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Jul 2022
55m 11s

#92: The Awakened Mind - Delson Armstron...

FitMind: Neuroscience, Meditation & Mental Fitness Training
About this episode

Delson Armstrong is a meditation teacher and author of A Mind Without Craving.

He trained for extended periods in the Himalayas and mastered several systems of yoga, including the ten levels of samadhi (meditative states of absorption). Delson has recently collaborated with leading neuroscience research labs interested in studying his brain.

On this episode, we discuss how to conquer a craving mind, cessation and its benefits, the unique way he experiences his inner world, and the studies being done on his brain.

FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com

SHOW NOTES

0:00 | Intro to Delson Armstrong

1:30 | A Mind Without Craving

7:25 | Experience of “No Self”

15:40 | Awakened Mind = Supreme Happiness

20:40 | Daily Life After Awakening

26:03 | Meditation Brain Study

30:15 | Cessation - What Is It & Benefits

34:24 | Experiencing How the Mind Works

37:43 | Deconditioning a Wandering Mind

48:11 | Rapid Fire Questions

LINKS

Delson Armstrong Website: https://delsonarmstrong.info/

Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center: https://www.dhammasukha.org/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/delson

A Mind Without Craving via Suttavada Foundation: https://www.suttavada.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/a-mind-without-craving.pdf

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