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In this episode of "A Changed Mind" our host David Bayer, explores the controversial idea that Satan is a real entity, not just a symbol. Drawing from various religious and cultural traditions, Bayer presents a narrative of God's creation of humanity and Satan's subsequent corruption of it. He discusses how Satan uses fear to control humans, separating them from their divine nature.
David encourages listeners to overcome fear and doubt, emphasizing God's unwavering faith in humanity's ability to return to love. The episode concludes with an optimistic outlook on a coming "golden age" where spirituality and technology converge, positioning listeners as key players in this cosmic battle of good versus evil.
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What We Explored This Episode
03:04 Is Satan real?
07:08 God's creation and Satan's control
11:12 God's faith in humanity
13:15 Moving towards a golden age
Memorable Quotes
"God had an idea to connect the material world with the spiritual world. To unify the different dimensions of reality, he created his greatest creation: the human being."
"Satan created one of the most sophisticated technologies that has ever existed, which is fear. And he installed it on the operating system that God gave man."
"God has so much faith in you that you are coming back to Him. He puts something in you that no person, no job, no disease, no challenge, no organization, no demon can ever keep you from."
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I was having a conversation with my wife recently. I said, babe, I think that the devil might actually be real. And she said, yeah, of course there's evil in the world. And I said, no, I mean, Satan is real. And she looked at me like I was crazy. Now, I've been studying human behavior and metaphysics, ancient esoteric teachings and spiritual cultures for more than a decade. And if you look at the common threads across all these cultures, they point to the fact that Satan isn't just symbolic. He's real. Most Christian denominations believe Satan is a real being, a fallen angel who rebelled against God. In Islam, Satan, or Ibliz, is a real being, a jinn who refused to bow to Adam out of pride, whose sole purpose is to tempt humans to stray from God's path. In Zoroastrianism, he's Ahruman, a very real cosmic force, not just a symbol. In the Mayan culture, he's a bat God linked with death. In. In Buddhism, he was a demon who tempted Buddha. And as I studied even further, many people in these ancient cultures who were very sensitive could see beyond the physical world into the energetic or etheric or astral realms and could actually see Satan. And he's always depicted the same way. Horns, tail, forked tongue. Basically exactly what you'd imagine a being would look like who had been exiled from God, from love, from faith. And while Satan can't directly materialize in physical form, he's able to use physical forms to create chaos, fear, doubt, to create entities of power and control that keep the vast majority of human beings living in poverty, illness, and in violence. And she said, look, if what you're saying is true, that Satan is real and that all the chaos and violence and destruction is a byproduct of his work, then how do we defeat him? And I said, we don't. But there is one who can. Welcome to a changed Mind a journey into the topics that matter to you most. From the neuroscience and spirituality of mindset and personal growth, to groundbreaking strategies for health, wealth and relationships, to open and honest conversations about pressing global issues such as the environment, censorship, corporate capture, and democracy. Each and every episode reminds us of the certainty of the goodness of the future and provides the teachings, tools and time timeless wisdom, inspiring you to create real, lasting change in your life and in the world. If you've been desiring a sanctuary for your spirit, a place to go to tune out the distraction, negativity and doom and gloom so that you can tap into the deep power, the vibrancy and the potential, you have inside, you're in the right place. Welcome to a Changed Mind. Hey, it's David. Welcome to a Changed Mind. A sanctuary for your spirit. A place where each and every episode I remind you of the certainty of the goodness of the future. I. I'm your friend, your host, your guide. David Bayer. Is Satan real? And is all the chaos and destruction and pain that we see in the world today and the struggle and strain and stress that we experience in our personal lives a result of the Devil's handiwork? And if it is, then what do we do? What can you do to win the battle? Throughout cinematic history, we've seen these epic battles of good versus evil. Whether it's Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader or the Lord of the Rings with Frodo and the Fellowship versus Saruman and the Dark armies, We are easily captivated by these legendary confrontations of light versus dark. Now why is that? Might it actually be because we are living within the most epic story of good versus evil, of dark versus light, and that you are one of the main characters just now waking up to the fact that you are a real hero and there is a real enemy and his name is Satan. Now, it might sound far fetched, but I'm going to tell you a story. And the story starts with with us human beings. A long, long time ago, God had an idea. And his idea was to connect the material world, the world that we can see and hear and taste, with the spiritual world, what are known as the etheric and astral realms, the energetic realms. And in order to do that, to unify the different dimensions of reality, he created what he considered to be his greatest creation, which was the human being. And unlike his other great creations, the angels, the divas, the many non physical vibrational entities that exist across the multiverse. He gave man the ability to have a physical experience. He gave man the ability to sense the material world, to see, to hear, to taste, to touch, to smell. He gave human beings the ability to interpret the vibrational energetic reality into a physical experience. Up until then, God's creation was what we would call non physical or non material creation exist in the non physical realms, often referred to simply as the heavens, where angels, spirits and other non physical beings exist and interface with this physical world. God also gave man one of his greatest technologies, which was the brain and the nervous system.
He installed into human beings the ability to interface between the non physical realms and the physical realms. This installation gave man the ability to think, to feel, to imagine, to access intuition. He also, according to Scripture created man in his own image. Now what does that mean? Well, it means that he gave man the power to create something from nothing. Using simply the power of his mind, the power of thought or emotion or words, man could create. Just as God said, let there be light. And there was what you speak as a representation of what you think and what you feel, you create into reality as well. If you speak disease upon yourself, you create disease upon yourself. If you speak wellness upon yourself, you create wellness upon yourself. If you speak blessings and abundance and love into the world, you create a world filled with blessings and abundance and love. Man was the ultimate creation of God's divine handiwork. But God by nature is a God of infinite possibility. All things exist in God because without all things, we really can't know anything. Without big, we can't experience small. Without dark, we cannot know the light. Without evil, we cannot know the good. And so just as in God there is the possibility of unconditional love and goodness, so too there must exist the possibility of the opposite of that. The absence of love, the absence of goodness, which we would call evil. The antithesis of good is evil. And the antithesis of God, or the anti God, is Satan. And so Satan sees the joy, the love, the goodness in God's ultimate creation. In his creation of man and serving as the anti God, Satan takes control of God's most precious creation. On God's most precious planet, a green garden amidst a universe of rocks and ice and lifelessness. Once God completes his greatest act of love, in innovation and expression of his infinite genius and greatness, Earth is seized by Satan and mankind is enslaved under Satan's control. Now you might say, why would a God so great and powerful allow Satan to take control of his most precious creation? And the answer is, because God is great. God cannot be a God of possibility if he himself is not vulnerable to evil. I mean, how great would a God be if he set the table for only himself to win and no way to lose? I mean, think about it. The greatest of all time are not the greatest because they go unchallenged, but because they overcome the challenge.
The greatest heroes in history, the George Washington's, the Gandhi's, the Jesus Christs, because they overcame the greatest challenges. And so it would only make sense that God would allow the challenge only to know that over time he could overcome it. So how did Satan take humanity? Well, if we think about the most cunning, sinister and evil way to achieve this, then Satan would use the same beautiful technology, the same beautiful mind, the same beautiful nervous system that God created and he would use it against God's own creation, which is exactly what he did. Satan created one of the most sophisticated technologies that has ever existed, which is fear. And he installed it on the operating system that God gave man. This really is the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Man exists in the garden which is earth as God's greatest creation, living in harmony and relationship with God as his child with everything provided for him. Satan instills doubt and fear into the garden and God and man are separated. As a result of the egoic fear based mind, man becomes genetically modified, neutering him from his capacity and separated from his true identity and relationship in God. Satan now rules planet earth. And I want to invite you to get present for just a moment to what that experience must be like for God to put all of his love, all of his creative capacity, his effort, his thought, his mind into creating a miracle that all of the universe could witness in the birth of humanity. His shining light, his children. And to watch it seized by the most heinous, vicious demonic force that also exists in the universe, it's heartbreaking. So what does God as father do next? He sends in his incarnate son to spread the gospel, to let his children know that he is with them and that he is for them. And to teach them how to be not conformed to Satan's world, but to transform it through the changing of their minds by returning their minds to a mind directed towards God, not towards fear, towards abundance, not lack, towards faith, not doubt. And so what does Satan do? Satan says to God, fine, you want to send your son, watch what I'm going to do to him. I'm going to have him betrayed by his most beloved friends. I'm going to give him the most painful, tortured and humiliating death possible. I'm going to take those teachings and I'm going to distort them so that the true message will never be revealed. I'm going to keep your children enslaved forever. I shared this story with my wife over dinner on a date night, interesting date night. As I'm telling her this story, her eyes are welling up. You know, as new parents to a two year old boy that we would do anything for, sacrifice our lives for. When you hear this story, any parent can only imagine what this must have been like for God. But it was the next thing I told my wife that actually made her cry. I said, you know, there's so much talk about how much faith we should have in God, but I think people are really missing something big. Because I imagine God, after having been insulted in the most horrific ways, seeing his beautiful garden destroyed, seeing his beloved children abused, enslaved, murdered, sitting in front of Satan, who's telling him, no matter what you do, your children will never be free. They will never see love. They will never know you. I imagine God looking back at Satan with sad but hopeful eyes saying, you don't know my children. They will come back to me. And that's why I want you to know today, God has so much faith in you that you are coming back to Him. He puts something in you that no person, no job, no disease, no challenge, no organization, no demon can ever keep you from. And that is returning to the love that he put inside of you and that he gave you. His love that nobody can ever take away from you.
Right now, if you're listening to this episode, you're winning the battle. You're waking up. You're overcoming the fear, the doubt, the challenges, and you're reclaiming your God given sovereignty. You're changing your mind. And each time you choose faith over fear, each time you decide to cut off that negative thinking and move into some form of gratitude, each time you stay your anger or your jealousy and you focus on being in the service of another person, you're getting stronger and stronger. And the devil's trick is getting weaker and weaker. Because you know what the devil is a one trick pony. It's a good one. But once you see the trick, you're already on your way out. And I recorded today's episode to remind you of how great you are and how much faith that God has that you're going to be free. Free from the tyranny of your mind. Free from. Free to live in joy and health and wealth and abundance. Free to have a personal relationship with the God of your own understanding, despite the devil trying to convince you otherwise. We are moving into a golden age. An age where spirituality meets technology. An age where we drop our defenses and we start living together as a global family. An age where we return to nature and God and love. And this isn't some sort of utopian Pollyanna New age Kumbaya. This is the real power that is emerging right now through all of us. We are getting close to the last scene of the greatest epic that the universe has ever borne witness to. The ultimate good versus evil. And you're right there on the big screen as one of the main characters and you're winning the fight for you, for your family, for all of us, and for God. You're doing great and I love you. I love being on this journey with you and I hope you enjoyed today's episode and if you did, do me a favor. If you're listening on the audio platform, subscribe and leave me a rating. But most importantly, share this episode with someone you love. And if you're following along on YouTube, subscribe, leave me a comment. I try to read all of them and pay it forward by sharing this episode with someone you love. I will see you in the next episode. Hey, it's David. One more thing. If you want to go even deeper on everything we've talked about on today's episode, don't forget to jump over to www.DavidBear.com. you can find the link in the show notes and subscribe to our newsletter. A couple of times a week. I'm going to be sending you the latest episodes that we've released along with additional free trainings. You'll get immediate access to my free Mind Hack ebook and go even deeper into all the tools, the technologies, the frameworks that have helped tens of thousands of people established a changed mind. Don't forget to jump on over to the site and I will see you in the next episode.
