Recently coming across an archived recording of Prem Rawat's address to premies at Nottingham a few years ago (audio link below), I was inspired to address this issue of whether or not he intentionally deceives his audience.

Here is a snippet of what he said (in bold/italics), with a few comments:

 "There is nothing in this life that will go with you 'til the very end. The only thing is: your breath - that will be there, 'til the very end. That's it."

Nothing? Not even heart? brain? bowels? - Premies still have those, don't they?

"No science, no technicality, no technical publications, no ... (yells) NOTHING! ... will put you in touch with that breath except the gift of knowledge. "

Nothing will put you in touch? Admittedly, awareness of our breathing process is something that can often be taken for granted, at least in our early years. But it didn't spoil our enjoyment, did it? Personally, my ability to enjoy being able to appreciate the awareness of "just breathing" came to me only in my early teens. Once I'd found that being in touch with my breath aided concentration and calmness, it was a discovery that I was glad to have made. But it came naturally, long before I'd heard of "Rawat's" brand of "knowledge".

"It's the only thing that addresses that breath."

Do a Google search on "pranayama" then tell me what you find. 150,000 results a fair estimate? (though http://www.alltheweb.com has more). http://www.indiangyan.com/books/yogabooks/yogic_prayama/what_is_pranayama.shtml is worth a look, if you don't know about the origins of pranayama (literally soul-breath).

Back to Rawat:

"It is the only thing that acknowledges your existence as you are - UNJUDGEMENTAL!"

Our breathing doesn't judge us. True. (Though we can judge at least our level of health, by observing our breath. For smokers, including me, read shortage of).

"If you want to be accepted without judgement, then there is only one person who can do that. To accept without judgement."

Woah there! Who is this person Rawat is referring to?

"And in turn give you a gift which would free you from waiting".

Is he talking about himself? You mean he gave me my breath? And my parents theirs'?

"To receive that gift in your life is the greatest honour. It is the greatest reward. It is the greatest medal. To accept that knowledge and to practise that knowledge in your life is the greatest achievement that a human being can ever have. And you can quote me on that".

He is talking about himself. And, apparently, we can quote him on that. .

. . . Afterthought: if indeed he is claiming that he is the only person who can accept others without judgement, what does that make him? Not God, for sure. The concepts of God and Judgement go hand in hand in most of the world's religions. The concept of the adversary, Satan, however ... admittedly it doesn't preclude judgement but, remembering that Satan is also known as "the Father of Lies", certainly gives a more likely explanation of Rawat's claim that "If you want to be accepted without judgement, there is only one person who can do that".