You know from what I heard Russ and it was true for me also, there did appear to be some prompting to accept it before finding eckankar in the lives of a lot...
Hello All, IMO most of the time we are simply setting ourselves up for whatever imagined experience our minds can create by tricking our eyes and other senses...
Sorry, this is soooo long...  Hello All, I've been reading these very interesting topics on this board for a while, but never have commented. When I first...
Thank you Lady Rowan,  I know all too well how you get treated when you ask questions of the high initiates. Now that you mention it, I didn't get a whole...
Hi Prometheus,  The dream experience I had was so real that I took it as a gift. I value it still.  What hooked me on eckankar is their claims concerning...
"So, in short: Why do people have experiences that appear to be related to eckankar before hearing about eckankar." Just adding comments about this. The...
One thing that occurred to me is that in certain mental atmospheres, experiences of this kind are possible. A certain 'psychic sensitivity' happens and people...
Yeah, I guess eckankar does use the experience of an individual to help hook them into eckankar. You are certainly right in saying it is a big selling point...
Hello Janice and All, One has to understand that it is not the religion that brings forth the "spiritual" experiences whether in dreams or otherwise. There...
Hi Russ,  The psychic sensitivity thing is great and I know it is what prompted me to have experiences with the lem and others in my early eck days. But I...
Hello Etznab and All, Maybe they are lying? Or, maybe they were mistaken on the time- line as to when they had the dream and it was "after" they saw a picture...
I didn't have any experiences prior to Eckankar, but I'll say this. All I have to do is watch a TV program before bed in order to to have that influence my...
"Can you give any ideas of why the vision of the man was shrouded in blue light which is most definitely sounds like an eckankar connection?" People in...
This is my take. Memory can become more unreliable with time. This is universally known in law enforcement and when questioning witnesses. In fact, it is...
Hello All, BTW- I just Googled what people's favorite color was and the answers were Blue. Four out of ten people chose Blue and the other six people chose...
Hello Etznab, I remember once, a long time ago, I shared a phenomenal experience with a person and to my surprise she made it her own. She retold it and shared...
Thanks Prometheus, as far as psychotic religious leaders and the introverted followers, I think that often the followers bring their own bias, prejudice and...
From time to time I am read this, and read the most recent posts about comments about whether the "path" of ECK is real, and also very negative slanderous /...
Hello Caesi (aka Tigeroverflow; Paulji_teen), One of the problems, it seems, is that you only come in to read "from time to time." You've missed out on reading...
Hello Non eckchains, It does seem that a lot of what you've pointed out can be applied to the nutty comments and defense of Eckankar by Paulji_teen. However, I...
Do most of us agree there is "something" - Inner world experiences tend to stick with us, like strong memories and have impact. TV shows from last night have...
Hello Etznab and All, Let me add my two cents. etznab wrote: Do most of us agree there is "something" - Inner world experiences tend to stick with us, like...
There was a Jesuit priest named Father Teilhard de Chardin and he wrote about the "NooSphere". Think of it as the psychic atmosphere of our planet which can...
Wow, all very interesting thoughts, especially from you Russ. I believe that's 'absolute' power corrupts absolutely...and absolute power comes from people...
Hello Russ and All, Thanks again for your contributions and insights. I, however, see religions as perversions and traps. It's true that at times the followers...
This is not my belief but I thought I'd share it From the Files: "Like all worlds, the emotional consists of three basically different kinds of matter:...
It is interesting. People who have had near death experiences may have an experience that fits their culture or beliefs. And some who have had strokes on the...
Every religion spins history and the truth. Twitchell stated that Eckankar has always been with us but went by different names and was a secret teaching. Below...
Hello Tygerpurr and All, I enjoyed your "ramblings." Now for mine. LOL! BTW-That's interesting what you mentioned about Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah?) where...
