The Golden Age Number 12, August 31 - September 12, 1974

The Golden Age Number 12
Contents 2 Internationalising 4 Agya: The Direction of Love 6 Vietnam: Mixing Politics and Religion 8 People Who Found Peace
2 Internationalising Internationalising the Mission is a very natural thing. It's the logical outcome of our desire to serve Maharaj Ji in the most effective way, to subordinate our own notions and schemes to the perfect timing of his master plan.
4 Agya: The Direction of Love "And really, I understand that many premies are getting confused. Why they are getting confused? "Oh, Because we don't think Divine Light Mission is running properly," "Oh, because we saw this happening the other day." I'll tell you one thing; that's just an excuse. That's just an alibi - for your mind. Because it's got nothing to do with you. Peace is not going to come out of Divine Light Mission, understand? Peace is inside you. You gotta realise it inside you, not in Divine Light Mission. You don't go to a desk in headquarters and say, "Can I have some peace, please?" Peace is inside of you. Understand? And when people really say this, really, I just feel like saying, "Look, mister, you don't have to come here making excuses of confusion." Because it's really mind that confuses a person. Because mind takes an alibi."
6 Vietnam: Mixing Politics and Religion But the aged monk advised him, "Buddha is not in the mountains, Buddha is in the heart of man. When your mind is calm and clear, Buddha appears"
8 People Who Found Peace The most beautiful romantic dreams cannot change our experience of the outside world. Judith Downes tells how her life was divided between fact and fantasy until Guru Maharaj Ji's Knowledge reconciled these two aspects within a harmonious whole.

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.