Heller, you get your scrotum in a knot over whether or not Maharaji ever claimed to be God, when it's totally irrelevant! The real question is whether or not he is God.
I mean, say he is and say years ago he made no bones about it. Then one day he decided he wanted to keep this information a little closer to his chest. So he starts to play it cool about the hullabaloo in the past. Say he even asked that old documentation of his talks be 'decomissioned', so to speak. What does it matter... he's God for crying out loud! You'd call God on protocol? (Well, I guess the answer to that would be yes, you would.)
So the real question is whether or not Maharaji is God. Okay, that question could be put to rest by someone who without a doubt really knows God. Okay, which of you ex-premies -- or premies for that matter -- wants to stand up and take the floor?
Now don't get me wrong... I'm not saying he is God. I just don't claim to know one way or the other. But that's okay, someday we'll all know for sure... one way or the other.
What's really important to me regarding Maharaji and Knowledge is whether my understanding and appreciation of life and existence has grown as a result of having encountered him and practiced his teachings. Can you guess what my answer is?