Technology’s Effect on the Mind


How do social-media websites such as Facebook, cell-phone text messaging, and listening to music on an MP3 player affect the spiritual student?

Quite frankly, social media dumbs down one’s mind. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.

Studies have shown that the most unhappy people are often those with the most “friends.” My concern is how the addiction to computers crowds out the time necessary for contemplation, the foundation of spiritual unfoldment.

You may want to get Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows. He addresses the effect of technology on the mind.

A reviewer says this book is about “the preservation of the human capacity for contemplation and wisdom.”

The internet actually changes the brain.

Research finds that youth who spend a lot of time online respond quickly to questions, but their answers often miss the deeper issues hidden in a situation.

So their responses are flawed.

And they expect to do well in life with tools missing from their toolbox?

Get the book.

—Sri Harold Klemp


What Happens When We Die?


Download this free book, ECK Wisdom on Life after Death to find the answer and much more. It invites you to explore the eternal nature of you! Soul exists because God loves It.

Gain new perspectives on

  • seeing heaven before you die;
  • meeting with departed loved ones;
  • near-death experiences;
  • do animals go to heaven?;
  • and dealing with grief.

Try the techniques and spiritual exercises included in this book to explore the secrets of life and death. All that lies ahead is already within your heart.

—Sri Harold Klemp


Let Your Tears Fall


My precious husband passed away recently. We were married for twenty years and loved each other very much. It is unbearable to live without him. I need your help.

Your love for your husband and his for you shone on his face for all who know what love is. Words of condolence do not begin to put salve on the bite of separation.

We love our dear ones deeply and miss them when they leave us. But we know that the bond of love is greater than death.

He lives in your heart. When you are lonely and cry, look for him there, for he is happy to walk by the side of the Mᴀʜᴀɴᴛᴀ, the Inner Master. He is now able to taste of the freedom he knew was there.

The sorrow of parting heals slowly. Let your tears fall, because they are tears of love too. And in your darkest hours, I am with you—giving all the love of God to you.

—Sri Harold Klemp


Why Wasn’t I There?


My husband translated suddenly while I was away at work. It was a great shock to me, and I feel terrible that I was not there when he went. Can you help me understand why this happened?

Your husband had finished learning what he had set out to learn in this lifetime. It’s his choice whether to serve God on the higher planes, or to return to earth at a later time. For the time being he is quite satisfied on the Soul Plane, for there are many regions left to explore there.

It will be possible to meet with him via the dream state or Soul Travel if you have a strong desire to do so.

Please do not feel guilty that you were not at home during his translation. It was the way he wanted it. He is happy.

You will miss him, of course, because the absence of loved ones in the physical leaves one empty at first. But in six months you will look back at yourself and be surprised at how well you have adjusted to this very great change in your life.

—Sri Harold Klemp


Why Do Loved Ones Die and Leave Us Here?


Why do loved ones die and leave us here? My husband died suddenly, and I am bereft with grief.

Words alone cannot heal a broken heart. Only time can. Your husband went into the cave of purification by choice, because Soul makes Its own decision about the worth of God’s love for It.

He knew that pain is a cleanser, but also that he could leave it behind by rising into a state of consciousness where it simply can’t exist.

He’s happy now. I’m sure you already know that. Let time and his love heal your wounds, for they surely will.

—Sri Harold Klemp


Helping Others with Grief


How can I help a Christian friend whose child recently died?

It would help first to understand the consciousness of people in this Christian society as they face death with their families and loved ones. They are trying to come to grips with their beliefs about God.

They have been taught that God gives only good, but now all of a sudden here comes something bad. And how do you pray to God to take away the pain, they wonder, when maybe God gave them the pain? These are questions in the hearts of people like your friend.

At times, we try to give comfort to others but say just the wrong thing: “Your child is now in heaven, and he is much happier there” or “God gave you this cross to bear because you were strong enough to bear it.” “Oh, that I had been weaker,” the friend cries.

Nothing can heal your friend’s grief but time. Man grapples with the meaning of life, and eventually he comes to certain terms with it.

—Sri Harold Klemp

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