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Saved by the Mahanta

Category: HU, Inner Guidance and Intuition, Your Stories Tags: ECKANKAR, HU, inner guidance, Inner Master, Mahanta, protection, wisdom

By Tosin, Nigeria

Although a student of Eckankar, I occasionally doubted the constant presence of the Mahanta in my life. I wondered if the Inner Master‘s promise, I am always with you, was really true.

One evening, I was lying in bed, trying to decide whether I should do a spiritual exercise, have dinner, or just go to sleep. All of a sudden, I heard the very clear voice of the Inner Master within me.

“Get up and sing HU!” he said.

The voice was so strong and urgent, it sounded like a command. I promptly got out of bed and began singing HU, Soul‘s love song to God. About five minutes into the spiritual exercise, I heard another clear, inner instruction. Read More

You’ve Lived Before, and You Will Live Again

The great benefit of the ECK teachings is that they offer spiritual freedom.

Each religion holds out some promise to its followers. The word of Christianity to its people is the redemption of sins, a problem that stems from Adam and Eve, who disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. Yet for their error, all future generations should carry the blame. A Christian, lost spiritually at birth, has the stigma of this original sin automatically fastened to him. Original sin means inborn guilt.

By contrast, the ECK teachings speak not of guilt but of responsibility. People are where they have put themselves. Read More