3 Myths That Keep Us From Our True Potential (And How to Break the Mental Chains)
The System is Designed to Limit Your Consciousness
Anthony BrowderSep 17, 2025
There are three lies you've been told since childhood that are designed to keep you functioning at 10% of your true potential.
These aren't innocent mistakes or outdated ideas that need updating.
They are carefully constructed limitations placed on your mind to ensure you never discover what you're actually capable of achieving.
I’ve spent decades leading tours to study the wisdom of our ancestors in ancient Kemet the wisdom of our ancestors in ancient Kemet, and I can tell you this:
The people who:
- Built the pyramids
- Performed brain surgery 4,000 years ago
- Developed pregnancy tests that modern science didn't "discover" until 1926
They rejected these three myths entirely.
And because they did, they accomplished things that we're told are impossible today.
You see, when you accept these limitations as truth, you automatically cut yourself off from:
- The metaphysical forces that create physical reality
- 90% of your brain's actual capacity
- The invisible influences that shape every decision you make
Once you see through these myths, they lose their power over you completely.
The question is:
Are you ready to discover what they've been hiding from you?
Myth #1: We Live in a Material World
This is perhaps the most dangerous myth of all.When we accept that everything around us—everything we can touch, see, and measure—represents the totality of reality, we cut ourselves off from the very source of creation itself. This belief system trains us to focus only on the physical manifestation while completely ignoring the metaphysical realm where all physical things originate.
But here's what our ancestors in ancient Kemet understood that we've forgotten:
Before anything comes into manifestation in the physical world, it exists first in the metaphysical.
Every building you see, every car, every piece of technology—all of it existed first as an idea, a vision, a concept in someone's mind. The physical expression is just the outgrowth of what was developed first in the metaphysical realm of consciousness.
Our ancestors called this principle "netcher"—the various manifestations of the creator expressed in varying degrees. They understood that if man is in essence a reflection of the universe, then the things that can heal us, guide us, and elevate us are already a part of the universal consciousness.
They do not have to be manufactured or created by human hands.
This is why ancient Kemetic medicine was so effective.
They worked with natural substances—plants, minerals, elements—that were already in harmony with the human body's energy systems. When you examine mummies today, you find evidence of brain surgery, cesarean sections, and medical procedures that modern science couldn't replicate until recently.
The problem with focusing only on the material world is that you become dependent on external solutions for internal problems.
You take a pill for your eyes that causes liver problems.
Then you take another pill for your liver that affects your stomach.
This creates an endless cycle of dependency because you're treating symptoms in the physical realm while ignoring the metaphysical causes.
When you understand that everything physical has its origin in the metaphysical, you begin to approach healing, problem-solving, and personal development from an entirely different perspective.
You start working with the source rather than just managing the symptoms.
Myth #2: We Use Less Than 10% of Our Brain
This myth is particularly insidious because it makes us satisfied with mediocrity.Think about what this really means: if everything that exists in our physical reality was created by the human mind, and we're only using 10% of that mind, then we're functioning at a fraction of our true potential as human beings.
Everything that is a part of our physical world—everything that was created by man—existed first in the mind.
We now know that the word "man" literally means "mind." The word "woman" means "the womb which produces the mind". Ancient African recognized that the human brain is not just a biological computer, but a receiver and transmitter of universal consciousness.
Here's a quote from "Serpent in the Sky" by John Anthony West, that captures this beautifully:
"The brain developed in order to receive and apprehend those aspects of universal consciousness necessary for man to perform his foreordained task. Just as the radio does not generate radio waves but receives waves already there, the nature of consciousness determines the structure of the brain."
Our ancestors developed technologies and achieved feats that we can barely comprehend today because they understood how to access higher levels of consciousness.
They knew how to tap into what I call "the dimension of nothing"—the source of everything.
When you accept that you're only using 10% of your brain, you're essentially agreeing to live as a limited being in an unlimited universe.
- But what if you could access even 15% or 20% of your brain's capacity?
- What kinds of problems could you solve?
- What level of creativity could you access?
- What insights about yourself and your purpose could you discover?
They understood that human beings have the capacity for what we might call "magic"—the ability to manipulate harmonic forces that lie outside of normal sensory perception.
This is about developing your extra-sensory perception to the point where you can access information and capabilities that most people never even attempt to develop.
Myth #3: Seeing Is Believing
This myth completely reverses the true nature of reality.The popular slogan "seeing is believing" trains us to base our understanding of reality only on what we can perceive with our five physical senses. Missouri calls itself "the show me state"—if you can't show me, I won't believe it.
But here's the problem with this approach:
Everything you see is the result of light bouncing off objects and creating electrical impulses in your brain that recreate an image of what the light bounced off.
The entire process of vision depends on the visible light spectrum, which represents only 0.0035% of all that exists in the electromagnetic spectrum. So when you base your reality on what you can see, you're responding to less than 1/100th of a percent of what's actually there.
This means if you think the only things that can affect and influence you are the things you can see, you're going to be wrong more than 99% of the time.
We are constantly affected and influenced by forces we cannot see.
How many times have you done something and then stopped and asked yourself:
"Why did I do that?”
There are forces surrounding us that affect and influence us on a regular basis, but because we've been trained to only acknowledge what we can see, we remain unconscious of these influences.
Our ancestors understood this principle.
They developed their ability to perceive beyond the five physical senses. They could read energy, communicate with ancestral consciousness, and navigate dimensions of reality that exist beyond normal perception.
When children are young, before they're "trained" through our miseducation system, they often exhibit natural abilities that demonstrate this expanded perception. They see things adults can't see.
They know things they shouldn't know according to our limited understanding.
The truth is that knowing is seeing, not the other way around.
Knowledge cancels out belief.
When you expand your beliefs about what's possible, you begin to perceive realities that were always there but that you couldn't access because of your limited belief and knowledge about what exists.
Breaking Free From Mental Enslavement
These three myths work together to keep us functioning as limited beings in an unlimited universe.When you believe that you live in a purely material world, you become dependent on external solutions and lose connection to your inner power.
When you accept that you use less than 10% of your brain, you become satisfied with mediocrity.
When you base reality only on what you can see, you remain unconscious of 99% of the forces affecting your life.
But here's the beautiful thing about false myths: once you see through them, they lose their power over you.
Our ancestors in ancient Kemet lived according to principles associated with Maat. They understood that humans are reflections of the universe itself, with access to the same creative forces that bring stars into existence and guide planets in their orbits.
They knew that true education means drawing out the knowledge and wisdom that already exists within you, not training you to act contrary to your nature like animals in a circus.
The question is: Are you ready to reclaim your birthright as a conscious being?
Are you ready to
- explore the 99% of reality you've been taught to ignore?
- develop the untapped potential of your mind?
- And, work with the metaphysical forces that create physical reality?
The knowledge is there. The capacity is within you. The only question is whether you're ready to break free from the mental chains and step into your true power.
Your ancestors are waiting for you to remember who you really are.
Thanks for reading.
Anthony Browder.
Founder of IKG
PS.
In December 2026, for the final time, I am returning to Kemet.
Your ancestors encoded the keys to elevating your consciousness in stone.
It's time to receive what they left for you.
Join me in the Sacred Landscape of Ancient Egypt
This trip focuses on the sacred architecture of the East and West banks of Luxor, with special emphasis on The Winter Solstice sunrise at Karnak Temple.
