Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – Doing Things for God

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Content, Detached, Discrimination, Eckankar, Forgiving, God, Humble, spirituality, Sri Harold Klemp, The Loving Heart, Tolerant

Do everything, large or small, as if you were doing it for God alone. That means the task will be done with love, joy, and (don’t forget) thoroughness.

Sri Harold Klemp – The Loving Heart

Each of us have our daily duties. Cleaning up, laundry, self-hygiene, taking care of pets, and so on. When we do these things for God, we open ourselves to a love that comes without strings attached.

The ego or what we call the “little self” is minimized when we do things for God. The ego is a much-needed part of us here in the lower worlds, because without it we would be trampled on like a door mat. However, it is also the source of most of our problems here. The ego can be insulted, slighted, and upset. It can be jealous, intolerant, unforgiving. It can be lustful, greedy, and vane. It likes to attach us to things like certain beliefs or ideas, foods, drugs, and causes all kinds of problems.

When we minimize the ego, it is harder for us to be upset at others, lust after things we want, but do not need, and all the rest. This minimization causes us less heartache over the long term and also helps us become more loving. If we lust after less, are angered less, are less greedy, less attached, and less vane, things tend to smooth out in life for us. We can begin cultivating the virtues of discrimination (making good choices), tolerance and forgiveness, contentment, detachment, and humility.

Do things in the name of God and your life will take a turn for the better.

May the blessings be.

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – The Gift of Life

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God, Gratitude, Heart, Life, Love, Power, Simple Things, spirituality, Sunday

We have the greatest gift there is: the gift of life. And what we do from here on is up to us.

Sri Harold Klemp-Love—The Keystone of Life

Life is what we make of it. Some go through life feeling like everyone is against them, that they don’t get any breaks, have no luck, etc. Others, regardless of their circumstances find beauty in the simple things, know that all is taken care of, and are grateful for all life has to give.

One life is more interested in power, while the other is more interested in love. Can you guess which is which?

There is a blogger I follow that puts up the most wonderful pictures of trees in here area. There is another blogger I follow that takes pictures of her morning walks and all the wildlife that happen to be available for a photo op. These pictures are what they see. I can tell that both of these women look at the world with love. Each blog we visit opens up a special part of that person’s heart. People write and speak about what they love. Another blogger I follow is very crafty, she has all kinds of travels throughout the year, depicting the various projects she is working on, and all the things she does with family, her dogs, and her art. It is a treasure to share in each of these women’s experiences.

Have you ever taken a walk and then instead of looking at the broadness of the landscape, taken a moment to crouch down and look at something very small, like a dewdrop on a blade of grass? I often wonder if that dewdrop captures all of the landscape around it like a wide-angle lens?

Some days I wake up and all is right with the world. It is hard to explain, but you can just feel the love come in from everywhere and everything. There’s a story of a young Indian boy who lives in absolute squaller. He is happy and running about the large piles of garbage in his neighborhood. A man walks up and asks, “Why are you so happy, running around in the garbage and the dung?” The boy replies, “God is everything, even the garbage and dung I play in.” The wisdom in this story is wondrous.

Living a life of love means we simply live our lives, without trying to exert our will on anything to make it different than what it is. We don’t try to tell others how to live their lives, we simply live and be ourselves. A life of love is a life of gratitude–gratitude for all things that are and nothing more.

Here’s a question for you to think about: Do I live a life of love or power?

I hope all of you have a wonderful Sunday.

May the blessings be!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – Expanding Your Heart

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Giving, God, Heart, HU, IT, Love, Selflessness, Spiritual Sunday, spirituality, SUGMAD

You’ve just entered a larger room, and that’s often why you feel this emptiness. It takes a little while for divine love to reach in and touch all the corners of your heart.

Sri Harold Klemp – Truth Has No Secrets

All of us are on a journey. We may be unaware of it, but the real you–Soul, is striving to return home.

The larger room, Sri Harold describes in this quote is the feeling you’ll get when you’ve made some spiritual progress. Sometimes when you’ve accomplished this, you’ll have a dream of being in a large theater or stadium. You’ll feel expansion or expansiveness.

Whenever you give of yourself, you are giving the love in your heart to another. This act, whether it be to an animal, another person, or even a plant, is you giving of yourself. Sometimes it is just listening to someone who is having a tough time of it. It may be a smile you give to a stranger at the market or wherever you are. Each of these little moments when you give of yourself, you are giving out love.

There’s a saying in ECKANKAR and it goes like this: “You have to give love to get it”. Each of us has a certain capacity or capability for love. Imagine it as a cup or your heart. When your heart is full, you can’t get any more love. Your cup is filled. When you give love to something you are doing, another person, or an animal or plant, love leaves and creates a gap or a little space for love in your cup. Since God’s love is always coming to us, it fills your cup right back up. So, as the quote says, give love and you’ll get love. It’s a really simple equation.

When we grow spiritually, our cup gets bigger. Our heart center expands. This is the expansion we feel when we are becoming more capable and attain higher spiritual heights. You don’t have to be an ECKist to experience this. It is simply the way this world works.

If you ever feel unhappiness, or just feel down, go out and give of yourself. When you give love, you get it. By doing for others without any expectation of getting something back, you will get something back. That is God’s love.

All of us have experienced that feeling of love that comes when we do something for others or complete some tasks with love. It’s a feeling that can’t be bought. It just feels good. It is a very light love–a subtle love–but it’s there.

No one misses out on this. It works for everyone all the time. Sri Harold recommends doing one thing each day out of love and love only without any expectation of something coming back. Try this out. You’ll see what I’m saying. You slowly build a habit of doing these things and your life will improve exponentially.

Well, that’s all I have for today. I hope all of you are enjoying your weekend. Have a great Sunday. Go about your day knowing that God’s love is coming to you 24 hours a day. It never stops. It never ends.

May the blessings be.

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – Visualization

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Daily Quotes, Spiritual Exercise, spirituality, Sri Harold Klemp, Truth, Visualization, wisdom

As a spiritual exercise, take yourself into a larger room. For example, if you have a desire for self-discipline, leave the room of self-discipline that you’re in. Go down the corridor, and go into another room. This room will be larger. It will be much larger. Just live within the awareness that you want to be in this room of more self-discipline. Then let the Holy Spirit, the ECK, bring about the changes in your life that will accompany such a resolution.

Sri Harold Klemp – Truth Has No Secrets

This is a really neat spiritual exercise if you are lacking discipline in any area of your life. This is a technique you can use, regardless of religious background. This is a quote from the daily inspiration page of the ECKANKAR website. Here’s the link if you’d like to get access to these daily quotes. I visit each day: https://www.eckankar.org/engage/daily-inspiration/

I use this technique for a multitude of things. Things like focus, discipline, or even open-mindedness. If you try this and it works, stick with it. You can create anything you like for yourself. We all have this ability. It is not dependent on intelligence, wealth, good looks, or any of that. You simply close your eyes and visualize a better life for yourself. Once you do this for a bit, you’ll start getting ideas or epiphanies that will guide you.

I hope all of you have a terrific Sunday.

May the blessings be.

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – ECK Soul Adventure Podcast

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ECK, ECK Soul Adventure, Eckankar, God, Inner Worlds, Podcast, spirituality

Many of you have very busy lives. You are busy with work and making a living. You have families to care for. You have pets to care for. You have a home to keep clean and care for. This post is for you.

There are many free books and other materials available to the public offered by ECKANKAR, but there is also a podcast. Here’s the link: https://www.eckankar.org/podcasts/

When you arrive here, you can scroll to the bottom of the webpage to find the app store that you use, whether it’s Google, Apple, or Spotify. I know I like having all my streaming services in one place. So, using Apple Music is my go-to.

These podcasts talk about all kinds of spiritual topics like life-after-death, reincarnation, karma, and God. If you’ve got a long commute to work and listen to music or the radio, why not give this a shot. It’ll add some variety to your listening experience and could potentially offer you some insight into your inner worlds.

I hope you enjoy these. They are terrific!

May the blessings be!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – ECK Soul Adventure Magazine

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Articles, artwork, ECK, Eckankar, Magazine, Soul Adventure, Spiritual, Spiritual IQ, spirituality

Howdy, all! Happy Sunday to you.

Have you ever had a spiritual experience or revelation? Something you know is real to you, but would be hard to explain to anyone else? Check out the free ECK Soul Adventure Magazine: https://www.eckankar.org/eck-soul-adventure-magazine/

It comes out four times a year and it costs nothing, other than subscribing with your email address. It is filled with stories of people around the world who have had spiritual experiences, artwork, and many techniques on how to increase your spiritual IQ.

You don’t have to join ECKANKAR or change your faith. We don’t sell your data, nor do we pester people. The only purpose your email address serves is a place to send each issue. The Soul Adventure Magazine is literally for anyone that needs answers to their spiritual questions and can’t find the answer on their own.

I hope all of you have a great Sunday!

May the blessings be!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – The Power of Gratitude

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comfortable, Content, Contentment, Eckankar, Grateful, Gratitude, Happy, spirituality, Sunday

Happy Sunday!

Gratitude is one of the acts that can bring us huge rewards. Gratitude brings us to a place of contentment where we realize we have enough. We’re okay. We have enough clothes. We have enough food. We have a comfortable living space. We have a reliable way to get around.

Here’s another free e-booklet from ECKANKAR that discusses the spiritual aspects of Gratitude. Enjoy!

Click to access The-Power-of-Gratitude_ebooklet.pdf

#Free booklet

I hope you enjoy this one.

Have a great Sunday, everyone.

May the blessings be!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – The Key to Spiritual Living

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Chant, Eckankar, God, HU, Living, Love, Name, spirituality, Sunday

Here is yet another free e-booklet from ECKANKAR. This one is on the word HU, which is an ancient name for God. HU is a mantra we use when we pray. HU is non-denominational. It can be used by anyone at any time. Get your free e-booklet here, if you are interested in learning more: https://www.eckankar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HU-Your-Key-to-Spir-Living_ebooklet.pdf

I hope all of you have a terrific Sunday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – Karma & Reincarnation

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e-booklet, Eckankar, Intrigue, Karma, Learning, Mystery, Reincarnation, Spiritual Freedom, spirituality

ECKANKAR: The Path of Spiritual Freedom released some free e-books for public consumption. I wanted to let you know, in case any of you would be interested in reading them. Each week I’ll post one of the links to these books here, so it will save you some time trying to find them on the website or a Google search.

Here’s a link to the main ECKANKAR website: https://www.eckankar.org/

Here’s the link for anyone interested: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.eckankar.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Karma-Reincarnation.pdf

Many things happen in our lives that have no explanation. The question: “Why do bad things happen to good people?” comes to mind. Part of the problem is that we are only thinking one-dimensionally. Imagine living millions of lives, but failing to remember them in this life. How many times have you been hurt? How many times have you hurt others?

ECKANKAR proposes that this reality we live in was designed by God as Soul’s classroom. Soul (You) is here to learn, mature spiritually, so it can one day return home. Karma and Reincarnation answers a lot of these questions and also provides you with a way to find out for yourself about your Karma, your past lives, and why your life today is the way it is.

Well, that’s it for today.

Have a great Sunday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Bonus Content – ECK Wisdom Series on Health and Healing

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God, Healing, health, Karma, Public, spirituality, ZOOM

Hello all! I am running another spiritual discussion on Health and Healing, using the ECK Wisdom Series Booklet Health and Healing. If you’d like to join you can register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumpqDMuH90HkN17U7X9zdvhX-F7rjWT

This link will send you an email with the ZOOM link itself for the session, which is on May 20, 2021 at 7 PM Eastern Standard Time. Many of you are outside the United States or are in different parts of the country, so make sure you adjust for the time difference.

I hope some of you can make it. It will be nice to meet some of you in person.

Until next time…

Dave