1 00:00:53,850 --> 00:00:57,280 Today, we are speaking with Dr. David Yates. 2 00:00:57,350 --> 00:01:04,989 He is a doctor of chiropractic medicine, and he actually has some enlightening 3 00:01:05,030 --> 00:01:06,990 things to share with us today. 4 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:11,670 David, could you please introduce yourself and let people know just 5 00:01:11,670 --> 00:01:13,040 a little bit about you, please? 6 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,160 Be very happy to do that, Ed. 7 00:01:16,350 --> 00:01:18,270 And thank you for having me on the show. 8 00:01:18,650 --> 00:01:23,620 Um, as Ed mentioned, um, I am a, uh, doctor of chiropractic. 9 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,110 Uh, I specialize in the upper neck. 10 00:01:26,619 --> 00:01:32,169 Um, in the profession we, we call it upper cervical specific chiropractic. 11 00:01:32,189 --> 00:01:35,195 Uh, I graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College 12 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:37,909 in Los Angeles in 2007. 13 00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:43,180 Um, I've practiced in five different states, most recently 14 00:01:43,180 --> 00:01:45,270 here in California, where I'm from. 15 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,330 Uh, born and raised in the L. A. area. 16 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:53,489 Uh, did some undergraduate work at, um, a college called Brigham 17 00:01:53,490 --> 00:01:56,350 Young University in Provo, Utah. 18 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,539 I got a bachelor's in Spanish, minor in business, and now 19 00:02:00,539 --> 00:02:02,199 a doctorate in chiropractic. 20 00:02:02,759 --> 00:02:07,020 Um, and most recently, uh, I've come across a technology that 21 00:02:07,229 --> 00:02:10,639 hopefully we'll be able to talk a little bit about, um, during this 22 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,470 session called, uh, phototherapy. 23 00:02:13,875 --> 00:02:19,545 Um, and a company called LifeWave, uh, which is a global wellness technology 24 00:02:19,545 --> 00:02:21,565 company that I came across in February. 25 00:02:21,565 --> 00:02:28,495 And I'm really, really excited, um, about their technology, um, and how it relates 26 00:02:28,495 --> 00:02:31,294 to what I do, uh, as a chiropractor. 27 00:02:31,294 --> 00:02:31,634 So. 28 00:02:33,695 --> 00:02:39,829 I found that technology kind of unique in what it says it does. 29 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:45,019 And I really want to dive right into that, get it out of the way, because 30 00:02:45,209 --> 00:02:49,070 I really think that we're going to have a great conversation today. 31 00:02:50,269 --> 00:02:58,489 But this, this is a simple patch, and I don't want to say simple because 32 00:02:58,509 --> 00:03:05,490 I'm not aware of the full value within this patch, so why don't you dive 33 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:10,735 in and tell us about the technology and what is inside of this patch. 34 00:03:12,115 --> 00:03:12,485 Yeah. 35 00:03:12,485 --> 00:03:14,345 No, that's a great topic. 36 00:03:14,345 --> 00:03:16,095 We're gonna have fun talking about this. 37 00:03:16,105 --> 00:03:22,705 Um, LifeWave, uh, the actual company, started, um, back in 2004. 38 00:03:22,734 --> 00:03:29,600 And the very first patch that they manufactured, um, this phototherapy 39 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,960 patch, was called Energy Enhancer. 40 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:41,199 And I'm sure, I'm sure you guys remember, uh, uh, uh, uh, Michael Phelps from 41 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:46,380 the, I think it was the 2008 Olympics where he won all those gold medals. 42 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,499 He was actually using this energy patch on his body while 43 00:03:50,499 --> 00:03:53,704 he was swimming in that Olympics. 44 00:03:54,185 --> 00:03:57,845 And I'm not going to say that that's a reason that he won all the gold 45 00:03:57,845 --> 00:03:59,334 medals, I'm not going to say that. 46 00:03:59,335 --> 00:04:04,575 But I will say that, um, as a world class athlete, Michael 47 00:04:04,584 --> 00:04:09,244 Phelps was using this technology, and it was very new technology. 48 00:04:09,445 --> 00:04:15,935 Um, and these patches, what they do, um, and I'm not, I'm not a scientist, 49 00:04:15,935 --> 00:04:17,945 I'm not an expert in phototherapy. 50 00:04:18,945 --> 00:04:23,395 You, who, who you would want to have on your show is, is David Schmidt, 51 00:04:23,414 --> 00:04:26,395 who's the CEO of, uh, LifeWave. 52 00:04:26,405 --> 00:04:27,565 He's an inventor. 53 00:04:28,030 --> 00:04:34,539 Um, his, his role model growing up was Thomas Edison and, um, he just wanted to 54 00:04:34,610 --> 00:04:41,469 invent things that would enhance human performance, um, enhance our ability as 55 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,190 human beings to, uh, be healthy naturally. 56 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:51,670 Um, he, he definitely saw a shift in healthcare where we were becoming 57 00:04:51,670 --> 00:04:56,460 very medicated, um, as, as not only a nation, but in the world. 58 00:04:56,860 --> 00:05:04,299 Um, and, and didn't see much progress in the fight on cancer and all these 59 00:05:04,299 --> 00:05:09,630 other things that started way back in 1971 with, uh, President Nixon 60 00:05:09,630 --> 00:05:11,850 when he declared war on cancer. 61 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:17,184 Um, which, you know, coincidentally was the same time he took the dollar off 62 00:05:17,184 --> 00:05:21,265 of the gold standard, uh, which led to a lot, I think, in my opinion, a lot 63 00:05:21,265 --> 00:05:23,145 of our economic problems that we have. 64 00:05:23,405 --> 00:05:29,585 But anyway, um, you know, David Schmidt, what he did is he manufactured this patch. 65 00:05:29,594 --> 00:05:34,715 Um, and this is years of being in the lab and, and, you know, thinking about this. 66 00:05:34,724 --> 00:05:41,224 Um, he, what he has done is he's manipulated different, um, quanta of, 67 00:05:41,414 --> 00:05:44,040 of light waves, light wavelengths, okay? 68 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:48,665 See, what people don't understand and what, and what I have been educating 69 00:05:48,665 --> 00:05:54,204 people about ever since I became a doctor is that, especially as a chiropractor, 70 00:05:54,625 --> 00:06:01,485 is that our bodies, every living thing emits, uh, light, infrared light, okay? 71 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:07,565 And this goes back to our school days, um, photosynthesis, synthesis, okay? 72 00:06:07,745 --> 00:06:11,285 When, you know, we learned about, you know, if you plant a seed in 73 00:06:11,285 --> 00:06:17,125 the ground, okay, and you give it water, um, without light, without 74 00:06:17,125 --> 00:06:19,735 sunlight, it's not going to grow, okay? 75 00:06:19,935 --> 00:06:25,545 And then once it does start growing, that seed, um, it needs light. 76 00:06:25,584 --> 00:06:28,985 It needs the perfect balance of light, okay? 77 00:06:28,985 --> 00:06:33,745 Sunlight, okay, and water, right, to grow. 78 00:06:34,125 --> 00:06:38,435 And our bodies emit infrared light continuously. 79 00:06:38,445 --> 00:06:45,395 So does, so does, um, plants, any, any living thing, animals, all of it, okay? 80 00:06:45,775 --> 00:06:51,225 And so, you know, focusing on us as human beings, um, when you put this patch 81 00:06:51,225 --> 00:06:55,505 on your body, and the, the ingredients is, is very simple ingredients, 82 00:06:55,505 --> 00:07:00,484 there's, there's different sugars, amino acids, different, um, minerals and things. 83 00:07:00,744 --> 00:07:02,644 And it's, it's patented. 84 00:07:02,950 --> 00:07:08,280 Uh, and the reason it's patented is because, um, of, of what it does. 85 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:13,260 This latest patch, which, uh, I was, I was introduced to in 86 00:07:13,270 --> 00:07:18,590 February of this year, which was actually manufactured, um, in 2019. 87 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,730 Cause we have like ten different phototherapy patches in this company. 88 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,400 The energy patch was the first one that Michael Phelps 89 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,840 used, but I've only used X39. 90 00:07:29,210 --> 00:07:35,210 And what it does is it actually elevates GHK copper peptide in the body, which 91 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:37,580 activates, uh, dormant stem cells. 92 00:07:38,020 --> 00:07:42,769 And this is, this is revolutionary because anybody who knows about stem 93 00:07:42,770 --> 00:07:48,360 cell research and stem cell therapy, um, I mean, first of all, it's extremely 94 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,380 expensive, but the results are amazing. 95 00:07:51,750 --> 00:07:55,240 You know, stem cells can replicate any cell type in the body. 96 00:07:55,660 --> 00:08:00,660 And the, the most famous case was, and I don't, I don't remember the details of 97 00:08:00,660 --> 00:08:07,310 this case because I wasn't even, uh, my focus back in 2018 when stem cell therapy 98 00:08:07,310 --> 00:08:13,090 really started to get, um, popular and, and you know, it was on Time Magazine 99 00:08:13,090 --> 00:08:19,479 and there were all these articles and they basically, um, originated from a 100 00:08:19,479 --> 00:08:26,120 case in which they injected stem cells from, um, that they extracted from an 101 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:31,960 umbilical cord, you know, uh, of a baby, uh, natural born baby, healthy baby. 102 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:38,020 They extracted these, um, uh, uh, stem cells and they injected them in the knee 103 00:08:38,020 --> 00:08:43,380 of this patient that was considering, uh, knee replacement because of the 104 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:46,120 degeneration in the tissues of the knee. 105 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,330 And through those stem cell injections and that, and like I said, I don't, I don't 106 00:08:51,330 --> 00:08:56,920 remember, um, the details because my focus has been chiropractic my entire life. 107 00:08:56,940 --> 00:08:59,169 That's what, you know, my, my studies have been in. 108 00:08:59,580 --> 00:09:06,010 Um, but, but anyway, as a result, um, this individual, the, it regenerated 109 00:09:06,070 --> 00:09:10,490 the, the tissue, um, the knee tissue, the, you know, the meniscus, the 110 00:09:10,670 --> 00:09:15,770 cartilage, the bone that was degenerated, and it was a huge breakthrough. 111 00:09:16,125 --> 00:09:20,805 Um, and so now you can get stem cell injection, it's come a long way. 112 00:09:20,805 --> 00:09:23,305 And I, like I said, I'm not an expert on this. 113 00:09:23,535 --> 00:09:27,714 But on this patch, that's what, that's what really intrigued me about 114 00:09:27,715 --> 00:09:34,534 this, this X39 patch that I've been wearing off and on, on my body since 115 00:09:34,544 --> 00:09:40,655 February is that, um, you don't need injections and, and it's so inexpensive. 116 00:09:40,655 --> 00:09:43,871 I mean, one patch is like three dollars and fifty cents. 117 00:09:43,871 --> 00:09:48,185 Less than your cappuccino at Starbucks each day, you know, 118 00:09:48,225 --> 00:09:53,144 for, for one day treatment of stem cell for twenty-four hours, okay? 119 00:09:53,144 --> 00:09:55,695 Because you can wear this patch on your body. 120 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:58,405 And that's, that's what I do since I started using it, 121 00:09:58,625 --> 00:10:00,205 I just slap it on my body. 122 00:10:00,485 --> 00:10:05,375 Um, I, I wear it until I take a shower, you know, I take it off to take a shower 123 00:10:05,375 --> 00:10:09,284 and then when I'm done taking a shower, I put it back on, um, that's what I was 124 00:10:09,285 --> 00:10:10,885 doing when I first started using it. 125 00:10:10,885 --> 00:10:12,874 Now I only use it like three times a week. 126 00:10:13,075 --> 00:10:15,055 You can use it every day, it's safe. 127 00:10:15,055 --> 00:10:18,125 It's 100 percent organic, it's non allergenic. 128 00:10:18,145 --> 00:10:20,345 It has all this organic material in it. 129 00:10:20,555 --> 00:10:26,740 But somehow it manipulates the infrared light that our body admits at different 130 00:10:26,750 --> 00:10:33,720 wavelengths to either elevate or decrease certain chemicals or peptides in the body. 131 00:10:34,020 --> 00:10:37,499 Um, for instance, we have a glutathione patch and, you know, 132 00:10:37,499 --> 00:10:42,615 people know that glutathione is the master antioxidant of the body. 133 00:10:42,615 --> 00:10:47,725 We have a, and what it does is it elevates glutathione naturally in your body 134 00:10:47,725 --> 00:10:49,784 when you wear this patch on your body. 135 00:10:49,784 --> 00:10:54,685 And then we have another patch called Silent Nights that elevates melatonin. 136 00:10:54,985 --> 00:11:00,335 Um, but what's, what's unique about this type of treatment, Ed, is that 137 00:11:00,335 --> 00:11:04,925 it works synergistically with the innate intelligence of the body. 138 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:10,480 Um, and, and that's what's so fascinating and so revolutionary about it, in my 139 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:15,999 opinion, because, you know, we as doctors, you know, we can inject certain things. 140 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,980 We can inject GHK copper peptide into the body, okay? 141 00:11:20,990 --> 00:11:25,655 But are we, you know, what I've learned as a doctor is that too much of a good 142 00:11:25,655 --> 00:11:27,435 thing is not a good thing anymore. 143 00:11:27,775 --> 00:11:32,064 You know, I'll use hyponatremia as my example. 144 00:11:32,324 --> 00:11:36,274 You know, everybody knows that water is very important for 145 00:11:36,275 --> 00:11:38,774 health and for survival, right? 146 00:11:39,604 --> 00:11:44,395 Um, but if you drink too much water too quickly, you can die from that. 147 00:11:44,725 --> 00:11:48,035 It's, it's a condition called hyponatremia in which it 148 00:11:48,035 --> 00:11:50,894 saturates the sodium in your body. 149 00:11:50,895 --> 00:11:54,925 And so health is all about balance, you know, the balance between 150 00:11:54,925 --> 00:12:00,685 sodium, potassium, the balance and, and hormones, the balance, uh, you 151 00:12:00,685 --> 00:12:04,344 know, you, I could go on and on about all these different things. 152 00:12:04,634 --> 00:12:08,064 Um, but too much of a good thing is not a good thing anymore, and 153 00:12:08,064 --> 00:12:13,285 so we don't always know as doctors, you know, how much is needed. 154 00:12:13,705 --> 00:12:17,615 Um, but our body always knows what's right. 155 00:12:17,645 --> 00:12:24,945 What is the right balance of hormones, minerals, uh, vitamins, all that. 156 00:12:25,225 --> 00:12:30,814 Um, and so that's, that's what I love about this technology and what it does. 157 00:12:31,745 --> 00:12:33,625 And another thing, it does no harm. 158 00:12:33,625 --> 00:12:38,315 I mean, if you look at the Hippocratic Oath, every doctor, when I became 159 00:12:38,315 --> 00:12:42,685 a doctor, I took the oath that, the Hippocratic Oath, which says do no harm. 160 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:48,700 You know, are we doing that as medical doctors in today's, you know, society? 161 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:49,610 No, we're not. 162 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,510 We're actually, iatrogenic disease, uh, many years is 163 00:12:53,510 --> 00:12:54,979 the number one cause of death. 164 00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:58,879 Not cancer, not heart disease, iatrogenic disease. 165 00:12:58,889 --> 00:13:01,519 Doing what your doctor told you to do. 166 00:13:01,630 --> 00:13:06,550 Taking that medication, or going to the hospital, or getting that surgery. 167 00:13:06,990 --> 00:13:10,670 Too much of a good thing is not a good thing anymore and medical 168 00:13:10,670 --> 00:13:12,320 doctors don't know what that is. 169 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,040 But guess what? 170 00:13:13,050 --> 00:13:16,270 The innate intelligence of your body always knows. 171 00:13:16,599 --> 00:13:19,380 And this technology works synergistically. 172 00:13:19,650 --> 00:13:23,429 I don't know how it does, you know, like I said, this, whatever's 173 00:13:23,429 --> 00:13:25,049 in that patch is patented. 174 00:13:25,050 --> 00:13:30,115 I don't know exactly what, I've just been told, uh, amino acids, you 175 00:13:30,115 --> 00:13:31,895 know, some sugars, stuff like that. 176 00:13:31,905 --> 00:13:34,825 The Chinese have already tried to steal this technology. 177 00:13:35,055 --> 00:13:39,285 But David Schmidt, the CEO of LifeWave, was so smart that, you know, 178 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:43,875 he, he, he made it so when you cut the patch open, it deactivates it. 179 00:13:43,885 --> 00:13:45,484 So you can't really study it. 180 00:13:45,675 --> 00:13:51,330 And so the Chinese wasn't, weren't able to replicate, um, the technology. 181 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:55,180 It's, it's LifeWave's technology, and he's not giving it up to 182 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:56,960 anybody, and I'm happy that he's not. 183 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,550 And I'm happy to be a part of LifeWave. 184 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,599 Very interesting. 185 00:14:01,630 --> 00:14:07,349 And I do encourage people to look that up, uh, X39 is the 186 00:14:07,349 --> 00:14:11,179 patch name, and, from LifeWave. 187 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:12,969 Interesting. 188 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:19,875 So let's segue into that balance thing, because as you know, David, 189 00:14:19,875 --> 00:14:26,665 our world is kind of topsy turvy right now, and there really is no balance. 190 00:14:26,915 --> 00:14:34,405 I recently had an interview with Dr. Fred Moss, and he's known as the undoctor. 191 00:14:35,085 --> 00:14:39,185 And he highlights, you don't need medication. 192 00:14:39,415 --> 00:14:45,214 What you were just saying right there, there are so many doctors 193 00:14:45,214 --> 00:14:52,449 and, you know, clinicians standing up and speaking out about all of these 194 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:58,979 medical atrocities that have been happening in our nation and our world. 195 00:14:59,229 --> 00:15:03,849 I think that's a very positive step in the right direction. 196 00:15:05,139 --> 00:15:07,089 Tell me your take on that, please. 197 00:15:08,679 --> 00:15:10,599 I, I agree 100%. 198 00:15:10,790 --> 00:15:12,229 I, I love seeing it. 199 00:15:12,510 --> 00:15:19,569 It's sad that we basically had to have a manufactured pandemic in order for 200 00:15:19,679 --> 00:15:25,519 medical doctors and people in general to start realizing that, look, what 201 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,950 we're doing is not working, okay? 202 00:15:28,109 --> 00:15:33,359 We do not have a health care system, we have what's called a sick care system. 203 00:15:33,719 --> 00:15:37,959 And it's all based on profits, unfortunately, dominated by the 204 00:15:37,959 --> 00:15:40,239 pharmaceutical industry, okay? 205 00:15:40,479 --> 00:15:45,189 The pharmaceutical industry exists for profit, okay? 206 00:15:45,399 --> 00:15:49,889 Don't let them fool you into thinking that they're trying to find a cure 207 00:15:49,899 --> 00:15:52,579 for cancer, that's bullshit, okay? 208 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:57,560 Cancer is a multi billion dollar, um, maker for the 209 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,895 pharmaceutical industry, okay? 210 00:16:00,234 --> 00:16:06,814 Um, and their marketing plan is keep sick people sick so they will 211 00:16:06,814 --> 00:16:11,915 continue to use our product and we will continue to be lucrative, 212 00:16:12,254 --> 00:16:12,754 okay? 213 00:16:12,964 --> 00:16:16,434 And unfortunately, um, they dominate it. 214 00:16:16,434 --> 00:16:20,425 You know, the person with the most money has the most control, right? 215 00:16:20,994 --> 00:16:25,135 I mean, that's pretty basic to any civilization, right? 216 00:16:25,385 --> 00:16:27,714 If you have the money, you have the control. 217 00:16:28,230 --> 00:16:33,089 So, the pharmaceutical industry controls our healthcare, uh, system. 218 00:16:33,099 --> 00:16:38,810 And being a healthcare provider, it's been very, very frustrating, um, to 219 00:16:38,810 --> 00:16:43,099 me the last seventeen years that I've been a doctor and learned about this. 220 00:16:43,339 --> 00:16:46,989 Because I knew nothing about this before I became a chiropractor, but 221 00:16:46,989 --> 00:16:52,199 as I learned more and more about how the body works and how our healthcare 222 00:16:52,199 --> 00:16:56,994 system works, you know, you just have to keep fighting against it, really. 223 00:16:57,004 --> 00:17:02,834 Because, um, but like you said, it's good to see that medical doctors 224 00:17:02,844 --> 00:17:06,774 are waking up and they're saying, Yeah, this isn't right, okay? 225 00:17:06,915 --> 00:17:12,074 We need to get away from the allopathic philosophy of health. 226 00:17:12,354 --> 00:17:17,739 I mean, it's, you know, in, in an emergency situation, or to 227 00:17:17,739 --> 00:17:24,520 basically make a terminal cancer patient comfortable, then yes, that, 228 00:17:24,529 --> 00:17:26,629 that's when you use medication, 229 00:17:26,949 --> 00:17:27,619 okay? 230 00:17:27,969 --> 00:17:34,329 Um, but really, if you look at the statistics, I mean, more than fifty 231 00:17:34,350 --> 00:17:39,560 percent of all Americans suffer from at least one chronic illness, okay? 232 00:17:39,620 --> 00:17:44,980 And you, you don't go, you don't go the allopathic route when 233 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:47,010 you have a chronic health issue. 234 00:17:47,270 --> 00:17:51,800 The reason being is that all you're going to get is medication. 235 00:17:52,110 --> 00:17:55,969 See, and, and just to define it for those that aren't familiar with the 236 00:17:55,969 --> 00:17:57,949 allopathic philosophy of health. 237 00:17:58,409 --> 00:18:03,209 This goes all the way back to Hippocrates, the father of medicine, um, that 238 00:18:03,209 --> 00:18:06,189 basically if there's something wrong with the body, you need to give, you 239 00:18:06,189 --> 00:18:10,490 need to add something to the body or take something away from the body. 240 00:18:11,349 --> 00:18:13,639 That's the allopathic philosophy of health. 241 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:18,709 And I concur with that in an emergency situation. 242 00:18:19,529 --> 00:18:25,929 But most healthcare issues are not emergency situations, they're chronic 243 00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:34,699 situations from people, um, you know, not using their body to heal themselves. 244 00:18:34,889 --> 00:18:37,039 That, that's the chiropractic philosophy. 245 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:41,840 The vitalistic philosophy of health is that you don't need to add anything 246 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:46,169 to the body or take anything away from the body, the body is fully 247 00:18:46,169 --> 00:18:52,519 equipped to heal itself as long as you facilitate it via the nervous system. 248 00:18:53,114 --> 00:18:57,635 And, and that's, if there's anything that your listeners learn from 249 00:18:57,635 --> 00:18:59,975 this episode, Ed, it is that. 250 00:19:00,654 --> 00:19:04,854 That the nervous system is the key, okay? 251 00:19:04,854 --> 00:19:09,954 The nervous system, the communication system of your body, as long as 252 00:19:09,954 --> 00:19:16,320 there's no interference to it, it can heal anything and does maintain 253 00:19:16,550 --> 00:19:20,180 homeostasis or balance perfectly. 254 00:19:22,430 --> 00:19:23,580 I like that a lot. 255 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,580 You know, that's powerful, you know, balances everything. 256 00:19:27,830 --> 00:19:38,909 And, and instead of telling people, here, take this statin for your cholesterol, 257 00:19:39,889 --> 00:19:48,659 why isn't it being controlled through diet and education about what you are intaking? 258 00:19:49,009 --> 00:19:56,129 Uh, a big soda, and juju fruits, and potato chips, all of these 259 00:19:56,389 --> 00:20:01,789 deadly things that we are putting into our body is really the 260 00:20:01,839 --> 00:20:04,779 epidemic that we're facing today. 261 00:20:05,179 --> 00:20:08,459 And I had to find that out the hard way. 262 00:20:08,699 --> 00:20:12,390 You know, I, I shocked my system. 263 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:20,780 And I was obese and I broke my system and it wasn't until I took responsibility 264 00:20:21,159 --> 00:20:26,240 and started educating myself instead of trying to listen to the doctor 265 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,080 that is there to take my money, 266 00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:31,840 this is when I actually started recovering. 267 00:20:31,850 --> 00:20:36,149 And I convinced my wife to follow in those footsteps. 268 00:20:36,890 --> 00:20:43,860 And the moment I heard her tell her doctor, No, I'm listening to my husband 269 00:20:44,249 --> 00:20:48,909 because it's working, that blew me away. 270 00:20:48,939 --> 00:20:54,869 And I, I really saw, yes, this is the way everyone should be 271 00:20:54,870 --> 00:20:57,120 approaching their own health. 272 00:20:57,579 --> 00:21:06,560 However, there, there are so many people that are so weak in knowing themselves 273 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:13,654 that they want somebody to tell them how to live and maintain their life. 274 00:21:14,214 --> 00:21:15,684 That's how I see that. 275 00:21:17,384 --> 00:21:17,924 Yeah. 276 00:21:17,924 --> 00:21:20,995 And, and the thing is, I mean, that's tradition. 277 00:21:20,995 --> 00:21:24,774 I mean, we're working against thousands and thousands of 278 00:21:24,774 --> 00:21:26,514 years of tradition here, Ed. 279 00:21:26,864 --> 00:21:31,474 I mean, you know, how many, how many, how many thousands of years have 280 00:21:31,494 --> 00:21:33,974 people been going to a medical doctor? 281 00:21:34,124 --> 00:21:37,350 I mean, even in the times of Jesus, you know? 282 00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:39,179 And I'm a very religious person. 283 00:21:39,189 --> 00:21:43,049 But I've read the bible, I studied the bible several times. 284 00:21:43,459 --> 00:21:47,550 And you know what, what, and you know, there's examples in the bible 285 00:21:47,669 --> 00:21:53,080 of, you know, physicians putting leeches on people's skin to, to 286 00:21:53,139 --> 00:21:54,899 bring out the blood, you know? 287 00:21:55,070 --> 00:21:59,449 Like I said, The allopathic philosophy, we need to drain that person's blood 288 00:21:59,449 --> 00:22:01,209 because the disease is in the blood. 289 00:22:01,489 --> 00:22:06,475 No, the, the disease is that your body's not communicating well with yourself. 290 00:22:06,485 --> 00:22:09,574 And that's, that's why I specialize in the upper neck. 291 00:22:09,584 --> 00:22:16,175 Because if you look at the anatomy and the physiology of the body, okay, um, first of 292 00:22:16,175 --> 00:22:22,514 all, you know, if I could only adjust one bone, if I was only allowed to adjust one 293 00:22:22,514 --> 00:22:25,504 bone in the spine, it would be the atlas. 294 00:22:25,554 --> 00:22:26,094 Why? 295 00:22:26,514 --> 00:22:29,965 Well, first of all, it subluxates more than any other 296 00:22:29,965 --> 00:22:32,289 bone in the spine, bar none. 297 00:22:32,299 --> 00:22:35,649 There's no disc above it or below it to stabilize it. 298 00:22:35,649 --> 00:22:39,840 It holds up your head, which weighs ten to fourteen pounds, you know? 299 00:22:39,849 --> 00:22:44,439 There's going to be an atlanto, what we call an atlanto-occipital 300 00:22:44,455 --> 00:22:45,759 misalignment, okay? 301 00:22:46,029 --> 00:22:50,429 The occiput, the base of your skull, the atlas is right below it. 302 00:22:50,639 --> 00:22:53,149 And guess what that atlas protects? 303 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:54,969 It protects your brainstem 304 00:22:55,439 --> 00:23:00,199 which is the switchboard operator of all communication in the body. 305 00:23:00,449 --> 00:23:04,804 When the brain sends a message to the body, okay, it has to 306 00:23:04,804 --> 00:23:06,174 pass through the brainstem. 307 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:11,955 And the, and in our brainstem is our cardiovascular, respiratory, 308 00:23:11,955 --> 00:23:16,495 digestive centers, all involuntary muscle contraction is controlled 309 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:17,644 in the medulla oblongata. 310 00:23:17,644 --> 00:23:21,884 So if you, if you've studied physiology and you understand these 311 00:23:21,894 --> 00:23:26,294 things and you also understand the anatomy, those are the two key, the 312 00:23:26,314 --> 00:23:29,144 two keys, anatomy and the physiology. 313 00:23:30,144 --> 00:23:34,304 You have to, you have to focus in that area as a doctor because 314 00:23:34,304 --> 00:23:37,624 you're going to have a more global effect on that person's health. 315 00:23:38,054 --> 00:23:41,675 And that's, that's what you have to have because like I said, 316 00:23:41,935 --> 00:23:44,174 this body is very complicated, 317 00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:45,504 it's very complex. 318 00:23:45,964 --> 00:23:51,334 The, that we have an infinite, think of this, Ed, we have an infinite number 319 00:23:51,514 --> 00:23:57,399 of chemical reactions that are taking place in our body every few moments. 320 00:23:58,179 --> 00:24:03,290 Now, we as human beings, we don't understand that term infinite. 321 00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:06,820 Because what that means is without beginning and without end. 322 00:24:06,829 --> 00:24:10,149 That's a number that we can't comprehend. 323 00:24:10,589 --> 00:24:15,360 The only person or individual that can comprehend that is God. 324 00:24:15,839 --> 00:24:18,950 And, you know, everybody has their different God. 325 00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:21,330 I believe in the God from the Bible. 326 00:24:21,730 --> 00:24:28,625 Um, and that's why I do chiropractic because it's the only, it's the only 327 00:24:28,725 --> 00:24:35,104 profession that really has taught me about that infinit, that, that innate 328 00:24:35,114 --> 00:24:38,894 intelligence that I already knew about before I became a chiropractor. 329 00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:43,004 Because I studied the Bible and I knew that the spirit that gives the 330 00:24:43,004 --> 00:24:47,334 body life, that gives this tissue life, is what gives all of us life. 331 00:24:47,334 --> 00:24:53,319 I mean, as a doctor, I, I dissected three cadavers in the lab, in my anatomy 332 00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:55,179 lab, when I was getting my doctorate. 333 00:24:55,389 --> 00:24:59,489 The only difference, Ed, between a cadaver and you and I, or anybody 334 00:24:59,489 --> 00:25:01,110 else who's alive is the spirit. 335 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:05,764 And, and the spirit is the innate intelligence of the body. 336 00:25:06,124 --> 00:25:10,694 And the infrared light that our body emits, that this phototherapy patch 337 00:25:10,694 --> 00:25:15,084 that we were talking about earlier, that is, you know, that's our spirit. 338 00:25:15,094 --> 00:25:16,804 That's what gives our body life. 339 00:25:17,104 --> 00:25:20,544 We would, we would not function at all, nothing would function. 340 00:25:20,544 --> 00:25:24,135 We wouldn't, we wouldn't, we wouldn't be alive if it weren't for that spirit. 341 00:25:24,245 --> 00:25:29,014 And chiropractic works with that because that spirit is emanated 342 00:25:29,054 --> 00:25:30,344 through the nervous system. 343 00:25:30,474 --> 00:25:35,625 It's the only system of our body that has a connection with every cell in our body. 344 00:25:36,364 --> 00:25:38,324 Every cell, you know? 345 00:25:39,694 --> 00:25:40,384 Interesting. 346 00:25:40,694 --> 00:25:46,464 You know, you bring up the Bible and that's where my wife 347 00:25:46,464 --> 00:25:48,464 and I, we turn for inspiration. 348 00:25:49,034 --> 00:25:58,745 And when we went through all of this and I had my grand epiphany, I actually turned 349 00:25:58,745 --> 00:26:07,935 to the Bible for that diet and cutting out the pork and, you know, going, going 350 00:26:08,155 --> 00:26:18,764 to school about, why does this 2000 year old book tell us about healthy eating? 351 00:26:20,219 --> 00:26:21,699 There's a reason for that. 352 00:26:22,189 --> 00:26:29,639 And it's, it's told to us to be clean with our system, our 353 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,389 body which brings that balance. 354 00:26:33,899 --> 00:26:40,859 And, and a lot of people they get very irate when you bring up religion. 355 00:26:41,139 --> 00:26:46,859 But I'll tell you, I love talking about religion and politics because they're the 356 00:26:46,859 --> 00:26:53,769 driving forces in our world and so many people get angry about the things that you 357 00:26:53,769 --> 00:26:58,519 can control, that's where it really lies. 358 00:26:58,589 --> 00:27:04,439 And if, if you don't put your mind in the right space and take 359 00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:09,759 charge of that space, well, you can see what happens to our world. 360 00:27:10,330 --> 00:27:15,610 The Bible, Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth, I 361 00:27:15,610 --> 00:27:17,229 believe that a hundred percent. 362 00:27:17,319 --> 00:27:20,939 And I've always been sort of religious. 363 00:27:21,634 --> 00:27:31,394 But in the last, since 2017, 2017, I've really gotten serious about 364 00:27:31,594 --> 00:27:37,474 things because this is where you're going to find out who you truly are. 365 00:27:39,034 --> 00:27:39,644 That's correct. 366 00:27:39,674 --> 00:27:43,864 And you know, I'm, it's so great that you mentioned that because I'm 367 00:27:43,864 --> 00:27:49,805 actually writing my autobiography right now and I've, I've entitled 368 00:27:49,824 --> 00:27:52,839 it God, Health, and Relationships. 369 00:27:53,189 --> 00:27:58,599 Because I'm fifty- five years old, um, I've lived a very 370 00:27:58,599 --> 00:28:01,479 full life, very full life, Ed. 371 00:28:01,519 --> 00:28:05,769 Um, I, I've been married, I have five children, I've 372 00:28:05,769 --> 00:28:07,479 been divorced for six years. 373 00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:13,449 I've lived in foreign countries, um, I, you know, I'm a doctor, I'm 374 00:28:13,449 --> 00:28:18,809 educated, uh, uh, but, you know, and I come from a very dysfunctional family. 375 00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:23,399 So the most that I've learned in my life, in my fifty-five year old 376 00:28:23,409 --> 00:28:28,979 life is, the most I know about is, God, health, and relationships. 377 00:28:29,019 --> 00:28:32,479 And so that's what I've entitled my autobiography. 378 00:28:32,479 --> 00:28:35,884 I hope to finish it, um, next year sometime. 379 00:28:36,224 --> 00:28:41,714 Um, and it's just a chronological, uh, depiction of my life and what I've learned 380 00:28:41,714 --> 00:28:44,004 and things like you just mentioned. 381 00:28:44,014 --> 00:28:48,284 You know, you learned how to eat clean from the Bible, okay? 382 00:28:48,284 --> 00:28:51,744 Well, I've been taught that stuff my whole life, you didn't, you know, 383 00:28:51,774 --> 00:28:53,744 you, you learned it later in life. 384 00:28:53,745 --> 00:28:58,634 I learned it very early in life, and I've been, uh, implementing it in my life, my 385 00:28:58,634 --> 00:29:01,254 entire life and it served me very well. 386 00:29:01,294 --> 00:29:04,824 I mean, I, I am optimally healthy. 387 00:29:05,274 --> 00:29:09,154 Um, I feel that I have great balance physically, mentally, 388 00:29:09,154 --> 00:29:11,044 emotionally, spiritually. 389 00:29:11,044 --> 00:29:15,645 The only thing I lack is the financial, but that was, that was 390 00:29:15,645 --> 00:29:19,644 the burden that, you know, that was kind of like the Achilles heel for 391 00:29:19,655 --> 00:29:22,615 me that the Lord was testing me. 392 00:29:22,645 --> 00:29:26,129 And the purpose of this life, it's a test, okay? 393 00:29:26,129 --> 00:29:31,899 The reason we're here on this planet is to be tested, um, to see 394 00:29:31,899 --> 00:29:38,769 how well we obey what our Father, our Creator, um, has, you know? 395 00:29:38,889 --> 00:29:43,989 What He, what He knows, He, see, He knows what's best for us, you know? 396 00:29:43,989 --> 00:29:47,320 And this is something that I've, like, like, like I said, I've been 397 00:29:47,330 --> 00:29:50,300 taught since birth, fortunately. 398 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:52,310 Not everybody has that fortune. 399 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:58,030 Um, but when I was nineteen years old, okay, I served a two year 400 00:29:58,030 --> 00:30:00,280 mission for my church in Costa Rica. 401 00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:06,690 And for two years straight, twelve hours a day, seven days a week, 365 402 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:13,160 days a year for two years, that's all I did was teach these things 403 00:30:13,595 --> 00:30:16,295 to the inhabitants of Costa Rica. 404 00:30:16,775 --> 00:30:22,835 Um, and it was the most fulfilling, groundbreaking, life changing 405 00:30:22,835 --> 00:30:25,274 experience at the age of nineteen. 406 00:30:25,565 --> 00:30:31,005 So imagine, imagine graduating from high school and, and, and, and going 407 00:30:31,005 --> 00:30:36,094 to a foreign country where you're not working, you're not studying, you can't 408 00:30:36,094 --> 00:30:40,325 have a girlfriend, you're not making any money, you're just dedicating, 409 00:30:40,325 --> 00:30:46,095 you're sacrificing, twenty-four hours a day, all your time to your Creator. 410 00:30:48,025 --> 00:30:49,615 There's nothing like it, Ed. 411 00:30:49,625 --> 00:30:53,725 And it changed my life and it actually, that's the reason why I 412 00:30:53,734 --> 00:30:57,764 got a bachelor's degree in Spanish, that's the reason why I got a doctorate 413 00:30:57,765 --> 00:31:02,604 in chiropractic, and that's exactly why I'm doing what I'm doing today. 414 00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:04,765 Because what does the Bible say? 415 00:31:04,785 --> 00:31:08,155 What does, what does Christ leave His disciples with 416 00:31:08,355 --> 00:31:09,885 right before He's crucified? 417 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,740 Love one another. 418 00:31:12,250 --> 00:31:15,600 I give you a new commandment, love one another. 419 00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:18,720 Are we doing that in society today? 420 00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:22,150 No, we are not loving one another. 421 00:31:22,430 --> 00:31:27,899 The way that I love my neighbor, because the two greatest commandments are this, 422 00:31:27,979 --> 00:31:31,830 love God with all your heart, mind, and strength and love your neighbor. 423 00:31:32,730 --> 00:31:37,320 That, what that does is that encapulates, okay, the Ten 424 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,040 Commandments from the Old Testament. 425 00:31:39,250 --> 00:31:44,020 If you look at the Ten Commandments that Moses was given in the Old Testament, 426 00:31:44,249 --> 00:31:46,760 the first three are about loving God. 427 00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:49,889 The last seven are about loving your neighbor. 428 00:31:50,259 --> 00:31:56,225 So when Christ came to fulfill the Mosaic Law, The law of Moses, in the 429 00:31:56,225 --> 00:32:01,145 New Testament, he simplified it for us because he knew that, you know, in our 430 00:32:01,145 --> 00:32:03,065 day, things were going to be complicated 431 00:32:03,065 --> 00:32:05,945 and we as human beings love to complicate things. 432 00:32:06,015 --> 00:32:06,945 Let's keep it simple. 433 00:32:07,565 --> 00:32:12,010 Love me, the way you love me is obeying my commandments. 434 00:32:12,260 --> 00:32:15,660 That's, that's how you as a human being love God. 435 00:32:15,670 --> 00:32:20,630 That's how you show your love for God is by keeping what he has commanded us to do. 436 00:32:20,989 --> 00:32:24,690 And then, oh, by the way, love your fellow man, okay? 437 00:32:25,070 --> 00:32:27,290 I do that by being a doctor. 438 00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:32,700 I do that, and I try to do that, Ed, in every interaction I have, whether 439 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:37,570 it's with my patients or, or a, or a homeless person on the street. 440 00:32:38,019 --> 00:32:43,520 I am loving my neighbor 24/7, or trying to, every opportunity I have. 441 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:44,960 Yep. 442 00:32:45,510 --> 00:32:51,500 You know, and, and to just add to that, I, I always, when I'm dealing 443 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:57,580 with things like that, and some people are very difficult to love. 444 00:32:58,020 --> 00:32:59,260 You know, let's be honest. 445 00:32:59,770 --> 00:33:05,109 But when I'm dealing with people and forces like that, I always take 446 00:33:05,109 --> 00:33:08,000 it right back to the cross itself. 447 00:33:08,330 --> 00:33:19,539 And, you know, it really highlights that He died for us, He cares about us. 448 00:33:19,850 --> 00:33:27,600 And some of the last bits of wisdom that he departed to us is, forgive them 449 00:33:27,620 --> 00:33:30,370 father for they know not what they do. 450 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:39,795 And it is so relieving when you live by that because it really teaches you to be 451 00:33:39,795 --> 00:33:42,455 more empathetic towards your fellow man. 452 00:33:43,415 --> 00:33:44,245 Absolutely. 453 00:33:44,245 --> 00:33:51,735 And you know, the law of Moses was created to basically, um, prepare Israel, you 454 00:33:51,735 --> 00:33:58,095 know, the people of God, to prepare Israel for the Savior, Jesus Christ, you know? 455 00:33:58,095 --> 00:34:01,585 And then when He came, they didn't even recognize Him. 456 00:34:01,615 --> 00:34:07,415 I mean, He was rejected by all the leaders of the Jewish nation, you know, the 457 00:34:07,415 --> 00:34:09,335 Pharisees, the Sadducees, and all that. 458 00:34:09,655 --> 00:34:13,495 But, you know, if you look at His teachings and His three year ministry, 459 00:34:13,935 --> 00:34:18,515 one of the things He says on the Sermon on the Mount is, love your enemies. 460 00:34:18,845 --> 00:34:22,684 So, you know, if you look at it this way, and this is what my, my church 461 00:34:22,685 --> 00:34:27,245 has taught me is, that you, you have the letter of the law and then you 462 00:34:27,255 --> 00:34:29,820 have the spirit of the law, okay? 463 00:34:30,130 --> 00:34:34,070 The letter of the law is the law of Moses, okay? 464 00:34:34,410 --> 00:34:36,010 And why was that law given? 465 00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:41,520 Because this was a very rebellious people, they, they, they weren't, you know, they 466 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:45,869 were unbelieving, they were, you know, they, they weren't, they weren't people 467 00:34:45,869 --> 00:34:48,089 of gratitude for their blessing, you know? 468 00:34:48,130 --> 00:34:52,300 I mean, they were very stiff necked, you know, you hear that term in Scripture. 469 00:34:52,460 --> 00:34:56,450 They're a very stiff necked person, which means a prideful person. 470 00:34:56,460 --> 00:35:00,105 A prideful person is not teachable, okay? 471 00:35:00,405 --> 00:35:03,765 And what did, what did, uh, Christ say to the Pharisees? 472 00:35:04,045 --> 00:35:06,435 You know, Oh, you hypocrites, you know? 473 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:08,785 You know, you're prideful people. 474 00:35:09,085 --> 00:35:14,135 Um, and so that, that letter of the law is, okay, you need to wash your cup a 475 00:35:14,135 --> 00:35:18,764 certain way, you can't, you can't take more than these steps on the Sabbath day. 476 00:35:18,765 --> 00:35:25,230 Where, you know, all these things were, all these rules were to basically help 477 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:31,190 the, them, be, uh, be ready for the spirit of the law, which is what Christ 478 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,419 taught on the Sermon on the Mount, when He said, you know, You've heard 479 00:35:35,419 --> 00:35:41,210 it written in the law, you know, um, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 480 00:35:41,219 --> 00:35:41,950 You remember this? 481 00:35:41,979 --> 00:35:42,269 Okay? 482 00:35:42,539 --> 00:35:47,599 You, that, that was the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, okay? 483 00:35:47,649 --> 00:35:53,080 But I teach you a higher law, to love your, your enemy, okay? 484 00:35:53,650 --> 00:35:56,430 To love your enemy, that's hard to do. 485 00:35:56,570 --> 00:35:58,650 And I think that's what you were referring to. 486 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:03,910 Um, you know, there, there's, there's people very difficult to love. 487 00:36:04,210 --> 00:36:09,099 But here's the thing, it goes back, and my favorite, by the way, my favorite 488 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:15,490 chapter in all of Scripture, and, and I don't just use, The Bible, um, 489 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,910 I'm LDS, so I use other scripture as well, but all the scriptures that I 490 00:36:20,910 --> 00:36:26,470 have ever read, my favorite chapter, my favorite chapter in all the 491 00:36:26,470 --> 00:36:28,709 scripture is Matthew chapter seven. 492 00:36:29,540 --> 00:36:34,090 And if you look at Matthew chapter seven, and I would encourage your 493 00:36:34,090 --> 00:36:38,710 listeners to go back and read and study and meditate about Matthew chapter 494 00:36:38,710 --> 00:36:41,605 seven, that is a guidebook, okay? 495 00:36:41,745 --> 00:36:45,915 That chapter is a guide for life right there. 496 00:36:45,935 --> 00:36:50,785 I mean, Christ is the best life coach you're ever going to have. 497 00:36:51,135 --> 00:36:56,095 And in that chapter, chapter seven of Matthew, He lays it down in 498 00:36:56,095 --> 00:36:57,845 just a couple, you know, what? 499 00:36:57,845 --> 00:36:59,844 twenty-five verses, you know? 500 00:37:00,215 --> 00:37:04,025 If you do these things, you're, you're going to be ready for my, 501 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:07,505 when I come again, or you're going to be ready for the second coming. 502 00:37:07,505 --> 00:37:12,395 Which, you know, um, followers of Christ, that's what we're waiting for right now. 503 00:37:12,665 --> 00:37:18,364 We're waiting for Him to come and end this reign of Satan because we, we know 504 00:37:18,364 --> 00:37:21,005 that Satan reigns on the earth today, 505 00:37:21,245 --> 00:37:21,715 okay? 506 00:37:21,715 --> 00:37:25,455 He's all about power, he's all about money, okay? 507 00:37:25,455 --> 00:37:30,320 But none of those things are important to God and Jesus Christ, okay? 508 00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:33,780 Um, none of those things, okay? 509 00:37:34,190 --> 00:37:35,980 Uh, you know, we're given our freedom. 510 00:37:35,980 --> 00:37:40,900 We're given, we, we came here with free agency to choose 511 00:37:41,149 --> 00:37:42,529 whatever we want to choose. 512 00:37:42,529 --> 00:37:46,589 But that's, that's the test is that so many people are making bad 513 00:37:46,590 --> 00:37:51,500 choices and, and their lives aren't as happy or joyful because of it. 514 00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:57,540 Whether it's taking medications or, you know, or, or smoking or, you know, 515 00:37:57,830 --> 00:38:01,510 uh, having sex or, you know, with, with people that they shouldn't, you know? 516 00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:07,260 All these things are, you know, God tries to protect us with the commandments. 517 00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:09,620 It's not, it's not to take away our freedom. 518 00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:13,100 It's actually to give us more freedom and to be happier. 519 00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:15,450 Because how, how free are you, Ed? 520 00:38:15,755 --> 00:38:20,005 If you're lying in, in, you know, if you're in a hospital and you 521 00:38:20,005 --> 00:38:24,504 can't breathe because you smoked cigarettes your whole life and you 522 00:38:24,504 --> 00:38:25,965 have cancer or something like that. 523 00:38:26,135 --> 00:38:29,035 How free is somebody with health problems. 524 00:38:29,565 --> 00:38:32,655 You know, but, but thou shall not do these things, you know? 525 00:38:32,904 --> 00:38:36,635 Um, and we can, we could talk for days on this stuff, but, you know? 526 00:38:36,835 --> 00:38:41,930 It's just, if you just remember those two things, love God, love your 527 00:38:41,930 --> 00:38:44,150 neighbor, that's religion in a nutshell. 528 00:38:44,150 --> 00:38:45,710 You don't even have to go to church. 529 00:38:45,870 --> 00:38:48,059 You know, if you're doing those things, then you're 530 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,440 doing what God wants you to do. 531 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,950 Um, so anyway. 532 00:38:54,980 --> 00:38:55,340 Yeah. 533 00:38:55,570 --> 00:38:59,180 Well, well, you know, it's a good talk to have. 534 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:04,019 Discovering these principles can really turn a life around. 535 00:39:04,370 --> 00:39:09,970 And, you know, I, I don't dish on anybody for where they are in life. 536 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:15,180 I really want them to meet me where they are. 537 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:21,220 And this is what I'm here for, you know, I'm not here to judge. 538 00:39:22,170 --> 00:39:27,899 You know, judge not lest ye be judged, you know, and I'm so 539 00:39:28,489 --> 00:39:30,180 terrified of that right there. 540 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,609 And I, I really depend 541 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,500 Well, that, that's, that's chapter seven. 542 00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:38,470 That's Matthew chapter seven. 543 00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:43,500 That's how it, that's how it begins, judge not lest you be judged, okay? 544 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:48,070 And, and the interesting thing about, yeah, and the interesting thing about 545 00:39:48,070 --> 00:39:53,280 that verse is that, um, really us as human beings, it's, it's, it's 546 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,770 impossible for us not to judge. 547 00:39:55,820 --> 00:39:57,340 I mean, think of it. 548 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:03,030 When you see it, when you see a person for, for, for the first time, you're, you, 549 00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:05,460 you make a, a split judgment right there. 550 00:40:05,630 --> 00:40:08,420 That person's beautiful, that person's ugly, that person's 551 00:40:08,420 --> 00:40:10,090 skinny, that person's fat. 552 00:40:10,590 --> 00:40:12,530 It's impossible not to judge. 553 00:40:12,559 --> 00:40:17,709 What Christ is talking about in Matthew seven is that, He's, 554 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:23,700 He's, what He's saying to us is we shouldn't judge unrighteously. 555 00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:31,880 Which means, and what that actually means is that if you're gonna judge, okay? 556 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:36,450 And, and, and I heard a, I heard a statement one time that was just 557 00:40:36,470 --> 00:40:39,170 profound, that has always stayed with me. 558 00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:44,689 And it was one of the leaders in my church said this, he said, he said, Be slow to 559 00:40:44,689 --> 00:40:49,135 judge, quick to seek understanding, okay? 560 00:40:49,555 --> 00:40:53,795 And, and, and that's, that's really what Christ is saying in Matthew 561 00:40:53,795 --> 00:40:57,304 chapter seven, because Christ knows that we're gonna judge. 562 00:40:57,755 --> 00:41:01,724 That we, that we, we're gonna fall short when it comes to that commandment. 563 00:41:01,995 --> 00:41:06,015 What He encourages us to do is to seek understanding. 564 00:41:06,044 --> 00:41:08,104 Well, how do you seek understanding? 565 00:41:08,820 --> 00:41:11,810 The way you seek understanding, Ed, is exactly what you 566 00:41:11,810 --> 00:41:13,360 and I are doing right now. 567 00:41:13,620 --> 00:41:18,579 We're having an open, honest communication about what's in our 568 00:41:18,580 --> 00:41:20,980 hearts and what's in our minds. 569 00:41:21,510 --> 00:41:23,809 That's how you get to know somebody. 570 00:41:24,099 --> 00:41:28,299 And then once you know them, you shouldn't judge them. 571 00:41:28,309 --> 00:41:33,020 Because the only person who knows us fully, all of us, 572 00:41:33,060 --> 00:41:35,580 to our core, is Jesus Christ. 573 00:41:36,065 --> 00:41:38,185 And He's the one that's going to judge us. 574 00:41:38,485 --> 00:41:42,175 What we do is we've been commanded to love each other, no matter what. 575 00:41:42,565 --> 00:41:43,145 Okay? 576 00:41:44,785 --> 00:41:48,284 You know, but how can you love somebody that you don't know? 577 00:41:48,625 --> 00:41:51,254 How can you love even God if you don't know Him? 578 00:41:51,264 --> 00:41:52,395 How do you get to know Him? 579 00:41:52,664 --> 00:41:54,125 By reading His words. 580 00:41:54,354 --> 00:42:00,130 The words that He's, that, that He's revealed to His prophets and His apostles. 581 00:42:00,180 --> 00:42:02,750 That's how you get to know God, okay? 582 00:42:03,140 --> 00:42:06,100 And once you know Him, you're going to love Him so much more. 583 00:42:06,359 --> 00:42:07,820 I, I'm a testament to that. 584 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,910 I, I am in, so in love with God. 585 00:42:11,109 --> 00:42:16,000 I love God more than even my own children, okay? 586 00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:19,480 Because I know Him so well, okay? 587 00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:23,860 But it's the same for us as human beings, the better we know each other through 588 00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:29,240 open honest communication and sharing our true feelings and not lying to each other, 589 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,220 we're gonna love each other much more. 590 00:42:32,220 --> 00:42:33,380 That's, that's the key. 591 00:42:34,149 --> 00:42:37,230 That's the key to creating more love in our society. 592 00:42:39,869 --> 00:42:45,860 You know, and I, I really like that you highlighted the same thing 593 00:42:45,860 --> 00:42:53,315 that Abraham went through when he was asked to sacrifice Isaac. 594 00:42:53,905 --> 00:42:59,575 And you know, it's very interesting, I have that same mentality. 595 00:42:59,735 --> 00:43:07,430 I tell my wife I love God first and then you, you know? 596 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:10,790 And that's not, that's not a bad thing. 597 00:43:11,110 --> 00:43:19,670 And, and I tell her, yes, I tell her you must have the same mindset. 598 00:43:20,555 --> 00:43:26,945 Don't love me before Christ, because you are messing up when you do that. 599 00:43:27,645 --> 00:43:36,235 And, and, that really is a, a strong thing when you put that in your relationship. 600 00:43:38,375 --> 00:43:41,954 And see, my ex wife did not understand that, Ed. 601 00:43:42,474 --> 00:43:46,905 And, and that was a big reason why I divorced her. 602 00:43:47,105 --> 00:43:53,180 Um, and unfortunately, she has treated me like an enemy. 603 00:43:53,210 --> 00:43:55,980 But really I love, I love her. 604 00:43:56,410 --> 00:44:00,849 She is the mother of my five beautiful healthy children that 605 00:44:00,849 --> 00:44:03,450 I love more than anything, okay? 606 00:44:03,990 --> 00:44:11,450 Um, but, but, but she felt, she felt like I didn't love her anymore 607 00:44:11,460 --> 00:44:13,679 when really she didn't understand. 608 00:44:14,220 --> 00:44:19,560 And the reason she didn't understand is because she wasn't a good communicator. 609 00:44:19,570 --> 00:44:24,089 She didn't love God more than me or life. 610 00:44:24,090 --> 00:44:29,430 And I love the analogy that you give about Abraham and Isaac, because 611 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:36,805 that, that was a precursor for what God did, you know, with Jesus, with 612 00:44:37,075 --> 00:44:41,585 His, His, His, yeah, yeah, with His son, Jesus Christ, you know? 613 00:44:41,585 --> 00:44:44,885 That, that was a foreshadowing of what was to come. 614 00:44:44,905 --> 00:44:49,415 And it was a lesson for Abraham, and it was a test for Abraham. 615 00:44:49,554 --> 00:44:52,115 And Abraham, he passed that test. 616 00:44:52,125 --> 00:44:56,894 That's a, that's a great faith building story from the Old Testament. 617 00:44:57,184 --> 00:45:01,365 And by the way, every, every story, everything that we read 618 00:45:01,715 --> 00:45:04,750 in the Old Testament, it's all about building our faith. 619 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:09,290 Which is a belief in something that is true, that is not seen. 620 00:45:09,990 --> 00:45:11,740 How do we know what is true? 621 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,830 We know what is true through the Holy Ghost. 622 00:45:15,130 --> 00:45:19,649 Well, we know the Holy Ghost is a third member of the Godhead, the Trinity. 623 00:45:19,949 --> 00:45:23,450 You got God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. 624 00:45:24,170 --> 00:45:29,930 Every, we've been given everything we need to, to be able to return to our 625 00:45:29,930 --> 00:45:32,680 Heavenly Father at the end of this life. 626 00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:36,340 And as a Christian, I'm sure you believe, um, in the 627 00:45:36,340 --> 00:45:38,410 resurrection and life after this. 628 00:45:38,689 --> 00:45:41,110 And that's what this life is preparation for. 629 00:45:41,110 --> 00:45:44,610 It's, it's really the test to know where we're, are we going to 630 00:45:44,620 --> 00:45:47,590 be able to, are we going to live with God after this life or not? 631 00:45:48,190 --> 00:45:51,640 You know, because that's going to be the, that's the greatest gift that He can give 632 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,230 to us is eternal life, living with Him. 633 00:45:54,740 --> 00:45:57,680 It's only possible through Jesus Christ. 634 00:45:57,830 --> 00:46:03,770 If Jesus Christ had not suffered for our sins and overcame spiritual and physical 635 00:46:03,780 --> 00:46:09,110 death on the, on the cross, um, then, then it wouldn't have been possible. 636 00:46:09,290 --> 00:46:10,600 But it is possible. 637 00:46:10,770 --> 00:46:14,360 And like I said, we were given everything we need and, and 638 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:15,770 that's what's most important. 639 00:46:15,850 --> 00:46:20,420 If people realize that this life is temporary, that it's in 640 00:46:20,420 --> 00:46:24,415 preparation for, um, infinity. 641 00:46:24,445 --> 00:46:28,085 Which is after this life, which is going to last forever. 642 00:46:28,145 --> 00:46:33,385 I mean, this life is only a millisecond in the big scheme of things. 643 00:46:33,595 --> 00:46:36,814 Um, and, and that's, that's what we're preparing for. 644 00:46:36,814 --> 00:46:40,034 And, and it's sad that we don't see that, you know? 645 00:46:40,034 --> 00:46:43,814 You don't, uh, in our country, we're not, we're, we're more 646 00:46:43,814 --> 00:46:47,494 focused on like making money. 647 00:46:47,494 --> 00:46:49,774 And, you know, it's just, it's sad. 648 00:46:49,854 --> 00:46:51,234 It's, it's sad, you know? 649 00:46:51,614 --> 00:46:55,054 The, the state that we find ourselves in, yeah. 650 00:46:55,234 --> 00:47:01,915 You know, David, I myself, I'm about to turn fifty-nine. 651 00:47:02,565 --> 00:47:09,865 And in one week, I have been married to my beautiful wife for thirty-nine years. 652 00:47:10,435 --> 00:47:12,975 And that is difficult. 653 00:47:13,475 --> 00:47:17,725 And, and it's something I am, I'm proud of. 654 00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:20,150 And, and 655 00:47:20,890 --> 00:47:22,160 That is not easy. 656 00:47:22,270 --> 00:47:22,560 Wow. 657 00:47:22,660 --> 00:47:23,070 I, 658 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,010 I salute you. 659 00:47:27,060 --> 00:47:31,530 I, I mean, yeah, that is, that is awesome. 660 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:37,020 Really, it's one of those things about what we talked 661 00:47:37,020 --> 00:47:39,030 about earlier, communicating. 662 00:47:40,249 --> 00:47:46,870 This is when I found the most bliss out of my relationship is when I 663 00:47:47,155 --> 00:47:53,555 truly turned it over to God and said, I will no longer lie to my wife. 664 00:47:53,895 --> 00:47:56,085 I will tell my wife how it is. 665 00:47:56,674 --> 00:47:58,395 You know, this is how it is. 666 00:47:58,424 --> 00:48:03,764 And it's up to both of us to change it if we want it to change. 667 00:48:04,384 --> 00:48:10,195 But, you know, and putting those orders into your life, your relationship, 668 00:48:10,645 --> 00:48:16,470 no matter where you are, it is possible to find that fulfillment. 669 00:48:16,780 --> 00:48:20,230 And it really does start with the higher power. 670 00:48:20,810 --> 00:48:26,989 And if you don't find that higher power, I really do believe that you're stumbling 671 00:48:26,990 --> 00:48:30,290 in the darkness and you're kind of lost. 672 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:36,609 Yeah. 673 00:48:36,609 --> 00:48:44,090 So, you know, what, what we do here, podcasting, this conversation, we 674 00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:48,095 actually encourage and enlighten people. 675 00:48:48,835 --> 00:48:55,765 Because so many of these young people today are so fearful to stand up and say, 676 00:48:56,275 --> 00:49:01,264 I believe in Christ and that is dangerous. 677 00:49:01,505 --> 00:49:08,435 And we, we are on the verge of something incredible in our 678 00:49:09,075 --> 00:49:12,305 whole life, our whole existence. 679 00:49:12,945 --> 00:49:18,845 And I really feel that we're close to these days of the end 680 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:21,405 that we've been waiting for. 681 00:49:21,845 --> 00:49:27,895 And if you are watching and you are paying attention to what is happening 682 00:49:27,905 --> 00:49:36,250 in our whole world today, we are right on the verge of an anticipated return 683 00:49:36,850 --> 00:49:39,200 that many people laugh at today. 684 00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:43,119 That's correct, Ed. 685 00:49:43,599 --> 00:49:50,450 And I, I, I don't, I believe that you believe in personal revelation based, 686 00:49:50,460 --> 00:49:54,699 just based on what you've been telling me about your personal life, Ed. 687 00:49:55,109 --> 00:50:04,990 Um, I know that you know that you, as a son of your creator and of God, that He 688 00:50:04,990 --> 00:50:06,820 wants to guide you through this life. 689 00:50:06,820 --> 00:50:11,390 He knows that this life is difficult and that there would be stumbling 690 00:50:11,390 --> 00:50:16,120 blocks constantly, but that's why He's given us the Holy Ghost. 691 00:50:16,170 --> 00:50:21,200 That's, that's why the Holy Ghost is the third member of the, the Godhead. 692 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:25,629 And like I said, that, that is the only way to discern between 693 00:50:26,210 --> 00:50:29,510 truth and error is the Holy Ghost. 694 00:50:29,750 --> 00:50:34,590 Um, and there's so many voices out there, and there's so many lies, and 695 00:50:34,590 --> 00:50:37,390 there's so many, you know, deception. 696 00:50:37,390 --> 00:50:39,950 I mean, Satan is the master of deception. 697 00:50:40,219 --> 00:50:41,879 The scriptures teach us that. 698 00:50:42,260 --> 00:50:49,920 And, um, so, you know, I really believe in personal revelation. 699 00:50:49,970 --> 00:50:56,635 And just in the last three years, Ed, um, the Lord has, has revealed 700 00:50:56,645 --> 00:51:01,335 to me personally some, some very sacred things and, and some things 701 00:51:01,335 --> 00:51:04,525 that, um, I knew came from Him. 702 00:51:04,975 --> 00:51:10,175 Because the Holy Ghost, because the Holy Ghost verified that it was truth 703 00:51:10,194 --> 00:51:16,864 coming, that it wasn't like society, or Satan, or, you know, the internet, 704 00:51:16,864 --> 00:51:21,925 or what, no, that this was truth and it was true for me personally 705 00:51:22,135 --> 00:51:25,005 to help me get through this life 706 00:51:25,365 --> 00:51:28,015 and, and, and get to the end. 707 00:51:28,025 --> 00:51:33,005 Which I agree with you, I, I really believe it's going to happen really 708 00:51:33,005 --> 00:51:35,195 within the next thirty or forty years. 709 00:51:35,195 --> 00:51:37,535 I believe christ will, will be here for sure. 710 00:51:38,125 --> 00:51:42,915 And I also believe that I'm, and, and I believe I'm going to be alive 711 00:51:42,925 --> 00:51:47,665 for it and that, and that I'm going to be in his army, um, during the 712 00:51:47,665 --> 00:51:52,435 millennium, which is that thousand years that is talked about in the 713 00:51:52,435 --> 00:51:55,055 scriptures in which satan will be bound. 714 00:51:56,715 --> 00:52:01,055 And, you know, for many people, you know, politics is Satan. 715 00:52:01,055 --> 00:52:02,905 I mean, there've been movies made about it. 716 00:52:03,105 --> 00:52:04,175 The Omen, you know? 717 00:52:04,655 --> 00:52:07,475 You know, these great classic movies that were right. 718 00:52:07,745 --> 00:52:08,935 Yeah, Damien, you know? 719 00:52:09,165 --> 00:52:14,134 Um, you know, but that's, it's what we're going to have is, we're 720 00:52:14,134 --> 00:52:17,584 going to have a united world, okay? 721 00:52:17,585 --> 00:52:20,205 Satan's going to be bound, okay? 722 00:52:21,075 --> 00:52:23,395 Um, we're going to have a united world 723 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,660 and Christ is going to be the king. 724 00:52:26,670 --> 00:52:28,230 He's going to be the ruler. 725 00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:33,440 He's going to be the leader for those thousands, for that thousand years. 726 00:52:33,559 --> 00:52:35,000 And what are we going to be doing? 727 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,820 We're going to be doing His work. 728 00:52:37,399 --> 00:52:38,850 What is His work? 729 00:52:38,915 --> 00:52:45,525 Malachi four, four through six, the last verses of the Old Testament 730 00:52:46,115 --> 00:52:52,515 teaches us, okay, it, it, it warns us, it, it, it, it says this is what 731 00:52:53,045 --> 00:52:57,635 we need to be doing or we're going to be utterly destroyed at His coming. 732 00:52:57,894 --> 00:53:01,315 And that is turning the hearts of the Father to the children 733 00:53:01,335 --> 00:53:02,795 and the children to the Father. 734 00:53:03,745 --> 00:53:06,645 That's relationship, that's loving each other. 735 00:53:07,130 --> 00:53:11,480 That's, that's, that's obeying the commandments, that's doing, 736 00:53:11,970 --> 00:53:13,760 okay, the will of the Lord. 737 00:53:13,770 --> 00:53:19,310 And, and each one of us is responsible to find out what the will of the 738 00:53:19,310 --> 00:53:21,940 Lord for their personal lives are. 739 00:53:22,650 --> 00:53:26,475 I, I did it way back in December of 2018. 740 00:53:26,475 --> 00:53:32,830 And like I said, um, you know, I, I've been, I've been, uh, a faithful 741 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:37,350 member of my church and, and living the gospel of Jesus Christ my whole life. 742 00:53:37,620 --> 00:53:38,950 But guess what, Ed? 743 00:53:39,050 --> 00:53:43,340 Things were not going as planned, and I had a really good plan, you know? 744 00:53:43,540 --> 00:53:50,580 I was a doctor, I had married, I had married a, a faith, faithful woman that I 745 00:53:50,580 --> 00:53:54,485 knew, you know, loved God as well, okay? 746 00:53:54,765 --> 00:53:55,885 I had children. 747 00:53:55,885 --> 00:54:00,415 I was, I was multiplying and replenishing the earth, which is the 748 00:54:00,415 --> 00:54:04,945 second commandment that, that God gave to Adam and Eve in the garden. 749 00:54:04,945 --> 00:54:08,825 The first was do not partake of this fruit, okay? 750 00:54:08,825 --> 00:54:11,145 And the second was multiply and replenish the earth. 751 00:54:15,085 --> 00:54:16,255 That's interesting. 752 00:54:17,635 --> 00:54:25,705 You just, you just, uh, corrected me of my thinking, David, because I always tell 753 00:54:25,724 --> 00:54:32,615 people it, it was the first commandment of the Bible, but you are absolutely correct. 754 00:54:32,965 --> 00:54:37,185 The first commandment is don't partake of the eating of the fruit. 755 00:54:38,145 --> 00:54:40,155 I'm glad you corrected me of that. 756 00:54:40,545 --> 00:54:46,445 See, we, we always should be learning, and if we're paying attention, we'll 757 00:54:46,445 --> 00:54:49,615 discover those little hidden truths. 758 00:54:50,275 --> 00:54:52,554 And, and I think that's important for people. 759 00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:58,140 And that, and interesting enough, that is something that 760 00:54:58,140 --> 00:55:00,210 I've learned just this year. 761 00:55:00,540 --> 00:55:04,519 And I, I've been, I, I thought as you did, I, I thought, as 762 00:55:04,519 --> 00:55:06,539 you did prior to this year. 763 00:55:06,540 --> 00:55:10,909 And I can't remember who I was talking to, um, actually, I think 764 00:55:10,910 --> 00:55:15,145 I was talking to my best friend, I was, my best friend, Valerie. 765 00:55:15,495 --> 00:55:21,425 I was talking to her, um, and, and, you know, the, and the reason she's my best 766 00:55:21,435 --> 00:55:29,175 friend, Ed, is because this, this woman is, um, she is such an inspiration to me. 767 00:55:29,510 --> 00:55:36,350 But she, she loves me and, and she, she appeases my love language, which is 768 00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:39,640 quality time defined by communication. 769 00:55:40,060 --> 00:55:43,480 See, that, that was something that my ex wife didn't do. 770 00:55:43,939 --> 00:55:46,350 And I didn't want to continue to live a lie. 771 00:55:46,359 --> 00:55:52,550 And I actually prayed and fasted for six weeks straight before I decided to 772 00:55:52,550 --> 00:55:55,250 divorce my, my ex wife of eighteen years. 773 00:55:55,700 --> 00:55:59,745 Um, because I didn't, you know, I felt that I had made the right decision in 774 00:55:59,745 --> 00:56:07,935 marrying her back in 2000, but in 2018, at the very beginning of 2018, you know, 775 00:56:07,935 --> 00:56:13,024 we had gone through a lot of things, and I, and she, I didn't, I didn't feel 776 00:56:13,035 --> 00:56:18,085 that she was the same person that I had married, you know, eighteen years earlier. 777 00:56:18,405 --> 00:56:23,715 But at the same time, like we've discussed earlier in this podcast, God comes first. 778 00:56:23,725 --> 00:56:28,225 You know, what is your will, God, in this situation? 779 00:56:29,125 --> 00:56:33,895 Because I'll tell you, because, God, if you want me to remain married to this 780 00:56:33,895 --> 00:56:39,175 woman, I will remain married to her and I will not break up this family of seven. 781 00:56:39,555 --> 00:56:41,435 You know, we had five kids at the time. 782 00:56:41,935 --> 00:56:46,634 So I prayed and fasted about it and I never received the 783 00:56:46,635 --> 00:56:51,065 confirmation of the Holy Ghost that I should remain married to her. 784 00:56:51,725 --> 00:56:56,260 And so, and I didn't want to live a lie because I knew that 785 00:56:56,350 --> 00:56:58,280 our relationship was not right, 786 00:56:59,165 --> 00:57:01,185 it was not right between us. 787 00:57:01,765 --> 00:57:06,475 Um, God was not happy with our relationship, and our 788 00:57:06,475 --> 00:57:07,875 relationship wasn't right. 789 00:57:08,025 --> 00:57:14,535 And, and so, that's why I would have never, see if God would have told me 790 00:57:14,964 --> 00:57:18,625 through the Holy Ghost, if He would have confirmed through the Holy Ghost 791 00:57:19,245 --> 00:57:22,945 that I was to remain married to her, I would have stayed married to her. 792 00:57:23,305 --> 00:57:24,485 But He never did that. 793 00:57:24,515 --> 00:57:27,814 And see, that's how I knew what was right for me and my 794 00:57:27,814 --> 00:57:30,045 will, or His will in my life. 795 00:57:30,444 --> 00:57:34,514 And as a result of that, I have learned things like what you 796 00:57:34,514 --> 00:57:36,465 just, like, like what I just said. 797 00:57:36,845 --> 00:57:41,065 That the first commandment wasn't to multiply and replenish the earth, it was 798 00:57:41,065 --> 00:57:43,015 actually do not partake of the fruit. 799 00:57:43,265 --> 00:57:47,695 And, you know, we, we decide how important these things are in our 800 00:57:47,695 --> 00:57:53,094 lives because each one of us, Ed, are at different levels spiritually. 801 00:57:53,265 --> 00:57:56,724 We're at different levels of our relationship with God. 802 00:57:57,074 --> 00:58:02,390 But this, like I said, this life is our opportunity to get to know God. 803 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:08,130 Because if we don't know Him, like it says in Matthew chapter seven, when He comes 804 00:58:08,130 --> 00:58:14,199 again, and we, you know, we come to Him and say, Oh, you know, praise the Lord. 805 00:58:14,199 --> 00:58:16,520 And He says, You never knew me. 806 00:58:17,355 --> 00:58:18,065 What do you mean? 807 00:58:18,065 --> 00:58:21,665 I prophesied in your name, I, you know, I loved my neighbor, I did it. 808 00:58:22,155 --> 00:58:23,685 No, you never knew me. 809 00:58:23,755 --> 00:58:31,174 He's only gonna say that to the people that, that didn't know Him in the sense 810 00:58:31,175 --> 00:58:32,804 that they weren't loving their neighbor. 811 00:58:33,035 --> 00:58:36,775 They weren't being, they weren't doing the things that they knew they 812 00:58:36,785 --> 00:58:39,085 should do because they were too hard. 813 00:58:39,375 --> 00:58:42,415 And, and we could even end with this, the hardest thing for a 814 00:58:42,415 --> 00:58:48,745 human being to do, Ed, is to admit that they're wrong and to change. 815 00:58:49,815 --> 00:58:54,265 Change is synonymous, change is synonymous with repentance. 816 00:58:54,775 --> 00:58:58,625 And what is almost every sermon you hear when you go to church? 817 00:58:58,925 --> 00:59:00,414 It's repent, repent, repent. 818 00:59:00,414 --> 00:59:00,914 Why? 819 00:59:01,255 --> 00:59:06,725 Because it's the hardest thing for us to do as human beings is, is to admit that 820 00:59:06,725 --> 00:59:09,145 we've done something wrong and change. 821 00:59:09,555 --> 00:59:15,575 And I'll tell you something, true peace in this life comes from repenting and 822 00:59:15,575 --> 00:59:22,135 from, you know, staying close to the Lord and doing His will for you in your life. 823 00:59:22,165 --> 00:59:24,815 And you only find that out through personal revelation 824 00:59:24,815 --> 00:59:26,115 through the Holy Ghost. 825 00:59:26,475 --> 00:59:29,075 So, that's what I've learned in my life. 826 00:59:30,255 --> 00:59:33,795 I want to add to that a little bit, too, David. 827 00:59:34,065 --> 00:59:41,415 And always, if you really, truly want to discover what God is 828 00:59:41,415 --> 00:59:50,295 talking to you or not, go before the throne boldly, and that is a key. 829 00:59:50,890 --> 00:59:53,929 I never, I never got it. 830 00:59:54,490 --> 01:00:00,240 I never got it until I wrestled with God, and then I was a changed man. 831 01:00:00,780 --> 01:00:07,200 And that is very, you know, it's, it's something to think about. 832 01:00:07,580 --> 01:00:12,010 David, I could speak to you for hours on this subject and, you know, 833 01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:17,890 to take it further, I think this is one of those callings you might 834 01:00:17,900 --> 01:00:20,820 have is podcasting about the word. 835 01:00:21,305 --> 01:00:25,685 And you're very informed, you're very enlightened, and 836 01:00:25,955 --> 01:00:28,265 you can articulate it well. 837 01:00:28,265 --> 01:00:34,185 So I very much encourage you to take that bold step and do it. 838 01:00:34,395 --> 01:00:37,154 You know, it, it, it will encourage many. 839 01:00:37,634 --> 01:00:39,154 Oh, it's, it's happening. 840 01:00:39,784 --> 01:00:40,244 Awesome. 841 01:00:41,350 --> 01:00:43,190 Yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's happening. 842 01:00:43,310 --> 01:00:44,630 I already have the name. 843 01:00:44,670 --> 01:00:49,120 My, the name of my podcast is going to be God, Health, and Relationships. 844 01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:53,610 And I will be starting it next year, um, 2025. 845 01:00:53,860 --> 01:00:56,650 That is one of my goals for 2025, for sure. 846 01:00:58,210 --> 01:00:59,569 That, that's a big step. 847 01:00:59,759 --> 01:01:03,460 And you know, we're, we're always here to help you, that's for sure. 848 01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:12,435 David, how can people find you, get a hold of you, and also, do you have a 849 01:01:12,525 --> 01:01:15,124 call to action for our listeners today? 850 01:01:16,224 --> 01:01:20,665 So the way, the, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm an open book, okay? 851 01:01:20,665 --> 01:01:24,165 I'm a very transparent person, I have nothing to hide. 852 01:01:24,725 --> 01:01:26,834 I would love to talk to anybody. 853 01:01:26,845 --> 01:01:29,955 You, I'll give you my cell phone number, okay? 854 01:01:29,955 --> 01:01:35,675 I'm not afraid to do that because like I said, uh, I'm, you know, my, my cell 855 01:01:35,675 --> 01:01:38,964 phone number, my email, my email is easy. 856 01:01:38,964 --> 01:01:43,454 It's dr.dave@godhealthandrelationships.com, 857 01:01:44,855 --> 01:01:46,045 that, that's my email. 858 01:01:46,515 --> 01:01:54,605 Um, and then, and then call to action, really the call to action would be to, 859 01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:57,654 yeah, you know, communicate with me. 860 01:01:57,914 --> 01:02:02,610 I, I believe that I, that God has prepared me to help, um, 861 01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:07,120 individuals, whether you're dealing with physical, mental, emotional, 862 01:02:07,140 --> 01:02:09,570 or spiritual, or even financial. 863 01:02:09,930 --> 01:02:13,020 You know, the, the five things, you know? 864 01:02:13,020 --> 01:02:17,460 I, I feel that I'm prepared, that God has taught me through trial and 865 01:02:17,469 --> 01:02:21,130 error in my life to help His children. 866 01:02:21,650 --> 01:02:25,570 Any, any problem you're having in those realms, I would 867 01:02:25,570 --> 01:02:27,180 love to talk to you about it. 868 01:02:27,220 --> 01:02:33,565 I don't charge, you know, it's a free consultation with somebody who, who 869 01:02:33,565 --> 01:02:37,175 might understand you better than, than anybody has ever understood you. 870 01:02:39,035 --> 01:02:42,935 Very powerful interview conversation today. 871 01:02:43,465 --> 01:02:49,054 I want to say thank you, David, for that powerful conversation that we just had. 872 01:02:49,405 --> 01:02:54,130 And I'm sure that it's going to touch somebody, for sure. 873 01:02:55,250 --> 01:02:55,850 I agree. 874 01:02:56,660 --> 01:02:58,120 Thank you for being here, David. 875 01:02:58,900 --> 01:02:59,590 My pleasure. 876 01:02:59,610 --> 01:03:00,580 Thank you for having me. 877 01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:05,440 Thank you for joining us today. 878 01:03:06,060 --> 01:03:12,300 If you found this podcast enlightening, entertaining, educational in any way, 879 01:03:13,070 --> 01:03:19,455 please share, like, subscribe, and join us right back here next week for another 880 01:03:19,475 --> 01:03:22,405 great episode of the Dead America Podcast. 881 01:03:23,165 --> 01:03:28,685 I'm Ed Watters, your host, enjoy your afternoon wherever you might be.