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Chief among these is daily practice of the "Spiritual Exercises of ECK" for 15–20 minutes. [9]: 189 The most basic ECK spiritual exercise is singing the syllable HU. A wide variety of spiritual exercises are offered, and members are encouraged to create their own. Study of ECK books and written discourses, alone or in groups, is also encouraged.
Paul Twitchell (born Jacob Paul Twitchell; October 22, 1908 or 1909 – September 17, 1971) was an American author and spiritual teacher who created and directed the development of the new religious movement known as Eckankar.
Gross became “the 972nd Living ECK Master” in 1971 when Twitchell’s widow Gail handed him a blue carnation at an ECKANKAR corporate meeting. In 1981, Gross stepped down as spiritual head of ECKANKAR and appointed a follower, Harold Klemp, as “the 972nd Living ECK Master.” In 1983, Gross founded “Ancient Teaching of the Masters ...
David Christopher Lane (born April 29, 1956 in Burbank, California) is a professor of philosophy and sociology at Mt. San Antonio College, in Walnut, California.He is notable for his book The Making of a Spiritual Movement: The Untold Story of Paul Twitchell and Eckankar which exposed the origins of Eckankar and demonstrated the plagiarism of its founder, Paul Twitchell.
The new religious movement Eckankar is considered by some to be an offshoot of the Sant Mat tradition. Paul Twitchell, who founded Eckankar, was an initiate of Kirpal Singh. [1] The similar to Eckancar American syncretistic Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness was founded in 1971 by John-Roger Hinkins. [1]
Classics of Western Spirituality [CWS] is an English-language book series published by Paulist [1] Press since 1978, which offers a library of historical texts on Christian spirituality [2] as well as a representative selection of works on Jewish, Islamic, Sufi and Native American spirituality. Each volume is selected and translated by one or ...
American chela of Paul Twitchell. Successor of Darwin Gross. The Mahanta, the 973rd Living ECK Master. Baba Gurinder Singh: Nephew and successor of Maharaj Charan Singh. He tours India and the world to spread the teachings of Sant Mat. Ching Hai: Vietnamese teacher of the Quan Yin Method. Founder of the Supreme Master Ching Hai International ...
Surat is "attention" or "face", that is, an outward expression of the soul; [1] Shabd or Shabda has multiple meanings including ‘sacred song’, ‘word’, ‘voice’, ‘hymn’, ‘verse’, or ‘sound current, ‘audible life stream’, and the ‘essence of the Absolute Supreme Being’.