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  • 129: Practicing Lucidity and An Examination of 7OH-Mytragynine
    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 [email protected]. Thankyou!

    Photo Credit: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Pretty Background by Mark Harpur on Unsplash
    36 min
  • 128: Can we Wake Up in a Dream?
    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 [email protected]! 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
    33 min
  • 127: Considering Division's Sting
    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 [email protected] 
    33 min
  • 126: Is there a 'Spectrum of Consciousness?'
    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 [email protected]

    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
    32 min
  • 125: Attending to Pain
    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 [email protected]. 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
    35 min
  • 124: A Mindful Microdose
    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 [email protected]! I will be forevor grateful for your Attention and Ears! 

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

    Photo Credits: Ginger Bread Man by Filip Mishevski on Unsplash; Fly Agaric Photo by Joran Quinten on Unsplash
    43 min
  • 122: Lucretian Natural Philosophy 101
    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 [email protected]. 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
    37 min
  • 121: Chocolate Bars and Idea Balloons
    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 [email protected]! 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
    33 min
  • 120: An Overview of Psychadelia
    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 [email protected]. 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
    40 min

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Hello All, and Welcome to my home! I am here to discuss various topics with anyone willing to talk to me. Get comfortable, let me know if you want me to get you a drink! There's no curfew in the…