What is he offering: 4 simple and somewhat embarrassing meditation techniques and yes in my "Knowledge Session" Padarthanand squeezed my eyeballs so hard I thought he was going to severely damage my vision. I should have stood up, voiced my concerns and demanded some clarification of what was happening there and then but I was too taken with my satsang experiences and decided I'd better try meditating for a while first. Besides, in those days, I didn't have the strength of character and self-trust to get up and make a scene especially as my wife was also there waiting to have this "Knowledge of God" revealed and what was I going to tell her and how could I face the possible disapproval of the other 28 people?He and his followers claim that only he can provide the grace (inspiration) to make this all happen. Wrong. For a minority of people there will be enough hope and effects of the conversion process and effects of meditation for them to become convinced that Rawat is the source of the experience. Yes at every point they can choose to continue or not but we wish them to make that decision with a complete understanding of the process and not the incredibly narrow, slanted and false picture they will get by listening to hours and hours of his speeches.
And since he says the same thing over and over again they're is no suprise.
Yes the same thing over and over and over and over so it's little surprise that a minority of people will come to believe Rawat's false version. We want to tell them, hold on, think about this. Of course you're going to be affected by all this input but we're telling you, we've been there and the promise is false and all you're letting yourself in for is joining a very minor cult with diminishing returns of joy and happiness.
And we're happy to advise that there are many other paths and possibilities if you feel the need for some external source of peace and happiness through meditation. Try them because at least they might work better and they certainly will have a less vulgar, venal and opulence loving leader. It's that simple.
