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Dear Sisters and
Brothers:
Remember when miragey used to diss the internet
all the time? Then he apparently instructed premies
not to go to ex-premie.org Then elan vital staffers
began telling premies to call it ex-premie.hate .
Then Prempal recently made reference at an event to
a 'war'. Now, voila!
Let's look at this spiraling recent pattern:
1) I just checked some search engines, and I
counted at least 33 official or otherwise
sanctioned elan vital and miragey international
websites, a number of which are recent additions to
the internet;
2) using both litigation and covert means, cult
agents have simultaneously been trying to
completely silence any public criticism of miragey
[a controversial public figure] whatsoever
worldwide;
3) cult members have spammed and hacked
ex-premie websites/forums;
4) some cult members have urged others to commit
violence against ex-premie critics of miragey,
including taking a 'baseball bat' to them;
5) using a remote web base in Russia
(curiously), anonymous miragey cult members are now
using implicit/explicit blackmail to shut down or
silence miragey critics;
6) cult members are revealing and publishing
private email addresses, home phones, addresses,
and other personal data of miragey's critics on the
internet [including photos of their small
children], as well as threatening to escalate
these activities, thereby deliberately exposing the
guru's critics and their families to foreseeable
and imminent harm from deranged cult fanatics,
especially in light of violence committed in the
past by fanatical and otherwise deluded miragey
cult members [including a murder in Florida
committed by a devotee claiming to hear voices, a
vicious assault by a devotee with a weapon on an
aspirant, and in at least one case homicidal
vengeance incited by miragey's own family and his
instructors -- e.g. the 1973 assassination attempt
on reporter Pat Halley];
6) cult agent provacateurs infiltrated and stole
private information regarding posters at ex-premie
websites, and they are now in illegal possession of
[and may have shared] that information;
7) some cult members are presently waging a
hateful blackmail scare campaign, using
Red-baiting, homophobic, and right-wing Zionist
political stances, as well as targeting the
critics' families and places of employment.
This pattern has stepped up markedly ever since
miragey began allegedly making references about an
internet 'war' [as reported by posters who
attended some events during the past few
months]. Additionally, Pat Conlon has reported
that he was tipped off by a cult insider that an
internet vendetta was in the works.
It is my opinion that the cult is employing
these patently fascist tactics as part of a
concerted strategy to on one hand saturate the
internet with pro-miragey propaganda, while
instilling fear and stifling any valid criticisms
or testimonies regarding miragey and his operatives
-- that would inevitably expose his cult and its
operations to serious public and governmental
scrutiny.
This situation raises both ethical and legal
issues, as well as certain personal safety
concerns. Blackmail is a criminal offense in most
countries, internet theft and dissemination of
private or confidential information is also a
crime, incitement to commit bodily harm is also a
crime, and medieval guru-based fascism is not
consistent with fundamental principles of democracy
and freedom -- nor bona fide spirituality. Rather,
these examples only serve to underline the validity
of the many testimonials and criticisms about the
guru and his personality cult [a registered
church, btw], which has enriched him and his
family materially substantially at the expense of
thousands of his trusting and adoring
believers.
For the record, I personally do Not regard
'premies' as my enemies. On the contrary, many of
my closest friends for almost 30 years have been or
still are premies, and I considered myself a
true-blue devotee of miragey until I read enough
documentation and testimonials on the internet at
ex-premie.org last year to convince me to question
and research as much in-depth information as
possible about the finances, history, and insider
accounts surrounding miragey, his claims, and his
organization and its abuses. Combined with my own
extensive experiences as a person who was involved
for many years and did service in the organization
in various capacities, I had to face the painful
reality that I had been spiritually seduced into
being a member of a feudalistic dictatorial
cult.
I firmly subscribe to the view that the best
course for cult critics and adherents is the
protocol of civil dialogue, based on issues, facts,
and testimomy, not based on fear or blackmail. If I
have ever been impassioned in my own criticism of
miragey, it is only because I sacrificed so much of
my life, including material comfort, a career and
my child, out of a misguided dedication to him in
the past -- based on his repeated pronouncements
during the 1970s of messianic divinity [which
he never renounced] mixed with some simple
yogic meditation techniques.
We have a protected legitimate right to voice
our informed viewpoints regarding a public figure
like miragey who has proclaimed himself to be a
Master and who has thrust himself on the world
stage as a messianic charismatic leader,
accumulating vast wealth and a cult of thousands of
devotees in the process.
In conclusion, the current fascist campaign of
fear being waged against miragey's most ardent
critics is absolutely contrary to the philosophy of
the very peace he purports, although consistent
with some past cult activities, cult-think, and the
cult's denigration of dissenters - including
miragey's own mother and older brothers.
In fact, miragey's own brother Satpal [aka
Bal Bhagwan ji] has stated:
'History tells us that great massacres have taken
place under the name of holy crusades, and that the
great churches have not remained as churches but
have become political tools for the exercise of
power and wealth. To sum up, there is no evil which
has not befallen us in the name of religion. Jesus,
Our Master, gave us the commandment to 'love our
neighbors as we love ourselves.' ... How would
Jesus feel today, to see his children piling up the
same wealth which he told them to distribute to the
poor?' [source: Who is Guru Maharaj ji? Divine
Light Mission/Bantam Books]
As from a blazing fire sparks of like substance
fly forth a thousandfold, so from the Imperishable,
beings manifold are produced, and return thither
also. -- The Upanishads
Peace and lentils,
da lil' swami
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