by Michael Mamas | Friday, April 19, 2013 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
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 transcendent is solid but unstructured… infinite, but without edge… all pervasive. This feeling was very different… infinitely integrated… as if all pieces of the infinite puzzle of life fit together into a solid integrated field of Oneness. Yet no piece was dissolved or lost. The integration was so complete that ‘other’ and ‘all one’ created a state of oneness in unity. This is integration… wholeness… Holiness.
It is not an attitude. It is not about choosing to be strong. It can not be adhered to via behavioral modification. It is not superficial… not a personality trait. It is not forceful, aggressive, macho or controlling. All of those things are superficial… of the personality. It is rooted in the deepest level of existence, where Oneness births multiplicity. From that level it wells up to permeate the entire physiology… body and mind, heart and soul. It certainly has little if anything to do with what society portrays as strong. It is a state of physiology.
It is the ‘Iron Ball.’
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | Personal Growth |
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 you are not. I start with this only to make it clear that it is not the topic of this blog.
I would like to discuss a gear that, regardless of your unique nature you must be able to shift into if you want to get things accomplished in life. It need not be harsh or abrasive, yet I liken it to being like an iron ball. I use that phrase because it was used by the Bhrigu Nadi. Some may prefer to call it being “bright and alert”… or perhaps “sharp as a tack”.
When you are on a task, you must be able to stay focused. I believe it was Thomas Edison that said genius is the ability to stay focus on one task for an extended period of time. This is one aspect of being like an iron ball. Too many are unable to do that and instead float through life sort of like a marshmallow.
Another aspect of the iron ball is to ‘see the job and do the job.’ Many put off the task, even a simple one, for day after day, even week after week. To be an iron ball, you must get done today what you can get done today.
Still another aspect is to ‘run a tight ship.’ One example is, when you are dealing with a personal contact, keep records. Take down their name and phone number and file it in a manner that is accessible when you need it. How many times have I seen people be like a marshmallow in that regard?! When they need the person’s phone number or contact information, it has floated off into the ethereal blue, inaccessible… irretrievable.
Many feel that to conceptualize is the challenge and to actualize is just dealing with the inane details. Let’s be clear… mere conceptualizers are fantasizers. Actualization is where your genius lies.
I leave it to you to reflect upon other aspects of the iron ball. Please do not allow any issues that the notion may trigger within you to cloud your vision of this profoundly important topic. Iron balls can be gentle and kind as a soft summer breeze.
These things may seem simple and obvious enough, but they are what separate the doers from the dreamers… the iron balls from the marshmallows.
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by Michael Mamas | Monday, April 15, 2013 | Mount Soma |
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 for your patience.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 | Personal Growth |
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 habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.
My father always said that… and I think I am fine.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~–Margaret Thatcher
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | Favorites, Personal Growth, Spirituality |
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. The newly discovered point is a more evolved state of being. Those two points determine a line that points in the direction of enlightenment… just beyond the horizon. That is what really gives your life deep meaning. That is when you really begin to evolve rapidly.
There was a great Guru who said to not even bother talking too much to people about spirituality until they have learned and practiced proper meditation. This is the reason why. Without those two points, most anything can be justified as valid.
In this world today, you are bombarded with a multitude of perspectives… unlimited lines through a single point. Anything can be and is rationalized with the intellect. If you allow yourself to be swayed by all those perspectives, you are cast into a tailspin that wastes time… wastes life.
It is an essential awakening to move in the direction of your evolution at least enough so you experience that next point. It lies within you. It is not what you have been told or have taken on from the outside. It is what you have become from the inside.
Only then do you know what direction to set the rudder and cast the sail. Then the real journey begins, as you tack your way over the ocean of karma in the direction of what lies just beyond the horizon.
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by Michael Mamas | Monday, April 1, 2013 | Spirituality |
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 Guru simply responded by saying, “You know me by my teachings.”
Someone once asked one of my students if my school is a cult. The student responded by saying, “In a cult you are taught what to think. D. Mamas teaches you how to think for yourself.”
I say again that enlightenment is called “liberation” for a reason. You become free. Such questions as the one asked here of the Guru may appear to be rooted in the students allegiance to freedom. Actually, they are a statement of bondage to the fear of the loss of what is actually a false sense of freedom.
The Guru lights the light that illuminates the way. As one becomes increasingly free through the Guru’s teachings, one chooses of ones own free will the path that leads to greater emancipation, joy, peace, and fulfillment.
You are one with God, To find God within and live your life in accord with His will is not to lose your free will. It is to discover that His will and your true free will are one. Life in accord with Natural Law is a life of total freedom.
Just as each wave in the ocean rises and settles with its own unique timing, enlightened individuals act independently. Yet every wave rises and settles in total harmony with the underlying depth of the ocean. The Guru awakens you from your dream, and introduces you to the depth of your being. Simple.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, March 22, 2013 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
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.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
No life of real meaning ever existed without unbridled, unbounded, unrelenting courage.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | Spirituality |
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 confirm they are evolving… becoming more spiritual. They sometimes get discouraged, feeling there is not substantial enough change. Some even contrive a behavior, attitude or even speech pattern in an attempt to confirm that they are indeed evolving. Whole spiritual organizations conform to such surface manipulations. That is all wrong.
Spirituality is at the depth. The surface matters little. Or better said, there is far more freedom than you might believe. Spirituality does not look like anything in particular on the surface of life.
The Kingdom of Heaven lies deep, deep within.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | Spirituality |
“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. The paradox of Oneness and Separateness melts away into the flow of infinite integration of even polar opposites.
What you do for the world, you do for yourself. What you do for yourself, you do for the world. There is no contradiction.
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I remember…
