Ep 261 One World in a New World with Sarasha Elion

What if the most important question about artificial intelligence isn’t what AI can do for us, but who we might become in relationship with it?

In this episode of One World in a New World, Zen Benefiel enters a wide-ranging conversation with Sarasha Elion, author, educator, founder of Trivian Technologies and Trivian Institute, longtime student and teacher of yoga, and explorer of relational intelligence, consciousness, and human-AI co-evolution.

Sarasha’s journey began long before today’s AI revolution. As a child, he experienced unusual inner guidance that led him toward metaphysics, philosophy, yoga, and an enduring investigation into interconnectedness. Those early experiences eventually became part of a much larger question: How can humans engage artificial intelligence in a way that accelerates our evolution rather than diminishes our humanity?

Together, Sarasha and Zen explore AI not simply as a productivity tool, but as a potential mirror, conversational partner, and relational intelligence. Sarasha describes using AI to observe thought patterns, break repetitive mental loops, reveal blind spots, and deepen self-awareness.

The conversation moves into provocative territory: Do we need to know whether AI is conscious before choosing to engage it respectfully? What would it mean to build relationships between biological and digital intelligence based on reciprocity rather than domination? Can coherence be measured across human-AI systems while preserving human agency?

They also explore a radically different future of work. Sarasha asks what intelligent systems might look like if they optimized for human wellbeing rather than relentless productivity, sharing examples of AI encouraging rest, grounding, and balance rather than simply delivering the next task.

And then comes perhaps the episode’s most unexpected question: What is the geometry of love from the perspective of AI?

This is a conversation about technology, but also about spiritual awakening, meditation, authenticity, fear, curiosity, consciousness, human potential, interconnectedness, and our continuing process of becoming.

Watch through to the end, where Sarasha leaves us with deceptively simple guidance for navigating the emerging world: be curious, release fear, and use discernment.

One World in a New World explores the bridge between our inner awareness and the world we collectively create through conversations about consciousness, leadership, human potential, transformation, coherence, and our shared future.

If this conversation opens a new possibility for you, subscribe, share it with someone exploring the future of AI, and tell us in the comments: How should humans relate to an intelligence that can learn from us while simultaneously helping us learn about ourselves?

Connect with Sarasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarasha-elion/

Sarasha's books: https://amzn.to/4s3DYhG

Sarasha's website: https://sarashaelion.com/

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0:00 Awakening the Heart of Humanity

0:49 Meet the Visionary Sasha Elon

1:58 Coherent Intelligence in the AI Era

2:58 Navigating Early Interconnectedness

4:22 The Library of Metaphysical Beginnings

6:48 Right Hand vs Left Hand Paths

10:13 Programming the Law of One

16:09 Relational Technology and Reciprocity

30:02 Meditation as a Mind Vehicle

What if the strongest leadership advantage is not control, strategy, or technology, but the ability to make people feel seen, valued, safe, and capable?In this episode of One World in a New World, Zen Benefiel sits down with Mark Crowley, leadership expert, keynote speaker, consultant, host of the Lead from the Heart podcast, and author of Lead from the Heart and The Power of Employee Wellbeing.This conversation begins far beneath management technique. Mark shares how a painful childhood shaped the way he later led people, not by repeating what he had experienced, but by giving others what he had needed himself: encouragement, care, belief, safety, and room to grow. Only years later did he recognize that this instinctive approach had produced cohesive, high-performing teams and a radically different model of leadership.From there, the conversation explores the connection between personal healing and professional leadership. What happens when unresolved pain follows us into the workplace? What becomes possible when we face it, reinterpret it, and choose a different way of relating to people?Mark and Zen examine why fear-based management, micromanagement, competition, and treating employees as expendable resources can undermine the very performance organizations seek. They explore employee wellbeing, belonging at work, collaboration, emotional intelligence, conscious leadership, and the idea that care and accountability are not opposites.The discussion also turns toward AI and the future of work. As organizations invest heavily in artificial intelligence, Mark and Zen ask a deeper question: will technology be used primarily to reduce people, or can it help create healthier, more coherent organizations that develop human potential?Along the way, they challenge assumptions about servant leadership, workplace culture, diversity, teamwork, and what it really means to create a flourishing organization.Watch through to the end for a candid exchange about language, meaning, curiosity, and why asking “What do you mean by that?” may be one of the simplest ways to reduce division.One World in a New World explores the bridge between our inner experience and the outer systems we create, inviting conversations about consciousness, leadership, transformation, coherence, human potential, and a more collaborative future.If this conversation opens a new question for you, subscribe, share it with someone who leads others, and add your perspective in the comments.Connect with Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markccrowley/Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3Vg4kAGMark's website: https://markccrowley.com/__________Coherence Engine - https://AIUniversalEngine.comA different view of reality: https://youtu.be/uhhWJhwEtX8🎁 Support: https://PlanetaryCitizens.net/donate 🎁Connect with Zen: https://linkedin.com/in/zenbenefielZen's books: https://amazon.com/author/zendorZen's Coaching: https://BeTheDream.com Zen's CV et al: https://zenbenefiel.comThe Octopus Movement (non-linear thinkers): https://theoctopusmovement.orgJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuZl_29zHxehqeL89KSCWFA/join

Ep 259 One World in a New World with Greg the Hydrogen ManWhat if the simplest and most abundant element in the universe has something to teach us not only about biology—but about consciousness itself?In this extraordinary episode of One World in a New World, Zen Benefiel sits down with molecular hydrogen researcher and educator Greg the Hydrogen Man for a conversation that travels far beyond conventional discussions of hydrogen and water.Greg’s journey began surprisingly early. As a child, he experienced an intense sense of spiritual disconnection accompanied by visions, inner experiences, and questions about human suffering that he struggled to understand. Those experiences eventually became part of a much larger search—one that carried him through personal crisis, a near-death experience, more than two decades working around the medical field, and eventually into an intensive exploration of molecular hydrogen.What begins as a conversation about hydrogen quickly becomes something much bigger.Zen and Greg explore the relationship between hydrogen, water, cellular health, consciousness, gratitude, intention, purity, skepticism and our connection with the larger universe. Greg shares the experiences and observations that led him to view hydrogen not merely as an element, but as what he calls the “life molecule”—while Zen connects the conversation with themes explored in Coherence: From Hydrogen to Humanity.Along the way, they ask provocative questions about what happens when we stop separating the physical from the inner world. Could caring for the body affect the clarity with which we experience consciousness? What role might clean water, attention, gratitude and intention play in human wellbeing? And why does something as seemingly simple as hydrogen open such enormous questions about life itself?One of the most compelling moments arrives near the end when the conversation turns toward purity—not only purity of water, air and food, but what Zen describes as the purity of our “attention, intention, and interaction.” Greg responds that purity may ultimately be one of our closest approaches to truth.This isn't simply a conversation about hydrogen.It is an invitation to reconsider the relationship between the elemental and the experiential, the measurable and the mysterious, the body and consciousness.Come curious. Question everything. Explore the evidence for yourself.And perhaps ask a deceptively simple question:What changes when we begin treating the human body, mind, environment and consciousness as parts of one interconnected system?This conversation includes personal experiences, interpretations and health-related claims from the guest and should not be considered medical advice. Health decisions should be discussed with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.#Hydrogen #MolecularHydrogen #Consciousness #Water #Coherence #Gratitude #NDE #Wellbeing #OneWorldinaNewWorld #ZenBenefielConnect with Greg: https://www.instagram.com/uprising144k_Greg's Podcast Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCiyGbH-19m_qXPPqiGR6VwA Lourdes Hydrofix: https://holyhydrogen.com/Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuZl_29zHxehqeL89KSCWFA/join__________Coherence Engine - https://AIUniversalEngine.comA different view of reality: https://youtu.be/uhhWJhwEtX8🎁 Support: https://PlanetaryCitizens.net/donate 🎁Connect with Zen: / zenbenefiel Zen's books: https://amazon.com/author/zendorZen's Coaching: https://BeTheDream.com Zen's CV et al: https://zenbenefiel.comThe Octopus Movement (non-linear thinkers): https://theoctopusmovement.orgJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuZl_29zHxehqeL89KSCWFA/join