Is the spiritual practice called Eckankar in divine alignment or is it misdirection?

Unfortunately, it too, is misdirection. Like so many homegrown spiritual movements, this is done again and again by the Extraterrestrial Alliance to sideline seekers who have an intuitive reach and are not being subjugated sufficiently to remain complacent and engaged in more mundane activities. The genesis of this new mode of spirituality was done through manipulation and remains in that camp. It uses some divine trappings but that is not the focus for most followers. Those who are truly spiritual will not obtain as great a benefit focusing their spiritual needs through this means, and there is additional liability in aligning with any such organization because it is self-identifying as a seeker and this will meet the same fate. There will be attempts to subjugate and control the person further if they do not embrace and follow the teachings. That will likely be considered enough.