Life has a way of teaching us better."
—Harold Klemp

"The tests of Spirit are unlimited. They reach you in a totally unique way."
—Harold Klemp

"We learn very soon that no matter what happens to us, the purpose is to teach us more about the laws of Divine Spirit."
—Harold Klemp

"The creative imagination gives us a way to make our dreams come true."
—Harold Klemp

The experiences of life teach truth.

Sri Harold Klemp
Love—The Keystone of Life

Change means going from one state of consciousness to another. And this involves adjustments, which in most cases mean trouble. Adjustments equal trouble.

But when you get to the other side, all of a sudden you realize that things are better. That this life, this state, this new condition existed alongside the original one all along.

Sri Harold Klemp
The Awakened Heart

"We're using our creativity to learn how to work with Divine Spirit, how to come into harmony with life around us."
—Harold Klemp

"Being a Coworker with God means continuing to develop—not just your creative powers, but your capacity to love."
—Harold Klemp

Life is acknowledged to be a stormy sea. Yet so often when the boat rocks we fly into a panic, as if a boat shouldn’t rock in a storm.

Sri Harold Klemp
The Spiritual Life

benodic:
"It really makes very little difference what we choose to do with our talents and interests." —Harold Klemp

i don't really get what you mean here, will appreciate more explanation.

@ Templee333

"It really makes very little difference what we choose to do with our talents and interests." —Harold Klemp

i don't really get what you mean here, will appreciate more explanation

It doesn't matter what you want to do with your talents. What matters is the lessons of love you are learning as you go about your life. For that is the real reason you are here on earth in the first place.

benodic:
"A simple spiritual exercise called The Easy Way is one way of opening to the more bountiful life of Spirit."
-Harold Klemp

And what,please, is the easy way?

@ Templee333

benodic:
"A simple spiritual exercise called The Easy Way is one way of opening to the more bountiful life of Spirit."
-Harold Klemp

And what,please, is the easy way

The easy way spiritual exercise is as follows:
Make yourself comfortable in a seat or lying down.
Fill your heart with love. Remember all the things in your life you are grateful for.
Close your eyes and put your attention on the spiritual eye which is the space between the two eyebrows.
Then take a deep breath and with the outgoing breath sing the love song to God HU in a long drawn out manner as long as your breath can carry.
Repeat this for at least 20 minutes and go into a quiet contemplation and listen for the sound and look gently into your spiritual eye for the light of God.
Do this exercise before you sleep at night and when you wake up in the morning.
This spiritual exercise starts to gently open you up to the Divine Love of God

"Through our experiences here on earth, Soul develops the beauty and grace It needs to become a Co-worker with God."
—Harold Klemp

"What is the greatest blessing? The gift of life itself."
—Harold Klemp

"God's blessings are always with you. You just need the eyes to see and the ears to hear."
—Harold Klemp

Is God and soul the same thing? If not what is/are the difference(s)?

@ Templee333

Is God and soul the same thing? If not what is/are the difference(s)?

Soul is not God but soul is God-like.
A miniature god because it shares all the qualities of God.
God is the totality of everything. from It everything was created and in It all have existence.

These concepts are for the mind. To fully comprehend these concepts you need to experience them.
You need to see yourself as soul which we call Self Realization for you to have an inkling of what soul really is.

You then need to go further to experience God which we call God- realization. These experiences are difficult to put into words.
Because in the pure spiritual worlds the mind from which language springs from can not operate in those worlds.
This is the reason we encourage people to make effort to have these experiences for themselves

benodic:
"Life is truly meeting ourselves. The complaints we have of others are reflections of our own deficiencies."
--Harold Klemp

I don't completely get what you mean here. More explanation please

@ Templee333

"Life is truly meeting ourselves. The complaints we have of others are reflections of our own deficiencies."
--Harold Klemp

I don't completely get what you mean here. More explanation please

This is in line with the law of consciousness.
Whatever you see in another person is a reflection of who you are. Life shows you a mirror of yourself through those around you.

That is why we say if you don't like what you are seeing around you or the way people are behaving towards you it means there is a deficiency in you that needs to be changed.

That is also why it is said that the people gets the leader they deserve.
The leader reflects the consciousness of the people. Yet you see the people complaining bitterly about their leaders but put them in the same role, they will do worse.

"And as we bless this day, we realize it was another opportunity to grow: to see, to know, to be."
—Harold Klemp

benodic:
"Earth is a classroom that brings about the spiritual maturity of Soul."
--Harold Klemp

does this mean that every soul must live on earth? In other words, i want to understand whether all souls (past and presence ) who reached enlightenment has lived on earth.

benodic:
Divine Spirit helps those who are ready to drop some habit that's standing in their way on the spiritual path to God."
--Harold Klemp

are these habits the five passions you've been talking about? Or if not, what habits are they?

@ Templee333

Divine Spirit helps those who are ready to drop some habit that's standing in their way on the spiritual path to God."
--Harold Klemp

are these habits the five passions you've been talking about? Or if not, what habits are they?

The habits being talked about are bad habits that stream from the passions of the mind.
e g gluttony, gossiping, procrastination, etc.
These habits are big obstacles to spiritual growth

benodic:
"The path of ECK encourages the freedom and responsibility of Soul. That is Its birthright."
-Harold Klemp

Does debt (financial) have any spiritual effect, both on the part of the debtor and the creditor?

@ Templee333

"The path of ECK encourages the freedom and responsibility of Soul. That is Its birthright."
-Harold Klemp

Does debt (financial) have any spiritual effect, both on the part of the debtor and the creditor

It is not the debt itself that is the problem. It is the attitude both have towards it that creates
spiritual problem. If anger, hatred, complaints are allowed to come into play both pile up negative karma but if love is allowed to come into play both can grow spiritually.

Everything has to do with Karma. People you are owing now might have owed you in a past life. The issue is now do you react with love or do you react with anger.

With love comes understanding. When you can understand each person's position and issues it becomes easier to handle the situation and grow from it.

"Today comes but once. Recognize its goodness. Open your heart."
—Harold Klemp

"One who is thankful for every good thing will find the richness of heaven in the humblest detail of his spiritual life."
—Harold Klemp

benodic:

@ olite93



Those 2 are the only free ebooks for now.
If you can locate the nearest Eckankar Centre they have libraries where you can borrow ECK books and read.

but when i mingled with the eckist in the past and asked them for books to read, it didn't go well.

@ Templee333

@ olite93



Those 2 are the only free ebooks for now.
If you can locate the nearest Eckankar Centre they have libraries where you can borrow ECK books and read

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but when i mingled with the eckist in the past and asked them for books to read, it didn't go well

People usually react from past experience. I know how many people I lent out my ECK books to and they never returned it till now.
I had to buy those books again.

But now in most ECK centre there is a functional library where you can read and if they trust you they can allow you to take it home and return it after reading so that someone else can benefit from it.

On earth, the common state of awareness is the human consciousness. As one learns more about love and humility through the trials of many lifetimes, he moves higher in consciousness.

Sri Harold Klemp
The Loving Heart

My definition of a true religion is one that does good in the world.

It tries to find ways to help people be themselves. It does not try to shape people to be what we think they should be. The sign of a good religion is that it helps the people grow to become more godlike, to be capable of more love and mercy—for themselves as well as for others.

Sri Harold Klemp