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"Of course, of course," Rebazar Tarzs said, impatiently. "Do you remember that part of the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad* where it says, 'All things when they are admitted are manifested through God by the Light and Sound, for everything that is made manifest is of Sound, or what we call the Word'? (pp. 3-4)
"This means that Sound, or the Word, is consciousness. Consciousness is one, manifesting in legions of forms or levels of consciousness. There is no one who is not all that is, for consciousness is not divisional, though expressed in an infinite series of levels. There is no real separation or gap in consciousness. God cannot be divided. I can conceive myself to be a rich man, poor man, beggarman, or thief, but the center of my being remains the same, regardless of the concept I hold of myself. At the center of manifestation there is only one God, or I AM, or Soul, or whatever name you choose to call IT. But IT is manifesting in legions of forms or concepts of ITSELF.
"I AM that I AM," the Master continued. "I AM is the self-definition of the Absolute, the foundation upon which everything rests. This was told to Moses when he faced God in the burning bush. I AM is the First Cause Substance. Throughout the scriptures of the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, the expression is used which is similar to that in the Christian Bible, e.g., 'I AM hath sent me unto you. I AM that I AM,' and 'Be still and know that I AM IT, the SUGMAD.'
"I AM is a feeling of permanent awareness. This feeling is the very center of consciousness and is the feeling of the ITness. I may forget who I am, where I am, what I am, but I cannot forget that I AM IT, WHO IS. The awareness of Being remains regardless of the degree of forgetfulness as to who, where, and what I am.
"The SUGMAD is that which, amid unnumbered forms, is ever the same. The great discovery of cause reveals that, good or bad, man is actually the arbiter of his own fate, and that it is his own concept of himself that determines the world in which he lives. In other words, if you are experiencing ill health, knowing the truth about cause, you cannot attribute the illness to anything other than the particular arrangement of the basic cause-substance, an arrangement which is defined by your concept of it.
"This is why I told you before, 'Let the weak man say, "I am strong." 'Because of his assumption, the cause-substance of I AM is rearranged and must therefore manifest that which its rearrangement affirms. This principle governs every aspect of our life, be it social, intellectual, or spiritual. (p. 5)
"I AM is that reality to which we must turn for an explanation of the phenomenon of life, whatever happens. It is getting away from the smug mediocrity, the credulous skepticism, and the stupid, stuffy pretense of being something we are not. It is I AM's concept of Itself that determines the form and scenery of Its existence. Everything depends upon Its attitude towards Itself: that which It will not affirm as true of Itself cannot awaken in Its world.
"Remember this statement, for it will come up time and again. Now, your concept of yourself as Soul, such as 'I am loved,' determines the world in which you live. In other words, when you say, 'I am a man; I am a follower of ECKANKAR,' you are not defining different parts of the I AM, but defining different concepts or arrangements of the one cause-substance - the one I AM. Even in the phenomena of nature, if the tree were articulate, it would say, 'I am a tree, a fruit tree, an apple tree.'
"When you know that consciousness is the one and only reality - perceiving Itself to be something good, bad, or indifferent and becoming that which It perceives Itself to be - you are free from the tyranny of second causes, free from the belief that there are causes outside of your own mind that can affect your life.
"Within the state of consciousness of the individual is found the explanation of the phenomenon of life. If man's concept of himself were different, everything in his world would be different. His concept of himsclf being what it is, everything in his world must be as it is.
"This is the doctrine of ECKANKAR. Is it clear'?"
I said, "It is clearly explained, but I want to know something else. What is wrong that the people of this world are not told the Truth today, that everything has to be hidden behind ritual and mystery?"
"The ECK is an unconditional force, available to every man, but to let every man know this would be dangerous in the worlds of time and space. So those in charge of the welfare of the human race will care for man until he is ready to take care of himself and use this force on a universal basis.
Based on: The Key to ECKANKAR, by Paul Twitchell, Copyright 1968, 1985 - ECKANKAR, Fourth Printing - 1985, pp. 1-4.
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Chapter One
I AM
All things when they are admitted are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
Eph. 5:13
THE "light" is consciousness. Consciousness is one, manifesting in legions of forms or levels of consciousness. There is no one that is not all that is, for consciousness, though expressed in an infinite series of levels, is not divisional. There is no real separation or gap in consciousness. I AM cannot be divided. I may conceive myself to be a rich man, a poor man, a beggar man or a thief, but the center of my being remains the same regardless of the concept I hold of myself. At the center of manifestation there is only one I AM manifesting in legions of forms or concepts of itself and "I am that I am."
I AM is the self-definition of the absolute, the foundation on which everything rests. I AM is the first cause-substance. I AM is the self-definition of God.
I AM hath sent me unto you.
I AM THAT I AM.
Be still and know that I AM God.
I AM is a feeling of permanent awareness. The very center of consciousness is the feeling of I AM I may forget who I am, where I am, what I am but I cannot forget that I AM. The awareness of being remains, regardless of the degree of forgetfulness of who, where, and what I am.
I AM is that which, amid unnumbered forms is ever the same. This great discovery of cause reveals that, good or bad, man is actually the arbiter of his own fate, and that it is his concept of himself that determmes the world in which he lives [and his concept of himself is his reactions to life]* In other words. If you are experiencing ill health, knowing the truth about cause, you cannot attribute the illness to anything other than to the particular arrangement of the basic cause-substance, an arrangement which [was produced by your reactions to life, and] is defined by your concept "I am unwell." This is why you are told "Let the weak man say, 'I am strong' " (Joel 3:10), for by his assumption, the cause-substance — I AM — is rearranged and must, therefore, manifest that which its rearrangement affirms. This principle governs every aspect of your life, be it social, financial, intellectual, or spiritual.
I AM is that reality to which, whatever happens, we must turn for an explanation of the phenomena of life. It is I AM's concept of itself that determines the form and scenery of its existence. Everything depends upon its attitude towards itself; that which it will not affirm as true of itself cannot awaken in its world. That is, your concept of yourself, such as "I am strong," "I am secure," "I am loved," determines the world in which you live. In other words, when you say, "I am a man, I am a father, I am an American," you are not defining different I AMs; you are defining different concepts or arrangements of the one cause-substance — the one I AM.
Even in the phenomena of nature, if the tree were articulate it would say, "I am a tree, an apple tree, a fruitful tree."
When you know that consciousness is the one and only reality-conceiving itself to be something good, bad, or indifferent, and becoming that which It conceived itself to be -you are free from the tyranny of second causes, free from the belief that there are causes outside of your own mind that can affect your life.
In the state of consciousness of the individual is found the explanation of the phenomena of life If man s concept of himself were different, everything in his world would be different. His concept of him self being what it is, everything in his world must be as It IS.
http://archive.org/stream/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness_djvu.txt
http://ia600202.us.archive.org/11/items/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness.pdf
Based on: The Power of Awareness, Copyright © 1952 by Neville Goddard - Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by Victoria Goddard, pp. 2-4.
"Of course, of course," Rebazar Tarzs said, impatiently. "Do you remember that part of the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad* where it says, 'All things when they are admitted are manifested through God by the Light and Sound, for everything that is made manifest is of Sound, or what we call the Word'? (pp. 3-4)
"This means that Sound, or the Word, is consciousness. Consciousness is one, manifesting in legions of forms or levels of consciousness. There is no one who is not all that is, for consciousness is not divisional, though expressed in an infinite series of levels. There is no real separation or gap in consciousness. God cannot be divided. I can conceive myself to be a rich man, poor man, beggarman, or thief, but the center of my being remains the same, regardless of the concept I hold of myself. At the center of manifestation there is only one God, or I AM, or Soul, or whatever name you choose to call IT. But IT is manifesting in legions of forms or concepts of ITSELF.
"I AM that I AM," the Master continued. "I AM is the self-definition of the Absolute, the foundation upon which everything rests. This was told to Moses when he faced God in the burning bush. I AM is the First Cause Substance. Throughout the scriptures of the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, the expression is used which is similar to that in the Christian Bible, e.g., 'I AM hath sent me unto you. I AM that I AM,' and 'Be still and know that I AM IT, the SUGMAD.'
"I AM is a feeling of permanent awareness. This feeling is the very center of consciousness and is the feeling of the ITness. I may forget who I am, where I am, what I am, but I cannot forget that I AM IT, WHO IS. The awareness of Being remains regardless of the degree of forgetfulness as to who, where, and what I am.
"The SUGMAD is that which, amid unnumbered forms, is ever the same. The great discovery of cause reveals that, good or bad, man is actually the arbiter of his own fate, and that it is his own concept of himself that determines the world in which he lives. In other words, if you are experiencing ill health, knowing the truth about cause, you cannot attribute the illness to anything other than the particular arrangement of the basic cause-substance, an arrangement which is defined by your concept of it.
"This is why I told you before, 'Let the weak man say, "I am strong." 'Because of his assumption, the cause-substance of I AM is rearranged and must therefore manifest that which its rearrangement affirms. This principle governs every aspect of our life, be it social, intellectual, or spiritual. (p. 5)
"I AM is that reality to which we must turn for an explanation of the phenomenon of life, whatever happens. It is getting away from the smug mediocrity, the credulous skepticism, and the stupid, stuffy pretense of being something we are not. It is I AM's concept of Itself that determines the form and scenery of Its existence. Everything depends upon Its attitude towards Itself: that which It will not affirm as true of Itself cannot awaken in Its world.
"Remember this statement, for it will come up time and again. Now, your concept of yourself as Soul, such as 'I am loved,' determines the world in which you live. In other words, when you say, 'I am a man; I am a follower of ECKANKAR,' you are not defining different parts of the I AM, but defining different concepts or arrangements of the one cause-substance - the one I AM. Even in the phenomena of nature, if the tree were articulate, it would say, 'I am a tree, a fruit tree, an apple tree.'
"When you know that consciousness is the one and only reality - perceiving Itself to be something good, bad, or indifferent and becoming that which It perceives Itself to be - you are free from the tyranny of second causes, free from the belief that there are causes outside of your own mind that can affect your life.
"Within the state of consciousness of the individual is found the explanation of the phenomenon of life. If man's concept of himself were different, everything in his world would be different. His concept of himsclf being what it is, everything in his world must be as it is.
"This is the doctrine of ECKANKAR. Is it clear'?"
I said, "It is clearly explained, but I want to know something else. What is wrong that the people of this world are not told the Truth today, that everything has to be hidden behind ritual and mystery?"
"The ECK is an unconditional force, available to every man, but to let every man know this would be dangerous in the worlds of time and space. So those in charge of the welfare of the human race will care for man until he is ready to take care of himself and use this force on a universal basis.
Based on: The Key to ECKANKAR, by Paul Twitchell, Copyright 1968, 1985 - ECKANKAR, Fourth Printing - 1985, pp. 1-4.
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Chapter One
I AM
All things when they are admitted are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
Eph. 5:13
THE "light" is consciousness. Consciousness is one, manifesting in legions of forms or levels of consciousness. There is no one that is not all that is, for consciousness, though expressed in an infinite series of levels, is not divisional. There is no real separation or gap in consciousness. I AM cannot be divided. I may conceive myself to be a rich man, a poor man, a beggar man or a thief, but the center of my being remains the same regardless of the concept I hold of myself. At the center of manifestation there is only one I AM manifesting in legions of forms or concepts of itself and "I am that I am."
I AM is the self-definition of the absolute, the foundation on which everything rests. I AM is the first cause-substance. I AM is the self-definition of God.
I AM hath sent me unto you.
I AM THAT I AM.
Be still and know that I AM God.
I AM is a feeling of permanent awareness. The very center of consciousness is the feeling of I AM I may forget who I am, where I am, what I am but I cannot forget that I AM. The awareness of being remains, regardless of the degree of forgetfulness of who, where, and what I am.
I AM is that which, amid unnumbered forms is ever the same. This great discovery of cause reveals that, good or bad, man is actually the arbiter of his own fate, and that it is his concept of himself that determmes the world in which he lives [and his concept of himself is his reactions to life]* In other words. If you are experiencing ill health, knowing the truth about cause, you cannot attribute the illness to anything other than to the particular arrangement of the basic cause-substance, an arrangement which [was produced by your reactions to life, and] is defined by your concept "I am unwell." This is why you are told "Let the weak man say, 'I am strong' " (Joel 3:10), for by his assumption, the cause-substance — I AM — is rearranged and must, therefore, manifest that which its rearrangement affirms. This principle governs every aspect of your life, be it social, financial, intellectual, or spiritual.
I AM is that reality to which, whatever happens, we must turn for an explanation of the phenomena of life. It is I AM's concept of itself that determines the form and scenery of its existence. Everything depends upon its attitude towards itself; that which it will not affirm as true of itself cannot awaken in its world. That is, your concept of yourself, such as "I am strong," "I am secure," "I am loved," determines the world in which you live. In other words, when you say, "I am a man, I am a father, I am an American," you are not defining different I AMs; you are defining different concepts or arrangements of the one cause-substance — the one I AM.
Even in the phenomena of nature, if the tree were articulate it would say, "I am a tree, an apple tree, a fruitful tree."
When you know that consciousness is the one and only reality-conceiving itself to be something good, bad, or indifferent, and becoming that which It conceived itself to be -you are free from the tyranny of second causes, free from the belief that there are causes outside of your own mind that can affect your life.
In the state of consciousness of the individual is found the explanation of the phenomena of life If man s concept of himself were different, everything in his world would be different. His concept of him self being what it is, everything in his world must be as It IS.
http://archive.org/stream/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness_djvu.txt
http://ia600202.us.archive.org/11/items/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness.pdf
Based on: The Power of Awareness, Copyright © 1952 by Neville Goddard - Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by Victoria Goddard, pp. 2-4.
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"Homo sapiens is unaware of how much hypnotism, clairvoyance, and exteriorization are used in secret police work on the international fronts; how Russia uses them in her spy work, as do America and England. But if you talk about this to Homo sapiens, he laughs at you. For this reason, knowledge about these subjects is well hidden. You became aware of how the natives of India leave their bodies almost at will and explore other worlds and areas, and then come back to their bodies; how criminals are caught through this method or through clairvoyance. Hypnotism has been used in India for thousands of years and is so common that nobody even thinks twice about it."
Based on: The Key to ECKANKAR, by Paul Twitchell, Copyright 1968, 1985 - ECKANKAR, Fifth Printing - 2003, pp. 6-7.
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"It wasn't guesswork. You saw it. Let's put it this way, talking in words of one syllable because I wish to be understood. One man's meat is another's poison. Facts are nothing but symbols of a metaphysic that we don't understand. Science, medicine included, is a scandalously overrated system for misinterpreting ascertained facts. And as a medical man it's my duty to say that Mu-ni Gam-po's medicine is an unscientific mixture of herbs that aren't in the pharmacopoeia and its use would be illegal in any civilized country."
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"Nine-tenths of the secret intelligence trick is to keep your subordinates mystified."
http://arthursclassicnovels.com/mundy/ugfa10.html
http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/TalbotMundy/Novels/OldUglyFace.html
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"One must come to realize that all creation is finished in the lower universes. Creativeness is only a deeper receptiveness. The entire contents of all time and all space, while experienced in a time sequence, actually coexist in an infinite and eternal now. In fact, all that mankind ever was or ever shall be in these lower worlds exists now! This is what is meant by the statement that creation is finished. Nothing is ever created, only manifested. What is called creativeness is only becoming aware of what already is. You simply become increasingly aware of portions of that which already exists. In fact, you can never be anything that you are not already, or experience anything not already existing. The whole of creation exists in you, and it is your destiny to become increasingly aware of its infinite wonders and to experience even greater and greater portions of it. [... .]
[Based on: The Key to ECKANKAR, by Paul Twitchell, Copyright 1968, 1985 - ECKANKAR, Fifth Printing - 2003, p 7]
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Neville's Goddard - Chapter 10: Creation.
CREATION IS finished. Creativeness is only a deeper receptiveness, for the entire contents of all time and all space, while experienced in a time sequence, actually coexist in an infinite and eternal now. In other words, all that you ever have been or ever will be - in fact, all that mankind ever was or ever will be - exists now. This is what is meant by creation, and the statement that creation is finished means nothing is ever to be created, it is only to be manifested. What is called creativeness is only becoming aware of what already is. You simply become aware of increasing portions of that which already exists. The fact that you can never be anything that you are not already or experience anything not already existing explains the experience of having an acute feeling of having heard before what is being said, or having met before the person being met for the first time, or having seen before a place or thing being seen for the first time.
The whole of creation exists in you, and it is your destiny to become increasingly aware of its infinite wonders and to experience ever greater and grander portions of it. [....]
http://archive.org/details/ThePowerOfAwareness
http://ia600202.us.archive.org/11/items/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness.pdf
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"[...] "You understand that the SUGMAD is both Being and Non-Being, for God is God for Hinduism and Christianity alike. The intuition of the religious mind is that God is Being and Non-Being in one. But first we must put the two contradicting characteristics, Being and Non-Being, into two different divine existences, and later follow the commonly known doctrine of the trinity. Ultimately, however, we realize that all must be one in spite of the differences.
"This only means that God of ITSELF is Being, and Spirit is that extension of IT into all universes, and you, as the instrument, are Spirit made flesh. This, as you may see, is the trinity. Therefore, you become the messiah of the times, the Ancient One, the Word, or Spirit in flesh.
"You see, the great religions of the world, however different in their detailed doctrines, spring from one and the same source: the universal religious consciousness of mankind, the universal impulse of one and the same mystical being. (pp. 7-8)
"Understand this: the God we know is like a great whirling vortex, out of which comes Spirit. This Spirit is like a sea, and man is a fish swimming in that sea. This is what we might call the Ocean of Love and Mercy, a very poetic phrase. [... .]"
- The Key to ECKANKAR, by Paul Twitchell, pp. 8-9
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[...] This is indeed the great riddle of the religious consciousness how God can be both Being and Non-Being. And a contradiction can, of course, be solved by the separation of the contradicting predicates. The same thing cannot be both square and circular. But one thing can be square and another circular. And this is the solution which Sankara applies to the Being and the Non-Being of God. The Non-Being is ascribed to the higher Brahman, the Being to the lower Brahman. One may be sure it is the wrong solution, for God is One, alike for Hinduism and for Christianity. And the intuition of the religious mind is that God is both Being and Non-Being in one. The solution suggested is that of the rationalizing intellect, anxious to do away with the Mystery of God, and to make religious truth palatable to common sense and logic.
It is highly interesting and instructive to find that Meister Eckhart, of course in complete independence of Sankara, adopts the same solution. He places the two contradicting characters, being and non-being, in two different divine existences, although, following Christian tradition and the doctrine of the Trinity, he realizes that both must be, in spite of their difference, one. [...]
There could not be a more striking witness than this utterly independent agreement of the Christian and the Hindu that the great religions of the world, however different in their detailed doctrines, yet spring from one and the same source, the universal religious consciousness of mankind, the universal impulsion of one and the same mystical vision.
Time And Eternity, An Essay In The Philosophy Of Religion, by W. T. Stace (1952, 1959)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Terence_Stace
http://www.archive.org/stream/timeandeternitya008849mbp/timeandeternitya008849mbp_djvu.txt
http://www.scribd.com/doc/106474179/Man-Against-Darkness-1953
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"The mystical body of the SUGMAD is real; human bodies are phenomenal and shaped as they are needed in each existence, according to the karma that each must meet. How do we understand this unless we are in the SUGMAD consciousness? For whoever sees things with the spiritual eyes finds that all illusions acquired in any life disappear forever, and his earthly existence ends here and now.
"Therefore, he lives in solitary joyfulness beyond the psychic worlds, as a Co-worker with God. He exists in the formless world of pure Spirit. He has the power to take Its shapelessness and assume any shape that he desires in any world. Because of this very separation from the world he is placed in the midst of the Kingdom of Heaven, which gives him the ability to assume any shape, at any time and in any place. [... .]
- The Key to ECKANKAR, by Paul Twitchell, p. 10 / Note: see also TTF p. 43.
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The Cosmic Body of the Buddha is real; his Human Bodies are phenonmenal, and shaped as they are needed in each case. How to understand this? To one who sees things as they really are, all illusions which he had formerly acquired vanish forever; in that moment his earthly career ends. Beyond the three Worlds he lives in solitary bliss; in union with Cosmic Order he haunts the shapeless. This very shapelessness enables him to assume any shape; his very separation from the world places him in the very midst of it. Though he is able to assume any shape, the actual shape is determined by our expectations. The Buddha cannot shape his human bodies; as a shadow answers a form, so he appears. His stature may be minute or enormous; his life may be long or short - these are reflections of the Buddha, produced by the expectations of various Beings; his real body is not among them.
http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2687351W/The_wisdom_of_Buddhism
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I said, "But on the other hand, the deliberate use of this secret power over other people always - always - arouses an appetite for more. It becomes insatiable. In that respect, it is worse than drugs or drink. The greater the appetite for power, the less respect for truth. It is a self-stimulating vice, especially deadly when rooted in the exercise of authority and aggravated by intellectual conceit. That is the reason why so-called statesmen can be such liars."
Rebazar Tarzs smiled. "Saints, devils and credulous fools are made of the same identical stuff. They all have vision. They see the same truth from different aspects. Devils exploit stupidity. They create blinding fear that gives them power over others, inflates the devils' feelings of importance, and makes the fools think the devils are the only safe leaders to follow. But, to use a feeble illustration, the vision of saints acts like a prism, letting Light into the darkness. It diffuses the material fog that blinds the best of men and makes them victims of want, disease and crime. The vision of saints lets in affluence, magnanimity, and vigor. Naturally, the devils hate it. If they cannot pervert the saints' vision to their own end, they try to destroy it."
Based on Rebazar Tarzs in: The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell (1968), p. 14.
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"We watched Bulah Singly" said Lewis, "on the general principle that the deliberate use of secret power over other people always -- always, mind you -- arouses appetite for more. It becomes insatiable. In that respect it's worse than drink or drugs. The greater the appetite for power, the less the respect for truth. It's a self-stimulating vice, especially deadly when rooted in experience of actual authority and aggravated by intellectual conceit. That's the reason why so-called statesmen are such liars. It wasn't long before we uncovered Bulah Singh's little game."
[...] "Saints, devils and credulous fools are made of the same identical stuff. They all have vision. They see the same truth from different aspects. Devils exploit stupidity. They create blinding fear that gives them power over others. It inflates the devils' feeling of importance; and it makes the fools think the devils are the only safe leaders to follow. But the vision of saints acts, by its own nature - to use a feeble illustration - like a prism letting light into the darkness. It diffuses the material fog - the fog that blinds the best of us and makes us victims of want, and disease and crime. The vision of saints lets in affluence and magnanimity and vigor. Naturally, the devils hate it. If they can't pervert saints' vision to their own ends, they try to destroy it."
Based on: Old Ugly Face, by Talbot Mundy (1940), p. 16
http://arthursclassicnovels.com/mundy/ugfa10.html
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"One of the most prevalent misunderstandings is that the Law of God works only for those who have a devout or religious objective. This is a fallacy. It works just as impersonally as any law of physics. It can be used for greed or selfish purposes, as well as noble ones. But it should always be borne in mind that ignoble thoughts and actions inevitably result in unhappy consequences."
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"[...] Remember, James 1:8 states, 'A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.' (p. 16)
The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell, 1968, Fifth printing - 2003, p. 16
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One of the most prevalent misunderstandings is that this law works only for those having a devout or a religious objective. This is a fallacy. It works just as impersonally as the law of electricity works. It can be used for greedy, selfish purposes as well as noble ones. But it should always be borne in mind that ignoble thoughts and actions inevitably result in unhappy consequences.
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A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8
http://archive.org/stream/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness_djvu.txt
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"Attention is forceful in proportion to the narrowness of its focus; that is, when it is obsessed with a single idea or sensation, it is steadied and powerfully focused. Only by such an adjustment of the mind do you steady the attention and increase its power by confining it The desire which is realized is always a desire upon which exclusive attention has been concentrated. For an idea is endowed with power only in proportion to the degree of attention that has been fixed on it. Concentrated observation is an attentive attitude directed towards some specific end. The attentive attitude involves selecting the object of one's attention; for when we pat attention, it signifies that we have decided to put the attention on one object or state rather than on another.
"When we know what we want, we must deliberately focus the attention on the wish fulfilled, until that feeling fills the mind and crowds all other ideas out of the consciousness.
"The power of attention is the measure of the inner force. Concentrated attention to one thing shuts out all other things and causes them to disappear. The great secret of being spiritual-minded is to focus the attention on the feeling of spirituality without permitting any distraction. All progress depends on the increase of the attention span. The ideas which impel you to action are those which dominate the consciousness, those which possess the attention.
"To the unenlightened, this will seem to be all fantasy, yet progress comes to those who do not take accepted views nor accept the world as it is. When we set out to master the movement of attention, which must be done if we are to successfully alter the course of observed events, we realize how little control we exercise over the mind and how much it is dominated by sensory impressions. We realize how our thoughts drift on the tides of other men's considerations and environmental moods."
The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell, 1968, Fifth printing - 2003, p. 17
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Attention is forceful in proportion to the narrowness of its focus, that is, when it is obsessed with a single idea or sensation. It is steadied and powerfully focused only by such an adjustment of the mind as permits you to see one thing only, for you steady the attention and increase its power by confining it. The desire that realizes itself is always a desire upon which attention is exclusively concentrated, for an idea is endowed with power only in proportion to the degree of attention fixed on it. Concentrated observation is the attentive attitude directed from some specific end. The attentive attitude involves selection, for when you pay attention, it signifies that you have decided to focus your attention on one object or state rather than on another.
Therefore, when you know what you want, you must deliberately focus your attention on the feeling of your wish fulfilled until that feeling fills the mind and crowds all other ideas out of consciousness.
"The power of attention is the measure of your inner force. Concentrated observation of one thing shuts out other things and causes them to disappear. The great secret of success is to focus the attention on the feeling of the wish fulfilled without permitting any distraction. All progress depends on an increase of attention. The ideas which impel you to action are those which dominate the consciousness, those which possess the attention. [The idea which excludes all others from the field of attention discharges in action.]
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To the unenlightened man this will seem to be all fantasy, yet all progress comes from those who do not take the accepted view, nor accept the world as it is. As was stated heretofore, if you can imagine what you please, and if the forms of your thought are as vivid as the forms of nature, you are by virtue of the power of your imagination master of your fate.
Your imagination is you yourself, and the world as your imagination sees it is the real world.
When you set out to master the movements of attention, which must be done if you would successfully alter the course of observed events, it is then you realize how little control you exercise over your imagination and how much it is dominated by sensory impressions and by a drifting on the tides of idle moods.
http://archive.org/stream/ThePowerOfAwareness/Neville_ThePowerOfAwareness_djvu.txt
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"Hardly anyone can understand this idea. Every issue of life is determined not by external conditions and things, but by one's consciousness. For example, the body in and of itself has no power, no intelligence, and is not responsible for its actions. A hand left to itself would remain where it is forever. There must be something to move it, and that something we call 'I' or 'Spirit.' That 'I' determines how the hand will be used; the hand cannot determine that in and of itself. The hand exists as an effect or as a form and responds to direction. As a vehicle or tool, it is obedient to us, and we impart to it whatever usefulness it has. (pp. 18-19)
"This idea can be applied to other parts of the body. The consciousness that formed the body in the beginning is the consciousness that maintains and sustains it. God gave us dominion through consciousness, and this consciousness, which is the creative principle of our body, must also be its sustaining and maintaining principle.
"Once you have this principle, you have caught the entire principle of life. Literally, this is the Law of Life: the substance, the activity, the intelligent direction of life which is within man.
"We only have to prove this in one direction and we shall have it proved in every direction. The whole secret lies in the word 'heart', or what we call consciousness. An intellectual knowledge of the fact that God is All is of no value. The only value any truth has is in the degree of its realization. Truth fully realized via ECKANKAR is spiritual consciousness. If we are conscious of the presence of the Lord, if we are conscious of the activity of God, then so we will see all of life through that understanding."
The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell, 1968, Fifth printing - 2003, pp. 18-19
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Every issue of life is determined not by external conditions and things, but by our consciousness. For example, the body, in and of itself, has no power, no intelligence, and is not responsible for its actions. A hand, left to itself, would remain right where it is, forever and forever. There must be something to move it, and that something we call "I." That "I" determines how this hand will be used; the hand cannot determine that in and of itself. The hand exists as an effect or as a form, and it responds to direction. As a vehicle or tool, it is obedient to us, and we impart to it whatever of usefulness it has. This idea can be applied to other parts of the body. The consciousness that formed the body in the beginning is the consciousness that maintains and sustains it. God gave us dominion through consciousness, and this consciousness, which is the creative principle of our body, must also be its sustaining and maintaining principle.
Once we catch this principle, we shall have caught the entire principle of life. Literally, the kingdom of God is within us; literally is the law of life - the substance, the activity, the intelligent direction of life - is within us. We have only to prove this in some one direction and we shall have proved it in every direction. [...]
The whole secret lies in the word "consciousness". An intellectual knowledge of the fact that God is all is of no value. The only value any truth has is in the degree of its realization. Truth realized is spiritual consciousness. If we are conscious of the presence of the Lord, if we are conscious of the activity of God, then so it is unto us.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82916572/Practicing-the-Presence-of-God-Joel-S-Goldsmith
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"Pain is like the Light of God. Do not chase the Light of God as though It were a real thing. Do not try to drive away pain by pretending that it is not real. If you seek serenity in God, pain will vanish of its own accord. Stop a1l movement in order to get rest, but rest itself will be restless. Linger over either extreme and God is lost to you. Those who cannot attain God in either case will fail. The more you talk about IT, the more you think about IT, the further from IT you go.
"Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to God and you will find the meaning of IT. There is no need to seek Truth, only stop having views. Ignorance creates rest and unrest; wisdom neither loves nor hates. Regard motion as though it were stationary and what becomes of motion? Treat the stationary as though it moves, and that disposes of the ;tationary. Both these having been disposed of, what becomes of he One? You have reached the ultimate point, beyond which you ;an go no further. You get to where there are no rules, no standards, to where thought can accept impartiality, to where effect )f action ceases. Doubt is washed away, belief has no obstacles. Nothing is left over, nothing is important, and you find Being an Ispect of Non-Being, and Non-Being an aspect of the Being, All of which is God.
The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell, 1968, Fifth printing - 2003, pp. 21-22
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Do not chase after Entanglements as though they were real things,
Do not try to drive pain away by pretending that it is not real;
Pain, if you seek serenity in Oneness, will vanish of its own accord.
Stop all movement in order to get rest, and rest will itself be restless;
Linger over either extreme, and Oneness is for ever lost.
[...]
The more you talk about It, the more you think about It, the further from It you go;
Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand.
Return to the Root and you will find the Meaning;
[...]
There is no need to seek Truth; only stop having views.
[...]
Ignorance creates Rest and Unrest; Wisdom neither loves nor hates.
[...]
Regard motion as though it were stationary, and what becomes of motion?
Treat the stationary as though it moved, and that disposes of the stationary.
Both these having thus been disposed of, what becomes of the One?
At the ultimate point, beyond which you can go no further,
You get to where there are no rules, no standards,
To where thought can accept Impartiality,
To where effect of action ceases,
Doubt is washed away, belief has no obstacle.
Nothing is left over, nothing remembered;
[...]
Being is an aspect of Non-being; Non-being is an aspect of Being.
http://www.mendosa.com/way4.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/fm/fm.htm
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"Self-examination is about the worst thing a person can do. Hundreds of thousands of persons damn themselves daily by monkeying with self-analysis. They are like amateurs taking radios apart to discover why the program annoys them.
"Self-analysis without experienced guidance is worse than taking patent medicine to cure an undiagnosed ailment. Much worse, in fact. A wrong diagnosis is sometimes a sentence to death. Self-conviction of sin is always a sentence to hell. Always. There is no exception to this. Man is hampered by conventional education, conservative theories, public prejudice, self-ignorance, and much too much familiarity with evidence that seems to prove the contrary to what intuition shows man to be true.
"It makes no difference what a man becomes. Greater men than bishops of churches have become beggars, not cardinals. Nevertheless, one can become great in God and save many a poor wretch from hopelessness.
"Now remember this. As the great spiritual guru Yaubl Sacabi once said, 'Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.' No matter how enlightening it may be, philosophy gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no inescapable principles. It is not worth much in the crises of mankind. How can it help in time of epidemics?"
I said, "I don't get the connection."
"All right, you know what every genuine thinker has known since the dawn of time: that epidemics (and endemics, too) are a product of the submind of humanity. The only actual substance is the fear that builds up the illusion and all its consequences. This is why Jesus spoke of the devil, the submind, as a liar and the father of it. The mass mind fears and consequently creates vengeance upon itself. It is the father of spiritual arrogance.
"You have asked several times, what is philosophy? Nobody seems able to give an answer. 1 can tell you this. It is a universal system of faith in the mind which affects mankind as a whole; it affects the universal mass mind. This is in essence the whole of all philosophies."
"Isn't that casuistry?"
Rebazar Tarzs said, "Yes, of course. But the difference in philosophy and religion is that casuistry is the science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience and of resolving questions of right and wrong in conduct. It means that religion takes up the line between right and wrong conduct, the moral case of conscience. Philosophy is the answers to the questions of moral conduct. Any organized religion and its philosophy will have trained highly organized, disciplined thinkers. For example, the Jesuits, as a group, create a positive (call it that, just to give it a name) thought-force that is immeasurably stronger than any electric current. An electric current is a mere trickle compared to thought-force. These groups are plus-minded, positive, dynamic thinkers. They induce (without even trying) a secondary thought-force in others. So the minus-minded, negative people keep them plied with information, very often without knowing it.
"It is impossible for anyone of limited thinking experience, experience in thinking independently, to oppose highly organized and well-disciplined thought."
I [Paul Twitchell] said, "But there are tactics as well as strategies to get around the influence of such highly organized thinking. One can dive below the influence of these highly trained groups and go the way of the negative god, Kal Niranjan. Another way is to oppose, be beaten and surrender: become the meek lamb and wait until we are dead to find out what it was that we bought by surrendering ourselves to trustees. These are the ways of the defeatists.
"But we can rise above it, via ECK. Not even a holy man, a demigod,or any group can outthink, or outpray a person, if he refuses to meet them on their own grounds. He should do so only on the higher grounds. One can only learn by experience how to avoid the traps on any level. If a group-thinker knows there is a higher ground, he will be there first with a sheepfold all ready to herd in anyone else who arrives. They are the good shepherds, if you like being a sheep. Their strength is based on thought-propaganda, which is far more powerful than the spoken or printed word."
Rebazar Tarzs replied, "Well said. But the point is to assist you to the level where you can help others."
"What do you mean?"
He continued, "I mean to free the consciousness now, instead of enslave it for the sake of a promised land in the hereafter. I want you to reach a point of balanced consciousness-not too remote from God and not too far from man, yet within the heavenly realm. One must not become tense and decisive like a good many unstable persons in whom stubbornness passes for willpower. One must have willpower, but also integrity. You must be who you are. One must not endure any other terms. This is why Jesus said, 'Love your enemies.' Don't love their objectionable traits or expect them to love yours. Love them by remembering who they really are. Then they will love you. See the difference?"
"I am beginning to. Does it always work?"
Rebazar Tarzs said, "The neophytes, the beginners on the path, the ones just starting, have a long way to go before they can get to this level of God."
I asked, "But if it's really true, why doesn't it always work?"
The Master answered, "Does the Golden Rule work when applied by a conceited egotist? Torquemada thought he was obeying the Golden Rule when he tortured heretics. The rule is really so subtle that the complicated illusion of personality blinds us to it. We can learn gradually, little by little, and each little bit that we learn is an unfoldment of God" [....]
"So we come to happiness. This is either a fool's paradise or a byproduct of continual striving towards spiritual consciousness. True happiness is a sensation of momentary balance. When man remembers who and what he really is, he does no wrong and injures no one. Even his worst mistakes turn out to be a help to others and profitable lessons for all.
"Most people are good manipulators of mental atmosphere. This is only a phrase. One has to use words to suggest meanings that words cannot convey. We can, and often do, create a psychic field in which phenomena can easily occur. Often we have done this in the presence of great spiritual travelers and groups who supposedly are acting as channels for the divine spiritual force. The suddenness and unexpectedness of a straight question while in this field (I am speaking mainly of the magnetic field, as it is known to most of us) shocks the other person into letting go of his hard-held thoughts. Then we can see and know what he is thinking. He cannot possibly keep out of the consciousness that which we desire to put there. We can see his past, present, and any problems within him, without even trying.
"Most of the clergy, including priests, are what we call time-and fact-bound intellectuals who cannot grasp the meaning of the inner teachings. They are very open to psychic attacks and are certain to become confused when trying to translate infinity into time.
"Gradually, as man struggles toward God, the illusion of this life loses its hypnotic grip. We begin then to be free to think clearly and to solve problems sanely. We stop trying to fill holes with shadows. Instead, we try to fill them with ideas that develop their own substance.
"Anyone seeing on a spiritual plane, but working for material, personal profit, and especially for dishonest profit, is committing spiritual treason. This is why spies and criminals who use clairvoyance, as many of them consciously do, invariably meet with disaster. Clairvoyance perverted to treacherous ends leads to spiritual suicide. Sometimes it leads one into the madhouse. It is always, without exception - without any possible exception - ruinous to the one who misuses it."
I asked, "Are you telling me that I have misused my spiritual powers?"
The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell, 1968, Fifth printing - 2003, pp. 22-25
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Lewis agreed: "Worse than nowhere. Hundreds of thousands of people damn themselves by monkeying with the works. They're like amateurs taking radios apart to discover why the program annoys them. Self-examination without experienced guidance is worse than taking patent medicines to cure an undiagnosed ailment. Much worse. A wrong diagnosis is sometimes a sentence to death. Self-conviction of sin is always a sentence to hell. Always. There is no exception to that. Before you see Elsa again, she will receive what your countrymen call a pep-talk from Nancy Strong."
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"It makes no difference what he became," said Nancy. "Greater men than he have become beggars, not cardinals. Nevertheless, he was very great. He saved many a poor wretch from hopelessness."
"Wasn't it he who wrote `Lead, Kindly Light'?"
"Yes. He also wrote: `Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another ... Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.' Memorize that, and have nothing to do with philosophy, it's no good."
"But how does that fit the influenza epidemic? I don't see the connection."
"I knew, what every genuine thinker has known since the dawn of history, that epidemics -- and endemics, too, are a product of the subconscious mind of humanity. The only actual substance of that stuff is the fear that builds up the illusion and all its consequences. That is why Jesus called it `a liar, and the father of it.' The mass mind fears and consequently creates vengeance upon its own secret swinishness. [...]
[...]
"Don't be silly. They don't even bother themselves to ask questions. Jesuits think. They are trained, highly organized, disciplined thinkers. They create a positive - call it that, just to give it a name - a positive thought-force that is immeasurably stronger than any electric current. An electric current is a mere illustration of thought-force. Jesuits are plus-minded, positive, dynamic thinkers. They induce, without even trying to, a secondary thought- force in others. So the minus-minded, negative people keep them plied with information, very often without knowing it."
[...]
"To demonstrate to you the impossibility - at least for anyone of your limited experience - of thinking independently, in opposition to highly organized and well-disciplined thought. I wanted to teach you tactics, as well as strategy."
"Then there's a way of -- "
"Three ways. Two are defeatist. One can dive below their influence, and go to the devil. Thousands of people do it; they drown in materialism; deserting, malingering, degenerate Jesuits do it themselves. Another way is, to oppose, be beaten, and surrender: become a meek lamb and wait until you are dead to find out what it is that you bought by surrendering your soul to trustees. Or, you can rise above it. Not even a Jesuit can out-think, or out-pray you, if you refuse to meet him on his own ground. Take higher ground. One only learns by experience how to avoid being caught. If a Jesuit knew there is a higher ground, he would get there first and have a sheepfold all ready to herd you into. They are good shepherds, if you like being a sheep. Their strength consists in thought-propaganda, which is far more powerful than the spoken or printed word. Propaganda, even when true, is a form of violence, which is a product of impatience, which in turn is sacrifice to fear."
"But, Nancy, isn't your conversation propaganda?"
"Yes. Make no mistake about that. But it is aimed at freeing your consciousness now, instead of enslaving you for the sake of a promised land in the hereafter. Yes, mine is propaganda. But if you should let it control your thought instead of waking you up to fight your own battle, I would repudiate you. I would shake you off."
[...]
"I am beginning to. Does it always work?"
"You mean for beginners like you and me? No indeed! Not in one lifetime! Not in this world! We have a long way to go before we can finish that part of our education. So we had better get a good start, hadn't we?"
"But if it's really true, why doesn't it always work?"
"Does the Golden Rule work when applied by a conceited egotist? Torquemada thought he was obeying the Golden Rule when he tortured heretics. The rule is really so simple that the complicated illusion of personality blinds us to it. We can only learn gradually, little by little. But each little that we learn is one step on the road of evolution."
[...]
"[...] happiness is either a fool's paradise, or else a by-product of continual striving toward spiritual consciousness. True happiness is a sensation of momentary balance. When we remember who and what we really are, we do no wrong and we injure no one. Even our worst mistakes turn out to others' benefit; and they become profitable lessons for us."
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"Andrew must have been thinking of you, or he would not have written the first message on the wall. Later, he received the telegram. Very likely Gombaria brought it to him. It would be just like Gombaria to make a mystery about it. He experiments. Gombaria is a very expert manipulator of mental atmosphere."
"Atmosphere?"
"Yes. That is only a phrase. One has to use words to suggest meanings that words can't convey. Gombaria can, and perhaps did, create a psychic field in which phenomena can easily occur. That is another phrase. It is worthless except as a hint. The reading of the telegram would direct Andrew's attention instantly and very strongly to you. The suddenness, and unexpectedness would shock him enough to make him let go of his own thoughts. He would see your thought. He couldn't possibly keep it out of his consciousness. I believe he would see your mental picture before he would see you. That would be normal."
"But, Nancy! Twenty hours after I sent it?"
"Why not? Time has nothing to do with it. That is one of the many reasons why time -- and fact-bound intellectuals can't grasp clairvoyance. It is why professional clairvoyants almost always prove unreliable."
[...]
"Gradually, as we struggle upward toward soul consciousness, the illusion loses its hypnotic grip. We begin then to be free to think clearly and to solve problems sanely. We leave off trying to fill holes with shadows. Instead, we fill them with ideas that develop their own substance. But it follows that a clairvoyant- seeing on a spiritual plane but working for material personal profit - and especially for dishonest profit - is committing spiritual treason.
That is why gamblers and spies and criminals who use clairvoyance, as many of them consciously do, invariably meet disaster. Clairvoyance perverted to treacherous ends becomes spiritual suicide. Sometimes it leads to the madhouse. It is always, without any exception - without any possible exception - ruinous to the one who misuses it."
"God!" said Elsa. "Nancy -- tell me -- did I misuse it when I sent that message to Andrew?"
Based on: Old Ugly Face, by Talbot Mundy, p. 24
http://arthursclassicnovels.com/mundy/ugfa10.html
http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/TalbotMundy/Novels/OldUglyFace.html
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The Key to Eckankar book by Paul Twitchell is roughly 43 text pages. In my two posts I already illustrated comparisons for about half of the book. It looks to me like, YES, Paul Twitchell did take from other sources.
(And it wasn't his good memory, as J.R. alleges, because Paul illustrates that Rebazar Tarzs was the one who gave the material to him.
My question is: Was that material really from Rebazar Tarzs? or was it more likely from Paul Twitchell who copied from a series of other authors whose writings were published years before The Key to Eckankar, by Paul Twitchell?
... TO BE CONTINUED
Etznab
Jul 15, 2016, 4:41:04 PM7/15/16
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On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 2:52:12 PM UTC-5, Etznab wrote:
"David Lane, a philosophy professor at Mt. San Antonio College in the Los Angeles area and author of several Eckankar books, said Eckankar isn’t dangerous or cultlike but 'should be more honest about its origins.' Lane alleges that paragraphs in several books by Paul Twitchell, Eckankar’s founder, were copied from other religious texts.
"Member Kristy Walker has heard the plagiarism accusations before and isn’t troubled by them. It wouldn’t really matter because, she said, 'I’ve had so many experiences on my own.' [... .]"
http://www.startribune.com/new-age-religion-eckankar-makes-its-home-in-chanhassen/384356371/
Etznab
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"The golden threads of the ECK teachings had been scattered around the world down through the ages. Some were in books and manuscripts no longer remembered or known by the general public.
"Remote writings, little-known truths, and the most accurate parts of what had been given in the past were gathered up by Paul Twitchell—honed, refined, and focused so the public could benefit directly from the pure ECK teachings today.
"He was a master compiler. Because of his work and his writings, the ageless teachings of the Light and Sound are now at your fingertips. [... .]"
http://www.eckankar.org/FAQ/index.html#paultwitchell
Commentary: He was a "master compiler", but also claimed much of what he wrote came from the Eck Master Rebazar Tarzs. Some of it even dictated to him by the same Rebazar Tarzs.
People started becoming more aware of the plagiarisms, the copying, the name and word changes, edits and redactions many years ago. Then, in a number of online groups they tried to discuss the matter. Several people were wrongly
characterized and marginalized for bringing up the subject of plagiarism, etc. Members and clergy of Eckankar left the path and these "ex-Eckists" were treated unfairly and personal information about them posted on the Internet as Eckankar members tried to degrade their characters. Childish insults and outright lies were then and are now leveled against people who attempt to talk about the implications of these copying and plagiarism discoveries (attributed to Eck Masters) online. If it is really no big deal and nobody cares about all this then why are individuals like J.R. and Kinpa acting like spoiled school children desperately trying to defend their pride? Why are they attacking the research instead of helping to illustrate the full scope of pseudo history and religion?
Etznab
Jul 15, 2016, 5:05:36 PM7/15/16
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"would you like to see bat shit crazy?? LOL look in the mirror in a week....on the toilet you go again! enjoy the gift! when you begin shitting blood, go see a doctor ;) of course i am well aware that you will never admit such a thing in public, but you know damned well what happened the last time....enjoy yourself! it is 12/07/2014 so it is 12/08/2014 where you are, and so it begins! SO much fun you are! thank you once again, never a dull moment with your ranting and raving!"
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/tDgma7tfnH8/zIxw6_2nAIIJ
"You're so full of shit your eyes are brown and your breath stinks LMAO! Bring it buddy, let's see what you've got.....a whole lot of NOTHING! Anything but about to be rich or even able to sue Yahoo, Google OR ME! Talk is cheap, and is even cheaper when YOU use it! ANY lawyer in the world would look at your claim and tell you that not only do you NOT havre any case/evidence that is worth a shit, but that they are not interested in working for you pro bono!
"Bring it tough guy!"
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/9N7vyZgsKWk/evtt1MKWn-kJ
That was but a small example of how Kinpa tries ti intimidate people.
Etznab
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"And your calling him a mental case, a drunk, a rapist ... talking about shit and bowels, anal orifices ... the making up of things, the swearing, the "you can do it so why can't I" ...?
"Go back to the beginning and take a look about how you entered a.r.e. and the words you used. Sean was polite to you at first, but you didn't let up and just kept on with the shit. If it were a storybook it could be called "The troll who learned the consequences of being a troll, after his victims were not afraid of him."
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/nogNJsoC680/eRijCf6QDEoJ
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Henosis Sage
Jul 15, 2016, 11:39:07 PM7/15/16
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On Saturday, 16 July 2016 07:10:08 UTC+10, Etznab wrote:
2016-07-16 Rebazar Tarzs speaking, or Paul Twitchell copying from another book
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-M0yAR0UPhPZlhjQVp0cUJHVU0
Too easy. What a team!
Mind you Eztnab, it is easy to look good next to JR, Kinpa and Marman. :-)
2016-07-16 Rebazar Tarzs speaking, or Paul Twitchell copying from another book
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-M0yAR0UPhPZlhjQVp0cUJHVU0
Too easy. What a team!
Mind you Eztnab, it is easy to look good next to JR, Kinpa and Marman. :-)
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> Based on: The Power of Awareness, Copyright © 1952 by Neville Goddard - Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by Victoria Goddard, pp. 2-4.
Etznab
Jul 16, 2016, 5:46:55 PM7/16/16
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> > Based on: The Power of Awareness, Copyright © 1952 by Neville Goddard - Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by Victoria Goddard, pp. 2-4.
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> I remember picking up The Power Of Awareness years after I last read an Eckankar book, and as soon as I started reading I realized, "this sounds VERY familiar." And soon made the connection with The Key To Eckankar. Half of that book must have been in TKTE. That was probably my favorite Eck "book." There is good stuff in there. Really. But it didn't come from the mind of Twitchell or his golem R Tarzs.
It was one of my favorite books too. However, I agree it important to also know the historical context for the writings and who originated them. With The Key to Eckankar appears appropriated text from Neville Goddard, Talbot Mundy, Christmas Humphreys, Joel S. Goldsmith and others. To my knowledge Harold Klemp makes no mention of this.
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> > Based on: The Power of Awareness, Copyright © 1952 by Neville Goddard - Revised Edition Copyright © 1992 by Victoria Goddard, pp. 2-4.
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> I remember picking up The Power Of Awareness years after I last read an Eckankar book, and as soon as I started reading I realized, "this sounds VERY familiar." And soon made the connection with The Key To Eckankar. Half of that book must have been in TKTE. That was probably my favorite Eck "book." There is good stuff in there. Really. But it didn't come from the mind of Twitchell or his golem R Tarzs.
From an old a.r.e. post I included:
Neville Goddard, I learned, was not a stranger to people in the 1950s. Just go to YouTube and enter Neville Goddard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtRGkjxTmSs&feature=related
For those who read Paul Twitchell's book, The Key to Eckankar, 1968, featuring Rebazar Tarzs ... have a listen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtRGkjxTmSs&feature=related
Now turn to page 5 of The Key to Eckankar:
http://tinyurl.com/6v7bs9m
Are people suppose to believe that was Rebazar Tarzs speaking to Paul Twitchell?
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And Neville's words were not the only ones to match those of Paul's character named Rebazar Tarzs. A reasonable explanation is that Paul Twitchell copied from a number of speakers, authors and books. When he was an active member of Ruhani Satsang Paul wrote and article that later appeared in an Eckankar book where one finds Eckankar terms inserted. Iow, Paul had a habit of changing his writings and looking at some earlier writings the Eck Masters were real people, but they were really not members of Eckankar. In fact, Paul appropriated some words from books and talks originating in early 1900s when Paul was but a small child and had not yet met Rebazar Tarzs; that meeting allegedly happening in the early 1950s. Swami Vivekananda was not Rebazar Tarzs, but Paul writes as though it was Rebazar Tarzs. What people have learned, however, is that Paul plagiarized profusely the writings of Julian Johnson and as a result Rebazar Tarzs becomes a "cover" for Julian Johnson, Louis Lavelle, Swami Vivekananda and others.
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Can't prove a negative .... Kinpoop says so himself.
Here ya go Kinpoop (No matter how much you don't like it) ... PROVE RT EXISTS
and Ramu Nuri, Gopal Das, Fubbi Quantz, Kata Daki, Yaubl Sacabi and all the others no matter what names they may have used from time to time .... PROVE THEY EXIST.
INSERT PROOFS here:
*twinkle*
OTOH: There is mountains of verified substantive evidence that PROVES Twitchell
copied his eck teachings from others books and texts .. then LIED about that
to ECKists.
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