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The Ginger Bread Man

The Ginger Bread Man

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 Ginger Bread Man"s Domain.

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118: The Kingdom of Selfdom's Hidden Satisfaction

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/04/28

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

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33:43

117: Science's Contributions to Mysticism

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/04/07

Hello my Friends! Welcome Back to "The Ginger Bread Man!" 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,

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32:50

116: Accelerating and Decelerating the Vehicle

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/03/31

Hello my Friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man!"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. I will be forevor

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31:27

114: Animosity in a Changing World

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/03/24

Hello My Friends! Welcome back to my Show, I am really glad you are here! 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

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28:13

Existential Excursions into the Confusion of Time!

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/03/10

Hello my friends! 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

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29:24

113: Why I like Bad Trips

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/02/25

Hello my Friends! Welcome Back, I am really glad to have you here with me, Sincerely!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

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31:07

112: What do Poles have to do with It?

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/02/11

Hello Friends! Welcome back to my show! 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

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29:29

111: Minimizing Non-Duality

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/01/28

Hello My Friends! I very much Appreciate your Patience! Challenging times, But I LOVE talking to you. So thankyou for showing up! 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

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25:25

110: Connecting Love, Sacrifice, and Boundaries

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/01/07

Hello my Friends! Welcome Back! Happy New Year! 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

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26:44

109: Sleep Soliloquy

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/12/31

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!" I sincerely appreciate your Attention and Ears! If you would

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26:44

108: Uncovering the Joy

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/12/17

Hello my Dear Friends! How are you this fine Day? 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,

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35:22

107: We are Not Locked in Pain

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/12/03

Hello My friends! Welcome Back! 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! You can email me at the gingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com I will

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30:45

106: Everyone Needs some Peace and Quiet

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/11/26

Hi Everyone! Welcome Back! 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

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36:49

105: Desert Adventures, Escape from Real Life

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/11/12

Hello My Friends! Welcome Back! 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

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104: The Void of Prescense

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/10/15

Hello My Friends! 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

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30:39

103: Inseparable from Nature

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/10/01

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? I

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30:03

102: A Fish in Search of Water

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/09/17

Hello My Friends! 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 I will be forever grateful for your attention and ears! Have

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34:22

101: Return to Metamorphoses and Wandering with Watts

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/09/03

Hello My Friends! Welcome Back! 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

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37:19

100: Reasonable Nature in the Inner-Outer

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/08/27

Hello Everyone! Thankyou for Coming! 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

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99: Lessons boiled out of Alchemical Love

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2023/08/20

Hello My Friends! Welcome Back! 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"! You can email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. I

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