#012 - Blu of Earth - The Disease of Distraction: Why You Can't Hear God (And How to Finally Listen)

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What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and the world had gone silent?Eight months ago, that's exactly what happened to Blu. After 34 years of hearing, she went deaf overnight — and instead of becoming a victim of the experience, she calls it the most sacred teacher of her life.Blu is an artist, mystic, and storyteller. Alongside her creative partner Lily Ashwell, she spent three and a half years hand-crafting "Heavenly Bodies Tarot" — a tarot deck of 78 original artworks made entirely by human hands, in a world drowning in synthetic noise. She is also the host of the Deja Blu podcast.A few lines from the conversation that stuck with me:"Comfort is the death of the evolution of the soul.""The most sacred thing is what is.""We're running ourselves dry, getting ourselves sick, and wondering why we can't hear God.""It's really inefficient to be an asshole."and...my overwhelming favorite:"The only disability is that of a bad attitude" (original quote from Scott Hamilton)In this conversation, we explore what it means to turn your greatest challenge into your greatest gift, why comfort is the death of the evolution of the soul, and how to tell the difference between synthetic and authentic in the age of AI. Blu shares the story of sending telepathic apologies from a treehouse in the Amazon jungle — and receiving two replies. We talk about why time isn't real, how ritual turns the mundane into magic, why the goal was never to be high vibe but to be honest with what's most alive, why all judgment is a confession, and what it actually takes to live a meaningful life.She went deaf so she could teach the rest of us how to listen.Enjoy!Chapters0:00 Living with your soul wide open3:31 Going deaf overnight5:37 The most sacred thing is what is7:00 Comfort is the death of the soul8:46 The only disability is a bad attitude11:39 When a sense gets taken away12:38 Synthetic vs authentic15:36 Three years making a tarot deck18:27 Telepathy and the Amazon jungle21:41 The two apologies arrive26:10 Lazy or built into a system27:44 Time