== Eckankar Wiki page == 

 The reference to Eckankar being a pantheistic religion is false.  It is written by a conservative Christian who knows little of the Eckankar religion and who views all non-Christian religions as pagan.  The Eckankar writings have many references to there being one God. 

 ·         “There is but one God and Its reality is the Sugmad.”  The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Book Two, p. 53. 

 ·         “All religions teach that God is within, but this is not true.  It is not God, the Sugmad, that is within every Soul, but the essence of God, or that known as the ECK.” The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Book One, p. 12.     

 ·         “We never become one with God, as the metaphysicians and religionists claim.  What actually happens is that we become one with Spirit, the essence of God.”  Paul Twitchell, The Spiritual Notebook, p. 108. 

 I have been studying Eckankar for 37 years.  I will be editing the Eckankar and related Wikipedia pages.  I will remove the external links and turn them into reference links.  I will leave the Criticisms and Related Groups sections alone for Eckankar detractors to use as their sandbox.  But I will be expanding and updating the rest of the article. 

 If you find that I have violated some stylistic aspect of the Wikipedia rules, please let me know and I will make corrections.  I can be reached at steve at runfeldt.com   

 Thank you.