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Master is the only
one who can approve an initiation for an ECKist. The First Initiation usually
comes within the first year of study. It is entirely an inner initiation. Sometimes the student of ECK will remember this, and sometimes not. It can occur in the dream state, or it can be experienced
during a spiritual exercise. There is no outer ceremony to mark the First Initiation.
Each person, regardless of his outer
initiation, is capable of spiritual great-ness. Each initiation is an invitation from the Living ECK Master to take the next step on the way home to God.
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The ECK Masters
These ECK Masters are also on every plane and planet in the universes
of God. Their work is to help forward the evolution of humanity, to find and train disciples. They see that these disciples come to the Living ECK Master so that he can take them under his charge to bring about qualities of love and wisdom in this world.
The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad
Book Two
Much has been written about guardian
angels. In fact, there have been so many reports of angelic visitations that national research groups have been formed to
record and investigate the phenomenon.
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Sometimes these angels appear physi-
cally during a life-threatening episode, then disappear. Other times, accompanied by blue or white light, they appear in an inner vision or a dream. Sometimes
they appear as invisible friends to children. One common thread in all these
appearances is that, through the experience, people’s lives are changed for the better.
In Eckankar, these angels are ECK
Masters. You’ve read about several of them already. Eckankar literature is rich
with the stories of people who were helped by the ECK Masters. They include inner healings by Lai Tsi, an ancient Chinese ECK Master, and help during hardship
by a female ECK Master, Kata Daki. And accounts of animals or favorite pets being protected by Prajapati, another ECK
Master. Their appearance makes an im-
pression that lasts a lifetime. Often these occurrences take place before people discover Eckankar for themselves.
Probably the most common occurrence
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is the appearance of the “man in blue” or the appearance of a blue light. This is the Living ECK Master.
The Living ECK Master Belongs
to the Order of the Vairagi,
Providing Guidance Home to God
When the Living ECK Master steps
down from his position, he usually takes on a different mission in the heavenly hierarchy. Shamus-i-Tabriz, who served as the Living ECK Master over four
hundred years ago, now teaches in a
wisdom temple on one of the other planes.
The brotherhood of ECK Masters are
members of the Order of the Vairagi. The Sanskrit word vairag means “detached.”
These Masters are detached from the
passions of this world. Their only mission is to guide Soul home to God. They do not have a social agenda and usually stay
away from political and other causes.
Through the Spiritual Exercises of ECK, many ECKists work with some of these
ECK Masters.
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Harold Klemp’s Link with a
Long Line of Living ECK Masters
The present Living ECK Master,
Harold Klemp, studied under Paul
Twitchell, who studied under numerous
teachers, including the Tibetan Rebazar Tarzs. This unbroken chain reaches
back through time. There have been countless ECK Masters in this lineage. Some have been historical figures, but most have worked silently or with small groups.
You Can Be Free from Fear
A common expression in Eckankar
is that the Master is always with you.
The Mahanta gives spiritual protection in a number of ways. Just like on earth, the inner heavens contain both good and bad elements. Some of us stumble onto
certain areas of the Astral Plane and become frightened. Without knowing why,
other people are plagued by fears throughout their life. And still others, particularly in the developing nations, have
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serious concerns about witchcraft and
voodoo. The Mahanta provides a cloak of protection for his students
one who can approve an initiation for an ECKist. The First Initiation usually
comes within the first year of study. It is entirely an inner initiation. Sometimes the student of ECK will remember this, and sometimes not. It can occur in the dream state, or it can be experienced
during a spiritual exercise. There is no outer ceremony to mark the First Initiation.
Each person, regardless of his outer
initiation, is capable of spiritual great-ness. Each initiation is an invitation from the Living ECK Master to take the next step on the way home to God.
100
11
The ECK Masters
These ECK Masters are also on every plane and planet in the universes
of God. Their work is to help forward the evolution of humanity, to find and train disciples. They see that these disciples come to the Living ECK Master so that he can take them under his charge to bring about qualities of love and wisdom in this world.
The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad
Book Two
Much has been written about guardian
angels. In fact, there have been so many reports of angelic visitations that national research groups have been formed to
record and investigate the phenomenon.
101
Sometimes these angels appear physi-
cally during a life-threatening episode, then disappear. Other times, accompanied by blue or white light, they appear in an inner vision or a dream. Sometimes
they appear as invisible friends to children. One common thread in all these
appearances is that, through the experience, people’s lives are changed for the better.
In Eckankar, these angels are ECK
Masters. You’ve read about several of them already. Eckankar literature is rich
with the stories of people who were helped by the ECK Masters. They include inner healings by Lai Tsi, an ancient Chinese ECK Master, and help during hardship
by a female ECK Master, Kata Daki. And accounts of animals or favorite pets being protected by Prajapati, another ECK
Master. Their appearance makes an im-
pression that lasts a lifetime. Often these occurrences take place before people discover Eckankar for themselves.
Probably the most common occurrence
102
is the appearance of the “man in blue” or the appearance of a blue light. This is the Living ECK Master.
The Living ECK Master Belongs
to the Order of the Vairagi,
Providing Guidance Home to God
When the Living ECK Master steps
down from his position, he usually takes on a different mission in the heavenly hierarchy. Shamus-i-Tabriz, who served as the Living ECK Master over four
hundred years ago, now teaches in a
wisdom temple on one of the other planes.
The brotherhood of ECK Masters are
members of the Order of the Vairagi. The Sanskrit word vairag means “detached.”
These Masters are detached from the
passions of this world. Their only mission is to guide Soul home to God. They do not have a social agenda and usually stay
away from political and other causes.
Through the Spiritual Exercises of ECK, many ECKists work with some of these
ECK Masters.
103
Harold Klemp’s Link with a
Long Line of Living ECK Masters
The present Living ECK Master,
Harold Klemp, studied under Paul
Twitchell, who studied under numerous
teachers, including the Tibetan Rebazar Tarzs. This unbroken chain reaches
back through time. There have been countless ECK Masters in this lineage. Some have been historical figures, but most have worked silently or with small groups.
You Can Be Free from Fear
A common expression in Eckankar
is that the Master is always with you.
The Mahanta gives spiritual protection in a number of ways. Just like on earth, the inner heavens contain both good and bad elements. Some of us stumble onto
certain areas of the Astral Plane and become frightened. Without knowing why,
other people are plagued by fears throughout their life. And still others, particularly in the developing nations, have
104
serious concerns about witchcraft and
voodoo. The Mahanta provides a cloak of protection for his students
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