Good post and I hope some premie has the honesty and courage to respond.

To answer your question about premies hiding in closets, I am sure that the answer is yes. I certainly did almost no propagation in my last 15 or more years as a premie, and brought no one to Knowledge. I am sure that most of the premies who attend an event with Maharaji once a year are the same as I was, so it's no surprise to me that only 200 receieved Knowledge in N. America in 2003. The Keys actually might help, as there will be people (especially loners) who will go through the process as it is private and free from embarrassment. But even then they will have to contact other premies for Key 6, and it would be interesting to know the proportion who are judged ready at first application. The majority will probably be told they have to attend an aspirant meeting with Rawat (either having to travel far, or having to wait a year), and go back to rewatch Keys 2,3,4,5 several times more.

Anyone who goes through this process please let us know here, or write to me at epowebmaster@yahoo.co.uk.