle of mapping permeates everything. In reflexology the foot maps on to the rest of the body – the big toe is the head, the heel is the pelvis, etc. In a graph, a value of x maps on to a value of y.
- [Street Mentality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/street-mentality/) - “The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.” – Benjamin Franklin These days, most strive to be clever. Who outsmarts others? Who insists on hearing a different drum a-drummin'? Who shrewdly functions outside the box? Who defiantly paints outside the lines? That sort of street mentality may get you a horse, but
- [Music and TV](https://www.michaelmamas.net/music-and-tv/) - Recently I was asked if it is not good to listen to music, watch television, movies, due to imposition on the awareness if your wanting to evolve, i.e. wanting to refine your nervous system. To which I respond: If you do everything that you should do to evolve exactly right, you don’t end up enlightened,
- [Reincarnation](https://www.michaelmamas.net/reincarnation/) - I was asked the following: Please comment on reincarnation and if children are able to select their parents when they come back. You mentioned in one of your previous blogs that some enlightened choose to come back. Is it a choice to come back? To which I respond: Throughout history, metaphysical and theological questions have been
- [Indigo Child](https://www.michaelmamas.net/indigo-child/) - I was asked about the concept of Indigo Child to which I respond: Every individual, at the depth of their being, is Divine. There are no exceptions. Parents see that in their children. As my brother-in-law once put it… "a little slice of Heaven". In other words, every parent sees their child as an Indigo
- [Biocentrism](https://www.michaelmamas.net/biocentrism/) - I was asked to comment on biocentrism to which I respond: There are so many theories out there. Let's not put the cart before the horse. What is needed first is an understanding of the essential nature and structure of life and existence. Once you have that, then you stand on firm ground as you
- [The Phase Transition](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-phase-transition/) - With all the political finger-pointing going on this election year, I feel the need to underscore that the current global financial crisis was "caused primarily by the greed of 1990 to present in the form of OTC derivatives." OTC derivatives are bets on the directions assets will go as opposed to actually owning and selling
- [Baptists](https://www.michaelmamas.net/baptists/) - Since we moved to North Carolina nearly 15 years ago a number of times I have had occasion to interact with Southern Baptists. As with all religions in all parts of the world, there are some closed-minded fanatics and Baptists are not unique in that regard. However, I have experienced what feels like a disproportionate
- [The Body, the Soul, and God](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-body-the-soul-and-god/) - I was asked in 'comments' about these things to which I responded: You are like a diamond with many facets. On a superficial level you are just flesh and blood… a biochemical machine if you will. On a deeper level you are a personified being. When you think of another person, you think of that
- [God's Grace](https://www.michaelmamas.net/gods-grace/) - In 'comments' to the previous blog I was asked about the Grace of God, to which I responded: The Grace of God lies in the omnipresence. In technical terms: The unified field underlies all that is. It birthed and sustains all that is. Everything comes out of it and all is gravitating back to
- [Psychosis, Neurosis, and Subtle Perception](https://www.michaelmamas.net/psychosis-neurosis-and-subtle-perception/) - Psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by a life of emotions, perceptions, and thoughts that are so distorted that the individual has severely impaired contact with reality. Neurosis is essentially everyone else. My dad used to say that 'we're all nuts.' Now add to the mix the notion of subtle sight, hearing, etc. and we
- [Teddy Bears](https://www.michaelmamas.net/teddy-bears/) - I remember how amazing it was the first time I saw chakras on a Teddy Bear. My daughter wrote the following blog. Pretty good for nine years old. Proud father… STUFFED FEELINGS Everything has a feeling, or a type of energy. I just got a new stuffed animal named Pepper and when I first got
- [Adventure](https://www.michaelmamas.net/adventure/) - ~ Everyone longs for adventure, yet many prefer only read of it, hoping that will satiate the desire to live it, without risk. I have chosen to live the adventure. Not for the sake of adventure, but because I chose to look beyond the horizon. Having seen what is there I am compelled to go forward,
- [Our Mission](https://www.michaelmamas.net/our-mission/) - By watering the root, all aspects of the plant flourish. There is a technology that works at the most sublime level of life to transform all of life by feeding the root of life. Bringing that forth is our purpose. Once this is understood, you do what ever it takes to bring forth that
- [More on Idealized Notions](https://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-idealized-notions/) - Humanity is in love with its idealized notions. The concept of enlightenment and spirituality are permeated with such notions. Much of my work has been to separate the wheat of spirituality from the chaff of false notions. Needless to say, that meets with a great deal of resistance. As the following quote suggests, idealized notions
- [Do You See the Trees Moving?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/do-you-see-the-trees-moving/) - Laws do not create harmony and order. Alignment with Natural Law creates harmony and order. When humanity finally aligns with Natural Law, harmony and order will reign and the lawmakers will claim it was their administration that finally created the right set of laws. That is like looking out the windows of a train speeding
- [The Comments](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-comments/) - Since you are reading the blogs, please be sure you read all the comments. They often open many excellent doors inspiring many lovely and valuable interactions. I invite you to not only read them, but perhaps also break the ice and join in! Of course, if you prefer to be a silent witness, you are
- [Self-Composure](https://www.michaelmamas.net/self-composure/) - “He that can compose himself is wiser than he that composes books.” – Benjamin Franklin The trick is not to stifle yourself, but to express yourself in a constructive manner. Your points are secondary to your ability to communicate those points. Communication requires communion. Also, if one is not willing to listen, why speak? Your
- [True Intelligence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/true-intelligence/) - “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein When you consider a situation, when you look at a picture, when a notion comes to mind, use it as a portal, a catalyst, to all the possible scenarios it implies. The literal nature of it is confinement. The true nature of
- [Inertia](https://www.michaelmamas.net/inertia/) - Karma means action. A couple hundred years ago, Sir Isaac Newton came up with many laws of karma on the physical level of existence. Like everything else, those laws permeate creation on all levels. For example, let's take his 'for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.' On a more cosmic level we
- [Anger](https://www.michaelmamas.net/anger-2/) - I’m struck by the amount and degree of anger people carry within them. It seems they are waiting for the opportunity to unleash it. Some do so directly toward others, some toward themselves, and some others are passive-aggressive. You may ask, “Why so much anger?” The answer is simple. At the depth of their being,
- [What Is Common Sense? 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-common-sense-2/) - You may want to read the comments to What Is Common Sense to which I added the following. It is worth noting that western science sees and attempts to explain everything via the one pattern to which it adheres. Being so overtaken by that pattern, all others are ignored or rebuked. This is of course
- [What is “Common Sense”?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/what-is-common-sense/) - I’ve been struck to witness attempts to define “common sense”. They all seem to fall so short. The reason being, the nature of life that would provide a context for the answer is not readily available. We know there is an underlying basis to all existence that is the source of infinite harmony and intelligence.
- [The Way the Wind Blows](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-way-the-wind-blows/) - Everything about a person is completely transparent… right there on the surface for everyone to see. Some think they hide, but they do not. Denial is the only shroud. Denial begins with how one views ones self. From there it projects outwardly upon the world as oblivion. Life is all about people. Facts and figures
- [Finding Karthikeya Within](https://www.michaelmamas.net/finding-karthikeya-within/) - When people criticize Romney for out sourcing money and jobs, I wonder why he seems unable to say the following: "You guys, you politicians, (democrats and republicans alike) create such ridiculous laws. You make it so anyone with any common sense can see that it just makes financial sense to hire workers in other countries
- [Summer Retreat](https://www.michaelmamas.net/summer-retreat-2/) - This past week at Mount Soma has been really fantastic, starting with the two-day Surya class. Then Guru Purnima, which for me, was the most profound and beautiful yet. The meditation retreat is still going on with people beginning to come down in rounds soon. If the purification process ever has any roughness to it,
- [Love, Religion, and Spirituality](https://www.michaelmamas.net/love-religion-and-spirituality/) - I was recently asked via email if I could help a couple that has two different views on spirituality… one is Christian, the other is not. I responded as follows: This is a big question that can not be well responded to in a few sentences. It would be good if i could talk with
- [The Cosmic Joke](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-cosmic-joke/) - In a late entry to the Heaven and Hell blog comments, Charlie asked if there was any humor in the Veda. Really, Charlie?? Of course, that is why we all love Charlie. Such sincere well-intended innocence. Every single thing in the Veda has an incredibly hilarious component: The very fact that this is all maya…
- [Heaven and Hell](https://www.michaelmamas.net/heaven-and-hell/) - A dream is often a symbolic representation of the current tone of your psyche. For example, if you watch a frightening moving and then go to bed, you may have a nightmare. If you are feeling wonderful and go to bed, you may have a lovely dream about flowers and sunshine. Life after death is
- [The Ethnicity of Crime](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-ethnicity-of-crime/) - And now for a totally politically incorrect and socially inappropriate blog… I was talking with a private investigator who had an unprecedented and remarkably high success rate in recovering stolen goods in the trucking industry. When I asked him how he achieved such incredible results he said, " Oh, it is easy. If its cigarettes,
- [No Limits](https://www.michaelmamas.net/no-limits/) - Each of us has a world we live in. Of course, in the deepest sense, you have no limit. However, on the level of daily life we each have a certain size to our sphere of awareness, activity and influence… our world. Our global group mentality, too, is a world… a group consciousness… a
- [Emotional Intelligence](https://www.michaelmamas.net/emotional-intelligence/) - Emotion, Moon, and Music… Intellect, Mercury, and Mathematics… These are two sides of the same one coin. There is math in music and there is music in math. What we think of as intelligence is more superficial than emotion. Yet the 'intelligence' underlying all existence, underlying emotions, wells up through the emotional level to give
- [Quote](https://www.michaelmamas.net/quote-6/) - "The better part of valor is discretion." – Shakespeare ~
- [Juggling 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/juggling-2/) - Just keep in mind that juggling does not mean, “figuring it all out”. Nor does it mean having no cynicism, anger, fear, etc. It means awakening to the place deep within that holds all of these things… holds everything… and is beyond the touch of any of it. Oneness does not mean one with all
- [The Art of Juggling](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-art-of-juggling/) - Most aspire to a state where everything in their life is tucked away nicely in place. No dangling ends. No unresolved situations. No problems. No worries. No fears. Everything settled and solid and safe. Of course life is not like that. There are always many 'balls in the air" and plates at the end of
- [Finding It Within Yourself](https://www.michaelmamas.net/finding-it-within-yourself/) - Deep inside, you already know everything. Yet, it is shrouded by your conditioning. You are conditioned, programmed, to believe a certain way and in certain things. Those conditioned impressions are called Samskaras. Though samskaras overshadow the Divine depth of your being, they do not entirely block your connection with it. You still sense it. When
- [A Wonderful Day](https://www.michaelmamas.net/a-wonderful-day/) - My brother-in-law, Simeon, and his wife Shannon, had their wedding ceremony yesterday at Mount Soma. It was beautiful. Of course, many family members and friends attended. The manner in which the attendees received the Vedic tradition was quite impressive. Their openness, to something that was so clearly foreign to what they have known, was most
- [Flat lining](https://www.michaelmamas.net/flat-lining/) - The following quote, when misunderstood, can lead to a common misbelief: "The deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain." – Kahlil Gibran An inexpensive stereo system does not reproduce the high and low frequencies well. If you look at a graphic reproduction of the sound pattern, you would see the
- [The Unbounded Self](https://www.michaelmamas.net/the-unbounded-self/) - As you evolve, your sense of Self grows to include all that is. As that occurs, you become overtaken by the Cosmic Flow… the Unified Motion of the Divine, which permeates and includes all that is… an "unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion". It is not a Selfless state as some claim. It is in
- [What's Around the Bend?](https://www.michaelmamas.net/whats-around-the-bend/) - So many do not move forward with their lives because they are afraid of what may lie around the corner. This is why so many attain much less than is their potential. The following quote elegantly says it another way. "Never mistake a clear view for a short distance." ~ Paul Saffo Attaining great things
- [Autoimmune 2](https://www.michaelmamas.net/autoimmune-2/) - I was asked a question in comments to my autoimmune blog to which I responded: Once a mode of function is established in the physiology, it can be difficult to remove it. After the physiology is ‘healed’ the memory remains. Even when the initial cause is gone, some degree of predisposition to the old habit
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- [Autoimmune Disorders](https://www.michaelmamas.net/autoimmune-disorders/) - I was asked to comment on the psychodynamics of autoimmune disorders. People sometimes associate physical disorders with psychodynamic patterns. It is sometimes accurate. Regarding autoimmune disorders, the body is attacking itself. The idea then would be that one is attacking ones self psychodynamically, perhaps some sort of self-loathing or self-judgment on some level. It is
- [More on Politics and the Presidency](https://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-politics-and-the-presidency/) - Regarding the blog 'How to win the Presidential Election": Some found it funny. Some found it sad. The comments were interesting. The Will Rogers and Mark Twain quotes help us understand that this sort of political behavior has been the case for a long time. When children bicker, we see past it so easily. We
- [How to Win the Presidential Election](https://www.michaelmamas.net/how-to-win-the-presidential-election/) - "I don't make jokes. I just watch Washington and report the facts." Will Rogers. To win the presidential election: • Think primarily of 30 second sound bites. • Do not hesitate to lie. Very few people have the time to research the facts and even those who do will not be believed if you come
- [Curiosity](https://www.michaelmamas.net/curiosity/) - It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. – Albert Einstein At times it feels like this quote is only barely the case. My teachings are generally held up to the measuring tape of others indoctrinations. The trick is to look through your education to see what lies beyond it. To do so is to
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