I have been blown away by the responses to my book, Chasing the Avatar! Thanks to all of you who email me. So many of you have come out of being involved in Amma's group, are wanting to get out, have family members who are caught up in her group or are curious about whether to get into her group in the first place. I read your emails, I pray for you and sometimes I share your emails with my pastor and publisher (I hope you don't mind). So do know that YOU matter to me. You matter tremendously!

Honestly, I did not know there was such a large group of people who have been so negatively affected by Amma. I have heard about marriages destroyed, children torn away from loving fathers and mothers, minds crushed, hopes given away...basically, lives shattered. I have to say: THAT is NOT the way spirituality is supposed to be...not TRUE spirituality.

True spirituality will make you and everything you do better. It will not rob from you. It will not break your, or anyone else's, heart. It will not steal your will. It will not make you want to commit suicide--no matter how noble the reason. It will not make you space out, numb out, and disappear from life. True spirituality will make you stand up and seize your God-given purpose. It will make you become a man or woman with character, responsible and accountable, happy and full, doing good for society, and not hiding away from everyone and everything (whether in an ashram or in the vacuity of your own mind).

One thing I have seen, though, from all of the people I've heard from and talked to who have left or are trying to leave Amma: No one gets completely out, with a healthy mind and heart, without Christ. Sorry! It has to be said. And I'm sure someone will take issue with my statement. But, the Truth is the truth. What I've seen is that only those people who turn to Christ and step fully under His care are able to walk away from Amma mentally, emotionally, and spiritually free and whole. Other than that, the draw, the lure, back is virtually impossible to resist.

So, my prayer is that Christ seizes as many people as possible away from her, that He makes them whole and healthy and fully functioning again. Simple as that.

God bless! And please keep emailing me, I love to read your emails!