Words of Peace (Podcast)

With the Heart of a Child

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:08:12 PDT

“To understand the ultimate truth, … you have to be utterly simple because truth is simple,” says Prem Rawat. “How simple?” he asks. “With the heart of a child. What does a child have that you don’t have? Simplicity.”

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Coming and Going of Breath

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:34:43 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of life. “You want to know how to recognize a miracle? Then understand that today was a miracle,” he says. “And, if tomorrow comes, that is going to be a miracle. And the coming and going of this breath is a miracle.”

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The Core is You

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:12:48 PDT

“Your life is associated with your jobs, with the things that happen around you. That is not your life,” says Prem Rawat. “The core is you. You exist. And because you exist, there are certain things that also exist. And at the hub is your existence, your life.”

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Life is a Road

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:35:24 PST

“What kind of road is life?” asks Prem Rawat. “Some parts are hilly; some are flat; some have a nice, gentle slope; and some way too much slope, slippery,” he says. “Walk. The key is not to measure how many miles you have come, but to enjoy every single step you take.”

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The Pivotal Question

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:05:11 PST

“Is peace a manifestation of something that happens inside a human being, or is peace something on the outside only?” Prem Rawat asks. “Where does the desire for peace come from? Is peace innate to every human being? This, in my opinion, is the pivotal question.”

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Because You Are Alive

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:37:45 PST

“Each one of you, because you are alive, will make a voyage. What will this voyage be like? Who are you? What is the purpose of this voyage ? Why does it have to be made?” These are some of the questions asked by Prem Rawat in this excerpt.

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Play It With Passion

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:39:03 PST

“The human being is an incredibly sensitive, experiencing instrument,” says Prem Rawat. “Place in it the truth that resides in you, and it will sing out with ecstasy. Play it with the passion it deserves, and you will hear sounds you have been yearning to hear all your life.”

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Its About You And Me

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:06:44 PST

Prem Rawat talks about the journey of life. “It’s about this life, this existence—not an idea, not a theory, not rules, not some printed pages, but about you and me. The most incredible thing is taking place: you are alive … your existence, your being on the face of this earth.”

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Tribute to Existence

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:20:29 PST

Prem Rawat says, “I need to do everything possible to pay the most magnificent tribute to this existence every single day of my life,” says Prem Rawat. “And, in turn, when you pay this tribute, it fills you with the gift of joy … the gift of peace … the gift of true contentment.”

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Made to Enjoy

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:25:33 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about the human being’s need to be comfortable and avoid pain. “What do you like to hear?” he asks. “That which brings you enjoyment. What do you like to see? That what brings you enjoyment. This is how you are. This is who you are.”

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Passion

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:22:01 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about the difference between a true passion and a hobby. “Whatever it is I am passionate about,” he says, “I need for that to be real, not a figment of my imagination. And it has to be amazing. Passion isn’t one of those things that you generate. You unleash it. It’s already there in you. You open the gates, and it comes pouring out.”

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The Seed of Kindness

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:41:27 PDT

Prem Rawat says, “When we come in this world, we’re given seeds. There is the seed of anger, but there is also a seed of kindness. There is a seed of love…a seed of understanding. Whatever seed you have sown in your garden of life is what you’re going to sit under to rest. You have the intelligence to choose what will benefit you the most.

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The Voyage

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:03:14 PDT

“Happy feels good. Joyful feels very good,” says Prem Rawat. “So perhaps the purpose of this voyage is not suffering, but to be able to experience the ultimate experience. Why should we experience this? When you do, you experience the truest, truest, happiness.”

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Dancing with Gratitude

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:32:52 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about the possibility of feeling peace and joy and the gratitude it brings. “Gratitude comes when there is a beautiful experience of life,” he says, “when it is not full of words, doctrines, and dogmas, but it is filled with a simple reality.”

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Love

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:12:09 PDT

“Do you know that, wherever you go, whatever you do, there is love in you and there is hate in you?” asks Prem Rawat. “Do not be under the misunderstanding that the love is in someone else. No, no, no. Love is in you.”

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Truest Nature

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:51:17 PDT

Prem Rawat distinguishes between appearances that change and the actual nature of a human being. “When we begin to look for our truest nature,” he says, “we will find that there is peace. In our nature, there’s understanding, there is the truest love.”

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Personal Quest

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:48 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about a personal quest for peace, “a peace not of consequences but an individual peace for every human being on the face of this earth. People want to stop wars, conflicts, but nobody addresses the individual—from where peace has to begin.”

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Truest Nature

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:24:10 PDT

One by One

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:37:12 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about how each person has been given something—the gift of life, of breath, of serenity—but we do not understand its value. Each one of us needs to feel peace, he says. And to light the world, we need to be lit up one by one.

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This Is Your Life

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:54:23 PST

Prem Rawat asks, “Is there something more to you than the sum of all that you see? Is there something more to you than the sum of everything you project?

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The Miracle Is Existence

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:04:17 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of life. “The most beautiful miracle is: from nowhere comes this breath and brings the gift of life to you. This is your story. One breath at a time. That’s your beat. That’s your rhythm. Do you understand what a miracle this is?"

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The Promises You Made

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:33:21 PST

Prem Rawat talks about the wants we have had since we were children and the promises we made to ourselves to fulfill them. “Have you kept them?” he asks. “Look within you for the thirst,” he says, “because it is the thirst that will lead you to water. Understand what you have been given because it is magnificent.”

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What Reality?

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:14:22 PST

Prem Rawat talks about the reality that comes with being alive: “This is the only reality, the only kind of reality that allows you to be rich and to be poor. Allows you to shed a few tears and to crack a smile. Allows you to dance and to sit still. Allows you to call others your own. Allows you to be an uncle, a mother, a dad, an aunt. Because without that reality, none of this is possible.”

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Feeling the Need for Peace

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:45:59 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about the universal need for peace. “Not as a society,” he says, “but as an individual. I strongly believe that it is the individual that has to understand what peace is. And feel that need in their lives. Then and only then can we begin to see the movement towards peace, because the foundation is solid.”

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What Makes You Happy?

mblogs@pobox.com (Prem Rawat) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:22:09 PDT

Prem Rawat talks about how a cow is happiest being a cow and asks, “What makes you happy?” He talks about the priceless wealth every person has been given—the yearning to be happy and having the source of happiness within.

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