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Disappointment in Others on the Path
Today I feel discouraged. While browsing a spiritual forum online, from members of the Eckankar faith, I came across a comment. The comment from an Eckankar member blasted the new Mahanta. It was trivial frustrations. This person felt that the leader of Eckankar took his time to get on stage when he was introduced, hasn’t…
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I love you for who you used to be
When I was a Buddhist, I adored the way they found compassion for all sentient life. Let’s face it, it isn’t easy. While it’s easy to love your children, your siblings, your best friend, it is quite another thing to love your enemies, or those people diametrically opposed to what you consider “right” or “ethical.”…
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Dream: The game
I had a dream last night. Much of it is forgotten. But what I do recall I was participating in a challenge, a game if you will. There were teams and many contestants. Unknown to us at the time, the game was life or death. In the dream I saw other teams fail, and they…
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“The wise never give thought for the dead…”
From the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad is a passage (on page 135 in the leather bound version), that states the following: 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…
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Inebriation
Like many other traditions, Eckankar has warnings about the use of alcohol and tobacco. These are not morality constraints. These are not “you shall not do this,” commandments, but they are warnings about the spiritual consequence of inebriation and intoxication. I pondered on this, and wondered how such a thing could negatively affect the spiritual…
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Dream: Golden Warriors
I have a lot of dreams, but. I rarely remember them. Once I wake up the dream washes away like the withdraw of an ocean tide. But this dream I did remember the core parts. At first I thought it nonsense, until I remembered some key elements. I’m going to write out what I recall…
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A Story About Ants
There once was a colony of ants living on a piece of wood. The wood wasn’t rooted to earth, so the ants couldn’t dig deep. Instead the ants built upwards. Using leaves and debris, they would construct living spaces. The ants would fight for power. Some wanted a new queen to lead them, while others,…
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Karma: The Source of Anger
This month’s discourse is on Karma. In this morning’s reflection, the Inner Master prompted me to ask why I get angry at others. Why do I get frustrated all the time with the news, with social media, with the opinions of others? Looking at it more carefully, I get upset with other people, when I…
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Worldly Focus vs Heavenly Doctrine
Did you know that the word carnal, comes from the root word, “carn” (of the flesh)? Today the word carnal is often used as a synonym for lustful. This is important when we contrast the word carnival, which means the opposite: carn (flesh) and levare (removal). [https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/ogaxt6/origin_of_carnival/] Carnival was a historic reference to a festival…
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I’m not here to Fix Them
My personality has a problem where I try and “fix” people. When I witness bad behavior, especially hypocrisy, I feel the need to get involved and expose it. This leads to triggering someone, and then a series of back and forth responses escalate. This exact situation happened recently, and I found advice in a waking…
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