Cult cost my peace of mind

18/04/1987 Portsmouth Evening News

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Your Letters

Cult cost my peace of mind

- and my home

I HAVE just read the articles about John Yarr in The News. I knew Mari-Anne from my involvement in the organization and I am very relieved that, after so long, some of the facts are coming to light and people can be told the full extent of this manipulative and arrogant group of people who called themselves Lifewave (and now, I see, SAST)

They hid themselves behind a front of the highest spiritual values and moral purity, yet I have spent the last nine months recovering from my own nightmare involvement with the cult which cost me my peace of mind, my home, and my marriage.

I was "initiated" into Lifewave with my husband in 1978. Later, we became aware that things were not quite right, that there was a sort of hierarchy, a political aspect to the organization with hints of scandals, intrigues, and cover-ups, but there was a strict ban by Yarr on all gossip in the organization.

We began to mistrust many of the teachers we had loved. Yarr still had us under his spell, though, and we would do what he said through fear of rejection, mostly.

My husband and I felt under a constant pressure when all we wanted was to live a normal life using certain values which Lifewave propounded as morally good and sound.

I wished to have children. as I felt that it was natural, yet every time the subject came up with Yarr he tried to dissuade me or make me feel guilty or selfish, making it clear that it could only hinder my progress for many years.

Consequently, I was torn and confused. I felt, too, a lack of privacy. I happened to live near to Yarr and he used to call round when I was alone and chat to me. Once he asked me lots of questions about my sex life and asked me if I fancied him.

My house was used like a hotel with people constantly being asked to stay or to spend many days in meditation. I would have to feed these people twice a day. I felt unable to refuse because that refusal would look like selfishness and ego in the Teacher's eyes and again we were warned of the dangers of materialism.

We felt bound hand and foot, as though our every move was being watched and judged. All this time we were trying to run a business and keep our livelihood going and our mortgage paid.

Then we were asked to go and teach in India for six months and, on our return, we could expect to be given our "Adeptship."

We duly went and, in the meantime, our house continued to be used as a hotel (even though we continued to pay the mortgage ourselves!). Also, our brand new car was smashed up while in use by Yarr's household. The insurance claim was neglected so we never got much compensation.

On our return from India, it became clear to us that something was wrong in Lifewave. No one spoke to us about the trip or about our prayers. The business had failed through neglect and lack of time and money. Our lives were not our own any more. All this had become too much for me and my husband.

We realized how unhappy we had become. We felt as though we had failed due to the stress of this lifestyle and the distractions of trying to please the demanding Mr. Yarr

So we lost our home, and my husband broke down, becoming very suspicious, nervous, and distressed. He felt victimized, unloved, and untrusted by Yarr and his Adepts.

Yarr had always asked to see me a lot on the grounds of claiming my health needed attention and that my spine was not good. He gave me continual weekly treatments with acupuncture, homeopathy, and massage yet he hardly ever asked to see my husband who was just as loyally devoted.

My husband finally left the organization; he just couldn't cope with the stress any longer. I was then faced with a "Gestapo-like" interrogation at the hands of two of the Adepts.

They made me feel guilty over my natural desire to stay with my husband and make the marriage work. They said I had to choose between him or Yarr. They said either I stayed with Yarr or went with my husband in which case they would regard my loyalty as suspect.

I was by this time in no fit state to make any decision. I was broken, with no fight left in me, and utterly confused. The Adepts just sat there, cold and detached, while I sobbed and felt utterly desolate

Is it surprising that I feel duped and cheated and bitter now that the truth is finally out?

I have just recovered from a period of shattered confidence and anxiety attacks which this chain of events caused. My health is at last back to normal and I am building a new life.

I feel very much for Mari-Anne and many others like her who suffered far more than I did at the hands of these fanatics, and I wish no one else to ever suffer the kind of psychological torture we suffered under Yarr.

An older and wiser ex-member of Lifewave.

Congratulations, Frances Hardy

1 AM writing to congratulate Frances Hardy on her excellent ex- pose of John Yarr, self-styled Messiah and founder of the now-defunct Lifewave.

As an ex-member of the organization, I can vouch for her revelations of the intimidation and endless brainwashing forced upon us. Many of us were afraid to leave through fear of reprisals and tales of what might happen and so had to endure the emotional pain it caused.

It is how quite apparent that this con man used the guise of truth and spirituality to enable him to satisfy his personal ends. Any good that he claims to have done was purely coincidental and was achieved through the hard work of the people with him.

This evil man must never be let loose on the unsuspecting public again - AJ.P., Chichester.

CULT 'GOD' IN HIDING

08/04/1987 Portsmouth Evening News

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The News

City Final

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987

CULT 'GOD' IN HIDING

'Master' in sex scandal claims

NEWS EXCLUSIVE by FRANCES HARDY

THE SELF-STYLED God of the Lifewave religious cult has fled his luxury West Sussex home and gone into hiding, amid a string of sex allegations.

The 2,000-member organization founded in Portsmouth by John Yarr has collapsed amid allegations that Yarr - who termed himself Ishvara, or the Perfect Master - kept a "harem" of female devotees and abused his power to molest attractive women recruits.

Yarr demanded celibacy of his unmarried disciples, but hypocritically indulged his own voracious sexual appetites in a string of clandestine affairs.

Countless women devotees fell under his spell between 1974 and 1986, followers say. For 12 years the former film processor at Marconi, Portsmouth, hoodwinked them all, vowing loyalty and devotion to each one. And in a grotesque abuse of trust, he used his power as the "Messiah" to lure women and sexually assault them. Under hypnosis it is claimed he persuaded women devotees to recount lurid details of their sexual experiences.

And under the guise of teaching them yoga and meditation techniques and freeing them from sexual inhibitions, former members revealed, he would molest attractive female recruits.

The downfall of Yarr's empire was brought about by his own disciples. His sinister abuse and manipulation of his power came to me to light when one by one his lovers realized they had been deceived. Followers who had been steadfastly loyal to their god for 12 years, have now deserted him en masse. Yarr has fled from and sold the £150,000 home at Slindon, near Arundel, he bought with cult members' gifts three years ago.

At a secret meeting in the Midlands last month, infiltrated by The News, the sect was officially dissolved. But John Yarr was nowhere in evidence.

Yarr, a 39-year-old Irishman, is being guarded by a caucus of still-loyal followers at a secret hideaway at Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Only a handful of disciples know where he is - and they are refusing to disclose his whereabouts.

Meanwhile, disaffected cult members fear he could resurface as a "spiritual teacher" once the furore over his sexual misdemeanours dies down.

Even as the meeting, called formally to disband Lifewave, was taking place, a group of faithful Yarr disciples were setting up a splinter group called Seekers After Spiritual Truth, (S.A.S.T.)

Although he claimed to espouse the simple, celibate life, Yarr was in fact a greedy, vain and self-obsessed sexual pervert, say former followers.

While his followers adhered to a strictly monogamous sexual code, Yarr furtively indulged his own sexual appetite with his mistresses.

He flew into jealous rages when members of his "harem" grew attached to other men. He ordered henchmen to "curse" disloyal devotees.

Six of Yarr's "adepts" (spiritual teachers) have had nervous breakdowns and many are receiving psychiatric treatment. One has attempted suicide and one is still living as a recluse.

[picture]ABOVE, neo-Tudor splendour in the heart of the West Sussex countryside: the £150,000 house in which "God" lived.

[picture]JOHN YARR the man thousands called "God." Devotees were each issued with this photograph as a devotional aid.

In a series of exclusive interviews with former followers, News reporter Frances Hardy reveals the sordid truth behind the fallen idol. See Page 6.

Dream world of a neurotic 'Messiah'

10/04/1987 Portsmouth Evening News

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News Investigation

Dream world of a neurotic 'Messiah'

THE EARTHLY empire of John Yarr, "God" of the Lifewave religious cult, has crumbled.

Yarr's exposure and ruin were brought about by his own disciples, who have accused him of molesting female recruits and keeping a string of mistresses, while demanding celibacy of his unmarried disciples.

Today in the third of an exclusive series of News interviews, reporter Frances Hardy reveals the humble origins of the "God" who lived in a secluded West Sussex village.

JOHN Yarr lived in a Walter Mitty world where fact and fantasy mingled.

He told followers he had trained for the S.A.S. In fact he had been a corporal in the Royal Signals.

Yarr was born and brought up in a modest Belfast house. His father worked for the council and his mother stayed at home bringing up Yarr and his younger sister. Devotees were fed with stories of how he won a scholarship, but was unable to take it up because the family was poor.

At secondary school he shone in art and was an articulate and charismatic personality.

EXCLUSIVE By Frances Hardy

After school he had jobs as a carpenter before joining the Army, where he stayed for ten years.

In Portsmouth he worked for Marconi as a film processor

A Portsmouth Lifewave member who knew Yarr well said: "His stories got wilder as the years went on.

"Most of them were utter Blarney. "He used to talk as if he was commanding troops in the Army. In fact he was a corporal.

"He lived in a dream world and he actually believed in it."

Yet women fell for Yarr, a short and unprepossessing man who is now approaching 40 and losing his hair.

Devotees who are appalled and sickened by his actions, describe his personality as "mesmeric", "powerful", "impressive" and "hypnotic".

Dangerous

Said a longterm Lifewave member who did not wish to be named: "He is a great actor. If he is caught out he will turn on the tears like a little child.

There is a side of him which is completely neurotic. The dangerous side of him is that he will appear charismatic and charming."

Yarr wrote in a pamphlet devoted to himself and his spiritual teachings: "Because I have never been born I will never die.

Yet followers say he is plagued by fears of death and ageing.

"He is a hypochondriac. He is obsessed with getting old.

"He is a pathetic character."

Obsession

Yarr's other obsession is women.

While his loyal followers were enduring a celibate life he indulged his insatiable sexual appetite with a string of mistresses.

"He loved to have women adore him. He would not tolerate it if they looked at other men."

Attractive women progressed with uncanny speed in the spiritual hierarchy. Those selected to become his "adepts" or spiritual teachers often also became his lovers and were invariably beautiful and intelligent.

Members who adhered rigidly to the celibacy law are infuriated by Yarr's hypocrisy.

Said Marek Liponoga, a 24-year-old psychologist: "I obeyed the celibacy rule for three years and it nearly killed me.

"I couldn't have cared less if John Yarr had had a harem. What I am angry about is his hypocrisy."

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'MISSIONARY' ZEAL

LIFEWAVE spread worldwide from its small beginnings in Portsmouth.

In its heyday the organization had several thousand followers worldwide. Teaching "adepts" were sent on missionary expeditions to the Third World to recruit among the poor of India, Tanzania and South America.

A group was set up in the Breda, Holland and another in Geneva, Switzerland.

Yarr's first followers rented a house in Stubbington, and the organization quickly spread throughout the south. Centres were established in Chichester, Southampton, Winchester, Brighton, Bristol, and Farnham

Yarr's teachers touted for members among the well-heeled and intelligent youngsters at Southampton University. Many young professionals fell under his spell.

Yarr's still-loyal supporters are based in Leeds where the organization has its administrative head- quarters.

Centres were also set up in the Philippines, U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand and Germany.

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Hypocrite who still inspires loyalty

A GROUP of former Lifewave members are still supporting John Yarr as a spiritual teacher, although they stress they deplore his behaviour.

Several Yarr supporters have declined to speak to The News, but one, Bristol lecturer Geoff Mullett, agreed to defend Ishvara.

"I am sure there would be hardly anyone who would deny he has power. I will say categorically that my enlightenment came from John (Yarr).

"What we do not know is whether it is possible to become enlightened without him," said Mr. Mullett (37), a Lifewave member for ten years.

Asked to define enlightenment he said: "It is very difficult unless you have actually experienced spirituality to describe it."

Asked to define Yarr's power, he said: "He has helped people through illness, turned them off drugs and cured someone of dyslexia."

Mr. Mullett, a teetotaller and vegetarian since he joined Lifewave, said: "The organization taught me the value of inner strength and inner knowledge which lasts a lot longer than materialism."

What next?

Asked about Yarr's alleged greed, he said: "People used to donate gifts to him as you would want to do to the Royal Family if you were an ardent Royalist.

"It got to the point when he was like the child who has everything. People were saying. 'What the heck can we give him next?"

"That is why he had lots of gadgetry."

Yarr had quietly helped devotees through financial crises, giving thousands of pounds away, said Mr. Mullett.

"He paid for new cars for some adepts, but he did not advertise the fact."

The Lifewave laws on celibacy before marriage and fidelity to one lifelong marriage partner were "just common sense", said Mr. Mullett.

Asked about Yarr's sexual activities, Mr. Mullett said: "He preached one thing and practised another. It did not alter what he gave us spiritually.

"He has undone a lot of good and that has let us down."

Mr. Mullett said Yarr had fled Slindon with adepts Dennis Simmonds and Simon Bowes because they had endured attacks from vengeful Lifewave members.

"Stones were thrown through the windows and people were demanding money. They left for peace and quiet."

He declined to say where John Yarr is hiding.

Yarr-the 'god' with all mod cons

09/04/1987 Portsmouth Evening News

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News Investigation

Yarr - the 'god'

with all

mod cons

"GOD" lived lavishly in a luxury house in the heart of the West Sussex countryside. Such was John Yarr's arrogance, he even called his £150,000 home in the exclusive village of Slindon, "Shambala" - the Tibetan word for House of the Gods.

Guarded by two Lifewave "minders", Simon Bowes and Dennis Simmonds, the small Irishman, who called himself Ishvara: The Perfect Master, lived like a recluse.

His four-bedroomed neo-Tudor home was protected by ultra-sonic burglar alarms and he kept a Dobermann Pinscher.

Even next-door neighbours in the select and picturesque village did not know his name. But they watched, intrigued, as a succession of guests came and went.

EXCLUSIVE

By France's Hardy

Said neighbour Mrs. Lynn Beadle: "They were very secretive. If you asked anything about their personal life it was as if a shutter came down.

"We only knew them by Christian names or nicknames. Some were very friendly, others stand-offish.

Yarr was obsessive about keeping his own identity secret. The select caucus of men and women devotees who shared his house let nobody outside Lifewave know their relationship. with the man they worshipped.

Yarr, who demanded ten per cent. of his devotees' incomes, bought the house with money given him by Lifewave members.

Greedy

He was also showered with gifts of jewels from followers worldwide, and he asked for precious stones from his disciples which he claimed helped with his healing arts.

Said Mari-Ann Barrett, who was among the chosen devotees who shared the Slindon home with Yarr: "He lived lavishly. He was always out buying some new piece of gadgetry. He became more and more greedy.

Writer John Milan, a Lifewave member for two years, said: "Originally people would make donations to John Yarr. Later he said he would only take 10 per cent. and give the rest to the organization.

"He used to get living expenses and around £200 a week pocket money. He had a box of jewellery rubies and diamonds which he would take great pleasure in showing people."

Liar

Yarr sold his Slindon home in December last year and fled with his henchmen Simmonds and Bowes, leaving no forwarding address.

An inveterate liar, Yarr had told the family who bought his house that he was a chiropractor (practitioner who manipulates the spine to cure illness). He said he lived there with his son and daughter. The new owners moved in and found nothing to indicate that "God" had dwelt in the house. Only a few incense sticks and shells were left as evidence of Yarr's empire. He even took with him the sign that read Shambala...

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THE SELF-STYLED god of the religious cult Lifewave has fled his luxury West Sussex home and gone into hiding. The organization he founded has collapsed amid revelations that John Yarr, who called himself the Messiah, hypocritically kept his own "harem" of lovers while demanding celibacy of his unmarried recruits.

Day two of an exclusive series of Interviews looks at the earthly home of "God" in the select village of Slindon.

[picture]"GOD'S" MINDERS...Simon Bowes (left) and Dennis Simmonds

The Perfect Master's trick

JOHN YARR'S spiritual empire was founded on an elaborate con trick. He convinced his disciples that he was the Perfect Master and only he could lead followers on the divine journey to spiritual enlightenment.

Many devotees paid £500 for "enlightenment" believing Ishvara was the only being capable of conferring this spiritual state. One boy was made an "adept" (spiritual teacher) of the organization when he was seven years old. At 18 he now admits that he did not understand the concept of enlightenment and pretended to possess spiritual powers to please Yarr.

Now their "heavenly king" is dethroned, the vast majority of Lifewave members believe he doesn't hold exclusive worldwide rights to enlightenment. But a cluster of "hardliners" shielding Yarr, still believe he is the supreme spiritual teacher and that they were enlightened through his power.

Lifewave funds stood at £170,000 when the organization was formally dissolved at the meeting in the Midlands last week. The money is all to be refunded to ex-members of the now defunct organisation.

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[picture]The evil John Yarr and (above) his former lair, a luxurious £150,000 house in Slindon.

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Despair of his disciples

THE PRESSURE of Lifewave's demands on its disciples left some suicidal and others mentally scarred.

A doctor, who treated members of the sect and was himself a follower of Yarr for six years, said: "The lifestyle suited only a very small proportion of members

"The celibate existence- the fact that relationships were frowned upon gave rise to a great deal of sexual frustration."

The doctor, who declined to be named for professional reasons, said: "For many the organization gave companionship, a goal and purpose. It was an ideal they gave their lives to.

"But there was pressure on people to conform. They were told where to live and who to live with. They had to hold down jobs, attend meetings and meditate for two hours a day. The lifestyle dissolved certain tensions and pressures, but created others.

Intimidation and fear

"There was a great feeling of being watched. You had to be seen to be doing the right things. There was a constant unspoken fear."

Those who stepped out of line or questioned the word of autocratic "adepts" were "sent away".

"Heavies" were sent round to threaten people who left, said the doctor. "Those who left were subjected to intimidation and fear."

Some were even "cursed".

"If you were cursed by someone you believed was the Lord of Creation it would have a traumatic effect." One woman who was cursed is still in hiding, afraid to reveal her whereabouts.

"Six people have attempted suicide. I certainly know of one person who had fits which were resolved when she left the movement.

"Another person endured stomach pains; another spent years suffering from insomnia and panic attacks."

How we fell for monster's spell

08/04/1987 Portsmouth Evening News

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THE NEWS (Portsmouth Evening News) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987

News Investigation

How we fell for monster's spell

Devoted sisters tell sordid story

Lifewave Exposé

EXCLUSIVE

By Frances Hardy

I first came across John Yarr when I

was meditating in an organization called Di-

vine Light Mission.

I loved meditation and was trying to live as spiritual

a life as possible.

Whenever John Yarr spoke about  

meditation and the knowledge he  

gained from it. I was so struck by 

charisma, power and inspiration that  

eventually I decided to follow him,  

and along with three others, left the  

organization to live with and learn  

from him.

We moved to Portsmouth in August,

1975, and found jobs — Yarr at Marconi 

— that allowed us to teach meditation and

bring people to him.

Before long he was no longer John  

Yarr but the Master, then the Perfect  

Master and finally the Messiah.

As more people came and found the  

benefits of meditation, his own position  

and power became more elevated. After 

six months he gave up work and for the  

next ten years had a devoted group of  

followers serving him from morning to  

night.

His wish was, literally, our command. 

He began to teach us that spiritual

progress depended on being 100 per cent  

devoted to him personally.

Since I was actually living with him,  

however, I began to see the personality  

behind the image.

He started making sexual advances

towards me and led me to feel I was special  

and destined to be his wife. He made me  

feel it was my duty to satisfy him and he  

would he very angry and reject me in  

public if I crossed or refused him.

As he got more demanding I found  

myself trapped because I still loved him  

and valued the teachings very much.

But as the guru of Lifewave, as his  

organization was now called, he was advo-

cating a very strict lifestyle including celi- 

bacy outside marriage and fidelity to one  

lifelong marriage partner, so for the sake

of his image and our relationship, I felt  

bound to keep his secret.

Before long, however, I realised that

he was also having sexual affairs with  

several other women followers.

Kept loyal

He still managed to convince me, as I  

now know he convinced all the others, that  

our relationship was special, and so I kept  

loyal to him.

I tried, like some of the others, to  

confront him with his hypocrisy on several  

occasions, but he was a very clever liar and  

always either dismissed or denied what  

little evidence there was.

Since the others (and over the years he  

had affairs with about nine of his teachers  

"adepts" and at least 20 of his followers)  

had also been misled, and told to be totally  

committed to him, it took a very long time  

for the full truth to come out.

As time went on and I began to know  

too much about his personal life, John  

Yarr started to spread lies about me to  

cover his tracks, so that anything I said  

against him would be discredited.

Soon I lost all my friends and had no  

one I could turn to or trust.

I even tried to commit suicide once  

because of the emotional pain he caused  

me.

John Yarr would try anything to make  

it difficult for people to leave him. Firstly  

he would make you feel sorry for him by  

crying and saying how lonely and frus- 

trated he was.

Even after I did eventually leave him to  

gel married myself, I still felt guilty that, as

he said, he wouldn't have me to confide in

any more. 

Then if people did leave he cursed 

them, or got his followers to visit them and

intimidate them, or taught people how to

stick pins in their photographs.

One girl left because she couldn't cope

with him putting his hands up her skirt and 

he sent men round to threaten her, over a

period of years, saying she would become

blind or have deformed children.

My own sister had to he admitted to  

psychiatric hospital soon after spending

four months living with him in Bognor

while I went to India to teach meditation.  

I tried to make arrangements to see her  

in hospital, but he absolutely forbade it,

flying into a rage and saying that she had  

got what the deserved and must be pun-  

ished.

This was the time when I really saw the  

monster inside this man.

When our mother died we used the  

inheritance to buy a house

in Hawthorn Road, Bognor, which we

then gave him. After four years of asking,

he still hasn't given my sister Sally-Ann her

money back, even though she has been

living in poverty since she left him after

coming out of hospital.

John Yarr often used money or gifts to  

keep people quiet or simply to appear 

generous. One follower walked into a  

room and found him fondling a girl on the  

floor. Later that day he went out and  

bought her a washing machine There were  

many similar examples

He always convinced people that what  

he was doing was to help them. He would  

take women alone into his room, to teach  

them about spirituality, and then check  

their breasts for "lumps", or manipulate  

their back or pelvis. Then he would explain

that he was freeing them from inhibitions,

or the fear of sex.

He would regularly send out followers  

to hire pornographic videos, up to three a 

night, and watch them until the early  

hours. Anyone who went on holiday with 

him would have to listen to an endless  

commentary on legs, breasts and buttocks  

on the beach. He wouldn't listen when I  

and other s tried to criticise him in any way.

He ran the organisation like a tyrant.

He used people's devotion to him to instil  

fear and guilt and if they did not adopt the  

Lifewave lifestyle and agree with all the  

dogma.

Many families and marriages were bro-  

ken up and some children — as young as  

three-years old — were quite badly af- 

fected psychologically by enforced periods  

of long meditation.

Now the whole sordid story of his  

personal life has been made known to his  

followers and the web of distrust has finally  

been broken.

While he did inspire and help many

people in his organization, the fact is he

also hurt and damaged many people very

badly.

SISTERS Mari-Ann and Sally-Ann Barrett fell under John Yarr's hypnotic spell. They signed away their inheritance to the man they called Ishvara, The Perfect Master. When their mother died in 1978 they bought a bungalow and gave it to Yarr. The modest home in Hawthorn Road, Bognor Regis, became the "House of God" for thousands of devotees. For years Yarr deceived Mari-Ann into believing she was his only lover. But he was having affairs with a string of devotees.

Yarr sexually harassed Sally-Ann and forced her to recount past sexual exploits under hypnosis. Today Mari-Ann has renounced Yarr and is painstakingly rebuilding her shattered life with the support of a caring husband. Her sister is a recluse, still cowed and psychologically broken by her years of "hell" with Yarr. Mari-Ann agreed to talk to News reporter Frances Hardy, telling her alarming and frank tale as a warning to others.

This modest Hawthorn Road bungalow was "God's" first  

home in Bognor Regis.

Sisters Mari-Ann and Sally Ann Barrett gave it to Yarr (pic-

tured right), having bought it with their £16,000 inheritance.  

When it was sold in 1983 for £35,000, Yarr put the cash  

towards his luxury house in Slindon (below). Since Yarr was  

unmasked, Mari-Ann has been able to wrest back only half of

the original sum she and Sally-Ann gave Yarr.

Sally-Ann has received nothing back and is living as an 

impoverished recluse In Cornwall.

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TOMORROW: Life of

luxury at our expense

WHILE his followers shunned materialism - "God" ruled  his

empire from a luxury house in an exclusive West Sussex village  

Devotees showered him with gifts of jewels, but neighbours  

knew him as the reclusive man with no name.

Reporter Frances Hardy reveals exclusively in the News tomor -  

row, how Yarr lived lavishly in the House of the Gods.

Initiations in 2018

This shows that somebody was initiating in 2018. 'Yogi Paulo' is the man that I knew as Paul Bennett. He died not long ago. He was quite high up in Liverpool Lifewave. I found this on his Facebook page. The 'fully Enlightened teacher' doing the initiations is it seems Nick Howell, who is the UK/worldwide coordinator for Lightwave. Lightwave seems to be a replacement for Lifewave. I would like to know more about Nick and Mary Howell and Lightwave. I have put what little I know about them and other continuations of the Lifewave cult on a new page here.

 

On Paul Bennett's Facebook page he said that the had met many gurus. One of them was Mooji - he spent 5 days with him in Wales. He doesn't say anything about John Yarr though. Perhaps he was ashamed to be associated with Yarr. Yogi Paulo claimed to be the cousin of Ringo Starr. He also called himself Paul Stellini and spent a lot of time in Malta.

Paul Bennet, also known as Paul Stellini, also known as Yogi Paulo

Yogi Paulo was 'found dead at sea' in early 2022 in Malta.

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This is what Yogi Paulo (Paul Bennett) wrote on his Facebook page.

I have been on a spiritual path for 50 years, I now know this and more, since I received enlightenment on the 29th December 2018, through the grace of The Lord's of Light.

It is only when we know what we are more deeply can we truly live life. Before this event, I was quite aware as I'd had an awakening via another guide in Dec 2005, but it slowly faded away over a period of six months, and I then felt similar to how I'd felt before, stuck in my ego self, frustrated, with no peace of mind and disappointment, with no visible way forward.

I've been to see Eugene Halliday, Amma and Mother Meera, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Guru Maharaji, Guru Raj, Shiva Bala Yogi, Ted Strauss, Andrew Cohen, Mooji, Satyanand and many other teachers and Masters, who I think are really good examples of embodied spirituality which have all helped indeed,(I really mean that) but they did not have the effect on me that I did have, when Nick Howel (Lightwave World Coordinator) touched my third eye on that special day of Divine Grace.

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Lightwave Meditation Society - Merseyside and Malta

November 26, 2018  · 

LIFEWAVE'S, THE ASCENSION

THE UK's MOST PROFOUND SPIRITUAL EVENT

WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 29TH ON THE WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE.

THE OPENING/ACTIVATION OF THE CROWN CHAKRA (INITIATION) REVEALING THE DIVINE LIGHT AND DIVINE SOUND, WHICH ARE THEN MEDITATED UPON UNTIL FULL ENLIGHTENMENT IS REACHED, OVER 300 HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED THAT HIGHEST OF SPIRITUAL STATES.

LIGHTWAVE IS A REAL SPIRITUAL PATH THAT DELIVERS THE GOODS, IT HAS A BEGINNING, A MIDDLE AND AN END, WHICH WE CAN ALL REACH.

NO GURU, NO TEACHINGS, AND IT'S ALL FREE, NO FEES WHATSOEVER, AS IT SHOULD BE!

A fully Enlightened teacher will be coming up to Merseyside UK to open the Thousand Petaled lotus in people who seek initiation revealing The Divine Light and Sound which is a vehicle for full spiritual Enlightenment.

300 have already attained that highest of states to date.

If you are interested in initiation contact me to start the process, on FB Yogi Paulo Meditation and checkout spiritual hierarchy.com or light and sound meditation.com

Cheers,

Yogi Paulo.

information about John Yarr

I have been contacted by someone who is making a film about the band James. He wants to use the photograph that I have of John Yarr but needs to be certain that it is actually him. I said that I think it is him but I can't be 100% sure. What I am hoping is that people who have seen him more than I did could confirm that the photo is definitely him. Or not. Also, if anybody has any photographs of Yarr of their own or press clippings or any interesting material they could send them to me and I can pass them on and maybe put them on this blog. andrewmclarenlewis@gmail.com

is he the one?