Thoughts from the book Return to Love by Mariane Williamson

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Philippines Age 40
“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 is 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 are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”




God is the love within us.
Whether we follow him or not is up to us.
When we choose to love and be one with God, life is wonderful.
When we turn away from God the pain sets in.
When we think with love life is peaceful-heaven.
When we think without love life is painful-hell.




Love is real. Its an eternal creation and nothing can destroy it.
Anything that isnt love is an illusion.
Remember this and you'll be in peace.


Only love is real. The opposite of love is fear. When we think lovelessly we are not thinking at all. We are hallucinating and that what this world is. A mass hallucination where fear seems more real than love. The way out of fear is to open the mind to love. Love casts out fear. The way light casts out darkness and this shift from fear to love is the miracle. Fear is false evidence appearing real.


By affirming love in any situation we actualize the power of God. We use our mind to cocreate with Him.


Fear makes us neurotic. Ego is the gravitational force field of fearful thinking which draws us away from love in our hearts. Our own mental powers turned against us. Ego is manipulative and deceiving. God is the force of love that corrects every mistake the moment it occurs.


Surrender to God means giving up the attachment to results. We surrender to somebody bigger than ourselves. To a universe who knows what its doing.


When we stop controlling the events it falls into a natural order, an order that works. Return to love is the personal journey back to sanity and peace. You are a child of God, a blinding flash of creativity.


The real self is the love within us. The child of God. The impostor self, the fearful one is called the ego.


Look at the children. They demonstrate the power of genuine humility. They ask someone older and wiser. They have what is called beginners luck. They dont pretend they know that they know what they dont know.




Ambitious tension actually limits our ability to succeed. It keeps us in a state of contraction emotionally and physically. It seems to give us energy but does not really. Like sugar that gives short high followed by crash.




Miracles are expressions of love.
 
"...We use our mind to cocreate with Him..."

I largely disliked this and, btw, each time we prayed, it seemed we were insisting on things He wanted us to be more than committing, but creating (a thing I disliked also).

And look who here He puts co-responsibility for a miracle:

Mar 9:23 Jesus said to the father, "Why did you say 'if you can'? All things are possible for the one who believes."

Mar 9:23 "Yes," said Jesus, "if you yourself can! Everything is possible for the person who has faith."
 
Thanks for taking the time to read. I respect your view. But the way I understand it is that some human creations like masterpieces in art or sciences are inspired by God though the gifts He has given to all of us. Some are also inspired by drugs or whatever brain stimulants. Hehe.

The ordinary miracles happen when we let God use us to reach out to other people.
 
Wow!

"Some are also inspired by drugs or whatever brain stimulants. Hehe."

Force to be inspired or just forced? :P