Remembering One’s Self

by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, March 18, 2015 | Spirituality | 11 comments

I was asked to comment on the following (We will refer to the person being quoted as ‘George’ to protect his confidentiality):

In order really to observe oneself one must first of all remember oneself” (He again emphasized these words.) “Try to remember yourselves when you observe yourselves and later on tell me the results. Only those results will have any value that are accompanied by self-remembering. Otherwise you yourselves do not exist in your observations. In which case what are all your observations worth?”

These words of George’s made me think a great deal. It seemed to me at once that they were the key to what he had said before about consciousness. But I decided to draw no conclusions whatever, but to try to remember myself while observing myself.

The very first attempts showed me how difficult it was. Attempts at self­-remembering failed to give any results except to show me that in actual fact we never remember ourselves.

“What else do you want?” said George. “This is a very important realization. People who know this” (he emphasized these words) “already know a great deal. The whole trouble is that nobody knows it. If you ask a man whether he can remember himself, he will of course answer that he can. If you tell him that he cannot remember himself, he will either be angry with you, or he will think you an utter fool. The whole of life is based on this, the whole of human existence, the whole of human blindness. If a man really knows that he cannot remember himself, he is already near to the understanding of his being.”

All that George said, all that I myself thought, and especially all that my attempts at self-remembering had shown me, very soon convinced me that I was faced with an entirely new problem which science and philosophy had not, so far, come across.

This is from George can you give a honest opinion for this text. After that i tell why i send you this. I do not follow his teaching and not attend to but i ask for a reason.

`If a man really knows he can remember himself he already knows he is near to the understanding of his being`.

Please comment on this.

To which I respond:

A difficulty with such quotes is that the essential point is not addressed.  It is the understanding of that essential point that is critical and makes all the difference.  In the very first sentence, George refers to “remember oneself.”  How he means that is entirely unclear.  But, in the second sentence, he says, “try to remember yourselves.”  That is a big problem.  It is not a matter of trying, any more than a brown-eyed person can try to have blue eyes. Remembering one’s Self is a state of consciousness that is not cultivated through trying.  In fact, it is exactly the opposite. Remembering one’s Self is the result of a natural, effortless evolution, like the blossoming of a bud into a rose.  The strongest catalyst is proper meditation.  Unfortunately, most meditations are not proper.  That is to say they are not natural.  That is to say they involve some trying.

Also in the first sentence, he uses the phrase “observe oneself.”  Again, just as in remembering oneself, what he means by observe one’s self is critical, but not addressed.  To observe one’s self really means to awaken to the Self, i.e., the Transcendental Self.  The Transcendental Self then naturally observes the small self.  I blog and lecture on this a great deal. It is a very commonly, in fact even generally, misunderstood knowledge.  I mean no disrespect, but was asked to comment honestly and have now done so.

Please see: Proper Meditation

Please see: Some Questions and Answers

Please see: What is Enlightenment?

Concepts vs. Truth

by Michael Mamas | Friday, March 13, 2015 | Spirituality | 3 comments

Modern physics has become so complex that the formulas can be tweaked to make the universe look like anything you want.  Adjust a parameter here or there and you can make the universe look like the shape of anything… an elephant, a gorilla, just take your pick.  So every time a new observation from the Hubble telescope is made, every formula can be tweaked to still work.

It is understandable then, that a physicist may be inclined to look at attempts to relate Vedic Knowledge to modern physics and claim that, “one can always define such things in a way to defend these concepts.  For example, one can equate the Unified Field with Pure Consciousness, etc.”  Having a background in physics and math, I can respect that, particularly when said by someone who takes only a quick glance at Vedic Knowledge.

However, after the superstition and confusion (that often does admittedly come up) around Vedic Knowledge is discarded, i.e. after the Knowledge is purified as per Adi Shankara, then what?  Then you have a knowledge that seamlessly interfaces with all aspects of life and existence.  It perfectly addresses and integrates all science, art, philosophy, psychology, etc. as a unified whole.

So then let’s ask the question, “What is Truth?”  Isn’t “Truth” something that correctly accommodates everything without refutation?  Once all aspects of life and existence are examined in rigorous and rational detail and still come together in a unified whole without contradiction, have you not found “Truth”?  Isn’t that so by definition?

A quick glance at Vedic Knowledge through the eyes of modern science may prompt one to reject it as just a convenient set of redefinition of terms.  However, if one looks more and more deeply with a discerning eye, the time arrives when it all comes together. That is when you find Truth within yourself.  This is something far more elusive than is afforded by a quick glance, particularly when one identifies with their current model or belief system about life.  Even ones identification with, and devotion to, their current understanding of Vedic Knowledge is enough to prevent them from looking deeper!

In this ’30-second sound bite” world, few are willing to take the time to look that much deeper.  What they may consider to be looking deeper is simply the re-justification, and increased indoctrination into, their current world view… i.e. their conditioning, indoctrination, identity, etc.  To move past your limitations is no easy task.  It is the true final frontier for every individual.

The Pendulum Effect, Vibrations, Gemstones, and the Universe

by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 | Spirituality | 3 comments

The underlying essence of existence is Oneness. That Oneness is called the Unified Field of Physics, Pure Consciousness, God, etc. As that Consciousness views itself, it sees itself as ‘other’ and ‘the pendulum swings’ in that direction. Duality, then multiplicity, is born.

It continues to see patterns in that self-interacting dynamic, causing the pendulum to swing this way and that, setting up numerous vibrations in the resulting structure.

That structure continues on at the basis of all existence. The vibrations permeate all existence in a symphony of Oneness… infinite harmony, intelligence, wholeness, etc. Some matter is tuned to one vibration while other matter is tuned to another.  That determines the course of evolution of species, each along its own path.

As species evolve further, they move in the direction of a species that more and more fully embodies the totality of knowledge, vibrations, wholeness, that is inherent in the Oneness that birthed the Universe. Those vibrations direct the evolution of species and also the growth of crystals, i.e. gemstones.

By wearing a particular gemstone, the particular vibration it is tuned to permeates your being. So, if a particular vibration is needed by you, that vibration can be provided by wearing that gemstone. The science and technology of this knowledge is called jyotish.  It is a subtle art.  The science is valid.