In this episode I am once again joined by Delson Armstrong, spiritual teacher, meditation virtuoso, and author of ‘A Mind Without Craving’.

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.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep362-mirror-beyond-mind-delson-armstrong

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics include:

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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Watch previous episodes with Delson Armstrong:

- https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=delson

Find out more about Delson Armstrong:

- https://www.delsonarmstrong.com/events

- https://delsonarmstrong.substack.com/

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- https://www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James