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  • 130: Animal Intelligence and Emotional Neanderthals

    130: Animal Intelligence and Emotional Neanderthals
    Jan 3 2025
    Hello my friends! Welcome back to The Ginger Bread Man!

    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.

    After, I read a section from Saint Augustine's Confessions, from the chapter on Memory.

    If you would like to email me about anything please reach out at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com! Have a wonderful week!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski; Orca by Mike Doherty on Unsplash; Photo of Saint Augustine's Confessions by Me!

    See ya next Time!
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    33 min
  • 129: Practicing Lucidity and An Examination of 7OH-Mytragynine

    129: Practicing Lucidity and An Examination of 7OH-Mytragynine
    Dec 6 2024
    Hello my friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man"!

    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 Kratom, Mytragyna Speciosa. This tropical tree from southeast Asia has been gaining popularity in the western world for several years now. I am addicted. Now this isolated compound is hitting the market and I am curioius if there are pros and cons to this situation. I share some newer science on the Pharmacology of Mytragynine and 7OH-Mytragynine.

    Thankyou so much for your time and ears, I hope you have a great week. If you would like to talk about anything please email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. Thankyou!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Pretty Background by Mark Harpur on Unsplash
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    36 min
  • 128: Can we Wake Up in a Dream?

    128: Can we Wake Up in a Dream?
    Nov 24 2024
    Hello My Friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man!" I am so grateful that you are here!

    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 Mystic Rumi.

    If you would like to email me about anything, please reach out at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com! Have a Wonderful Week!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Dreamy Boat Background by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash; Rumi Cover Picture taken By Me
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    32 min
  • 127: Considering Division's Sting

    127: Considering Division's Sting
    Nov 9 2024
    Hello Everyone! Welcome back to The Ginger Bread Man!

    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!

    If you would like to talk about anything, please email me at thegingerbreadmansdialouges@gmail.com
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    33 min
  • 126: Is there a 'Spectrum of Consciousness?'

    126: Is there a 'Spectrum of Consciousness?'
    Oct 25 2024
    Hi!! I am so glad to be back, glad to have you hear with me, and glad to be feeling strong and vibrant!

    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 Ginger Bread Man!"

    Thankyou for being here, I will be forevor grateful for your attention and ears! If you would like to talk about anything, please email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com

    And I mean Anything, even if you need a friend. Have a wonderful week!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash' Rainbow by Jason Leung on Unsplash; and I personally took the Picture of the Book cover my Ginger Bread Man is holding
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    31 min
  • 125: Attending to Pain

    125: Attending to Pain
    Aug 2 2024
    Hello my friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man"!

    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 Zen Driving by K.T. Berger. I hope you enjoy!

    You can email me at any time at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. Please Do!

    I hope you have a wonderful week! I will be forever grateful for your attention and ears.

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Broken Plate by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash
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    34 min
  • 124: A Mindful Microdose

    124: A Mindful Microdose
    Jul 19 2024
    Hello my friends! Welcome back to the show!

    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!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man Filip Mishevski; Lights by insung yoon on Unsplash
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    30 min
  • 123: The Magic of Muscimol

    123: The Magic of Muscimol
    Jul 5 2024
    Hello My Friends! Welcome back to the Show!

    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.

    I hope you have a wonderful week! I will be forever grateful for your attention and ears! If you would like to talk about anything, please email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com

    Photo Credits: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Fly Agaric Photo by Joran Quinten on Unsplash
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    43 min