Courage to 'Keep on Keeping on'

Perhaps the best known of all White Eagle`s sayings is `Keep on keeping on`. In some ways, I think it sums up what life is all about. Whatever is going on within us or around us, giving up does not really help. When everything is pressing, when everything seems to be going wrong, it is tempting to throw up our hands in despair, and stop trying any more, but I encourage you to use the power of the Star to help you have courage no matter what, and `keep on keeping on`.

The Star has never failed me - it is a wonderful and miraculous symbol which has the power to lift the mind out of `the slough of despond`, and bring peace and healing to troubled emotions. Just think `Star`, and visualise a bright and shining light. Everyone knows that taking a deep breath helps in difficult situations, but taking a Star breath...or two or three, or even six, one for every point of the Star, can make all the difference to keeping calmly poised and hold on to our faith. 

Just the thought of the shining Star mentally connects us to the strong inner core of our being and allows the power of God, the innate courage which truly is within us all, to flow like a golden stream through every artery, every vein, every cell of our body. Then we know we can climb every mountain (even Kilamanjaro metaphorically!) and never give up. 

If we look for them, the media is full of examples of courage, and these are so inspiring too, and help us keep on keeping on in our own way, following our own Star up the mountain side. I loved the Red Nose Day coverage of the celebrities who climbed Kilamanjaro to raise many thousands of pounds for charity - truly examples of what personal courage and keeping on keeping on can achieve.

As White Eagle reminds us:  'The Star, which is based on divine love, is the creator of the perfect life, and all humanity will in time achieve the goal of their life, which is to be fully conscious of life within this blazing Star. Keep your vision on the Star.....and a flood of heavenly light is poured upon you. May you be caught up in this glory of the Eternal Light.`

Look up to the Light!

It is a lovely time of year here in the UK as the long dark nights are replaced by earlier dawns and later sunsets. As we draw near to the equinox time, (equal day and night), I find it is often a time of challenge, both inwardly and outwardly. Our weather is very changeable - one day it is clear, bright and sunny, lighting up the spring flowers, which bring joy to the heart. The next day it is cold wet and windy, and it feels as though winter has returned! It seems to me to be a time of opportunity to find balance and harmony in the personal life, mirrored by the outer manifestations in nature. When difficulties come along, or negative things happen, it is easy to let them dampen feelings of joy and thankfulness for blessings.

When lovely things happen, often unexpectedly, it is easy to get a bit carried away! The important lesson I think is to keep a sense of inner poise, no matter what, and the inner knowing that ‘Everything is OK and God does hold the plan’. As I write this I am looking through my bedroom window at a very tempestuous sea, but the sun is shining through the clouds. So often, important inner lessons for us are indeed highlighted by what we see outwardly.

 
White Eagle reminds us in the passage entitled ‘Look up to the Light’ in the book of his teaching Seeking Serenity: ‘We see a beautiful shining light that is beyond the clouds, and so we bring to you this message of hope...trust and have courage. The tests you are called upon to undergo have their bright side and the cloud has not just a silver lining but even a golden one! You think your world is in chaos, but we know that with the help of many groups at the present time who are discoverinng the reality of life and who are praying for peace annd goodwill, gradually, step by step (as if walking up a ladder from earth to heaven), humanity is being raised.’