More 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."

Words of wisdom from Nelson Mandela.

Posted by Hg on Sunday 30 June 2002 at 12:16.
Received 6 comments so far.

Hmm. I don't get that one.

Comment by Caroline on Sunday 30 June 2002 at 09:18.

I think he's saying that people fear the responsibility placed on them by their infinite potential for good.

If you are powerful beyond measure, what the hell do you do with that power?

Comment by Stuart on Sunday 30 June 2002 at 09:51.

Or: our deepest fear is that we have this limitless potential, which we have instead chosen to squander, perpetually dawdling in our pen-umbral comfort zone.

Pretty literary, huh?!

Comment by mike on Monday 01 July 2002 at 08:44.

Whoa! Have you been reading Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell?

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.

For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.

Cavern = penumbral comfort zone? (A womb with a view?)

Comment by Stuart on Monday 01 July 2002 at 10:44.

A good quote, but it's not Mandela's. Though through being misattributed to NM it has reached more people who'd never take it in from Marianne Williamson, having either never heard of her, or brushing it of as spiritual bull, so that's good.

Comment by Sakaama on Wednesday 03 July 2002 at 05:36.

Grumble, the link didn't come through:

http://www.skdesigns.com/internet/articles/quotes/williamson.html

Comment by Sakaama on Wednesday 03 July 2002 at 05:37.

http://www.hydragenic.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hydragen/mt/mt-tb.cgi/103

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