Part 29 of 45 · Chapter 30 · 9 min 31 sec

You’ve done the work on language before. You know words carry weight. You’ve read the books on affirmations, on speaking things into being, on watching your self-talk. You probably already catch yourself mid-sentence sometimes and rephrase.

And yet something still isn’t clicking. You’ve been saying “I want” for years — about money, about clients, about the kind of life you can almost taste. You’ve intended it. You’ve visualised it. You’ve even felt it in your body. But the gap between wanting and having hasn’t closed the way the teachers promised it would.

It’s not you. It’s not that you didn’t believe hard enough or vibrate high enough. There’s a precise mechanical reason this one word has been holding the line — and most teachers gloss right over it because the dictionary calls “want” and “desire” synonyms. They are not. Not to the part of you that’s executing instructions every second of every day.

Here’s the reframe David offers in this chapter: wanting is a perpetual state of not-having. It’s a closed loop. The moment you say “I want,” you’ve told the universe — and more importantly, your own subconscious — that you are without. And the system delivers exactly what you described: the state of being without. Desire is different. Desire is a longing that pulls you forward without first declaring lack. One word locks the door. The other opens it.

If you’ve ever wondered why some people seem to manifest small things easily but stall out on the big ones, this chapter has the answer — and it’s quieter and more precise than anything you’ve heard before. Press play when you’re ready.

What this chapter unlocks

  • Why “want” and “desire” are not synonyms — even when the thesaurus says they are. David walks through the dictionary definitions side by side: want means lack, defect, deficiency, to fall short. Desire means longing that impels to action. Same feeling, completely different instruction to the universe.
  • The mechanism of unconscious state-shifting — why you easily “get what you want” with small things (a snack, $20) but stall on the big ones. You’re not actually getting what you want; you’re shifting out of the wanting state into a getting state. With unfamiliar goals, that shift doesn’t happen on its own.
  • How intention, certainty, and detachment work together — David explains the trio that lets you hold a future outcome without fighting the present. Certainty about the destination. Detachment from how today looks. This is what stops the resistance loop.
  • The full list of “wanting” disguises — regrets about the past, wishing things were different, worrying about the future, throwing your awareness out of the now. All of these are wanting in costume.
  • The simple language swap — replace want with desire, wish, like, or intend. Practical, immediate, and works the same day you start using it.

The 30-second test

Listen to the first 30 seconds. If the phrase “every word carries with it thousands of years of meaning and instructions on how it will be carried out” makes you pause and reconsider how you’ve been talking about money this whole time, this is your chapter. If you’ve ever felt that your affirmations were technically correct but somehow energetically off, this is the missing piece.

Why this chapter matters in the series

The earlier chapters built the foundation — quantum physics, abundance, self, the precision of the system you live inside. This chapter takes that precision and applies it to the most ordinary thing you do all day: speak. After this comes the section on purpose and the uniqueness only you carry. You cannot speak yourself into a purpose-aligned life from a state of perpetual lack. This chapter clears the language so the next one can land.

Read the full transcript (~8 min read · 1,732 words)

want not desire but never ever want here’s a good reason to watch your there’s a good reason to watch your words thought actions and States every state and thought is act upon precisely by the universe by law each word carries with it thousands of years of meaning and instructions on how it will be carried out for example the word jump invokes specific images in any person’s mind along with the appropriate instructions to execute it and the universe which has to assist in that jump acts accordingly laws of physics Spirit Mind Body coordination Etc even as you read this book The Words invoke in you certain things some of which you can feel right now some

people by now ill excitedly know the words in here will excitedly know the words in here will enable them to make big differences in their lives and that knowing is already starting to make changes unseen and some people already know this as they read this in regards to wealth the most important word to watch out for is want and all its equivalents wanting communicates to you and to the universe that you do not have something first mistake and that you are in a state of not having it but wishing you did second mistake the problem is compounded by the fact that wanting is a Perpetual state in itself it has no finality think about it

you can never get what you want never it only looks like people get what they want but they never really do so what actually happens is that very gradually they shift from the state of wanting to ther states and then they get what they other states and then they get what they had wanted initially but as long as they are in a state of wanting they cannot get that which they want here’s how the illusion of a person getting what they want Works remember the last time you wanted to eat and you got what you wanted you ate something okay you wanted something to eat this is a wanting state but watch what happened next

you started to go get something to eat you actually shifted from wanting to a getting state which has finality you then shift to the present tense of having finally and you appear to have had what you wanted see you never did get what you wanted when you were in a wanting State you had to shift States this unconscious shifting from a state of wanting to another state is easily done all the time by people but only for small things but what if it was something so big something you had never done before would you still get if you wanted it unlike food it would be harder for you to unconsciously shift from the wanting State

because you have not gone through it before if you found yourself wanting $20 it would be easy for you to unconsciously shift from the state of wanting to getting because you have done it before over and over again but what if you wanted a million dollars and you have never had more than $20,000 in your life before would you be able to shift unconsciously from wanting to getting a million dollars most likely not the solution is this never want you can never get what you want wanting something very bad is worse in your thoughts words States and feelings replace want with desire or wish unlike wanting desire does not necessarily have to mean you do

not have something it is a very subtle difference and some people may say they are the same thing but here is a world of difference some there is a world of difference some thesauruses may even say want is interchangeable with desire but that is imply for some linguistic purposes imply for some linguistic purposes imply for some linguistic purposes remember your thoughts are carried out with precision and Perfection by the universe it is the way the system is designed wanting is carried out with precision and wanting represents a Perpetual state of not having desire is not a Perpetual state of not having in fact it does not necessarily have to mean you do not have what

you desire it is sad and funny to think that billions of people are kept away from what they want by such a simple little difference it all lies in the precise execution of the universe precisely it is not just he word want that should be avoided it he word want that should be avoided it he word want that should be avoided it is the state it helps nothing to avoid the word want but to be in a state of want that is useless language is the symbol used to represent things such as tate the word want is a symbol that state the word want is a symbol that represents the state of wanting it is

therefore the state that you should avoid first the symbol the word itself is also to be avoided so as to not invoke the state please desire but never want here are a few dictionary definitions of the word want to be without lack to be destitute or needy a defect of character a fault to be absent o be deficient or lacking to fail not o be deficient or lacking to fail not o be deficient or lacking to fail not o be sufficient to fall or come short o be sufficient to fall or come short o be sufficient to fall or come short o lack this is what you communicate to lack this is what you communicate

to the universe to bring to you when you want something the universe brings you just that absence and eficiency none of these negative deficiency none of these negative definitions is included for the word esire now here are some dictionary desire now here are some dictionary definitions of the word desire to express a wish for request the natural onging that is excited by the enjoyment longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession an eager wish to obtain or enjoy not needing a particular result in the moment of now frees the subconscious mind from all thoughts about why you cannot have a

particular result this in turn opens the path to the particular esult that was consciously intended result that was consciously intended this is one of the benefits of intending with Detachment you intend a future outcome you are certain of it but you are detached as to what is happening in the present moment for example assume that you intend to be a millionaire but in the present moment events are moving in a way that that suggests you’re not going toward your goal you will make the best progress if you are detached from the present moment meaning you accept it as it is instead of fighting it and getting frustrated by it and losing hope but regardless of

your Detachment keep your certainty about your outcome in the future about becoming a millionaire learn to enable the coexistence of intention certainty and Detachment in your life and life will quickly become happy and wealthy for you resistance and frustration will slowly fall out and certainty and confidence will grow you see you cannot fail to get wealthy if your goals are clear and focused and you are certain faithful you believe it is impossible to fail failure would mean breaking the unbreakable laws of the universe so certainty enables you to relax knowing wealth is on the way regardless of whatever the present moment may look like lack of Detachment equates to resistance and what you persists eliminate

all forms of wanting these include regrets about the Past wishing things are or were different looking forward to wishing wanting worrying and throwing your awareness and Consciousness out into the future or past in other words do not hold on to the Past moment do not wish you were in the next moment to come but instead take in the moment of now in its fullness for all the gifts it brings to you the faster way to create a great future is to Simply intend release and get back to enjoy joying here now wanting tells the universe to create conditions that keep you in wanting making it impossible to have what you want unless you get out

of the state of wanting and into another state it is a very subtle but important way of seeing life never want anything wanting makes the universe give you the conditions that create a Perpetual state of wanting have passion have desire have intentions but want not eliminate the the word want in your language and the state of wanting in your thinking and being replace it with desire and Desiring like and liking wanting creates conditions of Perpetual wanting you never get what you want if you ever find yourself thinking you do not have something or you’re not something then you are wanting wanting is a state of being that professes not having lacking it is not just

a word in the spoken language all of the things held constant to the xtent that an individual or Society extent that an individual or Society eliminates wanting in their language and in their state of being so will they have wealth and happiness if you find yourself fighting against want reread the chapters on quantum physics abundance one and self and understand truly how as it has been taught by teachers for thousands of years you have it all and even before you ask it is has been given unto you logically scientifically and spiritually there’s absolutely no reason to want of course there is reason to desire but none to want wanting is a belief in not having

you have it all why then would you wish to believe that you do not have it now that we have that all clear let us look at some big and interesting things we start with your purpose that uniqueness of you that no one else can duplicate let us move on

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