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 | 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 | 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 12, 2013 | Personal Growth, Spirituality |
I remember the early morning rains of my childhood. Invariably a time to pick up a stick and poke around at the ground and roadside as we walked to the school bus stop. I remember all the worms on the road… millions of them, it seemed. A gentle tap with the stick and they work scrunch right up… contracting to a fraction of their size where they remained until the road and their bodies dried up.
Admittedly it’s an odd analogy, but how to you respond to external events and notions in life? Your life is your choice. Henry Ford put it beautifully:
“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
I also remember my childhood encounters with butterflies.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, February 21, 2013 | Personal Growth |
As one follows the path to enlightenment, the small self viscously fights back in the name of its very survival.
That is commonly called “ego”.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | Personal Growth |
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Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. – Jim Rohn
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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. – Cyril Connolly
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An argument is the longest distance between two points of view. – Dan Bennett
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 | Personal Growth |
The most common barrier to success is not situational. It is not financial. It is not lack of sufficient intelligence. It is not lack of creativity.
The primary barrier to success is emotional. How do you emotionally respond to challenges, obstacles, opposition, problems, conflicts, etc.?
If you keep your emotional balance in such situations and remain committed to the task, the solution will come. If you spin off track emotionally, success will likely slip away. To keep your head, even when all around you are losing theirs, that is the key.
This does not mean to be unemotional. It has more to do with managing those emotions wisely while moving forward.
Wise management does not mean suppression or denial. It means keeping your balance and dealing with those emotions while not losing yourself to them. You must find your own unique way of doing that. It may mean taking a break from things for a while. It may mean venting those emotions in a non-life-damaging manner.
Note that venting and indulging are two different things. A pressure cooker needs a pop off valve, but you don’t put out the fire by fanning the flame.
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I remember…
