I remember being deeply insulted by the Rat-Hole comment.

Here I was, meditating on the Knowledge of all Knowledges, one spark of which makes everything perfect, connected to the ancient truth of Holy Name that all the scriptues talk of, feeling mellow and tuned in, and suddenly Maharaji says I'm a rat living a hole.

It was my first big, "Something is wrong here."  I should have listened to my gut and left then.