Following a brief recess
I wish to elaborate on points made in our previous engagement. In describing humanity, I pointed out that they search desperately for joy yet cling so ferociously to their sorrows. For, it would seem, joy is the unknown, the possible. Pain is the familiar, the dependable.
It would seem that this opinion is not merely my own, nor ours exclusively for that matter, but that, from time to time, even one of their own concurs. Of course, we have spoken on many occasions of those few enlightened mortals that arise in each generation, but this elegant prose so precisely echoes my prior thoughts.
"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. " (MW)
Now, all placating spiritual references aside, this remains a powerful piece of evidence. Not only of what seems to be the universal condition of the human race, but of another previous statement of mine, that mortality demands motivation. Why is it, we often wonder, that those mortals whom aspire to a certain greatness are so few and far between? Do the remainder of the world's populous not realize that same potential exists in each and every one of them? Have they not learned, in all this time, that boundaries of social status, geographical distinction, and economic classification can only hold one back for as long as he or she would choose? This is why motivation becomes so critical. The desire to effect change and the passion to produce result are the veryfulcrums of history, applicable not only to cyclical revolutions of a political, philosophical, or socio-economic nature, but to even the most seemingly mundane encounters that occur on a daily basis.
Perhaps those figures who feature so prominently in their history were able to make such an impact because they began to glimpse a part of this truth, began to see the reality of the dream. Through whatever revelation, triumph, or circumstance, they were able to grasp the sincere motivation that carried them forward into posterity. What becomes so important here is that such persons are not merely isolated examples to populate text books and religious writings, but that they are signposts, examples to the rest of humanity of what is possible, of what can be done when internal faith is joined to external action. But I admit, after all this time, I wonder how many more miracles, how many more martyrs it will take, before the rest of mankind begins to understand any of this.
Their attempts at doing so is a discussion yet to come.
It would seem that this opinion is not merely my own, nor ours exclusively for that matter, but that, from time to time, even one of their own concurs. Of course, we have spoken on many occasions of those few enlightened mortals that arise in each generation, but this elegant prose so precisely echoes my prior thoughts.
"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. " (MW)
Now, all placating spiritual references aside, this remains a powerful piece of evidence. Not only of what seems to be the universal condition of the human race, but of another previous statement of mine, that mortality demands motivation. Why is it, we often wonder, that those mortals whom aspire to a certain greatness are so few and far between? Do the remainder of the world's populous not realize that same potential exists in each and every one of them? Have they not learned, in all this time, that boundaries of social status, geographical distinction, and economic classification can only hold one back for as long as he or she would choose? This is why motivation becomes so critical. The desire to effect change and the passion to produce result are the very
Perhaps those figures who feature so prominently in their history were able to make such an impact because they began to glimpse a part of this truth, began to see the reality of the dream. Through whatever revelation, triumph, or circumstance, they were able to grasp the sincere motivation that carried them forward into posterity. What becomes so important here is that such persons are not merely isolated examples to populate text books and religious writings, but that they are signposts, examples to the rest of humanity of what is possible, of what can be done when internal faith is joined to external action. But I admit, after all this time, I wonder how many more miracles, how many more martyrs it will take, before the rest of mankind begins to understand any of this.
Their attempts at doing so is a discussion yet to come.
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