Fai West was just 10 years old when she was first introduced to the teachings of Soulaire Allerai and the Soulful Journey. A few years later, as a teenager in high school, she found herself living in Soulaire’s basement, sleep deprived from attending multiple late-night classes and channelings of an omniscient being known as ‘G’, and learning about her own presence in a future dimension called The 99.

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Credits:

Written and hosted by Sarah Steel

Music by Joe Gould

Links:

• Being: The Soulful Journey  — by Soulaire Allerai, FriesenPress, December 2023
• Being: Transformation Begins With… — by Lynn Young, Master Path Publishing, March 2007
• Soulful Journey — website, accessed February 2026
• Living Faith Spiritual Community — ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer listing, accessed February 2026\
• Getting Real with Soulaire — Podbay episode shownotes, accessed February 2026
• An Interview with Lynn Young (Master Soulaire) — by Tim Miejan, Edge Magazine, 1 October 2008
• Lynn Young, Interview — by Tim Miejan, Edge Magazine, 1 October 2007
• soulaireallerai.com — archived website from 28 February 2021
• Inspiring Conversations with Soulaire Allerai of Bad Rooster Food Truck — Voyage Minnesota, 24 March 2022
• Soulful Journey® Wellness Center — archived website page from 12 August 2025
• Family, former followers, claim food truck finances a Minnetonka cult — by Tom Lyden, FOX 9, 28 August 2022
• Bad Rooster Responds: It’s because of our success — by Tom Lyden, FOX 9, 30 August 2022
• Bad Rooster LLC and Soulaire Allerai vs Kelly Ring Abedi and Angela Marie Hummelgard — Minnesota Judicial Branch Court Records Online, document search conducted for Case Number: 27-CV-22-10996 and documents viewed March 2026
• Minnetonka food truck co-owner sues two sisters over cult accusations — by Kim Hyatt, The Minnesota Star Tribune, 28 July 2022
• Families accuse Minnesota food truck of funding New Age ‘cult’ that ‘brainwashes’ members — by Josh Marcus, The Independent (UK), 1 September 2022
• Judge dismisses 'cult' lawsuit filed by food trucks — by Tom Lyden, FOX 9, 21 July 2023
• ‘Abuse, Fear, and Gaslighting’: Ex-Members on Life in Food Truck Owner’s ‘Cult-Like’ Group — by Kate Briquelet, The Daily Beast, 14 September 2022
• Community Highlights: Meet Soulaire Allerai of Bad Rooster Food Truck — Voyage Minnesota, 18 December 2025
• Kelly Abedi’s Facebook post — about Bad Rooster from 7 July 2022 that she continues to update with developments
• Living Faith Instagram — accessed February/March 2026
• The Soulful Journey Instagram — accessed February/March 2026
• Bad Rooster Instagram — accessed February/March 2026
• Living Faith Spiritual Community website — accessed February/March 2026
• Soulful Journey Facebook page — accessed February 2026
• Bad Rooster Truck Facebook page — accessed February 2026
• Bad Rooster website — accessed February/March 2026
• Popular Food Truck Accused of Luring Women Into a ‘Cult’ — by Kate Briquelet, Daily Beast, 5 September 2022
• 'The Journey Comes First': More family members make claims against Bad Rooster — by Tom Lyden, FOX 9, 13 September 2022
• Meet Soulaire Allerai — Canvas Rebel, 2 September 2025
• Minnetonka food truck owner asks judge to stop sisters from making public cult accusations — by Kim Hyatt, The Minnesota Star Tribune, 24 September 2022

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