Hi CynthiaI don't know what to make of this.
Alot of it is just copied, or lightly edited, writings from elsewhere.
The bit you quote, about Maharaji waking everyone up in the morning, is an old story that Charnanad has told frequently, and I have seen it written down in magazines etc.
Much of the description of the techniques is copied from an article on the Knowledge on my website, word for word but with the negative bits taken out. Compare my para on the third technique:
The third technique, or Holy Name, or the Word, involves following your breath. Many meditation traditions involve watching the breath in some way, but most traditions give clear instructions on how to do this, since in fact you can use your breath in many different ways to create many different mind states. But Maharaji says very little about it. In the early 1970's you were supposed to imagine, or in fact actually hear, the sound of the in and out breath as so-hung: 'so' on the in-breath, 'hung' on the out-breath (so hung up, as one wag said!) This changed in the mid-1970's to a very vague instruction to just 'follow the breath'.
with the blogger's:
The third technique, or Holy Name, or the Word, involves following your breath. Many meditation traditions involve watching the breath in some way. In the early 1970's you were instructed to imagine, or in fact actually hear, the sound of the in and out breath as 'so-hung' (soham): 'so' on the in-breath, 'hung' on the out-breath. This changed in the mid-1970's to an instruction to just 'follow the breath'.
On the other hand, all the stuff about pushing Maharaji in the park and meeting the Sikh is original as far as I know, but all the old mahatmas had stories like that.
I have no idea who it might be.
-- Mike