Harold Klemp > Quotes

“If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given.”
― Harold Klemp, The Language of Soul

“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, The Language of Soul

“Our memory of dreams is a glimpse of the full spiritual life that each of us leads beyond the physical.”
― Harold Klemp, The Art of Spiritual Dreaming: How Dreams Can Make You Find More Love and Happiness

“Our dreams are the forgotten path to Heaven.”
― Harold Klemp, The Art of Spiritual Dreaming: How Dreams Can Make You Find More Love and Happiness

“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

“It’s about freedom, joy, and wisdom. It’s all about divine love.”
― Harold Klemp, Spiritual Wisdom on Life after Death

“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, The Call of Soul

“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

“Heaven isn’t a place, it’s a state of consciousness.”
― Harold Klemp, Stories to Help You See God in Your Life

“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, ECK Wisdom on Inner Guidance

“life is trying to teach us one thing: to see the Eck, the Holy Spirit, in the eyes of all we meet”
― Harold Klemp, A Modern Prophet Answers Your Key Questions about Life

“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, The Road to Spiritual Freedom, Mahanta Transcripts, Book 17

“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, The Call of Soul

“What Is True Prayer? Spiritual exercises are the way to become more aware of this life. Spiritual exercises, contemplation, and prayer of the right kind are all the same. Basically, it’s opening your heart to God or the Holy Spirit and listening. Correct prayer is listening to God. If a person is going to err in prayer, it’s through too much telling or talking to God. There’s nothing wrong with telling or asking; there’s nothing wrong with talking to God. But after you’ve asked your question, listen. Be quiet and listen. Listening is true prayer, prayer of the highest sort. Even prayer where you’re asking God something is of a high sort, or it can be. But sometimes people carry it to extremes. When I was a child, my parents had us say our childhood prayers at bedtime. As I grew up and went to divinity school, I would still say my prayers at night. Not that those of us at divinity school were very righteous. A very small percentage were truly pious, and the rest of us were about average. We got along. We knew God was there. We did our lessons; we did our Bible study and science and math. There were also those in divinity school who were quite nonpious. I used to say my prayers nightly, but away from home I could try out my wings a little bit. Some nights I’d just lie there and ask God for all kinds of things. I’d ask God for riches. I’d ask God to get rid of my toothaches. They came from all the sugar I ate; I hadn’t made the connection between sugar and tooth decay. Every Sunday I’d go to the bakery and buy all this wonderful chocolate, all these jelly-filled rolls—I’d just stuff myself. I’d buy enough for my friends too. It took me years to figure out what I was doing, and I think the toothaches helped. Life has a way of teaching us better. This is what I learned about prayer, that sometimes there is a wrong sort of prayer: you ask God to take away a toothache when basically you should stop eating the things that give you the toothache. But that’s how we learn. People ask God to make them rich, and at the same time they squander their money. They have done this their whole lives. What kind of a prayer is that? It’s a prayer of irresponsibility. You’re not taking responsibility for your own welfare. I’m not talking about people who through the circumstances of life find themselves in a bad situation or after being retired for twenty years find that inflation has eaten into their savings and it’s very difficult for them to take care of themselves. These are very real problems. If these people ask God for help, you would expect that. But mostly, true prayer is listening to God.”
― Harold Klemp, Our Spiritual Wake-Up Calls