370 — How to Stay Human When Machines Get Smarter With Jeff Burningham
Several weeks ago, Paul dissected the good and the bad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the tech side on Spirit Gym with tech consultant/UX researcher Rachel Miles.A huge question remained unanswered after that conversation: How do we retain our humanity amid the avalanche of AI tech?Venture capitalist, entrepreneur and first-time author Jeff Burninhgam embraces the answer to that very question in his book, The Last Book Written by a Human: Becoming Wise in the Age of AI.Jeff explains why the presence of AI is an important reminder to embrace our humanity and how the beauty in life is not trying to achieve perfection but to relish in its messiness and imperfection this week on Spirit Gym.Read the first chapter of Jeff’s book on his website. Learn more about Jeff on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, TikTok and Substack.Timestamps8:01 From traveling the Ganges River to running for governor in Utah.19:07 One blessing in disguise with AI: Reminding us of our humanity.23:04 Disruption, reflection, transformation and evolution.29:46 AI as a human crucible.36:12 “No amount of education saves anyone from the Hero’s Journey.”45:00 In the presence of AI, we will need to learn how to fight to stay in human relationships.51:51 “As our machines become more intelligent, our work as humans is to become wiser.”1:04:52 The beauty of life is in the mess, the work and the process.1:12:45 “We are human beings, not human doings.”1:27:15 The origin of most existential pain in our lives.1:35:48 Emptiness.1:43:39 Social media: The baby AI.ResourcesThe Silicon SlopesPaul’s Living 4D podcast on Lucifer-Christ-AhrimanFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK InstituteCHEK Academy We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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369— 5-7-5: The Simple Poetry Formula That Heals With Anne Helfer
Remember the good ol’ days in elementary school when your teacher introduced you to haiku, a Japanese form of poetry based on syllables, not rhyming?Psychotherapist and author Anne Helfer describes haiku as the rap of expressive writing that unlocks the door to emotions hidden deep inside and leads to even deeper healing.Anne explains how the 5-7-5 formula behind haiku is a simple healing exercise in mindfulness and why more people should follow her Silver Rule this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Anne and her work as a psychotherapist, author and healer on Instagram.Timestamps6:22 Anne’s maternal abandonment, wounding and emotional neglect.11:57 Teaching people how to externalize their truths by writing simple, condensed haiku is an exercise of mindfulness.24:25 Anne’s Silver Rule.36:04 Learning how to be comfortable without certainty.40:44 Writing haiku is a practice.47:37 Why do people live in their left brain?54:40 Numerology and the structure of haiku.1:00:07 “Renaissance woman, professional amateur, master of nothing.”1:14:40 Learn to enjoy the glimmers.1:25:30 Is it possible to breathe deeply through your womb/pelvis and use that experience to create haiku/mantras of focus, relaxation and calm?1:38:16 How the Japanese language affects the benefits of using haiku (or not).1:46:09 The impact high tech has on the world has forced Anne to stop working with kids.1:50:00 Equanimity.1:57:28 Interpersonal peace.ResourcesHealing With Haiku: A Poetic Exploration of Self by Anne HelferThe work of Bashô, Dr. Dan Siegel and Caroline MyssJeffrey Mishlove’s conversation with David Whyte on YouTubeAlexithymiaPaul’s Spirit Gym conversation with Nancy MellonFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK InstituteCHEK Academy We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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368 — Organs, Emotions and Pain: The Hidden Connection Doctors Ignore With Matt Sorensen
In this pharmaceutical drug obsessed culture we live in, could you ever imagine a gentler, healthier approach to treating chronic headaches starting with an appendix scar?CHEK Professional Matt Sorensen explains why most health problems like pain originate from dysfunctions to the glands and organs which illustrates why health practitioners need to look for complications from the inside — not the outside — this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Matt at his HealHub website. Check out his The Wizard and The Priestess podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. Find him on social media via Instagram. For Spirit Gym listeners: Based in Sydney, Matt is offering Spirit Gym listeners a very special 30 percent discount on his programs at this link. Use the promo code CHEK30 at checkout. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)Timestamps2:47 Being a groundskeeper for nearly a decade helped Matt better appreciate the health of soil.6:19 Matt’s professional life shifted after his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer.13:15 An unhealthy migration from a results-based (integration) to a research-based (isolated) medical system.20:36 Matt’s successful treatment for a client with severe headaches began by locating an appendix scar.29:06 Visceral manipulation.40:15 Organ motility.47:07 Medicine is often practiced from the outside inward rather than the inside outward.58:40 How often is the origin of pain is really a symptom or dysfunction of the glands or organs?1:03:14 “Generally, if someone’s got a visceral issue, they’ve got a vascular issue too.”1:24:25 The story you tell yourself affects your health more than any food or drink can.1:30:09 The conventional definition of good postural alignment is based on dead people in a morgue.1:45:00 Matt estimates roughly 85 percent of a person’s visceral or glandular problems start with lifestyle and diet.1:52:23 The challenges Matt faces with patients during a recent week.ResourcesWhat Pain is Telling You (Spotify audiobook) by Matt SorensenFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK InstituteCHEK Academy We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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367 — From Oprah to Outlawed and Refusing to Be Silenced With Dr. Christiane Northrup
There is very little in the practice of holistic health that has escaped the attention of Dr. Christiane Northrup over the past quarter-century. Christiane has experienced the huge highs as a highly successful New York Times best-selling author and a favorite of many (including Oprah Winfrey) to the dark days of COVID when her once-coveted advice was censored and ignored.Fortunately, none of the recent pushback has silenced Dr. Christiane Northrup who describes a plandemic gone bad and all of the problems associated with women’s health, including the misuse of synthetic hormones, this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about the asset-based sharing system for gold and silver ownership that Paul and Dr. Northrup talked about here.Learn more about Christiane and her work on her website and her product line for hormonal balance at Amata Life. Find her on social media via Truth Social, Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, Rumble, Instagram and Telegram along with Substack. Download her free Should You Try Herbs to Support the Change ebook at this link.Timestamps9:22 Christiane’s decision to go to medical school was based partly on how the established medical system was failing her family.12:12 Focusing on obstetrics and gynecology and being with pregnant women was what Christiane was designed by God to do.20:54 Many bodily problems women suffer from are their way of expressing their distress.30:03 Why do women living in the Western world suffer from so many bad symptoms associated with menopause?46:35 “If you did things to animals that we do to humans [at birth], the mother would reject the cubs.”1:04:03 How the chapter of John in the Bible fits well with the message of The Matrix Trilogy.1:15:59 Christiane’s take on the countless ways so many handled/orchestrated COVID so very badly.ResourcesFind all resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK InstituteCHEK Academy We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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366 — The Dreamlike Nature of Reality: Not Just a Metaphor With Paul Levy
Are you living a robotic, automated life and unable or unwilling to do the work of being truly conscious?With tools like quantum physics at your disposal, you can begin to dissolve the structures and programming that prevent you from achieving your life’s goals and helping others.Paul Levy shares the wonderful things quantum physics can do for you if you’re willing to embrace the dreamlike nature of reality this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Paul’s work at his Awaken in the Dream website and on Facebook.Timestamps2:57 The precious jewels Paul added to the revised version of his recent book, The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality (Revised and Expanded).5:30 Why is quantum physics controversial?13:16 The dreamlike nature of reality.19:22 Paul believes there’s nothing in our world more important to understand than quantum physics.29:17 Our species may be doomed if we don’t embrace quantum physics.33:52 In the subtext of quantum physics, there’s no distinction between mind and matter.47:06 If you believe the world is objective, you are “a subject that is separate from the world.”58:40 It has taken Paul more than four decades to understand quantum physics in its totality.1:05:41 Two kinds of dreams.1:17:24 “It’s easier to awaken right now than it’s ever been.”1:32:51 The hidden treasures (Terma).1:40:07 How you know you’re receiving a message from God?1:53:49 Paul’s conversations with his unconscious.2:01:27 The mind is secondary to dreaming.2:10:33 According to Carl Jung, God lacks one quality that humans have in abundance.2:16:24 Could you be living an automated life?2:24:27 Planck time.2:36:23 “When you stand in somebody's shadow, it's producing healing energy.”2:53:18 Everyone has the choice to become midwives of awakening.3:05:32 The name, Paul, means the messenger.ResourcesQuantum Theory and Free Will: How Mental Intentions Translate Into Bodily Action by Henry StappThe Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradoxFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK InstituteCHEK Academy We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
Get ready for a no-holds-barred exploration of life and why we’re all here. Each week, world-renowned Holistic Health Practitioner Paul Chek and his guests will tackle topics like spirituality and metaphysics, human performance, diet, science, plant medicine, relationships, sexuality, lifestyle, and personal development with a depth and honesty that you won’t find anywhere else. Previously called Living 4D with Paul Chek, the podcast changed name to Spirit Gym with Paul Chek on Episode 300.
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