Ford gets caught up in HIS path that he was starting too--sooooo...keepig that in mind, take off YOUR belief blinders and SEE Truth. TRUTH REALLY DOES SET YOU FREE. I am still an Eckist because I LOVE all my 35 year friendships and i love what Harold is trying to do. What HAS changed since this book and my own 10 years of research is that Paul did copy plagiarize many many books which someday Eckankar WILL acknowledge. BUT HIS BOOKS ARE STILL VERY VERY GOOD READS. He combined Masters from other paths, made up some too. But what happens is BELIEF creates. When you BELIEVE something, really believe it in your very SOUL--when you have a spiritual experience it will CONFORM. Harold used to say this in the 80's: "Never get stuck on the Outer Master...when you see me on the Innner it is NOT me personally...it is how the Eck (holy spirit) works with you... according to your beliefs... and because you LOVE AND TRUST me you see me...A buddhist will see Buddha, a Christian Jesus...etcetc." He said that MANY times and then after being in the position for years and receiving so"Many letters" about all the things HE did for others he started saying the Inner and Outer Master was the SAME. I started researching then (2012). So now I do my very best to stand on my OWN 2 Spiritual feet and STOP worship of personality and DROP all belief blinders so when I have an inner experience my own BELIEFS do not get in the way--that is a trap too. LET go and BE. This is a path that helps many. Black magic is a problem when people advance spiritually and are granted 'Siddis' as Yogic Teachers warn. WHAT you DO with it tells..will you manipulate others? some do. This is the physical word and there will be LIGHT and DARK in all paths here. Take the LIGHT and leave the rest. I try now to drop all belief blinders and just BE--divine Love just IS. IT has no belief system to get caught up in arguing who is right and who is lying...

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A dangerous black magic cult stay away you have been warned !

Take it from me as an X eckist this black magic cult will lead you nowhere in the spiritual worlds it is a total lie and con job from the very beginning you will only have to work your way out { that's if you can by the way} of the entrapment you will find yourself in when you get to the spiritual worlds this mind bending soul entrapping cult stinks to high heaven don't be fooled by any of it and it's empty spiritual promises STAY AWAY YOUR VERY IMMORTAL SOUL IS AT STAKE you have been warned read Ford Johnson book to find the truth out about this evil cult and set yourself free while you still can.

I recommend this book to all seekers who are interested in learning the truth about Eckankar. It is a destructive cult that traps sincere seekers with threats of fearful retribution, imaginary rewards, delusions of grandeur, and dependency on a charlatan named Harold Klemp who claims to be the incarnation of God. Klemp's overblown title alone should be a clue to any reasoning person. He calls himself "Sri Harold Klemp, the Mahanta (meaning the highest being in all the universes), and The Living Eck Master (meaning he is the only being in charge of the God Spirit). I myself was trapped in this cult for over 30 years. As a so called "higher initiate" I conducted phony initiations and gave personal consultations to keep them trapped in the cult. I was just as delusional as the rest of the Eckankar members until one day I came to my senses. Thanks to the Internet and my interloan library, I started researching the cult just as Ford did and found it was just one big lie. Paul Twitchell, it's founder had been a member of Scientology and Sant Mat. He stole from those and from Theosophy to start his own cult. Sometimes he stole from writers like Neville Goddard and sometimes he just made things up. It's all there if you make the effort to search for it. After Paul Twitchell died, Darwin Gross took over and stole millions from the organization. He was followed by Harold Klemp, a former mental patient.

If you are looking for a real insight into a modern day religion, it's founding, the internal politics, the truth's as to whether or not it will stand up to the "Pepsi Challange", this book is it. Very well written, fast paced and just plain interesting. Mr. Johnson is extremely believable in his writings and certainly illustrates to the reader how one man can easily capture a flock and how subsequent men use their power to further their own ambitions at the expense of the flock! It drives home why it is so important to look inside and outside the box when one considers alternatives to beliefs and writings that have been produced by many and have well stood the test of time. As Mr. Johnson walks the reader through the twisted paths of a false premise called Eckankar, he also supports the basic beliefs of all who truly are in search of God and how to find "IT"! Glad I read the book and I apologize to the Eckists among us, "I'm sorry but I don't believe you."

Truth or wisdom was passed down word of mouth in the begining from generation to generation, then was put down in written word. Each individual embraces that which he believes is true. No person or group owns that truth, they just repeat it. You can'nt plagerize something that has always been, and always will be. This book does'nt quite ring true to me, as I feel the author and his mentor are confused on many points. Nothing wrong with being skeptical however.

As a former adherent of Scientology and some other groups I have wondered for years how it is that dubious spiritual concepts still can work marvellously. Ford Johnson's book came as a revelation. Using his experience with Eckankar, he thorougly exposes spiritual fraud while remaining grateful for the spiritual progress he attained in that movement. The second half of his book then gives a wide perspective for spiritual growth without depending on self-proclaimed "masters".

Some faithful Eckists might not like "Confessions of a God Seeker". This book is for people who prefer to stand on their own two feet.

Ford Johnson is entitled to write or say anything he so wishes. That is his prerogative.

But what is reality if not a reflection in one's thoughts and consciousness of personal experience? Personal experience. What Johnson overlooks, perhaps surprisingly, given the duration of his involvement with ECKANKAR,is that ECKists don't follow the teachings because of the personalities of Paul Twitchell and/or Harold Klemp. This is why ECKANKAR is NOT a cult and why the perceived plagiarism of Paul, real or imagined, is a total irrelevance.

Why do I follow ECKANKAR? Because my reality is that the Spiritual Exercises of ECK let me Soul Travel, obtain guidance into daily affairs, experience ECK Masters, help me work off karma and most important of all - open me up to constant contact with the Light and Sound of God.

May the blessings be.

this book isn't so good...ford took graham's journal and used it for his own ego boost,not exemplary behavior by any means...where is his Godsoul? hiding out perhaps, ah well, no matter...not impressed...