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Embrace it All

This entry was posted on 7/1/2009 6:27 AM and is filed under Secrets to Peace 2009.

Recently, at a small gathering, some friends and I watched a short movie from the Spiritual Cinema Circle entitled "Gabrielle". The premise was that a soul, preparing to enter a baby's body, was entitled to preview some of the future aspects of that life.

The soul, we were witnessing in the film, saw some of the pain her new identity would endure, and she had doubts about following through with her agreement.

Prior to entering her new life, Gabrielle, needed to sign an "Agreement." I thought the statements in this contract were intriguing so I am sharing some of the highlights:

I ________________ agree to choose life. After seeing the events of my proposed physical existence, I am satisfied with my choice of parents and my future. I am ready to be born as _____________.

I understand that love, hate, joy, sorrow, fear, and courage breathe life into my soul.

I agree to accept my life as it accepts me. I understand that my happiness is not guaranteed.

This last weekend, I was clearing out some old email and I came across the following statement from John MacEnulty. John has been publishing a short newsletter which he calls "Emanations" for years. He was one of my inspirations for starting ET's Reflections, which preceded Secrets to Peace.

In 2005 John wrote: "I am here to live life to the fullest, experience the beauty and the sadness, the blossoming and the dying, the tears, the laughter, the whole thing, the life experience with all the richness that divine has packed into it."

I seldom know how to react to friends when life offers them opportunities for growth. Just in the last week a man I admire lost a young son, another friend had a tree branch come through the roof; still others had water in their basements or living rooms.

The normal, everyday human Elliott wants to reach out, offer condolences and try to help in any way possible. The spiritual adventurer, in me, can barely wait to hear of the growth these beautiful people will discover through these events. The healer in me goes inside, locates these individuals, and loves them, knowing that anything that hurts my brother or sister, hurts us all.

My truth, on this day, is that everything, the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly offers me exactly what I need for this moment. It does, truly, all add to the "richness" of my experience as it "breathes" life into my soul.

To all of my friends who have experienced any loss this week, please know that I have found you, inside of my Self, and have totally wrapped you in Light and Love. I know, with no degree of uncertainty, that this event will carry great blessings as it passes from present reality to memory.

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7/1/2009 6:58 AM Peggy wrote:
This is Beautiful, Elliott! I lost my little dog, Ozzie in between trips last week. Death is such a powerful teacher of awareness of the heart-life. Grief nearly places your hand into the hand of love, who leads you to a brilliant new reality. I so revere your compassionate companionship as you hold those wounded souls until they find the light. Your generous spirit blesses us all!
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7/1/2009 9:30 AM sandy wrote:
Well written Elliot! I always felt this way but never had the words until now. It has been hard for me having to sit idle and let my grown children, "grow".
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7/1/2009 10:14 AM Dina Dove wrote:
I loved this post. So true and so well put.
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