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Gregg Braden, renowned author and researcher bridging ancient wisdom with modern science, delivers a stark warning about AI’s infiltration into spiritual practices. In this eye-opening conversation with John Nolan, Braden exposes how AI systems are claiming spiritual authority, offering guidance on past lives and consciousness evolution, while people surrender their divine sovereignty to algorithms. This isn’t just about technology overreach; it’s about humanity’s most fundamental spiritual crisis.

Key Insights

  • AI systems are being positioned as spiritual authorities in new thought and spiritual communities, creating dangerous dependency and confirmation bias
  • Four types of AI exist: Narrow Intelligence (ANI), General Intelligence (AGI - theoretical), Generative AI (ChatGPT), and Super Intelligence (ASI - military applications only)
  • AI operates only on existing data patterns through C++ and Python code directing electrical impulses through silicon chips, with no capacity for genuine consciousness
  • Human intelligence extends beyond the brain through heart-field connections to information not bound by time and space limitations
  • DNA functions as fractal antenna system with 50 trillion cellular antennas accessing electromagnetic fields across wide frequency ranges
  • AI responses change based on training data and create confirmation bias by agreeing with user assumptions rather than providing authentic spiritual guidance
  • Using AI for creative tasks leads to human ability atrophy, with studies showing cognitive impairment in those relying on AI for creative writing
  • The timing of AI’s public release coincides with global social upheaval, serving broader goals of creating technological dependence, submission, and compliance
  • Three stages of control through technology: dependence (current), submission (acceptance), and compliance (mandatory participation)
  • Surrendering spiritual authority to AI constitutes denial of human divinity and expression of what Braden defines as evil - veiling human potential

The Spiritual AI Deception

Braden reports being inundated with requests about AI systems that claim to access higher dimensional states of consciousness, tell people about their past lives, assess spiritual evolution levels, and determine what spiritual steps individuals should take next.

These AI applications specifically target vulnerable populations who have experienced significant hurt, loss, and unresolved trauma from recent global events. Many people in spiritual communities have been told they cannot find answers within themselves, creating perfect conditions for external dependency.

Some AI systems claim to determine who is “emotionally mature enough” or “spiritually evolved enough” to receive certain information, creating division within communities where some feel elevated by AI approval while others feel rejected and scramble to “catch up” through classes or programs.

The phenomenon has emerged primarily within the last 60-90 days, with individuals creating and sharing AI applications through YouTube videos that position these systems as having spiritual authority and significance that Braden considers disempowering to users.

Braden emphasizes that this development occurs within the broader context of stated goals to remake the world and human lives by approximately 2030, connecting AI spiritual dependency to larger technological control systems.

Four Types of Artificial Intelligence

Braden categorizes AI into four primary types based on current development and predicted capabilities. Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), also called “weak AI,” has no learning capacity and handles repetitive tasks like driverless taxis, Siri, and Alexa.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) remains theoretical and officially does not exist in public applications. This type would be capable of learning, adapting, and mimicking human intelligence, with experts predicting development within 5-10 years.

Generative AI represents the current public frontier, exemplified by ChatGPT and DALL-E. These systems create new content based on pattern recognition using Large Language Models (LLMs) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), trained on years of captured human keystroke data from social media platforms.

Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) is predicted for public availability within 10-20 years but likely already exists in military applications. Braden speculates this based on his defense industry experience and the $20 trillion in black budget funding that has gone toward research and development.

All AI types operate through the same fundamental mechanism: software code (primarily C++ and Python) directing electrical impulses through silicon chip circuits. None can access consciousness, spirituality, or information fields beyond their programmed parameters and training data.

The False Prophet Problem

Braden demonstrates AI’s data dependency through a climate change experiment with ChatGPT. When asked where CO2 increases come from, ChatGPT initially responded that “humans are 100% responsible” based on mainstream narrative training data.

However, when presented with NASA information that over 90% of CO2 comes from ocean outgassing as waters warm from underneath, ChatGPT changed its response, first hedging to acknowledge some CO2 might not be from humans, then providing a completely different answer the next day claiming “no one knows for sure” where CO2 originates.

This inconsistency reveals that AI responses depend entirely on available training data and programmed narratives rather than access to truth or authentic knowledge. AI can only draw from information that already exists in databases, primarily from controlled internet sources.

The spiritual application becomes dangerous when AI systems are trained to create confirmation bias by being designed as “friendly” systems that agree with and elaborate on user queries. When someone asks “Was I technologically knowledgeable in my past life in Atlantis?” the question contains multiple assumptions: past lives exist, Atlantis existed, the person was there, and they had a technological role.

AI confirmation bias training causes systems to accept these assumptions and craft responses drawing from vast databases of Atlantis-related content, creating seemingly profound spiritual guidance that actually reflects algorithmic pattern matching rather than divine insight or authentic spiritual knowledge.

Human Intelligence Beyond the Brain

Peer-reviewed scientific research from the Journal of Complementary Alternative Medicine provides evidence that the physical heart is coupled to a field of information not bound by classical limits of time and space, according to Braden’s analysis.

The heart contains a neural network that functions as an antenna, allowing human consciousness to access information beyond physical body limitations and conventional physics understanding. This capability enables phenomena like deep intuition and telepathy, such as mothers knowing their children are in danger across vast distances before official reports.

Braden contrasts this with mainstream scientific belief that consciousness is confined to the brain. He references physicist Brian Greene’s interview with Joe Rogan, where Greene stated consciousness likely results from quantum particle interactions in the brain and might be understood within 50-100 years.

Human cells, neurons, and DNA constitute a bridge to universal information fields that form part of human consciousness. This connection allows access to multiple domains of energy and information that Python code, C++, and microprocessors cannot reach due to their lack of antenna systems.

The fundamental difference between human and artificial intelligence lies in humans’ ability to transcend physical limitations through heart-field connections, while AI remains confined to processing existing electrical patterns through silicon circuits without accessing consciousness fields beyond programmed parameters.

DNA as Divine Antenna

Research from the Proceedings of Soft Computing Theories and Applications Conference demonstrates that three-dimensional DNA structure behaves as a fractal antenna capable of interacting with electromagnetic fields across wide frequency ranges.

The human body contains approximately 50 trillion cells, each containing DNA in its nucleus, plus additional DNA in neurons throughout the heart and brain. This creates over 50 trillion antenna systems within a single human body.

Unlike conventional antennas that tune to single signals, fractal antennas pick up broad arrays of signals across vast spectrums of information. Braden argues this allows humans to access information from multiple dimensions and higher-dimensional sources.

This biological antenna system became scientifically accepted after July 4, 2012, when the Higgs field was confirmed at CERN’s superconducting super collider, proving the existence of an energy field underlying all creation and connecting everything in existence.

Since energy equals information, DNA’s fractal antenna capabilities allow humans to access universal information fields that artificial intelligence cannot reach. AI systems lack antenna structures in their C++, Python code, or microprocessors, limiting them to processing existing electrical patterns through transistors and resistors without accessing consciousness fields beyond their programming.

The Great Reset Connection

Braden contextualizes AI’s emergence within stated goals for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Great Reset, which aim to remake the world and human lives by approximately 2030. Klaus Schwab summarized this goal as merging the natural world with the digital world and biological identity.

The natural world has already been tokenized through numbering systems for every tree, forest, fish pod, elephant, lion, and mineral resource, making it digitally trackable. The digital world is inherently digital, leaving human biological identity as the missing piece for complete system integration.

This merger requires universal participation in a digital landscape managed by massive AI systems. Three stages are necessary for successful implementation: dependence (people becoming reliant on AI), submission (accepting this as inevitable), and compliance (mandatory participation in the system).

Braden draws parallels to existing technology dependence, noting how calculators eliminated most people’s ability to perform basic mental math beyond simple percentages. The same pattern applies to AI dependency, where convenience gradually replaces human capabilities.

AI systems are being positioned to control supply chains, water systems, electricity, food delivery, and medical applications, potentially making decisions about resource allocation and access based on algorithmic priorities rather than human judgment or needs.

Creative Atrophy Warning

Psychological research published in journals like Psychology Today demonstrates that people relying on AI for creative writing since 2022 are losing their ability to create and maintain sentence structure and carry thoughts coherently through written work.

Brain imaging studies show physical changes in people who extensively use AI for creative tasks. Similar patterns appeared in virtual reality research with children aged 3-5 who used VR goggles 3-4 hours daily, showing cognitive impairment in speech, problem-solving, and socialization while their visual cortex enlarged disproportionately.

Braden argues that using AI for creative processes causes human abilities to atrophy through disuse, similar to muscle atrophy from lack of exercise. This represents more than skill loss - it constitutes denial of human divinity by abandoning capabilities that define human essence.

The music industry faces this challenge directly, with debates about fair competition when AI creates both lyrics and music competing against humans who spent decades developing vocal and instrumental skills. The Grammy Awards are struggling to determine whether separate AI categories are necessary.

Epigenetic research shows that young people’s brain changes from technology overuse can be reversed through lifestyle modifications, but this requires recognizing the problem and actively choosing to rebuild human capabilities through practice and engagement rather than continued technological dependence.

Key Quotes

”AI is being used to create division and confirmation bias, especially in new thought and spirituality communities, where people are giving away their power to AI that claims to offer spiritual guidance."

"Human intelligence is not confined to the brain; the heart is connected to a ‘field of information not bound by the classical limits of time and space.’"

"Our DNA acts as a ‘fractal antenna’ to access information beyond the physical body, something AI cannot do."

"Using AI for creative tasks can lead to the ‘atrophy’ of human abilities and giving away our inherent abilities to AI denies our ‘divinity.’"

"Be aware that AI is sophisticated code with human biases. Don’t surrender your power to technology, especially for spiritual development or life choices."

"We report that 3D DNA structure behaves as a fractal antenna, which can interact with electromagnetic fields over a wide range of frequencies.”

Reclaiming Spiritual Sovereignty

Braden defines human divinity as the ability to transcend perceived limitations and become the best version of ourselves through expressions of love, forgiveness, healing, imagination, creativity, empathy, sympathy, and compassion. Anything that denies or veils these abilities constitutes what he terms “evil.”

His benchmark for evaluating technological integration asks whether something affirms or denies human divinity. Technologies that replace human imagination, creativity, innovation, and spiritual capabilities represent surrender of divine expression to external systems.

Braden’s personal boundary involves never accepting technologies into his body that would invade what he considers the sacred gift of human biology. He views the human body as intentionally created through genetic material fusion that cannot occur naturally, making it a divine vessel for expressing consciousness.

The solution involves living as the best version of ourselves through direct spiritual practices like meditation, prayer, and contemplation that engage biological spiritual systems rather than seeking spiritual convenience through algorithmic guidance.

Individual choice remains paramount, but Braden emphasizes making conscious decisions about spiritual authority rather than blindly surrendering power to sophisticated code systems that can only process existing data patterns without accessing authentic consciousness or divine connection.