The Mahanta Is the Dream Master • Dreams Help Us in Daily Life • Dreams Help Spiritual Unfoldment •
Karma Can Be Resolved in the Dream State •
Dream Symbols Are Individual • Dream Characters Represent Aspects of the Dreamer
•There Are Many Levels of Dreaming
•Dreams Can Prophesy • Keep a Dream Journal • The Purpose of Dreams Is to Bring the Individual Closer to the Light and Sound of God
v
4. Karma ................................................ 37
The Law of Karma Is Scientific and Logical •
Understanding Karma Can Liberate Us from Being a Victim • You Can Be Free of Karma •
Karma Metes Out Perfect Justice • We Are Responsible • Experience Teaches Us • Spiritual Maturity Comes When We Realize We Are the Creator of Our Own Life
5. Reincarnation .................................... 45
Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences Have Helped People Live Life More Fully •
Heaven Exists on Other Planes • Reincarnation Helps Explain Aspects of Our Personalities • Reincarnation Is a Widely Held Belief •
Soul Is Always Moving Forward • We’ve Been Here Before • There Is a Reason for the Veil Separating Us from the Past • We Often Return to Be with Family and Friends from Before • Past-Life Memory Is Accessible •
The Physical Plane Is a School of Life 6. The God Worlds of ECK .................... 55
Soul Travel Makes It Possible to Achieve God-Realization in This Lifetime • The Soul Plane • Gain Spiritual Understanding from the Temples of Golden Wisdom • The Astral Plane • The Causal Plane • The Mental Plane
• The Etheric Plane
7. Love ................................................... 65
Divine Love Needs No Words to Communicate
• What Can We Learn from Norman about
Divine Love? • Love Is Simple • Know Greater Love through the Golden Heart
vi
8. The ECK-Vidya ................................. 73
Man Always Wants to Know the Future • All Life Is Cyclical • ECK-Vidya Looks into Soul Records — Past, Present, and Future • This Is a Warring Planet, but That’s OK • Never Use Knowledge to Manipulate Others • Golden-tongued Wisdom • The Waking Dream
9. Solving Problems .............................. 83
The Fine Art of Knowing When to Give Up •
HU Will Help You • Use the Shariyat Technique for Well-Being and Happiness
10. Initiations .......................................... 91
Initiation Links Soul to the Audible Life Stream • How Many Initiations Are There? •
Each of Us Enters Eckankar with a Different State of Consciousness • The Initiation Process • Initiation Pace and Frequency Vary •
Each Initiation Corresponds to a Different Plane of Existence • Consciousness Has to Be Earned Moment to Moment • The Rules
Change from Plane to Plane • The Real Initiation Occurs Inside • Initiations Are Private and Sacred • Each Initiation Is an Invitation from the Living ECK Master to Take the Next Step on the Way Home to God
11. The ECK Masters ........................... 101
The Living ECK Master Belongs to the Order of the Vairagi, Providing Guidance Home to God • Harold Klemp’s Link with a Long Line of Living ECK Masters • You Can Be Free from Fear • We Are Never Given More Than We Can Handle • The Living ECK Master
vii
Grants Total Spiritual Freedom to His Students • There Is Always a Living ECK Master
• Few Religions Resemble the Spiritual Teaching Given by the Founders • With the Living ECK Master as Guide, We Experience Only What Is Necessary for Spiritual Growth • The Mahanta Is the Inner Form of the Living ECK
Master • The Living ECK Master Is Not
Worshiped • The Living ECK Master Takes on Karma but Doesn’t Relieve It • It’s Natural to Question • The ECKist’s Goal Is Spiritual Mastery
12. The Play of Soul .............................. 111
Eckankar Is a Living Religion • Prove It for Yourself • Understand Who You Really Are •
Become Liberated from Being the Victim
Karma Can Be Resolved in the Dream State •
Dream Symbols Are Individual • Dream Characters Represent Aspects of the Dreamer
•There Are Many Levels of Dreaming
•Dreams Can Prophesy • Keep a Dream Journal • The Purpose of Dreams Is to Bring the Individual Closer to the Light and Sound of God
v
4. Karma ................................................ 37
The Law of Karma Is Scientific and Logical •
Understanding Karma Can Liberate Us from Being a Victim • You Can Be Free of Karma •
Karma Metes Out Perfect Justice • We Are Responsible • Experience Teaches Us • Spiritual Maturity Comes When We Realize We Are the Creator of Our Own Life
5. Reincarnation .................................... 45
Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences Have Helped People Live Life More Fully •
Heaven Exists on Other Planes • Reincarnation Helps Explain Aspects of Our Personalities • Reincarnation Is a Widely Held Belief •
Soul Is Always Moving Forward • We’ve Been Here Before • There Is a Reason for the Veil Separating Us from the Past • We Often Return to Be with Family and Friends from Before • Past-Life Memory Is Accessible •
The Physical Plane Is a School of Life 6. The God Worlds of ECK .................... 55
Soul Travel Makes It Possible to Achieve God-Realization in This Lifetime • The Soul Plane • Gain Spiritual Understanding from the Temples of Golden Wisdom • The Astral Plane • The Causal Plane • The Mental Plane
• The Etheric Plane
7. Love ................................................... 65
Divine Love Needs No Words to Communicate
• What Can We Learn from Norman about
Divine Love? • Love Is Simple • Know Greater Love through the Golden Heart
vi
8. The ECK-Vidya ................................. 73
Man Always Wants to Know the Future • All Life Is Cyclical • ECK-Vidya Looks into Soul Records — Past, Present, and Future • This Is a Warring Planet, but That’s OK • Never Use Knowledge to Manipulate Others • Golden-tongued Wisdom • The Waking Dream
9. Solving Problems .............................. 83
The Fine Art of Knowing When to Give Up •
HU Will Help You • Use the Shariyat Technique for Well-Being and Happiness
10. Initiations .......................................... 91
Initiation Links Soul to the Audible Life Stream • How Many Initiations Are There? •
Each of Us Enters Eckankar with a Different State of Consciousness • The Initiation Process • Initiation Pace and Frequency Vary •
Each Initiation Corresponds to a Different Plane of Existence • Consciousness Has to Be Earned Moment to Moment • The Rules
Change from Plane to Plane • The Real Initiation Occurs Inside • Initiations Are Private and Sacred • Each Initiation Is an Invitation from the Living ECK Master to Take the Next Step on the Way Home to God
11. The ECK Masters ........................... 101
The Living ECK Master Belongs to the Order of the Vairagi, Providing Guidance Home to God • Harold Klemp’s Link with a Long Line of Living ECK Masters • You Can Be Free from Fear • We Are Never Given More Than We Can Handle • The Living ECK Master
vii
Grants Total Spiritual Freedom to His Students • There Is Always a Living ECK Master
• Few Religions Resemble the Spiritual Teaching Given by the Founders • With the Living ECK Master as Guide, We Experience Only What Is Necessary for Spiritual Growth • The Mahanta Is the Inner Form of the Living ECK
Master • The Living ECK Master Is Not
Worshiped • The Living ECK Master Takes on Karma but Doesn’t Relieve It • It’s Natural to Question • The ECKist’s Goal Is Spiritual Mastery
12. The Play of Soul .............................. 111
Eckankar Is a Living Religion • Prove It for Yourself • Understand Who You Really Are •
Become Liberated from Being the Victim
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