Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Did you know to be a healthy adult male requires a lot of structure, accountability, feedback and quality play time?

Mike Salemi makes his long-awaited return to the podcast to share what’s he’s learned about being a good man, husband and a father, a path made so much easier by the lessons he learned from his own father, this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Mike’s work at his website where you can find out about his Kettlebell and Bulgarian Bag programs and his eight-week Path to Inspired Action coaching program for men. Find out more about Mike’s upcoming Men of Movement Mount Shasta retreat in October here.

Listen to Mike’s podcast, The Path, on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. Check out Mike on social media via Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

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Timestamps

7:45 The initiation to adulthood and exploring unknown territory.

10:39 How Mike learned to be a man through the actions of his father, an immigrant from Sicily.

14:50 Critical qualities in the development of boys into men.

20:06 Working with barbells at age 14 with a team of men transformed Mike’s life.

31:11 Men crave structure, accountability and feedback.

55:37 “I’m realizing in fatherhood that presence is currency.”

1:00:50 Ruthless responsibility and accountability.

1:05:52 What Mike’s wife, Lauren, has taught him the value of play.

1:14:07 Get in the pool!

Resources

Paul’s previous Living 4D conversations with Mike Salemi in Episodes 32 and 118

The work of Leonard Sax, Krasimir Dunev and Sir Robert McCarrison,

The Hierophant

The Soul of Discipline by Kim John Payne

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A popular part of Paul’s weekly podcast is his diverse recommendations from his massive home library where he’s done so much research on his newly revealed, magnum opus project, Spirit Gym.

This week on Spirit Gym, Paul reveals the 10(+) books that have changed his life, tackling everything from agriculture, food and disease to the Tao Te Ching, quantum science and occult entitles.

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Timestamps

3:45 A short history of Spirit Gym.

18:29 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price.
39:37 Science in Agriculture: Advanced Methods For Sustainable Farming by Arden Andersen.

45:54 The Flexner Report.

50:16 Do you consume real vitamins?

1:07:54 “Knowledge can be taught, but the intuitive understanding/consciousness is multidimensional.”

1:17:13 The rampant use of pesticides.

1:28:09 “What we breathe makes it around the world.”

Resources

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart, Jason E. Smith, James Hollis, Paul Levy and Amit Goswami

The work of Amy Fournier, Dr. Royal Lee, Friend Sykes, William Albrecht, Rowena Kryder and Wolfgang Pauli

Xerophthalmia

Paul’s free six-part audio series with Matthew Wallden on The Honest Vegetarian

Paramagnetism: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Force of Growth by Philip Callahan

Nutrition and Your Mind by George Watson

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Dawson Church, Ph.D., is one of the new breed of researchers whose landmark research and books have paved the way to create a deeper understanding of healing the human body from the inside out.

Paul and Dawson dive into the benefits of energy healing, the emotional freedom technique (EFT), meditation and emotional contagions in this scientific, fact-based Living 4D podcast.

Want to learn more about EFT? For Living 4D listeners, download a FREE EFT Mini-Manual and a special report, A Being of Spirit in a World of Abundance, at EFTUniverse.com.

Learn more about Dawson’s latest book, Mind to Matter, and receive some free bonuses at this link.

Look for Dawson on various social media outlets, including Facebook and Twitter.

Show Notes

• “It grieves me that so much suffering is optional.” (4:09)
• Too many people resort to “spiritual bypassing” and avoid facing their traumas and dark sides. (8:32)
• Dawson’s next books. (14:13)
• Growing your brain mass through meditation. (19:26)
• The Veterans Stress Project. (28:25)
• The phenomenon of emotional contagions. (33:06)
• Are you practicing brain coherence? (43:46)
• Paul’s definitions of love. (48:30)
• Are you listening to the news of the universe or looking at your cell phone straight out of bed? (50:26)
• Dawson’s approach to EcoMeditation. (1:05:13)
• Our consciousness can change the four forces of physics. (1:14:47)
• How Dawson describes consciousness. (1:20:43)
• When you heal yourself, you’re healing the world. (1:29:48)
• Why Paul replaced the word chakras with zones in How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! (1:35:51)
• How spiritual beliefs dictated the health of AIDS patients. (1:37:46)
• The huge difference between spirituality and religion. (1:43:24)

Resources

• The Genie in Your Genes and Mind to Matter by Dawson Church
• The work of Paul Brunton, Lobsang Rampa, Fred Hoyle, Dr. William Bengston and William Tiller
• The Framingham Heart Study
• Life Force, The Scientific Basis by C

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Too often, modern life gets in the way of how human consciousness supports our ability to live healthy, holistic lives.

Paul discusses the various states of human consciousness and how each one of them comes with unique ways of relating to nature and even ties into the different functions of the human body, in the first of this very special two-part Living 4D podcast series.

During the podcast, stay tuned for more details about the CHEK Institute’s 2019 Black Friday event along with a grand opening of a brand-new shopping experience!

Show Notes

• Jean Gebser’s first stage of conscious development: The archaic stage. (5:46)
• What angels really mean. (13:52)
• The word chi really means steam. (17:41)
• “This interaction between emptiness and fullness produces perpetual energy and information flow that both energizes and informs all we call life or the universe.” (24:24)
• The expressions of metaphysical truths through metaphor in our daily lives. (27:22)
• The astral realm where we experience dreams also provide energetic experiences we attribute to our dreams and emotions. (37:25)
• Why holistic living and spiritual practices are so important. (52:00)
• Water molecules are very sensitive to vibration and have an incredibly wide frequency range. (1:00:06)
• The connection between intuition and the Earth. (1:09:01)
• Cancer takes about a decade to develop in the body. (1:17:40)
• Infant development and serpentine movements. (1:25:41)
• How magic consciousness relates to living holistically. (1:36:11)
• In today’s modern world, are we really safe and secure? (1:48:49)
• What is mythic consciousness? (1:58:20)
• The four essential functions of myth. (2:10:38)
• Our ability to access the magic, the archaic and mythic in ourselves helps us access what we really need to live holistically. (2:25:43)
• Defining integral consciousness. (2:47:44)
• Each level of consciousness has a very unique and important function. (2:56:58)

Resources

• Seeing Through The World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness by Jeremy Johnson
• Carl Jung’s four functions of consciousness
• Reconnecting to the Source by Ervin Laszlo and Deepak Chopra
• The work of Ervin Laszlo
• Mystery Teachings with Teresa Bullard on Gaia
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Alchemy by Dennis William Hauck
• Infinite Mind: Science of Human Vibrations of Consciousness by Valerie Hunt
• Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything by Ervin Laszlo
• Universal Sufism by H.J. Witteveen and Scott Sattler
• Dancing With Water, The New Science of Water by M.J. Pangman and Melanie Evans

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Despite what we already know about the way our foods get from the farm to our dinner table, most of us still choose to buy them from the wrong sources. So, how do you make better, healthier choices?

Author and CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level 3, Eugene Trufkin shares a wide range of resources you can use to find the information you need to stay healthy and informed in this food-wise Living 4D conversation. (Look for a detailed list in the resources section.)

Learn more about Eugene at Trufkin Athletics and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Show Notes

• Eugene became inspired to learn about the true state of food production in America after seeing Paul’s Nutrition: The Dirt Facts lecture on YouTube. (4:13)
• Many people buy grass-fed beef, not understanding that it’s probably grain-finished beef. (6:39)
• “When a doctor uses the word syndrome related to a health problem, it probably means he/she doesn’t really know what’s wrong.” (17:25)
• Three myths people use to justify eating conventionally farmed foods. (23:24)
• Food companies protect their own interests through self-regulation at the expense of your health. (33:48)
• The number of companies that produce processed foods in the Western world is very small. (44:19)
• The gold standard for avoiding genetically-modified (GMO) foods in grocery stores. (52:38)
• The chemicals used to produce GMO foods are harmful too. (59:16)
• Comparing price differences between organic and processed foods in grocery store shopping tests. (1:03:59)
• Be careful about eating chicken that’s labeled vegetarian fed. (1:20:50)
• The bar for measuring for what being healthy really means has dropped greatly over time. (1:31:52)
• Avoid GMOs in the supplements you take by paying closer attention to labeling certifications. (1:37:57)
• Getting more sleep and eating organic foods alone could help you lose weight without working out. (1:47:56)
• Why you should never buy any pork, turkey or chicken at your local grocery store. (1:58:51)
• America is the only nation that allows hydroponic produce to be certified as organic. (2:02:08)

Resources

• Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide and Laws of Aesthetics by Eugene Trufkin
• The Demeter Association
• The Myths of Safe Pesticides by André Leu
• Eugene’s conversation with André Leu on YouTube
• Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Dave Murphy and Wade Lightheart

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