ECKANKAR, Religion of the Light and Sound of God
Inner Sound Current
A Chela Publication for North Central Washington
July - August - September 2015
NOTES AND UPDATES FROM THE LOCAL DIRECTOR
By Julie Greenwood
Can you see the beauty and still let your light shine
even when it’s not pretty every day? Life has a way of
challenging our most spiritual intentions and our state
of consciousness. Sometimes we can manage to stay
centered in the ECK and sometimes we may slip.
Our Washington Regional Seminar was a wonderful
event. I left there on Sunday in a very elevated state of
awareness. The next morning I woke to find out that
my oldest sister had translated during the night.
Reality check. I had spent quality time with her before
the World Wide Seminar last fall. Should I go, at great
expense, to her funeral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
My inner guidance was clearly telling me to go. It
wasn’t for her but for me and the rest of our family
and friends. My contemplations revealed that if I was
able to return to that state of love that I was in after
the seminar, I would be working as an open channel
for Divine Love. My grieving subsided somewhat and
I was able to move forward with travel and work
arrangements.
I am so glad I did. I have realized that I was practicing
what I received at the seminar – how to listen to and
follow inner guidance, and how to be a part of the
Mission Renewed. I declared myself an open channel
for the Mahanta; I spoke of my sister as being an
eternal soul, and had a couple of in-depth
conversations on death. I took a copy of a book Sri
Harold has recommended to my other sister because
of her wish to believe that there was something more
beyond death than what religion has said. I was able to
leave a copy of the new book by Harold Klemp,
Spiritual Wisdom on Life After Death, What Happens
When We Die, with my brother-in-law because he
believed that one chance was all we get and there was
nothing else. But he was willing to look at it.
I could have stayed home, grieving alone, feeling too
overwhelmed from my duties at the seminar or by the
expense and time. But with a change of focus to view
the present moment as Soul, I was able to welcome
the guidance of the Mahanta, and the opportunity and
mission that had presented itself. I’m grateful that I
am learning to consciously change my attitude more
often and find the beauty that is present every day.
Life is a spiritual exercise.
Changes
Wenatchee – The Master 1 Discourse Satsang has
ended and the next Satsang will resume in November.
There will be a campout in July and Arahata training
in August, September, and October.
Ephrata – Public book discussions will be starting
soon.
New – Arahata training will be presented in
Wenatchee for the first time since 2007. There will be
three training days held at the Wenatchee Library
Auditorium on a Saturday in August, September, and
October. Two chapters of the ECK Arahata Book
(EAB) will be covered each day in a 1½ or 2 hour
morning and afternoon session, with a one-hour break
for lunch and review of homework for the afternoon.
If you plan to attend, please make sure you have the
current edition of the EAB, which is 2004, and the
ECKANKAR Guidelines for ECK Classes which can
be ordered or downloaded from the ECK website.
This training is open to all Second Initiates and higher
over the age of 18 with a current ECK membership,
and may be taken repeatedly. Confirmed dates, details
and updates will be sent as they are set. Please RSVP.
Fun and Fellowship – A camp out on Icicle Creek
near Leavenworth is planned for the weekend of July
10th. Details are on the invitation with this newsletter.
Please let us know if you plan to attend so we can
make plans but most importantly, so we can contact
you with any changes. This will be the first campout
in our area in many years.
Visit Washington’s web site - www.eck-wa.org
Inner Sound Currents Contacts
Local Director, Spiritual Services Coordinator,
Local Website Coordinator: Julie Greenwood
(509) 486-1045
[email protected]
Administrative Services/Treasurer and
HI Newsletter Reviewer: Lee Miller (509) 885-2026
Newsletter Editor/Layout/Design: Julie Greenwood
Newsletter Specialist: Position open in the state.
Vahana Team Coordinator:
Donna McClung-Blackman (509) 345-0621
ECK Materials Coordinators:
Vikki Williams, Wenatchee (509) 884-2126
Julie Greenwood, Tonasket (509) 486-1045
Local Clergy and Initiators:
Donna McClung-Blackman (509) 345-0621
Vikki Williams (509) 884-2126
Lee Miller (509) 885-2026
ECK Spiritual Aides:
Donna McClung-Blackman (509) 345-0621
Vikki Williams (509) 884-2126
Clergy: Julie Greenwood (509) 486-1045
RESA for Washington State: Frank Martorelli
(206) 323-1783
www.eckankar.org The official web site of
ECKANKAR
www.eck-wa.org Washington web site
A Technique to Go Slower
“Life puts you in situations that can cause you to panic. You
have to remember to calm down, to get yourself, Soul, back
in control of the mind. That helps you think clearly enough
to see what needs to be done. Then you can take care of the
situation.
Patience and composure are among the attributes of an ECK
chela. What can you do to develop these two qualities in
yourself?
In contemplation ask the Inner Master what you can do to go
slower. Once you’ve figured out this secret, you can be
patient. You can let the storms of life blow over you while
you think of a way to find shelter.
One way is through surrender. Tonight, before you go to
sleep, speak to the Mahanta. Say “I am a child of thine. Take
me where you will, to show me the ways of Sugmad.”
Soul—the spiritual principle, the creative spark of God—
cannot work if you panic. Anxiety shuts down the creative
centers. When you can’t think, whatever you try to do
becomes one blunder piled upon another. If you slow down,
the spiritual principle can begin working through you so that
you can figure out the solution to the problem that is
bothering you.”
Sri Harold Klemp, The Spiritual Exercises of ECK , p. 129
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“Tests both precede and follow an ECK initiation. One must
first prove worthy of it to even receive it, and then he must
test his partnership with this spiritual power in his everyday
life. This self-testing shows the degree to which he is open to
andthe guidance of the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master.”
Sri Harold Klemp, Wisdom of the Heart, Book 3, p.227
Schedule of Events
Videos on Public Access TV –
Channel 98 in the Wenatchee area
At noon and 5 pm every Monday
8 pm on Tuesday and Friday
6 pm Saturday and Sunday
July - Just Keep Trying
August - All In Good Time
September - A Clear Message
W – Wenatchee
Community HU Song – 7:00
Every Wednesday Wenatchee
Library Auditorium, 310 Douglas
July 2015
Sun
5
6
Wed
Tues
7
Thurs
12
13
14
Fri
Sat
1
W 7pm
HU Song
T 6pm HU Song
2
3
4
8 W 7pm
9
10
Camp
11
Out
16
17
18
23
24
25
30
31
HU Song
O 6:30 HU Song
15 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 Book Study
19
20
21
22 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 Book Study
26
Arahata Training will be held
August through October at the
Wenatchee Library Auditorium
Details will follow. ** tentative dates
Call Julie Greenwood for more info –
509-486-1045
Satsang will resume in November
Mon
27
28
29 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 Satsang
August 2015
Sun
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
1
E – Ephrata
Public Book Discussions – title,
location, and time to be announced.
Check the Meet-up website
Donna McClung-Blackman 345-0621
2
Moses Lake/Ephrata, Tonasket/
Omak & Wenatchee/Leavenworth
Meetups at various locations (see
website)
http://www.meetup.com/MosesLake-Spiritual-Experiences-Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/NorthCentral-WA-Spiritual-ExperiencesMeetup/
T – Tonasket
Community HU Song – 6:00
First Wednesday monthly 486-1045
Little Shop of Yoga, 306 S. Whitcomb
O – Oroville
All begin at 6:30
Chela HU – Second Wednesday
Book Discussion – Third
Wednesday (& fourth, if there are
five Wednesdays)
Satsang – Last Wednesday monthly
The ECK Satsang Discourses, Third
Series Chap. 10, 11, & 12
Arahata Julie Greenwood – 486-1045
16
3
4
5 W 7pm
6
7
8
13
14
15
Seabeck Retreat
20
21
HU Song
T 6pm HU Song
9
10
11
12 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 HU Song
17
18
19 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 Book Study
23/30
24/31
25
26 W 7pm
22 W **
Arahata
Training
27
28
29
HU Song
O 6:30 Satsang
September 2015
Sun
Mon
Tues
1
Wed
2 W 7pm
Thurs
Fri
3
4
Sat
5
10
12 W **
HU Song
T 6pm HU Song
6
7
8
9 W 7pm
11
HU Song
O 6:30 HU Song
13
14
15
16 W 7pm
Arahata
Training
17
18
19
24
25
26
HU Song
O 6:30 Book Study
20
21
22
23 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 Book Study
27
28
29
30 W 7pm
HU Song
O 6:30 Satsang