Today we're going to talk about something more powerful than manifestation. And guess what that is? Well, it's creation. Creation is one of the most powerful forces of the universe itself. So becoming an alchemist is becoming a powerful co creator. And if you want to be a powerful co creator, then not only will you need to master yourself, But you're here to master the process of creation.
This is your invitation. Become the alchemist of your life. You decode your heaven on earth and go through the alchemical process. The alchemist is a master of himself so that he can master life. People thought alchemists were turning lead into gold, but they're really crystallizing their soul into form.
Alchemize your golden potential. Welcome to the golden life. Today we're going to talk about something more powerful than manifestation. And guess what that is? Well, it's creation. This is going to be one of my favorite episodes and I'm excited to jump right in. So let's do this for those new to the podcast.
My name is David Gilbert and welcome to the golden life podcast, where I help you become the alchemist of your life. And I'm going to start off by reading a manifesto that I wrote a while ago and what it means to become the alchemist. This is actually something that's hanging on the sanctuary here, uh, in San Diego.
And it says, you are being human. Not a human being. Let us embrace the only absolute truth of who you are. A being made up of the infinite energy of the cosmos. It's time to break free of your limited perspective and become who you truly are. This is the process of becoming a free and powerful co creator.
You are the alchemist. So today we're really talking about co creation, and I'm going to break this down. I talked about this in previous episodes. I was going to share an episode of what it looks like to go through the alchemical process of creation, and that's what we're jumping into today. Because you can choose to manifest, right?
It's fun to set an intention and feel the feelings and work towards and kind of hope. It's going to show up in your life and it's more fun to let the universe surprise you and have it show up that way in your life. But the more masculine approach is to not be receptive to having that thing be attracted to you, but to step into creation.
Like I shared in a previous episode, creation. Transmutation is one of the most powerful forces of the universe itself. So becoming an alchemist is becoming a powerful co creator. And if you want to be a powerful co creator, then not only will you need to master yourself, but you're here to master the process of creation.
That's what you could say transmutation is truly about. How do we take an object? of lesser degree and transmute it into its highest potential. If you don't know anything about alchemists, that's what they dedicate on themselves to master the process of transmutation. And they were taking things like plants or metals and transmuting them into higher things like lead into gold.
So that along the way, they understood every phase of transformation, and then they applied that transformation to themselves. And then it also helps to throw in there, they did this for a higher purpose. They did this to help evolve all life form as much as possible to help the greater good. Good, but getting back to the process of creation and how you can start to practice and then master this for yourself.
Well, first, we're going to start off by talking about the elements. And if you're not sure about the elements that the hermetic philosophy lives by is the five elements. And you could really say it's four plus a secret element. Number one is fire. Number two is air. Number three is water. Number four is earth.
And then there's the secret element. And what is the secret element? The fifth element, well, the fifth element sometimes referred to as the secret fire and the secret fire is the quintessence, the substance of the universe that never changes, AKA the infinite energy of the cosmos, right? The life force, the subtle energies and alchemists believe that everything in physical matter not only has its matter form.
But this invisible essence, this energy, which is part of the secret fire that is the almost like the intelligence in a seed that gives us the codes to help it grow into the beautiful oak tree or whatever it is. And this is connected to the infinite intelligence awareness of the universe. Now it helps to understand the levels of density, right?
Which element is the most dense and which element is the lightest? Because you can start to see this manifestation into physicality process, right? Creation process. We can draw this from the cosmos. So the most subtle thing Is going to be the secret fire, right? The invisible force, the life force of the universe.
And the next is going to be fire. Then after fire is air, and after air is water. And then lastly, the most dense thing we have is the element of earth. And I'm going to break down why this is the alchemical process. And To creation and understanding this, you can start to apply these steps into that thing that you want to create in life and truly become a powerful co creator.
So let's break this down. Number one, secret fire. This is to acknowledge the first hermetic principle. The universe is mental, right? We are in one mind of the source of supply of creation. And that source of supply of creation is pure awareness, pure intelligence. So after we establish the secret fire, then we go on to the element of fire and he could say fire can be, when it comes to creation, a burning desire to make it so, you know, he could explore the possibility if there was this prime creator, the one mind who just Was infinite awareness and probably infinitely bored.
Well, it probably had a burning desire to create, to explore a lot of creation to see what it could learn about itself and its ability to create, but coming back to the elements after fire, a burning desire to make it. So you come into air and what is air a symbol for? Well, air can be a symbol for imagination, our mind.
So that means to have a clear picture in the mind, in the realm of the imagination of what you're looking to create. Now that you're connected to the source of infinite supply, you have a burning desire to make it so you have this vision of what it looks like. Well, next we step into the element of water and what is water typically symbolized?
As well, emotions. So this is coming back to feeling the emotions as if it already happened. What that emotional feeling would be like. Now after that, we have the emotions, then they come to earth and this is to manifest the creation. Now there's a secret step. Before water and earth, and if you've watched my episodes on manifestation, then you already know what the secret step is.
This is why I was sprinkling it in to the manifestation process, because ultimately I want you to have the abilities of a creator, not just a manifester that hopes, and that is to release it, to let it go. And this is like, I'd like to use the metaphor of a seed. You're planting a seed, there's a drive to bring this seed into reality, you visualize what the seed can turn into, you have an emotional charge behind that seed, and then you send it off into the universe, and then it gets to materialize into matter.
Now, the beautiful thing with this process is that it's also aligned with the chakras. I'm going to go into detail with the chakras, so, fun fact, alchemists like to Throw little hidden traps in the, the textbooks and visual images that they use so that you had to figure out their exact pathway of the protocols for yourself.
Now, this episode isn't going to be that tricky. It's just, you get to decide some key points. If fire goes before air or air before fire, just little subtle things, but this is up for you to create through experience and then determine. For yourself, just giving nod to the alchemical path and starting with the chakras, we can see how you can manifest various ways from the chakras, but number one would be the crown.
This is the top of the head, and this is what connects you to pure awareness, right? Infinite source of supply. And then we have the third eye, which is light and talking about the act of creation. And then we have the throat. Sound. And then we get to the heart, air, and then the solar plex, fire, and then the sacral, water, and then the root, earth.
And this is really beautiful because it starts to depict how the universe most likely was created, right? Pure awareness, let there be light. And then we have this visual reality and then sound, which is frequency, energy, and vibration. And then vibration frequency can hold energetic beings in place. And then air starting to use the imagination of what this could look like and come together as.
And then solar plex, that, that fire, that will willpower. Right? And then water, emotions, and then earth grounding it all into form. So did you notice, I already gave it away, but did you notice which one switched from the levels of density to going down the chakras? But this is where you could apply this process to your own life.
And before I share a little, I guess you could call it a meditation, but a little visualization practice that you could also do on the go that I like to do. Uh, that walks through each one of these steps and use a little bit of NLP practices and other things. I just want to talk a little bit more about creation itself, because I want to set you up to understand the foundations of creation so that you can start to become a powerful co creator.
So first of all, when it comes to the cycle of creation. I've mapped it down to these four steps, and this is, we're going to touch on some things. And if you listen to previous episodes, especially the last one about fulfilling your purpose, it's going to touch on the same things. It's all going to come together and see, you know, what fulfilling your purpose is pretty similar to creation.
You're creating the highest version of yourself, your golden potential into form. Well, number one is clarity, right? That vision, air, imagination, and having that clarity about what you are creating or who you are becoming. As we'll talk about in a second. And then number two, commitment. Commitment is key.
If you are committed to creating, well, there's a lot of commitment to be had. And then that commitment is going to lead you to number three, which is action. And then number four is reflection and reflection to truly create a goal. And bring that into form. Reflection is going to be a critical part of this process because we know we're going to kind of waver off path, or we're going to think we know the way when really there's a higher way.
So that's where making time to reflect on your progress and ask, how can I do this better is going to help you redirect towards that creation when you get feedback from the universe. Now, it's also helpful to understand. I touched on this. Right, you go through life, either the feminine way of being, or the masculine way of creation.
Now, my own little formula is that creation equals being plus becoming. And this is to say, I'm going to tie this into a couple different things. It's something we know is like how energy cycles through creation. Just to sidetrack for one second. And that is number one, There's the creation when it comes to energy, right?
There's, there's the idea of creation and then there's the energy of creation. And then number two is transformation, right? Kind of like action when they start to go through the transformation. And number three is completion. And that's the end of the energy cycle of creation. And you can also tie this into other language, like number one, creation is also like being.
You're just being, and you're getting that visual of what it is you're going to create. And then number two, transformation is doing. And then number three, completion is having. So you could think about that with your goals. What are those goals in your life right now? What are you wanting to commit that you just haven't fully committed to creating it?
Right? So you're just being thinking about this idea of this vision, and then you know the next step and the four steps. To creation, right? Commitment. And with that commitment, you enter transformation. Which the cycle of energy is number two and you start doing and with reflection thrown in between there Eventually you're gonna get there and you're gonna have three completion and the having and this is to step out Bigger picture view of our collective society at the moment in the United States You can see we're a society built on having.
We redirect all of our focus on having. What do I have? What am I going to have? What am I going to get? What's in it for me? Now, the invitation here is to start to shift to being. Number one, creation. And from being, When you can step into just being and being okay in the deep now and being okay with who you are and being okay with your true source and just living from that place, then it creates space eventually as you truly start to do that and you truly start to dissolve or transmute the lead within yourself.
Right? Remember episode one, all those blockages start to dissolve and then you shine your light fully and you're truly just being in your essence. Thanks. Well, then you have more power for creation and from that space, creation is like a fun game or a fun thing to go do. And then you commit to that thing that you are just gonna create.
And then that's where the transformation comes in. And this is where you go from being to becoming. So to tie it all together, you go from just being, and then you understand to create the transformation or the big level creation, that big goal or vision. It's all about who you have to become to create that.
So I hope this completely shifted the model for you upside down because this is the powerful way to live and this is how you step into becoming a co creator. But first you must step into being and then you commit yourself to the creation and then you understand it's all about who you have to become and then you simply distill down those behaviors and values that you need to embody to get there and you let everything else go.
And then the only obstacle of you getting to that creation is time might take way longer than you expect, might take way less than you expect, but time is the only barrier in that case, because you are so committed to that creation. The time is the only thing that can get in the way. Now, this process from being to becoming, right, because I'm sure you have goals, I know for myself, I'm guilty of this.
I'm sure you set some goals and you kind of went for it and then you didn't get anywhere. Well, what happened? Where is this gap in being to becoming so that you can create whatever that vision or goal is for yourself? Well, this is where in order to become, to step into becoming, you must have internal coherence in your intentions and beliefs.
Because what does the opposite do? If you have incoherence, if you have this old way of being and you're trying to step into this new way of being to create that vision or goal, well, this is going to create resistance. But this is the irony. If we said, hey, I want you to To join me and we're going to go build this epic bridge.
And this epic bridge is going to merge two continents together. And we're going to make a lot of money. We're going to provide people with so many much, we're going to provide people with a lot more abundance. And it's just a win, win, win for everybody. And the planet earth is going to be healthier and more harmonious with this bridge.
And you're like, yeah, let's do it. If we saw that there was a road, or well there wasn't a road yet, and there was some boulders, and let's say a couple trees, and something else in the water, that was there, and we walked up and looked at this, and we saw there was obstacles, but we said, Nah, let's not build the bridge.
You'd be like, wait, like we knew there was going to be obstacles to create this bridge, right? You'd be like, yeah, why do we do this with our own goals? So this is really to drive home. If you're going to commit yourself to a creation, you understand that you metaphorically have to be ready to bulldoze down some boulders and trees and whatever else.
Gets in the way because it's not a matter of if, but when in the path of creating, you're gonna hit an obstacle or a challenge or some form of resistance. So now that you're ready to create, now that you understand the path, now that you realize, Oh yeah, I'm going to hit obstacles. It's probably not going to come as I expect it.
I can release those expectations and just know I'm committed to just bulldozing down whatever I need to bulldoze. There's one last step into really stepping into being a powerful co creator, and this is power versus force. Because what happens when we get into just having. We get into just having. And a lot of times it's based not in being to come back, right?
It's the opposite side of being and being to me is one metaphor of being in your essence, which being in your essence means to being connected to your infinite source. Of creation that's within you, your divine spark. So when you just try to force, because you want to have, it's usually of the ego, the personality, self, and the ego and personality self is built upon a lot of lack beliefs, which drive it to want things to fulfill those lack beliefs because it doesn't feel the fulfillment and doesn't feel the true source, divine spark of who it truly is.
So that's a lot to say that we will try to force ourself to have things in life. Okay. But what does a powerful co creator do? Well, it starts with powerful. They live powerfully. They live with power. And you can see force is like pushing. And if you go and try to force something, uh, especially on like a friend or a loved one, like for example, if you learn something really exciting, I'm guilty of this, and you're like, oh yeah, you should go do this right now, it's so awesome, blah blah blah.
And they'll be like, okay, yeah, that sounds cool, but good for you. Like whatever. Like, I'm like, I'm doing good. You don't need to, I don't need to do all those things while you're, you're pushing somebody. Right. Verse. If you show up after a really transformative thing or you learn something really awesome and you show up in a different way and you don't force it, but you show up more powerfully embodied.
They'll be like, Whoa, something's different about David. Hey, why, why do you seem different? And then you go like, oh, well I learned about this thing and then I applied it and now I feel awesome and I'm super happy and stoked. Like the process of creation and now I understand how to go create things in life and there are obstacles that are going to come up, but I'm excited to push through because I'm committed to who I'm becoming and creating.
And they'll be like, oh, yeah. Oh damn, that's powerful. But when you push, expect pushing back. It's a long story just to share that. Verse. Power, in my perception, is like planting seeds, right? We're creating. And what happens, we plant seeds, connect to the source of creation, we have a visual of it, we have a driving force to make it reality, we emotionally charge the seeds so it can send off into fertile soil, into the earth.
And then what happens with that seed? It has to then be strong enough for a sprout to bush through the shell. And then from there it has to continue past already just defeated a big obstacle right there. It has to continue past the dirt, maybe some worms, maybe even a rock, who knows outside of the dirt, a whole nother obstacle.
And then after it gets outside of the dirt, it's got to be able to grow up strong, reaching towards the light. And eventually it's going to grow a trunk and then eventually that trunk's going to grow bigger and then eventually it's going to have some old branches and leaves that are going to fall off and then new stronger ones are going to grow and then eventually it's going to bear.
So understand that is power and that is the process of creation. So now. I want to share my own little fun meditation of sorts to help you step into creation. This is like a tool that almost like a manifestation meditation you can use, but this is something I've used on the go. I mean, had experiences like trying to hop onto a plane late to the point of should have made it and went through this process very quickly.
And, it happened. So it's only my own experience, but I'm gonna happily share it with you. Maybe you can develop it your own way and then share with me how it affected you and we can make it even better. So going through the process of creation, this is a visualization you can do in activating all these steps.
So if you'd like, if you're not driving. If you're at home, just watching this, the invitation is you can go ahead and close your eyes. If you really want to go deeper, you can do a grounding exercise. You can hit pause and do a grounding exercise, which is just feeling your feet into the ground or feeling the sensation of breath going in and out, whatever that is to just center you in the present moment.
But I'm going to continue through this process. So from there, you want to step into the secret fire, right? You want to step into being. This is really to say, the power of meditation, at least passive meditation, where you're not actively trying to get somewhere or visualize something. You can even start this meditation with a passive meditation, which is just stillness inside.
It's helping you to connect to that coherent state in your mind, which connects you with your subconscious and your higher self and creation and everything else. So first stepping into being step number one, step into being just silence and you're looking to create a coherent state in your mind. And the number two, you're going to imagine infinite possibilities and align with the one you are looking to create.
So for myself, it's just going quiet for a second, connecting to source. And then from there, I like to visualize almost like an infinite amount of screens, like itty bitty screens. And then I just feel into a charge for the one I'm looking to create, whatever that outcome is that I'm looking for. So I feel into that and then I pull this screen up using my imagination, my third eye, and then I visualize the screen with me, that one possibility, you know, finding that seat of possibility.
And I visualize the screen with me living out the outcome in detail. And I try to see as much as I can, hear as much as I can, feel as much as I can, even though I'm watching myself on a screen. And then from there, the next step is to visualize the screen and then start to go into the screen. So there, I'm stepping into my body.
And then I'm really feeling the feelings, right? Water. Water. You're feeling the emotions, fully, as you're living this. And then once I get to the peak of the positive feelings for having that creation, then I feel a burning desire to go create it. And simultaneously, this is when I step outside of the screen, and I'll see the screen float away.
Kind of like a seed going out into heaven. And as it's doing that, I give gratitude. I feel the emotions again as if it's already done. And I feel gratitude for that seed as it floats away. And then I release all expectations of that happening. And then an extra step you could take beyond that is just to step into pure awareness.
And this is like a shield, like protecting you from incoherent beliefs. And then just let it go and go about life. Excited for you to put that into practice, to practice the art of creation. And please share your notes with me. This is me being vulnerable and sharing something that's worked for me, but I love getting data I love with working with other alchemists to get notes on what really works and how we can make it even better.
So I hope this episode served you well, but I know that it did, because this is going to be one of my favorite. Episodes, because my favorite topic truly is how to step into becoming a powerful co creator, which is really becoming the alchemist. And you could say the path is first knowing thyself and then integrating your higher self and then transmutation, which really means transmuting into a co creator and that what the golden life is all about.
So thank you, stay golden, and stay powerful with your acts of creation.
