About Delson
I am a mirror, reflecting what is given to me. Do not seek perfection in me as a teacher. I see myself as a conduit for various teachings from the Great Wisdom schools from time immemorial. I teach from my direct experience.
I want to offer you what I can based on what you’re seeking and is worthwhile for your growth as a fellow spiritual traveler. My aim is to hold space for you and be the vessel you require for the purposes of awakening at all levels.
The Truth everyone speaks about can be uncovered through similar practices, including those that encourage relaxation and the release from suffering. My aim is to reveal that Truth to all those who are ready.
DELSON’s OFFERINGS
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Optimal Mind System™
This is the essence of Delson’s experience as a meditation teacher. Integrating the essence of many diverse practices, Delson has formulated a methodology to address the key components of human life – body, mind, energy, heart, and consciousness – for the benefit of the evolution of the individual at the highest possible levels.
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Awakening
Awakening demystifies the true nature of reality as we understand it through various personalized pointing out instructions. These instructions are intuited by Delson in tandem with his extensive experience in ancient wisdom traditions to bring one to a level of awakening using modern contexts through innovative methods.
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Kriya Yoga
Kriya helps clear energetic blocks in the system, reduces the fear of letting go, and can provide a repeatable formula for attaining high states of non-dual experiences. As a lineage holder of Lahiri’s Kriya, Delson has been initiated in all seven stages and is authorized to disseminate this knowledge to those who seek it.
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JHĀNAS
Rooted in the Pāli Canon and spanning the centuries through time-tested practice of great meditative masters in the Buddhist traditions, the jhānas are sublime levels of elevated awareness and insight. They are also powerful stepping stones to Nibbana or awakening, the fundamental personality shifts we call the Reboot.
From an early age, Delson immersed himself with extraordinary diligence in spiritual training. He delved deeply into the core principles of Buddhist practice and philosophy, gaining particularly profound insight into the Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination. Prior to his Buddhist studies, Delson explored a broad range of other spiritual traditions. He practiced different forms of meditation, studied sacred texts, and obtained guidance from masters of these disciplines. This comprehensive spiritual education enriched his understanding and provided him with a broad perspective on the universal principles underlying different paths to awakening. Delson’s dedication to his practice led him to attain various levels of meditative states, which traditionalists call samādhī in Yoga and jhāna in Buddhism. He is also known for his mastery of rarified states of mind and body, known by some as nirodha-samapatti and phala samadhi.
A Life in the Dharma
Living and Teaching the Path
Delson Armstrong lives at the nexus of traditional models of awakening and emerging trends toward evidence-based approaches to inner transformation. He is dedicated to adapting timeless truths to changing times, focusing on practices that work instead of dogma-based, cookie-cutter solutions. His emphasis is always on guiding individuals away from distress and suffering, through understanding and acceptance, towards individual realization and freedom. Delson’s experience with various traditions informs him of the contexts required to teach, whether he’s giving workshops on Buddhist studies at the Pāli Department of the University of Mumbai, initiating students into Kriya Yoga individually through online sessions, conducting ten-day retreats at the epicenter of the TWIM (Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation) at Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center, or providing one-on-one in-person experiences tailored for students seeking to travel ancient sites like Varanasi while having casual conversations about the deepest truths of existence.
“Knowledge is one thing, and practice is another, and when you listen to Delson, you can see — you can feel — it is not only the Dharma knowledge but the practice speaking.”
— BHANTE KUSALA