Incarcerated for 19 years. Here’s how he found freedom | Shaka Senghor
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Shaka Senghor spent 19 years in prison, 7 of them in solitary confinement. This is how he found true freedom.
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The way Shaka Senghor tells his story, he found himself incarcerated long before he officially went to prison for second-degree murder, and he experienced freedom long before completing his sentence at the age of 38.
Senghor ran away from home and got drawn into the crack cocaine trade at the age of 14. After a series of traumatic events, he felt trapped in a narrative that dictated his life could only lead to limited outcomes: an early grave or a prison cell.
In our intimate interview, Senghor shares the three "keys" that transformed his perspective on life and have enabled him to live as a genuinely free man today.
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About Shaka Senghor:
In 1991, Shaka Senghor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent the next 19 years behind bars, seven of them in solitary confinement. Today, Senghor has become a vocal advocate for prison reform, and tackling the problem of mass incarceration, in all its complex ugliness, head on. Senghor’s memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List as well as The Washington Post Best Seller List.
" I was locked into a narrative that gave my life limited possibilities " - this is a profound statement. Thank you for sharing your story as I had a similar childhood and still struggle to overcome limitations within myself that prevent me from creating the healthy productive life that I have always strived for.
1. Re-imagening
2. Forgiveness
3. Recognition & acknowledgement
I'm sure there's more to his story than his innocent child-like sounding.. "I got scared when I heard a car door open so I murdered somebody with my gun on accident"
Really beautiful story. Such a great record of how a positive perception can be uplifting even in tragic circumstances!
Sad and uplifting at the same time.
I hope that he is truly rehabilitated and finds peace and meaning in his life going forward.
He is right about reading ...you can change from entertaining others ideas.
"Truly rehabilitated" He's actually been out of Prison a long time, has written multiple books and mentors at risk youth.
@@isidrosalas5088
Oh didnt know.
Ill look him up.
the art and animations on this video are on point. Great job!
Massive respect pal. You keep growing through life now you’re a good soul. Your self learned wisdom from your harsh life experiences is for sure worthy brother. Found a lot of peace with this my friend. Keep owning it mate, big peace and light to you and your family from Scotland 🏴🌍❤️✌️
Freedom is a state of mind, not the place of body. Well done my friend.😊😊😊 So many good comments. Positive and inspiring.
Beautiful story and beautiful graphics
Heartbreaking beginnings for such a beautiful person. I’m so glad he found out there’s so much more in life than the stuff that knocks us down 🥰
Solitude offers an opportunity, if you are ready to embrace it, to find an answer to "WHO AM I?" To honestly acknowledge all of it, what you fear, love, avoid, etc., and find your path through that awareness. DMX almost always showed his true self, Slippin' is it, the words at the beginning... To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
THIS is a man WHO HAS THE BLOOD OF GREAT AFRICAN KINGS flowing through him to be able to find the DOOR of RECOGNITION and ENLIGHTENMENT.
Stop lying.
Thank you Mr. Senghor for sharing your powerful story .
I cried watching this. God bless you, man. I feel you so hard
there's a man who knows the value of freedom
Props my man, your story is real to me and touched my heart.
Thank you Sir, for your moving life story. You are a inspiring, strong, resilient being.
Wow… such a beautiful story; I listened to it twice. ♥️
Shaka you didn't let the negativity that surrounded you stop you from reaching your highest potential, we need more people like you in this World!!
You're such a great example to All of us, thank you for sharing your life story.
Thank you Sir. This is exactly what I needed to see and hear. Very glad that you are back with your family and loved ones and yes, this moment is divine. Childhood violence and trauma had shaped me into similar mental patterns and I have to remind myself -sometimes several times a day-that I do have the power to change my thinking process and make better choices. Thank you so much for the video because it's a powerful and uplifting reminder. Be well
Thanks, BT, your content is invaluable ❤
This is so beautiful! Comes to show how powerful our minds can be!
Perspective is everything. Learning to forgive and love yourself is one of the hardest things to do. But is the only way to a brighter future. I am sure you’ll redeem yourself my man. Or perhaps you already have?! 🙏
He already has redeemed himself.
He already has redeemed himself.
He already has redeemed himself.
He already has redeemed himself.
He already has redeemed himself.
Beautiful story! ❤ What prison cells and narratives do we put ourselves into? Who chose this cell for us and what can we do to overcome it? Make your cell a university (learn), a meditation room and a cocoon that you will hatch out and fly! Sharing your experience and story. Beautiful.
Thank you
Thank you. This was really powerful and meaningful for me to hear.
Damn, man. That story brot a tear 2 my eye.🥺
Thanks for this fabulous insite
thank you!
Phenomenal. God bless you brother❤
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
- "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
Thanks you for lessoned
Thank You xooo
"Crime" is a social construct.
Awesome!
Here's to Shaka Senghor, he is a True Warrior!
خدا همه گناهان تو رو ببخشه🙏🙏
تو هدف های خوب داری 👍
Some people find freedom in prison
Others feel imprisoned in free life
sometime the prison is not exist our life
it exist in our mind
solitary confinement is legal torture
Beautiful.
You've a lucky son buddy.
Wonderful story!!!!!
Negatives experiences can make you bitter or make you better. This guy exemplifies the latter. Thank you Shaka for sharing your story! 🙌
I have never been to prison. I have an MS in Finance, and currently working on a BS in Mathematics. I love reading.
What was he in prison for?
Asking a question that has the answer in the video.
God bless u
What you choose to believe in will be your everything. It doesnt matter if its real or not (god, the big bang, angels, a dead family member looking over you) because the point is to believe in something for direction when you need it ❤ this was beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Very nice words my friend ❤️✌️
Time- space , cell , alien 🤙🏻✅
❤🎉🥳🎊🎁🗝️'s 💪 As Descendants of Abraham I'm in agreement with all Believers in the Royal Family of Faith according to God's Will and Purpose We Decree and Declare this Prayer is Answered Generationally in Jesus Name for His Name Sake Amen 😇🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🔥🙌🙌🙌🙌🔥💡 All Praise Honor and Glory be to God Our Father 💞 His Eternal Love Protects Us Daily!!!!
I wonder how his victim's family feels about this video
Watch it again.
First one?
Second hahaha
3rd
He created his own Plum Village in his cell.
God is Awesome All the Time!!!! in Jesus Name for His Name Sake Amen!!!!!🙌
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❤️☀️🌙
If possible for you, possible for me.
Bless you mate, you can do what you need to do pal. For sure you’ll find that self belief mate.. keep on growing through life. Peace and light ❤️✌️
🥲❤️🔥🌹
Just Say No to Crime and Yes to Personal Responsibility
How about that for logic?
Wait. So this guy gets the full american life experience, and what he learns from it is: conform to the system that put you through hell, robbed your youth and two decades of your brief human existence, and just go on the rest of your life totally ignoring the fact that you are just one of many millions of people suffering the same things on top of even more who still will as long as this system of terror and suppression is allowed to exist? IS THIS VIDEO PURE TROLLING OR CAN A PERSON TRULY BE THAT STUPID ON ACCIDENT?
Could you consider a point raised here? Reading about other lives might give you wisdom and a broader outlook, and you might discover, like the 1400s stargazer Nic Copper Nickers, that the world does not revolve around you.
@@VaughanMcCue With the exception of going off into a wierdo-philosophy land of rolling over and letting the terrorist occupation force that rules us have their way, this guy describes the average american life experience that we all live in. All except the privileged and the parasites ofcourse, but their kind are not part of this nation, so they don't count. What broader perspective do you suggest I might be not considering?
@@civilsavant6072
I presume you know what you are trying to say, but your emotive rolling around various topics is incoherent.
I can't be bothered trying to explain it to you, and I suggest you read something from a genre you have not read before.
He stole four people's lives. Way to go justice system.
See.. Prision works.
You murdered someone
Forgive yourself
@@SolaceEasy ok ,whatever that means
Shaka is the one who needs forgiveness, he murdered someone
Redemption is for everyone. 19 years in Prison was his payment to society. People like you are one of many reasons why ex-offenders can't get an adequate opportunity after release. You're in no position to judge; you aren't qualified.
@@isidrosalas5088 and your qualified
You are alive. The person you killed is not. You are full of excuses.