Guidance from Eileen Caddy
- By Eileen Caddy
- Published 03/12/2010
Eileen Caddy
One of the co-founders of the Findhorn Community, Eileen Caddy,
received guidance from the "still voice within" and shared it with
others in the community for more than 40 years. Today we continue this
tradition by printing her guidance in the community's weekly newsletter
and by sharing it with the wider world through this mailing list.
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Be Like A Mighty Tree
Take time to be still and know Me and know without a shadow of doubt that I dwell within you, that I AM you, that there is no separation. Be like a mighty tree whose roots sink deep into the earth, whose trunk is firm and solid with the life force flowing strongly through it forming its branches and leaves. I AM the life force that flows within each one of you, without that life force you would be nothing. Be ever aware of this and give eternal thanks that you are conscious of this life force and are strong and unshakable in the midst of a world of chaos and confusion. Be strong and of good courage.
Find Your Own Centre
Be not affected by outer conditions and circumstances, be not swayed by the moods or the state of mind of those around you. Be not like a piece of mercury, up one moment and down the next, dependent entirely upon what is going on around you. Find your own centre deep within you. Know the I AM, the centre of your very being and nothing and no one can affect it, ruffle it or destroy it in any way. Your foundations must be rock like and unshakable at this time and each individual must find that depth and stability within themselves. No one can find it for you.
You Can Do It and You Are Doing It
There is no stress or strain in nature: a seed goes through its full cycle, it does not have to do anything, it just allows it all to happen. When a snake changes its skin, it slowly wiggles out of its old one. A bird cracks open its shell and emerges completely transformed, it grows wings and can fly - it is free, free, free! That is what is waiting to happen to you. A new freedom, a new joy, a whole new world is waiting to open for you when you are willing to move out of those restrictive ways, thoughts and ideas and be transformed. You can do it and you are doing it. It is all beginning to take place.
Be Willing
Keep your hearts open to one another. Look for the highest good in each other and work from that higher level of consciousness. Encourage each other in every way possible; every soul needs encouragement. You will find as you help others that you help yourselves to grow at the same time. It is a two-way thing. The more you give the more you will receive, so give and give and count not the cost. Be willing to give all and hold nothing back. Be willing to lose everything to gain the things that really matter in life, the things of the spirit which are from everlasting to everlasting. A whole new world is unfolding; remember to give constant thanks for everything.
Change That And You Will Change Everything
Let all you do be done with joy, then it can never be a burden, nor can you bowed down by it nor exhausted by it. Your right attitude to everything is vitally important. You all know this in theory, but what do you do about it in practice? That is what matters. Life is what you make it. What are you doing with your life? Are you bowed down by the weight of it? Do you feel you have too much to do, that there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done? Why not stop and take time to search your hearts and see exactly what your attitude is towards life? Change that and you will change everything, it's simply up to you.
Take time to be still and know Me and know without a shadow of doubt that I dwell within you, that I AM you, that there is no separation. Be like a mighty tree whose roots sink deep into the earth, whose trunk is firm and solid with the life force flowing strongly through it forming its branches and leaves. I AM the life force that flows within each one of you, without that life force you would be nothing. Be ever aware of this and give eternal thanks that you are conscious of this life force and are strong and unshakable in the midst of a world of chaos and confusion. Be strong and of good courage.
Find Your Own Centre
Be not affected by outer conditions and circumstances, be not swayed by the moods or the state of mind of those around you. Be not like a piece of mercury, up one moment and down the next, dependent entirely upon what is going on around you. Find your own centre deep within you. Know the I AM, the centre of your very being and nothing and no one can affect it, ruffle it or destroy it in any way. Your foundations must be rock like and unshakable at this time and each individual must find that depth and stability within themselves. No one can find it for you.
You Can Do It and You Are Doing It
There is no stress or strain in nature: a seed goes through its full cycle, it does not have to do anything, it just allows it all to happen. When a snake changes its skin, it slowly wiggles out of its old one. A bird cracks open its shell and emerges completely transformed, it grows wings and can fly - it is free, free, free! That is what is waiting to happen to you. A new freedom, a new joy, a whole new world is waiting to open for you when you are willing to move out of those restrictive ways, thoughts and ideas and be transformed. You can do it and you are doing it. It is all beginning to take place.
Be Willing
Keep your hearts open to one another. Look for the highest good in each other and work from that higher level of consciousness. Encourage each other in every way possible; every soul needs encouragement. You will find as you help others that you help yourselves to grow at the same time. It is a two-way thing. The more you give the more you will receive, so give and give and count not the cost. Be willing to give all and hold nothing back. Be willing to lose everything to gain the things that really matter in life, the things of the spirit which are from everlasting to everlasting. A whole new world is unfolding; remember to give constant thanks for everything.
Change That And You Will Change Everything
Let all you do be done with joy, then it can never be a burden, nor can you bowed down by it nor exhausted by it. Your right attitude to everything is vitally important. You all know this in theory, but what do you do about it in practice? That is what matters. Life is what you make it. What are you doing with your life? Are you bowed down by the weight of it? Do you feel you have too much to do, that there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done? Why not stop and take time to search your hearts and see exactly what your attitude is towards life? Change that and you will change everything, it's simply up to you.