 This is a point many have brought forth over the years. Within the membership of Eckankar, there has always been a contingent of moderates, sincere seekers who believed in Eckankar and thought that if it would just come clean about its unsavory past and start anew, things would be much better. I knew more than a few of these people and none remain with Eckankar today. Their naive optimism of a romantic Camelot was met with a closed door. Another school of thought points out that since all the elements of Eckankar were either stolen from others or simply fabricated, what's to save? If the organization were to one day get an attack of conscience and come clean, there'd be nothing left. When Twitchell died in 1971, his cult child should, perhaps, have died with him. Apparently, he didn't foresee the greed and ambition of his wife and the circle of insiders. Thus, with the cash cow producing, the show goes on. As long as people are willing to pay their money to a secretive organization in Minnesota, in hopes of achieving some sort of higher realization, Eckankar will remain in business. Whoever originated the truism that there's a sucker born every minute was an asture observer. I was one of those suckers. Although I can laugh at my mistake, now, it did waste many years of my life that I feel could have been far more fruitful elsewhere. |