Talks With Scott Mandelker Podcast

Episode 0327 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 2 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views, human rebirth & cosmology, 3 Marks, karmic results and path to Sotapanna awakening. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western philosophy (Materialism, Nihilism). Image Credit: Richard Dunwoody (http:

Episode 0327 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 1 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views, human rebirth & cosmology, 3 Marks, karmic results and path to Sotapanna awakening. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western philosophy (Materialism, Nihilism). Image Credit: Richard Dunwoody (http:

0326 - World Pain and Personal Angst (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Going beyond blame & judgement, Dostoevsky's quote from "Crime and Punishment," the suffering of increased sensitivity. The value of periodic venting, mixed information-intake & broad spiritual view. Discernment vs. blame, conflation of function with identity & worth, measuring relative development

0325 - Stages of Spiritual Maturity, part 2 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) East-West models of stages of personal/spiritual growth: Abraham Malow's "Hierarchy of Needs" vs. Hindu yogic/Ra Material system of multi-dimensional mind-body-spirit evolution. Metaphysical analysis Maslow's stages of self-actualization with multi-dimensional progression from the personal-material

0324 - Stages of Spiritual Maturity, part 1 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) A 3-stage model of soul evolution from (i) personal capture (lower chakra-triad), to (ii) spiritualized individuation (the "transpersonal"), to (iii) universal non-dual being. 7-chakra correlation with Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" -- dynamics of individual needs-fulfillment & motivation, collective

Episode 0323 - Truth and the War on Reason (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Ra's on the limits of service, global ideological subversion, a quote from Thomas Paine. Distortioned human relation to reason & free critical thought -- materialists, moral & existential nihilists, dogged irrationals, eugenicists, self-rejectors. Metacognition ("thinking about our thinking") &

Episode 0322 - From Virtue to Release (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Essential components of early-Buddhist view of spiritual path ("Threefold Training"): sila, samadhi, prajna. The primacy of virtue & moral expression ("kusalani silani") as the basis for meditation, insight & final release. Mental qualities self-enhancement, the role of effort & will, and the cycle

Episode 0321 - UFO Friends & Foes, part 3 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Messages from Andolo (Trevor James Constable's "space brother" ET contact): principles of soul evolution, purpose of 3D incarnation, dynamics of 3D physical-astral cycling. Benevolent (etheric) & hostile (astral) groups affecting humanity. Review of prior topics: subterranean groups, South

Episode 0320 - UFO Friends & Foes, part 2 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Metaphysics from Trevor James Constable's 1950's channeling. Distinctions between benevolent (etheric) & hostile (astral) groups affecting humanity. Various UFO research topics: subterranean & off-planet groups, South Pole-Moon interaction, negative agendas. Morality vs. technology, current

Episode 0319 - UFO Friends & Foes, part 1 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Short biography of Trevor James Constable; metaphysics from his 1950's "Space Brother" channeling. Distinctions between benevolent (etheric) & hostile (astral) groups affecting humanity. Various UFO research topics: subterranean groups, South Pole activity, Moon bases, fireballs, the "Garden of