Criticisms of Paul Twitchell
Paul Twitchell called old time Eckankar (1965- 71) “the Ancient Science of Soul Travel” and in doing so he was not focusing on being original, which is why he called it the "Science" of Soul Travel. As a sort of Spiritual Scientist Paul Twitchell was reporting on what has already been in existence for millions of years. (a Science) Paul Twitchell was an applied Spiritual Scientist meaning he was not focused on theory (dogma) but instead actual ways of applying it for firsthand experience and to reach what he called Total Awareness.
Few would invalidate Einstein’s work because he used various theories and formulas from such notable people as Sir Isaac Newton (Gravity). It’s a well known fact that Scientists build on each other’s understanding. But it is also a well known fact that Science is based on reality therefore for example In the case of Newton he did not invent gravity or own the idea of gravity. Sir Isaac Newton certainly wasn’t the first person to be hit by an apple falling from a tree. Likewise Paul Twitchell was reporting reality and how to apply it to reach the objectives of Self Realization, God Realization, and True Spiritual Mastership within a single lifetime. This knowledge as Paul Twitchell pointed out has been around since the beginning of time. And no one person or group of people can claim ownership of these universal principles and their applications.
It is almost as silly as saying they OWN the spiritual planes, light and sound, and universe ITSELF because they wrote about it even though these things have been discussed for thousands and thousands of years.
Why people missed this simple point is because they fail to understand that Paul Twithcell never created a religion but a science, way or path back into the very heart of God though out of body travel.
I and many others have done Soul Plane readings (others the Akashic records) and have seen past lives where these same principles and God planes were discussed for beyond thousands of years.
On another note Paul Twitchell only copied less than 1% in his works and most of his writing were incredibly original. Few people give Paul Twitchell the credit he’s due. Unfortunately when Paul Twitchell translated there was nobody to replace him until very recently (for more information on this go to www.Vardankar.com) . Many thousands of us have experienced leaving our physical bodies in out of body travel to experience these incredible light filled heaven's Paul Twitchell spoke of for ourselves.
In addition to being a sort of spiritual scientist and far more important Paul Twitchell was a spiritual guide whose job it was to aid souls in their difficult journey past the worlds of M.E.S.T. matter, energy, space and time into the pure positive God Worlds where they would find Jivan Mukti or spiritual freedom and then eventually reach God Realization on the 10th through 12th planes. Paul Twitchell talked many times about the importance of ceasing to have opinions and letting go of dogma. Paul Twitchell dealt with the difficult problem that all true Masters face of the misunderstandings, negative self images, and illusions that most of his students were clinging to often unconsciously.
Much like a boxing coach his job was to whip his chelas into shape so they could leave their bodies at will and travel freely as conscious agents of God. This was no easy task. But it is evident that this was all that Paul Twitchell really cared about. And Paul Twitchell used any and all means necessary to help his chelas let go of illusion and find truth from their own personal experiences in the lower as well as higher worlds. Paul Twitchell did not care about all the human consciousness trivia like birth dates and such nonsense. He could care less about the lower worlds of illusion. Paul Twitchell spoke of the human reality in the lower worlds as being made of illusion or what he called maya, a sort of dream like state or slumber. If someone dreamed of a pink bunny rabbit and the Master discussed their dream as a blue one someone might say: “Oh my God the Master says the bunny rabbit is blue he is lying.” It is like the Master who comes to the student dressed as a homeless person. The student is so caught up in himself and the illusionary reality that he misses the whole point of what is really going on in the divine reality because he is so enamored by his mental opinions and by appearances. Paul Twitchell did not take what is going on in the dream seriously but cared far more about the individual waking up from the dream. Paul Twitchell’s focus was to wake his chelas and help them move to Self and God Realization in this lifetime in other words “Just wake up.”
It reminds me of the story Paul Twitchell once told in the Spiritual Note book of Alexander the Great. When a great God Realized VARDAN Master approached him dressed in disguise with a bag of water which would give him the experience of enlightenment, Alexander hesitated and his men struck the water bag in half with a sord. Alexander saw the God man as a lowly peasant and a total fool not worth listening to and certainly not worth trusting enough to drink. To the fool appearances and trivia are the all important truth to build his life upon and the divine reality is a falsehood. It is as Paul said “he sees vice as a virtue, and virtue as a vice.” It is as Paul Twitchell said: “He has neither the eyes to see nor the ears to hear the divine living truth.”
Paul Twitchell would often contradict himself. One moment he was saying one thing such as "in order to find God you have to desire IT more than air itself.” And then the next month writing that “God flees from those who seek it.” These are what are known as paradoxes and Paul Twitchell talked about the enormous struggle that one goes though with the little self or ego in order to completely surrender to divine spirit or the VARDAN. Paul Twitchell would often say that he would stretch you like a rubber band almost to the point of breaking and then you would snap back but that finally one day you would no longer snap back but maintain that expanded state of consciousness. Things such as dates, places, and so forth were incidental to the goal of his chelas making inner contact with the VARDAN or holy spirit and the inner Master. Without this contact and these experiences Paul Twitchell knew his chelas or students were wasting precious time.
Therefore Paul Twitchell was very busy creating discourses, books, and talks that would stretch his chelas and whip them into shape spiritually like the boxing trainer mentioned previously. Paul Twitchell sometimes talked about the great struggle and how the chelas had to be strong inwardly in order to find Self and God Realization in their lifetime.
Some are focusing on a lot of meaningless trivia like birth dates all of which Paul himself felt were insignificant and often joked about. Paul Twitchell from being able to read the soul records could see that he was far, far older than his chronological physical age and most likely did not identify with it.
The direct path back to God which was formerly Eckankar on Paul Twitchell’s day and today known as VARDANKAR is much like an iceberg only a small part is visible but the vast majority of the teachings are hidden from the eyes of the profane. The door opens inwardly and once we step through we are never the same again. But we must desire truth and God above all else and let go of anything standing in the way of Self and God Realization in our lifetime. Paul Twitchell once said to Gail that his definition of evil was “anything that delayed soul from reaching God.” We must be humble and surrender and use our divine imagination and attention to boldly go where most men fear to tread into the high high worlds beyond matter, energy, space and time. Many will balk that none of this is possible. These are the spiritually blind and deaf. Those who desire God must listen to the still voice inside them which cries out to return to the very source of all the Ocean of Love and Mercy where dwells God or the HURAY.
For more information about Paul Twitchell
and VARDANKAR you can visit
http://www.VARDANKAR.com
Few would invalidate Einstein’s work because he used various theories and formulas from such notable people as Sir Isaac Newton (Gravity). It’s a well known fact that Scientists build on each other’s understanding. But it is also a well known fact that Science is based on reality therefore for example In the case of Newton he did not invent gravity or own the idea of gravity. Sir Isaac Newton certainly wasn’t the first person to be hit by an apple falling from a tree. Likewise Paul Twitchell was reporting reality and how to apply it to reach the objectives of Self Realization, God Realization, and True Spiritual Mastership within a single lifetime. This knowledge as Paul Twitchell pointed out has been around since the beginning of time. And no one person or group of people can claim ownership of these universal principles and their applications.
It is almost as silly as saying they OWN the spiritual planes, light and sound, and universe ITSELF because they wrote about it even though these things have been discussed for thousands and thousands of years.
Why people missed this simple point is because they fail to understand that Paul Twithcell never created a religion but a science, way or path back into the very heart of God though out of body travel.
I and many others have done Soul Plane readings (others the Akashic records) and have seen past lives where these same principles and God planes were discussed for beyond thousands of years.
On another note Paul Twitchell only copied less than 1% in his works and most of his writing were incredibly original. Few people give Paul Twitchell the credit he’s due. Unfortunately when Paul Twitchell translated there was nobody to replace him until very recently (for more information on this go to www.Vardankar.com) . Many thousands of us have experienced leaving our physical bodies in out of body travel to experience these incredible light filled heaven's Paul Twitchell spoke of for ourselves.
In addition to being a sort of spiritual scientist and far more important Paul Twitchell was a spiritual guide whose job it was to aid souls in their difficult journey past the worlds of M.E.S.T. matter, energy, space and time into the pure positive God Worlds where they would find Jivan Mukti or spiritual freedom and then eventually reach God Realization on the 10th through 12th planes. Paul Twitchell talked many times about the importance of ceasing to have opinions and letting go of dogma. Paul Twitchell dealt with the difficult problem that all true Masters face of the misunderstandings, negative self images, and illusions that most of his students were clinging to often unconsciously.
Much like a boxing coach his job was to whip his chelas into shape so they could leave their bodies at will and travel freely as conscious agents of God. This was no easy task. But it is evident that this was all that Paul Twitchell really cared about. And Paul Twitchell used any and all means necessary to help his chelas let go of illusion and find truth from their own personal experiences in the lower as well as higher worlds. Paul Twitchell did not care about all the human consciousness trivia like birth dates and such nonsense. He could care less about the lower worlds of illusion. Paul Twitchell spoke of the human reality in the lower worlds as being made of illusion or what he called maya, a sort of dream like state or slumber. If someone dreamed of a pink bunny rabbit and the Master discussed their dream as a blue one someone might say: “Oh my God the Master says the bunny rabbit is blue he is lying.” It is like the Master who comes to the student dressed as a homeless person. The student is so caught up in himself and the illusionary reality that he misses the whole point of what is really going on in the divine reality because he is so enamored by his mental opinions and by appearances. Paul Twitchell did not take what is going on in the dream seriously but cared far more about the individual waking up from the dream. Paul Twitchell’s focus was to wake his chelas and help them move to Self and God Realization in this lifetime in other words “Just wake up.”
It reminds me of the story Paul Twitchell once told in the Spiritual Note book of Alexander the Great. When a great God Realized VARDAN Master approached him dressed in disguise with a bag of water which would give him the experience of enlightenment, Alexander hesitated and his men struck the water bag in half with a sord. Alexander saw the God man as a lowly peasant and a total fool not worth listening to and certainly not worth trusting enough to drink. To the fool appearances and trivia are the all important truth to build his life upon and the divine reality is a falsehood. It is as Paul said “he sees vice as a virtue, and virtue as a vice.” It is as Paul Twitchell said: “He has neither the eyes to see nor the ears to hear the divine living truth.”
Paul Twitchell would often contradict himself. One moment he was saying one thing such as "in order to find God you have to desire IT more than air itself.” And then the next month writing that “God flees from those who seek it.” These are what are known as paradoxes and Paul Twitchell talked about the enormous struggle that one goes though with the little self or ego in order to completely surrender to divine spirit or the VARDAN. Paul Twitchell would often say that he would stretch you like a rubber band almost to the point of breaking and then you would snap back but that finally one day you would no longer snap back but maintain that expanded state of consciousness. Things such as dates, places, and so forth were incidental to the goal of his chelas making inner contact with the VARDAN or holy spirit and the inner Master. Without this contact and these experiences Paul Twitchell knew his chelas or students were wasting precious time.
Therefore Paul Twitchell was very busy creating discourses, books, and talks that would stretch his chelas and whip them into shape spiritually like the boxing trainer mentioned previously. Paul Twitchell sometimes talked about the great struggle and how the chelas had to be strong inwardly in order to find Self and God Realization in their lifetime.
Some are focusing on a lot of meaningless trivia like birth dates all of which Paul himself felt were insignificant and often joked about. Paul Twitchell from being able to read the soul records could see that he was far, far older than his chronological physical age and most likely did not identify with it.
The direct path back to God which was formerly Eckankar on Paul Twitchell’s day and today known as VARDANKAR is much like an iceberg only a small part is visible but the vast majority of the teachings are hidden from the eyes of the profane. The door opens inwardly and once we step through we are never the same again. But we must desire truth and God above all else and let go of anything standing in the way of Self and God Realization in our lifetime. Paul Twitchell once said to Gail that his definition of evil was “anything that delayed soul from reaching God.” We must be humble and surrender and use our divine imagination and attention to boldly go where most men fear to tread into the high high worlds beyond matter, energy, space and time. Many will balk that none of this is possible. These are the spiritually blind and deaf. Those who desire God must listen to the still voice inside them which cries out to return to the very source of all the Ocean of Love and Mercy where dwells God or the HURAY.
For more information about Paul Twitchell
and VARDANKAR you can visit
http://www.VARDANKAR.com
