Divine Light Mission
Later, in the early 1970s, he became a follower of Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat) and was one of the spokespersons for and speakers at the widely publicized Millennium '73 event organized by Divine Light Mission in the Houston Astrodome. He described the arrival of Guru Maharaj Ji as,
The greatest event in history…. If we knew who he was, we would crawl across America on our hands and knees to rest our heads at his feet.
Texas Monthly cited Davis as stating: "This city is going to be remembered through all the ages of human civilization." An Op-ed in The San Francisco Sunday Examiner speculated on whether Davis had undergone a lobotomy, and suggested, "If not, maybe he should try one."
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... India Boeing 747 to accompany him and stayed in the mission's ashrams ... Rawat said, "It has nothing to do with me, it is an attempt to harm the Divine Light Mission ... The failure of the event to meet expectations hurt the Divine Light Mission and left it heavily in debt, forcing changes within the movement ...
... Sacred Journeys The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission is a sociological book about the adherents of the Divine Light Mission in the 1970s ... their conversion process to the ideals of the Divine Light Mission and their relationship with Guru Maharaj Ji, currently known as Prem Rawat ... He followed the mission for a period of five years chronicling the followers' personal changes and the evolution of the movement itself ...
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