Original sentence: "Critical reflection and autonomy of thought are stifled in this ideological movement which claims to be revolutionary in its ideas".According to the sociologist Bruno Étienne, an expert on religious issues, the SRCM publishes books as any other group but does not proselytize, and has never been convicted: "To us, it is fully a NMR (new religious movement), modern religious group, although based on an ancient tradition, and subject to serious arguments advanced by others more knowledgeable, we do not understand why it is criticized on the list of the damned".Around 1995, it counted about 60 tutors for 600 abhyasis.In Belgium, the 1997 parliamentary report established a list of 189 movements which contained the Shri Ram Chandra Mission.In France, the SRCM is organized as a non-profit organization established in 1986, but has been classified as an orientalist cult with over 2,000 members in the 1995 report established by the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France.It integrates all aspects of man, whether physical, mental or spiritual, without charge or austerity or penance or self-negation".Raphaël Liogier, Director of the Observatory of religious and university professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, said he did not understand the inclusion on the cult list of an association that is fully recognized in India.The Centre d'Information et de Conseil des Nouvelles Spiritualités (CICNS), a French association for the defense of religious freedom and conscience, said the movement is victim of slander on the Internet.The GEMPPI  president stated that total obedience to the Master of SRCM is supposed to interrupt the cycle of reincarnation.The anti-cults association GEMPPI denounced the "indigent doctrinal and philosophical talks among followers, unrelated to the Eastern religious systems".The inclusion in the parliamentary report on cults has been criticized by lawyer Lawrence Hincker, who said that "this system of meditation, called Sahaj Marg, does not lead to a life away from the world
Edited sentence: This is also due to extensive visits by Masters of the mission to Europe and beyond.With thousands of followers (Abhyasis)  throughout the globe, the practice of Sahaj Marg meditation has been accepted with great acceptance