d about how
they should go about recruiting them. He also told them of his plan to
have them recruit at universities in every state in North America.

Rama came up with many new ideas between 1989 and 1991. He told the
disciples, for instance, that his former Guru was really "a great big
spidery Entity from hell." He did not mention that ten years earlier,
he had billed Chinmoy as "the Seventh Avatar... the highest soul to
incarnate on earth... " He told a few disciples to infiltrate and
destroy Microsoft Corporation (one devotee actually landed a job at the
software giant as a recruiter). He told disciples that he was ordaining
them as Buddhist monks. He did not mention, however, that he was
having unprotected sex with a substantial number of them under the
guise of advancing their souls.

In 1991, articles on Rama appeared in New York's Newsday, "The Yuppie
Guru", 7/30/91; The L.A. Weekly, "Rama Rerun", 11/29/91; and in several
issues of the Consultants' & Contractors' Newsletter (CCN). I read in
CCN (July/August, 1991 issue) how Rama's followers had become known in
the computer industry as the "California Raisins." The Raisins
apparently had been causing companies, recruiters, and agencies in New
York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to lose a substantial amount of time
and money. In the same issue, I read: "... we think it only fair to put
cult members on notice that knowledge of their activities is
widespread... local area recruiters are now circulating a list of those
known to be cult members, which is regularly updated as new names are
added... In other words, local recruiters, typically thought of as
competing with one another, are acting in unison when it comes to
fighting the onslaught of this group... 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 printin