I know all about the spiritual ego, because I bought into it all the way.  I was sure I had been given "the way," and that all those other cults were, well.....cults.  We were with the Living Lord -- so we had a pass.  Nothing fake about Maharaji.  HA!!!  Not only a pass, but a way to the "other side" of the shore, because the boatman, Rawat, was going to take us across the rough waters of this world -- to the "other side."  (Where would be without Hindu concepts and analogies.) 

Joe, I know you can't stand David Smith, and I can understand your hatred based on what he has said to you.  But I cringe every time I read about David here on F8.  For me, I have a different take.  I lived with him in the ashram and knew him and liked him as just a regular person, a regular guy.  Granted we were all so deluded that his insanty didn't stand out, but I thought he was a really nice person.  Quiet, humble, funny, smart.  However, he was cursed with "premie honcho" genes -- tall, some money (I think), conservative,  (a community coordinator's community coordinator), poorly dressed, no personal style, soft spoken, subservient, a Divine Light Mission model citizen molded and folded by Rawat into an instrument of his sickness.  A shame.  Hi, Dave, if you're reading.  Your brother, always, OTS.  And I'm not kidding.