ECK Worship Services
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A Worship Service is held at the ECK Temple of CT the second Sunday of each month at 10:00 AM. There is a Worship Service held at Eckankar of Northwestern CT the first Sunday of each month at 11:00 AM and Eckankar of Fairfield County the third Sunday of each month at 11:00 AM |
An ECKANKAR worship service consists of uplifting music and inspirational talks to awaken spiritual understanding in everyday life.
ECKANKAR is ancient wisdom for today. Its teachings, which resurfaced in 1965, emphasize the value of personal experience as the most natural way back to God. Whatever your religious background, ECK shows you how to look and listen within yourself - to expand your consciousness and enjoy spiritual freedom. See, perhaps for the first time, how to lead a happy, balanced, and productive life and put daily concerns in loving perspective.
ECKANKAR Terms:
- ECK
- The Life force, the Holy Spirit, or Audible Life Current which sustains all life.
- ECKANKAR
- 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, known as the secret path to God via dreams and Soul Travel. The teachings provide a framework for anyone to explore their own spiritual experiences. Established by Paul Twitchell, the modern-day founder, in 1965.
- 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.
- HU
- The most ancient, secret name of God. The singing of the word HU, pronounced like the word hue, is considered a love song to God. It is sung in the ECK Worship Service.
- Living ECK Master
- The title of the spiritual leader of ECKANKAR. His duty is to lead Souls back home 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 Living ECK Master in 1981.
- Mahanta
- A title to describe the highest state of God Consciousness on earth, often embodied in the Living ECK Master. He is the Living Word.
- Satsang
- A class in which students of ECK study a monthly lesson written by the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master.
- Soul
- The True Self. The inner, most sacred part of each person. Soul exists before birth and lives on after 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 worlds of God. Soul Travel is taught only through the teachings of the Living ECK Master.
- 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
- A sacred name for God. SUGMAD is neither masculine nor feminine; IT is the source of all life.
- Wah Z
- The spiritual name of Sri Harold Klemp. It means the Secret Doctrine. It is his name in the spiritual worlds.