Eckankar inVermont ECKANKAR, The Path of Spiritual Freedom

January/February/March 2020 www.eckankar-vt.org

All are welcome to the following events hosted by Eckankar, a spiritual teaching that offers simple spiritual exercises for people of all faiths, traditions, and walks of life to develop and deepen a conscious and practical relationship with spirit. We can all share insights and find common ground at these free events held at a variety of locations throughout Vermont.

Join us for any one, two or all three discussions in this series on Gaining Spiritual Insight: Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Avenue, Manchester Center Tuesday, January 14, 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Gaining Spiritual Insight on Conquering Fear What spiritual gifts do our fears conceal? Discover how a spiritual understanding of our past can help loosen its grip. Practice spiritual exercises to help you move past fear to love.

Tuesday, January 21, 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Gaining Spiritual Insight on Life after Death Is it possible to gain spiritual guidance during times of grief and experience heaven for yourself? Explore the eternal nature of soul, the spiritual being we really are. Tuesday, January 28, 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Gaining Spiritual Insight on Relationships How does the past affect our relationships today? Practice spiritual tools to break unwanted patterns in relationships. Discover your own paths to greater freedom and love, and strengthen the bond of love with all life. Have You Had a Spiritual Experience? Have you ever seen spiritual lights or heard inner sounds, had strong intuitions or deja vu, dreams of flying, past life recall or an out-of-body experience? Here is a chance to share and explore your experiences with others. There will be an opportunity to try a spiritual exercise that can open the way for more spiritual experiences in your life. Saturday, January 18, 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro Dreams and Soul Travel – Keys to Healing and Inner Peace Dreams and Soul Travel offer us a way to connect with inner truth and find answers to our questions. Have you had a significant dream or an out of the body experience? This discussion is for all interested in an open forum for sharing spiritual experiences and questions. We will try a spiritual exercise that will quiet the mind and open the world of dreams so the next step in healing the mind, body and heart may be discovered. Tuesday, February 4, 6:30 – 7:30 pm - Waterbury Public Library, 28 N. Main St., Waterbury Wednesday, February 26, 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Upper Valley Food Co-op, 193 Main Street, WRJ Animals Are Soul Too Our connection with animals can open our hearts and our lives. Has a departed pet returned in a dream? Has an animal healed you, protected you from harm, or maybe even saved your life? Do you wonder if animals go to heaven? Our experiences with animals may help us with our deepest questions about life, love, and the divine purpose of Soul. Come share the surprising, funny, and profound ways animals have brought a spiritual love or insight into your life. Saturday, February 15, 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St, Brattleboro Thursday, February 20, 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main Street, Middlebury

Past Lives, Present Understanding Have you lived before? Could choices and experiences from other lifetimes be influencing your life today? Come explore with others some ways an understanding of past lives can bring the gift of insight to your present life. Learn techniques to awaken your consciousness to the blessing of greater awareness. Tuesday, March 17, 5:30 - 6:30 pm - Rutland Free Library,10 Court Street, Rutland Mining the Spiritual Gold of Adversity The question of why bad things happen to good people has been around forever. We each face problems - some large, some small. What causes them? Can we avoid them? This open discussion will explore spiritual keys to find the root cause of our problems and to unlock the secrets of effective problem solving. We will try a spiritual exercise to kindle creativity and help us to understand and begin to resolve our challenges. Come share your stories and insights as we look to discover the spiritual growth that can arise from adversity. Saturday, March 21, 16, 5:30 - 6:30 pm - Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., Brattleboro

“Learn to go inside

yourself because

this is the source of

all truth. There are a

lot of holy temples

out here, but the

most sacred of all is

the temple inside of

you, because this is

where you meet with

the Holy Spirit, the

Voice of God."

- Harold Klemp, Spiritual Leader of

Eckankar

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cancellations due to winter weather,

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800-772-9390

Eckankar Light & Sound Service

“The Voice of God can be known through the Light and Sound that uplifts us so we can reach into high states of spiritual consciousness. No longer bound by the hand of destiny, we then become spiritually free to mark our own

course for this lifetime and into the worlds beyond.” -Harold Klemp, Spiritual Leader of Eckankar

All are welcome to the Eckankar Light and Sound Service. This service is a chance to explore your innate ability to know divine truth. It will include an uplifting HU Chant and an open discussion of the spiritual principles at work in our daily lives. The one-hour service is a blend of shared insights and contemplative exercises to have your own experience of the Light and Sound of God. Discover more about yourself as Soul - an eternal, creative being. January 5, 10:00 am Our Inner Truth ~ The Light and Sound Burlington, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center 60 Lake Street, in the Great Room, 3rd floor

January 5, 10:30 am Life's Challenges ~ Blessings of Spiritual Opportunity White River Junction, Upper Valley Food Co-op 193 Main Street, in the Classroom, 2nd floor

February 2, 10:00 am Life's Challenges ~ Blessings of Spiritual Opportunity Burlington, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center 60 Lake Street, in the Great Room, 3rd floor March 1,10:00 am HU ~ The Song of Soul Burlington, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center 60 Lake Street, in the Great Room, 3rd floor

HU: The Sound of Soul

“Singing HU has been practiced for thousands of years in one form or another for inner attunement. In the same way a

musician can use a tuning fork to find the right pitch, the person singing HU tunes in to a higher spiritual awareness."

−Harold Klemp, HU,

The Most Beautiful Prayer

HU is an ancient name for God. It is a sound behind all sounds. Singing HU can open your heart, helping you to find peace, expand your awareness, and gain a higher perspective on daily problems.

All are welcome to experience the HU at any of the many HU Chants held throughout Vermont. Each HU Chant lasts about twenty minutes, followed by a brief contemplative time and conversation with others of like heart.

To listen to the HU, you can visit http://www.HearHU.org.

HU Chants: The Sound of Soul

Vermont Eckankar Center, 95 College St, Burlington (HU Chants are held the 2nd Wednesday & 3rd Sunday of

each month at the Eckankar Center)

Wednesday, January 8, 7:00 pm Sunday, January 19, 10:00 am Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 pm Sunday, February 16, 10:00 am Wednesday, March 11, 7:00 pm Sunday, March 15, 10:00 am Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main Street, Middlebury Thursday, February 20, 7:15 pm

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Want more information?

You can find out more about Eckankar at www.eckankar.org. To find out more about Eckankar

events in Vermont, you can go to www.eckankar-vt.org or call the phone number below. If you’d like, we can even

route you to folks in your local community who can discuss activities coming up near you. You can connect

through email at eck.vermont@gmail.com or call

(800) 772-9390

ECKANKAR Video TV Broadcasts

Local Vermont TV channels air Eckankar videos of Harold Klemp and his stories of

everyday experiences and simple practical techniques to accelerate your pursuit of truth. For a

schedule of the Burlington, Montpelier, Newport, Rutland, White River Junction & Middlebury channels which broad-

cast these videos, you can go to www.eckankar-vt.org.

Eckankar in Vermont is published by the Vermont Satsang Society, Inc, A Chartered Affiliate of ECKANKAR, 95 College Street,

Burlington, VT 05401, phone: 800-772-9390