The Ryan Merkle Podcast

Talks about wanting

I talk to Chaim a lot more about the quadrant model and give him many examples of it

Chaim and I discuss sexuality, gender, and other topics in sociology and religion and how it pertains to the quadrant model pattern

Chaim follows Orthodox Judaism and is a member of Chabad. We discuss the controversial topic of intermarriage. We do not just discuss intermarriage in regards to religions, but races, species, and even levels of being such as divinities and terrestrials.

I discuss with Chaim how the quadrant model pertains to Judaism. Just some examples we discuss are The four camps of the Israelites represented the four animals-  Judah- the Lion- the constellation Leo Ephraim- the Ox- the constellation Taurus Reuben- the Man- the constellation Aquarius Dan- the Eagle- the constellation Scorpio (Rabbis say that scorpio the scorpion transforms into an Eagle) We also discuss how in Ezekiel's vision he sees four faces and each face has four faces making a 16 quadrant quadrant model. The four faces are the lion, ox, man and eagle representing the four cardinal signs of the zodiac. After that we go into many many more examples of the quadrant model We talk about how my hebrew name, Matisyahu means "gift of Yahu" which means gift of the tetragrammaton. Tetra is four. Also we discuss how the Yahoos in Gulliver's travel were named after the tetragrammaton, and the search engine Yahoo was named after them. I discuss how the tetragrammaton is found in acronym four times in the Book of Esther and Rabbis say that the book of Esther is special because the tetragrammaton is never explicitly mentioned but is found four times in acronym in it. They say when the Messiah comes he will, like in the Book of Esther, show that the tetragrammaton is everywhere in existence, although it might be difficult to see. That is what I did with the quadrant model. Did I explicitly say I am the messiah? No. But I did say I did what Rabbis say the Messiah will do, so I suggest you show some respect. Basically all of the Bible is the quadrant model. Even sevens in the Bible are four plus threes.

Chaim and I do another study on the quadrant model. Chaim told me he wants to invite many other people to study the quadrant model. He described how Jews like to have Minyan's at least ten people studying at one time. We want to shoot for that but hopefully I would like to teach quadrant model to the whole world and the whole world acknowledge it as the theory of everything Chaim and I already talked about Schumacher and Aristotle's four levels of being, mineral, vegetal, animal, and human, as well as Joseph Campbell's four stages of religion, animal spirit, mother goddess, patriarchal, and axial. We also talked about the four world religions, Buddhism is air, Christianity is water, Islam is Earth, and Hinduism is fire. According to sociologists Judaism is not the fifth world religion because it does not proselytize, and there are only four. Today we talk about Omi and Winant's model of the four races that I learned in my sociology class at UCSD- the "racial positioning model". I discuss how Asian corresponds to air, White corresponds to water, Black corresponds to Earth, and Brown corresponds to fire. I briefly mention Nolan's four political ideologies, communism is air, fascism is water, capitalism is Earth, and libertarianism is fire. We also discuss Fisher's four brain chemical types, estrogen, serotonin, dopamine, and testosterone and Myers and Briggs four personality types.

I study more of the quadrant model with Chaim

I talk with Chaim about the quadrant model of reality. Chaim and I are thinking of doing a weekly or biweekly class, and Chaim is thinking of inviting friends along so we can explore the quadrant theory that I discovered in 2010

My Grandpa and I talk about Swami B.R. Sridhar

I talk with Lucien Vattel about alchemy, mysticism, relationships, astrology, and other topics. I met Lucien maybe five or so years ago at spiritual events and always felt a very powerful and compassionate, loving presence around him. He is somebody who you can truly learn a great deal from and I look forward to learning more from him in the future. He is also the CEO of Become Agency. Becoming is the 19th square of the quadrant model

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I have a conversation with my really really good friend Julian Andrews. I started playing basketball with Julian about four years ago. My friend invited me to play with a club basketball team in Culver City and Julian was on the team and we became teammates and have been playing together since. I played with Julian for a few seasons on that club team but I sprained my ankle while playing one on one with Julian. We decided to meet up and play one one one at a park a couple years ago and I sprained my ankle while we were playing. I also jammed my finger bad while playing with that club team and had to take a break. This was compounded with all of the injuries that I already had. I took a break until I started playing with ULA and Compton College last summer. Julian was the best basketball player on our team. He played college basketball. I talk to Julian about last Summer when I played with the University of Los Angeles in Compton as well as Compton College and how my game improved drastically over the Summer to the point where when I was playing with Compton College I was playing very well. Sadly third week of practice I sprained my ankle bad. But Julian and I chopped it up about basketball. Julian works in broadcasting and he is responsible for making the highlight videos of NBA and College basketball on television. Julian is also friends with my best friend from high school Renaldo Woolridge. Renaldo Woolridge was the number one ranked basketball player in California in high school and played in the NBA. Renaldo told me that soon he plans to have me on his podcast that he just started

I talk with Kristine Beyond in this podcast about the quadrant model

I had the good fortune today to talk to Blu Yogi. It's always a pleasure to learn from him and I am looking forward to hopefully posting soon further podcasts where we can engage in further exploration and deepen our understanding Blu is definitely a seeker and explorer. We met each other at the Los Angeles Hare Krishna Temple a few years ago. We both have studied many spiritual paths and have come to similar ideas about the unity and oneness and beauty of reality

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My friend Atom Nuke and I freestyle and then we talk about his rap career. At the very end Isaiah, Ajani, and I freestyle

https://thriveglobal.com/authors/jose-angel-manaiza-jr/?fbclid=IwAR37GYHfFhMFU3plb8lZEjUn1Wa7lKYH7VLh2GXI0Xubbag_Myz3VorZg5g I had an amazing time interviewing Jose today. I talk to Jose about how he was the tutor to Russel Westbrook and Kevin Love and other NBA players who went to UCLA. We talk about other topics and look forward to hopefully further podcasts together in the future where I can ask him more about the incredible and inspiring life he has lived. Jose is known as the "tutor to the stars" and he tutors a lot of celebrities children, especially in mathematics. I met Jose at a toastmasters meeting in Malibu. I am not a member of toastmasters, but I asked a friend how I could get the quadrant model promoted and she recommended I go to toastmasters and meet people there, because she said there should be people there who could help me. That was when I was playing at Compton College. My teammate at Compton College Rommel and I after one of our practices went over to Malibu and had the pleasure of meeting Jose and Jose was very interested in the quadrant model and we have been friends since. At some point I will try to get a podcast with my friend Rommel and we will see how he is doing. https://thriveglobal.com/authors/jose-angel-manaiza-jr/?fbclid=IwAR146l3Io5kqEnx1-la8cIsgYq8GbHOYLtHV49Fu2JJbsegRT-RSrnYyCRM Here is a bio of Jose

I met my friend Mike at an interfaith meeting of Christians, Jews, and Muslims maybe six years ago. Over the years we have frequented many Churches together, movie theaters, and restaurants around Los Angeles. Mike grew up Catholic, for ten years became a Buddhist, but for the past 10 or so years identifies as Christian. In this podcast we talk about the Bible and the Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim scriptures.

Talked with my Grandpa