in ActionDivine SpiritA r i z o n aHarold Klemp
Spiritual Leader of Eckankar
TheMahantaServesasanInnerGuide
WhoandwhatistheMahanta,theLivingECKMasterinEckankar?Whatishisfunction?
TheMahanta,theLivingECKMasteristhespiritualleaderofEckankar.HeisthespiritualguideforthoseonthepathofECK.
Sometimespeopledon’tunder-standtheroleofaspiritualguide—whetherit’sChrist,ortheMahanta,orBuddha,ortheleaderofachurchsomewherewhohasaverydeGinite,directconnectionwiththeHolySpirit.
Soletmeexplain. OverallcreationistheCreator,
God,whomweknowasSugmadintheancientteachings.Thenamedoesn’tmakeanydifference.TheCreatorisoneandthesame.
TheVoiceofGod,theECK,istheactiveforcethatgoesoutandisresponsiblefortheactualcreationofalltheuniverses.ThisVoiceofGodiswhatisknownastheHolySpirit.OrsometimestheSpiritofGod,thecreativeforce,orwhatever.Butit’saneutralforce.ItsimplyobeysordoesthewilloftheCre-ator.
ATrueSpiritualMasterAtruespiritualmasterisin
tunewiththeVoiceofGod.Ahu-manmanifestationthatpeoplecan
seeandunderstand.Inthatrole,hiswillisthatofDivineSpirit.Andthat’sall.
InEckankarthisdivineforceworksbothintheOuterMasterandalsothroughtheInnerMaster.
ThatmeansthoseonthepathofECKhavetheadditionalbeneGitofaMasterwhocancometotheminthedreamstateandteachthemthere.OrsometimesbydirectSoulTravel.Sometimesthroughcon-templation.TheInnerMasteristhere,workingwhentheindividualsleeps,orprays,ormeditates,or
contemplates.AndtheOuterMas-terisoutheretoprovidethebooksanddiscourses,andtogivetalksandthingsofthisnature.
ButtheOuterandInnerMasterarenottwoseparatethings;they’rejusttwodifferentaspectsofonebeingwhoservestheHolySpirit.
Inhisphysicalbody,theMahan-ta,theLivingECKMasterislikeeveryoneelseandcanonlybeinoneplaceatatime.IntheSoulbody,however,heisliketheairthatyoubreathe.Heiseverywhere.AstheECK,hecaneasilybewithyou
andthousandsofothersintheverysamemoment.
ThesolepurposeoftheMahan-ta,theLivingECKMasterissimplytohelpSoulGindIt’swayhometoGod.
SpiritualHelpIsatHandAswestepfurtheralongthe
pathtoself-mastership,weworkwiththisECKasItmanifeststousandgivesusdirection.Itwillbedifferentforeveryone.
SomewillseetheInnerMastercomeandgivethemhintsanddi-rections.Otherswillfeelgentlenudging.Ifit’samatterofhealth,orofreGillingthewalletandtryingtoGigureouthowtogetthebusi-nessgoingagain,theECKwillgivenudges.AswedotheSpiritualEx-ercisesofECK,ourconsciousnessopens.Webecomemoreawareofthehelpthatisalreadyathand.
SpiritualexerciseslinkyouwiththeguidanceoftheHolySpiritwhichisseenasLightandheardasSound.TheinnerSoundistheVoiceofGodcallingushome.TheinnerLightisabeacontolightourway.AlltheSpiritualExercisesofECKarebuiltonthesetwodivineaspectsoftheHolySpirit.
Learningspiritualconscious-nessislearninghowtoliveinthisworldnomatterwhatcomes.Welearnthroughthesespiritualexer-ciseshowtolivelifegraciously,fromchildhoodtooldage.
Welearnhowtolivelifeinthebestwaypossible.
HaroldKlemp,ECKWisdomonInnerGuidance,p.14-18
An Inner and Outer Master
October-December 2016
Discover Your Spiritual Mission 2016ECKWorldwideSeminar
October21-23,2016-Minneapolis,MN
TheECKWorldwideSeminarcelebratesthespiritualnewyearinECK,signifyingthehighpointorspiritualharvestintheyear'scy-cle.Thisisthebeginningofanew,highercycleforthenextyear.
SeeSriHaroldKlemp,theMahanta,theLivingECKMaster.ThisGod-Realizedspiritualteacherwillspeakinperson.Experienceworkshops,spiritualdiscussions,andotheractivitiesforgreater
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ComplimentaryregistrationisavailableforSaturday,October22.
“Eventually,everydream,goal,orservicemeetsintheExperi-enceofGod,whichmakesusoverintoanewspiritualbeing.”
HaroldKlemp,AModernProphetAnswersYourKeyQuestionsaboutLife
SimplicityofLovebyCharlesCavanaugh
Today,somethingtouchedsodeep
thatitredeemedthegoodinmeandletthegoodinothersshine.
Today,theopenerofheartshealedtheheartand
spokeofgreatnessinsmallthings.
Today,atideofkindnesscameinand
Gilledmewithease.
Today,forgivenessliftedmeoutofmyself,refreshinginthesimplicityofitslove.
2016EckankarJournal,p.18
Simplicity of Love
ASpiritualExercisetoMeettheMahanta
Takeacomfortablesittingposi-tiononyourbedorinachair.GazegentlyandsweetlyintotheSpiritualEyebetweentheeyebrows.
Everythingmayappeardarkforamoment.Gazeintothespacebetweenthebrows.LookfortheLight,asheetofwhitelight.
TheLightmaybelikeagreatsun,throwingItsglittering,brilliantraysinacirclearoundyou.Itsbrilliancygreaterthantenthousandssuns.
SuddenlyyourealizethattheLightiscomingfromwithinyourself,spreadingintoanever-wideningcir-cleuntilItGillsthewholeuniverse.ItGlowsoutofacenterwithinyouandbecomesaburningbeacon.
FeelyourwholebodypulsewiththerhythmofItssurgingwaves
likethepoundingofsurfuponasandybeach.Youheartheroar-ingofthesurfinyourears,anditgrowsandgrows.SuddenlyintoyourinnervisionstepstheMahanta,theLivingECKMaster.Greethimwithjoy
inyourheart,andbeginyourjourneyintotheworldsofGod.
HaroldKlemp,ECKWisdomonInnerGuidance,p.56-57
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Soul—ASparkofGodOftenpeopleareafraidtofollow
theirinnerguidance.Itsoundslikesuchafoolishthingtodo,especiallyiftheyhavetofaceotherpeopleandexplainwhytheyaredoingwhattheyaredoing.
Oneoftheverystrongpressuresinlifeisthesocialcon-sciousness:Whatwillpeoplethink?Whatwillpeoplesay?
Thesocialcon-sciousnessissostrongthatitkeepspeopleinreligionsthattheyhaveoutgrownyearsago.Butthey’reafraidtoleavebecausetheyworryaboutwhattheneighborswillsay.Itisaverystrongforcethatthenegativepowerusestokeeppeo-pleinline.
Itkeepsthemtrappedintheirpresentlife,intheirstateoffutility,in
theirstateofhopelessnessandun-happiness.Mostpeopledonothavethespiritualstrengthtomusterthecouragetotakeastepawayfromthecrowd.
YetshowersofloveraindownuponussimplybecauseweareSoul,adivinesparkofGod.It’sVoice,whichshowersthelove,isthepureLightandSound.
TheCreator,theHighestBeing,speakstocreationthroughtheHolySpirit,theECK.Thisvoiceofdivineloveisveryreal.Thosewhoenterthehigherreachesofheavenhereandnowintheirstatesofcon-sciousnessseetheholyLightandhearthedivineSoundofGodclearlyinevery-daylife.TheLightand
SoundareGod’swaytocommunicatedirectlywithus.Theyhelpdevelopourcreativity,whichmakesusgod-like.
HaroldKlemp,ECKWisdomonInnerGuidance,p.5-6
Following Your Inner Guidance
“Itisthesoundofallsounds.Itisthewindintheleaves,failingrain,thunderofjets,singingofbirds,theawfulrumbleofatornado.Again,Itssoundisheardinlaughter,weeping,thedinofcitytrafGic,oceanwaves,andthequietripplingofamountainstream.“HUisbothanameforGodanda
soundoftheAudibleLifeStream,whichweknowastheECK,orHolySpirit.HUisachargednameforGodthatcanspiritu-allyupliftpeopleofanyreligion.”
HaroldKlemp,HU,theMostBeautifulPrayer,p.61
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