Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Do you believe the future of our world is in peril RIGHT NOW? In this very special 250th episode, Penny Crozier and Angie Chek join Paul in an exploration of the Christ Principle with great insights from the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and a plethora of other resources as a means to restore a healthy, peaceful balance between the often harmful forces of Lucifer and Ahriman.To emphasize these different forces at work, Penny is the voice of Lucifer, Angie is the voice of Christ and Paul is the voice of Ahriman.Timestamps“Today, we are living in a cloud of unknowing.” (3:36)The Christ Principle. (11:14)Entering a phase of accelerated spiritual development. (22:35)Look honestly and closely for the darker expressions within yourself. (36:27)A short biography of Rudolf Steiner. (42:24)Understanding the subtle energy bodies of humans. (51:17)The meaning of fire. (1:04:31)Angels. (1:17:19)Is evil merely distortions of consciousness within our soul? (1:35:00)The childish separation in Western religions between God and Lucifer. (1:48:46)Visualize the relationship between Lucifer and Ahriman like a balance beam scale. (2:03:07)Your necessary spiritual evolution. (2:22:12)As a force of hardening, Ahriman can be associated with diseases ending in the suffix osis (sclerosis or arteriosclerosis). (2:35:46)Consider why the word artificial comes before intelligence. (2:49:35)The nature of evil beings. (2:54:20)A selfie culture that retards personal growth and adulthood. (3:04:37)Half-truths and half-errors. (3:18:58)Evolving toward Trinitarian thinking. (3:32:27)Do you fear God? (3:49:30)Examine these Tarot archetypes to better balance the influences of Lucifer and Ahriman. (4:00:54)“Blood carries the emotional truth of our heart to every cell in our body.” (4:11:17)Wisdom transcends the powers of polarity. (4:27:51)The 1-2-3-4 approach to balancing Lucifer and Ahriman with the Christ Principle. (4:33:21)“What is infinite requires infinite evolution.” (4:52:40)ResourcesRudolf Steiner PressThe Rudolf Steiner Archive A Road To Sacred Creation: Rudolf Steiner’s Perspectives on Technology, Vol. 1 edited by Gary LambThe Incarnation of Ahriman: The Embodiment of Evil on Earth by Rudolf Steiner Find more resources for this episode on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

For most young couples, the road to better lives is often paved with great intentions, some successes, changes in direction and an awful lot of pain. How do you create a sustainable relationship that lasts through thick, thin, infidelity, thoughts of suicide and American Ninja Warriors? Meet CHEK Professionals Kirsti and Mickel Pratt, a dynamic couple who have a lot packed a lot of growth and pain in their early thirtysomething lives, but found more love and happiness by turning to basic CHEK principles in this no-holds-barred Living 4D conversation. Check out Mickel and Kirsti on their website. Follow Kirsti on social media via TikTok and Instagram. Follow Mickel on social media via Instagram. For Living 4D listeners: Save 20 percent on Kirsti and Mickel’s Self Mastery Membership program at their website where you can also purchase a copy of their cookbook, Healthy Holistic Eats: 40 Organic Whole Food Recipes to Nourish Mind, Body, and Soul.TimestampsKirsti and Mickel met Paul at a Zen in the Garden workshop two years ago. (4:43)Kirsti transitions from golf and soccer to falling in love with American Ninja Warrior. (10:02)Mickel’s health journey meant learning how to love himself. (18:45)Living the fit-sick life on TV catches up with Kirsti away from the cameras. (27:07)Dual crises in their lives led Mickel and Kirsti to separate. (37:30)Understanding the real quality of food for your health. (45:37)Mental illness led Mickel to contemplate suicide, until he started taking responsibility for his health decisions. (56:00)Implementing CHEK principles in a challenging gym environment. (1:06:45)How kid athletes flourish physically and emotions with the right coaching. (1:19:32)Making little changes slowly adds up to big wins. (1:36:30)Be gentle with yourself. (1:43:30)Mickel and Kirsti describe their new Self Mastery Membership program. (2:03:25)ResourcesWatch Kirsti (The Machine) compete on season 2 of American Ninja Warrior via YouTubeSwitch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan HeathPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Russell SturgessThe work of Jon-Kabat Zinn and B.F. SkinnerFind more resources for this episode on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Why do many people pursue longevity? Do they seek a greater quality of life or do they fear death?Wade Lightheart describes a more realistic and sustainable approach to longevity and ways to achieve it by maintaining your balance and holding onto your spiritual center in this Living 4D meeting-of-the-minds.Connect with Wade on social media via Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Listen to Wade’s Awesome Health Podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.TimestampsWhy do you pursue longevity? (2:26)Is what you’ve done for a long time to stay healthy not working for you any longer? (11:02)Holding onto your spiritual center. (23:27)How do you maintain your balance? (30:54)An easy way to mitigate sleep cycle problems when you’re traveling. (37:34)Wade suggests a couple of simple tests. (1:03:52)If it’s not a double-blind study… (1:18:27)“Excellence is a progressive state, not an absolute.” (1:24:06)The choice point. (1:33:03)Wade’s sacred smoke ritual. (1:54:45)Wade’s upcoming book. (2:00:43)The universe remains undefeated. (2:12:36)ResourcesThe work of Peter Attia, David Getoff and John MaguireThe manual lymphatic drainage techniqueYour Body Doesn’t Lie by John DiamondSymptoms of Visceral Disease by Francis Marion PottengerOccupational Biomechanics by Don Chaffin, Gunnar B.J. Anderson and Bernard MartinWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Arielle Spring describes her journey from untreated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that persisted for more than two decades to lasting healing in this Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Arielle and her book, When Birds Sing: My Journey From Trauma to Triumph, at her website. Check out Arielle on social media via Facebook and Instagram.For Living 4D listeners: Arielle offers a $25 discount on an initial coaching session or any packages she offers by contacting her on her website.If you are suffering from the trauma of PTSD, check out Arielle’s resources page that contains a variety of good options that can help you NOW.TimestampsPTSD versus complex PTSD. (12:44)Arielle searches for her identity. (26:53)When Arielle took off her survival glasses and realized PTSD was a huge problem. (44:42)How unrecognized traumas accumulate. (1:10:56)A parenting problem buoyed by organized religion. (1:18:05)The first step to healing from trauma: Talk to someone you trust. (1:32:12)Looking at the patterns and reparenting your child parts. (1:42:42)Is trauma part of your identity? (1:47:07)Do you recognize that you’re not loving yourself enough? (1:55:54)Forming an exit plan to get out of a bad relationship. (2:10:54)Letting go to a higher power. (2:25:40)Low-cost/free things you can do to heal from trauma on your own. (2:34:01)Centered breathing. (2:40:17)ResourcesReinventing Your Life by Jeffrey Young and Janet KloskoStockholm syndromeThe Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der KolkNonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland MyersFeelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol TrumanPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Wayland Myers,  The work of Stanley KrippnerSchema therapyThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Dr. Marc Gafni returns to the podcast, joining Paul on a deeper dive into love, eros, Cosmo-erotic humanism and the relationship between certainty and uncertainty in this Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Marc’s work on his website where you can register for his free, weekly One Mountain, Many Paths program Sundays at 10 a.m. Western Time/1 p.m. Eastern Time. Take Marc’s Unique Self mini-course that’s also free. Check out Marc on many social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube.TimestampsLove is a perception, not an emotion. (12:30)An interior science equation for eros. (18:54)Awareness or full throbbing aliveness. (26:38)Cosmo-erotic humanism. (37:06)Why eros matters. (40:37)Why do you care? (50:15)“You can’t about love without talking about obligation.” (57:04)The field of value. (1:21:25)Moving from polarization to paradox. (1:32:09)Are belief systems damaging and dangerous? (1:43:03)The relationship between certainty and uncertainty. (1:52:09)Reclaiming the divinity of need. (1:59:42)The 8 core eros needs. (2:07:17)ResourcesThe Chemical Basis for Morphogenesis by Alan TuringPaul’s Living 4D conversation with the late James CarseA Return to Eros: The Radical Experience of Being Fully Alive, Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment and The Erotic and The Holy by Marc GafniFinite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility and The Religious Case Against Belief by James CarseThe work of Zak Stein, Larry Page, Alan Watts and William Butler Yeats Find more resources for this episode on our website. Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Exploring the Second Scientific Revolution and its impact on healthcare, the podcast discusses topics such as the nature of natural science, the importance of addressing underlying causation, the role of belief in health and healing, challenges in adopting the new approach, and the alarming state of children's health and the environment.

Retired psychologist Nicholas Brink describes the use of ecstatic trance as a Shamanic practice for journeying and working with your spirit guides and power animals and how listening beyond your ears gets you there in this Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Nicholas and his Ecstatic Trance groups on Facebook at this link, his books at this Facebook link and his book reviews at this link. If you want to take part in one of Nicholas’ ecstatic trance groups, email him at brinknick9@gmail.com. TimestampsThe importance of listening beyond your ears. (3:56)We’re moving into a new era: The integral stage. (14:37)Comparing the imaginal faculty to imagination. (25:45)Ways people can engage their imaginal faculties for healing and personal growth. (30:19)What is a power animal/spirit guide? (42:07)Going into a trance state by using seven different body postures. (54:08)The upper, middle and lower worlds of Shamanism. (1:10:47)The healing power of ecstatic trance. (1:19:02)Nicholas connects with his Scandinavian ancestors. (1:26:41)Nicholas’ spirit guides/power animals. (1:31:50)Living in the rational world, our society has become mired in patriarchy. (1:48:14) ResourcesBaldr’s Magic: The Power of Norse Shamanism and Ecstatic Trance by Nicholas BrinkThe Power of Ecstatic Trance: Practices For Healing, Spiritual Growth and Accessing the Universal Mind by Nicholas BrinkEcstatic Soul Retrieval: Shamanism and Psychotherapy by Nicholas BrinkApplying the Constructivist Approach to Cognitive Therapy: Resolving the Unconscious Past by Nicholas BrinkTrance Journeys of the Hunter-Gatherers: Ecstatic Practices to Reconnect With the Great Mother and Heal the Earth by Nicholas BrinkWhere Spirits Ride The Wind by Felicitas GoodmanPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Rachel EpsteinThe Ever-Present Origin Part 1 by Jean GebserPaul’s Power Animals/Spirit Guides video on YouTubeFind more resources for this episode on our website. Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

If art is the window to the soul, creating a mandala is indeed the roadmap that can show where you’ve been and where you’re going…Artist and filmmaker Jonathan Nagel discusses a mandala he created for a recent Mandala Painting Workshop hosted by Angie and Paul, Light Bringer: Birth of Consciousness, in this very special Living 4D conversation. (Follow along with the conversation by checking out Jonathan’s mandala at this link.)Learn more about Jonathan and his work via social media on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.For Living 4D listeners: Save 10 percent on a limited edition print of Jonathan’s 2023 mandala, Light Bringer: Birth of Consciousness at this link by using the promo code CHEK10 at checkout.Also, if you need to unblock your creative force, Jonathan is offering Living 4D listeners a free 15-minute consultation call and discounts on longer consultations by using this link.Jonathan is also available for commissions and you can find some of his beautiful illustration work on his website.TimestampsJonathan takes a giant leap of faith at age 26. (10:11)The challenge of creating something from nothing. (14:55)The process Jonathan took to develop his mandala for Paul’s seminar. (21:13)Art as an expression of living. (29:11)Aligning your art with your breath. (42:13)Are you an artist or an expressionist? (50:07)Art and your North Star. (1:01:28)The film of your life. (1:18:34)Fecundity in creativity. (1:24:17)“The sun is like an organ in our bodies from a spiritual perspective.” (1:35:08)Why Jonathan used so many Tarot symbols in his mandala. (1:57:41)A struggle with realignment and balance. (2:13:56)Dragons: The creators of consciousness. (2:20:02)ResourcesJonathan’s films Reunion and Infinite SimulationsArtCenterViscomThe work of Ray Harryhausen, Syd Mead, Jackson Pollack and Alex GrayFind more resources for this episode on Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Do you ever imagine how you’ll feel as you age? Will you be healthy in ways that allow you to be the best version of yourself to support and guide future generations of young people who need all the wise elders they can get?Author, filmmaker and Health Optimization Practitioner Jason Prall describes what healthy human longevity means in real terms and what it doesn’t in this mature Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Jason’s work at his Awakened Health Academy website and on social media via Instagram.For Living 4D listeners: Check out Jason’s free ebook, Secrets of Anti-Aging; 15 Proven Ways to Reverse Aging at The Cellular Level, at this link. TimestampsLongevity and the need for elders. (6:42)Does the idea of anti-aging imply that you’re afraid of death? (10:11)The magic of human existence. (26:29)“Health is coherence exhibited across a number of scales.” (31:06)Do you have enough money to meet your needs or do you believe that you don’t have enough? (49:56)Meaning versus purpose. (53:28)Journey of the soul. (1:07:46)An evolution of values. (1:19:40)Recognizing the choice point. (1:31:05)A resurgence of ancient technologies. (1:44:48)Back to the basics. (1:56:30)ResourcesBeyond Longevity: A Proven Plan for Healing Faster, Feeling Better and Thriving at Any Age by Jason PrallHacking Your Mind on PBSBlue ZonesThe work of Mahavater Babaji, George Burns, Vic Strecher, Edward Edinger, Arthur M. Young and Arnold MindellPaul’s Living 4D conversations with Dr. Ibrahim Karim and Ian MorrisLife and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East by Baird SpaldingFind more resources for this episode on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

How do you build a healthy, loving relationship that lasts? Do you know the big differences between the mind, body and spirit? Why is it so hard to change?Learn the answers to these questions and many more (along with a Spirit Gym update) as Penny returns to moderate Paul’s latest Q&A session on Living 4D. TimestampsPaul’s favorite philosophers (living or dead). (1:30)Dealing with imposter syndrome. (3:18)The differences between mind, body and spirit. (8:42)A Spirit Gym update. (22:27)Handling seasonal affective disorder in colder climates. (27:16)Paul’s vices. (You may be surprised!) (29:31)Steps a young man must take to build healthy relationships. (35:42)Anyone can do remote viewing. (45:29)Tips for beginners on learning how to meditate. (1:03:15)Why is it so hard to change? (1:16:57)Suggestions for recovering from childhood cancer. (1:30:58)Where did the first animal come from? (1:37:42)Psychogenetic and anthropogenic evolution. (1:54:53)How Paul’s concept of Jesus Christ has evolved over time. (2:03:48)ResourcesThe Scientific and Medical NetworkThe Four-Fold Way: Walking The Paths of The Warrior, Teacher, Healer and Visionary by Angeles ArrienPaul’s blog/vlog on Releasing The Abdominal Wall With a Foam RollerHellerwork The Barral InstituteThe Kingdom of the Gods by Geoffrey HodsonChristianity Before Christ by John G JacksonThe World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors: Christianity Before Christ by Kersey GravesPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Wayland MyersThe Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrestMetaphysical Bible Dictionary by Charles FillmoreNonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall RosenbergFind more resources for this episode on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute/CHEK AcademyZen in the Garden We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.