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Bob Mishler was President of Divine Light Mission and/or Divine United Organisation between 1972 and 1977. During those years, he acted in the capacity of Maharaji's number one right-hand man and confidante. He was married by Prem Rawat himself to Eileen Wiesen on May 22, 1974 in the "perfect master's" first marital officiation as spiritual leader of Divine Light Mission. He and Mike Donner did their best to "practise the Knowledge" and make Divine Light mission a reality and continued to paint the best possible picture of Rawat and his "Knowledge" despite their knowledge of his dissolute lifestyle, character and behaviour. Mishler lasted 6 years before his final disillusion and Mike Donner lasted 15 years as a close disciple and servant. Mishler's "satsang" at the Sydney Opera House from 1975 shows a dedicated and sincere "true believer" and this interview from 1976 explains the public changes in Divine Light Mission. In Andrea Cagan's sleazy "biography" of Prem Rawat Prem Rawat is quoted as asking Eileen whether Bob Mishler ever meditated and being told he claimed to meditate 24 hours a day but never actually sat down to do the "techniques" in "formal meditation". This is typical of the ad hominem attacks on anyone criticisng Prem Rawat and as both the Mishlers died tragically 20 years they cannot refute the slurs. In retrospect, Mishler would have shown far more discrimination and intelligence if he had stopped meditating and while the amount of meditation he did is not known, he did eventually leave Divine Light Mission and after the Jonestown tragedy alerted people to the possible dangers of Rawat's cult. He and John Hand Jr attempted to alert the public to the dangers of "Rawatism" and Rawat's character through newspaper interviews
It is quite enlightening to compare Mishler's recorded interview which exudes intelligence and integrity to Rawat's shorter "satsang"of the same period or the complete version of The Practical Solution. |
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