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inquired.
    “No, but we think that we should start extracurricular research groups,” Greg suggested. “For those of us who already kind of know what is going on, you could give us extra credit for going to lectures and classes where they talk about mystical, spiritual, or philosophi-cal things, and we’ll make reports. We ought to be able to figure it out pretty soon.”
    What a brilliant idea! My students were already earning extra credit outside of class for in-depth reports on literature and philosophy that they researched on their own. Since some of them apparently could see for themselves what was happening in the classroom, they could begin to look for answers. We had no idea what we might be getting involved in, but Greg spoke quietly to those who might be able to help, and our research began in earnest.
    T he reports were inspiring but not really fruit-ful. We learned about all manner of things, including many different teachings, beliefs, phenomena, and spiritual paths.
    We discovered automatic writing, in which a person channels another being or spirit. I certainly was not
    “channeling” Greek philosophers. What we were experiencing in my classroom differed in significant ways from all the information we were gathering in our research.
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    My students seemed to believe there was an inner-world library which we were somehow accessing. We were being guided to information that was important to us all, based on what we were studying and what the students were asking. But what kind of a library was this, where you can gain access inwardly and find answers as if by magic?
    And why me? And why this group of students? And what was actually happening here? And how? We did not know. Each answer only opened the door to more questions.
    T hough I had no awareness of it at the time, I was on an accelerated spiritual study course, leading me directly to the teachings of Eckankar. Soon, I would learn of these ancient teachings and find the answers to my deepest questions.
    The spiritual seeker travels his or her own path to God, guided by the Inner Master, the Mahanta. However long it takes, however many roads are traveled, Soul always finds Its way home to God.
    But I didn’t know that then. I was only watching this very strange phenomenon take place.
    In the classroom, it was as if things were heating up. The energy was astonishing and electrifying, and when the students entered the room, many of them could feel it. Word began to spread, and soon there were many students vying to get into my classes. The room became packed to overflowing, but no one seemed to mind.
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    inspired; and these students were earning better grades even in their most difficult classes. One of the students called it by a curious name. He said that the students in the class were all being “quickened,” and that term seemed to describe the effect perfectly.
    My professional career was just beginning, and my spiritual horizons were opening up rapidly. I could not imagine life to be any more exciting than when I was in the classroom.
    I was being opened to a truth greater than I’d ever encountered. As Harold Klemp, the spiritual leader of Eckankar, writes, “If you’re sincere, God’s Voice, the Holy Spirit, will begin opening you to truth.”5
    T he entire process continued to perpetuate the quickening within many of the students and me, aug-menting our comprehension and abilities in ways almost beyond belief.
    It seemed we could learn more quickly and easily and had a broader awareness of things around us. Some