Prem Rawat's Teachings about Realizing (realising) God - God Realization - In His Own Words
Prem Rawat's method of teaching is through impromptu speeches. They tend to ramble, are often contradictory and their content has greatly altered over the years. In the 1970's he often spoke of realizing God but understandably people can interpret this is different waysHe spoke as if being initiated by a Mahatma, being "revealed the Knowledge" tuahght you the techniques of meditation but was also supposed to provide the experience of realizing God. it is likely he didn't know what it meant. However he did use the word in at least two different ways. He often spoke as if to "realize Knowledge" was to understand it's importance according to his dogma and to believe what Rawat claimed for it. This 'realization' could grow if one practised Knowledge, though decades of 'realization' could disappear in an instant, until a premie attained the final state of realization that Rawat spoke of: "realizing Knowledge" as a possiblity that was the purpose of human life. This was a different and superior "realization" all together, one that he alone in the world had accomplished and 40 years later he is still the only one.
However Rawat sometimes spoke of "realizing Knowledge" as the possibility that was the purpose of human life, used as a synonym for 'enlightenment', 'liberation', "God realization" and other words generally used to describe a superior, spiritual state of human existence. He said that this was definitely possible though apparently he is still the only person alive who has achieved it.
Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji? book
"When I was six," Guru Maharaj Ji said, "my Father gave me Knowledge with my brothers in the same room. I was given Knowledge and didn't realize it right away. I knew it was my duty, and l began to meditate, and in about a month I realized it."
Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji? Bantam Books 1973
But who is God? What is God? See, there is a very thin membrane between us and God, and this is the membrane of illusion. A Guru has such a device that He can cut this membrane and it becomes practical and easy for us to see God. But it was very difficult for us at one time. The Satguru is also called the Perfect Master in scriptures. All the scriptures say the same thing in different ways. I haven't read the whole Bible, but I've been able to learn some parts of John, and he says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God." The same Word has been described in the Ramayana, in the Gita, in the Koran, and in all the scriptures, because it is Truth. The scriptures are all about one thing, and Truth is one. Once we have seen the Guru and have found that particular device with which we can cut through the thin membrane, it becomes very easy for us or for anyone to have God realization.
At least five million have realized God through Divine Light Mission. And now an average of about a thousand daily are realizing Him.
What are the different methods employed at different Divine Light Mission centers to bring people to God realization?
Well, there's only one method. … When a scripture says "God exists" it means God exists! Realize Him! He is realizable. His existence is provable. Prove it to yourselves. Know it to yourselves. Understand it to yourselves. The whole problem in the world today is no matter what religion a person believes in, he must understand that God is realizable now, in this century, in this age of darkness. So this is the whole process to know God. This is the whole process to understand God. And once we approach the proper source, it is not at all difficult because He knows what to do. We just give ourselves into His hands. The problem has been that God is infinite and a finite thing is not able to deal with the infinite. Until the finite becomes infinite it is quite impossible. Because a relationship between God and a human being is not possible. But Guru or Perfect Master - what is the meaning of Perfect Master? The man who teaches us math we call a math master. The man who teaches us physics we call a physics master. The man who teaches us perfectness we call a Perfect Master. He teaches us perfectness and then we become a master of perfectness. Not a Perfect Master, but a master of perfectness when we have perfectly realized the perfect Knowledge. And because perfection is infinite we also become infinite. Then the relationship between us and God is possible.
The Golden Age Number 14, October, 1974
Unitarian Church, Los Angeles, California, 21st April 1974
We all want to experience something: the beauty. The most perfect thing that is. And this is why we receive this Knowledge. Somebody tells us from the very beginning that there is something like God, and God is so beautiful, and all this, and finally we think, "Oh wow," we should go ahead and try to realize Him.
Many people go about different ways trying to realize God. But really, whatever we have as a conception of God is just completely wrong. And man has made up this concept, because,
well finally somebody realized this Knowledge, and somebody named such a power as "God", and that is the reason why half of the world is stuck there. Because there is a little more than God.
And as a matter of fact, go to these people who are shouting, "God, God, God," and ask them what was the name of God before somebody realized and made up the word God. What was His name?
What were people calling Him then?
The Golden Age Number 14, October, 1974
Denver, Colorado, 2nd May 1974
Because really, in this world there is something to realize which is more beautiful, which is more fantastic than we think. In this, in this Knowledge you can get to a point where you open up your eyes, and you see nothing except Light. Like, you look, I mean if you even look at bright lights, they even exist - all you see is a Light. All you hear is Music, all you can feel is the Word vibrating. All you can, all you can really drink is the Nectar at that time. And it's so beautiful.
Because all what is in our body, that whole energy just comes together completely, just fills us up - and there we are, just so beautiful.
And this is what we all want to achieve, this is all that we want to get. And I'll tell you something - it's not very difficult at all. As a matter of fact, it's one of the most easiest things you can do. It's easier than to drive a car, it's easier than to pick a flower, it's easier to tie a tie, it's easier to wear a glass, it's easier than any of these things. It's the easiest thing.
The Golden Age Number 7, Saturday, June 8, 1974
Pacific Guru Puja, Capitol Theatre, Sydney Australia, October 18, 1975
Because in this life, in this very form, in this very time, we are trying to realize Knowledge, to merge, to be one with that perfectness, to be one with that pure vibration. This what we are trying to do. And our goal is totally infinite.
The Golden Age Number 24, November 1975