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May, 2005
In this issue, I discuss how freeing yourself
from conditioning will allow you to live a more
fulfilling life.
Also:
Principles presented in The Golden Frog
are taught in the Surya Program. See if you'd
like to attend one of the upcoming classes.
Surya Meditation is taught in the Surya Program
and at meditation retreats. Information about
the upcoming summer and winter retreats is available.
New events have been added to The 2005 Golden
Frog National Tour! We hope you can attend one
of the them.
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Freedom from Conditioning
Conditioning controls our lives. How
we feel emotionally, what we think, how
we think, our beliefs about the world
- they're all primarily a result of conditioning.
We receive impressions from childhood
and throughout our life. Those impressions
condition our hearts and minds. Some ancient
teachings refer to these impressions as
samskaras.
Zen Buddhists aspire to a state of "no
mind." What does that mean? Ancient Sanskrit
texts define the mind as something created
from conditioning. Impressions etched
upon the awareness determine how we interface
with the world. It colors everything including
our mood and even how you are receiving
this article right now. We often feel
passionately about it, considering our
conditioning to be our truth. Our entire
lives become invested in our conditioning.
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| Upcoming Surya 1A Class
in LA!
Surya means center, core,
or essence. We use this metaphor to assist
individuals in enlivening and utilizing
the source of their own inner health and
wisdom.
The principles and the Surya Meditation
introduced in The Golden Frog are
taught and expanded upon in the Surya
Program. By weaving the understanding
of existence, personal development, and
meditation through each segment of the
program, your expansion and total health
are advanced in a synergistic way.
The three-day Surya 1A offers great value
as a one-time experience. It is also the
introductory class of the full Surya Program.
There is still time to sign up for
the upcoming Surya 1A in Los Angeles (May
13-15, 2005).
Learn More
/ Register |
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| Surya Meditation Retreats
in the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains!
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Surya Meditation, taught in the Surya
Program and at retreats, is a powerful,
effortless, non-focus meditation which
brings profound rest to the physiology.
It awakens deeper, more fulfilling levels
of being as deep rest is enhanced and
integrated into your physiology. Mental
clarity emerges as you are freed from
accumulated stress.
Plan now for the upcoming Surya Meditation
Retreats! Participants find them to be
a source of rejuvenation and inspiration.
Surya Meditation Retreats are sponsored
by the Center of Rational Spirituality.
The summer retreat is August 12-19, 2005.
The next winter retreat is January 29-February
5, 2006. Both are held in the Blue Ridge
Mountains near Asheville, NC.
Retreat
Information / Registration. |
The Golden Frog National Book Tour!
Upcoming Lectures / Book Signings:
May 17 - Bodhi Tree Bookstore - West
Hollywood, CA
May 18 - University of California -
Irvine, CA
May 26 - Theosophical Society - Wheaton,
Il
May 27 - Transitions Bookplace - Chicago
Il
We hope you can attend one of the events!
Michael's lectures are always profound
and memorable.
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As we look beyond what we have been conditioned
to think and feel, we have the opportunity for
true self-expression, happiness and fulfillment.
The place of wisdom is alive, well, and eternally
accessible within you. As you soften your relationship
with your conditioning, you awaken to that place
of wisdom within.
Sincerely,
Michael Mamas
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