Christine Ruch messaged me about consciousness a few weeks ago. A total stranger. We went back and forth a bit and I thought, I need to actually meet this woman. So we did it here, live... two people having coffee for the first time while you all listen in.
Four years ago Christine was running three successful natural food businesses in Boulder. Married, at the top of her game, and empty. Then the cracks started. She sat with plant medicine for the first time (Wachuma), closed all three businesses, ended her marriage, and moved to the Costa Rican jungle with one suitcase to figure out what she had just done to her life. She has also lived with multiple sclerosis for 20 years, treated only naturally. The story alone is worth your time.
But we go further than the story. We get into:
Whether the brain creates consciousness or receives it (the article that connected us in the first place)
The two phases of life... the conditioning, and then the crumbling. And why most people run back to the conditioning
The four ways of knowing: intellect, instinct, intuition, and insight... and what it actually looks like to live from intuition instead of your head
Why control is built on fear, even when you don’t feel afraid
What vibration and frequency really mean (I love and hate those words, and I explain why with an orchestra analogy)
The fear vibration we all feed... the news, social media, the outrage loop... and what it does to your health
Where Christine and I gently disagree: heal yourself first, or change the systems? My answer is both, and I make the case at the end
Christine is here on Substack at The Fresh Life. Go follow her. And you can find more of her work at christineruch.com.
Thank you Magda Agatha, Lisa V Peterson, Tim McCoy, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.
