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Silencing the Critic
By karen | January 5, 2007
The critic inside my head causes me to stop and to hesitate. It verbalizes my fears and my doubts inside my own mind. It is stopping me. Stopping me. Stopping me.
It sounds like voices from my past, my childhood. Sometimes it sounds like my own voice, but the voice of a traitor, not the voice I know is of my true self.
I am reminded of a favorite passage from a favorite book–
“It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
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
and 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 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.
-Marianne Williamson-
They are beautiful and thought-provoking words from the beautiful book “A Return to Love” by Marianne Williamson.
When the critic says, “Who am I to be…?” I am reminded of the beautiful words and my true self steps up and says, “Who am I not to be?”
Yet the critic causes me to wonder and to doubt my own self-knowledge. My fear is of the critic and the critic only comes out in the darkness. The darkness is where I question my abilities, my contributions, my purpose, my very being. The critic is silenced in the light. I shall reach for the light where I have no fear.
It is in the light that I find the Joy, the Love and the Purpose.
So I will reach for the better feeling thought. I will remember to be grateful for my gifts. I will take each moment one at a time.
I will again find the light.
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July 22nd, 2007 at 3:33 pm
On one shoulder a devil, on the other a angel; both trying to convince you to side with them. The right road is the one that feels good.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I recently had an epiphany. We all have a critic within and we can chose to listen or not listen-free choice. The wake up call is that we all have a critic. Once you realize this you can discern between the critic and the Angel. The critic’s advice is based on fear and remaining conservative. The Angelic voice encourages us to step out into the light and to be bold and daring.
When we are being bold and daring there is no need for drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. These are the tools of the critics.
When stepping into the light of boldness, we will have some failures. The critic will jump on these experiences sharply to try and get us back in the box of fear.
Being bold requires strength and humility. We all know that nobody is perfect and we are going to make mistakes. Use your humility to get past this and learn to laugh at yourself while you are learning.
Faith plays a very important part. We should all use prayer and meditation to bring us closer to God, which will further embolden us on this journey.