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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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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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.)

Timestamps

2:47 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.

Resources

What Pain is Telling You (Spotify audiobook) by Matt Sorensen

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