Your Life is a Song

by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 | Spirituality | 2 comments

Your life is not a machine.  It is a song.  It is a relationship with existence.  It is a viewpoint.  It is an opinion.  It comes from the heart.

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The path you follow in life is not prescribed by facts, just as the roads you follow are not dictated by the road map.  You are free to travel upon the roads of your choosing.  However, the roadmap is a fact.  It let’s you know what roads currently exist.

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Similarly, to be successful, your opinions must be consistent with fact, but they are not prescribed by fact.   The musical scale provides the possiblities, but the song is yours.

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You are free.

Understanding

by Michael Mamas | Monday, November 15, 2010 | Spirituality

Understanding is an ongoing pursuit by an individual,

not a blind adherent to an ideology.

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A Unified Whole

by Michael Mamas | Sunday, November 14, 2010 | Spirituality | 1 comment

Your life is a riddle.

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It is a puzzle.

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All of the pieces are there.

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Your jobs is to put them together… into a unified whole.

Identity

by Michael Mamas | Saturday, November 13, 2010 | Spirituality

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Just as depression is often associated with the abandonment of an old identity,

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exhilaration is associated with the acquisition of a new one.

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Develop the ability to distinguish between taking on a new identity and freeing yourself from identity.

Nothing is Concrete

by Michael Mamas | Thursday, November 11, 2010 | Spirituality

Nothing is concrete.

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Everything is a multifaceted abstraction.

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If we reduce something to a concretion, it loses its meaning and grandeur.

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Striving to understand, we do this with ourselves, others, and everything.

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By adhering to a perspective, we limit our ability to understand.