1i- 107567Dedicated totheECKINTRODUCTIONinThere comes a time the of manspiritual historywith crises likewhen he must meet those whichtodayare tohimboth in Souland consciousness.devastatingThe concern which I have for the human racedeepand the individual has about this book Thebroughthave tried toFar I down theCountry. lay patternsand farof the most esotericbreathtaking reachingknown to man. The contents should settleteachingswhichman in theof the faces spiritualmany problemsand material climax of these times.the fromRebazar ECK theTarzs, Master,greateastern of is the in thisTibet,region moving figurebook. He went a series ofthrough complete dialoguesthe whole works of thewith about ECKANKAR,me,ancient science of Soul Travel. He also included inthe thethese discourses beyond physicalplanesthe title The Farsenses. Hence Country, meaningtomanthose worlds which are invisible andgenerallyhis facilities.outerwithonce wrote a short thestoryRudyard Kiplingsame Itwas amanwho had a vision of thetitle. aboutandworld his senses as a child,beyond physical againwhen a soldier on the battlefield.dyingof litera-The Far is a matchlessCountry pieceThere are few sacred inture of divine wisdom. writingsthe world which can it in its andbeautytoday equalwhat isrevelation of the God worlds and containedthewithin them. This ofmanuscript gives wayswhat arethe various and onGod,reaching planesthe Itand doctrine ofECKANKAR.them, philosophyneeded forcontains ...
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i- 107567Dedicated to
theECKINTRODUCTION
inThere comes a time the of manspiritual history
with crises likewhen he must meet those whichtoday
are tohimboth in Souland consciousness.devastating
The concern which I have for the human racedeep
and the individual has about this book Thebrought
have tried toFar I down theCountry. lay patterns
and farof the most esotericbreathtaking reaching
known to man. The contents should settleteachings
whichman in theof the faces spiritualmany problems
and material climax of these times.
the fromRebazar ECK theTarzs, Master,great
eastern of is the in thisTibet,region moving figure
book. He went a series ofthrough complete dialogues
the whole works of thewith about ECKANKAR,me,
ancient science of Soul Travel. He also included in
the thethese discourses beyond physicalplanes
the title The Farsenses. Hence Country, meaning
tomanthose worlds which are invisible andgenerally
his facilities.outer
withonce wrote a short thestoryRudyard Kipling
same Itwas amanwho had a vision of thetitle. about
andworld his senses as a child,beyond physical again
when a soldier on the battlefield.dying
of litera-The Far is a matchlessCountry piece
There are few sacred inture of divine wisdom. writings
the world which can it in its andbeautytoday equal
what isrevelation of the God worlds and contained
thewithin them. This ofmanuscript gives ways
what arethe various and onGod,reaching planesthe Itand doctrine ofECKANKAR.them, philosophy
needed forcontains almost within it that iseverything
the God seeker to have in his hands to find the
heavenly kingdom.
Whoever reads and studies The Far Country
becomes an for theinspired person relationship
between the theECK chela and the MAHANTA,
ofECK Master is outlined. InclearlyLiving pursuit
the God-Consciousness it is shown how the ofjig-saw
life will fall into one even alogically place. Any piece,
small about results if leftone,maybring revolutionary
out of the of life for the individualECK chela.pattern
As thetheme of is inGod-Realization thisdeveloped
one becomes aware that there is a con-manuscript,
stant revelation of results ofthe Soul Travelgreater
with each into the inner worlds. Rebazar Tarzstrip
never lets with the who is considered theup reader,
the God but him aware ofchela, seeker, keeps always
the between free willand and thetangible insight fate,
of human conflicts as well as those ofunderstanding
karma and non-karma patterns.
It is certain that if the reader willquite spend
at inall the of thisanytime he willstudy manuscript
tocome know thatECK is the of all tohighest paths
God. That there is no other toway gain spiritual
enlightenment.
Paul Twitchell
81Chapter
FARTHE COUNTRY
The Far is a vast world whatCountry lying beyond
the human race calls the earth and whichplanet
has not been either theapparently explored by
or for materialistscientists politicians glory.
It is a series of universeswheremagnificent spiritual
the of itsthe Tuza* following disposalgoes, earthly
calledin that and where sodeath,body phenomena
travel in their from thismany Atma-Sarupt body
earth plane.
The Far has names. The GreeksCountry many
or the Isles ofcalled it the thefields, Blessed,Elysian
Fortunate and the Garden ofIsles,Happy Isles,
the Scandinavians it theHesperides; give names,
theAmerican IndiansValhalla and knew it asAsgard;
and thethe Hebrews asGrounds,Happy Hunting
or the Promised Land.Canaan,
The Buddhists call it Nirvana and the Christians
know it as Paradise or Heaven. Other havereligions
various names for this afterworld where all disem-
bodied entities live.
wrote a of a who had aRudyard Kipling story boy
ofthisFar hewould seeglimpse Country. Occasionally
he Hethe vision as into manhood.progressed yearned
to that Far but had noenter Country way except
indeath. When from a wound receivedthrough dying
battle World War he sees the vision of theI,during
*Tuza the Soul inECKANKAR terminology.
the soultAtma Sarup body.
9to enter.Far andknows at lasthe is ThereadyCountry
and isshort was calledThe Far one ofCountrystory
best.Kipling's
Farwho have had a of theThose Countryglimpse
with their existence on this earthare always unhappy
theseUnless learn the art of Soul Travel,planet. they
will commitbecome restless. Someextremelypeople
in of but defeat theirsuicide it,hope reaching theyonly
purpose.
wellknown did a novel calledTheTom Lea, author,
It was the ofa riderWonderful Country. story range
searched the southwest on hiswho restlessly magnifi-
for that world which exists butblack stallion,cent,
couldneverbe found.
have a ofThe FarMany knowledge Country,people
neither fortunate toare witnessthey enoughalthough
it in vision nor can travel the esotericthey through
intheAtma likethosewhohave theplanes Sarupbody
and to leave their bodies at will.knowledge ability
RebazarThose of the Far Country, Tarzs,explorers
Yaubl Nanak SudarKabir, Sacabi, Guru, Singh,
Tulsi FubbiZoroaster, Buddha, Das, Shamus-i-Tabriz,
and others have been the of the FarQuantz, pioneers
left a whichmust be studiedCountry.They living saga
admired for its adventurousand spirit.
These ones have us a to livegreat given philosophy
but much of it has been misused and oftenby,
for individual instead of for the uni-employed gain,
versal cause of mankind.
One ofthe bolder who thespirits constantlyexplores
Far is Rebazar the Master ofCountry Tarzs, great
in the wildestECKANKAR, of theliving region
near the and KashmirHimalayas Afghanistan
where areborders, the Hindu Rushthey joined by
10range.
He me additional of the Fargave knowledge
to that which Sudar atadding hisCountry, Singh
Indiaashram in hadAllahabad, me.already given
After extensive of Sach Sudarexploration Khand,*
me to on ownSingh granted permission proceed my
worlds.thethrough spiritual
It was Sudar while in theSinghthrough traveling
that I met Rebazar Tarzs andSoul intensifiedbody,
of the world called The Farthe study Country, during
with him in thea visit abovelengthy Himalayas
Darjeeling.
with I came to know RebazarLater, Gail, wife,my
Tarzs better. He talked several times to us. I tobegan
at and meet with himleave the at hismudbody night
and brick hut in the Himalayas.
Rebazar Tarzs is amanwho looks tobe in his middle
Yaublbut Sacabi, that hethirties, many, including say
hundred old in hisis wellover five years physicalbody.
six feet inHe is covers hisapproximately height,
muscular 185 with a maroon colored robe,pounds
walks with a stride andspringy, youthful generally
wooden staff.carries a five foot,
andTarzs' black hair is iscropped closely, curly
not to bother him in the fierce winds from theenough
mountains. His beard is coal black and trimmedicy
close. His are coals of dark hisfire,eyes shining lips
a as he barkswordsand his stylepurple speech clipped
flesh isto he is His dark,emphasize points making.
from the hot sun and winds.swarthy
His hands are noticeable. are withThey square long,
blunt ofhisand restless.Heusesthefingers, forefinger
*Sach Khand Fifth spiritual plane.
11left hand to a His handsfrequently emphasize point.
are also from theweather ofthose climes.highswarthy
encased in butHis feet are sandals,large, generally
the rocks and sand.he often barefooted throughgoes
are as dark as walnut stain.They
hutRebazar Tarzs lives alone in his mud-bricklittle,
a torrential blue outona cliffabove river, roaringhigh
the into the toof the acrosshigh valley plainsglaciers
six hundred miles to thefeed the millions,teeming
south in the vast midlands.sweltering
the lieThe view is Miles across valleybreath-taking.
the wild of Due north, beyondoutposts Afghanistan.
the monotonous rise the offlat, plains, jagged ranges
Hindu the snow white of Tirichthe Mir,Kush, tip
feet above all the smallerrising 25,263 peaks. Falah,
at 1900 feet are dwarfed beside it. TheSarandMonhil,
mountains are dust-colored by day, indigo by night,
like in aa succession of vastlayer stepslayer upon
staircase that via the to the roof ofleads, Himalayas,
the world.
From far belowechoes the thunders of theperpetual
Swat to the whoseRiver, Indus,hurrying join giant
have to the march of the invader fromvalleys rung
time immemorial. Three hundred and twenty-seven
before Christ an that marchedyears army proudly,
with the of countlessarrogance conquests, plumed,
terror thehelmeted, ofstriking everywhere, Army
Alexander the cameGreat, these coldthrough passes
into the warm world of thesoft, south.
In this lives Rebazar Tarzs. It is a stationspot way
between the Earth and the Far whereplanet Country,
the Tuza can find its and a to make theguide path
cross-over into the world beyond.
Often his on theleaving physical rude cotbody
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