I agree with practically everything you say. If people want to believe that 'Knowledge does provide a way into one’s heart and inner peace' as you write, I have no problem. And if they find Maharaji and his videos helps them in that endeavor, I have no problem with that either.

The problems I do have, though, are these:

First, most premies I know and keep in contact with, don't really think in that reasonable way that you say you do. Your line may well be (and is) the public-facing view of a modern-day premie. But in private and in their hearts, most premies - certainly those close to Maharaji and active in helping him - still believe that Maharaji is God or God-like, someone very special whose grace is needed in their lives to make Knowledge work.

Second, I see that the several months of 'preparation' an aspirant has to go through before getting Knowledge, is not merely a set of 'practical steps to introduce Knowledge in a clear, consistent way' (as you put it), but a clear attempt to indoctrinate the wannabe premie with this view: that Maharaji is not just a helpful guide, but absolutely necessary and the key (excuse the pun) to the essence of Knowledge, and the person that the future premie needs to give absolute priority to in their lives if Knowledge is to work for them.

You write about 'resentment and predisposed judgment'. I am not resentful, and not indulging in 'predisposed' judgement. I think merely that this alternative view of Maharaji and Knowledge that I and others write about here and elsewhere, should be publically and easily available. And one of my reasons for making sure this is so, is that I believe strongly that putting a guru-like figure such as Maharaji up on a pedestal, and interfacing with one's own being, life and the world through the filter of his belief system, is immature at best and destructive at worst.

So this is a free-market of ideas, and if both views of Maharaji and Knowledge are publically available, then the informed aspirant can look at all sides, and make their own decision.

In fact, while many aspirants do leave after reading what is written here and on other ex-premie sites, a curious fact is that some remain aspirants but are grateful for the exes viewpoint. More than one aspirant has emailed me that they appreciate the warning, and that they are in fact able to regard Maharaji and the Knowledge in the reasonable way you outline, simply because they are now aware of the underlying agenda that I point out above, but being forewarned they can now defend against it and not be influenced by it!