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Ben Stewart | Story Creates Reality: How Can We Awaken In The Midst of Crisis + Write A New Story For Humanity?

Feb 11, 2025

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Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 714

Are you stuck in a story that no longer serves you?

Ben Stewart, Filmmaker + Producer of the Psychedelica series, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 714, to reveal how our personal and collective narratives shape our reality, why language is the invisible thread holding every belief and value together, how ancient mythology set the stage for our modern world, and why true awakening comes from recognizing the power we have to rewrite our story.

"Reality is a story. It's an evolving story, and it's a love story. It's a story of allurement, where all the pieces are looking in this evolutionary ladder. It's looking for ever greater wholeness and intimacy with itself. It's God putting itself back together." - Ben Stewart

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In This Episode, Ben Stewart Uncovers: [01:15] What Is a Story?

Ben Stewart
416 Ben Stewart | Awakening In The Midst of Crisis
Why we discover ourselves through stories.
How we get trapped in certain narratives of our stories.
Why language holds a story together.
How reality is a story.

[04:30] A New Story Is Being Written

Yuval Noah Harari
How ancient mythology was compiled from different cultures.
Why God is embedded in nature.
How people used to drive meaning based on their beliefs.
Why the agricultural revolution changed the structure of tribes.
How stories need to change when two tribes want to merge into one.
Why the government controls the story.
How we're being brought to singularity.

[15:55] Democracy Is An Experiment

How we still carry the story scarcity from previous generations.
Why the USA is a liberal democratic experiment.
How the government is still a very new system.
Why the current system is meant to provide more fairness.
How corruption doesn't destroy the democratic system.
The definition of a story.
Why each one of us is an author of the story.

[27:20] Your Story Contains Your Values

How new reality is felt before it's spoken.
Why our voice has the power to create change.
How our inner child craves intimacy and wholeness of our being.
Why compliance provides us with false safety.
How believing a certain story can make us go to war.
Why our story has an impact on the people who witness it.

[35:25] The Intelligence of Language

Why the rule of thirds can be found everywhere around us.
How we know that we're not walking a path of purpose.
Why language has its own intelligence.
How the medium is the message.
Where our thoughts come from.
How language has evolved.
We can process information faster than ever before.

[46:10] The Consciousness of Technology

How technology spiked human evolution.
312 Kevin Kelly: What Technology Can Teach Us About Self Love
The Great Simplification Podcast with Nate Hagens
How we are hooked to the technium.
Why language model AI skyrocketed.
How technium is showing us who we are.
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Why technium is not separate from us.

[56:25] Life Is Your Mirror

How to Know Higher Worlds by Rudolf Steiner
Why technology and money serve as mirrors to us.
How everything outside of us has a subjective meaning.
Why technology is showing us that we haven't integrated our shadow.
How AI gets to the root of language creation to understand it.
Why we're getting to know ourselves through pain.

[01:06:45] The Key to Liberation

How we are parenting AI just like we are parenting our children.
Erick Godsey
Why AI needs conscience.
Pain is a purification process and we shouldn't resist it.
Why people who are liberated are at peace in both heaven and hell.
How the absurdity of a story is when the main character doesn't transform after going through pain.

[01:17:55] The Boundaries of Unconditional Love

Why love is the origin of the story.
How the absence of love shows up in our lives.
Why unconditional love has boundaries.
How to show love through actions instead of words.
Why we need to stand up for our boundaries.
How Ben wants his children to see him at his lowest.

[01:31:50] Discover Your Truth

How our wounds can cloud our wisdom.
Why sharing our truth triggers our fears.
How nature rewards bravery.
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk
How our breath tells our story.
The Embryo In Us (Jaap van der Wal)
Why some relationships are not meant to last.

[01:41:05] Karmic Debt

Why in our essence we don't truly want to skip the challenge to get to the lesson.
How surrendering to someone else's story gives us a false sense of reward.
Why the amount of money we have doesn't change how much we worry about it.
How convenience doesn't get us anywhere but pain does.
Why pain is a part of the story.

[01:49:15] What The Future Holds

555 Mike Dillard | Richer Every Day: How To WIN The War on Your Money + Mind
What new story is starting to emerge right now.
How all the negative effects of technology are part of the story.
What the US government is evolving to become.
How the elite is losing their power.
Why we're about to face accountability.

[01:56:25] The New Civilization

What makes people become accountable for their actions.
Why we are a type zero civilization.
How the woke and extremist mindsets are a sign that we're moving to type one civilization.
Why Ben's job is connecting the old story with the new story.
How humor can serve to reveal the truth.
What are we fighting for?

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Power Quotes From The Show What Is Story?

"Story is what holds together the human experience. Every single one of us are the authors of this story. The depression that we feel is when we have surrendered ourselves to a story that's not ours. Instead of upholding false values or other people's values, you need to understand what story truly is and how we are held together by story, how the human experience is held together by story, so we can seek and find our own value." - Ben Stewart

Would You Choose Pain Over Convenience?

"We are not a species that is just looking for the easy thing to do. We think we're looking for convenience. But why are we not happy when we get to convenience land? Convenience does not get us to where we're going in our story, the pain is what really clarifies our vision." - Ben Stewart

Technium Comes From God

"The technium is a part of the vehicle by which we skyrocket into ourselves, into an awakening of who we are. There's something about what AI has the potential to do that I believe comes straight from source, straight from God. It looks separate from us but we are all of it, we are the technology." - Ben Stewart

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About Ben Stewart

Ben Joseph Stewart is a filmmaker, musician, and researcher known for his thought-provoking documentaries exploring consciousness, human potential, and societal transformation.

He gained recognition with films like Esoteric Agenda, Kymatica, and Ungrip, which delve into spirituality, ancient wisdom, and the nature of reality.

Ben has also created content for Gaia, including the series Psychedelica, which examines the history and impact of plant medicines.

His work blends science, mysticism, and philosophy, aiming to awaken audiences to deeper truths about themselves and the world. In addition to filmmaking, he is a speaker and artist, using various mediums to inspire self-discovery and personal liberation.