Read carefully -- note the subtle technique. First, promises of an easy way to heaven . . . revelations of "ancient secret knowledge" . . . the "LivingECKMaster" stuff . . .invitation to membership . . . then the threats and scary stuff!!
From "The Living Word, Book 2" by Harold Klemp, 1996, compiled by Mary Carroll Moore,
(...a collection of articles by Sri Harold from 1989 to 1995 . . . 28 from
"Mystic World", 8 from the Eckankar Journal . . . Note: "Mystic World"
contains a notice that it is for eckmembers only, not to be available
to the public...)
"Our dreams are the forgotten road to heaven. This was once a nearly
absolute truth. That is, until the teachings of ECK surfaced in 1965 to
encourage people to look for the lost doorway between heaven and earth: their
dreams."
(Note: Paul Twitchell "created" Eckankar in 1965, claiming to have
received "dictation" from spiritual "eckmasters." There is much documented plagiarism from
the works of Julian Johnson's "Path of the Masters" and Scientology...Twitchell was a
Scientologist for awhile.)
" Dreams are the starting point for many who wish to begin the spiritual
journey to God and do it in the easiest possible way. There simply is no
better way to start than with our dreams. Good works may carry us far along
this holy journey, and prayer is indeed a boon, but generally we can learn
more about the true nature of God through the secret knowledge of dreams.
(Dream your way to God...the easy way! Mother Teresa, of course, will
have to reincarnate as an eckist if she wants to know God...)
Daydreams, night dreams, contemplation, Soul Travel--all are steps in the
pursuit of heaven. In Eckankar, the student is under the protection of a
spiritual guide known as the Mahanta. This is the Spiritual Traveler. As
the Mahanta, he is the Inner Master, the one who comes on the inner planes to
impart knowledge, truth, and wisdom. But he also has an outer side. Here is
is known as the Living ECK Master. Thus, the spiritual leader of Eckankar
can work both inwardly and outwardly with all who come to learn of God and
life.
Those who want his spiritual direction may choose to become members of
Eckankar. As part of their first year of study, they may receive The ECK
Dream I Discourses.
Each month, the individual is sent a six-page discourse that explores the
spiritual world of dreams. This study is different from any other study he
may have made in the past, for it deals entirely with Soul. What is Soul's
responsibility to God and all living things? Key to this dream knowledge is
divine love: where and how do you find it?"
(note: Eckankar has recently switched to sending out discourses a year at a time...
in one big batch...probably to save on postage expenses...)
"A person who travels in his dream worlds is assured of the Mahanta's
protection, because heaven is a place of many dimensions. To learn about
them, read Paul Twitchell's The Tiger's Fang."
(Note on "The Tiger's Fang" -- this book allegedly contains plagiarism, and was originally
written using the name of Kirpal Singh, a real-life "guru" who initiated Twitchell...Singh rejected
the book....and Twitchell replaced "Kirpal Singh" with a fictional "Sudar Singh" and
"Rebazar Tarz." This information is available from David Lane's "Making of a Spiritual
Movement" and from the Spiritual Counterfeit Project's SCP Journal #0301.)
" In those lower heavens that lie between earth and the true worlds of God,
there are shady people who like nothing better than to cheat or harm innocent
victims. In Africa, for instance, the power of black magic is very strong.
An African man reported a dream in which a group of men and women took him to
a high place. Unknown to him, these people were warlocks and witches. When
they reached the top of this place, which was a towering seawall, a woman in
the group told him to jump into the sea. But he knew that all who jumped
from that height never came back."
"Jump" she urged. As if hypnotized, he began to move toward the edge of the
wall. At that moment, the Mahanta appeared. The group vanished. The master
smiled and patted the dreamer on his shoulder; then the dreamer awoke."
"What few would recognize is that the Mahanta prevented the dreamer's death.
It often happens that a dreamer, who does not have the protection of the
Mahanta, simply dies in his sleep. The doctor writes off the cause as heart
failure or some other physical condition. Often as not, however, the dreamer
had wandered beyond the safe limits of his inner world and met a psychic
criminal, who was responsible for his death. An experience that did not have
to be, had he known of the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master."
"Dreams are one road to heaven. Another way to enter is through
contemplation: a few minutes each day of spiritual relaxation in which the
individual sits with his eyes closed and sings the holy name of God. This
word is HU. The Master comes, in time, to take him into the worlds of
heaven, the Far Country. With the Master along, what may otherwise have been
a nightmare turns out to have a spiritual end."
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This "protection" and "connection" with the "Living ECK Master, the Mahanta," is dependent
upon the "chela" maintaining membership in the organization, and paying the annual "donation" .
. . when membership is dropped, the "connection" with the "Mahanta," as well as the supposedly-
spiritual "initiations," no longer exists . . . "initiations" (indicators of "spiritual progress") are lost.
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