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Laxer, Mark Eliot

"Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult"

..if you want to adhere to a certain faith or religion, go ahead,
it's what our country was set up to protect. But don't continue trying
to raise money through fraudulent behavior which neither the courts,
nor most religions would condone...Further info. available from
(201) 299-1535."
Also in 1991, I read in Newsday that Rama did not permit disciples
to live near him because he did not want them to "lower the vibe"
of Long Island. I read about one follower who committed suicide
after "speaking incessantly about Rama and about making enough
money to get back into the group." I read about Brenda Kerber,
a follower who disappeared from her White Plains apartment on
October 9th, 1989, and who, at the printing of this book, is still
listed as "missing." I read about Rama's claim that those who had
not done well in his program were "simply unrealistic or lazy."
And I read about Rama's claim that he merely wanted to teach,
travel, meditate, and, when time permitted, date women. "I have
a great life," Rama was quoted as saying. "I'm one of the happier
people I know."
In 1992, Rama regularly held private meetings for his computer company
"monks" at the Performing Arts Center at the State University of New
York at Purchase.


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