Here's what Collier wrote which you're stuck on apparently:

"In the Divine Light Mission there are two groups of people. There are those who sincerely believe that Guru Maharaj Ji is the Lord of Creation here in the flesh to save the world. And then there are those who know him a little better than that. They relate to him in a more human way . . . to them he is more of a teacher, a guide, a co-conspirator in their personal pursuit of a more heavenly way of life.

"I have always been in this second group of people . . . as charming and wise as Guru Maharaj Ji has seemed to me on occasion, I have never found any basis on which to nominate him Lord.

"Guru Maharaj Ji, though he has never made a definitive statement on his own opinion of his own divinity, generally encourages whatever view is held by the people he is with. Addressing several hundred thousand ecstatic Indian devotees, prepared for his message by a four-thousand-year cultural tradition, he declares, 'I am the source of peace in this world . . . surrender the reins of your life unto me and I will give you salvation.' On national television in the United States he says sheepishly, with his hands folded in his lap, 'I am just a humble servant of God.' "

All I can say is that she's wrong.  Rawat most definitely did make definitive statements on his own opinion of his own divinity.  You've seen those yourself.  It's also wrong to say that he generally encouraged whatever view people held of him.  That's sheer bullshit.  Again, the proof's there in that recently-posted interview from '73 where he explains how some people have realized who he is, etc.  That's just one example. Collier could not rationally support this claim and I wonder why she's made it.  I'ts also interesting that you've siezed on it.  Why?