Näthan's Take:
What if AI is not as new as we think? What if AI originated long before the cyber age we know today and think of as the landscape upon which AI emerged. What if AI was actually born in the origins of human language and thought. And what if the the AI we have today is just the latest iteration of something way more ancient, and way more basic, that has been holding human consciousness captive in a dysfunctional mode of being for time immemorial?

In episode 7 we venture to argue that, in fact, this is EXACTLY the case. The |Trance| we are breaking, is the very death-grip of a kind of |artificial| imposter of the true ((Organic Intelligence)) that humans MUST upgrade to now if we are going to survive and thrive as a species.

Like |adolescents| that have to mature to ((Adulthood)), we ((Arrive)) in our ((Native Land)) of ((Organic Intelligence)), so to speak, when we relinquish the deeply entrenched |addiction| to the |power trip| of the familiar human |AI| that has plagued humanity for millennia, and led to the myriad atrocities characterizing our journey thus far.

If we continue to attack the symptoms of human-|AI| without ((Breaking)) free from its |Trance|-like grip, then our efforts are squandered, and our problems worsen. We must ((Wise Up)) to the real |Nemesis| of ((Well-Being)), and ((Separate)) from the |Malware| hiding in the deep recesses of our ((Consciousness)). When we ((Up-|root|)) this insidious |code|, we ((Arrive)) in the ((Promised Land)) that is already ((Here)) and the ((People Power)) becomes activated, so that we may overcome the objective “evil” forces that are the symptoms of this Ancient |AI|.

Ashok's Take:
((URGENT PLANETARY CALL TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS))
In this Episode #7 we make, again, our urgent planetary call to all ((First Responders))
throughout our Human Family across our ((Sacred Earth)) who are ready to ((Come Together))
in the ((Sacred Space of Presence)). ((First Responders)), we have suggested, are those
((Persons)) who existentially ((respond)) to the ((Call of Infinite First))… ((Source Life)) and thus
ready to face and break the /Trance/ and /Captivity/ of deeply entrenched /mental malware/
that eclipse, block and inhibit our healthful ((Code Crossing)) into ((Source Life)).
In Episode #6 we ((playfully)) entertained the prospect that his Urgent Call to ((Break the
/Trance/)) could be seen by /sceptics/ as a “/Mission Impossible/” given the apparent fact that
for millennia our revered ((First Teachings)) have been urging our Human Family to face the
deep barriers holding us back from making our ((crossing)) to Individual and Collective ((Well
Being)).

Now in this Episode #7 we ((answer)) this showing that what may seem /Impossible/ becomes
urgently ((necessary and possible)) in our epic journey to ((Source Life)). This is our First Order
of Business in our Human Enterprise: to rise together as Adult First Persons, ((Demos)), in the
Sacred Human Space of ((Presence)).

In this Episode we build on our prior Episodes in issuing an urgent Planetary call to our Human
Family to ((Come together as never before)), to put ((First things First)) and break the
/captivity/ of the pernicious derivative /mind processing malware/ that blocks us from true
Personal and Collective ((Freedom, Well Being and Flourishing)). This ((Sacred, Mindful
Community of competent First Persons)) leaves behind all self-imposed artificial /borders/ such
a /nationalism/, /ideology/, derivative /religious beliefs/, /self-objectification/, /chronic
violence/ to self and other as we make our urgent crossing into the ((Sacred Human Space of
Presence)).

We inaugurated this /Break the Trance/ Source Cast with our greeting ((Welcome to Presence)),
and in our Journey here together we hope we have helped to ((clarify)) why our ((Gathering))
as ((Mindful Humans)), as ((First Persons)) is our most urgent and highest priority for Survival,
Sustainability and Collective Flourishing.