Anitya: The book of contemplation-- Eckankar

by Paul Twitchell

Book by Paul Twitchell

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1987

About the author

When Paul Twitchell made Eckankar known to the modern world in 1965, he separated spiritual truths from the cultural trappings which had surrounded them. Average people could begin to experience the Light and Sound of God while still living a happy, steady, and productive life.

Paul Twitchell was born in Kentucky in the early part of the twentieth century and served in the US Navy during the Second World War.

A seeker from an early age, he was introduced to a group of spiritual Masters who would change the course of his life. These were the Vairagi ECK Masters. While they trained Paul to become the Living ECK Master, he explored a wide range of spiritual traditions under different teachers. The high teachings of ECK had been scattered to the four corners of the world. Paul gathered these golden teachings of Light and Sound and made them readily available to us.

It was these God experiences he chronicled in his book, The Tiger's Fang. Paul Twitchell eventually joined the Vairagi Order and was given the task of bringing Eckankar to the world. He became the Living ECK Master.

By 1965, Paul was giving Soul Travel workshops in California and offering discourses on the teachings of Eckankar. A community of ECKists began to grow. In 1970, Eckankar was established as a nonprofit religious organization. Paul Twitchell died in 1971, but not before he initiated many into the ECK teachings.

The present-day Living ECK Master is Sri Harold Klemp. He continues to give new life to the age-old spiritual teachings of ECK. (www.Eckankar.org)

Reviews

[Misa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book at the library and I have made the mistake of taking it home and reading it because of my curiosity as usual. It's a book about Eckankar just check it out on Wikipedia. I didn't know that it exists until I opened this book. I thought it was a book of poems, how I was wrong.
Books about spirituality are not my cup of tea. That was absolute nonsense for me.

[SuZanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anitya by Paul Twitchell is the beautiful, small, white hardbound book I read each night over a few weeks before going to sleep. Even though it was written decades ago, the book still provides inspirational reading relevant in today's world. Such as, "To have freedom ye must seek God."

It's essentially a compilation of thought-provoking spiritual ideas taken from several of Paul Twitchell's earlier books. The simple yet elegant hand-drawn flowers by Helen Baird, who also compiled the works, provide a pleasant accompaniment to Twitchell's encouraging words. "So I plead of thee, good friends, look for God within thyselves, and pray that IT will fill thy cups until they overflow."

Anitya is a most worthy bedside read.