Seminar Schedule - At A Glance
Snapshot of Events
Friday Evening: June 6
Theme: The Power of HU.
Speakers from across the US and Canada.
Q & A with guest speaker.
Saturday: June 7
Morning
Special events for H.I.s and students of Eckankar.
Buffet Lunch
Saturday Afternoon
Spiritual Keys Fair!
Saturday Evening
Even more! Speakers, panel discussions, creative arts,
featured talk by guest speaker, Yves Brooks.
Sunday Morning: June 8
Workshop:
Sharing Your Light with the World
Seminar Program
An Eckankar seminar is filled with real life stories
of God's love in action
in the everyday triumphs and challenges of living.
Through workshops, local and international speakers,
and inspiring creative arts,
explore with us this one underlying truth:
that you are Soul, and you exist because God loves you.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 6-8
Times are subject to change.
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| Friday Evening |
6 PM — 9 PM |
Theme: The Power of HU.
Speakers from across the US and Canada.
Q and A with guest speaker, Yves Brooks.
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| Saturday Morning Start |
8:30 AM — 9 AM |
HU Song - Open to All
(After special HU Song for High Initiates of Eckankar at 8 AM.)
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Saturday Morning
(First Session) |
9 AM — 10 AM |
Workshop: “How to Stay Spiritual in Our Times”;
Plus special parallel event for members of Eckankar.
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Saturday Morning
(Second Session) |
10 AM — 11:30 AM |
Workshop: “Letting Your Inner Light Shine,
Keys to a Happier Life!”
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| Saturday Lunch Buffet |
Noon |
Lunch Buffet for all registered attendees.
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| Saturday Afternoon |
1:30 PM — 5 PM |
Spiritual Keys Fair!
→ Choose from
6 Small Group Workshops
in 2 Sessions.
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| Saturday Evening |
7 PM — 9 PM |
Speakers, creative arts,
and featured Guest Speaker, Yves Brooks.
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| Sunday Morning |
9 AM — 11 AM |
HU Song,
Workshop “Sharing Your Light with the World”
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Spiritual Keys Fair
Saturday Afternoon: June 7
1:30—4:30 p.m.
What is a Spiritual Keys Fair?
Choose any two 45 minute mini-workshops from the topics listed
here
to attend.
Before and after each workshop,
there will be plenty of time to hang out
and visit with others if you'd like.
If you are new to Eckankar,
there will be a variety of free books and materials
to take with you for further study.
The Spiritual Exercises of ECK
Unique to Eckankar are the Spiritual Exercises of ECK.
Each workshop will offer you an exercise for that topic
to try in the workshop and later on your own.
As the workshop presentation will stimulate your thoughts and ideas,
the Spiritual Exercise will help you to connect
those thoughts and ideas to the innermost highest part
of yourself—bringing together the heart and the mind
for answers and insights to life's most burning questions.
Spiritual Keys Fair Topics
Guest Speaker: Yves Brooks
Yves is a long-time student of Eckankar,
and serves as an ECK cleric
and as the Regional ECK Spiritual Aide (RESA)
for British Columbia, Canada.
He recently became an ECK Eighth Initiate.
Having traveled extensively through Canada, Asia, Africa,
and the US, sharing his love for the ECK teachings,
he has gained a keen insight into Soul's journey home to God.
His stories are filled with humor and humility
and express the joy and wonder of God's love in daily life.
Now retired, Yves enjoys life with his wife Charee
living on Vancouver Island, BC.
He enjoys practicing martial arts, spending time in nature,
and learning through reading and experiencing all life has to offer.
Seminar Registration
Please pre-register to help with our planning.
New to Eckankar?
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If you are new to the teachings of Eckankar,
please join us at the seminar as our guest!
The Spiritual Keys Fair on Saturday afternoon
is especially designed for those new to Eckankar,
but we think you will enjoy the
entire seminar experience!
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| Eckankar Students |
Pre-reg |
At-the-door |
| Adult |
$75 |
$85 |
| Additional Adult |
$40 |
$50 |
| Youth Ages 5-17 |
$0 |
$0 |
| College Student |
$20 |
$25 |
| Guest/New Visitor |
$0 |
$0 |
| Registration includes a Buffet Lunch on Saturday. |
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Register Online Here
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To pre-register with check make payable to:
Tennessee Satsang Society, Inc.
Mail to:
P.O. Box 41863,
Nashville, TN 37204-1863
Include names of attendees,
(ages if under 18) and your contact info
in case there are any questions.
Seminar Hotel
Holiday Inn Knoxville West at Cedar Bluff
9134 Executive Park Drive, Knoxville TN 37923
Room Rate $139.00
Breakfast Included
Complimentary Parking & Shuttle Services
within 5 Mile Radius of Hotel
Free Wi-Fi
Note: Group Rate Code is “TS8”
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Hotel Reservations Online Here
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Reservations Phone: 888-465-4329
Directions: Click on Map
Youth Program
“You are holding a golden key.
It is one of a kind—unlike anyone else's.
And it perfectly fits the door to the wonder within you.”
—Harold Klemp,
The Wonder Within You
A youth program will be offered during the seminar
providing activities with a spiritual focus for all ages.
There will be a youth program during each session
throughout the weekend,
with a fun mix of crafts and activities
based on a variety of spiritual topics, such as:
The Key of Gratitude:
“The power of gratitude opens the heart.”
The Key to Staying Positive:
“Replace negative thoughts.”
The Key to Awakening:
“Awakening the God knowledge within you.”
Call for Art
Theme: Let Your Inner Light Shine:
Spiritual Keys to a Happier Life!
“Closeness to the Holy Spirit
allows the creative current to come through.
And as we release our creative abilities,
we achieve the upliftment of the spiritual consciousness.”
Sri Harold Klemp,
Unlocking the Puzzle Box, page 191
“What we look for in the artwork and writing
is Sound and Light...the two ways that God makes Itself
known to people...Look for the Light in art
as lightness and openness...look for the Sound
through the vibration, the quality,
and the life of the piece.”
Sri Harold Klemp,
The Living Word, Book 2, page 177
Let this theme inspire you
to express your unique talents and love of the ECK
through your creative abilities.
ECK-inspired paintings (any medium),
sculptures, pottery, jewelry, textiles, photographs,
poems are all welcome.
We will have supports for hanging framed works
and tables for other pieces
in the main room near the book table.
All pieces must be ready to be hung or displayed.
Original artwork by current students of Eckankar only, please.
Up to 5 pieces can be submitted.
Feel free to contact the Spiritual Art Gallery Coordinator,
Carol Williams, at
carol.n.williams@gmail.com
with any questions or to discuss your ideas.
Digital submissions (like jpegs)
and the completed Artists Entry Form and Agreement
are due to Carol in an attachment at the above email
by Sunday, May 11, 2025.
Please label your pictures with the name of your artwork,
not just “jpeg0001”.
They will be reviewed by a 3-person committee
and notifications sent to each artist by Sunday, May 18.
We look forward to seeing your loving Light-filled creations!
Carol N. Williams
Connie Collins
Maggie Stanford
Here is the
2025 Tennessee Regional ECK Seminar - Artist Entry Form.
And here is a printable version of this
2025 Tennessee Regional ECK Seminar - Call for Art Invitation.
Spiritual Keys Fair Mini-Workshop Topics
Past Lives
What if remembering your past lives was actually the easy part?
Do you today have the wisdom to understand the lessons
from a past life?
Would you recognize and appreciate the spiritual gifts
from those experiences as they affect you today via karma?
Eckankar can help you turn past lessons into potent keys
to finding more happiness today!
Dreams
In Eckankar, dreams are real.
They are real experiences in the inner worlds
that can help you burn off karma,
find real world answers to daily problems,
and even help you to see future events
to either embrace or avoid.
Dreams are an important key to spiritual happiness
in the teachings of ECK.
Soul Travel
Soul is an eternal spark of God:
omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent.
This means you don't have to wait
until death of the physical body
to experience the many levels of the heavenly worlds.
Soul Travel can be a dramatic out-of-body experience,
or very often,
a simple expansion of consciousness—a greater
understanding of the world around us.
This expansion can be the key that opens a door
to more divine love, and a happier you!
Light and Sound—How God Speaks to Us
What are the Sound and Light of God and what do they signify?
The Light and Sound is the Voice of God in action.
They are the expression of God's love for us.
On the inner planes,
the Sounds of God may be like musical instruments,
birds, choirs, or even machines.
All these are holy sounds that can help you
more fully open your heart to God's love.
Inner and Outer Guides—The ECK Masters
The ECK Masters are simply Souls
who have finished the journey home to God,
then chose to stay and help others,
such as yourself,
on your own journey home.
Each of us are on our own unique journey home to God,
because we are each our own unique expression of God's love.
ECK Vidya—Ancient Science of Prophecy
The idea of prophecy is often looked at as a curious oddity,
a fantasy or phenomenon to manipulate future actions
for one's personal gain.
But in Eckankar,
the idea of prophecy is about learning to live
from a higher state of consciousness,
a higher awareness in fulfilling Soul's true destiny
of becoming a coworker with God.
It encompasses the past, present, and future.
The ECK-Vidya is just one aspect of the ECK teachings.
