VAHANA VACATION JAMAICA 2010 IS ON!!!

It is time to make a plan for 2010 American Thanksgiving weekend!!! Rodney Jones will be the guest speaker to open our hearts with his Divine music, a wonderful workshop and an inspired talk for the National Day on ECK in Kingston Jamaica. Come down and volunteer plus see some sites. Mmm, a warm beach at the end of November -- I am in! Now is the time to start planning. Michael an Eckist in Jamaica used to worked for the tourist board and I think we can come with a plan where we all go to Ocho Rios or Port Antonio or the North Coast for Thursday, Friday return to Kingston for a HU chant on Saturday followed by a seminar meeting. The seminar will be on Sunday. How does that sound? We can meet in April at the Springtime seminar and plan some more.

I am hoping we can use this blog to coordinate. I am in Jamaica now and the beautiful Eckists here would blow you away. with only 25 members they maintain an active centre and last year at there National Day of Eck they had 75 participants!!! 1 American dollar equals 91 Jamaica dollars so it is hard here to pay for things I thought whoever comes down could collect books from their area to donate to the centre library.

I will be posting more details to coordinate our Travel and Hotel very soon.

Visiting Toronto

I will be visiting Toronto September 11-14 for a natural products trade show. I have not been up there in a while. Anybody home?

Youth Video: HU

Here's the link to the new youth video. It is incredible. Hit the link here which takes you to the official Eckankar site, then hit "youth video Just Sing Hu" on the right side of the page.

http://www.eckankar.org/child.html click here

Thomas Drayton

Hi friends:

I want to let you know that Shelley Drayton's father Thomas Drayton translated today. I know many of you are friends with Shelley and thought you should know. At present I have not heard of any funeral arrangements.

Thomas was a truly incredible presence in our Toronto Eck community. My father, a major Eck skeptic, once was given a book of Thomas' poetry by Thomas as my dad waited somewhat angrily for someone to move their car that was blocking his exit. My father was blown away by this act of kindness and he told me he had a strange feeling of being in the presence of a sort of spiritual man. That comment by my dad, an avowed atheist, blew me away. I really loved Thomas as I know so many others did. We will miss the love and service this humble servant of the Eck gave to all of life.

World Wide Seminar

Hey there! Who's going? I am going for the first time in 5 years - woohoo!
Anyone up for getting together for a meal?

I hope to see any and all of you there!

First SAS Get-Together 2007 (final)

St. Augustine (part 3)

First SAS Get-Together 2007 (part 2)

First SAS Get-Together 2007 (part 1)

Sri Harold on You Tube

This is so way too cool.

Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/spiritualtruthseeker

New Book on Paul Twitchell

I never expected to see this but am really happy it's out. Must get a copy. Click post title for link.

"I finally had time to get at your excellent book. Now and forever, I have the perfect advice for individuals who inquire about Paul Twitchell: READ MARMAN'S BOOK. IT IS THE FINAL WORD. A WORK OF EXACTING SCHOLARSHIP (Steiger's caps)."

—Brad Steiger, author of In My Soul I Am Free, the first biography of Paul Twitchell