Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Video and the Cult Leader

There are thousands of hours of videotape of Yogi Bhajan's lectures. Every single lecture I ever had to sit in, there was a video camera on record. When I saw the PBS documentary called Jonestown, the reels and reels of raw footage of Jim Jones reminded me of Yogi Bhajan's own narcissism, and I hoped that one day someone will think about revisiting these lectures as a way to understand Yogiji's true motives - to garner disciples, control them, and live in luxury off of their hard earned money.

Today, some of his videos are starting to emerge on Youtube. This one, called Humbleness and Jewelry, exemplifies his rambling, nonsensical, yet authoritarian and often angry diatribes:


(I can't help but mention that the title should be humility and jewelry, as humbleness is not a word).

Here are some more videos relating to 3HO:
For the new recruit, there are lessons on turban tying.

If you're still out there trying to find that special someone, there's plenty of online "matrimonials" sites to sift through (No Dating!).

And once you've snuggled in for the long haul, you've got six videos worth of relationship advice right here.

Here's a funny, satirical video called Mind Control Cults: