Hi all,

I've been out of town working for the last couple of weeks, home on weekends.  Haven't been able to comment yet but rather bemused by this Key stuff or, to be more precise, the paranoid cloak around it.  Has anyone commented on this aspect of the promises Rawat extracts in exchange for the techniques?

First, it's rather telling and ever-so-pompous that Rawat can't actually speak to the issue directly but has to be quoted from one of his addresses instead.  It's as if they're looking in the Bible.  But anyway, here are the promises.

Before I give you Knowledge, I will ask you for three promises. The first one is to give Knowledge a fair chance. It’s important for me to know that you are going to give Knowledge a fair chance, not just say, “Now I have it.” Some people receive it, and they have certain expectations. Get rid of the expectations, and you'll have something better. If you are going to give Knowledge a fair chance, you have to approach it with determination to let the seed grow.

The second promise that I ask for is to keep in touch. Keep in touch with me  through my message, through the practice of Knowledge. Come to my events. Come and hear what I am saying. Let me help you remove your doubts. Let me help to inspire you, clarify and remind you again and again what is important, so you can continue to grow.

The third promise I will ask for is not to reveal these techniques to anyone. Let other people go through their own journey, and when they are ready, like you, they can get it. There are no shortcuts to it. There are shortcuts to many things in life, but there is no shortcut when the heart is going to be the judge. The heart cannot be talked into anything. The mind can be convinced, but the heart has to feel the real thing. Let people prepare. Then they, too, can have the techniques when they are ready.

What stinks so bad is the fact that there is absolutely no out whatsoever for anyone.  Ever.  No expiry date on a "fair chance", no limit to how long a person's stuck having to "stay in touch".  How in the world does any of this jive with the casual facade Rawat presents when he's trying to show how he's not a cult leader, inviting people to simply try the Knowledge and leave it if it's not for them?  And that third promise, Christ!  Can you imagine some poor soul getting therapy for one thing or another and having to work around the fact that they're oath-bound to not tell anyone, not even their therapist, what it is they're trying to do to their mind?

This is creepy.  Yes, creepy. 

I just thank my lucky stars ....