by Michael Mamas | Thursday, September 8, 2011 | Relationship, Spirituality |
It has been said that there is no stronger force in the universe than a mother’s love for her children.
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Certainly we all have aspirations for our children. Understandably, those aspirations are an expression of our own relationship with life and the world. My life has not been exempt from that. I recall as a young man, the difficulty my parents had with my decision to pursue a spiritual life. Their well-intended world view revolved around more traditional and money oriented pursuits. Their idea was to get a college education, get a good job/profession, get a house, a wife, kids, and live a traditional life until death.
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The only problem was that was their calling, not mine. I was compelled to follow a spiritual path. Interestingly enough, that direction, for me, ultimately lead to a rather traditional lifestyle in many regards. My wife and I have two lovely children, a nice home, and a traditional lifestyle, while embracing and living true to our own inner truths.
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As opposed to attempting to overly control our family member’s lives on the surface, we would do better to look to the depth. Who are they? How true do they live to laudable core values? Raising children is no easy thing. As a parent, I too am extremely committed to doing right by my children. I have deep concern that as they grow, their lives will be good and healthy.
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If one of my children chose a spiritual path, I would have many reservations. Cults certainly do exist and are most worrisome in this regard. I would want to know, beyond question, that my child was not going to be indoctrinated into such thinking. If my child chose a spiritual path, I would make it my business to look into the teaching they were following.
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There have been a number of individuals that, upon discovering that their spouse had interest in my teachings, took the time to personally explore them also. I have a great deal of respect for that. Such an approach brings the family members closer together enabling them to evaluate things as a team.
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In contrast, an immediate knee jerk reaction of opposition only divides the family. I am sorry to say that is what happened in my family, when as a young man, I chose the spiritual path. The years have proven that those concerns and that reaction were unfounded and damaging to our family unit.
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I’ve noticed that sometimes when a family member chooses to go on a spiritual path, their relatives think of it as a life commitment. The truth is, more often than not, it’s a life-enriching sabbatical. Life’s journey is not a straight line. You move in one direction for a period of time and then shift. Yet life is constructed of that series of shifts. We would do well to reflectively support a family member in the building of his or her own life.
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Love is not always an easy thing. It becomes entwined with our own personal fears, biases, and limitations. To deal with all that can be most demanding of time and energy. Yet is has been said that if you do not have the time to do something properly, where are you going to find the time to go back and correct the results of a poor approach?
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I encourage you to take the time to do your very best. I pray that I too will devote myself sufficiently to raising my children wisely, as they grow into independent adulthood. Like love, life is not always easy. May we all do our best to approach it wisely.
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Ultimately, perhaps the best we can do for our children is to model nobility and wisdom within our own behavior.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | Relationship
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The state is made for man, not man for the state. And in this respect science resembles the state. – Einstein
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This quote says very nicely something that I have often talked about but never felt like I conveyed it to the degree I would have liked.
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Life is all about people. Mentality entrenches humanity into a corresponding reality.
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There are an infinite number of realities. Realities are born of relationship.
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By changing global mentality, we can change reality.
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There is no limit to the potential this affords.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, September 4, 2011 | Spirituality |
“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.”
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I am going to give Einstein the benefit of the doubt here and assume he means the superficial self… the self identified with conditioning or programming.
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Though that is the ‘self’ most consider to be real, the true self lies deeper. It is the transcendental self… the universal self. Though universal, it wells up through and as your own unique individuality… the Atma.
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The superficial self dissolves away as you evolve… “liberation from the self.”
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The last words of the quote could read “liberation from the self” if he was referring to the true self. To be more accurate though, the true Self is eternally liberated. It is only your awareness of it that is awakened (liberated) as you evolve to enlightenment.
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Every step of the way the superficial self, which you believe is the real you, feels threatened – fighting, screaming and squirming. However, at the same time, the true you feels ever increasingly free, blissful, emancipated and joyful.
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Which side of the coin you focus upon is up to you. My suggestion: go with the bliss.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, September 2, 2011 | World View
Here is an interesting quote from Winston Churchill:
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“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
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Though I prefer to not get into a long commentary on economic systems at this time, I will say that things are changing rapidly now.
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Current thinking will go through radical changes (for the better) over the next decade or so. Yet the transition will be an uncomfortable surprise to many who currently consider themselves to be ‘enlightened thinkers’.”
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Prepare for change. Prepare to change.
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Take the words of an old man when asked for advise on longevity. “Embrace change with both arms.”
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Right now the world is going through a birthing process, which includes the well-known birthing pains. Through the transition, good times will arrive.
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How long it will take and how comfortable (or uncomfortable) the transition is up to us.
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by Michael Mamas | Monday, August 29, 2011 | Announcements, Mount Soma
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New Mount Soma Housing information is ready. You can download the information:
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Introduction Letter
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Mount Soma Cottages
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Mount Soma Flexible Flats
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | Spirituality |
It was great to give a one-day talk in Rhode Island last weekend after not being there for some time. Seeing everyone again was very heartwarming. The old tromping grounds and lovely weather made the entire experience feel like one big grand déjà vu.
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I did my best to convey ‘the big picture of spirituality’ in my talk. There is an essential model, a reference frame if you will, to all life and existence. The idea is that there is one thing (the unified field, or in other words, God) that underlies and birthed all existence.
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It is like the axel, root, or seed of existence around and out of which all things spin, emerge, blossom.
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It is the essence of anything and everything. All things are unified through it with seamless and infinite harmony. There, science, spirituality and all aspects of life merge in full unity and harmony. To understand that nothing is really understood, until it is understood in context of this big picture, is to make a huge step forward in one’s life.
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Enlivening the connection with it, heals, feeds, harmonizes every single thing by re-membering it with its essence. All fields of knowledge, all understandings, all methodologies are rooted in that. By more and more fully awakening to that and seeing all things rooted in that, you evolve. That evolutionary pathway to reunion with God, with one’s true nature, with health, fulfillment, abundance, and joy offers fulfillment to all beings in all areas of life.
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If in Rhode Island, I helped some folks realize that from within their own being (not as just an intellectual concept but as an inner awakening), then the trip was a wonderful success.
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In fact, I could say the same thing about my entire life. It is a great honor, to have the opportunity to help others in that way. I continue to do my best to help humanity awaken to this big picture.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, August 19, 2011 | Mount Soma, World View |
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 system will change over this decade. It will be a sobering process that will lead to a time of prosperity and spiritual renewal. Thinking will change.
As most of you know, I have been foretelling of this time for decades now. Mount Soma will be a haven for many to not only weather the storm, but to enjoy the time of renewal that follows.
Opportunities like this come about extremely rarely in human history. Now is the time to act.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, August 18, 2011 | Announcements, Mount Soma |
November 28, 2011 – May 28, 2012
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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 the course on November 28, and stay for at least two weeks. No one will be allowed to join the course after November 28.
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The Deep Dive Course fee is $1,000 per month for any participant staying three months or longer. Other options are available.
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If you would like to do a Mount Soma Personal Program during these six months, you may but your program will likely be different from these course participants. The Personal Program prices are $434.00/week or $1670.00/month. Course tuition includes room and board.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | Mount Soma |
For many years now, I have been encouraging everyone to buy gold and purchase your permanent home where you want to live long term as soon as you can.
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Ten years ago gold was $300 per ounce and silver was $4/ounce. Now they are at $1790 and $40 respectively. Lumber has gone up five fold in the past 10 years. All building costs have and are continuing to surge. In my honest opinion, this is only the beginning. From here, I believe prices will skyrocket. My advice now is the same as it was 10 years ago.
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Mount Soma is booming. From the depth of my heart I am telling you: I feel that having a home here is the very best investment you can make, not only spiritually but also financially.
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Cottages will be available soon. Design options with pricing will be coming out hopefully next week. If you can make it happen, I encourage you to do so.
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I have been told in the past that people wish I told them more forcefully about gold, etc. Please consider this my most forceful advice. In five years, please do not tell me that you wish I said it more loudly.
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Get something at Mount Soma as soon as possible…. quickly. That is my honest heartfelt advice.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 | Personal Growth |
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It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits:
freedom of speech,
______ freedom of thought,
___________and the wisdom never to use either.
____________________________– Mark Twain
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Perhaps this was truer some years ago. Today it seems many value and impose their own impulsive opinions far too easily.
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A deeper, more humble and reflective mindset would better honor the sanctity of our freedoms.
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