Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

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.Sign up for your Spirit Gym podcast membership so you can access members-only extended versions of the podcast along with exclusive Q&A opportunities with Paul.Timestamps5:00 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.”ResourcesAn End to Upside Down Thinking by Mark GoberAn End to the Upside Down Cosmos by Mark GoberAn End to Upside Down Liberty by Mark GoberAn End to Upside Down Living by Mark GoberAn End to Upside Down Reset by Mark GoberAn End to Upside Down Medicine by Mark GoberAn End to Upside Down Contact by Mark GoberAfter: A Doctor Explores What Near Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Death by Dr. Bruce GreysonFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as BearsAll Rights Reserved MusicFit Records 2024Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBiOptimizers US and BiOptimizers UK PAUL10Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

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.Check out the Spirit Gym YouTube page for this FULL LENGTH episode which includes additional charts and visual guides.Timestamps4:00 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.Find more resources for this episode on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBiOptimizers US and BiOptimizers UK PAUL10Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

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.For Spirit Gym listeners: Learn more about your soul’s unique blueprint by taking Greg’s four-week Casting Your Archetype Wheel course and save 10 percent by using the promo code CHEK10 when you checkout. You can also save 20 percent on Greg’s Healing Your Core Archetypes course and his Healing the Mind: A Journey To Wholeness course by using the promo code CHEK20 at checkout. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)Sign up for your Spirit Gym podcast membership so you can access members-only extended versions of the podcast along with exclusive Q&A opportunities with Paul.Timestamps8:23 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.ResourcesThe work of Caroline Myss and Alberto VilloldoCaroline Myss’ Archetypal WheelArchetype Cards by Caroline MyssFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as BearsAll Rights Reserved MusicFit Records 2024Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBiOptimizers US and BiOptimizers UK PAUL10Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

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.Sign up for your Spirit Gym podcast membership so you can access members-only extended versions of the podcast along with exclusive Q&A opportunities with Paul.Timestamps3:53 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.ResourcesJake talks about regenerative farming on The Medicin podcast on YouTubeThe Water Wizard by Viktor Schauberger and Callum CoatsThe work of Cleve Backster, Carey Reams and Phillip CallahanPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Matt Wallden on The Honest VegetarianPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Jayne BuxtonRestoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers by Mark ShepardFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as BearsAll Rights Reserved MusicFit Records 2024Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBiOptimizers US and BiOptimizers UK PAUL10Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.