About us
Are you a spiritual adventurer?
Meet with people of all different backgrounds who share a passion for spirituality—who seek to have actual spiritual experiences, such as significant dreams, out-of-body travel, past-life recall, and encounters with spiritual beings—and to grow from these experiences to bring more meaning, purpose, and joy to daily life. Come share your spiritual experiences—or your desire to have them—in an open, friendly spiritual community.
Our group is sponsored by Eckankar, the Path of Spiritual Freedom. This ancient spiritual teaching offers spiritual techniques and resources for an individual to discover truth for themselves through personal experience. People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome. Have you had out-of-body adventures, past life recall, or have you seen inner lights or heard inner sounds? Join us to gain new insights into your experiences and understand their spiritual significance.
We offer online and in-person workshops, spiritual discussions, book discussions, group chants and more. Learn creative techniques to further explore our inner worlds and to thrive spiritually.
To get FREE reading materials that can be downloaded or sent to you on these spiritual topics, click the following link:
https://www.eckankar.org/FreeBook/
This group is operated by the New York Satsang Society, Inc., A Chartered Affiliate of Eckankar.
The opinions expressed in this site are those of the writers and not necessarily those of ECKANKAR or the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master, Sri Harold Klemp.
Copyright © 2025 ECKANKAR. All rights reserved. The terms ECKANKAR, ECK, EK, MAHANTA, SOUL TRAVEL, AND VAIRAGI, among others are trademarks of ECKANKAR, PO Box 2000, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2000, USA
Upcoming events
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Talk by Sri Doug Kunin: You Are the Light—ECK Community Night
PianoPiano, 37 West 65th St., New York, NY, US9 attendees from 3 groupsYour open door for new spiritual horizons
Fridays are your chance to mingle with our diverse ECK spiritual community! Join us for our Sound of Soul event, featuring the sacred chant of HU, followed by Sri Doug Kunin's video talk, You Are the Light, and a lively spiritual discussion.
Please Note: This event is in a temporary location until we have moved into our new ECK Center.
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
• Feel lighter, laugh, and surprise yourself!
• Unearth spiritual insights into what’s going on in your everyday lifeWhat’s happening this Friday
6:15 pm–6:50 pm Sound of Soul Event: Revitalize and Renew with the Sacred Sound of HU.
At a Sound of Soul event, join others in chanting HU, an ancient mantra, for about 12 minutes. Then, experience its uplifting vibration in a few moments of quiet contemplation. Afterwards, enjoy an open spiritual discussion on any questions, insights and experiences that you may have.7:00 pm–8:15 pm: You Are the Light, a video talk by Sri Doug Kunin, the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master and Spiritual Leader of Eckankar, originally recorded for the 2025 Dominican Republic ECK Soul Adventure Seminar
In Sri Doug Kunin’s ~~t~~alk to the attendees at the Dominican Republic 2025 Soul Adventure Seminar, he focuses on who we are as spiritual beings growing in consciousness and learning to love as God loves. He explains how Eckankar shares the spiritual laws of life to help raise our vibrations to a different state of consciousness. One story relates that in a dream class taught by ECKists, people connected over their loss of loved ones. Beyond what they were learning about dreams, they were growing in the depth of their capacity to give and receive divine love. As spiritual beings, we have a divine purpose: to love as God loves.
You’ll have the opportunity after the 20-minute talk to share reactions, insights, questions, and perhaps, recognize the power and potential you have as Soul through your own creative imagination.
8:15 pm–9:00 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!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
We look forward to seeing you on Friday!
If you have any questions, please email eckcenternyc@gmail.com or call (212) 221-1402.
2 attendees from this group - Network event
Meeting Life’s Challenges with Divine Guidance
·OnlineOnline10 attendees from 3 groupsOpen your heart to divine love and guidance—and meet life’s challenges with grace and gratitude.
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.
“If you want to lift yourself to a higher state of consciousness—so that the political issues, the family issues, the social issues of the day do not throw you out of balance, so that you can find a happier, more contented life while you’re living here—sing HU, the most beautiful prayer.”
—Harold Klemp, The Sound of Soul, p. 33
HU is a sacred mantra—the Sound behind all sounds. An ancient name for God, HU 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.
Lynne Latella, a long-time student of Eckankar warmly invites to join in for this online Sound of Soul Event on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm. All are welcome!
More Information:
This event will be hosted on Zoom. You can also join by phone. The phone number and Zoom link will also be sent in an email on the day of the event to those who have registered.For more information regarding Eckankar events in New York State, please visit our web page at: https://eckankar-ny.org
4 attendees from this group - Network event
Raise Your Spiritual IQ!—Develop a Powerful Spiritual Practice—ECK Fellowship
PianoPiano Rehearsal Studios, 37 W 65th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10023, USA, New York, NY, US5 attendees from 3 groupsYour open door for new spiritual horizons
Fridays are your chance to mingle with our diverse spiritual community. This Friday evening, join us for our Sound of Soul event which includes chanting the sacred sound of HU, followed by the spiritual discussion, “Developing a Powerful Spiritual Practice.”
Please Note: This event is in a temporary location until we have moved into our new ECK Center.
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
• Feel lighter, laugh, and surprise yourself!
• Unearth spiritual insights into what’s going on in your everyday lifeWhat’s happening this Friday
6:15 pm–6:50 pm Sound of Soul EventYou 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 questions.
7:00 pm–8:15 pm: Spiritual Discussion: “Developing a Powerful Spiritual Practice”
Join us for this compelling spiritual discussion.
We will explore how cultivating an intentional spiritual foundation provides the unwavering clarity and inner peace needed to navigate high-stakes environments and life's unexpected transitions. Let’s discuss what are the elements or steps we can take to create and sustain that spiritual foundation and the practice to sustain it.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!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
We look forward to seeing you at PianoPiano on Friday, October 9!
If you have any questions, please email eckcenternyc@gmail.com or call (212) 221-1402
1 attendee from this group - Network event
The Call of Soul—Realizing the Most Secret Part of Yourself
·OnlineOnline10 attendees from 7 groupsDiscover simple practices that can help you recognize your true spiritual nature.
Have you ever wished you could discover answers to life’s deepest spiritual questions for yourself? Join a welcoming book discussion to experience chanting and simple spiritual exercises from Eckankar that can help you discover the deepest, most secret part of yourself. Share personal experiences, insights, and perspectives in an open and supportive setting.
“The most secret part of yourself is the heart of love. The greatest gift life can give you is a means to come into contact with this mysterious part, which is the secret to life itself.”
—Harold Klemp, The Call of Soul, p. 51
You are warmly invited to attend our online spiritual book discussion titled “The Call of Soul—Realizing the Most Secret Part of Yourself” that will take place on Sunday, October 11, 2026, from 11:00 am–12:00 pm.
This discussion will be based on chapters 5–7 of Harold Klemp’s book The Call of Soul (pp. 29–56): “The Power of Chanting,” “The Transforming Power of the Spiritual Exercises of ECK,” and “A Guide to the Most Secret Part of Yourself.”
It is not necessary to have the book before the event as quotes will be provided at the event for discussion. If you are interested in obtaining the book, you may get it at your favorite online bookstore or for a copy https://www.eckbooks.org/items/The_Call_of_Soul-1065-0.html
Would you like to create your own Soul Adventure? Guests who attend our event will be able to download 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
More Information
The discussion will be on Zoom. An email with the Zoom link and phone-in information will be sent to those who RSVP on the day of the event.
For more information regarding local events in the Buffalo and Rochester areas in NY, call 585-288-4721 or email us at eckankarrochesterny@gmail.com
The ECKANKAR Center of Rochester is located at 312 W. Commercial St. E. Rochester.
For more Eckankar events in New York State taking place online or in person, please visit our NY ECK website at: https://eckankar-ny.org
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