Hi there, I realize this is a pretty old post, but I was just being curious and googling around. I was intrigued and decided I would join this forum and add my tiny piece. I'm from C-Springs, and knew Motica (<- correct spelling) Jhai when he first came here around the early 1990s. There was a website/forum for a while www.thechildrenofthetruelight.com, but its been years since it was up and running. "They", as a group, are no longer running out of Washington as far as I know; but some of them (or former "them") still live in WA and AZ. I'm still in touch with a few people from those days, If you're seeking specifics or trying to get ahold of somebody, you could message me here and I can give it a try.
General info on the Children of the True Light (also formerly know as COTTL and as RUMOUR... Rebuilding and Uplifting Motherearth as Our Universal Responsibility in some of their writings):
- They professed to believe in the "Ascended Masters" and the "I AM Consciousness", especially as it's explained in the books the Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East by Biard T. Spalding (vol 1-6).
- Other popular books among the group included; the I Am Discourses, the Aquarian Gospel, the Essene Gospels of Peace, and a number of Theosophical Society books, especially those by Alice Anne Bailey.
- Other teachings of the group included the use of "Sacred Objects", "World Healing Affirmations", & the potential of any individual to achive this "I AM Consciousness" that was said to be held by many great religious teachers, including Jesus, Gautama the Buddha, and India's Babaji among others.
- Persons in the group were expected to maintain a vegan diet, and to try to work toward (or "evolve") a diet consisting of more "live foods" and "fruitarian".
- Many of the teachings of the COTTL seem to have come from a group that was called the
Aquarian Foundation. There was a man who went by the name "Cote" (coh-tay, not sure of spelling) who personally knew the AF's founder, Keith. I believe that for a long time Motica considered Cote his guru so to speak.
- One place that people could generally find at the very least a direction to head in a search for Motica and company was at the anual national gatherings of the
Rainbow Family of Living Light.
- The COTTL formed in Colorado Springs in the early to mid 1990s; later in the late 1990s moved (and somewhat spread out) to AZ, then to GA (maybe a short time in NM &/| NC in there somewhere) then ended up in WA in the 2000s . To my knowledge, "they" are no longer a formal group, but that is an assumption based on second hand information (from two former group members each living states apart from each other).
If I have offended anyone by posting this information which I consider to be very general, I apologize. If I have given any misinformation here, I also apologize, and welcome any responses from those who may differ on their opinions of any details, or who wish to provide diafel with more info.