Ep 487: Throwback To Ep22: Q & A – Would You Say It’s Best To Look At Things As They Are Or How You Want Them To Be?

Money, money, money…it’s what 80% of my listeners struggle with and it’s the thing that’s easiest to attract, really. So, at least 80% of you can relate to my opening line and the rest are either doing “OK” or well and would like to do better. So, if money is so easy to attract then how come you’ve had such a hard time with it? Easy, I give you that answer in this episode, and no, it’s not some “pie-in-the-sky” answer. It’s practical and it will make perfect sense to you. Trust me, I know how easy it is to get lost in podcasts and episodes and books and content and this direct message will be easy for you,that’s why I titled the episode, “please get it.” Until you “get it,” you'll keep having problems. So…..listen and listen several times if you need to and this episode is the “ah-ha” as to why you may have listened to other of my episodes and you’re still struggling.

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin explores the ancient wisdom of the Hopi people and its startling relevance to the world unfolding right now. Drawing from a personal conversation with his shaman mentor Don Javier—sparked by the appearance of Atlas, a rare interstellar object—Jim unpacks centuries-old Hopi prophecies that describe exactly the kind of world we are living in today: materialistic, imperialistic, and spiritually unmoored. Far from a doomsday warning, these prophecies are, as Jim frames them, a map—patterns that ancient peoples observed, documented, and passed down to guide future generations.  Jim traces humanity's journey through four worlds, each destroyed by the collective disregard for spiritual teachings, and zeroes in on the Hopi's most critical teaching for this moment: the choice between the path of two hearts and the path of one heart. The two hearts path—the upper path—is the zigzag of chasing money, ego, and external identity. The one heart path—the lower path—is the path of divine essence, peace, love, and stewardship of the earth. Every ancient prophecy Jim references, from Nostradamus to Edgar Cayce to Baba Vanga, converges on this same crossroads humanity faces right now, in 2026.  This is not a moment for passivity. It is, as Jim calls it, go time—not in a frantic way, but in a deeply intentional, spiritually grounded way. Listen closely.  What You’ll Discover in This Episode:  (02:53) The Hopi: peaceful stewards of consciousness — How the Hopi built an entire culture around a single purpose: maintaining balance with the earth and with consciousness itself.  (05:47) Two worlds diverging right now — Humanity is splitting into two distinct paths—one driven by money, ego, and greed, and the other by heart, soul, and spiritual stewardship—and both are visible in the world today.  (09:09) The fourth world and the patterns we keep repeating — How the Hopi described our current world as ruthless and materialistic, and why ancient prophecies from Cayce, Nostradamus, and Baba Vanga all point to this same moment in history.  (14:58) The Hopi's two paths for the end of the fourth world — A closer look at the upper path (two hearts) and the lower path (one heart), and why outsourcing your identity to material things keeps you in disharmony with the energies shifting on the planet.  (17:53) Purification, not annihilation—and why now is go time — The Hopi were not predicting destruction; they were prophesying purification, and why spiritual evolution is the most urgent work any of us can do right now.  (20:50) The fifth world is an inner state available to you today — The next world the Hopi envisioned isn't a geographic destination—it's a consciousness that becomes accessible the moment you choose the path of one heart.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  The Hopi knew. Across centuries, they mapped the patterns of human civilization and left a clear message for this exact moment: the world does not change until the individual does. You are standing at the crossroads of two paths—one leading outward toward noise, hustle, and identity built from status and distraction; the other leading inward toward soul, peace, and consciousness that helps heal the planet. You don't have to renounce the material world. You simply have to stop letting it define you. The fifth world isn't coming someday. It is available right now, in the next choice you make. Which path are you on?  Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim

How often have you asked yourself this question: “What is my life’s purpose?” If you’re like almost all people, you’ve asked yourself this question over and over and you still haven’t found your answer. In this episode I dig deeper and take a look at your life’s purpose from a much higher perspective. For most people, they have never thought in this way. They’ve never expanded the level from which they see and experience their lives. In this episode I talk about:[5:38] “Where you’re living from”[9:59] Looking at your life in a bigger context[10:45] Why your purpose is internal and not external[13:28] Why your external purpose is not your real purpose[24:54] And, how working from your highest potential will help you connect with your real purpose Also, I talk about meditation and why this is so important.The easiest way to work from higher purpose is to quiet your mind and connect at the deepest levels of who you are.

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin explores one of the most powerful and overlooked truths about how reality is actually created: the invisible always precedes the visible. Using examples from the Wright brothers to everyday farmers planting seeds, Jim makes the case that everything in the physical world — money, health, relationships — begins as an invisible declaration made in the mind, long before it ever shows up as evidence in the external world. The real question isn't whether you have the ability to create what you want — it's whether your declarations are working for you or against you.  Most people live by the motto "I'll believe it when I see it," unknowingly trapping themselves in a cycle where they can only affirm what already exists. Jim challenges this deeply ingrained habit head-on, explaining that saying "I want" something is simultaneously a declaration to the universe that you do not have it — and the universe simply delivers on that declaration. The episode reframes the concept of "having" entirely: what you declare, you speak into existence.  If you've been waiting for visible proof before allowing yourself to believe something is possible, this episode will permanently shift the way you think about your own power to create.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) Why "I'll believe it when I see it" keeps you stuck — Jim opens with the foundational truth that invisible precedes visible, and explains why waiting for evidence before believing is the very thing that prevents what you want from ever appearing.  (09:11) Your declarations are creating your life — Jim reveals that everything you have is a direct reflection of what you've declared yourself to have, and that most people unknowingly broadcast lack to the universe on a constant loop.  (15:00) You already have access to infinite supply — Jim explains that you are part of the same universal consciousness that contains everything, meaning the abundance you seek already belongs to you — you're simply not tuned into it.  (20:54) The shift from "wanting" to "having" — Jim demonstrates the energetic and neurological difference between declaring "I want" versus "I have," and why working from the emotional state of having is the key to changing your reality.  (27:12) The six-peg declaration practice — Jim teaches a repeatable exercise using five known truisms plus one object of desire to train the brain to accept the invisible as real and elevate frequency in the process.  (34:00) Declare it, then leave it alone — Once you speak your intention as truth, trust the universe to handle the how — just as a farmer plants a seed knowing the crop will come.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  Everything you have in your life is the result of what you have declared yourself to have. And everything you don't yet have is simply invisible — not absent. You've been broadcasting from lack and want, and the universe has been delivering exactly that. So declare differently. Speak your life into existence from supply, not scarcity. Say "I have" with the same certainty you feel knowing you have a roof over your head. Declare your five truisms, add the sixth, then leave it alone — because the moment you plant the seed and walk away, you're already telling the universe you believe the crop is coming.  Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim

I answer this question in two parts because it can be answered two ways.First, one of the biggest causes of unhappiness is that people refuse to accept life as it is at the moment. Most people are living in the past or the future and complaining about where they are not. The “space” between where you are and your story about where you think you should be is what I call the “unhappiness gap for many people.We have to accept “what is” so that we can change and transform what is. Secondly, about seeing things as we want them to be. Einstein said, “Your imagination is your preview of coming attractions” in your life. Whatever you imagine, consistently, is what you program your unconscious mind with. Research demonstrates that poor people imagine staying poor and rich people imagine and daydream staying rich, hence, programming that manifest as behavior.

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin reveals one of the most profound and underutilized powers available to every human being: the imagination. Far more than a place to daydream, imagination is what Jim calls the language of God — the invisible force that quite literally shapes every circumstance, relationship, and outcome in life. Drawing on wisdom from William James, Henry David Thoreau, and Ernest Holmes, Jim makes the compelling case that everything in the external world — money, health, relationships — is simply the effect of what has already been created in the imagination.  Most people spend their lives reacting to appearances — the bank balance, the body in the mirror, the job they've outgrown — and treating those appearances as fixed facts. But Jim challenges that assumption entirely. Your circumstances are not facts. They are temporary effects. And the cause of every single one of them traces back to your imagination. The question is no longer whether you're using your imagination — you already are, constantly. The question is whether you're using it consciously, deliberately, and in your favor.  If you've ever wondered why certain things just won't change no matter how hard you try, this episode gives you the missing piece — and a step-by-step practice to start using your imagination to get anything you want.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) Imagination is far more than daydreaming — Jim opens with a foundational reframe: imagination isn't fantasy, it's the God power within you, and every act of thinking is simultaneously an act of imagining.  (09:34) Your circumstances are effects, not facts — Jim explains that the bank account, the body, and the bank balance are all temporary effects of a deeper cause — and that cause is always the imagination.  (14:54) The critical difference between thinking of and thinking from — Most people imagine their desires from a place of lack and distance, when the key is to imagine already living from the fulfilled reality.  (20:13) Why wanting something keeps it away — Jim reveals the counterintuitive truth: telling the universe you want something simultaneously tells it you don't have it — and the universe simply agrees.  (25:34) How to bring your imagination to life with sensory detail — Jim walks through layering in sound, smell, touch, and physical sensation to make imagined realities feel real, and shares a powerful healing story from a student in his Transformational Coaching Program.  (29:33) The bedtime practice that programs your subconscious overnight — Jim explains how the theta brainwave state just before sleep is the most powerful window to impress your desires onto the subconscious mind — and why what you "take to bed" can change everything.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!    Transformational Takeaway  Your imagination is not a luxury — it is your salvation. Everything you currently have in your life was first created in the theater of your imagination. That means you are not a victim of your reality. You are its author. Know exactly what you desire. Create the mental scene as if it is already fulfilled. Give it texture — smell it, hear it, feel it. Hand it to your subconscious mind, especially in those precious moments just before sleep. Stop imagining from a place of lack and longing. Start imagining from the life you are already living in your mind. Your external world has no choice but to catch up.  Mentioned Resources: Science of Mind Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim

Have you ever wondered how truly powerful your mind is? We all hear different stories about the “Power of the Mind” but have you experienced that in your own life? Personally, I used my “mind” to heal from a stroke and heart failure, all of which happened in a single year, 2020. And, as I was healing I was searching Youtube for inspirational videos and stories. I had never even taken so much as a prescription until my ordeals and I was wondering and searching for, “How do I heal myself beyond what modern medicine says I can do? I came across a video by a man named Bob Cafaro and it was titled, “The Psychology Of Beating An Incurable Disease.” The title sucked me in immediately and the video did not disappoint. As a far of matter, it was the single most impactful video that I watched. Bob healed himself from an incurable disease, Multiple Sclerosis. You read that right. He headed himself 100% using the power of his mind. I’m ecstatic because I’m visiting with Bob in this episode and he shares the specific activities that healed him. Before I talked to him, I was blown away because as we were talking, he shared how he “did the impossible,” literally. So, how does the interview apply to you and help you live a better life? Easy, if you’re in any way physically ill listening to this podcast episode can do one of the most important things you ever do and if you’ve never been in such circumstances, Bob demonstrates the power of doing the impossible.

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin breaks down one of the most misunderstood distinctions in human experience: the difference between the brain and the mind. While the brain is organic and biological, the mind is something far greater. And yet, most people allow an overactive brain to run the show — generating endless cycles of fear, worry, and mental noise they believe they are powerless to stop.  Jim makes the case that overthinking is not intelligence — it's misplaced trust. Every time we over-analyze or mentally manage our lives, we are telling the universe we don't believe it can handle things without us. But here's the truth Jim returns to again and again: your life is not sustained by your thinking. And once you understand who is actually doing the thinking — and who is watching it happen — everything changes.    If your mind never seems to quiet down and peace feels out of reach, this episode will give you one of the most liberating realizations available to any human being.    What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) The critical difference between your brain and your mind — Jim opens with a foundational distinction most people have never considered: the brain is organic and biological, but the mind is non-organic, and conflating the two is the root cause of most mental exhaustion and fear.  (07:05) Overthinking is misplaced trust — Jim introduces a game-changing reframe: every act of overthinking signals to the universe that you don't trust it — and recognizing that truth is the first step toward reclaiming your peace and power.  (14:15) Your life is not sustained by your thinking — Drawing on the wisdom of Don Javier, Jim demonstrates that universal intelligence — not the analytical mind — is what actually sustains life, and why you can stop white-knuckling your way through it.  (18:36) You are not your thoughts — you are the awareness observing them — Jim delivers the episode's central breakthrough: you are the consciousness that observes your thoughts, not the fearful, noisy thoughts themselves, and that distinction is where freedom begins.  (24:19) The trap of identifying with the physical self — Jim walks listeners through why identifying with the body and individual mind is the source of so much suffering — and how shifting into pure awareness breaks that trap.  (29:11) Silence is not the absence of thought — it's the recognition of noise — Jim reframes what true silence means: not a perfectly quiet mind, but the awareness of how active the individual mind is — and why that awareness alone delivers peace.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  The mind is not the self — and the moment you grasp that, something shifts. All the worry, the fear, the frantic mental management of your life — none of that is you. It is noise from an organic brain doing what brains do. You are the awareness behind it. Just as your hands are not you, your thoughts are not you. You are the consciousness observing them. Trust the I am over the me. Universal intelligence already knows what you desire. Your only job is to get still, recognize the noise for what it is, and let something far greater than your individual mind do the work it was always meant to do. You are not a prisoner of your thoughts. You are the awareness that sets you free. Mentioned Resources: The Seat of the Soul Universal Human The Kybalion Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim

Start Your Transformation Now⁠  If you don’t have what you want in life and you’re not where you want to be it’s because you’re not taking ownership of your life.What is “ownership”? It’s the act, state, or right of possessing something.YOU OWN YOUR LIFE!You own the power to heal, the power to create, the power to manifest, the power to attract, the power to reflectively think and the power to create anything you want and most of us touch none of that power. [7:09] The difference between life ownership and responsibility[10:41] The power of ownership and co-creating[13:49] How you own your life and what you create[21:39] The power of commanding your mindAnd as you already know, a lot more. Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational TakeawayIt’s such a huge thought for most people to get their minds around, but in truth you are the “soul owner” of your body and your life. As such, you have 100% dominion over your mind and body.You Are The Creator Of Your Life, OWN THAT. Let’s Connect:  ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠LinkedIn⁠  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ so we can reach more people.  Listening on ⁠Spotify⁠? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin tackles a question that cuts to the heart of modern spiritual life: can you truly call yourself spiritual if you're consumed by worry? Jim draws a sharp line between identifying with spirituality and actually living from it — and reveals why so many self-described spiritual people are still trapped in cycles of fear, anxiety, and control. He challenges listeners to look honestly at their own behavior and ask whether their inner life matches the spiritual identity they claim.  Jim unpacks the fundamental incompatibility between worry and true spirituality, making the case that worry is, at its core, an act of distrust — a signal to the universe that you don't believe in its power to deliver. Rather than offering another technique or mindset hack, Jim redirects listeners toward the only real solution: getting still, merging with universal mind, and releasing the ego's compulsive need to control outcomes.  If you've ever wondered why your spiritual practice hasn't quieted your anxious mind, this episode will show you exactly why — and what to do instead.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) Why identifying as spiritual doesn't make you spiritual — Jim makes the critical distinction between spiritual interest and spiritual being, and why so many people have unknowingly turned their spirituality into just another form of dogma.  (06:33) Spirituality isn't about talk — it's about how you live — Using vivid real-world examples, Jim illustrates how people can walk the spiritual walk on the surface while being completely untethered from it in their moment-to-moment behavior.  (13:49) Worry is an attempt to control — and control is the opposite of trust — Jim introduces a game-changing reframe: if you're worrying, you're trying to control something — and true spirituality requires surrendering that control to the power of universal mind.  (21:08) You are not a being that has consciousness — consciousness has you — Jim shares the wave-and-ocean metaphor to explain why you are already inseparable from the ultimate power in the universe, and why that realization makes worry not just unnecessary, but illogical.  (25:40) When you worry, you're telling the universe it isn't enough — Jim reveals the hidden message behind every worried thought: a declaration to universal mind that it is not sufficient to create what you need — and why that belief keeps you stuck.  (30:34) How to stay in inspired action without the fear — Jim outlines the practical alternative to worried doing: staying in movement while simultaneously remaining connected to divine mind through presence, silence, and surrender.    Listen, apply, and enjoy!    Transformational Takeaway  Worry is not a personality quirk or a harmless habit — it is a declaration of disconnection. Every time you worry, you are telling the universe that you don't trust it, that you believe you have to force your reality into existence through sheer physical effort. But here's the truth Jim wants you to sit with: you are not a separate little being trying to connect to something greater. Like a wave that is already the ocean, you are already one with consciousness — with the ultimate power in the universe. The moment you recognize that, worry loses its grip. Get still. Five minutes. No phone, no agenda, no affirmations. Just silence. That silence is where you merge with divine mind, and divine mind — which already knows your desires through your frequency — can finally do its work. Stop micromanaging the universe. Let go. And watch how quickly things begin to move when you get out of the way.  Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim