" Our Real Need "

After posting number of articles taken directly from Prem Rawat/Maharaji's addresses delivered all over the world, I finally decided to share my own thoughts with you rather than copying and pasting the same. I hope I could do justice with an age old message of Maharaji and help him to reach all corners of the world.

Today, in the throat cutting competitive world, we all are very much focused about our own future, our own goals and the means to achieve them. We don't want to be misguided so we search for someone who can give us proper suggestions and guidance. The basic reason behind all these stuffs are to save our energy and channelized it in a particular direction so that maximum output can be achieved with the minimum input. All these things are done in order to make our life successful but while making an effort relentlessly towards the goal, we forget that "The True Success starts from Within."

We have so many needs to be fulfilled while pursuing the path to fulfill our needs, we most of the times overlook our true requirement. Requirement, which is not the outcome of the society but the needs which is rather fundamental, simple and profound and that need is to fulfill "The Call of The Heart" and enjoy each and every moment of this life.

Actually whatever we do, we do for making our life comfortable and enjoy life but most of the time we find it really difficult. The reason is that we search for happiness on the outside not within inside of us. We have been taught the formula of being successful in life. People used to say if you have good job, good family, good salary, everything good than you are successful. We often find our self trapped in this formula and start questioning, I have all these things required for being successful than why am I feeling something missing in my own life?

It's all because of these formulas which don't have any base. We blindly follow the formulas overlooking the call of the Heart. Have you ever listened to what our Heart is calling for? Our Heart is desperately waiting for the water which can quench it's thirst. It is waiting for the time when we take our attention within and experience the beauty within, not on the outside. The Creator has given us eyes to see the beauty outside but we have also been given the Heart to see the beauty within. We have heard so many times that "What we are looking for is already within inside of us," but without any experience these are mere words which don't have any significance, like the picture of glass filled with water to a thirsty person. We should no longer satisfy with nice words but we should look for the practical experience.

Thanks to My Master, Maharaji for making it possible for me to go within and experience the ultimate bliss, which can't be expressed in words only felt. What he offers are four techniques, that he calls Knowledge, which takes our attention within inside of us and make it possible to experience the ultimate wonder within.

I hope this simple message will help all of us to think about the possibilities in this life. Time has come to understand our existence and enjoy each and every moment. Knowledge can make it possible for all of us to experience Heaven on this planet Earth. ~ Rupesh Churiwal

"Truest Gift"

What I talk about is something that is simple and yet profound. Some might find it too simple, but that doesn't mean it is not important. I talk about the simplicity of breath and the coming and going of each day in your life. I remind people that each day that comes is one of the most valuable gifts they will ever receive. Incomparable.

For a lot of people that makes sense, and yet it doesn't make sense. We know each day is important, but that's not the way we accept it. The importance of a day is based upon what we have accomplished. Our life has been placed on a scale, and the weights that measure it have been given to us by this world. Everything is judged by failure or success. Yet we have been given a precious gift.

We have anniversaries and birthdays, and we give each other presents. But would you give a gorilla something precious like a diamond ring? Why not? A gorilla has fingers just like you, but a gorilla would never understand its value. Give a gorilla a diamond ring, and he will try to taste it, find it unappetizing, and probably throw it away.
Are we like a gorilla that has been handed the diamond ring of life? In many ways, we do the same thing—taste it and say, "My life is no good. I've got to do this. I've got to accomplish this. I've got to climb this. I've got to be there. I've got to have this title. I've got to have this and that in my life." And what is forgotten is the value of existence, the value of this breath coming every moment and blessing us. This is the blessing. But we don't know how to accept it.

We make everything conditional in our lives: "You're a good son or daughter if you do this, this, and this. You're a good wife or good husband if you do this, this, and this. And you're a good friend if you do this, this, and this." But breath has no conditions. When we are given breath, we are not told, "I'll give you this breath if you do this and this." It is given freely, without judgment.
When you look in the mirror, the face you are looking at is not asking for judgment; it is asking for admiration. It is asking for acceptance—acceptance of this life, acceptance of this breath, acceptance of the simple thirst of this heart.

The joy that you look for, that you search for every day, is searching for you—to embrace you, to accept you, and to fulfill you. I'm here to tell you that the peace you are looking for is inside of you.

Discover this life you've been living. Discover it the way it is meant to be lived—in joy, in gratitude, in beauty. Discover the potential of each day. Discover the rhythm as the sun shines on the horizon, light comes, and awakening happens; and then comes the sunset and sleep—everything is erased andanother day begins. Discover that.
That's what this existence is all about. That's what peace is all about, because peace is not in yesterday and peace is not in tomorrow, but peace is today. Tomorrow is anticipation. Yesterday is just memories. And today is the gift. The truest gift. The most important gift.

"Where Peace Begins"

When I travel and speak to people, my message is about the very real thing that peace is and the possibility of feeling that peace in this life every single day. So where does it begin? Let me tell you a little story that might put it in perspective.

One day a tourist arrived in a very remote village where the people were very simple. The next morning he put his mirror on the wall to shave, but forgot to take it down. Later on, an elderly villager with gray hair, bright eyes, and a beautiful shining face came across the mirror on the wall. He had never seen himself before, and so when he saw his reflection in the mirror, he was mesmerized. “Today,” he thought, “I have seen the face of God.” He left completely happy.

Then came a beautiful young girl. When she saw herself in the mirror, she was taken aback. “I have seen the most beautiful woman on earth, and when I grow up, that’s how I want to look!” Next, a man came along who had lost his father. When he looked in the mirror, he said, “Oh, my God, I saw my father again!” And he took the mirror with him.

Now, these three people who had seen themselves in the mirror started to get very upset. They started arguing, and before long, fights broke out throughout the entire village. Soon everybody was unhappy because whoever looked in the mirror saw something they liked, and they all wanted the mirror for themselves.

Finally, a wise man happened to come along and asked, “Why are you fighting?” One said the mirror showed him God, another that it showed him his father, and others told him what they had seen. So he called for this magical thing, and when he saw it, he smiled, “Do you know what this is? This is a mirror.”


He called the old man and said, “You did not see the face of God. You saw yourself.”
He called the young girl and said, “You did not see the most beautiful woman—you saw yourself.” He called the young man and said, “You thought you saw your father because now you look like him. But it was you.” One by one, he called everyone and he said, “Look. What you see in this mirror, what you like in this mirror, is not the mirror. It’s you!”

How does this story relate to peace? Peace begins with us. Try to understand where the idea of peace came from. Was it somebody’s invention? Was there some intelligent person walking along high mountains somewhere who said, “Peace. That’s a good idea. Let’s have peace.” No.

As long as there have been human beings, there has been a desire for peace. The need for peace comes from within. Peace is the desire of the heart. It is as simple as the coming and going of breath. The movie of life begins with the first breath. And we all know how the movie ends.

We are fascinated by the in-between part. This is what we live for: “Who am I? What am I? What have I accomplished?” That’s all fine, but never, ever forget the importance of where it began and where it ends.

Within you lies the possibility of peace. Peace does not belong to any nation, any society, or any religion. Peace belongs to people like you and me. Where will peace manifest? It will manifest in the cathedral of the heart. That is the only place where peace is welcomed. It is people like you and me who want peace and welcome it in our lives. It is here in our existence that peace resides.
-Prem Rawat (Maharaji)