Table of contents

(Selected articles from the magazine)

Abroad

Thank you for coming all the way from Germany!

Youth

Worldwide expansion of the youth communities

Medical Scientific Group

Healing from severe chronic headaches

Healing from dust allergy, tinnitus, hardness of hearing, purulent otitis media, frontal and paranasal sinusitis

Bruno Groening back then

Huge crowds gather to see Bruno Groening

Thanks for coming all the way from Germany!

The teaching of Bruno Groening is whole-heartedly accepted in America

From late September to mid-November, 2006, several thousand people in the USA and Canada attended a big lecture series on the teaching of Bruno Groening... An astonishing amount of effort was put into the preparations for the lectures beforehand by hundreds of volunteer helpers, who started as early as May to pave the way for the physicians from Germany, Austria and Switzerland scheduled to give the lectures. The doctors closed their practices and took vacations in order to travel day by day for up to two weeks from one North American metropolitan area to the next. Whether in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, Regina, Montreal or a number of other cities, North Americans there were interested in hearing the lectures on the teaching of the German, Bruno Groening. Spontaneous healings occurred, and many left the lectures with tears of emotion and gratitude in their eyes.

German and American Friends after the lecture in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 11, 2006

Marita Deckers, who led one of the teams, said, "We had 20 different tours, each led by a responsible leader. Thousands of emails were sent out during the preparation period, many telephone calls were made and the local media were informed. I was over there for three weeks altogether, half of the time with a Swiss dentist. We held lectures in ten cities in Colorado and Wyoming. I will probably never forget the experiences I had on this trip.

Unforgettable experiences

We held a lecture in southern Colorado, in Pueblo. Our American escort had been handicapped since an auto accident years before. After the lecture in the filled hall she told very emotionally of her spontaneous healing. Since then she can walk without a cane, freely and without any handicap.

A child in Wyoming had suffered from a stroke some years before, after which the boy could write only with great effort. His hand trembled continually. After the lecture he proudly and joyfully filled out his own address form, writing for the first time in years with a steady hand. After the same lecture the chronic pain from which his mother had suffered for years had also disappeared.

Time and again I experienced great gratitude from the Americans after the lectures. Many came to me afterward and thanked me so cordially - and only because we had brought them the teaching of Bruno Groening.

I wouldn't have thought that there would be such a great need in such a wealthy land as America, that such a great yearning would exist for the energy that everyone can experience again through the teaching of Bruno Groening".

A miracle happens

Similar things have been reported by the leaders of other tours in all parts of the USA and Canada. Richard Leo of Buffalo, New York came to the Circle of Friends after a lecture on the teaching of Bruno Groening held at the University of Buffalo Medical School. Impressed by a number of healings, he took on the post of country leader for the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in North America. For him, too, the lectures are a real miracle. He says, "In April when I learned of the plans, I couldn't really believe this endeavor would be successful. How would my German friends be able to reach my countrymen in such a large number of American metropolitan areas? I could do no more in the way of support than to offer to lead one of the lecture tours. Now, after seeing the results, I can only speak of a miracle. We Americans are grateful to our German friends for helping us in our own country in this way".

What did this man Bruno Groening bring that was so important? What was this teaching that meanwhile has caused enthusiasm among people on all continents and has caused reports of help and healing everywhere? How is it possible that the teaching of this previously unknown German could have such success in a country like the USA, a country with so many spiritual movements and which appears to have everything to offer?

Saskia Hadsell, who leads the communities of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in the Dallas region, says, "What impressed me so much from the very beginning was the simplicity and effectiveness of Bruno Groening's teaching. When I perceived the Heilstrom* for the first time I knew it was something very special that was being offered here".

What also impressed me was that I didn't have to pay a cent, which is unusual in our country. At first the name "Bruno Groening" meant nothing to me, but I have since been able to recognize more and more the greatness of this person. Here in America many people are still seekers despite all the offerings and "unlimited possibilities". For the most part they are very sensitive people. They perceive quite rapidly what a great energy and help has come to us through Bruno Groening. They sense the veracity, the purity and truth of this knowledge. We need the teaching of Bruno Groening because our life here contains too many lies. Here in the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends I have understood what life is really all about. Bruno Groening is bringing God back to America again in a way we no longer knew Him despite all the religions".

Information lecture in Melbourne, Florida

Worldwide expansion of the Youth Communities

Young people recognize the spiritual path

"I myself am today a father with six children. I came to the Circle of Friends as a young man with many problems either behind me or ongoing, including alcohol, smoking, money problems and extremely bothersome migraines," says Axel Mast, leader of all the youth communities and member of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends for 19 years. "After I had witnessed astonishing healings in my mother I became curious and wanted to know more. After a short time here in the Circle of Friends my life, too, was put in order, and even the migraines were soon gone.

The need is the same everywhere

On her many journeys around the globe accompanying Grete Häusler, the director of the Circle of Friends, my mother noticed that everywhere where there are communities - on all continents - young people are going through a hell of illness, distress and misery. It is the same everywhere.

Therefore we endeavor to provide young people worldwide with the possibility to get something to put their lives in order. We give them the opportunity to learn of the teaching of Bruno Groening, to live with it and to become well through it. They should receive the energy they need to bring complete order into their lives and to live happily".

These Friends have taken on the task of coordinating young people and youth communities the world over. (center: Grete Häusler)

The significance of the community

When young people have made the decision to take the spiritual path they can attend the community hours just like older, adult friends. There they can absorb the Heilstrom* together with other youth and learn more about the teaching of Bruno Groening.

In addition to healing, the youth communities also have other important concerns, including help in school and university, help in choosing the right occupation and the right marital partner, etc.

Young people find their way to the Circle of Friends in various ways. Some learn of the teaching of Bruno Groening from their parents, others from the Internet or from friends.

Youth communities abroad are coordinated via telephone and Internet by friends in Germany. Of course young people hundreds or thousands of miles away are attracted through the modern communication of the Internet, even in countries where there are still no adult communities.

Sometimes young friends yearning for membership in a youth community have to be individually mentored from a distance for awhile by German friends. Thanks to technology it is also possible, for example, to conduct community hours as Internet conference groups.

Axel Mast and Sylke Bunger

Mentorship of the youth in the USA

Sylke Bunger, who is mentor of the youth in North America with a team of helpers, says, "The number of young friends in the USA and Canada has quadrupled since the lectures last autumn. These youth will be mentored from Germany just like the others until youth communities can be founded". When asked how the friends in North America communicate with one another, Sylke Bunger says, "Often they don't know one another yet. It is up to us to facilitate communication not only with Germany, but also among the friends in the country itself.

Those who have the possibility of attending the community hours for youth or adults are happily able to integrate the teaching of Bruno Groening into their lives. In addition, we also make an effort to inform these friends of what is going on in the way of conferences and other activities here in Germany.

I am in contact with youth in Dallas and New York and am so surprised to see how seriously they take this teaching. They absorb everything we can pass on to them in the form of information and experience. As a result they experience a lot of wonderful help and healing.

In the "dog-eat-dog" society

Youth in America are very heavily influenced by the spirit of the times. It is not like we see it in the media - everything easy, beautiful and uncomplicated. They tell me about the ‘dog-eat-dog' society and what that means for them, especially in school and work. They have to work a lot while still young in order to have money to live. Some even have at least one, sometimes up to three additional jobs while working or even while going to school or university. The day often begins early for them and ends late at night, and they are confronted with very high performance requirements. If you can't keep up you are let go. If you are young, you have to fight for a career. Life is simply hard - that's the way it is.

Out of the quagmire

Drugs are everywhere and make life very hard for young people. They are under enormous peer pressure, but through the teaching of Bruno Groening they suddenly experience freedom from all of that. A young man, 21, of Dallas was healed from drug addiction. He has friends again and has found meaning in life. He enjoys school and is successful without having to ‘use his elbows'. In this regard he wrote to me from the USA, ‘Through this teaching we realize early in life that the notion that life has to be hard is a lie, and that even as young people we can master life without having to fight our way through it in that way. With the help of the Heilstrom* we find the occupation that makes us happy and brings us success, school becomes easier and we are able cope with it. We are no longer helpless victims of the opinions and influences of our environment'.

In the USA and Canada, just as in Germany, young people often come to the Circle of Friends through their parents. But it is astonishing how many seek on their own, without being influenced by their parents - the pressure simply becomes too strong for them.

It is my greatest wish for the coming year that many youth communities arise in the USA and Canada. To this end we invite the young people to participate together in Internet conference groups and above all to connect with one another. Some of them are being invited to the youth week near Berlin in the summer of 2007 and would very much like to come. I am looking forward to it already." (art)

Freed by his brother's heartfelt wish

Healing from severe chronic headaches

John Leiker, 55, of the Buffalo, New York Community describes here how he absorbed the healing energy that Bruno Groening called the "Heilstrom" for his brother Bernie. Bruno Groening also helps when you make requests and do einstellen for others.

My older brother Bernie is without doubt the person I most admire. He was always there when I needed help. I can't remember a single time when I asked a favor of him that he said "no".

I was five years old. Bernie was seven. We were going to school together, a distance of about half a mile. The way took us over a heavily traveled street. I still remember the words of my mother, "Bernie, keep an eye on your little brother!" It was raining that morning when we arrived at the crossing. I ran ahead of my brother over the street as a car turned into the main street. I froze as I saw the car coming toward me. The driver hadn't seen me. My brother ran onto the street and shoved me out of danger, but the car hit him and threw him 15 yards away. His head struck the concrete curb. He lay there unconscious in a pool of blood.

Bernie had suffered a severe cerebral trauma. The doctors thought he would die. He recovered very slowly and had to stay in the hospital for months. He had saved my life. A seven-year-old doesn't usually just throw himself in front of a car like that to save someone else, but my brother had done that.

In the year 2002 Bernie had a severe auto accident that wasn't his fault. He was brought unconscious to the nearest hospital. Again he had a severe cranial injury. After that he was tormented every day by severe migraine-like headaches. There was hardly an hour when he was free from pain.

Some of his mental abilities had decreased to the primary school level. Before the accident his IQ was 165. In addition, he suffered from the restriction that his brain couldn't stand too much outside influence. Thus, for example, even two people in a room could bring about this effect.

All family celebrations, even Christmas, were held without my brother. He loved books, but reading was impossible for him. An enthusiastic English teacher, he had to go into early retirement.

We loved to go camping together, but he always had to suffer. In the three years after his accident, Bernie had paid about $100,000 for medication, but without success.

The brothers Bernie (left) and John Leiker

In September, 2005 I got a call from Bernie's wife. She was crying on the telephone and asked me for help, saying, ‘Bernie wants to die. He is already writing letters of farewell to everyone'. I was speechless and didn't know what to say.

The next day I met with my big brother. I wanted to tell him that there was still hope, but I myself didn't really believe it. And Bernie said, 'John, you always said that you would like to die. I don't want to - I love life. If there is more than one life, then I want to keep coming back. I didn't want you to read this in a letter. I had to tell you personally. I love you, John, but this is no life'.

On that evening I went home and cried in desperation. With all my heart I mentally asked Bruno Groening for help.

Since that night, Bernie's headaches have disappeared. The tightness in his head is gone. He can read again. He is extremely active and enjoys life just as before. He is normal again.

I have never spoken to my brother about what happened that night. It is enough that he is doing well.

It sounds like a fairy tale, yet it is true

Success Report of Peter Ettinger, 55, Manching

Healing from allergy to flour dust, tinnitus, hardness of hearing, purulent otitis media, frontal and paranasal sinusitis

"When I look back on the many decades of illness I often wonder, "How were you able to stand it?" The continual knee and back pain and the severe allergy to flour dust that rendered me incapable of working. Yes, and then there was the noise in my ears from childhood on - the tinnitus - and then the 50 years of ear aches and the 30 years of chronic sinusitis shouldn't be forgotten.

It's easy to talk about, but you have to have experienced - better, suffered - it to understand my gratitude for being able to be well now - well through the teaching of Bruno Groening, well through an energy, the existence of which I wouldn't have believed years ago - the Heilstrom*.

A flour-dust allergy took away my occupation as baker

My father was a baker and I followed in his footsteps. I liked being a baker, and business was good. But then in 1970 I got a flour-dust allergy. Whenever I was in the workroom of the bakery, especially when making dough, I became short of breath and had to vomit. I went to the doctor and he diagnosed a flour-dust allergy. I received fresh cell therapy and had intracutaneous injections three times a week. But there was only limited success.

Since the problems became ever more severe, my father always had to make the dough alone in the morning. I could go into the bakery only after the dough was finished. It was so bad that I would immediately have to vomit violently if I ever dared to enter the bakery before the dough was finished and there was still some flour-dust in the air. However, I was able to work at the oven because the flour-dust couldn't affect me in the humidity there. In 1987 my father suddenly died and I had to run the bakery alone. That meant that I had to mix the dough myself. From then on I could only work the dough when wearing a protective mask with a special double filter. However, this filter would become clogged after a short time and I would have to change it at least three times a day. Because of the protective mask, I got an open eczema. I couldn't go on, so in 1999 I gave up my occupation as baker for health reasons.

 In Filzmoos, Mr. Ettinger tells of his healings

Otitis media since childhood

I suffered from chronic ear infections since childhood. I was treated with antibiotics and ear drops, which always helped, but couldn't stop the next earache from coming. One infection was hardly over when the next one came. My doctor diagnosed chronic otitis media. I always had to keep both my ears warm, whether in summer or winter, with at least cotton wool in my ears, and usually even with a thick cap.

The earaches were continual for 50 years. In 1970 I also developed sinusitis. It would begin like a cold, and then a headache, a feeling of heaviness in my head and my nose was stuffed. In spite of antibiotics, I would be handicapped with this for seven to ten days until it would all fade away. However, it wouldn't be long until the next sinusitis would come. My ENT doctor kept removing polyps, but he could provide no lasting help. Then he said that it was chronic and that I would have to live with it.

Noise in the ears (tinnitus) and hardness of hearing

From childhood on I also suffered from noise in the ears of changing intensity and strong sensitivity to noise. With every inflammation of the ears the sounds were more unpleasant and stronger, with more whistling and buzzing. Sometimes I only heard muffled tones. The left ear was especially affected, while the sound was somewhat softer in the right ear. As time went on my hearing worsened in both ears. My doctor attributed this to the frequently occurrences ear infections. I usually had to ask people to repeat what they said because I simply didn't understand them.

Daily knee pain for three decades

You can live with some illnesses if there is no pain, but what began in the year 1979 with a skiing accident was pure hell for me. I injured my left knee in the accident and my leg was put in a cast. But the pain in this knee never stopped. It was especially severe when I was resting and at night. As a baker it was often sheer torture for me to stand at the oven. It also hurt terribly when I made turning movements.

After his healing from a flour-dust allergy that had forced him to give up his occupation as a baker, Peter Ettinger can work again in the bakery without any ailments.

In 1998 the same pain began in my right knee. It had the same stabbing and piercing pain as in the left knee. It was especially severe when driving and sometimes I was only able to put my foot on the gas pedal with the help of both my hands. It hurt so terribly that I can hardly describe what the pain was really like. It was a continuing pain that went on whether I was moving or my knee was still. The doctor diagnosed a damaged meniscus and arthritis. I was treated with shots and bandages, but nothing they tried brought any relief. This condition remained the same until my introduction...

... and then also in my back

It was just nine years after the skiing accident that the back pain began, since as a baker I usually had to work with a bent-over posture. The stabbing, piercing pain went from my lumbar spine down to my feet. Especially at night I had to get up every two hours because I had the feeling while lying that my sacrum was going to break. To relieve my back during the day I often had to lie down on the hard floor and prop my legs up on a stool. In the morning in the bakery workroom I would sit with my back to the already warm oven in order to warm up. Only in this way could I become more flexible and make the pain somewhat more endurable. I was given shots, massages and hot packs, but nothing brought more than a short-lived improvement. No therapy helped in a lasting way. My doctor diagnosed lumbago. I got some relief by giving up the bakery business, but the continual pain remained.

The turning point comes

It was in March, 2000 - I will never forget this date - that I learned of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends. I was swimming with my wife in Bad Gogging when a woman noticed us. After a short time she sent her partner over to us to ask whether we could ‘believe'. I answered in the affirmative and then the woman came over to us and told us about the teaching of Bruno Groening. In March, 2000 we were introduced to the teaching of Bruno Groening.

Spontaneous healing from chronic illnesses that had lasted for decades

I still get tears in my eyes when I think back on what happened to me after the introduction to the teaching of Bruno Groening. I perceived the Heilstrom* as a tingling and streaming through my entire body. At first the thoughts wanted to keep on coming. I thought, "How can this tingling help you?" And then I experienced how one illness after the other melted away and disappeared like snow in the warm spring sun.

After his healing from a flour-dust allergy that had forced him to give up his occupation as baker, Peter Ettinger can work in the bakery again without any ailments.

Since the introduction the fifty years of earache and infections have been a thing of the past. Nor has any more sinusitis appeared. A few days later even the chronic pain in my left knee disappeared. The illnesses were simply gone.

In June, 2000 - that is, three months later - my successor opened the bakery again and I helped out in the bakery workshop every day. Since I was also present in the room when the dough was being made, I noticed to my great astonishment that I no longer had a reaction to the flour-dust. I was able to stand in the thick cloud of flour-dust without shortness of breath or vomiting - nothing.

I went on helping my successor in the bakery workshop until March, 2001. Even though I still have contact with flour-dust every now and then due to the fact that the bakery is on the ground floor of my house, this no longer affects my life.

I asked for help and then all the pain disappeared

Even though the pain in my left knee that had bothered me for over 30 years had disappeared after my introduction, the pain in my back and right knee remained unchanged. At first I hadn't yet understood what Regelungen* were and for this reason didn't believe in Regelungen*. I only attended the community hours irregularly.

Then in April, 2001 something very special happened. I had an appointment in Munich. While there I was in such terrible pain that I didn't think I could go on sitting.

After the healing from a flour-dust allergy that had forced him to give up his occupation as baker, Peter Ettinger can work again in the bakery free from complaints.

There was a raging activity in my left and right knees and in my back. After the discussion was over I went to the elevator. But since some people on crutches were standing there I pulled myself together and mentally asked Bruno Groening for help. At this moment, as I wanted to proceed I noticed that all the pain had disappeared and that knees and back - everything--was free from complaints. I could hardly believe it, but from that moment on I had no more pain. I can even hike in the mountains again. Since that point in time I have believed in the effectiveness of the teaching of Bruno Groening and also attend the community hours.

Healing is a blessing

With the noise in my ears, too, there was at first no improvement. In fact, the hardness of hearing got even worse. So in September, 2001 I bought myself hearing aids, since I couldn't do without them. However, just two months later, in November, I needed new, stronger devices. Then in early 2002 I had the following experience in a community hour: I had to decrease the volume of both hearing aids twice, one after the other, because they had become unbearably loud for me.

At some point I took both hearing aids out of my ears and determined that I could hear completely normally. I could also hear soft sounds again. Since then I no longer need hearing aids. After 50 years, the noises in my ears, too, had disappeared.

After everything that I have experienced in the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends I have realized that God exists. For me all these healings are a blessing and not a matter of course. I know that a new life has been granted to me here.

"I give you knowledge!"

The teaching of Bruno Groening – part 1

Bruno Groening never formulated his teaching in writing. He didn't want to create a new philosophy or ideology. He strove toward only one goal: to help people in misery. He gave them a teaching that wasn't based on intellectual or even scientific considerations, but which had its origin in an intuitive recognition of spiritual laws. Those who concern themselves more deeply with it will encounter an unexpected complexity and will realize that it reaches far beyond the aspect of healing. He called on people to believe in goodness and to put it into practice. The rule of charity forms the core of his teaching.

A master in the spiritual realm

Bruno Groening had an ability that is practically unknown in our society. When it occurs, it suggests the mysterious, the mystical. He was a master in the spiritual realm. He didn't only see the outer shell, but rather the spiritual content. His vision penetrated the illusion of matter and saw the true nature of all being. He was also able to "see through" people. He knew what kind of spirit lay hidden behind the bodily facade. He didn't only see the face, but also the thoughts within. He said, "I don't only see a person; I also see what went on before. Past, present, future - everything about him." A knowledge flowed to him from higher spheres that is incomprehensible to the materialistic, intellectual mind. Just as a healing from rheumatism, the regression of deformed limbs or the revival of dead nerves will always remain a miracle for the medical expert, the intellect will never be in a position to understand the laws of the spirit. The path of intuition alone reveals to man life's highest truths. The path is simple and natural - not complicated and artificial. Bruno Groening knew all of that. The secrets of the spiritual realm were open to him. He knew the inner truths of creation and saw not only the effects, but also the causes. Therefore he also knew the meaning of illnesses. He knew that every illness has its origin in the spirit and is to be remedied spiritually. Therefore he called on people to turn to God to discard characteristics incompatible with the divine order.

The great 'turn-around'

Bruno Groening always called on people to make the "great turn-around". He admonished them to put belief in goodness into practice and let go of bad habits. Thus, for example, he said, "People waste their time talking about how their neighbors, relatives or acquaintances, how one person or the other lives. Dear Friend, I say, ask yourself how you live. First concern yourself with your own life! First make sure that you are really returning to divine guidance! Just leave your neighbor alone! If you want to talk about him - if you want to judge him - that is evil. . . In short, my friends, stop the twaddle and stop the gossip!" In the first place, he called on people not to think about the illness. He always emphasized that illness comes from and is evil. If you concern yourself with it, it means concerning yourself with evil. That hinders the healing process and can even render it impossible. "He who concerns himself with the illness holds on to it and blocks the way for the divine power". People should separate themselves from the illness and not regard it as their "possession"; instead, they should regard it as something evil. (the)

to be continued