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.

He's Here

This Visions International short film was sold on a Video CD distributed at Elan Vital "events" and was produced in 1997. It is a slideshow of pictures of Prem Rawat aka 'Maharaji' with a soundtrack of his daughter, Dayalata, singing a song "He's Here". This song was originally recorded on the 1979 cassette "Teach me Devotion" by Holi © Divine Light Mission. The version sung in this film has slightly altered lyrics (changes in italics) that remove the more obvious religious references though the first line is still very significant (see Prem Rawat's Teachings). Click here to hear an .mp3 copy of the song.

There are two pictures (second row, first two from left) of the darshan ceremony that has only been held secretly in the West since the 1970's.

He's come again, he's here The only one I've ever really loved All these years He's come to take me home And I'm going with him this time He's here I can't believe it's really you You've really come, its really true I can't believe you love me like you do After all I've put you through (done to you) You have seen (So now you see) me at my worst Led me to a deeper thirst (Ashamed I never put you first) Now I (And yet) I feel my heart will burst in two With all the love I feel for you You have seen my crazy (You've forgiven all my) foolish pride     There's no judgment There's no need to hide Every thing's opening up inside He's come again, He's here The only one I've ever really loved All these years He's come to take me home And I'm going with him this time He's here I don't why I went away I know I never meant to stay (stray) Times when I was lost I used to pray That you'd find me some day (I acted brave and unconcerned Pretended like my back was turned Through it all I never learned to hide The yearning deep inside) So now You're here My dearest oldest friend Lovers now the way it's always been And I feel like I'm coming home again He's come again, he's here The only one I've ever really loved All these years He's come to take me home And I'm going with him this time He's here

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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.