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News of the Circle of Friends |
A return home to God’s splendorIt began in Filzmoos |
Publishers |
Donation book tables worldwide |
Medical Scientific Group |
Healing from VitiligoHealing from chronic edema of the right foot and left-sided sciatica |
A return home to God’s splendorGrete Häusler, the founder and Leader of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends for many years, has died.Grete Häusler, the Leader of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends, died in Hennef / Sieg on September 6, 2007 at 85 years of age. In the words of Bruno Groening, she "returned home to God’s splendor". She founded the Circle of Friends in 1979 and led it for over 28 years. During this time she expanded it from a little circle of friends to one of the largest associations for spiritual healing in the world. Deathly ill as a childGrete Häusler was born in Vienna on March 25, 1922 and moved to St. Veit an der Glan, in Kärnten, Austria, when she was 12. At two years of age she almost died when she developed a severe form of asthma. The doctor that her mother visited had shortly before lost his own daughter to the same illness and was at a loss to help. It was only after a visit to Valentin Zeileis, the inventor of high-frequency radiation treatment, followed by several radiation treatments, that she was healed. All her life she felt a profound gratitude toward Zeileis.
Grete Häusler in1957 in front her parental home in St. Veit an der Glan. But as time went by she became sick again. By 1950 three incurable diseases had settled in her body: chronic catarrh of the frontal sinuses, chronic hypoglycemia and severe liver damage. First encounter with Bruno GroeningWhen she traveled to Munich on August 28, 1950, to attend a lecture by Bruno Groening, she was more than skeptical. She was merely accompanying a friend and regarded Groening as a charlatan. During the lecture, however, she completely unexpectedly experienced the complete healing of all three illnesses. In order to help other sick people, she invited Groening to Kärnten in 1952. After his visit she founded 23 Groening Communities in Austria and became a close associate of Bruno Groening. Later, when she moved to Germany in 1957 she remained true to him and his work. The effect of the Heilstrom* continuesWhen Bruno Groening died in 1959, most of his friends dispersed. Of the approximately 3,500 he had during his lifetime only a handful remained, among them Grete Häusler. She firmly held onto the knowledge of the Heilstrom* and was certain that this healing force was not bound to Groening’s body, but would continue to be effective.
Grete Häusler welcomes Friends to the Youth Conference in Olpe in 1987 The healing of her cleaning woman, who had been blind in one eye for 14 years and had regained her complete eyesight within a few days, strengthened her conviction. Additional healings followed. The Bruno Groening Circle of FriendsIn 1979 she decided to found the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends. In the beginning there were only a few friends, and Grete Häusler led and visited almost all the communities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland herself. Initially she held conferences in friends’ living rooms, but within a few years a gradual growth began. By the end of the eighties, the number of Bruno Groening friends had climbed to over 1,000.
Grete Häusler in 1984 playing music at the Youth Week in Rurberg / Eifel
Success Reports and the MWFAn important step in the further expansion of the Circle of Friends was the collaboration of doctors. Bruno Groening, too, had taken great pains to foster the recording of help and healing described in success reports. The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends had the same attitude. Success report work circles were established in which friends helped to write down the healing reports, determining with the help of the healed persons the exact complaint involved, the precise diagnosis, the therapies undergone and, finally, how healing occurred. In 1986 two medical students began the systematic cooperation with doctors, health care practitioners and people from other therapeutic professions. In 1992 the Medical Scientific Group was founded, fulfilling a heartfelt wish of Grete Häusler. Finally the doctors, too, had begun to seriously concern themselves with the teaching of Bruno Groening. Worldwide growthAt the beginning of the nineties the number of Bruno Groening Friends rapidly multiplied and by 1995 had risen to over 20,000. Communities were founded not only all over Europe, but also in non-European countries. A lot of this growth was due to the friendly contact with the Esperanto World Congress and the engagement of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends for this language. At present there are communities in 70 countries, including Australia, Japan, Indonesia, India, Ghana, Togo, Mexico, Peru and Brazil. There are also several thousand Bruno Groening Friends in the USA. In the service of brotherly loveGrete Häusler traveled untiringly to acquaint people the world over with the teaching of Bruno Groening, whether by car through ice and snow in Rumania or Russia or in the tropical temperatures of India or Africa. Ever driven by the desire to help the needy and transmit to them the teaching of Bruno Groening and his key tenets "There is no such thing as ’incurable’" and "God is the greatest Physician". The reward has been countless healings throughout the world. Just 11 days before she "returned home" - she much preferred this expression to the term "died", she led the Poland Conference in Danzig. [Gdansk]
Grete Häusler with her son Dieter during the Schooling Week 2006-2007. He has taken over the leadership of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends. A touching momentThe funeral took place on September 13 in Hennef / Sieg, in the presence of around 700 Bruno Groening Friends. It was no typical funeral service, but rather a celebration of joy, optimism and solidarity with a woman whose body was being carried to the grave, but whose soul lived on in God’s splendor, the great goal of all those devoted to God. Grete Häusler’s son Dieter is taking over the leadership of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends (the)
It began in FilzmoosSummer activities of the Bruno Groening Circle of FriendsIt began with the author Hans Sterneder, who visited Bruno Groening in the fifties. Grete Häusler was present during this encounter. Later, Bruno Groening recommended Sterneder’s books to his friends because, as he expressed it, "they are truthful". In one of his books Sterneder had described the "Bischofsmütze" ("Bishop’s miter") in the Dachstein area of Austria as a place with a very special aura. Since the end of the eighties - that is, for somewhat over 20 years - many Bruno Groening Friends spend one or two weeks on holiday there in the summer to hike together and especially to build up their energy. Grete Häusler led the hiking weeks for youth and adults again this year.
Grete Häusler at this year’s Hiking Week for adults. To the left is Horst Weiss, who organized the hikes. We need a bigger tentWith the growth of the Circle of Friends the number of participants at these mountain hiking weeks has also continually grown. When Horst Weiss, from Dietzenbach near Frankfurt, drove to Filzmoos for the first time in 1994, the biggest room in the "Aumühle", the local youth hostel, had already become too small and the first tent for the evening community hours had already been rented. At that time the number of friends attending was around 200; now, with 700 friends to accommodate, the tent has to be correspondingly larger. This year an additional week was added for the first time for families with children of all age groups. Everything requires orderIn the summer of 1994, Horst Weiss took over the planning of the hiking tours, systematized them and described them in two hiking books. At present there is a well-trained team for each hiking week to help him prepare and coordinate the hikes. He now has access to over 100 local hiking guides, many with many years’ experience in leading groups of hikers. Each week has something specialHorst’s wife Adeline participated in all three Filzmoos hiking weeks this past summer. Here are some of her impressions: "I was astonished to see how much stamina the little legs of the children had during these extended hikes. In the community hours that followed they were even more capable of concentration and absorption. And the joy of the children spread to the adults, as well. It helped them to open their hearts to nature again. The hikes with the children were marked by a definite effortlessness and joy.
An open-air community hour during the Mountain Hiking Week in Paklenica, Croatia What enthused me so much this year at the Youth Hiking Week was that the direction of the hiking had been entirely taken over by the youths themselves. It surprised me that the "adults" willingly and gladly allowed themselves to be led by the "youth". While in earlier years the youth often only wanted to lead the steeply climbing and demanding tours, this year they let me talk them into also leading easy tours, thereby making it possible for adults and handicapped people to hike as well. They were often the best hikes for them, and healings sometimes also took place. Outstanding at the Hiking Week for adults was the high percentage of friends from non-German speaking countries (one-third), while another third of those present indicated they were in the mountains or at a Hiking Week of the Circle of Friends for the first time." (art)
The teaching of Bruno Groening consistently appliedThe successful expansion of Donation Book Tables worldwideUntil the spring of 2006 friends in the DACH-area (Germany / Austria / Switzerland) were only able to obtain books from the Grete Häusler, Inc - Publishers through purchase. This changed on February 1. From then on the practice of handing out books on a donation basis on the example of other countries was taken over by Germany, too. Many symbolically held their breath, wondering whether this daring experiment would work. During his lifetime Bruno Groening had always pointed out that one cannot make a business out of healing if God’s blessing is expected. With this in mind, Grete Häusler structured the entire Bruno Groening Circle of Friends in such a way that it has no formal "membership" and is supported without exception by voluntary donations. The Circle of Friends has been recognized as a non-profit corporation for many years and therefore receives no public assistance of any kind. Please give a donation!The Bruno Groening Journal (IZ) spoke with Helga List, who has taken over coordination of the donation book tables for the entire Circle of Friends.
At a donation book table: second from right, Helga List, responsible for the tables all over the world; far right, her assistant Marlene Hanf. IZ: Why aren’t books sold as usual through Grete Häusler, Inc - Publishers, but rather handed out at donation book tables? After all, it is extraordinary to replace a well-functioning system with a new, unknown and untested idea, that is, the successful book sales of the Publishers with donation book tables. Moreover, there is now the obvious danger that much less money will be received. What were your first thoughts in this regard? Helga List: Nothing is sold in the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends. The schooling materials are financed by donations. Since February 1, 2007, all Bruno Groening Friends have been able to get books, etc., in this way. Thus, all the book tables are in harmony with Bruno Groening’s overall work. I regard the introduction of the donation book tables as a further development of the Circle of Friends. Authors, composers, choral singers and instrumentalists - all give their love, energy and all of their free time to the development and presentation of their activities. This takes place without pay.
May, 2007: Friends from abroad at the Publishers’ warehouse during their visit to Germany. Buying such a work is simply something entirely different than having it cordially handed over to you. A Bruno Groening Friend had tears in her eyes when she told of how lovingly the book person gave her a book and wished her well. . So we’ve come full circle. Works created with love are now handed over with all one’s heart, and each person can decide how much he wants to donate for them. Before, it was the usual transaction in the form of "money for goods", and then the book people also had to busy themselves with the payment. It is also interesting how "naturally" the donation book tables have come about: in the nineties there were already donation book tables in countries such as Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria as well as in South America and in some African countries, so that everyone was able to experience the teaching of Bruno Groening. The friends in wealthy countries shouldn’t have preferential treatment in that only they should be able to afford the products of the Publishers. Fortunately, friends can receive books, etc., in all countries where there are communities.
The Central Warehouse in Mönchengladbach The donation book tables have been run worldwide regardless of whether a country is "poor" or "rich". For me, this mirrors the application of Bruno Groening’s teaching. No one has special privileges, and we all help one another. There were previously 309 book tables in the non-German-speaking countries and now there are already over 500 - and with an expanded book assortment. . Books are translated into over 40 languages and sent to 58 countries - wherever there are friends available to oversee a book table in the community. At present all the book tables in the world have the complete spectrum of music - cassettes or CDs in the same versions - as well as nature cards and nature posters. Additional books continue to appear in many languages. An important activity in connection with the donation books is the coordination of the book people in non-German speaking countries. Each of them is provided with a mentor so that they can get help when they have questions. Thanks to worldwide internet conferences, a consistently high standard is now possible in all countries. This coordination work itself, along with the transmission of the teaching of Bruno Groening, help the friends in the many different lands of the earth to come more and more together. That is really wonderful. IZ: How did the book people react to the change? Most of them were relieved. Some were skeptical and afraid that the donations could turn out to be too little, which has not proven to be the case in practice - that is, for the past year and a half. The book person can do einstellen for the friend and wish him or her well. The friend then puts a voluntary donation into the donation box. Fortunately the adjustment didn’t take long, for within two months a computer program was created for the registration and processing of the donation book table materials. IZ: What has changed for the Bruno Groening friend who wants a book? What advantages and disadvantages can be seen in practice? Each friend is asked to think about the personal worth of a book, for example, simply about what it is worth to him or her - and then to donate accordingly.
Two of the volunteer helpers in the warehouse from which the donation book tables are supplied. Many a friend places a high value, for example, on a CD and donates accordingly. However, another friend who is perhaps not so well off shouldn’t have to "leave empty-handed" just because she normally can’t afford such a CD. In the end it always balances out. No one has to go without something and everyone can "afford" a good book. It happens ever more frequently that friends later put some more in the book donation box because they recognize the spiritual value of the books only after reading them. The more you concern yourself with the good, the better. Our broad spectrum of offerings helps many friends to open their hearts to the good and to be able to absorb more Heilstrom*. Therefore help and healing has already occurred to people using these media - by listening to music, for example. (mah)
Healing from VitiligoThere is no medication for this anywhere in the worldSuccess Report of Jadwiga Pikta, 63, Zgierz, PolandThey just helplessly threw up their handsAs a young woman I liked to wear sleeveless dresses and blouses with a low neckline and felt completely desperate when I could no longer wear them any more - at an age when one loves life and also likes to wear pretty things - and now this! I was so ashamed that I wore tights even in the summer. My clothing covered my body up to my neck. I was exposed to the ridicule of others because of the spots and began to avoid people. That restricted the quality of my life even more, and my inner stress increased further.
I even sought help from leading physicians, but even they helplessly threw up their hands. I was told I would have to accept it and live with it. I was given a medication in liquid form to be rubbed in, but it didn’t help. In the following two years the spots increased in size and stayed for almost 40 years. In August, 1999, I learned of the teaching of Bruno Groening from an acquaintance. I began to regularly participate in community hours in Zgierz und Łódź and do einstellen for the healing power in the morning and evening according to the teaching of Bruno Groening. What did you do?Without thinking about it at the time, I bought a dress with a low neckline two years ago in 2002. And then I suddenly remembered the spots and noticed that they had disappeared. I was overjoyed and began to also buy myself blouses with a low neckline. I also felt very good. Friends and acquaintances that I had known for years asked me what I had done to get rid of the spots and what medication I had taken. I said that God had healed me. While listening to the various success reports at the conference in Warsaw in May of 2004, it occurred to me that I myself hadn’t written down my healing and decided to do it immediately. I had the inner need to comply with Bruno Groening’s request in the fifties for "just a little note" in gratitude for a healing. I hoped with all my heart that through my success report other people would be encouraged to obtain their own healing from this ostensibly ‘incurable’ disease.
Healing from chronic edema of the right foot and left-sided sciaticaStudy for a speaking role led to the healingSuccess Report of Krystyna Labuda, 65, Warsaw, PolandIn November, 2004, Krystyna Labuda was offered a role as dubbing-speaker in the Polish version of the documentary film on Bruno Groening. Thus she actually came in contact with the Circle of Friends while "studying for her role". Background"Thirty years ago, as a young woman, I twisted my right foot, but didn’t go to the doctor. I later regretted this negligence. Whenever I had to carry something heavy or climb many stairs my foot and ankle would swell up and become red. Although it didn’t hurt it was very unpleasant. The two surgeons that I visited determined that I had let the ailment go too long and that treatment would no longer be effective. Even the circulatory problems that had been foreseen for me appeared. It was as if the foot that I saw there didn’t belong to me - it felt as if it were dead. Thus, I learned to live with it.
It got even worseIn September, 2004, pain began to radiate from the center of my buttocks downward into my left leg, causing me a difficult time. It hurt so badly that I began to limp. Even the slightest stress would cause the pain to start. At this time I was also unable to sleep normally because whenever I moved or turned I felt an especially severe pain. The doctor diagnosed left-sided sciatica. In spite of various therapies my condition became even worse. Thus, in the last months before my introduction I was unable to walk unrestrictedly. People at a cemetery said that I walked like an old woman. And as an actress I was very concerned with my outer appearance and looked considerably younger than my age would suggest. Life returnsAfter my introduction to the teaching of Bruno Groening in January, 2005, I remained for the following community hour. Suddenly a severe pain shot through my whole right leg. It was so unbearable that I was able to endure it only with great effort. The pain brought tears to my eyes. I had a feeling as though someone was forcing something like a toothbrush through my veins. In my previously numb foot I felt a strong pulsing and a tingling running up through the whole leg. Free from painWhen I stood up after the hour and left the hall I no longer limped. But I didn’t really notice it until the next day when I went walking with my dog. I was healed from the sciatica and had no more pain in my left leg! At this moment it occurred to me that I had turned over to the other side without difficulty during the night and had gotten easily out of bed. The complaint in my right foot, too, disappeared in a few days and the blood circulated normally again. Richly blessedI actually experienced as a "Bruno Groening Friend" the very thing I wanted to study about in preparation for the recording of the Polish language version of the documentary film on Bruno Groening in Cologne. There I had the opportunity to get to know a large number of nice people. Today it is still incredible to me that I found my health again in such a way."
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