ECK | ECKANKAR Blog

May
9

A Soul Travel Experience Unveils Hidden Gems of Wisdom

Category: Life after Death, Your Stories Tags: death, ECK, Mahanta, Soul, Soul Travel

By Seti, Singapore

Sarah, a friend in ECK, translated recently after a bout of illness. I was the doctor who had diagnosed and treated her. Later, I was entrusted with the responsibility of having to inform her parents and her friends of her passing.

It was a difficult task as many of her friends had not known of the terminal nature of her illness. My initial concern about having to deal with the emotional distress of her friends turned into a profound experience as many of her friends revealed that Sarah had very recently “appeared” to them.

A school friend of Sarah, who had not heard from her for thirty years said in surprise, “Oh! That’s strange. For the first time, I met Sarah in my dreams last week. It was just like we were in school.” Read More

Apr
15

By John Villemonte

Something Only the ECK Can Do

Category: Your Stories Tags: blessings, ECK, experiences, Light and Sound, Mahanta, Pennsylvania, Shariyat

Shariyat 1&2 Cover By Usen, Pennsylvania

Here is one of my favorite quotes from the Shariyat:

What is confidently expected in the future is worked out and anticipated in the present, and it is the experience of God in the present which leads to confidence in It in the future.

My faith and trust in the guiding hand of the Mahanta have brought fantastic blessings and love from him. I’ll share one such blessing here:

My early years in the United States saw many tough times. At a point my employer could only guarantee thirty hours of work a week. Read More

Mar
25

By John Villemonte

Touched by God’s Grace

Category: Dreams, Your Stories Tags: ECK, ECKANKAR, God, HU, Inner Master, love, Mahanta, religion

By Dorathy, Nigeria

Six years ago, my husband became a member of Eckankar. At the time, I had mixed feelings about this. The ECK teachings were unfamiliar to me, and I wondered about the value of singing HU as a prayer of love to God.

But I also love and trust my husband. So I went with him to ECK events to understand more about this religion.

I discovered that the ECK teachings were about God’s divine love for us as Soul. I learned that singing HU opens the doorway for a deeper connection with the Holy Spirit and draws us closer to God. I also learned about the constant presence and love of the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master, Sri Harold Klemp. In his inner form, the Mahanta is always with students of ECK to help them on their journey home to God.

But I was still not convinced the ECK teachings were for me. Without having any personal experiences of my own, I had difficulty accepting them as true.

Then something happened to change my point of view. Read More

Mar
18

By John Villemonte

Overcoming Resistance and Finding Love

Category: Your Stories Tags: church, ECK, Jesus, Mahanta, Satsang, SUGMAD, Texas

Call of Soul cover By Valerie, Texas

My journey in ECK started three and a half years ago.

I had been looking for a way out of the church because I needed a real connection with the Holy Spirit. On January 1, 2010, I decided that I will spend the day in prayer until I enter in contact with the Holy Spirit.

As I was praying I was also singing Holy Spirit hymns and songs. That day something special happened but I did not realize it until almost the end of the year when I met my future husband who gave me an ECK book The Call of Soul and a HU song CD. I listened to that CD late at night around 2:00 a.m. Sri Harold’s voice sounded so familiar that I felt at home. When the HU song played I could not stop listening. I recognized the sound. Read More

Mar
8

By John Villemonte

Choosing Love over Anger

Category: ECK Parables, Relationships Tags: anger, ECK, ECKANKAR, Harold Klemp, love

ECKANKAR, Love, Anger By Harold Klemp

A woman worked with a person who seemed to take great pleasure in insulting her. Some people in this world form friendships by making fun of their friends. It’s a strange thing.

One day this woman went to a restaurant with her coworkers. The man began to insult the ECKist in a friendly way. She decided she couldn’t take any more. Normally she’s a quiet, soft-spoken person who hardly ever shows anger. But this time she flared up.

“If you couldn’t insult me,” she said to the man, “you wouldn’t be able to think of one thing to say.” The man was shocked. She got really angry and kept at him, talking louder and louder until people in the restaurant began looking around to see who was causing such a scene.

After the man and his wife had left, the ECKist stood with her husband and a friend out in the parking lot. “You were right to defend yourself,” the friend said. “If he can dish it out, he better be able to take it.”

“You’re a saint to have been able to put up with him all these years,” added the husband. Read More

Feb
12

By John Villemonte

My Father’s Farewell

Category: HU, Life after Death, Your Stories Tags: ECK, ECKANKAR, God, love, Mahanta, protection, Soul

By Lillian, Mexico

My father had been brought up as an orthodox Jew, and although he was a very spiritual man, he was wary of the spiritual path I’d chosen for myself. Eckankar seemed foreign and unfamiliar to him.

But as I began to practice the Spiritual Exercises of ECK, my father immediately realized something was different about me. He also noticed that when I returned from an Eckankar seminar I was filled with more light and love.

“Whatever you’re doing,” he said, “it must be good.” Read More

Jan
29

By John Villemonte

A Balancing of Accounts

Category: Dreams, HU, Karma and Reincarnation, Your Stories Tags: ECK, Holy Spirit, HU, karma, Mahanta

By Emmanuel, Nigeria

All my life, I constantly felt cheated and wondered why. The recurring experiences of people taking advantage of me were too many to count. I had almost resigned myself to the situation.

One day, after another loss, I vowed to find a solution to these problems by turning the situation over to the Mahanta, the Inner Master.

“Why is this happening?” I asked inwardly.

As a member of Eckankar, I’d learned that life is a series of births, deaths, and rebirths. I wondered if a karmic root from the past might offer an explanation. I decided to set aside some time and do a spiritual exercise to look at my past lives.

Before bed one night, I sang HU, the holy name for God. Singing HU allows me to hear more clearly the ECK, the Voice of God. I invited the Mahanta, also known as the Dream Master, to show me if a past life was the cause of my problems today. Read More

Jan
22

By John Villemonte

On Holy Ground

Category: Your Stories Tags: ECK, God, holy ground, realizations, seminars, Soul

By Alex, Canada

During a recent seminar, I was feeling sick with a cold!

I tend to close myself off when I’m sick, but I wouldn’t allow that to happen this time. I knew that would block me from the gifts and opportunities available for me. I remembered when Sri Harold shared his hospital experience. He had to endure a lot of pain, but he didn’t let that hold him back from giving love to all the hospital staff he encountered. Read More

Jan
5

By John Villemonte

Llamas Offer a Lesson in Divine Protection

Category: Animals Are Soul Too Tags: Divine Spirit, ECK, Harold Klemp, Holy Spirit, Light and Sound

ECKANKAR, Holy Spirit, God By Harold Klemp

A man and his wife owned a farm in the eastern part of the United States. They had llamas and sheep, and outside the fence they had coyotes.

The coyotes spent their time trying to figure out if it was worth it to go inside the fence to get the sheep. But inside the fence was also where the llamas were. And llamas are very protective of sheep.

A llama has a very peculiar warning cry. It sounds like a siren. The first time the man heard this siren sound, he had no idea what was going on. He ran outside, prepared for just about anything.

It was the llama sending a warning to a coyote or some other animal that was thinking about coming after the flock of sheep.

You have to consider that Divine Spirit, the Holy Spirit, watches out for each of you, for your safety and spiritual well-being, with as much care as a llama looks after the sheep in its care.

The Holy Spirit, or the ECK, is a wave which comes from God made up of both the Light and the Sound. It is the Voice of God, the Sound Current.

It speaks to us in different ways. Sometimes it’s through intuition, sometimes through a messenger speaking for the spiritual hierarchy, like a guardian angel. It also speaks to us through dreams.

Llamas are interesting, and the Holy Spirit is interesting too.

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Excerpted from Animals Are Soul Too!

Jan
1

By John Villemonte

Moving Forward

Category: Your Stories Tags: ECK, Harold Klemp, Mahanta, Satsang, Soul, youth

By Eloho, Minnesota

Sri Harold Klemp, the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master writes, in the book Youth Ask a Modern Prophet about Life, Love, and God, “Soul can go in one of three ways in any stage of Its spiritual unfoldment. It can move forward, backward, or stand still.”

Have you ever had a hot cup of tea and, with each sip, felt its warmth expand within your chest? That is exactly the same warmth I felt as I read this quote. It resonated within me. I believe the reason is that I recently found myself at a crossroads regarding my own spiritual unfoldment.

When I was younger, I was disciplined with my spiritual exercises, succeeded at school, and had my future planned out. Then things shifted. Read More