I guess I may be wrong in attributing much forethought on the part of Mr Rawat.  I guess he just 'wings' it and if something works out then great and if not, as you say, he can always blame his followers as he has done repeatedly over the decades.

I do think however that there are people behind him who are thinking some of this stuff through and suggesting to Rawat which direction he should go in.  Until of course it does not work out and he simply drops them.  Hey ho.

The current keys things together with the donations and humanatarian aspect I guess is him simply just appealing to many peoples natural and rightful wish to help others in this world.  All Rawat is doing is hijacking good causes in the hope that people may be fooled into believing he is actually doing any lasting good. In a similar vein he appealed to many people in the 1970s to get to 'know oneself', to experience a oneness and all that stuff, basically riding on the coattails of the mood that prevailed at that time.  Of course he was far more successful at that time as Indian practices, meditation, Bentley driving Gurus et al were all the rage then.  Now of course rich stuck up people more interested in themselves and their lifestyle are seen for what they are.

It really is fascinating to watch the development and decline of 'our' guru.  It is also a real shame that he caused so much suffering and pain for so many thousands of people.

T