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This week has been a rollercoaster, I swear I have felt literally every emotion. As always, these are Important Lesson in disguise. What are the connections between Loss and Death, does all Grief have a common backbone. This week I lost one of my best friends, my Kitty Shefu, but I found her! So no sad endings, but I learned alot from the mental process that that involves. I am very grateful to have her back. 

We also discuss how Tedium and Boredom in work can be a crucial o...

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Lets talk about attention and technology, what does technology do to our brains? If you have children do you monitor their usage? Big changes have come into all of our lives, and I feel I can't be the only one just a little bit concerned..

I have been on Hiatus trying to find my Muse. I cannot wait to bring your more material, new books, new Idea, new Drug Synopsis! Consider this a warm up.

Have a Wonderful Week! I will be forever grateful for your attention and ears!

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This week I would like to discuss something I found very fascinating: Black Pepper and its primary compound Piperine, and the smaller component found inside: Piperidine. What is the connection between Pain and Pleasure, or Pain relief? Isn't the removal of pain in itself Pleasure? What does biology have to say about it? I delve briefly into the history of Black Pepper and the Opium Wars that eventually occurred. Could there be a connection between Black Pepper and Fentanyl in our Current Opium War? 

Then, we will discuss t...

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I am returning from a pretty hellish illness from these past two weeks, but I feel buoyed up by the loveliness of the holiday season! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! 

This week I would like to discuss Neanderthals and the various perspectives we have had about their capacity throughout the years. I share some interesting facts I learned from a Documentary on Netflix: Secrets of the Neanderthals. I use this as a starting point to question Anthropomorphism and Animal Intelligence.

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This week we will be discussing some fun stuff.

First, I would like to give you 6 Practical things you can do to help improve your Dream Recall and potentiate Lucid Dreaming. I have never been Lucid in a Dream, Yet.. But I have been able to recall far more dreams with some of these easy practices. All of these Ideas I got from Stanford Researcher Stephen Laberge's book on Lucid Dreaming.

Second, I would like to discuss 7OH-Mytragynine. 7OH is an active metabolite of...

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This week we continue on with my obsession with dreams. Lucid dreams in particular. What even is a Lucid Dream? For starts there is a world of difference between 'recalling' a dream and being Aware in one. One is accessible by Memory, the other way by Experience. I cannot overstate enough how fascinating I find this, and one of the most important portals into understanding the Unconscious, or Shadow Self. Towards the end I share some poetry from the Sufi M...

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This week we will consider some real world effects of duality, as well as considering more ideas about existentialism. Towards  the end I discuss some western philosophy from P.D. Ouspensky, specifically is Tertium Organum. What even is the fourth dimension? 

This and much, much more... Have a great Week!

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This week we will be discussing Ken Wilber's Spectrum of Consciousness and some of the ideas inside. This was a book published by the Theosophical Publishing House. I found this intriguing, being that this group cocreated by Madame Blavatsky has had alot of wackadoodle Ideas in the past. But this book shocked me with it's Groundedness and many applicable ideas. Most notably a wonderful graph I will attempt to depict in todays discussion on "The...

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This week I would like to discuss the relationship between Attention and Pain. There are other key words that could apply to this subject, such as Obsession and Health Anxiety. For the last year I have had to learn how to live with and accept the uncomfortableness of my vessel. I would like to share with you some of the insight I have had when it comes to redefining where our attention lies and how we perceive our pain. At the end I will share an excerpt from Z...

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This week we will be discussing some of the principles of Microdosing, the trendy method of taking small indescriminate amounts of our chosen medicine. Why would we do such a thing? I talk about one of my favorite utilizations. I hope you enjoy the rumination! 

Afterwards I will read a brief section from my favorite Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations"! 

You can email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com! I will be forevor grateful for your Attention and Ears! 

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This week we will be discussing Muscimol, the alkaloid that holds benefits in the Aminita Muscaria, also known as Fly Agaric. With a nasty reputation that doesn't seem to hold water, I find it suspicious that I didn't know more about it, seeing that it grows here in my home state of Colorado. I break down the pharmacology, cultural use, and basic principles of decarboxylation to make the mushroom safer. I hope you enjoy! I really had fun presenting this one.

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This week I will start out by discussing a new plant of Interest, the very Beautiful Blue Lotus. Afterwards we will dive headfirst into some ideas from the ancient world. Natural Philosophy was Science's Grand Pappy, before we new what to call it. People who thought about the Earth, and natural processes, were such philosophers. Most notably, Socrates, Pythagoras, and Many other had ideas about why things happened in the world. After that we will enjoy together a sample of Lucretius's Text "On The Nature of Things". Translation by Frank O. Copley. I...

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I am so glad that you are here! This Week I will be discussing the legal "Chocolate" Bars being found all throughout the USA. It's the wild wild west and I have been more than intrigued, lets talk about it!

Then I will discuss Ideas. I love Ideas, they are probably my favorite thing. I spend all day long mind blending with other peoples strange ideas, some of which I definitely do not agree with. What is a concept? A Category? What is abstraction? And how do we...

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This week I want to do an overview of some of the history and basics of what classic psychedelics are. Including some information on the 4 compounds you most likely have heard of. It will be fun.

Towards the end of the podcast I do a reading from Alan Watt's "The Joyous Cosmology", what a beautiful speaker that man was.

You can email me any time at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. If you do I might even share your input on the...

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We have alot of great stuff to discuss this week. Lets start out by trying to wrap together some ideas that have been looked at over the last few weeks. Afterwards I present to you some of the dominant ideas in Lucretius's Epicurean Atomism, which has alot of parallels to the quantumn mechanics modern science stuff I have been investigating recently. Thirdly will be the third installment of the last chapter of Aldous Huxley's Island. And finally, we will check in for some words of wisdom from my tremendous son...

Hello my Friends! Welcome back to the Show! I am very excited to be back after my small Hiatus. Odin and I have been busy with various rituals from a Wedding, to a Concert, to learning how to evaluate and commit to Self-Care! I would like to share some stories with you and then philosophize about the relatable aspects of finding satisfaction in all of our lives. What is the difference between Pleasure and Satisfaction? If we work harder for something is it more satisfying? Do all good things take time, effort, and Sacrifice? This and much, much more on...

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This week I want to dig into Science a little bit. I spent alot of time being Staunchly anti-science, regrettably, that I have only recently returned to reading more scientific material. I have been reading a book called "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra, whom I unfortunately called 'Frank' in the episode because I am dumb. This and Sartre's Existential theories have made me very curious about the interconnections of East and West, Scientific Empericism and Mystic Subjectivism. And the interconnectedness of everything little thing in this w...

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This week I will be discussing some older concepts from the show including how we have some degree of control over bodily processes, especially when it comes to slowing ourselves down and speeding ourselves up! This also ties into our interconnectedness with the rest of the world.

Towards the end of the show I share an excerpt from Aldous Huxley's Island, a profound book and concise way to tie up some of these ideas. 

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This week I vent a little bit about my frustrations with The Business Mindset, A classical argument between Materialism and the Formless develops as a I describe what it is like to encounter change in our lives. What parts of our being are Resistant to New Things? 

Afterwards I break apart Verse 42 from Brook Ziporyn's Daodejing. Then we will adventure into the Extraordinary world of Aldous Huxley's Island. Lastly, Odin will sign you off with some pleasent childish introspections. 

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This week I would like to discuss the concept of time through a Buddhist and existential Lense. This is a deep one guys, but I don't think any of you are averse to the deep end. I will also be further elucidating some terms from Sartre's Existentialism such as Being-In-Itself and Being-For-Itself. I'm on shaky ground here because I barely understand it myself, but I tried! Let's get out of the past, stop worrying about the future, and consider our reactions to the present on this weeks episode of "The Ginger Bread Man!"

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This week I want to talk more about how we interact with our Psyche, including some of the different facets (faculties?) that have a part to play such as Personality and Unconscious. I happen to be particularly fascinated with Psychedelic compounds and substances that have the ability to change how we perceive reality. However, these are material physical things, is every part of our consciousness and being strictly Physical? Maybe, but theres alot at play when we consider how our judgements and...

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This week I would like to discuss polarity, another aspect of Duality. And what is Duality? The Nature of the Universe, or so it seems. Everything has an Off/On, Up/Down, Hot/Cold, Is/Isn't, and the list goes on Ad infinitum. But when we look really closely at any of these attributes, aren't they all describing the same thing. If something is bigger than something else, its bigger, but if the smaller thing is also bigger than something else; THEN isn't it Also Bigger? Words don't do this situation...

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This week I would like to again discuss the values of Introspection, especially when it comes to looking at and analyzing cycles in our lives. Then I would like present a buddhist Idea called Non-Duality, specifically the doorway to Non-Duality.. If you stick to the end of the show I will share with you a selection from a Buddhist Sutra that is concerned with this subtle Idea. Lastly I would to Invite Diogene's Philosophy o...

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Apologies ahead of time for Poppy-Audio, I am using a cheap cord right now that I don't usually have, and whilst doing the very small amount of Lazily done editing I immediately noticed it! Will be working on improving that..

Anyways! This week I want to discuss Boundaries! What do we need to consider when we may be OverExtending? Why is it important to have self care rituals in place before wanting to help the whole world? Then I want to discuss some hindu ideas around Renunciation and...

Hello Everyone! I hope you are doing well, it's great to be getting back to feeling well myself!

This week I want to return to one of my favorite topics: Sleep, Dreaming, and Altered States of Consciousness! How are these all connected? I do see some obvious ones.. How do you experience your dreams? What does it feel like when your on the edge of falling Asleep? Do you every Day Dream? This and Much, Much more on "The Ginger Bread Man!"

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This week I want to talk about to pet ideas of mine. These are old ideas, but I don't mind recircling around valuable methods of self discovery. Especially in my own work. What is a Figment of our Imagination? Can we Trust the Movies we make in our heads about the future? Then I want to discuss Joy. Not pleasure, not Euphoria. But, what is that feeling of connection that emerges whenever we are able to step outside of self interest? This and much, much more on The...

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I am bedridden this week, so sound quality may be a little funky. I want to discuss pain. What is discomfort? How do we allocate our pain, do we judge it? How do we apply our pain to others? I also want to discuss a new friendship in the psychadelic landscape. Let's Ruminate! Near the end I have a short reading from Voltaire's 'Philosophical Dictionary.' Y'all know how much I love a good definition!

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I Hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and even if you didn't At Least you are past it! What I would like to speak about today concerns this very topic, often during the holidays we have an influx of planning and socializing. We have our families in town, some of whom we do not get along with. And inevidebly we found ourselves tanked with exhaustion at the end of a long week. How do we take care of ourselves? Why is solitude and Rest important? Why don't we all just work 70 hour work...

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I apologize for my Absence, My Son and I left for Vacation and we are just getting back into the swing of things. I have some interesting stories to share with you about my adventures and ruminations. Towards the end of the episode I will paraphrase a short story by Voltaire :"MicroMegas". Afterwhich I have a very interesting quote on Zen Buddhism by Bassui! Thankyou so much for your Attention and Ears! I will always consider how great an opportunity it is for me to do this. Thank You!

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This week I am going to discuss the conundrum of Change. If our goal is finding Prescence in the here and now, what is the nature of that Here and Now? If we are used to finding comfort in stability, maybe we will be rudely awakened when we find no firm ground to stand on.

I will also be discussing the end of Plato's Republic which concerns his very exciting description of what he believes happens to a soul after death. There are ties to Buddhism and other Religious ideas of Afterlife! I...

Hello All! Welcome back to my little corner of the Universe.. Or is it all of It? Or Both? Hard to say as a human, stumbling around trying to make meaning out off all of these interesting knowledge-bits. What a lovely quest to be on though! Would You like to Join Me?

This week I want to return to the topic of "What is Natural?" What is "Nature"? Are WE part of it, or are we the ARTificial? Can we ever reclaim our home within everything else? How different are we from that housefly, or the Deer?
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This week I would like to discuss some of Plato's ideas. Plato being a philosopher of Greek's Hellenistic Period. Why do we do what we do? What makes something Right and Good? Behind the subjectivity of opinion, is there away to benefit the most? How would you redesign a country to perpetuate the most "Good'? This and much, much more on "The Ginger Bread Man"!

You can email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com 

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This week I would like to go through a Favorite Allegory of Friedrich Nietzche: The Metamorphoses. Appearing in the book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", the main characters include a dragon, a camel, a lion, a child, and You! Afterwards I will discuss some ideas of Alan Watts concluding with a quote of his from the book "Cloud Covered, Whereabouts Unknown". I hope you enjoy!

I will be forevor grateful for this opportunity, I appreciate your Attention and Ears! If you would ever like to email me the address is thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com...

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Today's Episode is a special episode, a marker of Temporal Pressure and Commitment! Episode 100!!  I am so grateful that you have been here with me, It would not have been possible without You! Lets get on into it. What does Dependence mean? How about connection? Why do we work Together? Is there an Organizational Principal to the World? Or, is everything Random, Chaotic Chance? Could it possibly Be Both?

This and much, much More on "The Ginger Bread Man"! You can email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com! I will be forever A...

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This Week we are going to talk about alchemy! External World processes tend to be reflected in our own inner Microcosms. How do we take difficulty and turn it into a labor of Love? How does control affect our own perception of a situation? How does the unconscious and past memories carve out our responses? How do we reach out, to the outside, for help? This and much, much more on "The Ginger Bread Man"!

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Welcome back to the show! This week I want to return to the Idea of Karma: Action. The inherent law of Cause and Effect. Things seem to be attached to other things, at least tangentially in the world of Time. However, when we insert ourself arbitrarily into a timeless system, such as Compassion, can we lose our Purpose? 

Giving another Love is one of the fundamentally Human Acts. How do we keep giving when it becomes difficult? Are We Giving for the right Reasons? 

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This week I want to return to the ideas of Habits, or as I like to sometimes call them "Habittudes". We all know how hard it can be to structurally change a well established Habit, but we often forget how easy it is to make one! But, its never the end of the road, and nothing is forever a Positive or Negative thing. How do our value judgements of a situation affect how we perceive its affect in the future? And, how does our own interconnectivity affect our own impacts?

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We are going to adventure into some dark places today, but that shouldn't be a bad thing. Are you avoiding parts of you? Parts that make you feel uncomfortable? How do you respond to your own Fear? Do you have tactics you use to feel "Better"? 

I want to investigate today these facets of our being. There are 4 main "base" emotions that can be blended and intensified into the broad range of human emotionality: these are Happy, Sad, Mad, and Afraid. A structurally functional peice of our emotions, a quarter of th...

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I will always appreciate your attention and ears! I hope you have a great week!

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I am heading off to the woods in a few and that got me thinkin... I know, I know people it doesn't take much with the Ginger Bread Man to get the old noggin swinging.. But how often do you consider your connection to the World? What is Nature? Is it really so separate from who we think we Are? This and Much, Much more on Today's Show! Happy Sunday!

You can email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com!  I will be forever grateful for your thoughts!

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