It seemed incongruent as if something was on his mind. What was it? What was troubling him? Is he having a hard time keeping a lid on things he doesn't want anyone to know about? Afraid his past may continue to undermine his "evolution?" If only there was a cartoon bubble for the words he may have been thinking but couldn't say:

Might as well just call it fake news.

Nevertheless, he actually said as much: "Don't listen to them." I would encourage anyone to listen carefully to what the people closest to him actually witnessed before they left in disgust. Thankfully, the best in them couldn't reconcile Prem Rawat's grossly hypocritical behavior (antithetical to his message of peace) with his public image and couldn't be corrupted into unconditional loyalty. (Unfortunately, many of them were already too weakened or corrupted to follow their moral compasses right out the door with the others.)

And as for bringing out my best, the best he seemed most pleased with was my face planted firmly on his feet: seeing for himself the astonishing success of his so-called "Self-Knowledge" in producing the "clear understanding" and total submissiveness it took to get me there.