The Equation
The Equation
Jonathan Hootman
A biologist's inquiry into love, spirituality, and social justice. In this first season Jonathan will share with you his spiritual awakening, which produced an equation that helps explain what enlightenment looks like from a biological perspective. He will also look at cultural roadblocks to emotional freedom, ways to bring about emotional freedom, and finally Jonathan shares his engagement with healing...
1. Intro
Hey! In this episode I lay out what is going to be covered by this season of The Equation: A Biologist's Inquiry into Love, Spirituality, and Social Justice...
May 8, 2017
7 min
2. Spiritual Awakening
Hot Damn! A spiritual awakening, or High Level Shit (HLS) experience as my brother refers to it. I'll take you through the situation leading up to the spiritual awakening as well as the overall sensation of it.
May 8, 2017
12 min
3. The Equation
My spiritual experience culminated (it never really ends) with an equation to help show how love facilitates an enlightened experience. In this episode I attempt to explain this equation and why I think it is related to our evolution as a species.
May 8, 2017
16 min
4. Cultural Influences
In part one of two episodes of looking at cultural influences on emotional freedom, we'll look at how our spirituality is inextricably linked to our culture. In this episode I also examine the notion of being a good person as well as looking at the damaging effects of pathologization.
May 8, 2017
28 min
4b. Cultural Influences Continued
In episode 4b we continue our discussion looking at the cultural influences on emotional freedom and look at phenomenon such as class, race, privilege, and internalized oppression.
May 8, 2017
14 min
5. Privilege Thought Experiment
This episode examines the realities of two geniuses that inhabit two different social realities within the United States. It's a thought experiment. These people are imaginary.
May 8, 2017
8 min
6. Steps 4 Freedom
You don't have to suffer. It's not noble or natural. In this episode I look at different actions that can help bring about less suffering...
May 8, 2017
47 min
7. My Dance With Darkness
Whelp, this is where I let you in on one of my experiences with healing. I talk a lot about having courage and sharing this definitely takes courage for me...
May 8, 2017
15 min