Eckankar: The Key to Secret Worlds [Braille] [Hardcover]

Paul Twitchell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1989

"The cosmic worlds are beyond the sight of man, but they are as authentic as the ground upon which we stand on this Earth Plane." The rockets of the twentieth century have blasted man into the exciting frontiers of outer space. But what of his inner universe? Unfortunately, it remains a black hole of mystery and speculation. The lightning-fast pace of today leaves us with little time to ask: What on earth am I doing here? Our serach for love, wisdom, and freedom has so far been mostly in vain. Then, our eyes catch sight of the enchanting words, Soul Travel! Dare we hope? Soul Travel is the means the great saints have always used to find the secret kingdom of God while still in their physical bodies. Today, the worlds of God again beckon the restless and weary traveler. All he needs for this journey is a road map and a willing heart. ECKANKAR-The Key to Secret Worlds is the map, but the reader must bring his willingness and curiosity. The world is rapidly approaching the most important crossroads in its history. It is essential to take advantage of this ancient knowledge now. All aboard for the Astral, Causal, Mental, and Soul planes. The flight is now boarding. Welcome!

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About the Author

Paul Twitchell is the modern-day founder of ECKANKAR, the Ancient Science of Soul Travel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: William a Thomas Braille (April 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570430314
• ISBN-13: 978-1570430312
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,161,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Guidebook to Inner Worlds &Higher Awareness, January 28, 2000

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Jari Serra (Spokane, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eckankar: The Key to Secret Worlds (Paperback)

Glad to discover that amazon.com carries this book! I enjoyed it immensely when I first read it 26 years ago. I last read it 12 years ago, so take that into account, but I really think it's content is timeless. Twitchell writes about various spiritual principles (most of which are addressed by all religions in one way or another) that can be applied in daily life. He looks at these in a fresh way and offers some concrete possible answers for what I believe are common nagging questions of spiritual seekers. For example: What are dreams, really? Just how do I contact Divine Spirit, or the force for which all religions have a name? (Names like the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, the Bani, the Light, the Sound, and the Shabda -- the list goes on. It even pops up in the "Star Wars" movies as the Force. Eckankar -- a relatively new outer-world religion but an ancient teaching many thousands of years old -- calls the Spirit "the Eck," a word evolved from the Greek or Sanskrit Ek meaning the One Oneness or, simply, One.)

Twitchell and Eckankar consider Spirit to be tangible to us as both light (the burning bush of the Christian scriptures, for example) and as sound (the celestial symphony referred to in the scriptures of nearly all religions). They teach ways to experience it and benefit from contact with it.

Twitchell offers thought-provoking information, some of which some readers may find fantastical or unbelievable. He writes about inner spiritual masters, whom he encountered sometimes outwardly, and inwardly during contemplations and dreams. I tried his first contemplative technique and quickly got results, meaning I experienced concrete help in my outer life by calling upon these "spiritual travelers." He also provides easy "spiritual exercises (contemplations you can use from five to 20 minutes) to gently open the third eye in the lower-to-middle forehead. This is to gradually connect more clearly with Spirit and with our own inner guidance and knowingness (my words). I practiced the techniques and found them effective in increasing my decision-making ability and sense of sureness about directions and choices and values. There are too few books our there for those of us who have wondered all our lives about God, about the truth of our human and spiritual nature, and about the greater universes and our dreams. I thought this book opened up access to these other worlds and levels of consciousness.

The book is not always technically well written. At some point, Twitchell was apparently writing several books at once on various typewriters, and his writing style may have suffered for it. However, that didn't detract from the enjoyment of reading or the value of the book for me. If a little rough writing doesn't offend you, it's worth the time of any serious spiritual seeker. At the very least, it will add some valuable new concepts to your biocomputer reference files, and fill in a few holes!

A personal footnote: before I was given this book, my friend mentioned the names of some of the masters written about in the book. Strangely to me at the time, I knew how to pronounce and spell their names. Strange because they were names such as Yaubl Sacabi, Fubbi Quantz, and Rebezar Tarz! I later realized I studied with these masters in the dream state or a past life. For some of you, this may start to touch on the "fantastical" I mentioned.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book literally changed my life!, October 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Eckankar: The Key to Secret Worlds (Paperback)

I first read this book almost thirty years ago, and have read and studied it many times since. Yet this book still gives me fresh insights whenever I pick it up.

It is about ECKANKAR, but provides many universal truths that can be of benefit to anyone seeking a greater understanding of Soul and of God. Beyond this it gives actual techniques of how to Soul Travel in the spiritual worlds.

This book was one of the pioneers in bringing out what had mostly been secret spiritual exercises. Today out-of-body travel has become common knowledge and widely accepted. Paul Twitchell's focus was on teaching these abilities as an aid to self discovery of our true spiritual nature.

It's a fascinating look at, and ways to access realms of consciousness beyond this world.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many Keys, January 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Eckankar: The Key to Secret Worlds (Paperback)

This is one of the most astounding books I have ever read! Within one week of reading this book my life was inextricably changed.

It offers many keys into the very nature of spiritual reality itself. Far and away the most important being that you do not have to take Paul Twitchell's word about these, but can prove them to yourself thru Soul Travel. What a concept! Everyone can have access to these spiritual worlds and the Light and Sound of God.