247. Sally Kempton

 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