Sunday, May 10, 2009

私達の一番恐れるものは、、、? ネルソンマンデラさんのコトバ

昨日AEDPのセミナーに行ってきました。(www.adepinstitute.org サイコセラピーの研究所です。)今回はEileen Russell という研究所での中心的教員です。タイトルはMining for Gold: Enhancing Resilience in AEDP。その冒頭で次のようなネルソンマンデラ氏のコトバが紹介されました。感激したのでここにアップしてみなさんとシェアしたくな りました。(ちょっと長いし英語だけどごめんなさい)


Our worst 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? ... 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 some of us, 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 own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

By Nelson Mandela

今週は一日1回でいいのでどんなに小さく見えてもいいから、自分の中のパワー、想像力、創造力、美しさ、賢さ、知性、優しさなんかを自由に表現させてあげることにしよう、と決めました。みなさんもどうぞ。