Eckankar of PA Public Page

To check out local Eckankar "Meet-ups" or events

Click this Link: http://www.meetup.com
When in the site, enter Eckankar in the "Topic or Interest" box and your city or zip code in the "Zip/Postal Code or City" box

COMMUNITY HU SONGS

The Community HU Song is a gathering to sing the song of HU, which is a love song to God that brings harmony to life.
It's sung simply for the spiritual upliftment of those who come.
All are welcome

Singing HU can: Expand your awareness; Help you experience divine love; Heal a broken heart;
Offer solace during times of grief & Bring peace and calm

~~~~~ Eastern PA

Philadelphia - Eck Center of Eastern PA ~
2nd & 4th Sunday 11:00 AM
(215) 925-5119 for information

South Bethlehem -Yoga Loft,
521 E. 4th Street, (3rd floor)
Bethlehem
1st Friday, 7:00 PM
(215) 925-5119 for information

East Stroudsburg - Day Street Community Center ~

15 Day Street
1st Sunday, 10:00 AM
(215) 925-5119 for information

~~~~~ Central PA

Lancaster – ECK Center of Central PA ~

137 E. Walnut Street

2nd Sunday, 11:00 AM
(717) 394-9877

~~~~~ Western PA

Monroeville - ECK Center of Western PA ~
4290 Old Wm. Penn Hwy.
3rd Thursday, 7:00 pm
412-856-3680

~~~~ Worship Services, Intro Talks & Book Discussions ~~~~

Eastern PA

Worship Services

Philadelphia -Eck Center of Eastern PA
1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday
11:00 AM

Lehigh Valley
CHARLES CHRIN COMMUNITY CENTER
4100 Green Pond Road, Palmer, PA 18045
Check out their web-site for directions at www.palmercommunitycenter.org if needed.
4th Sunday of every month.
9:00 AM

East Stroudsburg
DAY STREET COMMUNITY CENTER,
15 Day Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.
If anyone needs directions, go to DAY STREET COMMUNITY CENTER on Google.
1st Sunday of every month
11:00 AM

New Book Discussion, Eastern PA

"How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times"
Where: Perkasie Public Library
491 Arthur Avenue
Perkasie, PA 18944
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Day & Dates: Saturdays - October 1, 15, November 5, December 3, January 7, 21

For more information, contact: ECKANKAR CENTER of Eastern Pennsylvania
135 North 4th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-925-5119

For other Book Discussions, Workshops, Activities, click on the "Blue Star" Newsletter Link above

~~~~ WORDS of WISDOM ~~~~

Heaven and Hell

I talked with ECK initiates in Geneva, Switzerland. It was heaven meeting with them, but the day was very hot. It made the room feel like hell. So I thought it was a good time to ask them their feelings about heaven and hell since they came into ECK.
Many of them had a biblical vision of heaven: a place of high walls with jewels embedded in the stone, and serene-faced people dressed in long robes. Mostly people walked around heaven without seeming to have any fun.
Trying to explain to them that heaven and hell are not places but states of consciousness, I said “Imagine being at a game preserve where animals such as elk, zebra, and giraffe run in their natural habitat.
“All is peaceful. The animals stand around the water hole which has the bluest water. This is a park where visitors may walk around among the animals, and there is a shelter in case an animal becomes vicious.
“This is heaven,” I said.
Then I told them, “At this point an elephant sees you and charges toward you. You run for the shelter. It’s far enough away to make it uncertain whether you’ll get there in time. As you desperately run for your life, you can hear the elephant closing in. You are just steps ahead of it.
“This is hell.”
Then I asked them to imagine making it into this shelter, slamming the door, and standing there sweating and winded.
They are back in heaven.
Heaven and hell are not places but states of consciousness. They depend on your experience in a place at a particular time.
— Harold Klemp,
The Book of ECK Parables,
Volume 3, pp. 175-176

Attention Shift

If something is getting you down, here’s a technique that never fails to work. It’s simply a matter of raising the consciousness, of shifting the attention to the ECK and away from what is bothering you.
All you have to do is this: Stop thinking about the difficulty, whatever it is, and think about the ECK, Divine Spirit, instead. This the complete rule.
It is really just shifting the attention from one point to another.
— Harold Klemp,
The Spiritual Exercises of ECK, p. 191