There was always (pre 82 at least) a mixed message about how people should look elsewhere if they weren't convinced Rawat offered the only way.

 Premies placed on huge pressure on aspirants to actually get K - so Rawat could play the magnanimous role of open hearted teacher while every aspect of the Mission was setting an environment in which aspirants were being led in a single direction.

Rawat has never given any value to anything that was not accessed through or promoted or prescribed by him - the 'four corners' statement is simply a dismissal of every thing else in the world, it was designed to set up the person who might go and look, as being stupid for not choosing the real deal when it was in front of them.

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