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Date: Mon, May 12, 1997 at 00:54:22 (EDT)
Poster: ZEB
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To: Gunther Glockenspiel
Subject: Gunther- I'm a friend
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Hi there. I am using my name as ZEB because that used to be my old name until I changed it. First of all, I am also 17 years old and my mom was involved in the Divine Light cult. So IS my dad, however. He's my step-dad (I love him very much, though.) My real dad was married to my mom a long time ago and they both were involved in the Divine Light cult until he stopped practicing knowledge and realized how stupid this thing was. But that wasn't the reason they split up. That's a whole other story for a different web-site. Anyways, it wasn't till I was about 14 years old that I became brain-washed, so to speak, into thinking that Maharaji was the spiritual master and if I didn't get knowledge, I was missing the whole boat of life. I had started listening to tapes of Maharaji speaking and watched videos, pretty sure that I wanted to receive knowledge when I was 18, and I couldn't wait to receive it, wished that they would drop the age of receiving knowledge so that I could be 'fulfilled' in this life. I would go to public showings of Maharaji videos, and was so happy. But of course, I woke up about a year ago and realized that I was going to join a cult. The experience that opened my eyes, came about a year ago. I had always bugged my mom and dad about letting me go to a Maharaji event so I could see him live. Well I went to Miami Beach, Florida to see an Anniversary event. (30 years of teaching, 25 years in North America). And that is when my eyes were opened. It was the third and final day of the program. I was enjoying myself and having a great old time in the 90 degree farenheight weather. Near the end of the final program after he had done his little speaking, he left the stage and then people cheered and he came back out. Some of his 'followers' were singing songs to him. One of them was 'ROCK ME MAHARAJI'. Practically everybody in the building stood up and starting singing 'Rock me Maharaji, roll me tonight, Rock me Maharaji, say it's alright.......it's alright.....' blah blah blah. And I looked around the whole place, at the thousands of people throwing their hands in the air, singing these songs of praise to this guy (Maharaji) sitting in this chair smiling. And I got a look at his eyes, and it was almost as if he were thinking 'Yes! This is how I wanted it to be! This is the way it should be.' And at that moment I realized that no human being on this earth should be worshipped and have that kind of power over people. It's just not right. I guess my mom must have seen it in my eyes (how weird I thought this whole thing was) because a few months ago, my mom left the Divine Light cult, for good. It has caused some major turmoil in our home since my dad is still involved with it. But things, I think, are starting to cool off a bit. Sorry Gunther, I guess I kind of just got carried away. I can type so fast (76-85 words a minute) so it doesn't take me very long to type a whole huge message. I guess my whole point that I am trying to make is that (in response to your question) Maharaji is not some sort of God. Some people might label him as that, but it's all brain-wash. Believe me, there is nothing Godly about Maharaji. There are a whole bunch of bad things about this cult that I would have to make this message a few pages more. The list just go's on and on like a duracell battery. I can relate to you, Gunther, and I hope this post has helped you. Greetings and tidings from ZEB (an admitted Nice Guy)
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Date: Mon, May 12, 1997 at 01:29:21 (EDT)
Poster: Gunther Glockenspiel
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To: ZEB
Subject: Re: Gunther- I'm a friend
Message:
That's an impressive tale. The closest I came to the cult was when I was about 4 months old and my dad took me to one of the Holi? things. We they spit paint out of huge super soakers or something. Sounds like something I would do now at a rock Concert. Anyway, your story was helpful in depicting the kind of guy Mahraji is. For Chrises sake I will not make any comparsions. (Nothing about snot though. 8 ) Well, its cool your from Miami too because thats where I was. Now I am on a different seaboard so I guess I can't just drive over and say Yo. Anyway. Maybe we'll talk some other time. I know a guy here whose name is Zeb, he's a cool guy.
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