Prem Rawat (Prem Pal Singh Rawat) whose devotees call him Maharaji (meaning Ultimate Ruler) first came to attention in the West as Guru Maharaj Ji - the self-proclaimed Perfect Master and Lord of the Universe ridiculed in the media as a fat, squeaky-voiced God boy. He had inherited his titles and position as the Satguru, The True Revealer of Light and Spiritual Master of the Divine Light Mission, India (Divya Sandesh Parishad) when his father died in 1966. His father, Hans Rawat, was a successful Indian guru, self titled HRH (His Royal Highness) Yogiraj Param Sant Satgurudev Shri Hans Ji Maharaj. As a child the youngest Rawat son was informally called Sant Ji, more formally Balyogeshwar ("Born King of the Yogis") and even more formally Param Sant Satgurudev Shri Sant Ji Maharaj. In the West Rawat dropped these more verbose titles in the early 1980's and instructed his followers to call him Maharaji. He has also changed the names of his organisations many times: Divine Light Mission (DLM), World Welfare Association (WWA), World Peace Corps (WPC) and Divine United Organisation (DUO) became Elan Vital in the early 1980's and in 2001 The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) was created and from 2010 his major orgs are Words Of Peace Global (WOPG) registered in Holland, Words of Peace International (WOPI) in the USA, HDSK (Human Development through Self Knowledge) in Great Britain and Raj Vidya Kender (Royal Knowledge Society) in India. He no longer claims to be an Incarnation of God but an internationally famous humanitarian leader and teacher of peace. He's neither.

Special Millennium Issue
CONTENTS By the Grace of Guru Maharaj Ji

Front Cover Inside Cover Page 2 Foreword Page 3 The Astrodome Page 5 Who Is Guru Maharaji Movie (advertisement) Page 6 Editorial Page 7 Who Is Guru Maharaji Book (advertisement) Page 3 Contents Page 9 A History of Hans Jayanti Page 10 The Peace Bomb Page 12 A Call to Millennium Page 13 Millennium '73: The Program Timetable of events for the mammoth three-day gathering in the Houston Astrodome The Astrodomain Krishna Lila Lord Christ Blue Aquarius Page 14 The World Today Page 22 The Holy Family The Lives of Guru Maharaj Ji and his family Page 25 Prophets of the Millennium Page 38 Little Drops of Mercy A Photoessay, with text by Guru Maharaj Ji Page 40 A Doctor's View of the Knowledge Page 44 Guru Puja, London '73 Page 46 God's Fascination is Infinite Satgurudev Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, the father of Guru Maharaj Ji Page 48 Arti Page 53 The Unbroken Garland The Historic Satsangs Page 58 So You Want Knowledge Three Stories Page 68 Glossary Page 74 Afterword Guru Maharaj Ji Page 76 Back Cover Page 78

Prem Rawat's "Knowledge" has three parts: regularly listening to his speeches, doing voluntary work for organisations serving him or donating money and daily meditation correctly practicing the four techniques he recommends. The techniques are so simple it's hard to see how they could be practiced incorrectly. First technique ("Divine Light") involves sticking your thumb and middle finger on your eyeballs (NB: with eyes closed) and your index finger between your eyebrows. Second technique: ("Heavenly Music") poking your thumbs into your ears and listening. Third technique: ("Holy Name") thinking about your breathing (NB: continue to breathe). Fourth technique: ("Nectar") curling your tongue backwards and tasting. Rawat's father taught slightly different techniques but either way it's difficult to see how these could produce the benefits claimed for them especially as Rawat claims His Knowledge is the only method of attaining real happiness and love in this life.