In short
The episode argues that life’s “pain vs pleasure” cycle can become a spiritual rat race, and that the spiritual goal is to develop certainty (emunah) so you can access “Olam HaBa”/“the world to come” as a present reality of bliss, fulfillment, and protection—leading to miracles.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are mentioned; it’s a solo episode by David Guillen.
Key claims
Pain should be processed quickly (ideally in seconds) but often persists due to unresolved trauma; challenges are meant to build certainty, not to “earn” outcomes. Certainty is the true goal of prayer and the basis for happiness that doesn’t change with external events.
Notable examples
Breakups lasting years; unresolved betrayal returning via exes/dreams/DMs; business startup setbacks; childbirth pain; courtroom battles as results of earlier “seeds” planted by thoughts/actions.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOUnderstanding Our Emotional Landscape
0:45 to 4:00
Exploring the dual nature of our experiences—pain and pleasure.
“maybe based off of something you've heard or seen, you have some kind of fear.”
The Spiritual Rat Race
4:00 to 7:30
Discussing how we often engage in a spiritual rat race and its implications.
“There are obstacles that come our way, but we have such high consciousness.”
The World to Come: A Parallel Reality
7:30 to 12:00
Introducing the concept of 'Olam Abba' and its relevance to our current lives.
“Every single painful thing you are going through is to bring you the reward, the prize of certainty.”
Certainty as the Key to Fulfillment
12:00 to 14:00
Highlighting how certainty can transform our experiences and outcomes.
“In fact, the one quality that encompasses all of the qualities is certainty.”
Understanding Certainty and Its Impact
14:00 to 17:32
Learn how the seeds of certainty influence our future experiences and outcomes.
“In fact, whatever they're taking from you was already decided a year ago based on what your soul needed then or soul did then.”
Guided Meditation for Transformation
17:32 to 21:56
Experience a guided meditation that transforms pain into light and certainty.
“Close your eyes and sit comfortably for a moment.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:05Welcome everyone to David Guillen Podcast. It's episode 109. so what is the energy of this week one of the things i want all of us to do now before we start is take a step back and look around you look around your life what are you going through at this exact second we could probably compartmentalize all the various feelings emotions that you're going through as the things that are worrying you, situations that might be coming up, that haven't come up yet, maybe based off of something you've heard or seen, you have some kind of fear. And then there's the opportunities, the parts of you that are lighting up because maybe you've achieved something or you're about to achieve it.
1:01There's good news coming your way, or at least you perceive that there is. And life is pretty much made up of these two buckets, the painful, fearful, anxious thoughts that we have, and then the pleasurable ones, the ones that make us feel like we're increasing, that we are abundant. And if you really think about that, is life really just about the pursuit of increasing the pleasure and reducing the pain and if it is is that all think about how much work that we put towards that and with all the work with all the effort with all the grind with all the sacrifice doesn't it sometimes feel or seem like the painful, doubtful situations are just more and it never stops.
1:57And that is because I'm going to share something with you that the Kabbalists share. We are doing, that's causing us to be in almost a spiritual rat race, like a hamster reel that just keeps going and going. And we think that we're actually living by what our soul's purpose is. But the sages explain there's another way of looking at life, another way of approaching it from the moment you wake up in the morning that can actually help you rise above that rat race, help you rise above and experience what is actually written in the Bible and many of the ancient texts. What is the world to come? that's the actual phrase the world to come so many times we've interpreted the world to come to be like this place where you go to and you die it's this place maybe heaven or hell it's it's the next world but the sages actually say that the world to come is a reality that exists right now parallel to the one that we are living in where if you connect to it you experience only bliss only fulfillment and only protection and to the extent that you bind your consciousness to this place that is called olam abba the world to come you will have access to the right information the right people the right relationships in this physical world and you will have experienced heaven on earth which is not something that you experience when you die i mean it can be But our spiritual goal, the goal of our soul, soul's purpose is to experience that while we are alive.
3:38That is it. Meaning for most people who have 90 % pain challenges and 10 % maybe rest or fulfillment, this is not what life is about. This is not the way life is supposed to be. That is a bad ratio. The goal is to have 99 % fulfillment. And then there are challenges, of course. There are obstacles that come our way, but we have such high consciousness. We have such certainty. We've developed that muscle so strongly that it really only lasts for a second, that pain, that suffering, and we are able to rise above it. Sometimes people go through a breakup and they're in pain for months, years. Why?
4:19Why should we be going through pain for that long? Technically, a breakup, the pain of it should fully be mourned and felt within one minute or even one second. But because we didn't know that's possible and we don't have the tools up until now, we end up prolonging our suffering for often years. Some of us haven't even let go of some of the pain and suffering we experienced in the past. Some of us are still holding on to this trauma, holding on to betrayal, holding on to what someone did to me or what someone didn't give me. the time they wasted my time they wasted my time some of us are holding on to that and especially during this period of time depending on where you hear this podcast in the month of virgo we know that the trauma that has been stored that is unresolved comes back comes back to be healed could come back in the shape and form of people coming back into your life, exes, old challenges that you thought you resolved, or maybe you blocked out, and they come back in some shape or form.
5:27They could come back in your dreams. They could come back in your DMs. They could come back in a new person, but it's the same problem, the same challenge. You promised yourself never to date someone like that again, or never to interact with someone like that again, and now there's someone brand new who you thought was the opposite, but now it's the same challenge and it's coming back right now so what is the solution what is the tool what is the energy that is available this week that can help us elevate to a place where we rise above the pain remember that everything that you're going through every challenge every setback every obstacle is not so that you can earn that thing that you want like think of you have a business startup.
6:17There's a lot of challenges when you're in startup mode. There's a lot of obstacles you didn't know about. Think about maybe you're building a house or renovating one, and you have this vision of what it was going to be like, and then you go over budget by three times. There's so many problems you didn't anticipate. You open up this wall just to fix something, and now you realize you've got to open up four walls. More problems, more problems. Think about the way people feel before they have a child. They promise themselves that they're not going to let having children interfere in their relationship.
6:50They're going to know what to do. They're going to know exactly how to have the child sleep through the night. They're going to know exactly how they're going to live their personal life. They're going to make sure they have a plan, right? Everybody has a plan. And then the plan changes. It's not exactly as you thought. But then you think, you know what, I'm going to push through it. that's the cost of having the life that I want. That is not true. That is a limited belief system. Everything you are going through is not to get that thing. The pain you're going through even during childbirth is not so that you can have the pleasure of the child.
7:27So some people say, I went through the pain of childbirth to have the miracle of a child. That's actually not why. Every single painful thing you are going through is to bring you the reward, the prize of certainty. Certainty that everything is good and certainty that there is a force called the creator that is good and only wants to give you good. That's the prize. Now, when a person has that consciousness of certainty, that there is a creator that is good and constantly wants to give me more than I even want to receive, you have certainty about that. You feel that, and that is part of you. That is the northern star of everything that you do.
8:06When you eat an apple, you're thinking, I want more certainty. When you're going through childbirth, you're thinking, I want more certainty. When you're building a business, you're not doing it to make revenue or to help the customers or to help the world. You're doing it because it is a pathway for you to develop more certainty. When you think this way and you then connect to that certainty, you live in what's called olamaba. You live in this reality that you see the truth behind everything. And as a result, you have complete fulfillment because you're totally dialed in. You're energetically dialed in.
8:35Your frequency is of the highest caliber. Now, one of the benefits of having certainty is that you get everything else in this physical world. So yes, you get the fulfillment of a family. You get the fulfillment of abundance. You get the fulfillment of love, so on and so forth. But do not chase those things. And it's a subtle shift in the mind because we are not programmed. We are not used to. It is not our habit to think of what I just said, which is make certainty the goal. When you're arguing with your spouse or you're arguing with your girlfriend or your boyfriend, you have an outcome that you desire.
9:10You want to prove your point. You want to get them to do something, be a certain way. That's your goal. But now I'm asking you, every argument that you have, don't make the goal be, I want her to understand my point of view. I want the goal to be, I have more certainty in the light of the creator. Well, what's the connection? We're arguing about something that needs to be solved. Yes, you can have that argument. but first set an intention. Through the challenge I'm having, through the friction I'm having with this person, I desire that the outcome be somehow that my soul is connected to the light of the creator and I have more certainty.
9:49Certainty beyond my logical mind. I want to live in the realm of certainty. It comes from the verse of King David that says that his only desire is to live in the house and dwell in the house of the Lord. That's a literal translation. That sounds very biblical and that sounds very religious. So let's make it practical. What is the house of the Lord? It's the world to come. It is the land of certainty. It is the frequency, the vibration of perfection and wholeness. Do you want to live in that land? Or do you want to live in the land where it's up and down and up and down and constant problems and everybody wants to take something from you and you don't trust really anybody and it's good one day and then it's bad another and stocks go up and stocks go down and business is good and the business is bad and there's more bills and there's more problems and what's the point of it all you want to live in that realm that is not why we came here when we leave this world we will realize moments before your death you will realize what was the point of everything what legacy did i really live what did i leave behind will anybody actually remember you in 100 years?
10:59Will your great-grandkids even know your name? Do you know the name of your great-grandfather or great-grandmother? You probably don't even know their name. I don't know the name of mine. So why am I sharing that? Because when a person leaves this world knowing that everything they did is to connect to the world to come, the realm of certainty, then their energy and legacy lasts forever. That energy we passed on to your children, to your children's children, but nothing else. The same way that wealth can be put in a trust that gets passed down from generation to generation, maybe those children will enjoy that wealth or great-grandchildren will enjoy that wealth, but they won't even remember who made it.
11:42But when it comes to certainty, that is the only energy that really exists. It's immortal. It is the embodiment of the light of the creator, because in Kabbalah, we learn, how do you create miracles? You connect to the light of the creator. How do you connect the light of the creator? By acting like the light of the creator. Fine. How do I act like the light of the creator? Number one on the list. In fact, the one quality that encompasses all of the qualities is certainty. Have certainty that everything you're going through right now, as ugly as it is, as painful as it is, as confusing as it is, as blocked as you are, this is good.
12:16And it's coming from the creator who only does good. And not only that, the creator actually wants to give me so much. I should be so excited at how much the creator wants to give me. I cannot even comprehend how much the creator wants to give me. You must have this belief all the time. Otherwise, you will be in despair when things don't go your way. And if you're not in despair, you're just going to try to get by. Just try to get over this one challenge. How many times have you heard people say, ah, if only I just had this or had that, everything would be okay. If only I could just make this relationship work, everything will be okay.
12:50If only I had just an extra$10 ,000, an extra$100 ,000. Just pay that bill, fix that debt. That's all in my company. That's all I need. Listen to us. That's all you need? Fine, put a bigger number. Is that all you need? No, you need certainty. You want certainty. When you wake up in the morning, make it your number one goal. before you go to bed at night and you pray to the creator for something, pray for certainty. Every prayer should be a prayer for certainty. Do you have certainty?
13:26How do you know you have certainty? Your happiness. You have happiness and your happiness does not change when the physical world changes. When times are good or times are bad, when things are up or things are down, you have happiness because you are not subject to this physical world. You don't believe that the physical world is what is going to determine what you have or don't have. Somebody is fighting you. Somebody's trying to take something away from you. Somebody's battling you in court. It looks like they're trying to take something from you. They have no power. In fact, whatever they're taking from you was already decided a year ago based on what your soul needed then or soul did then.
14:13And now you're just experiencing the result of what the seed that was planted a year ago. What seed are you planting today when you go to court? Because whatever seed you're planting today through your thoughts, your words, your actions, that will be the fruit next year. So don't think you're playing the game or trying to win the battle now in that courtroom. It's already been done. whatever's happening in that courtroom is because of something that was planted years ago or months ago the seeds you want to plant today are certainty and when you know you have certainty is when you have happiness when you feel full inside when you feel complete and not full and complete in a way that you then you become lazy that's actually not the full and complete we're talking about it's full and complete but in a way that you desire even more this energy this create you want to be close to the creator.
15:06You fall in love. You fall in love with the creator. You know what? When was the last time you were in love? You thought about that person all the time. You got excited when they texted or called you. You got excited at the thought of you're going to see them in a few hours. So you had that love. Can you have that same love for the creator? For the realm of certainty? Every love song that you hear from now on, almost every song, believe it or not it's actually a love song to the creator when someone says i miss you i love you they're actually talking about the creator next time you hear a song i want you to not visualize when the when the singer is saying you as in another person visualize try to listen that the person is talking about the creator so that is the energy of this week i've talked about certainty many times before but this is a new way of understanding it no matter what darkness you have in your life no matter what is coming and things may come no matter what up or down you have stay steady remind yourself that all of this is beautiful because it is building you towards the true goal of having certainty in the light of the creator to live in the world of olam about the world of certainty.
16:27And then you will only have miracles and protection. And if you're wondering how to end the process of something right now that you're going through, to end a painful process, just realize that process is waiting for you to elevate your certainty. And when you do, the process will suddenly end. You'll see in the blink of an eye. So remember what war you are fighting. It's not a war against another person. It's the war against your own doubts, your own fears, your own insecurities, all the things that make you feel that tomorrow may or may not be good. And it's also the doubt that is there a God and does it want to give to me?
17:03That doubt must be overcome. Certainty beyond logic. Emunah. To live in the world to come, which is the world that is right now, that is completely connected to the light. We have this opportunity this week. and every test that is coming our way this week is coming only for that reason. Let's do a meditation. Close your eyes and sit comfortably for a moment. Take a deep breath and relax yourself and exhale.
17:47I want you to think about all the painful moments that are happening in your life right now. Take all of these moments, all the people that represent pain, all the situations that you're in, however you can experience it right now, whether it's through a vision, a sound, a person, whatever symbol comes to you of these painful situations, I want you to gather all of them and put it into a ball, a ball of energy.
18:26And I want you to hold this ball of energy in between your hands like this. It's all your problems right here.
18:37The people who are making your life difficult, the doubts, the fears, the money issues, the uncertainty, it's right here in this ball. I want you to feel all that energy between your hands. I want you to see that this ball of pain becomes white as snow. It's all becoming light right now.
19:10I want you to take this ball of light and give it to your consciousness. Just put it in your mind. All the challenges have become light and all that light now is giving you certainty. Endless certainty. You are connected to the realm of the light of the creator. You have nothing to worry about. You have nothing to fear. You are whole right now. in fact, that perfect miraculous reality you thought was far away or years away or lifetimes away is right now. What do you feel in your body right now? Now that you have love in its highest form, now that you have no more financial problems, now that you are so abundant, what do you feel in your body what do you see what does it feel like to know that you're living your highest purpose to know that you're giving so many people are being blessed because of you what does it feel like knowing that when you walk into a room everyone is so happy that you're there because you bring light wherever you go what does it feel like to have such certainty that the creator is showing you everything all the time from this part of the world to the next part of the world
20:57what does it feel like to have complete mercy and love and never have judgment in your head what does that feel like that is the life that you have right now that is the realm of olam abba that is the realm of certainty do not be concerned by what you hear or see they are all illusions
21:26fight to stay in this realm make it your number one goal and you can relax
21:37often we work so hard to try to get somewhere what if you're already there what if you already have it what if whatever you're chasing has been with you this whole time it is just the illusion that someone else has it someone else is holding on to it or you need to go get it it's right here right now with you It's always been there.
22:08You have complete certainty.
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In this episode I share the one shift that turns you from the chaser into the chased. Why certainty is the actual prize the Creator is trying to hand you through every challenge you have ever gone through. Why the world you are trying so hard to succeed in is not the world you actually came here for. And how the moment you stop chasing anything, everything you were chasing arrives.
