For Over 50 Years, Prem Rawat Has Been Talking About and Promoting … Himself
Prem Rawat Has Not Been Talking About Peace As We Understand It
Prem Rawat When He Was Guru Maharaj Ji (1966-1983) Talking About Peace, In His Own Words
Prem Rawat the New Perfect Master's Speech: July 29, 1966, Prem Nagar, India
You can get peace only through meditation … When Knowledge of God is spread through the whole world, there will be one religion. The Knowledge will be spread through mahatmas, because, without these great souls, it cannot be done. … I will unite all religions. I only need the grace of Guru Maharaj Ji. We will become such a multitude that we will fill every hall and every temple … the Name which Guru Maharaj Ji has revealed to you should be meditated upon
Prem Rawat's Peace Bomb Speech, 8th November 1970
The age of darkness will come to an end and the age of Truth will start and people will listen to me and act accordingly. Do you think it is a joke? The great leaders think that I have come to rule and, yes, they are right! I will rule the world, and just watch how I will do it! … I declare that I will establish peace in the world. Just give me the reins and let me rule and I will rule in such a way that even Rama, Hariscandra, Krishna, and other kings could not have ruled like that! That day is fast approaching.
the time has come for restlessness to be destroyed and the Kingdom of Peace to be established. Whether you take it as my prophecy or anything else, the Kingdom of Peace will be established soon.
In 1971 the Young Prem Rawat calling himself "Balyogeshwar Shri Sant Ji Maharaj" conducted A WORLD PEACE TOUR. He began in London on June 17. He toured England and North America and ended in Tucson Arizona on Sepotember 21.
Prem Rawat in Tokyo, Japan, October 3, 1972
The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan. China. Russia, India, or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace. Today, if two people fight, the government is supposed to settle them down. But when governments fight, who is going to settle then down? The only one who can settle the governments down is the Perfect Master, the incarnation of God Himself, who comes to Earth to save humankind - And It Is Divine, Volume 1, Issue 9, July 1973
Prem Rawat at the Alexandra Palace, London, July 13 1973
I can reveal this Knowledge to people, because I think people need it, because people have forgotten what this Knowledge is. So I am just teaching them perfectness and that's why they call me the Perfect Master. And as a matter of fact, I am the Perfect Master, because I can reveal this peace. - Golden Age magazine
DUO Proclamation April 1st 1973
I challenge this to the whole world, that by Divine United Organisation, and by the grace of Almighty Lord, and the power of Knowledge, the bliss of the Knowledge, peace in the world can again be established, in the same way as people have dreamed of and the Kingdom of Heaven on this earth will be possible, and is possible if you work together, with cooperation and in the manner of Divine United Organisation that I have explained to you. - The sayings of Guru Maharaj Ji, © Divine Light Mission 1974
What did Prem Rawat mean by peace? Here he adds some details:
this Peace is the realisation of the Supreme Energy that is keeping us alive … Now, I have realized, and six million people have realized, this inner Peace, this inner Knowledge that is within inside of us all, this primordial vibration, this supreme energy, this kinetic energy that is also making us alive. - Prem Rawat, Public Program, Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1973
The Millenium 73 festival in the Houston Astrodome on November 10 1973 he reveals how he will establish peace in this world. Reveals it to anyone and everyone. So when he says "establish peace in this world" he is definitely not talking only about an individual's peace but a global peace, a millenium and he reveals the plan"
I can establish peace in this world. I can. It's very possible. It's just too easy to accomplish peace, just give Knowledge to everybody and do it … I'll tell you something, there is going to be perfect harmony in this world, it's going to be beautiful. I can bet you that, no doubt … I can promise you one thing: I can promise you World Peace. I can promise you Peace of mind. … And that world of Peace, that kingdom of heaven on earth, is very possible.
Proclamation For 1975
I still sincerely think that this Knowledge, the Knowledge of God, the Knowledge of our Creator is our solution. Many people might not think so … I do not claim to be God but I do claim I can establish peace on this earth by our Lord's Grace and everyone's joint effort. - The Golden Age No. 17 January, 1975
Malaga, Spain, Sunday, 26 March 1978
And when Perfect Master comes into this world, what does He try to do? So every time the Perfect Master has come into this world, where has he directed that attention? Why has he said, "What we need to do is to bring peace into this Earth?" It's "bring peace into this Earth." Why has it been always "peace into this Earth"? - Divine Times, Holi Issue, 1979 Volume 8, Number 2
An Interview with Guru Maharaj Ji, June 1979, Miami Magazine
MM: Guru Maharaj Ji, in your recent newspaper announcements, you are quoted as saying, "I declare I will establish peace in this world." The dictionary defines "peace" as "the absence of war." Is that what you mean?
Prem Rawat: No. To me, peace is really the inner contentment. War is only a by-product of man not being content within one's self. When I say peace, I mean the peace which is within us and which comes when man is in harmony with his Creator, the Almighty Lord God.
MM: How will you establish peace in this world?
Prem Rawat: Through Knowledge, which is the experience of one's real self and harmony with the ultimate, which is inside of all of us. When one can really understand the purpose of existence, then there is no doubt. All pain and suffering from one's self disappears and hence the Kingdom of Heaven is established. It is tranquil and peaceful. - The Golden Age, July 1979, Number 54
Rome Italy, June 25 1980
Those ideas aren't going to be any good if there isn't some substance that can replace the darkness in everyone's heart. That's what's needed, a real solution, not talk, you know. Oh there's enough talk, there's plenty of talk and what we need is that real solution and always has been, always will be, and is now. Knowledge is the only solution, really Guru Maharaj Ji is the only solution to bring that peace into this world. That's why Guru Maharaj Ji comes in this world. - Ashram Satsang video, June 25 1980
Kansas City, Missouri, November 28, 29, 30, 1980
Believe in God? No, not until you show me, you know. Do you believe in happiness? No, not until you show me. Do you believe in peace? No, not until you show me. And you know, the thing is, all those things can be shown. They can be experienced by every human being. Those things are to be experienced, the Creator is something incredible to experience, is something incredible to see. The peace is incredible to enjoy, it's so satisfying, the truth, the consciousness that keep us alive. Sure, it can be seen. - Eyes of Faith, © 1981 Élan Communications video
Miami 31st July 1982 The last speech of which I have a copy wherein he calls Himself the Perfect Master. When he refers to Himself as the Incarnate Lord the crowd goes wild
My goodness they've got this incredible plot about the Lord coming, nobody's ready, nobody's ready. … When He comes in His own good sweet time, whenever He feels like it, He comes, He hangs around, a little knock knock here, a little knock knock there and maybe that's all he does. Knock knock. Who's there? Lord. Lord who? Me you idiot, here I am, you know I wanna save you (crowd shouts in unison: Bolie Shri Satgurudev Maharaj Ki Jai) and I wanna give you the peace and the joy and whatever you want.
In 1980, Divine Light Mission ceased printing its monthly and quarterly magazines and newsletters in which Guru Maharaj Ji's (as Prem Rawat was then calling himself) speeches were published. This makes it difficult to quote what he was saying in the years following. Then in the 2 years before 1984 all Divine Light meetings and ashrams were closed and activities fell drastically and records of Rawat speaking are few and far between. He demanded that all records of his 1970s career be destroyed, renamed himself Maharaji and pretended he had arisen like a phoenix, self existent and requiring no explanation for the claims he made about his Knowledge, peace and himself. He declared he was not God though why he should do this if he had never declared he was God was puzzling. He still spoke of 'peace'.