Ever wonder what it would be like to exit your physical body and journey into the astral? In Eckankar, this is known as Soul Travel, and it’s perhaps one of the most profound, life-changing things anyone can do. But what is Soul Travel and how can it help you on your own spiritual path? Read on for the details!
What is Soul Travel?
Soul Travel is the practice of your Soul leaving your physical body and journeying to higher spiritual heights. It is a sort of spiritual holiday, where your Soul can wander freely, receiving and sharing new wisdom, and as it becomes enlightened, providing greater access to your Higher Power. It’s not just putting your body aside: it’s reaching a higher level of awareness in which the constraints of this physical world dissolve.
Soul Travel in Eckankar holds the key to spiritual freedom. It can liberate your mind from mundane life, hence give u the knowledge of the supernature the real spiritua truths Soul Travel allows you to directly access the Light and Sound of God—the energy that sustains all life.
How Does Soul Travel Deepen Your Spiritual Journey?
Soul Travel doesn’t just mean experiencing the mystical or the other world — it’s about true growth. Here’s how it can deepen your spiritual journey:
- Direct Experience of Divine Love: Travelling beyond the physical realm, you find Divine Love, that was in words. You feel a feeling of peace, acceptance and you know that love is the essence of most of it.
- Shedding Fear and Doubt: With regular Soul Travel, you know over time that there’s nothing to fear in the higher realms. You embrace the divine protection, love and the (regained) trust and confidence in your spiritual path.
- Clarity and Insight: With soul travel, we get to look within your life purpose and challenges. By doing so you are gaining a broader perspective on your current life circumstances and why certain experiences are occurring in order to have a greater wisdom of life.
How to Experience Soul Travel
So, how can you begin experiencing Soul Travel yourself? Here are some specific techniques that Eckankar offers to help you start your journey:
- Chanting HU: One basic Eckankar practice for raising your consciousness and conducting Soul Travel is to focus on the sacred sound HU (pronounced “hue”). Find a quiet place to practice, sit comfortably, with your eyes closed. Then start chanting HU either aloud or silently. Listen to the sound vibrating through your body and your mind. With time, consistent practice may make you feel your Soul levitating and making it’s way to the higher planes of existence.
- The Golden Temple Exercise: Another way to experience Soul Travel is in the form of this visualization exercise. Visualize you entering a beautiful golden temple covered in divine light. Sit in meditation focusing on this temple, and let the earth quite your mind. Let yourself go to those higher planes.
- Dreams as a Gateway: Your Soul sometimes begins its first steps into higher realms during the dream time. Vivid or meaningful dreams pay attention, they may be your Soul’s way of showing you someplace while your body sleeps. Ask the Divine to guide you before you go to sleep and keep a journal to write down what you dream upon waking to make your dream travel that much more wonderful.
The Benefits of Soul Travel
Soul Travel offers multiple spiritual benefits that can significantly change your life:
- Consciousness expansion: Soul Travel keeps expanding your awareness. You begin to search for more beyond your immediate vision and come to the conclusion that this life isn’t just about what’s going on in your atmosphere — it’s about knowing your spiritual connection to the universe at a whole new level.
- Meditation for Healing and Peace: There are the divine healing energies in the upper worlds. You may find yourself strengthened emotionally, spiritually and even physically as you work through them. The voice of soul you hear in Soul Travel can also translate into a deeper stillness and sense of clarity in your everyday existence.
- New Freedom of Spirit: Practice of Soul Travel increases your sense of freedom. You begin releasing attachments to material belongings and fears that had kept you tied to the past. You start to understand that you are at the core the Soul—ageless, immortal and limitless.
Conclusion: Your Soul’s Journey Awaits
Soul Travel in Eckankar is not some magical out of body experience but one of the ways you become closer to the Divine and find out what your purpose in life is. It’s a chance to witness the hugeness of the spiritual cosmos, and receive divine direction, to lead a life that is more peaceful and freer.
So, why not begin your journey today? Chant HU, visualize entering the Golden Temple, or pay very close attention to the spiritual message your dreams are sending you. It’s the adventure your Soul has been waiting for.