I also agree that ex's cannot be 'clumped' into any one category. As if .... by attempting to rationalize why a person that dedicated 10, 20 or 30 years left m, all the world would align and display some order.

As for me....A- I grew frustrated at m's lack of interest in spreading this so called 'knowledge' as it was packaged as the answer to humanity's problems. And B- I saw premies and how they lived! I didn't see people that were experiencing inner peace, outer peace or any piece! I didn't see caring, centered, satisfied people involved with m. I saw self serving, frustrated poverty conscious individuals that sadly cared more that m had a new plane, boat, house or piece of land than assure that their own children had a decent meal. Something smelled rotten.

I held on for too long thinking that "well these premies just don't get it", but I do! M, knows that I know and I know that m knows that I know and I know that m knows that I know that he knows that I know .... blah blah blah, but I will do what I can to help these unhappy premies get with the program. Surely m wants these premies to be successful, happy human beings??

But my time spent personally with m and at his "residence" made me see that there was a hierarchy in m's world. There were the 'x-rated' premies with free reign to say or do anything, including drugs, alcohol and sex, yippppeee.
Those that flaunted the unspoken rules, enriched themselves (Steven S??) and or were gratified by their sense of power within this small world .... hmmmmmm, I'm impressed! NOT!
AND, the worker bees, the ones that couldn't be trusted with too much information but could be counted on to swoon and drool over snippets of tales of m, what he wore, where he went and of course how he graced someone with his darshan as he drove his mercedes, drove by in his Donzi or just happened to grace someone with just enough gas in their car to "MAKE" it to the gas station! ROFL! What a miracle!

Perhaps a definition of a cult is a self immersed group tied together not on principles, beliefs or common goal... but held together by one individual! The world revolved around m. Period.