Paddy, you said:
"Most do not consider it lying or deceitful and if they do they square their conscience by believing they are doing the possible newbies a great favour. By letting them in gently they are allowing them the chance to feel the "inner peace" that Maharaji reveals and that is priceless whereas a bald presentation of the truth of Elan Vital would scare them away.'
You can be red, and believe you are blue or yellow, but regardless of what color you think you are, you will remain red. A lie is a lie. Anyone can lie but no lie is perfect or perfectly okay. If one lies he's a liar. There are small lies and big lies. Maharaji is a big lie in himself and because of that he is the "Biggest Sinner of the Universe". And if the people that follow him, who lie and are incorrect in their ethical judgements are to be considered small sinners, then we have to recognize that Maharaji is doing a great job contributing to the evil in this world.
This is how the quote goes: "The ends don't justify the means." I am aware of course that as you said this can be relative. Some people might think that some ends justify some bad means, although some bad means can never be justified however good the ends may be. There is also the possibility that the ends become bad like the means. I can just conclude that Maharaji's example is an end that doesn't justify any means.
Don't you think?
