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The Things of This World
In the Christian Bible, Jesus answers Pilate’s question on if he considers himself a king, saying: “…my Kingdom is not of this world…” It is important to note that Jesus denounces the things of this world throughout his teachings. He admonishes the rich and powerful, while praising the poor. He instructs not to store treasure…
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A Confession of Anger
This morning I was attending a Light and Sound service, online. During the HU chant, a recent event came to mind. Something I need to deal with and confess. It relates to how I lost my temper last night. The situation was that I ordered a pizza through UberEats. I noticed the delivery wasn’t updating.…
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EWD: #6 – Ask what brought me back to the Master
In the Easy Way Discourses, part 6, there’s an activity. It relates to connect to a inner master and then asking them to open my awareness to what caused me to look for the Master now. There’s a story in this part of the material of a man named Michael, chasing after the Mahanta in…
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Advice Given
During The Easy Way Discourses, part 7, I sat with an activity this morning. I visualized myself sitting at a table, and an unseen master sitting across from me. It provided advice for me: I must release the self, and attune to the True Self (Soul) in all relations with others. The words floated to…
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Through it all, Eckankar
There are times that I enjoy the teachings of Eckankar, but there are aspects of it that are sometimes hard to except. Sometimes I think of the path and wonder what my siblings would think of it. I can imagine their doubts over the past masters from hundreds or a thousand years ago, or the…
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True, Necessary, Kind
For the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed a downturn in my attitude. I haven’t been practicing the daily work as I should and it has reflected in my online discussions. The other day I read a negative review about technology. It triggered me and I ended up in a useless debate that didn’t change…
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Depression
I want to keep this online journal honest. There are times when I have doubts. Not just doubts on a specific spiritual path, but doubts of God (Sugmad) from any path. Recent events in the world has gotten me down. Perhaps the information overload of abusers, and wars has turned my head from hope. Perhaps…
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Being & Becoming
In Lesson 6 there is a practice added where the reader reaches out to the Mahanta for private instruction on the inner planes. I sat in contemplation this morning, after chanting HU and there came the words of the Mahanta. I hadn’t noticed but my vision kept drifting to a stack of books in my…
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Doubts, are they relevant?
I’ve been in maybe 20 different faiths or spiritual groups in my lifetime. I’ve obviously had my share of doubts. Are those doubts validated, or are they my weakness? Before I came to Eckankar, I followed my own path believing that the Higher Self was in communion with me, guiding my steps. What Eckankar offered…
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My Truth vs. Your Truth
I had a waking dream today. I had seen an online post from someone asking about religion. They were thinking of moving away from Christian faith, as they no longer felt connected to it. They wanted to know about another faith, or any faith really, that had meetings in their neighborhood. Of course their question…
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