To become a free thinker and truly human, it takes a lot of hard work to hone your own thinking style, discover your spiritual truth and drill deep down into your soul on your own. But, where do you begin on this transformational journey, and how do you know if you’re making progress?

Clinical psychologist and Anthroposophy scholar Edmund Knighton returns to explore the philosophies of Rudolf Steiner — the foundation of the upcoming Being Human program — and explore what it truly means to be your best self in this FULL-LENGTH conversation on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Edmund’s work on his website, where you can request a free 15-minute consultation. 

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Timestamps

3:45 What is a human being?

9:50 “So many of the beings who are on the earth right now and are called human beings are originally from Mars.”

15:36 The three different sections of soul, based on Rudolf Steiner’s teachings.

25:49 What is your spiritual truth?

33:21 Is it possible for human beings to be free entirely on their own?

48:58 “(Plant) medicine is a reflection of remembering who you are.”

56:53 The two-spirited person.

1:04:09 “A traumatic experience is only seen that way when it’s not integrated.”

1:08:33 The etheric field.

1:14:12 The highest level of initiation risks the annihilation of the soul.

1:22:58 Paul’s conversation with God.

1:27:45 Phases of the soul development.

1:33:43 A question Paul has asked himself many times.

1:46:51 “It isn’t about your enlightenment… it’s about your capacity to help others enlighten themselves.”

2:01:14 Thinking is refined breathing.

2:17:06 “The philosophy of freedom is the philosophy of pure thinking.”

Resources

Anunnaki

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Have you been feeling the world we live in has been a bit upside down and up for grabs, especially during the COVID pandemic and its aftermath?

Mark Gober, author of the Upside Down series of books, describes his non-stop journey to rethink the world’s many paradigms and explore the nature of reality this week on Spirit Gym.

Find out more about Mark’s work on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram.

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Timestamps

5:00 The hardest decision of Mark’s life.

8:14 The start of Mark’s End to Upside Down book series.

10:15 How Mark’s philosophies about the world began to evolve.

29:30 The near-death experience.

49:14 How does one develop a philosophy for living life?

1:00:39 Duhkha.

1:05:44 Mark’s embrace of the heretic.

1:08:15 Suffering builds character.

1:21:34 Always asking “Is it True?” is the basis of Mark’s work.

1:31:49 “I’ve had to learn to be open more and be willing to be wrong in a public way.”

Resources

An End to Upside Down Thinking by Mark Gober

An End to the Upside Down Cosmos by Mark Gober

An End to Upside Down Liberty by Mark Gober

An End to Upside Down Living by Mark Gober

An End to Upside Down Reset by Mark Gober

An End to Upside Down Medicine by Mark Gober

An End to Upside Down Contact by Mark Gober

After: A Doctor Explores What Near Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Death by Dr. Bruce Greyson

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Are you ready for 2025 and the challenges ahead? Paul reviews the chaos that was 2024 and shares his vision for the coming year based on numerology and the symbology of Tarot card number 9 this week on Spirit Gym.

And, if that’s not enough wisdom for you, our very special guest Julie Dean Richards, an attorney and an expert in astrology, numerology and the Tarot, offers a forecast full of change for 2025.

For Spirit Gym listeners: Explore the Spirit Gym program with a free mini-course that will help you experience more love, life and freedom at the Spirit Gym website. Download a PDF of Paul’s Master Key: The 10 Principles of Spirit Gym for free at this link.

Learn more about Julie at her Astrological Attorney website and her Crunchy Lawyer website where you can download several free guides about protecting your bodily autonomy and check out her courses. Look out for Julie on Instagram. Listen to the Feminine Alchemy podcast she hosts with Kayelee Rose and Jaye Anne Beringer on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Timestamps

4:00 Looking back at 2024.

13:55 Re-establishing a common field of values.

22:51 Number field basics.

33:04 The archetypical significance of 2025 embodied by the number 9.

44:19 “Your attitude will serve you best if it remains philosophical, spiritual and detached.”

52:40 Tarot archetype 9: The hermit.

56:46 Reviewing the Tarot from the perspective of spiritual development.

59:55 The difference between magic and magick.

1:10:50 The fool’s big question: Who am I?

1:25:25 “To find your soul, use your heart to feel what you know.”

1:34:13 2025: The year of the hermit.

1:45:42 Are you truly awake?

1:51:24 A mountain on a Tarot card symbolizes hard work and the progressive climb toward enlightenment.

2:00:16 How do you use your power? 

2:06:04 Julie calls 2025 a year of shifts.

2:10:48 “Old thoughts are going to die.”

2:14:40 The appearance of Uranus: More innovation, being true to yourself and things breaking down.

2:20:14 What is true and false?

2:25:48 Work on your personal abundance.

2:28:45 Mars is a key player in 2025.

2:33:10 April 27, 2025 is an important date.

2:36:39 The Spirit Gym Practitioner’s Credo.

2:44:01 “Love is the verb of God.”

2:47:57 Ken Wilbur’s Four Quadrant model.

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Despite all that Paul has shared on the podcast about archetypes, are you still stuck on figuring out which ones represent your life accurately? And, are you fooling yourself into believing that you’re a specific archetype that doesn’t fit the daily reality of your life?

CHEK Professional Greg Schmaus returns for a second conversation about his archetypes, this time unveiling his Archetype Wheel and explaining how it can serve as a blueprint of one’s psyche this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Greg and his work at his Healing 4D website and on Instagram.

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Timestamps

8:23 Greg’s Archetype Wheel: A blueprint of one’s psyche.

12:01 Defining the archetype.

18:56 “Archetypes choose you. You don’t choose them.”

23:25 Archetypes travel in families and have very similar energetic profiles.

30:20 Exploring the archetypal houses.

42:13 Connections between various archetypal houses.

55:50 Have you explored your relationship with money?

1:05:33 Greg’s health journey is focused on the 6th house, the hero’s journey.

1:14:16 Being too focused on helping others at the expense of yourself is a problem.

Resources

The work of Caroline Myss and Alberto Villoldo

Caroline Myss’ Archetypal Wheel

Archetype Cards by Caroline Myss

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Is the extent of your interest in agriculture merely how much you pay for the foods you buy at the grocery store?

Regenerative farming expert Jake Takiff describes a far different way of viewing agriculture — a deep, abiding relationship for the soil and all of the organisms that live on it — this week on Spirit Gym.

Watch the progress on Jake’s regenerative farm on social media via Instagram and YouTube. Read more about Jake and Meghan at The Guardian. Work with Jake on a regenerative farming project of your own at Restoration Agriculture Development.

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Timestamps

3:53 Jake learned about regenerative farming from people who did it before it became cool.

11:29 What is the point of no return?

15:44 Jake’s definition of regenerative farming.

31:42 Beavers: Nature’s water management team.

37:55 Using bison and other cattle as buffers against drought.

43:25 The real problem with conventional agriculture is how it imposes its will on a landscape.

53:27 How long can a dairy cow be productive if you keep it away from feed overloaded with harmful chemicals? A very long time…

59:06 The intelligence of cows.

1:05:10 Cows are a force of nature.

1:19:56 Regenerative farmers look for cheaper opportunities with degraded land while operating on tighter budgets.

1:27:23 The conventionally grown “cheap” food sham.

Resources

Jake talks about regenerative farming on The Medicin podcast on YouTube

The Water Wizard by Viktor Schauberger and Callum Coats

The work of Cleve Backster, Carey Reams and Phillip Callahan

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Matt Wallden on The Honest Vegetarian

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Jayne Buxton

Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers by Mark Shepard

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Adversity and tragedy are one-two punches that often break a human being right down to the very core of her/his being, especially when he/she is young.

Luke Storey describes how he survived his addictions and a cult meant to “reform” him, then found his way to healing through the process of surrender this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Luke, browse his favorite products and listen to his podcast, The Life Stylist Podcast With Luke Storey, on his website. Check him out on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and Rumble.

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Timestamps

3:45 “In the case of my parents, what they didn’t know, they didn’t know.”

9:05 Craving a warm blanket of safety but not knowing how to get that from people, Luke turned to drugs.

18:02 Do you create chaos for yourself every day?

23:13 Developing the witness-observer perspective.

28:54 Be present for the feminine storm.

36:20 Luke becomes a participant in the cult-like troubled teen industry.

42:32 There were survivors, not graduates or alumni of Luke’s days at the Rocky Mountain Academy.

50:08 Can there be “good” brainwashing?

1:00:13 The contagious nature of trauma.

1:15:47 Is our society disempowering men?

1:26:37 Creating micro-communities.

1:32:18 “We have an opportunity to change the trajectory of the collective.”

Resources 

The work of Plotinus, Dr. Leonard Sax and Steven Tyler

The Sacred Art of Listening by Kay Lindahl

Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs by Steven Hassan

CEDU

Synanon

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Nearly a century after his death, the work of Rudolf Steiner has influenced educational systems so deeply that Waldorf schools have become one of the largest independent school movements in the world. 

Clinical psychologist and Anthroposophy scholar Edmund Knighton explores parenting challenges, growing smart kids the Waldorf way and how he was meant to teach kids this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Edmund’s work on his website, where you can request a free 15-minute consultation. Join Edmund and Jared Pickard at the Be Human program in February 2025.

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Timestamps

2:50 How Edmund became connected to our planet by teaching kids.

8:07 “The onus is on the teacher to have the kids be the curriculum.”

13:46 Love is the greatest protection and the solution for any situation.

31:40 In the Steiner philosophy of education, the later a child reads, the more capacity she/he has to become a genius.

42:02 The act of transformation can happen at any time.

49:34 “We have to enliven reading or we are killed by it.”

59:27 The god-like nature of issuing grades to students.

1:05:29 At the heart level, the lives of kids are solely their own.

1:10:44 Do humans have no conception of conception?

1:22:15 Elements of conscious conception and birth.

1:33:13 Why parents with special needs children leave marriages.

1:42:30 The birthing process.

1:58:52 Adult men dealing with the child archetype after their child is born.

2:08:09 Do you have the discipline and the willingness to be uncomfortable and build a connection with your partner?

2:19:02 Building vitality into food through consciousness.

2:26:05 Our purpose on planet Earth according to Steiner.

2:34:07 Are we regressing toward protectionism?

2:46:21 “The right response is love.”

Resources

The Ra Material: Law of One by Jim McCarty, Don Elkins and Carla Rueckert

Paul’s Living 4D episode on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman

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It’s been a very long time since Kyle Kingsbury, one of Paul’s very best friends, has appeared on the podcast, and there’s good reasons for that.

Kyle describes what life has been like since their 2021 conversation, including a move to a farm and learning how to live without fear this week on Spirit Gym.

Find out more about Kyle’s work on Gardeners of Eden and Fit for Service websites and on social media via Twitter and Instagram. Enjoy his Kyle Kingsbury podcast on YouTube, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Timestamps 

2:47 Kyle’s life shifted as he started working on the farm and living away from Austin.

7:50 “My intention in 2020 — even prior to COVID — was to live without fear, but I hadn’t given fear its due respect.”

21:02 Find your secret passage to nature in your city.

32:31 You can grow more food than you assume on a quarter-acre.

44:19 Kyle’s favorite podcast guests.

52:13 Homeschooling.

1:00:33 Bioavailability versus the USDA.

1:09:24 Making eating sacred.

1:13:40 A light conversation.

Resources

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Zack Bush, Charles Eisenstein, Dr. Nathan Riley, Jamie Wheal, Robb Wolf and Fred Provenza

Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening by Sepp Holzer

Desert or Paradise by Sepp Holzer

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Need a quick refresher course on the principles Paul and CHEK Practitioners all over the world teach? Paul hits the blackboard to cover the Big 6 principles of healthy living this week on Spirit Gym.

Timestamps

1:51 The Big 6: Three yin (feminine) principles and three yang (masculine) principles.

12:03 One love.

17:36 Getting clear about your dream.

26:34 Thinking and manifestation.

28:33 The Grand Canyon test.

30:13 Four Doctors core values guide our life choices.

42:43 Clearly state your core values.

49:05 Fungal and parasite infections.

55:18 The four-day rotation diet.

1:00:19 Qualities of the soul.

1:03:50 Must-haves and must-not-haves.

1:09:46 Proper breathing.

1:16:46 Primal pattern movements.

1:24:34 Are you properly hydrated?

1:34:11 Seasonal changes for your health.

1:38:21 Five program design factors that help you succeed.

1:46:30 Simple ways to slow down the aging process.

1:55:46 Three choices.

Resources

The work of Stanley Krippner, Walter Russell and Charlie Francis

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with John Stewart Reid

Beating The Food Giants by Paul Stitt

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives by Ruth Winter

The Safe Shoppers Bible by David Steinman and Samuel Epstein

Natural Detoxification: A Practical Encyclopedia by Jacqueline Krohn and Frances Taylor

Biochemical Individuality by Roger Williams

Nutrition and Your Mind by George Watson

Food and Behavior: A Natural Connection by Barbara Stitt 

The Life Stylist Podcast with Luke Storey

The 1-2-3-4 of Overcoming Addiction, Obesity and Disease

Find a Spring

Cymatics

Your Body’s Many Cries for Water by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj

The 20th anniversary edition of How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy

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If you’ve been looking for safer options for pain relief, kratom — a Southeast Asian plant with at least 40 naturally occurring bioactive alkaloids — has probably popped up in your search results more than once.

But, how do can you know the differences in quality, potency and safety between naturally sourced kratom products?

Alexander Karp, chief scientific officer for ETHA Natural Botanics, describes his journey to find pain relief with kratom, the perils of an unregulated marketplace and why you should not mute the Pain Teacher this week on Spirit Gym. 

In the Members section of this podcast, legendary skateboarder Danny Way joins the conversation to share his experiences with kratom as a more effective pain reliever than all the previous ones. 

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Timestamps

5:10 Our lifestyles have evolved to be more processed and synthetic at the same time more natural treatment options have become demonized by the allopathic world.

14:09 “Kratom and all of the alkaloids are like a symphony orchestra.”

16:26 Are you muting the Pain Teacher?

29:37 How Alexander became aware of kratom.

34:50 “It was out of a personal need that I had severe pain, heard about kratom, tried it and it was a miracle.”

40:44 Different alkaloids, different effects in kratom.

48:22 The complications of an unregulated market.

1:02:07 Taking a low dose of anything doesn’t imply that it isn’t a powerful one.

1:17:23 “You don’t want pain to go away 100 percent.”

1:24:47 A review of the kratom-based products Alexander’s ETHA Natural Botanicals sells.

Resources

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Eben Britton

The work of Dr. Royal Lee and Dr. Chris McCurdy

Mitragynine

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