Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the True Life Podcast. I hope your day is going absolutely amazing. Hope the birds are singing. Hope the sun is shining and the wind is at your back. You know, I was recently listening to that song, When Lightning Crashes. You guys remember that song? Lightning crashes and an old woman dies. And I couldn't help but think about how much of a metaphor that is for the world that we live in today, right? Lightning crashes and an old woman died. Lightning crashes and a newborn cries. It makes me think of this whole turmoil that we're going through as a world. It makes me begin to see what we're living through is the death of old ideas. And I titled this one, Eight old gods that are dying before our eyes. I think we're seeing so many ideas that no longer serve us. And it looks like chaos. And it is chaos. Because the institutions, be them economic or educational or even family structures, those old ideas that served us for so long are dying. And if you want a more physical representation of it, think about how large the boomer class is and how many of the people that we love are dying. Think about how many people in power are over seventy. Like all their ideas are dying and they are desperately trying to cling to those ideas in hopes that it'll serve our community. But they won't. It's impossible. It's a new time we're living in. And so with that being said, I want to cover eight of these ideas that I see dying in hopes that the people listening to this or maybe watching this video can just take some time to think about them and maybe adapt to them. Because the old ideas that are dying in the world, they're dying in your life too. And you have to adjust. You have to find a way to sort of wrap your hands around the new version of yourself because you can either cry and pound the pavement and be upset that all these institutions are dying or you can find a way to become the best version of yourself so with that being said let me dig into them i'm going to give you the old ideas and then the new ideas and then i'm going to get to some questions at the end okay the first old idea that's dying it's the myth of infinite growth The old idea is that the belief that more is always better, expansion as the sacred path, growth at all costs, consumption without pause, the illusion that linear progress is life itself. If you're an Xer like me, you grew up with this idea that you can grow forever. We can continually grow. And you saw it with a lot of large corporations. When their products and their services began to die, their expansion for growth was just to buy up smaller companies. You can kind of see it with Facebook buying Snapchat or like Nabisco buying up or Amazon buying up Whole Foods. Like the path to growth became not creating new services or products, but buying new ones and sort of stealing their growth. So if you think about that, that's the old idea. I want to tell you what the new idea is. The new idea is that life grows, dies, and grows again in cycles, not lines. What dies feeds what's born. True wealth is measured by regeneration, not accumulation. So an interesting idea might be, if I take it to the political aspect, like look at the Republican Party or the Democratic Party for that matter. Those are the old ideas. The leaders there just encompass so many old ideas. And you can see this new rise of the right with like Nick Fuentes, or you can see the new rise of the left with Mondami in New York, both representing two brand new ideas. Maybe not brand new to the world, but brand new to the nation on some level. Does that kind of make sense? They're reinventing these ideas. And it's imperative that the old ideas die so that new ones can grow. The second idea that is dying is the cult of the individual hero versus the collective mind. old idea is that the lone savior the self-made genius the myth of isolated greatness no one rises alone yet we worship the individual above all think about how many heroes there are like it seems that recently we have begun to fetishize like billionaires whether it's elon musk or Who are some other billionaires out there that people tend to fetishize? I think Elon is probably in the headlines the most. But we see this guy as some incredible hero that rose to the top. And there's no doubt the guy's brilliant, but nobody does it alone. You need a team of incredible people around you to make it. Whether you're someone building SpaceX, or whether you're someone building a podcast, or regardless of what it is. You can't do it alone. And the people that have been fed that myth of that hero myth of doing it alone usually find themselves in pretty dark times. The truth is, you can't do it alone. So the new idea is that genius emerges through the network, not the ego. Collaboration is the new revolution. The hive is the hero now. I want people to think about people in your life that you can reach out to when times get tough. People that don't ask for money. People that just maybe lend you their ear. Like that's the people you should surround yourself with. Those are the people that are going to help your life grow in a way. And I think you're going to see that branch out into communities, governments, hopefully families. The third God we see dying in front of our eyes. That's the illusion of objectivity. The old idea is that truth as something detached, absolute, sterile, facts without perspective. Objectivity is a pedestal above human experience. Think about history. Everybody has their idea of what history is. And some people cling to that idea of history as if it was true. But all you need to do to understand that to be a falsity is ask someone else's idea of what happened in history. Yeah, nice call, Clint. I appreciate that. Steve Jobs is definitely one of those people. There really is no objectivity in truth, at least to me. My friend Dan Go would probably be all over me and be like, no, George, you don't get it. However, that's the old idea that's dying, that truth as something detached, absolute and sterile. The new idea is that truth is co-created. It's emerging through dialogue, friction and curiosity. Think about the way in which you sit together with your friends and you tell stories about not only the past, but the experience you're having right now. At that point in time, truth is being made. You're co-creating it. And in co-creating those stories, you build a foundation to build a better future. It's that coming together, sometimes through dialogue, sometimes through friction, but always through curiosity. The fourth idea, the fourth god that is dying, is the religion of work. Think about people's attitude towards work. For a long time, at least when I grew up, my uncle Bruce was a product of the fifties. And the idea was that you would get up, you would go work your eight or ten hours, and you would come home. And that was enough to feed your families. You could buy a home, a new car, and you could do it all for, I don't know, ten hours a day, forty hours a week. But through my lifetime, that seems to have changed. Like now, with declining living standards, prices going up, inflation, you got to work sixty or eighty hours and forget about one person being able to afford a family. Like you need both parents working. What does that do to the family structure? And look at the propaganda that comes out. Again, whether it's Steve Jobs or Elon Musk talking about, I sleep at my work. I sleep under my desk. I'm so grateful to get to have a job where I can work a hundred hours a week. In fact, let's bring in people from the third world so that they'll work for less money and not complain about it. This whole exhaustion of living to work That is out of control. No wonder there's so much mental illness in the world. There's no time for anything else. And all the propaganda that comes out speak to this idea as if it's a good thing. Where's the room for creativity in that model? So the new idea is that work infused with awareness becomes art. Presence is the new devotion. I want to just pause here for a minute. A lot of people are finding themselves maybe being laid off. When you look at like UPS laid off tons of people, tech is laying off tons of people. The time is coming for you as an individual to change. And if you don't change, then I think your future is bleak. And even though it's a difficult time right now, it's never been better than to find something you love and start working towards that. Whatever it is. Maybe you like painting or maybe you like driving or maybe you like teaching. Whatever it is that you're passionate about. Now is the time to become that version of yourself. Otherwise, it's a slow death. It's a walk down the green mile. So I want to invite people. If you find yourself in a position where you're sort of feel the weight of despair on your shoulders, that means it's time to change. And I say congratulations to you. That's the new idea. The fifth one, the fifth old idea that is dying is that centralized power. Thrones built on obedience, governments, corporations, media hierarchies, authority as control. We've lived under that myth for way too long. For way too long. Jesse, shout out to you. I love you. You are a huge example of someone that's following their heart. I appreciate that. Jesse says, the biggest lie we've been sold, and it breaks people's hearts when they are dying and realizing it. I hope we are loving towards realizing it when we are living. Yeah, it's so true. And you probably see this all the time, Jesse, in what you do. Like the whole, you know, when I talk to lots of people who are in addiction or even beyond addiction, like people that are really breaking down with anxiety or depression, it's a symptom of the sickness of the world that we live in. Like it's pretty depressing out there. But I believe that the antidote to that, the antidote to that is sort of finding that spark inside yourself and moving towards it. The old idea is this idea that a hierarchy, like why is that person in charge? Look at our leaders. Like why are those people in charge? Is that the best that we have? Are those the best people we have? Absolutely not. Sometimes I feel as if we're led by the least among us. Maybe that's because the people that would be best at power don't want it. They realize the responsibility that comes with putting other people first. And so the system self-selects for sort of a psychopathic behavior. People that crave power. If you're someone that craves power, you should be barred from any sort of leadership. It just seems to me that that's sort of this message that, I don't know, it just seems to me that's what the corporate world seems to be moving towards. But I don't want to get people too down because it's a new idea. Okay, let me tell you that the new idea. First off, shout out to Jesse Clint. I love this, man. Thank you. He says, we need to rediscover authority as service, not tyranny. Woo! That's why he's Clint Kyle's, ladies and gentlemen. I recommend to everybody, if you're within the sound of my voice, check out the Psychedelic Christian podcast. He's got some bangers over there. And once you listen to one podcast, you won't be able to stop. But you're right, Clint. We need to rediscover authority as service, not tearing. Authority should be something that is demonstrated. There's a great book called Leaders Eat Last, and I would recommend everybody listening to this. If you want to understand authority, read that book, Leaders Eat Last. It tells the story, multiple stories actually, but one story in that book speaks to the idea of like a platoon sergeant, and he makes sure that everybody there, they sit down and eat, and then he eats last. That's authority. That's sacrifice. You know, that's something you don't see in today's world. Like, where is the sacrifice from authority? Shouldn't the authority figure be the one that sacrifices most? That is an attribute that authority seems to be lacking in these last decade or so. It seems like the authority figures in this world are just decadent. Look at my yacht. Look at all my millions of dollars. It's kind of funny if you think about it. That's what you have? You're in charge and all you have to show is your boat? That's so ridiculous. It's crazy to me. There's another cool story I want to share with you guys. It's the story of a hedge fund. They were the biggest hedge fund in New York. They were trying to court these clients. There was a really wealthy guy. I think he was from Japan. He was worth billions of dollars. So this hedge fund was courting him like, hey, you should park your money with us. Why don't you come to New York? Thank you, Tariq. I love you too. So they court this guy from Japan. And this billionaire comes from Japan and he spends a weekend with this hedge fund in New York. And the first day they take him, they pick him up in this limo and they take him to like this penthouse. And like, this is your room. Isn't it beautiful? Tomorrow I'm going to show you the office. So he's like stays in like this incredibly wealthy penthouse. And then the next day he goes to like the hedge fund headquarters and it's just opulent. It's like marble everything, you know, on the thirty third floor and looking out over Park Avenue. And it's just extravagant. Everyone there wearing like ten thousand dollar suits. But the guy from the investor, the guy from Japan is just kind of looking around with a blank look in his eyes. And then later that night. They take him down to the harbor, and they go and they have this incredible cocktail party with all the elite people of New York out on this yacht. And so towards the end of the trip, the end of that night, the board of directors is sitting around this multi-billionaire, and they're like, this is my yacht right here. And they go, right over there, that's the vice president's yacht. And that one over there, that's the CFO's yacht. And the gentleman, the investor from... the investor from Japan just looks at them all and he's like, where is your customers yachts? And they all stood quietly. It's so funny, right? Like here's this hedge fund telling this billionaire, like, look how great we are. Look at how much money we have. And he's like, Where's your client's money? And I think that that speaks to this idea of authority. Like, I don't know. That's a great story. And I always think about that when I think about authority. But let me tell you the new idea about authority. The new idea is that power flows through nodes, not pyramids. The next civilization is networked, participatory, and self-organizing. You know how we do it, Hannah. Like, it's such a... Hannah says, hmm, ten thousand dollar suits. Dickheads. Without a doubt. This is why I love everybody in this community out here. That's so true. That's so true. They should just print that. That should be the label of the suit. It should just say dickhead on it. Right. That should be the new label of suits. I want to talk about that. Like, think about this new idea of power, though. And everybody that's listening right now, like I consider you guys all part of my network. And the beauty is that pretty much everybody in this chat right now, we have had conversations and each one of us has helped each other. That is a network. That is a node that you can turn to for an idea, for someone to listen to, for help. That is real power. I have learned since doing this podcast that the... The true currency, the true power lies in relationships. How many people could you call right now and would answer the phone? How many people could you call at two in the morning and they would answer the phone? That is power. And they do it because they love you. They do it because they care. That's real power. That's real networking. That's how you build something real in this world. and shout out to jesse clint tari hannah like all of you every one of you is building something magnificent and i'm so stoked to know you call me at two o'clock i'll answer but I might not be in the best mood, but I will answer the phone. I will do it. I'll do it. I promise you. So think about the new idea. Power flows through nodes, not pyramids. The next civilization is networked, participatory, and self-organizing. I think you can see a lot of this in sort of the psychedelic movement where you're seeing these sort of events pop up and people are going and speaking and giving their testimony and You know, another aspect of the future of power is sort of the participatory mode of power for those that went to the two sixteen event or even go to any other event. It's no longer a sit and listen, going and sitting and listening to someone talk. There's value in it. but it's kind of boring. You know what I mean by that? It's so much better to go to an event where there's an actual hands-on demonstration where you get to be part of it. Like you get to learn something from it. This is, you're going to see more of this, not only in the events that people are doing, but I think education is moving that way. The experiential education has been, and always will be vastly superior to the sit and listen experience. You know, and I think that I really think that the apprenticeship is something that should be brought back in almost everything. Doctors do it. Those of us who spend time in the psychedelic movement realize that the best, most powerful people are the people that have not only been through the experience, but have found someone to apprentice with, that are hands-on, that are teaching while they're learning. That is a vastly superior form of education than anybody who has a degree from someone who just sat and listened. way better and that you're going to see more of that in the future i believe that's the new idea the next one the next old god that's dying in front of us is the binary of good and evil right morality as division heroes versus villains us versus them life has been sliced into these absolutes and it's never been more present than than it is right now if you just If you ever find yourself doom scrolling, whatever, whether it's Instagram or X or Facebook or any social media, it's so divisive. It's so divisive. And like who gets the most clicks and who gets the most airplay are the people that are bringing about the most. I don't know. Rage bait. You know what I mean by that? How many times can you bring up Hitler? How many times can you bring up black versus white? How many times can you bring up gay versus straight? I get it. I get it. There's real tension in all these things. But the way in which you choose to speak about them frames the intention and it frames the conversation. And it just ends up being this sort of wedge that no one ever gets over. And we seem to idolize the people that yell the most or have the best one-liners. I'm not saying it's not entertaining, but it definitely doesn't seem to be helping the aspect of it. So the new idea. The new idea is wholeness is the new morality. Shadows are teachers. Light is not destroyed. It's integrated. Think about... There's a... For those listening right now, this person hasn't published their paper yet. But Dr. Susie Ross, she and I have been talking pretty extensively about this idea of integration. And when you guys see what she has written about integration, it's going to blow your mind. It's going to blow your mind. I can't wait to introduce it to people. And you're going to see me talking about her more often. So stay tuned. If you're within the Senate, I'll link it in the show notes. Her paper is unbelievable. Number seven, the next idea that is dying is the superiority of human intelligence. You know, for a long time, my whole life, we have thought that the humans were at the top of the pyramid, the crown of creation, and that machines were just tools. I think the new idea is that intelligence is co-creating. It's human and non-human. And this is sort of leaning towards the world of AI. A lot of people, maybe not as much now, but in the beginning when AI came out, people were like, oh my God, this intelligence is going to take over. It's going to just... make everybody's brain atrophy. They're not gonna know how to talk. They're not gonna know how to do anything because the computer's gonna do everything for them. And I think on some level, that's true. I think on some level, it's sort of changing the game, but not if you use it as a tool, not if you use AI as an attempt to co-create something with, like it's a brilliant tool. And I think if more people can begin to see it that way, Then you'll be able to see a future where it's not so dystopian, but more co-creative. And I'll give you an example of that. I work with a lot of different PR firms. And a lot of the times the PR firms will reach out to me and be like, hey, George, I have this author. They've written this really cool book. You want to talk to him on your podcast? And I always try to look and see what the book is, make sure it aligns with me. But most of the times I'll talk to them. But think about the book as a medium. Like it's so sterile. Like you write a book and then it's done. Maybe you get some speaking gigs or maybe you go on and you promote it. But once you write a book, it's over. And don't even get me started on the whole book as like the book is a scam in a way. Like you have to pay to become like the number one seller. You got to have the publisher. And it's just a sort of gatekeeping ideas. At least it's become that. And I think that AI ties in right here because what's happening is that the written word, the actual written word, is becoming a lot weaker than it ever has. There was this period where the written word was really strong. And if you wrote a number one bestseller, then your message got out there. But the new book is the podcast. Think about how much better it is to have a podcast than a book. A podcast is dynamic. You can go on weekly, monthly, daily, and you can have a real-time conversation with the people in the world that are attuned to your ideas, or maybe they're drawn to your ideas, and then you can have a discussion with those peoples, and the ideas evolve. And so I think that you're going to see... If you're someone that's thinking about writing a book, I'm not trying to persuade you from not writing a book. Definitely write it. But write a book in conjunction with your podcast. I believe it was Samuel Clemens who said that the written word is the carcass of the spoken word. And so... The spoken word to me is something that's dynamic. It's beautiful. It's ever-changing. It allows for conflict. It allows for grace. It allows for so much out there. It really allows for the individual to express themselves. And that is what AI, I think, can help people with. Someone passed me a book yesterday, and I started looking through it, and it was all these em dashes. And I'm like, this whole thing was written by Chad GPT. So the spoken word. Jesse says, attack on centrist. If you don't pick a side, you hate babies and joy and are the true problem. It's so true, Jesse. It's so true. All this division, it blows my mind. And I'm glad you said that because it makes it funny that way. When you really see it for what it is, it's so pedantic. It's like, oh, look at these people just trying to get you on their side. Hey, come be on my side. You shouldn't take sides. You should have your own idea of what's happening out there and do your best to relay it in a way that's kind of your unique, authentic voice. And I think people gravitate towards that. Number eight, the last one I have today for the old gods dying in front of our eyes, the old idea that's dying is the separation of spirit and matter. Science stripped the sacred from reality. Religion exiled reason. Spirit and matter were divorced. When I listen to incredible people that are incredibly spiritual, like my friend Clint Kyles, I really see the spirit hear it in his voice i hear it in his guests and i think he has a real knack for sort of bringing the ideas of spiritual spirituality into the world and for people like him that have always been faithful that divorce never really happened he was always able to see it and i think that's why he's bringing so much light into the world but you know if we take let's take drug design for example whenever there's a clinical trial so much of the spiritual is left out of that clinical trial and i think that science is a really good scalpel it's a way for people primarily people that want to create patents and people that want to help too i don't want to leave those people out but science is a way of divorcing all of these factors that are immeasurable but the immeasurable factors they're so important you know i spoke about this before but the when it comes to depression and testing a drug or testing a substance shouldn't we be talking to the family shouldn't we shouldn't we take the tears of a family member who sees their loved one living life again as evidence that this substance works i would say that that's more important than the synaptic gap formation i would say that that like the The love and the joy and the tears of loved ones, seeing someone they love get better. Like that is a sign the drug is working, even if there's no sort of measurable effect. factors in a lab. So that brings me to the new idea. The new idea is that labs and temples merge. Consciousness is once again central. Science and soul speak the same language. I think we're beginning to see that. And as our language evolves, and I think the psychedelic movement is far ahead of the curve here because you are seeing science and soul come together, whether it's Global Psychedelics Week or psychedelic science, or maybe it's just going to an art gallery and talking to people. But you're really beginning to see that science and soul, that science and religion are one and the same. You know, it's interesting to think about that because for a long time, people thought science was like the opposite of religion. But if you think about science, it's basically grant me one small miracle and I'll tell you how the world was formed. You know what I mean? Like everything is built on like one miracle of like the... It's funny to think. If you just take some time to think about... science and miracles. You'd be like, it's kind of religious. And what does science do? Science aims to make predictions about the future. Science is basically prophecy. If these ten things happen, it's going to happen again. I mean, you could throw chicken bones and come up with a prophecy. So it's really funny to me to think how similar the two are and that maybe science is sort of a new religion. Because there's some pretty diehard scientists that when I talk to them, I'm like, wow, this is like religious for them. They really see science as like the end all be all. It's interesting to think about it from that aspect. So I got some questions coming up over here. This first one comes to me from my friend Maya in Portland. What's up, Maya? Thanks for being here today. She says, George, what's actually dying, the system or the human spirit? First off, Maya, that is a brilliant question. And I can only give you my opinion of it. But I would say both. I would say that the system is dying and the human spirit is emerging. And all you need to do is look around. Man, you're in Portland, Maya. All you got to do is look around in Portland. Tell me that system isn't dying. It's dying in my neighborhood. When I go out Saturdays, my daughter and I go to garage or she goes to guitar lessons. And we got to drive past this homeless shelter. And there's all these people, more than I've ever seen before. And it's like a real look into the decay of society. Like the system is dying. It can't take care of all the people. It can't, not only can it not take care of them, but it almost, you know, if you look at homelessness, homelessness is a man, it's an industry now. It's a real industry. There's all these grants people get to help homeless people. But if you think about that, what would happen if the companies that were trying to help out homeless people helped out all the homeless people? There would be no customers left for them. So I actually had a long talk with this guy when I was in Hawaii. And he had this idea to build homeless shelters. And not that he was pitching it to me, but he was telling me about how he was getting investors. We're going to open up this new home and it's going to house twenty people. And then once that one fills up, we're going to open up another home and it's going to do another twenty people. And I just paused him for a minute. And I'm like, man, what happens when you run out of customers? He paused and he's like. Well, that would be a good thing. I'm like, that would be a great thing. But do you think you pitching this idea to an investor, do you think they're going to think it's a good idea? Probably not. They're probably not going to give you any money for it because you're building a system that ends. And it's sort of like the whole medical industry. It's all the money's in the patch. It's never in the cure. Maya, I hope that that part of the system dies. And I think it speaks to the evolution of the human spirit. Like we're seeing that system. We're raging against that system. We are quietly working in the fields to make sure that we take care of the human condition so that we no longer have to live in that system. So I hope that answered your question, Maya. Thanks for being here. Raphael coming in from Austin. What's up, Raphael? How's Austin treat you, my friend? He says, is technology helping us evolve or just accelerating collapse? Man, again, this is a, I don't know if I'm really qualified to answer this question, but, uh, I would say that technology is helping us evolve. Um, I really believe when I talk to some people that are working with AI, and I've spoken to quite a few of them recently. I had some people come up from San Francisco and talk to me about large language models. And I think large language models and AI itself is a reflection of us. And so I guess the question is, are we going to see ourselves for what we're doing and change? Or are we going to see it as like a boogeyman? But I believe technology is the first time we're getting to see ourselves in a collective third person view. Like we're really getting a good idea of what we're doing, what works and what doesn't work. Does that kind of make sense? It's like if you look in a mirror, you get to see your nose for the first time. Because you can't see your nose just looking through your eyes, right? You can feel it. You can touch it. You can sense it. But when you look in the mirror, you go, oh, that's what my nose looks like. It's the same thing with technology. Technology is allowing us to see ourselves for the first time. The good, the bad, the ugly. And with that comes a real opportunity to change. With that comes, hopefully, the courage to realize I've been doing this wrong. We have been doing this wrong as a system. And I think technology is doing that. The collapse aspect of it, at least in my opinion, is sort of the falling away of bad ideas, the falling away of ideas that no longer serve us. And so there's going to be a lot more collapse. It's going to be a lot more difficult times coming. But for those who have been with my podcast long enough, you guys know that I believe tragedy is the antecedent of your greatest gifts. honestly believe that you can't have like you wouldn't make the changes you need to make in your life unless it was tragic because we would never wish horrible you would never wish your kid to die or you would never wish your parents to lose their home, or you to lose your home. You would never wish that on anybody. But maybe that's the only thing that can create real change is finding yourself in a position where you have to change. I heard a great quote that said, there's only two ways people change. One is through inspiration and one is through desperation. Gosta, what's up? Gosta says, LLM is the wrong way to go, actually. Gosta, why do you think that? I can understand the aspect that Maybe LLMs are making people weaker. It's definitely making the written word like, it's making the written word just look like one giant chat GPT. Like everybody just writes in chat GPT and everybody writes in grok. And then you can totally, I think that a skilled eye knows when something's written. Resumes are all written in chat GPT. Everything's written in chat GPT, but it doesn't make it less beautiful. Like if you read some of the stuff that's written, it's pretty clear. There's usually some pretty cool analogies in there. So on some level, I think that those large language models are maybe teaching us how to communicate more effectively. Maybe I'm looking through some rose-colored glasses, but let me know what you think. So yeah, Raphael from Austin, I think technology is helping us evolve. Aisha, I got Aisha coming all the way from London. What's up, Aisha? Thanks for being here, hanging out with me. She says, how do we surrender when everything feels uncertain? Woo! How do we surrender when everything feels uncertain? Well, Aisha, my answer would be, what else are you going to do? What else are you going to do when everything feels uncertain? Maybe that's the point of uncertainty is to surrender. Because if you're uncertain... And your mind is moving a million miles an hour. You're just stuck. You're running in place. You have to surrender when you're uncertain because surrender is where clarity comes from. Surrendering to the idea that I don't control what happens to me but I do control how I react to it. I think that's what surrender has taught me. If you don't surrender, Aisha, it just gets worse and worse and worse. I'm not talking about surrender like waving a white flag, like giving up on life. I'm talking about surrender to the idea that there's a force greater than you guiding you. Call it faith. Call it spirituality. Call it the call it the DMT code, whatever you want to call it, that's what surrender means. Surrender means that there's a path you haven't seen yet and you can only see it when you begin to surrender because otherwise it's closed down to you. It's like the scales falling from your eyes. Trust the process. Ghost, do you know how we do it? Trust the process, right? It's tough to do. I think that that speaks to what you're saying, Aisha, is that Gostas has trust that process. It's hard to do when the world seems stacked against you. It's difficult to do when the world around you is collapsing. Loved ones are leaving or maybe someone you know OD'd or, you know, there's tons of reasons why it can happen. But I like that. Trust the process. And I do think surrender is something that should be seen in a positive light and not in a giving up light. Liam, Liam coming from New York. Liam, how's the new mayor over there, man? Are you guys worried about socialism? Oh no, are you guys worried about this? Let me know what you guys, Liam, let me know what you guys think about the new mayor. Liam says, what if we're not ready for this new consciousness? Woo, what if we're not ready for this new consciousness? I don't think you have a choice, Liam. I don't think you have a new choice. And I think if you're being honest with yourself, everybody's ready for it. Look at the state of the world we're living in. And I think it means more gifts for people. I think it means more access for people. I think it means new pathways for people. You know, I have never spoken to more people that when they talk about this new consciousness, I'm going to – consciousness is such a big word. I'm going to change it to – let's change it to this, Liam. Instead of what if we're not ready for this new consciousness, what about are you ready for some new awareness? Because I think that that's a better way to say it. I think what we're stepping into is an evolved awareness of what's happening, not only in our lives – but in our families lives in our community in our states and in our countries like there's a new awareness being born and if you don't believe me just take some time and go outside and sit in the quietness and see the new things you're aware of i think it's happening to all of us All of us all at once. There's a new awareness being born. New connections being formed. New ideas being born. And that comes from those old ideas that we set up in the first part. As those old ideas begin to die, a new awareness sets in. It's like that song, Lightning Crashes. An old woman dies. Lightning crashes. A newborn cries. As those old ideas die, they're like cages. They're like prisons. These ideas that we have been sitting with for so long are like prisons. And there's a new awareness, Liam. There's a new awareness being born. Go out and feel it. Like it's electric. And it's kind of dangerous, right? And it should be. New ideas are dangerous and they should be. Thanks for joining with us, Liam. I appreciate it. June. June's coming in. They say, without authority, how do we avoid chaos? Okay, that's a tough question. Without authority, how do we avoid chaos? I think that you shouldn't give your authority away. That's what I would say. I would say that there is authority, but it's your individual authority. And what I realized in my life, and maybe you're feeling this, June, is that Chaos comes when you give your authority away to other people. Because when you allow other people to structure your life, when you allow other people to tell you the rules, when you allow other people to tell you wrong from right, and then you don't have those authority figures anymore, that's chaos. But if you, June, if you're someone that says, you know what? Not anymore. I am my own authority. This is what's right for me. And I don't care what that person says. Or I'm not going to give too much stock to what this guy who thinks they're a boss says. Like when you establish your own authority with yourself, that sort of puts the chaos at bay. And it gives you that feeling of confidence. It gives you that feeling of moving forward in life. And I would say even liberations. I think liberation is the antidote to chaos. And if you're feeling chaos in your life, it's because you need to have more self-authority. I hope that one helps for you, June. I appreciate that. Costa says, govern yourself by striving towards balance. He also says, we have no idea what is about to come and pretty soon too. I don't know that anybody does, Ghosta. I don't know that anybody has an idea what's coming soon. What do you think is coming soon? Put it in the chat over here. I'll bring it up and then we can talk about it. But yeah, all I know for sure is that Life is uncertain and that you should do your best to make goals and plan for things, but care about the people in your life the most. Find the people in your life you love the most and make sure that you are spending time with them and making their life richer. And don't worry too much about the future. The future will take care of itself. There's a good quote that says, if you want to hear God laugh, start making plans, right? It's kind of funny to think about. Serena, what's up? Serena from San Francisco. I'm about an hour north of you, Serena. She says, so what's actually being born right now? Wow. These are some big questions, ladies and gentlemen. I'll do my best to answer them. But again, these are just my opinions. I don't know what's actually being born right now. But I would say that what's being born right now is a new understanding of how to live life. I think what's being born right now, Serena, is a new myth. A new myth being born. Think about that. And I'll give you an example. We have lived so long under the myth of the hero's journey. And people who know about integration or journeys, you think of it as a circle, right? Like the circle of becoming or the snake eating its tail. But I've been reading some really cool papers lately. Susie Ross has this one out. People should check her out, Dr. Susie Ross. She has this model of integration that's like a figure eight. And what would it mean if integration wasn't a circle, but it was a figure eight? Think about the old limerick, history doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. You know, I really think that we're moving into a new mythology. And that's why we're seeing the merger of science and spirit come together. We're moving into a world where we can see and have more awareness. And I know my friend Ghost is like, listen, George, you have no idea what's coming. It's going to be out of control. I disagree. I think it's going to be out of control forever. In that the people that are in control will have no control. I really think what you're seeing right now is the birth pains of a world that's led by the people instead of a world led by centralized power. If you look at blockchain technology, it's all decentralized. If you look at a lot of the movements coming out, they're all decentralized. Like that is a model. that I think can really begin to benefit people. And it's scary. I got it. I know it is. So Ghosta says, what's being born right now is on AGI, which is the Holy Ghost in Code. Interesting. Artificial General Intelligence. See, I have a problem with that because I don't think that artificial intelligence is different than human intelligence, Ghosta. I believe that they're one and the same thing. I believe that the AGI is in fact, it's just us. It's just us. And when we figure that out, it's like we're afraid of our own shadow. Like we're afraid of our own shadow, AGI. And listen, I'm not a technologist by any means, but I believe that In a few years, we're going to realize that AGI is us. Artificial intelligence is us. And when we figure that out, we'll understand how to really sort of hold hands with it. We'll understand how to manage that relationship and what it means. Do we have the maturity to do it? I think so. I think so. And I think it's going to take a lot of these old ideas dying. I think a lot of the people in positions of authority see AGI as a tool to control, but there's no way to control that. There's no way to control it. The rapid learning that's happening by the younger generation is monumental. It's monumental. The resources at your fingertips right now are monumental. With all these LLMs and all this technology, you as an individual have the same capabilities and the same relationship with technology that a multinational corporation had ten years ago, maybe five years ago. Think about how powerful each individual truly is. Malik, Malik coming from Detroit. What's up, Malik? He says, what role do artists and thinkers play in this rebirth? Man, I love this question, Malik. First off, shout out to Detroit. Thanks for being here. The artists and the thinkers are going to play a bigger role than they ever have before. I think you're going to see a sort of giant artistic revolution. Much like the sixties had an outburst of creativity. We are on the cusp of the greatest explosion of creativity you've ever seen in your life. If you want an example of that, go to, go to X and check out the AI artists. Like, Oh my gosh, there is a full blown artistic Renaissance happening right now. And not enough people know about it. It is mind blowing the artwork that's coming. And the reason that's important is that think about how much art can convey a message. Remember in the sixties, the murals with metaphors, like we are on the cusp of digital murals with powerful metaphors that, that are just going to explode consciousness on my level. And with, I would say artists are thinkers. There's so many people out there. Like just take a moment to go and listen to some people that maybe aren't the biggest influencers, but are people out there with original ideas and they're all gaining traction. whether it's an influencer with five people or ten people, there are some of the most intelligent people in the world giving birth to their ideas and building a following right now that have the potential to sweep over nations, to change governments, to change the way we do education. It's coming, Malik. Malik, you're probably part of this, man. If you're asking the question, Malik, what role do artists and thinkers play in this, I got to think that you're both of those people. Malik, if you're out there, send me some of the stuff you're working on, man. I would love to see it. Next up, Zoe, Zoe coming from Vancouver. She says, do you really think we'll survive this transition? Zoe, Zoe, Zoe, of course, we'll survive this transition. It's going to be not without pain, not without suffering. You know, it's it's a literal rebirth happening right now. This transition is a birth happening right now. And I don't know if people listening to me have ever seen a childbirth, but it is incredible. It's a miracle. It is an incredible miracle, but it is not without pain. It is not without blood. It is not without the fear of dying. You know, it's a lot. Children die. Mothers die. It happens all the time. But I believe we are breaching right now. I believe the new world is emerging in ways that They're all around us. If you can just take a few minutes to see the beauty blooming instead of the chaos, you will agree with me. It may take a little bit of work to go out there and watch it and see it. But Zoe, not only will we survive this transition, but we're going to move into a world where the opportunities for you as an individual will be greater than they ever have been. But you can't get caught up in all of the doom scrolling. You can't get caught up in the act of consuming. I think that the path going forward for everybody is creating over consuming. And if you give more of your time to creation, Your consuming habits will change think about that you ever find yourself doom scrolling or checking something out like you're Consuming these ideas that are being thrust into your mind like that is the enemy I'm not saying you can't enjoy some good content out there but do your best to engage with content that is uplifting or that is maybe pushing you to think something different because the act of creation is is going to take over the act of consuming. And there's going to be two kinds of people. There's going to be people that consume everything and people that create things. If you're within the sound of my voice, I believe that you are a creator and everybody has that spark of creation in there. Gosta says, I do not believe that. I proved it and I also have written it. Gosta, send me some of your writings. I would love to read them and have a conversation with you. He says, it is funny to me listening to you. I mean, I know what is coming. Yes, you will survive it, but it will kill your ego. But Gosta, isn't that part of the problem? Like if you look at how egoistic our world has been for so long, That's part of the problem. And I don't know so much that it's going to kill the ego as it is going to evolve the ego. I wish people would stop saying ego death. Your ego is not dying. Your ego is evolving from a childlike state to a more adolescent state. And that's where the new sense of awareness is coming from. It's not that your ego is dying. It's that it's evolving. Like... If you just think about, you know, a good example of this would be to look at some of the brain scans on psilocybin or psychedelics and see the way in which the default mode network gets shut down and see the neuroplasticity in the brain and see everything lighting up. Like that is what's beginning to happen. It's not so much that the ego is dying is that it's evolving automatically. and it looks like death like the ego part of us doesn't want to lose all these old ideas because they're so dear to us when we think of old ideas we think of people we love we think of institutions that helped us but those ideas are no longer serving us and with the new evolution of the ego comes a new evolution of awareness and a better life for all of us will Will we survive it? I think so. I think so. I don't, I don't forecast giant mass casualties or remember that. Do you guys remember that Deagle report that came out? There's this Deagle report that came out that said that the world population in twenty twenty five or twenty twenty six is going to be cut into like a third. But people have been holding those signs forever. The world, the end is nigh. The world is the world is about to die. They've been saying that forever. What are the chances we're actually here when that happens? But Ghost, I would love to read what you've written on there, man. You sound like an awesome person. Reach out to me. Hit me up in the show notes or just email me at georgepmonte at gmail.com. I'd love to talk to you. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm super stoked to get to hang out with you guys today. I'm coming up on about the hour right here. I hope you guys all have an absolute beautiful day. Thank you for doing what you do and look forward to checking out with you guys tomorrow. Have a beautiful day. Aloha.