In this issue:
New Book - Lily's Magic Garden
Surya Ram Class Registration Discount
Special Promotion
Vodcast
Winter Retreat
Mount Soma
New article - God Is Closer Than You Think
An excerpt from Unconditioned Spirit.
The first blush of autumn is such a fine time of year. With holidays around the corner, the inclination to curl up under a blanket in front of the fireplace emerges. The bears prepare to hibernate as people are naturally inclined to rest into the sanctity of their own being. May you all enjoy the crunching of leaves beneath your feet and the sweet breezes of autumn caressing your face.
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Michael's New Children's Book - Lily's Magic Garden
Give children a gift with an important message:
We are each divine and blossom individually according to our true nature.
Beautifully illustrated by Kathleen Regan, Lily's Magic Garden is a book that both kids and parents can benefit from and enjoy.
Order now for the holidays! Price $14.99.
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Surya Ram Class Registration Discount
The purpose of Surya Ram classes is to awaken you to your own true nature. As Michael talks, he is radiating coherence through whatever he is talking about. This works with your conditioning in a concentrated way, bringing you more quickly in touch with the coherence deep within.
If you register for 2008 classes by the following dates, you receive $99 off tuition!
- October 28, 2007 for Wakefield, RI
- November 11, 2007 for Asheville, NC
- December 9, 2007 for San Diego, CA
The prerequisites for Surya Ram classes are Unconditioned Spirit (a home study course) and The Golden Frog. See the "Special Promotion" below.
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Special Promotion
Because this was such a popular promotion, we are running it again. Michael's books, The Golden Frog, and How To Be Your Own Best Psychotherapist, are free with the purchase of the Unconditioned Spirit Home Study Course ($239). This offer is good through December 31, 2007.
These items are prerequisites for anyone wishing to enter the Surya Ram Program and would make a great gift for a friend or a loved one who has expressed an interest in the school.
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Vodcast
 We have recently set up a vodcast of Michael. It is on the website for downloading. You can also view the various vodcasts on Yahoo! or through iTunes.
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Upcoming Winter Retreat
 Now is a good time to start making plans to attend the winter retreat, February 3-10, 2008 (Sunday-Sunday). It is a time to go deeply inward, supported by the seasonal winter suspension. Sponsored by The Center of Rational Spirituality, the retreat will be held in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
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God Is Closer Than You Think - A New Article by Michael
Waking up a bit after midnight each morning, I feel pulled, as if I am being beckoned. As the sleep clears, the beckoning transforms into a yearning. Careful not to wake my wife or children, through the dark of night, I make my way to my meditation room. Closing my eyes, I settle into my Self. Yet, I cannot call it my self. I rest into the soul of God, all knowing and full, content. The call, the yearning is to merge with my God. The subtlest of shifts occurs as my Self transforms into God's Self. Existence is so exquisitely magical.
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An Excerpt from Unconditioned Spirit by Michael Mamas
From page 9.
Conditioning controls our lives. How you feel emotionally, what you think, how you think, your beliefs about the world-they are all colored by your conditioning. You receive impressions from childhood and throughout your life. Those impressions condition your heart and mind. 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. They color everything, including our mood. It even affects how you are receiving this information right now. Since we consider conditioning to be our truth, we often feel passionately about it. Our entire life becomes invested in our conditioning.
The state of "no mind" from Zen Buddhism is a state of unconditioned awareness.
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Human beings live at the crest of the evolutionary process-capable of embodying the depth and breadth of life's mysteries. This is the meaning of the phrase: "to live in the image of God."
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