What Lies Within

by Michael Mamas | Thursday, June 9, 2011 | Spirituality | 1 comment

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This world is nothing.

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It’s what lies deeper that matters.

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You have to find that within yourself.

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That’s it.

Truth

by Michael Mamas | Saturday, June 4, 2011 | Spirituality | 1 comment

The follow article was run throughout south India:

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http://expressbuzz.com/lifestyle/the-master-on-the-mountain/278379.html

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In response to which I received a number of lovely emails including the following:

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I am still digesting the experience of being back there with you [during the temple inauguration], but it was powerfully moving.

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When I would look at you during the ceremony, you seemed deeper than I’ve ever experienced.  Even now, in looking at pictures of you at the event, the darshan flows out much more strongly than before.

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It might just be me, but it feels like a reality-changer.

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Sanjay’s article seems to say it isn’t just me, and clearly he’s seeing the value of what is offered.

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After years of wondering what it would be like if there was a temple, now we have direct experience… insert string of unfathomable adjectives here.

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To which I responded:

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It is all based upon the one fundamental premise: alignment with natural law. Few really understand what that means.

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They may think instead, “Oh, he was persistent and that is what did it.” or

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“Oh, he was bold and lucked out” or

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“Oh, it could not have been alignment with natural law because he did not conform to my belief system of what that is supposed to look like” or

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“Oh, he followed powerful Hindu philosophy and that is what did it.” or

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“Oh, he was a persuasive speaker.”

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Any amount of rationale will rise, but we know better.  The world is not as people have been lead to believe.

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Alignment with natural law is not attained through superficiality: belief systems, religious codes, rules, being clever, or being shrewd.  It is much deeper.

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It looks like nothing of this world because it is of that which transcends this world.

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Many things claim to point in the direction of “it”, but nothing in the relative can really do that.

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Truth is not a concretion.  Truth is an abstraction… no-thing-ness.    Yet it is to the concrete, to things, which humanity clings.  Alignment with natural law, means life in accord with that which transcends life.

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As stated in the Veda, even the Veda finds fulfillment is it own annihilation.

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To live better, humanity must learn to look deeper.

Liberation

by Michael Mamas | Thursday, June 2, 2011 | Spirituality | 1 comment

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.

The Way Things Are

by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | Spirituality | 2 comments

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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.