Unsere größte Angst ist nicht, unzulänglich zu sein.
Unsere größte Angst besteht darin, unermesslich mächtig zu sein.
Unser Licht, nicht unsere Dunkelheit, ängstigt uns am meisten.
Wir fragen uns, wer bin ich überhaupt,
um strahlend, bezaubernd, begnadet und phantastisch sein zu dürfen?
Wer bist du denn, dass du das nicht sein darfst?
Du bist ein Kind Gottes.
Es dient der Welt nicht, wenn du dich klein machst.
Sich herabzusetzen, nur damit unsere Mitmenschen sich nicht verunsichert fühlen,
hat nichts mit Erleuchtung zu tun.
Uns allen ist es bestimmt, wie Kinder zu strahlen.
Wir wurden geboren, um die Herrlichkeit Gottes in uns zu verwirklichen.
Es ist nicht nur in einigen Menschen, sondern in jedem von uns.
Und wenn wir unser Licht leuchten lassen,
geben wir damit anderen unwillkürlich die Erlaubnis, dasselbe zu tun.
Wenn wir von unserer eigenen Angst losgelöst sind,
wird unsere Anwesenheit – ganz ohne unser Zutun – andere befreien .

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Quellenangabe:
Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love –
Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
Quotes Williamson
Kapitel 7 zum Thema persönliche Macht "Personal Power", 3. Abschnitt, Harper Collins, 1992
Deutsche Ausgabe: Rückkehr zur Liebe. Harmonie, Lebenssinn und Glück durch 'Ein Kurs in Wundern' ,
Goldmann Verlag, Bestseller, 24. September 2004
bekannt geworden durch ein Internet-Gerücht durch diese LS Publishing Webseite,
wonach der südafrikanische Präsident Nelson Mandela es
am 9. Mai 1994 in seiner Amtantrittsrede verwendet haben soll.

Williamson erklärt in einem mittlerweile nicht mehr verfügbaren Audio-Interview mit Ken Wilber,
dass ihr im Internet berühmt gewordenes Zitat Unsere größte Angst
zu keinem Anlass jemals von Nelson Mandela verwendet wurde.

Filmausschnitt Coach Carter, deutsche Synchronisation, Unsere größte Angst,
YouTube Film, 0:56 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 27. April 2008

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Marianne Williamson interpreting A Course in Miracles

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Our deepest 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.
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's 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'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're liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

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Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love. Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles,
chapter 7 "Personal Power", section 3, Harper Collins, 1992
Quotes Williamson

This quote has become famous by an unconfirmed rumour distributed via the internet [see this website LS Publishing ]
according to which the South African president Nelson Mandela (*1918) had quoted it in his inaugural speech in 1994.
In a meanwhile deleted audio interview with Ken Wilber Williamson declared that
the famous quote Our deepest fear has NEVER been mentioned by Nelson Mandela at any occasion.
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Courage to stand up for one's beliefs

Briefly before Marianne Williamson was about to start her lecture she was informed:
First Lady Laura Bush is among the audience. Williamson wondered if she would bog down or give her speech regarding her view on President George W. Bush's politics whatsoever.
She decided to honor her stance even when facing an awkward situation.
She took care to refrain from personally demonizing the sitting President Bush or embarrassing his wife in public.
At the end of her talk shortly before shaking hands she was about to say to Laura Bush that she felt sorry, if she had offended her in any way. Laura Bush stopped her before she could open her mouth and repeated twice, "You did great. You did great".

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Links zum Thema Die größte Angst / The biggest fear

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Externe Weblinks (engl.)

Wikipedia-Einträge Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love, 1992
Marianne Williamson, Our Deepest Fear

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.)

Video presentation by Marianne Williamson, part 7 of 7, minute 1:00, CMED, posted January 2006
Briefly before Marianne Williamson was about to start her lecture she was informed:
Laura Bush is among the audience. Williamson wondered if she would bog down or give her speech regarding her view on President George W. Bush's politics whatsoever.
She decided to honor her stance even when facing an awkward situation.
She took care to refrain from personally demonizing George W. Bush or embarrassing his wife in public.
At the end of her talk shortly before shaking hands she was about to say to Laura Bush that she felt sorry, if she had offended her in any way. Laura Bush stopped her before she could open her mouth and repeated twice, "You did great. You did great".
Audio interview with Marianne Williamson on integral politics, presented by IntegralNaked.org, founder and host Ken Wilber, 2007
Williamson explains that her popularized quote "Our biggest fear was NEVER used by Nelson Mandela, neither in his inaugural address nor elsewhere.
[Williamson erklärt, dass das im Internet berühmt gewordenen Zitat Unsere größte Angst'' NIEMALS von Nelson Mandela in einer Antrittsrede verwendet wurde.]