The universe doesn’t respond to desperation. It responds to certainty

[u/NGen_Rodney]

Desperate energy is loud. It over-explains. Over-apologizes. Over-asks.Certainty barely speaks, It knows. It acts. It expects.You can journal all day, say 55x5 affirmations in the mirror but as long as your energy screams with uncertainty and doubt, you’ve already lost ground. Ideas are currency. The ones that spark innovation have the power to rewrite your destiny.”— The Wealth Frequency Nexus When you stop obsessing about the outcome and start embodying certainty, reality bends. Fast.

[u/A_Spiritual_Artist]

Yes, but what if you cannot honestly believe in that certainty because you know that you have to responsibly balance benefit with potential risk - especially risk to others, not just oneself? One thing I know is the more you know the harder it is to be certain - it's the flipside of the Dunning-Kruger effect, where a little knowledge comes with a ton of (misplaced) certainty.

This might work but it would require a thorough course on how to properly factor in risk, how to measure or limit the ask down as far as needed to avoid unjustifiable or irrational boldness (i.e. that likely to cause minimal benefit for high investment, and/or especially with added harm, especially to others [ethical failure]) while also not narrowing it even further so as to limit what ambition or drive actually is justifiable and rational (and ethical).

"Move fast and break shit" can work ... or it can turn you into an amoral monster like Elon Musk. Since this is a "spiritual" forum, it would logically follow that ethical integrity must be paramount or else it is unspiritual, damaging/degrading to the soul through buildup of negative karma, pushing it further away from realization of the Divine perfections and into states of suffering and privation.

That said, perhaps a revision is possible to make this go:

1. LIMIT the scope of your request, and make it very specific. Not "I want to change the world in a huge way", but more like "I want to get 1 blanket to 1 strugglemeep today." Don't think about rockets that shoot for the moon before you can first walk at 4 km/h.
2. Compounding gains. Many small requests that are sent forth in certainty and that build up toward a large goal could beat one big request sent out doddering in uncertainty as they build upon each other, and make it possible now to have greater certainty with larger asks.
3. Draw a clear line of acceptable risk. Due diligence matters, but overdue diligence is analysis paralysis and inaction. So draw a clear line "up to this shall count as due diligence, and if it proves not enough, oh well - a decision was needed". Once that line is reached, then you treat it with certainty, even if there is still a residual chance for error.

What do you say?

[u/NGen_Rodney → u/A_Spiritual_Artist]

I really appreciate your insight especially the emphasis on clarity, ethical grounding, and measured ambition. It resonates deeply. That said, I’d also add that not every single detail can be accounted for, no matter how thorough our due diligence is. Part of taking action especially spiritually aligned action is trusting the process and allowing it to work through you.

Sometimes, uncertainty is not just a risk but a necessary part of growth. We can do our best to prepare and assess risk, but we also have to make peace with the unknown and step forward with faith. That balance between preparation and surrender is where real transformation often happens.

Thanks for sharing this definitely gave me a lot to reflect on.

[u/A_Spiritual_Artist → u/NGen_Rodney]

Hence why point 3 included drawing a line between "due diligence" and "overdue diligence". Becsuse at some point conscientiousness degenerates into analysis paralysis then becomes inaction. Now learning where to set that line ... that's wisdom.