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January 2008 Newsflash
January Newsflash 2008
Our very dear Family and Friends,
We send our warmest wishes to each and every one of you for
a brilliant, peaceful and positive year, filled with
abundant blessings! Last year seemed to hold much
challenge for most of us, so now we can start afresh and
trust the challenges which come may be just a little
easier. Love to you all.
Today our Blessing of Mother Earth visitors arrive. Perhaps
you can imagine, if you will, all of us moving around the
perimeter of this most sacred land, using the mixture of
gold, frankincense and myrrh, which was prepared at
midnight, New Year’s Eve, with the intent of deep blessing
for the land and the elemental life that care so
beautifully for it. All over the world there are similar
groups doing this work on “Twelfth Night”, January 6th,
Epiphany. At around 3 p.m. local time on Sunday we begin
the actual blessing. We are promised temperatures in the
low seventies, so again we have been provided with mild
temperatures and sun.
The Temple reopens for Sunday Services on January 13th. In
February Jane will be at the Integral Yoga Center in
Manhattan, New York for a gathering on Thursday the 7th.
Her subject will be The Mission and Role of the United
States as given by White Eagle. Here at Saint John’s on the
22nd of February, we begin The Quiet Mind retreat - all are
welcome.
As some of you know our wonderful retreat coordinator,
Marcella, has moved on to another job; she is much missed
and we thank her for all her hard work. Temporarily please
email Anne Bassett at anneb@whiteaglelodge.org for retreat
bookings.
At the moment we seem to have some intermittent challenges
with our general email address: sjrc@whiteaglelodge.org so
if you have not received a response to any email sent to
this address – we did not receive it! We are working on
this. Please either call or contact us through any of the
other staff email addresses. The complete 2008 Retreat
schedule is now on line at www.whiteaglelodge.org
Work continues in the peaceful place in the woods not far
from Temple Hill and the Labyrinth. The Sacred Grove, as
we have named it, is looking lovely. In the summer
newsletter we hope to have a photograph and some more
information about the suggested prayer flags.
In April we will be having a very special celebration of
the Passover. This is a more modern (vegetarian) version
of the more traditional Passover. Everyone is welcome,
especially those who may have a Jewish Heritage There
will be more information about this retreat (April
17th-20th) – Understanding World Religions, in an upcoming
newsflash.
With great love to each of you as we share White Eagle’s
words:
The Gentle Brother
It is from the spirit, my children, that all good comes.
If you wish for good things in the world, if you wish to
avoid war and conflict, you must learn to live peace and
love and goodwill yourselves and help others to do the
same. Show the way by example and others will seek to find
that something which you are manifesting in your life.
Strengthen the spirit within you by daily attuning yourself
to the great calm of the Christ and the elder brethren in
the world of light. Be tranquil, and know the peace of God
and the joy of life, and you will be helping to raise the
vibrations of all life and of the earth itself.
You may find yourself tried and tested, but accept these
tests with humble thankfulness. Do not give way to the
temptation of the lower mind which will pull you down,
cause you to doubt, cause you to feel weary. We assure you
that it is the lower mind which does this. The higher
mind, through which we work, will bring you joy and
assurance and will cause your whole being to pulsate with
happiness. The higher mind, the spiritual mind always
encourages you to see the good, the true, the beautiful.
The lower mind encourages you to look upon the world with a
pessimistic vision; but between pessimism and over-optimism
there is a steady level of balanced thought. Your symbol,
the Star, is to teach you balance, balance between the two
forces, between heaven – and earth. Hold always the
positive thought, the good thought, the God thought, and
the vision before you of the unfailing, manifesting light
of your Creator. Remember, spiritual work if it is
consistent cannot fail. It cannot fail. The light of the
Star, the Light of Christ, can and will dispel the darkness
on the earth and surrounding the earth. You know the way,
you know the way, my brethren, to give forth this light.
Give it with all your strength.
And do not forget we are with you, looking on with great
love, and sometimes with humor. Oh yes! We have a great
sense of humor, you know, but kindly humor; and we suggest
that you too encourage that sense of humor. Keep your eyes
twinkling – it will be a great help. God bless you all.
God bless you with an ever increasing awareness of His
spirit in you, and in your recognition of this spirit in
other men and women. White Eagle. © Content and Design - The White Eagle Lodge - Star Center for the Americas
except where previous copyright exists.
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