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Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

348 — God Is Just Blowing Smoke? Why the Word 'God' Misses the Mark With Jeffrey Armstrong

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Paul Chek

Religion & Spirituality, Wellness, Society & Culture, Plant Medicine, Relationships, Alternative Health, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Paul Chek, Spirituality, Sexuality, Holistic Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Development

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had a deep conversation about a topic as personal as your beliefs about God, only to be told you didn’t understand what you were talking about fully, and that all you knew about God was blowing smoke? Vedic scholar, poet and Sanskrit master Jeffrey Armstrong returns to the podcast for a spirited conversation with Paul about Higher Powers, practices versus beliefs and nondualism this week on Spirit Gym. Discover more about Jeffrey at his website and The Bhagavad Gita Comes ...

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0:00.0

This is Spirit Jim.

0:02.7

Today's episode dives headfirst into the profound and often misunderstood world of non-dual consciousness

0:10.4

and unpack some big questions.

0:13.8

What if everything you've been taught about God is just smoke?

0:18.4

What if you're not just a body or even a soul, but a timeless being caught in a cycle

0:23.8

of misremembering? And is it even possible to live in a non-dual state in a world built entirely on

0:32.0

duality? Paul's guest today is Vedic scholar, author and translator of Bhagavar Gita comes alive,

0:39.7

Jeffrey Armstrong, a man who spent over 40 years deconstructing Western spiritual misconceptions

0:45.8

and reviving the precision of ancient Sanskrit wisdom.

0:50.3

This conversation is bold, unscripted, and at times radically challenging, especially if you've

0:56.9

grown up with a monotheistic worldview. So if you've ever wondered why there are 45,000 versions

1:03.4

of Christianity, why your beliefs might be holding back your healing, or what the word God

1:09.4

really meant before it became God, stay tuned.

1:13.2

You're about to hear perspectives that might just rewire your understanding of consciousness,

1:18.8

language and life itself. If you enjoy this episode, we invite you to explore the deeper levels

1:24.7

of connection and conversation available in the Spirit Gym membership community.

1:30.5

Go to MySpiritGim.com for details.

1:34.9

And finally, before diving in with Paul and Jeffrey, we'd like to say thank you for listening,

1:40.1

as this podcast would not be possible without you, our subscribers and followers,

1:45.2

and also our premier sponsors, Organify, Bioptimizers, Paleo Valley and Wild Pastures.

1:52.3

You'll hear the special offers and discounts from the sponsors throughout this episode,

1:56.0

or you can visit the show notes page at paulcheck.com forward slash podcast.

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