Is this possible? "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, which frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, 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 is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; 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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Mandela/Williamson/Dubois I have shared many times in classes I have taught that the book, Return to Love, By Marianne Williamson was the book that return me back to my greatness and started me on the path of self-love, standing in my power and not dimming my light to make others comfortable. When I was a young adolescent boy growing up in small suburb of Spokane, Wa I always seemed to dim my light to make other people comfortable. As I got older I realized that playing small was not serving the world. I had a power brewing within me that could move mountains if I could just believe in myself. Believe it or not, I was a wallflower in most social settings; I had self-esteem lower than hell itself and walked through my life scared unable to speak my truth and I would always roll over for others to avoid conflict. I know this is not how most of you see me now, but it was my truth at one time in my life. I knew without a shadow of a doubt I had greatness within me and the quote above released the chains that bound me to this earth. I was more afraid of my greatness and my light. I did ask myself who I am to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Where I came from I heard things like, "Don't get to big for your britches", "Why do you always have something to say?” "You really think your cool, don't ya?" So as you sit here and read this your might be asking yourself, "Why, is he sharing this part of him?" In fact, I feel vulnerable as I write this because it is exposure of myself. I believe though it is all about the sharing, and when we share ourselves truly it helps others open up the wounds to the fresh air to be drained of the uck and muck and then purified to it's original state of perfectness. I have had the pleasure of living in the bowels of hell and paradise within this lifetime. I could not have said it was a pleasure when I was there; but now that I have climbed my way out of the trench I now see the blessing in what I have experienced within this lifetime. I have rose above it and seen the truth, which to me is this: "There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; 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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others." This is my backbone to everything I do, how I be, how I teach, how I speak, how I write and how I "be" in this world. However, as I am this in the world it has made others uncomfortable and made me question my backbone of truth. I have found myself wanting to give up, dim my light, stop the race, stop writing, stop teaching and stop showing up in the world as someone who knows he is brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous. However, I do know this is just an Illusion and I have to find my goodness within my heart and soul for others who may not know the truth that they also can live a life of greatness if they just were to reach out and find a new way of being and walk into their greatness. Every time someone shoots me in the foot and wounds me I deal with the pain, which only lasts for a short period of time and then I bear down and birth a little more greatness to the world. Throughout the years of being shot down I have found a mantra, which assists me in finding my air again. It is this: “Even in this… God is” Any thoughts? I am listening. In Divine Timing – Richard Seaman CommentsLeave a Reply | Richard SeamanIs the author of the book "It's All in the Sharing" - his next book "Spiritual Reliability - Recovering from Religion" is scheduled to release in the spring of 2010. ArchivesDecember 2009 CategoriesAll |
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