Greg Chambers
14 May 2026
EPISODE OVERVIEW
In this episode of Society 2.0, Greg Chambers sits down with Renato Guerrero, a Chilean multidisciplinary therapist, mentor and ceremonial practitioner with over 20 years of experience helping people break toxic patterns, reconnect with their personal power and explore deeper questions around consciousness, healing and the nature of reality.
Renato’s path has been anything but conventional. From childhood questioning and a successful career in luxury hospitality to homelessness, near-death experiences, sacred ceremonies and profound personal transformation, his story is rooted in hardship, humility and a search for deeper understanding.
This conversation explores trauma, ego, purpose, multiple souls, near-death experiences, ancient wisdom, religion, technology, addiction, free will, love, war and humanity’s lost connection with nature.
Renato shares his belief that trauma can become a tool for transformation, that ancient traditions understood nature in ways modern society has forgotten, and that human beings may be capable of carrying far more energy, memory and spiritual experience than we realise.
From the mountains of Chile and Peru to questions about the Bible, chakras, sacred geometry, plant medicine, personal mastery and the hidden structure of reality, this episode is a deep and unconventional conversation about what it means to wake up, heal and live life with greater awareness.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Why Renato believes trauma can become a powerful force for transformation
How near-death experiences changed the way he understands life, purpose and personal responsibility
Why he believes humans may be able to carry more than one soul
How Renato explains chakras, energy and the body’s ability to hold different spiritual experiences
Why ancient traditions placed such importance on nature, animals, cycles and ceremony
How modern society may have lost touch with natural rhythms and deeper forms of knowledge
Why Renato believes technology becomes dangerous when it turns into dependency
How guilt, shame and judging the past self can create trauma
Why he sees love, war, duality and suffering as connected to human learning
How he views free will, fate, personal power and the forces shaping society
KEY THEMES DISCUSSED
Trauma, Transformation and the Search for Purpose
Renato reflects on difficult moments in his life, including homelessness, family disruption and near-death experiences. He explains how periods of suffering forced him to ask deeper questions about who he was, what he was doing and where his life was heading.
Rather than seeing trauma only as damage, Renato explores how painful experiences can push people into transformation. He discusses guilt, shame, regret and the tendency to judge the past self with knowledge we only gained later. For Renato, healing begins with honouring the version of ourselves that survived what we did not yet understand.
Near-Death Experiences and Spiritual Awakening
A major part of the episode focuses on Renato’s intense experiences in nature, including being lost in San Pedro de Atacama without water and facing hypothermia during a ceremony in the mountains of Peru.
These moments became turning points in his life. Renato describes them as lessons in humility, ego, gratitude and survival. He explains how facing death changed the way he values life, other people and the natural world.
Multiple Souls, Chakras and Human Energy
One of the most intriguing parts of the conversation is Renato’s view that the human body may be capable of holding more than one soul. He explains his belief that souls can enter at different stages of life, depending on the body and spirit’s capacity to hold that energy.
Renato connects this idea to chakras, personal evolution and the body’s ability to carry different types of energetic information. He compares the process to receiving extra data, suggesting that certain awakenings or life changes may reflect deeper spiritual shifts.
Nature, Ancient Wisdom and Lost Connection
Greg and Renato explore the idea that humanity has lost a strong connection to the natural world. Renato argues that ancient traditions became wise because they spent time observing nature, understanding animals, respecting cycles and living in closer relationship with the Earth.
The conversation touches on natural calendars, moon cycles, solstices, equinoxes, sacred lands and the ceremonial aspects of life and death. Renato suggests that modern society does not need to reject progress, but it does need to remember how to listen to nature again.
Religion, Mystery Schools and Hidden Knowledge
Renato discusses religion, ancient temples, mystery schools, the Bible, the Book of Enoch, Akhenaten and the loss of ceremonial knowledge over time. He shares his view that many religious traditions contain truth, but that power, politics and control have shaped how spiritual knowledge has been passed down.
Greg and Renato also discuss stories around the childhood of Jesus, monotheism, sacred teachings and the way societies create rules around belief.
Technology, Addiction and Modern Disconnection
The episode also looks at how technology affects human behaviour. Renato does not argue that technology is inherently bad, but he warns that problems begin when people become dependent on it.
He links modern dependency to needs, addictions, trauma and a lack of boundaries. For Renato, the issue is not simply that people use technology, but that many people have stopped connecting with themselves, others and the natural world.
Love, War and Duality
Renato shares a challenging view of love, arguing that people often misunderstand unconditional love because they do not fully understand duality. The conversation explores light and dark, positive and negative, masculine and feminine, suffering and growth.
He suggests that some experiences we see as negative may still play a role in learning, transformation and human evolution. This leads into a wider discussion about war, anger, nature, storms, destruction, change and the difficult lessons that shape consciousness.
Free Will, Control and Personal Responsibility
Towards the end of the episode, Greg asks Renato the three big Society 2.0 questions, including who or what controls the world and how free human beings truly are.
Renato discusses hidden forces, politics, nature, free will, fate and the idea that not everyone arrives in life with the same “contract”. Despite these wider questions, the episode returns to a grounded message: the most important thing people can take responsibility for is themselves.
WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS
This episode matters because it challenges listeners to think differently about trauma, healing, nature, spirituality and personal responsibility.
In a society increasingly shaped by technology, distraction, pressure and disconnection, Renato argues that many people have lost touch with the natural world and with deeper parts of themselves. His message is not about escaping modern life, but about restoring balance, awareness and connection.
The conversation asks whether trauma can wake us up, whether ancient traditions understood reality in ways we have forgotten, and whether the human experience is much bigger than the physical world alone.
It also raises difficult questions about love, suffering, war, free will, control and the role of nature in human transformation.
This episode is for anyone interested in consciousness, personal growth, trauma, ancient wisdom, spiritual transformation, alternative therapy, nature connection, sacred ceremony or the deeper questions behind human existence.
CONNECT WITH RENATO
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renatoguerrero777/
Website: https://rutaancestral.com/en/
EPISODE REFERENCES
Cosmos by Carl Sagan - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396285938224/Carl-Sagan-Cosmos-011.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none
The moment a foetus is imbibed with life - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cAdk2mpu/
The Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece - https://share.google/nhCPW3wtXWmod5pAF
The Book of Enoch - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Enoch/dp/1088004911
Japan Forest Bathing - https://www.japan.travel/en/guide/forest-bathing/#:~:text=Forest%20bathing%20has%20become%20a,for%20people%20of%20all%20ages
