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.
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| Higher than all the scriptures Shri Guru Maharaj Ji, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 15 June 1972
This Knowledge, this media, is not a new media. It's not a new Knowledge, but it is the most ancient Knowledge that existed before the world was created. It has even been described in the Bible, when John says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Now, what was the Word that was in the beginning, that was existing when there was no knowledge, that was existing when there was nothing? … All natural things also have a specific purpose. In the same way, man is here, the crown of all nature. But what is the use of man existing? Why does a human body exist? What is the use? There is some specific purpose, there is a specific use that this body should exist. Many people don't realise this use, many people don't realise the real aim and get themselves lost in materialism, in ignorance. Once they are lost, they are unaware of the original way, and then someone must come and tell them the way which will lead them to the right path. That's why, time after time, saints, realised souls, sages, Perfect Masters, have been coming to this earth, have been visiting earth and speading this Knowledge, spreading this message that there is peace, love and Truth. |
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| Concentration of Mind is a Must Shri Bal Bhagwan Ji, Swiss Alps Festival, Saanenmoser, 23 August 1972
Now dear premies, to go to that source, to that essence. What we must do is we must surrender ourselves. For instance, if a log of wood falls into a river, that log without any effort is carried away by the river to the sea, to the source. Similarly, devotees who surrender themselves and actually let themselves float and make themselves a part of the whole thing, they flow in the living stream of love, light and Knowledge, the living stream which is Guru Maharaj Ji. They are carried away from a remote point to the source. |
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| Justice Is Always Done Satsang of Shri Mata Ji, Satyalok Ashram, 14 April 1970
People do not value great souls during their lifetimes, but sing their praises after they are gone. Those people who joke about great spiritual personalities are really the unhappy ones. If you say that your father is not your father, it does not alter the fact. Your father is your father. In the same way, if we deny God, God does not cease to be our father. So no matter what fate you meet in the world, remember that all is watched by Holy Word. And justice is always done in the end. |
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| There is one main river Shri Guru Maharaj Ji, Imperial College, 9 Sept 1972
When we give satsang we have to divide our satsang into three types: one is ordinary satsang which of course ordinary people understand, because it is ordinarily given; and then there is intellectual satsang, which of
course many people don't understand, because it is intellectual; and the third satsang is about service, which is only given to those people who are servants. Now about intellectual satsang, only people who are intellectual understand
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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.