In this clip, Ron Geaves says something else to try to dispell the allegations against Rawat.  Elsewhere in the video, he make the ridiculous statement about how he always thinks about the time in 1971 when Rawat lived in a lowly London ashram, whenever anybody accuses Rawat of wanting to "live the high life," (which he obviously does).  This is done as some kind of evidence that Rawat isn't really that into luxuries and material things.  Of course, it's absurd, given the obscene wealth and luxury in which Prem Rawat resides.  Nice try though, Ron.

In this clip. Geaves does a similar "proof by ridiculous anecdote" to try to say that Rawat wasn't out to get devotees.  He claims that Rawat told him early on in India to go look everywhere else, and check everything else out before he asked for knowledge.

While I have no first-hand information as to whether that occurred or not, Maharaji said nothing of the sort a few years later in the West, when he told people to receive knowledge now, said it was "THE ANSWER" to not only to have a personal experience of God, but for bringing peace to the world.  Never, ever, did I ever hear Rawat suggest to check anything esle out before receiving knowledge, nor has he ever suggested, to my knowledge, that one can ever move on from him or knowledge to "check out" anything else.  Indeed, Rawat  openly disparaged, and ridiculed people who looked for fulfillment anywhere else.  And, of course, he still does.

So, again, Mr. Geaves misleads.  He's kind of a one-trick pony in his attempts to cover for his Lord, these two statements being examples. 

The other little trick are his  statements that he couldn't ever imagine a better life than the one he's had with knowledge.  Here he over-reaches, and it  kind of gives away his attempts to mislead.  Actually, among all the Passages cohort, he is the only one who falls for spiritual hyperbole to try to make his point.

I guess no one ever said academics were honest.