Klemp Quotes & Sayings

Life is trying to teach us one thing: to see the Eck, the Holy Spirit, in the eyes of all we meet — Harold Klemp

Know that you are a spark of God and can exist fully only within the realization of that profound truth. As such, you are a light and inspiration to others. — Harold Klemp

One of the biggest lessons we can learn in life is to do everything possible to reach an accord with the individual we are having trouble with. — Harold Klemp

We must first give to life if we expect life to give anything in return. This is the divine law. — Harold Klemp

The real meaning of detached love is to let others exist without forcing our will upon them. That is spiritual love. — Harold Klemp

You can't make yourself closer to God by hating someone else, whether you believe it's righteous anger or not. The relationship between Soul - which is you - and God is one of love. And where there's pure love, there is no room for anger of any kind. — Harold Klemp

The real miracle is a man who can walk with God every day ... When a person walks with God, he finds joy in the everyday things he does. Gradually his life begins to expand. — Harold Klemp

Children have the wisdom of God and are closer to it than many people who have spent years in this world gaining all kinds of knowledge about the nature of religion. Children have it naturally. — Harold Klemp

This is a warring universe. To survive here, one must know its ways. — Harold Klemp

The reason for spiritual enlightenment is not to escape life, but to learn how to live it richly, to enjoy it.
The Language of Soul — Harold Klemp

We're using our creativity to learn how to work with Divine Spirit, how to come into harmony with life around us. — Harold Klemp

If you have love, you have all — Harold Klemp

What is the spiritual purpose of the arts? It is to learn structure. Once an artist creates a true structure, then divine love can pour into it and make it a living thing of beauty. — Harold Klemp

Our memory of dreams is a glimpse of the full spiritual life that each of us leads beyond the physical. — Harold Klemp

Soul, a particle of God, is blessed with the gift of creative imagination, which finds a solution for every problem. — Harold Klemp

The outflow that comes from giving of oneself opens the door to spiritual unfoldment while the attitude of taking locks it. — Harold Klemp

We are learning to work with intuition, which actually is Soul giving us gentle guidance to make our life better. — Harold Klemp

An invitation is extended to any true seeker who wants to find for himself the Light and Sound of God. This treasure is the birthright of Soul that leads to the Kingdom of Heaven. — Harold Klemp

Our dreams are the forgotten path to Heaven. — Harold Klemp

You know your general purpose is to become a Co-worker with God. So how do you identify your personal goal? — Harold Klemp

The journey home to God is what life is about. In a sense it's not even a journey. It's an ongoing experience. — Harold Klemp

A solution exists for every challenge to our peace of mind. There is always a way, somehow. What holds us back from happiness is our lack of faith in the mighty power of the Holy Spirit to address our most humble needs. — Harold Klemp

In this world we are in precarious position, balanced midway between material and spiritual hungers. We find heaven to be a delicate state of consciousness that can be lost in a single moment of forgetfulness. — Harold Klemp

Nothing written in any book is a perfect reflection of truth.( ... )
No teachings and no bibles on earth are perfect. They can never be
so, for this is an imperfect universe. The perfection isn't here,
it is in the worlds beyond, and this is what we are trying to reach. — Harold Klemp

Most people who desire God look for the God state too far from home, but the seed of spiritual greatness is in the heart of all. The spiritual exercises help one find a comfortable relationship with the Eck, the Holy Spirit - and with all life. — Harold Klemp

All the help that comes to us is form the Holy Spirit, whether it comes in a dream or through the help of a friend or doctor. The trick is the discrimination you need: to tell what's good for you and what's not good for you. This comes by listening to your heart. — Harold Klemp

The secret is this. You make your own happiness. — Harold Klemp

As we raise ourselves in the spiritual consciousness, we are better able to solve the problems of life. We are happy. We are at home in every environment. — Harold Klemp

The secret of a balanced life is to live each moment in the right spiritual frame of mind. — Harold Klemp

The window of heaven is what all truth seekers are trying to open. — Harold Klemp

Very often, we are confronted by people who want us to pray their way or colleagues who want us to think their way. We must remember to maintain our individual relationship with God. We have the shining light of Soul, and because we have it, we also have the wisdom of God. — Harold Klemp

Knowledge can bring many things..but the consciousness of the heart brings love, and love brings everything — Harold Klemp

Humanity starts at the level of the human consciousness and makes its deliberate way to the summit, which is God Consciousness. — Harold Klemp

True contemplation is reflecting on the blessings of God in your life. — Harold Klemp

Every thought, word, or deed, either purifies or pollutes the body. — Harold Klemp

A Seed for Contemplation:
Creative people who cherish the gift of life often slip into the secret chambers of the creative mind. Their solutions are well-rounded, more sensible than those of people who rely solely upon reason as their mainstay. Gratitude unseals fountains of creativity, because a grateful person is relaxed. This allows him to take stock of his circumstances with an objective mind. A creative person often gets three-dimensional answers to his problems. - , — Harold Klemp

When we work from the Soul consciousness, we can shape our own destiny. — Harold Klemp

We are personally responsible for our own state of consciousness. As Soul unfolds toward total freedom, It understands total responsibility must be accepted for every thought and action. — Harold Klemp

Herein, lies the key to love. Love builds bridges. Soul exists because God loves It. Soul equals Soul; no one Soul is greater than another. Experience the greatest love of all. — Harold Klemp

Everyone wants to make good decisions. But how do you know when you are being guided by the Eck (Holy Spirit) or the mind. If guided by the Eck (Holy Spirit), you are more likely to change your mind when new information comes along. You're quicker to admit that an earlier decision based on sketchy information needs to change. — Harold Klemp

Abundance flourishes in a grateful heart; gratutude is the secret of love. — Harold Klemp

Dreams touch every level of our life. They may let us glimpse the future, or give suggestions for healing, or share insights into our relationships. Above all, they can and will steer us more directly toward God. — Harold Klemp

The greatest thing we can possibly gain from this life is the ability to love, and to love greatly. — Harold Klemp

Leaders when not leading are outcasts. — Harold Klemp

God's Love is always working to help Soul find its way back home — Harold Klemp

Life is a stream of happy and unhappy experiences, because that leads to Soul's purification. How do you get by in the dark times? Try to give love to someone, especially then. — Harold Klemp

The point of any religion should be this: how to open your heart to love. — Harold Klemp

One word of love is worth more than a thousand clever speeches. — Harold Klemp

The EKC or Holy Spirit, can lift the most common beginning to the highest good. Yet to secceed, we must surrender our little self to achieve divine love. — Harold Klemp

In Eckankar, we teach Soul Travel. This is one of the aspects of the teachings of the Holy Spirit. Soul Travel simply means the ability to travel as Soul. — Harold Klemp

When you do your best, you are expressing an attribute of God. — Harold Klemp

Every experience, waking or dream, has a lesson or message to impart to us. — Harold Klemp

When your day is hard, remember to sing HU. It puts you back in line with the Holy Spirit. — Harold Klemp

There's a spiritual bond that connects all Souls: human, animal, and lower forms of life. — Harold Klemp

Eckankar redefines the experience of religion. It offers an individual the spiritual tools needed to walk one's own journey home to God. — Harold Klemp

If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given. — Harold Klemp

Whether you are out in the world, or you're at home, you are simply an instrument of God's love in your universe. — Harold Klemp

Only through the inner channels can a person even hope to approach
the ancient wisdoms. The outer works are thus simply a doorway to
the hidden, spiritual things of life. — Harold Klemp

The way to God is ever within the heart, within the loving heart. — Harold Klemp

There is a way to bring peace and harmony to yourself even in the most difficult of times. — Harold Klemp

My definition of a true religion is one that does good in the world.
It tries to find ways to help people be themselves. It does not try to shape people to be what we think they should be, then break spiritual or man-made laws to accomplish that. The sign of a good religion is that it helps the people grow to become more godlike, to be capable of more love and mercy
for themselves as well as for others. — Harold Klemp

If you keep in mind that love and love alone is the reason for living, it will calm your heart and free you from your worries. — Harold Klemp

Fear drives away love. Without love, there is no surrender of all our inner cares and worries to the Mahanta (our inner guide). — Harold Klemp

Most people think they are searching for truth when they are really searching for love — Harold Klemp

What is spiritual freedom? Spiritual freedom is growing into a state of more godliness. Becoming more aware of the presence of God. How do you do this? By becoming aware of the lessons behind your everyday experiences. This is how you grow into a loving awareness of the presence of God. Most people live under the hand of — Harold Klemp

Learning means making errors. Those who are learning spiritually make errors just the way anyone does when he is growing. — Harold Klemp

We love our dear ones deeply and miss them when they leave us.
But we know that the bond of love is greater than death. — Harold Klemp

Youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Those who practice the Spiritual Exercises of Eck will know how to lead by the example of love instead of the methods of force and lies, which are the standards of leaders under the spell of the negative force. — Harold Klemp

Every issue of life is determined not by external conditions and things, but by one's consciousness. — Harold Klemp

Your state of consciousness today is not the same as it used to be or as it will be in two weeks or a couple of years from now. — Harold Klemp

Fill yourself with love. Then you will learn everything you ever need to know about God and life. — Harold Klemp

An individual's state of consciousness (awareness) simply means his ability to accept change in his life. It includes new thoughts and new feelings, and the new behavior and actions that will naturally come as a result. — Harold Klemp

Enemies and friends act like spiritual coaches. They round out the rough spots on Soul's unfoldment. The Mahanta (inner spiritual guide) teaches through others. So pay careful attention when sparks fly, because some important things in you - perhaps courage or forgiveness - needs some polish. — Harold Klemp

The nature of life is to face us with ourselves, until we are able to handle the problems that knocked us into the dirt yesterday. — Harold Klemp

Soul yearns to return home to God. Home to God means the area of supreme divine love that has no conditions attached to it: unconditional love. — Harold Klemp

People are usually too busy counting the things they don't have. They notice how much more money their neighbor has, how much further ahead in spiritual unfoldment someone else is, and so on. But if we stop to count our blessings, to realize how much we do have and be grateful for it, then the heart is kept open to love and all the gifts that love brings, including the possibility of healing. — Harold Klemp

Every time you walk through a doorway today, whether at work or at home, know that on the inner planes you are walking through a doorway to heaven. An that is every doorway, as long as you recognise this in your consciousness. — Harold Klemp

Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you. — Harold Klemp

Soul-the spiritual principle, the creative spark of God-cannot work if you panic. Anxiety shuts down the creative centers. When you can't think, whatever you try to do becomes one blunder piled upon another. If you slow down, the spiritual principle can begin working through you so that you can figure out the solution to the problem that is bothering you. — Harold Klemp

An unselfish dream, goal, or service can help us to the height of spiritual living. — Harold Klemp

If one gets his life together, there will be enough love and bounty to take care of every avenue of life. — Harold Klemp

The choices you've made in the past are the direct cause of all your unhappiness today. — Harold Klemp

Self-Realisation. Soul recognition. The entering of Soul into the Soul Plane and there beholding Itself as pure Spirit. A state of seeing, knowing, and being. — Harold Klemp

Divine Spirit has a way of doing exactly what is right for everyone concerned at the moment. — Harold Klemp

As you grow in spirituality, your whole life must improve. — Harold Klemp

We recognise that Soul is eternal; It has no beginning or ending. Therefore, when a person leaves his physical body, he continues to exist, usually on a higher plane of consciousness. — Harold Klemp

The quest for God is the quest for true happiness. — Harold Klemp

All good virtues and goodness itself will gradually find their true home in the heart in which love dwells, and all other qualities will wither and die — Harold Klemp

A person with a golden heart is filled with love and likes to see something that he starts completed and done well. — Harold Klemp

The ECK books are simply to show people how to go inside themselves, into the pureness of their heart, where they can get answers directly from the Inner Master about things of a spiritual nature, insights to help them in their life. — Harold Klemp

Heaven isn't a place, it's a state of consciousness.
- 595Harold Klemp Stories to Help You See God in Your Life, ECK Parables, Book 4, page 367 — Harold Klemp

Love does not come to those who seek it, but to those who give love. It is a binding force between souls who have nothing to give but themselves to one another. — Harold Klemp

Earth allows several levels for Soul to gain experience in life, including the mineral, plant, fish, animal and human stages. — Harold Klemp

What prepares you for the true path of God?
The experiences of life. — Harold Klemp

Every problem contains a solution. The key is self-discipline and surrender of the mental habits to the Holy Spirit. — Harold Klemp

The classic Soul Travel experience is leaving the human body in full awareness and having the Light and Sound of God flow directly into the Soul body. — Harold Klemp

Love won't come through unless the heart is open. To work with an open heart is to love or care for something or someone more than you do for yourself. This is the first step to the divine love that we all are looking for. — Harold Klemp

Both the dream state and Soul Travel are doors to the same spiritual worlds. — Harold Klemp

It's about freedom, joy, and wisdom. It's all about divine love. — Harold Klemp

Whenever you're in doubt about any action, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? You can also ask, what would love do now? — Harold Klemp