Episodes

  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 122: Lucretian Natural Philosophy 101

    122: Lucretian Natural Philosophy 101
    Jun 21 2024
    Hello My Friends! Welcome Back!

    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 hope you enjoy!

    You can email me at any time at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. I will be for ever grateful for your Attention and Ears! Have a wonderful Week!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Water Spout by Espen Bierud on Unsplash
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    37 mins
  • 121: Chocolate Bars and Idea Balloons

    121: Chocolate Bars and Idea Balloons
    Jun 7 2024
    Hello My Friends! Welcome Back to the Show!

    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 use assumptions to make and spread Ideas? This and Much, Much more on The Ginger Bread Man!

    You can email me about Anything at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com! Just Copy and Paste!

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

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man from Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Balloons by Bucography on Unsplash
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    33 mins
  • 120: An Overview of Psychadelia

    120: An Overview of Psychadelia
    May 31 2024
    Hello my Friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man", on a Thursday! Woooo!

    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 Show! At the least I can be a friend to you.

    I will be forevor grateful for your attention and ears! Have a wonderful week!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Pink and Blue Goop by Chase Baker on Unsplash
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    39 mins
  • 119: Understanding the Past with Atoms

    119: Understanding the Past with Atoms
    May 12 2024
    Hello my Friends! Welcome back to the Show!

    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. I hope you enjoy!

    If you would ever like to talk about anything, anything at all, please message me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. Or find me on facebook. I am here to be a friend to You!

    Have a wonderful week! I will forever appreciate your attention and ears!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man from Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Worm Julian Zwengel on Unsplash
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    45 mins
  • 118: The Kingdom of Selfdom's Hidden Satisfaction

    118: The Kingdom of Selfdom's Hidden Satisfaction
    Apr 28 2024
    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 this episode of "The Ginger Bread Man!"

    Halfway through the show I continue where I left off on the last chapter of Aldous Huxley's 'Island.' This book has had a tremendous impact on me, I hope you enjoy my amatuer performance. If you haven't heard last weeks episode, be sure to go back and listen for the beginning of this chapter.

    Finally, We will have Odo sign you off with some words of Wisdom! I will be forevor grateful for your attention and ears, If you would like to talk about anything, or need a friend, please email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. Have a wonderful Week!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on unsplash; Concert Scene by Nainoa Shizuru on Unsplash
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    35 mins