Talk:Paul Twitchell

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I never knew Paul Twitchell on a personal basis but I came to know the man through his writings which made a great impression on me. I was especially moved by his poetry which seemed to express so much love - a higher kind of love. Somehow this came through his prose as well. People who have researched Paul Twitchell's life and who have found inconsistencies and evidence of plagiarism are completely missing what his life was about. Sometimes facts alone don't tell the full story. I am convinced that his mission was to bring love and light to a grossly materialistic world. He apparently spent most of his life getting ready for those 6 short years during which he was a living Master of the God Knowledge. My personal opinion is that because his time was so short, he used whatever means possible to accomplish his spiritual mission. Ultimately, it does not matter where truth comes from when we stumble upon it and are enriched by it. It doesn't matter who said it first. All that matters is that you found it at last and it's through Paul Twitchell's efforts that many seekers did find it. Who is to say that this was not part of some Divine plan which for some strange reason we find hard to comprehend?

                                                     -Jerry Miller, Columbia, Maryland USA

I am Sri Timothy Arnold and I was in Eckankar for seventeen years and loved Paul Twitchell also Jerry. To me, he was the greatest man that ever lived and saved my miserable life in 1971 when I first read "In My Soul I Am Free." I was in unbelievable spiritual pain before then wanting to be a priest at one time but never getting the proper feeling (vibe) from religion. Paul never called Eckankar a religion. That was Harold Klemp's doing in whom I am not an admirer albeit I know him personally (I also know Darwin Gross personally by name but a great admirer of Darwin Gross (although I believe he was not the master - eighth initiate) in whom I believe was greatly mistreated by Harold Klemp and Eckankar - they both know me because we all worked at the Eckankar International Office (EIO) in 1979). If you had read what I wrote in my edits of this site, you would know that my view is educated and spiritual since I have been doing Paulji's form of contemplation for thirty-five years. I am not a stupid man and also have a Ph.D. (English common Law). So, I am also highly formerly educated. I know what I am talking about regarding the details of Eckankar. It is a matter of the Eck (Sraosha in AKATHA). I did not want to break with Eckankar (1987), but to me Harold turned it into "love and God" which are not bad things, but the path was about Eck and Sugmad. These words are charged words (changed to "SRAOSHA" and "AKSHAR" in AKATHA (if you look in the Eckankar dictionary you will find these words are synonymous with the others - that is important because Paul Twitchell coined them and he was a true Master). In AKATHA, we consider Paulji a co-founder with me, since I owe everything I know to Paulji. But I do not believe Harold is a Master (higher Initiate, yes, but by not means a master). Since Harold is a higher Initiate, he has a lot of power and I have always admired his tranqulity and peaceful way. I like his vibration, but do not like what he says and Eckankar is not a religion, but it is now as of the false master Harold Klemp. My Wikipedia edits were objective and not derisive. They were informative and I do not appreciate them being omitted since I spent a lot of time on them last night. You can comment on my remarks here and also e-mail me at grnthghs@yahoo.com if you wish or call me at 913-766-4202 for the next few weeks. Later my permanent phone will be 215-951-2134.

P.S. Also, to clarify, the negatives that were written about Paul were not by me. I waa trying to fix all the wrong stuff that was said. But you perhaps thought I was the condemner on the page, but that was before me. To say I am a great admirer of Paulji would be the understatement of the new millenium.

                                'Sri Dr. Lord Timothy Martin, Arnold J.d.,L.c.m.D.,Ph.D
                                   Baron von Brauchitsch, the Mahaji, the 973rd Living SRAOSHA Master'