Episode #4: Tantra, Gurus, & Healthy Spirituality With David Gandelman

Energy Matters

Description:

In this hilarious and enlightening interview Cody starts off by asking David about tantra, and they dive right into sacred sexuality, gurus, healthy spirituality, what Robin Williams said about men...and much more.

Key Takeaways:

[1:10] We randomly start the podcast asking David if he’s ever done a Tantra retreat

[3:41] Cody asks about the energy aspect of energy & sexuality

[5:56] David discusses one of the myths of tantra. David also says polygamy but he meant polyamory

[7:39] David does a great German accent

[10:46] David claims to be tripping on ayahuasca during the interview…and a discusses psychedelics in relationship to meditation

[13:45] Cody asks about how to open up safely energetically

[17:45] The dark side of Guru’s…how David would walk around with pictures of Gurus in his pocket

[20:30] Spirituality like any art takes an incredible amount of time to begin to master

[26:08] David illustrates how kundalini energy works and what to be careful of

[30:56] Doing something spiritually dangerous is ok if you learn from it…sometimes you can’t learn without certain experiences

[31:34] Learning clairvoyance in stages in a safe way

[34:36] Cody talks about what it means to be sensitive to energy

[39:16] how to know what you want through meditation

[41:31] Cody asks David about Grounded Mind and his vision for his teachings

[43:16] David, “You don’t want your sex lasting 5 minutes most of the time and…

[45:15] Cody believes that it’s a misconception that meditation is supposed to make the mind stop

[45:57] Americans spend 75% of their waking hours looking at some form of media

[46:54] Why there’s so many bad mediations on Youtube/Spotify

[47:15] Headspace app

[50:48] David discusses why it’s so hard to find what you’re looking for

[53:29] Why spiritual people get so stuck

[56:31] Robin Williams said what about men?!

[1:00:11] The purpose of the podcast from David’s perspective

Mentions:

Book: Enlightened Sex by David Deida

Book: Heartgasm by Toni Demarco

www.GroundedMind.com

www.Intuitivevision.net