Episode 132 – Things Are Falling Apart So That THIS Can Happen

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Note: This blog post serves as an accompaniment to the corresponding podcast episode of A Changed Mind, where we’ll distill down the core ideas of this week’s theme, along with additional distinctions and insights. If you haven’t listened to the episode yet, you can go here to do so.  Enjoy.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned on this path, it’s that the most powerful decision any of us can make is whether we live in a friendly or hostile universe. That might sound like a simple philosophical idea—but it’s not. It’s the lens through which we see everything. And what we see shapes what we create.

Right now, it’s easy to feel like the world is unraveling. You turn on the news, scroll through social media, talk to a neighbor, and the frequency is unmistakable: fear, instability, collapse. It’s become normal—expected, even—to assume that things are getting worse. That the future is bleak. That we should brace for impact.

But I don’t buy it. Not for a second. In fact, I believe in the certainty of the goodness of the future. Not just as a comforting idea—but as a truth grounded in physics, psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness itself.

And that belief isn’t based on wishful thinking. It’s rooted in deep observation, direct experience, and a lifetime of inner work. Because I’ve seen what happens when you start living from a different state. When you stop reacting to the chaos and start creating from clarity.

This isn’t about ignoring the challenges of the world. It’s about recognizing that the world will reflect back to you the energy you live by. Fear or faith. Scarcity or abundance. Hostility or harmony. The choice is yours—and the outcome depends on it.

Why Fear Feels Real—But Isn’t the Truth

Fear has become the default setting for most people. It’s embedded in the headlines, baked into the algorithms, and echoed in casual conversations. Doom sells. Panic spreads. And before we realize it, our nervous system has adapted to a world that feels perpetually unsafe—even when we’re sitting in our homes with food in the fridge and people who love us.

But here’s what I want you to understand: fear is a distortion, not a directive. Just because something feels urgent or dangerous doesn’t mean it’s true—or relevant to your life.

Our brains are wired to focus on problems. That’s how our ancestors survived in environments where a missed threat could mean death. But we’re not in caves anymore. We’re not dodging predators. And yet we carry the same reactive wiring—constantly scanning for what might go wrong, constantly feeding on narratives of collapse.

Independent media isn’t immune to this. In fact, some of the channels and shows that started out spreading light, inspiration, and transformation have shifted into what I call collapse porn—constant messaging that everything’s falling apart, that disaster is imminent, and that safety can only be found in prepping, isolating, or distrusting everyone.

But fear is not a place you can build a life from. It’s not where vision, creativity, or growth come from. It shrinks you. It steals your power. It traps you in survival mode—and you cannot create powerfully from that state.

This is why I say: stop letting the world tell you what to think. Start noticing how you feel when you believe what you believe. If it drains you, it’s not truth—it’s programming. And it’s time to break the spell.

From Problem-Focused to Purpose-Driven

If you came to me today and said, “David, I’m struggling financially,” I wouldn’t sit with you and dissect every detail of that problem. I wouldn’t ask you to relive the fear, or recount all the times money slipped through your fingers. That’s not how transformation happens. That’s how people stay stuck.

Instead, I’d ask you: What do you want? What desire has this struggle awakened in you? Because the problem is never the point—the desire it catalyzes is.

What you put your attention on grows. What you make matter, becomes matter. It matterfies. So when you obsess over the problem, you recreate it over and over again. Not because you’re lazy or broken—but because you’re misdirecting your creative power.

This isn’t just spiritual talk. It’s rooted in behavioral psychology. Beliefs shape thoughts. Thoughts generate emotions. Emotions drive actions. Actions produce results. And those results reinforce your original belief. If you believe life is hard, you’ll create evidence to support it. But shift the belief, and the whole system reorganizes.

This is why I always redirect attention from the issue to the intention. If someone’s caught in a cycle of toxic relationships, we don’t sit and analyze every one. We look at the new clarity they’ve gained—the kind of connection they now know they want. And from that frequency, we begin creating it.

It’s not about denying reality—it’s about creating a new one. Your life is not a reaction to problems. It’s a response to vision. And the moment you stop trying to fix the old, and start building the new, the entire game changes.

Evidence of Goodness is Already Everywhere

If you strip away the noise—if you tune out the panic and propaganda—you’ll start to see something astonishing: we’re living in the most resource-rich, opportunity-filled time in human history.

Let’s take money, for example. There is more financial resource on this planet today than ever before. Not just in dollars, but in every form imaginable: real estate, crypto, commodities, businesses, intellectual property. The game has changed. The booth is full of bills, and it’s not rigged against you—unless you believe it is.

Health? We have access to modalities that were unimaginable just decades ago—functional medicine, regenerative therapies, stem cells, infrared, cold exposure, breathwork, nutrition science. You can heal, you can thrive, you can reverse what you thought was irreversible.

Connection? Despite what social media might make you think, more people are awakening than ever before. There is a rising consciousness on this planet. There are more awakened, intentional humans walking this earth than in any previous generation. And they’re looking for each other.

Abundance is not the issue—focus is. The problem is not lack—it’s where you’ve been taught to place your attention. The system thrives on your fear. And the moment you stop feeding it, the illusion begins to crack.

This is why I believe in the goodness of the future. Not as a naive hope—but as an observable truth. The universe is wired for expansion. And everything in your life—your desires, your struggles, your breakthroughs—is pulling you toward a better version of yourself, a better life, and yes, a better world. But only if you choose to see it.

My Rock Bottom Was My Turning Point

I didn’t always believe in the goodness of the future. There was a time in my life where, from the outside looking in, things seemed pretty great. I had a business. I was dating attractive women. I drove a fast car. I checked the boxes that were supposed to mean I was winning.

But inside? I was crumbling. My bank account was nearly empty. And my soul felt even more bankrupt. The anxiety, the self-doubt, the disconnection from something greater—it all piled up. I numbed the pain with whatever I could: alcohol, drugs, pornography. Anything to escape the dissonance I felt between who I appeared to be and who I really was.

Eventually, I hit a wall. Life became unmanageable. I couldn’t pretend anymore. I had to stop trying to solve the problem by thinking harder, doing more, or numbing out. That path wasn’t working. And in that moment of surrender—what some might call my bottom—I discovered the real beginning.

Through the 12-step work I did, I started rebuilding my relationship with myself. With a higher power. I’m not talking about religion. I’m talking about the intelligence that orchestrates everything. You can call it God, Source, the Universe—whatever resonates. The name doesn’t matter. The connection does.

And as that connection deepened, everything began to change—not overnight, but certainly from the inside out. That was the turning point where I started to realize: the problem was never the problem. The problem was the invitation. The pain was the portal.

And from that point forward, I became committed to a new truth: things don’t fall apart to break us—they fall apart to break us open.

The Great Detoxification Taking Place

Just like I went through my own inner collapse, the world is going through a massive detox right now. Old systems are unraveling. Institutions are losing credibility. Truths that were once hidden are being exposed. And on the surface, it looks chaotic—because detox always looks messy. Whether it’s your body, your business, or your beliefs, the old has to rise to the surface before it can leave.

But here’s the trap: when the chaos rises, most people run toward it. They obsess over it. They try to fix it, debate it, argue about it, post about it, drown in it. It becomes a new addiction. I call it collapse porn—the endless loop of consuming worst-case scenarios, political division, apocalyptic headlines, and conspiracy rabbit holes.

Listen, I know some of these concerns are valid. I’ve gone down those paths. I’ve explored the globalist agendas, the military-industrial complex, the power plays behind pandemics and economic systems. But you know what I’ve realized? Most of it doesn’t matter—unless I make it matter.

What you focus on, you energize. What you give your attention to, you amplify. You don’t have to get pulled into the drama. You don’t have to let the world’s bottoming out become your personal bottom. You can be aware without being entangled. You can witness without reacting. You can acknowledge the detox without becoming the sickness.

This is your invitation to rise above the noise, not in ignorance—but in sovereignty. To live from power, not panic. Because while everyone else is watching things fall apart, you can be part of what’s rising.

Walk Away from Pharaoh

There’s a story I come back to often because it illustrates something so fundamental about transformation: the story of Moses and Pharaoh.

Moses didn’t overthrow Pharaoh by force. He didn’t rally a rebellion. He didn’t waste energy trying to fix a broken system. What did he do? He walked away. He turned his back on slavery and led his people toward the unknown—toward the promised land.

And yes, it was uncomfortable. Yes, people doubted. Some even wanted to go back to Pharaoh. But liberation was never going to come from fixing what was broken. It was always going to come from building something new. That same choice is in front of us today—both personally and collectively.

Your “Pharaoh” might be fear around money. It might be self-doubt, burnout, or the feeling that you’re stuck in a system that doesn’t reflect your values. On a larger scale, Pharaoh might be corrupt politics, broken healthcare, or a manipulated economy.

But the answer isn’t to keep talking about it. The answer isn’t to fight it harder. The answer is to stop giving it your energy. Stop feeding it your focus. Start walking in the direction of your own promised land.

And yes—it takes faith. It takes discipline. It takes spiritual maturity. But this is how real change happens. This is how new systems are born. First in your mind. Then in your habits. Then in your life. Then in the world. Walk away from Pharaoh. You don’t need to fix him. You just need to stop letting him define you.

We’re in This Together—and the Future Is Good

If you’ve made it this far, you already feel it, don’t you? That quiet pull toward something better. That whisper of truth beneath the noise. You wouldn’t be here reading this if you didn’t sense that there’s a different way—a higher path.

And you’re not alone. More and more people are waking up. Not just spiritually, but emotionally, energetically, practically. They’re questioning the old stories. They’re stepping away from the drama. They’re choosing to be the creators of their own experience—not victims of someone else’s version of reality.

I believe in the certainty of the goodness of the future because I’ve seen what happens when we align with it. I’ve seen lives transform—not from hustle, but from healing. Not from panic, but from presence. I’ve watched people walk away from their personal Pharaohs—poverty, shame, trauma, fear—and into a new way of being. Into their own promised land.

Is it always easy? No. Sometimes Pharaoh still gets my attention. But more and more, I’m choosing to tune him out. To focus forward. And the more I do, the more my life expands—more joy, more wealth, more peace, more impact.

You can do the same. You are doing the same. Just by reading this, you’ve said yes to a different frequency. Now stay with it. Feed it. Practice it. Surround yourself with others who are doing the same. Because when enough of us choose faith over fear, vision over victimhood, the whole world shifts.

And that’s not just hope. That’s law. So here’s the invitation: trust the process. Walk away from the noise. And believe—not just in possibility—but in the certainty of the goodness of the future. We’re in this together. And the best is yet to come.