by Michael Mamas | Thursday, June 2, 2011 | Spirituality |
All things find fulfillment in their own annihilation.
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Emancipation means knowing you do not exist. That must become as self evident to you as your hand in front of your face. Even more so, because you can move your hand away.
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It is called spiritual liberation for a reason. Liberation from what? Illusion… the illusion that things exist.
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The world is virtual, like the image on your television screen. It is a fantastic playground and evolutionary schoolhouse.
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It offers great love and beauty. Yet ultimately, it is seen for what it is… a monumental illusion.
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Treasure it. Life is Sacred.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | Spirituality |
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Most commonly, life is viewed and evaluated based upon your belief system. How you believe things work or should work. That is based upon conditioning… samskaras… impressions that have programmed your thoughts and feelings.
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There is a better way.
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See how things actually are. Observe what actually IS.
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This is not as easy as it may sound.
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To take a step back and see how people actually behave is the gateway to under-standing people. The universe does not hide its secrets, not even its deepest secrets. Everything is right there in front of you.
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God is not far away at all. Free yourself. Learn to see what actually is. This requires evolution – a shift in your consciousness. It is not an attitude, it is a physiological state.
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It means to perceive, not project. The world is not as you have been led to believe.
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What life is and what seems to make sense to you can be two very different things.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, May 29, 2011 | Spirituality
Function from feeling, not thought.
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You can justify anything with thoughts… with the intellect. Learn to feel deeply.
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Yet feeling deeply is often confused with feeling intensely. Deep feelings are refined feelings. They are the gateway to wisdom.
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At the foundation of your life is being. It emerges into relativity as the finest of feelings. Then, it blossoms into reason. Finally it emerges at thoughts. As the physiology purifies (as you evolve), this process becomes more integrated, less distorted.
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Einstein did not think up the unified field. He felt it. Through reflection, that feeling seemed reasonable. Only then did it emerge as a concrete thought. Genius is nothing more than integration.
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Concepts are the finest of thoughts. Facts are more superficial.
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Yet many think if they know all about spirituality, then they are wise. Not so. Too superficial.
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Wisdom is far more profound than the simple parroting of wise words and pantomiming of alleged ‘sagacious ‘acts.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Spirituality
How to pronounce the R in the mantra ‘Ram’?
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It is not a hard ‘R’ as in gr-r-r-r like the growl of a tiger
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It is not like the European rolled R.
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It is properly pronounced by forming your lips to make an R sound, but then saying Lam. The sound of the R is between R and L.
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If you cannot do this right now, then just say Lam. That is much better than saying Ram with a gr-r-r like R.
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Then, keeping the R/L combination sound in mind, in time, it will come to you naturally.
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It is important to use this sound while meditating. However, in conversation, for example when referring to Lord Rama, it is fine to speak it with the hard gr-r-r-r R sound. Even Indians often do that. This ‘R’ sound applies to many Sanksrit terms, such a Surya.
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REMEMBER: This is Sanskrit, which is cognized, which means the language of nature. By learning to make these sounds, you are aligning your being with your nature… Mother Nature.
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NOTE: When learning to meditate, it is best to begin with the Surya Ram Meditation which is taught for free. After a month or two, it is best to then switch to the Surya Ram Meditation with Advanced Technique. We offer a dvd with an instruction booklet for free. You just need to pay shipping and handling.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | Spirituality
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You are not your body. You are not your thoughts. You are not your emotions. Having said that once in a lecture, a woman raised her hand and bewilderedly asked, “Well, what else is there.”
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Shocked and saddened, I answered, “What lies beyond the body, thoughts, and emotions is the grandeur of your being… limitless, unbounded, and eternal.”
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To intellectually know that is a good beginning. To awaken to it is marvelous. Do not mistake the beginning for the goal.
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Reflecting upon this, I once asked a student with whom I was having lunch in a restaurant, “Tell me something. When you look at this salt shaker, do you not see it is God?”
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He responded by saying, “I have heard your lectures and know you say it is God. I believe you and try to see that. But honestly, when I look at it, all I see is a salt shaker.”
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I strive to understand what life like that is like. That makes me a better teacher. However, it would be better if you worked to see what I see.
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The best of what you are goes unnoticed by you. Relativity is lightly etched on the face of being, yet it is what this world is made of. It is truly the world of wanting. Relativity, duality, is the world of separation… the world of wanting.
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Strive to cultivate awareness so you can be in it, but not lost to it. That is not an attitude or philosophy. It is a state of consciousness.
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Knowledge, as it is said, is structured in consciousness. Facts only point in a direction. They are all too often confused with Truth.
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by Michael Mamas | Monday, May 23, 2011 | Spirituality
The Swastika is of course a sacred symbol. Unfortunately, it was made infamous by the Nazis.
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Like the Christian cross, it is formed by two intersecting lines. The right angle turns in those lines indicate that the path to God is not a straight line.
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Be prepared to change. Evolution means change.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, May 22, 2011 | Personal Growth, Spirituality
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Sometimes in life you just need to let things go.
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You cannot always hold on to all your dreams. When it involves a loved one, it can be particularly difficult to let go.
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To just tell yourself you are letting go is really a lie. At such times, go deep within and find the place where nothing is held on to.
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At the depth of your being, there is no holding. It is a place of eternal peace and rest. Cultivate your awareness of that.
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This is called salvation. It is not an attitude. It is much deeper. It is a state of being… a state of physiology.
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Be in the world, but not of it… not lost to it.
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Love from that level is the highest and truest form of love.
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Having attained that, you are still in the world of holding on, but you have not lost yourself to it.
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by Michael Mamas | Saturday, May 21, 2011 | Spirituality
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“You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore
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To conceptualize is easy. To actualize is challenging.
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Everyone conceptualizes their own greatness. Few actualize it.
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Deep inside you are great. Now just live up to it.
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You do know what that means… what that looks like… or at least you have a pretty good sense of it. To be great, simply do your best to live up to that sense. From there, the clouds will part and the sense will open with greater and greater clarity.
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Yet be fore warned: The world is not as you have been lead to believe.
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Evolution means change.
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Be open to change as you live more and more from the depth within.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, May 20, 2011 | Spirituality
“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined” – Henry James
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This is a nice enough quote. But what do you imagine?
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Most think of the surface but I encourage you to think of the depth… qualities like integrity, wisdom, soul, fiber, etc.
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What you live on the surface is unimportant in contrast to what you are living deeper within.
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Imagine that!
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, May 12, 2011 | Spirituality
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Even in the most challenging incarnation, greatness can be attained provided your dedication is sufficient.
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Greatness cannot be measured superficially.
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It does not mandate wealth, recognition, or even success in worldly endeavors.
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