In this episode of AMERICAPLUS, host Cole McCormick delves into the complexities of Easter and its modern-day interpretations. Reflecting on his personal journey and shifting views, Cole discusses how Easter and Christianity are often manipulated by external narratives, particularly in the context of political and social discourse. He emphasizes the importance of spiritual intelligence and internal faith, challenging the traditional Christian doctrine that points to an external savior. Cole argues for a deeper understanding of spirituality that connects individuals to God within themselves, rather than seeking salvation outside. The episode also explores the parallels between religious narratives and the rise of artificial intelligence as a new form of external savior. Cole critiques the potential for AI to become a modern-day religion, urging listeners to focus on internal growth and spiritual intelligence. Drawing from personal experiences, including the loss of his father, Cole advocates for a more profound connection to God and the universe through one's own heart and mind. The episode concludes with a reflection on the power of love and compassion, encouraging listeners to seek truth and peace within themselves.
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Easter is a mess. What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week. Another episode. What's going on, everybody? It's Sunday. Easter Sunday, four twenty. April twentieth, five nineteen. It's about to be 05:20. It's 04:20, five twenty in the PM. What's going on, everybody? Happy to be here. It's a beautiful time to be alive, folks. I am hyped. I'm coming at you right after I came back from work. I had, like, a six hour shift. It wasn't busy at the restaurant. Can't really complain about that. Pretty chill day today. I got I need a okay. It's Easter. Right? I gotta I was saving this. We're drinking today, guys. I I the last five months, I've been saying I'm not drinking, and then two weeks later, I drink. And then so this is one of those times. So we got a I I was given a free rose today from 2022, and I know nothing about wine, but I know enough to drink it. So we're about to we're about to pop this bottle for the Easter celebrations. Let me see if I can do this on camera.
Beautiful. Bubba. Woah. That made a funny noise. Beautiful time to be alive. We're gonna pour this in my little Beagle mug. I don't know how much I'm gonna have today, but today's gonna be lit. Litty. Litty vanilla. You know what I mean, baby? Here we go. Let's taste it. Let me smell it. I cleaned my cup too. Yeah. It tastes like yeah. It tastes like wine. Very nice. There's, so a rose is a white rind white wine. Right? How do I describe this? It's, it's let let me drink all of it so I know how to describe it. Mhmm.
It's fruity. It's whiny. It's light. It's not heavy. It's not bitter. It's pretty sweet. White wines are pretty sweet. Right? Who makes Rose? Does this come from Rose, France or or something? I don't know anything about wine. We're gonna keep it right here, but this is pretty good. Let me we're gonna pour this we're gonna pour some more just because you know, last time I had wine, I was on my birthday, and I threw up. Maybe I can't hold my liquor. I'm Irish, but I can't hold my liquor. What's wrong with me? Something's up. But, anyway, happy Easter, everyone. Cheers. Cheers to your Easter. This is a very interesting time to be alive. Yeah?
So while we're drinking this, while while this hits me, what I wanna talk about this week is a really important topic. Easter. Okay? My my views on Easter have changed. My experience in life since last Easter has dramatically changed. And, I just wanna talk a little bit about it. I wanna talk about my perspective. I think Easter's interesting because from a zoomed out we're gonna zoom out for a second. From a zoomed out view, Easter is sort of manipulated by a lot of people. Right? I was online today. I was on Instagram. And there's all these people, like and I guess they're they're technically on the left. They're, like, politically inclined.
They're not Christian, who always talk about Easter in, like, a really, like, derogatory way, in, like, a really, like, downgrading, like, they're speaking downward to Christians. I didn't wanna clip anything because I thought what was going on was just, like, a little just a little gross. Like, some people were, like, talking about how, like, Jesus would be on the side of Palestine or some bullshit like that. Like, Jesus would be in support of Palestine and LGBTQ and just sort of, like, talking shit to Christians. And I just think that's, like, absolutely ridiculous because the entire situation about Jesus is not about his political views.
Has anyone ever thought about that? Like, has anyone ever thought about that in any moment of your life? And and, I I I think it can be manipulated. Easter can be manipulated, and along with that, Christians, in my opinion, I grew up Christian, so I can say this, I think Christians sort of wear Easter, and they wear their faith like a t shirt. You know? And what I think is going on is I think this is pointing towards what I think of as spiritual intelligence. Okay? I'm gonna bring in AI into this in a minute. But pretty much, like, what I'm trying to get at within my own life, what I'm trying to deepen and just have a better understanding of is my spiritual intelligence. You know? We talk about, IQ. You know? We talk about EQ, emotional intelligence.
But what I think is important to start to think about is your spiritual intelligence. This is something that has not really been discussed. I've never heard that term before. I'm not trying to coin it or anything, but, I I think it's relevant. And in this age of AI and as, these holy wars continue to happen, as people continue to fight for land in the name of God, or in the name of their faith, or their blood, in the name of their bloodlines, I think we need to refine how we think about God, how we think about our belief systems. You know, I've spoken about this in the last couple episodes. And right now, I think that Easter and Christianity and this is only because I grew up in it. This is, like, the this is the only reason I'm saying anything like this, is because I think faith is very external.
And I believe that there is a path to internal. I think faith should be an internal situation. And I believe Jesus spoke about an internal faith. Jesus talked about, you know, God being within you. You know, the kingdom of God is within you. And that is not a narrative that points to a savior outside of yourself. Now, here's what I don't wanna do on this episode. I don't wanna try to talk shit about Christianity. I don't wanna talk downward to any Christians because I don't believe that's helpful. I don't think that's why I'm here. Like, first, I I that's not why I'm here on the podcast, and that's not why I'm here in life. I'm not here to to speak downward or to or to kill anyone's vibe. What I am here to do is to seek innovation within these narratives and to, point to a more optimistic, narrative, a more optimistic path. Because that's where I think we're going. Humanity is going through a really insane time right now, man. Humanity is shifting. Our consciousness is changing.
AI is developing. And I think AI, artificial intelligence, is another external savior. Okay? So pretty much where I'm at right now is I think the doctrine of Christianity is a narrative that points to a savior outside of yourself. And for starters, I think that misses the point of what Jesus talked about. Along with that, in the modern era, I think AI is another external savior. I think a lot of people are looking at AI to save their time, their jobs, their humanity, I don't know, to to save their their health, to save, you know take your pick, you know? A lot of people think that AI is gonna save them.
And, pretty much, I think that AI might, like, eat up religions. And while we're going through these religious holidays, like, big picture, like like, abstract, Because I think that there are religions, and specifically Christianity are external, I think AI, being another external thing, will be able to convince these religious people to come into AI, to accept AI into their bodies, to accept the artificial intelligence into their life on such a deep manner that they believe that it is saving them, that it is for the betterment of themselves. And I'm here to say that I believe that is false.
I believe the false light is hiding is hiding within that. Like like like, it's hiding within the external. False light is convincing you that you can find a savior outside of yourself. But I have a lived experience. Right? I have a lived experience of, you know, I'm of my twenty eight years here on Earth right now. And I have a lived experience of witnessing my father die, which is pretty much the crux of my entire thesis right now in life. This is a situation that that doesn't involve doctrine. You know? This is a situation that involves me mourning and me going through the grief process, and also me evaluating what have I experienced and what is it teaching me. Learning the lessons of of what I've been through, and how is it helping me grow.
And since experiencing my father's death, I I have had zero inclination to go anywhere near church or anywhere near any common Christian narrative. I have only been more interested in reading what Jesus actually said. What did Jesus actually talk about? What did he actually teach? And I think there's a big, big separation, a big difference between what Jesus taught and what Christian doctrine is. And Easter is this centerpiece of celebrating the the the the quote, unquote weekend of the death and resurrection. You know, Good Friday. It's called Good Friday for some weird weird reason. But Good Friday is where Jesus died, and then three days later, on Sunday or something, isn't that technically two days? But whatever. On Sunday, three days later, he rose again.
And within the Christian narrative, within the Christian doctrine, it's because of that resurrection, it's because of his blood that we are saved. And I don't agree with that anymore. That's something that I you know, growing up in this situation, I I was mostly aligned with it. You know? I was just listening. And because it's such a it's presented as such a positive thing, when you're a kid and you're giving a narrative that's, like, you are saved, like, they begin with you are saved. And you're saved because of this blood. And all there's all these, like, worship songs that say, like, you are saved. Like, it goes like, nothing but the blood of Jesus. Like, they make this they make the blood of Jesus sound really romantic.
And I'm in a place now where I don't think that's romantic anymore. I don't think that's healthy anymore. I don't think that's helpful. You know? Especially going into this this day and age. You know? There might have been a time where, where that type of narrative might have helped people. It might have helped people, through their hardship. You know? You know, take your pick of whatever life situation, whether you're living through a war, whether you're going through a toxic relationship, whether you're trying to heal from something. There was, in fact, a place and time where what we know as Christianity was helping people.
But we are moving through a time and moving into a new time where that old narrative is no longer working and necessary. And I'm not here to give you all like, I'm not trying to pretend that I know everything. You know? I'm trying to speak from the heart here. I'm trying to be honest about what I believe and what I'm experiencing, and maybe this can help you on your spiritual journey. Ultimately, I'm not looking for an external savior anymore. I'm looking to connect to God within my own heart, within my own body. In the past episodes, I've talked about how we have a biological connection to God.
And that's a completely different narrative than what, Christians might say. Even though a Christian might hear that and they might agree with it, you know, because a Christian might say that, you know, like, God created us. So, of course, we have a physical connection to God. But I'm literally talking about that biological connection being the path to God, where a Christian would say the path to God is only through Jesus, which is a completely different path. So that's sort of where I'm at right now while I'm drinking this wine. So and I think that's a really interesting I think it's important to talk about.
When it comes to narratives pushing us outward, you know, there's so many different narratives like this. And it's only becoming more blatant. I don't think that seeking something outside of you is really healthy. You know, this goes into, like, ancient civilizations and, like, temples. Right? People thought back in the day, people like ancient, Judaism, and just like ancient people, they thought that their god dwelled within the physical temple that their society built. And that's why temples are built a certain way. You know? But within our own bodies, within our own cells, you know, to the men to the minute, like, to our DNA, I believe that our that that God, the God of the universe, you know, the force I think of God as the force, you know, this like, this weaving of everything together.
I think God as the Force, and I think the Force is connected directly within our DNA, and binding our entire being together on some level that we cannot yet see or understand, but we are in the process of. And I'm in the process of doing that. And, when it comes to my lived experience of my dad, what I wanna share is, when my dad had cancer, and in the last months and days of my dad living on Earth, my dad was not reading the Bible. My dad was not, you know, repeating Christian slogans. My dad was doing everything he could to be with his family and to love the people around him.
And it's those actions that I witnessed and lived with and I'm so grateful for. It's those actions that are are the literal embodiment of what Jesus was teaching. You know, ask any Christian, what Jesus' what the greatest commandments are. What were Jesus' greatest commandments? And the and I I think universally, every Christian will say Jesus' great greatest commandments were, one, love the lord your god your love the lord your god with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as you love yourself. And I don't doubt my father's faith. You know? He died a Christian. Sure.
You know, I don't think he, I don't think he had any doubts of if god existed or or if god loved him during his sickness or in his final days. You know? I'm I'm I'm extremely confident that he felt that love and he felt that presence. And it's also just clear and evident that, you know, my dad loved the family around him. My dad loved his neighbors. He loved the people around him. And seeing that in my life, you know, it just puts a a wet blanket on the whole Christian narrative of Jesus dying for my sins. Because why does it like, why does the narrative of my sins needing to be washed away matter when in the final days of a person's life, the most important things are to love your family and to spend time together.
You know, that is the real refinement that I have been living through. And, you know, I don't know where you're at in your spiritual journey, but this is something that is important for all of humanity. There is a more physical level to spirituality. And repeating any type of Christian slogan, or singing any sort of song in church, while it might bring peace, you know, and I don't wanna take away your peace, I believe that it does not point to truth. It does not point to the universal truth that God is within you. Okay?
And what I wanna encourage is that you should continue to to seek God within you, to understand God within you, to to create some sort of practice to connect to God within you. You know, this is a really important thing. And, wow, this wine is hitting me, dude. This is good. It's a good rose right here. I haven't even had dinner yet. This is delicious. What do you think about that? Do you think that's real? Do you think that's, like, relevant to people? You know? Because we got this we got this Israel Palestine situation going on. And, like, the Jews and Palestinians, they think that like, the the two sides think that they're justified in their hate and in their war.
You know? And clearly, war is no good, and war is demonic, and seeking blood for some selfish reason is demonic. I don't think religion works. I don't think religion works anymore, and I think it's becoming more and more clear that it's not working. Especially, juxtapose the war happening and any Christian online posting some, like, fuzzy photo of, like, he is risen. Like, okay, dude. The the world is at war. Like, are we really gonna be all happy and, like, jazzed about about the situation? Like, this is not this is really weird. This is a weird time. This is a weird look, you know?
And I wanna connect connect it to AI. So AI is an external thing. Right? I believe that there are dark forces pushing AI as an external god. They like, AI will be god. They've talked about this at the World Economic Forum. A lot of people have discussed how AI will take over government. AI will take over your health. AI will just take over your life. And I think that's just gonna be another religion, you know, a new form of religion. And it's gonna go into you accepting AI into your body, whether that be through a brain chip or some other thing. And I don't wanna call out Elon Musk or anything like that, you know, because I don't think technology itself is good or bad, you know. I think technology is neutral, and it's up to the human to go in between those things. You know? Are you gonna use tech for bad or tech for good? You know? You have the choice for that.
I don't believe the creation of the technology is evil. You know? If the brain chip is able to heal someone or maybe healing is the wrong word. If the brain chip is able to help someone use a robotic arm or use a computer so they can engage with the world and they're, like, incredibly disabled, like what's happening with Neuralink and the paraplegics, that's objectively a good thing. But when it comes to a narrative of other people, other able-bodied people using this technology to be smarter, to have more information, to be better, to be more abundant, to, I don't know, to to enhance yourself.
I think that is the wrong path. That is objectively the wrong path, because, ultimately, technology is just a reflection of what is already available to us. You know? We like to talk about how amazing technology is because of communication. You know, we can talk to people, across the world within an instant, you know, like this podcast right now, which is amazing. But at the same time, there are spiritual, beliefs and understandings that we can already discuss and and communicate globally and interstellarly through our hearts and minds, you know, telepathy. You know, and I'm not trying to promote that, but, you know, that's that's a thing that's already exists. That's our that's been an idea. Telepathy has already been an idea. So this concept of sending a text message to someone in in Australia, you know, it's not that new.
It's not that groundbreaking. You know? But people are promoting it as an external god. And, I think a lot of people who are already religious, I think there's a there's a big chance that that they will accept AI into their life, because they I mean, for starters, they don't know any better. Along with that, I think a lot of people are they can be tricked. I think a lot of people can be tricked into seeking an external god. And my main message, you know and I I I continue to hit on this point. Jesus spoke about god being within you. You know?
We have more power within the physical cells of our human bodies than anyone can imagine. We have so much power within our heart. We have so much power within our DNA, to connect to the wider universe, to connect to the field. You know, some people call call it the divine matrix. You know, I think humans are naturally divine. And, it's up to us to connect to that divinity. You know, it's up to us to transcend what is around us. You know? And, while moving through any sort of trauma, while moving in moving through any sort of grief, I think I think it's a lot wiser to think about, transcending that transcending that trauma through internal practices, and not looking for something outside of you.
You know? There's a lot of discussion about people, like, people online are are talking about, a lot of people are talking about how young people are moving towards religion. A lot of, like, you know, Candace Owens, for an example. She's, like, recently, what is she, like, Orthodox Christian or something? Same thing with, with Russell Brand. You know, there's a lot of figures in the in the conservative media who are talking about God on a lot more fundamental level. And while this is, like I I think, objectively, it's, like, a good thing because, you know, it's not bad. Like, they're I I don't think they're they're promoting war or they're promoting death, but at the same time, I don't think the system is helpful.
And what needs to be happening is people need to be going within. I think Candace Owens should look for inner healing. Russell Brand should look for inner healing. And maybe their faith within the centralized faith is a part of the journey for that. But where I'm at, where and where I think people will be in the future, is they will find their direct connection to God within, just like Jesus said. And I think that's that's really important. So pretty much, let let me give you a little, like, analogy or, like, a little parallel image to think about. So pretty much, every religion, they're pointing towards a god in the sky.
And when it comes to AI, AI is pointing towards a god in the cloud. You know, these are the same things. Have you ever thought about that? I think that's a really important meme to think about. Do you believe in a God in the sky or a God in the cloud? I do not believe in either. I believe in God is within me. My soul is God. You know, we everything is an expression of God. Christians say that that's like a new age thing. But at the same time, it's literally what what what Jesus said. The kingdom of God is within you. What is the kingdom of God? You know? Like, there's so many types of interpretations of that. The kingdom of God, I think, is like the divine the divinity of the entire universe.
Like, everything you can't see that is the universe is within you. Okay? That's what the kingdom of God is. And that's a really profound thing. That's incredibly profound. Like, it's so profound, people haven't even, like, understood that yet. It's so profound, dude. And, pretty much, if our so if I think that God is the force, right, I see AI and these external things, like, the the these narratives pushing towards external solutions, I think AI is pointing towards the Force app. Like, it's turning the Force into an app, pretty much, and which is ridiculous. Like, I don't want it. I don't like it. I I don't think it's helpful.
I don't think it's correct. You know? So we'll see what happens with that. But I don't wanna download the Force app. I wanna I wanna download the intelligence that's all around me already, dude. I'm already the app. I'm already connected to this mainframe, dude. It's my it's my biology. It's my cells. It's my DNA, man. It's my DNA, man. Like, I'm I I don't know, dude. I'm just some random guy drinking a rose right now. But what I'm trying to tell you right now is you have more power than what you think, dude. You have way more power. Let me pull myself another glass here.
What else do I got here on my notes? Okay. So the technology. So I I god is within you. Do not accept technology to go inside of you. Reevaluate what Jesus taught versus the Christian doctrine. Oh, this is what I wanna talk about. Okay. So so an example that I have here. So here's, here's a, like, a a television show that you can watch that I think points to what I'm talking about, in terms of AI and stuff. There's this old show, old dude, old show on Hulu, going back to, like, 2015, dawg. There's this 2015 show, from, the guy who who directed Ex Machina.
And he also just directed, what was that movie? Warfare that just came out. He directed Civil War, which I didn't see, but he directed that. Alex Garland is his is the director. This guy wrote and directed the show on Hulu called Devs, short for developers. Devs. And, pretty much, it's about this, like, giant company. It's about this, this individual who's who works within this big company, pretty much Google, and he gets promoted to this position where he's working on this secret project, on this secret team that's it's on the property of the company, but it's, like, way out in the woods because the company's in in, like, the wilderness of of California.
And he's able to he he gains access to this new technology that this team has been working on, and it's led by, what's his name? Nick Schwarzman? What who's the guy who plays Ron Swanson on Parks and Rec? Ron Swanson is in charge of this tech team, and they're building this giant AI. They're building this insane supercomputer. And this supercomputer is able to take in all data points from Earth. So it's able to take in history. It's able to take in satellite data, weather data. It's able to create these, like this, like, insane algorithm based on all the data available of every single point on Earth.
And from that data, it's able to recreate the past and possible realities. Okay. This show was crazy. Okay. It was a really good show. I think I was, like, one of five people who watched the show. But the show is pretty good. One of the most profound moments in this show is that this AI is able to collect all data points of the of, the area of Israel and the area of, like, just like the entire Roman Empire and stuff like that. And they're able to go back, and these people are able to witness. Like, the AI is able to recreate Jesus on the cross.
And they're all watching this. And pretty much, it's this, like the show creates a really blurry line of technology and faith, which I think is really profound. And, these developers were are able to witness these historical events, which low key lines up with a, spiritual understanding called the Akashic Records. Pretty much, like, everything in the universe is recorded, and you have access to the to the to these records through your heart. This AI is, like, a technology version of that. And, it's, like, incredible. Right? And you find out and a spoiler alert. This is a spoiler alert for the show. You find out that Ron Swanson, the whole reason why he is why he's building this, why he wants to build it, is because he's trying to reconnect, to his family who passed away. He had a wife and daughter who died in a tragic car accident, And it was a total, like, you know, it was like a random crazy moment.
And he actually, like, witnessed it. So he had this Ron Swanson in the show had this intense, trauma that he was trying to deal with. And he was using this new technology to look for a possible reality where his daughter and wife lived. And he was putting his faith in that. He was putting his love into that. And, it it's like romantic, you know? Like, the show paints it as, like, a really romantic view and sad and, you know, just there's a lot of different emotions within all this, you know? Some of the best shows some of the best movies and TV shows, they present things in a neutral way so that you can you can infer the the true emotions, I guess.
And the way that I remember the show, you know, because I haven't seen it since it came out. I was watching it, like, when it was, like, releasing. The way I remember it is Ron Swanson was just incredibly sad. Like, he was a sad character, and he through his sadness and trauma and grief, he sort of turns into the villain, because, you know, there's this whole drama of, you know, the is this technology safe? Is it moral? Is it right? You know, this is all there's all these narratives.
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he was using this technology as an external savior. He wanted to remember and see his daughter grow up. And he was using this thing to create some sort of reality where that happened. And he wasn't dealing with what was right in front of him. That's what I'm sort of, like, painting. That's what I'm, like, remembering. Ron Swanson wasn't able to deal with his personal trauma. He was trying to create something outside of him so that he could reconnect to something that he missed. And what the ultimate truth is, I believe, within humanity, within the real world, is that we can connect to to healing. We can connect to love. We can connect to what we've lost.
We can connect to lessons through these experiences from the people that we lost. This is a profound lesson that people are in the process of that I'm in the process of. You know, I'm only in the beginning of understanding the lessons that that I have learned from my dad living and dying. I'm only in the beginning of that process. But I believe that this is all pointing towards spiritual intelligence. Spiritual intelligence is necessary for your life right now. Spiritual intelligence is something to be further discovered. A Christian might say they have it all figured out.
You know, I think any person in any religion will say that their spirituality is figured out. You know? And if they don't say that, then maybe they're a bit wiser than some. You know, because we're all on a spiritual journey. Ultimately, life moves on. And it's up to you to figure out how to move through life. And the the actions that you take in life is a reflection of your spiritual intelligence. So that's the truth, man. That's the truth. What do you think about that? That that's what was on my heart today. That's that's what was on my heart this week about when it comes to Easter and people, you you know, people proclaiming their faith and people proclaiming what they believe in and what they wanna what they want other people to believe in.
Do you believe that there's an internal way to to, do you believe there's an internal way towards your peace and and spiritual saving, I guess? Or is it only external? Is it only outside of you? You know? What do you think about that? Because where where I'm at, I think the the process is internal. And I'm able to choose peace. I'm able to choose love. I'm able to choose compassion within myself first. And if I choose that in my heart first, then that is then what is given to other people around me. And if I love the people around me, then that then then that is true. That love is felt.
You know? I just go back to my dad, you know. Like, my last point I'll say on this is, like, the profound truth that I that me me witnessing my dad just simply loving the people around him, that infers my faith way more than any sermon in church. Like, just just seeing that, man. Like, that is really profound. So don't recite Christian slogans. Love the people around you. I think do you agree with that? Do you think that's more spiritually intelligent than any other narrative out there? Tell me what you think, man. Tell me what you think. Let me get another sip of this wine.
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Easter is a mess. What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week. Another episode. What's going on, everybody? It's Sunday. Easter Sunday, four twenty. April twentieth, five nineteen. It's about to be 05:20. It's 04:20, five twenty in the PM. What's going on, everybody? Happy to be here. It's a beautiful time to be alive, folks. I am hyped. I'm coming at you right after I came back from work. I had, like, a six hour shift. It wasn't busy at the restaurant. Can't really complain about that. Pretty chill day today. I got I need a okay. It's Easter. Right? I gotta I was saving this. We're drinking today, guys. I I the last five months, I've been saying I'm not drinking, and then two weeks later, I drink. And then so this is one of those times. So we got a I I was given a free rose today from 2022, and I know nothing about wine, but I know enough to drink it. So we're about to we're about to pop this bottle for the Easter celebrations. Let me see if I can do this on camera.
Beautiful. Bubba. Woah. That made a funny noise. Beautiful time to be alive. We're gonna pour this in my little Beagle mug. I don't know how much I'm gonna have today, but today's gonna be lit. Litty. Litty vanilla. You know what I mean, baby? Here we go. Let's taste it. Let me smell it. I cleaned my cup too. Yeah. It tastes like yeah. It tastes like wine. Very nice. There's, so a rose is a white rind white wine. Right? How do I describe this? It's, it's let let me drink all of it so I know how to describe it. Mhmm.
It's fruity. It's whiny. It's light. It's not heavy. It's not bitter. It's pretty sweet. White wines are pretty sweet. Right? Who makes Rose? Does this come from Rose, France or or something? I don't know anything about wine. We're gonna keep it right here, but this is pretty good. Let me we're gonna pour this we're gonna pour some more just because you know, last time I had wine, I was on my birthday, and I threw up. Maybe I can't hold my liquor. I'm Irish, but I can't hold my liquor. What's wrong with me? Something's up. But, anyway, happy Easter, everyone. Cheers. Cheers to your Easter. This is a very interesting time to be alive. Yeah?
So while we're drinking this, while while this hits me, what I wanna talk about this week is a really important topic. Easter. Okay? My my views on Easter have changed. My experience in life since last Easter has dramatically changed. And, I just wanna talk a little bit about it. I wanna talk about my perspective. I think Easter's interesting because from a zoomed out we're gonna zoom out for a second. From a zoomed out view, Easter is sort of manipulated by a lot of people. Right? I was online today. I was on Instagram. And there's all these people, like and I guess they're they're technically on the left. They're, like, politically inclined.
They're not Christian, who always talk about Easter in, like, a really, like, derogatory way, in, like, a really, like, downgrading, like, they're speaking downward to Christians. I didn't wanna clip anything because I thought what was going on was just, like, a little just a little gross. Like, some people were, like, talking about how, like, Jesus would be on the side of Palestine or some bullshit like that. Like, Jesus would be in support of Palestine and LGBTQ and just sort of, like, talking shit to Christians. And I just think that's, like, absolutely ridiculous because the entire situation about Jesus is not about his political views.
Has anyone ever thought about that? Like, has anyone ever thought about that in any moment of your life? And and, I I I think it can be manipulated. Easter can be manipulated, and along with that, Christians, in my opinion, I grew up Christian, so I can say this, I think Christians sort of wear Easter, and they wear their faith like a t shirt. You know? And what I think is going on is I think this is pointing towards what I think of as spiritual intelligence. Okay? I'm gonna bring in AI into this in a minute. But pretty much, like, what I'm trying to get at within my own life, what I'm trying to deepen and just have a better understanding of is my spiritual intelligence. You know? We talk about, IQ. You know? We talk about EQ, emotional intelligence.
But what I think is important to start to think about is your spiritual intelligence. This is something that has not really been discussed. I've never heard that term before. I'm not trying to coin it or anything, but, I I think it's relevant. And in this age of AI and as, these holy wars continue to happen, as people continue to fight for land in the name of God, or in the name of their faith, or their blood, in the name of their bloodlines, I think we need to refine how we think about God, how we think about our belief systems. You know, I've spoken about this in the last couple episodes. And right now, I think that Easter and Christianity and this is only because I grew up in it. This is, like, the this is the only reason I'm saying anything like this, is because I think faith is very external.
And I believe that there is a path to internal. I think faith should be an internal situation. And I believe Jesus spoke about an internal faith. Jesus talked about, you know, God being within you. You know, the kingdom of God is within you. And that is not a narrative that points to a savior outside of yourself. Now, here's what I don't wanna do on this episode. I don't wanna try to talk shit about Christianity. I don't wanna talk downward to any Christians because I don't believe that's helpful. I don't think that's why I'm here. Like, first, I I that's not why I'm here on the podcast, and that's not why I'm here in life. I'm not here to to speak downward or to or to kill anyone's vibe. What I am here to do is to seek innovation within these narratives and to, point to a more optimistic, narrative, a more optimistic path. Because that's where I think we're going. Humanity is going through a really insane time right now, man. Humanity is shifting. Our consciousness is changing.
AI is developing. And I think AI, artificial intelligence, is another external savior. Okay? So pretty much where I'm at right now is I think the doctrine of Christianity is a narrative that points to a savior outside of yourself. And for starters, I think that misses the point of what Jesus talked about. Along with that, in the modern era, I think AI is another external savior. I think a lot of people are looking at AI to save their time, their jobs, their humanity, I don't know, to to save their their health, to save, you know take your pick, you know? A lot of people think that AI is gonna save them.
And, pretty much, I think that AI might, like, eat up religions. And while we're going through these religious holidays, like, big picture, like like, abstract, Because I think that there are religions, and specifically Christianity are external, I think AI, being another external thing, will be able to convince these religious people to come into AI, to accept AI into their bodies, to accept the artificial intelligence into their life on such a deep manner that they believe that it is saving them, that it is for the betterment of themselves. And I'm here to say that I believe that is false.
I believe the false light is hiding is hiding within that. Like like like, it's hiding within the external. False light is convincing you that you can find a savior outside of yourself. But I have a lived experience. Right? I have a lived experience of, you know, I'm of my twenty eight years here on Earth right now. And I have a lived experience of witnessing my father die, which is pretty much the crux of my entire thesis right now in life. This is a situation that that doesn't involve doctrine. You know? This is a situation that involves me mourning and me going through the grief process, and also me evaluating what have I experienced and what is it teaching me. Learning the lessons of of what I've been through, and how is it helping me grow.
And since experiencing my father's death, I I have had zero inclination to go anywhere near church or anywhere near any common Christian narrative. I have only been more interested in reading what Jesus actually said. What did Jesus actually talk about? What did he actually teach? And I think there's a big, big separation, a big difference between what Jesus taught and what Christian doctrine is. And Easter is this centerpiece of celebrating the the the the quote, unquote weekend of the death and resurrection. You know, Good Friday. It's called Good Friday for some weird weird reason. But Good Friday is where Jesus died, and then three days later, on Sunday or something, isn't that technically two days? But whatever. On Sunday, three days later, he rose again.
And within the Christian narrative, within the Christian doctrine, it's because of that resurrection, it's because of his blood that we are saved. And I don't agree with that anymore. That's something that I you know, growing up in this situation, I I was mostly aligned with it. You know? I was just listening. And because it's such a it's presented as such a positive thing, when you're a kid and you're giving a narrative that's, like, you are saved, like, they begin with you are saved. And you're saved because of this blood. And all there's all these, like, worship songs that say, like, you are saved. Like, it goes like, nothing but the blood of Jesus. Like, they make this they make the blood of Jesus sound really romantic.
And I'm in a place now where I don't think that's romantic anymore. I don't think that's healthy anymore. I don't think that's helpful. You know? Especially going into this this day and age. You know? There might have been a time where, where that type of narrative might have helped people. It might have helped people, through their hardship. You know? You know, take your pick of whatever life situation, whether you're living through a war, whether you're going through a toxic relationship, whether you're trying to heal from something. There was, in fact, a place and time where what we know as Christianity was helping people.
But we are moving through a time and moving into a new time where that old narrative is no longer working and necessary. And I'm not here to give you all like, I'm not trying to pretend that I know everything. You know? I'm trying to speak from the heart here. I'm trying to be honest about what I believe and what I'm experiencing, and maybe this can help you on your spiritual journey. Ultimately, I'm not looking for an external savior anymore. I'm looking to connect to God within my own heart, within my own body. In the past episodes, I've talked about how we have a biological connection to God.
And that's a completely different narrative than what, Christians might say. Even though a Christian might hear that and they might agree with it, you know, because a Christian might say that, you know, like, God created us. So, of course, we have a physical connection to God. But I'm literally talking about that biological connection being the path to God, where a Christian would say the path to God is only through Jesus, which is a completely different path. So that's sort of where I'm at right now while I'm drinking this wine. So and I think that's a really interesting I think it's important to talk about.
When it comes to narratives pushing us outward, you know, there's so many different narratives like this. And it's only becoming more blatant. I don't think that seeking something outside of you is really healthy. You know, this goes into, like, ancient civilizations and, like, temples. Right? People thought back in the day, people like ancient, Judaism, and just like ancient people, they thought that their god dwelled within the physical temple that their society built. And that's why temples are built a certain way. You know? But within our own bodies, within our own cells, you know, to the men to the minute, like, to our DNA, I believe that our that that God, the God of the universe, you know, the force I think of God as the force, you know, this like, this weaving of everything together.
I think God as the Force, and I think the Force is connected directly within our DNA, and binding our entire being together on some level that we cannot yet see or understand, but we are in the process of. And I'm in the process of doing that. And, when it comes to my lived experience of my dad, what I wanna share is, when my dad had cancer, and in the last months and days of my dad living on Earth, my dad was not reading the Bible. My dad was not, you know, repeating Christian slogans. My dad was doing everything he could to be with his family and to love the people around him.
And it's those actions that I witnessed and lived with and I'm so grateful for. It's those actions that are are the literal embodiment of what Jesus was teaching. You know, ask any Christian, what Jesus' what the greatest commandments are. What were Jesus' greatest commandments? And the and I I think universally, every Christian will say Jesus' great greatest commandments were, one, love the lord your god your love the lord your god with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as you love yourself. And I don't doubt my father's faith. You know? He died a Christian. Sure.
You know, I don't think he, I don't think he had any doubts of if god existed or or if god loved him during his sickness or in his final days. You know? I'm I'm I'm extremely confident that he felt that love and he felt that presence. And it's also just clear and evident that, you know, my dad loved the family around him. My dad loved his neighbors. He loved the people around him. And seeing that in my life, you know, it just puts a a wet blanket on the whole Christian narrative of Jesus dying for my sins. Because why does it like, why does the narrative of my sins needing to be washed away matter when in the final days of a person's life, the most important things are to love your family and to spend time together.
You know, that is the real refinement that I have been living through. And, you know, I don't know where you're at in your spiritual journey, but this is something that is important for all of humanity. There is a more physical level to spirituality. And repeating any type of Christian slogan, or singing any sort of song in church, while it might bring peace, you know, and I don't wanna take away your peace, I believe that it does not point to truth. It does not point to the universal truth that God is within you. Okay?
And what I wanna encourage is that you should continue to to seek God within you, to understand God within you, to to create some sort of practice to connect to God within you. You know, this is a really important thing. And, wow, this wine is hitting me, dude. This is good. It's a good rose right here. I haven't even had dinner yet. This is delicious. What do you think about that? Do you think that's real? Do you think that's, like, relevant to people? You know? Because we got this we got this Israel Palestine situation going on. And, like, the Jews and Palestinians, they think that like, the the two sides think that they're justified in their hate and in their war.
You know? And clearly, war is no good, and war is demonic, and seeking blood for some selfish reason is demonic. I don't think religion works. I don't think religion works anymore, and I think it's becoming more and more clear that it's not working. Especially, juxtapose the war happening and any Christian online posting some, like, fuzzy photo of, like, he is risen. Like, okay, dude. The the world is at war. Like, are we really gonna be all happy and, like, jazzed about about the situation? Like, this is not this is really weird. This is a weird time. This is a weird look, you know?
And I wanna connect connect it to AI. So AI is an external thing. Right? I believe that there are dark forces pushing AI as an external god. They like, AI will be god. They've talked about this at the World Economic Forum. A lot of people have discussed how AI will take over government. AI will take over your health. AI will just take over your life. And I think that's just gonna be another religion, you know, a new form of religion. And it's gonna go into you accepting AI into your body, whether that be through a brain chip or some other thing. And I don't wanna call out Elon Musk or anything like that, you know, because I don't think technology itself is good or bad, you know. I think technology is neutral, and it's up to the human to go in between those things. You know? Are you gonna use tech for bad or tech for good? You know? You have the choice for that.
I don't believe the creation of the technology is evil. You know? If the brain chip is able to heal someone or maybe healing is the wrong word. If the brain chip is able to help someone use a robotic arm or use a computer so they can engage with the world and they're, like, incredibly disabled, like what's happening with Neuralink and the paraplegics, that's objectively a good thing. But when it comes to a narrative of other people, other able-bodied people using this technology to be smarter, to have more information, to be better, to be more abundant, to, I don't know, to to enhance yourself.
I think that is the wrong path. That is objectively the wrong path, because, ultimately, technology is just a reflection of what is already available to us. You know? We like to talk about how amazing technology is because of communication. You know, we can talk to people, across the world within an instant, you know, like this podcast right now, which is amazing. But at the same time, there are spiritual, beliefs and understandings that we can already discuss and and communicate globally and interstellarly through our hearts and minds, you know, telepathy. You know, and I'm not trying to promote that, but, you know, that's that's a thing that's already exists. That's our that's been an idea. Telepathy has already been an idea. So this concept of sending a text message to someone in in Australia, you know, it's not that new.
It's not that groundbreaking. You know? But people are promoting it as an external god. And, I think a lot of people who are already religious, I think there's a there's a big chance that that they will accept AI into their life, because they I mean, for starters, they don't know any better. Along with that, I think a lot of people are they can be tricked. I think a lot of people can be tricked into seeking an external god. And my main message, you know and I I I continue to hit on this point. Jesus spoke about god being within you. You know?
We have more power within the physical cells of our human bodies than anyone can imagine. We have so much power within our heart. We have so much power within our DNA, to connect to the wider universe, to connect to the field. You know, some people call call it the divine matrix. You know, I think humans are naturally divine. And, it's up to us to connect to that divinity. You know, it's up to us to transcend what is around us. You know? And, while moving through any sort of trauma, while moving in moving through any sort of grief, I think I think it's a lot wiser to think about, transcending that transcending that trauma through internal practices, and not looking for something outside of you.
You know? There's a lot of discussion about people, like, people online are are talking about, a lot of people are talking about how young people are moving towards religion. A lot of, like, you know, Candace Owens, for an example. She's, like, recently, what is she, like, Orthodox Christian or something? Same thing with, with Russell Brand. You know, there's a lot of figures in the in the conservative media who are talking about God on a lot more fundamental level. And while this is, like I I think, objectively, it's, like, a good thing because, you know, it's not bad. Like, they're I I don't think they're they're promoting war or they're promoting death, but at the same time, I don't think the system is helpful.
And what needs to be happening is people need to be going within. I think Candace Owens should look for inner healing. Russell Brand should look for inner healing. And maybe their faith within the centralized faith is a part of the journey for that. But where I'm at, where and where I think people will be in the future, is they will find their direct connection to God within, just like Jesus said. And I think that's that's really important. So pretty much, let let me give you a little, like, analogy or, like, a little parallel image to think about. So pretty much, every religion, they're pointing towards a god in the sky.
And when it comes to AI, AI is pointing towards a god in the cloud. You know, these are the same things. Have you ever thought about that? I think that's a really important meme to think about. Do you believe in a God in the sky or a God in the cloud? I do not believe in either. I believe in God is within me. My soul is God. You know, we everything is an expression of God. Christians say that that's like a new age thing. But at the same time, it's literally what what what Jesus said. The kingdom of God is within you. What is the kingdom of God? You know? Like, there's so many types of interpretations of that. The kingdom of God, I think, is like the divine the divinity of the entire universe.
Like, everything you can't see that is the universe is within you. Okay? That's what the kingdom of God is. And that's a really profound thing. That's incredibly profound. Like, it's so profound, people haven't even, like, understood that yet. It's so profound, dude. And, pretty much, if our so if I think that God is the force, right, I see AI and these external things, like, the the these narratives pushing towards external solutions, I think AI is pointing towards the Force app. Like, it's turning the Force into an app, pretty much, and which is ridiculous. Like, I don't want it. I don't like it. I I don't think it's helpful.
I don't think it's correct. You know? So we'll see what happens with that. But I don't wanna download the Force app. I wanna I wanna download the intelligence that's all around me already, dude. I'm already the app. I'm already connected to this mainframe, dude. It's my it's my biology. It's my cells. It's my DNA, man. It's my DNA, man. Like, I'm I I don't know, dude. I'm just some random guy drinking a rose right now. But what I'm trying to tell you right now is you have more power than what you think, dude. You have way more power. Let me pull myself another glass here.
What else do I got here on my notes? Okay. So the technology. So I I god is within you. Do not accept technology to go inside of you. Reevaluate what Jesus taught versus the Christian doctrine. Oh, this is what I wanna talk about. Okay. So so an example that I have here. So here's, here's a, like, a a television show that you can watch that I think points to what I'm talking about, in terms of AI and stuff. There's this old show, old dude, old show on Hulu, going back to, like, 2015, dawg. There's this 2015 show, from, the guy who who directed Ex Machina.
And he also just directed, what was that movie? Warfare that just came out. He directed Civil War, which I didn't see, but he directed that. Alex Garland is his is the director. This guy wrote and directed the show on Hulu called Devs, short for developers. Devs. And, pretty much, it's about this, like, giant company. It's about this, this individual who's who works within this big company, pretty much Google, and he gets promoted to this position where he's working on this secret project, on this secret team that's it's on the property of the company, but it's, like, way out in the woods because the company's in in, like, the wilderness of of California.
And he's able to he he gains access to this new technology that this team has been working on, and it's led by, what's his name? Nick Schwarzman? What who's the guy who plays Ron Swanson on Parks and Rec? Ron Swanson is in charge of this tech team, and they're building this giant AI. They're building this insane supercomputer. And this supercomputer is able to take in all data points from Earth. So it's able to take in history. It's able to take in satellite data, weather data. It's able to create these, like this, like, insane algorithm based on all the data available of every single point on Earth.
And from that data, it's able to recreate the past and possible realities. Okay. This show was crazy. Okay. It was a really good show. I think I was, like, one of five people who watched the show. But the show is pretty good. One of the most profound moments in this show is that this AI is able to collect all data points of the of, the area of Israel and the area of, like, just like the entire Roman Empire and stuff like that. And they're able to go back, and these people are able to witness. Like, the AI is able to recreate Jesus on the cross.
And they're all watching this. And pretty much, it's this, like the show creates a really blurry line of technology and faith, which I think is really profound. And, these developers were are able to witness these historical events, which low key lines up with a, spiritual understanding called the Akashic Records. Pretty much, like, everything in the universe is recorded, and you have access to the to the to these records through your heart. This AI is, like, a technology version of that. And, it's, like, incredible. Right? And you find out and a spoiler alert. This is a spoiler alert for the show. You find out that Ron Swanson, the whole reason why he is why he's building this, why he wants to build it, is because he's trying to reconnect, to his family who passed away. He had a wife and daughter who died in a tragic car accident, And it was a total, like, you know, it was like a random crazy moment.
And he actually, like, witnessed it. So he had this Ron Swanson in the show had this intense, trauma that he was trying to deal with. And he was using this new technology to look for a possible reality where his daughter and wife lived. And he was putting his faith in that. He was putting his love into that. And, it it's like romantic, you know? Like, the show paints it as, like, a really romantic view and sad and, you know, just there's a lot of different emotions within all this, you know? Some of the best shows some of the best movies and TV shows, they present things in a neutral way so that you can you can infer the the true emotions, I guess.
And the way that I remember the show, you know, because I haven't seen it since it came out. I was watching it, like, when it was, like, releasing. The way I remember it is Ron Swanson was just incredibly sad. Like, he was a sad character, and he through his sadness and trauma and grief, he sort of turns into the villain, because, you know, there's this whole drama of, you know, the is this technology safe? Is it moral? Is it right? You know, this is all there's all these narratives.
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he was using this technology as an external savior. He wanted to remember and see his daughter grow up. And he was using this thing to create some sort of reality where that happened. And he wasn't dealing with what was right in front of him. That's what I'm sort of, like, painting. That's what I'm, like, remembering. Ron Swanson wasn't able to deal with his personal trauma. He was trying to create something outside of him so that he could reconnect to something that he missed. And what the ultimate truth is, I believe, within humanity, within the real world, is that we can connect to to healing. We can connect to love. We can connect to what we've lost.
We can connect to lessons through these experiences from the people that we lost. This is a profound lesson that people are in the process of that I'm in the process of. You know, I'm only in the beginning of understanding the lessons that that I have learned from my dad living and dying. I'm only in the beginning of that process. But I believe that this is all pointing towards spiritual intelligence. Spiritual intelligence is necessary for your life right now. Spiritual intelligence is something to be further discovered. A Christian might say they have it all figured out.
You know, I think any person in any religion will say that their spirituality is figured out. You know? And if they don't say that, then maybe they're a bit wiser than some. You know, because we're all on a spiritual journey. Ultimately, life moves on. And it's up to you to figure out how to move through life. And the the actions that you take in life is a reflection of your spiritual intelligence. So that's the truth, man. That's the truth. What do you think about that? That that's what was on my heart today. That's that's what was on my heart this week about when it comes to Easter and people, you you know, people proclaiming their faith and people proclaiming what they believe in and what they wanna what they want other people to believe in.
Do you believe that there's an internal way to to, do you believe there's an internal way towards your peace and and spiritual saving, I guess? Or is it only external? Is it only outside of you? You know? What do you think about that? Because where where I'm at, I think the the process is internal. And I'm able to choose peace. I'm able to choose love. I'm able to choose compassion within myself first. And if I choose that in my heart first, then that is then what is given to other people around me. And if I love the people around me, then that then then that is true. That love is felt.
You know? I just go back to my dad, you know. Like, my last point I'll say on this is, like, the profound truth that I that me me witnessing my dad just simply loving the people around him, that infers my faith way more than any sermon in church. Like, just just seeing that, man. Like, that is really profound. So don't recite Christian slogans. Love the people around you. I think do you agree with that? Do you think that's more spiritually intelligent than any other narrative out there? Tell me what you think, man. Tell me what you think. Let me get another sip of this wine.
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app. Go to valueforvalue.info for more info, then download the Fountain.FM
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app. It's the best way to support the show. Fountain .FM is a podcasting app that lets you send small bits of Bitcoin to your favorite podcast. And, they're called Boostagrams. And, I'm gonna be reading in reading some Boostagrams right now from people who chimed in last week on episode one fifty six, the light pill. Talked about that. That was a pretty good episode. The first person who sends in some, Satoshis, is this guy named Pies. What up, Pies? We know Pies. We love Pies. He sends in a beautiful, his normal, 100 satoshis.
He has to say, value for value. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Boosting is loving. Boost. Thank you very much, Pies. I love you, bro. Keep chiming in. Keep, keep listening, dawg. And then we got another one, the last one of the week that I wanna share is coming in from my friend, Kyron Kyron Down. He lives in a he lives in Australia, Cohost of the Mere Mortals Podcasts. He sends in a beautiful satchel of Richards, one thousand one hundred and eleven sats. He says, v for v. Great episode, Cole. We all must beware of IG titties assaulting us. Yes, sir.
[00:39:56] Unknown:
And now, as the French say, it is time for Le Boost.
[00:40:01] Unknown:
They'll get you. Those Instagram titties will get you. They'll just pop out, bro. They'll just pop out. That was a good moment. So thank you to thank you to those guys. Thank you to everyone who wanted to chime in. That's right for value. Those people so let me tell you. Those people who just sent in a boostagram, those are people who are actually financially supporting me, who are actually supporting this podcast. If you wanna do that, please do that. I also have a PayPal. If you wanna send me dollars, the America Plus PayPal link down below.
Value for Value is like a trade and barter system between people and information and podcasts. So Value for Value is legit, dude. It's the future of engaging with people, I think, dude. It's based on reputation. It's based on value. And, I actually wanna connect with you through that. So that's Value for Value, man. What I also do with Value for Value is I always play a song at the end of end of my episodes. And what I wanna do now is, play a song from this band I played a couple weeks ago. This band called Two Weeks in Nashville. They have a song called Getaway. The song's legit. They also have a Bitcoin wallet attached to their music.
And so when I publish this, if you're listening to this now, you are able to send this band small small bits of, Bitcoin as well. I always give the band or the or the musician ninety percent of your Satoshi donation. So when I as soon as I play the song, while the song plays, you're able to send them Bitcoin, and they're gonna get 90% of that. So, we're gonna wrap it up here. This song from two weeks in Nashville is called Getaway. Don't forget to send in a boostagram, and enjoy, y'all.
[00:41:55] Unknown:
I'm gonna get away
[00:41:58] Unknown:
far from everything.
[00:42:02] Unknown:
Please don't ask me why. I just need some time. I'm going out for a while, but things to get off my mind. Don't call me. Enemy. Just gotta get things off my mind. My brain. I gotta get away. I need a holiday because I'm not okay. I'm going out for a while because stuff could get off my mind. I'm gonna get away
[00:43:46] Unknown:
far from everything
[00:43:50] Unknown:
no matter what you say. I just need some space.
[00:43:56] Unknown:
Best America Plus, bitch. Stay free.
Introduction and Easter Celebrations
Reflections on Easter and Spirituality
AI as the New External Savior
Personal Reflections on Faith and Family
The Internal Path to Spirituality
AI and Technology in Modern Faith
Spiritual Intelligence and Life Lessons
