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A Fisherman in Newfoundland took a picture of an iceberg, not only the part that protrudes above the water line, but also what's UNDERNEATH the water. We all know that only 10 percent of the iceberg is what we see on top of the water. Seeing the image was MIND-BLOWING. It's shocking to recognize how much of life our EYES don't see....... Every situation is like that iceberg, teeming with forces that arent VISIBLE to the to the PHYSICAL eye. When basing our sense of REALITY on what the physical senses PERCEIVE as REAL-(what people did, what people said)...we base our sense of reality on a SMALL fraction of its ENTIRETY. This means, of course, that we are hardly in touch with REALITY at all......From &quot;THE GIFT OF CHANGE&quot; BY: Marianne Williamson<br><br>Post edited by: Payenanny, at: 2005/03/22 09:35

&quot; '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 doesn't 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 subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.&quot; From A RETURN TO LOVE...By: Marianne Williamson

What is visible to the physical eye is the world of form, while the greater reality of a situation is not it's form but it's content. Marriage is form, while love is content; age is form, while spirit is content. The only eternal reality lies in the realm of content, and content never changes. Our spiritual power lies in navigating a changing world from the perspective of that which does not change. The more we know about what's below the waterline, the more power we have above it...From: THE GIFT OF CHANGE&gt;&gt;&gt;By: Marianne Williamson

Thanks for sharing this with us, payenanny. I love Marianne Williamson!!

Thanks HSMom, I am glad you enjoy reading these, I enjoy sharing them, here's another............If enough of us embrace the spirit of nonviolence and adopt a personal commitment to conscience, making what efforts each of us can to increase the power of good in this world, then we will achieve at this time of millennial shift as stunning a leap forward in human consciousness and world affairs as any generation has ever made. There is a door that we can open together, on the other side of which is a shining new world....From:::THE HEALING OF AMERICA&gt;&gt;&gt;By: Marianne Williamson

To place a situation in the hands of God, as we know, is to place our thinking in the hands of God. .... It means we're asking His spirit to enter our minds and guide our perceptions...... We're asking Him to help us remain focused on the divine essence in someone else and help them remain focused on the divine essence in us....... We are asking that the possibilities of the present, not the mistakes of the past, guide our perceptions of each other and ourselves....From: EVERYDAY GRACE...By:: Marianne Williamson