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John Folak is an author that is better known as the Traveling Nobody. He has written five books, including a four-book series on awakening through psychedelic journeys. We dive deeply into the “Hero’s Journey” and even how we may manifest portals into other universes through our free will and the power of choice.

Traveling Nobody

Traveling Nobodies Podcast and Presentations

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Interview - 10:15
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and I’m actually recording this episode in Austin, Texas! After spending a few weeks here in Austin, I think I’m definitely honing in on the future home of Awakened Exchanges and the ARC community. I’m incredibly grateful for all of the amazing experiences I’ve had here; from getting to hang out with comedians like Adam Ray and Brian Redban, to performing at a couple of open mic nights myself and meeting a few genuine people along the way. Personally, things have been going very well this year and I truly appreciate all of you helping the podcast and vapes continue to build steam. If you have any suggestions for topics or guests though, I do listen to the listeners, so please email me from our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges.

I’m not going to spend a lot of time in the intro this week, but I do want to talk a little about the continuing Covid pandemic. I really hope that people are still taking things seriously. Don’t get me wrong, I can completely understand the hesitancy to trust a vaccine process that we reduced the completion time on by up to 90%, but I do think it’s still a necessary step in order to contain variants and any potentially more serious spread down the line. I also hope that people remember the lessons from a century ago. If we consider 2020 the beginning, like 1918 for the flu pandemic, then it would be the fall and winter of 2021 could see a similar mutation and spread of this virus. That pandemic is actually thought to have started in 1917 in the trenches of WWI, and then mutated into a slightly deadlier spring 1918 flu, with the massive deaths coming in late 1918 and 1919. There were at least FOUR waves. If 2020 was only 1917 in this scenario, we could be in store for massive mutations and a much higher death rate. If a variant escapes that finds its way around the vaccines, then we’re all back at square one. That said, I think we need to remember to follow the science, which says that if you’re outdoors and vaccinated, it’s ok not to be masked up.  It seems like the sun still kills the virus quickly and good air circulation keeps it from spreading. It doesn’t seem to live on surfaces, at least not with the current variants, so you can keep that in mind too. And let’s not ignore the importance of our own immune systems. Staying active and keeping ourselves healthy is key so that our immune systems can actually respond and fight off infections.

Let’s get into a much more pleasant topic, this week’s interview with the Traveling Nobody. John Folak started his career as a Cargo Pilot, but has transitioned into being a full-time author and public speaker. He’s written a book on the Hero’s Journey within all of us, as well as a four-book series on Psychedelics and journeying within. I want to thank him for coming onto the exchange and sharing this conversation with me.

This is the 13th in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! This episode will be the end of our journey through this map, and I saved a big one for the finale! This week we’ll look at the Q-Connection Section and dive into Q-Anon, Inner Earth Civilizations, and the Vatican!

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Trillion Dollar Lawsuit

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Episode - 7:19
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the 13th and final episode in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map. I hope you’ve enjoyed them even more as we went along and I get a better handle on doing some of these solo episodes. Don’t worry more interviews are coming, as well as some amazing deep dives. For this episode, however, we’ll look at the Q-Connection Section and dive into Q-Anon, Inner Earth Civilizations, and the Vatican! As always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’ll continue to engage in the exchange! You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, and you can use the contact form on our website or contact me directly on twitter @AwakenExchanges. 

As you probably know, I’m currently on my road trip around the western half of our beautiful country and am including some cool videos and photos from my stops along the way. At this point in the trip, I’m likely to be close to heading back from Austin and starting to hit some of my more fun planned stops. I am truly grateful to have this opportunity and to share it with you as I scout for our future podcast home and explore these cool sites along the way. I hope you’re enjoying the photos. I hope that this all leads to great things for the podcast, the vapes, and eventually the A.R.C. community. Things are definitely going the right direction and as I’ve really found a profound change after starting to use my mindfulness techniques to look at my life from a perspective of gratitude. I’ll continue to remind myself how lucky I am to be where I am today, as well as how lucky I am for the future that’s on the way and that I get to be a part of. I am truly beyond grateful that you’re all here to join me along the way, and at least virtually share in these experiences. Thank you once again. 

And I know that I’ve already given the disclaimer that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, but here it is again, so let’s continue to keep that in mind when we weigh all of these things.

This is the 12th in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! This episode will cover the Ancient Aliens and Earth Rising section of the map!

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Rife Machine

Sound Levitation

3-6-9 Technique

Ark of the Covenant

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Episode - 7:12
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the 12th in my Great Awakening Map series. We’re down to the last two sections, and I hope you’re enjoying them even more as we go and I get a better handle on these solo episodes. This episode will focus on Ancient Aliens and what I’m calling the Earth Rising section! As always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’ll continue to engage in the exchange! You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, and you can use the contact form on our website or contact me directly on twitter @AwakenExchanges. 

As you probably know, I’m currently taking a road trip around the western half of our beautiful country and am including some cool videos and photos from my stops along the way. I am truly grateful to have this opportunity and to share it with you as I scout for our future Austin area home and explore some cool sites along the way. I hope you’re enjoying the photos and I’m looking forward to the next series and interviews that start up because of this trip. I hope that it all leads to great things for the podcast, the vapes, and eventually the A.R.C. community. Things are definitely going the right direction and as I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to continue to use mindfulness techniques to look at my life from this perspective of gratitude and keep reminding myself how lucky I am to be where I am today, as well as for the future I get to be a part of. I am truly beyond grateful that you’re all here to join me along the way, and at least virtually share in these experiences. Thank you all. 

If you’re just joining us or if you haven’t already seen it, you can still find a copy of the High-Res map in our show notes and our website, www.AwakenedExchanges.com. And if you’re checking out the Telegram channel or Twitter feed, you can see the highlighted version that I’ve made of the Map to show how I’m grouping these topics together, as well as all of the collected threads I’ve made for this series.  And I know that I’ve already given the disclaimer that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, but let’s continue to keep that in mind when we decide how to weigh all of these things.

This is the 11th in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! This episode will explore what I’m calling the Great Awakening section!

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Mandela Effect Memories

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Episode - 7:16
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and I hope that everyone enjoyed the 4/20 break! Now you’re listening to the 11th in my series on the giant yet finally shrinking Great Awakening Map. We’re down to the last few sections, and I think I’ve got a better handle on how to organize these phrases into some kind of narrative. I hope you’re enjoying them even more as we go as well. This episode will focus on the Great Awakening Subsection! And as always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you. You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges.

As you probably know, I’m currently taking a road trip around the western half of our beautiful country and am including some cool videos and photos from my stops along the way. I am truly grateful to have this opportunity and to share it with you as I scout for our future Austin area home and explore some cool sites along the way. I hope you’re enjoying the photos and I’m looking forward to the series and interviews that get started because of this whole trip. I hope that it all leads to great things for the podcast, the vapes, and eventually the A.R.C. community. Things are definitely going the right direction and as I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to continue to use these mindfulness techniques to look at my life from this perspective of gratitude and keep reminding myself how lucky I am to be where I am today, as well as for the future I get to be a part of. I am truly beyond grateful that you’re all here to join me along the way, and at least virtually share in these experiences. Thank you all.

We’re getting to the last few episodes on the Map, but if you’re just joining us or if you haven’t already seen it, you can still find a copy of the High-Res map in our show notes and our website, www.AwakenedExchanges.com. And if you’re checking out the Telegram channel or Twitter feed, you can see the highlighted version that I’ve made of the Map to show how I’m grouping these topics together. And I’ve already given the disclaimer that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, but here it is again, so let’s continue to keep that in mind when we decide how to weigh all of these things.

I want to remind you that I am updating my pinned Twitter threads and Telegram Channel to collect all of the visuals that go with this series. I hope you’re still enjoying the threads. If you need the link to my Telegram channel, it’s in the show notes, as well as on our website and I hope you engage with us in the exchange over there! 

This is our first 4/20 Special! We’re taking a one week break before we power through the last three episodes of the Great Awakening Map to celebrate this stoner holiday and give a more educational history of this miraculous cannabis plant!

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The History of Marijuana

Hemp and the Founding Fathers

William Randolph Hearst

Current Laws and Regulations

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Episode - 6:35
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to our first 4/20 Special! As always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you enjoy this brief one-week break from the Great Awakening Map. Hopefully you can clear out some of the conspiracy theories this week and hot box your brain with the history of cannabis! You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges.

This episode is actually airing right as I get on the road for the official Podcast scouting trip to Austin. If you check out my Instagram feed, you should see me sharing an early morning toke at the Maryhill, WA Stonehenge. I’ll be making a few stops on the way there, as well as numerous on the way back and sharing images along the way. I’ll also be preparing some new show topics and interviewing some guests along the way. I am extremely grateful to be able to take this opportunity right now and I hope that it leads to great things for the podcast, the vapes, and eventually the A.R.C. community. Things are definitely progressing the right direction and I’m going to continue to use these mindfulness techniques to look at my life from a perspective of gratitude and keep reminding myself how lucky I am to be where I am today, as well as for the future I get to be a part of. I am truly grateful that you’re here to join me along the way, and to share these experiences in some way, shape, or form. Thank you all. 

Before we explore the history of cannabis, here’s a brief rundown of our sponsors. As Always, I want to thank all of you personally for your support. Just listening and sharing this podcast with your friends gives me a reason to keep providing the best content possible. If you have the means and would like to contribute personally, please take a look at our Patreon page where you will get access to exclusive content and deals! There are already bonus videos available and more are on the way. As for our other sponsors, Awakened Vapes was the first of the Awakened Brands, and has been helping you modulate your high with CBD-only, high-terpene vape products since 2019. Genesis Pharms has been making the highest-quality medicinal RSO, among many other fantastic products, starting with the medical community back before 2010. And, last but not least, the Caramel Corn Company; bringing you caramel corn the way it was meant to be!

This is the tenth in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! This episode will start the Galactic Federation, the Moon, and Mars section of the map!

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Maldek

Mars Rover Blackouts

Mars Jump Room

Rods of God

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Episode - 7:27
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the tenth in my series on this giant and sometimes frustrating Great Awakening Map. This episode will focus on the Galactic Federation, the Moon, and Mars! And as always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’re still enjoying our deep dive on this strange web artifact. You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges.

This is actually the last episode that’s going to be airing before I start the official Podcast scouting trip to Austin. I’ll be making a few stops on the way there, as well as numerous on the way back. I’ll be sharing photos on instagram and facebook, as well as preparing some new show topics and interviewing some guests along the way. I am extremely grateful to be able to take this opportunity right now and I hope that it leads to great things for the podcast, the vapes, and eventually the A.R.C. community. Things are definitely progressing the right direction and I’m going to continue to use these mindfulness techniques to look at my life from a perspective of gratitude and keep reminding myself how lucky I am to be where I am today, as well as for the future I get to be a part of. I am truly grateful that you’re here to join me along the way, and to share these experiences in some way, shape, or form. Thank you all.

We’re getting to the last few episodes on the Map, but if you’re just joining us or if you haven’t already seen it, you can still find a copy of the High-Res map in our show notes and our website, www.AwakenedExchanges.com. And if you’re checking out the Telegram channel or Twitter feed, you can see the highlighted version that I’ve made of the Map to show how I’m grouping these topics together. And I’ve already given the disclaimer that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, but here it is again, so let’s continue to keep that in mind when we decide how to weigh all of these things.

This is the second episode where we dive deep into the Secret Space Program and the ninth overall in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! We’ll cover the SSP, Zero-Point Energy, Majestic-12 and more!

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Niara Isley Allegations

Edgar Mitchell Conspiracies

Voice of God Technology

3D Food Printer

Reptilian Tankers

Maldek

MJ-12

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Episode - 9:14
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the ninth in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map. I can’t believe how much we’ve already covered and I’m trying to power through these last few sections before anyone gets burnt out and so that we can really deep dive on some other interesting topics. As always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’re continuing to enjoy the exchange. You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges. I’ll keep bringing you the content that you ask for, and I’m grateful you keep asking! As I learned my lesson last week, I’m going to stick with just doing video on the intros for now and then intercutting images to show what I’m talking about. It’s a little time intensive, but it’s better than dealing with the camera issues that those of you that saw on YouTube last week. Video is coming, I’m just not quite sure on the timetable yet.

I’m going to do my best to keep the intro brief again, but I did have to share a little bit of personal information this week, as I’m not sure how or if it’s going to affect the upcoming schedule. I think that I’ll still have the time and energy to put out a show next week, but as this episode goes live, I’ll have just had to put down my dog Dakota. She didn’t quite make it to her 15th birthday, but she’s had and shared a lot of love in her life. She’s not eating anymore and they say there’s nothing left they can do to ease her pain. I’ll continue to cherish the good memories and hope that her passing brings her energy to wherever that next step takes all of us. I appreciate your understanding; it has been a hard few days as she was a part of my family.

This is the first episode where we dive deep into the Secret Space Program and the eighth overall in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! 

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Gary McKinnon Interview

Admiral Rico Botta

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Episode - 8:00
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the eighth in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map. As always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’re continuing to enjoy as we continue our deep dive on this strange and compelling web artifact. You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges. I’ll keep bringing you the content that you ask for, and I’m grateful you keep asking! As this is going to be a solo episode, I was going to try to include full video as well, but you'll get a mix as my camera is still having issues.

Just as an FYI, to make this seem a bit less daunting, I may retitle these episodes. While yes, they all break down the Great Awakening Map, by grouping them together in smaller chunks, people seem to be less scared to take the plunge and dive into the conversation. So with the new titling format, this may be something like Secret Space Program Part 1 - 8th of the G.A.M Series. Hopefully that will make it a little more friendly for new people as they start to explore.

If you haven’t already seen it, you can still find a copy of the High-Res map in our show notes and our website, www.AwakenedExchanges.com. And if you’re checking out the Telegram channel or Twitter feed, you can see the highlights that I’ve made to Map and how I’m grouping these topics together as we go. I’ve already given the disclaimers that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, so let’s keep that in mind when we decide how to weigh all of these things. My goal in this series is to give you a brief overview of the mountain of topics and terms that are thrown at you by this map. I think we’ve done a fairly good job of that so far, but every segment we’ve done has had multiple topics that could each have their own episode, or more. We’ve had a few people ask for deeper dives, and next time I’ll try to tackle a topic with a more limited scope so that I can do so. If I’m really lucky, maybe I’ll get experts on the topic as co-hosts for some of the episodes as well.

I want to remind you that I am updating my pinned Twitter threads and Telegram Channel to collect all of the visuals that go with this series. I hope you’re still enjoying the threads. If you need the link to my Telegram channel, it’s in the show notes, as well as on our website. I hope you engage with us in the exchange over there! 

This is the Seventh in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! This episode will focus on the last of the metaphysical sections, namely Aliens, the future, and psychedelics!

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Episode - 7:57
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the seventh in my series on this monstrous Great Awakening Map. As always, I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’re continuing to enjoy as we take our deep dive on this strange and compelling web artifact. My co-host this week is Chris Mumey, the multi-time guest and cannabis extractor. We indulged in some pre- and even during recording festivities, but considering the subject matter, I hope you can understand. You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges. I’ll keep bringing you the content that you ask for, and am always grateful that you keep asking! 

If you haven’t already seen it, you can still find a copy of the High-Res map in our show notes and our website, www.AwakenedExchanges.com. And if you’re checking out the Telegram channel or Twitter feed, you can see the highlights that I’ve made to Map and how I’m grouping these topics together in the pinned threads. I’ll be including the full highlighted map again this week in the show notes. I’ve already given the disclaimers that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, so let’s keep that in mind when we decide how to weigh all of these things. That definitely goes for this week’s episode, as we start on aliens, head into the future, and then dive back down into psychedelics! I hope you enjoy the conversation!

I’ll keep the intro brief yet again, but I want to remind you that I am updating my pinned Twitter threads and Telegram Channel to collect all of the visuals that go with this series. I hope you’re still enjoying the threads. If you need the link to my Telegram channel, it’s in the show notes, as well as on our website. I hope you engage with us in the exchange over there! 

This is the Sixth in my series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map! This episode is still focused on the two sections that deal with consciousness, meditation, and psychedelics. Shawn and I discuss Hermeticism, QiGong, Alchemy, 432hz, Cymatics, Astral Travel and much more in this episode!

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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and you’re listening to the sixth episode in my seemingly endless series Deconstructing the Great Awakening Map. I’m truly grateful to be here speaking with you and I hope you’re continuing to enjoy as we take our deep dive on this strange and compelling web artifact. Shawn Shumway returns yet again for this week’s discussion, and both he and Chris will be joining me next week when we get to get weird and talk aliens, the future, and psychedelics! You can always email about other interesting topics and guests, you can use the contact form on our website or contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges.

I want to remind people that if you haven’t already seen it, you can still find a copy of the High-Res Great Awakening Map in our show notes and our website, www.AwakenedExchanges.com. Remember, if you go search the online archives, you’ll find a number of images out there, but this is the one we’re working through. Also, if you’re checking out the Telegram channel or Twitter feed, you can see the highlights that I’ve made to Map and how I’m grouping these topics together in some of my earlier posts. I am continuing to update my pinned Twitter threads and Telegram Channel to collect all of the visuals that go with this series. I hope you’re still enjoying the threads. If you need the link to my Telegram channel, it’s in the show notes, as well as on our website. I hope you engage with us in the exchange over there! 

Real quick, I also want to mention that I’m trying something new with the YouTube video this week. I’m hoping to include video of me for the intro, as well as incorporating still images regarding the topics we’re talking about. This is going to take a bit more time and work on my part, but as long as the upload time isn’t horrendous and people seem to like it, I’ll try to make it an ongoing part of the show until I can get the equipment to include full video with each episode. I do hope that is in the future though and I hope that you’ll join me for the ride.

Alright, I know that I’ve already given the disclaimer that we’re talking about a lot of conspiracy theories in this series, as well as some religious speculation and subjective experiences, but I wanted to say it again so that you keep that in mind when you decide how to weigh all of these things.