Ep362: Goddess Encounters - Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong is a spiritual teacher, meditation virtuoso, and author of ‘A Mind Without Craving’.
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Delson describes his recent initiation into the goddess tradition of Śri Vidya, recounts his subsequent encounters with deities and supernatural beings, and discusses his latest writings on para-consciousness and nibbanadhatu.
Delson explains how to relate to guilt, doubt, and skepticism; how to enter the three gates to cessation; and gives his take on the essence of the spiritual path.
Delson also reveals his recent explorations in Western Philosophy, why he has begun writing about world peace, offers his predictions for the future, and shares what he is doing to prepare himself and his family for what is to come.
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Delson life update
02:24 - Words for the exhausted seeker
04:18 - Why Delson still teaches TWIM
05:50 - Jhana wars
08:28 - Bad doubt vs good doubt
10:06 - What is beyond the fetter of doubt?
18:33- Questioning the doctrine of rebirth
19:46 - Ordinary right view vs supramundane right view
21:39 - Delson’s library of books
23:35 - Exploring Western philosophy
25:57 - The essence of the path
31:20 - Philosophy reading list
36:49 - Lucretius and the Swerve
38:42 - Initiation into Śri Vidya
45:10 - Encounters with Goddesses
50:17 - Deity visitations
54:39 - The Mirror Beyond Mind
58:41 - Para-consciousness and nibbanadhatu
59:01 - Did the Buddha reject the Vedas?
01:03:28 - Zero point of expansion and contraction
01:04:57 - 3 gates to cessation
01:10:25 - How to relate to cessation?
01:15:27 - What happens at death
01:16:47 - The Vakkalisutta
01:18:45 - Life review during meditation and death
01:19:42 - Forgiveness practice
01:22:25 - Teachings of Jesus
01:23:21 - Guilt and how to forgive
01:29:51 - When reconciliation is not possible
01:31:20 - Civilisational utopia thru enlightenment?
01:38:11 - Is world peace unrealistic?
01:39:57 - Can peace come from weakness?
01:44:01 - Why is Delson writing about world peace?
01:46:48 - Predictions about the immediate future of the world
01:50:43 - How Delson is preparing for the future
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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James