Only your Elan Vital mouthpieces come up with some absurd (and you must admit they really are absurd) explanations of why you do it. If these were evidence of Rawat being the leader of a cult in the 1970s then they are evidence that he is the leader of a cult in 2005.Regarding the 'substance', the experiences that some people are susceptible, to through meditation, prayer, or other means, are not evidence that Prem Rawat is anything special, and yet he demands that students keep him as their 'Master' until their dying breath.
Once a cult, always a cult.
John.