A Marriage Made In Heaven
At the conclusion of the 16 year old Prem Rawat's wedding, his new bride, Marolyn Rawat nee Johnson newly christened as Durga Mata Ji, gratefully lay down on the ground before him and kissed his feet, his Lotus Feet, along with the guests though probably not her parents. As Mike Donner, vice-President of Divine Light Mission told journalists, "She considers their marriage a service to the guru. When she enters a room, the Maharaj Ji is in, she touches his feet like any devotee." It makes you wonder what she touches when He gets into bed.
She was after all, as Barry Ollman the Divine Light Mission Publicity Director said, "A very humble person." Judging by some of the impassioned but intense speeches she made to her husband's followers, she seemed to have moved way past humble into seriously neurotic.
The video "You Are My Savior" opens with a pretty straightforward statement about Prem Rawat's role on earth, a song called 'You Are My Savior', long version @ 4 :55 or 'You Are My Saviour', a short version @ 1:38. The song is played over scenes of Prem Rawat driving one of his many expensive cars and flying in one of his helicopters.
During the playing of that song Prem Rawat's wife is shown crowning him with the crown of Krishna whose costume he is wearing and then doing full pranam (lying on the ground in front of him) and kissing his feet in adoration.
This sort of behaviour makes Muslim attitudes to women seem positively enlightened.
This behaviour of his wife the former Marolyn Johnson, that he had renamed Durga Mata Ji, in crowning Prem Rawat, then known as Guru Maharaj Ji, and kissing his feet, drove his followers into ecstacy. They responded with ongoing roars of "Bolie Shri Satguru Dev Maharaj Ki Jai" as they became blissed-out by the sight of her lovingly adoring his feet. This was translated as "All Glory to Guru Maharaj Ji" which doesn't really have the same mystic Indian feel about it which is probably why they continued to shout their "Bolie Shris" until they were told to cut out the chanting and settle for clapping.
Here is a recorded darshan and pranam of Prem Rawat's wife and devotee, the former Marolyn Johnson. Prem Rawat gave her the title of Durga Ji after their 1974 marriage.
Here in 1979 to the ecstatic chants of "Bhole Shri Satguru Dev Maharaj Ki Jai" from the thousands of premies watching she symbolises their devotion by crowning Prem Rawat with the crown of Krishna and then doing full pranam before him and lovingly kissing his "Lotus Feet" as his students then referred to them.
Unfortunately this is a very poor quality video clip. If anyone still has the original tape or a better quality clip, please contact the Gallery.
In 1980 at a Divine Light Mission religious festival to a song which makes a pretty straightforward statement about Prem Rawat's role on earth, a song called 'You Are My Saviour'. Prem Rawat's wife is shown crowning him with the crown of Krishna whose costume he is wearing and then doing full pranam (lying on the ground in front of him) and kissing his feet in adoration.
Not content with being an abject wife to a charlatan she taught her daughter to come out on stage to bow down to her father and kiss his feet.
"Really experience Guru Maharaj Ji's Grace!"
Meditating on Your Love
The world stops when I look into your eyes
Always takes me by surprise
Feels so familiar, like I've already been there
To another world, so still, no place I'd rather be
Feel your gaze just melting me
Bringing me from all my fantasies
Just disappear, leaving me here
Meditating on your love
Me in my place
Meditating on your love
Me in your Grace
I'm riding on the rhythm of I love you
This is no place on earth that you're taking me to
But the heaven in your heart
Keeps me right where you are
So now, I managed to walk away from you
I don't know what drove me to
In a moment I'm miles away
Lost in the wild blue yonder
I it any wonder
That you try with all your might
Just to keep me in your sight
Cause you know what's right for me
All through the day, all through the night
Meditating on your love
Makes life complete
Meditating on your love
You make life so sweet
I'm riding on the rhythm of I love you
This is no place on earth