by Michael Mamas | Sep 9, 2016 | Business, Personal Growth |
I just published a new article on LinkedIn:
“Effective Communication – Be Like a Tree: Fixed, Yet Flexible”
It begins:
“When communicating, be like a tree. The trunk is firmly rooted in the ground, which makes it solid. Similarly, have a goal or purpose in your communications. Stay on track, and don’t digress into tangents.
“Be like the branches. They move and flow with the wind. Likewise, listen and pay attention to those with whom you are speaking”…
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by Michael Mamas | Sep 7, 2016 | Spirituality |
While channel surfing, I stumbled across a pretty good series called Bible Hunters, which included episodes called “Search for Truth” and “Hidden in the Sands”. The series was anthropologically, historically, psychologically, spiritually, and religiously interesting. Basically, it was about the discovery of ancient Biblical texts and versions of the four gospels, which predate the versions popular today. Some of the texts were found hidden in jars outside of monastery walls in Egypt, where a number of ancient Christian monasteries had existed. Scholars believe these manuscripts were hidden away because they were Gnostic, not Orthodox teachings…
Read more on Medium.com:
“Gnostic vs. Orthodox – Insights on Smithsonian’s ‘Bible Hunters’ Series”
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by Michael Mamas | Sep 4, 2016 | Personal Growth, Relationships |
HuffingtonPost.com just published one of my latest articles. It begins:
“We’ve all heard it before: “I can’t believe I married my father!” (or mother). In a sense, it could be argued that we all are in relationships with our father or mother. But what do we mean by that?
“We form our notions of a partner based upon our childhood family structure. Those notions run far more deeply than we can imagine. We are drawn to what is familiar. For that reason, we tend to gravitate towards people who have the characteristics of a parent. But perhaps even more so, we push our partner into that role. We subconsciously expect them to act a certain way, and we accommodate, support, and enable that behavior.”
Read more:
“Are You Your Family History? Advice For Creating Healthy Relationships”
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by Michael Mamas | Sep 1, 2016 | Mount Soma |
Evenings at Mount Soma are so beautiful… not just visually, but more importantly the feeling. After meditation the other evening I went to the Temple. People are moving about, chatting, tending to this or that, laughing and going for walks. After visiting with a few other people, Panditji came outside to chat with me a bit. The weather was gorgeous and cool after the setting of the warm, summer sun.
After a while, I went down to the Student Union to visit with some of the people down there. It was all heartwarming and fun. The next afternoon I visited with Dave at the Community Center. The feeling there, too, is wonderful.
Mount Soma is enchanted.
by Michael Mamas | Aug 31, 2016 | Personal Growth |
Still another fine quote from the office wall of Dr. Matt:
“The heart of the wise man is in his mouth.” – Benjamin Franklin
I cannot be presumptuous regarding exactly what Benjamin Franklin was referring to here, but to me it speaks of the Transcendent as the “heart”.
The wise man speaks from the Transcendent.
At the same time, he speaks from the Transcendent through the fine feeling level and then on through words in a fully integrated and undistorted manner.
So heart can refer to feelings, yet they are expressions of wisdom only when integrated with the transcendental depth of our being.
