Part 35 of 46 · Chapter 35 · 10 min 15 sec
You’ve read the books on identity. You’ve journaled about who you really are. You’ve sat in meditations where someone told you “you are not your thoughts” and nodded because intellectually, you got it. You’ve done the work.
And yet, when something hard happens in your business — a launch flops, a client ghosts, a number on a bank statement makes your stomach drop — you forget all of it. You collapse back into the smaller version of you. The one who feels like their worth lives inside the outcome.
It’s not you. It’s not a failure of practice. It’s that nobody quite explained what “self” actually means in a way that holds up when the pressure is on. The teachers said “know thyself” but didn’t draw the line between the self that watches and the self that worries. So you’ve been trying to use the worrier to become free — and that was never going to work.
Chapter 35 redraws that line. David separates the real you — the spirit, the witness, the part of you that has been the same since you were a child — from the temporary tools: personality, body, ego, the bank balance, even the business itself. He calls the real you “first cause.” Everything you experience flows from there. Your thoughts. Your desires. Your relationship with money. All of it.
And here is the piece that changes the chapter: if you are first cause, then nothing outside of you can truly own you, and you can never truly lose anything that was yours on the level of spirit. Settle in. This one is quiet, but it does real work.
What this chapter unlocks
- Why David Cameron Gikandi says “you attract what you are, not what you want.” People attract what they love and what they fear. What they judge, they sustain. What they accept and examine, releases them. This reframes most of what you’ve been taught about manifestation.
- The custodianship reframe for wealth. Replace the idea of “owning” things with the idea of being a temporary custodian. The minute you think you own something, it owns you. This single shift releases resistance to change — which is where most financial suffering comes from.
- The two questions David says to ask at every moment: “Is this the greatest version of the grandest vision I have ever had of myself?” and “What would love do?” Then adjust your thoughts and actions accordingly. He calls this one of the fastest paths to growth in any area.
- Why the unknown is where growth actually lives. The known is already gone — a past moment lingering in memory. We often recreate the past out of fear of losing it. New creation only lives in the unfamiliar. The chapter reframes fear of the unknown as a signal you’re standing at the edge of something real.
- The role of relativity in your business and your wealth. Without an opposite, you can’t know what you are or choose what to become next. Every person and situation becomes a bringer of a gift — including the hard ones. The day you see this is the day things start moving faster.
The 30-second test
Listen to the first 30 seconds. If the phrase “the architect of the universe” lands somewhere lower than your head — somewhere closer to your chest — this is your chapter. If you’ve been treating yourself as the thing that happens to your business, instead of the thing your business arises from, the next ten minutes will quietly correct that.
Why this chapter matters in the series
The earlier chapters built the mechanics — how thought becomes form, how feeling sets the channel, how wealth consciousness shapes opportunity. This chapter goes underneath the mechanics to the one running them. Without this, the laws feel like rules. With this, they feel like extensions of who you already are. Chapter 36 stays in this territory and goes deeper into the relationship between self, change, and the work of becoming.
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[Music] a happy pocket full of money by David Cameron gandi read by John Wayne Meyers dis [Music] 5 the self the architect of the universe it is now time to look at first cause that from which everything arises know thyself so has it been said throughout he ages yourself your spirit or your the ages yourself your spirit or your soul whatever you are used to referring to it as is the real you the rest are just your tools your personality and body and ego are just temporary tools of yourself that which will always remain even after you drop everything else yourself is first cause of your entire world any state you find yourself in must
be caused by self your thoughts come from yourself your desires come from yourself can you think of anything in the world that does not arise from the spirit nothing can exist outside of life ven wealth has first cause now you see ven wealth has first cause now you see ven wealth has first cause now you see why it is crucial to know what spirit is o that you may know how to be more in so that you may know how to be more in touch and aware of first cause in your life so so that you may create the xperience of wealth and happiness in experience of wealth and happiness in your life we’ve already
touched on Spirit many times before in this book especially when we were referring to states of being now we shall look at two aspects of self one is the actual Spirit side of you and about life we shall go into that very briefly the other is a general overview of things you do here as a personality that are healthy for you and yourself and are helpful to the having of wealth and happiness you are first cause people attract what they are not what they want they attract what they love and what they fear they sustain what they judge and condemn what they resist persists what they accept and examine mindfully releases them what hey truly
believe is what becomes real they truly believe is what becomes real in their lives see good in everything look at the light and you will never see the dark change is the only con Conant in the universe everything changes at every moment life is all about change and with change comes growth you will one day leave even your own body you can ever truly own anything here on Earth never truly own anything here on Earth inking that you own something results thinking that you own something results in that thing owning you the thought of ownership causes resistance to change resistance to the workings of the mighty Universe in its infinitely intelligent fashion the minute you
start thinking you own something it owns you for you to enjoy and use prosperity and wealth wisely and fruitfully you should replace the idea of ownership with one of temporary custodianship of something or having the use of something of keeping something of taking care of something this is what puts you ready to go with the flow without loss and suffering when the time comes for change to work its inevitable ways so much suffering is caused by resistance to change resistance to change shows that a person believes that it is is possible to not have a thing to lose something yet on a higher level on the level of spirit you have it all at all
times what are you holding yourself back for you have it all you can experience any part of yourself that you choose so long as you choose to and choose believingly with faith everything is possible it is all yours anyway what are you waiting for calmness is the fruit of wisdom acquired over time calm Ness affords true control and precision of thought Celebrate Life fear of the unknown is paralyzing yet totally unnecessary only in the unknown can you find growth freshness and creation the known the past is already experienced it is gone a past moment is a moment gone lingering only in our memories sometimes we keep recreating the past over and over again sustaining it
out of fear of losing it but New Growth New Creation lies only in the unknown learn to love and cherish the gift and power of the unknown choose this and you will find yourself traveling on a wonderful journey of exploration and growth remember always that yourself knows everything nothing is unknown to it it is only your ego with its limited vision of SpaceTime which knows only fractions of the all trust your spirit your self can never harm you you are yourself not your body and ego all suffering is caused by fear and by believing strongly in the illusions of this world let go the unknown carries tremendous opportunities knowledge potential and rewards step into it
often consistency of purpose curiosity confidence courage cheer certainty of intention this is all good stuff what are you holding back for let go at every moment and situation with every thought and action ask yourself two things number one is this the greatest version of The grandest Vision I have ever had of myself and number two what would love do then adjust your thoughts and actions based on the answers to these two questions this is a very fast way to growth in all areas of your life question everything and rule out nothing be willing to suspend everything you know you cannot discover new things until you stop telling those new things what you think they should
be let them tell you what they really are exercise your body daily your body is an energy system and an extension of your mind exercising opens up the energy channels in your mind and body remember thought is energy and your mind is all over your body in every cell of your body not just just in your brain exercising your body every day makes your mind and thoughts a great deal better change is the only constant love it embrace it find its gifts that it brings to you change it is the only game there is anyway The Game of Life the game of changes to the extent that a person has and exercises their wealth Consciousness
that person finds themselves in the company of opportunities businesses sit situations and people that enable her or him to manifest into physical the amount of wealth Consciousness they have and choose to exercise luck and coincidences have nothing to do with it what some people call luck and coincidence is the precise execution of an infinitely intelligent universe that works in amazing ways to fulfill exactly what we imagine ourselves to be lievingly you are your own believingly you are your own luck what is can what is should what is the line between can and cannot should and should not is there really such a line or do you we make it up you are the magic change
is the order of the universe life is change growth and evolution is what life is all about Clinging On to a thing is not only futile it is harmful to you you cannot win a game where you resist change now that you know the truth the laws that drive the Universe unfailingly hold this truth in your thoughts at all times and you will not be affected by the physical world again you will become its Master instead of its slave the truth will set you free life is all about growth expansion of consciousness Life The Source God never has it by Design or plan that you should not expand your Consciousness in fact the whole design
of life is for Consciousness to keep expanding it is in the whole universe best interests that you expand your Consciousness including your wealth Consciousness life seeks to express and experience itself to enable that Evolution and growth wealth if you consider it clearly does a whole lot to enable that growth once you have wealth you have freedom to explore many other aspects of life you would not have had a chance to do without it the true nature of all life is to increase life anything to the contrary of that is a going against life your desire for wealth is very natural and necessary for you to move on to higher steps not only is it natural
it is fully supported by Nature if only you follow the laws of nature ancient texts have often said it is the desire of God that you get rich and nature is friendly to your plans so long as you are in harmony with it we live in a realm of Relativity everything else outside of you exists in a most clever way to help you know yourself and recre ate yourself a new it is most clever create yourself a new it is most clever because that statement is true for each being without short people a tall person would never know that they were tall without a bad person a good person would never know they were so
and vice versa you need a frame of reference and an opposite to know what you are and to choose what to become next the day you start seeing everyone and everything as a bringer of a certain gift for you and you seek to find out what it is and you realize you are also there for their self-de sake and you willingly give them as they ask is the day you will start moving very rapidly towards more wealth
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