Inspiration Station - The Freedom Mindset Unchained

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The shackles that truly limit us aren't always visible. What if the freedom you seek has been available all along, but your mindset prevents you from grasping it?

"I freed thousands of slaves and could have freed thousands more if only they knew they were slaves." This powerful quote attributed to Harriet Tubman forms the backbone of a challenging conversation about mental freedom. We've been conditioned to blame external forces—the devil, toxic environments, difficult people—for our limitations, but what if the real prison exists within our own minds?

The podcast explores how changing your geographical location or social circle isn't enough to transform your life if you carry the same mental patterns wherever you go. Through the compelling parable of two travelers encountering the same farmer, we see how our perceptions shape our reality more than our circumstances do. You are the common denominator in every situation you face—what you bring to the table matters more than what you find there.

Modern slavery has simply changed forms. We've exchanged cotton fields and physical chains for designer labels, status symbols, and mindless entertainment that keeps us distracted from pursuing true freedom. Even financial abundance—whether through inheritance, lottery winnings, or successful careers—cannot liberate a mind that remains bound by limiting beliefs and destructive patterns.

This isn't just philosophical musing; it's an urgent call to examine what you might be contributing to environments you complain about. Are you perpetuating toxic patterns while blaming others? Are you undermining those who attempt positive change because you can't recognize your own enslaved thinking?

Ready to break free? Start by questioning your default reactions, examining your contribution to difficult situations, and considering whether you're an agent of positive change or merely adapting to destructive norms. The journey toward true freedom begins with recognizing the chains you didn't know you were wearing.

The biggest obstacle to your success isn't external opposition but your own mindset holding you back from recognizing and embracing freedom.

• We often blame the devil or external forces when our own thinking patterns are the real problem
• Changing your environment without changing your mindset will not lead to different outcomes
• You are the common denominator in all situations you experience
• Personal responsibility means recognizing what you bring to every environment
• Strong individuals create strong families, which build strong communities and nations
• Some people unconsciously sabotage others' success because they don't recognize their own enslaved mindset

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
On this episode of the Inspiration Station, we're
going to show you one area ofyour life where you can no
longer blame the devil for beingbusy.
This issue is not the devil,but this is your own mind that's
holding you back.
We're going to expose one ofthe biggest lies we've ever been
told and talk about why westill believe in it On the next
episode of the InspirationStation, which starts right now.

(00:57):
Welcome back to the All PurposePod for an all-purpose life,
wherever you are and how you'relistening to.
The call me Mr U and theInspiration Station.
Thanks again for making us partof your week.
We're excited to be back withyou guys, and this topic is
something we got to definitelyget into.
We ain't got time to messaround.
We got to get into this rightnow.
I told you at the outset thatthere's an area of our life

(01:19):
where we have been blaming thedevil for being busy, blaming
the devil for attacking us andtrying to make our lives
miserable.
And the issue in thisparticular area, not even with
the devil, it's with our ownminds the way we think, what we
believe.
That is what's holding us back.
That's a tough pill to swallow,I get it, but it's what's going

(01:42):
on with us.
On top of that, we've evenbelieved another lie that if we
change our environment andchange our circle that means
moving to different geographicalareas, changing our friendship
base, finding different kinds offriends it's enough to help us
win, it's enough to help us besuccessful.
That's also another big lie.
I'm not saying moving away fromanother big lie.

(02:09):
I'm not saying moving away fromtroublesome or toxic situations
is not a good thing for us.
Of course it is If you're in aplace where, like Abraham was,
his family was into idol worship.
When he left his family he wentinto a whole different place
and away from the idol worshipand it changed the entire
trajectory of his life.
So I get that part and the idolworship and it changed the
entire trajectory of his life.
So I get that part.
It's not what we're talkingabout.
But when you take a certainmindset with you, even if the

(02:30):
place that you're living istoxic, it is negative, it is
unhealthy for you, when you takethe same mindset you had there,
that you functioned in, thatwas your normal, that was part
of your daily process, the samemindset, it doesn't matter where
you go, it's going to followyou the same habits, same

(02:54):
behaviors and eventually thesame outcomes are going to
follow you.
I share the story a lot of timeson our podcast about the
traveler.
He went from one location wherehe lived for many years and
ventured into a new area and hehappened to see a farmer along
the way turning to his field.
He said that city over yonder,how are the people over there?
And his response was well, howare the people where you come

(03:17):
from?
And he said, well, they werevery kind, loving, great
neighbors, we took care of eachother, had an outstanding
community, et cetera, et cetera,all these good things.
And the farmer said well, thepeople in that city are just
like that.
Another sojourner left his city, happened to cross the same
farmer no-transcript.

(03:40):
And the farmer asked the samequestion.
He asked the first sojournerhow are people like where you
come from?
He said they were mean, theywere nasty, rude to each other,
they were still from each otherand didn't regard each other as
human beings and mistreated oneanother.
And the farmer said people inthat city are just like that.
What's the moral of the story?

(04:00):
The lowest common denominator,the common factor in all the
situations that we deal with, isus, how we respond to it, what
we bring to the table, how wereact.
Are we agents of change or dowe assimilate into whatever
situation is going on that weare crying out or complaining
about?
So many times and I'm hopingthis is resonating with somebody

(04:23):
that's listening today so manytimes we have complaints about
our church, we have complaintsabout our community, we have
complaints about somebody who'sin authority over us in the
workplace we got complaintsabout this, complaints about our
city, complaints about this andthat we never, ever stop to
think.
What's our part in all this?
What do we bring to the table?

(04:45):
Did we repeat something thatshouldn't be repeated, that
would be considered gossip andhelp to make the environment as
toxic as it was?
Did we bring a bad attitude tothe table and expected something
better than that?
But that's what we received.
We bring something to the table.
Here.
I heard a quote, and I love thisquote because it kind of speaks

(05:05):
to the mindset that we have tochange.
We can blame the devil all daylong, and the devil is who he is
and he does what he does.
I'm not here to speak for thedevil or try to advocate on his
behalf.
That's somebody else's job, notmine.
But the one thing we can't doas a people is blame him for
everything that goes on in ourlife and not take personal

(05:25):
responsibility for what we do,what we contribute, what we
bring to the table, what webring to the dance.
That impacts us and generationsafter us.
It impacts our community, thework that we're trying to do in
organizations we bring to theworkplaces, the commerce, the
economy of our city, everything.
We play a part in all of thesethings and if we don't recognize

(05:46):
that, we'd be perpetuallyblaming somebody for everything
that's going on, that's wrong inour life.
It ain't fair, it ain't rightand, honestly, it's not even
true.
We play a part in theenvironment.
You talk about changing theenvironment.
You can join an advocacy groupall you want to, but at some
point there's something simpleand mundane that you have to do

(06:07):
to help change your environment.
You are responsible forchanging your circle.
You're responsible foraffecting the environment with
positivity and encouragement andgrace and unconditional love.
That's your responsibility.
That's not somebody else's job.
That's your job.
Every person has an individualjob.
Strong families make strongcommunities.
Strong communities make strongcities and states.

(06:29):
Strong cities and states makestrong nations and makes a
strong world.
It starts with you Always has,always will.
Now we're talking about themindset that we bring to
situations and, honestly, manyof us are still walking around
as if we are enslaved.
It doesn't make any sense in mybrain, but it's a real thing.
There's a quote that's beenattributed to Harriet Tubman.

(06:50):
I'm not sure she has to say itor not, but the quote is
fantastic.
It says she said allegedly shesaid I freed thousands of slaves
and could have freed thousandsmore if only they knew they were
slaves.
I'm going to say that againbecause you probably missed it,
a quote attributed to HarrietTubman, the leader and founder

(07:10):
of the Underground Railroad.
She said I freed thousands ofslaves and could have freed
thousands more if only they knewthey were slaves.
So their mindset held them backfrom receiving freedom and
liberty.
It wasn't their environment, itwasn't what somebody was doing
to them that was receivingfreedom and liberty.
It wasn't their environment.
It wasn't what somebody wasdoing to them that was wrong and
hurtful.
It was their own mindset,because they didn't recognize

(07:33):
the actual situation they werein.
So, because they couldn'trecognize it, you couldn't
liberate them or extricate themfrom that situation, because
they didn't realize they were insomething.
I know so many folks and I grewup around them back in my
hometown of New York.
I still see it now vicariouslythrough social media, through
hearing stories from old friendsand just art and entertainment

(07:58):
and life, and seeing these samepatterns play out over and over
again.
We know that slavery was anawful situation.
We can try to forget historyand try to cover it up.
That's not going to work.
But the reality is that we knowit was a horrible situation.
It was horrific.
We know that God was notpleased with it.
We know that slavery was evil.
Watch any movie about the evilsof slavery and you're going to

(08:21):
always find two villains.
I know that might blow yourmind, but trust me, you're going
to find two villains in thesekind of movies.
Any movie about the evils ofslavery.
You're going to find twovillains.
The first one is the obviousone the slave owners.
They were the ones that wereoppressive, holding people back
in.
Any attempt to learn how toread or develop oneself was

(08:45):
immediately halted because thatwas not good for their business.
So the slave owners are theirobvious villains.
There's a second villain, too,we don't talk about, excuse me.
The second villain are theslaves that didn't know they
were slaves, and we've seen iteven on.
I won't call the movie out, butthere's a movie where someone

(09:08):
who was a slave as well, but hehad more standing than the other
slaves.
He undermined his own peoplejust to keep his own standing,
to make sure that his spot inthe house was maintained and he
didn't lose his position.
But they were villainousbecause they not only hated
their own brethren, they alsoequally hated themselves.

(09:31):
And to me, if that's notvillainous, I don't know what is
.
Because when you hate yourselfor when you don't recognize the
situation that you're in, it'sso easy, it's almost instinctual
, for you to undermine peoplewho are trying to accomplish
something in life.
How many times have you metsomebody who maybe even in your
own family, who never didnothing with their life, never

(09:52):
accomplished anything of note,weren't successful in any
endeavor, always going back andforth trying to find get rich
quick schemes or trying to dosome kind of fast-money venture?
And as soon as you try to dosomething legitimate, you
announce to the family this ismy plan, this is what I'm going
to do.
Guess who's talking, who'sspeaking against you, who's

(10:12):
saying that can't work becauseso-and-so-and-so, that's a
villain in your personal movie.
They don't recognize where theyare.
Perhaps they don't likethemselves.
So now they don't like youbecause you want to try to
accomplish something.
That's what we call in thesedays haters.

(10:33):
They hate themselves and theyalso hate you, which is a really
sad situation.
Take away the plight in thecotton fields and physical
chains and replace them withfootwear, herring bones,
diamond-crusted watches, fleetcars and binge-watching programs
.
It's slavery, just a differentform of it.

(10:55):
It was exchanged.
Was it even eradicated?
Was slavery even eradicated atall?
Really, one form of it was, butnow we just replaced it with a
different form.
Now we got TV and clothes andstatus enslaving us.
One form was abolished, theother is still enslaved, just in

(11:17):
a different way.
If your mind is still bound, youcan hit the lottery or walk
into an inheritance of a sizableamount and you're still going
to mishandle it.
You're going to mishandle whatyou have why?
Because you are still boundhere.
You blow all the money, youlose the inheritance, you spend
it all on things that areperishable and you won't have

(11:40):
any savings.
You won't have any savings, youwon't have any interest, you
won't have any ventures thatproduce passive income.
You lose it all because you'restill bound and enslaved here.
That's the story.
That's what we're talking about.
Drop in the comments what youthink about this episode and the
topic that we're talking about.
Share your insights.
I'd love to hear them.
If, if you don't agree, love tohear that too.

(12:01):
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comments section and let us knowwhat you think.
Have a fantastic day.
Tough topic, but had to be said.
Thank you.