Talks With Scott Mandelker Podcast
855 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsSpiritual Teaching from Scott Mandelker, PhD
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0355 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 22
August 16, 2018 21:30Episode 0355 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 22 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. Brief review of the 4 Conditions for Attaining Sotapanna page. In-depth discussion of Maitripada's Tattvavimsika chapter & core teachings of Amanasikara & Mahamudra. Translation from Prof.
0354 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 21
August 16, 2018 21:28Episode 0354 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 21 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. 4 Conditions for Attaining Sotapanna: review of requirements & consequences. Living in accord with the 3 Marks teaching & original Buddha-Dharma. Initial comments on Maitripada, Amanasikara &
0353 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 20
August 16, 2018 21:26Episode 0353 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 20 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. 4 Conditions for Attaining Sotapanna: review of requirements & consequences. Living in accord with the 3 Marks teaching & original Buddha-Dharma. Introduction to Maitripa, Amanasikara &
0352 - TALKS: Initial Comments on Astral City (Nosso Lar)
August 16, 2018 21:24Episode 0352 - Initial Comments on Astral City (Nosso Lar) (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Psychological bases of attachment to 3D space/time and lower dimensions; dynamics of soul evolution reflected in astral plane location & proximity of Astral City to hell realms. Correlation between teaching & levels of development -- mirroring of form & consciousness.
0351 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 19
July 23, 2018 03:56Episode 0351 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 19 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. 4 Conditions for Attaining Sotapanna: breaking the first 3 Fetters; according with the 3 Marks teaching; "pranic breakthrough." Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics. Image Credit:
0350 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 18
July 23, 2018 03:55Episode 0350 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 18 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. Review of the 3 Kinds of Happiness (body-sensual, mental-jhanic, spiritual-released), analysis of the varieties of Niramisa Sukha (awareness-released joy). Comparisons with Ra Material &
0349 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 17
July 23, 2018 03:54Episode 0349 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 17 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. Review of the 3 Marks teaching and "Incessant Stress (Truth of Dukkha). 3 Kinds of Happiness (body-sensual, mental-jhanic, spiritual-released). Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics.
0348 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 16
July 23, 2018 03:53Episode 0348 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 16 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from the website: Puredhamma.net. Deeper analysis of the 3 Marks teaching & path of realization-dispassion-release. "Incessant stress" & the 3 types of dukkha. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics. Image
0347 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 15
June 29, 2018 21:13Episode 0347 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 15 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from Puredhamma.net. The 3 Marks & incessant distress, the Truth of Stress (Dukkha Sacca) & right view vs. attachment to distortions (asavas). 3 types of dukkha & 31 planes of existence. Comparisons with Ra Material &
0346 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 14
June 29, 2018 21:10Episode 0346 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 14 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from Puredhamma.net. Right view & insight, panna/prajna (wisdom) and trans-conceptual direct experience of the 3 Marks & Dukkha Sacca. Incessant distress" & 3 forms of basic stress/dukkha in all experience. Comparisons with
0345 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 13
June 29, 2018 21:08Episode 0345 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 13 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from Puredhamma.net. Right view & applications of 3 Marks teaching to the sense of self and limited view. Dhammapada: Magga Vagga chapter, v. 277-279 & associations between R5/Visuddhi and "path of purification." Comparisons
0344 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 12
June 29, 2018 21:04Episode 0344 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 12 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of core Pali Buddhist teachings from Puredhamma.net. Removal of 4 Asavas, breaking 10 Fetters & 4 Stages of Awakening. Craving for mental states, discernment of helpful/harmful patterns, karmic seeds' ripening. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics.
0343 - TALKS: Spirit, Soul, Mind
June 29, 2018 21:01Episode 0343 - Spirit, Soul, Mind (Click on the above link or here, for audio.) Comments on the distinctions between, and multiple meanings of the words "spirit, soul, mind." Law of One on the metaphysics of 7-dimensional selfhood, sense of personality, conscious agency vs. energy/form vehicles. Progressive dis-identification, detachment & spiritualization of mind & its functions.
0342 - TALKS: Freedom and the Karmic Stream
June 29, 2018 21:00Episode 0342 - Freedom and the Karmic Stream (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Causality, selfhood & decreased emotional charge -- freedom & the ever-changing karmic stream. Freedom from 3D time-bound mind-limitations in higher dimensions & life-review. Subjective acceptance vs. subjective knowing; faith and the R2-4-6 chakra line. Karma, pain and wanderers' soul
0341 - TALKS: Fine Points for Meditators
June 29, 2018 20:58Episode 0341 - Fine Points for Meditators (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Seeking mind-states vs. seeking concentration in Buddhist vipassana meditation; insight, thought & the 8 jhanas. Practice, material desires & the purification of intention; the experience and range of motivation (curiosity, pain, freedom). Non-conceptual self-inquiry (Sanskrit:
0340 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 11
June 29, 2018 20:55Episode 0340 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 11 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of karmic law, from Puredhamma.net. The cycle of cause-effect: the critical role of conditions in consequences. The weighting & relative intensity of causes & harmful mind-distortions. Analysis of 'mental defilements,' distorted mental flow (Asavas),
0339 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 10
June 29, 2018 20:51Episode 0339 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 10 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of karmic law, from Puredhamma.net. Proper weighting of karmic action, moral behavior & future consequences. The proportionality & relative intensity of harmful mind-distortions with resultant karmic-returning catalyst. Levels of spiritual evolvement vs. essential
0338 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 9
June 29, 2018 20:50Episode 338 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 9 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of karmic law, from Puredhamma.net. Proper weighting of karmic action, moral behavior & future consequences. The proportionality & relative intensity of harmful mind-distortions with resultant karmic-returning catalyst. Levels of spiritual evolvement vs.
0337 - TALKS: The Complex 3D Mind
May 04, 2018 04:14Episode 0337 - The Complex 3D Mind (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) The contradictory, conflictual nature of the 3D veiled human mind. Buddhist analysis of cosmology (multi-dimensional realms) and 3D "Kama Loka." The 2 Matrices, mental clarity & the distorted global order. Sleeping time, life-conditions & metaphysical detachment -- the "pained pleasure" of the
0336 - INTERVIEW: Dr. David Kramnitzer
May 04, 2018 04:12Episode 0336 - Interview with Dr. David Kramnitzer (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) In-depth interview with Dr. David Kamnitzer -- topics include: The Ra Material, Wanderers, polarity and the 2 paths, self-transformation. Keys to advanced service; spiritual healing in a dysfunctional society; the current NWO assault on humanity. Personal boundaries and the balance of self- and
0335- TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 8
April 01, 2018 04:09Episode 0335- Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 8 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Extended analysis of virtue/non-virtue (kusala vs. akusala). From Puredhamma.net: proper weighting of karma and moral activity. Buddhist teachings on the 10 Wrong Views & 10 Wrong Actions, karma and path to Sotapanna awakening. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics.
0334 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 7
April 01, 2018 04:07Episode 0334 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 7 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views & 10 Wrong Actions, rebirth & cosmology, 3 Marks, karmic results and the path to Sotapanna awakening. Image Credit: Richard Dunwoody (http://richarddunwoodyphotography.com) * Micca Ditthi, Gandhabba,
0333 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 6
April 01, 2018 04:05Episode 0333 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 6 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views & 10 Wrong Actions, rebirth & cosmology, 3 Marks, karmic results and the path to Sotapanna awakening. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics. Image Credit: Richard Dunwoody (http://
0332 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 5
April 01, 2018 04:04Episode 0332 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 5 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views & 10 Wrong Actions, rebirth & cosmology, 3 Marks, karmic results and the path to Sotapanna awakening. Comparisons with Ra Material & Western metaphysics. Image Credit: Richard Dunwoody (http://
0331 - TALKS: Truth as Burden and Threat
March 02, 2018 19:10Episode 0331 - Truth as Burden and Threat (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) The challenge of metaphysical inquiry to those who value comfort above understanding -- the range of personal responses to deeper truth & examination. Psychological defense mechanisms; the rarity of broad spiritual study, learning & social isolation. The dangers of our unquestioned assumptions;
0330 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 4
March 02, 2018 19:08Episode 0330 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 4 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Description: From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views, human rebirth & cosmology, and the 3 Marks. Planes, realms, worlds & dimensions... integrated cosmology from early Buddhism, Ra Material, Theosophy & paranormal experience. Karma
0329 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 3
March 02, 2018 19:06Episode 0329 - Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 3 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Description: From Puredhamma.net -- extended analysis of Buddhist teaching on 10 Wrong Views, human rebirth & cosmology, and the 3 Marks. Planes, realms, worlds & dimensions... integrated cosmology from early Buddhism, Ra Material, Theosophy & paranormal
0328 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 2
March 02, 2018 19:00Episode 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:
0327 - TALKS: Views/Action-Path in Buddha Dhamma, part 1
March 02, 2018 18:53Episode 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 - TALKS: World Pain and Personal Angst
February 09, 2018 22:290326 - 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 - TALKS: Stages of Spiritual Maturity, part 2
February 09, 2018 22:260325 - 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 - TALKS: Stages of Spiritual Maturity, part 1
February 09, 2018 22:250324 - 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
0323 - TALKS: Truth and the War on Reason
February 09, 2018 22:21Episode 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") &
0322 - TALKS: From Virtue to Release
February 09, 2018 22:16Episode 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
0321 - TALKS: UFO Friends & Foes, part 3
January 07, 2018 01:17Episode 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
0320 - TALKS: UFO Friends & Foes, part 2
January 07, 2018 01:15Episode 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
0319 - TALKS: UFO Friends & Foes, part 1
January 07, 2018 01:13Episode 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
0318 - TALKS: Transforming the Sense of Self, part 2
January 07, 2018 01:10Episode 0318 - TALKS: Transforming the Sense of Self, part 2 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Self-understanding, avoidance & receptivity in light of the Buddhist anatta doctrine & Freudian perspectives on ego-tonicity. Emotional investment in self & world-views; taking the false as real; avoiding personal pain. Psychoanalysis of how we maintain distorted self-concepts
0317 - TALKS: Transforming the Sense of Self, part 1
January 07, 2018 01:07Episode 0317 - Transforming the Sense of Self, part 1 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Self-transformation, learning & spiritual path in light of Buddhist views of 'no-self' and insubstantiality (anatta doctrine). Analysis of "ego tonicity" (syn- and dys-) from Freudian psychology. Variations of self-image, self-understanding & "the psychosis of the veiled 3D-mind."
0316 - TALKS: Simultaneity and the Pathless Path, part 2
December 18, 2017 23:42Episode 0316 - Simultaneity and the Pathless Path, part 2 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Non-duality of choice and life-learning from the Oracle-Neo Matrix dialogue. Life-review from Higher Self timelessness; incarnation as "study for the evolution of biases & core beliefs... simultaneous with the Creation." * Simultaneity in the Law of One: www.lawofone.info/
0315 - TALKS: Simultaneity and the Pathless Path, part 1
December 18, 2017 23:40Episode 0315 - Simultaneity and the Pathless Path, part 1 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) A non-dual approach to causality & karmic operation, life-purpose & soul evolution from the Matrix & Ra Material. True simultaneity as true non-duality, self-transformation & timelessness from higher self view. Free will vs. determinism; from thinking to knowing to
0314 - TALKS: The Heresy of Materialism, part 4
December 18, 2017 23:36Episode 0314 - The Heresy of Materialism, part 4 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Indian materialist schools' ethics, morality & world-view. Psychological egoism & human nature, life-purpose and selfishness (Carvaka vs. Buddhist). Desire and right action on the spiritual path. Nihilist amorality & global ideological subversion, epistemological failure &
0313 - TALKS: The Heresy of Materialism, part 3
December 18, 2017 23:33Episode 0313 - The Heresy of Materialism, part 3 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Indian materialistic epistemology (theory of knowledge) vs. superstition. Unknowability & unprovability of metaphysical cosmology, ontology & axiology. Lokayata views of soul, reality & consciousness. Limitations of subjectivity & personal bias. * Indian Materialism (Abigail TL
0312 - TALKS: Human Crisis & Divine Plan
December 18, 2017 23:31Episode 0312 - Human Crisis & Divine Plan (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Reading the essay, "Human Crisis and Divine Plan." The nature and purpose of Earth's 3D cycle, the historical-civilizational soul-group mixture (re., spiritual path orientation), psychological interaction and relation to Orion federation STS involvement. Reflections on the current 3D end-of-cycle
0311 - TALKS: Dreams and the Complexity of Knowing
December 18, 2017 23:29Episode 0311 - Dreams and the Complexity of Knowing (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Nuances of dream remembrance and the complex causation of conditions. Unique abilities, skills & personal life-purpose. Knowing from the general to the specific (i.e., theory to practice), with examples of the Three Marks (Buddhist doctrine), yogic sleep & benefits of metta/goodwill (
0310 - TALKS: The Heresy of Materialism, part 2
December 18, 2017 23:26Episode 0310 - The Heresy of Materialism, part 2 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Analysis of values (axiology), world-view & dialectical materialism. Modern global NWO agendas, anti-spiritualism & dynamics of the current civilizational trends. Indian Materialist schools (Lokayata-Carvaka) as related to Hinduism, Jainism & Buddhism. Materialistic world-view as
0309 - TALKS: The Heresy of Materialism, part 1
December 18, 2017 04:06Episode 0309 - The Heresy of Materialism, part 1 (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) History & teachings of Indian Materialist schools (Lokayata-Carvaka) as related to modern global NWO agendas. Naturalistic amoralism, spiritualistic moralism, ethical humanism. Analysis of values (axiology), world-view & life-purpose. * Indian Materialism (Abigail TL Wernicki): www.iep.utm.edu/
0308 - CORE TOPICS 9: Metaphysical Anatomy
December 18, 2017 04:04Episode 0308 - Metaphysical Anatomy (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Metaphysical correlations of anatomical polarity (left/right, legs/arms, joints/flesh, limbs/torso/neck/head) with 7 chakras, chakra-lines (R1-3-5-7 vs. R2-4-6) & sub-planes. Body-based spiritual diagnostics & assessment of personal distortions in service-to-others. * Body Signs (Maurice Cooke): www.amazon.com/
0307 - CORE TOPICS 8: Planetary Futures
November 06, 2017 02:55Episode 0307 - Planetary Futures (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Q & A on 3D collective social process, official UFO/ET disclosure, refining practical discernment, and principles of service to others. Facing challenges of the developing STS new world order. * 2150 A.D. (Thea Alexander): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2150_AD * Ahimsa in Jainism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
0306 - CORE TOPICS 7: Time, Space & Evolution
November 06, 2017 02:52Episode 0306 - Time, Space & Evolution (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Evolution of perception & experience of time/space vs. space/time in multi-dimensional progression. Metaphysics of 3D mind-veiling & progressive expansion of awareness beyond illusion. 3D time/space healing & life-review, polarity & octave structure, nama-rupa (mind-body) & freedom from duality consciousness.