Bot Thinking: Reclaiming Your Humanity in the Age of AI

Let’s be clear about one thing— I should probably never be involved with customer service.

I’ve done my time. Bussed tables at 14 (lied about my age), served in restaurants, tended bar just long enough to buy a nice trumpet and an engagement ring for a wedding that never happened.

These days, I work behind the scenes at Illumination Academy™. I manage operations and coach some of our high-level clients.

Which means—I see everything.

Every message that comes in. Every question already answered in the FAQs. Every self-inflicted complaint. Every bizarre accusation of occultism or scamming (we’ve been in business 15+ years with a shining track record, but… okay).

Sometimes, I can’t help myself. I jump in to respond.

And I’ve noticed something curious:

They want humans to behave like bots. And bots to behave like humans.

It’s a recipe for constant disappointment.

Being a human to other humans is not efficient. It requires presence. Listening. Empathy. Patience.

And many people just don’t want to offer those things anymore.

They want it fast. Predictable. Painless. Perfect. They want the answer—and they want it now. They want a bot.

Well, I’m not a freakin’ bot.

And neither are you.

Now that AI tools are being woven into every corner of life—whether we want them or not—your humanity is becoming more rare. More precious.

But only if you know how to use it.

Because the world will have you competing with bots if you buy into the herd narrative:

More is better
Speed wins
Output = worth

And the moment you start measuring your value by those standards, you lose your center.

Your nervous system revolts.
Your creativity dries up.
Your confidence gets tied to whatever is currently trending.

Human beings weren’t built for that.

We were built for so much more…

• Connection

• Expression

• Stillness

• Depth

• Creative flow

And we’re at an inflection point of immeasurable significance.

You can sacrifice your humanity at the altar of efficiency… Or you can double down on your Soul.

Your empathy. Your care. Your unique rhythm and truth.

Because bots can mimic these things. But they can’t embody them.

And, for now anyway, embodiment still belongs to us.

P.S. If your nervous system feels like it’s been trained to respond like a machine—tight, reactive, overstimulated—the Jedi Healing Trance was made for you.

It’s not a feel-good meditation. It’s a full system recalibration. A return to the part of you that remembers how to be human.