🙏 Spiritual Bro rose out of an attempt to deal directly with difficulties raised by the influence of language upon thought. Using it is not to learn to speak in a "perfect" way, but rather to learn what it means to speak imperfectly.
👋 Product Hunt! Brian Swichkow here.
In a time of personal transition, a friend and advisor made me aware of where my language undermined my intentions. Over time, I became frustrated with the pace at which I was able to change, or release, these stories; the frames that no longer served me.
In an email newsletter to friends, I shared my frustrations and playfully declared an intention to create a "spell check for your spirit." One recipient of that email was @johnzdanowski, the former CFO of Second Life and General Assembly, he matched my energy and said, "I'll fund that."
At the time, I had a sticky note on my bathroom mirror that said "I am attracting the perfect partners into my life" and John had a daily mantra of "I am reinventing venture finance to accelerate humanity's transition to the next stage of consciousness." We manifested each other.
Spiritual Bro began as, and continues to be, a co-creative adventure; a space for play and mutual elevation. In conversations at our gatherings, we have joyously been present for friends of resonance as they retract verbal "I'm trying to" statements and replace them with "I'm doing" or "I'm making space for". Often, this happens when they are merely aware Spirit Check exists.
The extension was born in jest, when the truth of the message couldn't be fully accepted, and has since manifested moments of magic that escape the bondage of words. What we might have previously called "crazy coincidence" seems to happen more frequently every day. Spirit Check is an enlightenment experiment, a play thing, a cosmic joke. We've had a blast building it and are excited to share it.
As Alan Watts said, "the Universe is a magical illusion and a fabulous game."
Thanks for hunting us @sethlouey 🙌
P.S. Use the code 'PHLOVE' on spiritualbro.com/community and get free forever access to our 'Little Bro' slack community where we co-create Spirit Check and support one anothers' elevation.
🙌 @gallowrob! As Alan Watts also said, “You're under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago.” When we are conscious of the stories we tell, we can let go of those which no longer serve us. We made Spiritual Bro to prompt this presence 🙏
@brianswichkow You had me at "Alan Watt"... I just installed the extension and about to test it out. Have some corporate blog posts I want to run through it next week before I publish them. Tinker time!
I recall the amount of "buts" and "I needs" that polluted my text habits, and how this extension (+ the people behind it) helped me align positivity before all into my tone. It will spread onto your everyday and we ALL could use more positivity in our lives. Thank you for this!
❤️ that, @gallowrob. I'm so happy and grateful you brought your energy into the space; and to co-create with you as a Bro. Love ever minute of playing with you.
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