Writing History Now

Maharaji talks about a peace that begins with each person, and about the possibility of making peace a reality: “What do you want in the history books of tomorrow?” he says. “Do you want people to read about the existence of peace? Or do you want another repeated chapter of war?”

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Wearing Peace

What would the world look like if every human being had peace? Maharaji was asked. “Every human being would look beautiful because human beings wear peace so well.”

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A Gift Unparalleled

Prem Rawat talks about the uniqueness of every human being, the incredible gift that it is to be alive, and the understanding that everything a person could ever want, they already have.

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The Value of Breath

Maharaji talks about how, while often the importance of a day is based upon failures or successes during that day, the value of existence is forgotten. The greatest value in existence, the greatest blessing, he says, is the breath.

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True Wisdom

“Personal peace,” Maharaji says, “is not a luxury, but a fundamental necessity for each individual.” Speaking about wisdom, he adds, “Listening to the voice that calls out again and again to feel peace within is true wisdom.”

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Looking for Joy

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is widely known, talks about the basic human wish for peace and joy, and says that this ultimate wish can be fulfilled. “Everybody is looking for peace, is looking for a fulfillment in their life, is looking for joy,” he says. “I’m here to tell you that that’s what you have.”

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Your Existence

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is affectionally know, compares a human life to a construction site—a work in progress that can become more magnificent than the greatest works of art.

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Remembering What’s Important

Maharaji talks about remembering the most important thing in our lives: One life. One existence. One incredible gift, he says, that we have been given.

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Now Is the Time

Maharaji talks about the demands in life and how much effort it takes to make others happy, and emphasizes how important it is to find contentment and peace, as well. Now is the time to be fulfilled, he says: “This is your time to be happy.”

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A Peace That Is Felt

Prem Rawat talks about two kinds of peace: one is a peace based on a formula of what a person should and should not have in life; the other is a peace that is experienced. “If you want real peace,” he says, “it has to be felt—not once, but every day of your life.”

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Seeing the Possibility

Prem Rawat as Maharaji is widely known, speaks about the possibility for each person to have peace in their life. “People of this world are the bricks, are the mortar … of this structure,” he says. And if we at least try to see the possibility of how peace can happen, he says, “maybe—at least hope indicates—there will be peace on this earth.”

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The Fabric of Existence

Prem Rawat, as Maharaji is widely known, talks about this special moment called “being alive” and about being aware of the peace inherent to existence. Maharaji says that the peace he talks about is “not an absence of something, but the very presence of something. . .the very fabric of who we are.”



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Being Conscious

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is widely known, talks about the value of our existence and about being conscious. The simplest of wishes is to be happy, he says, and fulfillment begins by being conscious of the gift of life we have been given.

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The Peace That Lies Within

Maharaji talks about a peace that already lies within each individual. The possibility for everyone to be in peace, he says, begins with each person understanding and acknowledging their own fundamental need for peace.

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Being in Synch with Life

Maharaji talks about the one thing that we can all be good at, whoever we are, wherever we live, no matter what’s happening in our lives: feeling peace and joy. It is our choice, he says, to feel peace every day and to be grateful for life.

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The Hidden Thirst

Maharaji talks about a hidden thirst we have for something within and of our need to take on that thirst. “Of all the things that we can achieve in our lives,” he says, “there is one more that we can achieve….and it is to be fulfilled.”

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Request from the Heart

Maharaji talks about how we’ve been given a mind to think, question, and understand, and a heart to feel the joy of being alive. Within each one of us, he says, is a request from the heart to be fulfilled.

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When Peace Begins

Maharaji talks about the power we have to appreciate and about the most worthy thing we can appreciate: life itself. What he offers, he says, is a mirror to see, to experience, the peace within: “When there is tranquility inside, that is when peace begins.”

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The Fundamental Need

Maharaji talks about a feeling of joy that is already within each person and needs no catalyst on the outside to manifest. Joy within is constant, he says; it is “the one simple reality that is knocking in the heart of every person.”

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Real Peace

Maharaji talks about how we develop theories of peace and how everyone has a version of peace that suits them. Real peace, he says, is a peace that is common to every single person on the face of the earth.

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Life: This Moment

Maharaji talks about how everything in life changes; as we go through life, good times and bad times unfold. The most auspicious thing, he says, is the coming and going of the breath because it brings us the gift of life in every moment.

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Life unchanged

Maharaji talks about three things that happen for everyone: birth, death, and “this most amazing thing called life.” We need to learn to live with life, he says, because it will be there, unchanged, when everything else leaves.


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Recognition

Maharaji talks about the responsibility each person has to recognize the joy and beauty in life that can bring fulfillment. Every human being wants to be content and feel peace, he says, and the wisdom is to recognize, while we are here, what we have been given.



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Value of a Moment

Maharaji (Prem Rawat) talks about how a little drop of rain joins with others to form a river that can change the shape of mountains. In the same way, he says, as the seconds come together and make minutes, hours, days—a lifetime—for each person, moment after moment, when peace is experienced, their life is transformed.

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The Home Within

Maharaji (Prerm Rawat) talks about how we know other people better than ourselves, and uses the analogy of a house inspector who makes sure everyone’s house is safe but their own. In our own house, he says, every time the breath comes, it brings hope and joy.

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Rich Beyond Belief

Maharaji (Prem Rawat) talks about the heart that calls for each of us to be fulfilled, to extract from life as much as we can, to feel the joy of being alive—from within. He talks about a goldmine that is buried under each person’s hut, as we keep looking on the outside. Dig, he says, and “you will be rich beyond belief. Dig and you will have peace in your life.”

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Compass of the Heart

The challenge in life is to understand the beauty that lies within us, Maharaji (Prem Rawat) says, and to have access to it whenever we want. We have a wonderful compass called the heart, he says, that points to that beauty within.

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Where Peace Dances

Maharaji describes our existence as a note that plays in a beautiful symphony and that “needs to find itself” by discovering the peace that resides within. When the heart is filled with gratitude, he says, the note finds itself, the thirst within is fulfilled, and there is a beautiful dance.
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Quest for Joy

Maharaji talks about a quest we have for a peace, love, understanding, and joy that is not on the outside, but within. He offers a mirror, he says, that allows each person to see the beauty within.
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Life Unfolding

Maharaji talks about the ability we have to feel, not just to reason, what life is all about. It is possible, he says, to experience life itself as it unfolds and as it brings joy unparalleled, absolute peace, and singular clarity.

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Changing the Picture

Maharaji talks about a peace that is not the absence of war, but rather a feeling that is already within. This world is a screen, he says, and the way to change the picture is to put in film that is full of joy, hope, clarity, and peace.

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Touched by Beauty

“What can I offer you when you already have all that you need within you?” asks Maharaji. He talks about his passion for giving each person a mirror so they can see how beautiful they really are.

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Prem Rawat’s Address at United Nations’ 60th Anniversary

On the occasion of the United Nations’ 60th Anniversary, Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, addressed an audience of diplomats as well as government and civic leaders at a special event held in the historic theater in San Francisco where the UN charter was signed. In this excerpt from his address, Prem Rawat talks about the need each person has for peace and asks what the world would be like if everyone had peace.

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Alive

There are complexities in life, Maharaji says, but there is also the simplicity of breath. Because of breath, he says, there is existence; because of this breath, this body is alive every day, and every day life plays out in the most serene ways.

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Drop by Drop

Maharaji talks about how little drops of rain come together to make a mighty river and how the seconds in our life come together to make a lifetime.

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The Author

We are writing the story of our life, Maharaji says, and as the author, we need to make sure it has a beautiful ending: peace and joy.

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Enjoy the Play

Maharaji talks about the process of discovery within and reminds people to enjoy the greatest play there is: life.


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What a Symphony

Maharaji talks about a peace within that is independent of all that is outside. Experiencing this peace, he says, redefines the word “enjoyment.”

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Where the Story Begins

Maharaji talks about the story of life, and tells how each person is unique and has their own expression of joy and peace.

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A Good Detective

Maharaji talks about becoming a good detective by picking up the magnifying glass of clarity, being aware of existence, and seeing the hope in every situation.

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The Other Way

Using an analogy, Maharaji says that often everyone is walking in the same direction, although no one knows where they are headed. Then, he says, someone comes along who is walking the other way.

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An invitation to enjoy

Maharaji talks about how each person has been invited upon the stage of life to enjoy every breath.

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The Quest for Contentment

Maharaji talks about the quest every person has to be content. The want to be happy is not something learned or memorized, he says, but an innate thirst that can be recognized.

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Touched by Thirst

Maharaji talks about every person’s thirst for peace and about the water within that can quench that thirst.

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The Unfinished Story

Maharaji talks about the unfinished story of every person alive and the opportunity to know peace, contentment—a joy unparalleled.

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Enjoying

Maharaji talks about the art of enjoying life and reminds us, in the midst of responsibilities, not to forget the peace and joy within.

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Will Today Be the Day?

Maharaji talks about the need each person has to feel peace, joy, gratitude for life—and to ask ourselves: “Am I feeling this today?”

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The Ability to Feel Joy

Maharaji talks about the uniqueness of every person and their ability to feel joy, to understand what it means to be fulfilled, and to appreciate every breath.


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You Are the Pianist

Maharaji talks about the opportunity each person has to be alive, to feel peace, and to express the feeling of being alive.

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Real Peace

Real peace, Maharaji says, needs no definition or approval; it can be felt within.

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