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Spirit Gym with Paul Chek
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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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401 — Nothing Is Missing in Your Life… You're Just Not Seeing It With Dr. John Demartini
1w ago02:37:16Tap to summarizeAt age 13, Dr. John Demartini left home after being told by the “experts” around him that his life would never amount to much. People claimed his physical and learning challenges were too much to overcome…Nearly six decades later, John is living the life none of those “experts” could’ve ever imagined, as a world-renown teacher who helps his students come to a greater understanding of human behavior and maximizing their potential.John shares his amazing journey from his early days as teenage surfer without a home, then explains why he gave up the self-help movement — it’s a moral trap — and reveals the importance of asking the right questions of ourselves and others this week on Spirit Gym.Find out more about John and his work on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and YouTube. Listen to his podcast, The Demartini Show, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to them.Also, John invites Spirit Gym listeners to take advantage of some free gifts:· Download his 7 Steps to Expand to the Next Level of Empowerment workbook.· Watch John’s inspiring presentation, Awakening Your Astronomical Vision.· Complete the Demartini Value Determination Process, a 13-step process that helps you determine your highest values or priorities in life.· Take his master classes, Increase Your Deserve Level and Finally Get What You Want and Discover The Hidden Order and Its Power to Transform Your Life.Timestamps5:34 John leaves home at age 13 to hitchhike cross-country and surf.8:31 John’s life-changing encounter with Paul Bragg.19:59 From learning-challenged to speaking to University of Houston students daily.35:20 “Everything that's going on our life is on the way to help us be our most magnificent self.”46:00 Lean into your uniqueness and authenticity with help from your teachers.53:29 The Demartini method.1:01:45 Holy curiosity.1:13:32 “I really believe all of the randomness that we have is missing information.”1:22:29 “The Master lives in a world of transformation, not the illusion of gain, loss, pleasure, pain or polarities.”1:27:39 John’s research leads him to give up the self-help movement.1:39:32 “Quality questions are ones that make us aware of what we're unconscious of when we're interpreting things in this polarized way.”1:41:47 What is depression?1:54:56 True science and true religion mirror each other, but with different languages.2:03:25 John’s definition of evil: An incomplete awareness of a mental construct.2:12:59 Good and evil: The only labels we impose on things that are exaggerations rather than synthesis.2:15:41 The soulmate question.2:31:05 “The first thing I tell my students: Whatever you perceive in me, let’s find it in you.”ResourcesEssentials of Emotional Intelligence by Dr. John DemartiniSpecial Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind and Art FriedmanThe Principles of Quantum Mechanics by P.A.M. DuracThe C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of HoustonDr. John Demartini’s heated conversation with Aubrey Marcus on YouTubeThe Science of Mind: The Complete 1926 edition by Ernest HolmesThe Law of Eristic Escalation explained by Dr. John DemartiniThe Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent PealeThe work of Jack LaLanne, Buddy Miles, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Claude Shannon, Frank Tipler, Stephen Wolfram, Vera Rubin, Sri Aurobindo, Stephen Hawking, Edward Edinger and EpictetusThe Schrödinger equationRudolf Clausius and the second law of thermodynamicsThe Boltzmann equationHeraclitis and the LogosWhat is Life? by Erwin SchrodingerGeocentrismThe RigvedaCosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind by Richard BuckeGate control theory by Ronald Melzack and Patrick WallThe Secret (film) on YouTubeThe Trans-Planckian problemPaul’s podcast conversation with Sean O’LaoireFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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400 — Shadow Work Never Ends And That’s Great News With Paul Chek
2w ago01:59:59Tap to summarizeHave you been running away from your shadow self for so long you no longer remember why?Too many people attempt to escape from their shadow selves out of fear and a lack of understanding that acknowledging their shadow is a structural feature of an individuated psyche and a reservoir of vital energy that can help you grow into the adult you’re meant to be.If you’ve been struggling to find a path forward, Paul shares the benefits of shadow work and explains why doing it consistently over a lifetime can transform your life this week on Spirit Gym.Check out the PDF Paul created that accompanies this episode to help you better understand shadow work.Timestamps5:00 True shadow work is a lifetime process that never ends.15:08 Managing your shadow work by better managing your health and breathing.21:47 Your shadow: The price of having a definitive identity.28:35 “The pull between consciousness and shadow is what makes psychological growth possible at all.”38:16 “If you're not working with your shadow consciously with legitimate spiritual intent and doing the work properly, it will project itself outward.”44:03 The collective unconscious.50:43 Doing your shadow work goes a long way toward lessening your judgement of others.56:03 Hyperstition.1:03:27 To think holistically, always ask yourself, “Is it true?”1:11:06 What is your secret story?1:21:54 The shadow: A hyperstitional structure.1:31:36 Break hyperstitional patterns with these exercises.1:44:20 You can’t have consciousness without a positive and a negative.1:49:15 Your stories are connected to events and the shadow work you do.ResourcesEgo and Archetype by Edward EdingerThe numinousThe work of Swami Vivekananda, Carl Jung, Dean Radin, Dr. Larry Dossey, Murray Stein, Edgar Cayce and Nick LandHow to Eat, Move and Be Healthy!When God Was a Woman by Merlin StonePaul’s podcast conversations with James Hollis, Jonathan Bluestein and James CarsePaul’s solocast on Lucifer, Christ and AhrimanNonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland MyersThe Evolution of Love From Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis by Dr. Marc GafniFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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399 — 272 Emotions and You Probably Only Know 28 of Them With D. Earl Johnston
3w ago02:07:19Tap to summarizeImagine you and your teenager are sitting down for a nice meal and she/he asks, “What do you know about depression?” and you’re stumped for an answer.Faced with that question, D. (Doug) Earl Johnston set out to find the answer and, along the way, identified 271 additional and distinct emotional states that formed the basis of his latest book, Choosing Emotions: Thinking with Your Head and Acting with Your Heart.Doug shares what he learned about the amazing array of emotions all of us feel and how they protect us this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Doug and his work at his website and on social media via Instagram. Timestamps4:58 Doug’s daughter asked him a question he couldn’t answer: What do you know about depression?10:42 Identifying 272 distinct emotional states through famous quotes.21:41 Our emotions are tools that protect us.32:15 The fundamental misunderstandings people have about emotions.43:15 A consilience.47:35 Name it, blame it and tame it.56:30 “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”1:06:35 Where do you draw the line between an emotion, mood, condition, pattern or life?1:23:54 “Can you change a default emotion?”1:33:38 Doug’s reckoning with ego.1:39:05 Vocabulary and emotions.1:48:03 The domains of the head, heart and gut.1:52:55 One of Paul’s guiding principles he learned from a student.ResourcesAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené BrownThe work of Rollo May, J.K. Rowling, Eckhart Tolle, Dr. Antonio Damasio, Jonathan Heidt, Daniel Kahneman, Niels Bohr, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Charles Kettering, Noam Chomsky, Dan Siegel, Stanley Krippner, Edgar Cayce and Sir Winston ChurchillPaul’s podcast conversations with Rollin McCraty and Keith WittHow Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa BarrettSwitch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan HeathFeelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol TrumanThe Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Stephen MitchellThe Second Book of the Tao by Stephen MitchellFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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398 — AI Doesn't Hallucinate — It Makes Crap Up (That Distinction Matters) With Elizabeth Nelson
4w ago02:01:56Tap to summarizeOnce upon a time not so very long ago, artificial intelligence (AI) was a product of speculative science fiction, especially in films from Metropolis to Blade Runner.Today, AI has so infiltrated our daily lives, the thought of not having access to Google or other AI-driven apps on our mobile phones and computers scares the crap out of a lot of people. Paul continues his investigation into AI with able assistance from author, Silicon Valley survivor and depth psychologist Elizabeth Nelson who explores the wide gulf between human and machine this week on Spirit Gym.Check out Elizabeth’s essays and individual coaching groups, watch her video presentations and read her essays on her website.Timestamps7:54 Defining technology and machines.12:05 Artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs) or large language machines?19:12 “Technology is not neutral.”23:48 Confusing data and information with real knowledge.29:50 The intrusion of machine language into our humanity.37:45 The danger of LLMs emulating humans.51:23 Exploring the gulf between human and cyborg/machine in books and films like Blade Runner.57:23 When describing what AI does, calling it making crap up or AI slop is better than hallucinating.1:08:26 Are we turning an it like AI into a being?1:14:15 The irony of some people celebrating the end times while others turn to transhumanism.1:38:18 Can you leave your tech toys at home for a week without feeling anxiety?1:49:48 Why is it so important for humanity to understand very clearly what reality is?ResourcesDepth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine, edited by Jason Batt and Jonathan EricksonThe Art of Jungian Couples Therapy: An Introduction by Elizabeth Nelson and Anthony DelmedicoThe Art of Inquiry: A Depth Psychology Perspective by Elizabeth Nelson and Joseph CoppinPsyche’s Knife: Archetypal Explorations of Love and Power by Elizabeth NelsonJournal of Jungian Scholarly StudiesUnderstanding Media: The Extension of Man by Marshall McLuhan and Lewis Lapham Elizabeth’s Psyche, Soma, Cyborg course at the Pacifica Graduate InstituteThe Ship of Theseus (Theseus’s Paradox)Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. DickExteroceptionElysiumThe work of James Hillman and Edward EdingerPaul’s podcast conversation with B. EarlDNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral by Leonard HorowitzFrankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary ShelleyThe Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World’s Religions by Huston SmithThe Social Dilemma on NetflixElizabeth’s presentation during the recent Soul and the Machine webinar on the International Society of Mythology websiteFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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397 — The Shamanic Journey You Never Knew Fasting Could Be With Sean McCormick
May 1202:40:02Tap to summarizeThanks to its recent mainstream popularity, more people are turning to fasting as a means to promote better health and weight loss than ever before, but is it a good one? Fasting can be beneficial for some people but not everyone, and only if they really pay attention to what their bodies are telling them and are working with professionals like Sean McCormick, an expert in the realm of dry fasting.Paul and Sean discuss the real world pros and cons of fasting and how a session of fasting, under the best and safest conditions, can be a life-changing Shamanic journey this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Sean and dry fasting on his website and Dry Fast With Friends where you can access a FREE Dry Fast Guide and masterclass video. Find Sean on social media via Instagram here and here. Listen to Sean’s Optimal Performance podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. For Spirit Gym listeners: Interested in taking the next step into dry fasting? Join Sean’s next Dry Fast With Friends 4.0 live event starting June 25 at Dry Fast With Friends. Save 50 PERCENT on the event or any other levels of dry fasting by using the promo code CHEK. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)Timestamps4:28 Sean’s journey to performance optimization began when his parents taught him transcendental meditation at age 12.11:17 Sean’s first dry fast was to impress a young woman who is now his wife during Ramadan.29:32 Sean’s experiments with various fasting methods that are measurable.35:13 Why dry fasting works best for Sean.41:44 Pay attention to how your body reacts badly and well to fasting, then food and water afterward.53:23 How a fast can be an introspective process.1:02:07 Down and dirty with enemas.1:12:11 Can you recognize you don’t know everything and be willing to refer a client to a health professional with more skills?1:20:32 Dry fasting isn’t good for everyone, with the metabolic disruptions that occur in your body.1:36:19 Treat fasting like a Shamanic journey, not a quick fix to lose weight.ResourcesThe Phoenix Protocol: Dry Fasting For Rapid Healing and Radical Life Extension by Dr. August DunningFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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396 — Does Your Personal Cosmology Need Improvement Before a Plant Medicine Ceremony With Mark Gober
May 502:26:12Tap to summarizeIf someone asked you about your personal cosmology — who are you, why are you here and what is your role on our planet — what would you tell them? Or, more to the point, could you really answer the question?For best-selling author Mark Gober, it took years for him to understand the huge gap between following a personal cosmology that was nihilistic, random, superficial and meaningless and living an intentional one that embraces Spirit and the divine in all of us. A decade passed before Mark was ready for his first plant medicine ceremony, and the healing work he did on developing his personal cosmology made all of the difference in creating a positive, intimate experience that keeps on delivering insights. Join Mark and Paul on a journey of discovery and lasting growth with help from plant medicines and learn why a personal cosmology matters this week on Spirit Gym.Check out Mark and his work on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram.Timestamps3:46 Does our intellect or something in our biology block us being receptive to our natural state, especially as we age?12:23 How plant medicines reconnect us to the various aspects of ourselves.15:20 Amnesia is built into the human experience (with a large dose of ignorance thrown in).22:27 Ibogaine: A medicine that loves through truth, even when it is painful.31:12 Mark meets ibogaine.44:00 It took a decade for Mark to be ready for his first plant medicine ceremony.46:55 Mark’s four intentions going into his first plant medicine ceremony.1:05:31 Self-betrayal: A form of self-loathing that our society trains us to do.1:09:35 Ancestral trauma, underlying terror and catastrophic thinking.1:17:27 “Whenever we heal for ourselves, we’re really healing for our family.”1:26:54 The purpose of existence and authenticity is the only game in town.1:32:07 A sign Mark was tapping into his divine guidance before his plant medicine ceremony: Writing a book about it.ResourcesAn End to the Upside Down Cosmos by Mark GoberFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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395 — The Family Who Ditched The Rat Race and Never Looked Back With Robyn and Victor Robledo
Apr 2802:33:06Tap to summarizeIf you’re a parent, do you remember one day when you had fun with your kids doing things that weren’t tied down to going on a (rare) yearly vacation or a holiday gathering?Unfortunately, most parents are living the lives of event planners, carting their kids from home to school, birthday parties, recitals, large family gatherings and too many youth sports and hardly anyone is having any fun (or getting much sleep).Do you want to parent your kids in a more holistic, connected way that teaches them how to be their best selves and allows you to live your best life too? Robyn and Victor Robledo, the nomads with a purpose who raised their five kids on the road, will show you how this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Robyn, Victor and their family at the Nomads With a Purpose website and Robyn’s website. Check out their adventures on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Contact Victor and Robyn via email for information about their services.Timestamps4:39 Building a business as a couple at age 20 on the fly and figuring it out.8:11 Victor’s extreme adrenal fatigue and subsequent panic attack changed everything.16:15 Victor’s collision course with trauma.20:46 Leaving Southern California to explore the world.29:24 Two parents and five kids living on the road on about 150 euros ($174) a day.32:37 Paul’s collision course with seasonal affective disorder.39:08 There's something amazing about waking up and choosing what you want to do today, not what you have to do.47:53 Are you so afraid of your kids that they will reject you?55:12 “There’s no self-growth in me sitting on the sidelines of another soccer game.”1:04:54 What started as homeschooling eventually became unschooling.1:13:09 Robyn and Victor raised a family of seven on roughly $4,000 per month while living on the road.1:32:39 The Five Pillars of healthy living Robyn and Victor have used to build their family.ResourcesThe Road Less Traveled: Why You Shouldn’t Give Up Your Comfy Couch, Hot Showers and Steady Paycheck by Robyn RobledoGabriela Robledo’s TEDx Talk on How to Find Purpose and Personal PowerFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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394 — Every Parable Has 3 Levels of Understanding and Most People Are Stuck on Level One With Sean O’Laoire
Apr 2102:04:39Tap to summarizeWhen many of you were very young, you learned about right versus wrong sitting in Sunday School being taught the Parables of Jesus. Unfortunately, that’s often where the learning stopped…Discover how reviewing the Parables from an adult perspective can be a transformative experience with the help of Sean O’Laoire this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Sean at his Spirits in Spacesuits website. Find him on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Timestamps8:04 Defining Parables.9:42 The difference between knowledge and wisdom.16:21 Jesus: The master of exaggeration.23:21 The master and the servant motif in Parables.26:16 The real lesson behind the Prodigal Son Parable.30:48 The Proverb (ancient words).48:32 “Every piece that’s necessary is there and every piece that’s there is necessary.”56:53 The soul.1:00:32 What’s your personal epistemology?1:11:00 The Cross according to Rudolf Steiner.1:21:40 “There is no situation you cannot reconfigure in order to become a deeply spiritual person.”1:26:10 Solving problems from a deeper meta-perspective.1:38:54 Religion: The training wheels for spirituality.1:45:52 Do you live in gratitude?2:01:10 Sean closes the conversation with a song.ResourcesSetting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We've Created in Our Own Image by Sean O’LaoireJesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings by Martin AronsonThe cockle (weed)Ilya Progogine’s concept of dissipative structures Paul’s podcast conversation with Sayer JiHow to Understand Your Bible by Manly P. HallFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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393 — Your Kid’s Dropping IQ Is Not An Accident — Here’s the Proof With Dr. Jared Horvath
Apr 1403:02:21Tap to summarizeDoes it seem to you as if today’s kids are not as smart and lacking in common sense than previous generations? You’re not imagining things…The current focus on education — treating the human brain like a computer and using artificial intelligence (AI) to feed it knowledge — may be great for sitting in front of a screen playing video games, but not so much on real learning and creativity, the one true superpower every human being has.Educator Dr. Jared Horvath explains why today’s kids are cognitively declining and describes what we can do to reverse that downward trend this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Jared at his LME Global website and on social media sites like Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram.Timestamps8:05 Pursuing the science of learning.13:20 “The brain is not a computer, and you are not your brain.”24:49 Our kids are losing their conceptual natures, and are cognitively declining.27:56 Humanity’s greatest superpower.32:32 The three stages of creativity.35:30 Why are kids living East Asian countries smarter and more creative than those in America?50:01 Why teachers don’t have a say in the education process.58:20 Focusing on proximal goals versus distal goals.1:09:29 Do you really understand the difference between opinions and knowledge?1:16:01 AI falsely assumes human thought is best represented in speech.1:21:00 The reification of education.1:28:09 When Paul was a child, he dreamed of becoming a bank robber.1:35:42 The breadth of your knowledge is only as good as the depth of it, which may explain why education is broken.1:42:32 The importance of mastery.1:53:07 Is it really cheaper for schools to divest from digital tech for physical education and the arts?2:02:28 Why it is NOT important for kids to be taught how to use AI.2:16:01 Jared’s real problem with AI, aside from the fact that it does nothing: Its intellectual heritage is hidden.2:21:08 The tech outsourcing of basic parenting.ResourcesThe Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning — And How To Help Them Thrive Again by Dr. Jared HorvathFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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392 — What Writing Spider-Man Taught Me About the Fool’s Journey With B. Earl
Apr 702:32:16Tap to summarizeDid you know the comic book characters and their stories that are adapted into very successful books, TV shows and movies could teach you as much about myth as the work of Joseph Campbell?Filmmaker and comic book writer B. Earl describes how his deep love for comics, mythology and the Tarot led him on a Fool’s Journey away from doing the safe thing — studying biochemistry — to work on Spider-Man comics, make movies and share the lessons he learned by following the road less traveled this week on Spirit Gym.Discover more about B. Earl on his Weirdbunch Studio website and on Instagram, Substack and LinkedIn. Read his chapter in the book, Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine, edited by Jason Batt and Jonathan Erickson. Check out his crowdfunded Fangbanger: SUPERPOSITION Anthology on Zoop.Timestamps7:44 “I found my voice and my own ideas through a mixture of mythology and comic books.”11:09 Whose dream wins out to study biochemistry or telling stories?17:53 B. Earl’s Hero’s Journey begins with a call from movie producer Larry Cohen.28:03 The Tarot helps B. Earl achieve sobriety when he needed it.33:45 The libido as life force energy.37:46 How do we learn to process, use and embrace the 72 demons of Solomon?49:13 The commercialization of Hip Hop.53:35 Comics: The most powerful medium and the additive version of the creative process.1:00:05 Can you decode the symbolism hiding in plain sight?1:07:15 How much of your consciousness is tied up in your ego?1:16:44 The Fool’s Journey.1:26:40 Different Tarot card decks, different insights.1:35:00 The forced redundancy of us in AI.1:41:07 The magic of storytelling that conveys deeper truths and native myths in B. Earl’s Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man.1:55:55 Conflict and forgiveness are necessary for us to live and grow.ResourcesWatch B. Earl talk about The Poetry of Death during the recent Soul and the Machine webinar on the International Society of Mythology websiteFind 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 PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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