Where it began

Kenja's story whilst shocking, is unfortunately, not unique. Around the world and throughout human history, many groups and individuals who have sought to encourage positivity and greater spiritual understanding have been actively discriminated against and even attacked by those who stand to lose when individuality, spiritual understanding and freedom of the human spirit are pursued. We hope that by telling our story, we can inspire hope in those who have unfairly come under fire, and enlightenment in those who have ever feared or mistrusted purely on the basis of heresay and gossip.

Over the past 20 years both Ken Dyers and Kenja have been attacked by spurious 'anti-cult' groups.

These attacks have stemmed from an organisation in America called Cult Awareness Network which was a referral group for "deprogramming", the reprogramming of an individual to adopt another individuals belief system. Deprogrammers initially employed techniques such as kidnapping, assault and sexual assault, often coming into conflict with American authorities.

Finally, Cult Awareness Network itself collapsed in America in 1995 after a prosecution by a young man whom they had kidnapped and attempted to deprogram. Australia provides a fertile and potentially prosperous ground for deprogramming (often $40,000 a pop). Today it is called exit-counselling.

The person who initially brought Cult Awareness Network to Australia was an ex-Kenja participant. She had been asked to leave Kenja for unethical behaviour. This precipitated the formation in 1992 of an Australian group called Cult Aware and now also Cult Information and Family Support Group.

These groups and associated individuals have ruthlessly attacked Kenja over many years. When that attack did not work, and Kenja survived, stronger, the attackers viciously turned to using the emotion and sensationalism of child sexual assault charges. These are the easiest charges to bring against an individual, are highly emotive in content and deny rational observation or evaluation of the said charges.

All charges that went to court against Ken Dyers resulted in NO conviction whatsoever

Ken Dyers was charged in 1993 with 11 counts of sexual assault. The allegations were made by four girls from two families. The mothers of the girls were best friends and had both been asked to discontinue the Kenja training, one for striking a child and the other for being unable, for the third time, to explain the disappearance of a large sum of Kenja's money in her possession. These families were canvassed by a Sydney politician and persons from Cult Aware. It was only after the canvassing that the four girls brought charges. Ken was acquitted on 10 of them; the one charge on which he was found guilty – tried separately – was a kiss on the forehead.

Eventually the High Court of Australia ruled that the judge had misdirected the jury, leading to a guilty verdict and the conviction was quashed. The DPP declined to retry him on this weak and flimsy case. Having survived 16 years of these charges, with his health failing, but committed to seeing justice done, Mr Dyers by 2001 was only infrequently involved with the Kenja training. In 2003,one girl brought false allegations to the NSW Department of Community Services(DOCS). A year later the first girl canvassed her best friend. The best friend denied that any offences had taken place. DOCS did not pursue these allegations. In 2005, Task Force Caroola was set up with one purpose – to"get" Ken. The Task Force revisited these earlier false allegations.And in 2005 the NSW Police brought charges against Ken.

These charges, had they ever gone to trial, would have been laughed out of the court – Ken was in his 80th year at the time these charges were alleged to have occurred. He was under constant supervision,because of his health, and also for his own safety. To suggest that such events, could even have taken place, is untenable.

What is withheld from the general public are the reasons behind these charges.

Why one girl and her father were asked to discontinue Kenja training due to unethical behaviour.

Why the other girl changed her story after questioning by Task Force Caroola.

Incredibly, these charges were not dismissed. Yet Ken survived, was buoyant, and with diminishing health, was simply declared medically unfit for trial.

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In spite of this, Task Force Caroola continued to actively canvass individuals with personal grievances against Kenja.

The actions that both girls and fathers of the girls are attempting to hide in these latest allegations are appalling, and open to any investigator who wishes to get the full story.

It was Ken's final realisation that there are certain members of the police force who are career-oriented and are apparently less interested in the truth than in "getting their man". Both girls and associated individuals should be investigated by the police and prosecuted for misuse of police resources.

The proof is overwhelming that the girl making the allegations deliberately lied and manufactured these false allegations. This proof includes tape recordings and statutory declarations by the girl and threats by her to go to the police if her mother did not do as she demanded. It is abundantly evident there would be no case in court and the purpose of this witch-hunt was simply to harass Mr Dyers with the threat of incarceration pending trial.

On Wednesday 25 July 2007, Task Force Caroola made a further move. Ken was again shocked and devastated that the police had chosen to ignore all this overwhelming proof. It was this ultimate loss of faith insanity and rationalism, and with failing ill health and loss of sight that Mr Dyers chose to take his life on Wednesday. This is a tragedy.

We invited newspapers everywhere to explore the actual facts of this case and give the full story.

We received no response.

A valued Australian has been forced to end his own life, out of sheer hopelessness that truth or justice will prevail, because ofan area of corruption within the police force.
We certainly invite that this area at least be explored.

No ordinary person could withstand sixteen years of unrelenting attacks and charges, let alone the continuation of this current threat. It is a credit to Ken that he held hope, love and understanding in spite of all this. It is a tragedy that such a man was forced to confront the reality of an intent, aimed to result in his death in jail before trial.

WE FAREWELL OUR WONDERFUL FRIEND KEN DYERS, BY CELEBRATING HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE

It is a testament to the quality of his character that, to the very end, Ken dedicated his life to focussing on the spiritual essence of mankind and peoples' positive qualities rather than their liabilities.

Ken was a friend to thousands, a committed father, a wonderful husband and a sparkling human being. Over 60 years of research into the Energy Conversion meditation he pioneered, Ken helped many thousands of Australians improve their own lives,irrespective of the personal cost to him. He never sold out his friends, never compromised his principles, or accepted injustices. Ken called a spade a spade. He was a blessing to Australia.

Ken was 85 and an ex-combat soldier who had fought at El Alamein and the landings at Lae and Finschhafen, New Guinea.

On 25 July 2007, a tragic day for Australia and for the human spirit, Ken took his own life. It is clear that Ken decided he could not, in his state of health,continue to fight any longer. This is a terrible tragedy. The irony is that Ken always had compassion for the perpetrators of this attack and what they were doing to themselves in betraying honest help, friendship and love. We feel a great loss, and we will cherish Ken's memory and his work forever. If you too cherish the value of human dignity and the freedom of the human spirit, join with us in celebrating this great man's life.