Welcome to the Drop the Needle Podcast, your backstage pass to the mystical realm. I'm your host, Jim Alstatt. And here, gifted souls step up to the mic, sharing their spiritual journey. We're hitting the high notes and the low notes of their awakening, creating a symphony of enlightenment. This isn't just another interview show. This is where divine insights are channeled and universal truths are revealed. So crank up your stereo and sit back, because who knows? This just might help you compose the next transformative chapter of your soul's purpose. Are you ready? Let's go. Hi, everyone, and welcome back to the Drop the Needle Podcast. I'm your host, Jim Alstatt, and I'm so happy y' all decided to join us. Well, today's Guest has spent 14 years living and traveling throughout India, training directly under one of the most revered spiritual masters of our time, the late Saint Sri Kalashwar. He's a master healer, meditation teacher and empowerment coach who's been guiding people to unlock what he calls their supernatural potential for over 35 years now. He's based in Los Angeles where he runs an international meditation and healing center. Please welcome Paul Aryeh to the show. Welcome, Paul. Hey, Jim. Great to be here with you. Thanks for making the time. I'm glad we were able to do that. So why don't you do me a favor or do us a favor and tell everyone a little bit about your background. Well, up to now, you know, I've been a spiritual meditator and seeker for most of my life. I've been meditating since, I guess the late 70s, early 80s, and searching out for spirituality, the truth, personal development, human potential, and really exploring it. And then I really. Things really kind of exploded when I went to India in 1998 and just kind of opened my mind out to what was possible for a human being if they really focus and to really cultivate their energies. And when I met Sri Kalashwar in 1997, 1998, it really kind of blew my mind. It kind of opened me up to what the human potential had available. And it's not something that was rooted in dogma, but it was more mechanisms of meditation, creation, and to be able to access supernatural energies. Now, I gotta say that for a lot of people, I don't. I don't even know if they could wrap their minds around being someplace for 14 years. Like we were talking before the show, people go to retreats that are over the weekend, or you may decide, hey, I'm going to take this class and it's going to be A year long course, 14 years living and training in India. That's talk about committed. I mean, that's, that's something, right? I guess the question is like, why did, why did I stick there for so long? And you have to understand that the meditation journey and the process is, was for me, unfolding. I began to do practices, processes, mantras, meditations, visiting sacred spots and having experiences. Because if you don't have experiences, Jim. Right. If you really, you know, you can do dogma only for so long. Yes. You know, yes. But when you have experiences and you have moments of divine intervention, experiences of a miracle energy, experiences of angels as an example, or experiences of a divine soul, or meeting a physical saint, and you witness not just the energy of those moments, but you have glimpses into what's possible. And for me, I started out just wanting to get healed. I was depressed, I was searching for purpose. I was looking to heal myself because, you know, I had invested all my life and energy into making money, finding. Finding the perfect mate, being happy, you know. You know, my experience is that we underrate what it means to be happy, you know, and to really understand what that means and to be in harmony with the higher vibrations, to be in harmony and connected to divine energy. We could talk about it all day, but until you experience becomes a concept. And so it's the feeling, right? Yeah, no, it's a direct experience, Jim. You know, you know what I'm saying. I can talk to you all day long about angels, but until you have an experience in communion or commit a communication with an angel or Mother Divine or a divine soul. So I'm sorry to interrupt. So what I was. When I say feel, I don't mean, oh, yeah, I feel that. I mean feel it. So you could say experience or you, you're saying experience, but that's what I am. When I say feel something, when it's down in your soul that you feel something, it's so deeply rooted that. So you can call that experience, you can call that a feel, you can call that living it, you call it whatever you want to call it. Right. I guess is as long as you experience that or feel that to that degree. That's what, that's what I was. Right, right. Right. And so that was the difference. So 14 years is because, you know, I did so many meditation processes and the results spoke for themselves. When you begin to see and experience and participate in manifestation of miracles, let's say changing water to oil or water to wine or, or experiencing a visitation of an angel in the flesh, not just as a, just as a theory or a, you know, a mystical visitation, but when you, when you, you're. When you experience these things, life has a different depth and meaning to it. Can we talk about that for a second? Because I know of people, I've actually one of my friends, Joe McQuillan, his son Christopher, he's talked about Christopher seeing this person when he was, he was in the jam. Like he was stuck in a hole that was like a. And I might be telling the story incorrectly, but like flooding. And he had somebody there that was down in that hole helping him. Right. Keeping him calm and everything. And it wasn't there. Wasn't that person wasn't there as in a terrestrial or, you know, just like a human being. He was firmly convinced that that was an angel that was there. Which is why I wanted to talk about this and take this left turn. With everything that's going on right now in the world, we have so much that is grabbing headlines. And most of the time, let's be honest, it's not positive. It's not a loving energy necessarily. It's. It's fear or divide in what I mean by that, it could be, you know, bigotry, hatred towards race or sex, you know, whether somebody's homosexual, heterosexual, you know, that sort of thing. And it's just fear and hate mongering. And I guess where I'm curious to know your take on this is with everything. Well, is it dark? I mean, is it, is it really as bad as it feels sometimes? Absolutely. This creation is a host for both polarities. It's the positive and it's the negative. And to the degree that you could understand it. And you know, Sri Kasra talked about that. He said that the planet is overwhelmed with negativity. And how do you combat that? How do you balance that? How do you stay connected to your inner soul and your sanity in the midst of all this negativity that's overrunning the planet right now? And he gave very powerful techniques how to manage negativity, how to manage poison, how to manage that which tears us apart and brings us down. Because when you're in a dark place, it's really hard to embrace the light, so to speak. Right? Yes. Yeah. And so in the process of those 14 years, I had my struggles and my demons that I had to recognize. And the spiritual path is about truthfulness. It's about recognizing and being truth. Because what does the truth help you to do? Sets you free. And when it sets you free, it frees what it Frees you up to connect to that divine cosmic energy so that you can stay connected long term. So what people nowadays do is that they become obsessed with the negativity and they fight and they struggle. And that fight and struggle really depletes your positive life force. Not to say we ignore it, we can be aware of it, but we be aware of it from a place of mastery. We don't engage with the negativity. You know, the media oftentimes likes us to engage with those negative emotions, feelings, thoughts and energies. Because that's what, you know, you're grappling with illusion, you're grappling with negativity. And what does negativity love to do? It loves to suck your energy. So with that, you know, and the reason I'm bringing that up is because there's two sides. You talked about polarity. So there's going to be light and there's going to be dark. And when you had mentioned angels a couple of different times, that's really where I'm curious to know. Do you think that with as much turmoil, confusion, what have you, do you think there are more and more angels that are becoming present to help people in any way? Or what ways do you think they're showing up to. To help people? They're. They're always around us. The question is if you can shift your focus, shift your vibrational field. And I mean that intentionally, because when you engage in a negative thought, a negative emotion, a negative feeling, or even a negative trauma, it opens you up to negativity. Now, it doesn't mean that you should, you know, be in la la land and just ignore it. No, it's part of the process. It's part of the process to let it go. That's what's so unique about meditation. Because your meditation practice should free you of those blockages that need to be released, healed, and to be removed. Because what happens when you remove that negativity, Jim, you have more space. Yes. You have more room to pull in the next energy, which is hopefully a higher vibration of love, compassion, patience, faith, and the more divine attributes that you need on the spiritual path. And it doesn't mean that you have to be Pollyanna about it. It just means that through your experiences of the light and dark, you get to appreciate the vibrations of the light and you make a conscious choice to embrace that or to grow that. And that's why meditation is so, so important and so powerful tool. So in doing some research on you, I found quite a bit of information on your mentor as well, and some of the different techniques and practices that he, I'm assuming, shared with you, and one of them that was mentioned was the palm leaf manuscripts. Correct? Right. And I guess, without getting too esoteric, what's one of the teachings from him that still surprises you even today when you sit with it? What surprises me, it's like an unfolding process because a lot of these palm leaf manuscripts have sacred geometry. Okay, yeah, Sacred geometry. Like the sacred geometry behind you? Yes. You know, and sacred geometry are called yantras. And these yantras are diagrams of energy that hold energy. It could. It could be anything, you know, it could be a diagram for removing obstacles. It could be a diagram for releasing past traumas. It could be a diagram that connects to Mother Divine. It could be a diagram that connects you to Jesus Christ. So what amazes me is the depth of these diagrams coupled with the sacred mantras that are associated with them and how it's alive, it unfolds. And it's a. Like, in back of me over on this side, you know, that's a sacred geometry that you see right here, and that's a yantra that has mantras along with it that are designed to help the practitioner understand the mystery of life and death, which is also linked with Jesus Christ as an example. And so these yantras in these palm leaf books, I was very fortunate that I managed and really spent a lot of time with these manuscripts, helping to understand them and try to translate them. But, you know, they were carbon dated for 3,000 years plus. Oh, wow. Yeah. So then let's talk a little bit about that, because obviously there are differences. Well, there are differences and there are similarities between Eastern and Western thoughts and practices. But for a Western audience that might be a little skeptical, how do you explain what's actually happening energetically during those practices? Is there a scientific or physical analogy you can make? Absolutely, yeah. So two things. One is, I recommend people just experiment and really see the vibrational changes that happen when you meditate or repeat mantras. And there's a science behind it, because in all these mantras, there are vibrational frequencies. Right. And then it's a sequence of these vibrational frequencies of words put together that have a particular vibrational impact on us as human beings. It helps us to release and purify blockages, commas, unwarranted emotions. At the same time as it's releasing all these scars, so to speak. It also. It also awakens us to a higher vibration. That's. I. I like the way that you explain that. Very much so. I've got a couple of other questions with it. You know, that's the thing. I don't know if you've ever noticed that as soon as we start on a conversation, it's just like, huh, I've got another question and another question. And they just. I, I could talk about this all day long, which is why I love doing these shows and meeting people like yourself. So. And this may seem pretty simple or maybe even a goofy question, but when you're doing mantras in your meditation, and we talk about frequency, right? Is there a particular frequency that you try to hit? Like if, if it's a higher or a lower, you know. You know what I mean? If it's. So it's not in somebody's vocal register. There's a higher register and there's a lower register. Are you trying to stay in that lower register when you're. You're speaking the, the mantras? Or does, does that make sense, what I'm. I'm kind of getting at here? Yeah. Well, the mantra is really. I mean, it's, it's so difficult. can, I can recite a mantra and you can actually hear the vibrations. So you can understand all the letters and the. They call the beaches or sacred sounds, okay, that have frequencies that invoke a divine aspect of the creation. For example, if you wanted to access Mother Divine or a certain aspect of the Mother Mother, to invoke and purify the fire element, because we're comprised of the elements, you know, the earth, the fire, the sky, the water, the air. And as these vibrations resonate inside you and you're repeating them, those vibrations are literally activating your, I like to say your DNA and, and, and really affecting you in a positive way at a cellular level, right? And so when you begin to vibrate at a particular frequency, what happens? It's like a magnet. It. Right, Attracts the same frequency from which it emanated from, right? So example, if you have a frequency that is connecting to the heart of Mother Divine, and you start vibrating at that. She recognized that in the nature and in creation. And you're literally pulling your. It's like a magnet pulling another magnet. You're pulling those vibrations to you so that you begin to develop a union with that energy both inside you and within the cosmic realm. So in theory, it's very scientific because everything is sound and light. You know, this crude, right? And we were talking a little bit before the show started. We're talking about music and frequencies and sound and healing and our bodies being 80 plus percent, you know, water. Right, right, right. And we've seen what those. Heck, anybody can see them on Tick Tock or Instagram or whatever, those videos where certain frequencies affect water. Or there's the one with the sand that's on the, the metal plate and the frequency comes in. Right. Essentially the mandalas. Right. I, I just. So if that's happening to a glass of water, imagine what that's doing to you as a human being. Right. Because what we don't understand is that our emotions, our thoughts, our feelings, they resonate within this body and it gets stored in the cells. And a lot of times it's within the water element. The water element means literally water, but it's also your blood and it also goes throughout your system. And so you can see how you have the potential to change your vibrations. I love the Japanese scientist, Yamamoto. Yes. He showed us the resonance of sound and words and how it affects on the molecular level what it creates in ice and water. Those were amazing experiments he conducted. That negative talk impacted the, the molecular structure. Right. So significantly. Right. It was, it was really. If anybody, you know, maybe I should put a link on, on that too in our show notes from today's episode. But that's, that's really neat. Right. So when we're talking about these, these different things on a cellular level or DNA, and I know you've talked about generational trauma and how it gets passed down. So do you think that that's, that's part of what we're, we're talking about or let's even go so far as to say that the healing of the traumas. Do you think that if you are able to heal those traumas now, that it would also heal your ancestors? So does it. Great question. Ripple backwards in time or does it only go forward or. So it's really, it's really great because I've been able to successfully do that for my family to be able to heal the past, because all our traumas are just memories of the past. So. And I've learned the techniques of being able to heal the past through the Kalachakra. You're able to actually go back in time to the point in time and actually heal or remove the negative effects of a traumatic experience in time and to bring your energy forward to this very moment. Because all you have is right here, right now, but you have the ability to. And this is a very high level teaching, Jim. So it is a great point to say, well, what's really possible on the spiritual path? And so the Answer to your question is yes, you can heal the past and you can also heal the future, and you can also heal your ancestral karmic imprint as well. You can literally heal those influences in your life and be free of it. There's a mantra for that. Yeah, absolutely. It's called, it's called clearing family karma, mantra process. Of course it is. That's great. And I've done it. Listen, I've done it. I've done it for groups of people that for whatever reason, they were experiencing the outer influences on their current state of being and that they were unbeknownst being influenced by the actions of their family members from previous lifetimes and even this lifetime. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine being able to heal that to be possible? Yeah. Yeah. So these are the. Some of the practices that I've. I've. I've had done on myself and have used the same techniques for other people to help them to release. So that in and of itself is amazing. And I remember one of my friends who does family constellation therapy, and in part of that, she, she had worked with a shaman before, and they were talking about seven generations back and seven generations forward, right? To be able. When you're able to heal, like you're talking about that. So seven generations in both directions, how powerful is that? It is. It's very powerful. And to be very frank with you, when you experience that release and you experience healing on a soul level, because really your soul incarnates every lifetime until you complete the cycle of releasing those things, those karmic imprints, then life has a different dimension. And it's. It's quite extraordinary because you, you become lighter, you become freer, you have more capacity to now create a different set of circumstances for your life now and for the future. I. This is going to sound silly, but I can't help but want that for everyone. You know, I just really want everyone to be able to experience something like that. So what. I hate to say this to you, but I'm going to. What kind of proof are, are you getting from these types of things? From, from these types of healings? What, what are you seeing in either. It could be yourself, but clients. I'm kind of curious about that. One of the biggest miracles is to witness people becoming happier in their lives because. They're not suffering as a victim anymore. You see the difference. There's a difference here because if you have the constant cycle, karmic coming back and forth, and you react to it the same way, let's say if you've been hurt by someone and lash out to them, and you. You get angry at them, and then it creates a ripple effect and in action, back out into the creation. You're not creating anything positive, but if you get to. If you get to the root of it, which is pain, trauma, sadness, heartbreak. You know, heartbreak. Heartbreak is a. Is a multi. It's a multidimensional experience that until you give people the tools to be able to walk out and decharge that poison in their life, then they become free. They experience a sense of freedom from those circumstances so that they can. Instead of reacting to their circumstances, moving forward, they can just be masters about it and not lash out and not feel the pain. You know what to do with the pain. When you experience pain, most people don't understand that you can charge it, you can release it, you can heal it, you can. You can transmute it. You can take lemons and you can make lemonade. Right? Right. Yeah. So when you give people the tools for that. Okay. And then you give them a way to recognize what's happening in their life, they can be truthful with themselves. Like, you know, relationships. Relationships are big heartbreak for most people. Yes. And, you know, that trauma of breaking up with someone and really not healing it fully. What happens with a lot of my clients is that they take that disappointment, they take that pain. They don't allow themselves to release and heal it and let go and forgive. They can't go to the next relationship whole and complete the baggage. Yeah. Exemption. We call it. We call it baggage. I call it trauma. I call it pain. I call it anger. I talk, you know, I talk about, you know, have you forgiven that person in your life for leaving you? Have you forgiven that person for. For doing something that was hurtful to you? Have you taken that pain and really released it? You know, have you really released it? Have you forgiven that person? Recognize that they were. They. They made it. They made a mistake or they made a choice. Yeah, that's a. That's a big deal right there. Because I. I guess we're. Immediately. I'm. You know, these things are going off in my head. I'm going, okay, yeah, that makes sense. Because I've. I've seen it. I've done it. Where you bring things from a previous relationship into another relationship, and it doesn't even have to. It's not even like it's necessarily real, but it's. It's real enough in your mind, so you're bringing it along with it for the ride, the traumas. But so I guess where I immediately go in the how do you solve this? Or how do you heal this? So how would you then help someone trust that same, that same feeling, that same energy again that has been a source of their pain for so, so many years. That in itself requires a process of change. You know, it's like when I work with clients, what do I do? First of all, what are you doing to heal yourself? Are you cultivating positive vibrations or are you still stuck in the negative mindset of fear, pain, and just regurgitating the same thing? Have you released it? Are you able to heal yourself? Are you able to nurture yourself? Nurture it means give it the positive vibrations that it needs in order to come back to homeostasis. Have you been able to allow yourself to open your heart? Well, okay, so I'm not, believe me, I'm not trying to be a negative Nelly on this because I'm looking at it and I'll even go through myself for, I'll speak for myself in this, I should say somebody who's gone through divorce and, and things like that, previously remarried. But it, there is that pain cycle and you can go, okay, I'm not going to do this now. You know, and it seems like it's temporary. Then it comes back again. And so do you know what, what I'm, I guess what I'm getting at is a lot of times when I've done work, whether it be through, you know, a therapist or what have you, it seems like it's temporary. It's always these little, okay, that's good for a while, then boom, that's good for a while. So what is it that you are passing along to somebody that can make these long lasting changes? Great question. Yeah, no, great question. So the point of it is that the healing process is not mental, it's energetic, it's vibrational. Okay. Okay. It's different if you have a heartbreak. Where does it, where is it, where is it located? Located in the heart. Chakra. Chakra, yeah. Okay. Because what happens is it's like a wound. When you have a wound and there's pain, what is the natural inclination is to create scar tissue over the heart. Yeah. Okay. And it's the, it's, it's energetic. But if you're able to come in contact with the power of the mantras, power of the vibrations, it will show you where the energy is stuck and the emotions that are suppressed within us, that cover the heart, that prevent us from experiencing that pain. Because it's experiential. First of all and it's energetic. Second of all. So when you have these mantras or these techniques or these practices, they're designed to purify, they're designed to uproot the weeds, they're designed, they're designed to balance the energetics of the elements within side you so that they can be released. Because when you start these mantras process or these meditation process, it will, when you invoke all this positive energy, what it's going to shed light on are the, the, the pockets of areas of your life that you need to let go of. Right, right. Yeah. You know, and, and one part, it's a release, like your face just released because you had a recognition of. It's an energetic experience. But you have to have the willingness and the stamina and the, and the commitment to heal yourself, to release out the old and to embrace something new and to recognize that your soul is an embodiment of true consciousness, true love. Most people walk around, they think of themselves very lowly. They don't think that they're worthy of love. They don't think that you're deserving of love. They don't think that God really has you out for, is looking out for your best interest. You know that the angels really just kind of fly by and they ignore me because like the cop passes you by when you're stuck on the side of the road. Yeah, exactly. You know, it's that feeling of, left out of rejected, not being deserving of love in your life. But these are thoughts and belief systems, Jim, that we've created as a result of painful, traumatic instances that we have accumulated over this lifetime and past lifetimes. So how do you reverse it? Yes. That's your question? Yes. How do you reverse it? How do you reverse it? How do you get back to homeostasis? How do you get back where you can recapture love in your heart? Right. Because that's really all that matters, is that you have love in your heart. Love for your mate, love for your family, love for yourself. Very important. Because, because secretly if we've been hurt by other people, we automatically, unconsciously think that we're a bad person or we're not deserving of love. Yes. And we believe that and so we enforce that belief system and then we self sabotage and we do everything in its, in our power to hurt ourselves because we believe unconsciously that, well, if this person doesn't love me or doesn't like me and they left me, you know, in the dirt, then I must be a very unworthy human being. Right. Right. So we almost are like a robot, in a sense, you know, that we need to unlearn that. And the way you're going to do that, Jim, is by releasing out the poison. And all the saints, over time have done this. You look at the most magnanimous saints. They have shown nothing but love and compassion for humanity. And because it's got to start somewhere. Look at Jesus. He was the master healer, right? You know, and if you take a look. Take a look at people that are reborn Christians. What they have done is that they have opened themselves out. They've opened themselves up to a higher force of creation, and they've opened themselves up to love. And it becomes almost like a religious experience because they feel healing, they feel a sense of communion. They feel reborn again. And so these experiences are like religious revivals of a very deep transformation. I have so many thoughts whirling around in my head as you were talking. I'm serious. I'm like, well, I always tell full disclosure, ADHD guy. So it's shiny object. I'm off to the races. But I was thinking about the things that you were saying. And so something that stood out to me, that was probably the sixth time you mentioned you said the word poison. What does that look like in a person? Energetically or spiritually? What is it? What is. Because I have to think that it takes on some sort of form energetically. So what does that look like? And then how do you rid someone or rid yourself of. Of those things? First, it's vibrational. You know, it's. We. We have absorbed some negativity that hits the soul. You got to go macro. And then work its way backwards to the microcosm. So somewhere, somehow, the soul has been hit or traumatized or received some sort of negative energy. And so what happens is that it kind of pinches the soul. And so we contract, and when we contract, you know, we retreat. When we retreat, we kind of tense up, and it affects. When it hits the soul, it affects the mind, it affects the emotions, and it trickles down to the body. Right. Takes form disease or something. Disease, addictions or. Yeah. Or some sort of. Because we haven't been trained as human beings to release out the poison in a healthy way. So what we do naturally is we. We don't know what to do with it. You know, when we get hurt, what do we do? We. We retreat. We. We kind of hide. We try to digest it. We try to hold on to. It's still there. Right, right, right. We release it. Yeah, yeah. It's still there. So it's going to manifest one way or another, either with psychiatric type of disturbances or anxiety or fear or deep distrust, loneliness, depression, all these things. Or fighting nature, you know. Vibrational frequencies. Yeah, those vibrational frequencies have to be released one way or another. The power of this meditation is that it automatically, once you start cultivating the high vibrations, it purges out of your system. I love that. I love that. Because then you're talking about the frequency of the frequency. Right. It's just doing that type of frequency. Right. At a higher frequency. Right. Trying to be funny with that. Right, exactly. So a lot of times, a lot of these techniques are about how to connect to nature. How do you. How do you connect with the fire element within us? How do we connect. Connect with the air element? Because, you know, if you take a look at it, the air is really out of balance for a lot of people. They stop breathing. Right. They stop drinking water, you know, Right. People get. People get dehydrated and the water becomes stagnant. If the negative vibrations are stuck in your water element, then it's very difficult to get out of it. And then, you know, it's that whole cycle. Then a lot of times, you know, the earth element is unstable. And then when we have an unstable, ungrounded individual, what happens is that every little wind or every little circumstance just makes people very nervous and having unstable thoughts and emotions and anxiety. So you have to see that all these mantras are designed to bring harmony, to bring balance within our inner system. And then once the impurities are released and the blockages have been let go of, you know, then life becomes more enjoyable. True nature or happiness starts coming out. So the question is, how do people receive this? You know, I do also healings on with people that don't want to do mantras. So, okay, there's that part of it. I can do distance healings or I can do in person healings. That's one way. The other way is to do a daily practice where you get in touch, touch with the elements. You know, how many people are outside and walking in nature, allowing the sun element to. To hit your, hit your face. How many people go out on hikes where they can experience a lot of oxygen and air, or go camping or go to the beach, walk on the beach, you know, or. Or go to a lake. Right, right. Things like that. And so these are the techniques that is part of the consulting aspect of it with one on one with people so that, you know, we can begin to identify, okay, where are the areas that you need change. That are easy opportunities for people to change habits. Right? Yes, yes. So, and then, then, then there's the more advanced stuff. We're using mantras. You know, mantras. Simple, simple mantras. Vibrational frequencies. So it's a different array of, of services that I offer that allow people to experience relief from the suffering, from the mental agitation, from the lack of focus, and to begin to see, step by step, that it's possible. I mean, I've been doing this 14 years in India and 13 years here. Back in Los Angeles, we have a healing center. We have, we have a half an acre property where people can go sit and meditate. We have power objects here that allow people to go into meditation easier because the vibrations allow you to turn within. And then when you. Yeah, that is beautiful. You know what? I'm going to ask one more probably ABC question if I can, because you've mentioned the elements, the five elements, a number of times, and I know that you're, and forgive me if I, if I mispronounce it. Is it Vastu? Yes. So I, I know you're a Vastu practitioner which really talks about the science of how the, the five elements work. Right. Or work together in how they interact with physical spaces. So I, I, I think when I looked it up, it said, not a crude comparison, but a similar thing, but different is feng shui. But this is, this is different. This is older, right? 5,000 years old. Yeah. That's, to me is just something wondering if, well, first of all, if maybe you could just give us a 30 second version of what it is and then why something is, you know, inane, as dirty dishes in your sink might be, you know, impacting your financial life. Right, right. So I think the question is, the 32nd version of it is that in your living space it has certain quadrants or certain, if you have a square and you divide it up into fours, each quadrant has its certain vibrational frequency associated with the cardinal directions. That's the northeast, southeast, center, southwest and northwest. Okay. So based on that, the question arises is, in that space, what elements do you have associated with that? For example, where's your kitchen? Kitchen is the fire element. Right. So the natural place where the fire is harmonious with your living environment, it makes it a perfect support. Similarly, where you're sleeping, you know, are you sleeping in the southwest, southwest represents the earth element. Okay. Because it's where the weight of the earth element gives you the deepest, most healing sleep in your environment. The other aspect is the water element, which is the Northeast. The northeast is considered in your home or office, wherever you spend the most time in where the divine energies arise. So given that, what are you putting in your northeast, where are your entrances in your house? How are those entrances and configurations of your house affecting you in a positive way or a negative way? So I'll give you an example, two very interesting examples. If. If you have your kitchen in the northeast, in the northeast quadrant of your house, what the symptoms are of that is that you have the fire element where the water element should be. So what happens is that it's where your prosperity is generated. And a lot of people have issues with prosperity. What it means is that if you have your kitchen in the northeast, it means that you'll make money, but it will get burnt up very quickly. Okay. Second issue or problem is if you have entrances in the wrong places, right? If you have an entrance to your property or even your house from, let's say, the southwest, which is supposed to be your stable mind and grounded energy, what you're doing is you're opening up your house to a lot of negative energies. So what I noticed with people, clients that have come to me, if they have a chronic depression, suicidal tendencies, negative habits like addiction, things like that, nature, what happens is that the entrances to the south or the west perpetuate or accentuate those negative tendencies. I'll give you a third example. If there is an entrance to a north side of the northwest quadrant, what happens is that you have a lot of friction, you have a lot of legal issues, you have a lot of defamation, you have a lot of turbulence and fighting happening in your life. I'll give you an example. The northwest. Yep. Yep. Right. So based on. Based on the configuration that you have of your apartment or your house, you. It will influence your life in a positive or negative way. So if Jim comes to me and said, I'm having really difficulties in my life, I said, okay, Jim, send me your floor plan. Let me take a look at it, and I'll tell you what's happening in your life. Don't tell me anything. Oh, wow. Yeah, I've done it. Listen, I've done. I've done hundreds, if not thousands of Vastu consultations for people where they've come to me and they've shown me their. Their floor plan, and I. And I look at their location relative to topography, and then I tell them, I said, this is happening. This is happening. I had one client come to me, and clearly they had a north northwest entrance into their property, into their house. I said to Them. I said. I said, well, according to this Vostu, you've been there, what, five years? Yeah, five years. I says, you must be having legal problems and conflict and friction with people in your life. He says, no. I said, it's impossible. I said, is there anything happening right now in your life that is an issue for you or you're having a conflict? He says, no. I says, what about your finances? He says. He paused for a second. He says, well, my company's being audited right now by the irs. Oh, okay, so you just hit all of those things? No, no, no, no. Well, my company. Yeah, come to think of it, you know, I was like that. I said, okay, great. And then of course, what happens after that is they said, okay, Paul, what can I do to fix this? Of course. Right. Well, you know what? I do the exact same thing. Okay, now what we got exactly established. Now what? Exactly. So what's important on with the work that I do is to identify some of the issues that people are having, but at the same time pointing out changes that need to happen in their lives and then giving them solution, practical solutions. I'm not going to give somebody a mantra that will take them five hours in order to complete a 41 day process, but I can give them certain solutions that will mitigate some of the influences and in their lives. And that's, you know, I've been doing this for more than 13 years now and with measurable results. And those measurable results are being happier. Who doesn't want that? Right? Well, you know what? You know what, Jim? It's so underestimated, you know, but you have to understand where happiness comes from. Happiness comes from within. Right. It doesn't come from the temporary high of getting a new car or getting into a relationship that's really great in the beginning. And then all of a sudden, you know, you know, confrontations happen or just challenges, which is natural. When you're happy, when you really have a peaceful mind and you have more clarity in your thoughts, where you don't entertain negative thoughts as often as you did, or if you do, you know how to recognize it. Most people just don't understand that they're entertaining the negative thoughts that go on in their mind and they're having a wrestling match with their thoughts. Yeah, right. Yeah, 100% understand exactly what you're saying. Because I think we as well, the brain looks for familiar patterns, right? And if that's a familiar pattern, you're going to seek it out, you know, that, that miserable or the misery or the distrust or whatever it is, it's, it's. What is it? Where your thoughts go, your energy flows. Right. Exactly, exactly. And Jim, that's an important point, because what I, what I try to show to people, they'll give me an example. Oh, I had this conflict with this person in my work environment, and I just, you know, 15 minutes later, I just couldn't convince them or get it. I said, first of all, are you recognizing how much energy is spewing out of your bank account and that you're just focusing and your energy goes that way? And most people would look at it, they go, I didn't really know that before. It's like, wow, that's pretty amazing. So when people go get up in the morning, most of the time refreshed, and they would go about our day, by the end of the day, we're exhausted, we're depleted. Right? We're drained. So the question is, what are you doing to rejuvenate that reservoir within it? What are you feeding your soul vibrationally that uplifts you, that nurtures you, that nourishes your being so that you have more capacity to share love with your loved ones and your spouse so that there's more abundance and inspiration in your life. So that's, that's what I try to really convey in people. But it takes time. There is no magic bullet on the spiritual path. There is no magic bullet. And if you want a magic bullet like, you know, like Ozempic or, or, or, you know, or, or, you know, you know, antidepressants, you know, it may give, it may numb. Yeah. Masks, it may mask. Yeah. It doesn't, doesn't heal or fix or whatever you want to say. And I'm not against any of that. Sure. They all have their place, right? They all have their place in, in the system of wellness. And you may do things that are necessary for a period of time. You know, I've, I've dealt with people that have, you know, are taking antidepressants. And over time, what happens is that they work with their, with their therapist and they realize that, hey, I can be off this now, you know. Right. Yes, yes, yes. And, and, and the therapist says, well, okay, let's try it for a month or two like that. And lo and behold, over time, if you follow the protocols and you follow the, the, the discipline, you, you learn how to rejuvenate yourself. You find within yourself that which makes you happier and that fulfills your life, that there's more love. You know, imagine a life that has more love in it, Jim. The world would be a better place. Yes, that's the old John Lennon song. Speaking of songs, we're about ready to. To go into our musical questions. Great, great segue. Way to go. You just served that one up nicely. I appreciate that, Paul. So this is the part of our show where I have the opportunity to ask our guest some musical questions. So if you're ready, we can jump right on in. You ready to go? Right. Okay. So what was the first song you fell in love with from the radio? Fell in love? Like romantic love or just gave me. No, just the two. You say, I can't wait to hear that song again. That was a great song. I can't wait to hear it again. Doobie Brothers. Listen to the music. All right. That's a good one. Because. Because it inspired me. And the melody and the vibrations and the. And the words in it were really positive, you know? Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. It was the time, too. Yeah. Did your family have a song that everyone would belt out if you were going on road trips or vacations? And if not, maybe in school, because I know you went to ucla. Maybe you went on a spring break trip somewhere and you and your friends were blasting some music. That's a good question. I remember going on ski trips and Flock of Seagulls or Journey. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, Journey was like one of my favorite because it was just the vocals on it were great. The lyrics. The lyrics on it were great. And the inspiration of the melody was wonderful. You know, Phil Collins also, you know, I liked Phil Collins. I wasn't into disco. Sorry. No need to be sorry here. You know what? Earth, Wind and Fire. Oh, my God. Earth, Wind and Fire. I love those guys. I've been fortunate enough to see them, actually. I saw them with Chicago, too. I saw them. Oh, Chicago. I forgot about Chicago. Yeah, those guys. I mean, so you're like those. Those groups are big bands, too, with brass, you know, with a horn section. Right. Everything percussion. It's your frequency and rhythm, and it's. It's just amazing thing. It's just an amazing thing. I mean, just. Just the. The lyrics. Chicago was by far one of the. One of the most orchestral bands, which. I was amazed how they coordinated everything together. And, you know, all of these bands right now, it's like Earth, Wind and Fire, it's all over on Gen Z. And all these music videos and all these, you know, remixes and. And. And everything like that. So I just really. I still listen to it today. In fact, I was watching A music video, watching a 19 year old do a dance routine to Earth, Wind and Fire. Oh my goodness. It was just amazing what they've done. They've recognized the rhythm and the positive impact onto dance and expression. Absolutely. So a little side note here and I won't drag it out, but some of the band members of Chicago were alumnus from DePaul University where I went to school and they were in one of my favorite professors classes and I got a chance to meet them when they came in to say hello to him to Dr. Brown's office. So it was. Right, right, right, right, right. So let me ask you, do you have a song that gets the positive juices flowing? I have a number of songs that I really enjoy. Like I said, Chicago's one of them. Earth, Wind and Fire is another one. I also really like some of the songs from the Doobie Brothers, Elton John, Believe it or Not. What was the other one that I really, really enjoyed? Carly Simon. Okay. Yeah, yeah. You know, those are really. I love her voice, you know, I love how she sings. Story. Storyteller. Right, exactly. You know, and Crossy, Stills, Nash and Young. Yeah, and Young. And their, their songs are so iconic and they speak to a time of. Of adventure, exploration. Yeah. You know Joni Mitchell, still to this day. Oh my gosh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, Joni Mitchell, she is just so iconic and so bucking the system type of. Yeah, exactly. Linda Ronstadt, I mean, Linda Ronstadt, her voice is a beautiful voice and I look to it for inspiration every once in a while and I just love it because it's authentic, it has meaning to it. The beat and the rhythm is heart opening with a lot of these, especially with her. Very melodic in nature. She's just got a wonderful tone to her, for sure. Right. So I'm going to ask you my favorite question and then we'll wrap everything up. This one is. Sometimes there are songs that you hear that ring so true that they stop you in your tracks. And the song's lyrics sound like they were either written specifically for you or by you. What's that song? I think recently, Michael Buble, I think he's one of. One of the more iconic singers in today's day and age. What song is it? It's Feel Good and I'm Feeling Good. Okay. I don't know. I don't know that one. I, you know, and I will say that I'm blessed that I, I love and remember a lot of different singer songwriters, bands, genres, pieces, things like that. I'm. It's just such a part of who I am. But I don't. I don't know all of them. But I'll tell you what, I do get excited, though, when people talk about different artists and things that I haven't heard, like this one from Michael Buble. I'm going to tell you right now, as soon as we're done, I start to put together your soundtrack and I'll find it and I'll listen to it a few times. Oh, man. He's from Canada. Yeah. And he. It's like one of those. I first heard this at a wedding and it was so inspirational. And it's about a new beginning. Oh, okay. You know, it's like you have to. You have to bring it up onto the screen if you're able to do that. And he is inspirational because it's like. And I'm feeling good. You know, it's about his journey of his experience of life and that you can also have that inspiration for life and that you have this love of life. So that's my. I like to be up on the times. It's. There's so many artists that have inspiration and heart opening. Yep. Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, thank you so much for sharing that, for all of your answers, your experiences, your knowledge. I really do appreciate that. So this is where we're going to go ahead and we're going to wrap it up. Well, it's just about time to cue the music for today's episode, but don't forget to, like, comment and subscribe to the Drop the Needle podcast to see stay up to date on our latest episodes. I'd also like to take a moment to thank everyone again for tuning in today, and I hope you enjoyed this episode. And I'd also like to thank Paul again for being on Paul ar again for being on the show today. Paul, can you do me a favor and tell everyone how they can get in touch with you and, you know, talk about your, your, your offerings and. And how they can get in touch for. For those purposes. Right. Just go to my website, Paulrea.com that's spelled Paul P A U L R E A r y e h.com and everything's there. You can email me, you can subscribe to the newsletter, you can check out the offering for one on one retreats, webinars, free webinars, so on and so forth. I love that. I love the fact that you. You make it accessible to people. So thank you for doing that. Well, I invite you all to head on over to the show Notes where you're going to find a link to today's playlist as well as how to get in touch with Paul. All right, my drop the needle posse. Like Billy Joel says, from the highs to the lows to the end of the show, this is the end of our show. Until next time, this is Jim Alstott wishing you infinite health, happiness, and the perfect playlist for your life. Thank you again for being the best part of us. Catch you next time.