1a-d The Ant Story

Mahanta 1a Mahanta 1b

The Ant StoryAn ECK parable

from The Book of ECK Parables, Volume 1, pp. 195–96

by Sri Harold Klemp

My daughter is in grade school. She likes little things,like snails and roly-polies and caterpillars with the fuzzieson them that turn into moths, and she likes ants. Some-times I tease her, kid her on to a new understanding.

“Do ants have feelings?” I teased. “Little things. Theyare so small. It makes me wonder if they have feelings.”And then I said, “They’re like children. They are so small. Iwonder if they have feelings?” I said these things to helpher grow up.

“Oh, Dad!” she said, aware that I was teasing her.

“Well, suppose the dad ant,” I continued, “who wasknown to have a great consciousness, explained the way ofman to the child ant. He would explain to the child ant thatman was a huge thing that thundered past with big, earth-shaking steps.

The wise father ant would explain to the child ant that, inreality, ants know nothing more than left, right, backward,forward.

Man is ahuge thing thatthunders past

with big, earth-shaking steps.

Copyright © 2006 ECKANKAR

Mahanta 1c Mahanta 1d

Suppose he said,

I paused, studyingmy daughter. I couldsee that she was think-ing about the ant story Ihad been telling her.Then I continued, “Thelittle child ant looked atthe father ant. Sheknew that her fatherwas supposed to bewise, but what he wassaying sounded crazy.‘Gosh, Dad,’ the childant blurted out, ‘whatare you talking about?’

GoshDad,

what areyou

talkingabout?

“It is the same way with us,” I told my daughter.“Most people see only the world directly about them.They haven’t seen what we can evolve to be. We don’tever become God, but we can get the God Consciousness.We can become one with Spirit, and in so doing, we getthe God Consciousness. Then we become a Co-workerwith God. The ant story explained that there are levels ofawareness far beyond us. If I were to talk about them, youwouldn’t understand.” Can you help the little ant Soul find his way to the Mahanta?

Start

Someday, we will evolve in consciousness to where we cancreate great vehicles that will fly us wherever we want togo, all over the world. We will also create something thatwill record pictures of the past, present, and future.



Apprentice to the MahantaAn ECK parable

from The Book of ECK Parables,Volume 1, p. 227

by Sri Harold Klemp

When we want to learn a trade, we become an ap-prentice in that trade. If it is experience in the electronicsfield that we wish, then we seek work with a companythat is staffed with excellent engineers. As a new em-ployee, one hopes to be assigned to an individual who isboth knowledgeable and who can teach the secrets ofelectronics. It is better to learn by experience than it isthrough a book, although if a book is all that is available,the book will provide a beginning.

These same principles apply to our spiritual life. It isnecessary that we find someone with experience to teachus. The path to mastership actually requires that we findthe ideal, the right teacher to equal the achievement thatis sought. This is not found in a teacher’s physical pres-ence, because the personality can be misleading. To theChristian who seeks the ultimate in Christianity, thismeans finding a person who is a channel for the ChristConsciousness. The ECKist looks to the Mahanta, whois the highest consciousness one can look to in the fieldof ECK.

Hi Jeff. What

Canyou

It’s a robotdog. But it’s

not workinglike I’d hoped.

did youmake?

Sure, I’ve made lotsof robot dogs. Thesecret is to add this little

chip and connectthese wires here.Oh!

I see!

Wow !That’sgreat !

I th ink he wants atreat now.

help?

Apprentice—One who learns how to do something from another.Trade—What a person does to make a living, like a job or business.Consciousness—Your awareness or state of being you live in daily.

Can you decode this secret message?

A � E ❅ I ✄ M � Q ✱ U ✲ Y ▼

B ✡ F ✈ J ❂ N ✺ R ❖ V ✧ Z ✪

C ❃ G ✥ K ☞ O � S ◗ W ✷

D � H � L � P ✵ T ❁ X ✑✑✑✑✑

“✷�❅✺ ✷❅ ✥❅❁ ◗❅❃❖❅❁◗

✈❖�� ❁�❅ ✄✺✺❅❖ ��◗❁❅❖,

✷❅ ☞❅❅✵ ❁�❅� ❁�

�✲❖◗❅�✧❅◗.”—Sri Harold Klemp,

The Book of ECK Parables, Volume 1, p. 233

Who is the apprentice in this cartoon?



—Sri Harold Klemp,How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times,Mahanta Transcripts, Book 16, p. 226

In some way the Holy Spirit, the ECK, speaks to theindividual through Light or Sound. The Light may be anycolor, but when It shows up as the Blue Light, It’s verydefinitely the Mahanta.

Spiritual Exercise:

Beach Walk with the MahantaAdapted from The Spiritual Exercises of ECK, p. 263

by Sri Harold Klemp

If you would like to try a Soul Travel exercise, here isan easy one that should let you meet the Mahanta orenjoy a short journey into the heavens of God.

Picture yourself on a beach, walking in the sand atthe edge of the water. The warm waves wash about yourfeet, and a light spray from the ocean leaves a refreshingmist on your face. Overhead, white gulls sail silently onthe wind.

Now breathe in as the incoming waves wash towardyou on the beach. Then, on the outgoing breath, singMahanta (mah-HAHN-tah) softly in rhythm with thewaves returning to the sea.

If you live near the seashore, walk along the beachto get a feeling of the sounds of the ocean. Or imaginethe feeling of sand under your feet, the ocean spray, andthe many blue-green waters that reach the horizon. Useyour impressions from the seashore in your Soul Travelexercise.



—Sri Harold Klemp,Stories to Help You See God in Your Life,ECK Parables, Book 4, p. 380

Half of this message is written in a secret code. Can youdecode the message to find out what it says? Use the CodeKey at the bottom of the page.

The difference between the Mahantaand a savior of another religion is this: Thesavior tries to save you from yourself, andthe Mahanta tries to

A A E ❅ I % M K Q ✱ U u Y t

B ✡ F 2 J ❂ N Z R ❖ V ✧ Z 6

C ❃ G E K + O [ S s W ✷

D v H J L o P ✵ T ❁ X XXXXX

CODE KEY

SPIRAL WORD PUZZLEFind the name for the expression of the Spirit of God that is alwayswith you.Beginning with the first letter, circle every 5th letter in the spiral asyou go around to the center. (Begin counting 1 after the circled letter,then circle the letter that is 5.) Write the letters here:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

ANSWER:

MAHANTA

□□□□ □□□□□□□

□□□□□□□□_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

J ❅ o ✵

J ❅ o ✵

t [ u ❖ s ❅ o 2

t [ u

M

MLOV

EASO

U L H UURWA

HZKON

EJ

U S TB

EOA

START

Z E

Now go back to START and go through the spiral again, looking forthese words: LOVE, SOUL, HU, WAH Z, JUST BE.


The Living ECK Master

Start with T, and then write downevery fourth letter going clockwise

(V is 1).

ECK Puzzle

Start

here

The Way to SUGMADSee if you can find your way to the SUGMAD. (Re-

member, even if there are many twists and turns, the pathalways goes through the heart of the Mahanta.)

SUGMAD

Mahanta

Start

Answer:

T


Coloring Page Coloring Page

Imagine walking with the Mahanta by a waterfall.Copyright © 2006 ECKANKAR

SRI HAROLD KLEMP. The spiritual leader of ECKANKAR.The present Mahanta, the Living ECK Master. Sri HaroldKlemp became the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master in 1981.The spiritual name of Sri Harold Klemp is Wah Z. It means thesecret doctrine.


It Matters to This StarfishAn ECK parable

from The Book of ECK Parables, Volume 3, p. 277

by Sri Harold Klemp

An old man was walking down by the sea, and hesaw a young boy throwing things back into the water. Hegot closer and saw they were starfish. “What are youdoing?” he asked the boy.

The boy said, “These starfish are going to die if theydon’t get back into the water.” The old man looked upand down the beach and saw thousands and thousands of


starfish. “But what does it matter?” he asked the boy.The boy looked at the starfish in his hand and said,

“It matters to this one.”Even though in ECK it sometimes seems as if you

are one person in a crowd of several thousand, the rela-tionship you have with the Inner Master is one-on-one. Itdoes matter to him that you, as Soul, someday return tothe Ocean of Love and Mercy. Because this matters, theMaster is there on the beach doing whatever he can tothrow the stranded starfish back in the water.


It Matters to This Starfish

Coloring Page Coloring Page


It Matters to This StarfishAn ECK parable

Adapted from The Book of ECK Parables, Volume 3, p. 277

by Sri Harold Klemp

An old man was walking down by the sea, and hesaw a young boy throwing things back into the water. Hegot closer and saw they were starfish.

What areyou doing?

These starfish aregoing to die if they don’tget back into the water.

The old man looked up and down the beachand saw thousands and thousands of starfish.

But whatdoes it matter?

Even though in ECK it sometimes seems as if youare one person in a crowd of several thousand, the rela-tionship you have with the Inner Master is one-on-one. Itdoes matter to him that you, as Soul, someday return tothe Ocean of Love and Mercy. Because this matters, theMaster is there on the beach doing whatever he can tothrow the stranded starfish back in the water.

The boy looked at the starfish in his hand and said,

It mattersto this one.



How do you think the starfish felt when it was back home inthe ocean? Draw or write your answer here. Ask the Mahanta tohelp you.

START

Can you help this “Soul-Star” find its way home to God?

Home toGod

Discussion Questions

1. How do you think the Mahanta, the Living ECKMaster is able to help so many Souls?

2. When we see each other as Soul, it is much easier togive service with a kind and loving heart. What wayshave you shared God’s love with other Souls?

3. In ECK we are aware that the Mahanta gives us lovethrough family and friends. Share a time when youhave received the Mahanta’s love.


MAHANTA

START

Soul is trapped in the lower worlds. Ask the Mahanta whatpath through the maze It can take to find the Mahanta’s star.

Word Puzzle & Coloring Design

Start with the letter M.

Write down every third letter going clockwise (A is 1):

_ _ _ _ _ _ _M


Sail the cosmic sea with your friend Wah Z as youconnect the dots from 1 to 10.

The Living ECK Master is the spiritual leader ofEckankar. He is Soul in a human form, just like you andme. The Living ECK Master is not God, but he is some-times called the “Godman.” This is because he is thechannel that God, the Sugmad, uses to reach Souls herein the lower worlds. People in physical bodies need aMaster who also has a physical body. Then they can seefor themselves that it is possible to live as Soul and expe-rience heaven while still on earth.

—The ECK Teenie 2 Discourses, p. 60

1

2

3

4 5 6

8

7

9 10


Wah Z

Mahanta 11

SRI HAROLD KLEMP. The spiritual leader of ECKANKAR. Thepresent Mahanta, the Living ECK Master. Sri Harold Klempbecame the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master in 1981. The spiritualname of Sri Harold Klemp is Wah Z. It means the secret doctrine.

Coloring Page



Jon and Erin are walking through a forest with their friendWah Z. They see many interesting things in the forest.

Can you find these things in the forest?

Jon and Erin cometo a clearing in theforest. They seesomething there.What do they see?Draw your ownpicture below.

A butterfly A mouseA caterpillar A flying birdA parrot A tiny manA dragonfly A frogA turtle A spotted geckoA snail A monkey

2 flowers

1a-d The Ant Story

Documents

Transcript of 1a-d The Ant Story