BY THE GRACE OF GURU MAHARAJ JI
Divine Times - September/October 1979 Volume 8, Number 5

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Guru Maharaj Ji on a mini-tractor
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"Without faith, devotion cannot be put into practice nor can a person receive grace without faith. Without grace, a person can't find rest, even in a dream. Many think that the soul can be realized by having faith in just any method but it's not so. Benefit can only be derived from having faith in what is true. There's no use having faith in something false."
Param Hans Satgurudev Shri Hans Ji Maharaj

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Durga Ji's Satsang at the Guru Puja festival, London, June 24, 1979

"tWe want Guru Maharaj Ji's Grace. And he's showering it. This is what we have to see. If we are here at this festival then he's giving it. I know it is only by Guru Maharaj Ji's Grace that I'm sitting right here. And it's only by Guru Maharaj Ji's Grace that he's allowing me to experience satsang. Because for so long I had an idea of what satsang was. And it wasn't really satsang. And for so long I had an idea of what service was. And it wasn't service. And for so long I had an idea of what meditation was. And it wasn't meditation."
"One time in Malibu, Maharaj Ji said, "If I just had a handful, if I just had a handful of premies who were really dedicated, who really had faith in me, I could spread this Knowledge. I could spread this Knowledge so fast. If I just had a handful."

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Guru Maharaj Ji's Satsang at the Guru Puja festival, Miami, Florida, Sunday afternoon, July 22, 1979

"Because then I just thought about it and I said, "Yeah. I can understand that. I can understand that completely." Because you're so ugly sometimes that it hurts to stand in front of a mirror and look at your face. I can understand that perfectly. If somebody is really pretty, somebody is really handsome, they can stand in front of a mirror and look at themselves, present themselves. But if it is somebody who's really, really ugly, then they have a very hard time."

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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.