بیگانه ای بر لب رودخانه

by Paul Twitchell, هوشنگ اهرپور (Translator)

Stranger by the River helps you navigate the river of life in the tradition of other classics such as Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, William Blake's mystical poetry, and the Bible's Song of Solomon. You'll begin to experience a new consciousness when you can see yourself from the perspective of Soul, a divine spark of God. You'll learn how to recognize God's love for you through your relationships with your spouse or lover, your friends, and your family.

Day after day you'll thrill to the revelations each chapter brings. The gentle wisdom revealed in the thirty-four poetic dialogues between the great ECK Adept Rebazar Tarzs and his student Peddar Zaskq comes alive like a fire in your heart.

Genres: Fiction

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First published April 1, 1978

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

[Dottie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my very first spiritual book and I loved it. It began a lifelong journey into spiritual learning. I still treasure this book.

[Farzaneh · Rating 2 out of 5]

غریبه ای در کنار رودخانه، کتابی است با دیدگاه معنوی و درباره ی جنبش دینی اکنکار. هدف اصلى اکنکار، قادر ساختن روح بر ترک کالبد، سفر به دنیاى معنوى و رسیدن به هدف غایى آنامى لوک است. انامى لوک، نامى است براى سرزمین بدون نام، یا بهشت حقیقى؛ جایى که خدا «سوگماد» در آن به سر می برد
هر بخش کتاب با توصیفی از یک چشم انداز آغاز می شود و با گفتگوی جوینده (پال توئیچل) و ربازار تارز ادامه می یابد و در آخر با پیامی معنوی به پایان می رسد
هرآنچه در این کتاب بیان شده همان است که دین های دیگر هم از آن سخن گفته اند؛ مانند انجام هر کار برای خدا، پرورش عشق به خدا در وجود، از عشق زمینی به عشق خدایی رسیدن و...؛ تنها واژه ها دگرگونه اند
از دید من در جاهایی از کتاب تناقض گویی هایی هم به چشم می خورد. در کل برای من چندان دلنشین نبود شاید تعریف ها و ستایشهای دوستی که این کتاب را معرفی کرد و باعث افزایش انتظارهای من از آن شد، بر دیدگاه کنونی ام بی تاثیر نباشد، شاید هم نوع نثر و ترجمه دلیلش باشد؛ به هرحال برای من از آن کتابهایی است که هیچ وقت به کسی پیشنهادش نمیکنم

[Gervaze · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wondrous little book of poetical turns, wherein two high spritual masters dialogue.

[Marilie Legrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

For everybody who wants more in life than just living..

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Very Deep!

There is so much to be learned from reading this book, that I don’t think anyone could glean all of it in one reading. It is like a gold mine that the prospector didn’t know was there when they found that first small nugget of gold while panning in the river. But the more they panned the more they found, and the more they found the more they realized that there was much more to be had than at first was realized. So the prospector started digging, and the more they dug the more gold they found, until they dug so deep, and found so much gold that they couldn’t believe there was another single nugget to be had. Just in case, though, they dug deeper and deeper until they found a vein. And the vein led to digging deeper still until even more was found.

This book is like that. It could take many many more readings before the majority of wisdom, teachings and advice produces the greatest benefits. Stranger by the River will be living on my kindle for a long time to come.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that you read and keep reading - you do this to deal with life!
Its a good guide for dealing with any problems

[Narges Farshidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is amazing
you will find some incredible points, if you read it with love and with your hearth.
full of key points which will be used in the spritual way

[Chijioke]

All pages

[Eric Nawa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spiritual

[SuZanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stranger by the River is one of the most poetic and inspirational books I've ever read. It's philosophical and beyond philosophy. The Goodreads official review encapsulates it quite well. I read quite a few books and mostly give them away or donate them to a local college. This one I will keep on my shelf and will read again and again.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another terrific book from late Paul Twitchell. What is most interesting about this and his other books are the way they change when I return to read them again. I always gather new insights and learning each time I open one of these.
This is one of his best works and one that I will return to again and again.

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seek nothing but God for God is no-thing and when we seek no-thing, we are seeking God. Haha.
The simplicity of this book is in the depth. It gets one thinking. The answer really is inside of us isn't it?
A lovely book to carry around and open from time to time for reflection, upliftment, and spiritual inspiration.

[Atena | آتنا · Rating 2 out of 5]

هر آنکس با شیطان می جنگد باید بسیار مراقب باشدوگرنه خودش اهریمن می شود.چون اگر مدت زیادی در آیینه نگاه کنی ،باچشمانی که فقط زشتی واهریمن را می بیند،آنگاه انعکاس آیینه همان اهریمن می شود و خویش تو از آن اهریمن پر می شود.

[Yaaresse · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a beautifully poetic book...even if he did rip off the whole idea from The Prophet.

[Fariborz]

This book could help you to love and to beloved!