Spirit Gym with Paul Chek – Details, episodes & analysis

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.

Timestamps

8:01 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.

Resources

The Silicon Slopes

Paul’s Living 4D podcast on Lucifer-Christ-Ahriman

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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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.

Timestamps

6:22 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.

Resources

Healing With Haiku: A Poetic Exploration of Self by Anne Helfer

The work of Bashô, Dr. Dan Siegel and Caroline Myss

Jeffrey Mishlove’s conversation with David Whyte on YouTube

Alexithymia

Paul’s Spirit Gym conversation with Nancy Mellon

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No matter how many resources of great scientific information that are available to us, how little you don’t know about the foods you eat can be the difference between living the good life and one full of sickness.

Dr. Autumn Smith, co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, knows this all too well as a once very sick person who healed herself via nutrition (with help from Paul via CD) many years ago.

Autumn shares her life’s continuing food as medicine mission, her recent Ph.D. studies on nutrient densities of meat and her concerns about efficiency over ecology in the food industry this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Autumn’s inspiring journey on YouTube and watch her eight-part ReThink Meat series here. Follow Autumn via social media on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Timestamps

4:07 What people really don’t know about the food they eat.

11:09 Could farm-to-table nutrition in schools be part of our future?

29:03 Our top soil may run out within 60-80 years.

35:40 Dr. Bruce Ames’ triage theory.

43:16 The most common reaction to food sensitivities for pork consumption.

52:31 “We prioritize efficiency over ecology.”

1:01:38 Are synthetic vitamins really good for your health?

1:09:47 Good advice from the late Jerry Telle: Eat like you live on a farm.

1:20:23 Autumn worked with Dr. Stephan van Vilet on his study that compared nutrient densities in beef.

1:33:06 Most grass-fed beef we eat in America is produced in China.

Resources

The Dewayne Lee Johnson vs. Monsanto case

Glycine and methionine

Weston A. Price Foundation

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as Bears

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in America and has been linked to health problems from genital warts to a list of cancers, including cervical cancer among women. Those concerns have spurred a push for HPV vaccinations, typically among young teens, but are they your only options before or after a positive test? ?

Dr. Nathan Riley and Mimi Lindquist explain what everyone needs to know about HPV, how to proceed after receiving a positive test and what you can do to protect yourself in this very revealing Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Mimi’s work on TheMedicin website and on social media via Instagram. Listen to her TheMedicin podcast with Chase Ramey.

Discover more about Nathan and his work at his Beloved Holistics website and on social media via Instagram, Twitter and YouTube along with his Holistic OBGYN Podcast.

For Living 4D listeners: Save 10% on Nathan and Mimi’s new course, Clear & Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV.

Timestamps

• Why men and women need to know more about HPV. (6:44)
• Who do you trust? (16:57)
• “There is no rush.” (24:20)
• Do you educate your kids about sex? (32:23)
• HPV screenings. (44:56)
• How to proceed after a positive result for HPV. (52:11)
• A “true” placebo? (59:42)
• Why are people infected with HPV getting a vaccine for HPV? (1:14:16)
• Support your immune system. (1:24:05)
• Mushrooms: Internet of the world. (1:34:23)
• A woman’s shame dealing with HPV. (1:44:31)
• The Clear & Free online course. (1:58:13) 

Resources

• Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition by Merlin Sheldrake
• The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
• The Science of AHCC: Japan’s Medical Breakthrough in Immunotherapy by Dr. Fred Pescatore
• The HPV Vaccine on Trial by Mary Holland, Kim Mack Rosenberg and Eileen Iorio

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Do you give much thought to the products you use and the foods you eat every day and the companies that produce them? Choose the passive approach — like most people do — and you’re giving up all responsibility for the health of your mind and your body, plus making the pockets of Big Pharma/Big Ag fatter. 

Throughout his long career, Paul has always been the iconoclast, sharing safer and healthier approaches to daily living that start with investing your dollars in foods and products you consume from clean sources.

So what really constitutes a healthy, clean source?

Adriaan Zimmerman and Ret Taylor describe the journeys they’ve taken to create Ned, a company that produces an array of organic botanical products derived from non-GMO resources straight from regenerative farms in this restorative Living 4D conversation.

Check out the work Ret and Adriaaan are doing with Ned via social media on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok and YouTube.

For Living 4D listeners: Save 15 percent off your first purchase of any Ned products, including Mello Magnesium, The De-Stress Set, Brain Blend and The Sleep Set, at their website. Use the promo code CHEK at checkout to receive your discount!

Timestamps

• A focus on the environment. (8:52)
• Ret’s introduction to Paul while listening to an Aubrey Marcus podcast. (14:52)
• The origin of the company name. (17:18)
• Adriaan’s one way trip to Nepal. (39:07)
• Ret’s wake-up call back to nature and primal movements. (48:38)
• Balancing pleasure and pain. (1:09:12)
• The difference between listening to your mind/ego and your body and its primal instincts. (1:16:40)
• The seed and the soil. (1:25:39)
• Full spectrum hemp. (1:31:10)
• Ned infuses their products with binaural beats. (1:49:08)
• Nurturing a woman’s endocrine system. (2:12:28)
• Funding a healthier ECHO relationship (energy, chemistry, hydration and organisms). (2:24:59)
• What can you do to live a more natural life? (2:36:36)

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Most people treat water as a necessity for human sustenance, but you’d think that such an important part of our lives would merit much more attention, care and reverence.

This week on Living 4D, explore a very different way of looking at water with respect and love with Gary Greenfield in this Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Gary and his work on social media via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

For Living 4D listeners: Save 10% on any products offered by Greenfield Water Solutions, like the Super-Charged Structured Water Whole Home Vortexer and all Whole Home Structured Water Filters by going to their website and using the code paulchek at checkout.

 Timestamps

• The contaminated information in purified wastewater. (10:47)
• The story of creation. (17:01)
• Aether and water. (26:28)
• Everything is connected in nature. (33:50)
• Reverse osmosis: The best way to filter water. (42:09)
• The invisible qualities of energy. (54:58)
• Placing structured water devices in strategic locations throughout a town can eliminate the need for cleaning chemicals. (1:07:37)
• A toxic switch from chlorine to chloramine. (1:12:02)
• Structured water defined. (1:26:03)
• Centripetal (yin) versus centrifugal (yang). (1:34:18)
• The innate intelligence of water. (1:40:53)
• Bringing structured water to the mainstream. (1:51:59)
• Love, consciousness, prayer and water. (2:01:48)
• Does humanity need a new water myth? (2:15:30)
• Try this experiment next time for chlorinated water in a swimming pool. (2:38:49)
• Zeolite. (2:47:47)

Resources

• The Water Wizard by Viktor Schauberger and Callum Coats
• The work of Thales of Miletus, Marcel Vogel, Fritz-Albert Popp, Royal Rife and Masaru Emoto

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Have you reached the 2023 holiday season and wondered why you’re feeling so exhausted, tired and spent?

Luckily, Paul has been thinking a lot about this problem many of you are facing this holiday season and has some strategies that can help you recharge your batteries and give yourself the gift of good health in this special Living 4D podcast.

Timestamps

• Extractive capitalism. (7:59)
• Spirituality: A progressive expansion of a connection to our surroundings or to a greater whole. (20:10)
• Are you asking questions about everything? (29:00)
• Two points of sentience. (36:03)
• Knowing your dream helps you identify why you may be spent physically and emotionally. (46:13)
• Eros and agape. (1:02:14)
• “Focus first on what is your dream and how to create safety and security by managing your 4 Doctors.” (1:10:30)
• Are you in a state of fear? (1:22:43)
• “Matter is materialization of God’s own dream which is existence itself.” (1:28:54)
• Rudolf Steiner’s conception of the Cross and what it means for us. (1:37:21)
• The four quadrants that reveal how we become spent. (1:53:21)
• Your people and your stories/interactions with them. (2:00:03)
• Living a healthy life by paying attention to the numbers. (2:06:11)

Resources

• The work of Adi Shankara, Amy and Arnold Mindell, Dr. Dan Siegel, Edward Edinger and Bruce Lipton
• The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent
• Paul’s Living 4D series of Evolve podcasts starting with Evolve Yourself Physically
• Paul’s solo podcasts on Ancient Wisdom, The People Who Changed My Life and Creating Real Health
• The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life by Arthur Firstenberg

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Do you think a lot about the mysteries that lie beyond the mundane matrix of daily living and why things happen, often against humanity?

Begin to pierce the veil of the matrix with guidance from Paul and his special guest, filmmaker, actor, author and truth-seeker Sean Stone, in this exploratory Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Sean and his work on his website where you can learn more about his writings, his workshops — Heart Magic and The Art of Success — and book a consultation. Watch his six-part documentary series, Best Kept Secret, on Vimeo.

Check Sean out on social media via Patreon, Facebook, Instagram, beeyou.tv and Twitter.

Timestamps

• What do you consider weird? (5:31)
• Conspiracy theories. (10:54)
• A near-death experience that’s like seeing through the matrix. (22:10)
• Sean’s first hallucinogenic experience with mushrooms in a church linked to the Hellfire Club. (30:21)
• The universe desires change. (43:45)
• “Earth is the heart domain.” (1:00:58)
• The need for relationships. (1:17:56)
• Deprogramming your belief systems so you can get to a place of intuition. (1:32:07)

Resources

• Buzzsaw with Sean Stone on Gaia
• Doppelganger: A Trip Into The Mirror World by Naomi Klei 
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• JFK by Oliver Stone
• Machine elves/DMT elves
• Conan the Barbarian
• The work of Robert E. Howard, Jean Gebser, Rick Straussman and Hafiz
• Paul’s Living 4D podcast on The Danger of Living in Two Realities

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Have you ever encountered a real polymath?

Meet YaHuMa, a uniquely gifted man whose skills span the worlds of martial arts, poetry, music, Shamanism and art, in this very spiritual Living 4D conversation.

View and enjoy YaHuMa’s artwork at his website.

Timestamps

• YaHuMa’s name = Divine spirit mind. (7:09)
• Born during a war between Iran and Iraq. (10:23)
• YaHuMa’s spiritual grandparents. (14:50)
• The wild child charts a new direction at university, away from physics and toward art. (20:52)
• Coming out of a numbing depression to a spiritual awakening with help from plant medicines. (29:06)
• From student to practitioner. (38:00)
• Art helps YaHuMa integrate the lessons he’s learned during plant medicine ceremonies. (45:13)
• YaHuMa’s development as an artist. (50:17)
• YaHuMa’s process before sharing his art with the world. (58:18)
• Could learning the martial arts help the lost boys grow up? (1:05:37)
• YaHuMa has worked with more than 300 people on solo plant medicine ceremonies. (1:16:42)
• How YaHuMa built his own philosophy for spiritual living. (1:25:30)
• Plant medicines as forms of spiritual technology. (1:35:27)
• Channeling. (1:41:10)
• Diving into the mystery through poetry. (1:46:58)
• A need for forgiveness. (1:58:56)
• Focus on the positivity. (2:09:45)

Resources

• Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax
• The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady
• Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Ari Honarvar and  Hamilton Souther
• The Ra Material: Law of One by Jim McCarty, Don Elkins and Carla Rueckert
• Masnavi by Rumi

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Are the relationships with the loved ones in your life the perfect everything, or are you looking for a deeper connection?

Learn how to achieve abundance in your relationships with the friends and family on Your Dream Team with help from the amazing Jason Pickard along with Mimi Lindquist and Chase Ramey, hosts of TheMedicin podcast, who found their way back from divorce to a beautiful, fulfilling life in this illuminating Living 4D conversation.

For Living 4D listeners: Jason is offering a $500 savings on his The Abundance Archetype Method course. When you register, mention Paul Chek in the answer to the question How did you hear about the abundance archetype? to get this discount.

Check out Jason on Instagram. Learn more about Mimi and Chase on TheMedicin website and on social media via Instagram.

Timestamps

• Belief systems keep people mentally lazy. (9:25)
• Are you agile in your love relationships? (13:56)
• Work mode versus home mode. (17:46)
• Relationships: Perpetual opportunities for giving and receiving. (24:01)
• A taste of the divine. (40:02)
• Do you feel alchemy or curiosity in your relationships? (55:58)
• “A relationship is like a really deep psychedelic journey.” (1:04:36)
• Can you be a friend to yourself? (1:11:00)
• Keeping the spark alive with your partner. (1:16:34)
• Ghost roles. (1:30:54)
• What are the non-negotiables in your relationship? (1:49:06)
• Your relationship myths. (2:09:39)
• “Do you love your family more when you’re with them or away from them?” (2:28:08)
• Relationships aren’t games to be won or lost. (2:31:20)
• What is the small stuff? (2:39:24)
• Relationships can be great teachers. (2:45:55)

Resources

• The Deep Democracy of Open Forums by Arnold Mindell
• You Can Have It All: A Simple Guide to a Joyful Abundant Life by Arnold Patent
• The work of Nancy Pickard, Joseph Rael, Michael Eisner and Dr. Dan Siegel

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