May 13, 1973 Sunday Post-Crescent, Appletown-Neenah-Menoshah. Wis. Q-12

NEW YORK (AP) - An organizer of vocal antiwar protests in the last few years, Rennie Davis is now spreading what he terms “the most staggering and powerful message in the history of this planet.”

Davis, 32, whose conviction on charges of crossing state lines to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention was overturned last November, says eight days of spiritual exploration and meditation in India this year produced inside him a "deep intense light.”

Davis told about 1,000 young persons here Friday night that 15-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji was one of history's few "Perfect Masters."

Several Zippies and young Marxists in the audience jeered, "What's your game, Rennie?" and, "the guru sucks the blood of the Indian people."

Referring to his "instant peace of mind," Davis told an interviewer that “they figure either I've lost my marbles or that I'm working for the CIA."

Prem Rawat's "Knowledge" has three parts: regularly listening to his speeches, doing voluntary work for organisations serving him or donating money and daily meditation correctly practicing the four techniques he recommends. The techniques are so simple it's hard to see how they could be practiced incorrectly. First technique ("Divine Light") involves sticking your thumb and middle finger on your eyeballs (NB: with eyes closed) and your index finger between your eyebrows. Second technique: ("Heavenly Music") poking your thumbs into your ears and listening. Third technique: ("Holy Name") thinking about your breathing (NB: continue to breathe). Fourth technique: ("Nectar") curling your tongue backwards and tasting. Rawat's father taught slightly different techniques but either way it's difficult to see how these could produce the benefits claimed for them especially as Rawat claims His Knowledge is the only method of attaining real happiness and love in this life.