Masthead Design Paul D. Lemke ECKANKAR Masthead Design Paul D. Lemke A NCIENT W ISDOM FOR T ODAY Who Is the Inner Master? by Robin Dickson M any years ago, I had a vivid dream experience. A man was showing me how to fly like a bird! I had read about dreams of flying, and wanted to experience this type of freedom in a dream. When the man came up to me, in my lucid dream, I sensed such a familiarity with him that I quickly embraced him. Then I asked him, “You’re going to be with me for a while?” I didn’t realize it at the time, but this was one of my first conscious contacts with the Inner Master in this lifetime— where I agreed that he could be with me and begin to instruct me directly. Did you know you too have an “Inner Master,” a spiritual guide who has been with you ever since you came into this world? “The Inner Master is the matrix that the Holy Spirit forms. The Mahanta is the Inner Master, the inner side. The Living ECK Master is the outer side.” — Harold Klemp, How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times, Mahanta Transcripts Book 16, p. 226. The current Mahanta, the Living ECK Master (ECK is another name for the Holy Spirit) is Harold Klemp. He acts as both the Inner and Outer Master for members of Eckankar. But, as the Mahanta, he is the expression of the Spirit of God that is always with you, and me, as well as all other Souls. We are not abandoned orphans on this earthly world: An Inner and Outer Master, or spiritual guide, is always designated by God because it is the Master’s job to gather up and assist the Souls who are ready to return home to God. In fact, this is spiritual law—when the student is ready, the Master appears. Even in a dream of flying! A member of Eckankar who lives in the Cleveland area is very grateful for the Mahanta, the Inner Master. She shared that, “Having the Mahanta as my inner Master and guide is the best gift I have received in this lifetime. No one has loved me more. When he said, ‘I am as close to you as the beat of your own heart,’ I knew this was the path for me. My life really began at the age of 32 when I was desperately seeking God. That's when the nightly visits of the ECK Masters began. They came and opened my spiritual eyes, and my heart. Over time I became less fearful and more News of ECKANKAR events in Ohio, published by: Ohio Satsang Society, Inc. A Chartered Affiliate of ECKANKAR. January - February - March 2015 accepting of their presence and guidance. Through the presence of the Mahanta I have experienced divine love. I learned to love myself, to love God, and to love others. I have learned so much, and there's so much more to learn. The Mahanta is always with me. He is always loving, always guiding, always protecting me. Thank you, Mahanta!” You are invited to explore the many articles and books-the “outer” writings--of Harold Klemp, available online at www.Eckankar.org and at local bookstores. Or, you can make conscious contact with the Mahanta, the inner form of the Holy Spirit, with a simple spiritual exercise called The Easy Way: Just before going to bed at night concentrate your attention on the Spiritual Eye, that place between the eyebrows. Chant HU [pronounced as hue] or God inwardly and silently. Hold your attention on a black screen in the inner vision, and keep it free of any pictures if at all possible. If you need a substitute for mental pictures flashing up unwantedly, put the image of the Living ECK Master in place of them. After a few minutes of this, you may hear a faint clicking sound in one ear or the sound of a cork popping. You will suddenly find yourself outside the physical body, looking back at it in the room. Now you are ready for a short journey in the other worlds. — continued on page 4 2015 Ohio ECKANKAR Regional Seminar planned for June 20 & 21 — see page 4 for more information! In this issue 2 .............................................ECK Worship Services 3 ...........................Introductory ECKANKAR Events 3 ...............................ECKANKAR Resources in Ohi0 4 .......................................Open Spiritual Discussions 5 ......................Protection from the “Storms” of Life 6 .....Important Subscription & Renewal Information 1.800.891.7713 / EckankarOhio.org Spiritual Rhythms — Page 2 January - February - March 2015 The ECK Worship Service You are warmly invited to attend the ECK Worship Services listed. Each service focuses on an aspect of Eckankar. The ECK Worship Service often features a reading from the ECK works; singing HU (an ancient name for God), talks, music, and a group discussion of spiritual principles at work in daily life. The service lasts about an hour. Join others seeking to bring more insight and divine love into their lives at this special celebration of the Light and Sound of God. The Temple of ECK in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Area/Location Akron/Canton Sippo Lake Clubhouse 5300 Tyner Street NE Canton, OH 44708 Greater Cincinnati Anderson Center Station I-275 (exit 69), north 1.8 mi. on right 7832 Five Mile Road Cincinnati, OH 45230-2356 Date Time Topic 2-1-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. God’s Love in Action Contact: Ohio Eckankar information line 1.800.891.7713 1-11-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Soul Travel: Direct Experiences with the Light and Sound of God 2-8-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. How Do You Measure Truth? 3-8-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Was That a Gift from God? Contact: Ohio Eckankar information line 1.800.891.7713 Greater Cleveland 1-4-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. A Clear Message Holiday Inn 6001 Rockside Road Independence, OH 44131 2-1-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Allow Others Freedom to Be 3-1-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Spiritual Survival for a Changing World 1-25-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Slow Burning Love of God Nordson Depot 671 Franklin Avenue Amherst, OH 44001 Contact: Ohio Eckankar information line 1.800.891.7713 Columbus 1-4-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. What's in Your Spiritual Tool Box? ECKANKAR Center - Columbus 1395 East Dublin-Granville Road Suite 315 Columbus, OH 43229 2-1-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. What Is Spiritual Healing? 3-1-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Spirituality in Busy Times Contact: Center phone line 614.840.0640 Dayton 1-25-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. What Is the Light and Sound of God? Quality Inn & Suites 3661 Maxton Road Meeting Room Dayton, OH 45414 2-22-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Making This Lifetime Count 3-22-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. What Can Dreams Teach Us? Toledo Holiday Inn French Quarter Club Car Room at Depot Entrance 10630 Fremont Pike Perrysburg, OH 43551 Contact: Dayton information line 937.640.0955 1-11-2015 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Path of Love Contact: Ohio Eckankar information line 1.800.891.7713 Spiritual Rhythms — Page 3 January - February - March 2015 Community HU Songs in Ohio FREE Eckankar Workshop Amherst - Sundays, February 22, March 22, 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Contact: Ohio Eckankar information line 1.800.891.7713 Nordson Depot, 671 Franklin Avenue, Amherst, OH 44001 Past Lives, Dreams, and Soul Travel – Keys to Spiritual Truth Cincinnati - Sundays, January 11, February 8, March 8, 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Contact: Cincinnati information line 1.800.891.7713 Anderson Center Station, I-275 (exit 69), north 1.8 mi. on right. 7832 Five Mile Road, Cincinnati, OH 45230 Based on the book by Harold Klemp, spiritual leader of Eckankar, Ancient Wisdom for Today. Columbus - Sundays, January 11, February 8, March 8, 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Contact: Center phone line 614.840.0640 ECKANKAR Center - Columbus, 1395 East DublinGranville Road, Suite 315, Columbus, OH 43229 Explore your natural ability to find love, wisdom, and freedom in your life. Dayton - Sundays, January 25, February 22, March 22, 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Contact: Dayton information line 937.640.0955 Quality Inn and Suites, 3661 Maxton Road, Meeting Room, Dayton, OH 45414 Independence - Sundays, January 4, February 1, March 1, 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Contact: Ohio Eckankar information line 1.800.891.7713 Holiday Inn, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, OH 44131 Toledo - Sundays, January 4, February 1, March 1, 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Contact: 1.800.891.7713 Private Residence Learn how to use spiritual tools to help you: • Recall and resolve past-life lessons. • Interpret your dreams. • Move closer to the heart of God via Soul Travel! Saturday, February 21, 2015 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (Dayton South) Buckeye Room, 7701 Washington Village Drive, Dayton, OH 45459 (off I-675 & Route 725) ECKANKAR Resources in Ohio ECKANKAR Online Call Us Toll Free: 1.800.891.7713 Call to request a free information packet. Main ECKANKAR Web Site: www.Eckankar.org ECKANKAR in Ohio: www.EckankarOhio.org ECKANKAR Center-Columbus 1395 East Dublin-Granville Road Suite 315, Columbus, OH 43229 614.840.0640 ECKANKAR in Ohio Email: [email protected] Greater Dayton: 937.640.0955 ECKANKAR Worldwide Toll Free: 1.800.LOVE.GOD EckankarOhio.org for smart device users. Spiritual Rhythms — Page 4 Who Is the Inner Master? — continued from page 1 There is nothing to fear, for no harm can come to you while outside the body. Although you may not know it, the Mahanta will be standing by to keep watch over your progress. After a while the Soul body will return and slide gently into the physical self with hardly more than a very light jolt. If this is not successful the first time, try it again, for the technique works. It has worked for others. —Harold Klemp, The Spiritual Exercises of ECK, p. 237 January - February - March 2015 Eckankar in Cleveland Invites you to join us at the Gift of Light Expo March 28th, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. March 29th, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds 19201 E. Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights OH 44130 Contact: Cleveland information line 1.800.891.7713 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Discover answers for yourself. Listen to the sound of HU, a love song to God. Pick up free books and/or HU CD. Spin the Spiritual Wisdom Wheel for insights and answers. Learn more about Eckankar. Save the Date! Harold Klemp, the spiritual leader of Eckankar. June 20-21, 2015 Ohio ECKANKAR Regional Seminar Open Spiritual Discussions Eckankar, Ancient Wisdom for Today Guest Speaker: Anne Archer Butcher, Greater Dayton All events held at: Bryan Center 100 Dayton Street, Rooms A/B, 2nd Floor Yellow Springs, OH 45387 Contact: 937.640.0955 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Friday, January 9 Discover Ancient Wisdom for Today 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Friday, March 13 & 27 Exploring: Spiritual Wisdom on Dreams Greater Cleveland All events held at: Independence Branch Library 6361 Selig Drive, Independence, OH 44131 Contact: 1.800.891.7713 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Thursday, January 22 Spiritual Wisdom on Dreams 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Thursday, February 26 Spiritual Wisdom on Karma & Reincarnation 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19 Spiritual Wisdom on Health & Healing Author of Inner Guidance: Our Divine Birthright Anne shares astounding stories about inner guidance working in her life along with tips and tools to help you connect with and benefit from your own inner guidance. A spiritually richer and more confident life is yours for the asking. For more info about the book, visit InnerGuidanceBook.org. Embassy Suites Hotel 5100 Upper Metro Place Dublin, OH 43017 The 2015 April, May, June edition of Spiritual Rhythms will include seminar program and registration information. Visit EckankarOhio.org for updates. If you have questions, call our toll free line: 1.800.891.7713, or email us: [email protected]. Spiritual Rhythms — Page 5 January - February - March 2015 Protection from the “Storms” of Life actually sang it together in the cafe with her. The owner sat nearby and just listened. He told us, after we had finished, that the song was the most beautiful one he had ever heard! He said that he was by C.V. no longer afraid either. He decided that there might be others afraid during the stormy weather, and they y friend and I decided to drive all the way would need a place to stop, eat and just get calm, so he down the coast of California to the location of a decided to keep the café open. We continued our regional Eckankar seminar. It was going to be a drive travel, with the lady in the café whom we had just met of about seven hours, so we had to leave early. following us all the way to the seminar. Weather reports were calling for huge storms with That night we saw a story on the news about the rain and winds. Since we had already decided to go, storms. In the area where we had first pulled off the we both sat down and spent some time doing a road and thought to wait out the storm, the flooding spiritual exercise, something that would help us stay was so bad that our car would have been swept off the uplifted and calm during the long trip. We did not road due to the flash flooding in that area! want to let our fears or anxieties get in the way of the Avoiding the dangerous flooding was the first of beauty of the drive down the coast, the many gifts the Mahanta gave however, we realized that we also us on our journey. Meeting the needed to stay alert due to the lady who was afraid to go on was weather. another gift. We shared about About halfway into our drive, singing HU, which helped all of us the winds and rain began to get to a calmer mental and emotional stronger. We pulled off on the side place so we could continue on to of the road to decide whether or our destination. The owner of the not to keep driving or stay where cafe was able to overcome his fears we were. So, again, we decided to too, and kept his cafe open in case do a spiritual exercise and sing HU others needed help. (pronounced as in hue), an ancient The final gift was amazing! At name for God that allows each the end of the news story, the person to move themselves into a newscaster showed a very unusual calmer, higher state of picture of the clouds in the sky We felt greatly blessed to know that there right over our hotel during the consciousness. is always help if we ask the Inner Master. During the spiritual exercise, I worst of the storm. He even asked the Mahanta, my Inner commented that this might have Master, for guidance. We sang HU for about ten been some kind of “protection from above.” You see, the minutes and, just then, another driver pulled over next clouds resembled a giant open hand just hovering over to us and rolled down his window. “You need to keep the hotel where the seminar was being held! The driving, the storm is less bad up ahead and there are flood cloud lasted until 11:00 p.m., when the storm finally warnings around here!” he yelled. blew itself out. The next morning, the sky was So, we took that as a direct message from the brilliant and clear and free from all the terrors of the Mahanta and drove on. weather the day before. We felt greatly blessed to Later we stopped for lunch and pulled into a small know that there is always help, always protection cafe that was still open. There was one other car from the storms of life, if we ask the Inner Master. there. When we entered, the owner said, “I was just about to close because of the bad storm, but the two of you and this other person look like you could use something to eat.” he higher you go in awareness, the more you We looked over and saw another lady eating a expect of yourself because Divine Spirit is sandwich. We joined her and found out she was saying to you, “There is a better way to do it.” travelling to the same seminar and this was her first It gently nudges you to bring out the best. time attending an Eckankar event! She was terrified —Harold Klemp, The Language of Soul, p. 88 of the storm and was about to turn back home. We talked with her about singing the word HU and M T Spiritual Rhythms — Page 6 January - February - March 2015 How to Continue Receiving information about Eckankar Events in Ohio Internet: You can access the Ohio Eckankar newsletter, Spiritual Rhythms, at www.EckankarOhio.org. To receive quarterly email notificaton of new editions, email your request to [email protected]. Please include your email address. Members of Eckankar can also request email notification of the member’s edition at [email protected]. U. S. Mail: To receive a mailed copy of this newsletter, complete the form below and mail to Ohio Satsang Society, Inc. Nonmembers can receive the newsletter FREE for one year. Members of Eckankar are requested to please donate as your are able to cover the cost of materials and distribution for all editions. Please make your check payable to Ohio Satsang Society, Inc. 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