by Michael Mamas | Sunday, April 19, 2015 | Spirituality |
Your awareness has a structure, like the lattice structure of a crystal. That lattice processes all the facts, information, emotions, and beliefs you have in a manner unique to that structure. Generally, that structure changes very little as you move through life. All your life experiences are assimilated and processed in a manner determined by that structure. They serve to reinforce that structure as a belief system, as a world-view.
The underlying basis of existence also has a lattice structure. It is called the structure of the Veda. Though multidimensional, it is represented in two dimensions as a yantra. That fundamental structure is called Buddhi… cosmic intellect.
Your evolution, your growth, is not a matter of how much you feed the current structure of your awareness with new facts and understandings. Your evolution is determined by the transformation of the structure of your awareness in the direction of the structure of Buddhi. The Purusha value is the quality of human awareness that is one with the structure of Cosmic awareness, the structure of the Veda. However generally, growth is incorrectly seen as reinforcement of the current structure of your awareness. It is a sort of indoctrination and reinforcement.
Proper meditation frees the awareness to evolve. Proper use of facts and experience will also evolve your awareness. However, that is a very rare and largely forgotten art. That is why I say that I do not teach facts, I use facts to help you evolve. Evolution is not so much about learning new facts… it is about the cultivation of a whole new way of thinking, a new structure to your consciousness… a structure that is one with the structure underlying all existence. The process is as natural as the blossoming of a rose.
Consciousness is the underlying basis of all that is. Consciousness becomes conscious of itself as other… and duality is born. Aware of the duality, a third thing is born. That process cascades out to infinity as the lattice structure of the Veda emerges.
Your evolution is the process of expansion and transformation of your awareness to the Purusha value… Buddhi… Cosmic Consciousness.
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by Michael Mamas | Saturday, April 18, 2015 | Mount Soma |
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. However, some topics are just too delicate to be addressed in blogs or emails. Some topics require face-to-face interaction. The written word is too easily misconstrued or insufficiently communicated. Recently, for example, I received a number of requests to address the rights of passage, which is obviously a very delicate subject. I’ve also been asked to discuss seva/service and the issues that come up for people regarding that topic. In general, topics that involve people’s personal issues are much better addressed in person face to face. Otherwise, any little miscommunication can trigger the reader. Once a person is triggered, it is difficult to move past that, particularly if the interaction is not face-to-face.
When you do read the blogs, if something is not sitting right, please give it some space. Ask yourself if the words on the page could have another meaning… another intent… another context. For example, a subtle point, when given too much emphasis or weight, can be distorted when the bigger picture is ignored.
Oftentimes, it is easier to tell if a person is triggered by the tone of their words, as opposed to the literal meaning of their words. For example, the simple phrase, “I don’t understand,” can be said with a humble, reflective, and sincerely inquisitive tone, or it can be thrust out as a wall or declaration, that they flat out don’t agree. It is all in the tone. When the interaction is not face-to-face, the inferred tone of the words can be quite different than the original intent. That can create problems that can feel irreconcilable, particularly if the face-to-face meeting never happens.
As the years go by, I am receiving more and more emails, blog questions, and blog requests that are really not proper blog material. They are questions that the person would need to deal with in private sessions (usually with Barbara) or in class with me. When I do try to address them through email, I usually find it unsatisfying for myself and, I suspect, for the person receiving the response.
In short, the blogs are no substitute for class or personal process sessions. I am reaching out to everyone with all of my heart and soul. At some point, you do need to take it upon yourself to take that extra step. I trust this blog is understood and received in the spirit with which it is intended.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | Spirituality, World View |
Did you know that the Hubble telescope has revealed a galaxy that is older than current science says is the age of the universe? Yet, that information is commonly ignored because it does not fit the currently accepted physics paradigm.
Did you know that statistical studies show that the evolution of species occurred far more rapidly than can be accounted for by Darwin’s theory? Yet, that information is commonly ignored because it does not fit the currently accepted biology paradigm.
Did you know that statistically, studies of group meditation have proven it reduces crime rate and incidence of war? Yet, that information is commonly ignored because it does not fit the currently accepted scientific paradigm.
The Kuhn Cycle progresses from a paradigm that rejects the new information as absurd to a new paradigm that accepts the new information. You can read more about it HERE.
Havans, pujas, dynamics of group meditation, and other Vedic technologies have been, and are being, scientifically shown to be effective. Gradually, the scientific community is accepting this. Soon, through a paradigm shift, science will fully embrace the information. Darwin’s theory and other theories will be more fully understood in that new light.
The new paradigm will offer technologies that promise to heal problems in our world that currently seem insurmountable. Those future technologies are, in fact, ancient Vedic technologies that are being revived at Mount Soma today. Unfortunately, in the world today, those technologies have been largely rejected or improperly employed. That is the result of the wide acceptance of the current scientific paradigm. When the current paradigm and Vedic technology are understood to harmoniously merge, a great new era will be born. The evidence is there now. However, the Kuhn Cycle does take a little time.
Rationality and spirituality will be shown to be two sides of the same coin. Each will compliment, clarify, and stabilize the other. Currently, superstition and distortion have crept in to Vedic knowledge, just as Adi Shankara predicted. At Mount Soma, the knowledge is being purified. The potential is enormous.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, April 5, 2015 | Spirituality |
What does it mean to be reflective? Is it simply natural for everyone? Is it spontaneous? Or is it an art form? Are there obstacles to being truly reflective? Sometimes I think my favorite part of Easter is the movies shown on television. Currently, I am watching Barabbas. So many thoughts are evoked: How little people have changed through the ages. How rigidly people hold to the worldview they were born into. How self-righteously they judge all else accordingly. How certain they are of their perspective of what Jesus taught, of who He was, of who He is. How resistant they are to taking a deeper look at his words. How they mold his words to conform to their current worldview.
Let the word of this day be ‘humility’. If I were to tell you that you do not know everything, you would quickly agree. But do you live your life that way? The opposite of humility is judgment. Replace your judgment with discernment. Know that a major component of discernment is humility. Look beyond your horizon. Look your worldview directly in the eyes. Take a step back from it. Question it. Dare to see its limitations. Have the courage to not call your judgment by the name discernment.
In a word, consider that the essence of the teachings of Jesus is ‘freedom’. Freedom from what? Freedom from a limited and confined worldview. You have only to look beyond your current worldview. Yet those who believe they do so adhere to their newfound notions and judge accordingly.
Freedom through humility is the message of Easter. Yet it is not a philosophy or perspective. It is a state of physiology… a state of being. It cannot be taken on as a new set of clothes. As the centuries go by, humanity rearranges the same old furniture and calls it evolution. Yet the state of the psyche, the state of the psychophysiology, remains unchanged. Real freedom and humility is attained through true evolution. Aspire to that. Think big. You have the potential to unlock the deepest teaching of Jesus. But it is not a simplistic task. I implore you to look beyond your current horizon. It has the potential to reveal what has been called the Kingdom of Heaven.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, April 2, 2015 | Spirituality |
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… causation. The cause of the warmed up asphalt is, of course, the Sun… not the warm garden bench.
For a more interesting example: Yesterday, Bill and I placed a Shiva Linga in the waterfall. I told Bill that should bring some good luck. Then with a smile, I told him I was going to make a phone call to see if it worked. For months, I was hoping for a particular thing to happen and I would call and see if there was any good news about it. And then, eureka, it in fact happened! The phone call brought the good news.
Now here we need to be careful. Firstly, the good event actually happened BEFORE we placed the Linga, so causality between the two is not a possibility. Secondly, of course, we do not know for sure that it was not just a coincidence; so we certainly do not KNOW that a correlation phenomena occurred. That is to say, both the Linga placement and the good event could have occurred as the result of some other causal event they had in common (similar to the Sun rising causing multiple things to warm up); or it could have just been a coincidence.
However, this sort of thing happens a lot. We do a havan and come home to good news regarding the intent of the havan. Or as happened recently, someone receives a gemstone recommended by his jyotishi and immediately the desired result occurs. At some point, you have to begin to understand the principle of correlation on a more cosmic level than the garden bench and driveway example.
Then the inevitable question arises: Would the good news have come if the Linga was not placed? Would the desired result have occurred if the gemstone was not received? Well, just ask yourself this: Would the driveway have warmed up if the garden bench did not?
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