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February 2009 
Our Deepest Fear
Diana
In fact I finished it sometime in the middle of the night - or beginning of the morning - and then there comes the worst part: You are so happy about it, so relieved, that you feel too excited to fall asleep and the second nightmare begins...
And so you start thinking, thinking, thinking and reading whatever falls in your hands and suddenly I stumbled over this:
Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
by Marianne Williamson
from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, Harper
Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3
It really made me feel better and stronger and it exactly reflects what I feel: We need to spread the zaadz of light...of enlightenment...of liberation...of friendship of peace...
When I look back on myself I often don't feel I'm doing enough to help spreading all this out there. The only thing I do for the moment is blogging @ zaadz and feeding my integral homepage whenever I find something new to feed the friends that keep coming back looking for something new...
Is that enough? Nope, definitely not. But what else could or should I do taking into account that I have three teenager boys at home and a full time job...
I would love to read some feedback on this; perhaps some of you have some suggestions for me. What do you do, besides being present here @ zaadz to spread the zaadz?
Diana
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Three teenager boys and a full-time job??!! That's already four full-time jobs! PLUS you feed your integral homepage? (which looks brilliant, btw!) Well, Zaadz is here to help. Have you seen the Working for Good presentations yet? In the third one, Brian has some great ideas for self-actualizing. For starters, make a list of 100 goals you want to accomplish. Then work on narrowing it down to your top 10. Always live in alignment with your higher self. Etc. Anyway, thanks for the blog entry. I enjoyed it thoroughly!
Thanks for the fish, Matthew. It sounds good! I’ll have a look at it right now ;-)
Matthew, you just made my day! This stuff is great food for the soul!!!
Thanks again,
Diana
This is my favorite quote of all time. I love how this has been passed around – sometimes attributed to Nelson Mandela but hey. This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about the power of the meme – an idea passed around until it circles the globe!
There are so many ideas that desperately need to be passed around until it circles the globe. A lot of work in front of us….hmm, but that’s what we are here for, right?
So lets spread the nice ideas!
;-)