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Every Sunday of each month, people from all walks of life gather to celebrate a life lived in harmony with Divine Spirit. Dynamic speakers and original creative arts demonstrate the gifts to be found through daily practice of the spiritual principles taught in Eckankar. You are invited to come and experience spiritual growth and fellowship, as you explore what could be your next spiritual step. Programme of Activities on Sundays Satsang & Book Discussion Classes 8.00 am – 9.30 am Book Discussion Classes for Visitors (Seekers) 8.00 am – 9.30 am Workshops & Members Meetings 8.00 am – 9.30 am ECK Consecration & ECK Rite of Passage Ceremonies 8.00 am – 9.30 am ECK Worship Service begins at 10.00am prompt and ends at 11.30am at all Local ECK Centres except at Tema where it begins at 9.15am and ends at 10.45am. ECK Worship Reading April – June 2008 DATE : APRIL 6, 2008 TOPIC : LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE READING : A MODERN PROPHET ANSWERS YOUR KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE, PAGE 47 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “You are living the spiritual life when you conduct yourself and your business in the name of Divine Spirit. Each person who does this touches many Souls during the course of the business day. Although he may never say one word openly to his customers, nevertheless the Spirit of God touches all whom he meets, in some manner or another. This life is for Soul to get the experiences It needs to open Its consciousness so that the Holy Spirit can flow through It as a vehicle. A person lives the spiritual life when all his acts and deeds are done in the name of Divine Spirit. ” DATE : APRIL 13, 2008 TOPIC : A MEASURE OF LOVE READING : OUR SPIRITUAL WAKE-UP CALLS, PAGES 95-96 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “When some one is getting more love in their heart, how do they measure that? Do you get out a little scale and say, We are going to measure and see if indeed you have two ounces more of love this year than you had last year. How do you quantify love? Love is not one of those things you can sell; it’s not one of those things you can take to the market and have people admire, it’s not something you can put up in an art gallery where people say, ‘Oh! Look at that, that’s a good example right there on the wall.’ No, love is just a very quiet, personal little thing. It brings fulfillment, but more importantly, it brings spiritual freedom. Because love is Truth.” DATE : APRIL 20, 2008 TOPIC : FACING SPIRITUAL OBSTACLES READING : CLOAK OF CONSCIOUSNESS, PGS 167- 170;172 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “Many people think the road to heaven is an easy one, but it takes a lot of strength. Sometimes it takes more than we thought to take the next step in our spiritual unfoldment. The effort to break free from a certain state of consciousness and move into another spiritual plane can be extremely difficult, as if something were holding us back. The effort can make us feel like we are being stretched to the limit… Eventually, you will come to a certain level on the inner planes that will be like an obstacle course for you, and you’ve got to get through it. To meet and pass the test which is sure to come, it’s absolutely essential that you strengthen yourself with the spiritual exercises of ECK.” DATE : APRIL 27, 2008 TOPIC : THE SLOW BURNING LOVE OF GOD READING : THE SLOW BURNING LOVE OF GOD PG, 19-20 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “Sometimes the love of God burns so deeply and painfully that we feel life is too much to bear. We find ourselves in a paradoxical dilemma having so much divine love that we don’t know where to turn. People say that they just want the love of God, but when it comes- when it truly comes- it burns deep, burns slow, and burns long. Some people don’t understand this. They feel the love of God is all sweetness and light – as indeed it is, at times. But there are other times when this divine love has a nature that transforms anyone who is so fortunate as to have this blessing of God. Divine love will tear your insides out and replace them with something better. Some may feel am overstating this. But anyone who has ever been touched by the burning love of God will realize that once this kiss of God has touched your heart, you will never be the same. The effort then becomes to live in this world as a responsible human being. To go about your duties and to continue with your responsibilities while you are among people who have no idea at all about this deep love of God”. DATE : MAY 4, 2008 TOPIC : I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU READING : CHILD IN THE WILDERNESS PG, 177 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “A common misunderstanding in ECK is that unless one specifically asks for the Mahanta’s presence, the master is off someplace else. Fortunately, this is not true. In the soul body, the Mahanta is all knowing, all powerful, and able to be in all places at once. When a problem arises that outpaces an ECK initiates ability to handle it alone, he is driven to look outside himself for aid. By placing his attention upon the Mahanta, he calls forth the miraculous power of ECK Then all things are possible. And in that moment of awakening, he realizes that the Master has been with him all along. There never was a barrier of separation to keep them apart, except for the blindness of the seeker.” DATE : MAY 11, 2008 TOPIC : HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE LOVE WITHIN READING : THE DRUM BEAT OF TIME PG, 108 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “Some people stagger along under the weight of unnecessary baggage, like gluttony, alcoholism and so on. To unload these burdens and make our path to God straighter, we start with the things that we can do something about. If we take this initiative, the Holy Spirit comes and help with the rest. The effort we make shows that we are indeed God beings. For each of us is Soul, a spark of God. As such, we have the divinity within ourselves to say, “I long to be united with the Sound and Light, to be together with that which is love”… When a person can no longer love, he sinks into a state of suspicion and mistrust. Problems begin to crop up in his life, multiplying to the point where he feels backed against the ropes, like in a boxing ring. This is when he cries out, God help me!”… It’s understood that you are human, you don’t have all the answers, and so you can’t do everything for yourself. But you have to be willing to try. And if you try, with trust in the principle of love, which is Divine Spirit, the forces of life converge to help you reach the purification you need to find meaning and understanding in the events in this life. ” DATE MAY 18, 2008 TOPIC : GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING READING : CLOAK OF CONSCIOUSNESS, PG 127 -128 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “Some people think the Master will come if they sit passively and wait, as people do in meditation. But actually life is like the ECK contemplation. First, you put your attention on the ECK, and then you go out and do something. You have to start somewhere, sometime. As you go higher, the ECK takes more and more of you, and you find that you are doing something all the time” DATE : MAY 25, 2008 TOPIC : BECOMING CO-WORKERS WITH GOD READING : UNLOCKING THE PUZZLE BOX PG 39 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “In ECK, the process of learning to do it yourself is always tempered by learning to do it with the help of the Mahanta, the ECK, or Divine Spirit – however you think of it – even though it may appear to others you are acting by yourself. Only when we become capable of taking care of ourselves and willing to do things on our own initiatives are we truly fit to become Co – workers with God.” DATE : JUNE 1, 2008 TOPIC : THE ART OF TRUE SURRENDER READING : THE SECRET TEACHINGS, PG 22 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “The path of ECK is for spiritual unfoldment, which simply means learning ways to make ourselves a clearer vehicle for Spirit. Through all the lessons we face everyday, this is all we are trying to do. Spirit will work with each person, with each one of you, in a way that is right for you.” DATE : JUNE 8, 2008 TOPIC : HOW CAN I GET CLOSER TO THE LOVE OF GOD? READING : A MODERN PROPHET ANSWERS YOUR KEY QUESTIONS, PGS 85 - 86 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “First, one must learn to love, to give love to someone or something else. This means a sacrifice of one’s self in the little things for the better interests of another. The next part is one which few reach, because they cannot jump the hurdle of giving. This second step involves the art of receiving love from another. It takes humility to accept it with an open heart. The third, unspoken part is when the love that is given or received is transformed and passed along to someone else. No one can hold on to God’s love and expect to get any more of it. In summary, first one learns to give love; second, to receive it; third whether it’s given or received, the sender or recipient must pass it along. It takes enormous courage to follow where love leads. Its fruits are bittersweet, most certainly. I doubt whether the love of God can really be known by someone who avoids human love.” DATE : JUNE 15, 2008 TOPIC : REMEMBERING THAT OTHERS ARE SOUL TOO READING : HOW THE INNER MASTER WORKS, PG 193 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “Love is a graceful thing…” “Whenever we think we are absolutely right about something, we are probably not. And if we have a little divine goodness in us, maybe instead of being so sure and insisting upon our way, our view point, we will remember that the other person we are dealing with at this moment is also Soul, a divine spark of God. We are very quick to remember, oh, yes I am Soul. Usually this means we are the font wisdom, goodness and truth – that everyone else must look to us, that when someone else begins to speak some kind of common sense if offends us. Because it is going against what we believe, it is going against out opinions, it is going against our knowledge – therefore that person must be flat –out wrong. And we are so sure about it ….. When that happens, we’ve stopped listening to the Voice of God, which is the Holy Spirit. The Voice of God is speaking to us every day, in every way, in the smallest things in our everyday lives.” DATE : JUNE 22, 2008 TOPIC : TRAVELING BACK TO GOD READING : THE SECRET TEACHINGS, PG 5 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “We squeeze what we can out of life. We do it through the ability to tune into Divine Spirit, or ECK, by chanting ( singing) our sacred word. This is how we come into contact with it. not that God lifts our difficulties and our burdens, but God shows us the way to get through them while learning the lessons needed to give us strength. In this way, we become strong enough to walk the road that takes us back home to God” When you ask me as the Living ECK Master to take your burdens, I can walk besides you and help you , but I won’t carry your burdens forever. Gradually, as you get strnger, there comes a time when I give more and more back to you. The tears and the sorrows that life gives us are for our own spiritual development and unfoldment. By development and unfoldment, I mean the growing recognition of ourselves in the true state – as Soul, the divine spark of God”. DATE : JUNE 29, 2008 TOPIC : EAGLES IN ECK READING : UNLOCKING THE PUZZLE BOX, PGS 49 - 50 BY SRI HAROLD KLEMP, THE MAHANTA, THE LIVING ECK MASTER, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF ECKANKAR “We would encourage you to be eagles in ECK, to recognize your heritage as a spiritual being able to rise at will into higher planes of God. When you walk with the Mahanta by your side, you are letting the highest principle in life direct you to the experiences you need. The nights are always followed by days; sorrow is always followed by happiness. The ultimate happiness comes when you are able to move into the higher planes consciously, and then move back and forth between the visible and the invisible worlds as a co-worker with God. This is your destiny; this is your mission.” |
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