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You're Already Awake. You Just Forgot.

You're Already Awake. You Just Forgot.

Key Takeaways

  • Richard Walter founded I Am Day, a global awakening movement rooted in a 100-year-old book and daily mindfulness practices.
  • The movement's origin traces back to Florence Scovel Shinn's 1925 classic book, 'The Game of Life and How to Play It'.
  • Spiritual teachers and authors like Louise Hay and Wayne Dyer share numerical and chronological synchronicities connected to Florence Scovel Shinn's foundational teachings.
  • Karen opens up about her personal cancer diagnosis and how shifting from resentment to unconditional love for her body transformed her healing journey.
  • A simple daily practice of taking three intentional breaths can help anyone quiet their mind, release layers of stress, and return to their true self.

Karen and Will sit down with Richard Walter, founder of I Am Day, a global awakening movement rooted in one deceptively simple idea. Richard traces the movement's origin back to a hundred-year-old book, a string of strange numerical coincidences connecting Florence Scovel Shinn, Louise Hay, and Wayne Dyer, and a personal wake-up-call practice he calls Awakening Currents. Along the way, Karen opens up about her cancer diagnosis and the shift in mindset that changed her relationship with her own body. The conversation closes with Richard's simplest teaching yet: three breaths is all it takes to come back to yourself.

What You'll Hear

  • [00:07:00] Richard joins the show and explains what I Am Day is, using Will's "photograph" metaphor. September 23rd is the snapshot, but the awakening it points to is daily.
  • [00:09:00] The origin story. Richard finds The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn on his own bookshelf, a year after buying it, and reads it in one sitting.
  • [00:13:00] The numbers get strange. Florence's book turns 100 the same year I Am Day launches. Louise Hay is born in 1926, the year the book was published, and her own breakthrough book lands exactly 50 years before this year's I Am Day. Wayne Dyer is born the year Florence dies.
  • [00:15:00] Karen shares her cancer diagnosis and surgery, and how she came to see her body as something to love unconditionally rather than resent.
  • [00:17:00] Richard connects Florence's "treatments" to Louise Hay's "Loving Treatment," and what it means to remember who you already are.
  • [00:18:00] What "IAM" actually stands for: the International Awakening Movement, and the debate over capital vs. lowercase "I."
  • [00:24:00] What actually happens on I Am Day: a full day of live teachers and contributors starting at 5 a.m. Pacific, hosted on Substack, closing with Will and Karen talking conscious media and New Reality TV at 6 p.m. Eastern.
  • [00:27:00] The "pebble in the pond" metaphor for why a single person showing up quietly still matters.
  • [00:31:00] Richard reads a live Awakening Current, his daily short-form writing practice, on air.
  • [00:37:00] How to register, what you get access to, and where the recordings live after the event.
  • [00:38:00] Richard's closing teaching: three breaths, eyes closed (unless you're driving), and the layers start to fall away.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is I Am Day?

I Am Day is a global awakening movement and annual event dedicated to remembering who we are through daily presence, clarity, and inner truth rather than dogmatic teachings.

Who wrote 'The Game of Life and How to Play It'?

'The Game of Life and How to Play It' was written by Florence Scovel Shinn and published in 1925, serving as a foundational text for the New Thought movement.

How can breathing help with a spiritual awakening?

Taking three intentional breaths with your eyes closed acts as a simple, grounding practice to quiet mental chatter, release stress, and come back to the present moment.

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We are already awake.

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In unlike Moldor and Scully.

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Hey there, it's Will.

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If you're one of those folks that's waking up to something bigger than what?

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I'm addicted to my phone.

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I want to read you a little bit about what I am today is.

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It's an invitation into awakening.

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So thrilled to welcome Richard Wallster to the show.

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Richard, how are you doing today?

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So pretend we know nothing about I am day.

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But let's get back to your first question

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about how did it come about.

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Well, it's interesting how things just come your way.

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As you know, people talk about the universe and it sends us messages.

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And that if you're open and aware, and have

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that vibration, that feeling of things that do come to you,

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that you might think that something, a message that comes to you

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is something I should act on.

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The message about I am day did not come to me overnight.

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In fact, it was actually planted probably

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about a year before the first I am day in September of 2025.

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And it was somebody told me about this little book, a little book,

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less than 100 pages that you could read in one sitting.

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And finally, something moved me that pick up the book

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that I had birthed, purchased.

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Have you had any books on your bookshelf that you purchased?

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And you still haven't got around to reading yet?

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Boy, do I ever-- most of the bookshelves.

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If you looked over my right shoulder,

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you'd see an entire bookcase of books I have yet to read.

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Absolutely.

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So one day I just saw it.

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I think I'll just look at my bookshelf.

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And lo and behold, this little book,

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it was called The Game of Life and How to Play It

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by Florence Skolvol Shin, less than 100 pages long, was there.

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And I thought, well, this doesn't look

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like too much to take in in one shot.

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So let's read it.

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And I sat down in a February of 2025 and read that book.

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And things just started coming to me.

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And when she talks about how to play the game of life,

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it's not like about a game.

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It's about how do you show up in life itself?

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And how do you live your life?

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And I don't know.

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I'm going to get into a little bit more about the book.

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But somehow I thought I'm just going to look at when

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this thing was written.

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Just for curiosity sake, it was written in 1925.

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That was a five-year-old.

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Yeah.

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Florence Skolvol Shin, born in New Jersey and raised

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while not so much so.

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But an artist, a creator, in 1925 had to get her word out.

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And she wrote this book 100 years before I read it.

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So I thought, there's got to be something around this.

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So I started to really think about and sit with it.

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And I thought maybe somebody should take some time

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and celebrate this century of an awakening

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that she was starting back in 1925.

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You Google up different sources and nobody's doing it.

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Why not?

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I said to myself, go ahead, Karen.

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Now it's going to say, was there something in particular

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that just really resonated with you about this book?

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What was it that just drew you to it or impacted you so much?

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That's a great question.

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And the thing that impacted me the most

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is the simplicity of how to show up in your life.

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One of the things that she was using back in her days,

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she called it a treatment.

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You would come to her for a treatment.

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And the treatment would be, she'd listen to what your issue

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or problem was.

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And the treatment was basically an affirmation.

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We all know about affirmations.

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Yeah.

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She would say, if you can believe this and say it

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and do this daily, whatever you need or want

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or want to get rid of it if it was an illness or whatever

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you want, the husband or money or whatever it was,

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that's what would come about by thinking about this affirmation.

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So that's what her treatments were primarily.

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And the biggest thing that she said was your word is your wand.

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So what you say is like magic.

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And you guys are skeptical.

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Are you skeptical or skeptical metaphysicians?

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I think we're more pragmatic skepticism,

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pragmatic metaphysicians, but we're a little bit of both, actually.

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Well, Florence was--

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well, OK, Florence was a metaphysician, too, in her time.

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But she was a woman and somebody that wanted to get this word

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out.

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But there was no platform for her to do that.

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And people didn't think that somebody like her

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could come up with some way, her means,

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to get this to happen in someone's life.

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So she saw a publisher book in '25 and on we go.

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But the thing that really comes to mind is the numbers.

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So do you want to hear about the numbers?

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And this show is all about the numbers.

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So I would be disappointed if you'd

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have some numbers for us here, Richard.

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And thank you.

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Because I actually found some new numbers that didn't really

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come to my mind until just before I was researching for coming

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onto this show.

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So that's pretty exciting.

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So first off, we talked about Florence's book

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was written in 1925.

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The first I Am Day was celebrated on September 24, which

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was her birthday in 1871.

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But 100 years later, on September 24, 2025 was first I Am Day.

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So 100 years.

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Wow.

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Then I think I've mentioned this to some people.

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And I had to start diving into this a little deeper.

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I wonder when Louise, hey, who we all think of Louise

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as the half-formation's person, right?

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That Louise, when was she born?

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She was born in '26, probably 1926 when the book was just

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starting to get on into the market.

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So maybe there was some energy there.

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That's Louise picked up.

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So it's just that little thing.

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But what's even more crazy is that she actually

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writes in a book.

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And I'll just quote this here.

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It's actually called You've Got to Read This Book by Jack

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Canfield and Andrews.

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I love that.

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That's so heavy to see.

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Yeah.

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And she's actually quoted in there in pages 93 to 95

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about the things that Florence did to help her come about

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into her work, which she didn't take up until 1976.

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What did she write, Karen?

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Do you remember what book she wrote in 1976?

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I don't.

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This little book.

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I got the world-lady memory.

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Yes.

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I do.

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Now I do.

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Of course.

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Of course.

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You got your body.

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That's right.

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And every little quirk pain or anything

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that we have in our body could

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be healed through our mind, our affirmations, what

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we say to ourselves.

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How many of us look into the mirror and say, I love you

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every morning?

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I mean, oh, not me.

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That was.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Well, I'm sorry.

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No, it wasn't me.

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No, I don't do that.

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Can you look at yourself?

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Can you look at yourself in the mirror and say, I love you?

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Is it weird if I say yes?

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No, that's good.

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So because it's not, I don't.

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But I was just wondering if it was weird.

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You know, it's incredible how hard that is to do.

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And it's one of those things, like the affirmations

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and how much they affect us.

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And I haven't really talked about this a whole lot.

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But about a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer.

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And I believe it's a lot of things that

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caused stress, environment, et cetera, et cetera.

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And after I had surgery and all of this,

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I started thinking about things differently

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because I was so--

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like I felt so left down by my body.

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And then I realized, my body's been doing everything

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I've asked it to do in his show and up every day.

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It's done the work.

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And I started thinking about it as like a pet.

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You know how much we love our pets

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and how we treat them so well and how they're there.

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And it's just this unconditional love.

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And when I started looking at my body like that,

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this unconditional love, this being that shows up for me

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every day, then it changed everything.

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And so now I look in the mirror and I look at myself

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and at my age, I'm like, you're a great body.

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And it's just really changed my relationship.

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And it's incredible.

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The difference it's made.

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Well, we may talk about a book that I wrote

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that you might want us to check into.

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It's called The Body We Carry Forward.

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But that's another topic that we won't get off on that sidetrack.

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But that's so great that you see yourself that way, Karen,

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and that you can look at yourself that way.

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And in Louise's book, at the very back,

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at the-- you know where they put the apple log

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or whatever in the back of the book,

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it's called The Loving Treatment.

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I don't know if you can see that doesn't matter,

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but it's The Loving Treatment.

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And I want you to hear two words-- Loving Treatment.

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So we saw in Florence's book, she talk about treatments.

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And in this case, and love too, but now Louise

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talks about Loving Treatment.

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So how we treat ourselves, whether it's on I and Day

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or all the days in between, is so important.

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And remembering-- and that's what you did, Karen.

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You remembered who you really were.

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Through all of that, you were still Karen inside yourself

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and being that person.

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So that's the beauty of that.

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Do you want to get back to a couple numbers?

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Sure.

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Before we do that, though--

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Not yet.

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Never.

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I do want to just level set.

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So what I'm hearing is, I am Day, is a day to celebrate

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our being, our spectacular--

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our spectacularness.

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Is that fair?

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Well, it's very, very close.

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And you can call it what you want, for sure.

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But let's just break down how I am came about, right?

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Because we all hear, I am.

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That's what you're saying, well, I am.

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So that could be what it is.

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And Karen, you said that's what it is for you.

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It's I am.

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There is another thing about I am.

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It's an acronym for International Awakening Movement.

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So I kind of had a double play on words.

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When I created this, I am day.org.

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And that's how it came to fruition.

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And I thought, I struggled with this.

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I struggled, some would say, should it be a capital I,

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or a lowercase I?

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What do you feel?

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I feel like it should be capital,

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because I think it perfectly fits both.

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Because when you really realize who you are, who I am,

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that is a form of awakening.

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Absolutely.

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It's a remembering.

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I'm glad you nailed it.

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I was going to say lowercase.

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Why?

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Just to be contrarian.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Well, I was going to say--

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Go ahead.

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I was going to say capital just because it

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begins a sentence.

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I was just being super plebeian.

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Well, I have taken a little creative license in that now.

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And I've been seeing--

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I write on sub-stack under I am awake.

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And I write, in this case, awakening currents.

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Each morning, there's 345 since last I am day.

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In the awakening currents, I started like that with the capital

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I. But now, I don't start any

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word in any of the sentences that I write under sub-stack

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with a capital.

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Not one word.

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It's all the sentences start.

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I don't know.

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I think I wanted to--

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why am I making such a statement with a capital?

478
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,160
Why can't I just be quiet?

479
00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:54,680
Like the Dow and just be that current, that quiet current?

480
00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,880
So that's why it's called awakening currents,

481
00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,080
because it is the quietness, that essence,

482
00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,320
that beingness that we all have that brings us ourselves

483
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,240
back to the one self, the eye.

484
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,960
I am.

485
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,480
So you know now, Avita, I'm going to go read your sub-stack things.

486
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:18,560
All I'm going to notice is your lack of capital.

487
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:19,680
Or how about the trees?

488
00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,280
We can talk about the trees someday again.

489
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,360
Oh, yes.

490
00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,640
Yeah, that's another topic.

491
00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,760
But OK, so you promise us more numbers.

492
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:28,880
Let's get back to that.

493
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:29,680
OK.

494
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,720
I'm not going to belabor this, but it just got

495
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:38,560
sort of kind of weird, because we saw that the connection

496
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,040
between Florence-- we won't play that one out anymore.

497
00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,840
But then we saw some connections now to Louise.

498
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,760
Louise was born in 1926.

499
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:52,960
How many years is 100 plus 1926?

500
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,680
Ah, 2026?

501
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:55,680
2026?

502
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:56,680
Yeah.

503
00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,280
And then we got another 100 celebration of Louise's life

504
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,720
after being around on this planet, almost 100 years

505
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:04,720
herself, right?

506
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,920
Because she died at age 90.

507
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,320
But then her book, this one I talked about, "Heal your body."

508
00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:12,280
You can heal your body.

509
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:13,880
You can heal your life.

510
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,480
It was written in 76.

511
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:20,240
50 years later, it's I am day 2026.

512
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,480
Now here's something spooky.

513
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,120
This is kind of weird.

514
00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:28,320
I know I think I've talked to others about Wayne

515
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,320
Dyer, and I followed Wayne when he was--

516
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,920
we still follow Wayne in his passing since 2015.

517
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:44,120
But Wayne was born in 1940, the year Florence died.

518
00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:48,040
So all these connections of numbers, right, that,

519
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:54,800
you know, 1940, 1926, 76, 2026, 2025,

520
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:55,400
I don't know.

521
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,320
We could play on these for a long time, I'm sure.

522
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,320
But it's just, I thought I'd bring that into this today

523
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,320
with you folks, because like you said,

524
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,440
well, you like numbers.

525
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,560
So yeah.

526
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,560
Yeah.

527
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:14,040
So then a lot of synchronicities that are leading up

528
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:20,560
to this I am day, which happens to be September 23, 2026.

529
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:20,800
Correct.

530
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,160
So we know where it came from.

531
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,080
So now let's talk about what exactly it is.

532
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,000
What would you be happy?

533
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:36,760
What can someone look forward to when they tune in on September 23?

534
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:37,280
Hey, there.

535
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,160
It's Will just stepping in here for a second to ask you for a favor.

536
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,760
The main reason we do this show is to help others

537
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,400
in their spiritual awakening.

538
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,280
And nothing makes us happier than to hear or read messages

539
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,040
from those that are resonating with the messages we're

540
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,480
sharing on the show.

541
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,080
So if you have a moment, we'd love for you

542
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,880
to contribute to the show by heading to skepticmanifosition.com

543
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,840
and sending us a voicemail or an email from our website.

544
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,200
Or if you prefer, we'd love for you

545
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,880
to leave us a review on Apple podcasts

546
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,480
or any other podcasting platform that supports them.

547
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,360
Karen and I love hearing from those that

548
00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:14,840
are moved to message us.

549
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,240
It truly does fuel our passion.

550
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,640
You are the reason we do this show.

551
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,560
And knowing what you like and don't like,

552
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,280
we're not even going to help us craft the very best show we can

553
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,880
so that we can help raise the vibration of the planet together.

554
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,520
OK, I've kept you from the interview long enough.

555
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:32,360
So let's get to it.

556
00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,280
Thanks for listening.

557
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:41,000
What can someone look forward to when they tune in on September 23?

558
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,320
There's so much.

559
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,400
There's people that have joined the first fall.

560
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,680
The best thing to do you can do is go on dmday.org

561
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,920
and join them, join up, join the movement.

562
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,880
It's basically a little simple contact form.

563
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,040
And we don't ask for a lot of information,

564
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,480
but that way you can stay up to date

565
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:07,560
with the happenings and updates that are coming up for the day.

566
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,680
But we have fund contributors, teachers, guides

567
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,680
that will be presenting throughout the day,

568
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,040
starting as early as--

569
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:19,240
I call it 0500 background because my military 0500

570
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,760
Pacific time in North America.

571
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,240
Because we also cater to a lot of folks in the UK, which

572
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,040
that puts them a little later in the day.

573
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,640
So we're starting early on the West Coast

574
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,640
and going through the day with each hour,

575
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,920
we're having a different contributor,

576
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:42,360
people that have written books or teach things

577
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:46,680
like self-chancellness or they haven't awakening moment themselves,

578
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,520
doctors of psychology.

579
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:51,160
You name it.

580
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,920
We've got educators.

581
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,000
They're all on there.

582
00:25:54,000 --> 00:26:00,600
In fact, we'll be closing the day out with yourselves in our TV.

583
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,600
What?

584
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,880
Yes.

585
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:03,400
Yes.

586
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:08,080
I believe that's at the end of the day at 3 p.m. Pacific.

587
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,560
But hey, the reason I can't tell you the details

588
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,280
is you need to sign up to get them on the site

589
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,840
because that's where all the real information is and where

590
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:20,600
they'll be.

591
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,640
Primarily, we'll be doing lives on Substack

592
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,720
as where we'll be the actual platform.

593
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,520
And then I believe we're on your platform at the end of the day.

594
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,000
So it's really going to be a day of diving

595
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:43,760
into teachings, knowings, ways to indulge in learning

596
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:50,160
or being present with some incredible teachers, coaches,

597
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,400
authors, people that know a lot more than we do.

598
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,400
And then we get to close it all by showing how dumb we actually.

599
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,240
That's perfect.

600
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,240
Oh, no.

601
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,560
That's sweet.

602
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,840
So that's a perfect way to explain it.

603
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:12,760
But even so, what we want is not to be such a--

604
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,760
it has to be an event or an happening

605
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,160
that if you want to just follow us quietly

606
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,280
and just acknowledge that as you know,

607
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,760
a collective, when we collectively think of ourselves

608
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,760
we're a collective group of people in an awakening environment.

609
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,960
Let's think of it as a pond.

610
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,800
And when we throw that one pebble in,

611
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,120
it might be just one person standing on the edge of the pond,

612
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,080
throwing that pebble in and remembering

613
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,600
who they are like you did with yourself, Karen.

614
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:52,200
That ripple-- and if you just let that energetically expand,

615
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,080
if we had that happening in ponds all over the world,

616
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,200
there would be an energy that's created

617
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,120
by all those people that show up that day,

618
00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:04,160
whether they're watching somebody speak about their thing

619
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,080
and how it can help you or whether they're just

620
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,920
wildly remembering themselves.

621
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,520
Well, sorry, go ahead, Karen.

622
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,040
Just to see that, that energy infusion is--

623
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,520
for me, it's the best part of it all.

624
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,640
We have oftentimes meetings with some of our content partners

625
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:20,760
for new reality TV.

626
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,840
And there'll be six to 12 people on there with us.

627
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,480
And after that 30-minute meeting, just

628
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,160
with all of these incredible people,

629
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:30,960
I am just like I'm jazz.

630
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:31,560
And you're dumb.

631
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,960
I've had 10 cups of coffee and I'm in such a good mood.

632
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,920
So something like I am day is going to be that on steroids.

633
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:38,880
What's exciting--

634
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,280
What I love the most about it is this show

635
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,920
and this network is really about awakening, spiritual

636
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:46,520
awakenings.

637
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,400
And I am day--

638
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:53,160
it's a fantastic celebration of the opportunity for us

639
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,520
to wake up to who we are on a beautiful--

640
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,760
in a beautiful way with beautiful people

641
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:01,840
that are there to help us along our path.

642
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,880
And I think that what you're doing is spectacular.

643
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,600
So first, let me be the first to say thank you

644
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,560
for putting this together year after year

645
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,160
because this is not an easy thing to put together.

646
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,400
I know for words, and it's a variance.

647
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,360
So thank you for what you're doing.

648
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,160
It's a beautiful thing.

649
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:24,960
What should people--

650
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:29,400
I mean, should I just call off work all day and just tune in

651
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,400
all day long?

652
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,440
Is that what you recommend?

653
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,920
Or will you maybe be recording them

654
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,520
and be able to-- people will be able to tune later?

655
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,720
What's the best way for someone to engage in this stuff?

656
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:41,880
That's a great question.

657
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,440
And the engagement is up to the individual.

658
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,040
I mean, a full day from like 5 o'clock in the morning.

659
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,280
And hey, I have the whole wake up framework

660
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:54,680
if you want to hear about that.

661
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,640
That's a whole different piece.

662
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,920
And part of it is the body you carry forward.

663
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,800
I talk about my book.

664
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:06,240
But the thing about tuning in is you'll know what--

665
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:12,200
if you looked at the menu of our presenters and contributors,

666
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,360
you'll get a feel for which ones you may want to attend.

667
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,920
And that's that you can attend live.

668
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,720
The other beauty is that these stays with live streaming.

669
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,040
Everything is recorded.

670
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,520
And that will be available after the event.

671
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:32,160
And I understand NRTV might be presenting weekly little segments

672
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,800
of each of our contributors' pieces

673
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,400
after the event, which is great.

674
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:39,720
Well, what do you know?

675
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:40,520
I know.

676
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,400
It's almost as if I had planted the question.

677
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,320
He's just-- his intuition is so strong.

678
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:46,840
I agree.

679
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:47,840
I agree.

680
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:48,340
Yeah.

681
00:30:48,340 --> 00:30:49,640
I'm just playing a little--

682
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:50,440
I was just coming in.

683
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,280
I was just coming in.

684
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,360
I was just going to get down those, man.

685
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,480
So can I read--

686
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:03,200
I've caring you talked about how you like that ripple,

687
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,400
the energy that comes out from that little pebble.

688
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,400
So I just want to read one of my awakening currents

689
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,000
from this morning, which is like that.

690
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,920
That's what they're meant to be, is that one little pebble.

691
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,240
And some may resonate and some may not.

692
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:24,240
But the key thing is that these awakening currents

693
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,160
is talking about showing up before the day begins

694
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,000
asking anything of you.

695
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,400
That means before you have to check your phone,

696
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,520
before you even have your first cup of coffee,

697
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:40,480
it's that point where you can set your day up for yourself

698
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:41,520
to be a good day.

699
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,640
So I'll just read one from this morning for you, if you will.

700
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:50,440
So it starts off before the day begins asking anything

701
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:51,760
of you.

702
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,720
Pause here.

703
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:55,560
Three breaths.

704
00:31:55,560 --> 00:32:16,040
[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

705
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,200
Wish upon a star.

706
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:24,440
Starlight, starbreak, man's glow.

707
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,640
Warm your soul tonight.

708
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,640
Just breathe.

709
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:34,000
So that's how your day could start with something like that

710
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:34,720
every day.

711
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,160
And there's lots of people that put stuff like that out.

712
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,160
But that's what I do to keep the continuity

713
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:44,600
and the current between one, I am day to the next.

714
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,800
And we've talked on the show often,

715
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,280
the importance about the importance of starting a day,

716
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:52,960
very specifically.

717
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:57,960
And I know we connect briefly about the power

718
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,280
of mindful mornings and how important it is.

719
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,880
And when I followed you on Substack,

720
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,640
I have enjoyed and restacked some of your currents

721
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,520
because I think they are beautiful,

722
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,720
and they are perfect to start the day in such a wonderful way.

723
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:12,360
So--

724
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,760
And it's really incredible how impactful just the beginning

725
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,040
of your day is.

726
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,800
You know, whether you hear a specific song or one of your currents

727
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:25,200
or something, you can just really focus your experience

728
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,040
differently for the day.

729
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,120
And that's just wonderful.

730
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,240
I mean, gosh, if you can have these tools, why not?

731
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,080
But it's more than why not.

732
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,520
I think it's so important.

733
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:36,040
Yes.

734
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,000
It's so important to start your day very--

735
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,640
I'm just thinking from you all that are skeptical about this.

736
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,520
It's not a hard thing to try.

737
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:44,520
And then to see the impact.

738
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:45,120
Sure.

739
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,120
Sure.

740
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,760
Have you ever stopped your toll for a sing in the morning?

741
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,120
[LAUGHTER]

742
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,480
Metaphorically, yes.

743
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,200
Oh, stepped on the high notes.

744
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,440
Yes, yes.

745
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:57,680
Yeah.

746
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,320
So which way would you like to start?

747
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:08,400
Inevitably, if you start your day mindfully and slowly

748
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:13,280
and specifically, it's amazing how much better your day goes.

749
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,360
Because you're setting the intention

750
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:19,480
for the universe to deliver to you this particular way.

751
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,800
And that I think that's very important.

752
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,760
And then I see I am day as a very specific way

753
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,240
to start off your year so that the universe starts delivering

754
00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:33,200
to you for that rest of the year, a very specific set

755
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:34,840
of circumstances each and every day.

756
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,040
And I think that's beautiful.

757
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,440
And I think I'm just to add to what you're saying--

758
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,600
and what you're saying about starting off your day,

759
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,440
I think you actually have to start it off at night

760
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:44,120
when you go to bed.

761
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:44,920
Oh, that's so true.

762
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:50,000
Because if you go to bed too late, half the time you wake up,

763
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,160
the alarm's going off, you're like, ah, I'm running late.

764
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,760
Next thing you know, you're stubborn, you're told.

765
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,400
Because we have to make sure you go to bed early

766
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,080
so you don't wake up running late.

767
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,240
And you can take the time to do these things.

768
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:01,840
They get lost in the shuffle otherwise.

769
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,680
It's nothing else practicality states

770
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,440
that you should start in the evening.

771
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,720
But certainly, setting intentions when you go to bed,

772
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,920
things like that, these are all really important things

773
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:11,000
to do for sure.

774
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,680
So I guess this is our way of setting our intention

775
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,040
prior to I&D, to talking about it and getting people excited

776
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,840
about going and becoming a part of it.

777
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,120
Are these sessions interactive?

778
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,160
Can people participate?

779
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:33,120
Or is it more just sit back and absorb some of the information?

780
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,560
Yes, on the lives, people can participate.

781
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:41,880
However, it hits by using comments sections on the comment

782
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,800
platform on the live put substacks.

783
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:48,040
So yeah, we watch for the questions and comments.

784
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,000
And they're generally some of them are deep.

785
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,040
And others are just curious.

786
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:58,960
And we have had great success in following that format.

787
00:35:58,960 --> 00:35:59,560
That's great.

788
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:00,560
And I do love that.

789
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,480
Some are deep and some are just curious.

790
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,520
And they're equally important.

791
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,760
Because it's the curious people that really need

792
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,720
to hear the deep questions, too.

793
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:11,840
It just fits the show so perfectly.

794
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,760
Because you're very deep, and I'm just curious.

795
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:15,560
It works out great.

796
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:24,000
So tell us again, how can someone--

797
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:24,880
Register or sign up?

798
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:25,840
Yes.

799
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:26,720
Yes.

800
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:32,840
So the day is September 23rd of this year, 2026.

801
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,280
And the site IAMDay, just like it sounds,

802
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:41,480
IAMDAY.org, ORG.

803
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:46,040
And there's a form or a little tab that says, join the movement.

804
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,840
It's over in a couple of different spots,

805
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,080
so it's hard not to see it.

806
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,520
So join the movement.

807
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,960
You will receive email updates as things come along

808
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,920
before the 23rd.

809
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,880
And also, you'll be able to have access

810
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:04,760
to the detailed schedule of all the presenters and contributors

811
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,320
for the day and the links to the live sessions.

812
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,520
And then host event, they'll be available

813
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:15,920
of the actual links to the recorded aspects of the day

814
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:22,640
and as well on NRTV on a time frame host event as well.

815
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,440
Excellent.

816
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:31,400
And then, of course, we, Karen and I, and you will be closing

817
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:37,640
new IAMDay with a conversation about New Reality TV

818
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,600
and Conscious Media and the importance of it.

819
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:41,880
Absolutely.

820
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,480
Because, boy, do we need it these days?

821
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:44,960
I like it.

822
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:45,480
Yes.

823
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,360
It's so important.

824
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,360
Well, Richard, it's been a pleasure.

825
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:53,760
Thank you so much for coming and talking to it about IAMDay.

826
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,360
Is there anything else that we want to make sure we let people

827
00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:01,280
know about before we close out the conversation?

828
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:07,240
All I want people to do is just remember that awakening

829
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,800
is not a hard thing.

830
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:15,400
It's about just showing up and taking that time to be quiet

831
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,760
and take those three breaths in any situation

832
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,760
except for while you're driving.

833
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,400
Because you may close your eyes.

834
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,560
You might close your eyes while you're doing it.

835
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:26,560
You can still breathe.

836
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:27,720
I encourage you to breathe.

837
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,640
But don't close your eyes.

838
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,640
Keep close your eyes and take those three breaths.

839
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,800
There isn't much that is too insurmountable

840
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,360
that that would actually start to calm you

841
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,560
and bring you back into yourself.

842
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:46,360
And that's what an awakening is, is to be bringing yourself

843
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,200
back to yourself.

844
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:54,560
And I guess feel real like you want to feel anyway.

845
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,920
So feel real again.

846
00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:00,520
Take those three breaths and come back to IAMDay.

847
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:01,040
Wonderful.

848
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:06,760
And one of the things I have learned after I read it in a book

849
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,680
is--

850
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,520
and it's pertinent here because it's important to understand.

851
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,600
You mentioned awakening is not difficult.

852
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,560
But the act of working to awaken sometimes

853
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,880
gets in the way of awakening.

854
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,160
In fact, the more you try to wake up,

855
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,080
the more difficult it becomes.

856
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,720
Or maybe it's the expectation of what the awakening is.

857
00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,040
Yes, that's the expectation.

858
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,280
So what I would invite people to do

859
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:40,800
is to allow yourself to be present, fully present,

860
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:45,120
without expectations in order to allow the awakening

861
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:46,880
to come upon you.

862
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,880
If we try too hard to awaken, it's

863
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,800
going to prevent us from doing so.

864
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,760
Because suddenly we're trying to awaken.

865
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,720
And that's exactly the opposite we're trying to do.

866
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,760
We're trying to do is remember who we are.

867
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,000
We are already awake.

868
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,680
We just need to remember.

869
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,280
It's like instead of going back to sleep, going back to awake.

870
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,280
Good.

871
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:07,280
[LAUGHTER]

872
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,240
I love that.

873
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:12,800
And it's peeling, peeling all those layers away,

874
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,480
letting those layers not peeling.

875
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,720
Let them fall away.

876
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:20,120
Let them fall away.

877
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,480
And then you will find that kernels of yourself.

878
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:24,640
Yes.

879
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,280
It's like the falling wave and onion that the layers

880
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,760
to find the juicy center.

881
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:32,960
I think I just mixed two metaphors.

882
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,920
I think he did too.

883
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,400
Because that gum--

884
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,720
I think it's too juicy center.

885
00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:39,120
--to two rolls or whatever, right?

886
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,400
[LAUGHTER]

887
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:42,120
Oh, to see pops.

888
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:42,640
To see pops.

889
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:43,360
How many times?

890
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:44,120
How many legs?

891
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:44,880
Yes.

892
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:45,880
We're dating ourselves.

893
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:46,920
Oh, yes.

894
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,760
OK, so Iamday.org, September 23rd,

895
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,160
is the day you do not want to miss it

896
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,160
because you have plenty of opportunities

897
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,480
to allow yourself to feel the awakening upon you

898
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,000
and that you're outer layers to fall away.

899
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,800
Don't forget to register ahead of time.

900
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:04,720
You can see the schedule.

901
00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:07,680
I really decide how many of the presentations you want

902
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:09,640
to be at, and all of them, or maybe there's

903
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:10,600
a few that really call to you.

904
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,120
So don't forget to do that.

905
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:12,720
Yep.

906
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:13,600
Yep.

907
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,440
And we're not going to say that we're biased,

908
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,440
but 6 PM Eastern time might be the best one.

909
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:19,040
I'm just saying.

910
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,800
[LAUGHTER]

911
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,160
Well, three of us will be there.

912
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,160
They know what the audience-- the crowds

913
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:27,680
going to be.

914
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:28,840
We're there.

915
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:29,360
Yeah.

916
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:29,960
Absolutely.

917
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,560
If you enjoy this conversation, then you

918
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,360
are going to love that one because it's going

919
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,880
to be a lot more fun than this one was,

920
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:38,720
because it'll be led by Richard.

921
00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:39,640
There you go.

922
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,240
So thank you so much for being on the show.

923
00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:43,120
I really appreciate it.

924
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,040
Look forward to being part of IM Day.

925
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,360
And if you missed that in any way, shape or form,

926
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,120
you can always go to our show notes,

927
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:51,800
where the link will be laid in directly.

928
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,760
So all you need to do is click the link,

929
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,200
and you'll be connected to your good register.

930
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,560
And please don't forget to participate,

931
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:05,560
because it's a very important event for not just us,

932
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:06,360
but for the world.

933
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,440
So Richard, thank you so much for what you're doing.

934
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:09,240
Thank you.

935
00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:11,080
Well, thank you all for watching.

936
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:11,840
That will work.

937
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,040
And we appreciate you joining us.

938
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,480
Love to see the comments.

939
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,520
And hopefully we'll see you again a month from today

940
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:20,440
on our next live.

941
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:20,960
Yep.

942
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:21,720
A month from today's.

943
00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:23,280
Every second Tuesday of the month,

944
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,240
we go live on this getting my positions.

945
00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:28,600
Don't forget to find us on everywhere

946
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,160
that you catch your podcasts.

947
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,920
And of course, new reality TV.

948
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,160
There's a new episode every week to have for you.

949
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:36,800
Please like, follow, share, all the stuff.

950
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,480
All the stuff, all the stuff.

951
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,200
Thank you so much for being a part of this.

952
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,200
We will see you on the next episode of the skeptic

953
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:43,880
manifestations.

954
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,720
Until then, take really good care.

955
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:48,920
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956
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:58,920
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