Summer 2015
Central New York Edition
Harold Klemp
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Connie’s Call for Help
The Spiritual Leader of ECKANKAR
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―Connie was working out in the
garden one day, and she did a bit too
much. She has a big yard.
―As she was working, her back
ached, the way it will when you're
working in a garden or in the yard. The
next thing, her heart was pounding, and
then she was getting dizzy. She said,
‗Ah, what have I done to myself?‘ Very
slowly and carefully she made her way
back to the house, got out of the sun,
and rested.
―Connie said to the Mahanta,
the Inner Master, ‗Mahanta, I need
someone to help me—now.‘ And she
put a big emphasis on now. Just at that
moment, her phone rang. It was a
friend calling to chat.
―Now, the friend didn't know
that this was a really good time to call
because Connie was having a crisis.
But there she was, and this was the
first help that the Master had sent—in a
nice quiet way, without any kind of
flamboyancy.
―They talked a bit, and then
Connie said, ‗Wait a minute. I‘ve got an
idea. I‘ve got to call the radio station.‘
The friend said, ‗What for?‘ Connie said
she had to call a buy-and-sell show by
twelve o‘clock. The friend said, ‗Well it‘s
twelve now.‘ Connie looked at her
clock. It was two minutes to twelve. So
she said good-bye and hung up.
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―This radio show was very
popular, so there was a queue. Connie
dialed once and couldn't get through.
She dialed again, and a voice said,
‗Thirty-seventh caller.‘ Next she heard
the announcer‘s voice. He said, ‗What‘s
your question?‘ And she said, ‗I need
someone to help me with yard work. I
guess I‘m getting too old for this.‘ The
announcer said, ‗No, you‘re not!‘
―When you‘re a senior, this is
what you like to hear. Some days you
get down. Something‘s not going right,
and somebody comes up and says,
‗Boy, you‘re looking good!‘ It helps.
―The announcer took her name
and address, and then Connie hung up.
And just as she hung up, her phone
rang. A man said, ‗I want to work in
your yard.‘ Connie said, ‗OK, what‘s
your name, and what do you charge?‘
―Connie grew up in the Great
Depression, when there was very little
money and people did a lot by
bartering. So she was very careful with
money. Seniors have to watch the
money because it‘s not flowing in the
way it used to when they had jobs.
―The man said, ‗My name is
Marv, and I don‘t charge. Can I come
over now?‘ A little emphasis on the
word now. Connie had told the
Mahanta, ‗Now.‘ And here came Marv,
saying, ‗Now. I want to come now.‘ So
she said, ‗OK, come on over.‘
Continued on pg. 2
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Connie’s Call for Help
Continued from pg. 1
―Marv came over and did all kinds of work. He
replanted shrubs, worked in the garden, and raked up the
yard debris from winter. He really worked hard. And he
said to Connie, ‗I told my wife not to expect me home for
dinner.‘
―Connie had been going around the yard with
Marv, saying what needed doing and so on. When it got to
be about six o'clock, she said, ‗I‘m tired. We‘re going to
have to quit now.‘ Marv said, ‗You should have my phone
number in case you need help again.‘ Connie said, ‗I want
your name and address.‘ But he said, ‗Uh-uh. You‘ll just
want to pay me, and I don‘t want to get paid.‘
―It makes you wonder, Who is this gem? Who is
this wonderful man named Marv?
―Then Connie got curious. She asked, ‗Why are
you doing this?‘ He said, ‗I don't know. When I heard your
voice over the radio, I knew I had to do this.‘ Of course
Marv was the second help sent by the Mahanta, by the
Inner Master.
―No, it's not mind control or anything. It's a
spiritual connection that exists between Souls. Marv could
see, or could hear from Connie‘s voice on the radio, that
this was a Soul that really needed help. So there he was.
No charge.‖
—Harold Klemp, The Master’s Talks in The Year of Light
and Sound—2013-14, pp. 2–4
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Spiritual Exercise:
A Seed for Contemplation:
The Blue Curtain of God
Book of the Laws
“Here’s an easy spiritual exercise called
“The Blue Curtain of God.”
The ﬁrst part awakens the seeing power of Soul.
“We come to the second law which is: Soul is the
manifested individual beingness of this ECK Spirit. The
individual Soul has been created out of this Spirit, with
the ability to have free will, to make its own choice, to
be able to have opinions, intelligence, imagination, and
to postulate and create. It must survive for it has immortality, being a part of the Spirit, and it must be a distributing agent for Spirit. These two factors it cannot
escape but as a distributing agent it can, from its own
free will, choose its course with Spirit or not. Which
means that the aspect of Spirit which is chosen is
selected knowingly or unknowingly, for the purpose of
acting as a distributor.
“Find a time to sit or lie down for ten to twenty minutes
when you will not be disturbed. Shut your eyes, but
imagine you are gently looking at a dark blue curtain
on the wall before you. The ﬁrst few days, expect to
see only the rich blue curtain. Sooner or later,
some color of the Light of God will shine from it.
“The second part of the spiritual exercise
attunes your spiritual hearing.
“While looking at a blue curtain, begin to softly
sing the word HU (say, “hue”), an old name for
God honored by saints for thousands of years.
After a few minutes, sing HU to yourself, making
no audible sound. Continue to sing for a few more
minutes until
il you wish to stop. T
Then sit quietly,
still looking at the rich blue curtain before you.
“The proper duty of the Soul, as we know, is to choose
to distribute the positive, the survival qualities of Spirit
for the betterment of itself and others; to become whole
again with the Spirit.
“Over the next few days, try to remember your dreams.
No matter how inconsequential they may seem, write
down any images to jog your memory for contemplation
later. The Mahanta or the Holy Spirit will use dreams
to give you special guidance and understanding.”
“Life forms, society’s laws, and civilizations on every
planet, world or plane are just what the Souls dwelling
there have made them. Souls, themselves, as the creative
agents of Spirit, have created forms and life everywhere,
including space, time, energy and matter. This is the
reason that man has worshipped gods in ignorance. The
spiritual hierarchy is hardly more than a group of Souls
working on various levels to keep the world running and
creating laws pertaining to the upkeep of their particular planet, or planet worlds and planes, by being the
distributing agents of Spirit. They happen to know more
than Souls who live in the social community and do it
knowingly for the betterment of all.”
–Harold Klemp, The Art of Spiritual Dreaming, p. 20
–Paul Twitchell, The Flute of God, pp. 87-88
“Throughout this short exercise, carry in
your heart a feeling of love for God.
“After ﬁnishing your devotion, go about the day as
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usual. T
Then at bedtime, think brieﬂy of the blue curtain
again and the wor
wordd HU. Quietly to your
yoursself, say,
“Show me Thy Will, O God. Teach me to love Thee.”
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New York
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ECK Worship Services
What is an ECK Worship Service?
• A place where the public may come to
learn of the Sound and Light of ECK.
• Its purpose is to prepare the ground for
all to experience the presence of
God’s Light and Sound.
Syracuse ECK Worship Service
Second Sunday of each month
11:00am - 12:00pm
ECK Worship Services are held at the
ECK Center of Central New York
206 East Seneca Street, Manlius, NY
Your Life with the Sacred Word HU
June 14
How Love Teaches Us
July 12
Trust Your Inner Guidance
August 9
Ithaca ECK Worship Service
Third Sunday of each month 11:00am
ECK Worship Services are held at
1020 Ellis Hollow Road,
Ithaca (Best Western)
Contact: Carolyn Arnold 607-257-5917
Heaven is a State of Consciousness
June 21
Was That a Gift from God?
July 19
Community HU Songs
All are welcome
The HU Song is a gathering to sing this
ancient love song to God. It’s simply for
the spiritual upliftment of those who come
and is not directed to any other purpose.
For a more complete description of
the Community HU Song and a
Spiritual Exercise that you can try,
see page 6.
Syracuse Community HU Song
Second Sunday of most months
10:00am - 10:30am
June 14
August 9
Community HU Songs are held at the
ECK Center of Central New York
206 East Seneca Street, Manlius
Ithaca Community HU Song
Third Tuesday of each month
7:00pm - 7:30pm
June 16
July 21
August 18
Community HU Songs are held at
101 East Green Street
Borg Warner Room East
Tompkins County Public Library
Contact: Carolyn Arnold 607-257-5917
What Would Love Do Now?
August 16
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or write to Eckankar, P.O. Box 2000, Chanhassen MN 55317-2000
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Telephone: 800-630-3546
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ECK Memorial Service.
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Summer 2015
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The Community HU
Experience HU, a love song to God.
It is the sound within all sounds. It
represents the love of God for Soul,
and we are Soul. HU represents the
enormous love that the Creator has
for Its creation. To listen to the HU,
please visit http://www.HearHU.org
A Spiritual Exercise: HU is an
ancient name for God. When you
sing HU, you open your heart to the
Light and Sound of God. Here is a
simple spiritual exercise to try. First,
close your eyes and look gently to a
point between your eyebrows. Then,
softly sing HU (pronounced like the
word ―hue‖). Now sit quietly for a
few minutes. Watch and listen for
the presence of God. It may come
as a light or a sound or in some
other way.
See page 3 for Community HU song
times in this area, or visit our
website at www.eckankar-ny.org for
a statewide schedule.
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