I think he bats for "Team Head Spin"!
My contribution regarding that blogspot post ..... I posted it posted to
Marman's Blog directly,
http://spiritualdialogues.com/books/the-whole-truth-the-spiritual-legacy-of-paul-twitchell/
It will NEVER show up there, so no point waiting.
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Doug says:
"I agree with you that many of Twitchell's terms came from the Sikh
tradition. In fact, I've run across a talk of his where he said that
the name Eckankar came from Guru Nanak's writings."
http://tibeto-logic.blogspot.com.au/2007/07/katsupari-and-living-slick-factor.html
Why do you insist on doing this Doug? He never "said" that. And in your
original "quoting" of his 1966 talk, you never said that either. You keep
taking 3 and turning it into 300 .. the same thing you publicly accused Lane
of doing for 25+ years.
Ekankar is NOT Ik Ongkar .. Ekankar is NOT a Sikh term, and it does NOT show up
in Guru Nanak's writings, anywhere. Does it? Have even bothered to check them?
Please, even though it's now 6 years later, stop just making stuff up out of
thin air.
EKankar is a term used by Kirpal Singh and the rest of the RS folks. It's in
his talks, it's in his publications. The meaning is the same as what Twitchell
gave it in that audio tape you refuse to transcribe fully and accurately and
publish it so everyone else in the world can make up their own minds as to what
Twitchell may have meant without needing to be told by you.
Julian Johnson in The Path of the Masters 1939
says: "Ekankar means the one oneness, the
body of oneness."
Rebazar Tarzs in TFC 1971 says: "ECKANKAR
means the one oneness, the body of oneness.""
Doug says:
"You've just been reading too much from followers of Radhasoami. They were
convinced that Twitchell took his teaching from Kirpal Singh, but this only
shows how little they knew about Twitchell."
No Doug, it shows how VERY LITTLE YOU KNOW about Radhasoami and Kirpal Singh
and Ruhani and how Twitchell wrote his materials up. And yes of course RS they
do take stuff from Guru Nanak and the other Sikh Gurus but they reference their
quotes accurately. Twitchell didn't, and neither do you.
Doug says:
"Kirpal's version spells it as Ekankar. Other groups, as I've said,
spell it Ek Onkar, Ikankar, and many other forms."
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/zzhKNYR7nTw/UOr1_pBTqEUJ
Wrong, yet again. Please learn something new about Ruhani, Kirpal, and
Ekankar v Ek Angkar and Ik Onkar and "languages" and "semantics" and "lingistics" and "etymology" ...
Please find out what KIRPAL, SAWAN and J Johnson actually MEANT by what THEY
said, and not what you "believe" or what Twitchell "believed" they meant/said
then lazily chose to JUST MAKE UP things out of what they DID NOT say!
7 x Ekankar Quotes - 26 x Ekankar & Ek Onkar Quotes
"EK-ANKAR--The Unmanifest-Manifested, God-in-expression power, the holy Word,
the primal manifestation of Godhead by which and in which all live, move and
have their being and by which all find a way back to Absolute God."
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/VdDqDxIXxmE/vSB_IN__F8MJ
Now of course, given the number of Singhs in RS since the 1800s Ik Ongkar,
EKankar, are not unknown quantities for the Subcontinent INDIANS of the Punjab.
Yes, surprise, there are some word definitions that sound really similar, almost the exact same, but it all depends on the USE, the INTENT, and the CONTEXT.
Only a fool would believe that the name Hugh means the exact same thing as the
word HU, because they "sound the same" to an Eskimo who had never read a book
or eaten anything other than seal and fish!
Where do you live? How many Indian languages can you speak fluently Doug?
You "could" go read a Kirpal Singh website or a book, because they are often
in ENGLISH mate!
Now your challenge for your next life is this:
SHOW ME VERBATIM in this talk of his, where Twitchell said that
the name Eckankar came from Guru Nanak's WRITINGS."
Because that is delusional irrational BULLSHIT talking!
The fact is, the whole truth is, Marman, that Twitchell took it from Julian
Johnson's and Kirpal Singh's WRITINGS ..... end of story right there!
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Meanwhile Twitchell, as does Klemp, make the "mythic claim" that Eckankar means
a Co-Worker with God instead .... So Doug, if that is true, then it cannot mean
what Guru Nanak said Ik Onkar means .... are you awake?
Here try this and try to learn something HISTORICALLY ACCURATE about Kirpal
Singh ... 74 x Conscious Co-Worker Quotes
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/VBI2lZXLADQ/gHPsXLx9hUkJ
Every dear soul is entitled to a few mistakes in their lifetime. But your
actions and your poor research skills and mythical thinking totally shatters
the exceptions to this rule. Your book and your manifold opinions are replete
with the worst kind of disinformation and mythical beliefs possible.
Oh, that's IMHO, but it is backed up with real facts and a whole lot of truth
one will never find in TWT book!
[ PS no the email will not work, but it is a real email address. Try and make sense of that, if you can. You just never ever listen to anyone, ever never! ]