by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, August 5, 2014 | Clarifying Confusion, Spiritual Evolution, The Veda |
It is pandemic. It is an aspect of the human condition. People look for perfection in the relative. This is such a beautiful thing. Everything is gravitating back to the one source, the Divine. However, as has been said, “Do not look for perfection in the relative. It is not there.” The relative is, by definition, relative. It is not absolute. The relative is the field of imperfection. It was born out of Perfection, Pure Consciousness, the Absolute, but it is not the Absolute. When Consciousness becomes conscious of itself and incorrectly views itself as other, duality (relativity) is born.
The Veda is the field of perfection. Yet once it is viewed in relative terms, that view is imperfect… dualistic, relative. It is essential to understand this. Otherwise, you cling to relativity as perfection. Isn’t this a beautiful and profound yet delicate topic? The Absolute, by definition, transcends ALL ‘things’… even, dare I say it, scripture. This is not to say that scripture is not precious, sacred, and in a relative sense certainly Divine. But it points in the direction of the Absolute, like a reflection in a mirror or an echo. It is not the Absolute. Religions point in the direction of the Absolute. But they are not the Absolute.
Truth is absolute. Even the nearest we can come to the Absolute in the relative is not Absolute. To think it is Absolute, prompts people to cling to it as the Absolute and thereby resist transcending relativity which is the ultimate ‘goal’ of religion, and in fact , of life. This is the meaning of ‘to be in the world, but not of it’. This creates a tug of war between the Devas, who embody the Absolute, and the Asuras, who cling to its echo. Echoes of Truth, perceived as Truth, hold Truth at bay. This is why it is said that the Veda dwells not in books, but in the awareness of those who have awoken to the Absolute, i.e., the enlightened.
For a temple to be a Vedic temple, it must stand strong as a representative of the most profound truth. It must hold true to such understanding. Few understand that Truth. But that understanding is what upholds and keeps the temple aligned with the deepest Truth of life. The custodians of the temple unceasingly aspire to that which transcends even the most sublime aspects of relativity. You are one with the Absolute. All relativity is born out of that… out of who and what you truly are… beyond samskaras, beyond conditioning. The supreme culmination of spirituality, of life, is to awaken to that. Some may call this Vedanta, but to cling to a perspective on Vedanta Is to miss its deepest message, its deepest Truth.
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | The Veda |
When it comes to understanding the Veda, we must not be simplistic. The Veda emerges from the finest level of existence. In the west, that is called the Unified Field. Modern science tells us that the structure of the Unified Field (i.e. the Veda) is crystalline in nature. The mathematics of such structures is called Abstract Algebra.
The face of a clock is a very simple example. Three o’clock minus five hours equals ten o’clock. Modern physics theory tells us that Unified Field is ten dimensional (the ten mandalas of the Veda). The vastness and complexity of each dimension, of course, far exceeds that of the face of a clock.
So when it comes to trying to understand Vedic Knowledge, we must keep this in mind and remain humble. It simply cannot be fathomed by the elementary logic and mathematics with which we are all familiar.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, June 13, 2014 | Clarifying Confusion, The Veda |
I was asked questions along the lines of:
Q: I heard someone at Mount Soma say that this is a Vedic center and has nothing to do with Hinduism, and the two have no connection. I feel that is false. Would you explain this?
To which I respond:
A: I essentially agree with you. It boils down to definition. The Veda is Nature. All religions relate to Nature with varying degrees of clarity. I like to say that when the Master speaks, it immediately ceases to be what the Master said and becomes what the listener heard, and therein lies the birth of religion… echoes of Truth perceived to be Truth. Adi Shankara said the knowledge must be purified generation after generation.
Knowledge, real KNOWLEDGE is not contained in books. It is contained in the awareness of the Enlightened… the Seers. Religions… all religions… are only echoes of Truth. When the subtlety is lost, a great deal is lost… like a musical instrument out of tune. It is the task of every generation to retune the instrument. The closer you are to Truth, the more powerful you become. The more powerful you are, the greater the damage that can be done. If you are going to run off the road, better to do it in a child’s wagon than in a Porsche. See? It is gratifying that even the Hindu community is rising up in response to my words in agreement that the superstition and distortions of Truth must be purified out.
Personally, I would not say that Mount Soma has nothing to do with Hinduism or any other religion for that matter. It has everything to do with the essence of every religion. The similarities with Hinduism are obvious and need not even be stated because they are so obvious. However, as with many things, the subtle difference makes all the difference. So, it is extremely important to be very attentive to the subtle difference and not allow things to get blurred. As I say, a cell phone must be built exactly right to work. Rearrange one diode or transistor and it does not work properly. When principles of Vedic technology are discarded as old fashioned or unnecessary, it can compromise everything.
Q: To the best of my understanding, Vedic is based on Vedas alone and it later evolved into what is now called Hinduism, which is what’s known as the “Upanishads.” Mahabharata (Bhagavad Gita which is part of the Mahabharata) is not part of the 4 Vedas, as it came much later. Please talk about this, if you would.
A: The Veda is eternal, regardless of when a particular aspect of it was cognized. The structure of the Veda is a profoundly beautiful topic. I intend someday to offer a course on that… what the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Upanishads, Mantras, Brahmanas, Upangas, Itihasas, Puranas, etc. are. But right now, I am primarily focused on conveying the basics to the world.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, February 13, 2014 | The Veda |
Just look around. If there is one thing that is clear, everything cycles… the Sun, the Seasons, the electron, the times. We live in a Time when things are out of focus… Kali Yuga. The time of everything in focus lies in the future. We can bring it forth. Of course, most everyone always thinks they are among the enlightened few – those who see everything in perfect focus… and perhaps so do you. Those that burnt Joan of Arc at the stake are no exception… So did they.
YOU have to think. It has to make sense. But you can justify anything with the intellect. So making sense goes way beyond just the intellect. Can you see past the mentality of your time? … of your family? … of your heritage? … of your upbringing, your childhood, your era, your indoctrination?
Every group in one way or another thinks they are the enlightened ones, so you must look far beyond that. Every new generation thinks they are the ones that finally figured it out… They are the teenagers and millennials and those that never move beyond it, though they would assure you that they have.
Truth does not lie in any mentality. It lies only in the silent ocean that dwells deep within. That is what the Veda is. That is where the Veda lies. Find it deep within yourself… or abandon yourself once again to the echoes of truth, perceived as truth.
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by Michael Mamas | Friday, September 13, 2013 | The Veda |
The underlying basis of existence is a field of pure abstraction… a field of no-thing-ness… pure is-ness. In its purest form, the Veda is infinitely abstract. Every verse of the Veda is an abstraction… a portal to all that is… to the entire Veda. To interpret or translate any verse is to reduce it down.
Similarly, the electron is not a charged point in space. It is a probability cloud that reaches out to infinity. To grab on to it is to reduce it to a point value, is to compromise it.
If you give a verse of the Veda to several scholars, each may interpret it quite differently. This speaks to the beauty of the Veda. Every verse is infinitely rich. It also speaks to the elusiveness of the Veda, i.e. the elusiveness of the laws of nature, of Mother Nature.
The Veda contains all knowledge, but to understand it, and to apply it to a specific situation, is far more elusive than most realize. There is nothing more subtle, nothing more delicate, nothing more abstract.
Everything is born out of no-thing… infinite silence… pure abstraction… the unified field.
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