Maharaji: The Face of Peace 2000s

Maharaji: The Face of Peace 2000s Raj Vidya Kender

What I have to talk about this evening is really quite simple. When we were young, very, very young. We had a feeling. And we didn't have any words for that feeling. We wanted to feel good. We wanted to feel content. We wanted to be happy. We wanted to feel the love. And all that was there. But we didn't have any words for it. We didn't know that's what it's called. It's called love. We didn't know it's called contentment. We didn't know it's called peace. And then, as we grew up, we got the words. And now we can definitely say, yes, peace. Yes, understanding. Yes, contentment. But we lost the feeling. And it's so much the trick in this life. That if you have the words, you have the feeling. And if you have the feeling, you care for the words. You care for the words. Because you've got the feeling. And what I have come to talk about is about the feeling. Not about the words. About the feeling.

And it basically boils down to two things. One is your thirst, your need for peace in your life. And that is the most primary thing. And then if you wonder, what's he going to talk about? What's he going to say? Am I going to agree with him? Am I not going to agree with him? Is this going to work for me or not? Well, the second part of my message is that what you are looking for is already within, inside of you. So I'm warning you. I am warning you that what I have come to talk about this evening refers to what you already have. Not something that you have to go out and get. Not something that you have to create. Not something that you have to jog for. Not something that you have to diet for. Not something that you have to sit endless hours in a seminar taking notes and figuring out what it is. The thirst is within you. And that water that will quench the thirst is also within you. This is the good news. So the little warning was, relax. It is simple. It is beautiful. It is profound. To know that what I am looking for is within me. Now, what is the problem? I mean, how am I going to occupy my time after I have basically told you very simply exactly what it is?

Well, let me tell you a little story. And the story is about a frog. A little frog who lived in a well. Was he happy? I don't know. Was he content? I don't know. But he lived in a well. I am sure he had his ups and downs. I am sure he had good days and I am sure he had bad days. And I'm sure he had a wish list, which I'm sure all frogs do. All frogs have a wish list. Did he pray? I don'tknow. But I'm sure that there were times things happened in his life where he really wished that those things were not happening. But he lived in his well, and he was there. One day, when he was taking a walk, he encountered another frog. And this other frog, bigger than him, mellow, nice, well-mannered, they both met. Little frog said, you know, I live in this well down here. Why you come and pay me a visit? Maybe I'll get you some, I don't know what frogs drink, but I'll get you some of that. We can talk. The other frog accepted. They both went down, swam down. The frog from the well was obviously very proud of his belongings, of his little well, of everything else, and offered him whatever it is that frogs offer each other. And the conversation began, and the conversation went on to, so where are you from? And the big frog said, well, I live in the big lake. Lake? The little frog said, what's a lake? Said, oh, it's huge, you know, it's big. So the little frog got up from whatever they sit on and made a little circle. He just hopped along, he made a little circle. And he said, is your lake this big? And as I already told you, the big frog, he was very well behaved, very calm, very gentle. And he said, no, it's a little bigger. And the little frog scratched whatever the little frog scratched in amazement and wonderment and made another circle, this time distinctly a little bit bigger, and said, is your lake this big? And the frog said, no, it's even bigger than that. Well, this kept on happening. I'm not going to waste your time. This kept on happening. See, if this really was a children's show, it would happen millimeter by millimeter and go on many times, but this is not a children's show. So finally, the little frog ended up going around the entire circumference of the well and popped the question, is it this big? To which the big frog replied, no, it's bigger than that. And the frog from the well said, I'm sorry, but this is not possible. This is not possible because there is nothing bigger than my well, my well. This rules, this stops, this is it. No lake is bigger. No body of water is bigger. This is as big as it gets. So the bigger frog invited the little frog over to the lake. Of course, when he saw the lake, went in the lake, he could run many, many circles many times over.

It became obvious to him what the reality was. Now, why did I give you an analogy of two frogs? Well, we're the frogs. We're the frogs, and we live in our little world.

And we have decided that this is it. This is it. And that's what we have, too. We have our reasons. We have our reasons in which we have reasoned what this life is all about. We have reasoned a way that life is a road that goes as straight as possible with as many turns as possible. We have reasoned what is good. We have reasoned what is bad. We have reasoned what is right. We have reasoned what is wrong. But we have sacrificed one of the most important things that we have in our lives, and that is the ability to feel. In our reasons, now, peace has become a word which is either possible or not possible.

Love has become a word which is, do I have it or I have it? I feel it or I feel it. Reason, my friends, is very, very necessary when you have a thing called feeling. It replaces it. When you have a feeling, you care what it is called. You care if you have it or have it. You just feel it. You have to understand it. You have to question it. You need an answer for it. When you are in love, you need to go to somebody and say, well, am I in love? When you are hungry, you need to go to somebody and say, take my pulse. Am I hungry or am I really just feeling terrible? You know when you are hungry. You know when you are thirsty.

And as basic as hunger and thirst, then should not the feelings that I am talking about, the feeling of peace, be as innate as that? Is it about explanations? Is our life going to be about explanations? Or is it going to be felt? Is it going to be an opportunity? That life itself is unfolding. Not the things that happen, but the life itself is unfolding. That there is this thing called existence that is boiling, that is turning, that is churning, and it's manifesting. And with it, it has brought, every time that it comes and it touches you, it brings joy unparalleled, tranquility that has no end, peace that is absolute, clarity that is so singular, no duality, no doubts, no confusion. Peace is a feeling, a feeling that is already inside of you.

Absence of war, that's just a consequence. War is a consequence. Everyone's absence of war is a consequence. People say, well, you know, that's what we need.

We need peace. Look at this world. I say to people, this world is just a screen. And what you are watching on the screen is being projected by these little projectors. We're the projectors. We're projecting on the screen the film that is playing inside. And the film, if that film is full of confusion, if that film is full of desperation, if that film is full of anger, if that film is completely, completely filled only with questions, no answers, just questions, then that is what you are seeing on the screen. And the solution is what? People say, and these are brilliant people. We can clear this up. Let's clean the screen. You can wash the screen. You can polish the screen. At best, what you will do is show the bad film more clearly, but that is not going to change what the film is. If you want to see something else on the screen, it is possible. change the screen. change the projectors. This is very important. Change the film. Put some film in that is full of joy. Put film in that is full of hope. Put film in that is full of clarity. Put the film in that is full of peace. And when you will, you will see the resultant picture automatically change, and it will be what it will be. See, I didn't put it in good and bad.

It will be what it will be. This heart, this time, this life, this breath, this existence that you have will never be duplicated. You exist.

You need to see. You need to see that this is about what worked, not what didn't work, what worked. What you are listening to, if it is a beautiful symphony, it is about the notes that were played, not the notes that were not played. That's what a symphony is about, about the notes that were played. Your existence is the note that was played. You are indeed that beautiful note that needs to find itself. Find itself, not another note, but find itself and ring out in its certainty as sweetly as it can, not a reluctant muted note. I know where I belong. Looking for success when you are the most successful? Looking for the love, the very love that resides in your heart? Looking for peace when the very peace resides in your heart? Looking for contentment when you have more than you can ever imagine? No, this is the time to ring out because you are the right note because this heart needs to fill with gratitude once again. And when this heart is filled with gratitude, then there is a beautiful dance, a dance of life that dances.

It's not about the right and the wrong. That's not what I'm here for. It's not about the good and bad. That's not what I'm here for. It is not to say I cannot satisfy your curiosity, but that thirst that is within your heart, that I have a way and it can be satisfied, it can. And that satisfaction, I must warn you, is not a satisfaction like once you've had it, that's it. No, it is to be satisfied again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again because a musician doesn't just learn how to play the piano and quit. A cook doesn't just learn how to cook and just quit. You didn't just learn how to ride your bike and then go, "Now I know it, stop." No, you went on every day to pedal those pedals with great joy, great joy every day. Like it is with food, that we need food every day. Even though a lot of people tell you, no, you need food every day, but you do. You need that food when there's that hunger.

You need that water when there's that thirst. And whenever that comes again and again and again, let it be there. Be in your life true to that feeling, true to that thirst and be fulfilled, fulfilled. This much you owe yourself.

So far, you've been successful in bringing a lot of confusion to yourself. Peace is the most beautiful feeling. The face of peace is not on the outside. This is the mistake people make. They look at the face and they go, oh, you have a beautiful, peaceful face. Sorry, that's not where peace dances.

There's only one place, my friend, where the peace dances, and that is the platform of this heart. That is the stage of this heart where the peace dances. That's where it likes to dance. The rest can be all replicated. Is that person in peace or not? It's none of your business. Your business is, are you in peace or not? Do you have it or not in your life? And that's how it should be.

We're too concerned with other people. We're too concerned. We have been introduced to everybody else. Nobody has introduced us to us. We know other people a lot better than we know ourselves. This is not good. This is really, really not good. This is like being a house inspector whose job is to make sure that your house is safe and sound, and so you have gone and inspected everybody's house except yours, and you have no clue if there is even a foundation to this thing. Not a good idea. Start with your house, regardless. Now that you have learned new talents, begin at least with your house. Make sure your house is safe. This is your house, this existence.

The breath comes into you. It dances into you. Feel it. Feel it. Understand it. Because it brings such hope, such joy, such meaning every time it comes. It comes and it comes and it comes, and then one day it comes no more. Life is not about the day when it comes no more. Life is about the day that it comes, and it comes again, and it comes again. Enjoy this existence. Enjoy this life.