She gave me a lot; she embodied dedication to God. Every day she would get up at 3.30 am and meditate with God.
When I joined the Findhorn community she had a 5.30 – 6.30am meditation group which I joined and thrived on. We would also meet weekly at 1pm in her house after lunch for a half an hour meditation. It was a privilige to be that close to her.

After a year or two 5.30 became too early and a year or two later I joined the newer 6.30 group. For a year I would drive from Forres 15 minutes away to have this blessing of meditating with her. It’s actually a very intimate thing to do to meditate together for years and in a way it makes me feel I know her. I have never cracked the discipline of meditating alone without a support group. I asked her once how you get up at 4am and the reply was along the lines of ‘you just decide to do it and you get enough energy’.

In the early days I used to turn up with my long hair, one day she offered me her own hairbrush. I don’t think I got the hint. She was always beautifully and neatly attired for meditation because she was meeting her Beloved.

Her house was called Cornerstone and clearly that was her role too in Findhorn.

In the sharing yesterday in the Hall, Liza said that every one of her beautiful messages were learnt through battling through the opposite and working through real challenges, notably unconditional love. Having Peter Caddy stay in her house 10 years after he left her was one of her personal successes with unconditional love Carol mentioned. She obviously touched many people profoundly and it was her willingness to serve that seemed to touch them most.

If I think of the two living spiritual teachers who have influenced my life most of all I think of Peter and Eileen Caddy – both of them embody dedication to God and following the inner voice. For me although I never knew them as a couple they are reunited now.

She’s been fading out for so long that the community is very calm. She’s been a spiritual anchor for the community for so long that its hard to truly understand all that she has been doing. We’ll all have to raise our game to pick up the slack.

She founded this centre that has had such a profound and seminal experience in my life and she showed me how to live a spiritual life – with complete dedication, a greater gift I can’t imagine.

So travel well Eileen and breathe into the universe, you have left a beautiful legacy not just of a spiritual community but of thousands of inspired seekers.