"Emancipate yourself from mental slaveryNone but ourselves can free our minds “
Bob Marley, Redemption Song
Who doesn't know Bob Marley? This freedom icon has penetrated the world consciousness with his music and message. Wherever you go on our planet, you'll find Bob posters hanging, and you'll hear his music playing. At an age where no internet no social networking existed, Bob transcended cultures around the world, uniting people from different countries, races and religions.
In the timeless Redemption Song, one of the last songs he ever wrote, Bob says it all: None but ourselves can free our minds!
These words take an even deeper meaning when we remember who Bob was. He was a descendant of black captives deported to Jamaica, and his people had suffered 400 years of slavery. In this song Bob calls people for freedom, but not freedom from external conditions, not freedom from political systems or freedom from outside chains... but freedom from mental slavery!
Yes Bob was an inspired mystic, and he knew the Secret too. Freedom, wealth, abundance, health, you name it, starts first and foremost in our mind!
Can you see that all inspired persons from different traditions, basically say the same thing? Whether it's entrepreneurs or musicians, teachers or prophets, eastern or western, rasta or yoga.. the message is one: we've got to take responsibility of our lives, and it all starts in our minds!
So won’t you help to sing, this song of freedom...
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