by Michael Mamas | Saturday, August 20, 2011 | Announcements |
Two saints from India recently visited Mount Soma within 12 hours of one and other. We enjoyed them both very much a look forward to their return.
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The first saint spoke to our group on Wednesday. He was delightful. Sitting on stage with him, I enjoyed watched the smiles on everyone’s faces as he spoke, sang, and chanted.
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A number of people have asked me to evaluate the level of consciousness of these saints. I do not feel it would be right for me to do so. I certainly do not want to set up such a thing as a precedent. Suffice it to say that I loved them both and look forward to their next visits. Their visits were a real joy and their presence here has enriched our lives.
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With such visits and other activities, Mount Soma is getting to be more and more fulfilling (and fun!) by the day. More and more fascinating things are occurring on a regular basis.
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It is difficult to announce these things in advance because they happen so spontaneously and often are set up at the last minute. It is also not always clear who is coming or exactly what will occur. At any rate, it is most fulfilling to see all of this unfold.
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As one visitor commented recently: “The temple is beautiful. The ceremonies are fantastic. The environment is lovely, but I come here mostly for the incredible energy that I feel here.”
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by Michael Mamas | Tuesday, August 2, 2011 | Spiritual Evolution, The Veda |
I had a very interesting experience the other day.
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I asked several Vedic scholars to interpret the same line from the Veda. The interpretations were very different, though tangentially related. This emphasizes something that I have talked about but it brought it so fully to light that it even surprised me.
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The Veda is a field of abstraction – nature is based upon profound abstraction. It’s not concrete. It’s not well defined. Abstraction is all encompassing and it’s all pervasive.
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It’s just like with an electron. An electron is a cloud, a probability cloud. Only when we grab on to it and reduce it down to something as inane as a point, do we interact with it. Through that interaction it is compromised.
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All of life is that way. Every sloka in the veda is like that. This is because it’s the actual language of the underlying essence of life – the field of pure abstraction, the nature of Mother Nature.
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We try to quantify that. We try to embrace life as if it is reducible to very concrete forms, and we behave in life in that manner believing it is the ‘truth.’ But it’s not consistent with nature. It’s not consistent with Mother Nature, and it’s not consistent with our true nature.
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I do understand that my relationship with life is not conventional. I relate to life in a very abstract manner. People ask me questions and they look for a concrete response. But I know from within my own being, my own soul, my own heart, that life is just not that way. The universe doesn’t work that way. It is pliable. It is dynamic. You can take an infinite number of slices through that same one pie, and they all have some validity, yet they all contradict one and other.
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So if people ask me again, searching for a particular answer, I am capable of bending in that direction. But nevertheless, through that process there is some compromise. There is some accounting of the person’s inflexibility.
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So take what I say and work with it to try to develop a deeper understanding of life, rather than trying to take what I say and force it into the mold of your own relationship with life as it currently is. Evolve your relationship, not only with me, but with all of life.
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Embrace this understanding and use it to evolve. The other approach confines and limits you. And that limitation has been the fate of humanity throughout history.
The Master’s words come from the unbounded, yet they are received through the filter of limitation and confinement. Commit yourself to looking deeper.
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That is the path of wisdom, the path of discernment, the path to enlightenment.
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by Michael Mamas | Sunday, July 17, 2011 | The Gods |
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Shava is sankkrit for corpse… dead body.
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‘E’ is the kernal of the mantra Hrim, which means Parvati, the Goddess.
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By inserting “e’ into Shava, you get Shiva.
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Without the Goddess, without Shakti, Shiva is powerless.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 | Vedic Technology |
The Veda speaks of a number of sacred plants. The Soma plant is a prominent example. Kushi Grass is another fine example of a sacred plant.
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Kushi Grass is used in Vedic ceremonies and only grows is very sacred places.
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Pandit Prasad brought some with him from India when he came to Mount Soma. Even in India, it is quite expensive.
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The other day when Pandit Prasad and his wife, Lakshmi Anasuya went for a walk, a remarkable thing happened. They actually found Kushi grass growing wild at Mount Soma. They were absolutely amazed.
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Pandit Prasad explains that Mount Soma is Holy Ground. That is why Kushi grass can actually grow here. That is why we were able to build the Sri Somesvara Temple here.
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The presence of Kushi grass again confirms the Holiness of this land.
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by Michael Mamas | Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | Vedic Science |
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There are no Vedas, no worlds, no gods, no sacrifices.
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There is certainly no caste, no stage in life, no family, no birth.
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There is neither the path of smoke nor the path of light.
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There is only the highest Truth, the homogeneous Brahman.
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Avadhuta Gita
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