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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One thing that hasn't changed in Maharaji's world in the past 35 years is the importance of darshan. He is giving "Holy Breath" above.
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Maharaji's second eldest brother, Bhole Ji, headed up a big band of premies who recorded an album and the soundtrack for DLM movies and which provided the music for 'Soul Rush' publicity campaign and the Millenium '73 festival. While Rennie Davis sincerely believed he 'experienced' Maharaji's elder brother, Bhole Ji, as the Divine Lord of Music it was just a false idea as wrong as his ideas about his 'experience' and as ridiculous as his belief that Prem Rawat was God incarnate, a belief held then and still secretly held by most of Maharaji's present followers who are pretty well all in their 50's and "received Knowledge" in the 1970's. They are pretty well all in their 50's, aren't they? |
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Rennie Davis discusses Bhole Ji in an interview in the park: "See, it's sort of like all the music of the 60's and the early 70's is being given back to us you know and you would never expect you know like uh I don't know, at first you think that's really far out, that's pretty good music, not bad group particularly considering the fact that it's only five months old and then you come out and realise it's being organised and conducted by the Lord of Music. Wait until people find out who Bhole Ji is!" |
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Premies spontaneously sing as they enter the Houston Astrodome for the Millenium 73 Festival. Open up your heart to the universe of love |
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Bhole Ji, Maharaji's second eldest brother, member of the Holy Family, Lord of Music, Leader of Blue Aquarius and soon to be apostate.
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Has come to us this day |
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Peace, Peace now Love, love now, etc |
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Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones I can't get no satisfaction |
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Everything was dark at first Then Guru Maharaji smiled Chorus |
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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.