Spring 2008



Dear Friends,

Winter brings such a feeling of going within, a withdrawing of the energies of the earth, of our personal energies and a time for contemplation. However, winter is not a slumber period, it is a time of inner renewal as we withdraw into the place of stillness and silence within our being. It is a time of finding and strengthening our inner flame at the very heart, the core of our spirit.

The coming of Spring begins the visible manifestation of the life force—the energies of the earth can be seen in the explosion of new leaf and flower and the desire within the birds to begin their nesting. This outward manifestation has its roots in the winter period—in the place of absolute stillness and silence.

As the energy of Spring manifests in form in nature, there is also a stirring and outward manifestation in our lives too. What we have learnt and gained from our inward journey is now being brought into manifestation in our daily lives. Outwardly we may feel the urge to ‘clean out’, to create, perhaps in our homes, gardens and perhaps in ourselves. This outward manifestation might be the urge to be more loving, to be healthier, wiser, to be more creative in our expression of goodness, to be more diligent in our efforts to send forth the Light. However we choose to manifest this creative energy it is a reflection of our inner being, that which we touched in our moments of stillness.

To help us manifest this inner beauty we turn to White Eagle’s words. “True beauty is created by pure thought, lovely thought, lovely imagination. Thus are you now at this very moment creating your etheric, your soul-world, the world in which you will live when you have passed away from the physical world. You are creating also the world in which you now live.”

So our first step could well be in our attitude—how we CHOOSE to think and feel, how we respond to our daily testing. The second step could be to visualise how we would like to be—to see it, feel it, taste it, smell it; to see ourselves as we would like to be. Affirmations reinforce our visualization and assists us to believe in our own inner beauty. Linking every 3 hours to the Star is invaluable as by sending forth the Light we reinforce the love and beauty of our own being. This assists us in allowing our true Highest Self to manifest thru our little daily self every moment of every day.

What a truly wonderful sight it would be to look upon the “garden” of earth’s humanity witnessing people living in this consciousness. May the rose of your heart bloom in full magnificence and may the fragrance of your heart bring a blessing to humanity.




Welcome to New Members

A very warm and sincere welcome to Irene Fil; Dianne Mead; Lynn Williams; Merilyn Whitlock, Felicity Wooltorton, Pamela Adams and Grant Sommerville who have recently joined the Lodge.
As each person reads the names of the new members a beautiful blessing of light and brotherhood links all hearts as one light. Together as one light we work for the upliftment of the whole of Mother Earth and her inhabitants.




Into the Light

Early in June Jan Pinnell, a very dear Brother of the Lodge passed into the Light. It is hard to believe that such a vibrant, dedicated worker for the Light is no longer with us in a physical body. I know, without a doubt, that after a period of rest Jan will be back in full light-force, touching the hearts and souls of many. Jan was very much involved with the Brisbane group and her passion was to work with young people, to stimulate their awareness of the Light and guide their footsteps to spiritual enlightenment. Jan’s physical presence is and will be sadly missed by her spiritual family and especially by her own family.




Learn to Smile

Learn to smile in the sweet way of a child. A smile from the soul is spiritual relaxation. A real smile is a thing of true beauty, the artistic work of the ‘Inner Ruler Immortal’. It is well to affirm – ‘I think a kind thought for all the world. May all the world be happy and blest’. Affirm before taking up the work for the day – ‘Within me there is a perfect form – the form Divine. I am now all that I desire to be. I visualise daily my beautiful being until I breathe it into expression. I am a Divine Child, all my needs are being now and forever supplied’.
Quoted from ‘The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East’. Published by California Press, 1924.




Congratulations

Rosalie Perrett has been a long standing member and Brother in the Lodge. She has dedicated the latter part of her life to young people taking on the challenging job of House Mistress in a private girl’s school. It was basically a 24/7 job. Rosalie made such a different to the lives of many girls who went through the school. It was through her involvement and dedication in her work that Rosalie met, fell in love and married a most wonderful man Tom Brouwer. They married here in the Temple surrounded by family and friends. Rosalie has now retired to spend quality time with Tom and many happy years ahead.




How can You Help

You will remember in the last newsletter we featured an article on ‘How You Can Help’ suggesting that people buy the little book ‘The Quiet Mind’ and leave it in public places. We are delighted to report that 539 Quiet Minds have been sold. This is fantastic. Well done to all those who supported this ‘outreach’ project. Let’s pray that each book touches many hearts as it travels around your area.




Private Retreats

Another positive initiative for this year is to encourage members and friends of the Lodge to plan a private visit to the Star Retreat Centre at the White Eagle Lodge here in Maleny at a time of your choice. You may like to stay a few days or a few weeks. At this stage it would be self-catering.
Have you thought of getting your friends together and Retreating to this beautiful part of the world. The setting is ideal for a very peaceful time surrounded by nature and spiritual activities. Perfect!




Stella Polaris

The Australasian Temple will be featured in the next issue of Stella Polaris which will be October/November. If you don’t already subscribe to the Lodge’s bi-monthly magazine and would like a complimentary copy sent to you please write to Gay c/- the Lodge or email her on gay@whiteeaglelodge.org.au Stella Polaris is now in a larger format, full colour and more articles. A yearly subscription is $33. Why not sample the new look Stella Polaris? You will be pleasantly surprised.




The Dome

Good news! To date the dome has not leaked after major repairs earlier this year. The test will come in summer with the onslaught of our wet season but we are confident the dome has finally be sealed. The next project now, after a few months is to address the internal cladding which has been badly mildewed with the continual moisture. This will happen later this year or early next year. The Angel of the Temple must be heaving a sigh of relief.




My Birthday Present

(By Norma Bleakley)


“Last year’s birthday provided me with my best birthday present ever – a major stroke which left my right arm and hand unable to function while the right leg and foot were unable to move. Why was it such a great gift? It gave the opportunity to show that what we are taught by White Eagle not only works but provides joy where and when least expected. It is with thanks and gratitude that I now share with you some of the highlights of the experience which continues to this day.
I’m told that it was foolish not immediately going to hospital that night however, being determined to enjoy the birthday meal, eating with the left hand only, that a friend had specially cooked, definitely was preferable. Perhaps I was expecting a miracle by staying home! With great difficulty that night and next morning it was clear that hospital it had to be. Looking back it is obvious that an instantaneous healing would have deprived me of the needed journey, hence the stroke that I had to have. Strangely I wasn’t particularly concerned nor thought of negative possible outcomes, only a strong determination to do as much as possible for and by myself.
Within hours of arriving in the ward I had pen and paper trying to write. The left hand was fast improving, the right having to be encouraged to hold the pen let alone write, importantly though there was improvement. Quickly mastering the art of getting in and out of the wheelchair which was hesitantly watched by staff gave a great feeling of accomplishment and a certain degree of independence. Of great delight was seeing the relief and surprise on visitors’ faces who obviously came with a degree of trepidation.
There were a few warnings by friends concerning the arduousness of physio and occupational therapy. Thankfully I decided not to think about it, just whatever would be, would be. As it happened physio turned out to be the highlight of the experience. I was fortunate enough to have such a wonderful physiotherapist who was not only excellent at her work but was a most beautiful person. It was there that I really learned to laugh at myself. The difficulty of the exercises was offset by the ludicrousness of the situation. Many a toddler would have felt proud of themself and abilities and laughed at the so called adult putting so much effort into trying to walk with another adult close by to prevent the former from falling. Oh, the positions and facial expressions were in a class of their own. Breaking out into uncontrolled laughter was great medicine. The therapist appreciated and enjoyed being able to laugh during her work, however, best of all laughter is contagious, so little by little others stopped taking themselves so seriously and lightened up as well. Such a great sense of achievement came with the simplest of improvements.
I am sure visualization helped. Daily I would imagine myself young, slender and obviously perfectly fit being an excellent gymnast. That would be followed by a solid game of tennis. Thinking of the graceful agile movements of the splendid, wild cats when later walking in a frame, then crutches also helped immensely. The unseen help was the big thing. Four angels, one at each corner of the bed, stayed with me throughout and even came home with me. Whilst there my aura was the strongest I have ever felt it. Aren’t we so blessed? Now nine months later I have just regained my driver’s licence so things are starting to normalize but oh – thankyou upstairs for my best birthday present ever.”




Peace is Truth

Many of you long to mediate and to make contact with pure truth and you usually start by using your mind to imagine or picture scenes of beauty which bring peace to your heart. At first you are re-creating memories of earth conditions, but as you continue you begin to contact something which is more beautiful than you have ever seen on earth. This is because your spirit is becoming attuned to divine spirit, you are seeing with the light of your spirit. All that we see in the physical world we only see because of light. When the light is withdrawn we are in darkness and we can see nothing. So it is that when we are meditating we see the beauty of that heavenly world of the spirit by the light in our own hearts. In the beginning of our meditation we begin to feel peace deep within our hearts, and although we do not know it we are beginning then to touch truth – because peace is truth. If one is at peace one finds truth.
Grace Cooke (Minesta)




True Happiness

True happiness originates from the soul and from the spirit, and in order to attain happiness the person must reach upward and aspire to heavenly conditions. Nevertheless the majority of men and women live, blind and deaf to the spiritual worlds and cut off from their higher self, their real self which lives and has its being in God.
If you could see your whole self you would be overwhelmed with astonishment. When you look at yourself in a mirror you see a physical body possessing certain characteristics, and you think that body is you. But if you could see with the vision of your soul, or through the eyes of your celestial body, you would see that you comprise not only a physical body, but a form which, seen from the spirit planes of life, appears as a star of great light and radiance. At the base of this radiant star you would see a small, dark triangle which is your physical body, your physical being, but above and around the physical body is this radiant light. You will ask, ‘does this apply to every man and woman, even those who are cruel and wicked?’ Yes, it applies, to every man and woman, for all are sons or daughters of God, and all contain within themselves the same potentialities.
Every soul born of God has the opportunity to aspire and rise to the apex of the star which surrounds him and become part of the star.
Now my brethren, in this star – which is a form living in the etheric and yet reaching to the heavenly worlds, are degrees or planes of consciousness or understanding. In this star are all the planes of life concentrated upon one central, focal point, man – man’s mind, his soul, and even his body, and within man lies the power to reach out to those realms of spiritual life and wisdom and knowledge. Immediately beyond or within the physical life is what is known as the etheric or the soul-world; this world is composed of man’s thoughts and aspirations and hopes, where his inmost thoughts and desires become manifest.
You are told that the next world is real and solid to those who inhabit it. Indeed, it is more real than your physical world, because it is more enduring, being made of a substance which is nearer the eternal then physical substance. The etheric world is the world of the soul, the world to which you will pass when you leave your physical body. It is the world from which all have come. And from this soul world, this etheric world, you may draw soul-substance, whilst in the physical body, which clothes your spirit, so you will be able to recreate your physical life, for within your own heart lies the creative power of God, the power to recreate and perfect your own life, and that of the world around you.
White Eagle




Spring Celebrations


At the Temple
Saturday 20th September
Starting at 11 a.m. Finishing at 2-30 p.m.
It’s Spring!
With spring comes the urge to let go of all the old ‘stuff’ in preparation for the blossoming of the new. Use the creative energy of spring to change your life through positive affirmation, through positive visualisation. Be filled and renewed with the powerful and re-creative energy of ‘The Light’.
Book early to ensure a place.
Phone 5494 4397
By donation
Bring a plate to share for lunch.





New Book Releases

The White Eagle book of Healing Meditations


This is an ideal book for your personal library as well as a superb Christmas gift for that someone special. It brings hope, not just individually, but for our world; to help the reader believe that he or she can receive healing and be a healer for others. Healing comes from making contact with the essence of divine love, the light which is in the heart of each one of us and makes us sons and daughters of God.
No previous knowledge of meditation is necessary, since the meditative passages carry one ‘upwards’ through the love and power of White Eagle’s words alone. Healing can occur simply through reading them; they bring close the essence of Divine Love.’
The book has a free CD which contains several of the meditations. They can be used as they are or as a basis for longer meditations.
Price $24.00 plus postage
THIS BOOK IS BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED.



Working with Zodiac Angels


With Free Meditation CD
A STUNNING GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY
This book is designed to help the reader to learn how to become more aware of the presence of the angels, particularly the Zodiac Angels—to work with them to bring greater harmony and wellbeing into the life. It is a practical book for anyone—you do not need to know anything about Astrology!
There are pages for the reader’s own notes, meditations and affirmations, as well as inspiring words from White Eagle, information about the angels and how to attune to them in conjunction with the elements of earth, air, fire and water, as well as how to use this contact to become more attuned to the soul element of the sun signs.
The accompanying CD gives a unique and uplifting introduction to a meditation for every sign of the zodiac, to help you attune to that Angel.
Can also be used in conjunction with the Zodiac Angel Cards.
Price: $27.00 plus postage



The White Eagle Lodge Story

75 years of work with the Light.
Much requested and eagerly awaited, this brand-new book vividly evokes the people, places and projects that have combined to create a tale spanning the last 70 years. ‘The White Eagle Lodge Story’ leads us through the evolution of the White Eagle work in lively and personal detail, drawing the reader from the pure inspiration of White Eagle’s original instructions given through Grace Cooke, to the heart-warming growth of the wide-ranging and international ‘family’ that exists today.
This volume follows on from the original ‘Story of the White Eagle Lodge’ which ended in 1986 and brings the reader up to the present day. The work worldwide has expanded hugely in the last 20 years, not without much hard work dedication and many small miracles and the book shares many anecdotes.
Price $20 plus postage




Craft Market

Are you a crafty person who has an excess of items you’ve made and no one to give or sell them to?
Perhaps you’d like to donate them to the Lodge for an Australasian wide craft market.
What you need to do: Send a photo or sample of your items to Lyn at the Temple or email them to lyn@whiteeaglelodge.org.au Please let me know how many items you have available and the selling price. If you are contributing part of the sale of the items please advise the percentage.
We will then make a catalogue to send to all White Eagle contacts. Lets make this a great success!!!




God bless you all,
Doris Commins, Lyn Edwards, Gay Robinson and all at the Temple here in Australia.