If you've ever felt like you don't know your purpose, this might be the most important thing you'll ever hear. You don't discover purpose by trying to find it. You become it by tuning to the frequency that already holds it. Most people think purpose is a goal. It's not. It's a resonance. And when you understand that, everything changes. Welcome to A Changed Mind. A journey into the topics that matter to you most. From the neuroscience and spirituality of mindset and personal growth, to groundbreaking strategies for health, wealth and relationships, to open and honest conversations about pressing global issues such as the environment, censorship, corporate capture and democracy. Each and every episode reminds us of the certainty of the goodness of the future and provides the teachings, tools and timeless wisdom inspiring you to create real, lasting change in your life and in the world. If you've been desiring a sanctuary for your spirit, a place to go to tune out the distraction, negativity and doom and gloom so that you can tap into the deep power, the vibrancy and the potential you have inside, you're in the right place. Welcome to a Changed Mind. Hey, it's David. Welcome to a Changed Mind. A sanctuary for your spirit. A place where each and every episode I remind you of the certainty of the goodness of the future. I am your friend, your host, your guy, David Baer. Man, we've had over 10,000 coaching conversations. If there was one question that I get more than anything else, it is how do I find my purpose? Or once someone knows their purpose, why does it seem so hard to fulfill on it? It is one of the most misleading phrases in the personal growth world though. Finding your purpose. There is so much anxiety and shame that people feel when they don't have clarity. Some people begin to wonder if they even have a purpose. They look at other people who seem to be expressing their purpose and their achievement into the world and they wonder what's wrong with them. Purpose has become a stand in for worthiness. Like this idea of once I find it, then I'll matter. Now, I gotta be completely honest with you. I only know this because I went through this chapter in my own life around 2010. I'd been an entrepreneur for about 15 years, building different businesses. If you know my story, my life became unmanageable. I realized I was a drug addict, an alcoholic and a sex addict. And once I got into recovery and started getting into personal growth, I realized I didn't love what I was doing. I wanted to do something meaningful. I wanted to have a purpose. And. And you know what? I didn't have clarity immediately. And I went through all of those same internal habits, those same concerns. I thought I was really the only person on the planet who was born without a purpose. But what I want you to understand is that every single person is here for a purpose. It's literally the reason you incarnated. You experienced things in previous lives, preferences, things that you didn't like, and that has culminated into a massive desire that you have in this life. And part of the journey and the joy of, of this lived experience is the unfolding of that purpose. But it's very important to understand, regardless of the level of clarity you do or do not have, your purpose is already alive in the field of your future. I want you to understand this. Your future self has already been defined. Your vision for what your life may look like, whether you're clear or not or not is already in the field. And it exists. And you don't figure it out. You become the version of you that can actually receive it. And this is what I mean. And I shared this on one of our recent high level group coaching programs. The clarity that you gain around your purpose in life is an indication of your growth and evolution of your capacity to receive it. I want you to think about yourself as a radio receiver. And so you're tuning into something that already exists in the future, no matter what your purpose may look like, helping to transform education, living a joyful life, being a great role model for your kids, transforming the world, starting your own business, whatever it looks like for you, it already exists. And as you grow and evolve, you dial in your capacity to receive that vision, because the signal for that vision is always broadcasting. But you are the dialogue. And the more coherent your frequency, the more clearly the purpose signal comes through. Now this is one of the great paradoxes, and you'll see this pattern over and over in your life. You actually don't make more money by trying to make more money. You don't create an extraordinary relationship by trying to create an extraordinary relationship. You don't find the solution to a problem by trying to find the solution to a problem. And you don't discover your purpose by trying to discover your purpose. You discover your purpose and achieve all of those things that I just mentioned by actually aligning yourself with the future version of yourself that you must become in order for that vision to become a reality. So how do you do that? How do you do this alignment? You know, one of the fundamental equations that I teach in many other episodes on this show, and I believe it's central If I was going to distill all goal setting, success, transformation, personal development into one simple equation, it would be desire plus non resistance equals desired result. So if your desire is to have clarity on your purpose or achieve your purpose, you will produce that outcome, meaning, clarity or the materialization of the purpose itself through non resistance. Now you'll notice that the equation doesn't say desire in this case. Discover your purpose plus try to discover your purpose equals discovering your purpose. That's not the equation. The equation which is so simple, which is why Jesus said my yoke is easy, is anything you want, desire plus non resistance must 100% of the time as law, consistently and predictably produce the desired result. And the desire that we're talking about on this episode is the discovery or the fulfillment of your purpose. Clarity on your purpose or actually executing on it and delivering it into the world. So what is the non resistant work to do? Well, it's everything else we talk about on the show, which is why I believe this conversation is root cause. It is central to all change that you want to create. It is identifying the limiting beliefs, the stories, the unprocessed trauma that you're still holding on to that are part of the divine architecture of who you're becoming and transforming those things into your personal power and your purpose and your destiny. It is taking the misunderstandings or what people might call the dark that you experienced in your life and transforming it into the light. So what does that work? It's, it's emotional clearing, it's belief deprogramming, it's nervous system regulation, it's spiritual embodiment. And so what we're talking about here is not some action plan to discover your purpose. It's about alignment. And the most important part of that alignment is for you getting out of resistance and some of the resistance that you're experiencing that's preventing you from developing yourself into the receiver that's capable of receiving the future version of yourself and the vision that already exists. Are these stories that you're telling about the current clarity that you have, that you should be further along, that you should know what your purpose is, that you should have more clarity. Many people, once they get clarity on their purpose, like I have a tremendous amount of clarity around my purpose, then the mind will say, well, but why aren't you there yet and how come it's taking so long and are you on the right track and what if you never achieve it? This is the resistance.

It's the habit of thought and habit of emotion. It's the early age programs that have built up into a psychological personality or the ego that drains our energy and prevents us from being able to hear what is trying to make its way to us. It's the trauma based identity, it's living for approval. It's the internal conflict that we have feeling unsafe, feeling like we're not as far along as we should be. On that group coaching call that I told you about, I had an awareness that I shared with our community where I said, look, I am living in more peace right now, doing less than I've ever done before and achieving more than ever. And it's a really interesting transition time for me. But what I'm realizing is that I am not supposed to actually figure out how to achieve my vision and carry it on my shoulders. I am supposed to develop myself in such a way that I become the container for the vision and the creation unfolds inside of that container. I'll give you an example. I was having a conversation with a new great friend of mine, Gordy Ball. And I was talking to Gordy and I was sharing with him my vision for the companies that we're creating, the whole INC Enterprise and how we're going to be launching industry changing verticals that are going to transform the system, create a new regenerative economy driven by conscious and awakened people who get into the frameworks and tools that we've developed, how we're going to create not only a new economy, but a new currency, and how we're going to help facilitate this transition from the old systems into the new systems. And my vision for whole finance and whole health and whole family and whole parenting and whole coin and everything that we're doing in whole politics and whole media. And he goes, man, this is the most extraordinary vision. He said, but let me ask you, how does it feel? And I said, that is such a great question. Because up until now it felt like a burden and a responsibility. If you've listened to other episodes, my intention is to not only build this enterprise and move forward with an awakened coalition of people who live this work together that we are in, but then become President of the United States. Top down, bottom up approach to creating heaven on earth. And not just me, but being a part of many other people who are coming together to create that, including you. But it felt like I wasn't as far along as I should be. How am I going to accomplish this? I have to hurry up. How am I going to get it all done? One of the beautiful things that showed up is AI, I feel like, I'm doing things 100 times faster, 100 times better, and 100 times easier. What would have taken me the rest of my life to create, I believe I can create in the next five years. So what a blessing having access to AI or what I call my future self in my pocket is. But what I told Gordy was, there's still a part of me that feels the responsibility and, like, I'm carrying the burden. But there's another part of me that realizes my job is not to figure it out. My job is not to do all the work. My job is to relax into the frequency and the alignment of the vision itself, to enjoy the vision without the resistance, to become the embodiment of the vision. And that container that I become and that I am will allow for the creation to take place within it. And it was such an interesting conversation because I was just mapping out an investor strategy for the different companies that were in the process of launching and looking at different investor models. And I thought to myself, well, I can go out and raise money. I have a network. People believe in me. They'll believe in what I'm creating. But, man, that seems like a lot of work. I get on the phone with my friend Gordy, and he does his update first. We have a monthly call, and Gordy says. I said, how's it going? He said, great. Said, you know, I just spoke on stage with Jack Canfield and Joe Dispenza.

And he said, those were my idols. It's amazing how sort of my future self is collapsing into who I am right now. And he said, man, I've got so much capital. I've got so much investor money flowing my way. I just have to find a place to direct it. And so he said, what's up with you? I said, well, let me show you what I'm creating with Whole Inc. And the 15 companies that we're going to be launching over the next 10 to 15 years. He goes, oh, my God. He said, now I have a place to pour all of this investor capital. And I said to Gordy, that's exactly what I'm talking about. By embodying the future vision that I have and my purpose without needing to figure it all out and creating internal resistance unnecessarily, the resources are showing up. I don't need to go raise the money. People who believe in me and partners that I establish relationship with will do it for me. It's the same reason that recently I've attracted an amazing team. Our team is completely turning over right now the amazing people we had before are staying, and all amazing new people are coming. Why? Because I've been doing this work. This work is the first step. It's not trying to figure it out. And it is the first step in you getting more clarity around your purpose. Relax. You have a purpose and it is trying to make its way to you. And the tension that you are experiencing as a result of feeling like you should already have more clarity on your purpose, that's disrupting the signal. And when you align yourself with that future version of yourself, resistance fades, synchronicities increase, clarity emerges, and purpose flows in naturally because you become the type of person who can carry it. I've talked in other episodes about identity shifting, and I want you to think about this for a second. If you had already achieved extraordinary clarity around your purpose, wouldn't you be relaxed? If you had already achieved your purpose, wouldn't there be a certain level of serenity, self love, self esteem, that you'd be experiencing as a result of already being there? My suggestion is be there now. And the clarity on the purpose and the means by which you need to execute on it, they must be the natural byproduct. See, we get it backwards. We put the cart in front of the horse. We think that if we can get clarity on our purpose and actually achieve our full potential, then we'll feel a particular way. So in the meantime, we experience distress, a gap. What I'm saying is, build the practice of feeling that way now and the results must follow. So how do you tune this frequency? Well, it's getting into work like this. Surrounding yourself with positive input, being in a community and a fellowship of people who are doing the work together, actually attending live events, courses, seminars, getting into somatic release work, belief shifting work, understanding your body and optimizing your hrv. Getting into breath, work, stillness. And really put as a priority who you're becoming instead of what am I supposed to do? And even if you don't know how to do that, simply by being open to what I'm suggesting and asking or deciding that I'm going to grow into the person I need to become in order to have clarity on and achieve my vision, that's my decision. I don't know how to get there, but that's my ask. Life will respond. Life may be responding with this episode. I mean, my guess is you've been in this inquiry and the algorithm knows it. So it delivered you this episode. You're already on the right track and you need to hear this message. It's important not to pay attention to what you're doing or the strategy, but how you're feeling and what is your energy, your frequency and your resonance. Is your body saying yes? Is your body in fear? And AI is such an amazing tool right now because you can just take what you glean from today's conversation, along with some of the concerns you have, and ask AI to propose a solution for you. What are some of the things that you need to work on in terms of your belief systems? What are some of the practices that you can engage in? I think AI is going to put me out of business now that I'm talking about it, and it will give you a prescription. So recognize that your current path likely already contains your purpose. It's just in an unrefined form. Wherever you are right now, whether you're a business owner who's experiencing burnout, this is the process of you going from burnout to soul LED service. And maybe that's your purpose. The byproduct of that is a transformed business. But your purpose may be to learn how to lead from soul, not by quitting the business you have, but by changing how you're showing up inside of it.

If you're in life, maybe you're a parent who realizes that your purpose isn't just raising children, it's modeling a fully alive, connected human. This is really, really important because if you take a step back and you look at the conversation that you are having around your purpose or the fulfillment of it, it's a dead conversation. It feels unalive, and it brings you into an unalived place of worry, concern, disconnection, checking out, social media, abuse, alcohol, drugs, anger, overwhelm, whatever it is. That's the death process. What we're looking for is life. And so if you want more clarity on your purpose, bring more life into your life. Bring more life into you. And it sounds so counterintuitive. But just notice how the way that you're approaching purpose isn't bringing you aliveness. And so rather than trying to discover your purpose or fulfill on it, go be alive. Go spend time with your friends, meet up at a coffee shop, listen to things that make you feel good, go to a concert, not to check out, but to live your life. And along the way, you tune yourself and the purpose shows up. I can't tell you how many times I'm in practices I enjoy. Out with my friends, out with my family, in my cold plunge, in my sauna, getting in a hard workout, taking care of myself. Boom. An idea Hits me. It's like something from the future is etching itself on my brain. That's my purpose. But it's not a thing that I can do. It's a thing that I receive. Does that make sense? Purpose isn't a thing you go pursue. It's an embodiment. It's who you're becoming. It's something you receive. So I want you to understand, number one, how much I love you. And number two, how I know you're already on purpose. You're already on purpose. And the 2 millimeter distinction here is choose alignment. Choose personal healing. The byproduct of that is purpose. When I was living my life before recovery, I was completely out of alignment with my purpose. Then I got into recovery and there was this gap and I was scared because who I had always been and what I had always done was clearly no longer what I wanted to do. But I didn't know what was next. There will be a period of time where you just need to be still and enjoy your life. The answer will come. But you can't hear the answer if you're constantly questioning it or checking in on it and saying it's not happening fast enough. It's not how it works. You don't find the path and then walk it. You walk the path and then it finds you. So anyway, this is just what I think. I want to know what you think. If you're joining on YouTube, let me know. Like, where have you been? Trying to figure it out instead of feeling it out. What's one way that you can start to relax into or do something different this week in order for you to embody your future self right here, right now? And if you love this episode, share the episode with somebody. Subscribe. Hit that bell icon so that you get notifications. If you're listening on the audio platforms, do the same thing.

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