Unravelling True Faith and Inner Peace With Blake Anderson

In this episode of GMRT Experience, we explore the riveting journey of Blake Anderson. Raised amidst societal pressures and religious pretenses, Blake finds his true path amidst life's struggles. He navigates through emotional turmoil, false appearances, and personal battles, drawing strength and wisdom from his brushes with rehabilitation, spirituality, discernment, and supernatural events.

Blake’s candid confession about his transformation from merely religious to spiritually enlightened forms the backbone of this episode. His raw account of his spiritual awakening and struggle to sustain his faith in the face of materialism, worldly trials, and personal doubts offers listeners a thought-provoking perspective on faith and self-discovery.

The episode further dives into Blake's turmoil with sexuality and women, exploring his journey towards celibacy and its associated societal taboos. His candidness about the deep impacts of pornography and the spiritual bonds forged through sexual relationships add a compelling dimension to his narrative, emphasizing the importance of carrying this bond with responsibility and mindfulness.

His insights on praying for healing, prophesying, and tapping into the ‘gift of the Holy Spirit’ guide listeners through a transformative spiritual journey. The tangible account of his spiritual revelations, the power of faith in healing, and his upcoming wellness company paints a vivid picture of his life after finding fulfillment and peace in spirituality.

This episode serves as a testament to the transformative power of faith and spirituality in finding true peace and fulfillment. Join us to explore Blake's inspiring journey that navigates the path of self-discovery and garners a deep understanding of the divine purpose of life.

Episode Transcript

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Music.

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Yo, yo, what's up guys? Welcome to another episode of the GMRT Experience.
I'm excited for this episode, homie. Hey, man.
Dude, tell us who you are and give us a little breakthrough.
Oh, well, so my name is Blake Anderson.
Man, who am I on the spot?

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It's just like an intro star. So, I mean, I'm originally... We go right to the point. Yeah.
I mean, but that's like, which way do you want to go? Business,
professionally, spiritually?
So, dude, I mean, I was telling you off camera as I was prepping for this episode.
We've gone, pretty much every episode has been business wise.

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Yeah. And we can go in there too, but I want to talk about God, faith and all of that.
So maybe give us a little bit of that business background.
Yeah. But then tell us, you know, because I know who you are.
That's why I want to have you here because I want people to know,
like, dude, this dude's legit.

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So take that. Well, I mean, like, so a little backdrop story for me.
So I'm originally from Idaho, Idaho Falls.
And my, like, quick story leading into, I guess, faith would be was raised religious.
I mean, LDS is predominant religion up there.

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Like I did Boy Scouts through the church.
I wasn't like, all my friends were LDS. I didn't really realize that like Scouts
was the church and church ball was the church. I just wanted to go play basketball
with my friends and stuff.
And then I started to realize like when I'm getting into high school and like
doing seminary and stuff and they're like, you know, and I actually,
I was never baptized LDS, but I'm like blessed in sacrament and stuff.

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So you were going to church. Yeah.
They had like, they had a date for me and stuff. It was this whole thing.
And then my mom's Lutheran, like my mom and dad are together.
Very happy. Just my dad wasn't active LDS.
It was just more of a community thing to like find some friends. Yeah.
And so I also was going, same time I was going to seminary. i was going to what's

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called confirmation in the lutheran church it's like the same thing,
it's like really diving into like church i guess supposedly but i just remember
like i drew a picture of jesus that's the biggest thing i remember because that
was like your main project.
And you had to draw and i drew one of jesus which is really cool forward through
that my mom held on to and gave me like three years ago wow really yeah and

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it's like this framed thing that she had And cause I,
I lost a lot of belongings and stuff through my twenties through,
you know, that's a whole story in and of itself.
But, but yes, I mean, spiritually I grew up religious, I would say,
but I definitely didn't grow up spiritual.

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It was like, church was like that check Mark.
I mean, even going to seminary, I went and then I kind of felt this,
like, you know, I went for, I think a couple of years and then they started
diving into the book of Mormon and something just wasn't feeling right with me on it.
Just like, I was like, I don't necessarily like, I'm not against it.

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I just don't feel like I don't agree with this, you know?
And I was also like remembering mom's fighting over like why I was going to what church.
And in some, my twenties, man, like I, I didn't, like, this is a big part of
my story, I guess, where it came through. who didn't grow up the cool kid was
bullied through grade school, middle school.

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So like my strive was to be the cool kid.
Because I was like, this is what I got to do. But you go to grade school and
high school with the same kids, that gets pretty hard, dude.
And so it kind of started happening in college when I started working out a
lot and put on a bunch of muscle. And then it was all of a sudden like, oh, shit.
You know what I mean? I put on 50 pounds of muscle and coaches saw me and dudes

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kind of quit. They were like, okay, what's up?
And dated a cute girl. And I guess I credit. I got to college and I just was
like, okay, this is it. And I based my college experience pretty much on Van Wilder, the movie.
Wow. Just like I wanted to be the party king.
I strove for it. I pretty much like accomplished it. Like I threw like that was my goal.

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Just wanting that connection. Right.
And so that kind of led into just drinking all the time.
And this is just, I guess, a big part of
the story where drinking all the time and going
into class and like literally like alcohol was totally my
thing of like yeah this helps me feel good and whatever
and i ended up coming to salt lake going

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to rehab because i one day i tried like i was
drinking all the time and i was like okay i just need to quit how old were you
at the time so when i first went to rehab i was 21 or 20 no 22 maybe i just
want to see when i first went to rehab which isn't like i'd only been drinking
for a year like i managed you know fake id and stuff doing okay.

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I mean, it's just full transparency on it.
Yes. I mean, and being from Idaho, like, well, that's not a thing.
It was like pretty shameful in my family where they're like,
oh, like you got to go get fixed.
And I was like, what? Okay.
So I came to rehab, super nervous about it. Actually turns out to be like a

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really cool thing where you turn in your cell phone for 30, 60, 90 days.
And, and you actually like rehab is pretty cool.
Like it's not like hospital rehab, which I've gone through detox and stuff too.
You because yeah it it kind
of started a thing where it's like okay you go to rehab and then
it's like okay your 30 days are up go home and i

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went home to like a welcome home party basically like i walked in
and my roommates were playing games on the couch and they're like oh
hey you're home they're like and so it's like
that night we just had people over and go wild and
that was like what i thought was just kind of the way like i wanted to
live life that turned into
i mean there's so much within that time

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frame but coming back to salt lake doing
rehab again because it's like your family's like you got to figure
this out and that's the answer it's it's
like this culture thing of you know that's what i
mean by like religiously and not spiritual it's like you have to have this front
you have to have this like facade where it's like hey well you're this is go

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get fixed instead of like you ever wonder like why i'm drinking or why i kind
of like I snuck out all the time in school or all that thing.
It's like, there's, there's something going on in here that's hurting.
And I kind of went on a journey of finding that and figuring that out throughout
my twenties. I mean, I, I stayed in Salt Lake. I realized I didn't want to go back home to Idaho.

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And my family had like, you know, where it was like, hey, go back to rehab.
I was like, okay, I'll do sober living this time, like doing the steps.
And then I drank and I told my sober living guy, I was like,
hey, I went out and I drank tonight just because I was being honest.
And they're like, well, you can't come home. And it's like, this is my apartment
I stay at. And so I'm like, what do I do? You know what I mean?

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And like, I ended up on the streets.
I called my family and they're like, you know, a lot of my mom,
dad, wonderful parents.
But it was kind of like hey good luck and i was like
just went from didn't realizing like
how good i kind of had it you know from growing up
like my dad's you know he's he's a i think he's

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a very humble guy i learned more about him a very respectful
man worked really hard for everything we have but i
didn't have to like strive super hard for
a lot of things i mean i did i had good work ethic and he
taught me wonderful things and yeah you know things in
character i have today day but but
yeah so that started this like boom like

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on the streets in salt lake city don't know anybody was like knocking on doors
at 11 o'clock at night just trying to find someone like charge my phone and
i was in west valley at this point no idea where i was some dude answered and
was like dude you're gonna get yourself killed and i was like i just want to charge my phone you know,
so without going too much into that i kind of ended up like doing this this

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wave right of of figuring out who that hurting,
I don't know, 16-year-old, 21-year-old Blake was.
They're kind of like I realized, and this is how I describe when I came to being
born again and actually having that relationship with God and Jesus,
is all this stuff happened through my 20s.

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I had some really cool stories at some really high highs. Like,
yeah, I have homelessness in there and I have some gnarly experiences.
We can dive into at some point. And, but I have some pretty high highs where
it's like, I got paid to travel and do things and, you know, had,
but this whole time, I feel like I just ended up like being the same kind of

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guy, you know, like all of a sudden I'm 27 and I'm looking back and I'm like,
am I really that different from when I was 21 or 20?
And, you know, coming through, I started developing being really spiritual.
And this is what I think we'll dive into too. Yeah. It's just already in my thirties,
dude like you know and you know going
through like alcohol drugs all that

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stuff you know long sense of sobriety and
but like when i
started becoming spiritual i started like feeling things and started actually
kind of feeling into that like almost like supernatural and i was like okay
well what's going on but you weren't feeling this before no i mean like you
like you know you can experience things and feel things but like especially

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when you're raised in that like.
No no that's that's not a thing like demons and monsters are for the movies
yeah okay you know and then but like you you go through life and you meet people
and travel and see like different areas of like you're like okay like that's
real like what was that or like when i saw like magic,

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and stuff like not like pick a card but
some like you know like some spiritual stuff where you're like that doesn't
make a whole lot of sense and your mind's trying to comprehend it
and so i like and then you know being like
okay i'm not cool with this and being on the spiritual kick and i started getting
into you know okay like who's gonna who am i gonna talk to about this right

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like i was doing really well at the time i i you know i had you know i i stayed
sober because i I felt like it was what people wanted me to do.
But even then it was like, we can go into like the whole recover, recovered thing.
Like I go out, have a beer and burger with some friends and then just leave it, you know?
But I had this sense of sobriety and stuff where I was like,

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okay, and I was doing well back in my family's graces. This was like three or four years back.
And, but I was really feeling spiritual. Like I could feel things like,
you know, like feel and like energy balls and all this stuff.
And I'm like, okay, so who do I talk to? And that's when I like had like discernment,
you know, when I could hear.

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And I was like, okay, I'm hearing voices. Can you, can you explain what the sermon is?
Because how I was telling you, like a lot of these people are listening right now. Yeah.
They don't, we're going to, here's the thing, guys, we're going to go into some
stuff here that some terms make sense to us. Yeah.
But 97% of the people that listen to this, we got some people from church that

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listen to, they don't know.
Well, so discernment is like, there's different types of discernment,
I feel. And they say it's like discerning spirits.
You can discern. And I think people have more discernment than they are aware
of. When you can sense and feel things on people.
And sometimes you can even see it where you see someone and you're like,
There's something about that person or on that person that I'm just not cool

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with or I'm just not vibing with.
And people just describe it as energy or auras.
Like, oh, hey, you have to get new energy, vibes.
I used to use that word. And it's the thing. You can tell when you see someone's
glowing. Yeah. Well, they're probably anointed.
You know what I mean? And they have that glow. The Bible talks about David glowing.

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Yeah. And when you see something like you can actually see it on people and
like, even when like you pray and break it off and all of a sudden you see like
a different person or their eyes, like their eyes go clear.
So, I mean, that's what the Bible talks about is discerning spirits.
So you can, you can hear, sense and feel, you know, and for me,

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when I started kind of experiencing some of this stuff, it was like,
who do I talk to you about like feeling this?
Or like, who do I talk to you where it's like, you know, I'm not going to sound crazy and stuff.
Cause it's like doing good, sober, all the right things, you know?
And I started being like, cause if I go to church people, which is,

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and I say church people, I nothing against people in their church and stuff,
but it's like, I couldn't feel like I could go to a church.
Like I couldn't be like, Hey, like I'm feeling spiritual stuff.
Like I'm having encounters with stuff that's It's pretty supernatural without
them being like, and this is, you know, without this being like,
well, like go see a doctor.

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And it's like, and bro, and I've even seen doctors and stuff and they've done,
you know, did a scan and all this stuff before where they're like,
yeah, you're, you're good.
You're healthy. And I mean, of course, you know, with like drinking and stuff
all the time and, you know, you have no symptoms of any mental disorder or anything like that.
And whatever you're feeling and experiencing, like it'll just go away.

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Yeah. And I'm like, well, what if it's not going away?
Right. Right. So this, this leads to, to my next question. Cause yeah,
that was a good, you know, intro.
Yeah. Sorry. I tried to like. No, no, you're good.
Because this is gonna, this package, all the, the following like questions.
Cause believe it or not, like I'm truly excited about this episode because it's

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like, I can't, we can teach people business and stuff and all of that.
But what I realized this year for me, now that I got this relationship with
God, like I understand that relationship, I seen what he's done in my life.
And we talk about in church, when you find God, you want everybody to experience it.
So I'm very excited about this episode because you're going to help a lot of people do just that.

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They might not even comprehend it at the time, but you're going to shine that light. Hey, this is it.
So this is my next question. So after all those years, you were up to 27 or something.
When did you actually came in contact with God? How did that happen?
Cause you had like all these ups and downs.

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What was it? So, and that's wonderful transition for the axis tilt that I tell people.
And so when I said, it's like, okay, I'm 27, but I feel like the dude that was
21, maybe even the dude that was 16, right?
And when it came through, like starting in my thirties was when I started encountering

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things spiritual, right?
And this is the thing you get in with a lot of new agey, which I,
you know, got into people who were into chakras and crystals and bro,
and I could sit and feel, and like, I could feel it like, dude, my crown chakra,
I could feel it totally just open and me channeling in this energy and like
all of it through my arms.

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And there's, and there's people who I'm sure watch this, they can vibe with
that. And, you know, like in certain crystals, like you can feel the energy from them.
And I had like girls that were like, Hey, this is clearing for this.
And like, I did, I was sage in my place.
You know what I mean? I used to be that guy too, bro. I was saging it up and,
and like, and I had plants, you know what I mean?
And those were some supernatural plans. Cause I had girlfriends that came over

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that are like, these plants are glowing.
And I'm like, I'm not like a plant guy. They were just like,
Hey, get plants. It'll keep your atmosphere. fear.
And so I was super into this cause I wanted, like I was being spiritual,
but I didn't realize because for me it was like spiritual and God and Jesus and religious.
Like, you know, it was like two different things for some reason.

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Cause if I go to church and talk about this, like, Hey, I feel this thing or
where there's a dark presence in my house, you know, what's the church going to say?
They're just going to be like, Oh, well, what are you doing wrong?
Yeah. And it's like, like you got a homegirl it's like hey
you're it's a sage packet and the thing is is it like worked like the
energy was clear i just didn't realize that like

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and this is the best way to describe to me like sage scares
away some of the little stuff but it invites some stuff that's not afraid of
it you know and so my thing was like jesus kind of saw what was going on in
my spirituality i feel in god and was like hey hold up you're going that way
you're ours and so i was I was in my, gosh,

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when was this? I've been like 31.
30 yeah 31 or so and when i was dating someone he was like hey i want to take you to church,
all right i can do the church thing i was like i have the religious
background like mom and dads love me you know
what i mean yeah and uh and i went to church

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but it was like non-denominational like praise and worship you know like let's
talk about real things and life and like when i went in and we were worshiping
bro and i put up my hands because i could feel things things and i just felt
like this like this glow on like that presence you know and i was just like.
Okay like this is some of the stuff that i i've been wanting

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and i felt it stronger and heavier than before and
i was like and i still wasn't truthfully like on board with
the jesus thing like i thought like truth i mean because i
didn't know because i had thought it was so religious and whatever i had
been carrying or whatever was maybe trying to steer me away from it
but i was like okay god this is where you want me and i'm
all for loving jesus and stuff but i still was thinking

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of jesus as the jesus that i learned like in
sunday school through religion yeah and not
the jesus that i've come to know now that's like christianity is
cool like jesus is alive and living and
and like operating in that power like there's
no power greater right so good so and that's
what what a lot of people like out in the world

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that don't understand that jesus he is
he's alive god is alive oh he's working every
day every second every minute miracles healing all of it it's like like and
we've talked about this like jesus is he was a savage like that dude was doing

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crazy things back in the days bro dude that's what i love that because that's
where i started realizing Okay.
So, cause you learn about like, you know, when you see the movies and stuff
like loving, caring Jesus that was no doubt like super loving,
caring greatest man there ever was and will be.
But it's like people leave out like the going in and flipping tables over and

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like, you know, making a whip and getting people that like heck out of like dishonoring his dad.
Like, you know, like Jesus is badass, man. man.
And you know, I always say like somebody, like if you look at someone and they
like have a demon and you say, get out, which is, and they flee,
like when darkness flees, like that's kind of is like, that's pretty hardcore

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because darkness is all over.
Like with it's like our world and the spirit world kind of interlinking.
Cause I feel like everybody's had some type of supernatural in one way experience.
It's just whether their mind processes it or they deny it. And when you start
diving into it, you're like, wow, this isn't that this isn't that rare,
like I'm not alone on this.
And I feel people are kind of diverted to the understanding of the supernatural

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where it's like, hey, come over here, and the devil loves that where it's like experience power.
And it's like, well, no, like since when's the bad guy, the only one with superpowers,
like Jesus is like experience power.
So with that, I want to let's hold that thought right there because we've talked
about this off camera when we go to dinner and stuff.

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It's like how there's good, there's evil.
And people don't really think about that. I never thought about that,
bro. Like I'm like, yeah, God might be real.
Like, who knows? Like, yeah, like cool. but i never
thought about like the enemy like actually
being reeling attacking people now that

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i'm walking this path and i'm like team jesus god
i'm all about it i can feel it even
more stronger it doesn't mean that i give it
power or anything like i do the same thing i break it off
in jesus name like yeah but it's like it's legit and
people don't don't really think about it that way yeah so
that's that's the that's where

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the bible talks about like our war is not of the flesh like we're
not of man but like like our
war is in the spirit and so and i tell people
so things happen in the spirit before they happen in the worldly you know what
i mean and that's where like these shifts and transitions and like that's where
that access like the access where you seem to be the same person like you might

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have these highs and lows but you like for me like one of One of the things
I fear most is looking back a year ago and being like, wow, I'm the same dude, right?
But with that kind of born again.
Holy spirit like living jesus like encounter like god
shifts your access dude so it's like you may
still have those like you'll have those highs and lows but no
matter what you're a different person you're not

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going to be this person again regardless like now you're
going like this and it just kind of like gets better and
better and that's that shift of
you know like you're given
gifts of wisdom insight understanding and
god will make you like he'll give you whatever you
want or ask for but he'll bring you to it

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not it to you and that's the axis of like trusting
and working and becoming a different person so
like when you say they come against an attack it's like
the enemy like when you have god has something in
store for you especially when you're operating like in
the spirit and the worldly i mean i think that's where god's like
you know i don't know if you're if you're operating in the

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worldly as a rule like and you're not operating in the spirit
but you're a christian it's kind of like i
don't know i feel like that's an uphill battle right because you're
there's a big half of it that people seem to be sweeping
away yeah like there's angels and there's demons yeah right just as much as
it's like oh like there is god of course there is the devil you know what i

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mean and his thing like he wants to derail you like in in all types types of
ways and when you're like, why is this happening?
And you start to see it in ways like we've talked about where.
You know, like these sure business deals all of a sudden take a curve or,
you know, these people don't show up or, and you're like, how is this happening?

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And like, and that's where, you know, being plugged in and having that father-son
relationship, cause that's what God wants your daughter, you know?
God uses that stuff, right? So when the enemy throws these things at you,
and I say, it's like, when you just lean in and have that like walk of faith,
he uses it as like to build you.

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And that's because it's like, your faith is like a muscle, right?
And the type of resistance, like you got to work it.
If you want to work your muscle at the gym, it's resistance, you know?
And so he uses, I feel like that resistance that's thrown at you,
because there is, we're like, this is coming against me. and man,
I really thought this was it for me, or I just got laid off.

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And it's like, you don't understand how much of this could be working in your
favor, but it's like, sorry, not to go off where like, especially when you ask
and like, you're, Hey God, I really want this. I want this family.
I want this life. I want this wife.
You know? And it's, uh, I mean, you know, pastor Juergen even said it really well.

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And best, I think where he said, stop praying for
the wife you want start praying to be the man that
can steward her start praying to be the man that can
steward that money that can have that business like i want to run a successful
business i want to be a billionaire and it's like all right like pray to be
that man because if you just got a billion dollars right now that could destroy

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you yeah but full circle so like the The enemy attacking,
that's super real.
And that's, you know, it does get very supernatural.
So staying in this topic right now,
You go to church, you put your hands, you feel that. Yeah. That power come at you.

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What next? Like, okay, are you like team Jesus all the way? Oh, bro.
What happened? Because I relate
to something that you just said about like crystals and all of that.
When I was looking, I needed more. I need more.
Because I was always that guy right here. Now with God in my life and Jesus,

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it's kind of like that. I just elevate it and I'm always evolving.
Yes, I have ups and downs, but I'm never the same what I used to be.
What happened? Yep. Yeah, it's that weight thing. Like it just, it shifted.
So for you, what happened? So you put your hands out there, you feel this thing right now.
So that's where, you know, because what I felt before and like,

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because I was getting, you know like torment
from the enemy and stuff before where i was like i was seeking like
okay like this is not okay like really experiencing
some supernatural stuff and but
i could but when i was trying to do that like meditation and chakras and stuff

(26:24):
like i just got like some relief yeah but it wasn't like you know when i got
hit and so when that happened you know that kind of started the,
okay, there's something here,
but like, you know, we talked about this where you're like, okay,
but I don't, I don't know.
Yeah. Like I'm, I'm basically here because the girl I'm dating wanted me to
come here and I'm trying to like make that a thing, you know?

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And so it's like, you know, it's like, cool. Like I experienced it and I, I still didn't know.
I was like, okay, well there's this. And, but I, I, I felt like I had that connection
with God and I feel like that's That's what a lot of people are seeking and,
and some people really like have, but it's just not in the way that he wants it.
Or so that kind of started my, okay, I'm going to church and started going my, you know.

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You start to feel it. And when you get born again, like when you get like that
baptism by fire, that Holy spirit, which you can feel, you know,
and that's one of those things like where people hit it, you've got hit with it.
And that's what it, like, that's
a supernatural encounter that people are like, you physically feel it.
And you're like, okay, what is this? This isn't just my nerves.

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This is something different.
That was kind of like, just started that relationship with him and Jesus and just learning.
But when I first came in, I was like, i
went full throttle dude i was like okay i
was like and i so i used to work out to and i
mean and there's a lot of bands i really like you know that was really emotional

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music but like metalcore and melodic metal pretty much emo screamo you know
what i mean really oh dude i was i was a very emotional dude you know so like when i felt felt it,
you know, like I, but I was like, okay, you know, and I went like full,
I started going and that was the thing is I was like, okay, I don't want to

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listen to this music anymore.
And like I tried and I was like working out to worship music and dude,
let me tell you like that sucks.
I'm glad you said that. Cause I tried that too. One time I'm like,
bro, Holy spirit. I like you, but I need, I need some hardcore stuff here, bro.
You know what I mean? And like, I'm trying to freaking drop and get it.
And like, hallelujah is not a drop for me, dude. Like, I love you.

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But it's like, I'm like, and it was one of these things where,
cause that's that, cause there's a spirit of religion, right?
The religiosity, like the Pharisees and the Sadducees who really Jesus didn't
like, you know what I mean?
Because it was not, and the Bible talks about this.
Yeah. where he ate dinner with the tax collectors and prostitutes and people

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who were seeking. You know what I mean?
And so I even had this thing with God, man, where I was like, I can't be Ned Flanders.
Like I quit swearing, which is not a bad thing. Like naturally there was some
things that were shifting in my life.
Yeah. You know, like, and I felt like that was that pull.
Like even before I went to church, like I had this really strive to just like,

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I used to, I was like really about nicotine.
And I just like I was really just not sitting well with me and I was like one
day at work I just gave a buddy like my pouches and,
Everything and I was like dude, I'm done so good And that's really you know,
and this was like kind of that draw whereas and I think that's that thing when
you're spiritually you're being,
You're seeking you're like, hey, I feel something and you know.

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But yeah, man, that was, sorry, reframe the question. I don't want to get too far off. No. What next?
Yeah. So, yeah. All Ned Flanders-y. But I want to, here's the thing that we can go like this.
We don't have to stay the course, but something that you just said that was
very profound was that, you know, as you start walking this path,

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it doesn't mean that you just give everything away right away.
Way like you start things start shifting you're
out of nowhere okay i don't want to do that anymore yeah and
i've had that recently with gummies like i
was just i don't need it right now and literally like i didn't
have to go to recovery nothing i just i'm gonna stop right now literally i remember

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it was a thursday i stopped and i haven't had any almost two months now yeah
and it's just been like that with a lot of things in my life but going back
to that question because this one just popped And I love this.
I love talking about this because, I mean, you know, I'm walking this path, but okay.
So you, you go church, you're learning all this new stuff, but you and me know

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that, you know, when you walk this path with God, with we're holding ourselves
for the one, our woman, celibacy.
One of my most listened episode here at the GMRT Experience was this 15-minute episode that I did.
It was called No Porn, No Jackie, No Sex.

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It was my celibacy-like journey that I was going through. I'm still on it.
But I want to just go a little bit deeper on that right now.
Literally, I forgot about this. And as you were talking, I'm like, let's go on that.
Because guys and girls need that. You know, like right now when I go out with
girls, I tell them right away, like, I don't want to have sex.

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Yeah. It changes everything. Which was not the original. No,
the original plans were having sex tonight.
The original plan was. Like if I'm spending money on you, yeah,
I'm expecting sex tonight. Like literally that was, dude, I had a game plan.
Like this is, I had the restaurant that I was always going to go.
Like it was, it was all planned out.
It was your formula, dude, right? I had a formula. So I want to go on that with you.

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Like, tell me a little bit about your journey. How's that been?
I know, I know a little bit about it. Like you already know your wife and all of that. Yeah.
But explain that to everybody. Bro, so great leeway into all of it.
I liked girls from a young age, right? Like I remember first girlfriend, like first grade.

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My name is Tara. And I still have this memory. where you're like,
I think it's cause my mom mentioned or something sometime of us like sitting
on the lawn, sharing an orange.
And like, you know, it's so funny. Cause it's just like one of those things.
And I say this cause it's like, you know, that kind of started through,
I mean, and I think most young men and boys and men today, like a lot of the things that are done,

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and decisions that were made, it's like, were they made for me or were they made for a woman?
We could it could be debated either way for that right like as far as.
You know, like why, like, you know, like, of course, like I wanted to fit in
and I wanted to be the cool kid and stuff, you know? And I think there was that
lack of connection or attention, which won't go into that inner child stuff.

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But yeah, man, I mean, it was like girls, you know what I mean?
And I was like, okay, like, you know, I, I college, man,
you know, you have, have you know the posters
and all this stuff and and i one
of the things i was introduced to pornography at
a younger age like 13 i think

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is when i started looking at playboys and i mean
immediately there's just this like whoa you know
what i mean and you know as that
evolves evolves and like i lost my virginity at
16 and when that
evolves to you know there's
a thing that to dive spiritually like there's

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soul ties yep right i just learned that this is here and so a soul tie is that
connection and especially with sex like there's a reason the bible talks about
two flesh become one which we could get into marriage at some point on this
one or another one because i got some stuff on that i've learned okay which
would be a fire thing to talk about because there's this whole,
like, I got to wait until I'm married.
And then people are rushing and getting married to have sex.

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And that's just, that's, I don't think that's what it's about.
But it's like, so two flesh become one. Like you have sex.
And that's where, you know, sometimes where it's like, dude,
I kind of just plan on this being a fling, but now you want to be with that person.
And now you're feeling all the same things. And it can create this,
which I feel a lot of people can relate to today, like this kind of chaotic thing.

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You know and insecurities like like
that was the thing man is you know i'm sleeping with girls
and even like with girlfriends and stuff and like you're
connected so like the shit they're carrying and you're
carrying are now just fully interchanged and that's
spiritually that can be emotionally that can be
like all of a sudden i really like cherry pop tarts

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and i never have have probably the girl you're
with likes cherry pop tarts you know i mean like so
yeah and and pornography was a
thing for me man i i like through school
college i i didn't see anything wrong with it i do it's one of those things
where it's like masturbation is a thing you know i want to be able to be good

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in bed you know all this stuff so i thought porn was like you know instructions Yeah.
Like, I don't know. That's a horrible way to say it. But I thought it's like,
this makes me better. This makes me more, you know. I relate to that.
I used to be the guy that I'm like, I got to watch porn because girls that,
when I was watching porn, I thought that's what girls liked.

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And then I realized that was not true. I mean, some girls, but most of them
like, you're not doing that.
But anyways, keep going, bro. Yeah. Well, and yeah. And there's that thing of
like, okay, well, I want to be good in bed.
Yeah. And it's like, well, obviously porn stars are good in bed if,
or the thought, you know.
Yeah. So I relate to you on that. You're like, this is what. So I want to ask you this.

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Okay. Go ahead. No, no, no. Dive in. So, because you go to awaken,
you start learning all this stuff. At what point do you decide, you know what?
I'm going to be celibate. I'm going to actually do this the God way.
Cause I know when I decided that, when was your time? When, when were you like, okay, this is it.

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Okay. Yeah. So I was like leewaying into that with like the connections and thing.
And so when I was even with the girl who brought me to church,
like it was, I mean, it wasn't a healthy relationship.
Like, I don't think either of us were in the best spot and it was just like,
you know, kind of like, I feel like insecurities holding onto each other as
a lot of relationships kind of like you can't, it won't work, but it won't.

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You don't want it to totally not work. Yeah.
And you know, when that was over and it's like, okay.
And you know, you give it a little time and you start dating someone else. and
you're like okay well maybe sleeping with this person will make me feel better
or whatever and then that actually just
like makes things worse and especially when you're spiritual yeah
and you're like and then also like this

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person who was totally supposed to just be like a fling like
it was even mutually like hey we're not
gonna be serious or a couple or even
talk seriously and this is the thing about soul ties like
this was a real deal like we are fully understanding
that this is an exchange of we can hang out whatever and then it's like three

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months later they're meeting your parents and you're like what the fuck happened
you're like wow you know what i mean and you're like hold up but this doesn't
feel good you're like i don't want to be with this person forever.
We're all sitting at a family dinner table and just something hit me, dude.
And it hit me where I was like, okay, something's got to shift, you know?

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And it was like deciding, you know, breaking it off with that person where they're
like, I don't understand.
Things are good. This is fun. And I was just like, look, I know this might not make sense.
And I drew a line, bro, which was like one of those things that I was actually like felt,
I realized like that kind of feels good to like hold that boundary
that you didn't have before where i was like hey we

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just can't be sexually active anymore and that
person did not like that and it was crazy dude because
it's like when i drew that line you know all of
a sudden it's like well now all the things i want you want but like holding that
you know what i mean yeah and i was like hey i can't i
just felt this like have someone out there you know
that like deserves to have all of me and i'm not

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feeling like i have all of me and that
became that spiritual journey of learning about soul ties and
for me it was like i and this is something you can
do and give to god where i literally asked him i said hey like i want to give
because you get those pieces of those people you sleep with yeah and they kind
of get a little piece of you so like i felt like i had pieces of me in areas

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that i'm dealing with that right now bro it's it's heavy bro yeah and so for
me and this is something we can do and i did with God is I was like, Hey,
I want to lovingly give back all the pieces of the women I've slept with that
I have with theirs, like fleas with love.
Like I want to cut this. And I just asked God, I said, Hey, I want all of my pieces back.

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Because I felt like a total, like kind of more of a shell of a dude, if I get transparent,
you know, like where I was like in the inside, I'm screaming,
you know, but on the outside, you can play the part.
You can show up, you can be like, Hey, and that, that just felt worse.

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But it's like, so that whole like, Hey, and I had this thing,
man, I was like, give them all their pieces and please give me mine back.
Back and dude and something shifted spiritually and i felt it like physically and emotionally,
like i had all my pieces and bro and i got like super emotional and this was
like kind of a journey that god took me on where he's like hey okay and i was

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like i had my whole seed back,
you know what i mean nope but like i was like i want to be this like oak tree
i want to be this this rock for my family or for my wife, for my, you know, whatever.
And there was no way I felt like that. And so I felt like this,
and this thing that I had for a visual was like getting the seed back of like

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this really big Oak tree.
And it's like, where are you going to put this now that you have all of it?
Who are you going to plant this with so that it can grow and flourish? You know what I mean?
And it was like taking care of that. And that's where, you know,
the whole, and I was wondering about the religious thing too.
I was like, okay, now is masturbation bad?

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And I was like, well, I, you know, and I'd given up porn at this point.
I'd given it up like, even before, this is what I'm telling you where I felt
like something spiritually was shifting.
Yeah. I gave it up before I became like born again, like Christian.
And cause I was like, every time I looked at it, I just felt like shit. And I was like.
Wow. You know, I went through that. I don't want to cut you off,

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but I did went through that with woman and porn.
It started with porn. I'm going to give this away.
And then same thing. Like once
I started realizing this path that I was walking, I'm just a bad kid, bro.
I'm like, I'm like, I'm still going to hook up with girls.
I was literally like telling that to myself, like, why I'm not stopping.

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And then as I was walking that journey and having these experiences and encounters
with God, I was literally, bro, I remember doing it and feeling horrible.
And after, I felt bad not just for me, but for the person laying next to me.
And I remember I was like, okay, this is it. I'm not doing this again. Yeah. And that's that.

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You feel that. You're just like this. It's not right.
Yeah. And you're laying next to someone that you're like, this isn't your spot. You know?
And you're just like, and I had this thing where a buddy of mine,
he was like, Hey man, I want you to like, I prayed for my wife one time.
Like I got real specific and I was like, you know, okay, God,

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you'll give me the woman that you think, you know, generic.
And, but yeah, so I mean, backtrack gave up porn and was kind of like not feeling
good with things that were going on with just like having a fling. Yeah.
Like I could just feel it. So it was one of those things when I,
I, this was kind of like, I really had this moment of, I got,
I prayed, like I got on my knees.

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That's what I thought to do. And I was like, okay, God, I'm just going to start
listing off the woman I want. Yeah.
Like I said, I'll give you what you want, but this is when I learned he's going
to bring you to it, not it to you, because there's no way this dude could steward
this woman and this relationship, you know what I mean? Or, or whatever way it was.
And that's where i just felt this he's like and i had this thing with

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god where he's like i need you to set yourself aside like
just just don't date like trust me
set yourself aside because i'm setting your
wife aside and i was like okay and this was like an emotional thing because
i was like bro that was like you know like i just i don't know why a lot of
things were coming up and learning about like and as you grow because dude god

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can do so much work with you when you're just like willing and obeying of like, okay,
I'm not going to date. I'm going to set myself aside.
My wife's aside and I was thinking like, okay, I'll get my wife in a few months
or something. He's going to do something cool.
It's like, no man, he's going to heal you.

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There's a lot of pieces of me that he had to heal and break off that weren't
me so that I could start this access of becoming this dude.
And that game with, you know, I got a word and, and this was the thing too with
masturbation. And I was like, I don't, so masturbation is very connecting, right? Spiritually.

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So it's one of those things where it's an act where, you know,
I've learned a lot of this sense, but before I was like, I felt so bad about it.
And the only thing I'd been programmed to masturbate to was like pornographic
thoughts, you know, or whatever, even though I'd given up porn or,
or, and so I was just like, okay.
And I had this word where it was like, Hey, I just need a hundred days,

(44:40):
a hundred days of nothing.
Like don't masturbate, don't do anything. And I, dude, I was like real talk.
I was like, okay.
But I, you know, that's not, and I'm not saying anyone's like it's a hundred
days for everybody or whatever, but there was this time where this this disconnect
developed of something I used to do.

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You know what I mean? And really it was just 100 days.
And the no sex with women thing, that's still a thing because I set myself from
my wife and my wife set aside for me.
But that spiritual relationship started developing.
And this had happened before because when you give up pornography.
A lot of your relationships in general start to strengthen.

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You know what I mean? Wow, that's really good.
Like, because it shifts, not only like, it shifted, because as soon as this
thing, I was like, man, you know, I had always thought I was very chivalrous
and a gentleman, because I did chivalrous and gentleman things,
and I'm not going to say that I didn't.
Yeah. And I was a nice guy. I was raised, you know, and...

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Guy but at the same time it's like you know the way that i unintentionally even looked at women.
Was so subconscious and so like a secondary thing but
like when you have that shift in your mind like the relationships i have
not only with women but with men and people in my life because there's a different
way you carry yourself where you don't look at like you can acknowledge and

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see someone like you're a very beautiful person yeah and stuff but it's no longer
like oh wow look at that yeah you know, objectifying or whatever.
But yeah, man. And, and that, that transcended into just a lot of healing and,
and a lot of growing to becoming a person of learning that with that spirituality,

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like that's a connection you can have with a person.
And bro, talk about like, that's the kind of love I want. You know what I mean?
Like, and I even told God one day, I was like, Hey, I was like,
of course, you know, I want my wife, like be very attractive to each other.
And i know i'm sure she's beautiful and i mean
i asked you know and and but
it's like i literally want my skull like

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my soul my spirit to cry out for her when i
see her you know yeah and it like dude
it totally changed like my relationships in life and and how i see women to
become that guy yeah who because it's like man i really want this relationship
i want this you know wife that loves me like this it won't do this or i want

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this man in my life who treats me like this and it's like.
You gotta become that person and on this axis that's super hard yeah but when
it tilts like god will get you there you know what i mean i've told a lot of
my friends about celibacy,
that's probably the biggest thing that i tell because it changed my my perspective on woman too too.

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It really did. When I gave up porn, when I stopped hooking up with girls,
it shifted everything on me.
Even, believe it or not, I've had a couple female friends tell me recently,
they're like, dude, something changed on you.
Same thing. I thought I was a gentleman, and now they're like,

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it's just something different.
And I know what it is because Cause I'm doing that work behind the scenes while
we talk about, but I feel like every guy, whether you want to like,
whatever that may be, I feel like every guy should go through that journey because
the world doesn't teach you like, Hey, don't watch porn. Don't masturbate.

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Don't hook up. It's the opposite.
Do that. Do that. Do that. Yeah, bro. It's, it's.
And that's, and that's one of the things too. And I think it's,
it's a, it's a cultural thing too, if you see in different, but you're right
where it's, it's a worldly thing and it's very acceptable.
And that's where, you know, getting into the understanding of,

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of marriage with the spiritual thing.
Like if you're going to have sex with someone and live with somebody like you're
married, like that's, you're giving that commitment. You know what I mean?
And you're like, okay, I'm connecting with you.
You i'm giving myself to you and this is
what i think a lot of people struggle with with like like waiting

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till marriage and like i'm you know and you hear this
is a religious thing where it's like you're you know if you have sex before
marriage you're gonna go to hell and it's like dude like shame is not of god
nor is fear and if somebody's preaching through you through like fear and shame
that's not a word yeah bro that's control control and like and i think.

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Sex is one of those things and anybody listening
can feel this where it can
be taken a lot more like it is much more
of a commitment than you realize and it's a spiritual thing
because worldly is just thinking flesh right you have
your carnal eye and your spiritual eye and carnal is
fleshly desires where it's like okay that looks fun like whatever and this is

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mutual for girls i don't damn well you all say guys look fun and you know and
and it's like all of a sudden like oh what happened like why do i have such
strong feelings for this person.
Why do i not feel okay like why do i feel you know and that's that connection
and those ties yeah and if you start carrying all of these multiple ties into

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different relationships without breaking them Yeah, you're screwed.
You start to wonder, you're like, well, how come I can't find this guy or this
girl that God, I've asked you over and over again.
It's like you're carrying, you're carrying everybody's garbage pretty much.
Yeah. You know what I mean? And that's that to me that dude,

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you said something about like when you have those soul ties and then I don't
know where you like cherry, whatever. What was it? Cherry.
All of a sudden you like cherry pop. Yeah. You're like, dude, I hated cherry pop.
It happened to me even recently.
Like my my last girlfriend you
know like i didn't realize

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how much she was carrying and then we slept together and i didn't know like
any of this and then later on after i started finding all of this out dude i
picked so much up from her like so much and she probably did for me too and
it it was it it was eyeopening,
dude. He was like, wow, this is real.

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Yeah. Well, you feel it. You know what I mean? All of a sudden you're like, holy crap.
Like I, and that's where I feel people are like, you know, when you're single
and you're having fun and you're like, I'm calm, I'm confident.
And you get with somebody who's maybe not healthy or maybe, you know,
or you typically, maybe you're not as healthy as you think you are because you
met each other and you're down.

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I can vouch for myself. There's like plenty of times where I was like,
Hey, I'm, you know a healthy guy i'm the
guy and i look back and i was like i wasn't you
know what i mean and i'll own that you know and but
you you have that exchange and that
spiritual exchange and that's why i think where
religion does kind of off is they

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they they shame that and fear that and
it's like one of these things of like dude you're creating like
it's creating kind of a problem yeah where it's like because they
understand like somehow they're like okay sex is serious right okay we understand
sex is a big deal but do you understand why right and it's carrying that knowledge
of like okay i'm connecting with this person i'm dedicated to this person which

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is how it should be in a relationship right keep going oh yeah you're gonna hit the light yeah.
And and and that's much different than
the religious way of like you better make sure there's church bells
and it's on your honeymoon only yeah and all
this other baloney that you
know it creates these premature relationships people like as soon as they can

(52:48):
getting married and we can go into that but i think people relate with like
oh shit like i can have sex and not go to hell it's like yes you know what i
mean it's like jesus dined with prostitutes you know what You know what I mean?
And going to Mary and all this other stuff, when people actually understand
the Bible, instead of like the nidbits that get thrown at them. Yeah.

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When you read the Bible, you're like, well, there's a lot of stuff in here people don't talk about.
But yeah, and that's the understanding of like, okay, like when you break those
soul ties, you actually give yourself the chance to heal and to become the person
that you want, you know, and spiritually is the best way to do that.
I mean, that's how you do it. Yeah. But I think people can unknowingly or do

(53:33):
it through enough counseling or something, which is why it helps. So like, I feel better.
And it's like, I don't know, your therapist might've helped you do this,
but if you give it to God, it's like, okay, I got all my pieces.
I want them to have theirs because that's loving and you get to actually grow to be this person.
And like, you feel that shift where all of a sudden you're like,
dude, like I, you run into people or meet people when you're at a different

(53:54):
point in life and you just kind of have this like, wow,
like I, I actually grew a lot, you know, like not shaming them or yourself or
anything, but you really like hope the best for them.
You're like, I see why we met and why we were at where we're at.
And, you know, I want to be elevated, become the best me. I want this.

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And so I got to be brought up to do it. Yeah. And, and that's why,
like, especially every relationship that I've had, um,
okay that they ended even though some some really
really hurt like but it wasn't god
i wasn't doing it god's way and now looking back
at it that i'm walking this path they say okay i get.

(54:38):
It you know we were at different points of our
life and they'll teach you something a valuable
lesson that you'll be able to take that with you one
of my two because we're running out of time here like i want want
to go deep man but i i don't want
to finish this without asking you this question unfortunately we

(54:58):
won't have time to ask you about bodybuilding and yoga
but we'll plan we'll plan another episode oh
yeah because that's something that should be hit for sure with yeah so let's
let's let's schedule another episode but now that
we're just staying in the topic of faith and god i want
to ask you about praying over people and healing because you
have that that power yeah you

(55:19):
have that jesus power oh it's all jesus man
so talk to us about that man i i know a little
bit about it but same thing people are gonna be listening to
this and they'll be like what what do you mean like healing and
stuff like yeah yeah well i mean and it's it's
i mean you experience this stuff and i just want to end on the marriage thing just
for like people listening where it's like they're just condoning sex.

(55:40):
Before marriage and it's like no what i'm telling you is sex is is
marriage is what i'm telling because two become
one yeah i want to hit that point because everyone being like well
he's encouraging sex before marriage and i'm like no sex is
marriage you were marrying this person you're becoming one like to become one
flesh that is it so in this whole idea of like wedding bells and official ceremony

(56:01):
certificates like just understand that it's like the whole idea of marriage
it's like that's why when you're sexually active with with somebody.
Don't go get sexually active with somebody else, you know, cause you're.
So I just wanna hit that point, cause I don't want people being like, he's condoning it.
It's like, don't go have sex with other people. Or encouraging it,
so you're not condoning it either way.
But yeah, so the healing thing, Matt, glad you touched on that kind of at the beginning.

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All through jesus right so and this is one thing because i had felt when i was
feeling things and i could feel things with my hands and and you know the crystals
and all that stuff and i'm like okay and i really just felt the call to help
people and i wanted it like something just told me like heal.
You know and like there is reiki and
stuff like that which people you know like there's there's

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a reason that that power is something people are drawn to because
it's real you can experience it you can feel it it's just
a matter of like when you do it through
jesus and like through god it gives without
taking yeah you know and this is my understanding and
experience because like i said i've been in this and
and whereas it's like when you do things like you

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know reiki and stuff is it's like yeah like your healings and
things but you're also inviting other stuff into that person's
life or into your own by coming into agreement with it
and i'm not saying you know which it's like
yeah you're back sealed and everything but you're being tormented now
or now you're like all of a sudden you go home and you're like things don't
feel good or i don't know i just kind of

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showing like the power thing because it's like well there's this power you know
like moses turns his staff into snakes and then you know pharaohs his sorcerers
did the same thing with theirs but moses's snake ate the other two so but yeah
so it's through prayer and I mean,
anybody you've experienced this and I, I started like praying over people and

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seeing radical healing.
Like I had a dude today when I was working out and he was talking about it and
he was with a friend who had actually prayed over and received a mirror,
like instant healing for like, he could barely extend his leg.
Yeah. And it's, it's through Jesus, man. Cause he says in the Bible,
like those who believe in me will do the works that I do and greater works.

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Works in this world, but he do.
So with the healing thing, like Jesus is healing his disciples when we're not healing.
It's like no secret in the Bible. This is the thing where I feel like religion
again is just like, well, that's, that's not possible.
And it's like, it's in the Bible that you read, you know? And when you see it
at church or wherever, or hear about it and people have these injuries and I

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go and pray over them, like I, you know, it's all Jesus.
It's all credit. it i'm just a conduit and i invite jesus into their body or
and they experience it like they feel it yeah and then the reactions are i mean
it speaks for itself but it's one of those things where.

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It's really cool. Like the dude today was talking about, he had like slip disc.
He was having a really hard time and stuff. And I told him, even the friend
he was with who, I mean, it works well because you're just like,
Hey, I just met you, but about your slip disc, like, I think we can help you with that.
And praying over him and he just gets hit and he can feel it.

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And he's like, dude, he's like, what was that? And you're like, I, I felt that.
And he's like, like all over my body and i was like how's your
back and he's twisting and he's like too much he's like
the pain's gone you know and that just
speaks for itself you know it's like not it's just there hanging out at the
studio or at the gym or whatever and it's not christian tv it's not filmed it's

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just walking in that face and that's operating in that power right in the spirit
so because when you have like the holy spirit gives you gifts there's wisdom
there's healing there's discernment, that's all biblical as well.
Yeah. So do people have different powers?
Well, so, yeah, so you have the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Can you have them
all? Yeah, you can. Okay. I believe so.

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My understanding is, is you can, you know, cause there's the gifts of prophecy.
There's discerning spirits, there's the gift of tongues, there's interpreting tongues, which.
Oh yeah, I haven't heard that one. Yeah. People, so when you're praying in tongues
and people understand what you're saying.
Yeah and these are all again any credibility for us right in the bible yeah

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and and this is one of the things that like i feel like it's like for some reason
the supernatural religious like you know the spirit religion and people are
religious you're like well no it's not supernatural it's all,
natural and i was like there's a paralyzed dude on the ground jesus says take
up your mat and walk that's pretty super yeah like jesus puts the super in your

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natural yeah i think him might be quoting somebody on that one but uh.
These wrecks so that but yeah and
that's what and i learned it from someone right yeah and you
see someone do it and you're like wow and like i said he'll give
you anything you ask for and i remember i saw someone do it and i was like that's

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really cool like he's helping people and these people receiving these healings
and these people receiving because it's not just like physical healing and sprained
ankles and you know and all this other stuff but it's like spiritual like like
anxiety, fear, depression. Yeah.
These things that are being broken off of people, generational cursings. Yeah.
And like, talk about like helping people shift where it's like taking their

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access of stuck to tilting it. Yeah.
Taking it to the next level. And climbing through. Yeah, it's gifts of the Holy
Spirit, man. And that's just diving in and that's where your faith muscle gets worked.
Right? Because I remember when I first met some people, like even from Awaken,
like dudes I was hanging out with.
Yeah. I wanted to get into the healing thing like
i said i just felt the niche and again i was kind of new to the

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that's where i'm at right now i was kind of new to the whole but
like the guys i was hanging out with bro they would just
go up to it like they were doing like kind of street
evangelism yeah they would go up to a stranger like we'd be like it
in and out and this lady had like a boot on her
leg and my homie would just be like hey what
happened your leg and he like kneeled down and just
like asked to pray over it and i was like i'm gonna

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go here i was like dude i was like i'm gonna sit over here and see how all this
goes i'm gonna take my burger and so it's one of those things we're leaning
in on that faith yeah you just do it you know and it's one of those things where
it's like what if it doesn't happen what if it does you know what i mean and
being like surrounding yourself with people who,

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like are doing it yeah and that's one thing that's wonderful about like awaken,
is you surround your people like people who are operating people who are praying
people who are or prophesying, people who are saying this and this is coming into existence.
Not just Awakened, but obviously like other churches, areas. You mentioned it.

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All over, right? This is an all over thing. And I think it's just not as talked about as it could be.
Well, my man, dude, I wish we could keep going.
There's a few questions in here that I couldn't squeeze in, but we're running out of time.
But we're definitely going to get a second episode in here.

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Yeah. I mean, oh. Oh, I was wanting to just get away. And here's the thing.
The thing is I have a week in you. Right, right. So it's one of those things
that I got to show up. No, I absolutely want to honor time.
I just, it's so many things that we could go into. Yeah, yeah. People like.
And I would have scheduled this episode earlier. It's just today I had events.

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I had other stuff going on. Yeah.
So, but I knew, I knew like, I knew we were going to have some fun here.
Here but lastly just just here
really quick like you i know you don't have social
media right now but because this these episodes we
pre-record and obviously you probably will probably
four to four to six weeks out until we release

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because we're we're that ahead give us
like quick 30 seconds is there any anywhere
where people can find you maybe plug in your new business that's
about to launch like just 30 seconds really quick
yeah so i'm starting a wellness company through what
doing supplementation like hydration energy
nootropics yeah stuff like that what's the name so

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it's emrg oh let's go you know what i'm saying that's that's my cousin right
there bro yeah yeah so that's really cool and exciting and that's like we're
i'm just getting that dialed in and And by the time this gets released,
you know, that'll be up and going.
So you can find me there, you know, if you ever want to come hit some yoga or

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anything, you know, like.
Dude, I had yoga, bodybuilding. Yeah. I couldn't even go into it.
Yeah. I mean, just, I'm a, you know, I don't really, I, I, well,
social media is one of the things that I just gave up years ago.
And that's one of my things too, for I just, how I was using it in life and,
and just really meaning to just just like all the

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things i was connected to were not actually connections yeah they
weren't doing me a lot of good yeah and like i said i kind of
wanted to work on me so but yeah i mean it's you'll be able to at some point
i'm sure look that up but as far as getting a hold of me i'll hit you up yeah
so if you guys have any questions hit me up eventually once the episode releases
maybe you'll have a business instagram for your business right yeah oh for For sure, bro.

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Yeah, so hit him up. Somebody will be...
Maybe i'll be on it yeah so we'll see all right guys well man there was a lot of,
here's the thing guys i was very excited about this episode because you know
we've talked about faith on every episode like it's one of the things i always
bring up or god just magically just shows up and somebody brings it up but i

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was very excited to go deeper deep on this because,
the world needs this you know like the world needs
it god is real he's alive and i
wanted to bring somebody like you that i know
you're actually walking this path you're you ain't
no joke so yeah i appreciate that man
it's all it's all a god thing it's all

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a god thing as far as all of it but anyways guys so i promise you we'll we'll
do i haven't done a repeat guest but with him we'll make the exception we'll
we'll do a second episode and we'll make it a longer format we'll probably go
like an hour and a half two hours yeah we can do chop it up But anyways,
guys, thank you for listening.
We'll see you next time. Peace.