The Drunken Taoist Podcast #45

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Episode 45 – ARTHUR ROSENFELD, YUNROU, AND THE SPIRITUAL SWAT TEAM

The Drunken Taoist Podcast #45

Intro:

  • “Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I’m still in love with life”
  • Thank you to our sponsors, Chris O’Dell from Datsusara, and Aubrey Marcus from Onnit. If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code “daniele” at checkout for a discount.
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  • NEW DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli’s perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. If you thought our previous t-shirt was risky, you haven’t seen anything yet. In addition to our traditional Drunken Taoist logo t-shirt, which are always in stock and ready to ship, we are now taking pre-orders for the new design. See if you can spot yours truly, Iz, Duncan Trussell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Tom Robbins, Shiva and Ganesh, Dionysus and Pan, Rich Evirs, Savannah Em, Buddha (or, what’s left of him) in the midst of the Dionysian revelries taking place in the forest. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at bodhi1974@yahoo.com.
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  • Daisy House released their album. Check them out here: daisyhouse.bandcamp.com.
  • MY NEW BOOK IS IN STORES!!!!!! It’s entitled “Create Your Own Religion” and features endorsements by Joe Rogan, Mike Vallely, Ben Harper, Shannon Lee and Tom Robbins. If you click on the cover at this site www.danielebolelli.com, it’ll take you straight to the Amazon page.
  • A lecture series about Taoism is done! Check out the next episodes for updates.
  • If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: therichimon@gmail.com

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Episode artwork by Peter Westermann

Episode:

  • The Spiritual Swat Team
  • 108 Points about What’s Wrong with the World and What To Do about It
  • Yin is good until the time it’s not
  • Overpopulation and the lesson of the ten turtles
  • That’s not Zen. That’s bullshit
  • Different individuals say the same thing, and I agree with one and disagree with the next
  • Religion is someone else’s direct experience. Spirituality is your own
  • Human dominion over plants and animals
  • The Gnostic idea of the God of the Old Testament being very real and being a demon
  • A positive transformation in environmental Christian theology
  • Ocean genocide
  • A call to action
  • The bodhisattva approach
  • MRI and meditation
  • The interconnectedness of life on earth
  • Arthur on Miyamoto Musashi
  • Aikido and Morihei Ueshiba
  • Genki Sudo “I am a lover and a fighter”
  • Kazushi Sakuraba, Laughter gym, push hands
  • Broadcasting and narrowcasting — useful in different ways
  • Arthur’s 3 fingers are slightly different than our orgasm counting gnome’s 3 fingers
  • Manatee burger
  • Pad Thai calls us
  • Here’s the website for the Spiritual Swat Team: Spiritual Swat
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About Jeff

Jeffrey D. Hendricks is a two-time graduate from California State University at Long Beach with a Master of Arts in United States History. His main areas of historical interest are the cultural and intellectual aspects of Environmental history, Native American history, and the history of social and environmental justice movements in the United States. His Masters Thesis, "Constructing the Panopticon: Perceptions of Wilderness, Methods of Domination and the Colonization of Native America," was published in December, 2006, and it deals with how perceptions of wilderness influenced the colonization of North America. Other topics he has researched include the effects of colonization on the Tohono O'odham Nation of Southern Arizona, witchcraft persecutions in the Colonial US, and the Weather Underground - an anti-war organization active during the Vietnam War period. Jeffrey has worked with many organizations including the Save Ward Valley Coalition, Los Angeles and Long Beach Food Not Bombs, the O'odham Solidarity Project, and many others. He currently maintains this website - www.danielebolelli.com

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