Appliance Salesman Turns Guru
By AAN Staff
october 3, 2002 02:30 pm
The Association of Happiness for All
Mankind, or AHAM, based in Randolph
County, N.C., leads followers across the
country in a voyage of self-discovery --
mostly over the
telephone, Linda Ray writes in
Independent Weekly. A 72-year-old former
appliance salesman named Dee W.
Trammell, now known simply as
Ramana, guides the faithful through
their teleconferenced meditation
sessions. "AHAM promises
perpetual happiness if you follow its
path of self-inquiry," Ray writes. "For
some it's the answer to a lifetime of
searching ... for still others, it's an
addiction ..."