About this episode
Sally Kempton is a deeply practiced teacher of meditation and spiritual philosophy, and the author of the books Meditation for the Love of It and Awakening Shakti: as well as the audio course Doorways to the Infinite, recently put out by Sounds True. A former swami in the Saraswati order of India, she has been practicing and teaching devotional contemplative tantra for more than 40 years. Her teaching is powerfully sourced in the eastern meditative traditions of yoga and Kashmir Shaivism, yet highly contemporary in her focus on evolutionary practice. She offers a powerful transmission of meditative experience. Books: Meditation for the Love of It Beginning Meditation Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga Shakti Meditations Doorways to the Infinite: The Art and Practice of Tantric Meditation (audio program) Website: sallykempton.com Sally Kempton in panel discussion on Kashmir Shaivism 2nd BatGap interview with Sally Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 8/23/2014 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Sally Kempton and her work 00:05:51 - The Miracles of Intelligence 00:10:48 - The Essentiality of Creativity in Consciousness 00:15:09 - Seeing the Energetic Field 00:19:17 - The Neurological System and Perception Shift 00:24:03 - The Subtle Quality in Consciousness 00:28:12 - The Miracle of Human Consciousness 00:32:41 - The Subtle World of Meditation 00:37:02 - The Division of Reality and the Subtle Realms 00:41:37 - Invoking Subtle Energies and Beings 00:46:27 - The Veiling and Revealing Process in Tantra 00:50:45 - The Consciousness of Beings and Celestial Bodies 00:55:01 - Science and the Dispelling of Goofy Notions 00:59:26 - The Journey and Contentment in the Present Moment 01:03:36 - The Importance of Dark Nights and Light Spots 01:07:59 - Holding Contradictory Ideas at the Same Time 01:12:38 - The Effort and Relaxation in Meditation Practices 01:17:15 - The Doorway to Open Awareness 01:21:35 - The Power of Mantras in Transforming Reality 01:25:52 - The Spontaneity of Surrender and the Power of Mantras 01:30:39 - Discerning Divine Guidance 01:35:01 - The Benevolent Forces of the Cosmos 01:39:13 - Understanding the Dynamics of Good and Evil 01:43:48 - The Deep Impact of Global Crisis 01:47:52 - Wesley Clark's Vision of the Future 01:52:02 - Symbolic Representations of Universal Forces 01:56:27 - Depicting Deities in Different Cultures 02:01:03 - Recognizing the Divine in All Forms 02:05:42 - The Divine Shakti and the Sacred Feminine 02:10:11 - Accessing Higher States of Consciousness through Practice 02:14:38 - Conclusion and Farewell