by Michael Mamas | Sunday, April 1, 2012 | Spirituality |
The problem with the question is that it assigns absolute truth to the notion of time. Even in modern physics time is understood to be a manifestation. We would say an aspect of maya. When time is understood, then one sees beyond sequentiality and the question then dissolves away. The two are understood to be one and the same.
Within the illusion of time however, there is free will. Also, within that paradigm, karma sets in motion the wheels of the predetermined. With everything you’ve got, use your free will to follow your dharma and overcome your karma.
You are living within the dream. Only the tools of the dream can free you. A real tool is of no use within the dance of the dream. The only way out is through. Attempts to push away the tar baby, only further entangle you.
You will master the dream. It is only a matter of time.
note: you may like to look at the comments to the karma and dharma blog from a few days ago.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, March 30, 2012 | Spirituality |
…the only true force in the Universe.
All other forces are traced back to that One force… taking separation back to Oneness.
The ‘force’ that manifested the universe is Maya… illusion…
Below is a picture of love in action.
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by Michael Mamas | Saturday, March 24, 2012 | Personal Growth |
I remember when writing The Golden Frog how many times my editor and I would go back and forth on even one sentence. It drove me nuts but it was great. It is the process of writing. The messenger is not the message. Yet all their personality flaws glare in your face if you do not like the message!
Thoreau would spend days on one sentence. He said there is no choice about the words. There is one and only one right word.
Write and rewrite… then do it again and again.
Did you see the movie, ‘A River Runs Through It’? The father was teaching his son to write. Whatever the son wrote, the father would read it, give it back to him, and say “Ok, now write it again with half as many words.”
Learning is often frustrating. Writing is like mathematics in that way. It can be a most frustrating process.
What you write is an intimate part of your self. It is not uncommon for edits to feel invasive.
Treat those edits as part of the process. Writing is a learned skill, like playing a musical instrument.
I am not a great writer, but I do have some sense of the process of how to become one.
For the purpose of blogging, I just write. I look forward to having the time to try my hand at really writing again.
As time passes, the process gets more and more fluid.
As you know, Hemmingway wrote a book that required no edits. That is something to aspire to, but do not mistake the goal for the process.
It takes a lot of pressure to make a diamond.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | Spirituality |
If you feel that God is far away, it is only because your definition of God is inaccurate. God is here, now, with you. But ‘definition’ is more than a thought. It is something you feel in your heart. As you evolve your consciousness changes, thereby changing your definitions of everything.
Clinging to your old definitions is a drag on your evolution. Emancipation means freedom, means moving beyond where you currently are. Change does not happen without flexibility. Boundaries will be broken as you evolve. You must do what you think is right, but you must also think rightly.
Keeping a steady hand on the rudder, move forward. That means move, but move wisely. Think, ponder, reflect… cultivate discernment. Infinite flexibility, yet with a steady hand.
The teachings of the ancients must be revered, but your understanding of those teachings must evolve. Infinitely rigid, one pointed, committed, reverent, undeterred, yet at the same time, infinitely flexible… like the flowing branches of a tree anchored in the trunk of Eternal Truth.
Life is a paradox. Redefine everything for yourself… for your Self. The words may not change, but their meaning will. Truth is subtle. It cannot be grasped with words.
Do not let your definitions bind you. Be reverent, free, respectful, strong, humble, and bold. In the final analysis, obedience and independence are the same thing.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | Spirituality |
From time to time someone asks how to help a soul that committed suicide. The three suggestions are:
- Meditate. As you evolve, your connection with the person will help them. Of course, we are all connected so you help everyone when you meditate, but your more direct connection with that person will help them more directly.
- Ask Pandit at the temple what puja or ceremony he would recommend. Have the person’s jyotish chart or birth information available if possible.
- Connect with the person. It works. It does not need to be a drama. It can be simple, easy, clean, and beautiful.
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