The Essence of Your Life, Maharaji, 2005, DVD E74

The Essence of Your Life, Maharaji, 2005, DVD E74

Prem Rawat, widely known by the honorary title Maharaji, has been travelling the world for more than 30 years, bringing a unique message of peace. He gave his first public addresses at the age of three, and by the age of 13, he was responding to invitations to speak in the United States and Great Britain. [as Guru Maharaj Ji, The Lord of the Universe]. His message is from the heart. He speaks about the possibility for each person to find peace within, regardless of circumstances. Addressing a distinguished audience at the invitation of the United Nations Association of Malaysia, he recently said, Peace is a fundamental necessity and begins with each individual. And yes, peace is possible. Through the Prem Rawat Foundation, he also spearheads significant humanitarian initiatives [rubbish:: TPRF gives aid of $0.5 million p.a.] aimed at improving the lives of people most in need. From large cities to remote villages, millions of people around the world come to him for inspiration and guidance. Even as his audiences increase, Prem Rawat's message remains directed to each individual. If you are looking for fulfillment and peace, he says, the solution lies within. If that is what you want, I can help.

To realize something beautiful in this life, this is what it's all about. The rock looked down and saw the water flowing in a river. And the rock said to the water, where do you go? And the water said, oh, everywhere. I go down. I flow through valleys. And I flow, and I flow, and I flow till I come to the ocean. And then I even fly. And then I come, and I become snow. And then I melt, and I flow again. And the rock said, that sounds very interesting. I want to be like you. I want to flow, too. And the water said, well, come join me. So well, if I became you, I wouldn't be me. And the water said, yes, this is true. You wouldn't be you. But you would have to learn, you would have to become something that could accompany me, that I could take. And yes, you wouldn't be like this big rock you are. But if you are willing to adapt a little bit, if you're willing to change a little bit, then you can definitely join me. I'll take you. When it comes to change, it's one of those things. So far, the changes are what we have dreamt about. So far, the changes are those that we like. Then it's OK. But if the changes are something that we expect in our lives, we like. There are many people who stand there, and they go, well, change is good. Change is good. Change is good. I know. I know if change is good, change is bad, because some changes are bad, some changes are good. But so far, that change allows me the freedom, the freedom to go where I really want to go. And here are the list of items.

That that place that I want to go is not a place that is created by my ideas, that's a big, big order. What do you mean it's not created by your ideas? No. Not ideas. Not what I think is, well, will this be socially acceptable? Because believe me, in this world of today, everybody wants to be normal. I know what normal is, but everybody wants it. So that when somebody looks at you, you are normal. You are just like everyone else. Then it's OK. If you are different, then maybe you belong. You're not socially acceptable. In this world, you have to accept you. Everybody else has to accept you. This is a problem. This is a big problem. This is a very big problem, because how is everybody going to accept me?

You know, when I was a very young kid, I left my country. I left my home. And I traveled, and I traveled, and I traveled. And it was always different. It was always different. Different cultures, different people, different languages, different food, different ideas, what it was to be socially acceptable. And yet, I didn't go there for that. I went because I had something to tell them. And what I wanted to tell them, and I have been telling them this everywhere I go, is you are very precious. You are unique. You are sane. And you are different. You are different because this is your life. This is your life. This is your existence. And you must be the judge.

You must be the judge in this life of whether you are fulfilled or not. Somebody else can't do that for you. Somebody else cannot come along and say, okay, you're fine, you're going to go to heaven. I'm sorry, I buy that. How do you know? How do you know? Because I've got a good face, that's it? Because I show up at the temple every Sunday, that's enough? How do you know? How do you know what goes on in my mind? How do you know what I really think? How do you know? How do you know if I am fulfilled? How do you know? How do you know if I am happy? How do you know? You. Just because I smile, you think I'm happy? That's crazy. That's nuts. Because I am dressed in a suit, and it's a nice suit. I'm rich.

You see, the answer to these questions, only you know. Only you. Nobody else. Only you know. Only you know in the heart of your hearts if you are happy, and nobody has the right or the authority to judge that. Only you know in your life when you are fulfilled. Only you know. Only you know the riches of your heart. Only you know what sadness you carry within you, and only you know what joy you carry within you. Hey, I'm merely pointing out the fact. I'm not creating it. I didn't make this rule. There are no lights. A human being does not have a computer terminal that you can plug the human being into a computer terminal and say, you're happy. Only you know. Only you know when it hurts, how much it hurts. Only you know. Nobody can figure that out.

There are doctors, you know, and they know, okay, this guy is in pain, but they know how much. They guess, oh, must be a lot of pain. I always have to remind doctors, please, first of all, remember this is a human being, okay? This is not a little piece of paper. This is not some computer diagnostics on a monitor on a screen. This is a human being, and before you begin treating with anything, make sure this person is comfortable. His basic needs are taken care of. Doctors look at me like, huh? I said, yes, this is how it is. To me, do I need to change? Only I know, because in the heart of hearts, I know what my quest is, what my longing is. Oh, how that thirst to be fulfilled exists within me, and if joining this river of life, if joining this river of joy, if joining this river of tranquility will bring me that, I am ready. I am ready to join. I am ready to change. I am ready to understand. I am ready to give up my doubts. I'm ready to give up my questions for answers.

You know, understanding is something that is so potent, so potent. You go along in your life, and you understand, and you understand, and you understand, and understand, and understand, and then what? One day, bang, I understand. I understand. Understand that every day in my life needs to have the substance, that every breath needs to count, that every moment is important and irreplaceable. There's nothing I can do about that. I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to dream about, maybe I will get another day. Maybe I will someday make things right in my life. That someday is here. That someday is now. That someday just went by.

That someday came, and that someday vanished, and it comes again as an opportunity. This is, this is really what it's about, isn't it? For those who have the eye to see this, who have honed, who have honed and practiced and practiced. It's an art. It's an art, and it takes practice to realize the most precious opportunity, and every single day takes practice. You can't just do it just like that. No, it takes practice. It takes practice to realize the value of each breath. It takes practice to understand the meaning of being alive.

There's so many people all over the world. Just think about all the people around the world. They're doing something, something, something, something, something, something, something. You know what's going on around the world right now? Some people are waking up. Some people are going to sleep. Some people had a really good day. Some people had a terrible day. Right now, in the last 10 minutes, in the last 15 minutes, somebody's born and somebody died. Somebody got lost. Somebody got found. Somebody just realized they were hungry. Just in that second, just think about that. Somebody just realized they were hungry. Just in that last second, somebody just realized, hmm, I wonder what it's all about. Somewhere, somewhere in this world, somebody's sitting there going, hmm, I wonder what it's all about. And someone, in that last second that went by, sat down and once again practiced the art of capturing the moment. Just started in that last second to sit down and take a journey inside, take a journey within. The rock transformed itself into something that it can now flow with the river.

The dance began. The dance began. And they are on that beautiful journey of discovering and discovering and discovering and going inside and feeling a joy. In that last moment, maybe somebody began to cry. And in that one second that has gone by, somebody stopped crying and went inside the beautiful eternal place. This is what I have been saying to people. They see me like a river flowing and they say, where are you going? Oh, I'm going to be back. I'm going to flow through this way again. But the journey will never be the same you want to come and join.

You want to come to and witness. You want to come to and witness what a gift you have been given. You want to learn how to fly. Maybe people in this world wrestle with their entity and identity. This is me. You know, this is me. My name is ta ta ta ta. This is who I am. This is what I look like. These are my clothes. Mine. This is my house. These are my shoes. I'm not saying that's wrong. Mind you, I'm not telling you what is right and wrong. sit there in your little head and go, why is he saying that? I'm not telling you it's right or wrong. I'm merely pointing towards the fact. This is my child. This is my wife. This is my husband. This is my book. This is mine, mine, mine.

When I am touring, when I am not at home, my my shrinks very dramatically because all that is mine I leave at home. My home is full of my, my, my, my, my. And then, just like the last time, I come out and leave my home and my stayed behind. My cars, my clothes, my watches, my desk, my room. And then, just like that, my my shrunk to just my garment bag with a few suits in it, my suitcase, my briefcase, and off I went. Flying to this place, very small my. Now, the reason why I'm telling you this is because this is how it is for so many of us. And then one day, one day, all that my shrinks too. You go, you go somewhere, nobody knows where that is, and all the my just disappears. The thing that used to say my stops. The thing that used to think my stops. The thing that used to point my no longer points. So, what is yours? So, what is really yours? What is

You know, I have a lot of shoes. I have shoes from 1980s. They're there. I wear them, they're there. I wear these shoes. No, these particular ones. And I've had them for about, oh, I think about seven or eight years now. Really. They have been around the world many times. They're very well traveled. They're very comfortable. They are so comfortable. They're so comfortable that if I'm wearing them, I even remember, even feel you're wearing. Incredibly comfortable. Now, I have another pair of shoes that are just like these, but they're brand new, but I haven't worn them because they're not as comfortable as these. And someday, the idea is someday I'll start wearing those. And they will become as comfortable as these, but that hasn't happened yet. I think those shoes are about three years old. They're waiting to be worn because these are comfortable. My point is, I will wear the most of that which is comfortable, and that which I wear most of will become comfortable. In your life, what are you most familiar with? Because that which you are most familiar with in your life, you will become even more familiar with it.

And more familiar you become with it, the more comfortable you will be with it. And the more comfortable you will be with it, the more familiar you will begin. And it is, in a way, an exponential cycle where it'll just become better and better and better and better and better. So I ask you, what do you like the most? You have to answer me. You have to answer me. You have to answer me. You have to only answer yourself. To yourself. That's it. Because if it is joy that you're most familiar with, then you will be most comfortable with joy. Joy will be most comfortable with you. You'll be more comfortable with joy. This is what you will want in your life. This is what you will attract in your life. And you'll like it. And it'll be the most familiar. And it'll be the most comfortable, comfortable, comfortable. What is comfortable? Where in the presence of that, where in the presence of that, it is fine. No desire to leave it. No desire to get out of it. No desire to change. This is where it comes to change again. Is change good or change bad? Because if I am comfortable in my bed, I even feel it. And I want to change.

My shoes, I want to change. I like them. They're comfortable. And because I, I mean, what time came, I was wearing them everywhere, you know, and they were getting ruined. I'd wear them walking just anywhere. So finally, you know, I got myself a really cheap pair of walking shoes so I could save these because they were so comfortable.

In my life, in your life, in my existence, in your existence. If I am most comfortable with this breath, comfortable, no change, then I have to, if I'm not, if I am not comfortable, then I must change whatever needs to be changed so I can get to the point where it does not need to change. It's like lying on the bed, there's a pillow, not right, it's not right. I change, I change, I change, I change, I change till I have to change. And if these changes that I make in my life take me towards that goal, take me towards that direction where I can be comfortable, where I recognize this breath, I understand this breath, where I understand this existence, where I am comfortable with this existence.

Um, you know, not like this. I would be more comfortable if I had a bigger car. If I'm going to create my life and make my life subjective like that, bigger car, that would be better. If I had two more children, that would be better. If I have a better this, that means I'm not comfortable and I'm still wiggling. I'm wiggling and wiggling and wiggling and wiggling because the essence of life is not out there. My friends, the essence of life is in here, within you.

If you're not comfortable with your heart, you're going to have to learn to be comfortable with everybody else and it'll be the impossible task. It'll be the impossible task.

It's like a man who hardly stays at home because he's really upset with his wife. Every time he comes home, she goes, you know, so he leaves. He leaves and he goes out and hangs out with friends, hangs out with friends, hangs out with friends, hangs out with friends. The more he does this, the more upset his wife becomes. The more upset his wife becomes, the more he goes out with friends. Till one day, one of those magical stories, right? Those people, he went out to get Chinese food and he never came back. I mean, either he found such incredible Chinese food and you know, Chinese food is good, but not that good. This is what happens. Did not make peace with the heart, did not make peace with the inside, did not make peace with this breath, did not make peace with that joy, did not make peace with peace. So, had to go out. And one day, went out for the Chinese food and never came back. Went out for the pizza and never came back. Never came back.

That's a sad story because in this life, the possibility is incredible. In this life, to be alive, to be is the most beautiful gift. To understand, to let go of the questions and trade them, trade them for answers, exchange them for answers. More I do that, the more wonderful it is. For as a rock, I stand there motionless, motionless. I cannot move. Everything moves around me and I move. And the day I begin to allow myself the transformation, I begin to become from that motionless rock to start following that water. And my journey begins now. Now, I doubt, I understand. And I am not looking. I'm not looking for questions. I have found the mine of answers.