If I use AI, am I selling my soul?

So, can you be a spiritual woman and

utilize AI? I want to speak to this from

a point of reverence, not from a point

of defense, and not from a point of

hype. As we move through this

conversation, I'm going to invite you to

feel what your reaction is inside. I've

been having conversations with women

inside of the Elegant Fem community

about this and really sharing my

experience. I had a client ask me, Tara,

are you utilizing AI for your emails and

for some other things like your your

stories, your posts, like things have

been getting deeper and I've been

noticing you're putting out so much

content. Have you been utilizing AI? I

answered with her to her with so much

clarity and so much confidence and and

just faith inside of myself like yes,

absolutely and here's why. So, I want to

speak to first and foremost that fear

inside of if I utilize AI, am I like

giving away my humanity? It's a really

interesting feeling inside. I was

talking to my husband right before we

came on and he's like, you know, there's

this like two sides of this, like

utilizing AI as an opportunity for

expansion and depth and consciousness

versus this fear of if I utilize AI, is

it going to have power over me? Is it

going to be like a Terminator like story

and end to this that AI all of a sudden

has so much power that we lose ourselves

in it? So let's talk about this from a

really open expansive tender place

inside. There's an unspoken fear taking

place inside of conscious women right

now. The question that if I use AI, am I

cheating? Am I somehow going to lose my

authenticity? Am I somehow going to lose

my humanity? Is it going to make me less

me? Is it going to make my message less

me? And I really want to speak to this

this fear that will I lose my

originality? Will I lose my soul in some

way if I utilize AI? Is this an escape

from intimacy or is it an invitation

into deeper intimacy? That shame that so

many women feel that if I utilize

something that supports me, am I cutting

corners? If I allow support inside, if I

allow myself to be provided for, does

that somehow make my my results less

impactful? this old attachment that so

many of us have that we have to

struggle. So, I really want to speak to

this because this is something that I

moved through as well in utilizing AI in

my own business and in my personal life.

This fear inside of oh my gosh, is it

going to be too easy? Here's what I have

found in utilizing AI as a support tool.

I want to speak to my own experience

about this and I really do want to speak

to that kind of unanswered question of

what does this mean? Where is this

going? I feel like this is really really

important. What I have learned about

utilizing AI, first of all, moving

through any kind of shame or guilt of oh

my god, am I cheating? Like this fear

that we have that if we allow ourselves

to be provided for that somehow some way

it makes it less impactful. I want you

to think about the first time that you

started to utilize Google Maps. Do you

remember? And now like just can you

imagine getting to the airport without

Google maps or without your phone? Now

let's this is an interesting thing

because that fear inside of like oh my

god I don't even know how to get to this

place anymore I'm relying on and that's

where it comes from right the fear of

like will I be relying on this like that

fear of creating a codependency and

losing parts of ourselves I want you to

consider something differently consider

the free time energy space mental

capacity you have utilizing for example

Google maps instead of do you remember

the days when we used to get out some of

you may remember Some of you may not.

You used to get out the map. My dad used

to print out a map. Get a map for me. He

printed later. Get a map and highlight

the route for me on the map and

literally I would need to pull over and

look at the map and get so the time and

energy spent in getting somewhere

needing to pull over. The mental

capacity, the like the the fear of like,

oh my god, am I going to get there? The

anxiety, the anxiety, the stress of

getting somewhere versus what it is now.

This is how I feel about AI. the mental

capacity that it took in the past to

write an email or to download something.

If you're aware of this level of

consciousness inside of you, the

quickness, the speed of light with which

you process things. So when I'm

downloading something inside of me, when

I have a new level, when I have an

awareness, when I have something that I

want to share with my audience and it

comes through me and I'm able to

download that energy, that focus with

sensory detail, put it into AI and ask

specifically, this is what I want, this

is how I want it, this is why I want it.

We've poured so much energy and time and

focus into AI with a lot of

vulnerability in a private space in a

private portal so that it reflects the

level of consciousness that I feel

inside. It's to me it isn't just a

plugandplay. It isn't just a marketing

tool. It's an opportunity for an

expansion of consciousness that depends

on what you put in it, what you pour

into it. Just like any relationship, the

vulnerability, the intimacy, the time,

the willingness also that if you get

something back from AI that you don't

just take it. AI is a mirror, not a

master. It's not about giving away our

consciousness and just saying, "Fix it

for me. Do it for me." In my experience

and in my feeling, it is a co-creation

tool when utilized in a very specific

way to deepen, to expand. It's not a

handover. It's not just do this for me,

I'm going to remove myself. Now, can

people utilize it that way? Are some

people utilizing it that way?

Absolutely. I'm sure they are. But

again, just like any relationship, you

will get in what you put out. So, for

me, and the way that I'm utilizing it in

my business and in my personal life,

it's very, very specific. I know that

what we pour in is what we're going to

get out. And I don't just take something

for face value. When we get an email

back or if I put something in AI or my

team's put something in AI and we say we

want this, we're infusing hokout couture

spirituality. We're infusing the fem

types. we're infusing this level of

language and we're very very specific

and if we get it back and something just

doesn't resonate, we don't just take it

for face value and be like, "Oh, well,

it's AI. AI must be better than thus so

we're just going to use it." No. Just

like you wouldn't if you're utilizing

Google Maps and this has happened to

every single one of us where it says

turn right and there's no driveway or

turn left at the next roundabout and

there's no you don't just do it blindly.

So, it's not about giving away your

consciousness. It's about utilizing it

as a tool in my experience for greater

access, for greater expansion, for

greater depth and you staying the

master, not giving AI that level. It's

not about giving AI mastery. It's about

utilizing it as a mirror. So, this is

something that I really invite you to

feel into and to think about again in

any capacity, whether you're choosing to

utilize AI for your business or you're

choosing to utilize AI for something

personal, a deepening, uh, reflection,

an expansion in in your meditation, in

your next level, or you're researching

where you're going to go next or what

nightclub or what restaurant. AI doesn't

know like it doesn't have all the facts,

right? Not just taking it at face value.

We've looked at AI and realized that

restaurant's closed. Allowing yourself

to stay conscious while you're utilizing

AI, not handing your consciousness over,

not handing your humanity over and

really looking at what are the fears

that are coming up inside of you as you

consider this. I am not saying in any

way that you have to use AI at all. It's

a choice like any tool, like any level

of support. What I do want to speak to

are a few things. The shame that women

especially feel when they ask for

support, when they allow themselves to

be provided for. The guilt that can come

up, especially inside of this

conversation. Am I cheating? Is it no

longer me? And that fear of is this in

conflict with spirituality? Is this in

conflict with consciousness? that fear

of am I giving a piece of myself away or

can I utilize this for deeper growth and

expansion? And like anything in life, I

really do believe what we pour in where

we are inside of our own frequency, our

own consciousness is going to be what we

receive. Some of the things I've moved

through in my own journey around this, I

spoke already about the shame, about the

guilt, about the fear of cheating.

Another thing inside of like the

proprietary information that we're

pouring in to AI, you know, are we going

to be copied? Are we going to be

replaced? Are we going to be taken over?

I've seen a lot of conversations around

people saying, "I'm being replaced by

AI." Here's how I feel about this. I

believe that we can never be replaced.

We are irreplaceable.

We are irreplaceable.

Our consciousness, our value, our

connection to God, who we are in this

world, we are irreplaceable. That being

said, do we have the willingness to

allow certain things to be taken care of

by something else? Like if I was to keep

myself attached to every single aspect

of my business in my life, feeling like

I needed to do it all, that doesn't free

up the time, the energy, and the space

for me to move into new levels. So, as I

was referencing earlier in an example,

if I'm able to pour into AI an intention

about an email, an experience I had,

sensory details that I pour in about the

colors that things were, the experience

I had, what I was feeling, and AI is

able to generate an email, and I'm

already on to the next level of

consciousness. That email now has been

downloaded. I have a transmission that I

can share with women around the world

saying, "This is what I was able to

capture. Feel into this. Here are some

journal prompts. Here's some

inspiration. Here's what moved through

me. And put it in a story-like sequence

or a poetic sequence or asking AI for

the depth of a strategy or an opening or

a poem. And that's done. It's there. Now

it's out in the world. And I'm on to the

next thing already. I'm on to the next

level of expansion, the next level of

consciousness. I'm able to utilize AI as

a tool in that way to support a deeper

level of expansion for myself. So these

are just some things to consider because

I don't see AI being talked about in

this way. Utilizing it as an increase in

spiritual consciousness. Again, I am not

saying you have to utilize AI in any

way. None of us have to do anything. But

if you're called, these are some things

to consider. If you're afraid, these are

some things to consider. And this is

really an open-ended conversation. Like

none of us know where this is leading.

And for me, just like everything in my

life, I will always keep myself open to

making a change. Like at any point I

feel like this is no longer aligned or

that I need to change something or I

need to take a detour, this isn't

feeling congruent, I will change. So

this isn't a point blank like black and

white conversation of this is right and

this is wrong. It's like anything I talk

about inside of Elegant Fem. Move into

something that's calling you. Keep your

conscious awareness there. See what you

might be afraid of. Is there any shame?

Is there any guilt? Is there any

withholding? Is there any fear of being

replaced? And how can you utilize it if

you desire to in a way that supports

your next level of consciousness that

supports a level of intimacy, not of

control? These are really, really

important conversations that I feel as

spiritual women, we get the opportunity

to address and consider. So, as we close

this really thought-provoking

conversation around AI and spirituality,

can you be spiritual and use AI? If you

use AI, are you selling your soul? I

want to leave you with a couple

journaling prompts that I feel will

support you in deepening this

conversation inside of yourself. Are you

ready? Journal number one. Where have I

equated struggle with worth and how is

that affecting the way I create? Where

have I equated struggle with worth and

how is that affecting the way I create?

This is a powerful and profound

question. Number two, what would become

available in my life if I allowed

support without shame? What would become

available in my life if I allowed

support without shame? And the final

question that I want to invite you to

spend some time with, in what ways can I

utilize AI to amplify,

not replace the truth of my soul? again,

in what ways can I utilize AI to

amplify, not replace the truth of my

soul? And I want to leave you with this,

really feeling into this for yourself

because it isn't a right or wrong

answer. I do understand the fears and

the concerns. You know, we've seen

movies like The Terminator. We've seen

movies like Wall-E World where people

are just sitting there basically

unconscious drinking soda and watching

something on their screens where they've

completely removed themselves from their

own humanity and their own

consciousness. So I'm not saying this

isn't something that we need to be aware

of. I really do feel being aware is

really important. But what I also feel

is to not be afraid. Like if we're

afraid of something, what is that about?

To not feel shame about it. To not feel

guilt about it. to look at that feeling

inside, especially as women, like am I

cheating? Is this too easy if I allow

myself to be provided for in this way?

These are really core conversations that

are so congruent inside of elegant fem

and hot couture spirituality. This

integration of the physical and the

spiritual that elegant fem has been

talking about since the beginning.

Utilizing AI as an amplification tool,

not a replacement for your soul. Opening

to the capacity to create with more

softness, more elegance, and more power.

the reminder that we must remain the

creators.

We must remain the creators. AI does not

decide its supports. AI does not decide

it supports. The intimacy of choosing

what we feed AI. Our frequency matters.

So, it's not stepping back and not

contributing at all or giving away our

consciousness. It really is being super

aware and having the ability to respond

to AI. What are we pouring into it? When

used with devotion, AI doesn't diminish

your spirituality. It holds the space

for more of it. Leave a comment below.

Let me know what you think, how you feel

about this conversation, what it's

bringing up inside of you. And I do

really feel like this is just the

beginning of this conversation. And so

if there's anything specific that you

want to deepen, please share it with me

in the comments below. I feel like this

is such a potent conversation for us to

be having and I'm so grateful to be in

this space and time in the world where

we're able to deepen in this way and and

see what's possible. So with that, this

is Tara Marina with Elegant Fem and

really answering the question inside.

Does AI steal your soul or support your

truth?