by Michael Mamas | Sunday, May 15, 2016 | Personal Growth |
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 because I’m more aware of where I am, rather than when I’m working towards something. Does that make sense?
To which I respond:
Yes that makes sense. But what motivated you to write this? But do not misunderstand me. There are multiple realities. We live in all of them simultaneously. Motivation as a distraction and motivation as everything coexist. No problem. Paradox does find its resolution in the depth of existence… the depth of our being. No need to identify with one reality and call it absolute truth. That is called ignore-ance. Ignore all other realities except one. See?
• BTW, the search feature on this site is good. Just type in a word and blogs related to that word will come up. Try it!
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, May 13, 2016 | Announcements, Personal Growth, Spirituality |
Genius is the result of coming from the depth of one’s being. However, every individual does that in their own unique way.
In a new YouTube video series we’ll explore how different individuals from Bruce Lee to Einstein found and lived their inner genius. We’ll also explore a Hollywood perspective on genius in The Matrix movie and how genius was found and lived by characters like Neo and the Oracle.
The first three videos in the series are now live. They are:
- Introduction
- Bruce Lee #1: True Self Expression
- Bruce Lee #2: Be Limitless
We’ll announce the other videos in the series when they are posted.
Comments and likes on the videos are welcome and helpful to our online presence!
View the video series.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, May 12, 2016 | Announcements, Personal Growth |
We are getting more and more recognition online every week! Entrepreneur.com just published my third article this week, and it was the second article picked up by FoxNews.com. Additionally, an article was just published on ElephantJournal.com.
Comments on the ElephantJournal.com article are welcome (Entrepreneur.com doesn’t allow comments). If you would like to share the articles, please use the social media post links provided. Enjoy!
Entrepreneur.com
“5 Mental Shifts That Allow You to Do Less But Accomplish More“
Note: This article was also picked up by FoxNews.com.
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ElephantJournal.com Article
ElephantJournal.com
“How Myths Can Help Us Understand the Universe“
Social Media Posts:
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, May 8, 2016 | Personal Growth |
Imagine a lioness with her cubs cuddling and crawling all over her in their den. The lion roams protectively circling the den while the lioness resides in divine union with her cubs. 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. To witness the daily unyielding, unending, dedication of her life, her every breath, to her kids is a great and humbling honor.
The very idea that the child is born right out of the mother’s body… what a marvelous and unfathomable wonder. In those tender early days, it is not mother with child. It is mother/child… one unit, one being. To watch a mother carrying her newly born child is to witness one body of two seamlessly merged beings. Slowly over the months, two separate beings emerge, yet the profound and exquisite bond remains.
And then to think of Mother Divine. Her love for all of us is unyielding… eternal. The beauty and power of Her very existence births this entire universe. She deeply cares for us all. She longs to wipe away our fears, our worries, our troubles, our transgressions. There is no greater love, and in the protection of Her children, there is no limit to her fury, her passion. She would do anything to protect Her children. She is the upholder of the universe.
She lives in the hearts of mothers everywhere.
Happy Mothers Day!
Shri Mathre Namaha
I bow down to Mother Divine
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, May 6, 2016 | Personal Growth |
When feeling angry, before you act, look deeper.
What is the root of the anger?
What underlies the anger?
How were you hurt? Hurt underlies anger.
Then speak from the heart.
Speak from the hurt.
Do not blame.
Give voice to the experience of the hurt, the sadness, the wound.
The anger is normal.
Do not judge it.
But do not act it out.
That only invites polarity, opposition, and more hurt.
To be heard, speak the truth.
The anger is an avoidance, a masking, a venting, an eruption.
The truth is the hurt.
Note: I also have a YouTube video titled “About Anger”. View the video.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, May 1, 2016 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
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? Even the deepest, most enthusiastic and dedicated drift in their understanding. And of course, they are sure they ‘get it’. Echoes of truth.
It is beautiful to watch the awakening from within that people experience when they regularly come to classes. Of course, i am only a catalyst, a servant to their inner awakening. Like the gardener attending the rose – the knowledge is in the rose, the gardener only assists the process. Yet such ‘gardening’ is subtle.
Echoes of truth perceived as truth hold truth at bay – for lifetimes. Deep, intense study. Emotional rapture. Memorizing the Vedic texts. These things do not ensure true spiritual evolution.
I long for your awakening to the Truth that lies within you. I am dedicated to serving in that process. And you must meet me half way. This will not always be easy. I will tell you how it is. At times you will misunderstand me, get confused, upset, perhaps even offended. If you continue to try to understand, I will always be there, committed to you.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 | Announcements, Personal Growth |
I just had two articles published – one on Entrepreneur.com and one on PositivelyPositive.com. Comments on the PositivelyPositive.com article are welcome (Entrepreneur.com doesn’t allow comments).
If you would like to share the articles, please use the social media post links provided. Enjoy!
Entrepreneur.com:
“7 Personality Principles to Boost Office Productivity“
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PositivelyPositive.com:
“Personal Development Is About Freedom, Not Constraint“
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, March 29, 2016 | Announcements, Personal Growth |
For the fourth time, HuffingtonPost.com has published one of my latest articles, "The Priceless Value of Embracing Multiple Paradigms". Comments on the article are welcome, at the bottom of the article page.
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by Michael Mamas | Monday, March 21, 2016 | Personal Growth, Relationship |
HuffingtonPost.com just published a second of my latest articles, "How to Deal With Negative Emotions Responsibly". Comments on the article are welcome, at the bottom of the article page.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, March 3, 2016 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
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. Instead, it is like a growing snowflake simultaneously expanding out in every direction from a point. Speech goes in a line: speech is linear. In contrast, nature radiates out like snowflakes from every point in existence simultaneously.
To more fully understand one “line” or reasoning (pun intended), all the other lines interconnected with it must also be understood and related to. There are an infinite number of such lines simultaneously going on eternally creating exquisite, multidimensional, interconnected snowflakes at every point throughout creation. All those snowflakes are interconnected. It is as if all existence is a giant Maha-snowflake… a giant crystal. To really understand anything, everything is understood, must be understood.
The human mind is a mapping (a mini version) in perfect correlation with the entire universe. What is inside is outside. All the interconnections are there within your awareness. It is simply a matter of more and more fully awakening to it.
The programs I offer, the talks I give, are all vehicles to expand the participant’s awareness in that interconnected crystalline manner. Some listen and in their minds strive to force my words along one line, one linear progression of thought. If they can succeed in doing that, they feel they understood what I said. In a way, that is a terrible waste. But then again, the influence is there and received to the extent it can be. Over time, the listener be willing, awareness expands. The words are heard in new, more expanded ways. The dots are connected, i.e. the interconnections are made by the listener, consciously and unconsciously. As awareness expands, the dust clears and the cobwebs are brushed away.
All knowledge is contained within you, within your awareness. It is just a matter of awareness, of awakening the interconnections that are already there within you.
Snow at Mount Soma
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