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Low Hanging Hook
I had a dream the other night… during the day I was working through Lesson 10 of “The Easy Way Discourses.” This lesson is about causality. The lesson’s exercise was to chant “MANA” and ask the Mahanta for guidance on an illness, etc. The idea being to help the student understand causality. I did the…
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Discourse 10: I’ve been looking at the shadows…
Lately, my social media feed has been catering to everything I’m not. It’s a feed of Christian nationalism. A feed of opinions that trigger me, that frustrate me. I find that sometimes I log in to an alt account and begin arguing with people online. Despite the motto to communicate when: it’s necessary, true and…
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Worldly Peace returns to Unhappiness
Worldly peace can bring only the pain and unhappiness of life, for all peace is a momentary stilling of the senses which builds up a greater desire and bewilderment for the chela. He who detaches himself from the worldly peace of life shall achieve inner peace and shall be worthy of entering into the kingdom…
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When the World get’s you down, read this
The wise never give thought for the dead, nor for the living, in sentimental emotions. That which belongs to matter, heat and cold, pain and pleasure, and the values of beauty and ugliness, is impermanent. They come and they go, and nothing shall halt them, for these are the elements of the Kal, the negative…
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Attachment and the Shariyat Ki Sugmad
One day I was struggling with my views on people who are attached to this world. This was likely something bothering me, due to my own attachments. There are times that the Shariyat opens to exactly the right passage. In this case I sat in my meditation space and opened the Shariyat and it randomly…
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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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