Thanks for sharing your experience and the details from Acariya Mun’s biography. That provides context to the video exchange. I agree with all you said about Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana inclusion of devas and deities. It’s fascinating and probably a big distraction. I’ll continue to work on the enlightenment process for those without psychic powers. Actually, my teacher in Las Vegas told me from the very beginning that I didn’t have time to get enlightenment by the path of developing psychic powers. He said it takes too long. The faster path is through development of wisdom.