Gin And Tantra

One of the members of our GNT community has had a personal loss so just in recognition of that, and as moral support, we wanted to do a special episode on dealing with loss.  We had done some things on this before, but it is a deep subject and is always worth taking a revisit. A quote from Nietzsche, " Those with a why can endure almost any how . . ."

In this episode we discuss the film, Everything Everywhere All at Once.  We ask the question, where do we go for philosophical cohesion?  And discuss using kindness to overcome and living in a culture without transcendence.

What do YOU think? In this episode we discuss the again define Biological Materialism and Secular Humanism and specifically their takes on the difficulties that we face in this lifetime. We ask the question, What do you think? We also discuss Phenomenology which is just a fantastic word in general, and we also highlight some of the tools that these modern philosophies apply as a salve to ease the...

In this episode we discuss not following God’s rules, the battle of your internal instincts against your will power, natural versus moral evil, religious structures and Spiritual practice, free will and the energy of activation.

In this episode we are talking with Remi Delaune, and is one of the co-founders, along with his wife Ashley, of the Kumankaya Healing Retreat Center in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Remi and Ashley, the co-founders of Kumankaya, met in June  2016 in the Amazon jungle of Iquitos, Perú. During the full moon, summer  solstice of 2017, they were spiritually married and began a new path  togethe...

In this episode we beakdown dukkha, dissatisfaction.  We try and provide a diagnosis as to highlight potential causes.  We discuss the kabalistic idea of Tikkun, finding grace in pain, the impact of local negative forces, the infinite conspiracy, not following God's laws and randomness!

In this episode we continue our discussion on suffering and The Four Noble Truths.  We highlight the various means of learning and the presence or lack of a Universal Guiding force and the problem with Intelligent Design.  Eric drops a line from Rakim! Book mention:  Scalpel and the Soul

In this episode we continue our conversation around dissatisfaction, or Dukkha in Sanskrit. We highlight the 8 types of Suffering as taught in Buddhist philosophy as well as the 5 aggregates or compositional factors of our human experience.

We discuss the role of society and sexuality, trauma and openness, the Kabbalist Bread of Shame, Jiminy Cricket, The fine line between innocence and naiveté, the role of spirituality in love and sexuality, sexually charged places and experiencing curiosity as a passion for experience.

In this episode we converse with Chicago based artist and healer Lady India.  We discuss many aspects of her life including growing up in a haunted house in Hinsdale Illinois, Mirror gazing and memories of being in the womb.  We get into details of her life that aided her in building toughness and how she learned to use art as a friend.  Lady India also bravely discusses an abusive...

In this episode we continue our conversation with Keith Brewer as we dive further into his story and discuss learning through living, teaching self-defense, stripping the business from religion, finding authenticity and becoming the Monk without the Funk! A little on Keith...  as a child, several doctors told him that a congenital spinal and shoulder misalignment was going to have him in a wheelch...

In this episode we have on Keith Brewer and discuss some of the many influential experiences in this life from childhood Bible meditations, to contemplating what it is to be an empty vessel and listening to the voice of Spirit as he ventured into the woods night after night as a young child.  We discuss tapping into one's natural store of knowledge and Keith's out of body experiences.  A little on...

In this episode we begin our dive into Dukkha, or what can be referred to as stress, suffering, unhappiness and the like.  We try and re-frame suffering and discuss the three types of suffering that is taught in Buddhism.  We take a quick peek at Jordan Peterson in the process and talk about Warrior Martyrdom.

We continue our breakdown of karma in this episode.  We discuss the effects of negative emotions, positive and negative forces on one's Karmic tendencies, insight and intention, rules, freedom and the potential corruption of one's environment on a local level. 

In this episode we begin to dive into the idea and philosophy of Karma.  We highlight paying things forward, cause and effect, Non-linear causality and more.  I enjoyed this discussion as I do all of our discussions and I hope you will as well. 

In this episode we continue our conversation on the Gnostic idea of different levels of being but we take a more relational approach and highlight the potential changes to one's relationships as they begin to experience shifts in their viewpoints and outlook on the world. 

Hey  Fellow GNTers! So, this is first of My Solo “Shot Of Spirit,” shorter episodes where Daniel and I get to share a little bit more about aspects  of Spirituality With A Twist.🍸  In this one, I do a “guide-through” of Zen Master Hakuin’s Meditations  for “Taxation”—Basically Just Being Over-Worked!—and Who Couldn’t Use That? Because who isn’t overworked in this Modern World?...

In this episode we conclude our discussion from the previous episode, Levels of Reality but specifically here we are dissecting Gnosticism and the Gnostic idea that there are different potentialities for various personas via the Gnostic lens of the human being.  We compare that to psychological and Ayervedic models and try to find the places in which there is some truth to this as well as highligh...

In this episode we further our discussion on Gnosticism and tie in some other traditions and their ideas on suffering, reality and what to do about it.  We also begin to look at what is known in Tantra as Divine Pride and Divine Appearance.

In this episode we discuss the idea of perennial philosophy, or as I playfully label it, Spiritual promiscuity, and its presence in our work, our lives and in our pursuit for understanding.  We highlight the idea of Spirit being immersed in matter, the transcendent nature of the Self and as the question; Is there a pure source of Being?  The answer might just lie in something that is bey...

In this unique episode we talk about the adventures of Gnostic Jesus, Mary Magdaline, Sophia and Wisdom being a female entity.  We highlight feminity, Dakinis, the Prajna Paramita and Meta-Fictional Stories.

In this episode we begin to discuss the history of Gnosticism and give further insight to our interview with podcaster Miguel Connor of Aeon Byte.  We mention Elaine Pagels and her work the Gnostic Gospels, Heresy Hunters and the Discovery at Nag Hammadi.  We also discuss Gnostic concepts of spirits entering matter, freeing the spiritual sparks and we give the listeners a little quiz at...

In this episode dive into the classic Zen text, the Yasenkana, translated roughly as 'Chatting on a Boat at Night'.  We highlight the relevant parts from our previous episode and take the deep dive into the lessons learned from the author, Hakuin.  We share the meditation that he was given and its profound uses.  Additionally we get into a deep discussion on the state of Yoga in the...

We begin the episode by discussing Zen Master Hakuin and his work, the Yasenkana.  Eric then highlights a couple of the schools in Zen, specifically Soto and Rinzai.  We then put on our clinician hats and get into detail on the nature of burnout and taxation from an Eastern and Western perspective.

In this episode we catch up with Eric after he has been out for a couple weeks.  We then discuss addressing anger, the Zen Master Hakuin, the 4 types of teachers and squeezing the value out of traumatic situations.