Jim Baker believed that he had surpassed the Yogi by openly having sex with multiple women within his group as opposed to the clandestine trysts carried out by Yogi Bhajan and I distinctly recall Jim Baker stating that. But, where it turns out Yogi Bhajan secretly had a bevy of women referred to as 'secretaries' that he was sexually involved Jim Baker trumped that by brazenly and openly having 'spiritual wives' in The Source Family. I t is my belief that in reading and learning about Yogi Bhajan, it will give people a better understanding of Jim Baker, because many of his actions and behaviors mirrored that of the Yogi. Jim Baker adopted and integrated many of the kundalini yoga exercises that he learned while with Yogi Bhajan, as part of his 'teachings' in The Source Family, and so Yogi Bhajan was held in high esteem for being Jim Baker's 'spiritual teacher' and was to be shown the same respect and reverence as Jim Baker wanted to be shown. I love to blow that old yogi out." To me, this sounded like a man trying to impress or outdo another.
You can hear Father Yod speaking on the Breath track Woman Beyond The Sun that I have posted saying, "Send this tape of this morning's class to Yogi Bhajan. It always seemed to me that Jim Baker was trying to outdo or impress Yogi Bhajan either with the amount of followers that Jim Baker had acquired, or with the music that was coming out of The Source Family. It is my view that to understand the mindset and belief of Jim Baker and why he started his own 'family' one needs to learn more about his own 'spiritual' master or teacher. Jim Baker considered Yogi Bhajan his 'spiritual father' and so he is seen as the grandfather of The Source Family. I encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about Jim Baker and The Source Family, to check out The Wacko World of Yogi Bhajan forum which in my mind is essential reading in order to gain a better understanding of the 'spiritual' tree that the apple, Jim Baker fell in wanting to create his own 'aquarian legacy' by labeling his own group of followers as being 'an aquarian tribe' having all of us adopt the surname Aquarian and on and on it went from there.