The mistake people make is assuming that what has a beneficial effect for them must also have a beneficial effect for other people.  I'd say the vast majority of people who tried to follow Maharaji ended up in a narrow cul-de-sac going nowhere.

If that didn't happen to you then you can thank your lucky stars but certainly, of all the premies I used to know, most of them had to leave Maharaji to hang on to their lives and sanity.