Pause, Don’t React: Navigating AI, Market Shifts & Uncertain Times with Intuition

This conversation explores the power of pausing—choosing awareness over reaction in a rapidly changing world. "Pausing long enough to respond with awareness."  As shifts in technology, AI, and market dynamics accelerate, the discussion highlights the importance of staying grounded rather than being pulled by fear or urgency.   "AI is just another part of the change."...I can either work forward and be enthusiastic or be down." 

The hosts reflect on intuition and spiritual awareness as practical stabilizers, offering perspective on how to navigate change with clarity and self-trust. AI is examined not as a threat or authority, but as a tool—useful for organization and intellect—while personal responsibility and inner guidance remain central.
Ultimately, this episode invites listeners to respond consciously, embrace change thoughtfully, and use evolving circumstances as an opportunity for growth.  "I need to know what my part is in everything."

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TNT SpiritWorks (00:01)
Today's conversation is about pausing long enough to respond with awareness rather than reacting from habit or emotion. Y'all ready? I'm ready. ⁓ I'm pausing so I don't react. Good on you. Wow, that was nicely done, That was well done. Fuck, I'm pausing. All right, Tiger, well, I know you have a story to share about that we're gonna...

⁓ Well, just to carry on, this has happened a little bit ago, but ⁓ it's the continuation, we've been talking a little bit about AI. And a little bit ago, there was a big drop in the stock market. And that was related to AI, the concerns about it, and you know, how that's going to affect jobs and so forth. So there was a bit of a real big drop there. And everybody got concerned, everything kind of obviously comes back up, it's all part of the swings of the markets.

but it is indicative of how the reactions of things related to ⁓ effects. if something's going to have a larger effect, the reaction can be large. If it's a small effect, then that's usually isolated, right? Unless it becomes an emotional issue. So if you have something isolated, then, and it turns emotional,

then you can have a bigger reaction. But if it's something that innately is going to affect a large amount of people, like in this case, AI affecting jobs, then there's going to be the potential of bigger reactions. Now, fortunately, you know, we have a, if anyone who knows about the stock market, the key is to ride out because you're going to have these swings. It's just the nature of it. If it's not AI, it's going to be something else tomorrow kind of thing. So that's, that was the part of the story that we're to start with on.

on this. Interesting because what comes to around especially around awareness is that there's a constant while we hear this constant change and that no matter what a person is involved in the world is involved in the universe is involved in everything changes. So it's having that spiritual awareness for myself that has actually helped me with change. It's helped me ride through change and I think that's a lot of

you know, why we do these episodes also to inspire others the importance of tuning into your intuition, working with your spiritual helpers, you know, working with the reawakened membership that we have that, you know, inspires every month the energy of what's going on at this time frame and how to really ride that through and regroup with other people. that awareness for me is really key with understanding that, you know, AI is just another part of the change.

Well, I like that you, ⁓ you brought up the reawaken subscriptions the way you did, because for me, it gives me ⁓ clues as to what I need to be ⁓ working on for myself or becoming more aware of. use words like work and evolve and learn and grow, but really it's an, I said it in another episode lately, I've been tuning into how it's really just an expansion of my true awareness, my true feelings and

how my intuition does guide me because so many times, ⁓ you know, I want to go work in a business opportunity. And honestly, as I felt into it, as I became aware of the energy, was like, you know, that's not gonna be for me. I know that I can feel the energy of that. However, I was inspired or I felt like going through the process of applying, you know, for this opportunity.

And ⁓ as I did, said, so why did I do that? Cause I kind of know that what the outcome was going to be. And the beauty part for me is, is that all my, you know, true feelings or my awareness of my intuition fits. It's like the end, the end part, which was no surprise. And the beginning part, which was, I really enjoyed going through and here's the, the crux of it all is that I enjoyed the

interview process and dealing with the person and I had a chance to get to know them better. And I remember coming out of it and going, I feel really great. You know, I really enjoyed that. I'm glad I did that. So here's a key where I followed my intuition in a couple ways. And so I'm going to wrap this up with as we're talking about AI. You know, I'm learning about the limitations of my intellect. Yeah.

because if I use my intellect to go, well, the outcome's not gonna work for me, ⁓ then I would have never gone through what I felt like I was aware of this feeling of wanting to go through that process and be involved. Well, I agree completely. That's right down the pipe. mean, just as an example, right? Just...

Not too long ago, just recently, I just went for my annual checkup. you know, I was, how it ended up working out was I went and saw the doctor first and the blood work results weren't in yet. So I ended up seeing the doctor and then leaving and then the blood work came later kind of thing. But normally I try to do that. So it's all there at the same time, right? It's the ideal thing.

So I get this basically this good result from the doctor. Oh, it looks like you're doing great. You know, the kind of stuff. And I'm walking out the door and I've suddenly becoming aware of how I'm feeling, right. Or what I'm experiencing, I should say. And I've got this bump in my energy, right. I get this like, Oh yeah, I've got this good clean bill of health or I'm doing all right, at least, you know, I'm okay, you know, and then I get this phone call later. Hey, listen, there's something in your blood work that

Little bit off this area here is starting to show up. I've, know, have you been doing this thing? Have you been drinking enough water? Like this area, you know, like what's going on? And all of a sudden I could feel my energy drop. And it's like, feeling great, but now all of a sudden with the ideas kicking in, it's like, Oh no, there's something wrong with me. It's reaction, right? Instead of going, okay, well let's get the facts on that. Right. And maintaining my energy.

But how just a little bit of outside news will affect my energy and inspiration level, right? Just that little bit of news. And I've been dealing with whatever I deal with my whole life and I'm going to keep dealing with it until I change it. So it's me. So I can either work forward and be enthusiastic or enjoy myself, or I can be down all the time. It's up to me, but it was a great microcosm of how

someone outside authority can say something and I feel good. And then some outside authority says something, ⁓ no. Right. And here goes my roller coaster of my energy level rather than, okay, well, thank you for your opinion. That's good that you're saying that. okay. Well, not so good news. Well, thank you for your opinion. We'll work on that. Right. Ultimately, if I don't come back to that reality, I am going to be at the

mercy of all the news, all the people, all the confusion around me until I come back to that kind of solidity, that kind of solid energy of where I begin and end. And it ties in to the, we're wrapping it up now, but this month's theme is immortality, right? That's what we were grouping those, ⁓ the, membership, right? So that, that is a

perfect example of I go am I immortal or not because I'm acting like I'm not So anyway, that was my little story Yeah, cuz spirit, you know with those keys that we get like spirit makes us aware of my thoughts in those areas like I would have never I Wouldn't have made the intellectual leap of that

immortality had something to do with the outside influence that you just described. And then I go, ⁓ wow, that helps me like lift the veil, move the, that's what's kind of behind this that I'm kind of, I'm not really feeling my immortality. I'm not really letting that life energy flow and working with that, you know, a challenge. seems like a challenge, but here it's really an opportunity.

you transform, I transform these situations into million dollar learning experiences is one of my favorite phrases. Yeah, so rather than reacting from habit or emotion, which is what we first started the conversation with, especially around AI, I think it's interesting because people I've noticed, especially in the workplace, they do get a bit reactive about, you know, like, I'm used to this my whole life.

And I'm used to, know, and to have a change and I don't like it. so, you know, even like you're saying with, you know, back to your doctor situation, well, yeah, everyone wants to go in and have a good bill of health. That's right. And when that call comes, they're like, oh, what the, right? And so what's the reaction to that? And so recognizing that, you know, how to stay calm and be aware of the situation. you know, and like you said, you are the one in charge of that AI.

It's there. It's part of our it's part of our new normal. And we have to get ready to we have to work with it. And I know lately, especially in the podcast and some other areas of my life, I've been accessing it and I access it. And I'm like, it's brilliant. Yes, it really is brilliant. But I have to also recognize that, you know, like you were saying, I didn't say something about it's a higher, like your intelligence. But it's you said something. Well, really, it's it's like

like computers in a way, it's just, ⁓ and it's really helping you organize yourself. It's just intellect. It's just intellect. Yes. So when you're working with just intellect, and then I add in my feelings, how do I feel about it? You know, am I going to put that out into the world when it sounds like that? That's not quite me. Okay, well, so then I should shift it a little bit. But being that it's just intellect, that it's, it's a whole different level than mine.

I can definitely be aware of how to work with it. It's brilliant. I think it's brilliant. Well, I'm going to carry on that there that you're sparking on is

One of the challenges on planet Earth in general is turning means into an end. In other words, the car becomes more important than me getting where I need to be. Well, if it's a Ferrari, it does. Well, exactly. When in reality, if I'm genuinely connected to where I need to be, I'll walk, I'll take a bike, I'll take a bus, I'll take a Ferrari, I'll take a plane.

I need to get there. Now, obviously I want to do it more in style. Now, obviously I want to do it with less wear and tear. So that's something I can work on, but I can't let the car become more important than the destination, right? It's a part of it. It's a part of it, but it's, need to know why I'm working with it. And AI is an example of that for me. If I don't recognize where it fits in my life,

I am going to have troubles with something that actually is there to help me and same that goes with everything, right? The government rules and regulations, relationships. If I don't recognize that it's there to help me to be of service so that I can move through my life, I'm going to be in constant rebellion. I'm going to be wasting time. That was just the most precious thing I've got. That's my besides people. That's my greatest asset. So

The AI thing is important and I'm just using that as an example, right? But it's here to stay. Like you said, it's here. And if I know where it fits in my life, whether I'm a plumber, whether I'm a accountant, whether I'm a stockbroker, whether I'm a soldier, if I know where it fits to help me accomplish my mission better, I'm going to work with it well.

If I start to make AI more important than what I've come to do, now I've got a problem. I'm going to start rebelling against, it's like we're spelling against the ocean tides coming in, you know, I ain't going to have. And one of the things I will say, just your point about bringing up what we regroup on every month. We utilize AI to help us communicate and be organized, but we don't use AI for our content.

When it comes to our, spiritual information that we share with people, that is 100 % from people and inspiration. And we'll never, we'll use AI for that. So it's, it's an example of where we utilize something to help find and work with people. But when it comes to actually growing spiritually, we use the stuff that will help you grow spiritually, not just some intellectual idea.

And directly from spirit, not from AI. That's right. And that's interesting that you said that because I've already I know a lot of people that ⁓ support people in creating their books. You bet. And there's a lot of AI books already being out there on Amazon. And so, you know, is it real or AI? is it like that? Is it real or Memorex? And then she and then she went on and then the glass would break because she's real. Yeah. So it's kind of like that. Yeah. Well, there's

you know, patterns, there's, you can think of it as there's procedures in how we arrive at conclusions and facts and logic. And there's truth in it. I mean, the end, the intellect is just my brain. It's just there as a tool to help me move around planet earth. When I tune into my inner wisdom, answers are there. ⁓ AI is just another tool to

move through those machinations in a way, like just go through the logical thought process and facts, but it's limited by, you know, what's fed into it. So one thing we've noticed over the years of doing our podcasts is that when the AI tools that are available to sort of summarize our podcasts, like it doesn't capture it. It does a good job at

establishing kind of an outline and and certain things get better and better. But it, it's not it can't explain the feeling like it's, it's not used to the terminology because it doesn't exist yet. Like, so what spirits got for me and for you and for all of us is that aha moments or awakening to all the wisdom and the bigger picture and

It's a step-by-step process. It's a kind of a step-by-step unfolding. So there's no logical way to work around it because it always works with certain preconditions or pre-ideas or pre-thoughts and definitions. And so it's limited. It's like my intellect is limited. Why do I have this funny feeling about something? And then later I go,

That's why wow, look at how this played out, you know, ⁓ because my energy is limited by sometimes my way of interpreting what I'm picking up. I can't go there bitches. It's I hear you saying. Yeah, but it's beautiful. Like some of the times we've worked it worked with it to get better organized, to ⁓ move through procedures, to see what

people are talking about. I mean, it's a great tool to clean up photos to find things to do Google searches like the procedures and how to set things up. I mean, it's just another convenient tool. And, ⁓ you know, I guess it just, it's going to be interesting to see how it evolves. yeah, it will. I'm, I really don't at this stage, I don't have an impression one way or another.

But I bet your spiritual helpers can give you an impression. Why don't you get one Tom?

Well, putting me on the spot, huh? That's damn right I am. ⁓ it'll have its ups and downs and it'll evolve and we're going to have some learning experiences and there'll be people who foresee often people will foresee issues and they sort of design things so that those issues don't come up and there's people who don't and it's all part of the ups and downs and backs and forths and the main thing is it's okay what I'm hearing from sure is it's limited by

our concepts of what's truth and spirit. There's a lot of truth in what we have in terms of our concepts, but it's not all the truth. And so that's where things can get us good. that beautiful. Yeah. I mean, how would you, how do you feel about that? That's right. And we're wrapping up immortality as a key word for the month, For February, for February. Thank you. And so the part of that

key for me is exactly what you're bringing up is everything I create in this case AI and other even businesses, they're going to be expand or contract depending on the concepts that I embedded with. And so if I'm in line with a bigger picture, if I know I'm here to be of service and fulfill my destiny,

then I relax and I can use the things in their perfect way. But if I forget those bigger picture thoughts, if I'm not connected to that destiny, if you will, then what's going to happen is I'm going to try to use things to get what I want rather than work with things to get what I need. So that's that energy there of

making outside things more important than what I've come to do. And that doesn't mean those outside things. That's what we're saying. They're awesome. I mean, I've been using some of that just recently and it's amazing what it produces. Amazing. It's incredible. But I still have to be the one to make decisions. I still need to be the one to set my direction and my future. And the moment I start getting too relaxed on that, that's when I'm going to start having troubles.

Yeah, and I think that we'll go back to the beginning, we've talked about pausing, it's rising long enough to get an awareness of how how do I work with this? How do I feel about this? And I think that's really important with the spiritual part of who we are, because that is the feel, think, and then the act. And so I know for myself, when I recognize that those times when I maybe go a little too fast, and I don't pause,

I definitely noticed a difference. Matter of fact, I had my yearly review recently and the thing that the principal told me is to just slow down a bit. Slow down and so to me that's a pause. And this past week I did it and I swear I immediately knew the next thing to do. Like it just came right in my, ⁓ this is the next way to go and it was.

really great. So I can first hand say that pausing and taking a moment to recognize the awareness that I have within myself in everything. This was my work. This was doing invoices. So you know it can work with working with our loved ones. It can work with you know going out into the world and exploring and being of service in different ways. It's just I don't know. I guess I'm so excited about it. Can you feel it? Yeah I am. I'm just so jazzed up about the fact that

You know, when I, when I'm able to pause and really capture that awareness within myself, magical things can happen. Magical. Yeah. Well said. Well, I mean, okay. So imagine having that every day for everybody who's listening to this, and for myself, imagine having that feeling every day, no matter what may come. Right. I get a flat on, I get out on the highway and I get a flat tire or

I get not so good news about some family member or I win the lottery or whatever. you think we keep thinking, I keep thinking in terms of if something great happens, then I'm going to be happy. If something terrible happens, I'm going to be sad. And that's some of that's natural, but it's my energy. It's my, am I, am I consistent with who I'm going to be? Am I immortal or not?

You know, am I playing this game of little, little fish? So do I want, how do I feel? Does, how does my body react? Let's get some excuses to come back home. Does my body react better when I'm consistent and up or does it go to crap? Right. Do I start breaking down? What kind of thoughts do I attract when I'm excited and enthusiastic? That's what you're saying. It's like, here comes the inspiration for the next thing.

to the next thing, that's happening, because you're in the perfect place. But it took me to pause. That's right. And it took someone to mirror that, that I needed to slow down, to be more cautious of what I'm doing and more awareness. And so when I recognize that, I recognize that before, honestly, what was happening, and I take this fully on.

is I work with all these billing managers and I work with 19 or 20 other people in my office and I work with billing managers in eight other offices. And I could I pick up on energy. And I feel like when someone team is teams in me and I've got 30 emails and I've got, you know, 50 invoices to do, I get like in this almost manic, I get going fast. And so because of the fact that I'm picking up on all the energy of this person's really anticipating this and I got to get this done and that over there.

So for myself that that word of pausing and really, you know, enough to respond to what's my awareness of what's going on at this moment in time for myself is key. Yeah, I mean, so one has to ask, I ask myself, so what is my concept here? That's pushing me into this? Or I just accept that I'm going to be under pressure and and ⁓ or

even after I've identified the concept, you know, that I have to be really faster, be quicker, be dead, or I mean, there's some truth in that, but I have to be under pressure for me to be successful. I have to work hard, you know. I see a lot of that in the office too. So, and we need to be consistent to be successful and we need to continue. But how do I do that? How do I maintain my energy? So, ⁓

It's a self-discovery process for me. I noticed that if somebody tries to tell me it, I'll argue with them. No, no, that's not how I think. That's not what I don't need to slow down. I'm, know, you're wrong. And even if, if it's somebody who's got power over you, like a boss or like your wife, an authority figure, that's what, yeah. Or your wife. That's a good one. I Right. can fill that in there. Yeah. Thank you. ⁓ that.

It's easy to, you'll be quiet. You know, I won't, I'm going to argue with her, you know, uh, but if I, yeah, talking about you. So, uh, once I recognize, uh, the concept, well, then I can start practicing. think that's probably the big key, you know, is that the,

The reawakened subscriptions just makes me more aware and then I can keep practicing because I, I still, you know, I walked into a situation the other day. We were sharing about how I was feeling. in certain situations I start feeling lesser than, which I never really identified. just felt it and kind of experienced the emotion. And then I went, you know, I feel that this has been consistent. So, ⁓ it showed up again. So what is it that, what do I, what concept do I buy into?

you know, in that particular, if I'm a mortal, why am I ever going to feel lesser than I am? And I guess that's where we depart from a lot of ⁓ other spiritual programs and practices that said it's all good, it's all great. But, ⁓ you know, how do I make this practical? So you said something the other day, Tiger, you were talking about, yeah, how do I, how did you put it? I'll let you put it. How do I?

Do remember what he was putting? Yeah, it was how do I, you know, talk a lot pick up pick up those feelings and that intuition and let you know be guided by that and then how do I you know, How do I make this spiritual stuff right? I have to have the feedback of making it practical in order to help it fit make it fit in my life So if I have some if I have a religious concept right of you know, I turn the other cheek This is a good Christian

Thing you know right turn it to so if someone slaps you you give them the other cheek right instead of reacting and an eye for an eye and all that good stuff So this is ⁓ a concept. This is an idea to go out and practice so that I understand I'm not suggesting anybody go get beat up You know I don't want to hear any of that on Facebook or anything like that, but ⁓ The point is is it's something it's a concept. It's an idea, but it's it sounds nice Yeah, right

But how do I make that real? And where's the line for me? And I'm not going to know that till I go out there and make it practical, start working with it so that for my makeup and what I've come to do, I know where that line is. For some people, it's like they'll turn the third cheek and the fourth cheek. Some people it's like, no, I'm not going to do that. But I, but I have to, in earnest, I need to go try to practice without that practice. It's just an idea.

And I'm taking something that's spiritual and I'm making it intellectual and that will eventually become dogma and theology. So I need to make it practical, get the feedback from making it practical and saying, Oh, right. I need to adjust that a little bit. And that usually goes against a lot of people's makeup. goes against their training, right? Especially if you had a lot of indoctrination that's going to push against what I've been trained. Right. But the

The other part I'm going to add to that is I need to know what my part is in everything. Right? I go back to that bigger picture. If I don't know what my part is, and when my family members have trouble, I was just regrouping with someone before I came in to do the recording, you know, there's this transition in the family and so forth, and we were regrouping about it. And if I don't know where I fit within that situation, I'm going to be all over the place.

I'm going to just be from one reaction to the next reaction and I'll never pause. I'll never pause. I'll just keep going from one emotion to the next. So to know where I begin and end with things, Hey, this is my part. This is my thrust in life. This is what I can do well. And then literally hand the rest off to the bigger picture, to spirit, to your angels, to whatever, right? The unconscious mind, but just let it go.

No, it's there. Have a reference point. Right? Yeah, I got to be aware of that, but this is my part. And imagine the power of being able to let things go to the bigger picture and just doing one's own part. How powerful would that be? How much more enthusiasm do I have? And yes, I pick up those spots where I do naturally pause and I get what I need. Right? That's

to me, there's gonna be, I'm going on a little bit, to me, there's gonna be some changes coming by the time this recording pops out to all of you, right? We've been recycling a lot of the same news stuff and there's reactions to that and that's all gonna be, but by the time this comes out, there's gonna be a fresh set of news coming through, plenty to react to. So am I going to come from that pivot point where I do take the moment?

that I do say, okay, what's my part? What do I need to do here? All right, let's get moving. That's the thing that really stands out to me. Yeah, and I guess in wrapping up this part for myself, it's the awareness around, as we talked about AI, and recognizing how does that influence my existence and my life. And I look at it very positively, even though some people are contemplating that, well, it's going to be

taking jobs away, but then there's also the reality that new jobs are going to be produced and new exciting ways to be of service and to show up. so having that awareness for myself and like I said, with especially with the pausing and recognizing, you know, how how do I work with my spiritual part on a daily basis, even through AI is just is just another key for myself of how I can be successful as as a human. Yeah, and everything is here on planet Earth.

for me to expand in my consciousness and to grow and to reach a certain point. I was meditating a bit really in a microsecond with my guidance and they just passed all along that feeling of like, know, they're master souls and they're like, yeah, this is great. you can, you're gonna, it's hard for them.

or me because of my concepts to even get the clear picture of where I'm headed. But there is a feeling to it that it's, wow, like this is all perfect. So we've got AI now. Okay. And as long as I don't make AI another outer dogmatic influence for me, realize it's going to be limited by concepts and that, and I can take for me,

If I just relax and go, okay, so what's my opportunity here? What's my part here? I got that pause. And what's the bigger spiritual picture? Well, probably there's a lot of us that need to sort of move beyond some of the things we've been doing. And now we've got another tool to help us do that because there's a greater horizons spiritually to, ⁓ you know, move through. my wrap up is just that, but it's got to start with.

me. That's right. it's all about you, Thomas. And you. And you too, Tiger. Thank you. The more I come back to that self love, the more I come back to pausing, working with that inner that inner me, the real me, and that loyalty to self, as they say, my first loyalty is to myself. The more I realize, I love helping people.

I love going the extra mile to be of service and, and with my partners or my, my business associates, it's fun. I get a lot out of it. So it, the irony is that the whole self care thing leads to being of greater service to other people. It leads to actually caring more for people. If you just let it go, that goes at that point about making it practical, right?

I can't just be me, me, me, me, me, me, me all the time. There's no juice in it. It's good for a technique. Like, hey, let me have a day where it's just me and screw off everybody else. Like I get that that's a technique, but it's not a way of life. The more I practice it, right? The more I practice that loyalty to self, the more I practice the immortality, the more I realize, my gosh, I want to be with people. I want to be out there. I don't want to be alone.

I love being out there for my own benefit. So, but the other thing I was going to say is not just the AI thing, but like all the new stories that are going to be coming up. If I start asking myself, how can I improve and, be better with what I do with people 10 % more? How can I improve and be better with people 50 % more?

How can I improve and be better with what I'm doing with people a hundred percent more and so on and so forth. If I have that inspiration, if I have that as part of my mission and venture, there is not any outside force, right? No AI terminator thing that's going to come and get me. No, no government change because I'm on a path.

that's going to guide me to the right place, whether it's here or there, if I stay relaxed and I take that pause and say, where, what do need to do here? I get that inspiration and I have that as my guiding light. I will start improving. I'll find myself at the right place at the right time, et cetera, et cetera. So it really comes back down to that mission of me going forward. And then the service and

having fun just starts, if I'm honest with myself, it just starts naturally happening. And then don't have to listen to all the old concepts. Wow, wonderful. Well, that's the end of another episode and we hope you enjoyed it. We want to say thank you so much for listening in or watching in on our TNT SpiritWorks YouTube channel. And if there's anything that you got inspired by today or you feel inside of you, we'd love to hear in the comments below. We love reading your comments. And just remember that

pausing long enough to respond to the awareness Really helps when you're getting that reaction from maybe a habit or an emotion within and so make sure to really check in with yourself on where you're at and We'll see you soon See you next time ⁓