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Last week we explored this question:

Is there a self beneath the self?

To my surprise, I received wonderful notes of feedback from two fellow readers:

I know what you’re thinking: “do you really have to brag?”

But I promise, I’m not sharing these screenshots to stroke my ego in public. I’m sharing this because I have a small, partly shameful, partly by-product-of-our-times confession to make…

Last week’s newsletter was produced without the help of ChatGPT. So yeah, that’s the confession. Many newsletters/articles in the past have been written with the help of LLMs.

So you can imagine the very human feelings I felt when I received those messages.

I felt seen. Not for my cleverness but for my humanness.

For the first time in a while, I wasn’t just producing content. I was connecting human to human.

And don’t get me wrong—I am still very much pro-AI. I don’t know how anyone can be anti-AI. It’s like being anti-fire. The question isn’t whether it’s good or bad, but how we choose to wield it.

Scene from the film “Quest for Fire” (1981)

And that’s the point. Fire doesn’t know what it’s doing. AI doesn’t feel what it creates.

Yet, we’re now living in a world where books, brands, and businesses are being spun up in minutes.

So if creativity is becoming faster, easier, more frictionless…what role does human consciousness play now?

I’ll give you a hint: it’s still AI.

But no, I’m not referring to Artificial Intelligence. I’m not even referring to Apple Intelligence.

I’m referring to Archetypal Intelligence.

If knowing how to prompt Artificial Intelligence today is like being an influencer in the early days of social media, then developing Archetypal Intelligence is like holding a key to the Library of Alexandria during the Hellenistic Age—with the power to shape the soul of civilization.

So the question is: Who do you want to be in this rapidly evolving universe?

Do you want to be someone who is constantly chasing the next machine-driven trend, always optimizing, always reacting?

Or do you want to be the kind of person who wields their human consciousness, not just to build a flourishing world, but to encounter the depths of their own potential?

If it’s the latter, I’m excited to invite you to a free masterclass on how to cultivate this untapped form of AI—Archetypal Intelligence—and step into your power as a mythic leader.

Abeer and I look forward to seeing you there!

In Mystery,

Somya Desai