OUR DEEPEST FEAR 我们最深的恐惧
作者:玛丽安娜·威廉森(Marianne Williamson)
翻译:涂又红
(这段话来自南非总统曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)的就任演讲,而曼德拉引用的是美国作家玛丽安娜·威廉森Marianne Williamson的《发现真爱》A Return to Love。)
我们最深的恐惧,并非是我们无能为力;
我们最深的恐惧,是我们不可估量的能力;
是我们内心的光明,而非黑暗,使我们惊恐不已。
我们扪心自问
我是可以聪明,美貌,才华横溢,出类拔萃吗?
难道我们不可以成为这样的人吗?
你是上帝的孩子。
你萎缩自己,掩盖自己的光芒,并不会点亮这个世界
缩小自己在狭窄的世界里,为了消除周围的人感到不安,并无裨益。
我们本应该光芒四射,象孩子们一样,照亮世界。
我们生来就是为了呈现内在已有的上帝的荣耀。
这种荣耀的光芒不只在一些人身上;它在每个人身上。
当我们让自己发出光芒,
我们不知不觉中也允许他人去闪耀他们的光芒。
当我们将自己从恐惧中解放
我们的存在无形中也解放了他人。
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WER 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 AND FABULOUS?
ACTUALLY WHO ARE WE NOT TO BE?
YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD
YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOESN’T SERVE THE WORLD.
THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WON’T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU.
WE A RE ALL MEANT TO SHINE AS CHILDREN DO.
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF God THAT IS WITHIN US.
IT’S NOT JUST IN SOME OF US; IT’S IN EVERYONE.
AND WHEN 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
备注:
本文摘自书籍《发现真爱》----对“奇迹一课”原则的反思。这本畅销的灵性指导的书,是玛丽安娜·威廉森分享自己对奇迹一课的反思,以及她在追寻内在平和过程中修行爱,实践爱的独特见解。
玛丽安娜·威廉森表达,通过接受上帝和通过在日常生活中来表达爱,我们每一个人怎样可以成为一个神奇的人。无论是在关系领域里的精神上的痛苦,职业上的挣扎,还是健康上疼痛,她向我们呈现了爱怎样可以是一个强有力的力量,爱是内在平和的关键,并告诉我们通过修行爱,我们怎样可以让我们的生命更加满足和实现,并且为我们的孩子创造一个更加平和和爱的世界。
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of 'A Course in Miracles'
the mega-bestselling spiritual guide in which Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.
Marianne Williamson reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows us how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by practicing love we can make our own lives more fulfilling while creating a more peaceful and loving world for our children.