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ECKANKAR means "Co-worker with God."
It offers ways to explore your own unique and natural relationship with the Divine.
With the personalized study that is a part of ECKANKAR, you get divine guidance to apply in your everyday life and on your journey home to God. The full experience of God is possible in this lifetime!
A Glossary of ECK Terms
ECK. EHK The Life Force, the Holy Spirit, or Audible Life Current which sustains all life.
ECKANKAR. EHK-ahn-kahr Religion of the Light and Sound of God. Also known as the Ancient Science of Soul Travel. A truly spiritual religion for the individual in modern times. The teachings provide a framework for anyone to explore their own spiritual experiences. Established by Paul Twitchell, the modern-day founder, in 1965. The word means "Co-worker with God."
ECK Masters. Spiritual Masters who can assist and protect people in their spiritual studies and travels. The ECK Masters are from a long line of God-Realized Souls who know the responsibility that goes with spiritual freedom.
God-Realization. The state of God Consciousness. Complete and conscious awareness of God.
HU. HYOO The most ancient, secret name for God. The singing of the word HU is considered a love song to God. It can be sung aloud or silently to oneself.
Living ECK Master. The title of the spiritual leader of ECKANKAR. His duty is to lead Souls back to God. The Living ECK Master can assist spiritual students physically as the Outer Master, in the dream state as the Dream Master, and in the spiritual worlds as the Inner Master. Sri Harold Klemp became the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master in 1981.
Mahanta. mah-HAHN-tah A title to describe the highest state of God Consciousness on earth, often embodied in the Living ECK Master. He is the Living Word. An expression of the Spirit of God that is always with you. Sometimes seen as a Blue Light or Blue Star or in the form of the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master.
Self-Realization. Soul recognition. The entering of Soul into the Soul Plane and there beholding Itself as pure Spirit. A state of seeing, knowing, and being.
Soul. The True Self. The inner, most sacred part of each person. Soul exists before birth and lives on after the death of the physical body. As a spark of God, Soul can see, know, and perceive all things. It is the creative center of Its own world.
Soul Travel. The expansion of consciousness. The ability of Soul to transcend the physical body and travel into the spiritual worlds of God. Soul Travel is taught only by the Living ECK Master. It helps people unfold spiritually and can provide proof of the existence of God and life after death.
Sound and Light of ECK. The Holy Spirit. The two aspects through which God appears in the lower worlds. People can experience them by looking and listening within themselves and through Soul Travel.
Spiritual Exercises of ECK. The daily practice of certain techniques to get us in touch with the Light and Sound of God.
Sugmad. SOOG-mahd A sacred name for God. Sugmad is neither masculine nor feminine; It is the source of all life.
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