From Dr. Michael Mamas' talk addressing the nature of the Self, and the process of spiritual evolution. 

Part 2 includes discussion of the following topics, as well as questions from the audience:
- Why do Children Suffer? Understanding Karma & Dharma
- Tools for Evolution
- Loving Thy Neighbor - On Oneness
- Meditation and Discernment
- State of Consciousness after Death
- Is God the same as Consciousness?
- Humility and Wisdom - The "I-Get-It" Syndrome
- Technology of the Unified Field

Dr. Mamas is an author and thought leader in personal development and spirituality. He bridges ancient Eastern wisdom with modern Western thought and application. Dr. Mamas is the founder of The Center of Rational Spirituality, and Mount Soma, a retreat community in North Carolina. Find more at www.michaelmamas.net.

Awakening to Your True Nature - Part 2: The Process of Spiritual Evolution

From Dr. Michael Mamas' talk addressing the nature of the Self, and the process of spiritual evolution. 

Part 1 includes discussion of the following topics, as well as questions from the audience:
- Stepping Beyond Your Paradigm - Finding the Source of Knowledge
- What is Consciousness? The Play of Consciousness & the Loss of Self to Illusion
- What is Existence? The Self-Interacting Dynamic of the Unified Field
- What it Means to Be Human - Darwinism & Creationism, Indoctrination vs Emancipation

Dr. Mamas is an author and thought leader in personal development and spirituality. He bridges ancient Eastern wisdom with modern Western thought and application. Dr. Mamas is the founder of The Center of Rational Spirituality, and Mount Soma, a retreat community in North Carolina. Find more at www.michaelmamas.net.

Awakening to Your True Nature - Part 1: The Fundamentals

Dr. Michael Mamas speaks to a group visiting Mount Soma and answers questions about: the value of Vedic Knowledge, the path of evolving to be in harmony with the nature of existence, and how he came to find this Knowledge and begin building Mount Soma Vedic Community.

Dr. Michael Mamas is the visionary behind Sri Somesvara Temple, and Mount Soma. Visit his website on “Vedic Knowledge for the Modern Mind” at www.DrMichaelMamas.com.

The Value of Vedic Knowledge

Michael Mamas discusses the fundamental principle of discernment. As Adi Shankara said, the spiritual path is the path of discernment. Discernment is not done with just the mind. It is certainly not done with just the emotions. It is not a matter of the mind rallying around the emotions to create a rationalization to justify your reactions. You need to start on steady ground... unbiased, unconditioned, open, refined in feelings, and free, while solid, balanced, reflective, rational, and willing to take a look, not just at the information, but even more importantly, how you receive and process that information… what it resonates with or clashes with inside you and why!! Are you reinforcing your biases or are you moving beyond them?

Read the companion article about Discernment on Michael Mamas' blog:
http://www.michaelmamas.net/its-so-hard-to-listen-essential-knowledge-point-one/

Discernment - Fundamental Principle #1 By Michael Mamas

Michael Mamas discusses the Unified Field. Modern Physics calls it the unified field. It is also called the transcendent and the absolute. The ancient rishis, as well as some modern physicists, call it consciousness. It is oneness... the one thing out of which all things emerge... similar to how all sorts of ‘things’ emerge from your consciousness when you dream. As you evolve, this understanding moves from an intellectual notion, to an inner sense, to a clear certainty, to a direct/perceptible experience.

Read the companion article about The Unified Field on Michael Mamas' blog:
http://www.michaelmamas.net/essential-knowledge-point-2/

The Unified Field - Fundamental Principle #2 With Michael Mamas

Imagine the entire universe is a sandbox and the Unified Field (God) is continually sending a vibration through it. As a result, the evolution of species is propelled forward in a direction that, over time, more and more fully embodies the intelligence, order, harmony, and coherence inherent in the Unified Field itself. That process culminates with a species that fully embodies all of the intelligence inherent in the Unified Field. That species is humankind.

Read the companion article about Structure on Michael Mamas' blog:
http://www.michaelmamas.net/structure/

The Structure of Consciousness - Fundamental Principle #3 With Michael Mamas

Everything maps onto everything else. This is a fundamental principle of nature. You are the unified field. The shoes you wear are also the unified field. That is just physics. If you are the unified field and your shoes are the unified field, it follows you are your shoes. Anything and everything you can think of is the unified field. So, it follows that a pencil is a bottle of water, is a shoe, is a grain of sand, is a galaxy, is a nation. This is just physics. It is called mapping.

Read the companion article about Mapping on Michael Mamas' blog:
http://www.michaelmamas.net/fundament...

Mapping: Fundamental Principle #4 With Michael Mamas

Michael Mamas discusses the fundamental principle of personification.

There is one God.  Each of the Gods is the personification of a different aspect of God.  The Gods are the laws of nature, the mechanisms of existence.  Generally, your relationship with the Gods starts with viewing God as if outside of yourself.  You revere God as distant… as something beyond you. However, your relationship with God culminates in becoming one with God… in finding the Gods within you.

Read the companion Michael Mamas blog article:
http://www.michaelmamas.net/fundament...

Personification Of - Fundamental Principle #5 With Michael Mamas

Michael Mamas discusses the Reality Continuum concept. The Reality Continuum is a much deeper theory than the simple notion of multiple realities and parallel universes. Our universe is a Reality Continuum: an infinite number of simultaneous realities coexisting in an uninterrupted spectrum permeating every point in existence.

Read the companion article here:
http://www.mountsoma.org/michael-mama...

The Reality Continuum - Fundamental Principle #6 With Michael Mamas

Michael Mamas discusses “Darwinism/Creationism Resolution” in this audio.  There has been a debate between Creationists (man was born in God’s image) and the scientists, the Darwinists, the biologists (species evolve).  It seems like there is no reconciliation between the two.  This takes a very rational, very mature, unbiased look at the whole thing and see what unfolds.  As you find out on this short audio, what unfolds is pretty amazing.

Darwinism in a nutshell said that what happened was just survival of the fittest, random chance.  It started out that a couple of molecules came together, they could perpetuate so they did, and slowly, slowly over time mutations occurred.  Every so often, over time, it created a more evolved species that tended to survive because it was more fit, and that process continued until ultimately, you end up with a human being.  There is no question there is truth to that.  At the same time, modern computer models have brought up a very interesting point.  That is, that it happened way too fast.  It couldn’t be the whole story.

There is a unified field, an underlying basis of all existence.  It reacts with itself to create a very mathematically precise, very intelligent, very creative underlying structure that holds, supports, and gives birth to all of creation.  It can be compared to a sandbox.  When you take a sandbox and vibrate it, what happens is you start to see a pattern in the sand.  If you continue that process, the pattern becomes more and more coherent, more and more detailed.  Along with Darwin’s theory is that underlying vibration of all of creation that induces, entices, propels the whole evolution of species in a direction.

The question becomes, where does that process culminate?  When does that process come to completion?  It comes to completion when you have a species that is capable of embodying the totality of intelligence, knowledge, coherence in that underlying unified field, the underlying self-interacting dynamic.  That species is called a human being.  

So, who is right, Darwinists or Creationists?  Well, if you take a rational look at it, you realize they are both right.  Darwinism and Creationism are two sides of the same one coin.  One gives fulfillment to the other, and one gives a deeper understanding to the other.  Even though it is quite simple, we need to approach these concepts and their implications in a rational manner. 

Learn more:

Blogs:
* The Paradigm Shift (http://www.michaelmamas.net/the-parad...)
* More on the Art of Discernment (http://www.michaelmamas.net/more-on-t...)
* The Big Bang of the Brain (http://www.michaelmamas.net/the-big-b...)
* Why? (http://www.michaelmamas.net/why/)
* Regrets (http://www.michaelmamas.net/regrets/)

Articles:
* Resolving the Darwinism/Creationism Debate (http://www.mountsoma.org/michael-mama...)
* Humanity’s Place in the Universe (http://www.mountsoma.org/michael-mama...)

Books:
* Unconditioned Spirit (http://www.mountsoma.org/product/unco...)
* The Golden Frog (http://www.mountsoma.org/product/the-...)

Darwinism/Creationism Resolution - Science & Spirituality #1 by Michael Mamas

Michael Mamas explains the value of the “It’s Gotta Make Sense” Audio Series in this introductory audio.  More and more people are turning their back on religion and spirituality and moving in the direction of atheism.  This is completely understandable as religion and spirituality tends to be taught in a way that just doesn’t make sense to the rational mind.  
The audio clips in this series just scratch the surface of concepts that can be an endless exploration. Reflect on them, read more about them in the given links, and revisit them until you find the truth that is there within your own self.

Other Michael Mamas Resources:

* Articles: http://www.mountsoma.org/michael-mamas/articles/
* Blog: http://www.michaelmamas.net/michael-mamas-blog/
* Books: http://www.mountsoma.org/product-category/books-michael-mamas/
* Courses/Retreats: http://www.mountsoma.org/courses/

Introduction - It's Gotta Make Sense #1  by Michael Mamas

Michael Mamas is a thought leader in the areas of spirituality and personal development, with over 35 years of teaching experience (including the U.S., India, Europe, and Canada). He helps people develop a deeper understanding and more comprehensive outlook by providing a bridge between the abstract and the concrete, the Eastern and the Western, and the ancient and modern. Michael Mamas is the acclaimed author of nine books (including a novel, books for reflection, a home study course, a children’s book, and an anecdotal book translated into Japanese). Michael Mamas is also the founder and CEO of The Center of Rational Spirituality and the founder and developer of Mount Soma.