It is our light, not our darkness that we fear

[Panzer_God]

I've been pondering this over and over in my head for several days now and I had to ask if there was anyone else who had remained silent when they could have spoken, stood down instead of standing up, watching as the world changes without trying to amke it change for the better, all due to fear.


It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us

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 and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other

people won't feel insecure around you.

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 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.

?Marianne Williamson

 

[dodo1331]

Wow is all I can say. Never heard of that poet, going to look them up later.

 

[Panzer_God]

I disagree.

You do that

 

[Jedoro]

Of course there are people who have chosen not to act when they should have. Even if we don't think it wouldn't have made that much of a difference, we all regret not doing something at some point.

Hell, it's because of my regrets that I try to apply the ODST motto "We go feet first" whenever faced with a decision.

 

[Panzer_God]

Hell, it's because of my regrets that I try to apply the ODST motto "We go feet first" whenever faced with a decision.

I like that, mine is "Live for Today, Tomorrow Means Nothing"

 

[Panzer_God]

I once saw a woman getting raped and all I did was fap to it.

First off, what the hell. Second off, wrong time of story. This is about people putting themselves down instead of reaching thier potentials. Not people letting someone's life get destroyed beacuse they're a wimp.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

No, it isn't.

Ask anyone who has some real darkness which they fear more. Because yeah, I'm totally more afraid of helping mankind and reaching for the stars than I am of being driven mad by bloodlust, beating a man to death and spending my life in prison.

Following that poem's advice literally is a good formula for becoming a self-important tosser.

 

[SsilverR]

darkness is easier to embrace nowadays, and in this era of political correctness, competition and paranoia it's becoming harder to be a nice person without getting in trouble

if a child falls over and you help them up you'll be mistaken for a kidnapper, pedophile or just yelled at .. try to have a conversation with a stranger in public and you're automatically a fucking weirdo ... give someone something or do a favor and they automatically assume you want something in return .. or that you're weak or sucking up ...

why ... nice guys really do finish LAST .. if you constantly get screwed for trying to be good then why bother ... it makes more sense to be bad nowadays .. you'll have more friends, more sex, more money ...

 

[Kpt._Rob]

People don't fear their light. People fear what other people will think of them. The times when I should have stood up, but didn't, I didn't because I was afraid to be ridiculed, or embarassed. I was afraid to make waves. To be the snitch, or the person who's "no fun." We don't fear the light in ourselves. We fear each other. We fear lonlieness. No one is afraid to give money to charity, they're afraid that if they don't spend the money on the latest designer clothes, then people will look at them differently. They're afraid that if they're not the biggest and the best then they'll be forgotten. This world would be way too God damned simple if we simply "feared our own light."

 

[Berethond]

Hell, it's because of my regrets that I try to apply the ODST motto "We go feet first" whenever faced with a decision.

I like that, mine is "Live for Today, Tomorrow Means Nothing"

Mine is "At least I meant well."

Because, let's face it, nothing ever goes right.
EVER.

I concur with Samurai Goomba above, as well.

 

[karp250]

i tend to disagree with the

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

But it is a interesting poem non the less. Do u have a context in which this is applying or just something you were just thinking about?

 

[Mad Maniac with axe-firing chainsaw]

Hmmph... there's a lot of truth to that poem. There's probably tonnes of good stuff I could be getting on with if I just got up the will-power and courage to do it.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

Interesting thought. I however live by these two ideas:

"It is not necessary that whilst I live, I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honorably."
- Immanuel Kant

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke

But like the OP suggests, I too have remained silent when I should have spoken. And the times I did do the right thing and speak, I was ridiculed and laughed at. Honestly, It was an incredible experience.

 

[Panzer_God]

No, it isn't.

Ask anyone who has some real darkness which they fear more. Because yeah, I'm totally more afraid of helping mankind and reaching for the stars than I am of being driven mad by bloodlust, beating a man to death and spending my life in prison.

Following that poem's advice literally is a good formula for becoming a self-important tosser.

Ok sorry, I guess the poem's metaphor was a bit complex so I should have explained. This has nothing to do with the internal battle between your personal light and darkness. It is about people who supress themselves so that they don't alter the status quo. It's about people too afraid of what somone else thinks to show what they are truly made of. The poem says that by embracing what you can do, you help other people see that they can do better then they are doing now.

 

[Panzer_God]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke

But like the OP suggests, I too have remained silent when I should have spoken. And the times I did do the right thing and speak, I was ridiculed and laughed at. Honestly, It was an incredible experience.

The Burke qoute is another of my favorites. Your story is what I'm trying to get people to realize that this is about.

 

[karp250]

It would be a interesting thing if everyone meet there full potential as said here the idea of order would be very different

 

[Panzer_God]

It would be a interesting thing if everyone meet there full potential as said here the idea of order would be very different

That's the point. Think of what the world would be like if everyone reached as high as they could, if everyone gave it thier all to amke the world, to make others, to make trhemsleves better then they were before.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke

But like the OP suggests, I too have remained silent when I should have spoken. And the times I did do the right thing and speak, I was ridiculed and laughed at. Honestly, It was an incredible experience.

The Burke qoute is another of my favorites. Your story is what I'm trying to get people to realize that this is about.

It's during those defining moments, to me, that you finally feel alive. Your actions have caused others to think differently by good moral character.

While almost always, they don't change their mind, it still could be something that they think about down the road. For all you know, you could have made a significant impact that will possibly change their outlook of their own lives.

But that's being exceedingly optimistic. I however cannot help but try my hardest to follow a higher standard than most others do.

 

[Panzer_God]

Hmmph... there's a lot of truth to that poem. There's probably tonnes of good stuff I could be getting on with if I just got up the will-power and courage to do it.

Yeah, anyone can, that's the beauty of it.

 

[Jedoro]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke

But like the OP suggests, I too have remained silent when I should have spoken. And the times I did do the right thing and speak, I was ridiculed and laughed at. Honestly, It was an incredible experience.

The Burke qoute is another of my favorites. Your story is what I'm trying to get people to realize that this is about.

It's during those defining moments, to me, that you finally feel alive. Your actions have caused others to think differently by good moral character.

While almost always, they don't change their mind, it still could be something that they think about down the road. For all you know, you could have made a significant impact that will possibly change their outlook of their own lives.

But that's being exceedingly optimistic. I however cannot help but try my hardest to follow a higher standard than most others do.

I keep some pretty high standards, as well. Most of my friends think I'm crazy for it, and incredibly boring, and even some Christian friends give me funny looks once they know my standards.