by Michael Mamas | Thursday, September 6, 2012 | Relationship |
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 Child… special. The beauty of life is that everyone, in that regard, is special… One with God. The question becomes: “How fully is that Divinity made manifest on the surface of life?”
As the enlightened age emerges, there is no question that more and more evolved beings will incarnate. However, the popularity of the concept of Indigo Child among New Agers is more a parental justification that their child is ‘special’ rather than the result of that movement toward the enlightened age.
Those drawn to the Indigo Child concept tend to be spiritually oriented New Agers. As a result, they tend to have a great deal of the indigo color in their aura and pass that along to their children. Therefore, those children do have more indigo in their presence. But the belief that makes them special is rooted more in a parental longing than a matter of fact.
All children are special. A parent need not worry about that. Yet the parental role should be more about supporting the child to bring that forth through commitment and character cultivation rather than attempting to rest upon the laurels of a metaphysical concept. The parental longing is a beautiful thing. My desire is not to make anyone wrong, but to inspire all to work with that longing in the most constructive manner.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, September 4, 2012 | Spirituality |
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 evaluate all the different theories.
Without that, all these diverse theories can, like anything else, be justified with the intellect.
I prefer to give you the essence, so you can navigate the waters of life from within you own self.
This applies to all aspects of life… science, theology, everything…
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by Michael Mamas | Monday, September 3, 2012 | World View |
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 them.
The computer explosion enabled Wall Street to become a gambling casino of such sophistication that even today the Fed cannot keep up with the money changers. What they did was not illegal, but it was immoral. Yet the temptation of instant huge wealth was as great as the greed on the streets for a free ride if government will provide it. Greed permeates Kali Yuga… rich and poor alike.
The OTC explosion happened before politicians had any idea of the problem. Politicians, democrats and republicans alike, and certainly the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) were simply blindsided. Politicians, and especially the SEC, who’s very purpose was such oversight, were asleep at the wheel.
Yes, subprime loans, going off the gold standard, allowing savings banks to speculate with investor’s money, union abuses, excessive enslavement through student loans, huge national debt, and excessive centralization of government are indeed contributing problems. However, OTC abuse exceeds them all. Putting it all together, there has been a perfect storm.
The financial health of a nation touches every individual much more than the average citizen seems to comprehend or even care about. There will be an economic phase transition. After the dust clears, there will be a wave of great global prosperity, which will come in with the tide of Sat Yuga. Our work is to do what we can to make the transition as smooth as possible. The best you can do for yourself is join in.
Opportunities such as this come once in a million years. Do not waste time.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, September 2, 2012 | Spirituality |
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 life?
To which I respond:
In essence, everything, everyone is the unified field, which is eternal. So in essence, everyone has eternal life. The key is awakening to that level of your being.
Many claim to have the secret of that. Very few do. It is not just a technique or a science. It is also an art. The art of working with others to facilitate their enlightenment. Many claim to be enlightened. Very few are.
Eternal life of the physical body is another matter. It is indeed possible. The question is, even if you could, why would you aspire to it? What is the motivation? In other words, “Why are you here… really?”
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by Michael Mamas | Saturday, September 1, 2012 | Spirituality |
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 number of Baptists with some characteristically wonderful qualities. In this day and age, generalizing about any social subgroup is a bit risky, but people need to face that there are such demographic tendencies we need to acknowledge lest we bury our heads in the sand.
Firstly, I have noticed a great deal of purity and innocence from many Baptists. Note that by innocence I mean the opposite of fanatical or closed. Secondly, I have experienced a great deal of warm-hearted kindness from many Baptists. I remember being in the checkout counter at WalMart… The older white haired lady behind the counter was incredibly sweet, open, and loving. Her sincere “God bless you” as we said goodbye was pure hearted, beautifully touching, and characteristic of my experience with so many Baptists.
However, the final point is the one I find most compelling. I have on three separate occasions had long discussions with Baptist ministers all sharing one common thread. Recently, it was with a man sitting next to me on my flight home from the San Francisco class. He boarded the plane with a fiddle case under his arm, string tie around his neck, and cowboy hat upon his head.
My first words to him were to pull out his fiddle and play us all a tune, which in a most abstract sense, is exactly what happened. He reached out his hand and introduced himself with two initials followed by his last name. As is my way, I could not help the discussion going from southern gospel music to music in harmony with the laws of nature of the land that birthed it, to cultural integrity and tradition which upholds living in harmony with nature.
He was clearly open to my words and wanting of more. After telling me he was a Baptist minister, I covered everything from the manifestation of existence, to free will versus predetermination, to Darwinism versus creationism. I was touched by the depth of his pondering and lifelong pursuit of the deeper meaning of life as expressed through the Bible. He was very open to the notion that since the Bible had so many times been interpreted, translated, revised, and rewritten mostly 400 years after the passing of Christ, my oft used line that, ‘When the Master speaks it immediately ceases to be what the Master said and becomes what the listener heard’ was important. The quote, I believe, even thrilled him.
Now do not misunderstand me. His devotion to Christ and the Bible was great and unquestionable. He is a wonderful man who goes to Africa every fall to do missionary work and speaks beautifully of the people there. He is a deep thinker. He looks deeply into the Bible to find the gemstones of Truth in it, though they be hidden from so many that read the book. At the end of the flight, he thanked me for clarifying so many things for him. When I told him how much he was helping so many people, he seemed moved as if it were something he was not even aware of… adding in my mind to the affirmation of purity and innocence he lived. He asked for this website address which I provided.
I trust that he is reading this blog and would like to say to him, “My congratulations and thanks for a life well lived.”
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, August 30, 2012 | Spirituality |
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 being. The body of flesh and blood is just what that being is occupying. I used the word ‘soul’ to mean the essence of that being. It is the junction point of the persona with the absolute. You can feel your soul deep inside. However, you cannot feel the absolute… it is beyond relativity. Similarly, though you cannot feel the Sun… it is too far away… you can feel the Sun’s rays. By so feeling the rays, you come to know the nature of the Sun. The Soul is like the rays… emitting from the absolute.
The picture of a person serves as a portal or gateway to their persona, then the soul, then the absolute. It is a continuum.
The picture or image of a God is structured in the finest level of existence… the fabric of existence… eternal.
The Gods can be viewed as different aspects of the one God… facets of the one diamond. Each facet is a portal into the entire diamond. They are operators of existence just as addition and subtraction are operators within the field of mathematics.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, August 26, 2012 | Spirituality |
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 it. Like the out breath and in breath. Evolution refers to the return… the in breath. Manifestation refers to the out breath. Gods Grace, God’s Love, is the eternal ‘gravitational pull’ of the unified field. “Pull’ is one word. Perhaps you may prefer another. It may also be referred to as ‘The Support of Nature.’
The understanding is the important thing. We are like water atop a mountain returning to the ocean. The pull of gravity that propels the water is God’s Grace. As you evolve, that Grace is felt more and more fully. You can fight it, which is often done even in the name of it. However, as you fight it less, you receive it more. In time it overtakes what you thought of as yourself and you awaken to your true self… you realize that you are one with God. God’s Divine Will and your will are then realized to be one. See?
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by Michael Mamas | Saturday, August 25, 2012 | Favorites, Personal Growth, Spirituality |
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 are in a delicate arena indeed. You can justify anything with the intellect and people certainly do!
How do you know if you perceptions are perception, psychosis, or neurosis? To my way of thinking psychosis is blatant, even to the ordinary observer. However, regarding neurosis verses subtle perception, I have seen many, New Agers in particular, who could use a lot more humility in the matter. It boils down to having ‘a healthy relationship with’ your perceptions.
No one really perceives. We all project. We perceive on to. Wisdom includes having a healthy relationship with that fact. The more fully integrated the surface of your being is with the depth, the healthier your relationship with these matters. But then, how do you know how integrated you are?
You must learn to discern. This includes learning how to use other people as a mirror. That too is subtle. You can find people to collude with easily enough. However, do keep in mind that everyone, at the depth of their being, is infinitely wise… one with the Unified Field… one with God. Therefore, on that level everyone can sense how healthy they and others are. Yet that knowing is masked by ones neurosis or psychosis, i.e. ones conditioning (samskaras).
It is a double bind, isn’t it? It seems like there is no way to know, doesn’t it? Well that’s life, isn’t it? Most look for a solid handle on life to cling to. However, the only absolute there is has no handle. It is like a soft cloud you rest upon. It is the Self. It is God… the place you are one with God. From a scientific perspective, it is the Unified Field. As you evolve you awaken to it more and more. Your physiology becomes more and more fully integrated with it. However, it does not come with a handle.
Introducing subtle perception to others must be done wisely. Otherwise, the introduction becomes an invitation to neurosis, if not psychosis. But to throw out the baby with the bathwater and reject the entire arena is unfortunate. You must learn to discern. I strive to help my students, as well as my kids, cultivate discernment. Only then can you well navigate the subtle arena of life.
I remember years ago I attended an expo where there was a room of people offering ‘psychic readings’. One glance at the group was enough to convince me I wanted nothing to do with it. If you are honest with yourself, and reflective, then you can develop insight enough to have a good sense of the person you are speaking to.
This may be disconcerting to many who want a simple cookbook approach to all of life. There are many out there that offer that and many cling to those offerings. I will not do that, because it is not the way life really is. On the other hand, the beauty of life lies in its subtlety… in its elusive nature… in knowing that the only true knowing is knowing that you know nothing.
After all, the unified field is beyond relativity. It is the field of ‘No Thing Ness’. How beautiful… God is beyond thingness, yet permeates all things.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, August 23, 2012 | Personal Growth |
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 her, it was just another cute stuffed animal. Now, she has energy. She feels nice and quirky.
I know it sounds weird but believe it or not, everything has feelings. If you were a stuffed animal, you would not be able to get hurt by anything a person does physically; you would only get hurt in emotions. Yes, they do have emotions and you do too, right? Just because they can’t talk, doesn’t mean you can’t put an energy into them or the place you got them.
Now I revealed the truth…
everything has feelings.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 | Favorites, Spirituality |
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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,
through the portal,
into the greatest adventure of all…
The pursuit of Truth,
the unraveling of the mystery of life,
of existence,
of the Self.
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