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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Famous quotes containing the words divine, light and/or mission:
“There is a power in love to divine another’s destiny better than that other can, and, by heroic engagements, hold him to his task.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“When you’re dealing with monkeys, you’ve got to expect some wrenches.”
—Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson, Objective Burma, giving a subaltern a mission (1945)