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OK - here are a few
things from the link
'http://www.ex-premie.org/papers/sitaram.htm'
>Sitaram used to be a follower (and
'mahatma') of Prempal Rawat in the early
70s<
He was not a Mahatma, meaning someone that M
designated a Mahatma and gave permission to give
Knowledge. The only western Mahatma in the early
70's was Saphlanand (an English guy from Plymouth
called Brian).
Several of those early premies wore Indian dress
(white robes, dhotis etc) and called themselves
'Mahatma', but were not Mahatmas as far as M (or
any one else) was concerned - only to
themselves.
>As the founder of the American organization,
and the person who brought the kid to
America..<
As I explained in my earlier email, he did not
bring M to America - at least, no more than several
other people, all working together for the common
goal - Joan Apter and Gary in the US, and myself
and Glen in the UK.
>I did all the original satsang, speeches at
functions, as well as the first initiations in
America.<
I was not in the US at that time, so I don't
really know. I don't think he did 'all' the
original satsang - several were involved, and I
don't think he gave K at all, at least not with M's
permission.
>It was her who sent me to America from an
India I had never wanted to leave, in
1971...<
I didn't know this - it is probably true, but I
don't remember him talking about it at the
time.
>and within days, mother asked me to go to
America to 'spread the knowledge' or
whatever<
Again, I didn't know this, and don't remember
him talking about it - which does not mean it is
not true.
>When I was in the States I coordinated his
first trip with London. London paid for Delhi -
London, I paid for London - LA<
When I was trying to arrange for M's visa and
flight from London to LA, I made several calls to
LA, but it was always Joan Apter I spoke to, who
seemed to be the one organizing it all.
>In the case of UK, Gurucharananand was sent
there because they weren't making any progress
there<
That is not true. I was the exact 100th person
to get Knowledge in the West (England) from
Gurucharnanand (I looked at his log book !) and at
that time (early 1970) there were NO premies in the
USA at all - there was one American premie we knew
of, Richard Alpert, in England. Clearly there were
some US citizens getting Knowledge in India;
SitaRam according to him, and Joan Apter got K in
India on June 3 1970 (funny how these dates stick
in your mind !). These drifted back to USA in late
1970 (after the November Peace Bomb program in
Delhi) and early 1971, and prepared for M's London
- LA flight in July 1971.
-- Mike
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