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Awaken to Who You Truly Are, Why You're Here, and What's Already Available to You.
Ep 1 - The Longing for More
Oct 10, 2026, 11:09 PM
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(0:00) Welcome to Seeds of Freedom, the podcast where spiritual awakening meets everyday life. I'm (0:06) Doug Corbett, author, coach, teacher, and founder of The Hundredfold Journey, which is a path of (0:13) presence, identity, and divine possibility. Here we plant seeds of truth, seeds of freedom, (0:19) and watch them bloom into love, rest, provision, and joy.
If you're ready to stop striving and (0:26) start living from the inside out, you're in the right place. Let's get started. (0:33) Hello, welcome to Seeds of Freedom podcast.
My name is Doug Corbett, author of Seeds of Freedom, (0:41) freedom from religious bondage to true abundance. So this podcast, we're going to be talking through (0:47) the book that I wrote called Seeds of Freedom. And the premise of this book is identifying (0:52) the seeds that are already within us.
And these were planted into us by our creator, by God. (1:00) And these seeds have been, you could say, pushed down or forgotten. And the idea of identifying (1:08) what these seeds are is to see our true identity.
And where do we find that true identity? We find (1:15) it in Christ, the Jesus that came upon this earth 2000 years ago. He had each of these seeds within (1:23) him. And he demonstrated what these seeds look like when we remember when he remembered his true (1:31) identity, which was a son of God or a daughter of God or a child of God.
And that's exactly who we (1:39) are and who you are. This book is to identify those seeds and have them play out in our lives. (1:47) And again, Jesus is our blueprint, as I call it in the book, and he demonstrates what those seeds (1:53) look like.
So what we're going to do with this podcast is we're going to talk about each of (2:00) these seeds as they show up in our lives. We're going to talk about limiting beliefs. We're going (2:05) to talk about where those beliefs came from, whether it came from our childhood or our young (2:12) years in life, or even more recently that have been pressed upon us, either through religion (2:19) or through relationships, wherever they might be.
We need to identify where those beliefs come from, (2:26) analyze it and see if it's really a true belief. And what I mean by true belief is it out of love (2:33) or is that a fear? Because we have a lot of beliefs about fear beliefs, right? And what (2:39) we're going to be talking about is the true beliefs, which are from the state of love. (2:45) So to start us off the first chapter, the preface of this book goes back to the movie Wicked, (2:53) which is based off the Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West, where she is identified (3:03) as someone that is evil and have the wrong beliefs because she stood up for who she was.
(3:11) She wasn't following the rules that were given to her by other people. Instead, she went with the (3:17) rule that was with inside of her, which was love. She loved everyone that was around her.
(3:22) She tried to help other people, even the innocent, which in this case were the animals, (3:28) which were being kicked out and not allowed to talk, even though they had the ability to do that. (3:37) So that's where kind of an inspiration came from me when I was listening to the song about, (3:45) you know, Unlimited with the unlimited potential for her to fly and to break all the rules (3:52) and that were put upon her and breaking free as the movie so adequately pointed out. (4:00) So with the Wicked Witch breaking free from those bonds that held her, we too need to break free (4:09) from those limiting beliefs.
We need to believe in the spirit that's within us, (4:14) the spirit that's been guiding us, directing us, encouraging us and listening to that still small (4:20) voice within us, which is the spirit of God. And each of us have that spirit. Each of us have (4:26) a seed or the seed of God within us.
We just need to open up to it. And as I point out in my book, (4:34) there's three main things to be aware, to be awake and always listening. Because when we become aware (4:41) of who we are, we become awakened to our true identity and then always listening to the spirit (4:47) as the spirit is talking to us, guiding us and directing us.
It will always guide us into truth, (4:54) into true love and into our true identity. But again, what we tend to do is we push those thoughts (5:02) down because they are contrary to the belief that maybe we've been given, that we're unworthy, (5:09) that we're not good enough, that we'll never make it, that I'm a dirty, rotten sinner. (5:15) When in fact, that is not the case.
And the way we can demonstrate that is through the life of Jesus. (5:22) Jesus, before he did anything, he was told at the Jordan River when he was baptized, (5:29) you are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Again, he didn't do anything up until that point (5:37) that maybe would be called worthy of that notification from God.
But that's what the (5:44) stamp of approval that God gave to Jesus and that same stamp has been given to us. And the crazy (5:51) thing is Ephesians 1 says that that stamp of approval was given to us before the foundation (5:58) of the world. Ephesians 1 says that before the foundation of the world, I loved you, I chose you, (6:05) you were my possession.
So there's no striving for or reaching for that approval from our (6:15) heavenly father, from our creator. It has already been given to us. So just like in the movie Wicked, (6:23) we need to understand that truth as true for us and then be willing to step into that role (6:32) of being unlimited and breaking free from the chains that held us back.
(6:38) So just reading from the book, which I think is worth doing, it's the preface and it's called (6:44) longing for more. And I think that's what maybe we all have a longing for more, more love, (6:50) more joy, more patience, more peace in our life. And so we long for more.
Where does that come from? (6:58) Where can we find more love, joy and peace? If you've seen the musical Wicked, you know it (7:04) carries an impactful message, one that is certainly worth pondering. It tells the story of Elphaba, (7:10) the so-called Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, but it's not the story we've been (7:16) told. Because again, when you watch the Wizard of Oz and you think that the Wicked Witch is evil, (7:24) but that's not who she truly is, even though the original one from the 30s (7:31) with Dorothy and all of that, it demonstrates or it shows that she was wicked.
But in a sense, (7:38) that's not who she truly was. So that's kind of the point I'm getting at in the book. (7:44) We discover that instead of being born wicked, which is what our assumption is, (7:48) not only about who the Wicked Witch of the West was, but also about ourselves, that we were born (7:55) wicked, and how that is not true.
We were made wicked by our own thinking, our stinky thinking, (8:04) not only by our own thinking, but also what other people had told us, specifically religion, (8:10) right? Where we were born wicked, there is no good in us at all, and that we're a sinner that (8:15) needs to be saved. So what this book and what I'm trying to demonstrate to you is that no, (8:21) we were not born wicked. We were born, Ephesians 1, before the foundation of the world, holy and (8:28) blameless in his sight.
We are loved, we are blessed, we are a child of God. This was before (8:36) we were even born, right? So again, we discover that instead of being born wicked, she is completely (8:43) misunderstood, longing for truth, justice, and freedom. Sound familiar, right? I just talked (8:49) about that.
Alpha begins as a passionate, idealistic young woman who dares to question (8:54) authority and speak up for the voiceless. She isn't wicked at all, but because she follows her (9:00) inner truth, refusing to conform and remain silent, the world brands her as dangerous. (9:07) Sound familiar in regards to Jesus, right? So I'm drawing a parallel between Elphaba and Jesus (9:16) with them breaking the mold, breaking the pattern of religiosity, of the pattern of this life that (9:23) you should be living.
Follow these orders, follow these commands, follow these rules, (9:28) and then you will be righteous. And what Jesus and Elphaba are saying is, no, that is not who I am. (9:35) We're breaking the rules.
And then they become dangerous, dangerous to the point where Elphaba, (9:43) in wicked, she was cast out. They wanted to arrest her. And same with Jesus, where they did arrest (9:50) him.
And in fact, they even killed him. So her purported wickedness is not a reflection of who (9:56) she truly is, but instead exposes a world fearful of freedom because they don't have control. (10:05) They, religious system, the world system, whoever you want to call it, they don't want freedom (10:12) because they can't control it.
In fact, just a little side note, I've been reading, we had the (10:18) 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. And what the pilgrims wanted to do (10:27) when they landed here in 1492, and as well as the Declaration of Independence, is that they did not (10:34) want to be controlled by a monarch. They wanted to self-govern.
So what they did is they put a (10:43) boat across the Atlantic and landed here in America and basically governed themselves. (10:52) And that brought freedom, but Britain didn't want that at all. They wanted control.
And the monarch, (10:58) King Henry, wanted to control the people and the people revolted. And the reason is because he did (11:06) not want them to have the freedom, the freedom where he would demand or control or set rules (11:13) or laws against the Americas, the colonists. So they revolted, we revolted, and we wanted our (11:23) freedom.
So again, the forces outside, they don't like that because they can't control freedom, (11:31) but it's freedom. And Jesus even said it, Jesus says that he came to set us free, right? Free from (11:38) what? Free from the bondage of enslavement, from religious rulers, from the priests, the high (11:47) priests, and all of that. So Jesus broke those chains that held us back.
So for 2,000 years ago, (11:56) a man walked a very similar path, Jesus, as I just explained. He died, sorry, he defied the gravitational (12:03) pull of religious expectations and cultural norms. He didn't come to preserve the system, he came to (12:10) set people free, right? And that's exactly the basis for our joy and our love and our freedom to love (12:20) others.
It's not because we have to, it's because we want to, and freedom allows us to do that. (12:28) Jesus, the eternal son of the father, became one of us and lived among us in union with his father, (12:34) flowing in love, peace, and divine power. As a man, as us, Jesus revealed the profound truth of our (12:42) true identity and the incredible possibilities within each of us.
So Jesus came to demonstrate (12:50) he was our blueprint, and that will come up in later chapters. I call Jesus our blueprint. We all (12:56) know what a blueprint is, hopefully.
A blueprint is like you build a home and you have a 2D diagram (13:03) of what that home is going to look like, the height, the width, the length, all of that. (13:08) And it's a blueprint so that you can then build on that foundation of what this thing is supposed (13:14) to look like. So Jesus laid out the blueprint for us in his life, and he says, this is how (13:21) a human being is to live.
And he healed, he walked on water, he had words of wisdom, (13:31) and he fought the system, and then ultimately died. Now I'm not saying that his path is your path, (13:38) but what I'm saying is the way he lived his life is the way we can live our life, (13:46) which is from freedom. Freedom of guilt and condemnation.
Freedom to identify ourselves (13:53) as a child of God, a son of God, a daughter of God. So he gave us the blueprint and says, hey, (14:00) this is who you truly are. Now step into that freedom.
For all who feel drawn to something (14:08) deeper, this book is for you. It's for those who are tired of playing roles, exhausted from (14:13) chasing approval, and weary of limits, and the life that feels small. So again, that's the way (14:22) Jesus lived his life.
He didn't live a life of being small. He was quite large, wasn't he? And (14:27) that is the life that we can also have. If you sense that there's more of who you are and what's (14:35) possible, you're not alone.
You are being called. This is not an arduous religious trick. It's an (14:42) exhilarating spiritual journey.
So this book is not about rules. It's not about regulations. It's (14:48) not about do this, don't do that.
It's about believing about the seeds of freedom that are (14:54) already within you and identifying what those seeds are. For example, I'm always in the right place (15:02) at the right time. That is a seed that Jesus lived by, and that is a seed that's within us.
(15:10) Therefore, we should be living as if I'm always in the right place at the right time, just to give (15:16) one example. So these seeds need to mature and flourish in ourselves, and we do that by paying (15:26) attention, to be aware, to be awake, and always listening. So this is not an arduous religious (15:36) trick.
It's an exhilarating spiritual journey. It's a remembrance of your original design (15:41) and a beckoning to experience what I call the hundredfold journey, a life filled with deep (15:47) gratitude, overflowing with radical love, and a harvest beyond your wildest imagination. (15:52) This is your invitation to awaken, soar, and remember who you truly are.
(16:00) So the hundredfold journey is about the seed and the sower. So as Matthew chapter 5, (16:07) the farmer cast out seeds, right? And these are the seeds of freedom that are within us. (16:14) But some of those seeds fell on rocky soil.
Some of it fell on soil that wasn't very thick, right? (16:22) It was just a hard surface where the birds came and they pecked it away. But some of that seeds (16:28) fell on good soil, and then it produced a 30, 60, and a hundredfold. So the hundredfold journey (16:36) is about taking these seeds, identifying what they are, that they're true for us, (16:42) and that we nurture them.
They're in good soil, a good heart, where there's a mind-heart connection, (16:49) and then that seed can grow and flourish and produce a hundredfold crop. So that's what we're (16:56) talking about in the seeds of freedom, and that's what we'll be talking about more and more in this (17:02) podcast that I'll be sharing with you as we go through this book. So I look forward to sharing (17:07) all of that with you in the upcoming episodes.
But that's it for today. (17:12) So thank you for joining us and listening, and we will see you next time. Bye for now.