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SoulAdventureAn ECKANKARSpiritualStress ReliefTechniques and Inspirationto Survive and Thrive“The purpose of divine love is toencourage your independenceand ability to survive and thrive.Sri Harold Klemp
What Is an ECKSoul Adventure?Spiritual experiencestouch us at the verycore of our being.You are Soul—an eternal, unique,divine spark of God.As Soul, you havethe God knowledge within you.A Soul adventure can awaken you to moreof the love, wisdom, and creative powersalready within you. And in the most naturaland extraordinary ways.The word Eckankar means “Co-worker withGod.” It is the Path of Spiritual Freedom.This eBooklet offers inspiration, stories,tips, and spiritual exercises for exploring aunique perspective on spiritual stress relief.
Meet Sri Harold KlempSri Harold Klemp is the spiritual leaderof Eckankar—the Mahanta, the LivingECK Master. His role is to awaken theknowledge and love for the divine thingsthat are already in your heart.He gives spiritual help via talks and writings,in the dream state, and in the spiritualworlds.“Graceful livingis to realizeeverythingthat comesinto your life isfor the good.Sri HaroldKlemp
The Tensions of LivingBy Sri Harold KlempThere was once a Zen master. He had asmall band of followers who looked tohim for guidance. One of them had asmall son. This son wanted a horse verybadly. So, after some time, the parentswere able to get the money together, andthey got him a horse.His friends said, “That’s good!” But the Zenmaster said, “We’ll see.”Some years later, when he was fifteenyears old, the young man was riding hishorse. As he was riding, he fell off andbroke his leg. It mended poorly so that healways walked with a limp.His friends said, “That’s bad.” The Zenmaster said, “We’ll see.”Then the war broke out. Anybody who waseligible to be drafted was drafted. Youngmen from the neighborhood all had to go,
except for this young man who had injuredhimself during the fall from his horse.So when the neighbors and friends heardthe young man was exempt because of hisleg, they said, “That’s wonderful!” The Zenmaster said, “We’ll see.”Tension. What did this Zen master mean? Itdidn’t seem to bode well. But that’s life.The other day on the radio, I heard someonetalking about a writer. He said the tensionsof life are very real because no one knowswhat’s going to happen in the next threehours. That’s how it is when you don’t knowwhat’s going to happen, what’s to come.Life is a delicious morsel, because younever really know what’s going to happen.At certain times in your life, things aremore up in the air than at other times.When they are, you’re living on the edge.Your nerves are frayed, or sometimesyou’re being pushed too fast for whatyou can do. If you don’t get itdone, you wonder, then what?Because you don’t know.
These are the tensions of living.This is what the world is for. It’sa place filled with such tensions.Why? Because it’s the nature ofkarma. This is a schoolroom.It’s a garden, really. It’s agarden where everyonecan grow spirituallyaccording to his own lights.W hatchallengein your lifehas actuallybrought youa blessing ?Each of us here is growing—unfolding ismore proper—at our own spiritual pace.I’ll even go so far as to say that the HolySpirit is directing each of our lives. It willlead you, and has led you, into the very lifeand circumstances you need—the oneswhich are very good for you. You may notthink so, but they’re very good for you.Maybe not materially or emotionally ormentally, but spiritually they’re very goodfor you. }
T ryaS piritual E xerciseRelax and RestoreBy Sri Harold KlempThe mind can overreact to the rush ofeveryday living, leaving us on edge and outof sorts. We forget that help is as near as afew moments in contemplation.At least once a day, let the Sound and Lightof God enliven you with spiritual impulses.Gently sing HU, and the silent wind of Godwill enter the sacred temple of consciousnessin your heart.How to Sing HUWith eyes open or closed, take a few deepbreaths to relax. Then begin to sing HU(pronounce like the word hue) in a long,drawn-out sound: HU-U-U-U. Take anotherbreath, and sing HU again. You can continuefor up to twenty minutes.
Sing HU with a feeling of love, and it willgradually open your heart to God.Once tensions relax, it is just momentsuntil the healing current of Spirit begins torestore you.“HU represents the enormous lovethat the Creator has for Its creation.Sri Harold KlempHUSacred Sound—Ancient Mantra
Nowhere to Go but UpBy David SimonMy job as a helicopter pilot for theDepartment of Natural Resources inWashington State was quite routine—unless there was a forest fire. Oneafternoon, I was called to help put out ablaze roaring out of control.All went well. But suddenly, during my thirdtrip into a remote canyon to drop a bucketof hundreds of gallons of water, the windshifted.As I released the water onto the fire andpulled hard to climb out of the canyon, thehelicopter balked. I pulled all the power Icould, mindful of the steep canyon wallsand the fire below. Blades churninguselessly, the helicopter failed to respond.I could see the fire below me.As I slipped closer to the canyon wall and aninevitable crash, I realized the odds of making it out alive were practically nonexistent.
The helicopter was now inches from thewall.OK, Mahanta, I thought, focusing on thedivine love of my spiritual guide.If it’s my time, at least I get toE vergo doing something I love.try to letgo of asituationJust as I spoke these wordsand let loveof surrender, a force tookhandle it ?hold of the helicopter.Suddenly it was scoopedup as if by a giant hand, likea child lifts a toy. The aircraft rose over thecanyon rim, away from the fire and thesheer cliff walls. I worried about the rotorscatching on the treetops, but I passedthem with ease too. Even my water bucket,which could have easily caught on one ofthe trees and pulled me back into thecanyon, swung free, trailing at the end ofits twenty-foot line and gliding perfectlybetween two trees.I landed my aircraft, shaken and amazed atwhat had just happened. None of the otherpilots would believe me if I told them! Suchan event defied the laws of physics.
But, I realized, not the laws of Divine Spirit.With gratitude, I thanked the Mahanta forrescuing both me and my aircraft that day.Miracles are possible, whenever we cansurrender to the spirit of love. }“Every experience is a teacher. Keepup with your spiritual exercises. Theyopen your heart to love divine.Sri Harold Klemp
Soul Adventure Questionsfor Sri HaroldHow can I improve myintuition, especially in theseconfusing and challenging times?We can get so upset about the social,political, spiritual, and religious issues thatwe lose our balance.Our political leaders may say, “What is up isdown, and what is down is up.” By chantingHU, you keep your perspective. You say,“This is the ash can of the universe, but weare here to do the best we can, to make it agarden if possible.”Sing HU. It can allow—through dreamexperiences, intuition, or othermeans—a way for the InnerY ou canMaster to get through to you. raise yourThe Inner Master can letspiritual IQyou know which way’swith HU—up and which way’sa love songdown—really.to G od .
Often the Master will say, “Hey, this stuffhas been going on for centuries. And it’sgoing to go on for centuries more.”F or reflection :If you recognize that this isH as the powerpart of the human conditionof intuitionand can accept it, if you canhelped you in ado that and keep yourtime of crises ?wits when others aroundyou are losing theirs, thenyou’ve gained spiritually in this lifetime.These things are the realities of everydayliving. These are the things that test Soul.These are the things that test you.HU can protect. HU can give love. HU canheal. It can give peace of mind. Thatdoesn’t mean forever. It just means that ifyou face a crisis of one kind or another,remember to chant HU.HUSacred Sound—Ancient Mantra
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tips, and spiritual exercises for exploring a unique perspective on spiritual stress relief. MEEt srI harold KlEMp Sri Harold Klemp is the spiritual leader of Eckankar—the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master. His role
