by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, March 2, 2016 | The Veda |
Modern physicists have attempted to describe existence as a bubbling foam, where seemingly out of nothingness, subatomic particles emerge at every point throughout space and time. That is really rather accurate. The Veda is not something that happened and then took a step back while the universe manifested from it. The Veda is eternally alive at every point in space throughout time.
Everything in its most fundamental form is just pure Consciousness. Many modern physicists are starting to understand this. Consciousness by its nature becomes conscious of itself, interacts with itself, birthing the Veda. That process goes on at every point in space throughout time.
Reach out and touch a point in space. The Veda is bubbling up at that point eternally. The Ramayana is there. The Mahabharata. The Itihasas, Puranas, Upanishads, etc. All there.
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by Michael Mamas | Saturday, February 27, 2016 | The Veda |
I was asked the following:
Michael, will you please compare and contrast your theories vs ideologies in relation to “the Veda,” and how it applies to scientific reasoning?
To which I respond:
“The Veda” is nature. Scientific reasoning is an approach to study nature. It is obviously a viable approach of great merit. The meaning of the word “reasoning” is the crux of the matter here. How do scientists reason? Where does reasoning come from? What is the mechanics and basis of theorization? Vedic Knowledge includes not only the process of observation to test a theory as in the western scientific approach, but also the study of the essential nature of reasoning and theorization itself. That study culminates in the understanding of cognition. We then find two means of gaining knowledge in both the western and eastern approach… outer observation and inner reasoning/cognition. To understand life and existence is to understand the nature of both approaches.
Thanks very much for your excellent question.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 | Vedic Science |
In the course of explaining Vedic Science, I’ve come to realize that most people relate to it as if it is all theory. They don’t really understand what use it has in practical life. Admittedly, I was first taken aback by the very idea of it being theoretical. But in reflecting upon it, I realized what an excellent question it is and how important it is to know what practical application Vedic Science has to our daily lives.
As we grow and evolve, our awareness expands. An infant’s awareness does not go much past mother and bodily functions. As we grow, our world expands. First it’s just our home, then it’s home and school, and continues to expand like that throughout life. It’s as if the cobwebs clear, enabling the awareness to encompass more and more of life.
There’s a level of life where the awareness expands to the point that all the interconnections between all facets of the world come together into a unified whole. This is an experience, a knowledge, and a sense of wholeness. Maybe you have not memorized all the facts and every detail in existence, but you are fully awake to the underlying principles, mechanics, and concepts that weave everything together. That fabric is called “the Veda.” In its purest form, it is unbounded Consciousness, pure Consciousness, total awareness. On that level of life, it’s not a notion, it’s an experience. As one continues to evolve, as the cobwebs continue to clear, the structure of that fabric is more and more fully understood and appreciated. Life naturally becomes more fulfilling, profound, and beautiful.
Those studying Vedic Science may at first glance see it as entirely theoretical. In actuality, it begins to free the mind and expand the awareness. It’s an evolutionary tool leading to the point where it is no longer theory, but it is a direct perception. Your potential goes so far beyond what you have perhaps been led to believe or what you have settled for. Intellectual understanding of Vedic Science is not the goal. It is simply the acquisition of tools that awaken you to the grandeur of your being.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, February 18, 2016 | Spiritual Evolution |
When watching an autumn leaf tumble, it’s easy enough to know that it will eventually make its way back to Mother Earth. A breeze may catch it, sending it swirling away, but you know in time, it will rest upon the ground. It’s simply gravity.
Now imagine expanding that process, not over a matter of minutes, but over millennia. Suddenly, the principle of gravity is not so easily identified. Everything is gravitating back to Oneness, the unified field, God, but the process takes time and the path swirls like the leaves. If you are on a path that facilitates your evolution, your return to God, progress still swirls in the breeze. For that reason, it’s not so easy to know what is evolutionary and what is not.
The Veda provides us with guidelines to facilitate our evolution. Certainly, following those guidelines hastens the process—the journey back to God, to home, to fulfillment, to joy, health, and happiness. But how easy it is to lose sight of this nature of life in a world filled with swirling winds! The trick is to keep a steady hand on the rudder, not be distracted by the winds of life, and stay one-pointedly committed to the purpose of life: the expansion of life as you continue on the journey home.
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by Michael Mamas | Thursday, February 11, 2016 | The Veda |
The Beej or seed mantra for Durga is “Doom.” It is sometimes spelled “Dum” in an attempt to delineate the subtlety of the pronunciation. However to the Western ear, many people would not pick up the distinction. At first glance it might seem strange that the word for the all-loving, all-protective Divine Mother is Doom. In the English language, that word is quite ominous, as if we are all doomed to some sort of disaster. After all, in the Sanskrit language the sound of the word contains the meaning, and to varying degrees, that principle applies to all languages. Why then would such an ominous word apply to the benefic Mother?
There is no greater love in the universe than a mother’s love for her children. Durga loves us all deeply. Out of that love, she spontaneously annihilates impurity. Impurity means life not in harmony with nature, with Natural Law, with one’s Dharma. When individuals are identified with such impurity, Mother Durga, purging away that impurity, can feel most threatening. So the idea of being Doom-ed is actually being blessed. All the impurities and imbalances in the psyche and physiology are doomed away. So the word “Doom” is a loving beautiful, all-pervading and profoundly benefic sound.
If you can let go of your preconceived conditioned notions around the word “Doom,” and then allow the feeling of that word to permeate your body and soul, you will realize that it is in fact a beautiful sound. It is deeply nourishing and profoundly purifying. It is Mother Divine.
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