ECKANKAR: Exploring Spirituality

When you recognize that you are Soul walking a sacred path, you are in God’s presence.

Did you know that the presence of God can be anywhere, not just in a church or temple?

This ECK Light and Sound Service will provide valuable techniques to help us connect with and harmonize with the Divine Sound Current that permeates all of existence, including every individual and every experience. Join us to explore your nature as Soul, experience the power of a HU chant, and have opportunity to share your experiences in a small group discussion. Bring your stories and questions. All are welcome!

“Try to remember that there is a sacred connection between you and God and that this connection makes the ground you walk on holy. And when you are on holy ground, you are in the presence of God.”

—Harold Klemp, How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times, Mahanta Transcripts, Book 16, p. 49

You are warmly invited to join us for an ECK Light and Sound Service on Sunday, August 3, 2025, 11:00 am–12:15 pm, titled, “Holy Ground: Your Sacred Connection with God.” This event, sponsored by ECKANKAR in Rochester, will be held at the ECKANKAR Center of Rochester, 312 West Commercial Street, East Rochester, NY 14445.

More Information

Would you like to create your own Soul Adventure? Guests who attend our event will receive a unique workbook and journal, titled Raise Your Spiritual IQ!, that offers creative techniques and spiritual exercises. To learn more about this journal, you can visit Eckankar’s Official YouTube channel to view this short, just over a minute, video by clicking on this link: Experience Journal video

Tune in to a higher perspective on your life’s happenings.

At this Sound of Soul Event, you are invited to join others in chanting HU, an ancient mantra for about twelve minutes, followed by a short time in contemplation. This will be followed by a spiritual discussion in which you are invited to share your spiritual experiences, ideas and ask questions.

“Singing HU each day can lead to a deeper understanding of yourself and why things happen the way they do in your life.”

—Harold Klemp, The Sound of Soul, p. 43

Lynne Latella, a long-time student of ECKANKAR, warmly invites to join us for this online Sound of Soul Event on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm. All are welcome!

HU, an ancient name for God, is a carrier of love between God and Soul.
Singing HU can bring healing for body, mind, and spirit. It enables you to open your heart to experience the miracles that occur when you give and receive love.

Your open door for new spiritual horizons

Every Friday at the ECK Center is your chance to mingle with our diverse spiritual community. Come to our open house during the afternoon. Join us for a special event in the evening.

The New York City ECK Center is located at 4 W. 43rd St. (between Fifth & Sixth Avenues), Suite 503, NYC, NY 10036.

Don’t miss your opportunity to:
• Connect with other spiritually minded people
• Have a solid moment to focus your attention on spirituality no matter what background you come from
• Meet new friends and run into old ones
• Feel lighter, laugh, and surprise yourself
• Unearth spiritual insights into what’s going on in your everyday life
• Make realizations you wouldn’t make anywhere else

What’s happening this Friday

4:00 pm–6:00 pm: Open House & Individual Spiritual Study
Feel free to stop by and visit any time. Hosts are available to answer questions, orient you to ECK books or materials, and give you a tour of our home in NYC. If you’re looking for a quiet moment to do a spiritual exercise, read a book, or maybe even meet with a friend, this is a great time to visit. It’s also a great time to learn more about Eckankar if you’ve got questions!

7:00 pm–8:15 pm: Spiritual Discussion: Transform Your Life with an Open Heart

Learn how to have greater happiness and love in your life!
Join us for a transformative experience as we delve into a spiritual discussion on navigating life's obstacles with compassion and understanding and share with each other the techniques that we use to view life with a spiritual perspective and open heart.

“The more you learn about yourself, the more you have to give back to life. It’s natural. You have to. Your heart opens, you have a greater capacity for love. To get more love, you have to give more love. As you give more, you get more.”

—Harold Klemp, The Secret of Love, p. 96

8:15 pm–9:30 pm: Fellowship
Fellowship is your chance to meet with old friends, meet new ones, share stories, and laugh a lot. Sometimes these spontaneous moments are where the deepest connections and conversations happen. We might even have food too!

“What we’re trying to do on the path of Eckankar is to find out what this life we are living actually means and how the spiritual consciousness can make it better—both now and after we step through the veil into the true worlds of the greater Light and the greater Sound of Spirit.”

—Harold Klemp, Touching the Face of God, p. 63

Are you ready to learn spiritual techniques that bring enlightenment in a natural way—from the inside out?

“The Easy Way discourses are a portal for you to enter the secret worlds that exist beyond our cosmos, the higher regions so well known to the ECK travelers and the saints of old.”

—Harold Klemp, The Call of Soul, p. 96

Have you had spiritual experiences that have you seeking answers? Have you attended one of our online spiritual discussions based on a topic that intrigues you, and you want to continue the conversation? Are you ready to discover who you are as a spiritual being?

You are warmly invited to join us for our second class of The Easy Way Discourses Satsang class on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 10:00 am–11:00 am. This year-long in-person class meets on the second Saturday of each month at the ECKANKAR Center of Rochester at 312 W. Commercial Street East Rochester, NY 14445.

This Satsang class is open to all students of ECKANKAR who live within New York State or Bermuda and who have their own copy of the discourse. You may join the class up to the third session, Saturday, September 13, 2025. After that date, the class will be closed to new students.

Class dates open to new students include:
• Saturday, August 9, 2025, 10:00 am–11:00 am
• Saturday, September 13, 2025, 10:00 am–11:00 am