November 2019
Dear
One,
I am back from a mind-altering,
heart-opening experience in Brazil.
I am absolutely grateful and open
in this moment.
In re-reading my Love Letter from
2018, I have come to appreciate that the teachings themselves do not
change -- only those students who are willing to commit themselves to
the action will change.
The more things change the more
they remain the same. Therefore, I am sharing my Love Letter
from 2018 with you again and hope that you receive it with love.
Have A Very Blessed Thanksgiving,
In Gratitude,
Barbara
* * * * *
When I began to write my Love
Letter I found it difficult to land on a topic. I had many
thoughts and feelings.
There is one
thought that emerged: I am created in G-d's breath
(The Bible) and according to a Jewish prayer:
"My G-d, the Soul you have
placed in me is pure."
No matter
what curriculum you study, or who is your teacher...
G-d is in
you and you are His vessel for serving love in this lifetime.
(The Prayer
of St. Francis)
Everywhere I
turned this month, every experience I had, I knew that I had a
choice: Love or Fear. If I was in an "Emotional
Reaction," I was a
witness to my insistence that my emotions and my thoughts were based in
history. There is in any moment a second to remember:
Love is to fear as light
is to darkness.
With each
breath I take I have a choice to be a prisoner of my history, to judge,
to blame, to be angry, and to be a victim...OR
I can choose
to take responsibility for the thoughts I think, to change my mind and
then to change my experience.
This is the gift we have
been given: Free Will.
What I have
become aware of is that Faith is an innate quality of the
Soul. Once we AWAKEN to the knowing that we are
created in the
essence of G-d, we no longer need faith to move mountains.
(If we had faith we would not need
the mountains to move).
This has
been a time of great movement for me, and great "Thankfulness."
I remember
when Emmanuel would ask me: What do you know that for you is
Unchangeable?
Well for
me... it was chocolate ice cream with nuts. (although even
this has changed)
What is
unchangeable for you? Take the time and write these things
down.
This month I
saw how everything changes... what I was so sure about, I now have
doubts about. Day
turns into night, bad does turn into good, betrayals and perpetrators
turn into gifts, young turns into old, and life turns into death.
"The Universe is change;
our life is what our
thoughts make it."
~ MARCUS
AURELIUS, Roman
emperor (161 to 180)
This is what
I have learned:
What I had closed my heart to, what fear had "protected" me from
feeling (my vulnerability) is
now the very circumstance that has allowed me to open my heart and to
live life fully.
"Faith is not blind
hope.
Faith is the absence
of fear.
Without
Fear there can be a complete surrender
to all
that is."
~ Glenda
Green
I
have learned from
going through and feeling the pain of my own self denial. (in the
Guide's word: the "woundings".)
I
have learned from
accepting the What "IS" that happiness is a direct result of allowing
happenings to happen.
I
have learned not
to be ashamed, not to feel guilty,
and to definitely not blame another for my
emotions.
"No one can hurt you without
your permission."
~ Eleanor
Roosevelt
I have
practiced responding, instead of reacting emotionally.
I am gratefully aware of the thoughts that cause my Emotional
Reaction. When I have finished telling and reacting
to my story...my life will begin. My mantra is:
Change Begins With Me.
Taking responsibility is
my key to freedom.
I now know
the truth is the same for all man. No matter the verbiage or
the text or the teacher.
For me it is
my willingness my commitment to remember that:
"The will of G-d will
never take me where the Grace of G-d will not protect me."
The
issue for me then is: where is my faith and who am
I in G-d?
This
Thanksgiving...this is my prayer:
Dear G-d,
Help me to
be in my breath...
Help me to
know that there is nothing to do, or anyway to be,
except to
accept me as I am.
As G-d
answered to Moses: "I am the I am."
Help me to
breathe myself into my own heart.
Help me to
remember who I am and know the courage that it took
for me to
incarnate into this human life/body.
Help me be
the flame for your love.
Ignite me so
that I may serve you.
I am forever
grateful that you are with me, and that I chose to be with you.
Thank you
G-d. I have so much to be Thankful for.
Amen
I wish you
all a blessed Thanksgiving Holiday.
Please take
a moment and express your gratitude with/to those you share
this life's adventure with.
In Grace,
Barbara
Azzara (Aka
Glabman Cohen)
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